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MAINE 

A  HISTORY 


CENTENNIAL  EDITION 


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THE  AMERICAN  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY 

NEW  YORK 

1919 


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MELVILLE  W.  FULLER— The  qualities 
which  advanced  Melville  W.  Fuller  to  the  head 
of  the  United  States  Supreme  Court  were  in- 
herited from  a  long  line  of  noble  ancestors,  in- 
cluding two  of  the  most  important  families  of 
the  Plymouth  Colony,  numbering  among  his 
forebears  lawyers  and  jurists  of  marked  ability. 

The    ancient    seat    of    the    family    was    in    the 
parish   of    Redenhall,    County   Norfolk,   England. 
Edward  and  Samuel   Fuller  were  passengers  on 
the   historic  Mayflower,   and   settled   in   Plymouth, 
Massachusetts.     Edward  Fuller,  the  son  of  Rob- 
ert Fuller,  was  one  of  the  signers  of  the  compact 
on    board    the    Mayflower    before    landing.       Both 
he  and  his  wife  died  early  in  1621,  leaving  a  son 
Samuel.     This  Samuel,  early  left  an  orphan,  lived 
with  his  uncle,  Dr.  Samuel   Fuller,  who  was  the 
first   physician   at   Plymouth,  and   of  whose   will 
he  was  executor.      He  married  Jane,  daughter  of 
Rev.  John  Lathrop,  and  had  nine  children,  among 
whom    was    Samuel    Fuller.       He    married 
cousin  Anna,  daughter  of  Captain  M;itt'" 
ler,   who  also  came   in  the  Mayflower,  but   after 
the   death   of   his   parents    returned    to    Englaml 
Matthew  Fuller,  eldest  son  of  Samuel  aiui  Aura 
Fuller,  was  born  at  Barnstable,  and  died  in  Col- 
chester,  Connecticut,   where   he    settled    in    1713. 
He  married  Patience  Young,  daughter  of  George 
and  Hannah  (Pinson)  Young,  of  Scituate.    Their 
third  son,  Young  Fuller,  married  Jerusha,  daugh- 
ter of  Jonathan  and  Bridget  (Brockway)  Beebe, 
of  East  Haddam,  Connecticut.     Their  third  son, 
Caleb   Fuller,  born  in   1735,  in   Colchester   f 
uated  from  Yale  College  in  1758,  and  received  the 
degree  of  Master  of  Arts  in  1762.     He  rcsid>  • 
Ellington,     Connecticut,    and     married     Hannah, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Habijah  Weld,  the  famous  min- 
ister who  preached  forty-five  years  ago  at 
boro,    Massachusetts,    a    son    of    Rev.    Thoinri 
Weld,  the  first  minister  of  Dunstable,  and  great- 
grandson  of  Rev.  Thomas  Weld,  the  first  minister 
of    Roxbury,    Massachusetts.       Caleb    Fuller    re- 
moved to  Middletown,  Connecticut,  and  later  to 
Hanover,    New    Hampshire.       His    son,    C:i]> 
Henry  Weld  Fuller,  graduated   from   Dartmoi:;' 
College,   studied   law,   and  settled   in   practi 
Augusta,    Maine,    in    1803.      He    married    Esthe' 
Gould,  daughter  of  Captain  Benjamin  Gould,  of 


Newburyport,  Massachusetts,  who  led  a  company 
of  thirty  minute-men  from  Topsfield  to  Lexing- 
ton on  the  alarm  of  1775,  and  received  a  wound 
in  that  battle,  which  left  a  scar  upon  his  cheek 
for  life.  He  was  later  a  captain  in  the  Continen- 
tal army,  and  was  the  last  man  to  cross  Charles- 
town  Neck  on  the  retreat  from  Bunker  Hill.  He 
participated  in  the  battles  of  White  Plains,  Ben- 
nington  and  Stillwater,  and  commanded  the  main 
guard  at  West  Point  when  Arnold  fled  after  the 
capture  of  Major  Andre.  Frederick  Augustus 
Fuller,  son  of  Henry  Weld  and  Esther  (Gould) 
Fuller,  was  born  October  5,  1806,  in  Augusta, 
read  law  with  his  father,  was  admitted  to  the  bar, 
practiced  at  Augusta  and  Orono,  Maine,  and  was 
chairman  of  the  board  of  county  commissioner* 
of  Penobscot  county.  He  died  January  29,  1841. 
He  married  Catherine  Martin,  daughter  of 
Nathan  and  Pauline  Bass  (Cony)  Weston,  of 
Augusta.  Nathan  Weston  was  the  second  Chief 
Justice  of  Maine,  a  son  of  Daniel  Weston,  who 
was  a  jurist  of  note. 

Chief  Justice  Melville  Weston  Fuller,  son  of 
Frederick  Augustus  and  Catherine  Martin  (Wes- 
ton) Fuller,  was  born  in  Augusta,  Maine,  Feb- 
ruary ii,  1833.  He  was  prepared  for  college  at 
Augusta,  and  went  to  Bowdoin  College  in  1849, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  1853,  afterward  en- 
tering the  Dane  Law  School  of  Harvard  Uni- 
versity, and  receiving  his  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Laws  in  1855.  He  entered  upon  practice  in 
Augusta,  and  while  waiting  for  clients  employed 
his  spare  time  in  newspaper  work,  a  circum- 
stance to  which  is  doubtless  due  somewhat  of 
the  literary  facility  which  formed  a  marked  fea- 
ture in  his  career. 

While  Mr.  Fuller  was  acting  as  reporter  for 
the  Augusta  Age  (of  which  his  uncle,  B.  A.  C. 
Fuller,  and  himself  were  publishers)  in  the  Maine 
House  of  Representatives,  James  G..  Blaine  wa» 
engaged  in  a  similar  capacity  in  the  Senate  for 
the  Kennebec  Journal.  Through  political  oppo- 
nents, then  and  in  after  life,  the  two  were  always 
personal  friends,  and  at  last  by  curious  coinci- 
dence, found  themselves  together  in  Washington 
— the  one  as  Chief  Justice  of  the  United  States, 
and  the  other  as  Secretary  of  State. 

Mr.    Fuller,   while   practicing   in    Augusta,   was. 


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elected  city  attorney  at  the  age  of  twenty-three, 
and  also  president  of  the  Common  Council.  In 
1856  he  visited  Chicago,  where  he  met  Mr.  S.  K. 
Dow,  from  New  York  county,  Maine,  a  practic- 
ing lawyer.  A  partner  of  Mr.  Dow  was  retiring 
from  the  firm,  and  Mr.  Dow  offered  Mr.  Fuller 
a  place  in  his  office,  either  as  partner,  or  clerk, 
at  the  salary  of  fifty  dollars  a  month.  He  chose 
the  latter,  and  worked  on  those  terms  for  five 
months,  living  within  his  income.  Before  a 
year  he  enjoyed  a  considerable  business,  in  which 
he  continued  until  he  left  the  bar  for  the  Su- 
preme Court.  His  'legal  career  was  strongly 
marked  with  industry,  persistency  and  brilliant 
success.  During  his  thirty  years'  practice  he 
was  engaged  in  as  many  as  three  thousand  cases 
at  the  Chicago  bar.  He  affected  no  specialty, 
conducting  a  general  practice,  practically  exclud- 
ing divorce  law  and  criminal  law,  in  which  class 
of  cases  his  name  scarcely  appears.  Mr.  Ful- 
ler's partnership  with  Mr.  Dow  continued  until 
1860.  From  1862  to  1864  his  firm  was  Fuller 
&  Ham,  then  Fuller,  Ham  &  Shepard  for  two 
years,  and  for  two  years  thereafter  Fuller  & 
Shepard.  In  1869  he  received  as  partner  his 
cousin,  Joseph  E.  Smith,  son  of  Governor  Smith, 
of  Maine.  This  was  terminated  in  1877,  after 
which  he  was  alone.  His  business  was  only  such 
as  he  cared  to  accept,  and  his  professional  in- 
come during  his  later  practicing  years  was  esti- 
mated at  twenty  to  thirty  thousand  dollars  per 
annum. 

A  staunch  Democrat,  Mr.  Fuller  became  by 
sympathy  and  personal  regard  an  earnest  adher- 
ent of  Senator  Stephen  A.  Douglas,  and  on  the 
death  of  the  great  statesman,  June  3,  1861,  he 
was  made  a  member  of  the  committee  having 
charge  of  the  funeral  ceremonies.  In  1862  Mr. 
Fuller  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Illinois  Con- 
stitutional Convention.  He  reported  to  that 
body  the  resolutions  in  memory  of  Senator 
Douglas,  and  made  one  of  the  opening  addresses 
on  that  occasion.  In  1864  he  was  elected  to  the 
Illinois  Legislature,  and  as  a  Unionist  (not  a 
Republican  or  anti-slaveryite)  gave  support  to 
the  National  Government.  He  was  a  delegate 
to  the  Democratic  National  Conventions  of  1864, 
1872,  1876  and  1880,  always  taking  an  active  in- 
terest. Immediately  after  the  election  of  Mr. 
Cleveland  as  President  for  his  first  term,  Mr. 
Fuller  called  upon  him  in  Albany,  and  Mr. 
Cleveland  at  once  conceived  for  him  high  appre- 
ciation. On  the  death  of  Chief  Justice  Waite,  it 
seemed  desirable  that  his  successor  should  be 
taken  from  the  West,  and  Mr.  Fuller's  liberal 


education,  high  legislative  ability,  lofty  profes- 
sional standard,  marked  industry  and  command 
of  languages — all  these,  combined  with  his  de- 
votion to  the  principles  of  the  party  of  which 
President  Cleveland  was  the  chosen  exponent 
for  the  Nation,  made  him  a  logical  nominee  for 
the  position,  which  was  accordingly  offered  him. 
Mr.  Fuller,  highly  appreciating  the  high  and  un- 
expected honor,  hesitated.  He  was  not  ambi- 
tious of  distinction,  and  his  large  family  necessi- 
tated his  most  careful  consideration  as  to 
whether  he  could  afford  a  position  which  would 
reward  him  less  liberally  than  did  his  profes- 
sion. He,  however,  consented,  and  on  April 
30,  1888,  President  Cleveland  nominated  him  for 
Chief  Justice  of  the  United  States,  and  he  was 
confirmed  by  the  Senate  on  July  20,  and  took  the 
oath  of  office  October  8,  1888. 

Mr.  Fuller  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Laws  from  the  Northwestern  University  and 
from  Bowdoin  University  in  1888;  from  Harvard 
in  1890,  and  from  Yale  and  Dartmouth  in  1901. 
He  was  chancellor  of  the  Smithsonian  Institu- 
tion; chairman  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  Bow- 
doin College.  He  was  one  of  the  arbitrators  to 
settle  the  boundary  line  between  Venezuela  and 
British  Guinea,  Paris,  1899;  was  a  member  of 
the  arbitral  tribunal  in  the  matter  of  the  Muscar 
Downs,  The  Hague,  1905;  a  member  of  the  per- 
manent Court  of  Arbitration,  The  Hague;  and 
received  the  thanks  of  Congress,  December  20, 
1889.  As  Chief  Justice,  he  administered  the  of- 
ficial oath  to  Presidents  Harrison,  Cleveland,  Mc- 
Kinley  and  Taft,  and  died  during  the  administra- 
tion of  the  latter,  July  4,  1910. 

Mr.  Fuller  married  (first)  in  1858,  Calista  O., 
daughter  of  Eri  Reynolds;  and  (second)  May  30, 
1866,  Mary  E.,  daughter  of  William  F.  Cool- 
baugh,  a  leading  citizen  of  Chicago.  She  died 
April  17,  1904,  when  Chief  Justice  Fuller  prac- 
tically retired  from  society. 


EUGENE  HALE— The  name  of  Hale  will 
ever  honor  the  history  of  Maine,  as  it  does  that 
of  the  United  States.  It  is  identified  with  pa- 
triotism and  public  service.  Eugene  Hale  de- 
scended from  worthy  American  ancestors.  The 
name  under  the  different  forms  of  de  la  Hale, 
at-Hale,  Hales  and  Hale,  has  been  abundant  in 
Hertfordshire,  England,  since  the  early  part 
of  the  thirteenth  century.  No  evidence  appears 
that  any  of  the  name  were  above  the  rank  of 
yeoman  before  1560.  The  name  also  early  pre- 
vailed and  is  probably  still  found  in  a  dozen 
other  counties  in  England.  Of  the  Hales  of 


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Gloucestershire,  to  which  family  belonged  the 
illustrious  Sir  Matthew  Hale,  Lord  Chief  Jus- 
tice, Atkyns,  in  his  history  of  that  county,  says: 
"The  family  of  Hale  has  been  of  ancient  stand- 
ing in  this  county,  and  always  esteemed  for  their 
probity  and  charity."  Within  the  first  fifty  years 
after  the  settlement  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  at 
least  eight  emigrants  of  the  name  of  Hale,  and 
perhaps  two  or  three  more,  settled  in  that  col- 
ony and  in  Connecticut,  descendants  of  five  of 
whom  are  traced  to  the  present  time.  There  is 
no  evidence  that  any  of  these  were  of  kin  to 
Thomas  Hale,  of  N'ewbury,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor of  the  line  of  which  this  article  treats. 
The  name  was  also  found  among  the  early  set- 
tlers of  Virginia  and  Maryland,  and  their  de- 
scendants bearing  the  cognomen  are  still  found 
in  the  Southern  States.  In  New  England  the 
name  has  been  brought  into  prominence  by 
Nathan  Hale,  the  patriot  by  John  P.  Hale,  the 
distinguished  statesman  of  New  Hampshire; 
Senator  Eugene  Hale,  of  Maine,  and  others. 

Thomas  Hale,  the  earliest  known  progenitor 
of  the  family  herein  considered,  was  of  the  par- 
ish of  Walton-at-Stone,  in  Hertfordshire,  Eng- 
land. No  record  of  his  birth  is  found,  but  the 
parish  register,  which  styles  him  "Thomas  Hale, 
Senior,"  shows  that  he  was  buried  October  19, 
1630.  He  left  a  will  bearing  date  October  1 1, 
1630,  proved  December  9,  1630,  in  the  court  of 
the  Archdeaconry  of  Hitchin,  in  the  County  of 
Herts,  the  original  of  which  is  still  on  file  among 
the  records  of  the  court.  After  the  usual  pious 
profession  of  faith,  thanks  to  God,  committal 
of  his  soul  to  its  creator  and  his  body  to  burial, 
he  disposes  of  his  personal  property  and  his 
real  estate  consisting  of  eleven,  and  perhaps 
twelve,  distinct  parcels.  Among  those  desig- 
nated are  the  house  close,  the  backside  close, 
the  hill  close,  and  the  meadow  and  rye  close. 
From  the  brief  record,  it  is  apparent  that  he  was 
of  the  rank  of  yeoman  of  the  smaller  class  as  to 
property,  but  marked  by  thrift,  respectability, 
honesty,  piety,  and  prudent  foresight.  It  is  im- 
possible to  determine  the  value  of  the  estate 
which  he  left,  but  it  was  evidently  not  large, 
perhaps  worth  an  annual  rental  of  four  or  five 
hundred  dollars.  He  married  Joan  Kirby,  who 
was  of  the  parish  of  Little  Munden,  Herts,  which 
was  probably  the  place  of  her  birth  and  their 
marriage.  They  were  the  parents  of  five  chil- 
dren: Dionis,  Thomas,  Mary,  Dorothy  and 
Elizabeth.  At  some  time  between  her  husband's 
death  and  June,  1637,  Joan,  widow  of  Thomas 
Hale,  married  a  Bydes,  or  Bides,  probably  John, 


and  was  still  living  in  October,  1640,  the  date 
of  her  mother's  will,  but  was  probably  dead  be- 
fore 1660. 

The  only  son,  Thomas  Hale,  was  born  in  1606, 
in  the  parish  of  Walton-at-Stone,  and  baptized 
there  June  15,  1606.  In  1635  he  settled  in  New- 
bury,  Massachusetts,  with  his  wife,  Thomasine, 
locating  on  what  is  now  called  the  Parker  river. 
Ten  years  later  he  removed  to  Haverhill,  same 
colony,  where  he  was  a  landholder,  a  prominent 
citizen,  a  magistrate,  serving  in  various  official 
capacities,  and  upon  important  committees. 
Many  conveyances  of  real  estate,  in  which  he  is 
described  as  "glover,"  "yeoman,"  or  "leather- 
dresser,"  appear  in  his  name.  He  died  in  New- 
bury,  December  21,  1682,  and  his  widow,  January 
30,  1683. 

Their  eldest  child,  Thomas  Hale,  was  born 
November  18,  1633,  in  England,  and  died  Octo- 
ber 22,  1688,  in  Newbury.  He  was  almost  con- 
tinuously in  the  town  service,  as  an  official  or 
on  important  committees.  He  married  at  Salem, 
May  26,  1657,  Mary,  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Alice  (Bosworth)  Hutchinson,  of  that  town,  bap- 
tized December  28,  1630,  at  Muskham,  County 
Notts,  England,  died  December  8,  1715,  in  Box- 
ford.  She  was  the  executrix  of  his  will,  which 
disposed  of  property  valued  at  £505,  6s.  and  8d. 

Their  third  son  was  Captain  Joseph  Hale,  born 
February  20,  1671,  in  N'ewbury,  died  February 
13,  1761,  in  Boxford,  one  week  short  of  ninety 
years  old.  He  was  a  man  of  means,  and  served 
the  town  in  both  civil  and  military  capacities. 
He  married,  November  15,  1693,  Mary,  daughter 
of  William  and  Sarah  (Perley)  Watson,  of  Box- 
ford.  She  died  February  I,  1708. 

They  were  the  parents  of  Ambrose  Male,  thin] 
son,  born  July  16,  1699,  in  Boxford,  died  April  13, 
1767,  in  Harvard,  Massachusetts.  He  was  a 
Colonial  soldier  in  1759  from  Harvard,  where  he 
settled  about  1742.  He  married,  in  Boxford,  De- 
cember n,  1722,  Joanna  Dodge,  born  July  15, 
1702,  died  February  10,  1732,  daughter  of  Antipas 
and  Joanna  (Low)  Dodge,  of  Ipswich,  Massa- 
chusetts. 

Their  second  son  was  Benjamin  Hale,  born 
March  14,  1728,  in  Boxford,  died  September  20, 
1771,  in  Harvard.  In  1757-58  he  was  a  soldier 
of  the  French  War,  a  corporal  in  Captain  Has- 
kell's  company,  which  marched  from  Harvard  to 
Fort  William  Henry  in  1757.  His  estate  was 
valued  at  £405,  45.  lod.  He  married  in  Harvard, 
October  6,  1757,  Mary  Taylor,  born  March  12, 
'733i  in  that  town,  who  survived  him,  daughter 
of  Israel  and  Rachel  (Wheeler)  Taylor. 


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Their  youngest  child,  David  Hale,  was  born 
March  22,  1772,  in  Harvard,  lived  some  years  at 
Rutland,  Massachusetts,  whence  he  removed  to 
Turner,  Maine,  and  died  there  February  6,  1846. 
His  homestead  farm  is  still  in  possession  of  the 
family.  He  married  in  Ellington,  Connecticut, 
October  5,  1794,  Sarah  Kingsbury  of  that  town, 
born  1766,  died  May  7,  1847,  daughter  of  Simon 
and  Deliverance  (Cady),  Kingsbury,  of  Elling- 
ton Connecticut. 

Their  second  son,  James  Sullivan  Hale,  born 
December  13,  1806,  in  Turner,  died  there  De- 
cember 17,  1880.  He  was  a  well-to-do  farmer, 
a  man  of  marked  individuality  of  character,  with 
a  keen  sense  of  humor.  He  married  February 
ii,  1835,  Betsey  Staples,  born  October  16,  1808, 
died  December  5,  1881,  eldest  child  of  John  and 
Betsey  (Young)  Staples,  of  Turner.  Two  of 
their  sons  attained  high  distinction  in  their  native 
State. 

Eugene  Hale,  eldest  child  of  James  Sullivan 
Hale,  was  born  June  9,  1836,  in  Turner,  and 
grew  up  on  the  paternal  farm,  carrying  his  part 
in  its  labors,  while  attaining  his  primary  edu- 
cation in  the  district  and  grammar  schools  of 
the  town.  After  a  course  at  Hebron  Academy, 
he  entered  the  office  of  Howard  &  Strout  in 
Portland,  where  he  studied  law  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  January,  1857,  before  the  completion 
of  his  twenty-first  year.  He  immediately  began 
practice  of  law  in  Orland,  Maine,  removing  soon 
afterward  to  Ellsworth,  becoming  a  member  of 
the  law  firm  of  Robinson  &  Hale.  The  senior 
member  died  soon  after,  and  for  ten  years  Mr. 
Hale  continued  there  in  independent  practice,  de- 
veloping great  ability  and  success  as  a  lawyer. 
For  nine  consecutive  years  he  served  Hancock 
county  as  attorney,  and  was  long  associated  un- 
der the  firm  name  of  Hale  &  Emery  with  Lu- 
cilius  Alonzo  Emery,  recently  retired  from  the 
Supreme  Bench  of  the  State.  After  the  latter's 
elevation  to  the  bench,  Mr.  Hale  was  associated 
with  Hannibal  E.  Hamlin,  son  of  the  venerable 
Hannibal  Hamlin,  Vice-President  of  the  United 
States  under  Abraham  Lincoln.  Very  early  Mr. 
Hale  became  active  in  political  matters,  and  in 
1867,  1868  and  1880  was  a  member  of  the  State 
Legislature.  He  was  remarkably  well  versed  in 
political  questions,  a  ready  and  able  debater,  and 
quickly  gained  prominence  in  legislative  matters. 
During  his  last  term  he  was  chairman  of  the 
committee  of  the  Legislature  to  investigate  what 
has  since  become  familiarly  known  as  the  "State 
Steal,"  and  largely  through  his  efforts  this 
scheme  was  exposed  and  thwarted.  In  1868  he 


was  elected  to  the  Forty-first  Congress,  and  by 
reelection  served  in  the  Forty-second  and  Forty- 
third  Congresses.  In  1874  President  Grant  ten- 
dered him  the  office  of  postmaster-general,  which 
he  declined.  By  reelection  he  served  in  the 
Forty-fourth  and  Forty-fifth  Congresses,  and  was 
chairman  of  the  Republican  Congressional  Com- 
mittee in  the  last.  President  Hayes  offered  him 
the  appointment  of  Secretary  of  the  Navy,  but 
this  he  also  declined.  In  1868  he  was  a  delegate 
to  the  National  Republican  Convention,  and 
again  in  1876  and  1880.  In  the  last  two  he  was 
a  leader  of  the  Blaine  forces.  On  the  retire- 
ment of  Hannibal  Hamlin  from  the  United  States 
Senate,  Mr.  Hale  was  elected  to  succeed  him, 
and  took  his  seat  March  4,  1881.  By  subsequent 
reelections  he  was  chosen  for  a  period  of  thirty 
years.  In  all  of  these  he  received  the  unanimous 
vote  of  his  party  in  the  Legislature.  While  in 
the  House  of  Representatives  he  was  a  member 
of  the  Committee  on  Appropriations,  the  Com- 
mittee on  Naval  Affairs  and  other  important 
committees,  and  when  he  entered  the  Senate 
was  placed  on  the  Committees  on  Appropriations 
and  N'aval  Affairs.  In  1919  the  Government 
caused  one  of  its  new  naval  ships,  a  destroyer, 
to  be  named  the  "Eugene  Hale"  in  memory  of 
his  services  for  the  American  Navy,  the  leading 
naval  authorities  agreeing  that  his  constructive 
hand  had  more  to  do  with  the  building  up  of 
our  navy  than  that  of  any  other  statesman  of 
his  generation.  In  his  long  service  in  the  Sen- 
ate he  took  a  leading  position,  was  chairman  of 
the  Committee  on  Census  until  1893,  when  the 
Democrats  gained  control  of  the  Senate.  He 
served  as  chairman  of  the  committees  on  Ap- 
propriations and  Naval  Affairs,  and  as  member 
of  the  Finance,  Philippine  Census,  Canadian  re- 
lations, and  Private  Land  Claims  committees, 
and  in  the  last  term  was  chairman  of  the  Re- 
publican Conference  of  the  Senate,  and  of  the 
Republican  steering  committee  and  was  the  floor 
leader  of  the  Republicans.  Many  of  the  most 
important  appropriation  bills  were  passed  under 
his  management.  Among  these  were  the  bills 
passed  in  the  Senate  for  the  construction  of  a 
new  navy.  He  introduced  the  first  amendment 
favoring  reciprocity  with  the  countries  of  Cen- 
tral and  South  America,  which  he  supported  with 
speeches  that  received  a  wide  circulation.  While 
his  addresses  were  delivered  with  telling  force, 
and  made  keen  thrusts  at  his  adversaries,  they 
were  never  ill-natured.  During  the  campaign 
of  1882  his  speech  upon  the  free  trade  attitude 
of  the  Democratic  Convention  of  that  year  was 


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the  Republican  keynote  speech  and  was  very 
widely  circulated.  Mr.  Hale  was  ever  active  in 
securing  efficient  and  proper  government  of 
the  District  of  Columbia.  Both  in  the  practice 
of  law  and  in  the  conduct  of  party  politics  he 
was  always  recognized  as  the  wise  counsellor. 

He  was  a  wide  reader,  delighting  especially  in 
poetry.  His  style  was  based  on  the  best  models 
in  English  literature.  He  could  quote  accu- 
rately from  almost  all  the  standard  works  of  fic- 
tion and  poetry.  A  contemporary  recalls  an 
instance  where  Senator  Hale  once  heard  a  chance 
quotation  from  Scott's  'Lady  of  the  Lake";  he 
immediately  recited  the  whole  battle  scene,  giv- 
ing the  charge  of  the  royal  archers  through  the 
glen,  and  the  rush  of  the  clansmen  under 
Roderick  Dhu.  With  words  carefully  selected 
he  was  an  easy  and  forcible  speaker,  and  his 
extemporaneous  addresses  required  no  revision. 
As  an  after-dinner  speaker  he  was  always  ef- 
fective and  interesting,  whether  his  remarks 
treated  of  great  subjects  or  were  on  occasions 
where  wit  and  merriment  abounded.  The  prin- 
cipal educational  institutions  of  Maine — Bowdoin, 
Bates  and  Colby  colleges,  conferred  upon  him 
the  degree  of  LL.D.  Mr.  Hale  had  great  faith 
in  the  resources  and  prospects  of  his  native  State, 
and  his  investments  were  made  in  her  industries. 
He  erected  a  beautiful  home  called  "The  Pines" 
on  the  heights  at  Ellsworth,  surrounded  by  sev- 
eral hundred  acres  of  field  and  woodland.  He 
was  an  extensive  purchaser  of  timber  lands  and 
of  seashore  property,  and  invested  in  cotton, 
woolen  and  pulp  mills  of  Maine.  Wherever 
known,  Mr.  Hale  was  recognized  as  a  man  of 
culture,  of  broad  and  genial  nature,  and  drew 
about  himself  cordial  friends  and  few  enemies. 
He  was  a  liberal  entertainer,  both  at  Washing- 
ton and  in  his  home  at  Ellsworth,  where,  dur- 
ing the  summer  vacations,  many  friends  from 
within  and  without  the  State  gladly  accepted  his 
hospitality.  In  these  entertainments  he  was  ably 
seconded  by  his  wife,  an  accomplished  hostess, 
delighting  in  nothing  more  than  looking  after  a 
house  full  of  friends. 

Mr.  Hale  was  married  in  December,  1871,  at 
Washington,  to  Mary  Douglas  Chandler,  only 
daughter  of  Hon.  Zachariah  Chandler,  long  a 
Senator  from  Michigan,  and  afterwards  Secre- 
tary of  the  Interior.  Mrs.  Hale  inherited  many 
of  the  great  qualities  of  her  eminent  father. 
She  was  a  woman  of  rare  endowments  and  char- 
acter, and  a  source  of  helpfulness  to  her  distin- 
guished husband  through  life.  They  had  three 
sons:  Chandler,  Frederick  and  Eugene.  Fred- 


erick Hale,  the  second  son,  now  occupies  a  seat 
in  the  United  States  Senate,  a  worthy  son  of  an 
eminent  father.  He  was  elected  to  the  Senate 
in  1916,  his  father  having  retired  in  1911. 

Mr.  Hale,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  died  Oc- 
tober 27,  ?9i8. 


HON.  JOSEPH  PARKER  BASS  was  a 
lineal  descendant  of  Pilgrim  and  Puritan  an- 
cestry. His  paternal  ancestor  was  Deacon  Sam- 
uel Bass,  who,  with  his  wife  Anne,  came  to 
New  England  in  Governor  Winthrop's  company, 
in  1630.  He  removed  with  his  family,  in  1640, 
to  Braintree  (now  Quincy),  and  represented  the 
town  in  the  General  Court  for  twelve  years. 
Historians  credit  him  as  being  a  man  of  strong 
and  vigorous  mind  and  as  one  of  the  leading 
men  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony.  His  son, 
John  Bass,  was  born  in  Roxbury,  Massachusetts, 
in  1632,  and  married,  December  3,  1657,  Ruth 
Alden,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Priscilla  (Mul- 
lins)  Alden,  characters  that  have  been  made 
famous  by  Longfellow's  poem,  "The  Courtship  of 
Myles  Standish."  John  Bass,  the  son  of  John 
and  Ruth  (Alden)  Bass,  married  Abigail  Adams, 
a  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Abigail  Adams.  Her 
father  was  an  uncle  of  John  Adams,  the  second 
President  of  the  United  States. 

The  line  of  descent  for  five  generations  is  as 
follows:  Samuel  Bass,  son  of  John  and  Abigail 
(Adams)  Bass,  married  Sarah  Savil,  and  their 
only  son,  Samuel  (2)  Bass,  married  Anna  Raw- 
son.  Samuel  (3)  Bass,  son  of  Samuel  and  Anna 
(Rawson)  Bass,  was  born  August  22,  1747,  and 
died  in  February,  1840.  He  married,  September 
29,  1772,  Elizabeth  Brackett,  and  their  son, 
Samuel  (4)  Bass,  born  in  Braintree,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1777,  married  Polly  Belcher.  Samuel  (5) 
Bass,  son  of  Samuel  (4)  and  Polly  (Belcher) 
Bass,  was  born  in  Braintree,  Massachusetts,  No- 
vember 15,  1805,  and  died  in  Randolph,  Vermont, 
October  17,  1861.  He  married  Margaret  Parker, 
a  daughter  of  Joseph  Parker,  of  Charlestown, 
Massachusetts,  and  the  issue  of  this  marriage  was 
two  sons,  Samuel  (6),  born  October  II,  1833, 
and  Joseph  Parker. 

Joseph  Parker  Bass  was  born  at  Randolph, 
Vermont,  September  24,  1835.  He  received  hit 
education  in  the  common  schools  and  academy 
located  in  his  native  town.  Arriving  at  the  age 
of  eighteen  years,  he  went  to  Lowell,  Massachu- 
setts, turned  his  attention  to  commercial  busi- 
ness, and  was  employed  as  a  clerk  in  a  dry  goods 
store  there.  Seven  years  later  he  engaged  in  the 
same  business  in  that  city  for  himself,  and  in  the 


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fall  of  1863  removed  to  Bangor,  Maine,  where 
he  continued  the  dry  goods  business  until  1870. 
He  then  turned  his  attention  to  larger  fields  of 
enterprise,  and  engaged  quite  extensively  in  buy- 
ing and  selling  timber  lands  and  city  real  estate. 
Mr.  Bass,  from  an  early  age,  was  interested  in 
political  matters,  and  he  became  a  familiar  figure 
at  the  sessions  of  the  Maine  Legislature.  It  is 
an  interesting  fact  that  his  first  appearance  her- 
alded the  memorable  senatorial  contest  of  1869 
between  Hannibal  Hamlin  and  Lot  M.  Morrill, 
in  which  the  latter  was  defeated  by  one  vote. 
This  result  was  obtained  by  a  member  from 
Aroostook  county,  who  cast  a  blank  ballot,  and 
the  efforts  of  Mr.  Bass,  in  connection  with  other 
Bangor  citizens,  were  directed  to  keep  the  east- 
ern members  in  line  for  Mr.  Hamlin.  Although 
Mr.  Bass  was  originally  a  Republican,  and  sup- 
ported General  Grant  for  the  Presidency  in  1872, 
the  following  year  he  accepted  a  nomination  for 
mayor  of  Bangor  on  a  Citizens'  ticket,  and  de- 
feated his  Republican  opponent  by  a  majority  of 
405  votes.  In  entering  on  his  duties  as  the  chief 
municipal  officer  of  the  city,  there  were  many 
important  matters  for  consideration.  A  man  of 
strong  convictions,  Mr.  Bass  would  not  yield  to 
coercion.  The  custom  of  cities  loaning  funds  for 
the  building  of  railroads  had  become  ruinous  to 
the  city's  finances,  and  the  newly  elected  Mayor 
vigorously  protested  a  loan  for  the  construction 
of  a  railroad  from  Bangor  to  Calais.  The  matter 
was  to  be  voted  upon  by  the  people  at  a  special 
meeting,  and  the  parties  interested,  having  the 
support  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  attempted  to 
have  a  special  meeting  of  the  board  called  to 
postpone  the  meeting  of  the  voters,  but  this 
Mayor  Bass  declined  to  do,  and  on  the  date 
appointed  the  loan  project  was  defeated.  Through 
his  efforts  during  a  smallpox  epidemic,  free  vac- 
cination and  the  isolation  of  patients  were  estab- 
lished. In  the  case  of  an  afflicted  child,  the 
father  resisted  its  removal  to  the  pest  house, 
threatening  death  to  anyone  attempting  its  re- 
moval. The  policemen  being  afraid  to  do  their 
duty,  Mayor  Bass  took  the  initiative,  and  directed 
the  removal  of  the  child.  The  child  died  and  the 
father  brought  suit  against  the  mayor  for  $10,- 
ooo,  but  the  latter  was  sustained  by  the  courts, 
and  the  decision  has  often  been  quoted  as  author- 
ity in  establishing  the  rights  of  municipal  offi- 
cers in  handling  contagious  diseases.  Partisan- 
ship was  at  the  extreme  point  during  Mayor 
Bass'  administration.  His  erection  of  a  building 
to  house  the  city  carts  was  criticised;  it  was 
charged  by  his  political  opponents  that  the  con- 


struction was  without  any  authority  of  the  City 
Council.  This  was,  however,  contradicted  by  a 
member  of  the  finance  committee  of  the  Council, 
and  though  the  new  City  Council  ordered  Mr. 
Bass  to  remove  the  building,  the  city  solicitor 
decided  that  the  erection  of  the  building  was 
legal. 

An  interesting  episode  of  Mayor  Bass'  admin- 
istration was  the  visit  of  President  Grant  and  a 
distinguished  party  to  Bangor,  in  August,  1873. 
Members  of  the  Republican  party  determined 
that  the  Mayor  should  take  no  part  in  the  recep- 
tion of  the  Presidential  party,  but  he  outwitted 
his  opponents,  captured  the  party,  gave  them  *. 
ride  of  several  hours'  duration,  entertained  them 
at  lunch,  and  carried  off  all  the  honors  of  the 
reception.  This  was  President  Grant's  second 
visit  to  Bangor,  as  he  was  in  the  city  at  the 
great  celebration  held  at  the  time  of  the  opening 
of  the  European  &  North  American  Railway, 
October  18  and  19,  1871,  to  mark  the  establish- 
ment of  direct  rail  line  between  New  York  City 
and  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia. 

It  was  during  his  mayoralty  administration  that 
Mr.  Bass  interested  himself  in  the  State  Fair. 
In  1873  the  City  Council  voted  an  appropriation 
if  the  fair  was  held  at  Bangor,  with  a  contingent 
appropriation  if  held  there  the  following  year. 
The  fair  officials,  in  violation  of  their  agreement, 
decided  to  hold  the  fair  in  1874  in  another  local- 
ity, and  though  the  Mayor  vetoed  a  resolution 
of  the  City  Council  to  pay  the  contingent  appro- 
priation, the  new  incoming  administration  paid 
the  amount.  The  position  taken  by  Mr.  Bass 
worked  against  his  re-election  for  Mayor,  but 
afterwards  he  was  commended  for  the  position 
he  had  taken  in  the  transaction.  This  unfair 
treatment  by  the  trustees  of  the  Maine  State  Fair 
in  discriminating  against  Bangor  induced  Mr. 
Bass,  in  connection  with  F.  O.  Beal  and  Ezra  L. 
Sterns,  to  promote  the  Eastern  Maine  State  Fair. 
This  was  a  private  organization,  and  the  first  fair 
was  held  in  1883,  and  for  twelve  years  Mr.  Bass 
was  president  of  the  association,  a  corporation 
having  been  formed,  and  successful  exhibitions 
were  given.  The  exhibition  of  1887  rivaled  even 
the  cattle  shows  in  England,  and  in  many  respects 
fairly  equalled  the  Royal  Exhibition  in  that  coun- 
try. The  following  year  the  great  feature  was 
the  exhibit  by  the  New  Brunswick  government 
of  twenty  carloads  of  Percherons,  Clydesdales 
stallions  and  brood  mares.  In  1889  a  controversy 
arose  between  Mr.  Bass  and  his  colleagues,  the 
latter  demanding  they  should  receive  compensa- 
tion for  their  services.  As  Mr.  Bass  had  fur- 


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nished  the  financial  backing  and  the  exhibition 
grounds  free,  he  immediately  took  possession  of 
the  real  estate,  and  for  the  next  six  years  it 
was  conducted  under  his  sole  management.  The 
great  attraction  of  the  fair  in  1890  was  the  stal- 
lion Nelson,  who  made  the  world's  record  2.ISJ4, 
hitched  to  high  sulky  on  a  half-mile  track.  The 
stallion  had  been  suspended  by  the  National 
Trotting  Association,  of  which  the  Eastern  Maine 
State  Fair  was  a  member,  and  on  the  refusal  of 
the  parent  organization  to  allow  the  Maine  horse 
to  exhibit,  the  Eastern  Maine  State  Fair  with- 
drew its  membership.  Mr.  Bass,  however,  se- 
cured an  act  of  the  Legislature  to  allow  Maine 
agricultural  societies  to  enforce  the  rules  of  the 
National  Trotting  Association  when  not  conflict- 
ing with  the  laws  of  the  State. 

A  suit  in  equity  was  brought  by  Messrs.  Beal 
and  Sterns  against  Mr.  Bass,  claiming  he  was 
profiting  by  the  fair,  and  that  the  corporation  not 
being  legally  formed,  was  a  partnership.  The 
courts  decided  it  was  a  legally  organized  cor- 
poration, but  in  1894  Mr.  Bass,  owing  to  the 
divided  support  of  the  citizens  of  Bangor,  decided 
to  withdraw  from  his  connection  with  the  fair, 
and  on  payment  of  a  certain  amount  by  the 
plaintiffs  in  the  suit,  made  a  new  lease  of  the 
exhibition  grounds,  and  withdrew  from  any  con- 
nection with  the  enterprise. 

Mr.  Bass  was  a  member  of  the  Legislature  of 
1876;  he  succeeded  in  obtaining  the  passage  of 
an  amendment  to  the  law  relating  to  the  liabili- 
ties of  municipalities  for  personal  damages  on 
the  public  sidewalks  and  highways.  He  also  in- 
troduced an  order  for  investigation  of  the  sale 
of  Stnte  lands  for  the  benefit  of  the  agricultural 
college  at  Orono,  which  had  been  disposed  of  at 
a  ruinous  price,  much  below  that  of  other  States. 
He  always  remained  a  warm  advocate  for  appro- 
priations for  the  State  College,  which  he  felt 
thus  suffered  at  the  hands  of  the  State.  Though 
the  inquiry  was  held,  it  was  difficult  to  obtain 
facts,  and  no  redress  could  be  obtained  from  the 
purchasers  of  the  lands.  He  took  an  active  in- 
terest in  the  legislation  to  allow  the  University 
of  Maine  to  confer  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Arts,  which  met  with  strong  opposition  from 
Bowdoin  College,  but  it  was  finally  passed  by 
the  Legislature  of  1007.  He  took  an  early  stand 
in  favor  of  the  non-taxation  of  mortgages,  which 
finally  became  a  law  in  1911,  and  though  at- 
tempts have  been  made  to  repeal  it,  it  is  still  a 
law  of  the  State.  It  was  largely  through  his 
endeavors  that  a  State  hospital  was  finally  located 
at  Bangor.  In  1897  he  introduced  a  bill  to  take 


poultry  and  poultry  products  from  the  taxable 
list,  and  through  his  appearance  before  the  com- 
mittee, and  earnest  endeavors,  the  bill  was  passed. 
The  valuation  of  this  product  was  more  than 
doubled  in  the  next  fifteen  years.  He  advocated 
the  same  law  for  cattle,  sheep  and  swine,  and 
succeeded  in  the  passage  of  a  measure,  in  1915, 
exempting  them  from  taxation,  but  by  an  amend- 
ment passed  in  1917,  the  wise  law  became  in- 
operative. Mr.  Bass'  interest  in  legislative  mat- 
ters was  always  for  the  advancement  of  the  State, 
and  he  never  benefited  by  one  dollar  in  the  pas- 
sage of  any  legislative  enactment. 

One  of  Mr.  Bass'  principal  interests  was  in  the 
timber  lands  of  Maine.  Over  a  long  period  of 
years  there  were  various  attempts  made  to  in- 
crease the  taxation  on  timber  lands;  this  was  not 
objected  to  by  the  owners  if  the  money  be  used 
for  protection  against  forest  fires.  Mr.  Bass  was 
chairman  of  the  legislative  committee  for  the 
Maine  timber  land  owners  for  over  thirty  years. 
At  the  legislative  session  of  1905  a  resolution 
was  introduced  for  a  constitutional  amendment 
authorizing  the  Legislature  to  assess  taxes  on 
all  timber  lands  in  unorganized  townships  equal 
to  that  of  organized  towns  and  cities,  and  even 
did  not  relieve  the  timber  land  owners  of  a  road 
tax.  The  supporters  of  the  bill  argued  that  these 
taxes  should  be  used  for  the  support  of  State 
institutions  and  public  purposes.  Mr.  Bass,  as 
chairman  of  the  committee  of  timber  land  own- 
ers, was  supported  by  influential  citizens  of  the 
State,  and  after  a  hearing  before  the  committee 
to  which  it  was  assigned,  so  convincing  were  the 
arguments  against  the  bill,  the  committee  unani- 
mously reported  that  the  amendment  ought  not 
to  pass. 

In  1883  the  Maine  Central  railroad  leased  the 
European  &  North  American  railway.  There 
was  quite  a  large  amount  of  European  stock 
owned  in  Bangor,  and  the  city  received  from  the 
State  treasurer,  under  the  gross  transportation 
law,  a  rebate  of  several  thousand  dollars  on  stock 
owned  in  Bangor.  A  Bangor  member  of  the 
Governor's  Council  was  able  to  induce  the  Coun- 
cil to  refuse  to  grant  the  rebate  to  municipali- 
ties where  stock  was  owned,  for  the  reason  that 
the  road  had  been  leased  to  the  Maine  Central. 
Mr.  Bass  took  this  matter  up  before  the  legisla- 
tive committee  and  cited  legal  opinions,  taking 
the  ground  that  the  executive  council  could  either 
retain  this  money  in  the  treasury  or  deliver 
it  to  the  municipalities  where  stock  was  owned, 
as  before  the  road  was  leased.  Mr.  Bass  had 
an  act  introduced  in  the  Legislature  directing 


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that  this  rebate  money  be  paid  to  municipalities 
where  the  stock  was  owned,  leased  roads  as  well 
as  others,  which  act  was  finally  passed.  After 
the  passage  of  the  act,  there  were  three  years 
that  the  money  was  retained  in  the  State  treasury. 
Mr.  Bass  had  another  act  introduced,  ordering 
the  State  to  pay  over  to  the  municipalities  the 
amount  of  rebate  retained  for  the  three  years, 
which  was  passed.  Various  attempts  have  been 
made  to  secure  the  repeal  of  this  rebate  law, 
but  they  have  been  defeated,  with  Mr.  Bass  lead- 
ing the  opposition.  In  the  formation  of  the 
Bangor  &  Aroostook  railroad,  Mr.  Bass  was 
active  in  securing  rights-of-way  and  necessary 
legislation,  and  was  the  first  person  to  subscribe 
to  the  stock,  taking  $52,500.  On  the  organization 
of  the  company  he  was  chosen  one  of  the  di- 
rectors. Through  his  instrumentality  the  bequest 
left  by  Gen.  S.  F.  Hersey  to  the  City  of  Bangor 
was  largely  augmented.  The  principal  of  the 
bequest  was  to  be  paid  in  1900,  and  the  trustees 
of  the  estate  had  made  a  previous  settlement  of 
$100,000  cash  with  the  City  Council.  Mr.  Bass, 
not  satisfied  with  this  settlement,  urged  the  City 
Council,  in  1900,  to  make  further  demands  of 
the  trustees,  and  eventually  through  his  efforts 
another  $50,000  was  obtained  from  the  trustees 
of  the  estate. 

Bangor,  in  1911,  suffered  from  a  great  fire,  and 
the  question  of  civic  improvement  became  a  lead- 
ing question.  The  appointment  of  Mr.  Bass  as  a 
member  of  the  Committee  of  Safety,  brought 
him  in  touch  with  the  situation.  He  strongly 
advocated  the  building  of  the  public  library  on 
its  present  location,  and  also  the  erection  of  the 
high  school  building  on  its  former  lot  in  Abbott 
Square,  and  opposed  the  movement  to  build  the 
post  office  in  Centre  Park.  He  was  successful 
in  opposing,  in  Bangor,  the  establishment  of  the 
commission  form  of  government. 

For  over  forty  years  Mr.  Bass  was  the  owner 
of  the  Bangor  Daily  Commercial,  and,  like  a 
number  of  newspaper  proprietors,  was  called 
upon  to  defend  himself  in  libel  suits,  and  he  suc- 
cessfully combatted  these  suits,  the  costs  being 
assessed  to  the  plaintiffs.  A  corporation  was 
formed  in  1905,  known  as  the  J.  P.  Bass  Pub- 
lishing Company,  for  the  publication  of  the  Daily 
and  Weekly  Commercial. 

Mr.  Bass  attended  the  National  Democratic 
Convention  held  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  in  1880,  and 
his  prominence  in  Maine  politics,  even  at  that 
time,  was  recognized  by  William  H.  Barnum, 
chairman  of  the  Democratic  National  Committee. 
In  discussing  plans  for  the  Democratic  cam- 


paign in  Maine,  Mr.  Bass  advised  a  general 
reorganization,  with  new  committees  in  each 
Congressional  district,  arguing  that  on  these 
conditions  there  would  be  good  prospects  of 
success.  He  was  afterwards  invited  for  a  con- 
ference at  New  York  City,  when  plans  were 
formulated  for  the  Maine  compaign,  the  National 
Committee  agreeing  to  duplicate  any  amount  of 
money  raised  in  each  Congressional  district.  The 
fusion  of  the  Democrats  and  Greenbackers  re- 
sulted in  the  election  of  Gen.  Harris  M.  Plaisted 
as  Governor,  though  the  Republican  presidential 
candidate,  General  Garfielcl,  carried  the  State. 

Mr.  Bass  was  chairman  of  the  executive  com- 
mittee for  Maine  of  the  World's  Fair  Commis- 
sion, held  at  Chicago,  Illinois,  in  1893.  He  was 
successful  in  obtaining  private  subscriptions  to 
augment  the  State  appropriation  of  $10,000,  and 
a  building  was  erected  at  the  cost  of  $30,000, 
which  was  pronounced  by  President  Palmer  of 
the  Exposition  as  "the  best  building  on  the 
grounds  except  for  size."  The  building  after 
the  Exposition  was  removed  and  rebuilt  at  Po- 
land Spring,  Maine,  where  it  is  still  preserved. 
Mr.  Bass  was  a  member  of  the  Society  of  May- 
flower Descendants  of  Massachusetts  and  Maine 
and  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows. 

Mr.  Bass  married,  in  1866,  Mary  L.  March, 
daughter  of  Leonard  and  Martha  L.  March, 
prominent  residents  of  Bangor,  Maine.  Mrs. 
Bass  died  in  1899. 

Honorable  Joseph  Parker  Bass  died  at  his 
home  in  Bangor,  Maine,  March  27,  1919,  at  the 
age  of  eighty-three  years,  six  months  and  three 
days.  He  had  been  suffering  for  several  weeks 
from  obstruction  to  the  circulation  in  his  left 
leg,  and  it  was  hoped  that  he  might  obtain 
relief  from  an  operation,  which  was  performed 
by  Dr.  C.  A.  Porter,  of  Boston,  but  a  clot  of 
blood  went  to  the  heart  and  death  came  sud- 
denly. Mr.  Bass  left  a  large  property  and  made 
a  number  of  public  bequests.  He  gave  Maple- 
wood  Park  to  Bangor  for  a  public  park,  to  be 
named  Bass  Park,  and  among  other  bequests 
was  a  gift  of  $25,000  to  the  Eastern  Maine  Gen- 
eral Hospital,  and  a  liberal  annuity  for  the 
Bangor  Children's  Home. 


GEORGE  COLBY  CHASE— From  most 
worthy  Quaker  ancestry,  President  Chase  in- 
herited those  qualities  that  placed  him  where  he 
was  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

(I)  The  first  of  his  family  in  this  country  was 
William  Chase,  born  in  1595,  who  came  in  Win- 


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throp's  fleet  in  1630  with  his  wife,  Mary,  and  son, 
William  Chase.  It  has  been  claimed  by  some 
that  he  was  related  to  Aquila  Chase,  who  set- 
tled in  Northeastern  Massachusetts,  but  no  such 
relationship  has  ever  been  proved.  He  settled 
at  Roxbury,  was  a  member  of  the  Apostle  Eliot's 
church,  and  was  made  freeman,  May  14,  1634. 
In  1637  he  was  a  member  of  the  company  that 
settled  at  Yarmouth,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
died  in  May,  1659.  His  wife  died  in  the  follow- 
ing October.  He  was  a  soldier  against  the  Nar- 
ragansett  Indians  in  1645. 

(II)  William    (2)    Chase,   son    of   William    (l) 
Chase,    born    about    1622,   who    accompanied    his 
father  from  England,  lived  in   Yarmouth,  where 
he  died  February  27,   1685.      There  is  no  record 
of  his  wife.      Several  of  his  sons  were  identified 
with    the    Society    of    Friends.      They    lived    for 
some    years    in    Portsmouth,    Rhode    Island,   and 
removed  thence  to  Swansea,  Massachusetts. 

(III)  Joseph   Chase,   fifth   son   of   William    (2) 
Chase,   married,   February  28,    1695,   Sarah   Sher- 
man, of  Swansea,  daughter  of  Sampson  and  Isa- 
belle  (Tripp)  Sherman,  born  September  24,  1677- 
The    Shermans    were    also    identified    with    the 
Friends,  of  whom  there  was  a  considerable  col- 
ony in  Swansea. 

(IV)  Stephen    Chase,    fourth    son    of    Joseph 
Chase,  was  born   May  2,   1709,  in   Swansea,  and 
died   June    22,    1700.       He    married    Esther    Buf- 
fington,  who  was  born  August  12,  1712,  and  died 
May  14,  1750.     The  Buffingtons  settled  in  Salem 
and   Lynn,   Massachusetts,   and  were   among  the 
early    residents    of    Swansea,    the    first    of    the 
name,  Thomas  Bovanton,  lived  in  Salem,  where 
he    married,    December    30,    1671,    Sarah    South- 
wick,    probably    a    granddaughter    of    Lawrence 
Southwick,  and  a  niece  of  Whittier's   Cassandra 
Southwick,  of  Salem.     They  were  the  parents  of 
Benjamin    Buffington,    who    was    born    1675,    in 
Salem,  lived  for  a  time  in   Lynn,  and  settled  in 
Southeastern    Massachusetts    within    the    bounds 
of    the    Swansea    Monthly    Meeting    Society    of 
Friends,   of  which   he   became   a   member.      The 
Puritan  officials  of  Massachusetts  were  wont  to 
ignore   the   Quakers,   and   the   town   records   fail 
to    give    any    information    concerning    the    early 
Quaker  families.     It  is  probable  that  Esther  Buf- 
fington, above  mentioned,  was  a  daughter  of  Ben- 
jamin Buffington. 

(V)  Stephen   (2)   Chase,  sixth   son   of  Stephen 
(i)    and    Esther    (Buffington)    Chase,    was    born 
February    3,    1740,    in    the    vicinity    of    Swansea, 
and   died   December    18,    1821,   in   Unity,    Maine. 
He  began  the   settlement   of  that   town  in    1775, 


probably  traveling  by  water  from  his  native  lo- 
cality in  Massachusetts;  proceeded  first  to  Dur- 
ham, Maine,  and  thence  up  the  Kennebec  river 
and  its  tributaries  to  Unity  Pond,  and  on  a  com- 
manding eminence,  overlooking  that  water, 
built  a  log  house.  His  wife,  Hannah  (Blethen) 
Chase,  born  May  27,  1739,  in  Swansea,  died  in 
Unity,  June  2,  1845,  at  the  age  of  one  hundred 
and  six  years.  The  Blethens  were  also  a  Quaker 
family  that  was  numerously  represented  in  and 
about  Swansea. 

(VI)  Hezekiah  Chase,  son  of  Stephen  (2)  and 
Hannah   (Blethen)   Chase,  was  born  October  27, 
1774,  and  was  an  infant  when  his  parent-  located 
in  Unity.      He  was  one  of  the  best  known  men 
of  that  town,  and  died  there  April  9,  1848.      He 
was  often  the  representative  of  the  town  in  the 
State    Legislature,   and   also   served   as   judge    of 
probate    for    Waldo    county.      His    wife,    Sarah 
(Gilkey)    Chase,   was   born   in   Unity,   September 
27,  1779.  and  died  March  18,  1833. 

(VII)  Joseph   Chase,   son   of   Hezekiah    Chase, 
was  born   October  22,   1804,   in   Unity.      He   was 
an  industrious  farmer,  recognized  by  his  towns- 
men as  a  man  of  strict  integrity,  and  popularly 
known   as   "the   honest   man."      He   was   a   great 
lover  of  books,  his  knowledge  of  the   Bible  and 
of  general  history  surpassing  that  of  most  pro- 
fessional  students.      He  died  at  his   son's  home 
in   Lewiston,   September  24,   1876.      He   married, 
July  4,   1842,  Jane   Chase   Dyer,  born  in  Thorn - 
dike,  April  4,  1815,  died  in  Lewiston,  August  18, 
1887.      She   was   a   woman    of   superior   intellect 
and   encouraged   her   children   in    the    pursuit   of 
knowledge.     Her  mother  was  one  of  nine  sisters, 
whose    descendants    have   been    characterized   by 
public  spirit  and  enterprise.      One   of  them  was 
the   mother  of   Rev.   Elijah    P.   and   Hon.   Owen 
Lovejoy,  the  former  the  first  martyr  in  the  cause 
of  Anti-Slavery. 

(VIII)  George    Colby    Chase,    son    of    Joseph 
Chase,  was  born   March   15,   1844,  in  Unity,  and 
passed  through  the  usual  experiences  of  a  farm- 
er's son  in  Maine.      He  was  early  introduced  to 
rigorous  farm  labor,  and  previous  to  the  age  of 
twelve    years    attended    the    district    schools    in 
winter  only,  with  the  exception  of  a  few  weeks 
in  summer.      After  he  was  twelve  years  old  his 
school    privileges    were    entirely    limited    to    the 
winter  term,  with  the  exception  of  a  few  weeks 
in  the  old-fashioned  high  school.      When  sixteen 
years   old,  through   the   influence   of  his   mother, 
he  was  permitted  to  spend  a  term  at  the  Maine 
State   Seminary.      Principal   Cheney,   his   teacher 
in  Latin,  especially  urged  upon  the  boy's  parents 


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HISTORY  OF  MAINE 


his  continuance  in  school,  but  circumstances  pre- 
vented his  return  to  the  seminary  for  more  than 
two  years.  During  much  of  this  time  the  severe 
illness  of  his  father  left  the  entire  care  of  the 
family  on  this  youth  of  sixteen.  In  the  succeed- 
ing four  years,  beginning  at  the  age  of  seven- 
teen, he  taught  winter  schools  and  had  an  occa- 
sional term  at  the  seminary,  but  was  busily  en- 
gaged most  of  the  time  in  farm  labor.  At  the 
age  of  twenty  he  graduated  from  the  preparatory 
department  of  the  seminary,  at  the  head  of  his 
class,  and  in  the  following  autumn  entered  Bates 
College.  Poor  health  and  the  necessity  of  earn- 
ing the  expenses  of  his  education  somewhat  re- 
tarded his  progress,  but  he  persevered,  was  ac- 
tive in  the  religious  work  of  the  college  and 
in  the  debates  of  his  literary  society.  In  1868 
he  graduated  at  the  head  of  his  class,  having  re- 
ceived in  his  sophomore  year  the  prize  for  the 
first  public  debate  held  in  the  college. 

His  friends  had  always  expected  that  he  would 
enter  the  ministry,  but  he  was  hesitant,  not  feel- 
ing sure  that  he  was  called  to  preach.  In  his 
uncertainty  respecting  duty,  he  declined  an  op- 
portunity to  remain  at  Bates  as  a  teacher  with 
the  prospect  of  a  permanent  position  in  the 
college.  About  this  time  he  also  declined  the 
principalship  of  the  Maine  Central  Institute  and 
a  promising  position  in  Rhode  Island.  He  be- 
came instructor  in  Greek,  Latin,  Mental  and 
Moral  Philosophy  in  the  New  Hampton  Literary 
Institution,  where  at  the  end  of  his  second  year 
the  examination  of  his  classes  was  attended  by 
President  Cheney  and  Professor  Stanton  of  Bates. 
Upon  their  urgent  request  that  he  return  to  his 
alma  mater,  he  decided  to  attend  the  Theological 
School  at  Bates,  and  at  the  same  time  to  act  as 
tutor  in  the  college.  Here  from  1870  to  1871  he 
studied  Theology  and  taught  Greek  to  the  fresh- 
man class.  At  the  end  of  the  year  he  was  unani- 
mously elected  to  the  Chair  of  Rhetoric  and  Eng- 
lish Literature  in  Bates,  and  spent  the  following 
year  in  graduate  work  at  Harvard  University 
in  special  preparation  for  his  duties.  Among 
his  instructors  were  Professors  James  Russell 
Lowell,  Ezra  Abbott,  Francis  J.  Child  and  E.  A. 
Sophocles.  In  1872  he  began  his  work  at  Bates. 
Practically  nothing  had  been  attempted  pre- 
viously in  his  department.  The  organization  of 
the  work  in  English  at  Bates  is  therefore  to  be 
credited  wholly  to  President  Chase.  His  work 
in  the  early  years  was  extremely  laborious,  in- 
cluding not  only  lectures  and  recitations,  but  the 
correction  of  all  student  themes  and  the  care 
of  all  class  and  public  speaking.  For  several 


years  he  gave  declamation  drill  during  each  term 
to  every  student  in  the  college.  His  hours  of 
labor  were  longer  than  those  of  almost  any  un- 
skilled workman  in  the  State.  The  condition  of 
the  college  also  demanded  that  he  assist  in  other 
departments  and  a  part  of  the  work  in  his  own 
department  was  necessarily  given  over  to  tutors 
and  instructors.  For  some  years  he  taught  the 
freshman  class  in  Greek,  and  in  1873-74,  during 
the  absence  of  Professor  Hayes  in  Europe,  he 
taught  the  latter's  classes  in  exegesis  of  the 
Greek  Testament,  and  Botany.  In  the  follow- 
ing year,  during  the  absence  of  Professor  Stan- 
ton,  besides  carrying  a  large  share  of  his  own 
work,  he  taught  all  the  Greek  and  Latin  in  the 
curriculum,  except  the  freshman  Latin. 

As  the  college  grew  and  prospered,  Pro- 
fessor Chase  was  enabled  to  give  most  of  his 
attention  to  his  own  department.  In  1881,  after 
Bates  had  suffered  serious  financial  losses,  Pro- 
fessor Chase  was  chosen  to  act  in  association 
with  President  Cheney  in  the  endeavor  to  in- 
crease the  college  fund.  Beginning  in  the  win- 
ter of  1881-82  he  continued  for  ten  years  to  de- 
vote nearly  all  of  his  vacations  and,  in  addition, 
two  whole  terms  to  the  work  of  raising  money. 
Through  his  efforts  the  college  received  for  cur- 
rent needs  and  for  its  fund  about  one  hundred 
and  forty  thousand  dollars  ($140,000).  He  was 
wont  after  completing  a  term  to  leave  Lewiston 
on  the  first  outgoing  train,  often  taking  with  him 
essays  to  be  corrected  during  his  leisure  mo- 
ments or  while  pursuing  his  journey.  During 
these  years  Professor  Chase  had  been  very  active 
in  increasing  the  college  library  and  received  in 
a  single  year  more  than  one  thousand  choice 
volumes  in  its  behalf.  His  labors  in  behalf  of 
the  college  brought  him  into  relation  with  many 
leading  people,  and  he  made  for  it  many  friends 
among  wealthy  and  eminent  men. 

President  Chase  was  always  a  student  of  edu- 
cation and  educational  methods.  In  preparing 
students  for  Bates,  Dartmouth,  and  Brown  at 
the  New  Hampton  Literary  Institution,  he 
gained  a  large  insight  into  the  work  of  second- 
ary schools.  No  student  whom  he  fitted  for 
college  was  ever  conditioned  at  admission,  and 
Dartmouth  gave  him  the  credit  of  furnishing 
some  of  the  best  prepared  members  of  a  class 
of  eighty.  For  many  years  President  Chase 
was  a  director  of  the  Latin  School  of  Lewiston. 
For  sixteen  years  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Lewiston  School  Board — during  two  years  of 
that  time  its  president.  He  declined  a  reelec- 
tion to  the  Board  in  1891.  Much  of  the  effi- 


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ciency  of  the  Lewiston  schools  may  be  credited 
to  his  wise  influence  and  judicious  action. 

Persistence  in  such  arduous  labors  naturally 
made  great  inroads  upon  his  health,  and  in  the 
summer  of  1891  the  trustees  sent  him  abroad  to 
obtain  a  much-needed  rest.  Accompanied  by  his 
wife,  he  spent  six  months  in  general  travel,  in- 
cluding some  six  weeks  in  exploration  of  the 
English  Lake  District  and  about  three  months 
in  London,  where  he  attended  lectures  in  the 
London  University  College  and  studied  in  the 
British  Museums.  He  also  gave  considerable 
attention  to  German  educational  methods. 

In  1894  he  was  made  president  of  the  college, 
with  the  title  of  President  and  Professor  of  Psy- 
chology and  Logic,  and  he  continued  in  that  ca- 
pacity to  the  time  of  his  death.  President  Chase 
was  essentially  a  college  man  and  had  relatively 
little  time  to  devote  to  other  interests  or  other 
lines  of  public  service.  He  occasionally  made 
public  addresses,  but  was  obliged  to  decline  many 
invitations  to  lecture  at  various  institutions  in 
New  England.  On  two  different  occasions  he 
declined  to  consider  other  positions  which  prom- 
ised to  treble  his  salary. 

In  addition  to  his  Inaugural,  he  has  published 
two  addresses  before  the  committee  on  educa- 
tion of  the  Maine  Legislature,  two  before  the 
American  Institute  of  Instruction,  an  address  at 
the  Centennial  Celebration  of  Unity,  in  1904,  one 
before  the  Northern  Baptist  Convention  on  the 
Religion  of  a  College  Student,  a  monograph  on 
the  Disruption  of  the  Home,  a  sermon  on  Al- 
truism (published  by  Funk  and  Wagnalls  in  Mod- 
ern Sermons  by  World  Scholars),  an  address 
on  Higher  Education,  and  numerous  papers  upon 
various  educational  subjects. 

The  growth  and  progress  of  Bates  under  the 
administration  of  President  Chase  are  in  large 
measure  an  index  to  what  he  has  accomplished 
in  the  25  years  since  he  was  inaugurated.  At 
the  close  of  1894  Bates  had  585  graduates,  167 
students,  9  officers  and  instructors,  and  55 
courses  of  study  (15  elective  and  40  required). 
At  the  close  of  1919  she  will  have  2,376  grad- 
uates, more  than  400  students  (after  a  shrink- 
age from  nearly  500  due  to  war  conditions),  40 
officers  and  instructors,  and  190  courses  of  study. 
In  1894  the  college  had  5  buildings.  In  1919 
it  has,  including  one  in  process,  of  erection,  17. 
In  1894  the  Bates  Library  contained  11,639  vol- 
umes; in  1919,  47,000  volumes.  In  1894  the 
fund  as  shown  by  the  treasurer's  report  was 
$3171850.  In  1919  it  is  nearly  $1,200,000;  and  the 
total  assets  of  the  institution  are  more  than  $l,- 


700,000.  In  1894  Bates  was  scarcely  known  out- 
side of  New  England.  In  1919  her  contributions 
to  the  faculties  of  American  colleges  and  univer- 
sities, including  Harvard,  Yale,  Princeton,  Co- 
lumbia, Cornell,  Johns  Hopkins,  and  most  of 
the  great  universities  of  the  West,  have  been 
more  than  90,  distributed  among  more  than  60 
institutions. 

George  Colby  Chase  was  married  June  12, 
1872,  to  Emma  F.  Millett,  born  June  27,  1845, 
in  Norway,  Maine,  daughter  of  Joel  and  Betsy 
(Parsons)  Millett.  The  family  of  President  and 
Mrs.  Chase  includes  one  son  and  four  daughters. 
President  Chase  died  at  his  home.  May  27,  1919. 


ARTHUR  SEWALL,  third  son  of  William 
Dunning  and  Rachael  (Trufant)  Sewall,  was 
born  in  Bath,  Maine,  Thanksgiving  Day,  1835. 
His  father  was  one  of  the  prominent  shipbuild- 
ers of  Maine,  and  Senator  in  the  Legislature  of 
his  State.  He  was  the  grandson  of  Colonel 
Dummer  Sewall,  of  the  Revolutionary  army,  who 
was  the  fifth  generation  in  lineal  descent  from 
Henry  Sewall,  sometime  mayor  of  Coventry, 
Great  Britain.  Henry  Sewall's  grandson 
(Henry)  married  Jane  Dummer,  and  emigrated 
to  Newbury,  Massachusetts,  in  1634. 

Noble  descent  is  claimed  for  the  family,  but  if 
it  cannot  boast  of  that  in  its  ancient  home,  it 
did  not  take  long  to  attain  prominence  in  the 
new.  There  is  no  family  more  conspicuous  in 
early  New  England  history.  Three  of  the  lineal 
descendants  of  Henry  Sewall  became  chief  jus- 
tices of  Massachusetts,  and  two  others  were 
judges  of  the  highest  court  of  the  province  and 
the  commonwealth. 

Attorney-General  Jonathan  Sewall,  of  the  Co- 
lonial and  Revolutionary  period,  was  a  great- 
grandson  of  Henry  Sewall,  and  a  cousin  of  Jona- 
than Sewall,  who  was  the  poet  of  the  Revolution 
(Jonathan  Mitchell  Sewall).  A  son  of  Attorney- 
General  Jonathan  Sewall,  who  was  a  Royalist 
Refugee,  became  Chief  Justice  of  Quebec  in  1789. 
Of  all  these,  the  most  famous  was. Samuel  Sewall, 
the  first  Chief  Justice,  the  "Good-and-Wise"  of 
Whittier's  line,  who,  carried  away  by  the  pre- 
vailing delusion  on  the  subject  of  witchcraft, 
joined  with  members  of  his  Court  in  condemn- 
ing several  accused  persons,  but  unlike  others 
made  a  public  confession  of  his  error  in  the  Old 
South  Church.  His  son,  the  Rev.  Joseph  Sewall, 
was  long  pastor  of  the  Old  South  Church,  and 
was  elected  president  of  Harvard  College,  but 
declined.  Of  the  other  children  of  Henry, 
Anne  married  William  Longfellow,  and  was  the 


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direct  ancestress  of  the  poet,  and  from  Stephen 
was  descended  Grover  Cleveland,  President  of 
the  United  States.  The  family  of  Sewall  is  con- 
nected with  nearly  every  prominent  family  of 
New  England. 

John  Sewall,  brother  of  Samuel  and  Anne 
Sewall,  who  married  Hannah  Fessenden,  of  Cam- 
bridge, was  the  ancestor  of  the  Sewalls  of  Maine. 
His  son,  Samuel,  settled  in  York  in  1708. 

David  Sewall,  a  son  of  the  preceding,  was  a 
classmate  at  Harvard  of  John  Adams,  and  was 
appointed  by  Washington  (1789)  the  first  United 
States  Judge  for  the  District  of  Maine,  having 
previously  served  on  the  Supreme  Bench  of  Mas- 
sachusetts. He  filled  these  positions  "For  forty 
years  without  one  failure  of  attendance,"  until 
he  retired  from  public  life  in  1818. 

David  Sewall's  brother,  Dummer  Sewall,  set- 
tled in  Bath  in  1764,  and  was  the  great-grand- 
father of  Arthur  Sewall.  At  the  age  of  twenty- 
one,  Dummer  Sewall  enlisted  in  the  Provincial 
army,  raised  to  operate  against  the  French  in 
North  America,  and  served  at  Louisburg,  where 
he  was  appointed  an  ensign.  Upon  his  return, 
the  following  year,  he  was  appointed  lieutenant, 
and  ordered  to  the  army  for  the  invasion  of 
Canada  under  General  Amherst,  and  served  until 
the  fall  of  Montreal,  at  which  he  was  present. 
As  soon  as  hostilities  were  threatened  by  Great 
Britain,  he  was  elected  by  the  people  of  the 
district  as  one  of  the  committee  of  safety.  In 
April,  1775,  he  led  the  men  of  Georgetown  (now 
Bath),  to  drive  off  the  King's  spar-makers,  and 
arrested  the  King's  agent,  it  being  the  first  act 
of  resistance  to  British  authority  in  the  District 
of  Maine.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the  Provincial 
Congress,  which  assembled  at  Watertown;  and 
by  the  council  then  administering  the  executive 
affairs  of  the  State  he  was  appointed  lieutenant- 
colonel  of  a  regiment,  with  which  he  marched  to 
Cambridge  and  joined  the  Continental  army  un- 
der General  Washington.  He  was  a  magistrate 
for  his  county  of  Lincoln,  appointed  by  the  first 
Government  established  by  the  people  of  Massa- 
chusetts; and  soon  after  the  adoption  of  the 
Constitution  of  Massachusetts,  he  was  elected  a 
Senator  from  the  District  of  Maine. 

Arthur  Sewall  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  of  Bath.  At  an  early  age  he  went  to 
Prince  Edward  Island,  trading  and  securing  ship 
timber  that  he  sent  to  the  ship  yards  along  the 
Kennebec.  Returning,  when  less  than  twenty 
years  of  age,  he  entered  the  employ  of  his 
father's  firm  (Clark  &  Sewall). 

Dummer  Sewall,  himself,  had  built  some  small 


vessels  in  conjunction  with  others,  as  also  Jo- 
seph, his  son,  the  grandfather  of  Arthur  Sewall, 
but  the  Sewall  firm  really  had  its  beginning  in 
1823,  when  William  D.  Sewall  launched  the  brig 
Diana  of  but  one  hundred  and  ninety-nine  tons 
burden.  From  that  time,  without  interruption, 
this  firm  continued  to  build  vessels,  in  the  most 
of  which  it  held  a  controlling  interest,  upon 
land  taken  up  by  Dummer  Sewall  upon  his  ar- 
rival in  Bath,  and  which  had  been  continuously 
in  the  ownership  of  the  family  and  is  today. 

In  1854,  Arthur  Sewall  formed  a  partnership 
with  his  senior  brother  Edward,  under  the  firm 
name  of  E.  &  A.  Sewall,  taking  over  the  business 
of  the  old  firm  of  William  D.  Sewall  and  Clark 
&  Sewall.  In  January,  1855,  the  two  brothers 
(Arthur  and  Edward)  launched  their  first  ship, 
the  Holyhead,  of  over  one  thousand  tons  burden, 
a  large  ship,  in  those  days,  followed  the  same 
year  by  another.  Every  year  since  then,  until 
three  years  after  the  death  of  Arthur  Sewall,  this 
firm  built  on  an  average  a  ship  a  year,  most  of 
them  of  large  tonnage  for  their  era. 

A  recapitulation  of  the  names  of  some  of  the 
most  famous  ships  built  by  the  Sewall  Brothers 
recalls  a  glorious  chapter  of  our  early  Merchant 
Marine:  the  Hellespont,  Leander,  Valencia,  Vigi- 
lant, Villa  Franca,  Ocean  Scud,  Vancouver,  Vicks- 
burg,  Intrepid,  Volant,  Ocean  Signal,  and  the 
bark  Frank  Marion.  Then,  in  1869,  a  group  of 
three  noted  vessels,  Undaunted,  Eric  the  Red  and 
El  Capitan.  Then  the  Occidental,  Oriental  and 
Continental.  Then  the  harvest  group,  Har- 
vester, Reaper,  Thrasher  and  Granger.  The  In- 
diana was  launched  during  the  exciting  days  of 
the  Tilden  campaign,  in  anticipation  that  the 
State  of  Indiana  would  go  Democratic.  (For  Mr. 
Sewall  was  an  admirer  of  Tilden,  and  thorough- 
ly believed  in  his  election  in  1876.) 

In  1879,  upon  the  death  of  the  elder  brother, 
Edward,  the  firm  name  was  changed  to  that  of 
Arthur  Sewall  &  Company;  and  associated  with 
Arthur  was  his  second  son,  William  D.,  and  his 
nephew,  Samuel  S.  Sewall.  The  building  activ- 
ity of  this  firm  continued  on  an  increasing  scale. 
In  1890  they  launched  the  ship  Rappahannock,  of 
over  three  thousand  tons  burden,  then  the  larg- 
est wooden  ship  afloat.  While  this  ship  was  on 
the  stocks,  President  Benjamin  Harrison  visited 
Bath  as  the  guest  of  Mr.  Sewall,  and  walked 
along  the  keel  of  this  ship.  The  coincidence 
was  noted  that  Mr.  Sewall's  father  had,  in  1841, 
during  the  presidency  of  the  elder  Harrison, 
launched  another  ship  Rappahannock,  then  of 
only  a  little  over  one  thousand  tons  burden, 


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which  was  at  that  time  the  largest  wooden  ship 
afloat.  In  December  of  the  same  year  (1890) 
the  firm  launched  the  ship  Shenandoah,  still 
larger.  In  September,  1891,  they  launched  the 
Susquehannah,  and  in  August,  1892,  the  Roanoke, 
which  was  then  the  largest  wooden  ship  afloat, 
and  holds  the  record  today  of  being  the  largest 
wooden  sailing  ship  ever  built. 

It  had  been  demonstrated,  however,  that  the 
limit  of  size  had  been  reached  in  these  vessels, 
beyond  which  wooden  construction  could  not 
go,  as  it  was  impossible  to  build  to  such  dimen- 
sions of  wood  and  have  the  vessels  withstand 
the  strain.  So,  in  the  spring  of  1893,  Arthur 
Sewall,  having  made  a  tour  of  the  shipyards  of 
the  world,  began  the  equipment  of  his  yard 
for  the  complete  construction  of  steel  sailing  ves- 
sels, and  the  first  result  of  this  was  the  steel 
ship  Dirigo,  the  first  steel  sailing  ship  ever  built 
in  the  United  States.  A  steel  fleet  followed, 
some  for  outside  ownership.  Those  that  were 
built  and  owned  by  this  firm  were  the  Arthur 
Sewall,  Erskine  M.  Phelps  (known  as  the  White 
Flier),  Edward  Sewall,  five-master  schooner 
Kineo,  and  the  most  famous  of  the  group,  though 
not  launched  until  after  the  death  of  the  senior 
partner,  the  William  P.  Frye,  which  has  the  dis- 
tinction of  being  the  first  American  ship  sunk 
by  Germany,  bombed  by  the  German  cruiser, 
Prince  Eitel  Friedrich,  on  January  28,  1915.  Cu- 
riously enough  the  Senator  for  whom  this  ship 
was  named  was  the  boldest  in  his  denunciation 
of  the  action  of  Germany  in  the  Samoan  affair, 
when  first  the  cloven  foot  of  German  diplomacy 
was  shown  in  her  relations  with  the  United 
States.  For,  she  demonstrated  there,  in  that 
small  theatre,  the  same  disregard  of  treaties,  in- 
solence toward  the  United  States,  and  brutality 
toward  a  weak  people,  which  she  has  now  so 
demonstrated  before  the  entire  world.  In  the 
possession  of  this  fleet  of  wood  and  steel,  the 
Sewall  firm  controlled  the  largest  fleet  of  sailing 
ships  in  the  United  States.  It  is  doubtful  if 
any  larger  amount  of  similar  tonnage  was  con- 
trolled by  any  other  partnership  in  the  world. 

It  was  in  his  career  as  a  builder  of  ships  that 
Arthur  Sewall  took  his  greatest  pride.  There 
was  sentiment  in  his  work,  as  shown  in  the 
choice  of  names;  there  was  family  pride,  in  ex- 
panding an  industry  that  had  come  down  to  him 
for  generations;  and  there  was  patriotic  pride, 
in  keeping  afloat  the  American  flag.  For  he 
was  an  intense  American.  In  times  of  war, 
nothing  could  induce  him  to  disguise  or  prepare 
his  ships  against  possible  capture;  and  the  Stars 


and  Stripes  and  the  flag  of  the  Sewalls  continued 
to  fly  from  his  ships  during  the  entire  Civil 
War.  One  of  his  best,  the  Vigilant,  was  cap- 
tured by  the  Confederate  gunboat,  Sutnter,  when 
she  was  but  fairly  out  upon  the  high  seas. 
There  was  also  a  professional  pride,  for  he 
watched  every  part  of  a  ship's  construction;  and 
there  was  nothing  connected  with  it  of  which 
he  was  not  capable  of  manually  performing. 
Those  were  days  of  relations  of  mutual  helpful- 
ness between  employer  and  employe.  There 
was  an  esprit  de  corps  in  the  Sewall  yard  that 
could  only  be  found  in  a  small  community  where 
the  workmen  were  resident,  and  self-respecting 
and  respected  citizens. 

Mr.  Sewall  took  equal  pride  in  his  work  after 
a  ship  had  sailed  out  of  the  still  waters  of  the 
Kennebec  and  began  to  make  a  record  for  her- 
self upon  the  high  seas.  Almost  all  of  the 
Sewall  vessels  were  officered  from  the  banks  of 
the  Kennebec,  with  a  preference  given  to  the 
boys  of  Bath.  For  many  years  there  was  no 
field  more  promising  for  a  young  man  to  fol- 
low. The  best  blood  of  Maine  has  proudly 
walked  the  quarter-deck  of  Bath-built  vessels, 
and  it  is  hardly  an  exaggeration  to  say  that  at 
least  every  family  on  the  river  has  contributed 
one  son  to  the  service  of  the  Merchant  Marine. 

If  Mr.  Sewall  could  have  had  his  way,  and 
had  the  conditions  been  favorable,  he  would 
gladly  have  devoted  all  his  time  to  the  building 
of  ships.  But  his  capabilities  as  a  man  of  af- 
fairs drew  him  into  other  work.  His  father 
had  been  a  director  of  the  Portland  &  Kennebec 
Railroad,  and  when  this  road  was  made  a  part 
of  the  Maine  Central  Railroad  system,  a  system 
comprising  nearly  all  of  the  railroad  mileage  of 
the  State,  Mr.  Sewall  became  a  director  of,  and 
later  in  1865,  the  president  of  the  corporation, 
which  position  he  held  for  nine  years,  a  term 
longer  than  that  of  any  other  previous  incum- 
bent, and  during  which  the  condition  and  the  ex- 
tensions of  the  road  made  their  greatest  progress. 
He  would  have  continued  longer  in  the  office  of 
president  had  his  nature  been  one  of  subservi- 
ency. He  was  also  a  director  of  the  Eastern 
Railroad,  and  was  its  president  before  it  became 
merged  into  the  Boston  &  Maine.  He  had  ex- 
tensive connections  with  other  roads,  not  only 
in  Maine  but  also  in  the  Western  States  and  in 
Mexico.  He  was  the  third  president  of  the 
Bath  National  Bank,  the  first  president  of  which 
had  been  his  father's  partner,  and  the  control 
of  which  had  remained  in  the  Sewall  family.  He 
was  also  a  factor  in  the  establishment  of  the 


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Bath  Iron  Works.  Arthur  Sewall  was  a  man  of 
marked  executive  ability  and  capacity,  business 
judgment,  and  a  safe  counsellor  in  business  en- 
terprises. It  was  due  to  these  qualities,  rather 
than  to  any  large  holdings  of  stock,  that  he  was 
called  to  the  numerous  corporate  positions  that 
he  filled. 

All  his  life  Mr.  Sewall  was  keenly  interested 
in  the  political  affairs  of  his  country,  but  never 
was  he  a  seeker  of  political  honors.  He  regu- 
larly and  conscientiously  discharged  his  duty  as 
a  citizen  at  the  polls,  and  was  a  man  of  decided 
opinions,  which  he  was  ever  ready  to  avow, 
however  unpopular  they  might  be.  Mr.  Sewall 
was  a  Democrat  from  conviction,  and  in  this  con- 
viction he  never  wavered,  which  fact  closed  to 
him  every  avenue  of  political  preferment  in 
Maine.  He  was  councilman,  and  in  1876-77 
alderman  of  his  city,  and  these  are  the  highesc 
and  the  only  elective  political  offices  he  ever 
held.  Within  his  party,  however,  he  occupied  a 
position  of  enviable  prominence  for  many  years. 

He  was  a  delegate  to  the  National  Democratic 
Convention  at  Baltimore  that  nominated  Horace 
Greeley  in  1872;  and  again  to  that  in  Cincinnati, 
which  nominated  Hancock  in  1880.  He  was  also 
*  delegate-at-large  to  the  convention  that  nomi- 
nated Cleveland  in  1884.  In  1888,  he  was  pres- 
ent at  the  National  Democratic  Convention  in 
St.  Louis,  and  was  then  elected  a  member  of 
the  National  Democratic  Committee,  and  was 
also  a  member  of  the  executive  committee  of 
that  organization  for  the  campaign  of  that  year. 
He  attended  the  National  Democratic  Conven- 
tion in  Chicago  in  1892,  and  again  elected  to  the 
National  Committee,  and  made  a  member  of  the 
executive  committee.  In  1893,  he  was  the  nom- 
inee of  his  party  for  the  United  States  Senate 
against  the  Hon.  Eugene  Hale.  Mr.  Sewall's 
Democracy,  like  himself,  was  virile  and  robust; 
but  sometimes  it  seemed  as  if  his  political  faith 
was  fashioned  on  what  he  thought  the  Demo- 
cratic party  ought  to  be,  rather  than  what  it 
was  in  fact.  On  leading  issues  his  party  faith 
seemed  overshadowed  by  his  Americanism.  He 
was  not  a  Free  Trade  Democrat,  and  was  a  fol- 
lower of  Randall  rather  than  of  Carlisle.  With 
regard  to  the  tariff,  he  would  have  used  it  so 
far  as  necessary  to  raise  revenue,  as  a  weapon 
against  other  Nations,  a  weapon  of  defense  to 
our  industries,  as  well  as  a  weapon  of  action  to 
force  from  other  Nations  a  return  for  every 
concession  that  we  made  to  them.  To  this 
extent  he  sympathized  with  the  reciprocity  meas- 
ures of  Elaine,  and  was  a  believer  in  discriminat- 


ing duties  in  favor  of  Amercan  tonnage  as  ad- 
vocated by  Jefferson.  When  this  measure  failed 
he  stood  strongly  for  the  different  ship-subsidy 
bills  fathered  by  the  Republican  party,  for  which 
he  found  little  favor  in  his  own.  He  thought 
it  not  only  humiliating  and  costly  but  also  dan- 
gerous, as  recent  events  have  proved,  that  we 
should  be  dependent  upon  foreign  tonnage  to 
carry  our  own  commerce.  In  this,  he  saw,  with 
the  prescience  that  was  one  of  his  marked  char- 
acteristics, the  situation  with  which  we  had  to 
deal  in  the  World  War. 

In  line  with  his  views  on  the  tariff,  he  be- 
lieved that  through  the  power  of  commercial  dis- 
crimination and  retaliation,  our  Government  had 
nothing  to  fear  from  any  Nation  of  Europe;  and 
with  such  a  weapon  we  required  no  great  navy. 
He  was  an  advocate  of  a  vigorous  foreign  policy. 
With  regard  to  our  relations  with  Canada,  he 
would  have  had  us  deal  with  her  so  as  to  force 
her  to  realize  her  disadvantage  as  a  British  de- 
pendency. He  favored  the  annexation  of  Ha- 
waii; the  maintenance  of  our  influence  in  Samoa; 
and  the  independence  of  Cuba.  He  was  a  warm 
admirer  of  the  ability  and  vigor  of  Cleveland's 
Secretary  of  State,  Mr.  Olney,  especially  as  dis- 
played in  the  defense  of  the  Monroe  Doctrine, 
in  which  he  firmly  believed.  From  the  time  that 
the  free  coinage  of  silver  attained  any  place  in 
public  discussion,  Mr.  Sewall  had  been  its  ardent 
and  outspoken  champion.  In  1893,  he  wrote  to 
William  L.  Putnam,  his  intimate  friend  from 
boyhood,  and  one  of  the  leading  lawyers  and 
Democrats  of  New  England,  as  follows: 

Our  President,  In  supporting  his  Single  Gold  theory, 
remarked  in  his  Interview  with  Governor  Northen  that 
lie  was  desirous,  as  far  as  in  his  power,  not  to  les- 
sen the  purchasing  power  of  our  money,  intimating 
that  he  would  rather  see  it  increased  so  that  the  la- 
borer and  the  farmer  would  buy  as  much  or  more 
with  his  dollar  than  he  ever  had  heretofore.  H« 
seems  to  overlook  the  fact  that  the  laborer  and  th« 
farmer  have  first  to  buy  their  dollar  with  their  labor 
and  their  products  before  they  can  come  to  the  proc- 
ess of  spending  it  and  realize  its  high  purchasing 
power.  .  .  . 

It  seems  to  me  that  establishing  and  continuing 
this  Single  Gold  Standard  is  equivalent  to  our  Gov- 
ernment furnishing  new  measures  of  value,  which  giv« 
the  purchaser  much  more  for  his  money  than  ever 
before;  or,  which  would  be  like  furnishing  the  fanner, 
to  measure  his  grain  when  selling,  with  a  new  half- 
bushel  measure  that  would  hold  three  pecks.  Th« 
country  cannot  prosper  under  this  system.  The  re- 
peal of  the  Sherman  Purchasing  Clause  will  restore 
fully  confidence  in  our  money,  and  if  we  would  con- 
tinue on  that  line  and  contract  our  currency  to  noth- 
ing but  Gold,  that  confidence  in  our  money  would  b« 
still  greater;  but  this  remedy  will  not  restore  confi- 
dence in  business  and  confidence  in  new  industries 
and  enterprises.  Before  that  is  fully  restored,  we 
have  got  to  so  modify  and  change  our  system  of  money 
that  we  may  be  free  in  the  future,  as  far  as  pos- 


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sible,  from  these  extreme  fluctuations  and  have  such 
a  system  that  will  treat  capital  and  labor  alike- 
other  words,  that  while  the  dollar  will  purchase  Hi 
bushel  of  wheat  as  heretofore,  the  farmer  will  also 
be  protected  and  will  not  be  subjected  by  any  com- 
bination to  be  forced  to  sell  his  wheat  at  an  under 
value.  .  .  . 

The  recent  panic,  from  which  we  are  about  recover- 
ing, has  proven,  I  think,  to  many  minds,  that  the 
material  defect  in  our  financial  system  was  not  th» 
operation  of  the  Sherman  Purchasing  Law,  for  the 
repeal  of  which  there  Is  now  such  a  clamor  and  such 
an  effort  being  made  by  the  Administration.  That, 
no  doubt,  contributed  very  largely  to  the  general 
scare  and  unsettled  feeling  that  brought  about  th« 
panic;  but,  the  ripening  process  of  the  Single  Gold 
Standard,  under  which  we  have  lived  since  1873,  had, 
to  my  mind,  more  to  do  with  It  than  the  purchase  of 
silver.  This  panic  was  a  "Money"  and  "Banker's" 
panic,  the  one  to  follow,  unless  we  remedy  our  finan- 
cial system,  and  furnish  a  stable,  bl-metallic  basis  for 
our  currency,  will  be  a  commercial  panic,  far  mor« 
serious  and  more  disastrous  In  its  effect  than  the  re- 
cent one.  I  assume,  and  I  think  the  statistics  con- 
firm the  conclusion,  that  we  have  not  gold  enough  In 
the  world  for  all  the  important  nations  to  base  their 
financial  systems  upon  the  Single  Gold  Standard. 

At  the  National  Democratic  Convention  in 
Chicago  in  1896,  the  natural  firmness  and  power 
of  decision  that  characterized  Arthur  Sewall,  to- 
gether with  his  warm  advocacy  of  silver,  brought 
him  at  once  into  prominence.  In  the  National 
Committee,  he  opposed  the  Gold  men  at  every 
point  in  the  preliminary  organization  of  that 
convention,  and  voted  for  Daniels  as  against 
Hill  for  temporary  chairman.  He  did  this  with 
full  knowledge  that  his  action  would  be  resented 
by  the  delegation  from  Maine,  where  the  silver 
sentiment  had  not  developed,  and  in  consequence 
of  his  action  he  was  dropped  by  the  Maine  dele- 
gation from  the  National  Committee.  On  the 
same  day  he  telegraphed  his  wife  that  he  was 
now  out  of  politics  forever  and  for  good.  With- 
in thirty-six  hours  he  was  nominated  for  the  sec- 
ond highest  position  within  the  gift  of  his  party. 
His  nomination  took  place  on  the  fifth  ballot. 
Sibley,  of  Pennsylvania,  McLean,  of  Ohio,  Wil- 
liams, of  Massachusetts,  and  Bland,  of  Missouri, 
were  his  leading  opponents.  Mr.  Sewall  received 
568  out  of  a  total  of  679  votes.  A  writer  of 
the  time  affirms  that: 

It  was  the  executive  ability  of  men  like  Sewall  that 
prevented  riot,  and  a  demonstration  of  mob  rule,  at 
that  convention,  when  the  Radicals,  In  their  hour  or 
triumph,  came  near  to  losing  their  advantage  by  par- 
liamentary indiscretion.  When  regularity  was  brought 
out  of  that  political  chaos,  Sewall  was  placed  on  tin 
National  ticket  with  Bryan  .  .  .  for  his  demon- 
strated ability,  and  exhibition  of  love  for  fair  play. 

Upon  his  return  to  his  native  city  he  was  wel- 
comed by  such  a  joyous  outpouring  of  its  citi- 
zens as  Bath  had  never  before  seen.  Mr.  Sewall 
accepted  the  nomination  for  vice-president  in  the 
full  belief  that  in  doing  so  he  was  performing 

ME.— 1—2 


a  sacred  duty.  In  his  speech  of  formal  accept- 
ance at  Madison  Square  Garden,  on  the  evening 
of  August  12,  he  said: 

Our  Party,  and  we,  believe  that  a  great  majority  of 
the  American  people  are  convinced  that  the  legislation 
of  '73.  demonltizlng  silver,  was  a  wrong  inflicted  upon 
our   country    that    should    and    must   be    righted.       W« 
believe    that    the    Single    Gold    Standard    has    so    nar- 
rowed  the   base   of  our   monetary    structure   that    it   Is 
unstable  and  unsafe;  and  so  dwarfed  it.  In  Its  develop- 
ment and  In  its  power  to  furnish  the  necessary  finan- 
cial  blood   to   the   Nation,   that   commercial   and    Indus- 
trial paralysis  has  followed.     We  believe  that  we  need, 
and   must  have,   the  broad   and  expanding  fountain   of 
both   gold    and    silver   to   support   a   monetary    system 
strong  enough,   stable  enough,  and  capable  of  meeting 
the    demand    of    a    growing    country    and    enterprising 
people — a  system  that  will  not  be  weakened  and  panic- 
stricken    by    every    foreign    draft    upon    us;    a    system 
that    will    maintain    a    parity    of    just    values    and    the 
Nation's    money,    and    protect    us    from    the    frequent 
fluctuations   of  today — so   disastrous   to   every   business 
and  industry   of  the  land.      We  demand   the  free  coin- 
age of  silver;  the  opening  of  our  mints  to  both  money 
metals,    without     discrimination;     the    return     to    the 
money   of  our  fathers;   the  money   of  the   Constitution 
— Gold  and  Silver.      We  believe  this  is  the  remedy,  and 
the  only  remedy,  for  the  evil  from   which  we  are  now 
suffering — the  evil  that  is  now  so  fast  devastating  and 
impoverishing  our  land  and  our  people,   bringing  pov- 
erty   to   our   homes,   and    bankruptcy    to    our    business, 
which  if  allowed  to  continue  will  grow  until  our  very 
institutions    are    threatened.      The    demonetization     of 
silver   has   thrown   the  whole   primary    money   function 
on  Gold,  appreciating  its  value  and  purchasing  power. 
Restore  the  money   function   to   silver,   and   silver   will 
appreciate,    and    Its   purchasing   power   increase.     Take 
from    Gold    its    monopoly,    its    value    will    be    reduced; 
and  in   due  course,   the   parity   of  the   two  metals  will 
again    obtain    under    natural    causes.       We    shall    then 
have   a    broad   and    unlimited    foundation   for   a   mone- 
tary   system,    commensurate   with    our   country's    needi 
and   future   development;    not   the   unsafe   basis   of   to- 
day,   reduced    by    half,    by   the   removal    of   silver,   and 
continually  undermined  by  foreigners  carrying  from  ut 
our    Gold.       This    is    the    reform     to     which    we    are 
pledged — the  reform   the  people  demand — the  return   to 
the    monetary    system    of    over    eighty    years    of    our 
National    existence.       The    Democratic    party    has    al- 
ready   given    its   approval,    and    its    pledge;    our   oppo- 
nents   admit    the    wisdom    of    the    principle    for    which 
we  contend,   but   ask   us   to   await   permission   and   co- 
operation of  other  Nations.      Our  people  will  not  wait; 
they  will   not  ask   permission  of  any   Nation   on  earth, 
to    relieve    themselves    of    the   cause    of    their    distress. 
The  issue   has  been   made;   the   people   stand   ready   to 

render   their   verdict   next   November 

I  accept  the  nomination,  and  with  the  people's  con- 
firmation, every  effort  of  which  God  shall  render  m« 
capable  will  be  exerted  In  support  of  the  principles 
Involved. 

On  September  24,  following,  Mr.  Sewall  ad- 
dressed to  Stephen  M.  White,  chairman,  and 
members  of  the  notification  committee  the  fol- 
lowing: 

W«  have  rescued  our  party  from  those  who  under 
the  Influence  of  the  money-power  have  controlled  and 
debased  it.  Our  mission  now  is  to  rescue  from  thil 
•ame  power  and  its  foreign  ally,  our  own  beloved 
country.  .  .  . 

The  test  of  party  principles  is  the  Government  they 
assure.  The  proof  of  good  Government  ia  a  con- 
tented and  happy  people;  and  the  supreme  test  of 
both  is  the  ability  to  guide  th»  country  through  a 


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HISTORY  OF  MAINE 


crisis  such  as  the  people  of  all  Nations  periodically 
have  to  face.  Our  people  now  face  a  crisis — a  crisis 
more  serious  than  any  since  the  war.  To  what  party 
shall  they  turn,  in  their  dire  emergency  ?  It  is  true 
that  the  present  crisis  may  not  Involve  all  equally; 
that  there  are  those  who  do  not  suffer  now — who  may 
not  suffer  should  the  crisis  threatened  by  the  Gold 
Standard  come  upon  us  in  all  its  fury.  Human  sel- 
fishness makes  these  deaf  to  all  appeals.  But  to  these, 
fortunately,  the  Democratic  party  has  never  needed 
to  appeal  to  win  its  battles;  nor,  does  it  now,  save 
as  there  are  some  among  them  who  ciin  rise  superior 
to  self  in  the  sacrifice  that  such  a  crisis  demands  of 
every  patriot. 

We  are  told  that  the  country  has  prospered  under 
the  present  monetary  standard;  that  its  wealth  has 
enormously  Increased.  Granted,  but  in  whose  hands? 
In  the  hands  of  the  toilers,  the  producers,  the  farm- 
ers, the  miners,  the  fabricators  in  the  factories,  the 
creators  of  the  Nation's  wealth  in  peace,  its  defenders 
in  war?  Have  they  the  prosperity  that  was  theirs  so 
late  even  as  twenty  years  ago?  I  deny  it;  they  deny 
it.  None  affirm  it,  save  those  whose  interests  It  is 
to  do  so — whose  profits  would  diminish  as  prosperity 
returns  to  those  off  whose  distress  they  thrive. 

All  is  indeed  right  between  capital  and  labor.  The 
"best  money  in  the  world"  is  none  too  good  for  those 
who  have  got  it;  but  how  about  the  90  per  cent,  of 
our  people  who  "have  got  it  to  get?"  How  is  it 
with  those  who  must  buy  this  "best  money  in  the 
world"  with  the  products  of  their  own  labor?  These 
are  the  people  for  whom  the  Democratic  party  would 
legislate.  What  is  the  best  money  for  these,  is  the  ques- 
tion for  all  to  ask  who  really  love  this  land.  Is  it  a  fair 
measure  of  values,  that  fifteen  bushels  of  potatoes  must 
be  paid  for  a  dollar;  ten  bushels  of  oats  for  a  dollar; 
three  bushels  of  wheat;  and  all  other  products  of  the 
soil  and  mines;  and  the  labor  of  all  wage  earners  at  the 
same  ration?  Does  any  fair  mind  say  this  is  honest 
money  that  forces  such  an  exchange?  And  If  it  la 
not  a  fair  exchange,  is  it  honest?  Is  it  less  than  rob- 
bery? 

This  is  the  condition  to  which  the  Single  Gold 
Standard  has  brought  us;  under  it,  the  appreciation  of 
the  "best  money  in  the  world"  has  increased  the  wealth 
of  the  rich;  and  for  the  same  reason  has  increased 
the  debt  of  the  debtor.  So  it  has  been;  so,  under 
the  present  standard,  it  must  continue  to  be. 

With  these  object  lessons  about  us,  little  need  have 
we  for  history  and  statistics,  and  the  researches  of 
scholars.  Little  satisfaction  it  is  to  us,  that  they 
have  warned  us  long  since  of  the  deadly  evil  of  the 
Gold  Standard.  It  has  brought  us  at  last  to  the  part- 
ing of  the  ways.  Whither  shall  the  people  go?  In 
the  way  that  has  led  to  their  enslavement?  Or,  In 
that  which  offers  them  their  only  chance  to  regain 
individual  liberty,  lasting  prosperity,  and  happiness? 
Let  not  our  opponents  charge  us  with  creating  class 
distinctions.  Alas,  for  the  Republic,  they  are  already 
here,  created  by  the  Republican  party  and  policy  of 
the  last  thirty  years— created  by  the  very  system  we 
now  overthrow  and  destroy. 

_Xor    do    we    raise    a    sectional    Issue.      The    nomina- 

11    you    tender    repels    tlie   charge;    none    know    better 

ban    I,   that   this   nomination   is  meant  as  no   personal 

rlbute,    but    fresh    assurance    that    our    party    remains 

trur.    to    its    historic   character— the   non-sectional    party 

of  our  country.     Not   by   our  policy,   but   only   by   the 

continuance    of    the    Gold     Standard     ran     sectionalism 

i  revived— sectionalism  that  under  the  Kepiiblican 
rule  hung  as  a  heavy  curse  over  the  land,  sectional- 
Ism  that  it  is  the  glory  of  the  Democratic  party  at 
last  to  have  destroyed. 

Neither   shall    our   opponents   lie    permitted    to    terrify 

e  people  by  predictions  that  temporary  disturbance 
or  panic  will  come  from  the  policy  we  propose  The 
American  people  will  be  loyal  to  the  Nations  money; 


will  stand  behind  it;  and  will  maintain  it  at  whatever 
value  they  themselves  may  place  upon  it.  ... 

Neither  let  us  be  slandered  from  our  duty  by  false 
accusations  against  us;  let  us  have  faith  that  right 
makes  might;  and  in  that  faith  let  us  to  the  end  dare 
to  do  our  duty  as  we  understand  it.  We  know  well 
the  nature  of  the  struggle  in  which  we  are  engaged, 
we  are  anxious  only  that  the  people  of  the  land  shall 
understand  it;  and  then  our  battle  is  won.  Behind 
all  the  intrenchment  of  the  Gold  Standard  are  gathered 
those  favored  classes  It  has  fostered  and  nourished— 
the  only  "dangerous"  classes  of  the  land.  Avarice 
and  unholy  greed  are  there;  every  trust  and  combina- 
tion are  there;  every  monopoly  is  there,  led  by  the 
greatest  monopoly  of  all,  the  monopoly  of  the  power  of 
Gold. 

With  us,  in  our  assault  upon  these  intrenchments, 
are  all  those  unselfish  men,  who,  not  now  suffering 
themselves,  cannot  rest  content  with  conditions  so 
full  of  suffering  for  others;  and  that  vaster  number 
of  our  people  who  have  been  sacrificed  to  the  small 
and  selfish  class  who  now  resist  the  attempts  to  re- 
gain their  ancient  rights  and  liberties.  These  are 
the  patriots  of  1896— the  foes  of  a  "dishonest"  dollar, 
which  enriches  10  per  cent,  of  our  people  to  rob  the 
rest — the  defenders  of  the  homes  of  the  land,  of  pub- 
lic morals,  and  the  public  faith,  nil  of  which  alike 
forbid  the  payment  of  Government  obligations  in  a 
coin  costlier  to  those  who  are  obliged  to  pny  more 
than  what  the  contract  calls  for — the  defenders  of  the 
honor  of  the  Nation,  whose  most  sacred  charge  it  is  to 
care  for  the  welfare  of  all  of  its  citizens. 

The  election  resulted  in  giving  Mr.  Bryan  a 
popular  vote  of  6,500,000 — the  largest  vote  he  had 
at  any  time  received  as  a  candidate.  He  re- 
ceived 176  electoral  votes;  Mr.  Sewall,  149;  and 
Mr.  Watson,  of  Georgia,  who  was  put  in  the  field 
by  the  Populist  party  to  defeat  Mr.  Sewall,  27. 
Had  the  election  taken  place  in  September,  it 
is  the  conviction  of  Mr.  Bryan,  which  he  has 
steadfastly  maintained,  that  he  and  Mr.  Sewall 
would  have  been  elected.  After  his  defeat,  Mr. 
Sewall  continued  actively  in  his  business  of  ship- 
building, and  traveled  extensively.  Mr.  Sewall 
was  a  member  of  the  New  Church  (Swedbor- 
gian). 

In  1859,  he  married  Emma  Duncan  Crocker, 
daughter  of  Charles  Crooker,  Esq.,  an  old-time 
shipbuilder.  Mrs.  Sewall's  mother  (Rachael 
Sewall)  was  descended  from  the  Samuel  Sewall, 
who  came  to  York.  Arthur  Sewall  died  on  Sep- 
tember 5,  1900,  at  Small  Point,  Maine,  his  sum- 
mer home.  His  widow  still  survives  him.  He 
had  three  sons:  Harold  Marsh;  William  Dun- 
ning, his  business  successor;  and  Dumjner,  who 
died  in  infancy.  Arthur  Sewall's  grandchildren 
are:  Captain  Loyall  Farragut  Sewall,  late  Tank 
Corps,  A.  E.  F.;  Ensign  Arthur  Sewall,  2d,  U.  S. 
N.  R.  F.;  Emma  Kaiulani  Sewall;  and  Camila 
Loyall  Ashe  Sewall,  all  children  of  Harold 
Marsh  Sewall;  also  Arthur;  Margaret  (Mrs.  F. 
M.  Hector);  Dorothy  Sumner;  and  Lieutenant 
Suniner  Sewall,  late  Aviation  Corps  (American 
Ace),  children  of  William  D.  Sewall. 


BIOGRAPHICAL 


19 


HAROLD  MARSH  SEWALL  was  born  in 
Bath,  Maine,  January  3,  1860,  son  of  Arthur  and 
Emma  Duncan  (Crocker)  Sewall.  He  received 
from  Harvard  the  degrees  of  A.B.,  1882;  LL.B., 
1885,  and  from  Bowdoin  College  in  1919,  the 
honorary  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  Mr.  Sewall 
married,  September  14,  1893,  Camilla  Loyall  Ashe, 
of  San  Francisco,  daughter  of  Richard  Porter  and 
Caroline  Loyall  Ashe.  Mr.  Sewall  was  vice-consul 
at  Liverpool,  1885-87;  consul-general  at  Samoa, 
1887-89;  opposed  German  pretensions  at  Samoa; 
attache  of  commission  that  negotiated  Berlin 
Treaty  of  1889,  for  Joint  Government  of  Samoa 
by  the  Powers;  reappointed  consul-general  at 
Samoa,  1889-92;  secured  site  to  Naval  Station 
at  Pago-Pago;  admitted  to  Maine  bar,  1892; 
chairman  of  Maine  Republican  State  Conven- 
tion, 1896;  delegate  to  Republican  National  Con- 
vention, 1896;  member  of  Maine  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives, 1896;  United  States  Minister  to  Ha- 
waii, 1897;  received  transfer  Sovereignty  of 
Islands,  1898;  special  agent  of  United  States  until 
organization  of  the  Territory;  first  member  of 
the  Republican  National  Committee  for  Hawaii; 
member  of  M-aine  House  of  Representatives, 
1003-07;  Maine  Senate,  1907-09;  Republican'  can- 
didate for  Congress,  1914;  delegate-at-large  to 
Republican  National  Coavention,  1916;  chairman 
of  Maine  Committee  of  Public  Safety  through- 
out the  War  with  Germany. 


CHARLES  ALLCOTT  FLAGG— The  literate 
of  the  world  are  indebted  to  the  painstaking 
labors  and  industries  of  the  librarians  of  the 
country.  Among  the  latter  none  have  been  more 
prominently  identified  with  genealogical  and  his- 
torical researches  than  Charles  Allcott  Flagg. 
He  was  born  at  Sandwich,  Massachusetts,  Octo- 
ber i,  1870,  the  son  of  Samuel  Benjamin  and 
Anna  Bigelow  (Allcott)  Flagg. 

His  early  education  was  obtained  at  the  pub- 
lic schools,  he  was  fitted  for  college  and  grad- 
uated A.B.  from  Bowdoin  College  in  the  class 
of  1894.  In  that  year  he  turned  his  attention  to 
teaching  and  for  one  year  was  principal  of  the 
High  School  at  Hopedale,  Massachusetts.  At 
this  period  Mr.  Flagg  commenced  his  life's  work 
as  librarian,  entering  the  New  York  State  Li- 
brary School  at  Albany,  the  first  school  for  li- 
brarians ever  established.  In  1896,  after  civil 
service  examinations,  he  became  assistant  and 
later  sub-librarian  in  charge  of  history  and 
genealogy  at  the  New  York  State  Library  at 
Albany,  New  York.  He  resigned  this  position 
in  1000  to  accept  the  charge  of  American  His- 


tory in  the  Catalogue  Division  of  the  Library 
of  Congress,  Washington,  District  of  Columbia. 
Here  he  remained  until  1913,  when  he  was  called 
to  assume  charge  of  the  Public  Library  of  Ban- 
gor,  Maine,  which  was  soon  to  remove  into  its 
new  and  attractive  building.  The  task  of  re- 
building a  library  which  had  been  destroyed 
by  fire  was  a  herculean  one,  but  Mr.  Flagg  was 
equal  to  the  occasion  and  through  his  efforts  the 
library  is  already  second  in  size  and  circulation 
among  the  public  libraries  of  the  State;  and,  be- 
ing exceptionally  strong  in  reference  material, 
has  extended  its  usefulness  all  over  Eastern 
Maine. 

The  breadth  of  his  interest  in  library  matters 
is  shown  by  the  fact  that  he  has  been  for  several 
\ears  a  member  of  the  Maine  Library  Commis- 
sion, and  an  active  member  of  the  Maine  Library 
Association,  having  served  the  latter  as  its  presi- 
dent. 

Mr.  Flagg  received  the  degree  of  B.L.S.  in 
1899  from  the  New  York  State  Library  School, 
and  in  1902  the  George  Washington  University 
conferred  on  him  the  degree  of  M.A.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  American  Library  Association, 
the  New  England  Historic  and  Genealogical  So- 
ciety, the  American  Historical  Association,  mem- 
ber of  standing  committees  of  Maine  Historical 
Society  and  Bangor  Historical  Society,  and  a 
member  of  the  college  fraternities,  Delta  Kappa 
Epsilon  and  Phi  Beta  Kappa.  A  Republican  in 
his  political  affiliations,  he  has  never  been  an 
aspirant  for  civic  honors.  He  is  an  attendant  of 
the  Unitarian  church. 

Mr.  Flagg  married  at  Washington,  District  of 
Columbia,  February  18,  1909,  Ethel  M.  Flincler, 
a  resident  of  that  city. 


HUGH  J.  CHISHOLM— Among  the  names  of 
the  great  leaders  and  captains  of  industry  asso- 
ciated with  the  material  development  of  Maine 
during  the  generation  just  passed,  none  holds  a 
more  prominent  place  than  that  of  Hugh  J. 
Chisholm,  whose  activities  seemed  ever  to  be  di- 
rected more  to  the  advancement  of  the  welfare 
of  the  community  than  to  the  accomplishment 
of  his  own  advantage,  and  who  came  to  be  re- 
garded by  all  who  came  in  contact  with  him 
with  feelings  of  affection  and  veneration,  not 
often  the  lot  of  men.  Mr.  Chisholm  was  a  mem- 
ber of  one  of  the  old  noble  families  of  Scotland, 
his  ancestors  having  been  the  Chisholms  of 
Eichless  Castle,  in  Inverncsshire,  who  bore  the 
following  arms- 


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HISTORY  OF  MAINE 


Arms— Gules,  a  boar's  head  erased  argent. 

Crest— A  dexter  hand  holding  a  dagger  erect 
proper,  on  the  point  a  boar's  head  couped  gules. 

Supporters — Two  naked  men  wreathed  about,  the 
loins,  with  clubs  on  their  shoulders  proper. 

Mottoes—  Vvtut  Virtue,  and  above  the  crest, 
Feros  Feris. 

The  line  of  descent  of  the  Chisholm  family 
may  be  traced  back  unbrokenly  to  the  year  1300, 
at  which  time  the  Clan  Chisholm  made  their 
headquarters  at  Strathglass  in  the  Scottish  High- 
lands, and  the  family  is  still  powerful  and 
numerous  in  that  part  of  the  old  country. 

The  American  branch  of  the  family  was 
founded  by  Alexander  Chisholm,  who  was  born 
in  the  town  of  Inverness,  Scotland,  April  9,  1810, 
and  came  'to  Canada  early  in  his  youth.  He 
eventually  settled  in  the  town  of  Niagara  Falls 
on  the  Canadian  side  of  the  border  between  that 
country  and  the  United  States,  and  there  con- 
tinued to  make  his  home  until  the  close  of  his 
life.  He  married  there,  Mary  Margaret  Phelan, 
a  native  of  the  town,  born  March  18,  1822. 

Born  May  2,  1847,  at  Niagara,  Canada,  Hugh 
J.  Chisholm,,  son  of  Alexander  and  Mary  Mar- 
garet (Phelan)  Chisholm,  passed  his  childhood 
in  his  native  place,  and  up  to  the  time  of  his 
thirteenth  year  attended  the  local  public  schools. 
At  that  time,  however,  his  father  died,  and  the 
circumstances  of  the  family  were  such  that  the 
lad  was  obliged  to  abandon  his  studies  and  assist 
in  the  support  of  his  mother.  Feeling  that  there 
v/as  nothing  to  be  done  in  the  little  town  of 
his  birth  that  offered  much  opportunity  for  the 
future,  the  enterprising  lad  left  home  and  made 
his  way  to  the  nearby  city  of  Toronto,  where  he 
found  employment  as  a  newsboy  on  the  trains 
of  the  Grand  Trunk  Railroad,  the  main  route 
between  Toronto  and  the  city  of  Detroit,  Mich- 
igan. This  position  soon  led  to  a  business  that 
engrossed  the  major  part  of  Mr.  Chisholm's  time 
and  attention  until  his  coming  to  the  United 
States  many  years  later.  His  mind  even  as  a 
lad  was  of  the  original  type  that  naturally  de- 
velops new  ideas  and  plans,  and  it  soon  became 
obvious  to  the  lad  that  he  could  make  much  more 
for  himself  by  selling  his  own  papers  and  maga- 
zines than  as  the  agent  of  a  company  which  took 
most  of  the  profit.  Accordingly,  he  saved  up 
such  of  his  slender  earnings  as  were  not  neces- 
sary for  his  immediate  needs  and  soon  found 
himself  in  a  position  to  purchase  his  own  stock 
for  sale  upon  the  trains.  From  actually  carry- 
ing on  the  work  himself,  he  was  in  a  position  to 
gauge  very  accurately  the  tastes  and  wants  of 
the  traveling  public,  and  in  his  purchases 


showed  great  good  judgment  and  foresight  in 
this  matter,  so  that  there  was  but  little  waste 
in  his  stock  and  his  profits  grew.  Although  he 
was  working  hard  at  the  task  of  building  up  his 
business,  Mr.  Chisholm  was  so  ambitious  that, 
with  the  first  fifty  dollars  he  could  save,  he  paid 
for  his  tuition  at  the  Commercial  College  of 
Bryant  and  Stratton,  Toronto,  and  there  took  a 
business  course  after  hours.  While  making  his 
trips  between  Toronto  and  Detroit,  Mr.  Chisholm 
made  the  acquaintance  of  another  newsboy  who 
travelled  between  the  latter  point  and  Port 
Huron,  whose  name,  Thomas  A.  Edison,  has 
since  then  become  known  to  the  whole  world. 
When  only  sixteen  Mr.  Chisholm  purchased  the 
news  business  of  his  former  employer,  and  be- 
gan to  build  up  a  large  trade  that  gradually  ex- 
tended from  the  run  from  Toronto  to  Detroit 
to  other  parts  of  the  road,  and  eventually  to 
other  lines  until  it  embraced  most  of  the  railroads 
of  Canada  and  a  number  in  the  New  England 
States.  Indeed,  it  grew  so  large  that  it  became  one 
of  the  most  important  of  its  kind  in  the  country, 
and  known  from  one  end  of  it  to  the  other. 
Mr.  Chisholm  continued  to  display  the  same  abil- 
ity to  gauge  the  desires  of  his  patrons  as 
he  had  when  actually  selling  the  papers  himself 
and  the  business  grew  apace.  In  1861  he  took 
his  brother  into  partnership  and  the  firm  of 
Chisholm  Brothers  was  formed  which  continued 
active  for  many  years.  By  the  year  1866  this 
concern  employed  two  hundred  newsboys,  sel- 
ing  papers,  magazines,  books  and  other  similar 
articles  on  the  Grand  Trunk  between  Detroit 
and  Portland,  Maine,  also  between  Chicago  and 
points  as  far  east  as  Halifax,  and  on  the  prin- 
cipal lines  in  Maine,  New  Hampshire,  Vermont 
and  New  York  State,  embracing  above  five  thou- 
sand miles  of  road.  Besides  this  they  also  oper- 
ated on  many  of  the  principal  steamboat  lines 
in  the  same  region.  The  headquarters  of  the 
firm  was  at  Montreal,  but  there  were  also  branch 
offices  in  various  other  cities.  In  order  better 
to  meet  the  tastes  of  the  travelling  public,  which 
he  was  so  keen  in  gauging,  Mr.  Chisholm 
opened  a  publishing  business  in  connection  with 
his  trade  as  news  dealer.  He  was  the  first  to 
publish  railroad  and  tourists'  guides  and  also 
books  and  albums  with  descriptions  and  pictures 
of  the  various  routes  of  travel,  and  these  added 
greatly  to  the  volumes  of  his  sales. 

Mr.  Chisholm,  from  the  time  of  his  boyhood, 
always  felt  a  profound  interest  in  the  United 
States,  and  as  his  business  gradually  extended 
down  into  this  country,  and  he  grew  familiar 


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with  it  and  its  institutions,  the  idea  formed  itself 
in  his  mind  of  becoming  a  citizen.  He  was  keen- 
ly sympathetic  with  its  ideals  and  standards  and 
during  the  Civil  War,  although  surrounded  by 
many  sympathizers  of  the  Southern  S'tates,  was 
consistently  loyal  to  the  cause  of  the  Union.  It 
was  in  1872  that  he  finally  came  to  the  United 
States  and  located  at  Portland,  Maine,  and  short- 
ly after  he  became  a  citizen  of  this  country.  He 
sold  out  to  his  brother  his  Canadian  interests 
and  took  over  the  New  England  part  of  the 
business  which  he  continued  upon  a  larger  scale 
than  ever.  He  also  established  a  publishing 
business  in  Portland  and  made  a  specialty  of  fine 
lithographs,  producing  no  less  than  three  hun- 
dred separate  sets  of  albums  of  views  in  various 
parts  of  the  country,  ranging  in  size  from  small 
pamphlets  to  handsome  quarto  volumes.  Not 
only  Maine  and  the  New  England  States  were 
included  in  this  collection,  but  the  scenery  along 
most  of  the  great  transcontinental  railroads, 
especially  such  picturesque  roads  as  the  Denver 
and  Rio  Grande  and  the  Colorado  Midland. 
Among  his  publications  should  be  mentioned  a 
series  of  illustrated  descriptions  of  the  important 
cities  of  the  United  States.  Most  of  his  engrav- 
ing was  done  by  the  experts  of  Europe  and  was 
of  the  highest  quality  of  workmanship.  He  con- 
tracted with  a  number  of  the  largest  news  deal- 
ers in  the  country  to  handle  his  works  exclu- 
sively and  hundreds  of  thousands  of  them  were 
sold  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States. 

As  the  news  business  had  led  naturally  to  that 
of  publishing,  so  the  latter,  in  its  turn,  led 
to  that  of  the  manufacture  of  paper,  and  it  was 
not  long  after  his  coming  to  Portland  that  Mr. 
Chisholm's  attention  was  turned  to  the  question 
of  wood  pulp.  The  great  and  various  possibil- 
ities of  this  new  material  recommended  it  to  his 
interest  and  he  soon  became  an  active  promoter 
of  the  manufacture  of  this  material.  Besides 
paper  he  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  fibre 
ware,  and  was  one  of  the  first  patentees  of  th's 
material.  He  met  with  many  obstacles  in  the 
way  of  making  the  thing  practical,  but  eventual- 
ly surmounted  them  all  and  established  a  fac- 
tory at  Portland  which  turned  out  fibre  pails, 
tubs  and  similar  utensils  in  large  numbers. 
Shortly  after  the  plant  was  disposed  of  and  a 
new  one  at  Waterville  opened,  which  became  the 
first  permanent  manufactory  of  this  kind  of  ware. 
Still  another  plant  was  opened  by  Mr.  Chis- 
holm  and  a  number  of  associates  at  Wind- 
ham,  near  Portland,  which  was  soon  running 
on  a  paying  basis.  He  was  also  one  of  the 


organizers  of  the  Somerset  Fibre  Company  at 
Fairfield,  Kennebec  county,  Maine,  which  began 
operation  with  a  capital  stock  of  two  hundred 
thousand  dollars,  and  of  which  he  remained  a 
director  for  several  years.  It  was  in  the  year 
1881  that  Mr.  Chisholm  established  the  Umbagog 
Pulp  Company  of  Livermore  Falls,  Maine,  for 
the  manufacture  of  pulp  paper,  and  continued  the 
president  and  manager  of  that  concern  up  to  the 
time  of  his  death.  As  soon  as  this  enterprise 
was  fairly  started,  Mr.  Chisholm  sold  out  his 
interests  in  the  fibre  concerns,  and  from  that 
time  on  gave  his  entire  attention  to  the  manu- 
facture of  paper,  where,  with  his  unerring  fore- 
sight, he  perceived  the  greatest  future.  He 
founded  the  Otis  Falls  Pulp  Company  of  Liver- 
more  Falls  in  1887,  which  was  capitalized  at 
three-quarters  of  a  million  dollars,  and  with  Mr. 
Chisholm  as  treasurer,  general  manager  and  the 
principal  owner  of  the  plant.  This  concern,  one 
of  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  the  country,  even- 
tually became  a  constituent  of  the  great  Inter- 
national Paper  Company,  organized  in  the  year 
1898  by  Mr.  Chisholm  and  his  associates  and 
which  included  many  of  the  most  important 
paper  plants  then  in  existence  in  a  gigantic 
merger.  Of  this  Mr.  Chisholm  was  the  presi- 
dent until  1908. 

It  was  as  early  as  1882  that  Mr.  Chisholm  be- 
gan to  be  interested  in  what  is  probably  his 
greatest  single  achievement,  although  at  that 
time  it  is  doubtful  if  he  had  any  idea  of  what  his 
projects  would  develop  into.  This  was  the  great 
Rumford  Falls  development,  of  which  he  became 
the  virtual  parent,  the  creator  of  a  whole  town 
and  a  whole  group  of  great  industries  which 
are  so  related  to  it  that  their  existence  depends 
on  it  while  its  life  depends  on  them.  He  first 
began  his  work  at  this  place,  then  entirely  un- 
developed, in  association  with  Mr.  Charles  D. 
Brown,  buying  in  the  first  place  the  old  railroad 
line  running  from  Portland  to  the  Rumford  Falls 
brick  field,  both  road  and  brick  works  having 
fallen  into  disrepair.  He  at  once  set  about  re- 
organizing the  property  under  a  new  corpora- 
tion, gave  it  the  name  of  the  Portland  &  Rum- 
ford  Falls  Railroad  and  himself  became  its 
president  and  general  manager,  and  the  owner 
of  four-fifths  of  the  stock.  What  must  have  ap- 
peared to  less  clear  sighted  men  as  a  somewhat 
doubtful  investment  was  entered  into  by  Mr. 
Chisholm  with  the  most  complete  confidence,  for 
he  saw  clearly  the  great  opportunities  offered  by 
the  situation,  with  an  unlimited  supply  of  water 
power  and  easy  access  to  good  markets.  The 


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possibilities  of  the  former  were  especially  appar- 
ent to  him  and  he  set  to  work  to  develop  them 
as  the  chief  factor  in  the  growth  of  the  future 
community  which  he  had  already  begun  to  plan. 
He  constructed  dams  and  open  way  canals  at 
different  levels  until  he  had  arranged  for  some 
fifty  thousand  horse  power,  and  he  then  inter- 
ested capital  to  organize  the  Oxford  Paper  Com- 
pany and  construct  plants  which  were  among 
the  largest  of  their  kind  in  the  United  States. 
The  company,  of  which  he  was  the  largest  owner 
and  the  manager,  continued  to  operate  success- 
fully and  on  an  ever  larger  scale  up  to  the  time 
of  his  death.  This  great  plant  had  an  auxil- 
liary  sulphide  pulp  plant  which  supplied  i't  with 
all  the  wood  pulp  needed  in  the  manufacture  of 
paper.  About  the  same  time  Mr.  Chisholm  was 
associated  with  others  in  establishing  the  Rum- 
ford  Falls  Sulphide  Company,  of  which  he  be- 
came the  treasurer  and  a  director.  With  com- 
mendable good  judgment  he  perceived  that  no 
community  should  depend  too  completely  upon 
the  success  of  any  single  industry  or  type  of  in- 
dustry, even  when  it  was  of  so  substantial  a 
character  as  that  he  had  here  established.  And 
accordingly  he  set  about  organizing  a  group  of 
enterprises  of  several  different  kinds  at  Rumford 
Falls.  Among  these  were  the  Woolen  Company, 
and  as  the  town  became  larger  the  Rumford 
Falls  Light  and  Power  Company,  and  several 
other  concerns,  in  all  of  which  he  was  a  large 
stockholder.  Another  venture  which  Mr. 
Chisholm  undertook  at  about  this  time,  and 
which,  like  all  that  he  was  connected  with,  was 
eminently  successful,  had  nothing  to  do  directly 
with  Rumford  Falls.  This  was  the  construction 
of  the  railroad  from  Mechanics  Falls  to  Auburn, 
Maine,  which  he  did  in  the  best  fashion,  putting 
in  fine  iron  bridges  and  heavy  steel  rails  for 
the  entire  distance,  and  fitting  it  with  first-class 
rolling  stock  so  that  it  was  one  of  the  best 
roads  in  the  entire  State. 

But,  although  Mr.  Chisholm  was  interested  in 
many  enterprises  throughout  this  region  of  the 
State,  undoubtedly  his  particular  interest  was 
centered  in  the  Rumford  Falls  development.  As 
the  town  grew  he  set  himself  the  task  of  provid- 
ing all  the  water  power  necessary  to  its  best  in- 
terests and  really  subordinated  all  his  other  ven- 
tures to  the  Rumford  Falls  Light  and  Power 
Company  which  was  to  furnish  this  essential 
commodity.  His  aims  and  purposes  were  highly 
altruistic  and  he  showed  a  keener  pleasure  in  the 
growth  of  the  town  itself  that  in  the  value  of  his 
own  investments.  He  spent  a  great  deal  of  time 


in  working  out  the  plans  for  the  prospective  city 
and  laid  out  the  property  in  accordance  witli  his 
idea  of  an  ideal  community.  He  firmly  believed 
that  one  of  the  chief  factors  in  the  future  of  a 
community  was  the  real  comfort  and  content- 
ment of  the  inhabitants,  and  with  this  end  in 
view  he  constructed  a  large  number  of  model 
houses  for  workers  with  small  means.  Strath- 
glass  Park  is  the  result  of  this  plan,  a  section 
of  the  city  laid  out  in  the  form  of  an  oval  with 
broad  streets  on  either  hand  and  charming  parks 
between.  Well  constructed  brick  houses  facing 
on  the  parks  were  then  erected  by  Mr.  Chisholm 
which  he  put  upon  the  market  at  a  figure  within 
reach  of  the  most  modest  incomes.  This  kind 
of  thing  has  been  attempted  frequently  elsewhere 
but  rarely  with  the  success  which  attended  Mr. 
Chisholm's  efforts,  for  to  his  idealism  in  the 
matter  he  brought  the  most  searching  practicality 
which  always  weighed  his  schemes  and  tested 
them  critically  before  he  put  them  into  effect. 
From  the  wilderness  that  marked  this  site  before 
Mr.  Chisholm  arrived  on  the  scene,  there  arose  a 
thriving  city  with  a  speed  and  promptness  that 
suggested  the  conjuror's  wand.  One  of  the  most 
typical  of  Mr.  Chisholm's  achievements  at  Rum- 
ford  Falls  was  the  establishment  of  the  club 
there  and  the  erection  of  the  club  house.  It  was 
his  intention  that  this  should  be  of  such  a  na- 
ture that  every  element  of  the  working  popula- 
tion should  be  attracted  to  it  and  he  set  about  it 
with  his  accustomed  foresight  and  skill.  It 
would  doubtless  have  been  easy  for  him  to  have 
put  his  hand  in  his  pocket  and  paid  for  it  him- 
self, but  this  did  not  form  a  part  of  his  plan. 
He  felt  that  this  would  smack  of  charity,  and 
that  he  strongly  disapproved  of  as  a  system, 
however  generous  he  might  be  in  individual 
cases.  In  order  to  overcome  this  difficulty  he 
organized  the  Mechanics'  Institute,  which  has 
been  paid  for  and  maintained  by  the  men  who 
have  actually  enjoyed  its  advantages,  its  member- 
ship representing  an  extraordinarily  large  portion 
of  the  community.  The  Mechanics'  Institute, 
of  which  Mr.  Chisholm  was  perhaps  proude: 
than  of  any  single  achievement,  has  played  a 
great  part  in  the  upbuilding  of  the  city  and  in 
raising  the  lives  of  its  people  above  the  sordid 
material  things  that  often  tend  to  become  the 
standard  in  purely  industrial  communities.  In 
view  of  his  great  services  to  the  entire  region, 
there  could  have  been  no  more  appropriate  ac- 
tion than  that  taken  by  Bowdoin  College  shortly 
before  his  death  in  conferring  upon  him  the  de- 
gree of  Master  of  Arts,  an  occasion  which  was 


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taken  by  President  Hyde,  of  that  institution,  to 
refer  to  Mr.  (.'hisholm  as  a  "Far  sighted  and 
forceful  business  man,  who  had  sought  to  share 
his  prosperity  with  his  employees  and  to  help 
tl'ci.i  to  wholesome  and  happy  lives."  Mr. 
Chisholm's  death  occurred  July  I,  1912,  at  his 
home  on  Fifth  avenue,  New  York  City. 

Hugh  J.  Chisholm  was  united  in  marriage,  Sep- 
tember i,  1872,  at  Portland,  Maine,  with  Hen- 
rietta Mason,  a  native  of  this  city  and  a  daugh- 
ter of  Dr.  Edward  Mason,  at  one  time  a  well 
known  physician  here.  Mrs.  Chisholm  survives 
her  husband.  One  child  was  born  to  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Chishohn,  Hugh  J.,  Jr.,  whose  sketch'  fol- 
lows: 


HUGH  J.  CHISHOLM.  JR.— It  seems  to  be  a 
fact,  and  one  worthy  of  note,  in  viewing  the 
State  of  Maine  from  a  historic  standpoint,  that 
the  brains  of  comparatively  young  men  control 
the  most  important  affairs  of  State  and  Nation, 
and  that  the  successful  results  are  mainly  due  to 
them.  A  most  worthy  member  of  this  class  is 
the  man  whose  name  heads  this  biographical  rec- 
ord. 

Hugh  J.  Chisholm,  Jr.,  was  born  April  17,  1886, 
at  Portland.  Maine,  a  son  of  Hugh  J.  Chisholm, 
deceased,  whose  biographical  record  precedes 
this.  As  a  child  he  attended  the  public  schools 
of  Portland,  but  in  1898  his  parents  went  to 
New  York  and  made  their  home  on  Fifth  avenue 
during  the  winter.  The  lad  was  then  sent  to  a 
we!l-!:nown  private  school  there  and  prepared 
for  college.  He  matriculated  at  Yale  Univer- 
sity in  1904,  and  after  taking  the  usual  academic 
course  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1908. 
He  then  entered  the  Harvard  Law  School  and 
graduated  from  "that  institution  in  1911.  Mr. 
Chisholm  did  not  practice  his  profession,  how- 
ever, but  quickly  identified  himself  with  the  great 
business  enterprise  which  his  father  was  then 
conducting.  Only  a  year  later,  however,  the 
death  of  the  elder  man  suddenly  transferred  the 
whole  of  the  great  responsibility  upon  the 
shoulders  of  the  son,  a  tremendous  burden  for 
so  young  a  mr.n  to  bear,  and  that  the  more  espe- 
cially as  his  intense  devotion  to  his  father  made 
the  latter's  death  a  severe  shock.  He  has  amply 
measured  up  to  the  task  thus  suddenly  thrust 
upon  him,  and  is  now  carrying  on  the  great  en- 
terprises of  his  father  with  the  same  success 
and  in  the  same  spirit  of  broad-minded  altruism 
which  characterized  that  remarkable  man.  Mr. 
Chisholm  is  undoubtedly  one  of  the  most  impor- 
tant figures  in  the  business  world  of  Maine  to- 
dav. 


In  conclusion  we  may  say  of  Mr.  Chisholm 
that  success  has  crowned  his  efforts,  untiring  in- 
dustry, indefatigable  perseverance,  careful  atten- 
tion to  details,  painstaking  thoughtfulness,  have 
produced  the  results,  but  down  deep  below  all 
this  has  been  his  honesty  and  undeviating  de- 
votion to  principles  of  integrity  and  justice.  He 
is  always  willing  to  listen  to  and  respect  the 
opinions  of  others.  When  the  time  comes  for 
action  he  acts  according  to  his  own  judgment. 
His  accurate  estimates  of  men  enables  him  to  fill 
the  many  branches  of  his  business  enterprises 
with  employees  who  seldom  fail  to  meet  his 
expectations.  Happily  gifted  in  manner,  dis- 
position and  taste,  enterprising  and  original  in 
business  ideas,  personally  liked  by  those  who 
know  him  best  and  as  frank  in  declaring  his 
principles  as  he  is  sincere  in  maintaining  them, 
his  merited  success  is  marked  by  the  apprecia- 
tion of  men  whose  good  opinion  is  best  worth 
having. 


HENRY  CLAY  MERRIAM  was  born  at 
Houlton,  Aroostook  county,  Maine,  November  13, 
1837,  son  of  Lewis  and  Mary  (Foss)  Merriam, 
and  a  descendant  in  the  eighth  generation  of 
Joseph  Merriam,  Kent,  England,  who  came  to 
Massachusetts  in  1635,  and  settled  at  Concord, 
Massachusetts. 

Henry  C.  Merriam  was  graduated  at  Colby 
University  in  1864,  notwithstanding  he  had  ac- 
cepted a  commission  as  captain  in  the  Twentieth 
Maine  Regiment  in  1862.  The  battle  of  Antietam 
brought  him  the  brevet  of  lieutenant-colonel.  In 
1863  he  joined  General  Ulman's  expedition  to 
Louisiana  to  organize  colored  troops,  and  was 
placed  in  command  of  the  First  Louisiana  Native 
Guard,  already  organized,  the  oldest  black  regi- 
ment in  the  Federal  army.  This  regiment  was 
distinguished  at  Port  Hudson,  May  27,  1863,  and 
led  the  final  assault  on  Fort  Blakely,  Mobile, 
April  9,  1865,  the  result  being  the  capture  of 
the  fort  and  six  thousand  prisoners — Colonel 
Merriam  voluntarily  leading  the  charge  in  advance 
of  orders.  This  was  the  last  assault  of  the  Civil 
War,  and  for  it  he  received  the  Congressional 
medal  of  honor,  and  was  breveted  colonel  in  the 
volunteer  and  regular  army.  He  was.  mustered 
out,  October  24,  1865,  and  resumed  the  study  of 
law.  On  July  28,  1866,  he  was  appointed  major 
of  the  Thirty-eighth  Infantry,  regular  army,  and 
during  April-June,  1867,  he  commanded  the  in- 
fantry reserve  battalion  of  Custer's  Indian  cam- 
paign in  Kansas.  He  commanded  Fort  Mcln- 
tosh,  1876,  during  the  last  Mexican  Revolution; 
bombarded  the  Mexican  Federal  force  of.-Col- 


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onel  Pablo  Quintana,  April  10,  redressing  out- 
rages against  the  Americans;  crossed  the  Rio 
Grande,  August  22,  and  rescued  United  States 
Commercial  Agent  Haines,  who  had  been  cap- 
tured by  a  band  of  Revolutionists.  He  was 
promoted  lieutenant-colonel,  Second  Infantry, 
June  10,  1876,  and  was  assigned  to  the  Depart- 
ment of  the  Columbia  during  the  Nez  Perce  War 
of  1877.  For  his  services  in  Idaho  and  Wash- 
ington, and  for  his  successful  management  of  the 
various  Indian  tribes  of  that  region,  resulting  in 
gathering  the  Indians  upon  reservations  and 
opening  vast  tracts  to  settlement,  Colonel  Mer- 
riam  received  the  highest  official  commendation 
of  his  department  commanders,  Generals  How- 
ard and  Miles,  and  of  the  State  authorities. 
Promoted  colonel  of  the  Seventh  Infantry,  July 
10,  1885,  he  commanded  Fort  Laramie,  Wyoming, 
until  October  15,  1889,  when  his  command  was 
ordered  to  Fort  Logan,  Colorado.  During  the 
Sioux  campaign  of  1890-91  General  Merriam  com- 
manded all  troops  along  the  Cheyenne  river, 
South  Dakota,  and  disarmed  nearly  three  hun- 
dred of  Sitting  Bull's  followers  during  their 
stampede  after  the  death  of  their  chief. 

Appointed  brigadier-general,  June  30,  1897,  he 
was  assigned  to  the  Department  of  the  Colum- 
bia, which  included  Alaska,  and  was  charged 
with  the  work  of  organizing  a  relief  expedition 
to  pierce  that  frozen  region  in  midwinter  to  res- 
cue starving  miners.  When  war  with  Spain 
was  declared,  he  was  made  a  major-general  of 
volunteers  and  his  command  increased  to  include 
the  entire  Pacific  Coast  and  Hawaii.  He  was 
also  called  upon  to  organize,  equip,  instruct  and 
forward  across  the  Pacific  the  troops  operating 
in  the  Philippines  under  Generals  Merritt  and 
Otis.  In  January,  1899,  he  was  relieved  by 
Major-General  Shafter,  and  assigned  to  command 
the  Departments  of  the  Colorado  and  the  Mis- 
souri, and  in  1901  he  was  retired  by  age  limit 
7/ith  the  rank  of  brigadier-general,  and  advanced 
to  the  rank  of  major-general  by  special  act  of 
Congress,  approved  February  5,  1903.  General 
Merriam  is  the  inventor  of  the  infantry  "pack" 
bearing  his  name,  for  which  he  was  awarded  a 
gold  medal  by  the  French  Academy  of  Inventors. 

General  Merriam  married  at  Fort  Brown, 
Texas,  1874,  Una,  daughter  of  Judge  John  Mac- 
pherson,  of  Jamaica,  West  Indies.  Their  family 
consisted  of  three  sons  and  two  daughters.  Gen- 
eral Merriam  died  November  12,  1912. 


JAMES     WARE     BRADBURY— The     name 
Bradbury  belongs  to  that  great  group  which  have 


had  their  origin  in  earlier  place  names  and  is 
undoubtedly  of  Saxon  origin.  Its  most  probable 
derivation  is  from  the  early  form  of  the  word 
"broad"  and  that  very  common  suffix  "bury," 
which  has  been  defined  variously  as  meaning  a 
hill,  a  domain,  a  house  and  a  town.  Like  al- 
most all  the  early  names  we  find  it  under  a  great 
variety  of  spellings  and  the  forms  Bradberrie, 
Bradberrye,  Bradberry,  and  Bradbury  are  com- 
mon. As  nearly  as  we  can  speak  of  any  form 
being  correct  in  those  days  of  loose  orthography, 
the  latter  is  probably  the  best  usage,  and  it  is 
certainly  the  one  adopted  by  the  founder  of  the 
family  in  this  country  and  pretty  closely  followed 
by  his  descendants.  We  do  not  find  the  name 
mentioned  prior  to  the  year  1433,  A.  D.,  but  in 
that  year  there  were  living  among  the  gentry  at 
Ollersett  in  the  parish  of  Glossop,  Derbyshire, 
England,  Roger  de  Bradbury  and  Rodolphus  de 
Bradbury,  and  this  place  seems  to  have  been  the 
ancient  home  of  the  family  from  which  all  its 
branches  subsequently  came.  The  Bradburys  of 
the  United  States  are  descended  from  a  line 
which  probably  originated  with  one  Edward 
Bradbury,  of  Ollersett,  Derbyshire,  who  married 
Eleanor  Shakerly,  a  daughter  of  Thomas  Shaker- 
ly,  of  Longson.  This  Edward  Bradbury  had  two 
sons,  one  by  the  name  of  Ottiwell  and  the  sec- 
ond Robert.  The  line  may  be  traced  unbroken- 
ly  to  one  Robert  Bradbury  who  was,  in  all  prob- 
ability, the  second  son  of  the  Edward  Bradbury 
mentioned  above,  but  of  this  fact  there  is  no 
direct  evidence. 

(I)  Robert  Bradbury,  of  Ollersett,  Derbyshire, 
married    a    daughter    of    Robert    Davenport,    of 
Bramhall,   in   the    County   of    Chester,   and    they 
were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:    Wil- 
liam,  mentioned   below,   and   Thomas,   who   was 
inducted  rector  of  Meesden,  in  Essexshire,  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1486,  and  died  in  1513. 

(II)  William   Bradbury,   son   of   Robert   Brad- 
bury,  of    Braughing,    Hertfordshire,    was    patron 
of    the    church    of    Westmill    in    that    county,    in 
1462,   and   married    Margaret    Rockhill,   daughter 
of    Geoffry    Rockhill,    of    Wormingford.       They 
were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Rob- 
ert, mentioned  below;  Thomas,  who  became  Sir 
Thomas    Bradbury,    sheriff    of    London    in    1498, 
Lord  Mayor  of  London  in  1509,  and  Lord  of  sev- 
eral  manors   in   Hertfordshire,   Essex  and   Kent; 
George,  who  was  a  prosperous  merchant  of  Lon- 
don; Henry  and  Phillippa,  who  became  the  sec- 
ond wife  of  John  Jocelyn,  of  High  Roding,  Es- 
sexshire. 

(III)  Robert    (2)    Bradbury,    son    of    William 


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and  Margaret  (Rockhill)  Bradbury,  was  named 
in  the  inquisition  of  his  brother,  Sir  Thomas 
Bradbury,  then  dead  (Supposed  Justice  of  the 
Assize,  Isle  of  Ely,  February  4,  1486,  witness  to 
will  of  George  Nicholl,  of  Littlebury,  December 
2,  1484,  died  1489,  and  buried  in  Church  of  Grey 
Friars,  London).  He  is  said  to  have  married 
Anne  Wyant,  a  daughter  of  Infans  Wyant.  They 
were  the  parents  of  one  child,  William,  men- 
tioned below. 

(IV)  William  (2)  Bradbury,  son  of  Robert  (2) 
Bradbury,  was  born   in  the  year   1480,  and   suc- 
ceeded his  uncle,  Sir  Thomas  Bradbury,  as  Lord 
of  the  Manor  of  Mancenden  and  other  great  es- 
tates.    He  acquired  the  Manor  of  Catmere  Hall 
in  Littlebury,  Essexshire,  in  1543,  and  was  buried 
at   Littlebury,  June   15,   1546.      It  is   not   known 
whom    he    married,    although    he    is    incorrectly 
stated  to  have  wed  Joan   Fitzwilliams,  daughter 
of   Sir   John    Fitzwilliams,    Lord    of    Elmyn   and 
Spottsbury,  and   widow   of  Thomas   Bendish,  of 
Bowre  Hall,  in  Steeple  Bumstead.     Whoever  his 
wife  was,   they  were  the  parents  of  the   follow- 
ing  children:     William,   who   married   Helen    or 
Eleanor    Fuller;    Fhillipa,    who    married    (first) 
Michael   Welbore    or    Pondes    in    Clavering,    Es- 
sexshire,  and    (second)   John   Barlee,   of   Staple- 
ford,    Abbots,    Essexshire;    and    Matthew,    men- 
tioned below. 

(V)  Matthew    Bradbury,    son    of    William    (2) 
Bradbury,   was    Lord   of   the    Manor   of   Wicken 
Hall,   in    the    Parish    of   Wicken    Bonant,    which 
he  acquired  by  purchase  in  1557.      He  also  pu;- 
chased  the  Manor  of  Grange  at  Thaxted,  Essex- 
shire, in   1551,  but   sold  it   the   next   year.      His 
death  occurred  June   19,   1585,  and  his  son  Wil- 
liam  was   appointed   administrator   of   his   estate. 
He    married    Margaret    Rowse,    of    the    city    of 
Cambridge,  and  they  were  parents  of  the  follow- 
ing children:     William,  mentioned  below;  Thom- 
as,  who   married    Dorothy   Southwell;    and    Bar- 
bara, who  married  (first)  Sir  Henry  Cults,  (sec- 
ond)   Sir   Thomas    Fludd,    (third)    Edward    Gill, 
Esq.,     (fourth)     Walter    Covert,    of     Boxley    in 
Kent. 

(VI)  William    (3)    Bradbury,   son   of   Matthew 
and    Margaret    (Rowse)    Bradbury,   inherited   his 
father's  Manor  of  Wicken  Bonant,  and  is  named 
in   the   wills   of   his   cousin    Robert   and   brother 
Thomas.      He  died  November  30,  1622,  and  was 
buried  at  Wicken.      He  married  Anne  Eden,  the 
daughter  and  heir  of  Richard  Eden,  Esq.,  LL.D., 
of  Bury  St.  Edmunds,  SufFolkshire,  and  they  were 
the  parents  of  the  following  children:    Matthew, 
mentioned    below;    Wymond,    mentioned    below; 


Henry,  who  died  in  early  youth;  Thomas,  who 
died  in  early  youth;  Thomas  (2),  who  died  in 
early  youth;  Bridget,  who  became  the  wife  of 
Francis  Bridgewater;  Anne,  who  became  the  wife 
of  Thomas  Kinethorpe,  of  Louth,  Lincolnshire; 
Alice,  who  was  baptized  at  Newport  Pond,  Feb- 
ruary 23,  1572-73,  and  married  (first)  George 
Yardley,  of  Weston,  Hertshire,  and  (second) 
Thomas  Wadeson. 

(VII)  Matthew  (2)  Bradbury,  son  of  William 
(3)  and  Anne  (Eden)  Bradbury,  inherited  the 
Manor  of  Wicken  Bonant,  where  he  lived  and 
died  September  22,  1616.  He  married  Jane  Whit- 
gift,  daughter  of  William  Whitgift,  of  Claver- 
ing, Essexshire,  and  his  marriage  settlement  is 
dated,  June  6,  1594.  They  were  the  parents  of 
the  following  children:  Matthew,  Edward,  Phil- 
lippa,  Barbara,  Margaret,  Elizabeth  and  Martha. 

(VII)  Wymond  Bradbury,  son  of  William  (3) 
and    Anne    (Eden)    Bradbury,    also    resided    at 
Wicken  Bonant  during  his  early  youth,  but  after- 
wards  removed  to  the  Parish  of  White   Chapel, 
in   the   County   of   Middlesex,   where   he   died   in 
1650.      He  was  baptized  at  Newport  Pond,  May 

16,  1574,  and  was   residing  in   London,   October 

17,  1628.       He   married   Elizabeth   Whitgift,    sis- 
ter of  the  wife  of  his  brother  Matthew,  who  died 
June   26,    1612,   at   the   age   of   thirty-eight   years 
and  three  months,  and  was  buried  at  Croyden  in 
the  County  of  Surrey.    They  were  the  parents  of 
the    following    children:      William,    baptized    at 
Newport  Pond,  September  28,  1607,  and  probably 
born  September  13  in  that  year;  Thomas,  men- 
tioned below;  James,  baptized  at  Wicken  Bonant, 

June  21,  1616;  Anne,  who  married  (first)  

Troughton,  and  (second)  Stubbles. 

(VIII)  Thomas  Bradbury,  second  son  of  Wy- 
mond  and    Elizabeth    (Whitgift)    Bradbury,   was 
baptized  at  Wicken  Bonant,  Essexshire,  England, 
on  the  last  day  of  February,  1610-11.      Early  in 
1634    he    appeared    at    Agamenticus,    now    York, 
Maine,  as  the  agent  or  steward  of  Sir  Ferdinando 
Gorges,  the  proprietor  of  the  Province  of  Maine. 
Thomas   Bradbury  was  one  of  'ihe  original  pro- 
prietors of  the  ancient  town  of  Salisbury,  Maine, 
and  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  there,  becoming 
in  time  a  very  prominent  citizen.     He  was  made 
a   freeman   in    1640,   and   held   several   important 
offices,   including  schoolmaster,   town   clerk,  jus- 
tice of  the  peace,  deputy  to  the  General   Court, 
associate  judge  and  captain  of  the  military  com- 
pany.     He  must  have  been  a  man  of  much  cul- 
ture and  enlightenment,  and  described  as  having 
an  easy,  graceful  and  legible  hand,  and  a  clear 
and  concise   style  of  expression.      There   is  still 


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extant  a  copy  of  his  will,  which  is  phrased  in  the 
quaint  old  diction  of  those  days.  He  married, 
in  1636,  Mary  Perkins,  a  daughter  of  John  and 
Judith  Perkins,  of  Ipswich.  She  was  one  of 
those  who  was  tried  and  convicted  of  witch- 
craft, but  was  fortunate  enough  to  escape  punish- 
ment. Mr.  Bradbury  died  March  16,  1695,  and 
his  wife,  December  20,  1700.  A  very  interesting 
and  moving  excerpt  from  the  testimony  of 
Thomas  Bradbury  during  his  wife's  trial  for 
witchcraft  has  come  down  to  us,  and  reads  as 
follows: 

Concerning  my  beloved  wife,  Mary  Bradbury,  this 
Is  what  I  have  to  say:  We  have  been  married  twenty- 
five  years,  and  she  has  been  a  loving  and  faithful  wife 
unto  me  unto  this  day.  She  hath  been  wonderful 
laborious,  diligent  and  industrious  in  her  place  and 
employment  about  the  bringing  up  of  our  family, 
which  have  been  eleven  children  of  our  own  and  four 
grandchildren.  She  was  both  prudent  and  provident, 
of  a  cheerful  spirit,  liberal  and  charitable.  She  be- 
ing now  very  aged  and  meek,  and  grieved  under  af- 
flictions, may  not  be  able  to  speak  much  for  herself 
not  being  so  free  of  speech  as  some  others  might  be. 
I  hope  her  life  and  conversation  among  her  neigh- 
bors has  been  such  as  gives  a  better  or  more  real 
testimony  than  can  be  expressed  by  words. 

Thomas  and  Mary  Bradbury  were  the  parents 
of  the  following  children:  Wymond,  mentioned 
below;  Judith,  born  October  2,  1638,  married,  Oc- 
tober 9,  1665,  Caleb  Moody;  Thomas,  born  Jan- 
uary 28,  1641;  M,ary,  born  March  17,  1643,  mar- 
ried, December  17,  1663,  John  Stanyan,  of  Hamp- 
ton, New  Hampshire;  Jane,  born  May  n,  1645, 
married,  March  15,  1668,  Henry  True;  Jacob, 
born  June  17,  1647,  died  at  Barbadoes;  William, 
born  September  15,  1649,  married,  March  12, 
1672,  Rebecca  Maverick. 

(IX)  Wymond   (2)    Bradbury,  son   of  Thomas 
and  Mary  (Perkins)  Bradbury,  was  born  April  I, 
1637,  and   died   April   7,    1669,   on   the    Island   of 
Nevis,  in  the  West  Indies.      He  married,  Sarah 
Pike,  a  daughter  of  Robert  and  Sarah  (Sanders) 
Pike,  May  7,  1661,  and  they  were  the  parents  of 
the    following    children:     Sarah,    born    February 
26,  1662,  and  became  the  wife  of  Abraham  Mer- 
rill; Anne,  born  November  22,  1666,  and  became 
the  wife  of  Jeremy   Allen,   and  Wymond,   men- 
tioned below. 

(X)  Wymond   (3)   Bradbury,  son  of  Wymond 
(2)  and  Sarah   (Pike)   Bradbury,  was  born  May 
13,  1669,  and  died  in  York,  Maine,  April  17,  1734. 
He  married  Mariah,  daughter  of  the   Rev.  John 
and   Joanna    (Rosetter)    Cotton,   who   was    born 
January    14,    1672.      Her   father   was    the    son    of 
the  Rev.  John  and  Sarah  (Story)  Cotton.     They 
were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Jabez, 
born  January  26,   1693,  died  January    13,    1781,  a 
resident   of   Boston;    Wymond,   born    August    18, 


1695,  married  Phebe  Young;  John,  mentioned  be- 
low; Rowland,  born  December  15,  1699,  married 
Mary  Greenleaf;  Ann,  born  March  9,  1702,  be- 
came the  wife  of  Jabez  Fox,  of  Falmouth; 
Josiah,  born  July  25,  1704,  married  Anna  Stevens; 
Theophilus,  born  July  8,  1706,  married  Ann 
Woodman;  Maria,  born  1708,  became  the  wife  of 
Samuel  Service,  of  Boston;  Jerusha,  born  July  5, 
1711,  became  the  wife  of  John  Pulling,  of  Salem. 

(XI)  John    Bradbury,    son    of    Wymond     (3) 
and    Maria    (Cotton)    Bradbury,   was    born    Sep- 
tember 9,  1697,  and  died  December  3,  1778.      He 
was  the  founder  of  the  York  family  of  Bradbury, 
and  was  a  prominent  man  in  the  affairs  of  that 
community  and  of  the  Presbyterian  church  there, 
of  which   he  was   an  elder.      He   was  an  ardent 
patriot  during  the  Revolution,  and  it  is  said  that 
on  one  occasion  he  rebuked  his  minister  in  open 
meeting  for  sentiments  disloyal  to  the  colonies, 
expressed   in   his   sermon.      He   married   Abigail 
Young,  daughter  of  Lieutenant  Joseph  and  Abi- 
gail   Donnell    Young,    of    York,    who    died    Sep- 
tember  28,    1787.      He   served   for   several   years 
as   a   member   of   the    Provincial    Legislature,   as 
well   as   on   the   Executive    Council,  and   he   was 
also   judge   of  probate.      He   and  his   wife   were 
the   parents    of   the    following   children:     Cotton, 
mentioned  below;   Lucy,  born  January   18,   1725; 
Bethulah,  born  March  30,   1727,  and  became  the 
wife   of   James   Say  ward;    Mariah,   born   April    5, 

1729,   and   became    the   wife   of  Simpson; 

Abigail,   born   August    12,    1731;    Elizabeth,   born 
January  5,  1734;  John,  born  September  18,  1736, 
married   Elizabeth   Ingraham;   Joseph,   born   Oc- 
tober 23,  1740,  married  Dorothy  Clark;  and  Anne, 
born  June  2,   1743,  married  -         -  Moulton. 

(XII)  Cotton  Bradbury,  son  of  John  and  Abi- 
gail   (Young)     Bradbury,    was    born    October    8, 
1722,  at  York,  Maine,  and  resided  at  that  place. 
He    married    Ruth    Weare,    a    daughter    of    Elias 
Weare,  of  York,  and  died  June  14,  1806.     He  and 
his  wife  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil 
dren:     Lucy,  born  June  20,  1754,  became  the  wife 
of    Nathaniel    Moulton;    Edward,    born    May    20, 
1757,     married     Eunice     Berry,    and    died     May, 
1828;  Daniel,  born  April  7,  1759,  married  Abigail 
Junkins;    Betsey,   born    December    10,    1760,   mar- 
ried Daniel  Knight;  Abigail,  born  December   16, 
1765,   married   Elihu    Bragdon;    Olive,   born   Jan- 
uary 3,  1768,  married,  January  15,  1795,  Nathaniel 
Dorman,  of  Arundell;  Joseph,  born  May  i,  1770, 
married  Jerusha  Harmon;  James,  mentioned  be- 
low;  and   Ruth,   born    October   19,    1774,   became 
the  wife  of  Joseph  Haley. 

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Ruth  (Weare)  Bradbury,  was  born  April  24, 
1772,  at  York,  Maine.  As  a  young  man  he 
studied  for  the  medical  profession,  and  after 
graduation  practiced  for  a  year  at  Ossipee,  New 
Hampshire.  In  1798  he  settled  at  Parsonsfield, 
Maine.  He  soon  had  an  extensive  practice  and 
continued  actively  engaged  thus  for  nearly  half 
a  century.  When  an  old  man,  he  removed  to 
Windharrt,  so  that  he  might  be  near  his  only 
daughter,  who  had  married  and  resided  there. 
His  death  occurred  February  7,  1844.  While 
practicing  at  Parsonsfield,  Dr.  Bradbury  had  a 
large  number  of  medical  students  attached  to 
his  office,  and  among  them  several  men  who 
became  distinguished  in  medical  societies  in 
Maine.  He  was  himself  a  first-class  physician 
and  was  greatly  respected  and  honored  through- 
out this  entire  region.  He  was  always  upright  in 
all  his  dealings  with  his  fellows,  and  possessed 
of  an  exceedingly  courteous  and  attractive  man- 
ner. He  joined  the  Free  Baptist  church  in  1816 
and  continued  a  member  until  the  time  of  his 
death.  Dr.  Bradbury  married,  in  1800,  Ann  Moul- 
ton,  a  daughter  of  Samuel  Moulton.  She  was 
born  September  2,  1777,  and  they  were  the  par- 
ents of  the  following  children:  James  Ware, 
mentioned  below;  Samuel  Moulton,  born  August 
22,  1804,  married  (first)  Susan  Bracket!  and  (sec- 
ond) Elizabeth  Brackctt,  and  died  September  22, 
1888;  Clarissa  Ann,  born  June  19,  1807,  became 
the  wife  of  Dr.  Charles  G.  Parsons,  of  Windham. 
(XIV)  Hon.  James  Ware  Bradbury,  LL.D.,  son 
of  James  and  Ann  (Moulton)  Bradbury,  was 
born  June  10,  1802,  at  Parsonsfield,  Maine.  As 
a  lad  he  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  na- 
tive place,  and  afterwards  studied  for  a  few 
terms  at  the  academies  of  Saco,  Limerick  and 
Effingham,  New  Hampshire,  and  completed  his 
preparatory  course  at  Gorham  Academy.  Upon 
completing  his  studies  at  the  last  named  insti- 
tution, he  entered  the  sophomore  class  at  Bow- 
doin  College  in  1822  and  graduated  from  that 
institution  with  one  of  the  most  famous  classes 
ever  graduated  there,  that  of  1825.  Among  his 
classmates  were  Henry  W.  Longfellow,  Josiah 
Stover  Little,  Jonathan  Cilley,  Nathaniel  Haw- 
thorne, John  S.  C.  Abbott,  and  George  B. 
Cheevcr.  Among  all  these  brilliant  men,  Josiah 
S.  Little  took  the  highest  honors  for  scholar- 
ship, and  at  the  commencement  three  English 
orations  were  assigned,  tlic  valedictory  to  Little 
and  the  other  two  to  Bradbury  and  Longfellow. 
Upon  completing  Ins  course  at  Bowdoin,  Mr. 
Bradbury  was  offered  the  post  of  principal  of 
the  academy  at  Hallowell,  and  accepted  the  offer, 


coming  to  that  place  to  take  up  his  new  duties. 
At  that  time  no  town  in  Maine  was  more  distin- 
guished for  culture  and  literary  attainments.  To 
it  had  recently  come  Dr.  Benjamin  Vaughan, 
formerly  a  member  of  the  English  parliament 
who,  with  his  family,  gave  a  high  tone  to  the 
society  there,  while  the  good  doctor  was  ever 
doing  some  kind  act  to  improve  the  condition 
in  all  classes.  Dr.  Bradbury,  however,  remained 
but  one  year  there,  having  determined  to  make 
the  profession  of  law  his  career  in  life.  With 
this  end  in  view,  he  entered  the  law  office  of  the 
Hon.  Rufus  Mclntire,  of  Parsonsfield,  where  he 
studied  for  a  time,  and  later  the  office  of  the 
Hon.  Ether  Shepley,  of  Portland,  subsequently 
the  chief  justice  of  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court 
of  Maine.  Here  Dr.  Bradbury  continued  his 
studies  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  Between 
the  date  of  his  having  completed  his  studies  and 
his  admission  to  the  bar,  however,  the  young 
man  had  opened  a  school  for  the  instruction  of 
teachers  at  Effingham,  New  Hampshire.  This 
was  an  innovation  at  the  time  and  he  was  able 
to  draw  a  large  class  of  fifty  or  more  who  de- 
sired to  be  drilled  in  the  practice  of  this  profes- 
sion. Dr.  Bradbury  conducted  his  class  in  a 
very  original  manner  and  indeed  may  be  said 
to  have  formed  a  model  for  the  various  normal 
institutions  which  have  since  sprung  up  through- 
out this  country.  Mr.  Bradbury  removed  to 
Augusta  in  the  year  1830,  where  he  opened  an 
office  for  the  practice  of  the  law.  At  that  time 
the  Kennebec  county  bar  was  famous  for  the 
ability  and  brilliancy  of  many  of  its  members, 
among  which  were  numbered  Peleg  Sprague, 
George  Evans,  Reuel  Williams,  Frederick  Allen, 
Henry  W.  Fuller,  William  Emmons,  Timothy 
Boutelle,  Samuel  Wells  and  Hiram  Belcher.  In 
spite  of  the  difficulty  of  gaining  a  conspicuous 
place  amid  such  a  galaxy  this  feat  was  accom- 
plished by  young  Mr.  Bradbury,  who  soon  began 
to  attract  the  attention,  not  only  of  his  profes- 
sional colleagues,  but  of  the  entire  community. 
He  was  unusually  well  qualified  for  his  profes- 
sion, and  was  devoted  to  it  in  a  manner  typical 
of  the  best  traditions  of  the  bar.  The  law  it- 
self was  his  mistress  and  not  used  by  him  as 
by  so  many  lesser  men,  as  the  mere  stepping 
stone  to  political  preferment.  After  four  years 
hard  work,  he  had  developed  a  large  practice 
which  he  continued  to  increase  up  to  the  time  of 
his  nomination  and  election  to  the  United  States 
Senate  in  1846.  During  the  sixteen  years  that 
he  was  thus  activeljr  engaged  in  practice,  he 
handled  a  very  large  proportion  of  the  impor- 


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tant  litigation  of  the  region,  and  no  law  office 
in  Kennebec  county  was  busier  than  his.  He 
was  in  great  demand  as  a  trial  lawyer  and  was 
frequently  retained  by  other  prominent  attor- 
neys as  counsel  in  their  important  cases.  His 
unusually  profound  knowledge  of  the  principles 
of  the  law,  together  with  an  amazing  quickness 
and  alertness  of  intellect,  made  him  unusually 
effective  in  court,  and  there  were  very  few  attor- 
neys who  cared  to  meet  and  oppose  him  under 
these  conditions.  In  1833  he  formed  a  partner- 
ship with  Mr.  Horatio  Bridge  which,  however, 
only  lasted  a  year,  but  in  1838  Richard  D.  Rice, 
later  associate  justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Maine,  became  a  student  in  Mr.  Bradbury's  of- 
fice, and  upon  his  admission  to  the  bar  was 
taken  into  partnership  by  the  elder  man.  This 
continued  until  1848,  when  Mr.  Rice  was  ap- 
pointed to  the  bench  by  Governor  Dana.  Mr. 
Bradbury  then  formed  a  partnership  with  the  late 
Lott  M.  Merrill,  and  during  this  partnership  Mr. 
Mjorrill  was  elected  State  Senator  and  three 
times  Governor  of  Maine.  After  Mr.  Brad- 
bury's return  to  his  practice,  upon  his  retirement 
as  United  States  Senator,  he  formed  a  partner- 
ship in  1856  with  Joseph  H.  Meserve,  who  re- 
mained a  member  of  the  firm  until  his  death  in 
1864.  Mr.  Bradbury  then  admitted  his  son,  James 
Ware  Bradbury,  Jr.,  into  partnership.  He  was 
himself  practically  ready  to  retire  at  this  time, 
but  continued  to  keep  up  the  firm  for  the  pur- 
pose of  establishing  his  son  in  practice  here  and 
was  indeed  still  active  up  to  the  time  of  his 
death  in  1876. 

Upon  first  coming  to  Augusta,  Mr.  Bradbury 
edited  for  about  one  year  a  Democratic  journal 
called  the  Maine  Patriot.  He  was  a  staunch  ad- 
herent to  the  principles  and  policies  of  the  Demo- 
crat party,  although  absolutely  independent  of 
mind,  and  his  judgments  were  formed  wholly 
upon  honest  thought  and  conviction  and  without 
regard  to  partisan  consideration.  Although 
never  anxious  to  hold  public  office,  and  never 
allowing  political  matters  to  interfere  with  his 
legal  practice,  such  were  the  abilities  of  Mr. 
Bradbury  that  it  was  very  difficult  for  him  to 
remain  altogether  outside  the  arena  of  public 
life.  In  1835  he  was  appointed  county  attor- 
ney by  Governor  Dunlap  and  accepted  this  post 
as  being  in  line  with  his  regular  professional  ac- 
tivities. Upon  certain  occasions,  however,  he 
was  a  conspicuous  figure  in  the  political  cam- 
paigns of  his  day,  this  being  the  case,  especially 
when  what  he  considered  important  principles 
were  at  stake.  He  was  a  strong  supporter  of 


Andrew  Jackson  as  against  Mr.  Van  Buren,  and 
when  at  the  Baltimore  convention  of  1844  James 
K.  Polk  was  offered  as  a  compromise  candidate, 
he  departed  from  his  usual  custom  and  spoke 
in  favor  of  that  gentleman's  candidacy  through- 
out the  campaign.  It  was  at  the  1846  session 
of  the  Maine  Legislature  that  Mr.  Bradbury  was 
chosen  United  States  Senator  for  the  term  of  six 
years,  and  at  the  commencement  of  the  session 
of  1847  he  took  his  seat.  His  entrance  into  the 
Senate  occurred  at  a  very  critical  and  interesting 
period  in  the  history  of  the  United  States,  and 
he  found  himself  working  among  such  men  as 
Daniel  Webster,  Henry  Clay,  John  C.  Calhoun, 
Thomas  H.  Benton,  Lewis  Cass,  Stephen  A. 
Douglass,  William  H.  Seward,  Salmon  P.  Chase 
and  other  of  the  giants  of  that  time.  The  coun- 
try was  in  the  midst  of  its  war  with  Mexico,  and 
Mr.  Bradbury  at  once  became  a  staunch  and 
patriotic  supporter  of  the  administration  in  its 
efforts  to  sustain  and  equip  the  little  American 
army,  then  operating  in  the  heart  of  Mexico  and 
surrounded  by  hostile  forces  greatly  superior  to 
itself.  At  this  time,  too,  the  question  of  slavery 
was  becoming  more  and  more  a  vital  issue  be- 
fore the  country,  and  Mr.  Bradbury  became  a 
powerful  champion  of  the  right  of  the  Congress 
to  legislate  upon  the  question  of  slavery  in  the 
territories.  Throughout  his  long  and  important 
association  with  the  body,  Mr.  Bradbury  main- 
tained a  standard  of  disinterestedness  and  en- 
lightenment surpassed  by  very  few,  and  his  at- 
titude on  the  great  public  question  of  the  day 
might  well  have  served  as  a  model  for  many  of 
his  fellow  whose  power  and  influence  was  even 
greater  than  his.  He  served  as  chairman  of 
the  committee  on  printing,  and  was  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  judiciary  committee  and  the  commit- 
tee on  claims.  He  continued  to  be  devoted  to 
the  principles  of  democracy,  and  throughout  his 
life  regarded  the  administration  of  President 
Polk  as  the  most  important  in  our  history.  His 
name  was  continually  identified  with  reform  leg- 
islation, and  he  was  regarded  as  one  of  the  most 
effective  speakers  and  readiest  debaters  of  the 
Senate.  After  the  termination  of  his  office,  he 
refused  reelection  to  same  and  retired  to  pri- 
vate life  and  the  resumption  of  his  legal  prac- 
tice. 

Mr.  Bradbury  always  maintained  a  wide  and 
enlightened  public  interest  in  all  questions  af- 
fecting the  welfare  of  his  home  community.  He 
was  keenly  interested  in  Bowdoin  College  and 
served  for  a  number  of  years  as  a  member  of  its 
board  of  overseers  and  for  thirty  years  as  a 


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member  of  its  board  of  trustees.  He  was  also 
interested  in  local  history  and  was  a  member  of 
the  Maine  Historical  Society  and  its  president 
from  1873  to  1889.  In  his  religious  belief  he 
was  a  Congregationalist,  attending  the  church  of 
that  denomination  at  Augusta  and  liberally  sup- 
porting its  work  here.  He  was,  however,  ex- 
ceedingly tolerant  of  the  beliefs  of  other  men 
and  felt  a  broad  charity  and  fellowship  for  all 
denominations  of  Christians.  At  a  dinner  given 
by  the  Maine  Historical  Society  on  the  occasion 
of  Mr.  Bradbury's  eighty-fifth  birthday,  the  fol- 
lowing remarks  concerning  him  were  made  by 
Professor  Chapman: 

We  are  here  today  in  grateful  recognition  of  tbe 
debt  we  owe  to  the  fidelity  and  wisdom  of  one  who 
has  been  so  many  years  our  sachem — our  esteemed 
and  honored  president.  We  all  know,  gentlemen,  his 
mis.-liisli  devotion  to  the  welfare  of  the  society;  his 
:iiu!  watchful  care  over  Its  varied  interests;  the 
kimlly  courtesy  of  his  official  and  personal  relations 
with  us.  It  is  n  great  pleasure  to  us  to  give  some 
outward  expression  to  the  honor  which  our  hearts 
have  all  along  yielded  to  him.  And  In  order  to  em- 
phasize the  feeling  that  prompted  this  gathering,  we 
have  been  glad  to  Invite  and  welcome  here  the  repre- 
sentatives of  sister  societies  to  unite  with  us  in  this 
tribute  of  esteem.  We  may  thus  confirm,  by  living 
contact  and  fellowship,  the  sympathies  that  run  along 
the  obscure  lines  of  antiquarian  research,  and  bind  us 
together  in  the  ties  of  common  or  similar  pursuits. 

Nor  do  we  forget  that  the  day  is  one  that  permits 
as  to  add  to  this  token  and  assurance  of  our  associated 
regard  the  kindly  congratulations  and  good  wishes 
which  belong  to  a  personal  anniversary  an  anni- 
versary, it  may  be  said,  that  recurs  with  startling  fre- 
quency in  all  our  lives.  Whatever  that  was  cherished 
and  valuable,  the  passing  years  may  have  taken  away 
from  our  revered  president,  who  today  reaches  another 
milestone  on  his  journey,  they  have  not  taken  away 
from  him  the  continued  power  and  privilege  of  serving 
his  fellowmen  in  many  noble  ways.  They  cannot  take 
away  from  him  the  record  of  that  for  which  we  honor 
him — a  life  distinguished  by  important  duties  worthily 
performed,  by  high  trusts  faithfully  discharged,  by 
great  privilege!  blamelessly  enjoyed.  And,  on  the 
other  hand,  they  have  brought  to  him  in  their  swift 
passage, 

That  which  should  accompany  old  age, 

As  honor,  love,  obedience,  troops  of  friends. 
James  Ware  Bradbury  was  united  in  marriage, 
November  25,  1834,  with  Eliza  Ann  Smith,  a 
daughter  of  Thomas  Westbrook  and  Abigail 
(Page)  Smith,  of  Augusta,  who  was  born  March 
18,  1815.  Mr.  Smith,  the  father  of  Mrs.  Brad- 
bury, was  a  prominent  merchant  and  business 
man  of  Augusta.  Mrs.  Bradbury  was  a  woman 
of  unusually  beautiful  character  and  noteworthy 
talents  and  abilities.  She  was  very  charitable 
and  an  active  worker  in  many  philanthropic 
movements  in  this  region.  Her  death  occurred 
suddenly  on  January  29,  1879,  and  the  epitaph 
engraved  upon  her  tombstone  is  admirably  ap- 
propriate, both  in  its  simplicity  and  the  senti- 
ment it  conveys: 

She  loved  to  do  good. 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bradbury  were  the  parents  of 
the  following  children,  all  born  in  Augusta:  I. 
Henry  Westbrook,  born  February  10,  1836,  mar- 
ried in  1878,  Louisa  Hoffman  Gregorie,  who  died 
in  1912;  they  were  the  parents  of  two  daughters: 
Alice,  who  died  in  infancy;  and  Lila,  who  mar- 
ried (first)  in  February,  1904,  Dallett  H.  Wil- 
son, of  Baltimore,  (second)  Edward  S.  Rand,  of 
New  York;  by  her  first  marriage  she  had  two 
children,  Louise  Bradbury,  born  in  November, 
1904,  and  James  Ware  Bradbury,  born  in  1006; 
by  her  second  marriage  she  has  two  daughters, 
twins,  Lila  Bradbury  and  Josephine  Lindsay, 
born  in  July,  1916.  2.  James  Ware,  Jr.,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Thomas  Westbrook  Smith,  born 
July  24,  1841,  died  May  I,  1868;  a  young  man  of 
fine  character  and  many  abilities,  whose  early 
death  was  greatly  lamented.  4.  Charles,  born 
March  31,  1846,  married,  November  8,  1870,  Eva 
A.  Lancaster,  of  Augusta,  and  makes  his  home 
at  Boston. 

(XV)  James  Ware  (2)  Bradbury,  son  of  the 
Hon.  James  Ware  (i)  and  Eliza  Ann  (Smith) 
Bradbury,  was  born  July  22,  1839,  at  Augusta, 
and  died  September  21,  1876.  He  was  a  grad- 
uate of  Bowdoin  College  in  the  class  of  1861, 
and  upon  completing  his  studies  there  he  en- 
tered the  office  of  Bradbury,  Morrill  &  Meserve 
to  take  up  the  study  of  law.  Upon  his  admis- 
sion to  the  bar  he  was  taken  into  partnership 
by  his  father  and  for  a  number  of  years  he  car- 
ried on  a  very  successful  practice  here.  At  the 
time  of  his  premature  death  the  future  seemed 
to  promise  the  brightest  prospects  and  he  was 
universally  mourned  as  a  valuable  element  in  the 
community.  He  was  city  solicitor  of  Augusta 
in  1868,  and  was  appointed  United  States  com- 
missioner in  1869,  holding  that  office  until  his 
decease  and  discharging  his  duties  with  great 
independence  and  capability.  He  was  keenly 
interested  in  public  affairs,  and  like  his  father 
a  staunch  advocate  of  Democratic  principles.  Of 
him  Professor  Packard  remarked  at  the  time  of 
his  death:  "He  left  with  us  the  impression  that 
he  possessed  intellectual  powers  which  promised 
much  for  his  friends  and  for  the  public." 


OLIVER  AND  FRANK  OLIVER  MOSES— 
Bath,  Maine,  has  been,  perhaps,  of  all  the 
towns  of  the  State,  the  most  closely  identified 
with  that  most  romantic  of  industries,  shipbuild- 
ing, during  the  great  days  when  American  ships 
were  fashioned  from  the  pine  forests  of  the 
neighborhood  in  such  numbers  and  won  for  this 
country  a  foremost  place  among  the  mercantile 
nations  of  the  world.  The  sailing  vessels  of 


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all  kinds  built  here,  and  especially  the  clipper 
ships,  rivaled,  if  they  did  not  surpass,  the  finest 
vessels  on  earth  and  carried  the  starry  flag  to 
every  port  of  importance  on  the  seven  seas.  And 
if  Bath  was  thus  distinguished  among  its  fel- 
low towns,  the  name  of  Moses  holds  a  not  less 
conspicuous  place  among  those  of  the  men  who 
were  the  designers  and  builders  of  those  wonder- 
ful ships  which,  though  they  trusted  to  the 
wind  alone  for  their  motive  power,  and  were 
innocent  of  any  steel  or  iron  in  their  construc- 
tion, braved  every  peril  of  the  deep  and  estab- 
lished some  records  for  speed  that  compared 
not  unfavorably  with  all  but  the  modern  "grey- 
hounds." 

The  Moses  family  is  one  of  the  oldest  in  New 
England,  having  been  founded  here  some  time 
prior  to  1632,  when  there  was  a  colonist  of  the 
name  of  John  Moses  at  Plymouth,  but  the  earliest 
record  of  one  of  the  immediate  line  with  which 
we  are  concerned  was  in  1646,  where  there  was 
another  John  Moses  living  at  Portsmouth,  New 
Hampshire.  This  Sergeant  John  Moses,  as  he 
was  called,  was  a  Scot  and  owned  land  in  the 
suburbs  of  Portsmouth,  which  is  still  in  the  pos- 
session of  his  descendants  after  the  lapse  of 
more  than  two  hundred  and  sixty  years.  It  was 
George  Moses,  the  great-grandson  of  the  immi- 
grant ancestor,  who  founded  the  Scarborough, 
Maine,  branch  of  the  family,  to  which  Oliver 
Moses  and  his  sons  belonged.  This  George 
Moses  was  born  at  Portsmiouth  and  there  bap- 
tized, July  5,  1722.  He  removed  from  Ports- 
mouth and  settled  on  a  farm  at  Scottow's  Hill, 
near  Scarborough  in  1754,  and  there  resided  until 
his  death. 

Oliver  Moses  was  born  at  Scarborough,  Maine, 
May  12,  1803,  a  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth 
(Milliken)  Moses,  old  and  highly  respected  resi- 
dents of  that  place.  When  still  little  more  than 
a  youth,  he  left  the  parental  roof  and  went  to 
Portland,  where  he  was  apprenticed  to  a  tin- 
smith and  learned  that  trade.  In  the  month  of 
February,  1826,  he  went  to  Bath,  which  there- 
after was  his  residence  until  the  day  of  his  death 
and  here  engaged  in  business  at  the  craft  he  had 
learned.  He  was  joined  shortly  after  by  his 
brother,  William  V.  Moses,  who  had  also  taken 
up  the  trade,  and  the  two  young  men  entered 
into  a  partnership  in  their  business.  The  first 
shop  operated  by  them  was  situated  on  Vine 
street,  Bath,  but  shortly  after  they  removed  to 
Water  stret,  where  the  Bath  Iron  Works  was 
first  located,  and  there  the  firm  of  W.  V.  and  O. 
Moses  prospered  greatly.  They  were  both  en- 


terprising men  who  were  always  on  the  alert  for 
new  business  openings  and  when,  not  long  after, 
stoves  began  to  be  introduced  to  the  local  mar- 
ket they  at  once  added  them  to  their  stock,  to- 
gether with  iron  goods  in  general,  and  were 
among  the  first  dealers  in  this  commodity  in  the 
neighborhood.  To  the  business  of  dealing  in 
iron  and  tin  goods,  they  then  added  that  of  the 
manufacture  of  iron  castings,  and  gradually  spe- 
cialized in  that  type  used  in  the  construction  of 
railroads.  A  foundry  was  secured  and  operated 
which  turned  out  these  things  with  great  rapidity, 
and  as  the  railroads  of  the  State  were  then  in 
the  process  of  their  most  rapid  development,  this 
line  soon  exceeded  all  other  branches  of  the 
business,  and  the  house  began  to  gain  a  State- 
wide reputation.  The  building  of  ships  was  al- 
ready one  of  the  greatest  in  Maine  at  this  time, 
and  Mr.  Moses  determined  to  become  connected 
with  it.  Accordingly,  he  constructed  a  ship  yard 
at  the  foot  of  Pearl  street  in  Bath,  and  there 
began  building  his  vessels.  A  great  number  were 
built  by  them,  all  of  which  were  of  the  highest 
type  ship  then  constructed,  the  performance 
of  which  under  the  actual  test  of  service  soon 
brought  well  deserved  fame  to  their  designer. 
Mr.  Moses  had  by  this  time  come  to  be  regarded 
as  one  of  the  most  successful  and  substantial 
men  in  the  community,  and  his  extraordinary  or- 
ganizing and  executive  ability  was  recognized 
to  such  an  extent  that  his  services  were  desired 
by  many  enterprises,  the  affairs  of  which  re- 
quired the  control  of  a  master  mind.  He  thus 
became  interested  in  many  concerns,  the  suc- 
cess of  which  was  important  to  the  community, 
and  among  these  the  growing  railroad  system  of 
the  State.  It  was  Oliver  Moses  that  superin- 
tended the  construction  of  the  Androscoggin 
Railroad,  and  he  was  one  of  the  directors  of 
the  company  and  a  large  shareholder,  besides 
for  a  time  holding  the  office  of  president.  He 
was  also  president  of  the  Knox  and  Lincoln 
Railroad,  and  managed  the  construction  of  that 
important  line.  Mr.  Moses  was  the  founder  of 
the  First  National  Bank  at  Bath,  one  of  the 
first  established  in  Maine  and  the  sixty-first  in 
the  entire  United  States,  and  became  its  first 
president  upon  its  organization,  holding  that  of- 
fice until  his  death.  The  Bath  Savings  Institu- 
tion was  one  of  the  institutions  which  he  was 
instrumental  in  founding,  and  of  this  he  was  a 
director  during  the  remainder  of  his  life.  An- 
other achievement  of  Mr.  Moses  was  that  in 
connection  with  the  building  up  and  develop- 
ment of  the  community  in  which  he  played  a 


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prominent  part.  He  interested  himself  in  the 
matter  of  the  city  real  estate  and  owned  much 
valuable  property  here,  which  he  developed  high- 
ly, much  to  his  own  and  the  community's  ad- 
vantage. Columbian  Hall  Hotel  was  erected  by 
him  as  were  also  Church  block  and  Bank  block, 
the  building  in  which  the  First  National  Bank 
was  first  housed,  while  he  was  one  of  the  chief 
contributors  to  the  building  of  the  Universalist 
church,  Washington  street.  Mr.  Mloses  was  a 
Universalist  in  his  religious  belief  and  attended 
the  Washington  Street  Church,  which  he  had 
been  so  largely  instrumental  in  erecting.  In 
1863  he  started  the  Little  River  Manufacturing 
Company,  which  in  1865  was  changed  to  the 
Worombo  Manufacturing  Company,  the  mill  sit- 
uated at  Lisbon  Falls,  Maine,  a  firm  which  has 
ever  since  continued  to  make  the  finest  woolen 
goods  in  the  country.  He  was  its  president  until 
his  death  and  made  it  his  most  important  under- 
taking. 

Although  his  abilities  were  of  a  kind  to  emi- 
nently fit  him  for  success  in  public  life,  Mr. 
scs  was  in  no  sense  a  politician  and  his  am- 
bition for  public  office  or  honor  of  any  kind  did 
not  exist.  But,  although  he  kept  consistently  out 
of  politics,  he  was  a  staunch  Democrat  and  an 
earnest  and  effective  supporter  of  its  principles. 
Mr.  Moses  was  unquestionably  one  of  the  most 
enterprising  and  influential  citizens  of  Bath, 
and  few  men  of  his  generation  did  so  much  to- 
wards building  up  its  industries  and  advancing 
its  general  welfare.  He  took  a  deep  interest  in 
tin1  oily  and  its  affairs,  its  people  and  institu- 
tions, and  left  no  stone  unturned  to  contribute 
to  their  advantage  and  happiness. 

Oliver  Moses  was  united  in  marriage,  July  9, 
1829,  with  Lydia  Ham  Clapp,  a  daughter  of 
Charles  Clapp.  They  were  the  parents  of  the 
following  children:  Francis,  died  in  infancy; 
Frank  Oliver,  mentioned  below;  Galen  Clapp, 
the  subject  of  extended  mention  elsewhere  in 
this  work;  Harriet  Sylvester,  who  became  the 
wife  of  George  Knight,  of  Portland,  now  de- 
ceased; Anna  Elizabeth,  who  became  the  wife  of 
J'x'njamin  F.  Harris,  of  Portland;  Julia,  died  in 
early  youth;  Wealthy  Clapp,  who  became  the 
wife  of  John  W.  Hinds,  of  Allston,  Massachu- 
setts, now  deceased. 

Frank  Oliver  Moses,  second  son  of  Oliver  and 
Lydia  Ham  (Clapp)  Moses,  was  born  September 
19,  1833,  at  Bath,  Maine,  and  as  a  lad  attended 
the  local  schools.  Upon  completing  his  education 
he  was  taken  as  a  partner  into  the  shipbuilding 
establishment  of  Stephen  Larrabee,  who  after- 


wards became  his  father-in-law,  and  there  re- 
ceived his  business  training,  and  a  better  school 
it  would  have  been  difficult  for  him  to  have 
found.  Later  on,  having  become  thoroughly  fa- 
miliar with  every  branch  and  aspect  of  ship- 
building, he  engaged  in  the  same  line  on  his  own 
account,  and  in  a  few  years  became  one  of  the 
largest  and  best  known  builders  of  vessels  in  the 
country.  Some  of  the  ships  that  were  launched 
from  his  ways  were  among  the  most  famous  of 
their  class  that  came  from  the  State  or  that 
ever  sailed  the  seas.  Among  them  should  be 
recorded  the  Oliver  Moses,  the  Robert  Cushman, 
the  Frank  Boult,  the  Joint  Carver,  the  H.  V. 
Baxter,  the  James  Wright,  the  barks  Andaman, 
Niphon  and  Ami,  and  the  schooner  Orvillc.  Mr. 
Moses  continued  in  active  business  until  the  year 
1876,  when  he  retired  to  a  well-earned  leisure 
Mr.  Moses  was  also  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
Arctic  Ice  Company,  in  which  enterprise  he  was 
associated  with  Edward  Sewall,  the  business  being 
the  shipping  of  ice  from  Maine  to  the  Southern 
and  other  States.  Mr.  Moses  was  a  staunch 
Democrat  in  politics,  and  attended  the  Univer- 
salist church,  taking  an  active  part  in  the  work 
of  his  church  of  which  he  was  for  many  years  a 
trustee.  He  was  a  Mason  and  Knight  Templar. 

Mr.  Moses  was  a  man  of  unusually  strong  char- 
acter and  attractive  personality,  an  enterprising 
man,  who  like  his  father  always  kept  the  inter- 
est of  the  community  in  which  he  dwelt  close 
to  his  heart  and  did  a  great  deal  to  advance  its 
growth  and  prosperity.  He  died  March  n,  1895, 
at  the  age  of  sixty-one  years,  venerated  and  be- 
loved, not  only  by  his  immediate  relatives  and 
friends,  but  by  the  community-at-large  in  a 
manner  that  rarely  falls  to  the  lot  of  men.  He 
was  laid  to  rest  in  the  New  Cemetery  at  Bath. 

Frank  Oliver  Moses  was  united  in  marriage, 
October  16,  1855,  at  Bath,  with  Ann  Maria  Lar- 
rabee, a  native  of  this  city  and  a  daughter  of 
Stephen  and  Nancy  Blackston  (Allen)  Larrabee, 
the  former  a  well  known  citizen  of  Bath.  Mrs. 
Moses  survived  her  husband  but  little  more  than 
a  year,  her  death  occurring  August  19,  1896.  A 
devoted  wife  and  mother,  she  was  a  sterling 
Christian  character,  and  the  long  years  of  her 
marriage  with  Mr.  Moses  were  unusually  happy 
and  harmonious  ones.  They  were  the  parents 
of  the  following  children:  i.  Orville  Bowman, 
deceased;  he  married  Jane  O.  Gate,  of  Dresden, 
Maine,  and  they  had  two  children:  Frank  Oliver, 
who  married  Edna  Pettigrew,  of  Groton,  Con- 
necticut, by  whom  he  had  one  child,  Ann  Maria' 
and  Sally  Pearson,  who  makes  her  home  at  Bos- 


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HISTORY  OF  MAINE 


ton.  2.  Emma  Pedrick,  who  resides  in  the  old 
Moses  homestead  at  Bath.  3.  Lydia  Clapp,  who 
resides  with  her  sister  in  the  old  homestead.  4. 
Oliver,  a  well-known  manufacturer  of  Bath, 
where  he  resides;  he  married  Augusta  Plummer, 
of  Lisbon  Falls,  Maine,  and  they  are  the  parents 
of  the  following  children:  Helen  Larrabee,  born 
June  5,  1894,  became  the  wife  of  Walter  Shaugh- 
nessy,  to  whom  she  has  borne  one  child,  Frances 
Anna;  Frances  Plummer,  born  November  2, 
1896;  and  Oliver,  born  April  28,  1899. 


CYRUS  HERMANN  KOTZSCHMAR  CUR- 
TIS— While  the  fame  of  Cyrus  H.  K.  Curtis  se- 
curely rests  upon  his  own  achievement,  it  is  also 
an  interesting  truth  that  he  descends  from,  an 
ancient  English  family  and  one  of  the  oldest 
in  the  United  States.  The  surname  Curtis  is 
derived  from  a  Norman-French  word,  Curteis 
or  Curtois,  meaning  courteous,  civil.  The  name 
is  supposed  to  have  been  brought  to  England 
in  the  eleventh  century  by  the  Normans  in  the 
train  of  William  the  Conqueror.  The  family  has 
been  traced  definitely  to  Stephen  Curtis,  of  Ap- 
pledore,  in  Kent,  England,  to  about  the  middle 
of  the  fifteenth  century.  In  America  the  family 
is  traced  to  the  year  1631,  twelve  years  after  the 
landing  of  the  Pilgrims.  The  name  in  early 
New  England  records  is  found  as  both  Curtis 
and  Curtiss,  both  spellings  being  yet  retained 
in  different  branches  of  the  family.  The  coat-of- 
arms  of  the  Curtis  family  of  Kent  and  Sussex, 
England,  from  whom  William  Curtis  descended 
is: 

Arms — Argent  a  chevron  sable  between  three  bulls' 
heads  cabossed,  gules. 

Crest — A  unicorn  passant  or  between  four  trees 
proper  . 

(I)  The  family  name  was  brought  to  America 
by  William  Curtis,  who  settled  in  Scituate,  Mas- 
sachusetts,  coming   in   the   ship   Lion,  on   her   first 
voyage.       His    father,    William    Curtis,    came    a 
year    later,    but    in    the    same    ship,    settling    in 
Roxbury.      He   was    accompanied    by    his    three 
brothers — Richard,  who  settled  in  Scituate,  Mas- 
sachusetts; John,  left  no  descendants;  and  Thom- 
as, who  later  settled  in  York,  Maine.      William 
Curtis  was  also  accompanied  by  his  wife,  Sarah 
(a  sister  of  Rev.  John  Eliot,  the  Indian  apostle), 
and   four   children.      He    was   born   in    England, 
1590. 

(II)  William  (2)  Curtis,  eldest  son  of  William 
(i)   Curtis,  born  in  England,   1611,  preceded  his 
father  to  this  country  in  1631,  settling  at  Scituate, 
where  his  later  life  was  spent  on  his  North  river 
farm,  where  he  died  leaving  issue. 


(III)  Benjamin  Curtis,  second  son  of  William 
(2)   Curtis,  was  born  in  Scituate,  January,   1667. 
He   built,   owned  and   operated   the   Curtis   Mills 
on   Third   Herring   pond.       He   married,   in    1689, 
Mary  Sylvester,  and  died  leaving  issue. 

(IV)  Benjamin   (2)   Curtis,  eldest  son  of  Ben- 
jamin  (i)   Curtis,  was  born  in  Scituate,   Decem- 
ber 14,  1692,  died  in  Hanover,  that  State,  Febru- 
ary  21,    1756.       He    married,    December    13.    1716. 
Hannah  Palmer,  and  had  male  issue. 

(V)  Thomas    Curtis,   second   son   of   Benjamin 
(2)    Curtis,   was   baptized   September  4,    1720,   at 
Scituate,    but    spent    his    life    in    Hanover.      His 
first  wife,   Sarah   (Utter)    Curtis,  died  December 
28,   1753,  and  he  married   (second)    February  26, 
1756,  Ruth,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Faith  Rose. 
He  had  issue  by  both  wives. 

(VI)  Thomas    (2)    Curtis,   son   of  Thomas    (I) 
Curtis,  and  his   first  wife,   Sarah    (Utter)    Curtis, 
was  baptized  June  10,  1749,  at  Hanover,  and  like 
his    father    was    a    shipmaster.       He    settled    in 
Maine   with    his    wife,   Abigail    (Studlcy)    Curtis, 
of   Hanover,   to   whom   he   was   married   June   6, 
1770. 

(VII)  Rev.  Reuben  Curtis,  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Curtis,  was  born  in  Maine,  in   1788,  and  became 
an   ordained  minister  of  the   Baptist  church,   la- 
boring many  years  as  an  evangelist  in  his  native 
State.      He   married,   December   i,   1808,   Abigail, 
daughter  of  Nathan  and  Elizabeth  (Foster)  Saf- 
ford.     She  was  born  May  22,  1791,  survived  him, 
and  married  a  second  husband. 

(VIII)  Cyrus     Libby    Curtis,    second    son    of 
Rev.  Reuben  Curtis,  was  born  in  Maine,  January 
7,   1822,  and  was  a  resident  of  Portland  in   that 
State.       He    was    a    decorator,    and    well   known 
locally  as  a  musician.      He  married,  July  3,  1844, 
Salome  Ann,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Salome 
(Coombs)   Cummings.     She  was  born   1819,  died 
1897,  leaving  a  son,  Cyrus  H.   K.,  and  a  daugh- 
ter, Florence  G.,  who  was  born  in  August,   1855, 
died  1888. 

(IX)  Cyrus   H.   K.   Curtis,   only   son   of   Cyrus 
Libby    Curtis,   and   now   the   world-famous    pub- 
lisher    of     the     Curtis     publications — The     Ladies' 
Home    Journal,    the    Saturday    Evening    Post,    the 
Country    Gentleman,    and    the    Philadelphia    Public 
Ledger,   was    born    in    Portland,    Maine,    June    18,. 
1850.      He   attended   the   public   schools    of   that 
city  until  he  was  sixteen  years  of  age,  and  then 
left  high  school  to  engage  in  business,  although 
he    had   been    since    1862   a    newsboy,    and    since 
1863  had  published  in  his  own  amateur  printing 
office    a    boys'    paper  called    Young    America.      In 
1866    occurred    the    great    Portland    fire,    causing 
enormous  losses,  but  none  more  severe  than  that 


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33 


of  the  young  publisher,  who  saw  his  entire  plant 
destroyed.      He    settled   in    Boston    in    1869,   and 
was    publishing    papers,    continuing    there    until 
1876,    when    he    came    to    Philadelphia,    Pennsyl- 
vania,  where   his   great   work   in   journalism,  has 
been  accomplished.      He   founded  the   Tribune  and 
Fanner,   a    weekly    publication.       Expansion    seem.; 
a   part  of  Mr.   Curtis'   nature,  and  everything  in 
time  becomes  too  small  to  fit  his  ambition.     He 
had   the    Tribune  and   Fanner   on   a   paying   basis, 
and  then  sought  a  new  outlet.     This  came  in  the 
form    of    The    Ladies'    Home    Journal,    first    pub- 
lished   in    1883    for    the    benefit    of    his    woman 
readers.     The  child  soon  outstripped  the  parent, 
and   from   its   first   year's   circulation   of   twenty- 
five   thousand   copies   has   grown   to  be   ..he   lead- 
ing woman's  journal  of  the  country,  with  a  cir- 
culation of  over  two  million  copies  monthly,  and 
read     wherever     English-speaking     women     are 
found.      The   Tribune  and  Fanner,  having   served 
its    purpose    of    introducing    its    offspring.       The 
Ladies'    Home   Journal,    was    sold,    the    new    jour- 
nal absorbing  for  a  time  the  great  energy  of  its 
owner.      But    with     The    Journal    completely    or- 
ganized, with  a  capable  head  in  every  department, 
Mr.    Curtis    sought    new    fields    to    conquer,   and 
found    it    in    The    Pennsylvania    Gazette,    then    a 
paper  with   a   weekly   circulation   of   three   thou- 
sand    five     hundred     copies.       The     Gazette     was 
founded  in   1728  under  the  name  of  The  Universal 
Instructor  in  all  Arts  and   Sciences  and  Pennsyl- 
vania   Gacclti-,    by    Samuel    Keimer,   the    first    em- 
ployee   of    Benjamin     Franklin    in    Philadelphia. 
The  latter  became  the  owner  of  the  paper  in  the 
following    October,    and    dropped     the     cumber- 
some   title,    retaining    only    PtmuyfooHta    Gazette. 
In  1897,  when  Mr.  Curtis  purchased  the  paper,  it 
had  a  circulation  of  two  thousand.      The  circula- 
tion   of    the    Satunliiy    l:.rciinig    Post,,  successor   to 
Tlie  Pennsylvania   Gazette,   is   now   over  two  mil- 
lion two  hundred  thousand  copies  weekly.     Noth- 
ing better  shows  the  business  acumen  and  vitaliz- 
ing energy  of  the   principal   owner  of  this  great 
publication  than  the  above  figures.      How  it  was 
done  and  how  it  is  still  being  done  forms  mate- 
rial for  a  volume.      There  is  nothing  in  the  his- 
tory  of   journalism    that    can    compare   with    the 
world-wide  enthusiastic  organization   that   forced 
the  circulation  of   The  Post  to  this   enormous  fig- 
ure in  a  few  years.      From  an  unknown  publica- 
tion, a   demand  was   created   that   forced   hostile 
news   companies   and   dealers   to   add   it    to   their 
list  or  lose  a  host  of  customers.     Now  it  can  be 
purchased  everywhere   every  Thursday   morning. 
While  Mr.  Curtis  would  be  the  last  man  to  say 

V.K.  ~i—3 


"I  did  it,"  there  is  the  fact — that  as  the  head 
of  the  Curtis  Publishing  Company  he  did  do  it 
by  surrounding  himself  with  a  corps  of  heads 
of  departments  ready  and  eager  to  work  out  the 
plans  of  their  chief.  The  Home  Journal  is  still 
the  leader  in  the  field  of  women  and  the  home, 
but  has  many  imitators.  The  Post,  a  man's  jour- 
nal, is  supreme  and  alone  in  its  field.  While  its 
circulation  department  is  the  greatest  in  the 
world,  The  Post  has  gained  its  position  through 
the  excellence  of  its  editorial  department  and 
policy.  Whether  in  science,  discovery,  politics, 
or  fiction,  the  articles  and  stories  are  from  the 
most  eminent  in  their  several  fields.  The  adver- 
tising is  most  artistic  and  carefully  chosen,  an- 
other innovation,  and  the  fact  that  the  adver- 
tisement appears  in  The  Post  is  a  guarantee  to 
the  reader  that  the  firm  advertising  is  a  reputable 
one. 

With  the  two  leading  periodicals  of  the  coun- 
try, a  monthly  and  a  weekly,  beautifully  housed 
in  a  specially-designed  and  imposing  building  on 
Independence  and  Washington  Square,  Philadel- 
phia, one  would  suppose  Mr.  Curtis  would  find 
full  vent  for  his  energy.  But  not  so,  there  was 
still  another  field  that  offered  him  an  irresistible 
inducement,  that  of  the  farm,  field  and  country 
home.  He  purchased  The  Country  Gentleman 
and  to  this  is  being  applied  the  same  principles 
that  succeeded  so  well  with  the  The  Home  Jour- 
nal and  Post.  This  property  was  purchased  in 
1912  and  has  responded  to  the  application  of 
Curtis  methods  with  gratifying  promptness,  and 
with  a  weekly  sale  up  in  the  hundreds  of  thou- 
sands. To  these  publications,  all  published  in 
the  new  building,  each  covering  its  own  special 
field,  Mr.  Curtis,  in  1913,  bought  The  Philadel- 
phia Public  Ledger,  and  within  a  short  time  has 
caused  it  to  more  than  regain  the  proud  position 
in  daily  journalism  it  held  for  so  many  years 
under  the  late  George  W.  Childs.  In  the  field 
of  journalism  it  stands  pre-eminent  among  Phila- 
delphia papers. 

While  for  many  years  the  business  has  been 
incorporated  as  the  Curtis  Publishing  Company, 
Mr.  Curtis,  as  president,  has  had  entire  super- 
vision, and  while  he  has  built  up  a  wonderful 
organization,  editorial  and  advertising,  he  has 
furnished  the  policy  that  must  be  followed  and 
selected  the  men  to  act  as  his  lieutenants.  He  is 
a  thorough  master  of  the  detail  of  the  publish- 
ing business,  and  has  a  secure  position  in  the 
journalistic  hall  of  fame. 

The  building  that  Mr.  Curtis  has  erected  as  a 
c    ii.     }.'..   T  ;:u-:  i  ;iscs  deserves   mention        Al- 


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HISTORY  OF  MAINE 


ways  solicitous  for  the  welfare  of  his  people, 
it  is  nowhere  shown  so  strikingly  as  in  the  mod- 
ern character  of  the  arrangement  of  rooms  to 
get  the  best  light  and  the  sanitary  arrangement 
of  the  departments.  Experience  and  modern 
science  have  taught  many  valuable  lessons,  dem- 
onstrating the  value  of  light,  sanitation,  nourish- 
ing food,  suitable  clothing,  proper  exercise  and 
physical  recreation  in  raising  the  standard  of 
employees  and  in  arousing  an  ambition  to  excel, 
each  in  his  field  of  effort.  Here  the  Curtis 
methods  should  serve  as  an  object  lesson  to 
every  employer.  The  standard  of  its  work  is 
patent  to  all,  but  the  excellence  of  the  methods 
by  which  an  army  of  employees  is  kept  cheerful, 
happy,  contented  and  loyal  has  been  often  over- 
looked, but  is  a  direct  result  of  a  Curtis  method 
of  securing  efficiency,  as  marked  as  its  policy  of 
themselves  giving  the  highest  grade  of  service  to 
their  employers,  the  reading  public. 

The  thorough  business  qualifications  of  Mr. 
Curtis  have  caused  his  services  to  be  much  in 
demand  on  boards  of  directors  of  various  insti- 
tutions, and  his  public  spirit  has  led  him  to  ac- 
cept of  many  such  trusts.  He  is  a  director  of 
the  First  National  Bank  of  Philadelphia  and  the 
Real  Estate  Trust  Company,  and  a  trustee  of  the 
Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  of  New  York, 
and  an  investor  in  many  Philadelphia  enterprises 
and  companies.  He  is  a  Republican  in  political 
preference,  but  takes  no  active  part  in  politics 
and  opens  his  columns  to  representative  men  01 
all  parties.  During  the  campaign  of  1912  articles 
appeared  from  each  of  the  three  leading  can- 
didates for  president.  He  is  a  well-known  club- 
man, belonging  in  Philadelphia  to  the  Union 
League,  Manufacturers',  City,  Franklin  Inn,  Poor 
Richard,  Automobile,  Corinthian  Yacht  and  Hunt- 
ingdon Valley  Hunt  clubs.  His  love  of  yachting 
is  shown  by  membership  in  the  Columbia  Yacht 
Club  of  New  York,  the  Eastern  Yacht  Club  of 
Boston,  the  Portland  Yacht  Club  of  Portland, 
Maine,  the  Megomticook  Country  and  Yacht 
Club  of  Camden,  Maine.  His  New  York  clubs 
are:  Aldine,  New  York,  Yacht,  Press  and  Adver- 
tising. 

During  the  many  years  of  Mir.  Curtis'  business 
activity  he  steadily  maintained  the  habits  of  close 
and  systematic  application  which  were  formed  in 
early  youth  and  might  be  said  to  constitute  the 
cornerstone  of  his  extraordinary  success.  He 
is  a.  fine  type  of  the  broad-gauge  business  man, 
of  clear  vision,  sound  judgment  and  remarkable 
capacity  for  detail.  Also,  he  is  a  man  of  kind 
feelings  and  generous  impulses,  making  due  al- 


lowance for  the  failings  of  his  fellow-men  while 
demanding  of  them  the  same  strict  devotion  to 
duty  which  he  has  always  exacted  from  himself. 
All  this  appears  in  the  portrait  which  accom- 
panies this  biography  and  without  which  the  tes- 
timony furnished  by  the  printed  page  would  be 
extremely  inadequate.  He  looks  the  man  he  is. 

In  March,-  1875,  Mr.  Curtis  married  (first)  in 
Boston,  Massachusetts,  Louise  Knapp,  born  in 
that  city,  October  24,  1851,  daughter  of  Hum- 
phrey C.  and  Mary  (Barbour)  Knapp;  she  died 
in  February,  1910.  Their  only  child:  Mary 
Louise,  married,  in  October,  1896,  Edward  W. 
Bok,  the  talented  editor  of  The  Ladies'  Home 
Journal.  Their  children  are :  Curtis  and  Gary. 
Mr.  Curtis  married  (second)  Kate  S.  Pillsbury, 
of  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin.  The  Curtis  home,  in 
the  suburbs  of  Philadelphia,  is  one  of  the  show 
places  of  the  State. 

Throughout  his  career  Cyrus  H.  K.  Curtis  has 
been  animated  by  the  spirit  of  progress,  ever 
pressing  forward  and  seeking  to  make  the  good 
better  and  the  better  best.  He  has  furnished  a 
true  picture  of  the  ideal  business  man,  one  who 
creates  and  adds  to  the  wealth  of  nations  while 
advancing  his  own  interests.  The  great  organ- 
ization which  he  has  founded  and  developed  is 
a  monument  to  his  far-sighted  business  ability, 
but  no  less  is  it  a  monument  to  his  philanthropy. 
He  has  given  to  hundreds  employment  and  op- 
portunities for  self-culture  and  self-development, 
and  the  wealth  which  has  come  to  him  he  has 
held  in  trust  for  the  less  fortunate  of  his  fel- 
lows. While  increasing  the  material  prosperity 
of  the  community,  he  has  labored  for  its  moral 
and  spiritual  betterment.  Publisher,  business 
man,  philanthropist — he  is  one  of  those  of  whom 
future  generations  will  say:  "The  world  is  bet- 
ter because  he  lived." 


JUDGE  LUERE  B.  DEASY— When  on  Sep- 
tember I,  1918,  Governor  Milliken  appointed 
Lucre  B.  Deasy  to  succeed  George  E.  Bird,  of 
Portland,  as  Associate  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Ju- 
dicial Court  of  the  State  of  Maine,  it  was  de- 
served recognition  of  the  ability  and  learning 
of  one  of  the  leading  lawyers  of  the  State.  Not 
that  former  recognition  had  been  denied  him,  for 
he  is  rich  in  the  honors  of  his  profession,  and 
in  public  life  has  both  accepted  and  declined  sev- 
eral important  positions.  While  for  more  than 
thirty  years  Bar  Harbor  has  claimed  him  as  her 
own,  his  reputation  as  a  lawyer  is  State-wide. 
He  is  learned  in  the  law  and  his  successful  ca- 
reer at  the  bar  is  a  guarantee  that  he  will  as 


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worthily  adorn  the  Supreme  bench  of  his  native 
State.  He  is  a  son  of  Daniel  and  Emma 
(Moore)  Deasy,  of  Prospect  Harbor,  in  the  town 
of  Gouldsboro,  Hancock  county,  Maine,  Prospect 
Harbor  Village  being  located  on  an  arm  of  the 
sea  twenty-four  miles  from  Ellsworth. 

Lucre  B.  Deasy  was  born  in  Gouldsboro, 
Maine,  February  8,  1859,  and  there  obtained  his 
early  public  school  education.  He  completed  the 
courses  of  Eastern  State  Normal  School  at  Cas- 
tine,  with  graduation,  and  began  preparation  for 
the  profession  of  law  in  the  office  of  former  Chief 
Justice  Lucillius  A.  Emery,  completing  his 
studies  at  Boston  University  Law  School.  He 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Hancock  county, 
Maine,  in  1884,  and  in  1886  opened  an  office  in 
Bar  Harbor.  He  practised  alone  for  one  year, 
then  formed  a  partnership  with  John  T.  Higgins 
(now  deceased),  practising  as  Deasy  &  Higgins 
from  1889  until  1896.  He  again  was  in  practice 
alone,  1896-1905,  when  he  entered  into  partner- 
ship with  A.  H.  Lyman,  of  Bar  Harbor,  the  firm, 
Deasy  &  Lyman,  continuing  until  the  elevation 
of  the  senior  partner  to  the  Supreme  bench. 
Judge  Deasy  practised  in  all  State  and  Federal 
courts  of  the  district,  and  through  his  frequent 
appearances  became  well  known  in  the  court  of 
which  he  is  now  an  honored  associate  judge. 
He  is  a  member  and  formerly  president  of  the 
Hancock  county  and  Maine  State  Bar  Associa- 
tion, a  member  of  the  American  Bar  Association, 
and  highly  regarded  by  his  professional  brethren. 
His  practice  was  not  confined  to  Bar  Harbor  or 
Hancock  county,  but  was  State-wide.  This  fact, 
coupled  with  his  prominence  in  public  life,  his 
unusual  prominence  as  a  campaign  orator  and 
public  speaker,  kept  him  continuously  in  the 
public  eye.  Thus  when  Governor  Milliken  nomi- 
nated him  for  associate  justice  of  the  Supreme 
Judicial  Court  there  was  practically  no  dissent 
from  the  Governors'  choice,  and  the  new  justice 
was  overwhelmed  with  congratulations  which 
were  brought  in  person,  sent  in  by  wire,  or 
spoken  through  the  medium  of  the  telephone. 

In  addition  to  the  law  business,  Judge  Deasy 
was  one  of  Bar  Harbor's  able  business  men  and 
most  public  spirited  citizens,  ever  ready  to  give 
of  his  time  and  ability  to  any  movement  affect- 
ing the  public  good.  He  was  president  of  the 
Bar  Harbor  Banking  and  Trust  Company  at 
the  time  of  his  appointment,  was  for  many  years 
president  of  Bar  Harbor  Village  Improvement 
Association,  and  president  of  the  Hancock 
County  Bar  Association.  He  was  also  identified 
with  other  business  interests  of  Bar  Harbor,  and 


(luring  the  European  war  period  served  for  some 
time  as  chairman  of  the  Exemption  Board  of  the 
first  Maine  district,  and  was  chairman  of  the  Bar 
Harbor  branch  of  the  American  Red  Cross.  In 
politics  a  Republican,  he  represented  his  district 
in  the  Maine  Legislature,  and  in  1909  was  presi- 
dent of  the  Senate.  He  was  appointed  by  Gov- 
ernor Haines  chairman  of  the  Maine  Public  Util- 
ities Commission,  but  that  honor  was  declined. 
He  has  always  ranked  as  an  orator  of  unusual 
ability  and  as  a  public  speaker  is  in  constant  de- 
mand. He  is  a  member  of  Bar  Harbor  Lodge, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  Mount  Kebo  Chap- 
ter, Royal  Arch  Masons,  and  Blanguefort  Com- 
mandery,  Knights  Templar. 

Judge  Deasy  married,  December  25,  1885, 
Emma  M.  Clark,  of  Gouldsboro,  Maine,  and  they 
are  the  parents  of  two  daughters:  Blanche,  mar- 
ried Asa  Hodgkins,  of  Bar  Harbor;  and  Louise, 
a  graduate  of  Wellesley  College,  and  a  teacher 
in  Bar  Harbor  High  School. 


PRENTISS  MELLEN  was  born  in  Sterling, 
Massachusetts,  October  11,  1764,  son  of  the  Rev. 
John  (1722-1807)  and  Rebecca  (Prentiss)  Msllen; 
grandson  of  Thomas  Mellen,  a  farmer  in  Hop- 
kinton,  Massachusetts,  and  of  the  Rev.  John 
Prentiss,  of  Lancaster,  Massachusetts. 

He  was  prepared  for  college  by  his  father,  and 
was  graduated  at  Harvard  with  his  brother 
Henry  in  1784,  his  brother  John  having  grad- 
uated in  1770.  He  was  tutor  in  the  family  of 
Joseph  Otis  at  Barnstable,  Massachusetts,  1784- 
85;  studied  law  under  Shearjashub  Bourne  in 
Barnstable,  1785-88;  and  practiced  at  Sterling, 
Massachusetts,  1788-89;  at  Bridgewater,  1789-91; 
at  Dover,  New  Hampshire,  1791-92;  at  Bidde- 
ford,  1792-1806;  and  at  Portland,  1806-40.  He 
was  married  in  May,  1795,  to  Sallie,  daughter 
of  Barzillai  Hudson,  of  Hartford,  Connecticut. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Exec- 
utive Council,  1808-09  and  1817;  presidential  elec- 
tor on  the  Monroe  and  Tompkins  ticket  in  1817, 
and  was  elected  to  the  United  States  Senate  as 
successor  to  Eli  P.  Ashmun,  who  resigned  in 
1818,  and  he  served  until  1820,  when  Maine  be- 
came a  separate  State  and  he  was  made  chief 
justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State.  He 
retired  in  1834  on  reaching  the  age  of  seventy 
years.  He  was  chairman  of  the  committee  to 
revise  and  codify  the  public  statutes  of  Maine 
in  1838.  He  received  the  degree  of  LL.D.  from 
Harvard  and  from  Bowdoin  in  1820,  an3  was  a 
trustee  of  Bowdoin,  1817-36.  His  decisions  are 


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in  Maine  reports  (vols  I-XI).     He  died  in  Port- 
land, Maine,  December  31,  1840. 


JUSTICE  WILLIAM  PENN  WHITE- 
HOUSE — Few  American  families  can  point  to 
so  many  men  of  great  distinction  as  can  that  of 
Whitehouse.  The  stock  has  produced  eminent 
churchmen,  distinguished  jurists  and  men  of  af- 
fairs and  philanthropists  that  have  had  a  na- 
tional reputation,  but  none  among  them  have 
more  worthily  borne  the  name  and  upheld  the 
tradition  than  has  William  Penn  Whitehouse, 
formerly  chief  justice  of  the  State  of  Mkine.  A 
man  of  the  widest  and  most  generous  culture, 
his  legal  acumen  and  his  fairmindedness  together 
with  a  sense  of  duty  which  has  a  certain  Roman 
quality  have  eminently  fitted  him  for  his  life- 
work  of  the  law.  He  unites  a  wide  outlook  and 
a  scholarly  culture  with  a  keen  and  ready  mind 
that  has  never  lost  its  cutting  edge.  His  gra- 
cious and  urbane  manners  appear  the  natural 
fruit,  as  indeed  they  are,  of  his  character  and 
attainments.  In  honoring  him  the  State  of 
Maine  honored  herself,  for  such  men  are  the  con- 
summate flowering  of  all  that  is  best  in  Ameri- 
can life. 

The  Whitehouses  of  Maine  have  been  noted  as 
jurists,  and  are  descended  from  Thomas  White- 
house  who  married  a  daughter  of  William'  Pom- 
fret,  of  Dover,  New  Hampshire,  in  1682,  the  line 
coming  down  through  Thomas  (2),  Pomfret, 
Thomas  (3),  Daniel,  Edmund,  John  Roberts  to 
William  Penn,  the  subject  of  this  biographical 
sketch,  and  lastly  to  his  son,  Robert  Treat 
Whitehouse. 

Among  the  eminent  men  of  the  name  should 
be  mentioned  the  Rt.  Rev.  Henry  John  White- 
house,  born  in  1803,  and  died  in  1874,  second 
bishop  of  Illinois,  and  the  fifty-fifth  in  succession 
in  the  American  episcopate.  He  was  a  graduate 
of  Columbia  College,  and  of  the  General  Theo- 
logical Seminary;  served  as  rector  of  St.  Thom- 
as' Church,  New  York  City,  from  1844  to  1851, 
and  was  successor  to  Bishop  Chase  in  Illinois. 
He  was  the  first  bishop  in  the  American  church 
to  advocate  the  cathedral  system  in  the  United 
States.  Sent  to  the  Lambeth  Conference  held 
in  England,  he  preached  at  the  invitation  of  the 
Archbishop  of  Canterbury  the  first  sermon 
preached  before  that  body.  He  received  the 
degree  of  S.T.D.  from  Oxford  University  in 
1867,  having  received  that  of  LL.D.  from  his 
alma  mater,  Columbia,  in  1865,  and  from  the  Uni- 
versity of  Cambridge  in  1867.  James  Horton 
Whitehouse  is  another  name  that  adds  lustre 


to  the  race  from  which  he  sprang.  He  was  born 
in  Staffordshire,  England,  in  1833,  and  designed 
for  Tiffany  &  Company  the  Bryant  Vase  now  in 
the  Metropolitan  Museum  in  New  York.  An- 
other is  William  Fitzhugh  Whitehouse,  born  in 
1877,  a  noted  explorer  and  hunter  of  big  game 
in  Somaliland,  Abyssinia,  British  East  Africa  and 
Uganda.  He  was  the  first  white  man  in  the  un- 
known region  south  of  the  chain  lakes,  and  the 
result  of  his  discoveries  was  given  out  in  the 
book  Through  the  Country  of  the  King  of  Kings, 
published  by  Scribners  in  1902.  Still  another 
of  the  name  was  Henry  Remsen  Whitehouse,  a 
noted  diplomat  and  author  who  was  decorated 
by  King  Humbert  of  Italy  with  the  Cross  of  the 
Commander  of  St.  Maurice  and  St.  Lazarus.  He 
was  a  distinguished  student  of  literature  and  in- 
vestigator of  historical  sources. 

But  among  the  men  who  have  added  distinc- 
tion to  the  name  of  Whitehouse  none  has  carried 
it  to  a  higher  place  than  the  Hon.  William  Penn 
Whitehouse,  formerly  Chief  Justice  of  the  Su- 
preme Court  of  the  State  of  Maine.  He  was 
born  in  Vassalboro,  Maine,  April  9,  1842,  the  son 
of  John  Roberts  and  Hannah  (Percival)  White- 
house,  and  was  thus  of  the  eighth  generation 
from  the  first  American  founder  of  the  family. 
He  began  preparation  for  college  at  the  China 
Academy  while  still  working  on  his  father's 
farm.  In  February,  1858,  while  a  lad  of  six- 
teen, he  entered  upon  an  intensive  course  for  hi» 
college  entrance  examinations,  and  made  such 
good  progress  that  he  was  able  to  enter  Colby 
College  without  condition  in  September  of  that 
year.  In  1863  he  was  graduated  with  class 
honors,  delivering  the  English  oration  at  com- 
mencement. Among  his  classmates  at  college 
were  Governor  Marcellus  L.  Stearns,  Colonel  F, 
S.  Hazeltine  of  the  Boston  bar,  Dr.  John  O. 
Marble  of  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  and  Judge 
Bonney,  late  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Cumber- 
land county,  Maine.  Mr.  Whitehouse  received 
his  bachelor's  degree  in  arts  in  1863,  and  his  mas- 
ter's degree  in  1866.  He  taught  for  a  time  after 
leaving  college  and  during  the  year  1863-64  was 
principal  of  the  Vassalboro  Academy.  Having, 
however,  decided  upon  the  profession  of  the  law 
as  a  life  work,  he  entered  the  office  of  the  late 
Sewall  Lancaster,  of  Augusta,  and  afterwards 
continued  his  studies  with  ex-Senator  Hale  of 
Ellsworth.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Ken- 
nebec  county  in  October,  1865,  and  his  first  year 
of  practice  was  in  the  city  of  Gardiner  in  part- 
nership with  Lorenzo  Clay.  In  December  of 
1866  he  removed  to  Augusta  and  formed  a  part- 


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nership  with  George  Gifford,  which  lasted  until 
June,  1867,  when  the  latter  entered  the  field  of 
journalism  in  Portland. 

For  four  years  Judge  Whitehouse  was  city  so- 
licitor of  Augusta,  for  seven  years  attorney  for 
Kennebec  county,  and  for  twelve  years  judge  of 
the  Superior  Court  of  Kennebec  county.  In  1890 
he  was  apointed  associate  justice  of  the  Su- 
preme Judicial  Court  of  Maine,  holding  that  of- 
fice until  July  26,  1914,  when  he  became  chief 
justice,  in  which  capacity  he  served  until  1916. 
when  he  resigned.  A  profound  knowledge  of 
the  law,  a  ripe  and  scholarly  culture  and  trench- 
ant mind  were  in  him  associated  with  a  balance 
and  sanity  of  temperament  and  a  judicial  habit 
of  weighing  evidence  in  its  minutest  detail.  No 
man  who  has  occupied  the  Supreme  bench  of 
the  State  of  Maine,  rich  as  has  been  its  history, 
has  by  character  or  attainments  more  nobly  car- 
ried out  its  highest  traditions. 

Upon  his  retirement  he  resumed  his  profession 
as  counsellor-at-law  at  Augusta,  and  commands 
an  important  and  distinguished  practice.  He  is 
a  Republican  in  his  political  opinions.  In  1888 
he  became  a  trustee  of  the  Kennebec  Savings 
Bank,  and  in  1907  of  the  State  Trust  Company. 
He  served  as  chairman  of  the  committee  on  the 
new  Hospital  for  the  Insane,  and  wrote  a  mono- 
graph against  the  cottage  system  which  was  pub- 
lished by  the  State.  His  services  to  the  State 
and  to  the  legal  profession  received  acknowl- 
edgment from  his  alma  mater,  Colby  College,  by 
the  bestowal  of  the  degree  of  LL.D.  in  1896, 
and  from  Bowdoin  College  in  1912. 

Chief  Justice  Whitehouse  married,  June  24, 
1869,  Evelyn  M.,  daughter  of  Colonel  Robert 
Treat,  of  Frankfort,  Maine,  who  was  a  direct 
descendant  in  the  seventh  generation  from  Col- 
onel Robert  Treat,  who  was  colonial  Governor 
of  Connecticut  for  twenty-five  years.  Their  son 
and  only  child  is  the  Hon.  Robert  Treat  White- 
house,  of  Portland,  a  sketch  of  whom  follows. 


ROBERT  TREAT  WHITEHOUSE— Ad- 
mitted to  the  Cumberland  County  bar  in  1894, 
Mr.  Whitehouse  during  the  quarter  century 
which  has  since  elapsed  has  risen  to  high  and 
honorable  position  as  lawyer,  public  official  and 
author  of  standard  law  books. 

Robert  Treat  Whitehouse,  eldest  son  of  Wil- 
liam Penn  and  Evelyn  M.  (Treat)  Whitehouse, 
was  born  in  Augusta,  Maine,  March  27,  1870.  He 
completed  public  school  courses  in  Augusta,  and 
in  1887  was  graduated  from  Congregational  high 
school.  He  pursued  classical  courses  at  Harvard 


University,  gaining  his  A.B.  at  graduation  in 
1891.  He  then  entered  Harvard  Law  School, 
whence  he  was  graduated  LL.B.  class  of  1893. 
He  was  associated  with  the  law  office  of  Sym- 
onds,  Cook  and  Snow,  Portland,  Maine,  and  in 
1894  was  admitted  to  the  Maine  bar.  He  con- 
tinued in  private  practice  in  Augusta,  Maine,  until 
1900,  when  he  was  elected  county  attorney,  an 
office  he  held  for  four  years.  On  January  16, 
1905,  he  was  appointed  United  States  District  At- 
torney for  the  State  of  Maine,  an  office  which  he 
has  since  filled  with  credit  and  honor.  He  is 
the  author  of  "Equity,  Jurisdiction,  Pleading  and 
Practice,"  published  in  1900,  and  Whitehouse's 
"Equity  Practice"  in  three  volumes,  published  in 
1913,  works  of  standard  value  to  the  profession. 
Mr.  Whitehouse  was  a  member  of  the  school 
committee  of  the  city  of  Portland,  1894-1898,  is 
a  Republican  in  politics  and  prominent  in  party 
councils.  He  is  a  member  of  Ancient  Landmark 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  the  Lincoln 
Club,  president  1894-08;  the  Cumberland  Coun- 
try and  Fraternity  Clubs  of  Portland;  and  president 
of  the  Economic  Club.  He  is  also  at  tEe  pres- 
ent time  president  of  the  Maine  State  Board  of 
Charities  and  Corrections.  He  married,  June  18, 
1894,  Florence  Brooks,  daughter  of  Samuel  Spen- 
cer and  Mary  Caroline  (Wadsworth)  Brooks  of 
Augusta.  Mrs.  Whitehouse  was  educated  in 
Portland  city  public  schools  and  St.  Catherine's 
Hall,  later  under  private  instruction  in  Boston, 
perfecting  herself  in  music,  languages,  drawing 
and  painting.  She  was  a  member  of  the  Rossini 
Musical  Club,  and  the  author  of  "The  God  of 
Things,"  Little,  Brown  &  Thompson,  Boston, 
1902;  the  same  house  publishing  in  1904  her 
work,  "The  Effendi."  She  is  also  the  author  of 
several  plays  which  have  been  produced,  and  in 
1891-92  toured  the  art  centres  of  Europe,  also 
exploring  the  antiquities  of  Syria  and  Egypt. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Whitehouse  are  the  parents  of 
three  sons:  William  Penn  (2),  born  August  9, 
1895;  Robert  Treat  (2),  January  11,  1897;  Brooks, 
April  21,  1904.  The  family  home  is  at  108 
Vaughan  street,  Portland,  Maine. 


GEORGE  ROWLAND  WALKER,  although  a 
native  of  Maine,  has  been  identified  with  New 
York  City  for  a  number  of  years.  He  was  born 
at  Oxford,  Maine,  August  28,  1879,  the  son  of 
George  F.  and  Frances  Melissa  (Chadbourne) 
Walker.  His  early  education  was  gained  in  the 
local  schools,  from  which  he  went  to  the  Port- 
land High  School,  and  was  graduated  in  1898. 
He  then  entered  Bowdoin  College,  where  his 


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record  was  one  of  great  distinction,  and  the  de- 
gree of  Bachelor  of  Arts,  which  he  received  in 
1902,  was  suinma  cum  laude.  He  took  as  high  a 
rank  among  his  associates  in  the  student  body 
as  with  the  faculty,  and  by  the  former  he  was 
elected  Class  Day  Orator.  He  was  also  the 
manager  of  the  Athletic  Association,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Intercollegiate  Debating  Team,  as  well 
as  a  commencement  speaker.  After  leaving 
Bowdoin  College,  he  entered  the  Harvard  Law 
School,  and  graduated  in  1905  with  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Laws. 

Since  his  graduation,  Mr.  Walker  has  practised 
in  New  York,  making  a  specialty  of  corporation 
and  financial  law.  During  the  war,  in  1918,  he 
gave  much  of  his  time  and  attention  to  work  for 
the  Alien  Property  Custodian,  making  investiga- 
tions and  assisting  in  acquiring  enemy  proper- 
ties; and  serving  as  president  and  later  as  re- 
ceiver of  Alsen's  American  Portland  Cement 
Works.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Connecticut 
Brass  Corporation  .and  of  other  industrial  cor- 
porations. He  is  also  a  director  of  the  New 
York  County  National  Bank.  In  politics  Mr. 
Walker  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  fraternity,  of  the  Phi  Beta 
Kappa,  of  the  New  York  State  and  the  Ameri- 
can Bar  associations,  and  of  the  Association  of 
the  Bar  of  the  City  of  New  York.  He  is  a 
trustee  of  the  Maine  Society  of  New  York,  and 
is  the  secretary  of  the  Bowdoin  College  Alumni 
Association  of  New  York  and  its  vicinity.  He 
belongs  to  the  Harvard  Club  of  New  York,  to 
the  Reform  Club,  to  the  Ardsley  Club,  to  the 
Lawyers'  Club,  to  the  University  Club  of  New 
York,  and  to  the  Delta  Epsilon  Club  of  New 
York. 


FRANCES  MELISSA  WALKER— The  career 
of  Frances  Melissa  Walker  has  been  one  of  ex- 
ceptional activity  and  usefulness,  and,  although 
now  of  an  advanced  age,  she  gave  to  the  Govern- 
ment loyal,  patriotic  service  during  the  recent 
W»rld  War,  doing  personal  work  as  chariman 
and  captain  in  Liberty  Loan  and  Red  Cross 
drives,  also  continuing  to  use  her  influence  in 
speaking  and  writing  on  the  uses  and  abuses  of 
the  American  flag,  and  for  the  promotion  of  all 
patriotic  activities. 

Frances  Melissa  Walker  was  born  in  Oxford, 
Maine,  February  9,  1844,  daughter  of  Samuel  Hil- 
born  and  Charlotte  Tewksbury  (Washburn)  Chad- 
bourne,  her  mother  a  daughter  of  Ephraim  and 
Sarah  (Sally)  (Perkins)  Washburn,  whose  an- 
cestors both  came  to  Maine  from  Bridgewater, 


Massachusetts,  after  the  Revolutionary  War  or 
in  about  1796.  Ephraim  Washburn,  grandfather 
of  Frances  Melissa  Walker,  was  a  seaman  on 
board  the  brig,  Dash,  served  under  Captain  Por- 
ter in  the  War  of  1812.  The  Dash  was  lost  at 
sea  about  January  27,  1815,  Mr.  Washburn  going 
down  with  the  ship. 

Samuel  Hilborn  Chadbourne  was  born  in  Ox- 
ford, Maine,  October  2,  1810,  son  of  Zebelan  and 
Mary  (or  Polly)  (Staple)  Chadbourne.  He 
married,  January  3,  1832,  Charlotte  Tewksbury 
Washburn,  of  Oxford,  Maine,  born  February  6, 
1813,  at  Oxford,  Maine,  died  January  20,  1897, 
and  settled  on  a  farm  on  Pigeon  Hill,  a  part  of 
Oxford,  a  merchant  and  nurseryman,  was  promi- 
nent in  public  affairs  in  town  and  State,  serving 
as  justice  of  the  peace,  constable,  selectman; 
was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  and  identified  with  the  early  temperance 
reform  movement.  At  the  time  of  the  so-called 
"Aroostook  War"  (the  bloodless  war),  he  was 
elected  and  served  as  first  lieutenant  in  Com- 
pany A,  of  Light  Infantry,  First  Regiment,  First 
Brigade,  Sixth  Division  of  Maine  Militia.  Later 
he  was  commisisoned  captain  of  the  same  com- 
pany to  rank  from  September  10,  1841.  He  held 
that  rank  until  April  18,  1845,  when  he  was  hon- 
orably discharged,  having  previously  sent  in  his 
resignation.  His  original  commission  as  lieuten- 
ant was  signed  June  8,  1838,  by  the  then  Gover- 
nor of  Maine,  Edward  Kent.  During  the  first 
two  years  of  the  Civil  War  Mr.  Chadbourne  was 
a  drill  master  and  recruiting  officer,  but  in  the 
autumn  of  1862  he  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Com- 
pany H,  Fourteenth  Regiment,  Maine  Volunteer 
Infantry.  He  became  regimental  commissary, 
and  was  holding  that  rank,  November  30,  1863, 
the  date  of  his  death  in  a  military  hospital  at 
Baton  Rouge,  Louisiana.  Samuel  H.  and  Char- 
lotte Tewksbury  Washburn  were  the  parents  of 
seven  children. 

Zebelan  Chadbourne  was  born  in  Kittery, 
Maine,  in  1774,  married  Mary  (or  Polly)  Staples, 
born  in  1779.  They  settled  in  Oxford,  Maine, 
where  their  eight  children  were  born.  Zebelan 
Chadbourne  was  a  farmer,  a  Democrat  in  poli- 
tics, and  in  religious  faith  a  Methodist.  During 
the  War  of  1812-14,  he  enlisted  in  Captain  Sam- 
ual  Robinson's  company  (raised  in  Hebron, 
Maine),  Lieutenant-Colonel  William  Ryerson's 
regiment,  and  was  in  service  at  Portland,  Maine, 
from  September  14,  to  September  24,  1814. 

On  the  Washburn  side  Frances  Melissa  Walker 
traces  to  John  Washburn,  the  founder  of  the 
family  in  New  England,  who  settled  in  Dux- 


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bury,  Massachusetts,  in  1632.  He  traced  his  an- 
cestry through  eleven  generations  to  Sir  Roger 
Washburn,  of  Little  Washbourne,  Worcester- 
shire, England,  who  is  mentioned  in  the  Inquisi- 
tion of  1259,  and  was  living  in  1299.  John 
Washburn  and  his  son,  John,  were  among  the 
fifty-four  original  progenitors  of  Bridgewater, 
Massachusetts,  in  1645.  He  married  Margery 
Moore.  The  line  of  descent  is  through  their 
eldest  son,  John  (2),  who  came  to  New  Eng- 
land with  his  father.  John  (2)  Washburn  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Mitchell,  daughter  of  Experience 
and  Jane  (Cook)  Mitchell;  Jane  (Cook)  Mitchell 
was  the  daughter  of  Francis  Cook,  who  came 
over  in  the  Mayflower;  their  son,  John  (3)  ;  their 
son,  Ephraim  (l);  their  son,  Manasseh,  born  in 
1769,  married  Sylvia  Caswcll,  born  in  1771,  died 
in  1869;  their  son,  Ephraim  (2),  who  came  from 
Bridgewater  to  Maine  with  his  four  brothers. 
Ephraim  (2)  and  Stephen  Washburn  settled  in 
Shepherdsfield,  now  Oxford,  the  other  two 
brothers  settling  in  Paris,  Maine.  Ephraim  Wash- 
burn,  born  October  i,  1789,  died  January  27,  1815, 
at  sea,  serving  his  country  in  the  War  of  1812. 
He  married  Sarah  (or  Sally)  Perkins,  born  July 
24,  1785,  died  in  1869,  at  Oxford.  They  were 
the  parents  of  two  children.  Sally  Perkins  was 
a  daughter  of  Joseph  Perkins,  who  settled  in 
Hebron,  Maine  (Oxford),  in  1797.  He  was  a 
soldier  of  the  Revolution,  his  pension  allowed 
in  1819  being  granted  for  service  in  the  Massa- 
chusetts Continental  Line.  He  died  January  18, 
1836. 

Frances  Melissa  Walker,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Hilborn  and  Charlotte  Tewksbury  (Washburn) 
Chadbourne,  was  educated  in  Oxford  public 
schools,  the  Douglas  Private  School  at  Harri- 
son, Maine,  and  is  a  graduate  of  the  Chautauqua 
Literary  and  Scientific  Institute,  completing  a 
four  years'  course  with  the  class  of  1885.  For  a 
number  of  years  prior  to  her  marriage  she 
taught  in  public  and  private  schools  in  and 
around  Oxford,  Maine.  She  married,  May  I. 
1866,  in  Oxford,  Maine,  George  F.  Walker,  born 
in  Westbrook,  Maine,  in  1842,  son  of  Isaac  New- 
ton Walker,  born  in  1816,  died  in  1895,  a  farmer 
and  musician,  who  came  from  Westbrook  and 
settled  in  Portland,  Maine.  Isaac  N.  Walker 
was  a  son  of  Isaac  Gibbs  Walker,  born  in  Hop- 
kinton,  Massachusetts,  in  1786,  and  died  in  l86j. 
Isaac  G.  Walker  was  a  son  of  Timothy  Walker, 
of  Hopkinton,  born  in  1753,  died  in  1834,  a  pri- 
vate of  the  Revolution,  serving  under  Captain 
Pope  under  date  of  July  21,  1780.  Timothy 
Walker  married,  in  1777,  Lois  Gibbs,  born  in 


1756,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  fifteen  chil- 
dren. Isaac  Newton  Walker  married,  in  1837, 
Relief  Brown,  born  in  1820,  died  in  1890,  and  they 
were  the  parents  of  ten  children. 

George  F.  Walker,  a  merchant,  built  a  house 
in  the  village  of  Oxford,  nearly  opposite  the  old 
brick  school  house  which  was  the  family  home 
until  1888.  Mr.  Walker  for  several  years  served 
the  First  parish  as  treasurer,  Mrs.  Walker  at 
the  same  time  fulfilling  the  duties  of  clerk 
Both  had  a  genius  for  village  improvement  and 
were  prime  factors  in  the  social  life  of  the  town. 
They  continued  in  Oxford  until  1888,  when  they 
moved  to  Portland  for  the  purpose  of  giving 
their  children  better  educational  advantages. 

Mrs.  Walker  has  always  been  active  in  social, 
benevolent  and  patriotic  work.  In  1900  she  was 
one  of  the  seven  women  who  organized  the  Stat; 
of  Maine  Society,  United  States  Daughters  of 
1812,  and  in  1906-08  and  1915-17  served  that  so- 
ciety as  its  president.  She  is  also  a  member 
of  the  National  Society  United  States  Daughters 
of  1812,  which  was  organized  in  1892,  and  has 
held  offices  in  that  body.  At  the  annual  meet- 
ing held  in  Washington  on  April  23,  1919,  Mrs. 
Walker  was  elected  curator  of  this  society.  This 
office  carries  a  two-year  term,  and  is  one  of  the 
important  offices  in  the  National  organization. 
She  has  been  a  member  of  and  has  taken  an  ac- 
tive part  in  the  work  of  numerous  women's 
clubs  in  Portland,  and  after  the  opening  of  the 
Wadsworth-Longfellow  house  on  Congress 
street,  Portland,  she  with  other  women  of  the 
city  gave  a  great  deal  of  time  to  the  work  of 
keeping  this  now  famous  house  open  for  pub- 
lic inspection.  She  was  actively  engaged  in  this 
work  for  a  considerable  part  of  nine  years,  until 
conditions  arose  which  resulted  in  turning  the 
house  over  to  the  Maine  Historical  Society. 
Mrs.  Walker  is  one  of  the  few  women  who  are 
members  of  the  Maine  Historical  Society,  that 
membership  resulting  from  her  keen  interest  in 
all  matters  historical,  particularly  those  relat- 
ing to  the  State  of  Maine  and  New  England. 
Her  particular  theme  is  the  War  of  1812,  of 
which  she  has  made  exhaustive  study,  her  work 
In  this  line  resulting  in  her  being  instrumental 
in  having  memorial  tablets  subscribed1  for  and 
placed  in  Portland  in  commerrtoration  of  im- 
portant historical  spots.  She  is  a  member  of 
High  Street  Congregational  Church,  Portland, 
and  bears  her  full  part  in  church  work  and  ac- 
tivities. Recent  war  conditions  called  forth  all 
her  patriotism  and  she  gave  herself  freely  to 
every  movement  or  drive  in  aid  of  Government 


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Loans,  Red  Cross,  and  similar  objects,  at  the 
same  time  not  relaxing  her  efforts  to  promote 
general  respect  for  the  American  flag  and  to 
foster  all  patriotic  activities.  In  addition  to  the 
societies  named  she  is  a  member  of  the  Port- 
land Society  of  Arts  and  Crafts,  and  the 
Woman's  Literary  Union. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walker  are  the  parents  of  five 
children:  Walter  Washburn,  died  in  infancy; 
Millicent  Georgiana,  a  teacher;  Charlotte  Re- 
lief, a  teacher;  George  Rowland,  a  lawyer;  Es- 
tella  Augusta,  married  George  William  Gordon. 


FRED  ALLISTON  GILBERT— From  Eng- 
land came  Charles  Dupris  dit  Gilbeit,  he  set- 
tling near  St.  Francis,  Province  of  Quebec,  Can- 
ada, and  there  his  son,  Jean  Gilbert,  was  born, 
Jean,  the  father  of  Thomas,  and  grandfather  of 
Fred  Alliston  Gilbert,  of  Bangor,  Maine,  man- 
ager of  the  spruce-wood  and  timber  lands  de- 
partment of  the  Great  Northern  Paper  Company. 

Jean  Gilbert,  son  of  the  pioneer  settler,  was 
born  near  St.  Francis,  Quebec,  Canada,  and  is 
believed  to  have  gone  to  England,  as  he  held 
the  rank  of  corporal  in  the  English  army,  and 
was  married  in  that  country.  He  learned  the 
blacksmith's  trade,  but  was  also  a  carpenter  and 
stonemason,  three  widely  separated  trades,  but 
in  each  he  was  proficient.  After  his  marriage 
he  returned  to  Canada,  coming  thence  to  the 
United  States,  later  than  1843.  His  first  set- 
tlement was  in  Norridgewock,  Maine,  his  next 
in  Waterville,  but  in  1850  he  moved  to  Orono, 
Maine,  where  he  resided  until  his  death  in  1856. 
While  he  was  a  man  of  fair  education,  reading 
and  writing  French,  he  was  especially  noted  for 
his  physical  perfection,  standing  six  feet  two 
inches  in  height  and  finely  proportioned.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Roman  Catholic  church 
and  reared  his  family  in  that  faith.  Jean  Gil- 
bert married,  in  1822,  Cecile  Mercier,  who  died 
in  Orono,  Maine,  in  1864,  daughter  of  Augustin 
Mercier.  They  were  the  parents  of  five  sons 
and  seven  daughters,  one  of  his  sons  serving  in 
the  Union  Army  during  the  Civil  War.  This 
review  follows  the  fortunes  of  Thomas,  one  of 
the  five  sons  of  Jean  and  Cecile  (Mercier)  Gil- 
bert. 

Thomas  Gilbert  was  born  in  St.  Francis,  Que- 
bec, Canada,  November  15,  1841,  and  there  spent 
the  first  nine  years  of  his  life,  coming  to  Orono, 
Maine,  with  his  parents,  in  1850.  His  school 
years  were  few,  but  he  improved  the  oppor- 
tunities offered  him,  and  when  the  death  of  his 
father,  in  1856,  left  him  the  main  support  of  the 


large  family,  he  was  able  to  bear  the  burden. 
He  was  industrious  and  capable,  becoming 
known  as  an  expert  lumberman,  the  best  "gang- 
man"  on  the  Penobscot  river,  and  without  a  su- 
perior in  sawing  lumber  at  the  mill.  He  was 
ambitious,  and  when  offered  a  contract  to  fur- 
nish ties  for  the  European  &  North  American 
Railroad  he  accepted  and  found  the  business 
profitable.  Soon  afterward  he  began  driving  his 
own  logs  to  the  down  river  mills,  and  became 
one  of  the  well  known  and  substantial  men  of 
the  lumber  business.  He  has  always  retained 
his  residence  in  Orono,  and  is  highly  regarded 
by  all  who  know  him.  Regular  in  his  life  and 
temperate  in  all  his  habits,  optimistic  by  nature, 
and  very  friendly,  he  has  extracted  all  that  is 
best  in  life,  and  can  review  his  long  life  with 
satisfaction.  It  has  been  said  of  him:  "A  rail- 
road does  not  move  its  trains  with  more  reg- 
ular precision  than  he  orders  his  daily  life."  His 
success  has  been  fairly  won  and  is  richly  de- 
served. In  religious  faith  he  is  a  Roman  Cath- 
olic. 

Thomas  Gilbert  married,  July  7,  1864,  Esther 
Cordelia  Lyshorn,  born  at  Hudson,  Maine,  Jan- 
uary 2,  1845,  died  in  Orono,  Maine,  January  31, 
1894,  daughter  of  Ephraim  Hussey  and  Mary 
Ann  (Townsend)  Lyshorn.  Ephraim  was  a  son 
of  Antoine  Lyshorn  (also  written  LaChance), 
who  was  born  in  Quebec,  in  1750,  and  saw  serv- 
ice with  the  French  forces  under  Montcalm.  In 
1775  he  enlisted  in  the  American  Colonial  forces 
under  Colonel  Livingston,  of  General  Arnold's 
army,  was  taken  prisoner  in  1776,  escaped,  re- 
enlisted  in  1778,  going  to  the  Chandiere  as  a 
scout,  receiving  honorable  discharge  upon  his 
return.  He  again  enlisted,  serving  for  three 
months  on  the  Monmouth,  under  Captain  Ross, 
that  vessel  then  being  taken  to  Bangor  and 
burned.  In  1781  he  enlisted  in  Captain  Walker's 
company,  and  was  stationed  at  Castine,  under 
the  command  of  Major  Ullmer.  After  his  mar- 
riage Antoine  Lyshorn  moved  his  home  to 
Orono,  where  he  cleared  and  cultivated  for  half 
a  century  the  tract  now  occupied  by  the  Univer- 
sity of  Maine.  He  married,  at  Winslow,  Maine, 
Sarah  Buzze,  and  reared  a  large  family.  Some 
of  these  children  adopted  Antoine  as  their  sur- 
name, others  retained  LaChance,  and  still  others 
changed  it  to  Lyshorn.  Ephraim  Hussey  Ly- 
shorn, son  of  Antoine  LaChance  or  Lyshorn,  was 
born  in  Orono,  Maine,  March  10,  1815,  died  Jan- 
uary 27,  1000.  He  was  a  farmer  and  woodsman, 
a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church.  He  married  Mary 


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Ann  Townscnd,  born  May  30,  1816,  died  April 
20,  1893.  They  were  the  parents  of  nine  chil- 
dren: Sarah  Emma,  Albert  T.,  Alfreda  Jane, 
Hattie  Viola,  Fred  Alliston,  Susan  Angeline, 
Esther  Cordelia,  who  married  Thomas  Gilbert, 
Mary  Abbie,  and  Clara  Ella. 

Thomas  and  Esther  Cordelia  (Lyshorn)  Gil- 
bert were  the  parents  of  ten  children:  Fred 
Alliston,  of  further  mention;  Edith  Evelyn,  born 
August  7,  1867,  died  August  7,  1868;  Albion  Au- 
gustus, born  February  26,  1869;  Charles  Edward, 
born  February  22,  1872;  Grace  Etta,  born  Jan- 
uary 17,  1874,  died  December  23,  1876;  Thomas 
Herbert,  born  April  8,  1876;  Frank  Yuba,  born 
March  28,  1878;  Eugene  Clarence,  born  March 
31,  1881;  Daisy  Alberta,  born  July  1 1,  1884;  Alice 
May,  born  April  21,  1887.  Realizing  from  his 
own  experience  the  value  of  a  good  education, 
Thomas  Gilbert  gave  his  sons  and  daughters  all 
possible  educational  advantages.  The  daugh- 
ters all  attended  La  Salle  College  in  Massachu- 
setts, one  of  them  studying  also  at  tlie  Boston 
Conservatory  of  Music,  while  the  sons  are  all 
graduates  of  high  schools  or  colleges.  Mrs.  Gil- 
bert was  an  ideal  mother  and  a  true  helpmeet 
to  her  husband.  She  died  sincerely  mourned  by 
a  large  circle  of  friends  and  relatives. 

Fred  Alliston  Gilbert,  eldest  child  of  Thomas 
and  Esther  Cordelia  (Lyshorn)  Gilbert,  was  born 
at  Orono,  Maine,  April  2,  1866,  and  was  there 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  finishing  with 
high  school.  After  school  years  were  completed 
he  became  associated  with  his  father,  and  at 
the  age  of  twenty  was  admitted  a  member  of  the 
firm,  Thomas  Gilbert  &  Son.  This  association 
continued  twelve  years,  the  young  man  becoming 
thoroughly  familiar  with  every  detail  of  the 
lumber  business,  and  particularly  expert  as  a 
lumber  salesman.  In  1898  he  became  a  member 
of  the  firm,  Gilbert  &  McNulty,  but  in  1903  re- 
tired from  that  firm,  having  in  1900  accepted  his 
present  position,  manager  of  the  spruce-wood 
and  timber  land  department  of  the  Great  North- 
ern Paper  Company.  Since  1903  he  has  devoted 
his  time  entirely  to  the  interests  of  the  Great 
Northern,  his  duties  being  the  supplying  of  the 
many  mills  of  that  company  with  logs  for  pulp 
to  be  converted  into  paper.  This  requires  many 
millions  of  feet  of  logs  each  year,  and  to  keep 
up  that  supply  timber  tracts  must  be  purchased 
by  the  thousands  of  acres  that  there  may  never 
in  the  future  occur  a  scarctiy  of  the  proper  sort 
of  logs.  He  ranks  very  high  in  the  lumbet  busi- 
ness, and  was  selected  by  the  Governor  of  Maine 
as  commissioner  to  investigate  the  methods  of 


scaling  logs  and  lumber.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the 
Eastern  Trust  &  Banking  Company  of  Bangor, 
Maine,  and  of  The  Merrill  Trust  Company,  but 
he  has  surrendered  the  directorship  he  formerly 
held  with  The  Penobscot  Lumbering  Associa- 
tion; West  Branch  Driving  &  Reservoir  Dam 
Company;  Northern  Maine  Power  Packet  Com- 
pany; and  the  Great  Northern  Supply  Company. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  affiliated 
with  Mechanics  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  of  Orono;  Mt.  Moriah  Chapter,  Royal 
Arch  Masons;  Bangor  Council,  Royal  and  Select 
Masters;  St.  John's  Commandery,  Knights  Tem- 
plar; Kora  Temple,  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine, 
and  holds  the  thirty-second  degree  of  Eastern 
Star  Lodge  of  Perfection;  Palestine  Council, 
Princes  of  Jerusalem;  Bangor  Chapter  of  Rose 
Croix;  and  of  Maine  Consistory,  Ancient  Ac- 
cepted Scottish  Rite  of  Portland.  His  clubs 
are  the  Tarratine  and  Masonic  of  Bangor. 

Mr.  Gilbert  married,  in  New  Castle,  New 
Rrunswick,  Canada,  July  31,  1915,  Janet  Good- 
fellow  Williston,  born  February  10,  1882,  at  New 
Castle,  daughter  of  Robert  A.  and  Elmira  Eliza 
(McTabish)  Williston,  her  father  a  lumber 
woods  foreman.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred  A.  Gilbert 
are  the  parents  of  a  daughter,  Janet  Alliston  Gil- 
bert, born  August  29,  1917,  and  a  son,  Fred  Allis- 
ton Gilbert,  born  November  24,  1918.  The  family 
home  is  in  Hampden,  Maine. 


JOSIAH  HAYDEN  DRUMMOND,  LL.D.— 
Lawyer,  Representative,  Speaker  of  the  House, 
State  Senator,  and  Attorney-General,  and  holding 
the  highest  honors  of  all  grand  Masonic  bodies 
of  both  the  York  and  Scottish  rites  in  the  State 
of  Maine,  Josiah  Hayden  Drummond  was  promi- 
nently in  the  public  eye  during  practically  the 
entire  period  of  his  mature  life.  Such  honor* 
as  above  enumerated  are  not  bestowed  by  favor 
or  by  chance,  but  have  to  be  earned  and  deserved 
before  a  man  is  thus  singled  out  for  distinction. 
He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Republican 
party  in  the  State  of  Maine,  and  one  of  its  stand- 
ard bearers  in  the  first  campaign  the  newly  born 
party  waged  in  the  State,  and  sat  as  a  Repub- 
lican in  the  Maine  House  of  Representatives  dur- 
ing the  session  of  1857.  In  Free  Masonry  he  held 
the  coveted  thirty-third  degree  of  the  Ancient 
Scottish  Maine  Consistory,  Northern  Jurisdiction 
of  the  United  States,  and  no  honor  of  Masonry 
which  his  brethren  could  bestow  was  denied  him. 
Besides  the  wonderful  record  he  compiled  as  a 
Mason,  his  memory  is  ever  kept  green  in  the 
order  through  his  authorship  of  that  standard 


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work,  "Maine  Masonic  Textbook  for  the  Use 
of  Lodges."  Seventy-five  years  was  the  length 
of  his  span  of  life,  and  from  the  age  of  ac- 
countability they  were  lived  in  usefulness  and 
honor.  Another  Josiah  Hayden,  his  son,  has 
arisen  in  Waterville,  Maine,  also  a  lawyer,  and 
prominent  in  Maine  political  affairs,  serving  as 
representative  and  State  Senator.  The  son, 
Josiah  H.,  is  of  the  seventh  generation  of  the 
family  in  New  England,  the  American  ancestor, 
Alexander  Drummond,  a  Scotch-Irish  Presby- 
terian by  faith  and  inheritance,  who  came  with 
his  children  and  grandchildren  in  1729,  settling 
in  Georgetown,  Maine.  It  is  not  certain  whether 
he  was  born  in  Scotland  or  in  the  north  of  Ire- 
land, but  his  parents  were  Scotch,  and  until  1729 
he  lived  in  Coppa,  Ireland,  where  he  buried  his 
wife,  later  starting  on  his  long  journey  to  a 
home  in  the  new  world,  a  world  he  did  not  long 
live  to  enjoy,  dying  in  Georgetown,  Sagadahoc 
county,  Maine,  in  1730,  his  years  many.  De- 
scent in  this  branch  is  traced  through  Patrick, 
son  of  Alexander. 

Patrick  Drummond  was  born  in  Coppa,  Ire- 
land, June  n, -1694,  and  came  with  his  aged 
father  and  family  to  Georgetown,  Maine,  in  1729. 
Patrick  Drummond  married  (second)  Susanna 
Rutherford,  daughter  of  Rev.  Robert  Rutherford, 
a  Scotch  Presbyterian  clergyman,  a  pioneer  of 
that  denomination,  east  of  the  Kennebec  river, 
in  Maine.  She  was  of  the  same  family  as  Sam- 
uel Rutherford,  1600-61,  the  Scotch  theologian 
and  controversialist,  rector  of  St.  Andrews  Uni- 
versity, and  commissioner  to  the  Westminster 
Assembly,  who,  in  1636,  was  sentenced  and  ban- 
ished to  Aberdeen  for  preaching  against  "The 
Article  of  Perth."  Patrick  and  Susanna  (Ruth- 
erford) Drummond  reared  a  family  including  a 
son,  John,  head  of  the  third  generation  in  Maine. 
John  Drummond,  the  first  in  this  line  of  Ameri- 
can birth,  was  born  in  Georgetown,  Maine,  Sep- 
tember 27,  1744,  and  there  died  September  10, 
1771.  He  married  Mary  McFadden,  daughter 
of  Daniel  and  Margaret  (Stinson)  McFadden. 
He  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-seven  years,  and 
left  two  sons,  Rutherford  and  John  (2),  descent 
in  this  branch  being  traced  through  the  younger, 
John  (2),  a  posthurrtous  son. 

John  (2)  Drummond  was  born  in  Georgetown, 
Maine,  April  13,  1772.  He  remained  at  the  farm 
with  his  mother  and  brother,  Rutherford,  until 
June  10,  1793,  when  the  brothers  sold  their  prop- 
erty to  a  relative  and  located  on  a  tract  along 
Seven  Mile  Brook,  in  the  town  of  Anson,  there 
making  a  clearing,  and  planting  a  field  of  corn. 


On  the  night  of  August  31,  1794,  an  untimely 
frost  ruined  their  finely  growing  crop,  which  so 
disheartened  the  young  men  that  they  abandoned 
their  farm  and  returned  down  the  river,  where 
Rutherford,  on  July  24,  1795,  bought  a  farm  next 
to  the  Winslow  line,  his  the  most  northerly  farm 
in  the  town  of  Vassalboro,  John  Drummond 
went  over  the  boundary  into  the  town  of  Wins- 
low,  but  on  the  same  river-road,  about  one  mile 
distant  from,  his  brother,  and  bought  the  Parker 
farm.  Later  he  purchased  a  farm  three-quarters 
of  a  mile  further  north,  later  known  in  the  fam- 
ily as  The  Old  Farm.  There  John  (2)  Drum- 
mond died  December  24,  1857,  aged  eighty-five 
years.  He  married,  December  3,  1795,  Damaris 
Hayden,  daughter  of  Colonel  Josiah  and  Si- 
lence (Howland)  Hayden,  and  fifth  in  descent 
from  Richard  Williams  of  Taunton,  Massachu- 
setts. Damaris  Hayden  was  born  in  Bridge- 
water,  Massachusetts,  February  18,  1775,  died  in 
Winslow,  Maine,  September  3,  1857,  her  husband 
surviving  her  but  three  months.  Descent  is 
traced  in  this  line  from  Clark  Drummond,  the 
first  born  of  John  (2)  and  Damaris. 

Clark  Drummond  was  born  at  The  Old  Farm 
on  the  river-road,  on  the  east  bank  of  the  Ken- 
nebec, town  of  Winslow,  Kennebec  county, 
Maine,  July  5,  1796,  and  there  died  in  the  house 
in  which  he  was  born  on  September  5,  1888,  aged 
ninety-two  years  and  two  months.  He  attended 
the  district  school  and  worked  on  the  farm  with 
his  father  during  his  youth,  later  in  addition  to 
cultivating  the  farm  being  engaged  as  a  lumber- 
man. While  still  a  young  man  he  bought  The 
Old  Farm,  and  there  brought  his  bride,  and  in 
the  same  house  as  himself  his  ten  children  were 
born,  also  grandchildren.  Clark  Drummond  was 
ensign  of  the  Winslow  Military  Company,  and 
during  the  War  of  1812  in  service  for  sixty 
days,  and  for  ten  years  he  drew  a  United  States 
pension  on  account  of  this  service.  He  was  for 
many  years  a  justice  of  the  peace  and  selectman 
for  the  town  of  Winslow.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Democrat;  in  religious  faith  a  Methodist.  Clark 
Drummond  married,  June  5,  1821,  Cynthia  Black- 
well,  born  in  Winslow,  Maine,  January  9,  1799, 
died  at  The  Old  Farm  in  Winslow,  Maine,  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1868,  her  husband  surviving  her  twenty 
years.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Captain  Mor- 
decai  and  Sarah  (Burgess)  Blackvvell,  of  Sand- 
wich, Massachusetts.  Clark  and  Cynthia  (Black- 
well)  Drummond  were  the  parents  of  ten  chil- 
dren, all  born  at  The  Old  Farm  in  Winslow: 
Josiah  Hayden,  to  whom  this  review  is  dedicated; 
John  Clark,  born  July  II,  1829;  Cynthia  Ann, 


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born  January  24,  1832;  Everett  Richard,  Septem- 
ber 14,  1834;  Sarah  Blackwell,  September  14, 
1836;  David  Hutchinson,  October  n,  1838;  Caro- 
line Redington,  August  ->3,  1841;  Charles  Lath- 
rop,  November  1 8,  1843. 

Josiah  Haydcn  Drimimond,  of  the  sixth  Ameri- 
can generation,  second  son  of  Clark  and  Cynthia 
(Blackwell)  Druntmond,  was  born  at  The  Old 
Farm  in  VVinslow,  Maine,  August  30,  1827,  died 
in  the  city  of  Portland,  Maine,  October  25,  1902. 
After  preparation  at  Vassalboro  (Maine)  Semi- 
nary he  entered  Waterville  (now  Colby)  Col- 
lege, whence  he  was  graduated  A.B.  class  of 
1846,  receiving  from  his  alma  mater  in  1871  the 
honorary  degree,  LL.D.  He  studied  nad  pre- 
pared for  the  profession  of  law,  was  duly  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar,  and  practised  for  many  years 
in  V,  a'crville  and  Portland,  Maine. 

With  the  formation  of  the  Republican  party 
with  its  platform  of  opposition  to  human 
slavery,  he  joined  with  that  organization,  and 
until  his  death,  almost  half  a  century  later,  he 
remained  a  devoted  adherent  of  that  party.  Dur- 
ing the  years,  1857-58,  he  represented  Waterville 
in  the  Maine  Legislature,  and  during  the  second 
term  was  Speaker  of  the  House.  The  follow- 
ing year  he  was  elected  State  Senator  but  re- 
signed this  seat  in  the  Senate  to  accept  appoint- 
ment as  attorney-general  of  the  State  of  Maine, 
an  office  he  held  continuously  from  1859  to 
1863,  inclusive.  In  1865  he  moved  his  residence 
to  Portland,  Maine,  and  in  1868  was  again  a 
member  of  the  Legislature  from  Portland  and 
Speaker  of  the  House.  His  record  as  a  lawyer 
is  one  of  painstaking  ability  and  devotion  to  a 
client's  interest,  while  as  attorney-general  he 
brought  all  his  learning  and  experience  to  the 
service  of  the  State,  and  gave  to  the  duties  of 
his  office  the  very  best  of  his  legal  acumen,  his 
record  teeming  with  valuable,  professional  serv- 
ice. He  was  a  member  of  the  usual  bar  asso- 
ciations and  societies,  and  was  highly  regarded 
by  his  brethren  of  the  profesion. 

At  an  early  age  Mr.  Drummond  sought  and 
gained  admission  to  the  Masonic  order.  He  was 
deeply  impressed  with  the  pure  teachings  and 
beautiful  symbols  of  the  order,  and  in  succes- 
sion passed  through  the  different  bodies  of  the 
York  and  Scottish  rites,  finally  attaining  the 
highest  degree  possible  to  attain  in  the  United 
States,  the  thirty-third,  a  degree  which  cannot 
be  applied  for,  it  only  being  conferred  for  "dis- 
tinguished service  rendered  the  order."  He  held 
the  chief  office  in  each  of  the  subordinate  bodies, 
and  in  turn  was  advanced  through  the  chairs  of 


the  Grand  bodies  until  his  collection  of  past  of- 
ficers' and  past  grand  officers'  jewels  was  one 
of  greatest  value.  He  was  past  grand  master 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Maine,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons;  past  grand  master  of  the  Grand 
Chapter  of  Maine,  Royal  and  Select  Masters; 
past  grand  thrice  illustrious  master  of  the  Grand 
Council  of  Maine,  Royal  and  Select  Masters;  past 
grand  eminent  commander  of  the  Grand  Com- 
mandery  of  Maine,  Knights  Templar;  past 
grand  high  priest  of  the  General  Grand  Chapter 
of  the  United  States  of  America  Royal  and  Se- 
lect Masters;  and  past  grand  commander  of  the 
Supreme  Council  of  the  Ancient  Accepted  Scot- 
tish Rite,  Thirty-third  Northern  Jurisdiction, 
United  States  of  America.  For  twenty-seven 
years  he  was  chairman  of  the  committee  on  for- 
eign correspondence  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  Maine 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons.  His -best  known 
contribution  to  the  literature  of  Masonry  is  the 
"Maine  Masonic  Textbook  for  the  Use  of 
Lodges."  His  college  fraternity  was  Delta 
Kappa  Epsilon;  his  club,  the  Portland. 

Mr.  Drummond  married  in  New  York,  Decem- 
ber 10,  1850,  Elzada  Rollins  Bean,  born  in  Mont- 
villc,  Maine,  March  2,  1829,  died  in  Portland, 
Maine,  June  25,  1907,  daughter  of  Benjamin 
Wadleigh  and  Lucetta  (Foster)  Bean.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Drummond  were  the  parents  of  three 
daughters  and  a  son:  Myra  Lucetta,  born 
August  31,  1851;  Josiah  Hayden  (2)  of  further 
mention;  Tinnie  Aubigne,  born  April  17,  1863, 
married  Wilfred  G.  Chapman;  Marhelia  Bean, 
born  June  II,  1866,  deceased. 


JOSIAH  HAYDEN  (a)  DRUMMOND— As 
the  only  son  of  his  honored  parents,  Josiah  H. 
Drummond  had  the  benefit  of  his  father's  per- 
sonal companionship,  the  teaching  and  advice  to 
an  unusual  degree,  and  it  is  remarkable  how  the 
life  and  example  of  the  father  is  reflected  in  the 
life  character  of  the  son,  as  the  following  re- 
view of  his  career  will  show. 

Josiah  Hayden  (2)  Drummond  was  born  in 
Waterville,  Maine,  March  5,  1856,  and  there  the 
first  few  years  of  his  life  were  spent.  His  par- 
ents moved  to  Portland  in  1860,  and  there  he 
prepared  for  college  in  the  public  school,  finish- 
ing with  high  school.  He  then  entered  Colby 
University,  whence  he  was  graduated  A.B.,  and 
in  1879  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  began 
practice  in  Portland,  Mfaine,  and  there  continue1; 
until  the  present  (1919),  well  established  and 
prosperous.  He  is  a  member  of  the  bar  associa- 


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tions,  and  ranks  with  the  leading  lawyers  of  his 
city. 

Mr.  Drummond  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and 
in  1891  represented  his  district  in  tHe  Maine 
House  of  Representatives.  In  1897-99,  he  was 
a  member  of  the  State  Senate,  serving  with 
credit  in  both  branches  of  the  State  Legislature. 
His  college  fraternity  is  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon, 
Colby  University  Chapter;  his  clubs  the  Cumber- 
land, Portland  and  Athletic  of  Portland,  Maine, 
and  the  Republican  of  New  York  City. 

He  married  in  Jersey  City,  New  Jersey,  Sep- 
tember 17,  1883,  Sallie  Tucker  Blake,  daughter 
of  J.  H.  D.  and  Maria  (Coffin)  Blake.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Drummond  are  the  parents  of  five  sons 
and  a  daughter:  Joseph  Blake,  born  July  12, 
1884;  Wadleigh  Bean,  September  10,  1885;  Dan- 
iel Tucker  Coffin,  July  18,  1887;  Elzada  Maria 
Wheeler,  September  2,  1891;  Robert  Rutherford, 
June  ii,  1894;  and  Ainslie  Hayden,  November 
30,  1897. 


THOMAS  CROCKER— The  annals  of  Paris, 
or,  as  often  written,  Paris  Hill,  the  capital  of 
Oxford,  Maine,  contain  the  life  story  of  many 
men,  some  of  them  remarkable  for  their  influence 
upon  the  times  during  which  they  flourished. 
Thomas  Crocker,  who  from  youthful  manhood 
until  his  death  resided  in  Paris,  came  of  ancient 
Colonial  family,  tracing  in  paternal  line  to  Wil- 
liam Crocker,  who  came  to  Barnstable,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1630.  From  William  Crocker,  the 
founder,  the  line  of  descent  is  through  his  son, 
Eleazer,  his  son  Abel,  his  son  Daniel,  his  son 
Roland,  his  son  Thomas,  of  Paris,  Maine,  to 
whose  memory  this  review  of  an  honorable  up- 
right life  is  dedicated.  Through  maternal  lines 
Thomas  Crocker  traced  descent  from  John  Tilly 
and  John  Howland  of  the  Mayflower,  Elder  John 
Chipman,  and  Secretary  Nathaniel  Morton. 
More  than  thirty  years  of  the  life  of  Thomas 
Crocker  were  spent  as  a  merchant  in  Paris,  and 
in  the  early  period  of  raliroad  development  it 
was  largely  through  his  influence,  effort  and 
financial  support  which  gave  the  now  Grand 
Trunk  Railway  to  Oxford  county.  In  the  midst 
of  his  great  usefulness  he  was  stricken  with  a 
great  affliction,  and  during  the  last  years  of  his 
life  he  sat  in  darkness.  But  his  work  was  well 
done,  and  he  left  this  world  the  better  for 
his  life  and  work. 

The  Crocker  records  teem  with  military  serv- 
ice on  the  part  of  the  men  of  the  family,  and 
Thomas  Crocker  himself  was  a  son  of  a  Revo- 
lutionary veteran,  Roland  Crocker,  who  served 


three  years  and  six  months  in  the  Continental 
Army.  He  married  Mehitable  Merrill,  daugh- 
ter of  Lieutenant  Thomas  and  Mehitable  (Har- 
riman)  Merrill.  Lieutenant  Thomas  Merrill 
served  eight  months  and  eight  days,  beginning 
April  16,  1756,  in  Captain  John  Goff's  company, 
Colonel  Nathaniel  M^escrves  regiment,  raised  for 
the  Crown  Point  Expedition. 

Thomas  Crocker,  second  son  of  Roland  and 
Mehitable  (Merrill)  Crocker,  was  born  in  North 
Conway,  New  Hampshire,  April  14,  1788.  Owing 
to  the  scarcity  of  schools  his  education  was  ac- 
quired under  private  instruction  given  by  his 
maternal  grandfather,  Lieutenant  Thomas  Mer- 
rill, a  soldier  of  the  Revolution.  He  began  his 
business  career  in  Norway,  Maine,  as  clerk  in 
the  store  of  Increase  Robinson,  there  giving 
abundant  promise  of  business  ability,  prompti- 
tude, energy  and  fidelity  distinguishing  him  even 
at  that  early  age.  Later  he  came  to  Paris  Hill 
while  the  count}'  was  new,  and  in  the  midst  of 
the  thriving,  active  pioneer  population  laid  the 
foundation  of  his  character  and  fortune,  for  be- 
tween 1830  and  1835  his  store  was  a  centre  of 
trade  and  business,  not  alone  for  Paris  but  also 
for  the  adjoining  towns.  He  prospered  abund- 
antly in  all  his  enterprises,  his  broad  vision  and 
sound  judgment,  coupled  with  executive  and 
financial  ability,  insuring  him  success.  In  ad- 
dition to  his  mercantile  business  he  dealt  heavily 
in  timber  lands,  was  one  of  the  original  directors 
of  the  Grand  Trunk  Railroad,  and  through  his 
personal  efforts  and  investment  he  contributed 
largely  to  the  building  of  that  road.  It  was 
through  him  and  the  men  he  influenced  that  the 
present  location  of  the  road  was  secured  and  a 
great  benefit  derived  for  Oxford  county.  It  was 
perhaps  as  a  director  of  that  road,  then  the  At- 
lantic and  St.  Lawrence  Railway  Company,  that 
he  rendered  his  county  the  greatest  public  serv- 
ice. He  also  conducted  a  private  banking  busi- 
ness, and  was  one  of  the  most  influential  men  of 
his  district. 

With  his  business  ability  and  financial  stand- 
ing it  was  inevitable  that  he  should  be  called 
into  public  life  and  to  positions  of  trust.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Governor's  Council  in  1839, 
held  various  town  offices,  and  was  high  in  the 
councils  of  the  Democratic  party.  He  was  often 
selected  to  administer  estates  and  act  as  guardian 
of  minor  children.  In  1814  he  held  the  rank  of 
ensign  in  Captain  Stephen  Blake's  company. 
From  1854  until  his  death  in  1872,  Mr.  Crocker 
was  an  invalid.  Cataracts  formed  on  both  of 
his  eyes  and  seriously  interfered  with  his  vision. 


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Mrs.   Henry   W.   Lyon,   Photographer 
CROCKER    HOMESTEAD,    PARIS    HILL,    MAINE 


Mrs.  Henry  \V.  L.yon.  Photographer 

CROCKER  HOMESTEAD,  PARIS  HILL,  MAINE 


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In  May,  1854,  one  eye  only  was  operated  upon 
with  such  disastrous  results  that  he  refused  to 
have  the  other  eye  touched.  During  the  last 
seventeen  years  of  his  life  he  was  totally  blind. 

Thomas  Crocker  married  (first)  Clarissa 
Stowell,  who  died  April  23,  1843,  daughter  of 
William.  Stowell,  of  Paris.  Children:  I.  Cath- 
erine N'.,  born  October  9,  1817,  died  October  17, 
1833.  2.  Thomas  S.,  born  August  27,  1819,  died 
November  21,  1830.  3.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born 
March  25,  1822,  married  Jesse  Philip  Daniel,  of 
Lafayette,  Alabama.  4.  Annette  Maria,  died 
aged  five  years.  5.  Charles  Henry,  born  July  30, 
1827.  6.  Thomas  M.,  born  June  I,  1831,  mar- 
ried Harriet  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  James  T. 
Clark,  and  settled  on  Paris  Hill;  his  daughter, 
Harriet  Clarissa  Crocker,  was  born  May  2,  1866. 
7.  Augustus  G.,  died  aged  four  years.  Thomas 
Crocker  married  (second)  Almira,  daughter  of 
Captain  Bailey  and  Hannah  (Swan)  Davis,  of 
Methuen,  Massachusetts.  Children:  I.  Mira  M., 
born  May  10,  1846,  married  T.  T.  Snow,  of  Port- 
land, whom  she  survives,  a  resident  of  Paris, 
Maine;  they  had  one  child,  Julia  C.  Snow,  who 
died  January  13,  1917.  2.  Augustus  L.,  born 
May  4,  1850,  a  graduate  of  Bowdoin  College,  and 
a  civil  engineer;  married,  January  4,  1883,  Clara 
Todd  Peabody,  of  Princeton,  Maine;  children: 
Ruth,  born  February  24,  1884,  died  Mjay  7,  1900; 
Katherine  M.,  born  January  22,  1887,  graduated 
from  University  of  Minnesota,  1916,  member  of 
honorary  society,  Phi  Beta  Kappa;  Thomas,  born 
May  22,  1888,  graduated  from  Macalester  Acad- 
emy, 1008,  third  in  his  class;  spent  three  and  a 
half  years  at  University  of  Minnesota;  left  col- 
lege, incompleted,  to  take  business  offer;  felt  call 
to  ministry;  returned  for  one  semester  to  Maca- 
lester College  for  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts, 
graduating  in  1916;  graduated  from  McCormick 
Theological  College,  1919. 

Mrs.  Almira  (Davis)  Crocker,  born  in  Methuen, 
Massachusetts,  December  30,  1814,  died  in  Min- 
neapolis, Minnesota,  December  30,  1894.  She 
was  a  granddaughter  of  Captain  John  Davis,  who 
commanded  the  Methuen  company  at  Lexington 
and  Bunker  Hill.  Her  ancestors  fought  in  all 
the  wars  of  the  new  country  from  King  Philip's 
War  down  through  the  Revolution.  They  were 
at  Louisburg.  Her  descent  was  from  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  Puritans. 


his  parents  moved  to  Gardiner,  on  the  Kennebec, 
and  three  years  later  they  left  Gardiner  and  set- 
tled on  a  farm  in  the  township  of  Bowdoin, 
Sagadahoc  county,  Maine.  Here  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  learned  what  he  knows  about  farm- 
ing— not  an  inconsiderable  amount  in  view  of  the 
fact  that  his  farm  experience  ended  at  the  age  of 
fourteen,  when  his  parents  removed  to  Lisbon 
Falls,  in  the  township  of  Lisbon,  on  the  Andros- 
coggin. 

It  is  Lisbon  Falls  that  Mr.  Munsey  thinks  of 
as  his  old  Maine  home.  Here  he  developed  into 
young  manhood,  and  here,  among  the  very  fine 
people  of  that  little  village,  friends  and  neigh- 
bors, his  formative  years  were  passed — that  lit- 
tle village  he  loved  as  he  loved  the  people  in  it, 
those  who,  with  his  family,  made  it  home  in  all 
that  the  word  expresses. 

But  Mr.  Munsey  regards,  and  has  always  re- 
garded, the  ten  boyhood  years  spent  on  the  farm, 
a  hard,  rocky,  crabbed  farm,  as  among  the  best 
training  years  of  his  life — foundational  years. 
From  early  boyhood  he  was  a  dreamer,  but, 
dreamer  that  he  was,  the  dominant  qualities  of 
his  mind  were  those  of  practical,  sound  sense. 
This  power  of  vision  has  served  him  well  in  the 
outworking  of  his  life.  Mr.  Munsey  spent  five 
years  (1877  to  1882)  in  Augusta,  as  manager  of 
the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Company.  From 
there  he  went  to  New  York  to  enter  into  the 
process  of  establishing  a  publishing  house — his 
own  business.  The  record  shows  that  he  suc- 
ceeded. 

While  Mr.  Munsey  has  had  many  other 
activities,  he  considers  his  life  work  to  be  that 
of  editor  and  publisher.  Nothing  else  has  ever 
equaled  this  in  interest  for  him;  nothing  else 
has  given  him  the  same  measure  of  happiness, 
the  same  measure  of  satisfaction,  the  same  play 
for  his  energy,  imagination,  vision. 


FRANK  A.  MUNSEY  was  born  on  a  farm  in 
the  township  of  Mercer,  Somerset  county,  Maine, 
August  21,  1854.  When  he  was  six  months  old 


BENJAMIN  THOMPSON— For  thirty-seven 
years  Benjamin  Thompson  practiced  law  in  Port- 
land, and  while  he  conducted  a  large  general 
business  he  specialized  in  admiralty  law  and  be- 
came an  authority  in  that  branch  of  the  law. 
His  reputation  along  these  lines  extended  far 
beyond  State  or  sectional  limits,  and  his  opin- 
ion was  sought  in  very  important  matters  where 
a  deep  knowledge  of  admiralty  law  was  required. 
During  his  very  extensive  practice  he  compiled 
a  work  on  admiralty  practice  and  procedure,  in- 
cluding an  invaluable  set  of  forms.  He  had  also 
preserved  the  unpublished  admiralty  opinions  of 


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Judge  Nathan  Webb,  of  the  United  States  Dis- 
trict Court  of  Maine,  of  whom  Mr.  Thompson  was 
a  great  admirer  and  friend.  These  unpublished 
opinions  were  often  referred  to  by  Mr.  Thomp- 
son in  the  trial  of  admiralty  cases.  Mr.  Thomp- 
son won  the  honors  of  a  profession  ever  gen- 
erous to  her  talented  sons,  and  when,  during  the 
recent  World  War,  the  submarine  presented  new 
complications  and  the  commandeering  of  ves- 
sels by  our  own  and  allied  governments  con- 
stantly brought  fresh  questions  of  law  before 
the  attorneys,  he  was  turned  to  with  confidence 
that  his  deep  knowledge  of  marine  law,  national 
and  international,  would  guide  his  clients  aright. 
Mr.  Thompson  was  very  thorough  in  the  prep- 
aration of  his  cases,  and  cleared  up  every  clouded 
point  before  passing  it.  For  nearly  forty  years 
he  occupied  the  same  offices,  and  from  them 
cases  were  prepared  involving  losses  at  sea  in 
about  every  part  of  the  world,  and  he  was  con- 
cededly  one  of  the  best  poised  and  informed  law- 
yers in  his  special  branch  of  the  law  on  the  At- 
lantic coast. 

Benjamin  Thompson  was  a  son  of  Charles 
Lewis  Thompson,  born  in  Topsham,  Maine,  No- 
vember 12,  1825,  died  in  Portland,  Maine,  June 
23,  1897,  and  is  buried  in  Evergreen  Cemetery.  The 
latter  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  learned 
the  carpenter's  trade,  also  the  ship  carpenter's, 
and  as  a  ship  and  house  carpenter  he  spent  his 
active  years.  He  was  a  resident  of  Topsham, 
1825-50;  of  Brunswick,  Maine,  1850-70;  then  until 
his  death  in  1897  resided  in  Portland,  Maine.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Democrat.  He  married  Octo- 
ber 13,  1853,  Clarissa  Dunning,  born  in  Bruns- 
wick, Maine,  November  24,  1829,  died  March  16, 
1888,  daughter  of  James  and  Elizabeth  T.  (El- 
kins)  Dunning,  granddaughter  of  Andrew  and 
Mrs.  Margaret  (Miller-Ramson)  Dunning,  great- 
granddaughter  of  Lieutenant  James  and  Martha 
(Lithgow)  Dunning,  and  a  great-great-grand- 
daughter of  Andrew  and  Susan  (Bond)  Dun- 
ning. Her  ancestor,  Andrew  Dunning,  was  born 
in  1664,  died  at  Maquoit,  Brunswick,  Maine,  June 
18,  1736.  His  gravestone,  yet  standing  in  the 
old  cemetery  below  Brunswick  village,  is  the 
oldest  stone  there,  and  it  is  said  to  have  been 
engraved  by  his  son,  Lieutenant  James  Dunning. 
Lieutenant  James  Dunning  was  "a  famous  In- 
dian fighter"  and  saved  many  lives  and  towns 
from  savage  foes. 

Benjamin  Thompson  was  born  in  Brunswick, 
Cumberland  county,  Maine,  October  13,  1857, 
and  died  in  the  city  of  Portland,  Maine,  De- 
cember 6,  1918.  He  completed  the  courses  of 


Brunswick's  public  school  system,  and  finished 
a  course  of  special  study  at  Lewiston  Business 
College,  Lewiston,  Maine,  then  spent  some  time 
on  sailing  vessels,  becoming  very  familiar  with 
the  construction,  operation  and  qualities  of  ships 
as  well  as  imbibing  a  knowledge  of  the  customs 
and  unwritten  law  of  the  seas.  He  was  an  able 
sailorman  and  won  a  number  of  small  yacht 
races.  Mr.  Thompson  was  one  of  the  two  Maine 
members  of  the  Maritime  Law  Association,  and 
a  member  of  a  committee  of  the  association 
which  urged  upon  Congress  the  necessity  of  a 
statute  giving  the  right  of  action  for  loss  of 
life  on  the  high  seas,  but  no  action  of  the  kind 
asked  for  has  yet  been  taken.  He  was  also  a 
member  of  the  Admiralty  Committee  of  the 
American  Bar  Association.  He  became  widely 
known  in  the  profession  and  was  often  called 
upon  for  opinions  in  matters  of  highest  impor- 
tance from  all  along  the  Atlantic  coast.  This 
was  especially  true  after  the  outbreak  of  the 
European  War  in  regard  to  a  breach  of  charter 
parties  due  to  the  German  submarines  sinking  so 
many  vessels  and  the  commandeering  of  vessels 
by  the  allied  governments.  While  still  a  very 
young  man  he  began  the  study  of  law  in  the 
office  of  the  late  Nathan  Webb,  who  later  be- 
came a  judge  of  the  United  States  District  Court 
of  Maine,  and  the  late  Thomas  H.  Haskill,  who 
became  judge  of  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court  of 
Maine.  Having  passed  satisfactorily  the  tests 
imposed  by  the  examining  board,  he  was  duly 
admitted  to  the  Maine  bar,  October  19,  1881, 
and  at  once  began  practice  in  Portland. 

Mr.  Thompson  applied  himself  closely  to  the 
upbuilding  of  a  clientele  along  general  lines  of 
law  business  and  was  very  successful  even  from 
his  earlier  years  as  a  practitioner.  His  practice 
became  very  large,  but  for  years  he  did  not  dis- 
criminate, then  his  natural  preference  for  mari- 
time affairs  began  to  dominate  and  he  became  a 
still  closer  and  more  careful  student  of  admiralty 
law.  Finally  he  confined  his  practice  to  such 
cases  in  the  Federal  courts  with  the  result  that 
during  the  last  twenty  years  of  his  life  cases 
growing  out  of  collisions  at  sea  and  other  acci- 
dents of  a  maritime  nature  employed  his  entire 
time.  He  delved  deep  into  the  law  governing 
the  cases  he  tried,  and  in  course  of  time  his  fame 
as  an  exponent  of  admiralty  law  became  widely 
extended. 

With  a  highly  trained  and  organized  mind,  Mr. 
Thompson  combined  a  perfectly  organized  sys- 
tem of  office  detail.  The  details  relative  to 
every  case  he  tried  were  typewritten,  indexed, 


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and  filed  in  the  boxes  of  a  fireproof  vault,  thus 
preserving  a  reference  record  impossible  to 
properly  value.  Besides  the  State  and  national 
honors  he  bore,  Mr.  Thompson  was  president  of 
the,  Cumberland  County  Bar  Association  at  the 
time  of  his  death.  He  was  a  Republican  in 
politics,  and  in  1884  served  as  a  member  of  Port- 
land Common  Council,  representing  Ward  I.  In 
1889-90  he  served  upon  the  Board  of  Aldermen. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Maine  Historical  So- 
ciety, but  beyond  his  State  and  national  bar  as- 
sociation membership,  he  had  no  affiliation  with 
fraternal  orders,  societies  nor  organizations.  In 
religious  faith  he  was  a  Congregationalist,  and  a 
deacon  of  the  State  Street  Church.  He  was  rv 
generous  friend  of  all  good  causes  and  a  power- 
ful advocate  for  any  worthy  object  which  he 
championed.  He  was  one  of  the  world's  workers 
and  never  spared  himself  in  a  client's  cause.  He 
won  professional  fame  because  he  deserved  it, 
but  his  sole  thought  was  to  present  his  cause  in 
such  a  way  to  court  and  jury  that  no  matter  how 
the  verdict  was  rendered,  he  would  have  the 
consciousness  that  he  had  done  his  best.  Men 
admired  and  respected  him,  but  above  all  they 
trusted  him. 

Mr.  Thompson  married,  October  19,  1882, 
Emma  Stuart  Duffett,  born  in  Montreal,  Can- 
ada, February  9,  1859  (a  graduate  of  Portland 
High  School),  class  of  1877,  daughter  of  Walter 
White  and  Mary  Stuart  Duffett.  Her  father, 
Walter  White  Duffett,  was  of  English  birth,  and 
in  Montreal,  treasurer  of  the  Grand  Trunk  Rail- 
road Company.  Benjamin  and  Emma  Stuart 
(Duffett)  Thompson  were  the  parents  of  five 
children:  Marion  Stuart,  born  December  30, 
1884;  Eleanor,  born  March  13,  1891;  Clara  Dun- 
ning, April  7,  1894;  Nathan  Webb,  September  30, 
1895;  Helen  York,  June  3,  1899. 


WILLIAM  WHEELER  BOLSTER— Bolster 
is  a  name  which  has  long  been  associated  promi- 
nently with  the  State  of  Maine,  where  its  repre- 
sentatives have  resided  from  an  early  period. 
It  was  founded  in  this  State  by  Alvin  Bolster, 
who  came  here  from  Vermont  and  settled  in  the 
town  of  Rumford.  Here  he  kept  a  general  store, 
and  was  very  active  in  the  community's  affairs, 
and  particularly  in  niilitary  matters.  During  the 
Aroostook  War  he  held  the  rank  of  general. 

William  Wheeler  Bolster  is  a  son  of  William 
Wheeler,  Sr.,  who  was  a  native  of  Rumford, 
where  he  was  born,  July  6,  1823.  He  came  to 
Dixfield,  Maine,  as  a  young  man,  and  practiced 
law.  During  his  youth  he  had  received  an  excel- 


lent education,  which  was  completed  by  a  course 
in  law  at  the  Harvard  Law  School,  from  which 
he  graduated  in  1847  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Laws.  For  a  time  he  practiced  at  Dixfield, 
but  afterwards  came  to  Auburn,  as  he  regarded 
that  city  as  offering  larger  opportunities  in  the 
profession  he  had  chosen.  He  was  a  staunch 
Republican  in  politics,  and  took  a  very  active 
part  in  local  public  affairs,  and  soon  became  one 
of  the  most  prominent  men  in  Auburn.  In  1893 
he  was  elected  mayor  of  that  city,  and  in  addi- 
tion to  this  held  nearly  all  the  important  county 
and  State  offices,  with  the  exception  of  gov- 
ernor. He  represented  Auburn  in  both  houses  of 
the  State  Legislature,  and  was  speaker  of  the 
House  and  president  of  the  Senate  for  a  number 
of  years.  From  1861  to  1864  he  was  county 
attorney  of  Oxford,  and  held  the  office  of  State 
bank  examiner  of  Maine  for  six  years.  It  was 
Mr.  Bolster,  Sr.,  who  compiled  the  book  on  tax 
collecting  which  is  now  used  in  all  the  States 
of  this  country.  In  addition  to  his  legal  and 
political  activities,  Mr.  Bolster,  Sr.,  was  also 
prominent  in  business  circles  in  Auburn,  was 
president  of  the  Little  Androscoggin  Water 
Power  Company,  and  was  affiliated  with  other 
concerns.  For  eight  years  he  was  trustee  of  the 
Reform  School  at  Auburn,  and  in  every  capacity 
proved  himself  a  most  efficient  executive.  He 
married  Florence  J.  Reed,  a  daughter  of  Lewis 
Reed,  a  prominent  merchant  of  Rumford,  Maine. 
Born  November  n,  1873,  at  Mexico,  Maine, 
William  Wheeler  Bolster  remained  but  a  very 
short  time  in  his  native  town.  He  was  still  an 
infant  when  removed  to  the  home  of  his  parents 
at  Auburn,  Maine,  and  it  was  with  this  city 
that  his  earliest  associations  were  formed.  Here, 
too,  it  was  that  he  received  his  education,  attend- 
ing for  this  purpose  the  local  public  schools,  and 
graduating  from  the  grammar  department  there, 
in  1886.  He  was  then  sent  by  his  parents  to 
the  Nickols  Latin  School  at  Lewiston,  where  he 
remained  for  three  years,  and  was  prepared  for 
college.  Immediately  after  his  graduation  from 
this  institution,  in  1890,  he  matriculated  at  Bates 
College,  from  which  he  graduated  with  the  class 
of  1895.  He  then  went  to  Harvard  University 
and  studied  at  the  school  of  physical  training  con- 
nected with  this  institution.  After  completing 
this  course,  Mr.  Bolster  returned  to  Bates  Col- 
lege, where  he  accepted  the  position  as  instructor 
in  physiology,  and  director  of  physical  training, 
a  post  which  he  continued  to  hold  for  ten  years. 
In  the  meantime,  however,  he  had  come  to  the 
conclusion  to  abandon  teaching  as  a  profession. 


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and  as  his  interest  had  been  strongly  drawn  to 
medicine,  decided  to  study  this  and  make  it  his 
calling.  Accordingly  he  entered  the  medical  de- 
partment of  Bowdoin  College,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  1008  with  his  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Medicine.  The  theoretical  knowledge  gained  at 
this  institution  he  supplemented  by  practical  ex- 
perience as  an  interne  at  the  Central  Maine  Gen- 
eral Hospital.  He  occupied  this  post  for  one 
year,  between  July,  1908,  and  July,  1009,  and  then 
engaged  in  active  practice  at  Lewiston,  Maine. 
Dr.  Bolster  is  a  surgeon  and  specialized  in  this 
branch  of  his  work.  He  is  at  the  present  time 
adjunct  surgeon  of  the  Maine  General  Hospital. 
Dr.  Bolster  has  never  entirely  given  up  his  activi- 
ties as  teacher,  and  at  the  present  time  holds  the 
position  of  Assistant  Professor  of  Physiology  at 
the  Bowdoin  Medical  School.  Indeed,  he  con- 
tinues to  take  a  very  keen  interest  in  educational 
matters  generally,  and  for  some  years  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Auburn  School  Board.  He  is  now 
generally  recognized  as  one  of  the  leading  prac- 
titioners in  Lewiston  and  the  surrounding  region 
of  the  State.  Since  1918  he  has  held  the  posi- 
tion of  house  physician  at  Poland  Springs,  South 
Portland,  Maine. 

In  spite  of  the  demands  made  upon  Dr.  Bol- 
ster's time  and  attention  by  his  professional 
duties  he  manages  to  find  certain  opportunities 
to  indulge  in  what  he  calls  his  hobby.  This 
hobby  is  hunting  and  fishing,  and  he  manages  to 
slip  away  once  every  year  for  an  expedition 
which  includes  the  shooting  of  big  game.  He 
is  interested  in  Masonry,  having  been  Potentate 
of  Kora  Temple  in  1913. 

Lewiston,  Maine,  was  the  scene  of  Dr.  Bolster's 
wedding,  which  occurred  there  October  3,  1914, 
when  he  was  united  with  Maud  L.  Furbush,  a 
native  of  that  place,  and  a  daughter  of  George 
and  Josie  A.  (Leavitt)  Furbush,  old  and  highly- 
respected  residents.  Mr.  Furbush  was  for  many 
years  actively  engaged  in  business  at  Lewiston, 
and  is  now  retired.  He  and  his  wife  still  reside 
here.  To  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Bolster  one  child  has 
been  born,  a  daughter,  Barbara,  born  November 
21,  1915- 

During  the  many  years  of  his  residence  in 
Lewiston,  Maine,  Dr.  Bolster  has  been  looked 
up  to  as  have  few  other  men  in  the  community, 
not  only  with  respect  for  the  unimpeachable 
integrity,  the  clear-sighted  sagacity,  the  strong 
public  spirit  that  marks  him,  but  with  affection 
also,  for  his  tact  in  dealing  with  men,  his  spon- 
taneous generosity  and  the  attitude  of  charity 
and  tolerance  he  maintains  towards  his  fellow- 
men,  which  makes  him  easy  to  approach  and  a 


sympathetic  listener  to  all  the  humblest  as  well 
as  the  proudest. 


SAMUEL     LANCASTER     HUNTINGTON, 

who  for  many  years  has  been  closely  associated 
with  the  industrial  and  commercial  interests  of 
Augusta,  Maine,  and  who  is  a  prominent  and 
public-spirited  citizen  of  this  place,  is  a  member 
of  a  family  that  has  borne  an  honorable  name 
in  the  annals  of  this  country,  and  which  has  been 
represented  with  distinction  in  both  the  church 
and  civil  affairs.  He  is  a  descendant  of  Simon 
and  Margaret  (Baret)  Huntington,  who  came 
to  this  country  from  England  in  1633,  and  who 
were  the  ancestors  of  a  family  which  has  long 
made  its  home  at  Old  Hallowell,  on  the  Kennebec 
river,  in  this  State.  Among  his  other  ancestors 
is  the  Rev.  John  Mayo,  who  came  to  this  country 
from  England  about  1639,  and  who  was  the  first 
pastor  of  the  Old  North  Church,  now  known  as 
the  Second  Church,  of  Boston.  Through  his 
maternal  line  Mr.  Huntington  traces  his  descent 
from  Governor  Thomas  Prence,  Elder  William 
Brewster,  of  Mayflower  fame,  and  from  other 
worthies  of  the  Plymouth  Colony. 

Samuel  Lancaster  Huntington  is  a  son  of 
Samuel  Whitmore  and  Sally  Ann  (Mayo)  Hunt- 
ington, the  former  a  prominent  merchant  and 
manufacturer  of  Hallowell.  It  was  in  that  town 
that  Samuel  Lancaster  Huntington  was  born, 
October  22,  1843,  and  there  that  he  received  his 
education,  attending  for  this  purpose  both  the 
local  public  schools  and  the  Hallowell  Academy. 
Upon  completing  his  studies  at  the  last  named 
institution  Mr.  Huntington,  who  was  then  eight- 
een years  of  age,  became  associated  with  his 
father  in  the  manufacture  of  clothing  for  the 
Union  soldiers,  who  were  then  fighting  in  the 
Civil  War.  He  had  himself  endeavored  to  enlist, 
but  was  unable  to  pass  the  rigid  physical  exam- 
ination. Two  years  after  the  close  of  this  great 
struggle  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  firm  of 
Storer  &  Cutler,  of  Portland,  Maine,  where  he 
desired  to  learn  the  wholesale  dry  goods  business. 
In  1865  he  was  clothing  salesman  for  his  father 
and  uncle,  Samuel  W.  and  Benjamin  Huntington, 
at  Augusta,  Maine,  and  was  later  admitted  to  the 
firm  of  Huntington,  Nason  &  Company,  whole- 
sale and  retail  clothiers  of  this  city.  After  the 
dissolution  of  the  above  firm  Mr.  Huntington 
continued  in  business  on  his  own  account,  and 
in  1901  commenced  selling  clothing  specialties 
in  the  wholesale  market.  While  so  engaged  he 
designed  several  models  of  warm  coats  for  men's 
wear,  which  met  with  so  much  favor  he  obtained 
from  the  manufacturer  the  right  to  the  exclusive 


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sale  of  them  in  the  United  States.  These  gar- 
ments, which  Mr.  Huntington  continues  to  sell 
at  the  present  time,  have  become  very  popular 
wherever  they  have  been  shown,  and  he  now  does 
a  large  business  in  this  line.  Mr.  Huntington 
has  been  a  conspicuous  figure  for  many  years  in 
the  general  life  of  the  community.  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  Augusta  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  in  1869,  and  shortly  afterwards  to  Jeru- 
salem Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  of  Hallo- 
well.  He  is  one  of  the  oldest  Knights  Templar 
in  Augusta,  having  been  a  member  of  Trinity 
Commandery  since  1871.  In  the  year  1892  he 
became  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Workmen.  Although  Mr.  Huntington  is  not  a 
member  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion he  is  eligible  to  become  one  through  his 
mother's  grandfather  and  great-grandfather,  Ebe- 
nezer  and  Thomas  Mayo,  both  of  whom  served 
in  the  war  for  American  independence.  Mr. 
Huntington  has  always  been  an  independent  in 
politics.  He  cast  his  first  vote  in  the  year  1864 
for  Abraham  Lincoln,  but  has  not  allied  himself 
with  any  party  since  that  time  except  the  Pro- 
gressive, preferring  to  retain  complete  independ- 
ence of  judgment  on  all  issues  and  in  the  choice 
of  candidates.  In  his  religious  belief  he  is  a 
Congregationalist. 

Samuel  Lancaster  Huntington  was  united  in 
marriage,  November  7,  1877,  at  Boston,  Massa- 
chusetts, with  Nellie  A.  Yeaton,  a  daughter  of 
John  and  Abbie  (Rollins)  Yeaton,  of  Chelsea, 
Maine.  Mrs.  Huntington  died  in  1917.  Although 
Mr.  Huntington  is  a  resident  of  Augusta,  he 
and  his  daughter,  Mary  Wentworth,  spend  the 
most  of  their  time  at  his  charming  summer 
home  known  as  "Fairview,"  in  the  beautiful  vil- 
lage of  Damariscotta,  Maine. 


WILLIAM  WIDGERY  THOMAS— The 
Thomas  family  was  an  early  one  in  Portland, 
and  is  of  undoubted  Welsh  origin.  The  "History 
of  Cumberland  County"  states  that  before  1720 
Thomas  Thomas  had  built  his  house  on  the 
Neck,  in  what  is  now  the  City  of  Portland. 
Elias  Thomas  was  born  January  14,  1772,  in 
Portland,  was  a  merchant  in  that  city,  and  in 
1823  was  elected  State  Treasurer,  filling  that 
office  for  seven  years.  He  was  a  director  of  the 
Cumberland  Bank,  and  died  August  3,  1872,  at 
the  age  of  one  hundred  years  and  seven  months. 
He  married,  in  1801,  Elizabeth  Widgery,  born 
1778,  died  in  July,  1861,  daughter  of  Hon. 
William  Widgery,  a  prominent  citizen  of  Port- 
land. He  was  born  in  1752,  and  died  in  Portland, 

ME.— 1—4 


in  1822.  In  his  day  Maine  was  a  part  of  Massa- 
chusetts, and  he  was  a  delegate  to  the  conven- 
tion of  the  latter  State,  which  adopted  the  United 
States  Constitution  after  the  Revolution.  In  1787 
he  represented  the  town  of  New  Gloucester  in 
the  General  Court  of  Massachusetts,  and  con- 
tinued eight  years  in  that  capacity.  In  1794  he 
was  elected  to  represent  Cumberland  county  in 
the  State  Senate,  and  in  1810  was  a  member  of 
Congress.  In  this  body  he  acted  with  great  moral 
heroism.  Believing  that  the  War  of  1812  was 
necessary  in  order  to  establish  the  rights  of 
American  citizens,  he  voted  against  the  wishes 
of  his  constituents,  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  it  was 
certain  to  inflict  great  loss  upon  himself  for  the 
prosecution  of  that  war.  His  grandson,  William 
Widgery  Thomas,  was  born  November  7,  1803, 
in  Portland,  and  became  a  prominent  citizen  of 
the  city  and  State.  He  began  his  business  career 
as  clerk  in  a  dry  goods  store  on  Exchange  street, 
and  before  he  was  nineteen  years  of  age  engaged 
in  business  for  himself  on  the  site  now  occupied 
by  the  First  National  Bank  of  Portland.  He 
continued  this  business  with  great  success  until 
1835,  after  which  he  gave  his  attention  to  bank- 
ing and  real  estate  operations.  He  represented 
Portland  in  the  Maine  House  of  Representatives 
in  1855,  in  the  Senate  in  1856,  and  was  elected 
State  Treasurer  in  1860,  but  declined  to  serve. 
As  a  good  citizen  he  served  in  both  branches 
of  the  city  government,  and  distinguished  him- 
self as  mayor  of  the  city  in  1861-62,  the  first  two 
years  of  the  Civil  War.  He  was  very  active  in 
caring  for  the  families  of  soldiers  who  went  to 
the  front,  and  was  everywhere  esteemed  as  a 
patriotic  and  useful  citizen.  For  twenty  years 
he  was  one  of  the  overseers  of  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege, for  thirty  years  a  corporate  member  of  the 
American  Board  of  Commissioners  of  Foreign 
Missions,  and  thirty  years  one  of  the  managers 
of  the  Portland  Benevolent  Society,  of  which  he 
was  twenty  years  president.  He  was  a  director 
of  the  Maine  General  Hospital,  in  1836  was 
elected  a  director  of  the  Canal  Bank,  in  1849 
was  made  its  president.  In  1876  he  was  one  of 
the  Presidential  electors-at-large  of  the  State 
of  Maine,  and  was  made  president  of  the  Elec- 
toral College.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of 
the  Portland  Temperance  Society  in  1827,  and 
in  the  same  year  became  a  member  of  the  Second 
Parish  Congregational  Church.  Throughout  his 
long  life  he  abstained  from  the  use  of  tobacco 
or  spirits. 

Mr.  Thomas  married,  March  5,  1835,  Elizabeth 
White    Goddard,   born    May   25,    1812,   in    Ports- 


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mouth,  New  Hampshire,  daughter  of  Henry  God- 
dard,  long  a  merchant  of  Portland,  and  died  there, 
April  27,  1884.  Their  eldest  son,  Gen.  Henry 
Goddard  Thomas,  served  with  distinction  in  the 
Civil  War,  rising  from  a  private  to  the  brevet 
rank  of  major-general  of  volunteers.  Among  the 
ancestors  of  the  Thomas  family  was  George 
Cleve,  who  founded  Portland  in  1832,  and  was 
the  first  governor  of  Ligonia. 

William  Widgery  Thomas,  the  diplomat,  son 
of  William  Widgery  and  Elizabeth  W.  (Goddard) 
Thomas,  was  born  August  26,  1839,  in  Portland, 
and  was  reared  in  that  city,  entered  Bowdoin 
College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the 
highest  honors  in  1860.  He  at  once  began  the 
study  of  law,  but  in  the  spring  of  1862  was  sent 
abroad,  and  as  United  States  bearer  of  despatches 
carried  a  treaty  to  Turkey.  Here  he  became 
Vice-Consul-General  at  Constantinople;  was  sub- 
sequently acting  Consul  at  Galatz,  Moldavia,  and 
before  the  close  of  the  year  was  appointed  by 
President  Lincoln  one  of  the  thirty  "war  con- 
suls" of  the  United  States  and  sent  to  Gothen- 
burg, Sweden.  He  received  from  Secretary 
William  H.  Seward  the  special  thanks  of  the 
Department  of  State  for  services  as  Consul. 
While  at  Gothenburg  he  mastered  the  Swedish 
language,  and  translated  Rydberg's  "Last  Ath- 
enian," for  which  he  received  the  King's  thanks. 
Fredrika  Bremer  wrote  a  special  introduction  to 
the  American  public  for  this  translation,  which 
was  published  in  four  editions  at  Philadelphia. 
In  December,  1865,  Mr.  Thomas  returned  to  his 
native  land,  completed  his  legal  studies  at  Har- 
vard, was  admitted  to  the  Maine  bar  in  1866, 
and  engaged  in  successful  practice.  In  the  effort 
to  prevent  the  decrease  of  population  in  his  native 
State,  he  earnestly  advocated  the  settlement  of 
Swedes  in  Maine,  presenting  in  his  report  as 
commissioner  on  the  settlement  of  public  lands 
the  first  definite,  practical  plan  for  Swedish  im- 
migration to  Maine.  The  Legislature  of  1870 
adopted  his  proposition,  and,  hastening  to  Swe- 
den, he  recruited  a  colony  of  fifty-one  Swedes 
— picked  men,  women  and  children — sailed  with 
them  over  the  ocean,  led  them  up  the  St.  John 
river  in  flat  boats  drawn  by  horses  on  the  bank, 
and  on  July  23,  1870,  just  four  months  after  the 
passage  of  the  act  authorizing  the  enterprise, 
founded  the  prosperous  colony  of  New  Sweden, 
in  the  primeval  forest  of  Maine.  Here  he  lived 
in  a  log  cabin  among  his  Swedish  pioneers  for 
the  better  part  of  four  years,  directing  all  the 
affairs  of  the  colony,  until  its  success  was  estab- 
lished. The  new  settlement  grew  and  prospered 


until  now  it  numbers  over  three  thousand  indi- 
viduals, the  only  successful  agricultural  colony 
planted  in  New  England  since  the  Declaration  of 
Independence,  with  foreigners  from  across  the 
sea.  This  beginning  drew  thousands  of  Scandi- 
navians to  settle  in  Maine  and  other  portions  of 
New  England,  and  has  given  to  the  State  many 
of  its  most  loyal,  industrious  and  thrifty  citizens. 
New  Sweden  enthusiastically  celebrated  the  tenth, 
twenty-fifth,  thirtieth  and  fortieth  anniversaries, 
of  its  founding.  At  each  of  these  festivities 
"Father  Thomas,"  as  his  Swedish  "children  in 
the  woods"  affectionately  call  the  founder  of  the 
colony,  was  orator  of  the  day. 

Mr.  Thomas  was  elected  to  represent  Portland 
in  the  State  Legislature,  where  he  served  from 
1873  to  1875,  and  during  his  last  two  terms  was 
Speaker  of  the  House,  was  State  Senator  in 
1879,  but  declined  a  re-election.  He  was  presi- 
dent of  the  Maine  Republican  convention  in 
1875,  and  a  delegate  to  the  memorable  Republican 
National  Convention  of  1880  which  nominated 
Garfield  for  the  Presidency.  In  1883  President 
Arthur  appointed  him  minister  resident  to  SWCT 
den  and  Norway  and  he  was  the  first  representa- 
tive of  this  country  to  address  the  Swedish  King 
in  the  latter's  native  language,  the  first  to  hoist 
his  country's  flag  at  Stockholm,  and  the  first  to 
successfully  assist  in  establishing  a  steamship 
line  between  the  United  States  and  Sweden.  In 
1885  he  was  recalled  by  President  Cleveland. 
This  departure  was  the  occasion  for  a  public 
farewell  banquet  given  him  by  the  citizens  of 
the  Swedish  capital.  In  1887  he  returned  to 
Sweden  on  a  mission  of  his  own  and  married 
Miss  Dagmar  Tornebladh,  a  Swedish  lady  of 
noble  birth.  Mr.  Thomas  was  very  welcome  at 
the  Swedish  court,  and  popular  among  the  people 
of  that  country,  as  well  as  among  the  Swedish 
population  in  the  United  States.  At  the  two 
hundred  and  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  settle- 
ment of  the  first  Swedish  colony  in  America — 
New  Sweden  on  the  Delaware,  founded  under 
the  plans  of  Gustavus  Adolphus — which  was  cele- 
brated at  Minneapolis,  in  September,  1888,  Mr. 
Thomas  was  chosen  as  the  orator  of  the  occa- 
sion. In  the  Presidential  campaign  of  that  year 
he  was  active  on  the  stump  among  the  Swedish 
settlements  from  Maine  to  Minnesota,  speaking 
chiefly  in  the  Swedish  language.  In  that  cam- 
paign Benjamin  Harrison  was  elected  President, 
and  immediately  upon  his  accession,  in  March, 
1889,  he  appointed  Mr.  Thomas  as  envoy  extraor- 
dinary and  minister  plenipotentiary  to  Stockholm, 
where  he  and  his  young  Swedish  wife  received 


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a  welcome  that  amounted  to  an  ovation.  Dur- 
ing his  second  term  Mr.  Thomas  helped  secure 
the  appointment  of  a  Swedish  jurist  as  Chief 
Justice  of  Samoa,  under  the  treaty  of  Berlin,  and 
a  Norwegian  statesman  as  a  member  of  the  tri- 
bunal of  arbitration  between  the  United  States 
and  England,  on  the  question  of  the  fur  seal 
fisheries  in  Behring  Sea.  He  initiated  negotia- 
tions resulting  in  the  full  and  satisfactory  extradi- 
tion treaty  of  1893  between  the  United  States  and 
Sweden  and  Norway.  His  efforts  to  secure  a 
freer  market  for  American  products  were  also 
crowned  with  success,  the  Swedish  Riksdag  of 
1892  voting  to  reduce  the  duty  on  both  grain  and 
pork  by  one-half.  He  also  was  successful  in 
persuading  the  Swedish  people  to  make  a  large 
and  diversified  display  at  the  Columbian  Expo- 
sition at  Chicago,  in  1893.  On  the  arrival  of  the 
United  States  warship  Baltimore  at  Stockholm, 
in  September,  1800,  with  the  body  of  the  great 
Swedish-American,  John  Ericsson,  Mr.  Thomas, 
in  an  eloquent  address,  delivered  the  honored 
ashes  of  the  inventor  of  the  Monitor  to  the  King 
and  peopte  of  Sweden. 

Mr.    Thomas   was    recalled    from    his    post   by 
President    Cleveland    (for    the    second    time)    in 
1894.     At   a  farewell   audience   Mr.  Thomas   was 
presented    by    King    Oscar   with    his    portrait,    a 
life-size     painting,     personally     inscribed     by     the 
King.     On    his   return   to   America,   in    October, 
Mr.   Thomas   was   welcomed   back   to  his   native 
land   by   a    reception    and   banquet    given    in   his 
honor  by  the  leading  Swedish-Americans  of  the 
State  of  New  York  at  the  house  of  the  Swedish 
Engineers'    Club   in    Brooklyn.     During   the   fol- 
lowing winter  he  delivered  addresses  upon  Swe- 
den   and    the    Swedes    in    more    than    fifty    cities 
and    towns,    in    sixteen    different    States    of    the 
Union,  and  was  everywhere  greeted  by  large  and 
enthusiastic  audiences  and  honored  by  public  re- 
ceptions and  banquets.     In  fact  his  entire  lecture 
tour  from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Rocky  mountains 
was  a  continuous  ovation.     Mr.  Thomas  took  the 
stump  for  McKinley  and   sound  money  in   1896, 
speaking  in  Maine  from  the  opening  of  the  cam- 
paign until  the  State  election  in  September,  and 
thereafter  in  the  Western  States.     At  the  special 
request  of  the  Republican  National  Committee  he 
made  an   extensive  and   successful   tour  through 
the   Scandinavian   settlements   of   Minnesota   and 
the   Dakotas,   addressing   large   audiences   in   the 
Swedish    language. 

President  McKinley  appointed  Mr.  Thomas  to 
his  old  post  in  December,  1897.  When  he  pre- 
sented his  credentials  as  American  Minister,  for 


the  third  time,  at  the  Palace  at  Stockholm,  King 
Oscar  threw  aside  all  ceremony  and  greeted  him 
as  an  old  friend,  exclaiming:  "I  hoped  it,  I  felt 
it,  I  knew  it;  and  now  you  are  here."  On  the 
unveiling  of  the  bronze  monument  to  John  Erics- 
son at  Stockholm,  on  September  14,  1901,  the 
eleventh  anniversary  of  the  reception  of  his 
revered  remains  in  Sweden,  Mr.  Thomas  deliv- 
ered the  oration,  in  the  Swedish  language,  in  the 
presence  of  the  Swedish  royalties,  court,  cabinet 
and  25,000  people,  and  was  publicly  thanked 
therefor  by  the  Crown  Prince,  representing  the 
King.  On  April  10,  1903,  Mr.  Thomas  presided 
at  the  great  international  banquet  at  Stockholm, 
commemorative  of  the  centennial  of  the  purchase 
of  the  Louisiana  Territory  by  the  United  States, 
and  delivered  an  historical  address  in  Swedish. 
Through  his  untiring  efforts  and  wise  diplomacy 
he  secured  the  official  participation  of  Sweden 
in  the  Louisiana  Purchase  Exposition,  after  the 
Swedish  government  had  twice  declined.  During 
his  diplomatic  career  he  has  three  times  secured 
the  good  offices  of  King  Oscar  in  the  settlement 
of  controversies  between  the  United  States  and 
Great  Britain  or  Germany. 

Mr.  Thomas  is  a  lover  of  all  outdoor,  manly 
sports,  and  a  keen  follower  of  the  chase.  He  has 
laid  low  the  bear  and  moose  in  the  back  woods 
of  America,  and  elk  and  deer  in  the  forests  of 
Sweden.  On  September  29,  1893,  when  hunt- 
ing in  company  with  King  Oscar  on  Hunneberg 
Mountain,  in  Sweden,  he  had  the  good  luck  to 
shoot  four  noble  elk  as  large  and  grand  as  the 
moose  of  Maine.  He  is  widely  known  as  an 
entertaining  writer.  Beside  the  translation  men- 
tioned above,  and  numerous  articles  for  the  peri- 
odical press  of  Sweden  and  America,  he  is  the 
author  of  "Sweden  and  the  Swedes,"  a  hand- 
somely illustrated  volume  of  750  pages,  which 
was  published  simultaneously  in  1892,  in  America, 
England  and  Sweden,  printed  in  both  English 
and  Swedish  languages.  The  book  has  met  with 
a  flattering  reception  and  large  sale  on  both  sides 
of  the  Atlantic,  and  is  characterized  by  the 
Swedish  press  as  "the  most  correct  and  at  the 
same  time  the  most  genial  description  of  Sweden 
and  its  people  ever  published  in  any  language." 
Mr.  Thomas  resigned  his  post  in  1005,  after  hav- 
ing held  the  position  of  American  Minister  to 
Sweden  and  Norway  for  fifteen  years,  under  the 
appointment  of  three  Presidents.  On  his  retire- 
ment the  American  consular  officers  in  Sweden 
presented  him  with  a  magnificent  silver  loving 
cup,  inscribed:  "As  a  token  of  remembrance  and 
gratitude,"  and  Secretary  of  State,  John  Hay, 


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wrote:  "You  have  had  the  longest,  the  most  dis- 
tinguished and  the  most  useful  term  of  service 
(in  Sweden  and  Norway)  that  any  American  has 
ever  had,  and  I  congratulate  you  heartily  on  it." 
The  honorary  degree  of  LL.D.  was  conferred 
upon  him  by  Bethany  College  in  1901,  and  by 
Bowdoin  in  1913. 

Mr.  Thomas'  first  wife  died  at  Stockholm,  Jan- 
uary 31,  1912,  universally  beloved  and  respected. 
The  Swedish  royalties  sent  special  representa- 
tives to  her  funeral.  Three  years  afterwards, 
1915,  he  married  Mrs.  Aina  (Tornebladh),  sis- 
ter of  his  first  wife.  He  had  two  children  by 
his  first  marriage:  William  Widgery  (3),  died 
in  infancy;  Oscar  Percival,  born  August  13,  1889, 
within  the  American  Legation  at  Stockholm. 

Mr.  Thomas  is  a  corresponding  member  of 
the  Royal  Swedish  Academy  for  Literature,  His- 
tory and  Antiquities,  a  member  of  the  Swedish 
Society  for  Anthropology  and  Geography,  the 
"Idun,"  a  Swedish  literary  society,  the  "Nya 
Sallskapet,"  a  Swedish  social  club,  King  Gustafs 
Shooting  Club,  the  Royal  Swedish  Yacht  Club, 
the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society,  Maine  Historical 
Society,  Portland  Fraternity  Club,  and  the  Port- 
land Yacht  Club,  of  which  he  was  a  founder. 


ALBERT  JOSEPH  RAYNES— The  Raynes 
family  is  a  splendid  example  of  that  sturdy  class 
of  men  which  came  from  England  in  the  past 
and  settled  throughout  the  region  known  as  New 
England,  giving  character  to  the  type  which  has 
become  representative  of  that  section  of  the 
country,  the  imigrant  ancestor  having  located  in 
the  town  of  York,  Maine.  The  family  has  been 
identified  with  the  Maine  Central  Railroad  Com- 
pany practically  from  its  inception,  Joseph 
Raynes,  the  grandfather  of  the  present  auditor, 
Albert  Joseph  Raynes,  having  been  the  first 
agent  at  Yarmouth  Junction,  Maine,  of  the  Ken- 
nebec  &  Portland  Railroad,  now  a  part  of  the 
Maine  Central  System,  and  of  the  Atlantic  &  St. 
Lawrence  Railway,  now  a  part  of  the  Grand 
Trunk  System. 

Joseph  Raynes,  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary 
(Eveleth)  Raynes,  the  father  of  Albert  Joseph 
Raynes,  was  born  March  25,  1843,  at  New  Glor- 
cester,  Maine,  where  his  maternal  grandfather 
was  town  clerk  for  thirty  years.  He  was  edu- 
cated at  Yarmouth,  Maine,  where  he  attended  the 
public  schools,  and  North  Yarmouth  Academy. 
After  leaving  school  he  secured  a  position  in  the 
employ  of  the  Portland  &  Kennebec  Railroad, 
working  in  the  shops  at  Augusta,  Maine.  He 
was  thus  engaged  at  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil 


War  and  left  to  enlist  in  the  United  States  Navy 
at  Charlestown  Navy  Yard.  He  saw  much  ac- 
tive service,  and  was  engineer's  yeoman  on  the 
monitor  Nahant  during  the  engagement  of  Mor- 
ris Island  and  the  bombardment  of  Fort  Sumpter. 
He  afterwards  served  for  a  short  time  on  the 
battleship  Vermont,  which  was  stationed  at 
Brooklyn,  New  York,  and  it  was  from  here  that 
he  received  his  honorable  discharge.  He  re- 
turned home  at  once,  where  he  succeeded  his 
father  as  agent  for  the  Portland  &  Kennebec 
Railroad,  upon  the  death  of  the  elder  man  in  1865, 
holding  this  position  for  some  fifteen  years,  when 
he  resigned.  He  then  entered  the  business  of 
cigar  manufacturer,  in  which  he  continued  until 
the  year  1886,  when  he  was  appointed  postmas- 
ter at  Yarmouthville,  Maine.  Besides  his  posi- 
tion as  postmaster,  which  he  held  for  twenty- 
seven  years,  Mr.  Raynes  has  been  extremely  ac- 
tive in  local  affairs  and  for  several  years  held  the 
office  of  town  treasurer.  On  January  I,  1914, 
Mr.  Raynes  resigned  his  position  as  postmaster, 
and  retired  from  active  business  life. 

Albert  Joseph  Raynes,  son  of  Joseph  and 
Esther  (Johnson)  Raynes,  was  born  November 
18,  1873,  at  Yarmouth,  Maine.  He  received  his 
education  at  the  local  public  schools,  and  grad- 
uated from  the  Yarmouth  High  School  in  June, 
1889.  After  completing  his  studies,  he  entered 
the  employ  of  the  Maine  Central  Railroad  Com- 
pany as  freight  clerk  and  telegraph  operator  at 
Yarmouth  Junction,  Maine.  He  remained  in  this 
capacity  until  1899,  when  he  was  transferred  to 
the  general  offices  of  the  company  at  Portland, 
Maine.  On  November  I,  1911,  he  was  appointed 
auditor  of  disbursements,  and  on  November  I, 
1913,  he  became  auditor,  in  charge  of  disburse- 
ments and  traffic  accounts.  On  January  I,  1918, 
the  property  of  the  Maine  Central  Railroad  Com- 
pany was  taken  over  by  the  United  States  Rail- 
road Administration,  and  on  July  I,  1918,  Mr. 
Raynes  was  appointed  Federal  auditor  in  charge 
of  the  accounting  department,  which  position  he 
still  holds. 

Mr.  Raynes  is  a  well-known  Mason,  having 
taken  his  thirty-second  degree  in  Free  Masonry, 
and  is  affiliated  with  Casco  Lodge,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons;  Cumberland  Chapter,  Royal 
Arch  Masons;  Portland  Council,  Royal  and  Se- 
lect Masters;  Portland  Commandery,  Knights 
Templar;  and  Kora  Temple,  Ancient  Arabic  Or- 
der Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  is  a  Con- 
grcgationalist  in  his  religious  belief  and  attends 
the  church  of  that  denomination  at  Portland. 

In  October,  1918,  Mr.  Raynes  married  Lisette 
Budd  Lincoln,  of  Portland,  Maine. 


BIOGRAPHICAL 


JAMES  HENRY  HALL,  one  of  the  best- 
known  and  highly-esteemed  business  men  of 
Portland,  Maine,  where  he  now  resides  in  re- 
tirement after  more  than  half  a  century  of  active 
business  life,  is  a  native  of  this  State,  and  is  a 
descendant  of  good  old  stock  of  the  "Pine  Tree 
State."  He  is  in  the  best  sense  of  the  term  a 
self-made  man,  and  throughout  his  long  and 
honorable  career  has  stood  for  the  highest  com- 
mercial standards  of  integrity  and  honor,  and 
as  a  man  and  as  a  citzen  he  displayed  a  personal 
worth  and  an  excellence  of  character  that  not 
only  commanded  the  respect  of  those  with  whom 
he  associated,  but  won  him  the  warmest  per- 
sonal admiration  and  the  staunches!  friendships. 
Aside  from  his  business  affairs,  however,  he  found 
time  for  the  championship  of  many  progressive 
public  measures,  recognized  the  opportunities 
for  reform,  advancement  and  improvement,  and 
labored  effectively  and  earnestly  for  the  general 
good. 

James  Henry  Hall  is  a  son  of  Jeremiah  Porter 
and  Sarah  Jane  (Smith)  Hall,  old  and  highly-re- 
spected residents  of  the  town  of  Gorham,  Maine, 
where  the  former  was  well-known  in  business 
circles  as  a  successful  manufacturer  of  boots  and 
shoes,  and  it  was  in  that  town  that  he  made  his 
home  and  eventually  died.  Jeremiah  Porter  Hall 
married  Sarah  Jane  Smith,  who  possessed  un- 
usual Christian  characteristics,  was  a  devoted 
wife  and  mother,  whose  death  also  occurred  at 
the  old  Hall  home  at  Gorham.  They  were  the 
parents  of  four  children  as  follows:  James 
Henry,  of  further  mention;  Cyrus  M.,  a  young 
man  of  unusual  promise,  who  enlisted  in  the  Sev- 
enteenth Regiment,  Maine  Volunteer  Infantry, 
for  the  Civil  War,  and  lost  his  life  at  the  battle 
of  Gettysburg;  Sarah,  who  became  the  wife  of 
William  H.  Marston,  of  Gorham;  Lydia  Jane, 
who  became  the  wife  of  a  Mr.  Hodgden,  of  West 
Boxton. 

James  Henry  Hall  was  born  at  Gorham,  Maine, 
August  14,  1840.  He  passed  his  childhood  and 
early  youth  in  his  native  town,  attending  there 
the  local  public  schools,  and  later  the  Limington 
Academy.  Upon  completing  his  studies  he  en- 
gaged in  business  on  his  own  account,  while  still 
in  his  "teens"  and  with  very  little  capital,  manu- 
facturing boots  and  shoes  for  women.  His  nat- 
ural talent  for  business  triumphed  over  the  dif- 
ficulties that  confronted  him,  and  he  remained 
thus  engaged  until  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War. 
During  a  portion  of  this  time  his  brother,  Cyrus 
M.  Hall,  was  assocated  with  him  in  this  enter- 
prise. In  the  year  1864  he  took  up  his  residence 


in  the  city  of  Portland,  and  has  there  since  re- 
sided, identifying  himself  most  closely  with  its 
interests  and  affairs.  In  1874  he  formed  a  part- 
nership with  Cyrus  Thompson,  a  successful  busi- 
ness man  of  Portland,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Thompson  &  Hall,  and  engaged  in  the  wholesale- 
grocery  business  and  fruit  and  produce,  their 
.establishment  located  at  Nos.  245-247  Commer- 
cial street,  and  there  the  firm  continued  its  trans- 
actions with  uninterrupted  success  for  a  period  of 
twenty-seven  years,  Mr.  Thompson  then  retiring 
from  the  business.  In  the  year  1901  the  business 
was  incorporated  under  the  name  of  the  Thomp- 
son-Hall Company,  which  is  at  the  present  time 
(1918)  conducting  an  extensive  and  flourishing 
trade  in  the  same  location.  The  company,  aside 
from  its  general  business,  established  a  factory 
for  the  canning  of  sugar  corn,  squash,  beans  and 
apples,  and  here  the  well-known  brands  of  "Sil- 
ver Lake"  and  "Harvest"  were  put  up.  Another 
enterprise  of  the  concern  was  the  establishment 
at  Cornish  of  an  apple  evaporator.  From  1901, 
the  year  of  its  incorporation,  to  1912,  Mr.  Halt 
served  in  the  capacity  of  president  and  general 
manager  of  the  company,  and  personally  directed 
its  affairs.  In  the  latter  named  year  he  retired 
from  active  business  pursuits,  and  turned  over 
the  great  business,  which  was  so  largely  the 
fruit  of  his  energy  and  constructive  genius,  to 
the  younger  men  who  had  been  associated  with 
him  and  who  are  now  conducting  it  successfully. 
From  early  youth,  for  more  than  fifty  years,  Mr. 
Hall's  life  has  been  a  most  active  one,  the  uni- 
form success  of  his  business  ventures  being  due 
to  his  good  judgment  and  busness  acumen,  and 
to  the  energy  and  enthusiasm  with  which  he  fol- 
lowed up  his  opportunities.  He  has  always 
shown  himself  a  most  enterprising  man,  with 
progressive  ideas  who  was  ready  to  adopt  the- 
improvements  of  the  day,  yet  conservative 
enough  never  to  forget  the  fundamentals  of  good 
business  which  must  remain  the  same  from  year 
to  year  and  from  age  to  age. 

However  interested  Mr.  Hall  was  in  the  suc- 
cess of  his  business  efforts,  he  has  never  lost 
sight  of  the  corresponding  interests  of  the  com- 
munity of  which  he  is  a  valued  member,  and  has 
always  shown  the  most  public-spirited  concern 
for  the  institutions  and  affairs  of  his  adopted 
city,  Portland.  He  is  a  staunch  Republican  in 
politics,  rendered  valuable  service  as  a  member 
of  the  City  Committe  for  seventeen  years,  and 
also  in  the  City  Council,  which  he  served  for 
three  years,  1879-80-81,  and  during  that  period 
of  time  stood  for  much  needed  reforms  and  im- 


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HISTORY  OF  MAINE 


provernents  in  the  city  administration,  his  tenure 
of  office  being  noted  for  efficiency,  thorough- 
ness and  promptness  in  the  execution  of  every 
detail.  Mr.  Hall  is  prominent  in  the  Masonic 
order,  holding  membership  in  St.  Albans  Com- 
mandery,  Knights  Templar.  He  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  Harmony  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows;  Longfellow  Lodge,  Knights  of 
Pythias,  and  was  one  of  the  first  twenty-five 
members  of  the  Portland  Club,  a  club  of  three 
hundred  and  fifty  members  at  the  present  time, 
and  he  occupes  the  office  of  vice-president  of 
that  important  organization  of  prominent  men. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  High  Street  Con- 
gregational Church  of  Portland. 

In  1911  Mr.  Hall  published  a  finely  gotten-up 
book  of  poems  entitled  "Club  Poems  and  Bal- 
lads of  Country  Life."  This  book  of  poems  was 
written  as  a  pastime  while  resting  in  the  coun- 
try, and  is  dedicated  to  his  many  friends  and 
readers,  known  and  unknown.  Though  never 
pretending  to  be  a  poet,  Mr.  Hall  has  celebrated 
in  verse  many  social  events,  his  book  showing 
the  strength  of  his  love  for  his  country.  His 
harking  back  to  his  childhood  days  and  his 
strong  and  abiding  faith  in  the  goodness  of  God 
are  often  shown  in  his  lines,  as,  for  instance:  "A 
heavenly  home  of  love  and  beauty,  a  dream  with- 
in a  dream."  He  was  right,  too,  when  he  said: 

The  world   likes  the  man  that  wins, 
The  man  that  works  with   a   will ; 

He   Is   busy    all    through   the   heat   of   the   day, 
And   never   stops   at   the   foot   of   the   hill. 

Mr.  Hall  likes  to  look  on  the  bright  side  of  life. 
He  has  also  written  many  articles  for  trade 
papers,  and  an  article  on  "History  of  Portland." 

The  following,  by  Colonel  Fay,  appeared  in  the 
Sunday  Times,  February  13,  1916: 

His  mind  works  rapidly,  he  saw  a  business  opening 
many  times  in  advance  of  others:  he  made  a  constant 
study  of  the  markets  and  was  prepared  when  he  saw 
an  opportunity.  He  Is  still  a  strong  and  vigorous 
man  'and  held  high  in  the  councils  of  his  party,  and 
few  men  are  better  Informed.  He  is  a  delightful  man 
to  meet  at  his  home,  club  or  elsewhere:  his  Ideas  are 
measured  by  the  highest  standard  of  right  and  justice, 
a  model  man,  and  has  many  friends.  He  was  on  the 
Portland  City  Committee  for  many  years,  and  has  had 
a  good  deal  to  do  with  bringing  out  others  for  office. 
In  1911  Mr.  Hall  published  a  book  of  poems  entitled: 
"Club  Poems  and  Ballads  of  Country  Life:"  also  a  book 
called  "Tom's  Biography,"  and  while  he  does  not  pre- 
tend to  be  a  poet  he  has  celebrated  many  social  gather- 
Ings  by  poems  written  expressly  for  the  occasion  in 
which  he  has  shown  his  love  for  his  country  and  his 
strong  and  abiding  faith  in  the  goodness  of  God.  He 
has  been  a  member  of  the  Portland  Board  of  Trade 
for  forty  years,  was  president  of  the  Fruit  and  Produce 
Exchange  for  ten  years,  has  been  a  director  in  both 
the  Portland  nnd  <Tasco  IjOan  and  Building  Associa- 
tions since  their  organizations.  He  has  read  many 
papers  before  clubs  in  Portland,  and  written  for  maga- 
zines and  papers. 


James  Henry  Hall  married  (first)  Julia  L. 
Buxton,  a  native  of  Windham,  Maine,  a  daughter 
of  William  L.  Buxton,  of  that  place.  One  child 
was  born  to  them,  Bertha  L.,  who  is  now  the 
wife  of  Arthur  H.  MacKcown,  of  Boston.  Mrs. 
Hall  died  in  1884.  Mr.  Hall  married  (second) 
in  1886,  Harriet  M.  Carter,  of  Portland,  a  daugh- 
ter of  George  VV.  Carter.  Mrs.  Hall  is  a  promi- 
nent figure  in  the  social  life  of  the  city  of  Port- 
land, and  a  member  of  the  High  Street  Congre- 
gational Church. 


LUCILIUS  ALONZO  EMERY,  Retired  Chief 
Justice. — From  an  old  American  family  Judge 
Emery  has  inherited  those  qualities  which  made 
him  a  distinguished  son  of  Maine.  The  name  is 
an  ancient  personal  one,  which  in  time  became  a 
surname.  Some  of  the  original  spellings  in  Eng- 
land were  Americ,  Almeric,  Almaric,  and  Elmeric; 
and  it  is  the  same  to  which,  in  the  Italian  form 
of  Amerigo,  we  now  owe  the  title  of  our  own 
country.  It  is  a  name  which  has  been  honorably 
borne  by  many  citizens  of  the  United  States, 
one  which  was  very  early  in  New  England,  and 
has  been  from  that  cradle  of  American  citizen- 
ship distributed  over  a  wide  area.  It  was  early 
identified  with  Maine,  and  has  been  borne  by 
pioneers  of  numerous  towns  in  this  State. 

(I)  The   first  of  whom  positive   record  is   ob- 
tained   was    John    Emery,    who    with    his    wife 
Agnes  resided  in   Romsey,  Hants,   England,  and 
probably   died   there. 

(II)  Anthony  Emery,  second  son  of  John  and 
Agnes  Emery,  was  born  in  Romsey,  Hants,  Eng- 
land,   and    sailed    for    America    with    his    elder 
brother  John,   from   Southampton,   April  3,   1635, 
in    the    ship   James,   of    London,    William    Cooper, 
master,  their  wives  and  one  or  two  children  each 
probably   accompanying   them.     They   landed   in 
Boston,   Massachusetts,   June   3,    1635.     Anthony 
Emery,  it  seems,  was  in   Ipswich  in  August  fol- 
lowing, and   not  long  after   settled  in   Newbury, 
where  he   lived  until   about    1640.     In   the   latter 
year  he  removed  to  Dover,  New  Hampshire,  and 
on   October  22   of  that   year  signed   the   "Dover 
Combination."     For  the  nine  years  following  he 
was    identified    with    the    interests    of   the    town. 
His  house  was  at  Dover  Neck,  about  a  mile  from 
the  present  railroad  station  at  Dover  Point,  and 
three    or   four   miles    from   Major    Richard   Wal- 
dern's    (Waldron's)    settlement    on    the    Cocheco 
river.     There  he  kept  an  ordinary  or  inn,  which 
was  destroyed  by  fire.     In  1644  a"d  1648  he  was 
one  of  the  townsmen   (selectmen)   for  the  "pru- 
dential affairs"   of   Dover.      He   bought   of  John 
White,  November  15,  1648,  a  house,  a  field,  and 


HIOGRAPHICAL 


55 


a  great  barren  marsh  on  Sturgeon  creek,  in  Pis- 
chataqua,  afterward  Kittery,  now  Eliot,  Maine, 
and  two  other  marshes.  He  served  on  the  grand 
jury  in  1649,  and  in  the  same  year  removed  to 
Kittery,  where  he  resided  until  1660.  He  was 
juryman  several  times,  selectman  in  1652  and 
1659,  and  constable;  was  one  of  the  forty-one 
inhabitants  of  Kittery  who  acknowledged  them- 
selves subject  to  the  government  of  Massachu- 
setts Bay,  November  16,  1652.  He  received  at 
four  different  times  grants  of  land  from  the  town; 
also  bought  of  Joseph  Austin,  of  Pischataqua, 
July  15,  1650,  "a  little  Marsh  soe  Commonly 
called  above  sturgeon  Crocke,  with  a  little  house 
and  upland  yrunto  belonging,  as  also  one  thou- 
sand five  hundred  foote  of  boards,  for  &  in  Con- 
sideration of  Two  stears  Called  by  ye  name  of 
Draggon  and  Benbow,  with  a  weeks  worke  of 
himselfe  &  other  two  oxen  wch  is  to  be  done  in 
Cutchecho."  In  1656  he  was  fined  five  pounds 
for  mutinous  courage  in  questioning  the  authority 
of  the  court  of  Kittery,  and  in  1660  he  was  fined 
a  second  time  for  entertaining  Quakers,  and  de- 
prived of  the  rights  and  privileges  of  a  freeman 
in  Kittery.  On  May  12,  of  that  year,  he  sold  to 
his  son  James  all  his  property  in  Kittery,  and 
sought  a  residence  where  he  could  enjoy  more 
liberty.  He  removed  to  Portsmouth,  Rhode 
Island,  and  was  there  received  as  a  free  inhabi- 
tant, September  29,  1660.  He  served  as  a  jury- 
man from  Portsmouth  on  several  occasions,  was 
chosen  constable,  June  4,  1666,  and  deputy  to  the 
General  Court,  April  25,  1672.  The  last  evidence 
of  his  residence  at  Portsmouth  is  that  of  a  deed 
of  land  in  Portsmouth  to  Rebecca  Sadler,  his 
daughter,  dated  March  9,  1680.  An  Anthony 
Emory  was  representative  from  Kittery  at  York, 
Maine,  March  30,  1680,  but  it  does  not  seem 
probable  after  what  had  happened  to  that  time 
that  Anthony  Emery,  the  immigrant,  is  the  per- 
son referred  to.  He  was  a  man  of  good  business 
qualifications,  energetic,  independent,  resolute  in 
purpose,  bold  in  action,  severe  in  speech,  jealous 
of  his  own  rights,  and  willing  to  suffer  for  Con- 
science sake.  He  was  one  of  those  men  who  did 
their  own  thinking  and  would  rather  be  right 
than  be  president.  The  Christian  name  of  his 
wife  was  Frances. 

(Ill)  James  Emery,  eldest  son  of  Anthony  and 
Frances  Emery,  born  about  1630,  in  England, 
bad  several  grants  of  land  in  Kittery,  was  many 
years  its  selectman,  and  representative  to  the 
General  Court  from  1693  to  1695.  For  a  time 
he  lived  in  Dedham,  Massachusetts,  and  later  in 
Berwick,  then  a  part  of  Kittery.  He  was  a  very 
large  man,  weighing  over  three  hundred  and 


fifty  pounds,  and  died  about  1714.  His  wife, 
Elizabeth,  was  the  mother  of  James,  mentioned 
below. 

(IV)  James    (2)    Emery,    son    of    James    (l) 
and   Elizabeth    Emery,   was   born   about    1660,   in 
Kittery,    and    lived    in    Berwick,    where    his    will 
was  made  December  28,  1724,  in  which  he  men- 
tioned his  wife  Elizabeth,  who  was  probably  his 
second    wife.      He    married,    December    I,    1685. 
Margaret,     daughter     of     Richard   and     Lucretia 
Hickcock. 

(V)  Thomas    Emery,    son    of   James    (2)    and 
Margaret    (Hickcock)'  Emery,  was  born   Decem- 
ber   2,    1706,    in    Berwick,    settled    in    Biddeford, 
Maine,   where    his   will   was   made    May   9,    1781. 
He   married,   March   22,   1731,   Susanna,   daughter 
of   Deacon   Ebenezer   and   Abiel   Hill,   of   Bidde- 
ford. 

(VI)  James    (3)    Emery,   son   of   Thomas   and 
Susanna   (Hill)   Emery,  was  born  November  22, 
1738.     He  was  living  in   Biddeford  in   1772.     He 
married,  in  that  year,   Mary  Scammon,  of  Saco, 
born  April  29,  1745,  died  March  I,  1795. 

(VII)  James  (4)  Emery,  son  of  James  (3)  and 
M'ary    (Scammon)    Emery,   was   born    March   31, 
1772,  in   Biddeford,  and  lived  in   Buxton,   Maine, 
where  he  died  March  6,  1840.    He  married,  March 
12,  1705,  Catherine  Freethey,  of  York,  born  Octo- 
ber 17,  1771,  died  September  19,  1855. 

(VIII)  James  Scammon  Emery,  son  of  James 
(4)  and  Catherine   (Freethey)   Emery,  was  born 
June   14,   1813,  in   Buxton,  died  May  24,   1868,  in 
Hampden,    Maine,   where   he    was   a   farmer   and 
lumberman.     He  married  Eliza  Ann  Wing,  born 
June    22,    1811,    in    Wayne,    Maine,    daughter    of 
Aaron  and  Sylvina  (Perry)  Wing,  granddaughter 
of  Simeon  and  Mary   (Allen)  Wing,  pioneers  of 
Wayne. 

(IX)  Lucilius   Alonzo   Emery,   eldest   child   of 
James  Scammon  and  Eliza  Ann  (Wing)   Emery, 
was    born    July    27,    1840,    in    Carmel,    where    he 
grew  up  on  the  paternal  homestead,  assisting  as 
a  boy  in  the  labors  of  the  farm.     After  prepara- 
tion at  Hampden  Academy,  he  entered  Bowdoin 
College,   from   which   he   was   graduated  in   1861. 
Thirty-two  years  later  he  received  from  that  in- 
stitution   the   honorary   degree    of   LL.D.     After 
studying  law  at  Bangor,  he  settled  in  practice  at 
Ellsworth,    Maine,    in    1863,   and   six   years   later 
formed  a  partnership  with  the  late  Eugene  Hale 
(q.v.),   and   this   association   continued  until    Mr. 
Emery  was  appointed  a  justice  of  the   Supreme 
Court  in  1883.     This  firm  conducted  a  very  large 
and  lucrative  practice,  and  attained  high  standing 
b"(r>ro    tbc    courts    of    the    State.      Mr.    Emery 
served  as  attorney  of  Hancock  county  from  1867 


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to  1871,  was  State  Senator  in  1874-75  and  1881-82. 
From  1876  to  1879  he  was  Attorney  General  of 
the  State;  from  1883  to  1906  served  as  Associate 
Justice  of  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court,  and  was 
Chief  Justice  of  that  court  from  1906  to  1911, 
when  he  voluntarily  retired  from  the  bench. 
Judge  Emery  has  always  been  a  supporter  of 
education  and  every  movement  calculated  to  ad- 
vance the  standards  of  civilization,  and  is  one  of 
the  trustees  of  Bowdoin  College.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Psi  Upsilon,  Greek  letter  fraternity, 
of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  and  of  the  great  Masonic 
order.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Maine  State  Bar 
Association,  of  the  American  Bar  Association, 
and  of  the  Tarratine  Club  of  Bangor,  Maine,  and 
University  Club  of  Providence,  Rhode  Island. 
His  political  associations  have  always  been  with 
the  Republican  party,  and  his  church  relations 
with  the  Congregational  order. 

Judge  Emery  was  married  in  Hampden,  Maine, 
November  9,  1864,  to  Anne  S.  Crosby,  born 
March  2,  1840,  in  Hampden,  died  in  Ellsworth, 
December  12,  1912.  She  was  a  daughter  of 
Major  John  Crosby,  of  Hampden,  a  paper  manu- 
facturer and  merchant,  major  of  the  Maine 
militia,  and  his  wife,  Anne  (Stetson)  Crosby. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Emery  were  the  parents  of:  I. 
Anne  Crosby,  born  January  I,  1871,  graduated  at 
Bryn  Mawr  College,  1892,  and  is  now  the  wife 
of  Francis  Greenleaf  Allimro,  professor  of  clas- 
sical philology  at  Brown  University.  2.  Henry 
Crosby,  born  December  26,  1872,  graduated  from 
Bowdoin  College,  at  the  age  of  nineteen  years, 
was  for  a  time  representative  in  Russia  of  the 
Guaranty  Trust  Company  of  New  York,  residing 
in  Petrograd,  and  is  still  connected  with  that 
institution,  but  residing  in  New  York. 


JOHN  HUBBARD— A  unique  character  in  the 
history  of  Maine,  John  Hubbard  early  in  life 
demonstrated  those  sterling  qualities  which  he 
had  inherited  from  his  distinguished  progenitor. 
In  a  resume  of  the  Hubbard  family  we  find  it 
among  the  early  American  names.  It  is  an 
Anglo-Saxon  word,  a  corruption  of  Hubert, 
meaning  a  bright  form,  fair  hope. 

There  were  several  early  immigrants  to  Amer- 
ica by  the  name  of  Hubbard.  One  George 
Hubbard  came  as  early  as  1633;  he  landed  at 
Concord,  Massachusetts,  but  removed  to  Weth- 
ersfield,  Connecticut,  and  founded  the  Connecti- 
cut branch  of  the  family.  William  Hubbard, 
mentioned  in  early  colonial  records  as  a  resident 
of  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  had  a  son  Richard, 
who  is  mentioned  as  being  at  Exeter,  New  Hamp- 
shire, 1636,  and  afterwards  at  Dover.  This  Rich- 


ard Hubbard  should  not  be  confused  with  Cornet 
Richard  Hubbard,  as  research  had  failed  to 
establish  any  relationship  between  him  and  the 
progenitor  of  the  line  herein  traced. 

Cornet  Richard  Hubbard,  born  between  1630 
and  1634,  was  a  resident  of  Salisbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, as  early  as  1665.  He  became  a  freeman 
in  1690,  and  three  years  later  was  admitted  to 
the  Salisbury  church.  He  was  deputy  to  the 
General  Court  of  Massachusetts  in  1694-95.  In 
his  later  days  he  removed  to  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts, but  finally  returned  to  Salisbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  died  June  26,  1719,  nearly 
ninety  years  of  age.  He  married,  June  8,  1666, 
Martha,  daughter  of  William  and  Ann  (Goodale) 
Allen,  of  Salisbury,  where  she  was  born  in 
1646,  became  a  member  of  the  church  in  1687 
and  died  October  4,  1718.  They  had  ten  children. 

Lieutenant  John  Hubbard,  the  eldest  son  of 
Cornet  Richard  and  Martha  (Allen)  Hubbard, 
was  born  in  Salisbury,  Massachusetts,  April  2, 
1669.  He  was  admitted  to  the  church  August  I, 
1703,  and  a  year  later  removed  to  Kingston,  New 
Hampshire.  He  was  lieutenant  of  militia,  and 
was  active  in  the  affairs  of  the  community.  He 
married  Jane  Follensby  and  had  a  family  of 
eleven  children.  His  death  occurred  at  Kings- 
ton. New  Hampshire,  in  1723. 

Captain  Richard  Hubbard,  son  of  Lieutenant 
John  and  Jane  (Follensby)  Hubbard,  was  born 
in  Salisbury,  Massachusetts,  December  26,  1696. 
He  was  about  eight  years  of  age  when  his  father 
removed  to  Kingston,  New  Hampshire;  he  be- 
came a  farmer  on  an  extensive  scale  and  a  promi- 
nent citizen  of  the  town.  He  married  four  times; 
(first)  Abigail  Davis,  daughter  of  Elisha  and 
Grace  (Shaw)  Davis;  she  died  September  25, 
1733,  and  he  married  (second)  Abigail  Taylor, 
who  died  December  9,  1768.  The  surnames  of 
his  other  wives  (Dorcas  and  Mary)  are  unknown. 
He  was  the  father  of  six  children  by  his  first 
wife  and  eight  by  his  second  wife. 

John  Hubbard,  only  son  and  youngest  child 
of  Captain  Richard  and  Abigail  (Davis)  Hub- 
bard, was  born  in  Kingston,  New  Hampshire, 
April  12,  1733,  and  died  some  time  prior  to  1781, 
since  in  the  will  of  his  father,  dated  October  I, 
1781,  mention  is  made  of  his  widow  Joanna  and 
her  children.  John  Hubbard  was  educated  and 
spent  the  early  days  of  his  Hfe  in  his  native 
town,  later  he  became  one  of  the  leading  physi- 
cians of  Kingston.  He  married,  April  30,  1754, 
Joanna  Davis,  who  as  a  widow  removed  with  her 
family  to  Readfield,  Maine.  She  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  Francis  and  Joanna  (Ordway)  Davis;  and 
was  born  July  16,  1731.  Her  gravestone  in  the 


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Readfield  Cemetery  bears  the  inscription: 
"Joanna  Davis,  widow  of  John  Hubbard,  died 
Sep.  15,  1807,  in  the  75th  year  of  her  age." 

John  Hubbard,  son  of  John  and  Joanna 
(Davis)  Hubbard,  was  born  in  Kingston,  New 
Hampshire,  September  28,  1759.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  his  native  town,  studied  medicine  under 
his  father,  and  commenced  practice  in  New 
Hampton,  New  Hampshire.  After  the  death  of 
his  father  he  removed  with  his  mother  to  Read- 
field,  Maine,  where  he  attained  distinction  in  his 
profession.  He  married  Olive  Wilson,  who  was 
born  in  Brentwood,  New  Hampshire,  January  23, 
1762;  they  had  a  family  of  twelve  children.  Dr. 
Hubbard  died  at  Readfield,  Maine,  April  22,  1838. 
His  widow  died  at  Hallowell,  Maine,  October 
24,  1847. 

John  Hubbard,  eldest  son  and  fifth  child  of 
John  and  Olive  (Wilson)  Hubbard,  was  born  in 
Readfield,  Maine,  March  22,  1794.  From  his 
earliest  childhood  he  was  both  mentally  and 
physically  strong  and  vigorous.  In  athletic 
games  he  was  distinguished  amongst  his  fel- 
lows, and  as  an  expert  swimmer  it  was  his 
fortune  at  one  time  to  save  the  life  of  a  play- 
mate. In  his  boyhood  he  displayed  those  traits 
of  frankness,  independence  and  sincerity  which 
distinguished  him  through  life.  While  attending 
the  district  school  he  assisted  his  father  with  the 
farm  work,  but  devoted  every  spare  hour  to 
study,  paying  particular  attention  to  mathematics 
and  the  languages.  This  was  supplemented  by 
an  attendance  of  ten  months  at  one  of  the  neigh- 
boring academies. 

Arriving  at  the  age  of  nineteen,  his  father  pre- 
sented him  with  a  horse,  and  with  only  fifteen 
dollars  in  his  pocket  he  left  home.  His  first 
objective  point  was  Hanover,  New  Hampshire, 
there  to  obtain  information  in  regard  to  the 
requirements  to  enter  Dartmouth  College.  He 
then  journeyed  to  Albany,  New  York,  where  for 
a  short  time  he  was  engaged  in  private  instruc- 
tion. In  1814,  at  the  age  of  twenty,  he  passed 
the  examination  for  admission  to  the  sophomore 
class  at  Dartmouth  College,  graduating  with  high 
rank,  being  especially  proficient  in  mathematics, 
in  the  class  of  1816.  He  employed  himself  a 
part  of  the  time  during  his  college  career  in 
teaching  school.  After  his  graduation  he  was 
principal  of  the  academy  at  Hallowell,  Maine, 
two  years,  and  applied  his  earnings  to  the  pay- 
ment of  debts  incurred  during  his  college  course. 
Having  received  a  flattering  proposition  to  teach 
an  academy  in  Dinwiddie  county,  Virginia,  he 
accepted  the  position  and  taught  in  the  South 
two  years.  His  early  associations  with  his  father 


had  given  him  some  knowledge  of  medicine,  and 
in  1820  he  entered  the  medical  department  of  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  where  he  pursued  a 
two  years'  course  of  study.  Having  made  many 
warm  friends  in  Virginia,  he  decided  to  begin  the 
practice  of  his  profession  in  that  State.  Here 
he  remained  seven  years,  pursuing  his  labors  with 
gratifying  success.  He  married,  at  Dresden, 
Maine,  July  12,  1825,  Sarah  Hodge  Barrett,  born 
in  New  Milford,  Maine,  March  4,  1796,  eldest 
daughter  of  Oliver  and  Elizabeth  (Carlton)  Bar- 
rett, of  Dresden,  and  granddaughter  of  Major 
Barrett,  of  Chelmsford,  Massachusetts,  a  minute- 
man  of  the  Revolution.  The  advancing  age  of 
his  own  parents  as  well  as  those  of  his  wife  caused 
him  to  remove  back  to  his  native  State.  His 
wife  joined  her  parents  at  Dresden,  Maine,  while 
he  tarried  for  a  time  in  Philadelphia,  attending 
medical  lectures,  spending  time  in  hospitals  and 
in  taking  post-graduate  studies.  In  1830  he 
made  a  permanent  home  in  Hallowell,  Maine, 
where  he  remained  until  his  death,  attaining  high 
standing  in  his  profession  and  as  a  man  of  high 
character.  He  was  possessed  of  a  robust  con- 
stitution, a  strong  physique,  and  his  large  experi- 
ence and  great  energy  of  body  and  mind  soon 
placed  him  in  a  commanding  position  among  the 
citizens  of  the  State.  It  was  not  an  uncommon 
occurrence  for  him  to  drive  seventy-five  miles  to 
visit  a  patient  or  attend  consultations  with  other 
physicians. 

It  was  but  natural  that  a  man  of  his  powers 
should  be  called  upon  to  engage  in  public  ser- 
vice outside  of  his  great  humanitarian  work  of 
healing  the  sick.  The  first  break  in  his  pro- 
fessional life  occurred  in  1843,  when  he  became 
the  Democratic  candidate  for  State  Senator.  The 
district  was  controlled  by  the  Whigs,  but  such 
was  Dr.  Hubbard's  popularity  that  his  election 
was  easily  accomplished.  While  in  the  Senate, 
as  chairman  of  the  committee  to  whom  the  mat- 
ter was  referred,  he  opposed  the  passage  of  an 
act  to  obstruct  operations  under  the  fugitive 
slave  law  of  1793,  and  secured  its  defeat  in  that 
body  after  it  had  passed  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives. He  was  far  from  being  an  advocate 
of  or  an  apologist  for  the  institution  of  slavery, 
but  he  believed  that  the  slave-holder  had  rights, 
and  that  all  laws  should  be  enforced. 

In  1849  the  Democratic  party  sought  him  for 
its  candidate  for  governor.  He  had  two  com- 
petitors in  the  field,  Elijah  L.  Hamlin,  candidate 
of  the  Whigs,  and  George  F.  Talbot,  of  the  Free 
Soil  party.  Dr.  Hubbard  was  elected  by  a  sub- 
stantial majority,  and  again  in  1850  was  chosen 
over  William  C.  Crosby  and  George  F.  Talbot, 


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the  Whig  and  Free  Soil  candidates.  Owing  to  a 
change  in  the  constitution  extending  the  guber- 
natorial term  to  two  years,  he  continued  in  office 
until  January,  1853,  when,  though  renominated, 
he  fell  short  of  receiving  a  majority  vote,  and 
William  G.  Crosby,  the  Whig  candidate,  was 
chosen  by  the  Legislature. 

During  his  official  service,  Governor  Hubbard 
advocated  in  his  messages  the  establishment  of 
a  reform  school,  an  agricultural  college,  a  college 
for  females,  and  endowments  of  colleges  and 
academies,  as  well  as  a  system  for  the  instruc- 
tion of  teachers.  He  was  active  in  negotiating 
the  acquisition  by  the  State  of  the  public  lands 
within  its  borders,  and  the  final  purchase  of 
these  lands  from  the  Commonwealth  of  Massa- 
chusetts was  due  to  his  urgent  recommendations 
and  efforts.  He  also  favored  the  encouragement 
of  settlers  upon  the  large  section  of  the  State 
in  the  Aroostook  territory,  which  was  without 
any  transportation  service  excepting  the  St. 
John  river,  the  only  outlet  for  its  timber  and 
produce.  He  urged  the  construction  of  a  rail- 
road from  Bangor  into  and  through  the  Aroos- 
took country,  and  to  him  belongs  the  credit  of 
initiating  a  movement  to  that  end. 

Governor  Hubbard  signed,  in  1852,  the  first 
act  known  as  the  Maine  Liquor  Law.  There  had 
been,  in  1846,  an  act  passed  restricting  the  sale 
of  intoxicating  liquors,  and  in  1849  an  effort  was 
made  to  pass  a  radical  measure  which  embodied 
offensive  provisions  for  search  of  private  prem- 
ises, which  was  vetoed  by  Governor  Dana,  his 
predecessor  in  office.  When  the  new  law  was 
passed  with  restricted  provisions,  Governor  Hub- 
bard decided  it  was  constitutional  and  thereby 
beyond  his  authority  to  veto.  This  caused  much 
dissatisfaction  in  his  own  party,  and  was  prob- 
ably the  cause  of  his  defeat  in  the  subsequent 
election.  He  was,  however,  ingenuous  in  the 
discharge  of  all  duties,  regardless  of  the  com- 
ments of  friends  and  foes.  Every  cause  which 
seemed  to  him  calculated  to  advance  the  social 
and  moral  welfare  of  the  people  received  his  ear- 
nest support. 

After  leaving  the  gubernatorial  chair,  Governor 
Hubbard  resumed  the  practice  of  his  profession, 
which  was  again  disturbed  in  1857  by  his  ap- 
pointment by  President  Buchanan  as  a  special 
agent  of  the  Treasury  Department  for  the  exam- 
ination of  custom  houses  in  Maine;  the  follow- 
ing year  his  jurisdiction  was  extended  to  include 
the  New  England  States.  He  was  appointed  in 
1859  a  commissioner  under  the  reciprocity  treaty 
with  England  and  aided  in  the  settlement  of 
some  troublesome  fishing  questions;  he  remained 


in  office  until  the  Democratic  party  went  out  of 
power. 

Though  he  voted  for  Stephen  A.  Douglas  in 
1860  for  President,  he  was  unfaltering  in  his 
support  of  the  Union  cause,  and  in  1864  voted 
for  Abraham  Lincoln,  and  thenceforth  until  his 
death  affiliated  with  the  Republican  party.  He 
was,  however,  to  the  last  a  believer  in  as  strict 
construction  of  the  constitution  as  was  consistent 
with  the  permanent  safety  of  the  Union.  It  was, 
in  fact,  his  patriotic  love  of  the  Union  which 
made  him  an  advocate  of  State  Rights,  for  he 
believed  that  their  observance  would  be  the 
means  of  preserving  it.  The  later  years  of  his 
life  were  saddened  by  the  loss  of  his  son,  Cap- 
tain John  Hubbard,  who  was  killed  at  the  as- 
sault on  Port  Hudson,  Louisiana,  May  27,  1863. 
While  he  lived  to  see  the  suppression  of  the 
rebellion,  the  entire  restoration  of  peace  between 
the  North  and  South,  which  he  greatly  desired, 
was  not  fully  accomplished  during  his  useful  life. 
He  died  in  Hallowell,  Maine,  February  6,  1869, 
and,  as  has  been  truly  said  of  him,  "his  career 
illustrated  the  strength,  solidity,  and  justice 
which  constitutes  high  character  in  the  individual 
and  safety  for  the  State." 

The  children  by  his  marriage  with  Sarah  Hodge 
Barrett  were:  I.  Hester  Ann,  born  in  Virginia; 
died  in  Hallowell,  Maine,  aged  nine  years.  2. 
A  son  born  in  Virginia,  died  there  in  infancy. 
3.  Virginia  Hamlin,  widow  of  Thomas  W.  T. 
Curtis,  died  at  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  October 
10,  1918.  4.  Emma  Gardiner,  died  in  New  York, 
in  1887.  5.  Captain  John  Barrett,  killed  at  Port 
Hudson,  Louisiana.  6.  Thomas  Hamlin  (q.  v.). 


THOMAS  H.  HUBBARD,  youngest  child  of 
Governor  John  (q.  v.)  and  Sarah  H.  (Barrett) 
Hubbard,  was  born  at  Hallowell,  Maine,  Decem- 
ber 20,  1838.  His  early  education  and  prepara- 
tion for  college  was  had  in  his  home  town. 
Entering  Bowdoin  College  in  1853,  he  graduated 
with  distinction  in  1857.  During  the  next  years 
he  read  law  in  the  office  of  Anson  G.  Stinchfield, 
of  Hallowell,  and  taught  in  the  Hallowell  Acad- 
emy; the  summers  of  1859-60  were  passed  with 
his  father,  who  as  a  commissioner  under  the 
Reciprocity  Treaty  with  Great  Britain  was  exam- 
ining fishing  boundaries  at  the  river  mouths  of 
the  Eastern  coast.  In  the  fall  of  1860  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar,  and  soon  entered  the  of- 
fice of  Abbott  Brothers  in  New  York,  working 
on  their  digest  then  in  preparation.  In  the  au- 
tumn of  1860  he  entered  the  Albany  Law  School, 
and  was  admitted  to  practice  in  New  York  in 
1861.  He  then  became  managing  clerk  in  the 


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office  of  Barney,  Butler  &  Parsons  in  New, 
York,  remaining  until  September,  1862,  when  he 
enlisted  in  the  25th  Maine  Volunteer  Infantry,  a 
nine  months'  regiment,  being  mustered  in  as  first 
lieutenant  and  adjutant.  This  regiment  was  sta- 
tioned in  Virginia,  and  after  it  was  mustered  out 
in  the  summer  of  1863,  he  assisted  Colonel  Fran- 
cis Fessenden  in  recruiting  the  3Oth  Maine  Vol- 
unteers and  was  commissioned  its  lieutenant- 
colonel,  November  10,  1863.  This  regiment  was 
assigned  to  the  Department  of  the  Gulf  and  be- 
came a  part  of  the  force  engaged  in  the  Red 
River  campaign.  He  became  colonel  of  the  regi- 
ment June  2,  1864,  Colonel  Fessenden  having  been 
wounded  and  thereby  disabled.  The  regiment 
was  in  the  battles  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  Pleas- 
ant Hill,  Monett's  Bluff  and  Cane  River  Crossing. 
For  his  part  in  the  construction  of  the  dam  across 
the  red  river  at  Alexandria,  Louisiana,  which 
released  a  fleet  of  gunboats,  Colonel  Hubbard 
received  especial  commendation  in  the  report  of 
Admiral  Porter.  He  was  also  instrumental  in 
procuring  the  rapid  passage  of  the  army  over  the 
Atchafalaya  river  on  May  18,  1864,  after  the 
destruction  of  the  bridges  by  the  enemy,  by 
anchoring  in  the  river  a  bridge  of  boats  over 
which  the  army  passed  in  safety.  In  the  autumn 
of  1864  the  regiment  was  ordered  to  Virginia 
and  became  a  part  of  the  Nineteenth  Army  Corps. 
In  June,  1865,  Colonel  Hubbard's  command  was 
sent  to  Savannah,  Georgia,  and  while  there  he 
presided  over  a  board  to  examine  officers  desir- 
ing to  enter  the  regular  army.  He  was  commis- 
sioned brigadier-general  by  brevet,  for  meritori- 
ous services  during  the  war,  to  rank  from  July 
30,  1865,  and  soon  after  was  mustered  out  of  the 
service. 

In  the  fall  of  1865  he  resumed  the  practice  of 
law  in  New  York,  and  was  for  a  year  a  partner 
of  Charles  A.  Rapallo,  afterward  a  judge  of  the 
New  York  Court  of  Appeals.  In  January,  1867, 
he  became  a  member  of  the  law  firm  of  Barney, 
Butler  &  Parsons,  which  later  became  the  firm 
of  Butler,  Stillman  &  Hubbard,  and  had  a  large 
and  diversified  practice.  Mr.  Hubbard's  aptitude 
in  corporation  law  and  his  ability  and  energy 
gave  him  high  rank  in  his  profession. 

In  1888  and  the  years  following,  Mr.  Hubbard 
withdrew  gradually  from  practice  to  give  atten- 
tion to  the  railway  and  other  business  affairs  of 
the  Mark  Hopkins  estate.  In  the  course  of  this 
work  he  became  vice-president  of  the  Southern 
Pacific  Company,  the  president  being  Collis  P. 
Huntington,  and  an  officer  of  many  of  its  related 
concerns.  One  matter  in  the  affairs  of  the  com- 
pany, successfully  concluded  in  1899  and  largely 


so  because  of  his  work  in  it,  was  the  arrange- 
ment of  terms  for  repayment  of  the  debt  to  the 
government  growing  out  of  its  aid  to  the  first 
transcontinental  railroads,  a  matter  of  long  nego- 
tiation and  discussion  in  the  press  and  in  con- 
gress, and  a  subject  of  political  controversy. 
From  1904  he  was  president  of  the  International 
Banking  Corporation,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death 
a  director  of  the  American  Light  &  Traction 
Company,  Metropolitan  Life  Insurance  Com- 
pany, National  Bank  of  Commerce  in  New  York, 
Toledo,  St.  Louis  &  Western  and  Wabash  Rail- 
road companies,  and  the  Western  Union  Tele- 
graph Company.  He  was  for  a  number  of  years 
a  trustee  of  Bowdoin  College  and  of  the  Albany 
Law  School;  for  two  years  he  was  president  of 
the  New  England  Society  in  New  York,  and  at 
the  time  of  his  death  Commander-in-Chief  of  the 
Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the 
United  States;  president  of  the  Peary  Arctic 
Club,  and  of  the  New  York  County  Lawyers' 
Association.  In  his  later  years  he  took  an  active 
part  in  bringing  about  the  adoption  of  a  code  of 
professional  ethics  by  the  bar  associations  of  the 
country. 

He  married,  January  28,  1868,  Sibyl  A.  Fahne- 
stock,  of  Harrisburg,  Pennsylvania.  Of  five  chil- 
dren of  the  marriage  three  survived  him:  John; 
Sibyl  E.,  wife  of  Herbert  S.  Darlington;  and 
Ann  Weir  Hubbard.  His  death  occurred  in  New 
York  City,  May  19,  1915. 


JOHN  FRANCIS  SPRAGUE,  lawyer,  histo- 
rian, is  a  native  of  the  State  of  Maine,  and  is 
one  of  its  self-made  men,  having  worked  his  way 
from  humble  beginnings  to  a  position  of  trust 
and  responsibility  among  the  intelligent  and  pro- 
gressive people  of  the  State.  He  comes  of  an 
ancient  ancestry,  and  is  of  the  third  generation 
of  the  family  in  Maine.  The  Sprague  family  is 
of  ancient  English  origin.  In  Prince's  Chronol- 
ogy we  reed:  "Among  those  who  arrived  at 
Naumkeag  are  Ralph  Sprague,  with  his  brothers 
Richard  and  William,  who  with  three  or  four 
more1  were  by  Governor  Endicott  employed  to 
explore  and  take  possession  of  the  country  west- 
ward. They  travelled  through  the  woods  to 
Charlestown,  on  a  neck  of  land  called  Mishawum, 
between  Mystic  and  Charles  rivers,  full  of  Indians 
named  Aberginians,  with  whom  they  made 
peace."  Hon.  Edward  Everett,  in  his  address 
commemorative  of  the  bicentennial  of  the  arrival 
of  Winthrop  at  Charlestown,  said:  "Ralph,  Rich- 
ard and  William  Sprague  are  the  founders  of  the 
settlement  in  this  place,  and  were  persons  of 
substance  and  enterprise,  excellent  citizens,  gen- 


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erous  public  benefactors,  and  the  head  of  a  very 
large  and  respectable  family  of  descendants." 
Ralph  Sprague  was  about  twenty-five  years  of 
age  when  he  came  to  New  England  in  the  ship 
Ann  in  1623.  He  had  Richard,  Samuel  and  Phin- 
eas,  and  a  daughter  Mary,  who  married,  Sep- 
tember 28,  1630,  Daniel  Edmands.  Ralph 
Spragoe  was  one  of  a  jury  impanelled,  which 
seems  to  have  been  the  first  in  Massachusetts. 
He  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  train  band.  In  163! 
Captain  Richard  Sprague  commanded  a  company 
of  the  train  band,  and  on  Friday  of  each  week 
exercised  his  command  at  a  convenient  place 
near  the  Indian  wigwams.  On  February  10,  1634, 
the  famous  order  creating  a  Board  of  Selectmen 
was  passed,  and  Richard  and  William  signed  the 
order.  Richard  left  no  posterity.  His  sword, 
which  is  named  in  his  brother  William's  will,  was 
preserved  in  one  of  the  old  Sprague  families  in 
Hingham  in  1828. 

Edward  Sprague  lived  in  early  life  in  Fording- 
ton,  Dorsetshire,  England,  and  later  in  Upway, 
same  county,  where  he  was  a  fuller  by  occupa- 
tion. His  will  was  proved  June  6,  1614,  in  the 
prerogative  court  at  Canterbury,  and  copies  have 
been  preserved  among  his  descendants  in  this 
country.  His  wife's  name  was  Christiana,  and 
they  were  the  parents  of  William  Sprague,  born 
in  Upway,  who  came  early  to  New  England  and 
settled  in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts.  In  1636 
he  removed  thence  to  Hingham,  same  colony, 
going  in  a  boat,  and  landing  on  the  side  of  the 
cove  at  a  spot  where  the  town  afterwards  granted 
him  land.  He  was  one  of  the  first  planters  there, 
and  his  home  lot  is  said  to  have  been  the  most 
pleasant  in  the  town.  From  1636  to  1647  he  re- 
ceived various  grants  of  land,  filled  various  of- 
fices in  the  town,  and  died  October  6,  1675.  He 
married,  in  1635,  Millicent  Eames,  born  in 
Charlestown,  daughter  of  Captain  Anthony  and 
Margery  Eames,  pioneers  of  that  town,  where 
the  mother  was  admitted  to  the  church,  Septem- 
ber 13,  1635.  She  died  February  8,  1696.  Their 
eldest  child  was  Anthony  Sprague,  born  Septem- 
ber 2,  1635,  who  was  a  farmer  and  town  officer 
in  Hingham,  where  he  died  September  3,  1719. 
His  home  was  on  the  paternal  homestead  at 
Hingham  Centre,  and  his  house  was  burned  by 
the  Indians  in  King  Philip's  War,  April  19,  1676. 
By  his  father's  will  he  received  the  sword  of  his 
uncle,  Richard  Sprague,  and  by  deed  made  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1673,  his  father  gave  him  land.  He 
married,  December  26,  1661,  Elizabeth  Bartlett, 
daughter  of  Robert  and  Mary  (Warren)  Bartlett. 
The  last  named  was  a  daughter  of  Richard  War- 
ren, of  the  Plymouth  Colony,  who  came  in  the 


Mayflower.  Robert  Bartlett  came  to  Plymouth 
in  1623,  in  the  ship  Ann.  Elizabeth  (Bartlett) 
Sprague  died  February  17,  1713.  Her  eldest  son, 
Anthony  Sprague,  born  August  18,  1663,  was  a 
pioneer  settler  of  Attleboro,  Massachusetts. 
Their  seventh  son,  Jeremiah  Sprague,  was  born 
July  24,  1682,  in  Hingham,  where  he  was  a 
farmer,  and  died  March  5,  1759.  He  married 
Priscilla  Knight,  born  1685,  died  August  3,  1775, 
aged  ninety  years.  Their  second  son  was  Knight 
Sprague,  born  October  12,  1711,  in  Hingham,  and 
resided  on  the  main  street  of  the  town,  next 
northwest  of  the  meetinghouse  of  the  First  Par- 
ish. In  1760  he  sold  his  property  in  Hingham 
and  removed  to  Leicester,  Massachusetts.  He 
married  (intentions  October  23,  1742)  Mary  Beal, 
born  December  21,  1717,  in  Hingham,  daughter 
of  David  and  Rebecca  (Stoddard)  Beal.  Her 
second  son,  James  Sprague,  was  born  March  4, 
1750,  in  Hingham,  and  was  an  early  settler  in 
the  town  of  Greene,  Androscoggin  county,  Maine, 
where  he  owned  part  of  lot  No.  172,  and  was 
tythingman  in  1788.  He  was  a  soldier  of  the 
Revolution. 

Eldridge  Gerry  Sprague,  son  of  James  Sprague, 
was  born  in  1793,  in  Greene,  and  lived  in  San- 
gerville,  Piscataquis  county,  Maine,  where  he  died 
December  20,  1867.  He  was  a  farmer,  a  man  of 
progressive  ideas,  an  Adventist  in  religion,  in 
politics  a  Republican  from  the  time  of  the  organ- 
ization of  that  party  in  1856.  He  married  Sarah 
Parsons,  born  in  Jay,  Maine,  died  in  Abbot  Vil- 
lage, Piscataquis  county,  Maine,  May  9,  1878, 
daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (Hanniford)  Par- 
sons, granddaughter  of  Kendall  Parsons,  a  Revo- 
lutionary soldier  of  New  Hampshire.  The  musket 
which  he  carried  in  that  struggle  was  preserved 
by  his  son  John.  He  married  Eliza  Bryant,  and 
their  youngest  son  was  John  Parsons,  born  in 
June,  1781,  died  in  Easton,  Maine,  March  26, 
1879.  His  early  life  was  spent  in  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts,  whence  he  removed  as  a  young 
man  to  Boxford,  Maine.  He  married  there  Polly 
Hanniford,  born  January,  1781,  died  at  Fort 
Fairfield,  Maine,  September  15,  1855.  Their  third 
daughter  was  Sarah  Parsons,  wife  of  Eldridge  G. 
Sprague.  They  were  the  parents  of  the  subject 
of  this  sketch. 

John  Francis  Sprague  was  born  July  16,  1848, 
in  Sangerville,  Maine,  where  he  grew  to  manhood 
on  the  paternal  farm,  and  passed  through  the 
usual  experiences  of  a  farmer's  son  in  his  day. 
In  the  common  schools  he  laid  the  foundation  of 
an  education,  and  by  subsequent  reading  and 
study  became  one  of  the  well-read  men  of  the 
State.  In  1872-73  he  read  law  with  Hon.  Alvah 


HORATIO  OLIVER  LADD 


BIOGRAPHICAL 


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Black,  at  Paris  Hill,  Maine,  and  at  the  February 
term  of  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court,  in  1874,  was 
admitted  to  the  Piscataquis  bar.  He  immediately 
began  practice  in  Abbot  Village,  whence  he  re- 
moved, in  1879,  to  Monson,  Maine,  and  there 
continued  in  practice  until  1910,  when  he  settled 
in  Dover,  the  shire  town  of  Piscataquis  county. 
Here  he  has  continued  to  reside  until  the  present 
time,  and  since  1898  has  been  referee  in  bank- 
ruptcy. Mr.  Sprague  has  always  been  deeply 
interested  in  historical  studies,  and  is  a  member 
of  the  Maine  Historical  Society,  president  of  the 
Piscataquis  Historical  Society,  a  member  and 
past  president  of  the  Maine  Society,  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution,  and  of  the  Maine  Sports- 
men's Association.  He  has  contributed  much  to 
historical  literature,  and  has  been  for  some  years 
editor  and  publisher  of  "Sprague's  Journal  of 
Maine  History."  He  is  among  the  active  work- 
ers of  the  Progressive  wing  of  the  Republican 
party,  represented  Dover  in  the  Maine  House  of 
Representatives  from  1885  to  1893,  and  is  every- 
where respected  and  esteemed  as  a  sound  law- 
yer, an  upright  legislator,  and  a  faithful  historian. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  affi- 
liating with  Doric  Lodge,  No.  149,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  of  Monson,  Maine,  and  Onaway 
Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  No. 
106,  of  Monson;  Moosehead  Encampment,  of  Guil- 
ford,  Maine;  Wenonah  Rebekah  Lodge  of  Dover, 
Maine;  and  Canton  Rineo  of  that  town.  Mr. 
Sprague  is  a  Unitarian  in  preference  and  belief; 
is  a  member  of  the  Piscataquis  Club  of  Fox- 
croft,  Maine,  of  which  he  has  been  president,  and 
the  Madackowando  Club  of  Bangor.  He  is 
unmarried. 


HORATIO  OLIVER  LADD— A  family  tradi- 
tion which  is  apparently  well  founded,  asserts 
that  the  name  of  Ladd  is  of  French  origin,  and 
that  it  existed  in  England  from  the  time  of  Wil- 
liam the  Conquerer.  From  Le  Lade,  which  is 
undoubtedly  the  original  French  spelling,  its 
orthography  has  been  subject  to  numerous  evolu- 
tionary changes,  viz.:  Le  Lade,  Lad,  Lade  and 
Ladde,  to  its  present  form  of  Ladd.  Some  au- 
thorities, however,  claim  that  the  name  is  derived 
from  the  Welsh  word  lladd,  to  destroy.  The 
family  were  located  in  Kent  county,  England, 
where  they  owned  the  estate  of  Borwyck  Manor 
Hundred  of  Lorinsburgh,  Eleham,  before  the  time 
of  Henry  VI.  Thomas  Ladd  was  in  possession 
of  this  estate  in  1563,  and  Sylvester  Ladd  in  1603. 
There  was  only  one  family  of  Ladd  previous  to 
the  seventeenth  century.  In  1730,  a  direct  de- 


scendant of  the  family  was  created  a  baronet  by 
George  II. 

The  first  of  this  name  in  America  was  Daniel 
Ladd,  of  Wiltshire,  England,  who  took  the  ac- 
quired oath  of  allegiance  in  order  to  sail  in  the 
ship  Mary  and  John,  (Robert  Sayres,  master),  from 
London,  March  24,  1633-34,  for  New  England, 
and  landed  at  Nantasket  in  Boston  Harbor.  He 
did  not  settle  permanently  in  Dorchester,  Massa- 
chusetts as  did  most  of  his  fellow  passengers,  but 
went  to  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  in  1637,  where 
he  was  granted  six  acres  of  land  upon  which  he 
erected  a  dwelling,  and  in  1644  sold  his  property 
there  to  one  Henry  Kingsbury. 

Prior  to  1639  he  had  removed  to  Salisbury, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  was  granted  one  or 
mor.e  acres  for  planting  purposes,  but  he  shortly 
afterwards  went  to  Haverhill,  Massachusetts,  as 
one  of  the  first  settlers  of  that  town,  and  he  re- 
sided there  until  his  death,  which  occurred  July 
27,  1693-  The  Christian  name  of  his  wife,  who 
accompanied  him  from  England,  was  Ann,  and 
she  died  February  9,  1694.  Chase,  in  his  "His- 
tory of  Haverhill,"  says  that  Daniel  Ladd  owned 
and  cultivated  several  farms  and  was  very  promi- 
nent among  the  original  proprietors.  In  1646  he 
was  taxed  forty  pounds,  and  in  1659  was  granted 
permission  with  Theophilus  Shotwell  to  erect  a 
saw  mill  on  Spigott  (Spicket)  river.  In  1668  he 
was  one  of  the  selectmen,  and  at  the  breaking 
out  of  King  Philip's  war  (1675),  he  with  others 
was  appointed  to  designate  what  houses  should 
be  garrisoned.  His  children  were:  Daniel, 
Lydia,  Mary,  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  Ezekiel  and 
Sarah. 

Nathaniel  Ladd,  the  third  son  and  fifth  child 
of  Daniel  and  Ann  Ladd,  was  born  in  Haverhill, 
Massachusetts,  March  10,  1651.  When  a  young 
man  he  settled  in  Exeter,  New  Hampshire,  where 
he  married,  July  12,  1678,  Elizabeth  Oilman, 
daughter  of  John  Oilman,  one  of  the  founders  of 
the  well-known  New  Hampshire  family  of  that 
name. 

The  earliest  discovered  records  of  anything  like 
the  name  Oilman  are  connected  with  Wales;  Cil- 
min  Troeddher  (i.  e.,  Kilmin  with  the  black  foot) 
of  Glynllison  in  Uroch;  Gwir  Vai  in  Caeryn, 
Arvonshire,  lived  in  the  year  843,  in  the  time  of 
Roderick  the  Great,  with  whom  he  came  out  of 
the  north  of  Britain.  He  bore  the  arms:  Argent, 
a  man's  leg  coupled  sable.  The  Glyns  of  Glynlli- 
son are  descended  from  Cilmin  whose  name  is 
also  spelled  Kilmin.  This  Cilmin  was  head  of 
one  of  the  fifteen  noble  tribes  of  North  Wales 


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and  there  appears  to  be  good  reason  to  believe 
that  he  was  one  of  the  ancestors  of  the  Gilmins 
of  England,  Ireland  and  America.  In  the  six- 
teenth century  and  previously  the  name  was  va- 
riously spelled:  Gilmyn,  Gilmin,  Gylmyn,  Gyl- 
min,  Gyllmyn  and  some  times  Guylmyn. 

From  the  parish  register  of  Caston,  England, 
it  is  found  that  Edward  Gilman  married,  June  12, 
1550,  Rose  Rysse,  who  survived  her  husband  and 
proved  his  will,  dated  February  5,  1573,  on  July 
7  in  the  same  year.  By  his  will  he  devised  his 
houses  and  lands  in  Caston  to  his  eldest  son, 
John,  and  his  other  estates  and  lands  at  Saham 
Toney  between  his  other  three  sons  and  his  five 
daughters.  The  widow  married  John  Snell  and 
was  buried  at  Caston,  October  3,  1613.  The  chil- 
dren of  Edward  and  Rose  (Rysse)  Gilman  were 
John,  Edward,  Robert,  Lawrence,  Margaret,  Kath- 
erine,  Rose,  Jane  and  Elizabeth. 

Religious  persecution  sent  Edward  Gilman,  the 
second  son  of  Edward  and  Rose  (Rysse)  Gilman, 
and  his  family  to  Massachusetts.  They  became 
members  of  a  party  of  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
three  men,  women  and  children,  which  under  the 
leadership  of  the  Rev.  Robert  Peck,  of  Hingham, 
England,  embarked  at  Gravesend,  England,  on 
the  ship  Diligent,  of  Ipswich,  (Captain,  John  Mar- 
tin), on  April  26,  and  arrived  at  Boston,  Massa- 
chusetts, December  13,  1638.  In  1641,  a  tract 
of  land  eight  miles  square,  then  called  'Seekonk, 
now  Rehoboth,  was  granted  to  Edward  Gilman 
and  others  by  the  Plymouth  Colony.  His  name 
does  not  appear  on  the  records  of  that  town  after 
1646,  but  the  following  year  he  appears  in  the 
records  of  the  town  of  Ipswich,  Massachusetts. 
He  married  in  Hingham,  England,  June  3,  1614, 
Mary  Clark  and  their  children  were  'Mary,  Ed- 
ward, Sarah,  Lydia,  John,  Moses,  and  Edwin, 
who  died  at  Ipswich,  June  22,  1681. 

His  three  sons  settled  in  New  Hampshire  and 
John  Gilman  was  a  member  of  the  Provincial 
Council  under  Governor  Cranfield,  a  delegate  to 
the  Assembly  and  speaker  of  the  House. 

For  alleged  implication  in  Gove's  rebellion 
against  Gov.  Cranfield,  Nathaniel  Ladd  was  exam- 
ined December  6,  1683,  by  Judge  Barefoot,  who 
accepted  the  surety  of  friends  for  his  future  good 
behavior,  and  he  was  never  brought  to  trial.  In 
the  summer  of  1690,  he  volunteered  in  the  New 
Hampshire  contingent  of  an  expedition  fitted  out 
in  Massachusetts  to  protect  the  settlers  of  Maine 
from  the  aggressions  of  the  Indians,  and  being 
severely  wounded  at  or  near  Cape  Elizabeth,  he 
returned  to  Exeter,  where  he  eventually  died  from 
the  effects  of  his  injuries.  He  was  the  father  of 


seven  children:  Nathaniel,  Elizabeth,  Mary, 
Lydia,  Daniel,  John  and  Ann. 

Nathaniel,  the  eldest  son  of  Nathaniel  and 
Elizabeth  (Gilman)  Ladd,  was  born  in  Exeter, 
New  Hampshire,  April  6,  1679.  He  was  a  mill- 
wright by  trade,  which  he  followed  in  connection 
with  farming  and  dealing  in  real  estate.  He  re- 
sided in  Stratham,  New  Hampshire,  for  a  num- 
ber of  years,  but  returned  to  Exeter,  selling  his 
farm  in  the  former  place  to  his  son,  Paul,  in 
1747;  and  his  brick  house  in  Exeter,  a  part  of 
which  he  gave  to  another  son  in  1742,  was  stand- 
ing in  1888. 

His  first  wife  was  Catherine,  daughter  of  Ed- 
ward Gilman  of  Exeter;  his  second  wife  was 
Rachel  Rawlins,  who  died  in  Stratham,  July  12, 
1717;  and  his  third  wife  was  Mrs.  Mary  Mercy 
(Hall)  Hilton,  daughter  of  Kingsley  Hall  of 
Exeter,  and  widow  of  Dudley  Hilton.  His  chil- 
dren by  his  second  marriage  were:  Nathaniel, 
Daniel,  Edward  and  Elias;  and  those  by  his  third 
marriage  were:  Josiah,  Paul  and  Love,  and  the 
twins,  Dudley  and  Mercy.  Dudley  Ladd,  the  son 
of  Nathaniel  and  Mary  Mercy  (Hall-Hilton) 
Ladd,  married  December  15,  1748,  Alice  Hurley. 
He  died  in  March,  181 1 :  Of  his  children,  the  sixth 
was  Dudley  Ladd,  born  July  9,  1758.  He  was  a 
volunteer  in  the  northern  army  of  the  American 
Revolution  in  1777.  He  married  Bethia  Hutchins. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Gor- 
don Hntchins,  a  son  of  William  Hutchins.  Col- 
onel Hutchins  was  a  captain  in  the  First  New 
Hampshire  Regiment  at  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill 
and  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  Second  New 
Hampshire  Regiment  at  the  battle  of  White 
Plains,  New  York.  He  married  Dorothy  Stone,  a 
daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Bertha  (Carleton) 
Stone.  The  former  was  descended  from  Rev. 
Samuel  Stone,  assistant  to  the  Rev.  Thomas 
Hooker,  who  arrived  at  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
in  1634,  and  with  the  Rev.  Thomas  Hooker  two 
years  later  went  to  Connecticut.  Mrs.  Bertha 
(Carleton)  Stone  was  a  lineal  descendant  of  Ed- 
ward and  Eleanor  Carleton,  who  were  in  the 
company  of  twenty  families  brought  by  the  Rev. 
Ezekiel  Rogers,  from  England  in  December, 
1638-39,  and  settled  in  Rowley,  Massachusetts. 

The  Carletons  are  of  ancient  Saxon  origin,  and 
the  name  is  a  combination  of  the  Saxon  words 
"ceorl"  meaning  husbandman  and  "ton"  a  town. 
At  the  time  of  the  Norman  conquest  it  was  de 
Carleton,  and  the  earliest  known  ancestor  in  Eng- 
land was  Baldwin  de  Carleton,  of  Carleton,  near 
Penith  in  the  county  of  Cumberland.  From  this 
feudal  baron  the  American  Carleton  traced  their 


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lineage  through  seventeen  generations  to  Edward 
the  emigrant. 

Adam  de  Carleton,  of  the  eight  generations, 
in  direct  line  of  descent  from  Baldwin,  married 
Sibclla,  who  is  supposed  to  belong  to  the  royal 
Plantagenct  family.  Sir  William  dc  Carleton  of 
tin-  twelfth  generation  was  the  last  to  use  the 
prefix  "De."  The  latter's  son,  Thomas,  was  of 
Sutton,  in  Lincolnshire,  and  his  son,  John,  of 
Sutton  and  \Valton-on-thc-Thamcs,  died  in  1458. 
John  of  the  sixteenth  generation,  born  in  the  year 
1500,  married  Joyce  Welbeck,  a  cousin  of  Queen 
Catherine,  wife  of  Henry  VIII,  but  the  records  at 
hand  fail  to  state  whether  the  royal  personage 
referred  to  was  Catherine  Howard  or  Catherine 
Parr.  Edward,  the  fifth  son  of  John  and  Joyce 
(Welbeck)  Carleton,  settled  at  East  Clauden, 
Surrey,  in  1571,  and  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
George  Biglcy.  Erasmus,  their  son,  was  a  citizen 
and  a  mercer  of  St.  Bartholomew's,  London.  The 
Christian  name  of  his  wife  was  Elizabeth  and 
they  were  the  parents  of  Edward  Carleton,  the 
emigrant. 

Edward  Carleton  was  born  in  1605,  and  mar- 
ried Eleanor  Denton,  whose  family  name  is  said 
to  be  of  old  Roman  origin.  He  was  made  a  free- 
man at  Rowley,  Massachusetts,  in  1642,  and  be- 
came the  second  largest  landowner  in  the  town. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  General  Court  1644-47, 
served  as  a  trial  justice  from  1649,  until  his  re- 
turn to  England  in  1650-51,  and  died  about  the 
year  1661.  He  was  the  father  of  four  chil- 
dren, Edward,  his  second  son,  born  August  28, 
1639,  having  been  the  first  birth  to  be  recorded 
in 'Rowley,  Massachusetts. 

General  Samuel  G.  Ladd,  the  son  of  Dudley  and 
Bethia  (Hutchins)  Ladd,  was  born  at  Concord, 
New  Hampshire,  April  14,  1784.  He  was  en- 
re!  in  commercial  business  as  a  hardware  mer- 
chant at  Hallowcll,  Maine,  until  1840,  when  he 
removed  to  Farmington,  Maine,  where  he  car- 
ried on  the  same  business  until  1850.  During  his 
residence  in  M'aine  he  was  during  the  War  of 
1812,  a  captain  of  a  militia  company  stationed  at 
Y\  iscassct.  Maine.  He  was  the  second  incum- 
bent to  hold  the  office  of  Adjutant-General  of  the 
State  of  Maine.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Con- 
gregational church  at  Hallowell,  Maine,  and 
elder  of  the  Presbyterian  church  at  Kingston, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  died  May  3,  1863.  He 
married  October  3,  1815,  Caroline  D'OHver  Vinal. 
Their  children  were  all  born  at  Hallowell,  Maine: 
i.  Mary  Caroline,  born  August  21,  1816,  married 
Horatio  W.  Fairbanks,  and  died  at  San  Fran- 
cisco, California,  October  7,  1857.  2.  Samuel 


Greenleaf,  Jr.,  born  April  13,  1818.  3.  Francis 
Dudley,  born  May  20,  1820;  married  Caroline 
Rose,  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  July  7, 
1862.  4.  Ellen  Susanna,  born  February  19,  1822; 
married  Reverend  Henry  H.  Welles,  D.D.;  died 
at  Clifton  Springs,  New  York,  January  25,  1895. 
5.  Julia  Maria,  born  August  16,  1824;  married 
Lewis  Titcomb;  died  at  Wilkes-Barre,  Pennsyl- 
vania, January  21,  1882.  6.  Theodore,  born  No- 
vember 20,  1826;  married  Sarah  Folsom;  died  at 
Haddenfield,  New  Jersey,  in  1913.  7.  Anna 
Louisa,  born  November  15,  1829;  married  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel J.  S.  Fillebrown;  died  at  Silver 
Lake,  Pennsylvania.  8  Martha  Augusta,  born 
September  I,  1831;  married  Erastus  F.  Dana.  9. 
Charlotte  Sewall,  born  January  8,  1834;  married 
Major  Robert  H.  Rose;  died  September,  1917,  at 
Mankato,  Minnesota.  10.  Henry  Walter,  born 
March  24,  1836;  died  at  Farmington,  Maine,  Jan- 
uary 22,  1848.  ii.  Horatio  Oliver,  of  whom  fur- 
ther. 

Caroline  D'Oliver  Vinal,  the  mother  of  our  sub- 
ject, was  descended  from  the  Adams,  Oliver 
(Olivier)  and  Vinal  families  of  Braintree  and 
Boston,  Massachusetts.  She  was  a  lineal  de- 
scendant from  Henry  Adams,  the  progenitor  of 
the  Adams  family  at  Braintree,  Massachusetts; 
and  from  one  or  two  Huguenot  families  who 
came  from  France  to  Boston  in  1686.  Her 
French  ancestor  was  Andrai  Sigournais,  Con- 
stable of  France,  whose  daughter,  Mary  Sigour- 
nais, married  Antoine  Olivier.  Their  son,  Dan- 
iel Oliver,  born  March  20,  1719,  married  Bertha 
Fisk  and  a  daughter  of  this  marriage,  Mary 
Oliver,  born  November  24,  1745,  became  the 
wife  of  John  Adams.  A  daughter  of  this  mar- 
riage, Susannah  Adams,  born  August  I,  1773, 
married  April  18,  1793,  John  Vinal,  Jr.,  and  be- 
came the  mother  of  Caroline  D'Oliver  Vinal. 

The  Vinal  family  is  ancient  and  honorable  in 
the  history  of  England,  the  name  being  spelled 
variably.  Originating  in  eastern  Sussex  county, 
where  their  estate,  Vinal  Hall  Park,  is  one  of 
the  handsomest  of  the  old  English  estates  and 
is  still  preserved,  and  the  mansion,  farm  house, 
hedges,  etc.,  have  been  and  are  kept  in  fair  con- 
dition. 

John  Vinall,  of  Vinal  Hall,  was  living  there 
in  1538,  and  his  son  Thomas  lived  there  in  1550, 
and  during  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  Wil- 
liam Vinall  was  the  occupant  of  the  Hall.  In 
the  time  of  James  I,  John  Vinall  resided  at 
Vinal  Hall.  He  had  two  sons,  John  and  Ste- 
phen, the  latter  of  whom  dropped  one  "1"  from 
the  end  of  his  name.  He  was  an  early  settler 


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of  Scituate,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was  a 
proprietor,  and  admitted  as  a  freeman  March  5, 
1638-39.  He  probably  died  soon  after  this  date, 
as  his  widow  Anna  Vinal,  took  his  place  as  pro- 
prietor and  received  various  grants  of  land  in 
Scituate.  She  died  October  6,  1664,  and  three 
children  survived  her:  Stephen,  Jr.,  John  and 
Martha,  who  married  Isaac  Chittenden. 

John,  the  youngest  son  of  Stephen  and  Ann 
Vinal,  was  born  in  England,  in  1632,  and  re- 
sided in  Scituate,  Massachusetts.  He  married 
in  1664,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Rev.  Nicholas 
Baker,  an  ordained  minister  of  Scituate. 

John,  the  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Baker) 
Vinal,  was  born  in  1665,  and  married  in  1690, 
Mary,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Hannah  (Stock- 
bridge)  Wordworth.  Their  son  Elijah  was  born 
in  1694,  and  settled  in  Boston,  where  he  mar- 
ried August  13,  1717,  Elizabeth,  daughter  'of 
Robert  and  Elizabeth  (Pemberton)  Ellis.  Their 
children  were:  William,  Anna,  Mary,  Elizabeth 
and  John. 

John,  the  youngest  child  of  Elijah  and  Eliza- 
beth (Ellis)  Vinal,  was  born  in  Boston,  Massa- 
chusetts, May  30,  1736.  He  married,  January  3, 
1756,  Ruth,  daughter  of  John  and  Anna  (Deane) 
Osborne,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  William, 
John,  mentioned  above,  Ruth,  and  Charlotte. 

Horatio  Oliver  Ladd,  the  youngest  child  of 
General  Samuel  G.  and  Caroline  D'Oliver 
(Vinal)  Ladd  was  born  at  Hallowell,  Maine, 
August  31,  1839.  After  attending  the  public 
schools,  to  complete  his  education  he  attended 
Farmington  and  Auburn  academies,  and  entered 
Bowdoin  College,  where  he  graduated  in  1859. 
The  following  year  he  became  a  student  at  the 
Bangor  Theological  Seminary,  and  in  1862-3  he 
attended  the  Yale  Theological  School.  He  also 
in  1901-3  took  a  post-graduate  course  at  the  New 
York  University. 

He  was  principal  of  the  Farmington  Academy, 
1859-61,  and  associate  principal  of  Abbott  Col- 
legiate Institution,  New  York  City,  1863-64.  He 
was  pastor,  and  professor  of  rhetoric  at  Olivet 
College,  Michigan,  1866-68,  and  principal  of  the 
New  Hampshire  State  Normal  School,  1873-76. 
He  was  one  of  the  founders  and  president  of  the 
University  of  New  Mexico  at  Santa  Fe,  New 
Mexico,  from  1881  to  1889,  which  included  the 
Ramona  School  for  Indian  Girls.  He  has  been 
pastor  of  Congregational  churches  at  Salem  and 
Hopkinton,  Massachusetts;  Cromwell,  Connecti- 
cut; Olivet  and  Romeo,  Michigan. 

He  was  ordained  by  Bishop  Henry  C.  Potter, 
D.D.,  in  1892,  deacon  and  priest  in  the  Protestant 


Episcopal  church  and  became  assistant  minister 
of  Calvary  Church,  New  York  City,  in  that  year. 
In  the  same  year  he  became  rector  of  Trinity 
Church,  Fishkill,  New  York.  He  resigned  from 
his  pastorate  in  1896  to  become  rector  of  Grace 
Church,  Jamaica,  New  York,  and  in  1009  became 
rector  emeritus  of  Grace  Church.  During  an 
absence  of  nearly  two  years  abroad  in  England 
and  Italy,  he  officiated  as  English  priest  and 
chaplain  in  London  and  Bologna,  Italy. 

Dr.  Ladd  was  on  the  editorial  staff  of  the 
Churchman  in  1892.  He  was  appointed  and  con- 
firmed by  the  United  States  Senate,  Supervisor 
of  Census,  1880,  for  New  Mexico,  but  declined  to 
serve.  He  served  as  a  volunteer  chaplain  in  the 
Civil  War,  being  connected  with  the  Christian 
Commission  Service  and  stationed  at  Suffolk  and 
Norfolk,  Virginia.  He  was  for  several  years  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Managers  of  the  Fed- 
eration of  Churches  of  New  York  City.  He  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  A.B.  in  1859  and  A.M.  in 
1862  from  Bowdoin  College,  and  S.T.D.  in  1905 
from  Hobart  College.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
college  fraternities  Alpha  Delta  Phi;  Phi  Beta 
Kappa;  a  member  of  the  American  Historical 
Association;  the  Royal  Societies  Club  of  London, 
England;  the  Brooklyn  Clerical  Club;  the  Bow- 
doin College,  Hobart  Alumni  and  City  Clergy 
Clubs  of  New  York  City. 

Dr.  Ladd  is  the  author  of  "The  Memorial  of 
John  S.  C.  Abbott,"  1879;  "The  War  With  Mex- 
ico," 1887;  "Ramona  Days,"  1887-88;  "The  Story 
of  New  Mexico,"  1888;  "The  Founding  of  the 
Episcopal  Church  in  Dutchess  County,  New 
York,"  1895;  "Chunda,  a  Story  of  the  Navajos," 
1906;  "Trend  of  Scientific  Thought  Away  from 
Religious  Beliefs,"  1909;  "Origin  and  History  of 
Grace  Church,  Jamaica,"  1913. 

He  married  at  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  Har- 
riett Vaughan  Abbott,  born  at  Roxbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, February  18,  1839,  and  died  at  Rich- 
mond Hill,  New  York,  May  12,  1913.  She  was 
the  daughter  of  John  S.  C.  Abbott,  D.D.,  and 
Jane  William  Bourne.  Her  father  was  a  distin- 
guished educator,  historian,  and  clergyman,  was 
pastor  of  churches  at  Roxbury  and  N'antucket, 
Massachusetts;  Farmington  and  Freeport,  Maine; 
New  Haven  and  Fair  Haven,  Connecticut.  The 
children  by  this  marriage  are:  I.  Lillie  Vaughan 
Ladd,  born  May  2,  1865,  educated  at  Chauncy 
Hall,  Boston;  University  of  New  Mexico  and  the 
Women's  Homoeopathic  Medical  College,  New 
York  City;  teacher  of  Deaf  and  Dumb;  she  mar- 
ried Harry  S.  Church.  Their  children  are:  Oliver 
Alden  Church,  first  lieutenant,  3051)1  Field  Artil- 


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kry,  O.  R.  C.,  77th  N.  Y.  Division.  U.  S.  A.,  and 
Elizabeth    Church.      2.    Julia    Eirene    Ladd,   edu- 
cated    at    University    of    New    Mexico,    at    Dana 
Hall,     Wellesley,     and     Wellcsley     College.       3. 
Henry    Ahhott    Ladd,    educated    at    Chauncy    Hall, 
Koston;     Exeter     (New     Hampshire)     Academy; 
Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology.     He  mar- 
ried Florence  E.  Wright,  of  Andalusia,  Pennsyl- 
vania.     He  is  an  auditor  at  El  Paso,  Texas,  and 
in  Mexico  and  long  connected  with  the  American 
Sincltcr  Company  in  New  York  City  and  Mexico, 
;  tul    in    auditing    their    numerous    mining    plants 
in    the    Southwest   and   in    Mexico.     4.    Maynard 
Ladd,      educated      at      Chauncy      Hall,      Boston; 
Exeter    (New    Hampshire)    Academy;    graduated 
in    1894    from    Harvard    University,    and    in    1898 
from     the     Harvard     Medical     School     with     the 
degree   of   M.D.     For   many   years   he   has   been 
assistant    and    instructor    in    the    department    of 
Pediatrics    in    Harvard    Medical    School.       He    is 
consulting   physician    of   the    Harvard    Children's 
Hospital,   and    chicf-of-staff   of   the    Boston    Dis- 
pensary.    He  was  appointed  medical   director  in 
iVrrmlier,    1917,  with   the   rank  of  major,  in   the 
Ked  Cross  Commission  and  is  a  medical  director 
of  the  Red  Cross  Children's  Bureau  and  Ameri- 
can   Civilian    Relief,    establishing    hospitals,    dis- 
pensaries  and   refugees    for  children  in   France   in 
the  Meurth-Moselle  region  at  Tours  and  Nancy. 
He  married  Anna  Coleman  Watts,  a  sculptor  and 
inithor,  and  has  two  children,  Gabriella  May  and 
Vcrnon  Abbott. 


GEORGE  REYNOLDS  GARDNER— The  pio- 
neer ancestor  of  the  Gardner  family  in  Maine 
was  Ebenezer  Gardner,  who  was  baptized  in 
Salem,  Massachusetts,  September  4,  1737.  He 
was  of  the  fifth  generation  from  Thomas  Gardner, 
the  immigrant  ancestor,  who  was  born  about 
1592,  and  sailed  from  Weymouth,  England,  in 
1624,  for  New  England,  having  received  an  ap- 
pointment from  the  Dorchester  Company.  While 
some  genealogists  contend  that  he  came  from 
Scotland,  the  superabundance  of  facts  demon- 
strate that  lie  was  a  resident  of  either  Dorset- 
shire or  the  neighboring  county  of  Somerset, 
England.  He  was  an  overseer  of  a  plantation 
at  Cape  Ann,  which  was  abandoned  on  account 
of  its  poor  soil,  and  he  removed  to  Salem,  Mas- 
sachusetts. Here  he  was  admitted  a  member 
of  the  First  Church,  in  1636,  and  a  freeman,  May 
'7.  '637.  His  son  Samuel,  the  second  in  the 
line  of  descent,  resided  at  Salem,  Massachusetts, 
and  his  son,  Lieutenant  Abel,  was  born  in  Salem, 
Massachusetts,  September  I,  1673.  He  lived  on 

MR.— 1—5 


the  old  homestead  occupied  by  his  father  and 
grandfather,  which  stood  on  the  present  corner 
of  Central  and  Elm  streets,  in  what  is  now  Pea- 
body,  Massachusetts.  He  was  a  tanner  by  trade, 
as  well  as  a  farmer,  and  owned  valuable  real 
estate. 

Thomas     Gardner,     son     of     Lieutenant     Abel 
Gardner,   and   father  of   the   Maine   pioneer,   was 
baptized    October    14,    1705,    and    resided    on    an 
ancestral    farm   in   what   is   now   West    Peabody. 
Massachusetts.      A    farmer    and    wheelwright   by 
trade,  he  served  the  town  as  constable,  and  was 
frequently  a  member  of  the  jury.     His  son  Ebe- 
nezer,   on    the    death    of   his    father,   was   placed 
under    the    guardianship    of    his    uncle,   Jonathan 
Gardner,  of  Roxbury,  Massachusetts.     Here  Ebe- 
nezer resided  for  a  number  of  years,  but  disposed 
of  his  real  estate  to  his  brother.     He  received  a 
grant  of  land  at  Auk-paque,  Cumberland  county. 
Nova  Scotia,  from  which  the  Acadians  had  been 
expelled.     At  the  time  of  the  Revolution  he  was 
a  member  of  the  Committee  of  Safety,  and  vis- 
ited  Boston   to  help   on   the   campaign.     On  ac- 
count of  his  embracing  the  cause  of  the  colonies, 
he   was   obliged   to   flee   from   Nova   Scotia,   and 
settled  at  Machiasport,  Maine,  in  1776.     He  saw 
active   service  in   Captain   Stephen   Smith's   com- 
pany,  which   was   a   part   of   the    regiment   com- 
manded by   Colonel   Benjamin    Foster.     He   was 
also  at  Penobscot,  Maine,  with  the  Sixth  Lincoln 
County  regiment,  in  1779.     He  married,  in  1769, 
Damaris  Merrill,  a  daughter  of  Nathan  and  Su- 
sanna Merrill,  of  Haverhill,  Massachusetts.    They 
had  a  family  of  nine  children.     Ebenezer  Gardner 
died  November  21,  1832,  aged  ninety-seven  years. 
Ebenezer    Gardner,    the    fourth    child    and    the 
eldest   son    of   Ebenezer   and    Damaris    (Merrill) 
Gardner,  was  born  in  Cumberland  county,  Nova 
Scotia,  January  31,  1776.     He  was  a  farmer,  and 
lived    at    Hadley's    Lake,    Maine.      He    married, 
June  21,   1803,  Sally  Albee,  daughter  of  William 
and  Ellen  (Dillway)  Albee.   Her  father  was  also  a 
soldier   of  the    Revolution,   serving  as  lieutenant 
in    Captain   John   Preble's   Artillery   company,  at 
Machias,    Maine.      Ebenezer    and    Sally    (Albee) 
Gardner    were    the    parents    of    twelve    children, 
eight  sons  and  four  daughters.     The  former  died 
February   5,    1859,   his   widow   survived   him,   her 
death   occurring  August  25,   1875. 

Aaron  L.  Raymond  Gardner,  son  of  Ebenezer 
and  Sally  (Albee)  Gardner,  was  born  at  East 
Machias,  Maine,  January  19,  1822,  and  died  at 
Dennysville,  Maine,  April  23,  1891.  He  received 
his  education  at  the  public  schools,  and  worked 
on  his  father's  farm  until  he  was  fifteen  years  of 
age,  when  he  became  an  apprentice  to  his  brother 


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to  learn  the  trade  of  blacksmith.  He  was  a 
prominent  and  influential  citizen  of  Dennysville. 
Maine,  and  in  connection  with  his  blacksmith 
shop,  which  he  conducted  until  1865,  when  he 
opened  a  general  store,  he  was  also  engaged  in 
agricultural  pursuits.  He  married,  September  5, 
1848,  Abbie  Wilder  Reynolds,  a  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain Bela  R.  Reynolds,  a  sea  captain,  a  descendant 
from  the  original  ancester,  Robert  Reynolds,  who 
was  at  Boston,  Massachusetts,  in  1632.  The  issue 
of  the  marriage  of  Aaron  L.  Raymond  and  Abbie 
Wilder  (Reynolds)  Gardner  were:  Julia  Ray- 
mond, who  died  in  childhood;  George  Reynolds, 
mentioned  below;  Edwin  Raymond,  who  was  con- 
nected with  the  public  affairs  of  Dennysville, 
Maine;  Charles  Otis,  for  many  years  a  prominent 
merchant  of  the  city  of  Eastport,  Maine;  Eva 
May;  and  Frederick  Lee,  a  merchant  of  Dennys- 
ville, Maine. 

George  Reynolds  Gardner  was  born  at  Dennys- 
ville, Washington  county,  Maine,  January  14, 
1852.  After  attending  the  Dennysville  High 
School  he  received  private  tuition,  and  later  be- 
came a  student  in  Heald-Woodbury  College,  San 
Francisco,  California,  where  he  studied  law. 
Returning  to  his  native  State,  he  continued  his 
legal  studies  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1880,  at  Calais,  Maine.  He  immediately  formed 
a  partnership  with  Enoch  B.  Harvey,  and  com- 
menced the  practice  of  his  profession.  The  firm 
took  a  foremost  position  at  the  bar  of  the  county, 
and  in  a  few  years  ranked  among  the  most  suc- 
cessful and  best-known  in  that  section  of  the 
State.  In  1888  Mr.  Gardner  was  elected  judge 
of  the  courts  of  Probate  and  Insolvency  for 
Washington  county,  and  he  served  by  re-election 
six  terms  of  four  years  each,  retiring  from  the 
bench  in  1912.  Always  a  Republican  in  politics, 
he  is  an  active  and  useful  member  of  that  organ- 
ization. He  is  also  interested  in  mercantile 
business,  is  one  of  the  directors  of  the  Dennys- 
ville Lumber  Company  and  the  A.  L.  R.  Gardner 
Company.  In  financial  circles  he  was  formerly 
vice-president  of  the  International  Trust  and 
Banking  Company  of  Calais,  Maine,  and  is  now 
president  and  director  of  that  institution;  and 
for  thirty  years  a  trustee  of  the  Calais  Savings 
Bank.  He  was,  for  twelve  years,  a  member  of 
the  Calais  School  Board,  and  is  a  trustee  of  the 
Washington  and  the  Calais  academies,  also  presi- 
dent of  the  Washington  Academy  Alumni  Asso- 
ciation. 

Judge  Gardner's  fraternal  connections  are  as 
follows:  He  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason; 
past  master  of  St.  Croix  Lodge,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons;  a  member  of  the  St.  Croix  Coun- 


cil, Royal  and  Select  Masters;  St.  Croix  Chapter, 
Royal  Arch  Masons;  the  Hugh  De  Payen's  Com- 
mandery,  Knights  Templar;  Machias  Valley 
Lodge  of  Perfection;  Princes  of  Jerusalem;  Val- 
ley of  Portland,  Rose  Croix,  Herodem  Rite  of; 
and  Maine  Sovereign  Consistory,  Sublime  Princes 
of  the  Royal  Secret.  He  is  a  past  vice-chancellor 
of  Calais  Lodge,  No.  45,  Knights  of  Pythias;  a 
member  of  Fellowship  Lodge,  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  and  served  on  its  finance  com- 
mittee; member  of  order  of  Odd  Fellows,  Etche- 
min  Tribe,  Improved  Order  of  Red  Men;  mem- 
ber of  Ancient  Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the 
Mystic  Shrine;  also  of  the  Maine  Society,  Sons 
of  the  American  Revolution.  His  social  club 
is  the  St.  Croix.  Formerly  a  member  of  the 
First  Congregational  Church  of  San  Francisco, 
he  and  his  family  are  now  members  of  the  First 
Congregational  Church  of  Calais,  Maine. 

Mr.  Gardner  married,  at  Hingham,  Massachu- 
setts, January  25,  1888,  Annie  E.  Robbins,  daugh- 
ter of  James  and  Mary  (Parkman)  Robbins. 
The  mother  of  Mrs.  Gardner  was  a  cousin  of  the 
famous  historian,  Francis  Parkman,  the  family 
being  of  distinguished  English  ancestry.  Judge 
Gardner  numbers  among  his  immigrant  ancestors, 
besides  those  mentioned,  Thomas  Lincoln  and 
Matthew  Gushing,  early  settlers  of  Hingham, 
Massachusetts,  and  Edward  Wilder,  the  latter 
being  a  descendant  from  Nicholas  Wilder,  a  mili- 
tary chieftain  who  fought  at  Bosworth  Field, 
August  22,  1485,  which  concluded  the  War  of 
the  Roses,  in  the  army  of  the  Earl  of  Richmond, 
who  became  Henry  the  VII,  and  from  whom  he 
received,  April  15,  1497,  landed  estate  and  a 
coat-of-arms;  also  John  Waters,  Jr.,  whose  an- 
cestors were  connected  by  marriage  with  George 
Manning,  of  Kent,  England,  an  ancestor  of  Car- 
dinal Manning,  and  one  of  the  Manning  ances- 
tors married  a  sister  of  the  poet,  Geoffrey 
Chaucer. 


SAMUEL    FULLER    DIKE,    D.D.,    who    for 

more  than  a  half  a  century  was  the  respected  and 
beloved  pastor  of  the  Church  of  the  New  Jeru- 
salem in  Bath,  Maine,  and  one  of  the  best-known; 
divines  in  the  State,  was  a  man  of  an  unusually 
commanding  personality  and  character,  and  a  de- 
scendant from  one  of  the  old  New  England  fami- 
lies, the  members  of  which  have  for  many  genera- 
tions distinguished  themselves  in  the  life  of  this 
region.  The  Dike  family  is  one  of  nearly  two 
hundred  years'  standing  in  Massachusetts,  where 
it  was  founded  by  Samuel  Dike,  a  native  of  Scot- 
land, in  which  country  he  was  born  June  14,  1722. 
His  youth  and  early  manhood  were  spent  in  his. 


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native  land,  where  he  became  a  weaver.  Coin- 
ing to  America,  he  settled  at  Ipswich,  in  the 
Plymouth  Colony,  about  1773,  and  shortly  after- 
wards came  to  Bridgewater,  Plymouth  county, 
where  he  made  his  permanent  home  in  what  was 
then  the  North  Parish  and  is  now  the  city  of 
Brockton.  He  married  Mary  Perkins,  who  died 
December  25,  1816,  his  own  death  occurring 
October  22,  1800,  at  the  age  of  seventy-nine 
years.  They  were  the  parents  of  nine  children, 
one  of  whom  was  Samuel  Dike,  of  further  men- 
tion. 

(II)  Samuel  (2)  Dike,  son  of  Samuel  (i)  and 
Mary  (Perkins)  Dike,  was  born  October  21,  1748, 
at    Ipswich,    and    removed    with    his    parents    to 
Bridgewater.     He    married,    November    12,    1772, 
Lois    Fuller,   a    native    of    Bridgewater,   born    in 
the   year   1751,  a   daughter   of   Isaac  and   Sarah 
(Packard)    Fuller,   of    Mayflower   ancestry.     Her 
death   occurred   June   5,   1792,  and  she   was   sur- 
vived   by    her    husband    until    October    29,    1841, 
when  he  also  died  at  the  advanced  age  of  ninety- 
five    years.      They    were    the    parents    of    eight 
children. 

(III)  Samuel  (3)  Dike,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  and 
Lois   (Fuller)   Dike,  was  born  April  10,   1790,  at 
North    Bridgewater,   Massachusetts,   and   died   at 
his  home  there  February  27,  1864,  at  the  age  of 
seventy-one   years.     He    married,    May    18,    1812, 
Betsy  Burrell,  a  daughter  of  John  Burrell,  of  that 
place,  and  her  death  occurred  February  10,  1843. 
They  were  the  parents  of  five   children,  as   fol- 
lows:    Experience    Phillips,    born    July    8,    1813, 
died  August  6  of  the  same  year;  Samuel  Fuller, 
with   whose   career  we   are   here   especially   con- 
cerned; Mary  Perkins,  born  August  21,  1819;  John 
Burrell,  born  January  5,   1821,   died   October  20, 
1822,  and  Olive  Shaw,  born  June  4,  1824,  and  died 
February  7,   1833. 

(IV)  Dr.    Samuel    Fuller    Dike    was    born    at 
North   Bridgewater   (now   Brockton),   Massachu- 
setts, March  17,  1815,  a  son  of  Samuel  and  Betsy 
(Burrell)    Dike.      He    was    educated    at    Bridge- 
water  and  was  prepared  at  the  schools  there  for 
a  college  course.     He  then  entered  Brown  Uni- 
versity  at    Providence,   Rhode    Island,   where   he 
took    the    usual    classical    course    and    graduated 
with  the  class  of  1838.     It  was  during  this  time 
that  he  came  under  the  influence  of  Swedenborg 
and  became  an  ardent  disciple  of  that  great  man's 
religious    teachings.      He    decided    to    enter    the 
church,   and   soon   after  leaving  college  went  to 
Boston,    to   study   theology   under   the    Rev.    Dr. 
Thomas   Worcester.     He   was   ordained   June    7, 
1840,    as    minister    of    the    Church    of    the    New 
Jerusalem  and  was  invited  shortly  after  by  Wil- 


liam D.  Sewell,  of  Bath,  to  become  the  resident 
pastor  of  the  new  church  which  had  been  erected 
by  the  Society  of  Swedenborgians  of  this  place. 
This  offer  he  accepted  and  on  June  13,  1840,  he- 
was  installed  as  minister  here.  For  a  period  of 
mor»  than  fifty  years  Dr.  Dike  had  ministered 
to  the  spiritual  wants  of  his  congregation  with  a 
zeal  which  endeared  him  to  the  people  of  Bath 
generally,  and  made  him  one  of  the  most  highly- 
respected  figures  in  this  community.  On  June 
2,  1800,  he  resigned  from  the  pastorship,  and  in 
consideration  of  his  long  years  of  service,  of  his 
many  sacrifices  and  his  duty  well  done,  he  was 
tendered  by  the  Hon.  Arthur  Sewell,  one  of  the 
leading  members  of  his  parish,  the  opportunity 
of  a  trip  around  the  world.  This  Dr.  Dike  ac- 
cepted, and  for  a  year  was  absent  on  his  travels, 
enjoying  keenly  the  many  places  of  interest 
which  he  visited  during  that  time,  in  spite  of 
his  seventy-six  years  of  age.  It  was  not  th« 
first  trip  abroad  made  by  Dr.  Dike,  however,  who 
in  1880  traveled  in  Egypt  and  Asia  Minor,  going 
as  far  East  as  the  city  of  Damascus,  his  object 
in  doing  so  being  to  fit  himself  thoroughly  for 
the  Professorship  of  Biblical  and  Ecclesiastical 
History  at  the  Theological  School  at  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts,  of  the  Church  of  the  New  Jeru- 
salem, which  chair  had  been  offered  him  at  about 
that  time.  He  acted  as  president  for  a  short 
time,  but  for  many  years  was  Professor  of 
Church  History.  Another  great  honor  offered  to- 
Dr.  Dike  on  account  of  his  great  intellectual 
and  spiritual  attainments  was  that  of  being  sent 
as  a  delegate  in  the  Peace  Congress,  held  at 
London,  July,  1890,  which,  however,  he  felt  him- 
self unable  to  accept. 

The  city  of  Bath  owes  much  to  Dr.  Dike  for 
the  great  interest  which  he  took  in  her  schools 
and  educational  institutions.  From  the  time  of 
his  first  coming  here  until  his  death  this  interest 
remained  unbroken,  and  as  early  as  1841,  at  the 
time  when  the  grade  schools  were  first  intro- 
duced here,  he  accepted  the  offer  of  superin- 
tendent, a  post  which  he  continued  to  fill  with 
the  utmost  efficiency  for  twenty-four  years.  His 
resignation  from  this  office  did  not  by  any  means 
end  his  activities  in  this  connection  and  he  con- 
tinued to  give  much  of  his  time  and  thought,  not 
only  to  the  schools  of  Bath,  but  to  those  of  the 
community  generally,  and  his  efforts  were  one 
of  the  chief  factors  in  bringing  them  to  their 
present  high  standard  of  efficiency.  For  twelve 
years  he  was  also  a  trustee  of  the  Maine  State 
College,  and  his  influence  in  that  institution  was 
an  exceedingly  valuable  one.  In  fact  he  was  one 
of  the  four  who  organized  this  institution.  It 


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HISTORY  OF  MAINE 


was  from  Bowdoin  College  that  Dr.  Dike  re- 
ceived his  degree  of  D.D.  in  1872,  an  honor 
which  no  one  among  the  great  divines  of  that 
time  deserved  more  entirely  than  he,  and  for 
many  years  he  served  on  its  examining  board. 
Dr.  Dike  was  a  member  of  the  Maine  Historical 
Society,  and  served  as  vice-president  thereof  for 
a  number  of  years,  his  interest  in  the  history  and 
traditions  of  this  region  being  always  very  keen. 
No  man  during  his  generation  was  better  known 
nor  more  respected  and  loved  by  all  classes  of 
his  fellow-townsmen  than  was  Dr.  Dike.  He  was 
a  ripe  scholar  and  all  his  life  was  a  close  student. 
His  life  was  not  lived  in  vain,  but,  like  Paul  of 
old,  he  fought  the  good  fight  and  kept  the  faith, 
and  at  his  death  left  a  name  unsullied  and  most 
worthy  of  emulation.  His  death  occurred  at  his 
home  at  Bath,  January  8,  1899,  at  the  advanced 
age  of  eighty-four,  and  he  was  buried  in  Oak 
Grove  Cemetery  here. 

Dr.  Dike  was  united  in  marriage,  April  10, 
1842,  at  Boston,  with  Miriam  Worcester,  a  daugh- 
ter of  his  old  teacher,  Rev.  Dr.  Thomas  Worces- 
ter, a  graduate  of  Cambridge,  where  he  received 
the  degree  of  D.D.,  who  for  more  than  fifty 
years  was  minister  of  the  Church  of  the  New 
Jerusalem  at  that  city,  and  one  of  the  best- 
known  divines  of  New  England  in  his  day  and 
generation.  Mrs.  Dike  died  February  20,  1895, 
and  is  also  buried  at  Oak  Grove  Cemetery.  She 
was  a  woman  of  unusually  high  culture  and  of 
the  most  refined  taste,  and  was  most  devoted  to 
her  husband  and  family,  making  the  Dike  home 
one  of  the  most  delightful  in  the  city  and  giving 
it  an  atmosphere  in  which  their  children  found 
the  greatest  encouragement  in  the  development 
of  all  good  things.  Dr.  Dike  and  his  wife  were 
the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Eliza- 
beth, born  March  22,  1843,  and  now  the  widow 
of  the  Hon.  John  Hazen  Kimball,  who  is  men- 
tioned below;  Alice  Loring,  born  May  19,  1844, 
died  April  4,  1845;  Samuel  Ernest,  born  October 
10,  1846,  died  July  6,  1861;  James,  born  June  27, 
1848,  was  a  well-known  educator  of  Boston,  who 
died  at  Greensbury,  November  26,  1889,  married 
Helen  J.  Loring;  Katherine,  born  March  31,  1850, 
and  died  August  18,  1850;  Helen,  born  January  31, 
1852,  and  now  the  widow  of  Albert  Edward 
Hooper,  of  Biddeford,  Maine;  Mary,  born  August 
19,  1853,  and  died  September  8,  1853;  Anna,  born 
January  16,  1855,  and  now  the  widow  of  Edward 
H.  Kimball,  who  is  mentioned  at  length  below; 
John,  born  December  27,  1856,  a  well-known 
physician  of  Melrose,  Massachusetts;  Miriam 
Worcester,  born  February  22,  1861,  and  now  the 
wife  of  the  Rev.  George  H.  Dole,  of  Wilming- 


ton,   Delaware;    Thomas,    born    June    2,    1865,    a 
physician,  who  died  April   17,  1909. 


HON.  JOHN  HAZEN  KIMBALL,  one  of  the 
prominent    lawyers   and   business    men    of    Bath, 
Maine,  was  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  born  at 
Concord,  July  14,  1823,  a  son  of  Samuel  Ayer  and 
Eliza  (Hazen)   Kimball.     He  received  his  educa- 
tion at  the  schools  of  his  native  place  and  at  the 
Fryeburg  Academy  at  Fryeburg,  Maine.     He  also 
attended    the    well-known    Phillips    Academy    at 
Andover,    Massachusetts,    and    after    graduation 
from    that   institution   went   South,   in    1843,   and 
for    two    years    taught    in    a    school    in    Charles 
county,    Maryland.      He    also    spent    part    of   his 
time  in  the  South  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  but  in 
1845   returned   to  the   North   and   located  in   the 
city  of  Portland,  where  he  entered  the  law  office 
of  Judge  Samuel  Wells  and  there  read  law.     He 
pursued   his   studies   to   such   good   purpose    that 
in  1846  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Cumber- 
land county,  after  which  he  took  up  the  practice 
of  his  chosen  profession  at  Kezar  Falls  Mills,  at 
Parsonsfield.     He  spent  two  years  in  that  region 
and   then   removed  to  Topsham,   in    1848,  where 
he    also   practised   for   a   year.      It   was   in    1849 
that  he  came  to   Bath  and  resided  in  this   city 
during  the  remainder  of  his  life,  making  for  him- 
self a  very  prominent  position  at  the  local  bar 
and    handling   much    of   the    important   litigation 
hereabouts.      Eventually,   however,    Mr.    Kimball 
gave    up    the    practice    of    the    law    to    a    certain 
extent    and    entered    the    insurance    business,    at 
the  same  time  becoming  interested  in  the  build- 
ing and   operating  of  ships.     He  was  a  man   of 
unusual  business  capacity  and  his  interests  rapidly 
extended   themselves.     Another   line   with   which 
he  was  associated  was  that  of  railroads  and  he 
was  a  director   of   the   Androscoggin   &   Central 
Vermont  Railroad.      He  also  possessed  large  in- 
terests in  the  West,  owning  great  tracts  of  land 
and  valuable  herds  of  cattle.     He  gave  his  prin- 
cipal attention,  however,  to   the  development  of 
Bath  and  was  associated  with  a  large  number  of 
important  institutions  here,  being  a  trustee  of  the 
Bath    Savings    Institution    for    twenty-five    years. 
In  politics  Mr.   Kimball  was  a  staunch   Republi- 
can   and    was    very    active    in    the    affairs    of   his 
party  in  the  State.     He  was  elected  on  the  Re- 
publican ticket  to  the  State   Legislature   in   1878 
and   served  in  that  and  the   following  year,  and 
he  was  a  member  of  the  State  Senate  from  1883 
to  1887.     In  his  religious  belief  Mr.  Kimball  was 
a  Congregationalist  and  attended  the  church  of 
that  denomination  in   Bath.     His  death  occurred 
September  25,  1901,  at  his  home  here,  and  he  is 


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buried  at  the  Oak  Grove  Cemetery.  Mr.  Kimball 
enjoyed  a  wide  popularity  and  was  well  known 
throughout  the  region  on  account  of  his  high 
principles  in  business  and  politics. 

John  Hazen  Kimball  married  (first),  November 
5,  1851,  with  Annie  Humphreys,  born  November 
19,  1828,  and  died  December  n,  1890,  a  daughter 
of  John  Campbell  and  Angeline  (Whitmore) 
Humphreys.  They  were  the  parents  of  the  fol- 
lowing children:  Edward  Hazen,  mentioned  be- 
low; Samuel  Ayer,  Jr.,  born  August  28,  1857,  and 
now  a  physician  in  Boston;  and  Frederick 
Humphreys,  born  February  25,  1861,  and  died 
May  14,  1918;  John  McKinstry,  born  November 
14,  1863,  at  Colton,  Maine,  died  in  August,  1902; 
and  Carrie  Whitmore,  born  December  13,  1865. 
John  Hazen  Kimball  married  (second)  Elizabeth 
Dike,  eldest  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Samuel 
Fuller  Dike,  who  survives  him,  and  makes  her 
home  at  present  at  Bath,  where  she  is  well- 
known  and  much-respected  as  a  woman  of  cul- 
ture and  high  Christian  character. 


New  York  City;  Miriam  Worcester,  born  July  8, 
1890,  who  resides  with  her  mother.  The  family 
are  all  members  of  the  Church  of  the  New  Jeru- 
salem at  Bath,  over  which  Dr.  Dike  presided  for 
so  many  years. 


EDWARD  HAZEN  KIMBALL,  son  of  John 
Hazen  Kimball,  was  born  August  24,  1854,  at 
Bath,  and  was  educated  at  the  local  public  school, 
the  Phillips  Andover  Academy,  and  at  Bowdoin 
College,  Brunswick,  Maine,  from  which  he  grad- 
uated in  1874,  then  went  to  Europe  and  studied 
for  one  year.  He  then  attended  the  Harvard  Law 
School  for  a  year,  graduating  from  the  same  in 
1875.  He  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  at 
Boston,  where  he  remained  for  some  time,  and 
then  returned  to  Maine.  For  a  year  he  was  en- 
gaged in  the  coal  business  at  Lewiston,  after 
which  he  came  to  Bath  and  established  himself  in 
the  wholesale  grain,  flour  and  hay  business.  To 
this  he  added  a  grocery  establishment  and  took 
into  partnership  with  him  his  brother,  Frederick 
H.  This  association  continued  until  the  death  of 
Mr.  Kimball,  May  24,  1902.  Edward  Hazen  Kim- 
ball was  a  Republican  in  politics  and  was  well 
known  and  highly  respected  throughout  the 
region. 

Edward  Hazen  Kimball  married,  June  13,  1883, 
Anna  Dike,  a  daughter  of  the  late  Rev.  Dr. 
Samuel  Fuller  Dike,  who  survives  him.  Mrs. 
Kimball  is  a  lady  of  many  gifts  and  high  culture, 
and  now  resides  with  her  sister,  Mrs.  John  Hazen 
Kimball,  on  Lincoln  street,  Bath,  in  the  home  of 
their  late  father.  Dr.  Dike.  Mr.  Edward  Hazen 
Kimball  and  his  wife  were  the  parents  of  the 
following  children:  Anne,  born  April  6,  1884, 
and  resides  with  her  mother;  Philipps,  born  Feb- 
ruary 20,  1886,  now  a  prominent  business  man  of 


ABRAHAM  L.  T.  CUMMINGS,  agricultural 
editor  of  the  University  of  Maine,  to  which  office 
he  was  appointed  by  President  Aley  of  that  insti- 
tution in  February,  1919,  was  born  in  Saco,  Maine, 
February  13,  1865.  He  was  the  second  son  of 
John  G.  Cummings,  a  native  of  Parkman,  Maine, 
and  Theodore  Tasker,  who  was  born  in  Ossipee, 
New  Hampshire.  John  G.  Cummings  served  in 
the  Civil  War  as  a  private  in  Company  I,  First 
Maine  Cavalry,  was  twice  wounded,  twice  taken 
prisoner,  and  had  the  never-to-be-forgotten  ex- 
perience of  confinement  in  Belle  Isle  and  Libby 
Prison.  The  sons  and  daughters  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Cummings  included:  Jennie  L.,  who  died  at 
the  age  of  twenty;  John  E.,  who  was  graduated 
from  Colby  College  and  the  Newton  Theological 
Institution;  since  1887  has  been  in  charge  of  a 
Baptist  mission  district  in  Burmah,  and  has  been 
decorated  by  the  King  of  England  for  distin- 
guished service;  Abraham  L.  T.,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch;  Isabel  M.,  who  was  graduated  from 
Farmington  (Maine)  Normal  School,  became  the 
wife  of  Samuel  W.  Buker,  of  Somerville,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  died  in  1908;  Lora  G.,  an  alumnus 
of  Colby  College,  now  the  wife  of  Edgar  P. 
Neal,  principal  of  a  trade  school  in  Worcester, 
Massachusetts;  Gertrude  F.,  an  alumnus  of 
Thornton  Academy,  the  wife  of  Mark  Proctor, 
of  Saco. 

Owing  to  the  death  of  his  father,  Abraham  L. 
T.  Cummings  was  unable  to  attend  college,  which 
he  had  planned  to  do  after  leaving  Thornton 
Academy.  He  engaged  in  newspaper  work  in 
Biddeford,  first  as  a  reporter,  later  as  city  editor 
and  finally  as  editor  of  a  daily  paper.  In  1894 
he  served  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen 
in  Biddeford.  In  the  fall  of  that  year  he  estab- 
lished headquarters  in  Portland  and  represented 
the  "Boston  Herald"  as  correspondent  in  the 
three  western  counties  of  Maine.  He  also  cov- 
ered a  syndicate  of  other  newspapers  in  that  field 
and  became  a  contributor  to  magazines.  In  con- 
nection with  his  newspaper  work  in  Portland  he 
served  five  years  as  a  deputy  collector  of  inter- 
nal revenue  for  Maine,  and  five  years  as  clerk  of 
the  Portland  Common  Council.  He  was  city 
clerk  of  Portland  three  years,  and  in  1910  became 
connected  with  the  E.  T.  Burrowes  Company, 
manufacturers  of  window  screens  and  novelties, 
occupying  a  position  in  the  treasurer's  and  sales 


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management  force  until  1916,  when  he  was  elected 
secretary  of  the  Publicity  and  Retail  Merchants' 
bureaus  of  the  Portland  Chamber  of  Commerce. 
The  State  Agricultural  and  Industrial  League, 
organized  in  December,  1917,  elected  him  the  fol- 
lowing spring  as  its  publicity  director,  from  which 
position  he  went  to  the  University  of  Maine,  in 
1919.  Mr.  Cumrhings  is  connected  with  the  Odd 
Fellows  and  Knights  of  Pythias,  is  a  Knight 
Templar  and  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason. 
While  city  clerk  he  served  two  years  in  the  Na- 
tional Guard.  He  was  for  twenty  years  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Portland  Club  and  served  that  organ- 
ization four  years  as  a  member  of  its  board  of 
governors,  the  last  year  as  chairman  of  the  board. 
He  took  an  active  part  in  the  Portland  Rotary 
Club,  serving  one  year  as  chairman  of  its  enter- 
tainment committee. 

September  3,  1889,  Mr.  Cummings  married 
Angle  F.  Morton,  a  native  of  Biddeford,  daughter 
of  Charles  J.  and  Susan  (York)  Morton.  She 
was  graduated  from  the  Biddeford  High  School. 
During  their  residence  in  Biddeford  and  Portland 
she  was  prominent  in  social  affairs  and  active  in 
literary  and  philanthropic  lines.  At  the  time  of, 
her  leaving  Portland,  when  Mr.  Cummings  be- 
came connected  with  the  faculty  of  the  University 
of  Maine,  she  was  serving  as  auditor,  and  had 
previously  been  corresponding  secretary,  of  the 
Woman's  Literary  Union. 


JAMES  PHINNEY  BAXTER— Undoubtedly 
one  of  the  most  prominent  figures  in  the  life  of 
Portland,  Maine,  is  James  Phinney  Baxter,  who 
is  equally  well  known  as  an  author,  manufacturer 
and  popular  public  official.  Mr.  Baxter  springs 
from  good  old  New  England  stock,  and  was  born 
at  Gorham,  Maine,  March  23,  1831,  a  son  of  Dr. 
Elihu  and  Sarah  (Cone)  Baxter.  His  father,  Dr. 
Elihu  Baxter,  was  a  prominent  physician  in  that 
part  of  the  State  and  continued  in  the  active 
practice  of  his  profession  until  past  eighty  years 
of  age. 

To  acquire  a  thorough  education,  James  P. 
Baxter  attended,  first,  the  local  schools  of  Port- 
land, and  later  the  famous  Lynn  Academy.  Hav- 
ing completed  his  studies  at  the  latter  institution, 
the  young  man  finished  the  studies  he  had  so 
promisingly  begun  under  private  tutors.  It  was 
planned  that  he  should  take  up  the  law  as  a 
profession,  but  preferring  a  literary  career,  he 
became  a  contributor  to  the  "Home  Journal,"  then 
under  the  editorship  of  N.  P.  Willis  and  George 
P.  Morris — leading  literary  lights  of  the  day — 
and  several  magazines  and  literary  newspapers. 
After  encouraging  success  in  this  field,  finding  the 


remuneration  for  literary  work  unsatisfactory,  he 
relinquished  a  portion  of  it,  and  securing  the 
agency  of  several  manufacturing  industries  he 
soon  built  up  a  successful  business;  in  fact,  his 
capacity  for  organization  and  the  management  of 
the  mercantile  and  industrial  enterprises  under- 
taken by  him  have  proven  uniformly  successful. 
Mr.  Baxter  has  become  connected  with  many 
institutions  of  a  financial  character  in  Portland, 
serving  as  president  of  the  Portland  Savings 
Bank,  the  Merchants'  Bank,  vice-president  of 
the  Portland  Trust  Company,  and  many  other 
institutions.  There  are  very  few -departments  in 
the  life  of  the  city  with  which  he  is  not  more 
or  less  closely  connected,  and  among  these  should 
be  especially  mentioned  such  movements  as  are 
undertaken  for  the  general  advantage  of  the  com- 
munity and  the  assistance  of  those  unable  to  care 
adequately  for  themselves.  Indeed  it  was  he  who 
organized  and  was  the  first  president  of  the  As- 
sociated Charities  of  Portland.  Mr.  Baxter  has 
been  deeply  interested  in  education,  and  it  is 
owing  to  his  generosity  that  the  present  hand- 
some building  in  which  the  Portland  Public 
Library  is  located  graces  the  city  today.  It  was 
he  who  built  and  donated  it  to  the  community 
and  it  is  due  to  him  that  the  library  of  the 
Maine  Historical  Society,  of  which  he  is  presi- 
dent, was  moved  from  its  restricted  quarters  in 
Brunswick  and  furnished  with  convenient  quar- 
ters in  Portland.  A  figure  so  energetic  as  that 
of  Mr.  Baxter,  and  one  who  has  bent  his  ener- 
gies so  consistently  to  the  welfare  of  his  city, 
is  naturally  popular  there,  and  this  popularity 
has  been  vividly  illustrated  by  the  honor  which 
his  fellow  citizens  have  done  him  in  electing  him 
mayor  of  Portland  for  six  terms,  four  of  which 
were  consecutive.  Among  the  achievements  of 
his  administrations  was  the  establishment  of  a 
public  Manual  Training  School,  for  which  he  is 
doubly  responsible,  inasmuch  as  he  not  only 
suggested  and  pressed  its  establishment,  but 
actually  contributed  his  salary  as  mayor  for  this 
purpose.  During  his  administration  there  was 
also  built  a  new  high  school  and  a  State  armory, 
while  the  public  parks  of  the  city  were  immeas- 
urably improved  and  beautified.  Among  other 
things  to  which  Mayor  Baxter  has  devoted  at- 
tention is  agriculture  and  stock  raising,  for  the 
perfection  of  which  he  has  given  a  great  deal 
of  study  to  farming  methods,  particularly  in 
Europe.  A  great  deal  of  his  time  is  at  present 
spent  on  his  farm  at  Mackworth  Island,  which 
he  has  connected  with  the  main  land  by  a  bridge. 
The  greatest  interest  of  Mr.  Baxter's  life,  how- 


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ever,   has   been    literature   and   this   he   has   been 
able  to  follow  to  a  remarkable  degree,  consider- 
ing the  many  demands  made  upon  his  time  and 
attention   by   his  active   business   life   and   public 
career.      He    has    written    much    upon    historical 
and  genealogical  topics  and  has  had  thirteen  pub- 
lications   reported    in    the    annual    report    of    the 
American  Historical  Association  for  the  year  1890. 
In  the  year  1898  he  was  chosen  to  lecture  before 
the  American  Geographical  Society  in  Washington, 
on  New  England.    In  1882  the  Maine  Historical  So- 
ciety celebrated  the   seventy-fifth  anniversary  of 
the  birth  of  Longfellow  and  the  choice  fell  upon 
Mr.  Baxter  to  deliver  the  commemorative  poem 
on  this  occasion.     He  was  appointed  one  of  the 
advisory  council  of  the  World's  Congress  Auxil- 
iary  to   the    World's    Columbia   Exposition,   and 
read   a   paper  before   the   Historical   Association 
gathered  in  Chicago  at  that  time,  entitled  "Pre- 
Columbian  Discovery."     The  following  is  an  in- 
complete  list   of   his   important   contributions   to 
contemporary  literature,  which  have  entitled  him 
to  be   considered  as  among  the  most  important 
literary  workers  in  the  State:    "Laus  Laureati," 
a    poem    delivered   before    the    Maine    Historical 
Society   on    the    Longfellow   celebration,   already 
mentioned   (Portland,  1882);  "A  Greeting  to  the 
Mentor,"  a  poem  delivered  on  the  eightieth  birth- 
day   of    Professor    Packard,    Longfellow's    tutor 
(Portland,  1883,  reprinted  in  the  Maine  Historical 
Quarterly,  1800);  "The  Great  Seal  of  New  Eng- 
land"   (Cambridge,   1884);   "Idyls   of   the   Year." 
"The    Trelawyn    Papers,"    "George    Cleeve    and 
his    Times,"    "The    British    Invasion    from    the 
North,"  "Early  Voyages  to  America,"  "Sir  Ferdi- 
nando    Gorges    and    His    Province    of    Maine," 
"Reminiscences    of   a   Great    Enterprise"    (1890); 
"The     Campaign     Against     the     Pequakets;     Its 
Causes  and  Its  Results"  (1890);  "The  Beginnings 
of  Maine"   (1891);  "A  Lost  Manuscript"   (1891); 
"Isaac  Jogues,  A.D.,  1636"  (1891);  "The  Abnakis 
and  Their  Ethnic   Relations"   (1892);   "The   Pio- 
neers of  New  France  and  New  England"  (1893); 
"Christopher  Levett,  and  His  Voyage  to  Casco 
Bay,  in   1623"   (1894);  "The  Voyages  of  Jacques 
Cartier."      His    last    considerable    work    is    "The 
Greatest  of  Literary  Problems,"  and  the  "Docu- 
mentary History  of  Maine,"  twenty  volumes. 

Mr.  Baxter  organized  the  Portland  Society  of 
Art,  started  the  first  Art  School  in  Portland,  and 
encouraged  it  by  becoming  a  pupil  himself 
drawing  from  the  model.  He  organized  the 
Gorges  Publication  Society  which  has  published 
several  valuable  historical  works  and  also  built 
and  gave  to  Gorham  its  Public  Library  and  Mu- 


seum, the  latter  occupying  the  house  where  he 
was  born.  In  the  year  1881  he  received  the 
honorary  degree  of  A.M.  from  Bowdoin  College, 
and  in  1904  the  degree  of  Litt.  D.  as  a  fitting 
recognition  of  his  labors  in  the  field  of  lit- 
erature and  general  culture.  Perhaps  Mr.  Bax- 
ter's most  important  and  most  lasting  work 
is  the  boulevard  around  Back  Bay,  connecting 
the  public  parks  of  Portland.  This  great  work 
was  begun  in  1896  during  his  administration  as 
mayor,  and  the  substantial  part  of  the  work  has 
already  been  completed.  During  its  progress 
he  has  acted  in  an  advisory  capacity,  and  re- 
cently had  the  satisfaction  of  being  the  first  one 
to  pass  over  the  entire  boulevard  at  the  invita- 
tion of  the  commissioners. 

Mr.  Baxter  has  been  twice  married,  his  first 
wife  having  been  Sarah  K.  Lewis,  a  daughter  of 
Captain  Ansel  Lewis,  of  Portland,  Maine,  to 
whom  he  was  united  September  18,  1854.  His 
second  marriage  was  April  2,  1872,  to  Mehetable 
Cummings,  a  daughter  of  Abel  Proctor,  of  Pea- 
body,  Massachusetts.  Mr.  Baxter  has  had  a 
family  of  eleven  children,  eight  of  whom  are 
now  living. 

It  would  be  difficult  to  overestimate  the  value 
to  a  community  of  the  presence  in  it  of  a  man 
like  Mr.  Baxter.  There  is  scarcely  a  department 
in  its  affairs,  an  aspect  of  its  life,  in  which  his 
influence  has  not  been  most  potently  felt,  and 
felt  invariably  on  the  side  of  the  public  good. 
He  is  a  practical  man  of  affairs,  a  man  of  the 
world,  yet  never  in  seeking  his  own  business 
advantage  did  he  lose  sight  of  that  of  the  com- 
munity of  which  he  is  a  member.  Nay,  rather 
has  he  given  the  preference  to  public  interests 
over  his  own,  and  in  the  many  official  capacities 
in  which  he  served  these  interests,  no  one  ever 
accused  him,  even  among  his  political  opponents, 
of  having  anything  but  the  purest  and  most  altru- 
istic motives.  The  same  high  ideals  that  govern 
his  public  capacities  are  also  his  guide  in  the 
more  personal  relations  of  life,  and  he  is  the 
possessor  of  these  great  blessings,  a  loving 
family  and  a  host  of  devoted  friends. 


SEWALL  GUSHING  STROUT,  Associate 
Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Maine,  and  one 
of  the  most  eminent  jurists  which  this  State 
has  produced,  and  a  man  of  the  highest  mental 
and  moral  qualifications,  whose  death  on  August 
10,  1914,  at  Portland,  was  felt  as  a  severe  loss, 
not  only  by  his  associates  of  the  bench  and  bar, 
but  by  the  entire  State,  was  a  member  of  a 
family  which  has  for  many  years  made  its 


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residence  here.  He  was  a  grandson  of  Enoch 
Strout,  a  native  of  Cape  Elizabeth,  Maine,  who 
went  from  that  place  and  settled  at  Wales,  Maine, 
in  1796-97.  Enoch  Strout  was  an  officer  in  the 
Continental  army  during  the  Revolution  and  ob- 
tained the  rank  of  captain,  having  already  served 
as  captain  of  militia  at  Wales.  He  married  Mercy 
C.  Small,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  ten  chil- 
dren, six  of  whom  were  born  in  Cape  Elizabeth 
and  four  in  Wales.  One  of  these  children,  Ebe- 
nezer,  the  youngest  of  the  family,  was  born  at 
the  latter  place  in  the  year  1802,  and  continued 
to  make  his  home  there  until  about  1836,  when 
he  removed  to  Topsham,  Maine.  In  1841  he  came 
to  Portland  and  there  resided  until  his  death,  in 
1880.  He  was  engaged  in  mercantile  business  at 
Topsham,  Maine,  until  1842,  and  met  with  a  high 
degree  of  success;  he  then  moved  to  Portland. 
He  married  Hannah  Gushing,  of  Durham,  and 
they  had  but  one  child,  Sewall  Gushing  Strout, 
with  whose  career  we  are  here  especially  con- 
cerned. 

Sewall  Gushing  Strout,  only  son  of  Ebenezer 
and  Hannah  (Gushing)  Strout,  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 17,  1827,  at  Wales,  Androscoggin  county, 
Maine.  In  the  year  1834,  being  at  that  time 
about  seven  years  of  age,  he  removed  with  his 
parents  to  Topsham,  and  it  was  there  that  he 
attended  school.  Later  he  was  sent  to  the  pri- 
vate school  of  Mr.  Baker  at  Brunswick,  but  in 
1842  his  parents  came  to  Portland  and  the  lad 
entered  the  high  school  in  this  city.  His  father 
had  determined  to  give  him  a  college  education 
from  the  start  and  it  was  at  the  Master  Libby's 
High  School  that  he  was  prepared  for  these  fur- 
ther studies.  But  fate  often  intervenes  in  the 
most  cherished  plans,  and  the  youth  was  obliged 
to  give  up  his  studies  on  account  of  ill  health. 
After  leaving  school  he  secured  a  position  as  a 
clerk  in  the  dry  goods  establishment  of  David 
J.  True,  with  whom  he  remained  for  about 
eighteen  months.  The  young  man  was  exceed- 
ingly ambitious,  and  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  his 
health  was  not  robust  he  devoted  every  spare 
hour  when  he  was  not  employed  in  the  estab- 
lishment of  Mr.  True  to  the  study  of  the  law, 
he  having  determined  to  adopt  that  as  his  pro- 
fession in  life.  In  1846  he  gave  up  his  clerical 
position  and  became  a  student  of  the  law  in 
the  offices  of  Howard  &  Shepley,  well-known 
attorneys  in  this  city  at  that  time,  Mr.  Howard 
becoming  later  a  justice  of  the  Supreme  Court 
of  the  State,  and  mayor  of  Portland  in  1860.  In 
October,  1848,  Mr.  Strout,  having  pursued  his 
studies  most  diligently  in  the  meantime,  was  ad- 


mitted to  the  bar  of  Cumberland  county,  and  im- 
mediately after  took  up  his  abode  at  Bridgeton, 
where  he  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion. He  did  not  remain  at  that  place,  however, 
more  than  six  years,  but  on  April  i,  1854,  returned 
to  Portland,  and  once  more  established  himself 
in  practice.  For  a  year  he  conducted  his  prac- 
tice by  himself  and  then  formed  a  partnership 
with  Judge  Joseph  Howard,  who  had  retired 
from  the  bench  after  one  term.  The  firm  of 
Howard  and  Strout  continued  until  June,  1864, 
when  it  was  dissolved.  Two  years  further  elapsed 
with  Mr.  Strout  unassociated  with  a  partner,  and 
then  the  firm  of  Strout  &  Gage  was  formed,  the 
junior  partner  being  Hanno  W.  Gage,  one  of 
the  most  distinguished  attorneys  of  the  State. 
In  1880  Frederick  Sewall  Strout,  Mr.  Strout's 
eldest  son,  was  also  admitted  to  the  firm,  which 
thereupon  became  Strout,  Gage  &  Strout.  On 
March  14,  1888,  however,  the  younger  Mr.  Strout 
died,  but  a  still  younger  brother,  Charles  Au- 
gustus Strout,  who  is  the  subject  of  extended 
mention  elsewhere  in  this  work,  took  his  place, 
and  the  name  of  the  firm  continued  unchanged. 
With  the  accession  of  Mr.  Strout  to  the  Supreme 
Bench  of  the  State,  the  name  was  once  more 
changed  and  became  Gage  &  Strout,  under  which 
style  it  was  continued  until  the  death  of  Mr. 
Gage,  on  January  4,  1907.  The  record  that  Judge 
Strout  has  made  for  himself  in  this  State  is  an 
enviable  one,  and  what  might  have  been  a 
handicap  to  most  men  was  entirely  made  up  by 
him,  namely,  the  lack  of  a  college  education. 
This  was  made  up  in  his  case  by  his  native  taste 
for  scholarship  and  all  those  various  elements 
of  culture  which  most  men  find  it  hard  to  acquire 
outside  of  a  university's  walls.  To  him  they 
came  naturally  and  it  is  no  exaggeration  to  say 
that  he  was  quite  as  well  educated  as  practically 
any  of  his  associates  at  the  bar  and  far  more  so 
than  the  great  majority.  He  won  for  himself 
a  reputation  for  honesty  and  integrity,  in  addi- 
tion to  that  which  he  possessed  for  ability,  that 
was  second  to  none  in  the  State,  and  which  drew 
to  him  a  very  large  proportion  of  the  most  inv 
portant  litigation  in  this  region,  and  he  has  in 
addition  taken  part  in  many  important  cases 
beyond  the  limits  of  Maine.  Judge  Strout  did 
not,  however,  make  a  specialty  of  any  particu- 
lar department  of  the  law,  but  was  considered 
one  of  the  most  brilliant,  accomplished,  and  ver- 
satile lawyers  in  the  State.  So  great,  indeed, 
was  his  knowledge,  and  so  profound  his  re- 
searches, that  he  might  have  been  supposed  a 
specialist  in  almost  any  branch  of  the  law  with 


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which  he  happened  to  be  dealing.  His  ability 
as  a  trial  lawyer  was  especially  high  and  his 
arguments  before  jury  were  calculated  to  make 
the  most  complex  and  difficult  propositions  of 
the  law  plain  to  the  lay  mind.  He  possessed 
extraordinary  self-control  and  never  allowed  him- 
self to  lose  his  temper  in  the  court  room,  how- 
ever aggrevating  his  opponent  might  be,  and  this 
quality  is  always  particularly  forceful  and  per- 
suasive with  the  jury. 

Judge  Strout  cannot  be  said  to  have  had  a 
definite  political  career.  He  was  a  staunch  Demo- 
crat from  his  earliest  youth  until  the  end  of  his 
life,  but  the  only  purely  political  office  that  he 
ever  held  was  that  of  alderman  of  Portland, 
which  he  filled  for  about  one  year.  But  abilities 
such  as  those  possessed  by  Judge  Strout  were 
of  a  kind  which  the  community  could  not  afford 
to  leave  wholly  in  private  life  and  it  was  natural 
that  they  should  be  called  to  the  public  service. 
At  the  time  of  Judge  Lowell's  resignation  from 
the  United  States  Circuit  Court,  Mr.  Strout's 
professional  colleagues  throughout  the  State 
almost  unanimously  suggested  him  for  the  va- 
cancy, and  although  the  appointment  went  to 
another  State,  Judge  Strout  was  instinctively  felt 
to  be  the  most  appropriate  candidate.  The  State 
of  Maine  has  for  many  years  had  a  rule  requiring 
one  member  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State 
to  be  one  of  the  minority  party,  and  after  the 
death  of  Artcmas  Libby,  in  March,  1894,  the  first 
Democrat  who  held  this  position  under  the  law, 
Mr.  Strout  was  called  to  succeed  to  the  vacancy. 
He  was  appointed  to  this  high  position  April  12, 
1894,  and  twelve  days  later  began  the  performance 
of  his  duties  in  an  office  which  he  continued  to 
fill  for  fourteen  years.  Not  less  than  his  fame 
as  a  lawyer  was  that  which  he  established  as  a 
judge  during  this  long  period,  and  he  amply 
maintained  the  high  standard  of  judicial  pro- 
cedure for  which  this  court  has  always  stood. 
He  retired  from  the  Supreme  Court  of  Maine  in 
April,  1908,  highly  honored  by  the  whole  pro- 
fession in  the  State  as  well  as  by  the  general 
community.  After  his  retirement  Judge  Strout 
once  more  took  up  the  active  practice  of  his 
profession  in  partnership  with  his  son,  Charles 
A.  Strout,  under  the  firm  name  of  Strout  & 
Strout,  and  continued  thus  engaged  until  within 
a  very  short  time  of  his  death.  He  was  presi- 
dent of  the  Cumberland  Bar  Association. 

Sewall  Gushing  Strout  was  united  in  marriage, 
November  22,  1849,  at  Portland,  Maine,  with 
Octavia  J.  P.  Shaw,  of  Portland,  a  daughter  of 
Elias  and  Eliza  (Philips)  Shaw,  of  this  city,  the 


latter  a  daughter  of  Deacon  John  Philips,  who 
was  the  first  president  of  the  Mechanics'  Asso- 
ciation. They  were  the  parents  of  five  children, 
as  follows:  Anna  Octavia,  Louise  Blanche,  Fred- 
erick Sewall,  Joseph  Howard,  and  Charles  Au- 
gustus, whose  career  forms  the  subject  matter  of 
the  following  sketch. 

The  success  of  Judge  Strout  in  his  chosen 
profession  was  due,  perhaps,  more  than  to  any 
other  factor,  to  the  possession  by  him  of  those 
fundamental  virtues  of  sincerity  and  courage 
which  lay  at  the  base  of  his  character,  as  they 
must  at  that  of  any  character  that  amounts  to 
anything.  His  sincerity  was  of  a  kind  which 
rendered  him  incapable  of  taking  advantage  of 
others,  and  his  courage  kept  him  cheerful  and 
determined  in  the  face  of  all  obstacles.  To  these 
he  added  a  practical  grasp  of  affairs,  and  an  ideal- 
ism which  kept  his  outlook  fresh,  and  his  aims 
pure  and  high-minded.  These  qualities,  it  is 
hardly  necessary  to  point  out,  are  most  valuable 
in  the  profession  of  the  law,  and  indeed  his  work 
both  as  attorney  and  judge  fully  showed  this 
happy  union.  In  all  the  relations  of  his  life,  in 
all  his  associations  with  his  fellows,  these  same 
qualities  stood  out  in  marked  manner  and  gained 
for  him  the  admiration  and  affection  with  all  who 
came  in  contact  with  him,  even  in  the  most 
casual  way.  In  his  family  life  his  conduct  was 
of  the  highest  order,  a  devoted  husband  and 
father,  who  found  his  chief  happiness  in  the 
intimate  intercourse  of  his  own  household  and 
by  his  own  hearthstone. 


CHARLES  AUGUSTUS  STROUT,  one  of  the 
most  active  and  popular  among  the  public  men 
of  Portland,  Maine,  and  a  man  whose  career  has 
shown  an  unusually  high  and  altruistic  regard  for 
the  welfare  of  the  city  which  he  served,  is 
Charles  Augustus  Strout,  youngest  son  of  Judge 
Sewall  Gushing  Strout,  who  is  the  subject  of 
extended  mention  in  sketch  preceding,  and 
of  Octavia  J.  P.  (Shaw)  Strout,  his  wife.  Mr. 
Strout  is  a  member  of  a  very  old  and  distin- 
guished family  in  this  State  and  himself  dis- 
plays the  fine  qualities  of  character  that  have 
marked  his  ancestors  for  many  generations.  Like 
his  father  before  him,  he  is  a  lawyer  by  pro- 
fession, but  he  is  also  intimately  affiliated  with 
the  political  life  of  the  community. 

Born  at  the  old  Strout  home  in  Portland,  July 
12,  1863,  Mr.  Strout  as  a  child  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  city.  A  little  later 
he  entered  the  private  school  of  Cyrus  B.  Varney, 
for  the  purpose  of  preparing  himself  for  college. 


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and  this  being  accomplished,  became  a  pupil  at 
Bowdoin  College.  This  was  in  the  year  1881, 
and  he  was  just  beginning  what  promised  to  be 
a  brilliant  career  when  he  met  with  an  unfor- 
tunate accident  from  a  party  of  hazers,  which 
so  badly  injured  his  eye  that  he  was  unable  to 
continue  his  course.  Later,  having  somewhat 
recovered,  he  entered  the  law  office  of  Strout, 
Gage  &  Strout,  of  which  his  father  was  the  senior 
partner,  and  there  studied  for  the  legal  profes- 
sion to  such  good  purpose  that  he  was  admitted 
to  the  bar,  April  25,  1885.  For  a  time  after  his 
admission  to  the  bar  he  practised  law  by  him- 
self in  Portland,  but  on  the  death  of  his  brother, 
Frederick  S.  Strout,  he  succeeded  him  as  a 
member  of  his  father's  firm.  Upon  the  elevation 
of  Justice  Strout  to  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
State,  this  firm  became  Gage  &  Strout,  under 
which  form  it  continued  to  practice  until  January 
4,  1907,  when  it  was  dissolved  by  the  retirement 
of  Mr.  Gage.  For  a  time  Mr.  Strout  practised 
alone  once  more,  but  in  1908  was  joined  by  his 
father,  who  had  resigned  from  the  Supreme 
Court  in  that  year.  During  the  time  of  this 
association,  the  firm  was  known  as  Strout  & 
Strout,  but  after  the  death  of  the  elder  member, 
in  1914,  Mr.  Strout  once  more  began  practice 
by  himself  and  has  continued  actively  engaged  in 
this  manner  up  to  the  present  time.  The  tradi- 
tions of  this  old  firm,  which  was  founded  more 
than  fifty  years  ago,  and  which  for  so  long  has 
held  a  very  prominent  place  in  the  legal  profes- 
sion here,  have  been  fully  maintained  by  the 
present  Mr.  Strout,  through  whose  office  a  large 
amount  of  very  important  litigation  passes,  and 
who  has  bhown  himself  to  be  a  brilliant  and 
capable  attorney  in  more  than  one  of  the  great 
legal  battles  of  the  State.  Mr.  Strout  has  been 
for  many  years  an  active  member  of  the  Re- 
publican party,  and  has  always  taken  an  interest 
in  the  affairs  of  his  native  city.  He  is,  indeed, 
one  of  the  most  conspicuous  figures  in  the  polit- 
ical and  public  life  of  this  place  and  may  be 
said  to  find  much  recreation  in  his  activity. 
He  has  held  a  number  of  important  municipal 
positions,  was  a  member  of  the  Common  Council 
in  1890-91,  and  during  the  latter  year  was  presi- 
dent of  that  body.  In  1893  he  was  elected  alder- 
man from  the  Sixth  Ward  and  served  in  that 
capacity  during  one  term.  He  was  elected  city 
solicitor  in  1900,  an  office  which  he  held  for  three 
terms,  and  during  his  tenure,  proved  himself  a 
most  capable  and  public-spirited  official.  Mr. 
Strout  is  also  prominent  in  the  social  and  fra- 
ternal world  hereabouts  and  is  a  member  of  a 


number  of  orders  and  other  organizations  of 
similar  character,  including  the  Masonic  order 
in  which  he  holds  the  thirty-second  degree; 
Ivanhoe  Lodge,  No.  25,  Knights  of  Pythias,  and 
Lodge  No.  188,  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order 
of  Elks ;  and  Samoset  Lodge,  Independent  Order 
of  Red  Men.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Cum- 
berland, the  Portland  Athletic,  the  Portland,  the 
Lincoln,  and  the  Portland  Country  clubs,  and  is 
president  of  the  Portland  group  of  the  Alliance 
Francaise. 

Charles  Augustus  Strout  was  united  in  mar- 
riage, June  7,  1893,  at  Portland,  Maine,  with 
Jennie  May  Higgins,  of  this  city,  a  daughter  of 
Micah  and  Mary  Ann  (Whitney)  "Higgins,  old 
and  highly  respected  residents  here.  To  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Strout  one  child  has  been  born,  Sewall 
Gushing  (2),  born  March  21,  1894,  a  graduate  of 
Phillips  Academy,  at  Exeter,  New  Hampshire, 
and  for  one  year  a  student  in  the  Boston  Uni- 
versity Law  School.  He  enlisted  in  the  United 
States  Army  in  June,  1917,  and  the  following  Jan- 
uary entered  the  third  Officers'  Training  Camp 
at  Fort  Oglethorpe,  Georgia.  He  joined  the 
American  Expeditionary  Force  in  France  in 
April,  1918,  attended  the  artillery  schools  at 
Saumur  and  Angers,  France,  and  in  November 
was  commissioned  first  lieutenant  in  coasl  artil- 
lery, becoming  adjutant  of  the  First  Battalion, 
Fifty-second  Regiment,  Coast  Artillery  Corps. 
He  saw  active  service  with  his  regiment,  and  was 
honorably  discharged  from  the  United  States 
Army  upon  his  return  to  the  United  States  in 
January,  1919. 


LLEWELLYN  POWERS,  Lawyer,  Governor, 
Congressman — that  Llewellyn  Powers  was  elected 
by  a  majority  larger  than  ever  given  a  candidate 
for  governor  of  Maine,  that  he  was  elected  and 
then  sent  to  Congress  four  successive  terms,  is 
the  best  proof  that  he  enjoyed  the  perfect  confi- 
dence of  the  people  of  the  State  in  which  his 
life  was  spent.  It  was  said  of  him  that  he  was 
more  widely  and  intimately  known  to  the  people 
of  Maine  than  any  man  who  had  appeared  in 
the  public  life  of  the  State  during  the  forty  years 
preceding  his  death.  His  administration  as  gov- 
ernor was  one  of  the  best  that  has  ever  been 
given  the  State  of  Maine.  He  gave  to  the  office 
the  same  careful  oversight  that  marked  his  pri- 
vate business  and  stood  as  a  rock  against  needless 
expenditures.  He  refused  to  call  an  extra  ses- 
sion of  the  Legislature  to  appropriate  money  to 
equip  and  provide  a  Maine  regiment  during  the 


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early  Spanish-American  War,  but  when  funds 
were  necessary  he  personally  advanced  the  large 
sum  of  money  required,  trusting  to  the  next  Leg- 
islature to  reimburse  him,  which  they  did.  His 
career  in  the  National  House  of  Representatives 
was  marked  by  conservatism  and  sound  business 
judgment  in  all  matters  in  which  he  took  part, 
and  on  account  of  his  long  experience  in  financial 
and  legal  matters  he  was  always  listened  to  with 
much  attention  and  interest  on  pending  questions 
relating  to  banking  and  currency,  and  his  fair- 
ness and  courtesy  in  debate  won  him  many 
friends  on  both  sides  of  the  House.  He  never 
posed  as  an  orator,  yet  he  was  classed  as  a  very 
effective  speaker,  and  with  but  one  or  two  ex- 
ceptions no  political  speaker  in  Maine  ever  ad- 
the  campaign.  For  more  than  thirty  years  he 
took  part  in  every  political  campaign  in  his  own 
State,  and  sometimes  aided  his  brethren  of  neigh- 
boring States  in  their  campaigns.  He  was  a  man 
of  sound  business  judgment,  a  good  judge  of  in- 
vestments, possessing  large  means  of  his  own 
acquiring.  In  private  life  he  was  always  regarded 
as  the  friend  of  the  poor  man,  and  many  a  pros- 
perous citizen  of  the  State  received  his  start 
from  the  kindly  advice  and  financial  assistance 
they  received  from  him.  He  was  a  generous 
giver  to  charitable  and  benevolent  objects,  and 
it  is  said  his  donations  to  church  organizations 
extended  to  almost  every  church  which  had  been 
dedicated  in  Eastern  Maine  during  the  last  twenty 
years  of  his  life. 

Governor  Powers  was  of  the  seventh  genera- 
tion of  the  family  founded  in  New  England  by 
Walter  Power,  who  landed  at  Salem,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1654,  married  Trial  Sheppard,  daughter 
of  Ralph  Sheppard,  a  London  goldsmith,  who 
settled  in  Concord  village,  Middlesex  county 
(later  Littleton),  where  he  died  February  22, 
1708.  The  line  of  descent  from  Walter  and  Trial 
(Sheppard)  Power  to  Governor  Powers  is  traced 
through  the  founder's  fourth  son,  Daniel  Powers 
(he  adding  the  "s"),  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth 
(Whitcomb)  Powers;  their  fourth  son,  Captain 
Peter  Powers,  a  militia  captain  serving  against 
the  Indians  and  French,  and  his  wife,  Anna 
(Keyes)  Powers,  they  moving  to  New  Hamp- 
shire; their  son,  Levi  Powers,  who  moved  to 
Kennebec  county,  Maine,  and  his  wife;  their 
son,  Philip  Powers,  of  Sidney,  Maine,  and  his 
wife,  Lucy  (Hood)  Powers;  their  son,  Arba 
Powers,  of  Pittsfield,  Somerset  county,  Maine, 
and  his  wife,  Naomi  (Matthews)  Powers;  their 
ton,  Llewellyn  Powers,  to  whose  memory  this 
review  of  his  distinguished  life  is  dedicated. 


Arba  and  Naomi  (Matthews)  Powers  were  the 
parents  of  eight  sons,  all  of  whom  grew  to  man- 
hood and  attained  high  position,  six  of  them  be- 
coming lawyers:  Llewellyn,  of  further  mention; 
Cyrus  M.,  a  lawyer  of  Aroostook  county,  Maine; 
Gorham,  a  lawyer  of  Granite  Falls,  Minnesota, 
also  State  Senator  and  District  Judge;  Amos,  a 
teacher,  moved  to  the  State  of  California;  Sceva, 
a  Nevada  gold  miner;  Cassius  Clay,  a  graduate 
of  Bowdoin  College,  and  a  lawyer  of  Boston, 
Massachusetts;  Don  Arba  Horace,  a  lawyer  of 
Houlton,  Maine,  associated  in  practice  with  his 
brothers,  Llewellyn  and  Frederick  A.;  Frederick 
Alton,  a  lawyer  and  judge  of  the  Supreme  Judi- 
cial Court  of  Maine  until  his  resignation,  March 
31,  1907.  They  were  also  the  parents  of  two 
daughters,  Hortense  B.,  a  teacher  in  Oakland, 
California,  where  she  died  March  31,  1879;  Loan- 
tha  A.,  who  died  at  the  age  of  sixteen. 

Llewellyn  Powers,  eldest  child  of  Arba  and 
Naomi  (Matthews)  Powers,  was  born  in  Pitts- 
field,  Somerset  county,  Maine,  December  14,  1836, 
and  died  at  Houlton,  Aroostook  county,  Maine, 
July  28,  1908.  He  was  educated  in  Hartland 
Academy,  Colby  College,  and  Albany  Law  School, 
receiving  his  degree  LL.B.  from  the  last-named 
institution,  class  of  1860.  He  was  admitted  to 
practice  in  New  York,  and  in  Maine  the  same 
year,  and  began  the  practice  of  law  in  Houlton, 
Maine,  in  December,  1860,  continuing  in  active, 
successful  legal  practice  until  January,  1887,  win- 
ning high  reputation  as  a  convincing  advocate, 
an  able  lawyer,  and  the  leader  of  the  Aroostook 
bar.  He  was  elected  prosecuting  attorney  for 
Aroostook  county  in  1865,  serving  continuously 
for  six  years;  was  collector  of  United  States 
Customs  for  the  Aroostook  district  for  four 
years,  1868-72;  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the 
United  States  District  and  Circuit  Courts  in 
1868,  and  in  1888  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of 
Suffolk  county,  Massachusetts.  His  brothers, 
Don  Arba  Horace  and  Frederick  Alton  Powers, 
were  his  law  partners  in  Houlton,  the  last  named 
being  a  judge  of  the  Maine  Supreme  Court, 
1901-07. 

There  was  a  strong  political  undercurrent 
flowing  through  the  life  of  Governor  Powers 
while  the  law  was  apparently  his  one  great  ih- 
terest.  He  was  a  Republican  in  his  political 
faith,  and  both  the  prosecutors  and  collectors  of 
customs  offices  were  political.  In  1873  he  was 
elected  to  the  Maine  House  of  Representatives, 
serving  in  1874-75-76.  He  was  elected  member  of 
the  National  House  of  Representatives,  taking 
his  seat  in  the  Forty-fifth  Congress,  1877-79. 


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Eugene  Hale  and  William  R.  Frye  also  being 
members  of  that  Congress.  He  then  returned 
to  private  and  business  life,  serving  his  district 
again  in  the  State  Legislature,  in  1881,  1893-94-95, 
serving  as  Speaker  of  the  House  during  the  last 
term.  In  1896  he  was  elected  Governor  of  Maine 
by  a  majority  of  48,000,  and  in  1896  was  re- 
elected.  During  his  legislative  service  in  the 
Maine  House  he  reported  from  an  evenly-divided 
judiciary  committee  of  which  he  was  chairman 
a  bill  abolishing  capital  punishment,  and  was 
successful  in  having  the  bill  become  a  law.  His 
record  during  the  two  terms  he  served  as  Gov- 
ernor of  Maine  was  a  notable  one.  He  brought 
to  the  many  and  exacting  duties  of  the  office 
the  same  calm  judgment,  firm  purpose,  and  clear 
grasp  of  affairs  that  had  won  him  eminence  in 
other  walks  of  life. 

Soon  after  his  retirement  from  the  Governor's 
chair  he  was  chosen  to  fill  out  the  unexpired  term 
of  the  Fifty-seventh  Congress  occasioned  by  the 
resignation  of  Congressman  Charles  A.  Boutelle. 
He  was  re-elected  to  serve  in  the  Fifty-eighth, 
Fifty-ninth,  and  Sixtieth  Congresses,  declining  a 
renomination.  He  did  not  wish  to  return  to  the 
Sixtieth  Congress,  but  said:  "If  my  people  want 
me  to  serve  them  I  shall  obey  their  will."  He 
died  "in  the  harness"  prior  to  the  end  of  his 
congressional  term.  A  special  memorial  service 
was  held  in  the  House  of  Representatives,  Jan- 
uary 31,  1009,  and  in  the  Senate  of  the  United 
States,  February  27,  1909.  Memorial  addresses 
were  delivered  in  the  House  by  Congressmen 
Guernsey,  Swasey  and  Burleigh  of  Maine,  Gaines 
of  Tennessee,  Cole  of  Ohio,  Hamilton  of  Michi- 
gan, Hayes  of  California,  Stanley  of  Kentucky, 
Fowler  of  New  Jersey,  Lloyd  of  Missouri,  and 
Waldo  of  New  York.  In  the  Senate  addresses 
were  delivered  by  Senators  Frye  and  Hale  of 
Maine,  Sutherland  of  Utah,  Smith  of  Michigan, 
and  Dixon  of  Montana.  All  these  speakers  spoke 
eloquently  of  the  virtues  of  their  fallen  associate, 
and  paid  him  the  most  generous  tributes  of  their 
admiration  and  esteem. 

Said   Senator  Hale: 

I  shall  miss  him,  Mr.  President,  very  greatly, 
because,  coming  from  the  same  part  of  the  State, 
we  were  thrown  together  closely,  and  I  think 
I  may  say  that  in  the  years  I  have  known  him, 
with  increasing  regard  for  more  than  forty  years, 
we  had  no  differences.  He  and  I  in  political 
matters,  in  matters  touching  State  interests,  and 
what  was  of  most  account  to  our  people  traveled 
together. 

Said  Senator  Dixon: 

Governor  Powers  was  a  striking  figure  in  that 


body  (House  of  Representatives),  comprising  a 
membership  of  400  men,  the  directly  chosen  rep- 
resentatives of  90,000,000  people.  Large  and  well 
proportioned  physically,  swarthy  of  complexion, 
a  massive  head  crowned  with  a  shock  of  raven 
black  hair,  he  attracted  notice  among  his  fellow 
members.  He  was  most  genial  in  manner,  con- 
servative in  speech,  and  fair  in  his  judgment  of 
both  men  and  measures.  Measured  by  any  stan- 
dard, his  life  was  a  successful  one.  In  business 
affairs,  in  the  legal  profession,  and  in  the  public 
service,  he  had  achieved  distinction  in  all. 

Said  Senator  Smith: 

He  was  most  modest  and  unpretentious,  yet 
he  was  firm  and  substantial.  He  made  few  ten- 
ders of  his  sympathy  or  kindliness  of  nature,  but 
no  one  could  come  in  contact  with  him  and  fail 
to  appreciate  that  he  was  one  of  nature's  truest 
men.  I  simply  desire  to  pay  my  tribute  to  his 
lofty  character,  his  usefulness,  and  his  fidelity. 

Said  Senator  Sutherland: 

Mentally  he  was,  I  thought,  more  sound  than 
alert.  He  did  not  come  to  a  decision  quickly. 
His  conclusions  were  not  intuitive,  but  the  result 
of  patient,  deliberate,  painstaking,  intellectual 
work.  Almost  as  a  necessary  consequence,  hav- 
ing arrived  at  a  determination  respecting  the 
merits  of  a  proposition,  he  was  immovable,  albeit 
he  was  not  dogmatic  or  stubborn.  He  listened 
to  the  views  of  others  with  an  open  mind;  he 
did  not  differ  for  the  mere  sake  of  difference. 
His  manner  to  all  was  gentleness  and  courtesy 
personified.  He  was  by  nature  social,  a  lover  of 
his  fellows.  He  was  a  good  conversationalist  and 
a  good  listener,  which  is  sometimes  a  more  ami- 
able if  rarer  accomplishment. 

Said  Senator  Frye: 

Governor  Powers  was  a  first  rate,  all  around 
lawyer,  the  product  I  think  more  frequently  of 
the  country  than  of  the  city  practice.  As  an 
advocate  he  was  forceful,  exhaustive  and  suc- 
cessful, if  not  eloquent.  As  a  legislator  his  clear 
vision  and  business  sagacity  together  with  his 
accurate  legal  knowledge  and  commanding  pres- 
ence compelled  attention  and  rendered  him  ef- 
fective. He  was  an  ardent  Republican,  a  firm 
believer  in  the  protective  policy,  loyal  to  all  the 
fundamental  principles  of  his  party,  and  yet 
always  tolerant  of  those  differing  with  him. 
He  made  hosts  of  friends  and  few  enemies. 
Socially  he  was  very  attractive,  was  a  fine  con- 
versationalist, abounding  in  apt  anecdote  and 
quick  of  wit.  He  was  a  devoted  husband  and  a 
loving  father.  He  fought  well  life's  battles  and 
won  more  victories  than  fall  to  the  lot  of  most 
men  In  his  death  his  country,  his  State  and 
his  family  have  suffered  a  most  serious  loss. 

Said  Congressman  Lloyd: 

He  was  a  man  of  good  habits  and  lived  an 
upright  life.  I  remember  of  two  conversations 
in  which  the  questions  of  Bible  lessons  were  in- 
volved, and  he  expressed  himself  firmly  in  favor 
cf  the  truth. 

Said   Congressman   Fowler: 
He  was  simple,  he  was  true,  he  was  intellectu- 
ally honest;  he  was  self-respecting,  he  was  self- 


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icliant.  He  was  deeply  and  profoundly  a  patriotic 
iran  as  I  understood  it.  As  I  came  to  know  him 
thoroughly  and  comprehend  him  I  discovered 
he  was  as  proud  of  our  country  as  any  man 
I  ever  knew.  He  was  proud  of  Maine;  he  was 
proud  of  the  many  great  men  Maine  had  pro- 
duced; he  was  proud  of  the  fact  that  he  was  one 
of  a  family  that  had  made  its  name  respected; 
he  was  proud  of  the  country  in  which  he  lived 
and  his  little  town.  He  was  not  only  proud  of 
the  family  of  which  he  was  one  of  the  sons,  but 
he  was  proud  of  his  own  children. 

Said  Congressman  Stanley: 

At  this  time  we  can  look  back  over  the  career 
of  this  remarkable  man  with  peculiar  pleasure 
and  peculiar  reverence.  He  possessed  that  rare 
quality  that  Gibbon  has  aptly  portrayed  in  Anto- 
ninus Pius-Equanimity.  It  is  necessary  in  a 
lawmaker,  it  is  essential  to  a  successful  executive. 
This  man  did  not  seek  the  limelight.  He  was  in 
no  sense  spectacular.  Appreciating  and  deserv- 
ing the  confidence  of  the  people,  he  sought  their 
sober  approval  rather  than  their  hilarious  ap- 
plause. He  was  not  intoxicated  by  fulsome  praise. 
These  qualities  made  him  a  great  Governor. 

Said   Congressman   Gaines: 

He  often  "paired"  but  he  never  broke  faith, 
through  pressure  to  change  the  pair  in  a  trying 
struggle  and  vote.  "They  pressed  me  mightily, 
my  boy,  but  I  kept  my  word  with  you."  How 
heroic,  how  honorable,  that. 

Said  Congressman  Burleigh: 

Born  on  a  pioneer  farm,  the  eldest  of  a  large 
family,  he  was  forced  from  boyhood  to  be  the 
architect  of  his  own  fortunes,  and  yet  he  did  not 
enter  into  the  competitions  of  life  devoid  of  cap- 
ital. He  was  peculiarly  rich  in  the  qualities  that 
command  success,  in  the  full  vigor  of  a  splendid, 
physical  and  intellectual  strength  in  abounding 
health,  in  self-confidence  to  meet  and  conquer 
the  difficulties  that  confronted  him,  and  in  a 
personal  magnetism  that  speedily  drew  about  him 
a  wide  circle  of  devoted  and  admiring  friends. 
There  was  in  the  makeup  of  Mr.  Powers  no  trace 
of  snobbery  or  affectation.  He  was  all  his  life 
in  close  and  sympathetic  touch  with  the  plain 
people.  Warm-hearted,  cordial  and  genuine  in 
his  dealing  with  those  about  him,  he  constantly 
extended  the  circle  of  his  friendships.  It  was  a 
real  pleasure  for  him  to  meet  old  acquaintances 
and  make  new  ones.  His  instincts  were  social. 
He  loved  the  companionship  of  his  fellowmen, 
and  few  there  were  who  could  resist  the  rare 
chain  of  his  personality.  As  he  came  and  went 
he  had  a  cordial  word  of  greeting  for  every- 
one he  met.  He  looked  out  upon  life  with  the 
spirit  of  an  optimist,  and  from  the  depths  of  his 
own  frank  and  generous  nature  radiated  an  at- 
mosphere of  hope  and  cheer  upon  those  about 
him. 

From  these  brief  extracts  from  the  speeches 
of  his  contemporaries  at  the  memorial  services 
held  in  the  Capitol  at  Washington,  it  is  easily 
seen  how  strong  was  the  hold  Governor  Powers 
had  upon  their  affectionate  regard.  Similar 


meetings  were  held  at  the  Capitol  in  Augusta, 
Maine,  and  from  every  quarter  there  came  to  the 
bereaved  wife  letters  and  testimonials  of  the  re- 
gard in  which  he  was  held. 

In  1868,  Governor  Powers  first  became  in- 
terested in  Maine  timber  lands,  and  a  few  years 
before  his  death  he  was  said  to  be  one  of  the 
largest  wild  land  owners  in  the  State.  He  was 
president  of  the  Farmers'  National  Bank  of 
Houlton,  and  for  several  years  a  director  of  the 
Fourth  National  Bank  of  Boston.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  lodge  and  chapter  and 
of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks; 
Colby  University  conferred  upon  him  the  hon- 
orary degree,  A.M.,  in  1870,  and  later  LL.D. 
His  clubs  were  the  Algonquin  of  Boston,  Boston 
Whist,  Boston  Athletic,  and  Tarantine  of  Ban- 
gor,  Maine.  He  was  a  Unitarian  in  his  own 
faith,  as  was  his  first  wife,  but  his  second  wife 
and  children  are  Episcopalians. 

Governor  Powers  married  (first),  in  June,  1863, 
at  Corinna,  Maine,  Jennie  C.  Hewes,  daughter 
of  Benjamin  and  Adelaide  (Linnell)  Hewes,  of 
Levant,  Maine.  He  married  (second),  in  Lin- 
coln, Maine,  December  25,  1886,  Martha  G. 
Averill,  daughter  of  Luther  H.  Averill,  of  Old- 
town,  Maine,  and  his  wife,  Eliza  (Garvin)  Averill, 
of  Exeter,  Maine.  Children,  all  by  second  mar- 
riage: Walter  Averill,  born  April  16,  1888;  Mar- 
tha Pauline,  April  19,  1890;  Doris  Virginia,  May 
15,  1892;  Ralph  Averill,  September  24,  1893;  and 
Margaret  Llewellyn,  December  27,  1896. 


HARRY  RUST  VIRGIN,  the  eminent  Port- 
land lawyer  and  a  leader  of  the  bar  of  Maine, 
comes  of  a  family  which  has  for  many  years  been 
associated  with  the  legal  history  of  that  State, 
whose  father  held  a  distinguished  position  on  the 
Maine  bench  and  did  much  to  establish  the  tra- 
ditions and  standards  of  legal  practice  there. 
His  grandfather,  Peter  Chandler  Virgin,  was  a 
native  of  Concord,  New  Hampshire,  and  a  grand- 
son of  one  of  the  founders  of  that  town.  During 
his  young  manhood  he  removed  to  Rumford, 
Maine,  where  for  many  years  he  was  the  only 
lawyer.  He  had  been  educated  at  Phillips  Acad- 
emy at  Exeter  and  Harvard  College,  and  that 
which  brought  him  to  the  interior  of  Maine  at 
that  time,  hardly  more  than  a  frontier  region, 
was  a  grant  of  land  which  had  been  given  to  bis 
family  and  upon  which  he  desired  to  settle.  He 
was  one  of  the  pioneers  of  what  was  then  the 
new  county  of  Oxford,  and  for  a  long  time  its 
leading  attorney,  representing  it  in  the  State 
convention,  at  first  of  Massachusetts  and  then 
after  the  formation  of  the  State  of  Maine,  in  the 


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newly-formed  Legislature.  His  death  occurred 
in  1871,  at  a  very  advanced  age,  after  a  life  of 
great  usefulness  and  of  unusual  achievement. 

There  is  a  delightfully  quaint  autobiography  of 
Peter  Chandler  Virgin,  which  has  come  down  in 
the  family  and  is  now  in  the  possession  of  his 
descendants,  which  throws  a  very  clear  light  on 
the  crude  surroundings  which  our  pioneer  ances- 
tors knew  in  that  age.  According  to  this  old 
document,  he  was  born  July  25,  1783,  in  a  house 
of  two  stories,  which  was  "built  with  all  white 
birch  for  frame."  It  was  evidently  a  matter  for 
some  boasting  in  that  place  and  time  that  it  was 
finished  from  attic  to  cellar.  The  picture  that 
he  draws  of  the  family  life  is  extremely  interest- 
ing today.  He  describes  his  father's  farm  as 
containing  two  hundred  acres  and  pays  an  elo- 
quent tribute  to  his  mother,  who  taught  him  the 
catechism  and  how  to  read  before  he  was  six 
years  old.  He  describes  his  attendance  at  school 
and  at  Andover  Academy,  where  he  "fitted  for 
college,"  and  the  pages  in  which  he  describes  his 
life  at  Harvard  are  most  interesting.  He  did  not, 
according  to  himself,  complete  his  studies  there, 
but  left  at  the  commencement  of  his  junior  year 
and  began  to  teach  school  at  Concord,  New 
Hampshire,  his  native  town.  His  legal  studies 
were  conducted  in  the  office  of  Charles  Walker, 
at  Concord,  and  then  in  the  office  of  John  Ab- 
bott, at  Medford,  whom  he  characterized  as  a 
"perfect  miser."  He  felt  very  differently,  how- 
ever, toward  a  later  preceptor,  Mr.  John  Varnum, 
of  Haverhill,  Massachusetts,  of  whom  he  speaks 
of  "as  noble  a  man  as  ever  lived."  He  describes 
in  the  same  pages  his  coming  to  Rumford,  the 
difficulties  that  he  had  in  being  admitted  to  the 
bar  there  and  his  rapid  rise  to  a  prominent  place 
in  the  community. 

William  Wirt  Virgin,  father  of  Harry  Rust 
Virgin,  was  born  September  18,  1823,  on  his 
father's  property  in  the  town  of  Rumford,  Maine, 
and  there  spent  his  boyhood.  He  studied  at 
both  the  Bridgton  and  Bethel  academies,  where 
he  prepared  for  college,  and  then  at  Bowdoin 
College,  from  which  he'  was  graduated  with  the 
class  of  1844.  Several  of  his  classmates  after- 
wards became  distinguished  members  of  the 
Maine  bar.  After  completing  his  academic 
studies,  the  young  man  entered  his  father's  office 
with  the  purpose  of  making  the  law  his  profes- 
sion and  here  pursued  his  studies  to  such  good 
purpose  that  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1847. 
He  began  his  active  practice  in  the  village  of 
Norway,  Maine,  and  here  continued  successfully 
until  he  removed  to  Portland,  in  the  year  1872. 
In  the  meantime,  however,  he  had  already  held 


public  office,  having  been  elected  prosecuting  at- 
torney for  his  county,  and  had  also  taken  an 
active  part  in  the  Civil  War.  Before  the  time  of 
the  outbreak  of  this  terrible  struggle,  he  had 
enlisted  in  the  Volunteer  militia  from  Maine, 
and  was  appointed  a  major-general.  One  of  his 
services  to  the  cause  of  the  Union  was  the  re- 
cruiting of  the  Twenty-third  Regiment  of  Maine 
Volunteer  Infantry,  of  which  he  was  elected 
colonel,  and  with  which  he  served  during  the 
period  of  his  enlistment.  He  was  ordered  with 
his  command  to  Washington,  to  help  guard  the 
National  Capital  against  the  threat  made  at  that 
time  by  the  Confederate  troops,  and  in  this  posi- 
tion he  proved  himself  to  be  an  excellent  soldier, 
with  an  unusual  ability  as  a  commander  and 
great  tact  in  handling  his  subordinates.  He  re- 
turned to  Maine  at  the  end  of  the  war,  and  was 
elected  to  the  State  Senate  in  1865  and  in  1866 
was  chosen  president  of  that  body.  Among  other 
capacities  in  which  he  served  was  that  of  re- 
porter of  decisions  for  the  State  Senate,  a  post 
which  he  held  for  two  successive  terms.  It  has 
already  been  remarked  that  in  1872  William  Wirt 
Virgin  came  to  Portland  with  the  intention  of 
continuing  his  legal  practice  in  that  city.  In  the 
same  year  he  was  appointed  associate  justice  of 
the  Supreme  Judicial  Court  of  Maine,  an  office 
which  he  continued  to  hold  by  successive  appoint- 
ments until  his  death.  In  1889  he  received  the 
honorary  degree  of  LL.B.  from  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege. The  death  of  Judge  Virgin  occurred  at  his 
home  in  Portland,  January  23,  1893,  in  his  seven- 
tieth year,  and  was  the  occasion  of  a  very  remark- 
able series  of  tributes  paid  to  him  by  his  asso- 
ciates and  friends  and  the  passing  of  a  number  of 
impressive  resolutions  by  the  public  institutions 
of  which  he  was  and  had  been  a  member.  The 
bar  of  Cumberland  county  held  a  meeting  in 
Portland  on  the  day  of  his  death,  at  which  various 
of  his  colleagues  spoke  in  his  praise.  At  the  July 
term,  1893,  of  the  Law  Court,  the  Hon.  S.  C. 
Strout,  president  of  the  Cumberland  Bar  Asso- 
ciation, in  the  course  of  his  address  to  the  Court, 
spoke  as  follows: 

I  am  charged  with  the  painful  duty  of  announc- 
ing to  the  Court  the  death  of  the  Honorable 
William  Wirt  Virgin,  late  a  member  of  this  bench. 
The  said  event  occurred  on  the  twenty-third  day 
of  January  last.  As  a  soldier  Judge  Virgin 
achieved  honor;  as  a  lawyer  he  was  for  many 
years  in  the  front  rank  of  his  profession;  as  a 
judge  he  was  able,  cautious  and  conscientious, 
and  was  endowed  with  a  power  of  analysis  and 
strong  common  sense,  which,  accompanied  by 
large  acquirements  in  legal  lore,  enabled  him, 
almost  unerringly,  to  arrive  at  correct  results. 
As  a  man  he  deserved  and  enjoyed  the  confi- 


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clence  and  esteem  of  the  entire  community.  We, 
of  the  Bar,  who  knew  him  most  intimately, 
loved  him  as  a  friend,  and  to  us  his  loss  is  a 
great  and  irreparable,  personal  grief.  His  mem- 
ory will  long  be  cherished  and  kept  green  by 
the  Bar  of  this  State. 

My  personal  relations  with  Judge  Virgin  com- 
menced very  shortly  after  my  admission  to  the 
Bar.  I  first  met  him  at  Court  in  Oxford  County. 
He  was  then  a  young  man,  but  a  few  years  at 
the  Bar.  At  once  I  conceived  a  strong  liking 
for  the  man.  In  the  subsequent  years,  while  he 
remained  at  the  Bar,  I  frequently  came  in  con- 
tact with  him  as  opposing  counsel,  where  the 
contest  was  sharp  and  the  struggle  ardent.  While 
his  blade  was  keen  and  incisive,  it  was  used  legi- 
timately for  the  protection  of  his  clients,  and 
never  wielded  in  malice.  He  was  always  the 
honorable  man  and  warm  friend,  and  nothing 
ever  marred  the  kindly  relations  existing  between 
us  from  our  first  meeting  to  the  last. 

The  Hon.  J.  W.  Symonds,  in  the  course  of  an 
address  to  the  Court,  made  the  following  re- 
marks: 

It  was  upon  his  appointment  to  the  bench  that 
my  intimate  acquaintance  with  Judge  Virgin 
began:  it  was  as  a  judge  that  I  knew  him.  1  It- 
had  had  an  earlier  public  career  with  which  as  a 
younger  man  I  had  not  been  personally  familiar. 
He  had  been  President  of  the  State  Senate,  and 
held  the  rank  of  Major-General  in  the  Militia, 
and  had  been  Colonel  of  the  Twenty-third  Maine 
Regiment  during  the  war.  I  believe  no  man  ever 
entered  upon  a  judicial  career  with  a  more  sin- 
cere determination  than  he  to  fit  himself  thor- 
oughly and  perfectly  for  the  discharge  of  his 
duties.  He  meant  to  be  a  good  judge.  He  de- 
voted himself  to  his  work  with  a  full  sense  of 
its  importance  and  subjected  himself  to  a  most 
patient  discipline  for  it.  At  Nisi  Prius  he  sought 
to  hold  the  scale  with  an  even  hand  and  to  watch 
only  "the  trepidations  of  the  balance."  If  there 
was  sometimes  a  tendency  for  the  grand,  strong 
lines  of  his  mind  to  darken  a  little  towards 
prejudice,  if  there  was  on  any  subject  or  in  any 
instance,  I  will  not  say  a  tendency,  but  even  a 
possible  danger  of  this,  he  was  himself  the  first 
to  be  conscious  of  it  and  was  always  on  his  guard 
against  it.  If  a  mood  of  feeling  obscured  his 
sight  he  was  receptive  of  the  influences  that  re- 
moved the  cloud.  As  one  of  the  law  judges  of 
the  State,  he  labored  most  diligently  for  excel- 
lence of  substance  and  of  style  in  all  his  legal 
work.  He  was  fond  of  the  fine  things  in  litera- 
ture and  read  and  re-read  his  favorite  masters  of 
the  English  language.  He  loved  to  study  the  law 
historically,  to  trace  the  course  of  authority,  to 
follow  down  its  top-most  growths  to  the  com- 
mon branch  which  sustained  them  all  and  so  to 
direct  the  tendency  of  the  future  development  of 
the  law  in  a  way  to  give  sympathy  to  the  whole. 
No  judge  ever  had  a  heartier  contempt  than  he 
for  a  brief  in  which  the  authorities  were  thrown 
together  pellmell,  with  little  regard  to  their  per- 
tinency or  value.  To  him  it  was  like  handling 
carelessly  the  jewels  of  the  law:  the  rays  from 
which,  when  rightly  set,  are  truth  and  justice. 
And  Emerson  says:  "Truth  is  the  summit  of 


being;  justice  is  the  application  of  it  to  affairs." 
Such  a  brief  was  the  polar  opposite  of  an  opinion 
drawn  by  him.  He  stated  the  clear  result  of  the 
law,  and  very  likely  with  a  minute  and  elaborate 
citation  of  authorities  of  the  utmost  value  to  any- 
body investigating  the  subject.  He  wrote  and  re- 
wrote his  opinions  with  the  most  studied  care 
and  his  grate  blazed  with  the  manuscript  pages, 
martyrs  for  a  single  fault.  He  shrank  from  no 
labor  to  have  his  judicial  opinions  right  in  sub- 
stance and  in  form,  and  he  believed  the  result 
was  worth  all  it  cost.  With  judicial  standards 
like  these  unflinchingly  followed  for  twenty 
years,  it  is  not  strange  that  his  place  is  assured 
in  the  high  estimation  of  the  bench  and  the  bar 
and  the  community  which  he  served.  He  loved 
his  work,  the  place  to  which  he  had  worthily 
risen,  the  field  for  intellectual  activity  it  afforded, 
the  laborious  days  which  enabled  him  to  act  so 
well  his  part  therein.  He  sought  no  place  in  what 
might  distract  his  attention  from  it,  or  unfit  him 
for  it,  or  effect  his  action  in  it. 

On  this  occasion  the  Bar  Association  of  Cum- 
berland County  passed  the  following  resolution: 

Resolved:  That  by  the  close  of  the  life  of  the 
Honorable  William  Wirt  Virgin,  an  Associate 
Justice  of  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court,  a  period 
has  been  set  to  a  judicial  career  of  eminent 
ability,  usefulness  and  devotion  to  official  duty; 
that  the  court  has  thereby  sustained  the  loss  of 
one  of  its  oldest  and  most  distinguished  mem- 
bers, whose  impartial  learning  and  judgment  have 
illustrated  its  opinions  in  many  most  important 
cases;  that  while  we  regret  the  loss  to  the  court 
and  the  profession  by  his  death,  we,  at  the  same 
time,  feel  most  deeply  the  sundering  of  the 
pleasant  relations  between  the  Bench  and  the 
Bar,  hitherto  unbroken  during  all  the  period  of 
his  incumbency  of  the  judicial  office;  and  that  the 
Bench,  the  Bar  and  the  community  alike  may 
well  grieve  that  the  kind,  strong  man,  the  genial 
companion,  neighbor,  friend,  the  good  citizen, 
the  soldier  and  patriot,  the  faithful  public  servant, 
the  upright  judge,  is  now  no  more. 

In  the  remarks  of  the  honorable  gentlemen 
already  quoted,  we  have  interesting  estimates  of 
the  significance  of  importance  of  Judge  Virgin's 
career  on  the  bench  and  before  the  bar  of  his 
State.  For  a  more  personal  tribute  it  will  be 
appropriate  to  turn  to  the  words  of  his  friends, 
the  Hon.  A.  A.  Strout  and  A.  H.  Walker.  In  the 
course  of  an  oration  delivered  on  the  same  occa- 
sion, Mr.  Strout  spoke  as  follows: 

Of  his  social  qualities  I  speak  as  one  who  has 
suffered  a  personal  loss.  From  the  time  he  came 
to  Portland,  in  eighteen  seventy-one,  we  were 
rear  neighbors  and  saw  much  of  each  other.  He 
shrank  from  the  more  formal  requirements  of 
social  parties  and  receptions,  but  in  his  own 
house  and  to  those  who  were  favored  with  his 
friendship  he  was  always  hospitable  and  delight- 
ful. He  was  a  reader  of  books,  and  with  his 
wife  and  son  pursued  many  paths  of  intellec- 
tual inquiry.  When  the  labor  of  the  day  was 
over  he  delighted  to  discuss  the  latest  phases  of 


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social  progress  and  development.  Then  it  was 
when  he  threw  aside  the  habit  of  office  and  un- 
folded his  stores  of  learning  and  humor,  that  he 
was  both  instructive  and  delightful. 

He  was  a  constant  attendant  at  church  and  I 
think  his  creed  may  be  found  in  the  melodious 
measures  and  that  sweetest  of  poems  entitled, 
"The  Eternal  Goddess,"  which  he  was  so  fond  of 
repeating, — and  with  its  inspired  author  he  might 
well  declare: 

I  know  not  where  His  islands  lift 

Their  fronded  palms  in  air; 
I  only  know  I  cannot  drift 

Beyond  His  love  and  care. 

It  is  said  that  there  is  one  occasion  at  least 
when  the  estimation  in  which  men  are  held  is 
fully  tested,  and  that  is  the  time  of  their  death. 
But  no  one  could  stand  in  the  presence  of  the 
solemn  concourse  of  eminent  men  from  all  por- 
tions of  the  State  and  of  his  sorrowing  neighbors 
and  friends  who  came  to  express  their  grief  at 
his  decease  and  do  honor  to  his  memory,  with- 
out feeling  that  a  great  man  had  fallen,  whose 
loss  was  deplored  by  all  who  knew  him.  In  the 
beneficent  ordering  of  Providence  he  has  passed 
that  mysterious  gate  through  which  we  may  not 
j'.aze  in  mortal  life.  We  cannot  call  him  back. 
Put  we  may  cherish  the  recollection  of  his  many 
virtues,  and  be  comforted  in  remembering — 

That  Life  is  ever  Lord  of  Death, 
And  Love  can  never  lose  its  own. 

Mr.  Walker  expressed  himself  in  the  following 
impressive  manner: 

I  am  unable  to  turn  aside  from  this  branch  of 
the  subject  without  a  general  remark  upon  the 
man.  As  he  lay  almost  in  extremis  there  burst 
in  soliloquy  from  his  pale  lips,  unprovoked  by 
suggestion,  the  expression  that  in  all  administra- 
tions of  the  law  he  had  endeavored  that  justice 
should  prevail.  Who  doubts  the  endeavor?  Who 
doubts  the  propriety  of  the  endeavor  by  him  who 
holds  judicial  authority  in  his  control?  But  this 
is  not  the  occasion  for  a  protracted  review  of 
Judge  Virgin's  life,  for  anything  above  a  brief 
summary  of  the  salient  features  of  his  positions 
in  the  various  departments  of  our  government, 
and  an  averment  of  the  strong  affection  with 
which  so  many  grappled  him  to  their  hearts 
with  "hoops  of  steel." 

Shall  we  join  him,  and  that,  too,  in  an  eternal 
home  of  love,  and  individual  development  and 
growth?  So  he  believed.  Then  may  we  not 
fitly  wish  to  congratulate  him  upon  the  termina- 
tion of  life's  vicissitudes,  though  opportunity  for 
further  achievement  here  below  by  transition  to 
a  life  of  achievement  above  be  lost  forever, 
since  the  summons  of  that  pallid  messenger,  who 
goes  not  forth  except  with  the  inverted  torch, 
can  have  no  terrors  for  him,  though  he  be  de- 
scribed, 

Black  as  night, 

Fierce  as  ten  furies,  terrible  as  hell, 
He  shook  a  dreadful  dart, 

the  edge  of  which  loses  its  power  of  hurt  in  the 
sublime   faith   that, — 


There  is  no  death:  what  seems  so  is  transition; 

The  life  of  mortal  breath 
Is  but  a  suburb  of  life  elysian, 

Whose  portal  we  call  death, 

whether,  as  it  has  been  expressed,  it  be  a  jour- 
ney thither  of  but  a  single  step  across  an  im- 
perceptible frontier,  or  as  again  described,  it  be 
an  interminable  ocean,  black,  unfluctuating  and 
voiceless,  stretching  between  these  earthly  coasts 
and  those  invisible  shores?  The  skeleton  foot 
of  death  enters  with  frequent  and  familiar  step 
the  lives  of  those  who  from  age  constitute 
Justice  Virgin's  most  familiar  associates.  To  his 
survivors  the  hour  furnishes  its  admonition. 
There  is  aptness  in  those  words  of  another:  "We 
are  walking  with  unerring  steps  to  the  grave, 
and  each  setting  sun  finds  us  nearer  the  realms 
of  rest.  The  fleetness  of  time,  our  brief  and 
feeble  grasps  upon  the  affairs  of  earth,  the  cer- 
tainty of  death  and  the  magnitude  of  eternity 
all  crowd  upon  the  mind  at  such  a  moment  as 
this.  They  call  upon  us  to  think  and  speak  and 
live  in  charity  with  each  other;  for  the  last  hours 
that  must  come  to  all  will  be  sweetened  by  recol- 
lection of  such  forbearance  and  grade  in  our  own 
lives  as  we  invoke  for  ourselves  from  that  merci- 
ful Father  into  whose  presence  we  hasten." 

Harry  Rust  Virgin,  son  of  William  Wirt  Vir- 
gin, was  born  August  25,  1854,  at  Norway,  Maine. 
His  early  life  was  spent  among  the  most  favor- 
able surroundings,  and  while  still  a  mere  child 
he  began  to  imbibe  the  splendid  tradition  of  the 
law.  This  was  natural,  not  only  because  his 
father  was  in  a  large  degree  wrapped  up  in  his 
subject,  but  because  his  house  was  a  center  for 
the  meeting  of  many  eminent  attorneys  and 
jurists.  It  is  perhaps  difficult  for  those  who  have 
not  been  thus  early  the  subject  of  such  influence 
to  realize  how  very  definite  and  potent  it  may  be. 
Certainly  it  played  a  very  important  part  in  the 
life  of  young  Mr.  Virgin  and  turned  his  thoughts 
to  a  profession  which  might  almost  be  described 
as  hereditary  in  his  family  with  an  irresistible 
force.  His  early  education  was  received  in  the 
local  schools  of  Norway,  and  he  followed  up  his 
studies  there  with  a  course  at  the  Westbrook 
Seminary,  where  he  prepared  himself  for  college, 
and  from  which  he  graduated  in  1875.  In  the 
autumn  of  the  same  year  he  matriculated  at 
Tufts  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with 
the  class  of  1879,  and  at  once  began  the  study  of 
law  in  his  father's  office.  This  he  pursued  to 
such  good  purpose  that  in  the  year  1882  he  was 
admitted  to  practice  at  the  bar  of  Cumberland 
county,  and  at  once  began  active  legal  work  in 
the  city  of  Portland.  Since  that  time  Mr.  Virgin 
has  continued  in  practice  in  this  city  and  is  now 
regarded  as  one  of  the  leaders  of  the  bar  there. 
He  inherits  the  great  talents  of  his  ancestors  and 
handles  much  of  the  important  litigation  of  that 


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region  in  a  most  capable  manner.  Mr.  Virgin 
has  also  taken  an  active  part  in  public  life  in 
Portland  and  was  elected  to  the  Common  Council 
of  the  city  in  1897  and  was  president  of  that 
body  during  his  term  there.  Two  years  later,  in 
1899,  he  was  sent  to  the  Maine  Legislature  and 
served  two  years  in  the  Lower  House.  In  1901 
he  was  elected  State  Senator  and  in  1903  was 
president  of  that  august  body.  Mr.  Virgin  is 
also  a  prominent  figure  in  the  social  life  of  the 
city  and  a  member  of  several  fraternal  bodies, 
among  which  should  be  mentioned  the  Masonic 
order  and  the  Royal  Arcanum.  He  finds  relaxa- 
tion and  recreation  in  the  wholesome  outdoor 
pastimes  of  hunting,  fishing  and  golf,  and  is  never 
quite  so  happy  as  when  spending  his  time  in  the 
open  air.  He  is  a  Universalist  in  religion  and  an 
active  member  of  the  church  of  that  denomination 
in  Portland. 

On  February  22,  1900,  Mr.  Virgin  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Emma  F.  Harward,  a  native  of 
Bordenham,  Maine,  a  daughter  of  John  F.  and 
Mary  (Tyler)  Harward,  both  deceased. 


HON.  ALBERT  R.  SAVAGE,  the  eleventh 
Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Maine,  and 
a  distinguished  figure  in  that  illustrious  group, 
was  born  December  8,  1847,  at  Ryegate,  Vermont, 
and  died  suddenly  in  his  dearly-loved  home  in 
Auburn,  Maine,  June  14,  1917.  His  parents  were 
Charles  Wesley  and  Eliza  M.  Savage,  not  rich 
in  the  things  which  vanish,  but  amply  endowed 
with  the  qualities  which  make  for  character  in 
their  descendants.  In  1856  the  family  moved  to 
Lancaster,  New  Hampshire,  and  in  those  two 
rural  towns  the  boyhood  and  youth  of  Judge 
Savage  were  passed.  One  who  knew  him  inti- 
mately in  recent  years  has  said  of  him:  "Chief 
Justice  Savage  was  truly  a  product  of  northern 
New  England.  Born  in  Vermont,  educated  in 
New  Hampshire,  his  life  work  developed  and 
completed  in  Maine,  he  was  the  very  embodi- 
ment of  the  characteristics  of  our  northern  coun- 
try. Steadfast  like  its  mountains,  placid  and 
equable  like  its  lakes,  with  a  depth  of  reserve 
power  like  its  noble  rivers,  his  nature  could  and 
did  drink  in  life's  joys  and  pleasures,  and  submit 
in  silent  strength  and  resignation  to  its  sorrows 
and  disappointments."  To  the  silent,  contem- 
plative lad,  going  about  his  somewhat  uncon- 
genial tasks  on  the  New  Hampshire  farm,  in 
whom  the  student  instinct  was  rising  to  a  pas- 
sion, the  home  environment  of  industry,  thrift, 
patience,  simple  ambitions,  and  religion  must 
sometimes  have  seemed  hard  and  narrow.  In 
the  parents'  hearts  was  the  desire — real  if  not 

MB.— 1—6 


very  hopeful — to  educate  the  boy.  A  term  or 
two  at  Newbury  Seminary,  Vermont,  began  the 
fitting  for  college.  Lancaster  Academy  com- 
pleted his  preparatory  course,  and  he  entered 
Dartmouth  College  in  1867.  His  narrow  horizon 
had  broadened.  It  never  narrowed  again.  All 
depended  now  on  himself,  and  that  self  all  who 
knew  him  learned  to  trust.  Lancaster  Academy 
reached  far  into  the  life  of  Mr.  Savage.  Liberty 
H.  Hutchinson  and  Nellie  H.  Hale  of  Lunenburg, 
Vermont,  became  his  friends  there,  the  former 
graduating  with  him,  in  1867.  The  preparatory 
and  college  years  were  years  of  hard  work  in 
vacations,  summers  on  the  farm,  and  winters 
teaching  school.  The  hard  New  England  train- 
ing, which  has  made  many  specimens  of  the  best 
type  of  American  citizenship,  gave  to  him  that 
commanding  vigor  of  physical  manhood  and  that 
tireless  mental  energy  that  characterized  the 
man. 

Mr.  Savage  was  graduated  Bachelor  of  Arts, 
at  Dartmouth  College,  in  1871,  receiving  the 
degree  of  Master  of  Arts  three  years  later.  Im- 
mediately after  graduation,  in  June,  he  accepted 
the  position  of  principal  of  Northwood  Academy, 
New  Hampshire,  and  on  August  17,  1871,  married 
(first)  Nellie  H.  Hale,  of  Lunenburg,  Vermont. 
They  made  their  first  home  in  Northwood,  New 
Hampshire,  where  their  son  was  born,  October 
II,  1872.  Later  Mr.  Savage  was  principal  of 
Northfield  High  School,  Vermont.  In  all  leisure 
time  and  vacations  he  was  studying  law,  and  in 
1874  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Washington 
county,  Vermont.  Meantime  his  friend,  Mr. 
Hutchinson,  had  graduated  from  Bates  College, 
having  studied  law  during  his  senior  year,  and 
been  admitted  to  the  Androscoggin  bar,  and 
formed  a  law  partnership  in  Lewiston,  in  July, 
1871.  In  March,  1875,  his  partnership  ended,  Mr 
Savage  came  to  Auburn,  and  became  Mr.  Hutch- 
inson's  partner  in  the  Lewiston  office.  Mr. 
Hutchinson  had  already  secured  a  high  place  in 
the  esteem  of  the  profession  and  before  he  died, 
in  1882,  Mr.  Savage  had  ranged  alongside  in  the 
quality  of  his  personality  and  of  his  work.  He 
was  soon  admittedly,  through  his  commanding 
presence,  his  intuition  and  skill  in  the  conduct  of 
cases,  and  through  his  broad  and  thorough  legal 
education,  one  of  the  leaders  of  the  Maine  bar. 

After  Mr.  Hutchinson's  death  Mr.  Savage  car- 
ried on  the  business  alone,  till  1884,  when  Henry 
W.  Oakes,  then  a  young  lawyer  of  Auburn,  now 
Judge  of  the  Superior  Court  of  the  county,  joined 
him,  under  the  firm  name  of  Savage  &  Oakes. 
This  proved  a  most  congenial  arrangement,  and 
the  partnership  lasted  thirteen  years,  bringing 


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about  an  enduring  friendship  between  the  two 
men,  and  ending  only  when  Mr.  Savage  was  ap- 
pointed Associate  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court 
of  the  State.  This  period  of  Mr.  Savage's  life  was 
filled  with  his  greatest  and  most  diversified  activi- 
ties. He  was  making  his  way  as  an  attorney 
whose  reputation  was  reaching  beyond  the  bounds 
of  the  State  in  the  trial  of  causes  of  constantly 
increasing  importance  in  all  the  courts  of  Maine; 
he  was  active  in  politics;  a  frequent  and  success- 
ful speaker  in  political  campaigns,  especially  in 
the  discussion  of  the  fundamental  principles  of 
the  protective  tariff,  and  was  considered  in  the 
days  when  protection  was  a  vital  issue  one  of 
its  forceful  advocates.  He  was  county  attorney 
for  Androscoggin  county  four  years,  1881-85,  dis- 
charging the  duties  of  the  position  with  skill  and 
fearlessness;  judge  of  probate  four  years,  1885-89, 
and  in  the  latter  year  was  chosen  Republican 
mayor  of  Auburn.  He  held  the  office  three  years, 
1889-91,  and  no  mayor  ever  worked  with  an  eye 
more  single  to  the  welfare  of  his  city  than  did 
he.  In  1891  he  was  elected  to  the  Legislature, 
re-elected  in  1893  and  chosen  speaker  of  the 
House  of  Representatives.  He  was  said  to  have 
presided  "to  the  entire  acceptance  of  all  the  mem- 
bers, showing  an  intimate  knowledge  of  parlia- 
mentary law  and  admirable  qualities  as  a  pre- 
siding officer."  He  was  a  member  of  the  Maine 
Senate  in  1895  and  1897.  In  this  period  was 
prepared  his  Index  Digest  of  the  Maine  Re- 
ports, which  he  published  January  I,  1897.  He 
held  many  positions  of  responsibility  and  trust 
in  business  affairs  in  Lewiston  and  Auburn;  was 
one  of  the  organizers,  and  first  president,  of  the 
Lewiston  &  Auburn  Electric  Light  Company; 
president  of  the  Auburn  Loan  and  Building  As- 
sociation; a  trustee  in  the  Auburn  Trust  Com- 
pany, and  a  director  in  the  Maine  Investment 
Company.  He  was  also  prominent  in  fraternal 
organizations;  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason; 
supreme  dictator  of  the  Supreme  Lodge  of  the 
Knights  of  Honor  for  two  years  when  the  order 
numbered  150,000  members;  a  member  of  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  many 
other  local  orders. 

In  1896  came  the  first  of  those  bitter  sorrows 
which  led  Judge  Cornish  to  say  in  after  years: 
"He  met  with  personal  bereavements  in  the  loss 
of  family  far  beyond  the  lot  of  any  man  within 
my  acquaintance,  but  no  one  ever  heard  him 
utter  a  word  of  complaint.  With  him  tribula- 
tion indeed  worked  patience."  Charles  Hale  Sav- 
age, the  eldest  child  and  only  son  of  the  family, 
after  twenty-four  years  of  promising  boyhood 
and  exemplary  manhood,  died  after  a  brief  ill- 


ness, in  Virginia.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Bow- 
doin  College,  and  distinguished  as  scholar  and 
athlete.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  prin- 
cipal of  a  college  preparatory  school,  though  in- 
tending law  as  his  life  work.  The  family  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Savage  consisted  of  three  children: 
Charles  Hale,  above  mentioned;  Anna  May,  who 
died  in  infancy,  in  1875,  and  Mary  Anna,  born  in 
1876,  who  died,  after  many  years  of  illness  most 
sweetly  and  patiently  borne,  in  1911. 

In  1897  Mr.  Savage  reached  the  goal  of  his 
ambition  when  Governor  Powers  appointed  him 
as  Associate  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court 
of  Maine.  It  was  most  congenial,  satisfying  work 
to  him,  and  the  "justices"  were  like  a  band  of 
brothers.  In  1911  Dartmouth  honored  herself 
in  honoring  her  distinguished  son  by  conferring 
upon  him  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws.  Bates 
had  given  him  that  degree  in  1898,  and  in  1909 
Bowdoin  added  her  Doctor  of  Laws.  In  the  in- 
tervals between  exacting  judicial  activities 
Judge  Savage  now  had  time  to  gratify  his  love 
of  reading  to  a  degree  that  his  strenuous  early 
life  and  stirring,  crowded  middle  life  had  not 
afforded.  He  became  an  essentially  well-read 
man.  His  love  of  history  and  biography  led  him 
to  greatly  enlarge  his  private  library,  and  no  his- 
tory of  a  country  satisfied  him  unless  it  con- 
tained the  story  of  the  rise  and  progress  of  its 
literature.  He  made  an  exhaustive  study  of  the 
Shakespearean  data.  After  the  death  of  their 
daughter,  in  1911,  Mrs.  Savage's  health,  which 
had  been  almost  imperceptibly  weakening  for 
some  years,  failed  more  rapidly,  and  after  much 
suffering,  endured  with  great  fortitude,  her  life 
ended,  in  August,  1912.  In  "silent  strength"  he 
bore  his  last  and  bitterest  sorrow.  Shakespeare 
has  words  for  nearly  all  needs,  and  in  the  lonely 
hours  of  the  two  following  years,  in  his  silent 
library  and  quiet  office  at  the  Androscoggin 
county  building,  Mr.  Savage  committed  to  mem- 
ory the  entire  text  of  five  of  Shakespeare's  trage- 
dies. In  April,  1913,  Justice  Savage — following 
the  resignation  of  Chief  Justice  William  Penn 
Whitehouse — was  appointed  Chief  Justice.  He 
was  not  arbitrary  nor  dictatorial,  but  he  was  a 
natural  leader  of  men  and  must  have  much  en- 
joyed this  honorable  position.  He  knew  he  had 
earned  and  received  the  respect  and  affection  of 
the  associate  justices,  who  called  him  "The 
Chief." 

In  September,  1914,  Chief  Justice  Savage  and 
Frances  A.  Cooke  were  married  at  the  home  of 
her  sister,  Mrs.  A.  H.  Hews,  in  Weston,  Mas- 
sachusetts. Her  birthplace  was  Dover,  New 
Hampshire,  her  education  received  from  the 


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country  schools  and  Franklin  Academy  within 
the  city  limits.  She  early  became  a  teacher, 
chiefly  in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  and  Phila- 
delphia, Pennsylvania,  where  she  was  many  years 
head  of  the  history  department  in  the  William 
Penn  Charter  School,  a  boys'  preparatory  school. 
Before  going  there  she  was  principal  of  the 
Spring  Street  Grammar  School  in  Auburn,  1880- 
83,  and  began  the  friendship  with  the  Savage 
family  which  proved  to  be  life-long.  They  came 
to  the  house  in  Auburn  where  Mr.  Savage  had 
lived  so  long  and  suffered  so  keenly,  and  to- 
gether for  two  and  a  half  years  made  it  a  home. 
In  that  home  Mr.  Savage  (to  use  the  words  of 
Chief  Justice  Cornish)  "stepped  so  suddenly 
from  the  chamber  we  call  life  into  the  chamber 
we  call  death,"  on  the  morning  of  June  14,  1917. 
In  many  notable  ways  Chief  Justice  Savage 
during  his  incumbency  of  the  bench  contributed 
to  the  high  reputation  always  held  by  the  Su- 
preme Court  of  Maine.  The  record  made  by  him 
was  one  that  maintained  in  every  sense  the 
highest  and  most  ideal  traditions  of  the  bench 
and  bar  in  America.  The  news  of  his  death  was 
received  with  the  most  profound  sorrow  through- 
out the  State,  and  numerous  expressions  of  the 
loss  sustained  by  the  whole  community  appeared 
in  the  public  prints.  One  tribute  by  an  eminent 
jurist,  Hon.  F.  A.  Morey,  will  serve  to  convey 
a  picture  of  the  man  as  he  was  known  to  his 
colleagues  of  the  bar: 

I  have  known  Justice  Savage  as  a  lawyer  and 
judge  for  more  than  twenty-five  years.  He  was 
a  man  of  unusual  mental  attainments,  of  deep 
legal  learning,  and  possessed  of  a  power  of  con- 
centration that  few  men  have.  As  a  lawyer,  he 
had  great  persuasive  powers  over  a  jury,  and 
conducted  many  an  important  case.  As  a  judge 
he  was  always  master  of  his  courtroom,  and  held 
the  business  before  him  well  in  hand.  He  could 
dispatch  business  with  unusual  celerity,  and  did 
not  know  the  meaning  of  fatigue.  Always  of 
dignified  mien,  he  will  long  be  remembered  in 
Maine  for  his  great  legal  attainments  and  high 
ranking  ability  as  a  judge. 

Another  instance  of  the  regard  in  which  he  was 
held  by  the  men  of  his  own  mental  rank  is  shown 
in  the  tribute  of  Governor  Milliken: 

Beyond  my  own  sense  of  personal  grief  and 
shock,  I  am  deeply  sensible  of  the  loss  which  the 
State  has  suffered  in  the  death  of  Chief  Justice 
Savage.  He  exemplified  to  a  superior  degree  the 
finest  traditions  of  his  great  profession.  A  virile 
thinker,  a  constant  student,  a  jurist  whose  ripe 
scholarship  and  sterling  integrity  adorned  the 
court  over  which  he  presided,  Judge  Savage 
always  gave  himself  unstintingly  to  the  task  in 
hand.  His  life  work  will  forever  be  gratefully 
remembered  in  the  annals  of  the  State  he  served 
so  well. 


The  Androscoggin  County  Bar  Association  in 
a  meeting  which  immediately  followed  his  death 
selected  a  committee  to  prepare  and  present  a 
tribute  to  the  memory  of  Judge  Savage.  In  the 
opening  of  the  memorial  program,  Judge  George 
C.  Wing,  of  Auburn,  chairman  of  the  committee 
on  resolutions,  spoke  with  feeling  of  the  relations 
that  had  always  subsisted  between  himself  and 
his  colleagues,  and  the  noted  jurist  whose  loss 
they  were  met  to  commemorate.  He  then  of- 
fered the  following  resolutions: 

Resolved,  That  the  members  of  the  Androscog- 
gin County  Bar  Association  wish  to  express  their 
great  appreciation  of  the  character  and  service 
of  Albert  Russell  Savage,  for  many  years  a  mem- 
ber of  its  association  and  of  this  court,  and  to 
offer  this  loving  tribute  to  his  memory  to  the 
end  that  the  same  may  be  placed  on  its  records 
and  made  permanent. 

Resolved,  That  during  his  entire  career  as  a 
member  of  the  bar,  in  every  place  to  which  he 
was  called  for  public  service,  he  showed  himself 
trustworthy,  and  deserving  of  the  great  honors 
which  he  enjoyed.  He  was  kind.  He  was  patient. 
He  was  learned,  and,  best  of  all,  he  was  loyal 
to  his  friends.  He  believed  in  fair  dealing  and 
that  every  suitor  should  have  a  fair  hearing  and 
1  is  contention  be  properly  considered.  He  was 
painstaking  and  impartial,  and  approached  every 
question  with  an  open  mind.  He  earned  and  de- 
served his  reputation  for  courage,  justice,  learn- 
ing and  fairness,  and  wherever  and  whenever  he 
rendered  a  service  a  sense  of  security  prevailed. 
He  died  in  his  full  intellectual  strength.  We  sit 
in  the  shadow  and  mourn  his  loss,  for  we  loved 
him  and  he  is  no  longer  with  us. 

On  the  same  occasion  former  Chief  Justice 
William  P.  Whitehouse  made  an  eloquent  testi- 
mony to  the  life  and  character  of  Judge  Savage. 
To  quote  him  in  part: 

As  a  legislator  he  achieved  distinction  both  in 
the  House  and  in  the  Senate.  He  had  been  a 
diligent  reader  of  general  history  and  a  thought- 
ful student  of  the  history  and  philosophy  of  the 
law  and  political  science.  He  was  thus  well- 
prepared  for  legislative  service,  and  made  notable 
contribution  to  the  work  of  improvement  and 
reform  in  several  branches  of  substantive  law 
and  methods  of  procedure.  He  had  thus  become 
identified  with  the  public  life  of  the  county  and 
State,  and  he  came  to  the  bench  of  the  Supreme 
Court  in  1897  with  a  broad  and  enlightened  con- 
ception of  the  onerous  and  responsible  duties 
of  that  office,  and  in  all  respects  admirably 
equipped  and  qualified  to  perform  them.  He 
brought  with  him  not  only  high  ideals  of  the 
honor  of  the  legal  profession  and  the  dignity 
of  the  law,  and  a  full  appreciation  of  the  judicial 
character  and  functions,  but  also  an  exceptional 
capacity  and  disposition  for  prolonged  and  ardu- 
ous labor  in  the  solution  of  complex  and  dif- 
ficult legal  problems,  and  the  analytical  study  of 
great  masses  of  testimony. 
The  impress  which  he  made  on  our  jurispru- 


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dence,  and  the  public  and  professional  life  of  the 
State  during  the  sixteen  years  of  his  service  as 
Associate  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court,  consti- 
tute a  tribute  of  confidence  and  respect  more 
potent  than  the  most  eloquent  voice  of  eulogy. 
And  with  his  superior  administrative  ability, 
superadded  to  his  great  intellectual  gifts  and 
accurate  knowledge  of  the  law,  it  is  but  the  lan- 
guage of  truth  and  soberness  to  assert  that  he 
brought  to  the  position  of  Chief  Justice  of  the 
Supreme  Court  of  Maine  qualifications  for  the 
office  unsurpassed  by  any  of  his  predecessors 
since  the  organization  of  our  State. 

It  was  justly  said  of  him  in  one  of  the  many 
tributes  that  appeared  at  the  time  of  his  death 
the  following,  which  summarizes  his  life  and 
service: 

No  eulogy  upon  the  life  of  Chief  Justice  Sav- 
age is  required.  He  passed  away  in  the  fulness 
of  labor  and  fame,  having  erected  by  his  benefi- 
cent life  a  monument  more  lasting  than  bronze. 
Such  a  life  and  such  service  cannot  fail  to  transmit 
to  generations  beyond  our  own  the  unimpeach- 
able fame  of  an  exemplary  citizen  and  Christian 
gentleman,  and  a  distinguished  magistrate  who 
will  ever  hold  a  conspicuous  place  in  the  front 
rank  of  the  great  judges  and  jurists  in  the  judi- 
cial history  of  Maine. 


CHARLES  FREEMAN  LIBBY.— We  all  feel 
a  strong,  instinctive  admiration  for  the  natural 
leader  of  men,  the  man  who,  because  of  the 
possession  of  some  quality  or  other,  reaches  a 
place  in  which  he  directs  the  doings  of  his  fellows 
and  is  accepted  by  them  naturally  in  that  capac- 
ity. We  all  admire  him  independently  of  what 
that  quality  may  be,  even  if  our  best  judgment 
tells  us  that  it  is  by  no  means  praiseworthy  in 
itself,  and  even  if  we  should  resent  the  exercise 
of  it  upon  ourselves.  When,  however,  that  qual- 
ity is  a  lovable  one  and  a  man  leads  in  virtue 
of  the  sway  he  holds  over  the  affections  and 
veneration  of  others,  our  admiration  receives  an 
added  power  from  our  approval,  and  this  feeling 
receives  its  final  confirmation  when  the  leader- 
ship so  won  is  directed  solely  to  good  ends.  In 
noting  the  rise  to  power  and  influence  of  such 
men  it  often  appears  that  their  achievement  is 
not  the  result  of  any  faculties  of  which  we,  as 
average  men,  are  possessed,  but  rather  that  of 
some  charm  the  secret  of  which  we  have  not 
learned,  so  easily  obstacles  seem  to  be  overcome 
and  so  completely  does  every  factor  appear  to 
bend  itself  to  the  fore-ordained  event.  In  the 
great  majority  of  cases,  however,  such  appear- 
ance is  entirely  deceptive  and  the  brilliant  out- 
come is  the  result  of  causes  as  logical  and  orderly 
as  any  in  our  most  humble  experience,  of  effort 
as  unremitting  and  arduous  as  any  with  which 
we  are  familiar.  Such  in  a  large  measure  is  true 


in  the  case  of  Hon.  Charles  Freeman  Libby,  late 
of  Portland,  Maine,  whose  name  heads  this  brief 
appreciation  and  whose  reputation  in  his  home 
State  for  success  gained  without  the  compromise 
of  his  ideals  is  second  to  none.  His  rise  to  a 
place  of  prominence  in  so  many  departments  of 
the  community's  life  was  doubtless  rapid,  but  it 
was  not  won  without  the  expenditure  of  labor 
and  effort  of  the  most  consistent  kind.  If  this 
were  not  so,  how  would  it  be  possible  to  explain 
the  large  tolerance,  the  broad  human  sympathy 
and  understanding  which  he  displayed  through 
all  his  varied  intercourse  with  his  fellow-men, 
for  it  is  beyond  dispute  that  what  we  have  not 
ourselves  experienced  we  cannot  sympathize  with 
in  others.  How  large  this  sympathy  was  and 
how  well  judged  his  tolerance  is  borne  witness 
to  by  the  general  mourning  that  was  occasioned 
throughout  the  community  by  his  death,  which 
occurred  at  his  summer  residence  at  Grasmere, 
Cape  Elizabeth,  June  3,  1915. 

Charles  Freeman  Libby  was  a  descendant  of 
John  Libby,  who  came  to  New  England  in  the 
early  part  of  the  seventeenth  century  and  set- 
tled at  Scarboro,  Maine,  and  took  a  prominent 
part  in  the  early  development  of  that  colony. 
His  parents,  James  B.  and  Hannah  C.  (Morrill) 
Libby,  were  residents  of  Limerick,  Maine,  and  it 
was  in  that  town  that  he  himself  was  born, 
January  31,  1844.  His  early  life  was  spent  in 
his  native  place  and  it  was  there  that  he  gained 
the  preliminary  portion  of  his  education.  His 
parents,  however,  removed  to  Portland  while  he 
was  still  a  mere  lad  and  he  accompanied  them 
there  and  continued  his  studies  at  the  Portland 
High  School,  where  he  was  prepared  for  college. 
He  matriculated  at  Bowdoin  College  in  the  same 
year  with  his  brother,  Augustus  Frost  Libby,  in 
1860,  and  after  leaving  behind  him  a  splendid 
record  for  scholarship,  he  was  graduated  with 
honors  in  the  class  of  1864,  and  was  its  saluta- 
torian.  During  his  college  career  he  became  a 
member  of  the  Alpha  Delta  Phi  fraternity  and 
had  the  distinction  of  being  a  Phi  Beta  Kappa 
man.  He  had  already  turned  his  thoughts  to  the 
subject  of  the  law,  with  the  intention  of  making 
it  his  career  in  life,  and  accordingly,  after  his 
graduation  from  college,  he  entered  the  office 
of  Fessenden  &  Butler,  prominent  attorneys  in 
Portland,  where  he  read  law  for  about  a  year. 
In  1865  he  entered  the  Columbia  Law  School 
in  New  York  City  and  studied  there  during  that 
year  and  the  next,  when  he  graduated  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar.  The  two  years  following  his 
admission  he  spent  in  Europe,  traveling  and 
studying,  and  adding  greatly  to  his  familiarity 


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with  art  and  literature  and  to  his  general  culture. 
He  pursued  his  studies  at  Paris  and  Heidelberg, 
and  throughout  his  after  life  found  great  value 
from  his  experience  in  those  places.  After  the 
two  years  thus  spent  in  Europe,  he  returned  to 
America  and  once  more  took  up  his  residence  in 
Portland,  where  he  became  junior  member  of  the 
law  firm  of  Symonds  &  Libby.  The  senior  part- 
ner was  the  Hon.  Joseph  W.  Symonds.  Judge 
Symonds  was  appointed  to  the  bench  in  the  year 
1872,  thus  dissolving  the  firm,  whereupon  Mr. 
Libby  formed  an  association  with  Moses  M.  But- 
ler, under  the  style  of  Butler  &  Libby.  From  the 
outset  of  his  active  career  Mr.  Libby  was  emi- 
nently successful  in  his  practice  and  it  was  not 
long  before  he  began  to  make  a  very  decided  im- 
pression upon  the  bar  of  the  city.  While  still  a 
young  man,  he  was  regarded  as  one  of  its  leaders 
and  the  reputation  which  he  established  for 
capability  was  of  such  a  nature  that  very  im- 
portant litigation  came  to  be  entrusted  to  his 
care,  while  he  was  even  yet  a  young  man.  His 
partnership  with  Mr.  Butler  was  brought  to  a 
close  in  the  year  1879  by  the  death  of  the  elder 
gentleman,  and  in  1884  he  again  became  asso- 
ciated with  the  Hon.  Joseph  W.  Symonds.  These 
two  eminent  attorneys  continued  in  partnership 
until  1891,  when  the  firm  of  Libby,  Robinson  & 
Turner  was  formed,  Mr.  Libby's  junior  partners 
being  Frank  W.  Robinson  and  Levi  Turner.  Mr. 
Turner  was  elected  a  judge  in  1906,  and  Howard 
R.  Ives  was  admitted  to  the  firm,  which  then 
became  Libby,  Robinson  &  Ives.  The  offices  of 
this  well-known  concern  were  located  for  many 
years  in  the  First  National  Bank  Building,  at 
No.  57  Exchange  street,  Portland,  and  Mr.  Libby 
continued  its  senior  partner  until  the  close  of  his 
life. 

While  one  of  the  best-known  lawyers  in  the 
city,  Mr.  Libby  was  perhaps  even  more  closely 
associated  in  the  popular  mind  with  the  various 
public  offices  that  he  held,  a  fact  which  is  not 
surprising  in  view  of  the  distinguished  service 
which  he  rendered  his  fellow-citizens  in  these 
various  responsible  posts.  In  the  year  1871  he 
was  elected  to  the  office  of  city  solicitor  and  at 
once  turned  all  his  energies  and  great  legal  skill 
and  knowledge  to  the  service  of  the  city.  He 
represented  the  corporation  in  many  most  im- 
portant cases,  and  was  unusually  faithful  in  his 
attendance  at  the  meetings  of  the  city  govern- 
ment. In  1872,  while  still  holding  this  position, 
he  was  elected  county  attorney,  an  office  which 
he  held  for  three  terms,  or  until  the  year  1878, 
when  he  voluntarily  resigned,  having  in  the  mean- 
time greatly  increased  his  reputation  as  an  advo- 


cate and  established  his  reputation  as  one  of  the 
most  forceful  speakers  and  learned  jurists  of  the 
State.  In  the  year  1882  the  city  of  Portland  paid 
him  the  highest  honor  of  which  it  was  capable 
and  elected  him  its  mayor,  in  which  responsible 
capacity  he  did  much  to  advance  the  interests  of 
the  community  and  gave  the  city  a  most  prac- 
tical and  business-like  administration.  Mr.  Libby 
had  always  been  a  staunch  Republican,  and  in 
1888  that  party  nominated  him  for  State  Senator, 
to  which  body  he  was  elected  successfully.  In 
1890  he  was  reelected  to  the  Senate  and  made 
president  of  that  body  by  his  fellow-members. 
During  his  career  as  legislator  he  had  much  to 
do  with  the  passing  of  many  valuable  laws  and 
consistently  subserved  the  interests  not  only  of 
his  constituency,  but  of  the  public-at-large.  After 
the  resignation  of  his  friend  and  associate, 
Thomas  B.  Reed,  Mr.  Libby's  name  was  pro- 
posed as  his  successor  in  the  United  States  Con- 
gress, but  against  this  were  urged  the  claims  of 
York  county  to  the  succession,  which  of  course 
had  been  held  in  abeyance  during  the  many  year* 
which  Mr.  Reed  had  served.  Mr.  Libby  was  him- 
self the  first  to  realize  and  acknowledge  this 
claim,  and  although  perhaps  personally  he  was 
the  best  fitted  and  equipped  to  take  the  place  of 
his  great  contemporary,  he  withdrew  without  the 
slightest  feeling  in  favor  of  Mr.  Allen  of  the 
sister  county.  While  thus  with  a  self  abnegation 
unusual  in  the  extreme,  he  withdrew  himself 
from  the  direct  line  of  political  preferment,  he 
was  of  such  character  that  it  was  in  a  way  im- 
possible for  him  to  retire  entirely  into  private 
life,  and  for  a  number  of  years  thereafter  he 
occupied  a  quasi-public  position  of  the  greatest 
importance  in  the  community.  This  position  was 
twofold  in  character  and  had  to  do  with  his 
continued  activities  in  connection  with  the  Re- 
publican party,  of  which  he  was  an  acknowledged 
leader  for  many  years,  and  the  other  in  connec- 
tion with  his  profession,  where  his  leadership 
was  even  more  pronounced.  He  was  a  most 
effective  public  speaker  and  for  many  years  there 
was  no  campaign  in  that  region  of  the  State 
complete  without  his  appearance  on  the  platform 
to  urge  the  causes  and  interests  which  he  had 
so  much  at  heart.  For  many  years  Mr.  Libby 
had  been  a  prominent  member  of  the  bar  asso- 
ciations of  county  and  State  and  was  president 
of  the  latter  organization  from  1891  until  1896 
and  of  the  former  in  1907.  His  connection  with 
the  American  Bar  Association  was  not  less  dis- 
tinguished, and  he  was  a  member  of  its  executive 
committee  from  1900  to  1903  and  again  from  1906 
to  1909.  In  the  latter  year  he  was  elected  its 


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president,  an  office  which  he  held  in  1909  and 
1910,  being  thus  the  executive  head  of  one  of  the 
greatest  legal  bodies  in  the  world. 

Another  of  the  many  and  varied  interests  of 
Mr.  Libby  was  that  which  had  to  do  with  the 
development  of  railroad  and  financial  interests 
in  his  home  city.  He  was  very  active  in  advanc- 
ing the  cause  of  the  Portland  Railroad  Com- 
pany and  in  1904  was  elected  its  president,  in 
which  capacity  he  had  much  to  do  with  the  plac- 
ing of  the  transportation  system  of  Portland  upon 
its  present  high  level.  He  was  attorney  for  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Portland,  for  the  Port- 
land Trust  Company,  and  for  the  International 
and  the  Portland  &  Maine  Steamship  companies, 
as  well  as  many  other  large  corporations  in  the 
city.  He  was  always  keenly  interested  in  edu- 
cational matters,  and  from  1869  to  1882  was  a 
member  of  the  City  School  Committee.  In  1888 
he  was  elected  to  the  Board  of  Overseers  of 
Bowdoin  College  and  four  years  later  became 
president  of  that  body,  an  office  which  he  held 
until  1912,  when  he  resigned.  He  had  sought  to 
resign  the  previous  year,  but  his  fellow-members 
refused  to  accept  his  resignation  and  were  only 
brought  to  consider  it  by  his  plea  of  failing 
health. 

No  account  of  Mr.  Libby's  life,  however  brief, 
•would  be  complete  without  a  reference  to  the 
great  interest  that  he  felt  in  art  and  to  the  in- 
fluence which  he  exerted  in  the  development  of 
the  general  culture  of  the  community  of  which 
he  was  a  member.  Reference  has  already  been 
made  to  the  fact  that  at  so  early  an  age  as  dur- 
ing his  travels  in  Europe,  he  had  turned  his  at- 
tention with  unusual  enthusiasm  toward  the  art 
of  that  Continent.  This  enthusiasm  remained 
with  him  through  life  and  throughout  its  entire 
period  he  continued  to  enlarge  and  enrich  his 
remarkable  collection  of  paintings,  engravings 
and  books.  He  has  been  regarded  as  the  most 
capable  art  critic  in  Portland  and  certainly  his 
knowledge  of  this,  his  chosen  subject,  was  at  once 
penetrating  and  profound.  A  very  valuable  col- 
lection of  rare  etchings  and  engravings  was  be- 
queathed by  Mr.  Libby  to  the  Art  Museum  of 
Portland.  In  1902  he  was  the  recipient  of  an 
honor  which  he  greatly  prized  when  Bowdoin 
College  conferred  upon  him  the  honorary  de- 
gree of  LL.D.  It  will  perhaps  be  appropriate 
here  to  introduce  a  brief  comment  on  his  love 
of  and  taste  in  art,  which  appeared  in  an  obituary 
article  printed  in  one  of  the  local  papers  on  the 
occasion  of  his  death: 

He  traveled  widely  with  Mrs.  Libby,  and  visited 
Egypt  as  well  as  Europe.  He  was  deeply  learned 


in  the  law,  but  to  a  scarcely  less  degree  in  general 
literature,  and  he  took  great  pride  in  his  pictures 
and  in  his  books.  He  loved  art  for  art's  sake 
and  was  perhaps  the  best  judge  of  pictures  in 
Portland,  and  even  after  his  health  failed  and 
he  knew  that  his  days  of  activity  and  of  leader- 
ship were  over  he  was  the  same  delightful  com- 
panion, as  those  who  met  him  at  the  office  of 
Thomas  B.  Mosher  will  long  remember. 

Doubtless  one  of  the  honors  most  satisfactory 
to  Mr.  Libby  was  that  which  was  conferred  upon 
him  in  1907  by  the  French  Government,  which 
in  that  year  created  him  "officer  de  1'Academie 
Francaise."  Speaking  of  Mr.  Libby,  the  Port- 
land Evening  Express  said  in  part,  at  the  time  of 
his  death: 

He  was  one  of  our  most  prominent  citizens, 
having  distinguished  himself  as  a  lawyer,  a  busi- 
ness man  and  in  official  position.  The  death  of 
Mr.  Libby  terminates  a  long,  active,  brilliant  and 
successful  career.  To  his  native  abilities  he  added 
the  acquirements  of  a  liberal  education,  extensive 
travel,  wide  knowledge  and  general  interest  in 
affairs.  Forceful,  self-reliant  and  courageous  in 
his  opinions  and  convictions,  he  was  a  natural 
leader  and  easily  found  his  way  to  the  front  in 
any  matter  to  which  he  gave  his  attention. 

From  one  of  the  written  tributes  to  Mr.  Libby 
we  quote  the  following: 

Of  the  standing  of  Mr.  Libby  at  the  bar,  of 
his  great  eloquence,  and  masterful  ability  in  the 
management  of  a  cause  committed  to  him,  a 
layman  cannot  be  expected  to  speak,  but  surviv- 
ing members  of  the  profession  of  the  law  will 
accord  to  him  his  due  place  in  their  ranks,  and 
in  the  ranks  of  the  lawyers  of  the  past  who  were 
his  opponents  on  so  many  occasions. 

Once  more  we  quote  from  the  same  article 
the  following: 

And  now  he  too  has  joined  the  mighty  majority 
of  the  dead.  His  long  and  brilliant  career  has 
closed,  and  he  is  like  his  former  associates, 
Thomas  B.  Reed,  Sewell  C.  Strout,  Henry  B. 
Cleaves,  and  so  many  more,  only  a  memory  of 
the  past.  They  helped  to  make  great  a  notable 
period  of  the  bar  of  the  United  States,  and  they 
maintained  to  the  fullest  degree  its  highest  and 
noblest  traditions.  And  he  was  of  the  chiefest 
of  their  number.  Great  and  splendid  in  his  elo- 
quence when  he  was  aroused  and  had  a  cause 
worthy  of  his  best  efforts.  True  in  ln's  friend- 
ships, and  generous  in  his  treatment  of  legal  or 
political  opponents.  Great,  too,  in  his  acquire- 
ments, and  in  his  ideals,  and  may  it  not  be  added, 
that  his  private  life  was  beautiful,  and  that  his 
richest  thoughts  and  the  fruits  of  his  ripest 
scholarship  he  reserved  for  his  family  circle. 

On  December  9,  1869,  Charles  Freeman  Libby 
was  united  in  marriage  with  Alice  Bradbury, 
daughter  of  Hon.  Bion  Bradbury  and  Alice 
(Williams)  Bradbury,  his  wife.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Libby  were  the  parents  of  two  children,  Bion 
B.,  of  Boston,  and  Hilda  L.,  who  became  the  wife 


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of  Howard  R.  Ivcs,  her  father's  law  partner  for 
many  years.  Mr.  Libby  is  survived  by  his  wife 
and  children. 

The  death  of  the  Hon.  Charles  Freeman  Libby 
ovcd  one  of  the  most  striking  figures  from 
a  society  where  strong  characters  and  brilliant 
personalities  were  the  rule  rather  than  the  ex- 
ception. He  possessed  in  a  high  degree  all  those 
personal  qualities  which  mark  the  best  type  of 
his  race;  a  strong  moral  sense,  unimpeachable 
honesty  and  integrity  of  purpose,  courage  and 
unlimited  capacity  for  hard  work.  If,  as  Carlyle 
remarks,  "genius  is  an  infinite  capacity  for  tak- 
ing pains,"  then  surely  Mr.  Libby  might  make  a 
strong  plea  to  be  regarded  as  a  genius  of  high 
degree.  To  these  sterner  virtues  he  added  a 
genial  temperament,  the  humor  that  seems  an 
inseparable  accompaniment  to  a  due  sense  of 
proportion,  and  a  gentleness  toward  weakness 
that  made  men  who  felt  their  cause  to  be  just 
instinctively  turn  to  him,  as  a  friend,  for  support 
and  encouragement.  His  was  a  character  that, 
aside  from  his  great  material  achievements, 
could  not  fail  to  affect  powerfully  any  environ- 
ment in  which  it  might  have  been  placed  and 
which,  in  his  death,  left  a  gap  which  even  years 
will  fail  to  fill  entirely.  The  influence  exerted 
by  the  Hon.  Mr.  Libby's  life  it  is  not  possible 
to  gauge  by  a  mere  enumeration  of  the  offices 
held  by  him  or  the  deeds  he  was  known  to 
accomplish.  These  beyond  doubt  were  of  great 
value  to  the  community,  yet  his  distinctive  in- 
fluence lay  rather  in  his  personality  than  in 
any  of  these  things.  From  his  youth  upward  he 
had  always  breathed  the  atmosphere  of  culture 
and  enlightenment  which  did  not  fail  to  affect 
his  development  in  a  most  marked  manner,  giv- 
ing to  him  that  broad  cosmopolitan  outlook  on 
life,  that  sure  tolerance  of  other  men,  their  be- 
liefs and  customs,  that  true  democracy  of  thought, 
word  and  bearing,  which  is  worth  a  thousand 
fortunes  to  its  possessor  and  more  than  a  rich 
bequest  to  those  about  one.  He  valued  the  per- 
manent tilings,  the  things  of  true  worth,  and 
pursued  them  with  an  unwavering  constancy  that 
was  remarkable  throughout  his  entire  life.  The 
basis  of  his  character  was  honor  and  sincerity, 
hut  in  addition  to  these  he  added  all  the  graces 
which  arc  the  accompaniments  of  that  true  love 
of  the  beautiful  and  worthy,  that  is  perhaps  the 
sorest  need  of  his  countrymen.  He  also  pos- 
sessed in  large  measure  those  domestic  virtues 
that  set  so  well  upon  men  of  affairs,  and  truly 
found  his  chief  happiness  in  the  intimate  inter- 
course of  his  household  about  his  own  hearth. 
He  was  the  possessor  of  many  friends  inspired 


by  his  devotion  to  a  like  devotion  for  him.  It 
was  these,  of  course,  next  to  his  immediate  fam- 
ily, who  felt  most  keenly  the  loss  occasioned  by 
his  death,  vet  they  were  by  no  means  all,  since 
the  whole  community  were  affected  by  that  sad 
event. 


ANDREW  MITCHELL  PEABLES,  one  of 
the  best  beloved  and  most  successful  physicians 
of  Auburn,  Maine,  where  his  death  occurred  on 
May  24,  1916,  was  a  member  of  an  old  Scotch 
family,  his  ancestors  having  come  from  that 
country  to  America  and  located  at  Cape  Eliza- 
beth, Maine.  He  was  a  son  of  James  and  Mar- 
garet (Larrabec)  Peables,  the  former  a  native 
of  Cape  Elizabeth,  and  a  farmer  by  occupation 
for  many  years.  Mrs.  Peables,  Sr.,  was  also  a 
native  of  this  State,  and  both  she  and  her  hus- 
band resided  during  their  latter  years  at  Auburn, 
where  their  deaths  occurred.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  his  youth  and  served  in  the  War  of  1812. 

Rorn  September  7,  1836,  at  what  was  then  Dan- 
ville, now  Auburn,  Maine,  Dr.  Andrew  Mitchell 
Peables  attended  as  a  child  the  local  town  school. 
He  was  later  sent  to  the  Lewiston  Falls  Acad- 
emy, from  which  institution  he  was  graduated. 
After  completing  his  studies  at  this  institution, 
Mr.  Peables  first  took  up  the  profession  of  teach- 
ing, but  ere  he  had  been  engaged  in  this  line 
for  many  years  he  determined  to  become  a  physi- 
cian. With  this  end  in  view  he  entered  the 
medical  department  of  Dartmouth  College  and 
graduated  from  that  institution  with  the  class  of 
1862,  taking  his  degree  in  medicine.  The  Civil 
War  was  nt  that  time  waging  and  Dr.  Peables 
at  once  enlisted  in  the  Thirteenth  Regiment, 
LTnited  States  Volunteer  Infantry,  an  organiza- 
tion made  up  of  colored  troops,  in  which  he 
occupied  the  position  of  surgeon.  He  continued 
to  serve  in  this  capacity  throughout  the  whole 
of  the  great  war,  at  the  end  of  which  he  re- 
ceived an  honorable  discharge.  Returning  to 
the  North,  Dr.  Peables  settled  for  a  time  at 
North  Waterford  and  Norway,  Maine,  where  he 
was  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  for 
some  five  or  six  years.  He  then  came  to  Au- 
burn and  had  continued  uninterruptedly  in  prac- 
tice there  until  the  time  of  his  death.  At  Au- 
burn he  made  a  wide  reputation  for  himself  and 
gained  the  confidence  and  affection  of  the  entire 
community  as  a  capable  physician  and  a  warm- 
hearted friend.  He  was  active  in  many  depart- 
ments of  the  life  of  this  place  and  was  con- 
nected with  the  Auburn  Savings  Bank,  and  the 
pirct  \Ti*'o:'?.l  Rank  here,  as  vice-president  of 
the  former  and  a  director  of  the  latter.  He  was 


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a  staunch  Democrat  in  political  belief,  but  never 
cared  for  office,  although  he  performed  the  duties 
of  citizenship  in  a  most  conscientious  and  ade- 
quate manner.  He  was  a  member  of  the  County 
Medical  Society,  the  Maine  Medical  Society,  and 
the  American  Medical  Association,  and  vice- 
president  of  the  first  named.  He  was  president 
of  the  Maine  Academy  of  Medicine,  and  in  all 
of  these  capacities  very  active  in  promoting  the 
welfare  of  his  profession  and  colleagues. 
Although,  as  before  stated,  Dr.  Peables  was  un- 
ambitious in  the  matter  of  public  affairs,  the 
pressure  exerted  upon  him  by  his  fellow-towns- 
men often  rendered  it  impossible  for  him  to 
refuse  to  serve  them  and  he  held  several  offices 
at  different  times.  He  served  as  a  member  of  the 
school  board  and  as  school  superintendent  for 
a  number  of  years,  and  did  much  to  improve  edu- 
cational conditions  here.  He  was  also  a  member 
of  the  Auburn  City  Council  for  a  number  of 
terms,  and  represented  this  district  in  the  State 
Legislature  in  1869  and  1870,  making  an  excel- 
lent reputation  for  himself  as  a  Legislator  be- 
cause of  his  ability  and  disinterestedness.  Prom- 
inent in  social  and  fraternal  circles,  Dr.  Peables 
was  a  member  of  a  number  of  orders  and  similar 
organizations  in  this  neighborhood,  including  the 
local  lodges  of  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Auburn  Post  of 
the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  In  his  religious 
life  Dr.  Peables  was  a  Congregationalist  and  at- 
tended the  High  Street  Church  of  that  denom- 
ination in  Auburn. 

Dr.  Peables  was  united  in  marriage  September 
19,  1864,  with  Elizabeth  H.  Haskell,  daughter  of 
Isaac  and  Anne  (Conant)  Haskell,  and  a  member 
of  the  distinguished  Haskell  family  that  has  been 
identified  with  affairs  in  this  State  for  so  many 
generations.  The  Haskells  came  originally  from 
England  and  were  founded  here  in  the  early 
Colonial  period.  Isaac  Haskell,  the  father  of 
Mrs.  Peables,  was  a  painter  at  Auburn,  where 
he  resided  for  many  years,  and  where  his  own 
death  and  that  of  his  wife  occurred.  To  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  Peables  the  following  children  were 
born:  I.  Virginia,  who  became  the  wife  of  W.  O. 
Foss,  of  East  Orange,  New  Jersey,  to  whom  she 
has  borne  two  children:  Emma,  who  became  the 
wife  of  Arthur  E.  Kusterer,  of  Grand  Rapids, 
Michigan,  and  Andrew  P.,  who  resides  at  New- 
tonville,  Massachusetts.  2.  Elizabeth  M.,  who 
resides  with  her  mother.  3.  Margaret  Anne,  who 
became  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  William  J.  Taylor, 
of  Oak  Park,  Illinois,  where  they  now  reside. 
They  are  the  parents  of  three  children:  William 
Jackson,  Richard  Peables,  and  Elizabeth. 


The  death  of  Dr.  Peables  called  out  a.  notable 
volume  of  written  and  spoken  appreciation  and 
regret,  in  which  the  public  press  of  this  and 
adjacent  towns  joined.  The  Lewiston  Evening 
Journal,  in  its  issue  of  May  25,  1916,  had  this  to 
say  of  him : 

To  tell  in  a  word  the  story  of  the  life  of  Dr. 
Peables  for  the  past  forty  years  or  more  in 
Lewiston  and  Auburn  is  to  tell  the  story  .of  one 
who  has  done  his  duty  in  all  respects,  attended 
to  the  work  of  his  profession  with  scrupulous 
fidelity  and  who,  besides  all  this,  has  been  a 
positive  influence  for  good  cheer,  sunshine  and 
interest  in  his  fellow-men.  No  man  ever  passed 
through  life  with  more  smiles  and  "goodmorn- 
ings"  than  Dr.  Peables.  Every  one  liked  to  see 
him  because  he  always  had  a  word  of  comfort 
and  encouragement,  backed  by  a  sense  of  humor 
that  was  delicious  and  by  a  dignity  and  power  of 
personal  character  to  make  good. 

The  universal  feeling  on  Dr.  Peables'  death  is 
that  of  grief.  The  mutations  of  time  bring  these 
losses,  unconsolable  to  friends,  deep  and  lasting 
to  those  who  depend  on  the  ministrations  of 
these  who  are  gone.  In  the  case  of  Dr.  Peables 
it  is  not  as  though  a  man  of  advanced  age  had 
gone.  No  one  ever  thought  of  him  as  eighty 
years  of  age.  He  was  youthful  and  active.  His 
interest  in  affairs  was  that  of  a  young  man.  He 
was  keenly  alive  to  business  matters.  He  at- 
tended the  sick  with  the  same  assiduous  care. 
In  short,  it  has  been  given  to  few  men  to  fill 
out  so  complete  and  well-rounded  a  life  as  his, 
covering  over  half  a  century  of  active  service. 
It  is  as  though  one  had  done  all  his  work,  done 
it  faithfully,  finished  out  the  course  and  gone  to 
his  reward. 

Another  beautiful  tribute  to  Dr.  Peables  was 
that  paid  him  on  the  same  sad  occasion  by  one 
who  had  known  him  from  their  school  days  and 
who  had  kept  up  the  friendship  to  the  end. 
It  will  be  appropriate  to  close  with  his  words: 

One  term  while  I  was  a  student  at  Lewiston 
Falls  Academy,  'way  back  in  the  fifties,  a  young 
man,  several  years  older  than  myself,  joined  the 
English  department  and  showed  such  comrade- 
ship and  ambition  in  social  as  well  as  in  educa- 
tional lines  that  he  attracted  the  attention  and 
sympathy  of  the  boys,  most  of  whom  were  poor 
and  fighting  their  way  to  college  or  to  the  learned 
professions,  since  at  that  time  business  offered 
far  less  opportunity  for  educated  men  than  it 
does  today.  .  .  . 

A.  M.  Peables  came  to  us  from  Old  Danville. 
There  was  a  notion  at  that  time  that  no  prophet 
could  come  out  of  that  Nazareth.  But  live  men 
dislodge  many  half-truths.  Peables  was  at  once 
enfranchised  among  the  popular  students  of  the 
institution.  .  .  . 

Young  Peables  was  admitted  to  the  fraternity 
of  the  popular  ones  at  a  period  in  our  academic 
life  in  which  it  was  no  disgrace  to  be  poor.  He 
worked  hard,  worked  successfully,  and  amongf 
a  large  number  of  boys  and  girls  who  have  been 
heard  from  in  various  walks  of  life  since  the 
fifties,  young  Peables  is  by  no  means  least  promi- 
nent. 


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No  matter  what  hour  of  day  or  night,  the 
doctor  responded  to  the  summons  of  the  sick, 
and  to  the  very  last  it  deeply  pained  him  not 
to  be  able  to  climb  into  his  overcoat  and  go  out 
lo  respond  to  the  call  of  the  distressed.  Whether 
in  church  or  professional  life,  in  society  or  busi- 
ness, Dr.  Peables  was  a  minuteman — never  a 
man  mi-nute.  His  heart  was  large,  his  friendship 
genuine  and  broad.  His  art  of  making  many 
friends  was  instinctive — never  clouded  by  false 
standards  nor  by  questionable  practices.  His 
judgment  of  men  was  accurate;  his  charity  was 
clarified  by  justice. 

I  have  met  on  the  streets  today  more  men  and 
women  whose  eyes  were  moist  because  of  Dr. 
Peables'  death  than  I  remember  in  a  long  time 
to  have  noted  in  the  death  of  our  home  leaders. 
The  doctor's  greeting  was  one  of  the  city's  best 
assets.  The  doctor's  service  to  the  various  finan- 
cial and  other  institutions  with  which  he  was 
affiliated  was  intelligent,  conscientious  and  appre- 
ciative. His  value  to  the  cities  was  understood 
and  considered  before  he  died.  Those  who  have 
been  associated  with  him  in  business,  banking 
and  other  lines  deeply  feel  his  death.  Instant, 
in  season  and  out,  they  have  been  solicitous  for 
his  recovery  from  this,  almost  the  only  serious 
illness  of  his  durable  life;  but,  accustomed  as  the 
doctor  was  to  diagnosing  others'  physical  ail- 
ments, he  felt  for  some  days  that  this  was  his 
final  summons.  And  he  met  the  call  of  the 
Reaper  as  do  the  harvest  fields. 

In  his  profession  he  never  stood  still,  he  kept 
rp-to-date.  He  was  progressively  conservative, 
rever  hesitating  to  join  the  forward  march, 
whether  the  issue  was  scientific  in  his  profes- 
sion, or  practical  in  the  service  of  church  or 
society.  One  of  his  patients  said  to  the  writer 
today  that  when  he  called  for  Dr.  Peables'  pro- 
fessional services  late  in  life  he  found  him  as 
well  informed  touching  new  remedies  and  treat- 
ments as  he  was  in  business  and  other  lines. 

Dr.  Peables  prayed  not  that  he  might  live 
eternally  here,  or  externally  hereafter,  but  that 
whatever  happened  he  might  not  rust  out.  His 
prayer  was  answered.  He  kept  in  the  harness 
until  the  setting  sun.  He  held  a  high  standard  of 
usefulness  against  all  weariness  and  all  solicita- 
tions of  personal  comfort.  His  example  is  better 
than  dogma  touching  industry  and  opportunity. 

Most  of  all  will  Dr.  Peables  be  missed  in  a 
delightful  domestic  life.  Hundreds  of  individuals 
and  their  fireside  circles  in  this  community,  ac- 
customed *p  being  blessed  by  his  medical  minis- 
trations, will  miss  him  not  only  as  their  physi- 
cian, but  as  their  faithful  and  lifelong  friend. 

The  men  who  have  passed  out  of  our  local 
horizon  in  the  ripeness  of  age,  convey  a  useful 
lesion.  We  are  now  emerging  from  all  work 
anil  no  plav  to  too  much  play  and  too  little 
work.  The  lesson  of  Dr.  Peables'  life  is  salutary 
for  this  age.  He  had  more  joy  in  work  than  lots 
of  folks  get  out  of  ostensible  fun. 


FRANK  LEVI  GRAY,  one  of  the  most  popu- 
lar and  successful  educators  of  Maine  and  pro- 
prietor of  the  well-known  institution,  Gray's 
Portland  Business  College  and  School  of  Short- 


hand and  Typewriting,  was  born  at  the  town  of 
Hillsborough,  Indiana,  August  21,  1862,  but  was 
brought  to  Portland,  Maine,  in  infancy.  He  is 
a  son  of  Levi  Albert  Gray,  who  was  born  in 
New  York  State,  and  spent  the  major  portion 
of  his  life  teaching.  For  a  time  he  had  charge  of 
an  academy  in  Indiana  and  also  taught  in  Chi- 
cago, Illinois,  and  Providence,  Rhode  Island. 
Eventually,  however,  he  came  to  Portland, 
Maine,  and  it  was  he  that  founded  there  the 
school  of  which  his  son  is  now  the  head.  His 
death  occurred  in  Portland,  July  26,  1896,  at  the 
age  of  sixty-nine  years.  He  married  Lucia  (Ter- 
rell) Gray,  a  native  of  Oneida,  New  York,  whose 
death  occurred  in  Portland,  Maine,  in  April,  1915. 
They  were  the  parents  of  two  children,  as  fol- 
lows: Ella  G.,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Frank  H. 
Little,  of  Cape  Elizabeth,  Maine,  and  Frank  Levi, 
of  whom  further. 

Although  born  in  the  West,  Frank  Levi  Gray 
did  not  reside  there  long  enough  to  form  any 
associations  with  his  native  region,  but  came  to 
the  East  with  his  parents  while  still  an  infant. 
They  settled  in  Portland  and  it  was  here  that 
he  gained  his  education,  attending  for  that  pur- 
pose the  local  public  schools.  Having  completed 
his  studies  in  these  institutions  and  attaining  his 
majority,  he  entered  his  father's  establishment 
as  an  assistant  and  from  that  time  to  the  present 
(1917)  has  been  associated  therewith.  This  in- 
stitution had  been  purchased  by  his  father  in  the 
year  1864  from  its  original  owners  and  its  name 
changed  from  the  Bryant  &  Stratton  to  its  pres- 
ent form.  For  some  years  he  taught  in  this 
school,  and  in  1894  was  admitted  into  partner- 
ship by  his  father.  Two  years  later  his  father 
died  and  he  at  once  assumed  entire  control  of 
the  school,  and  at  the  present  time  devotes  prac- 
tically his  entire  attention  thereto. 

Gray's  Portland  Business  College  is  the  oldest 
and  largest  of  its  kind  in  the  State  of  Maine  and 
possesses  many  conspicuous  advantages.  Its 
location  in  the  city  is  particularly  fortunate,  it 
being  placed  directly  opposite  the  handsome  new 
City  Hall,  which  has  recently  been  erected  there, 
and  occupies  the  second,  third  and  fourth  floors 
of  the  Davis  building,  on  Congress  street,  ex- 
tending from  Exchange  to  Market  street.  In 
equipment  and  general  facilities  it  is  second  to 
no  institution  of  its  kind,  and  it  contains  a  large 
number  of  important  departments  calculated  to  fit 
the  young  aspirant  for  well  nigh  any  branch  of 
business  which  he  desires  to  enter.  We  quote 
briefly  from  its  catalogue: 

A  fair  knowledge  of  the  common  English 
branches  is  sufficient  preparation  for  entering 


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upon  the  regular  business  course.  No  examina- 
tion required  upon  entering.  Time  of  Entering — 
Students  can  enter  at  any  time  during  the  year 
with  equal  advantages,  as  there  are  no  term  divi- 
sions and  as  the  instruction  is  principally  indi- 
vidual. 

General  Plan  of  Instruction — The  student  en- 
tering the  Business  Department  is  first  assigned 
a  seat  in  the  department  for  beginners,  and  com- 
mences at  once  to  handle  invoices  of  merchan- 
dise, receive  and  pay  money,  make  deposits,  write 
letters,  issue  and  receive  notes,  drafts  and  checks, 
and  keep  an  accurate  record  of  each  transaction 
in  regular  books  of  entry;  in  fact,  does  in  the 
college  from  the  start  what  will  be  found  to  do 
when  entering  upon  actual  office  work.  After 
passing  a  satisfactory  examination  on  the  work 
gone  over,  the  student  is  allowed  to  enter  our 
Advanced  Department,  where  the  work  is  carried 
on  under  actual  dates,  and  by  so  doing  the  stu- 
dent is  not  simply  taught  to  do  when  instructed, 
but  learns  to  look  after  things  and  do  his  own 
planning,  such  as  collecting  the  amount  due  on 
notes  he  holds  and  paying  his  outstanding  notes 
on  the  actual  days  of  maturity,  and  feels  a  cer- 
tain amount  of  care  and  .responsibility,  the  same 
as  though  he  were  holding  a  position  of  trust. 
In  brief,  our  students  are  taught  to  do  by  doing 
and  have  office  practice  from  the  start.  In  con- 
nection with  the  regular  bookkeeping  work,  the 
student  is  expected  to  make  himself  familiar  with 
Arithmetic  and  such  portions  of  Commercial  Law 
as  govern  the  transactions,  by  studying  the  text- 
books on  these  subjects,  assisted  by  the  teacher 
in  charge. 

Individual  Instruction — Each  student  receives 
individual  instruction  suited  to  his  own  particu- 
lar needs  at  all  times,  thereby  enabling  him  to 
proceed  in  his  course  as  rapidly  as  his  own 
ability  and  application  will  permit.  By  this  plan 
all  are  encouraged  to  pursue  their  course  as  rap- 
idly as  possible,  consistent  with  thoroughness, 
none  being  held  in  restraint  by  those  less  ad- 
vanced or  less  inclined  to  improve  their  oppor- 
tunities. 

Discipline — The  management  of  the  College 
is  upon  as  liberal  a  basis  as  possible,  consistent 
with  the  proper  order  and  decorum  necessary 
for  concentration  of  thought  and  the  proper  per- 
formance of  all  business  transactions.  To  secure 
this,  we  rely  principally  on  the  manhood  and 
good  judgment  of  the  students.  The  value  of 
good  discipline  in  the  management  of  a  school 
cannot  be  overestimated.  This  is  a  question  of 
the  greatest  importance  in  deciding  what  school 
to  patronize.  Good  discipline  results  in  the 
forming  of  correct  business  habits,  which  are  of 
equal  importance  with  a  good  course  of  instruc- 
tion, and  no .  mercantile  education  is  of  any 
special  value  without  them.  Those  only  will  suc- 
ceed who  acquire  habits  of  industry,  persever- 
ance and  integrity  before  entering  upon  a  busi- 
ness career.  The  college  has  two  general 
courses,  known  as  the  business  and  shorthand 
courses,  in  the  former  of  which  occur  bookkeep- 
ing, arithmetic,  business  penmanship,  correspond- 
ence, commercial  law,  banking  and  office  prac- 
tice. In  the  shorthand  course  stenography  and 


typewriting,  punctuation,  spelling  and  letter 
writing  receive  special  attention.  One  of  the 
most  interesting  departments  of  the  school  is 
that  for  beginners,  there  being  no  examination 
required  here  for  entrance.  Business  corre- 
spondence is  given  particular  attention  and  under 
the  heading  of  arithmetic  are  taught  such  sub- 
jects as  percentage,  banking  and  general  ac- 
counts. The  important  subject,  commercial  law, 
is  thus  referred  to  in  the  prospectus  of  the  school. 
Commercial  law  is  a  very  important  study  in 
most  business  schools  and  receives  special  at- 
tention. Although  not  contemplating  a  profes- 
sional course  of  instruction  in  law,  we  have,  nev- 
ertheless, found  it  necessary  to  embrace  in  our 
list  of  requirements  a  sufficient  knowledge  of 
law  to  render  the  student  familiar  with  the  gen- 
eral principles  which  govern  business  transac- 
tions, and  which  will  enable  him,  as  a  merchant, 
to  steer  clear  of  the  thousand  little  informalities 
and  indiscretions  which  so  often  lead  to  ex- 
pensive litigations,  perplexities  and  losses.  Our 
course  in  this  branch  of  study  embraces  the  fol- 
lowing general  subjects:  Contracts  in  general, 
Agency,  Commercial  Paper,  Bailment,  Partner- 
ship, the  points  on  real  estate  that  every  business 
man  should  know.  For  a  few  years  after  the 
College  was  established  these  subjects  were  pre- 
sented in  lectures  by  a  member  of  the  bar,  but 
in  due  time  this  method  was  abandoned  as  not 
proving  satisfactory,  from  the  fact  that  the  stu- 
dents remembered  but  very  little  of  the  excellent 
matter  presented  in  the  lectures.  Now  the  stu- 
dents may  study  the  subjects  carefully  from  the 
textbook  furnished  by  the  College,  and  then  re- 
view them  with  the  teacher,  who  is  thoroughly 
conversant  with  the  subjects  treated.  This 
method  is  found  by  experience  to  produce  a 
much  more  permanent  benefit  to  the  student. 

There  have  been  special  arrangements  made 
whereby  the  students  of  this  college  can  easily 
take  advantage  of  the  privileges  offered  by  the 
gymnasium  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation of  Portland,  a  fact  of  which  many  are 
only  too  glad  to  take  advantage  and  which  tends 
to  maintain  a  high  standard  of  health  among 
them. 

Mr.  Gray  is  a  well-known  figure  in  the  social 
life  of  Portland,  a  member  of  the  Woodford  Club, 
and  spends  as  much  of  his  spare  time  as  pos- 
sible automobiling,  of  which  he  is  very  fond. 

On  June  15,  1887,  in  the  city  of  Portland,  Mr. 
Gray  was  united  in  marriage  with  Carrie  E. 
Pennell,  a  native  of  Portland,  whose  death  oc- 
curred October  26,  1915.  To  them  were  born 
two  children:  Lucien  Edwin  Charles,  December 
i,  1890,  who  now  assists  his  father  in  the  con- 
duct of  the  school,  and  Eleaonora,  born  July  17, 
1896. 

The  service  rendered  to  the  cause  of  teach- 
ing by  Mr.  Gray  during  the  many  years  of  devo- 
tion to  this  chosen  profession  would  be  difficult 


90 


HISTORY  OF  MAINE 


upon  the  regular  business  course.  No  examina- 
tion required  upon  entering.  Time  of  Entering — 
Students  can  enter  at  any  time  during  the  year 
with  equal  advantages,  as  there  are  no  term  divi- 
sions and  as  the  instruction  is  principally  indi- 
vidual. 

General  Plan  of  Instruction — The  student  en- 
tering the  Business  Department  is  first  assigned 
a  seat  in  the  department  for  beginners,  and  com- 
mences at  once  to  handle  invoices  of  merchan- 
dise, receive  and  pay  money,  make  deposits,  write 
letters,  issue  and  receive  notes,  drafts  and  checks, 
and  keep  an  accurate  record  of  each  transaction 
in  regular  books  of  entry;  in  fact,  does  in  the 
college  from  the  start  what  will  be  found  to  do 
when  entering  upon  actual  office  work.  After 
passing  a  satisfactory  examination  on  the  work 
gone  over,  the  student  is  allowed  to  enter  our 
Advanced  Department,  where  the  work  is  carried 
on  under  actual  dates,  and  by  so  doing  the  stu- 
dent is  not  simply  taught  to  do  when  instructed, 
but  learns  to  look  after  things  and  do  his  own 
planning,  such  as  collecting  the  amount  due  on 
notes  he  holds  and  paying  his  outstanding  notes 
on  the  actual  days  of  maturity,  and  feels  a  cer- 
tain amount  of  care  and  .responsibility,  the  same 
as  though  he  were  holding  a  position  of  trust. 
In  brief,  our  students  are  taught  to  do  by  doing 
and  have  office  practice  from  the  start.  In  con- 
nection with  the  regular  bookkeeping  work,  the 
student  is  expected  to  make  himself  familiar  with 
Arithmetic  and  such  portions  of  Commercial  Law 
as  govern  the  transactions,  by  studying  the  text- 
books on  these  subjects,  assisted  by  the  teacher 
in  charge. 

Individual  Instruction — Each  student  receives 
individual  instruction  suited  to  his  own  particu- 
lar needs  at  all  times,  thereby  enabling  him  to 
proceed  in  his  course  as  rapidly  as  his  own 
ability  and  application  will  permit.  By  this  plan 
all  are  encouraged  to  pursue  their  course  as  rap- 
idly as  possible,  consistent  with  thoroughness, 
none  being  held  in  restraint  by  those  less  ad- 
vanced or  less  inclined  to  improve  their  oppor- 
tunities. 

Discipline — The  management  of  the  College 
is  upon  as  liberal  a  basis  as  possible,  consistent 
with  the  proper  order  and  decorum  necessary 
for  concentration  of  thought  and  the  proper  per- 
formance of  all  business  transactions.  To  secure 
this,  we  rely  principally  on  the  manhood  and 
good  judgment  of  the  students.  The  value  of 
pood  discipline  in  the  management  of  a  school 
cannot  be  overestimated.  This  is  a  question  of 
the  greatest  importance  in  deciding  what  school 
to  patronize.  Good  discipline  results  in  the 
forming  of  correct  business  habits,  which  are  of 
equal  importance  with  a  good  course  of  instruc- 
tion, and  no.  mercantile  education  is  of  any 
special  value  without  them.  Those  only  will  suc- 
ceed who  acquire  habits  of  industry,  persever- 
ance and  integrity  before  entering  upon  a  busi- 
ness career.  The  college  has  two  general 
courses,  known  as  the  business  and  shorthand 
courses,  in  the  former  of  which  occur  bookkeep- 
ing, arithmetic,  business  penmanship,  correspond- 
ence, commercial  law,  banking  and  office  prac- 
tice. In  the  shorthand  course  stenography  and 


typewriting,  punctuation,  spelling  and  letter 
writing  receive  special  attention.  One  of  the 
most  interesting  departments  of  the  school  is 
that  for  beginners,  there  being  no  examination 
required  here  for  entrance.  Business  corre- 
spondence is  given  particular  attention  and  under 
the  heading  of  arithmetic  are  taught  such  sub- 
jects as  percentage,  banking  and  general  ac- 
counts. The  important  subject,  commercial  law, 
is  thus  referred  to  in  the  prospectus  of  the  school. 
Commercial  law  is  a  very  important  study  in 
most  business  schools  and  receives  special  at- 
tention. Although  not  contemplating  a  profes- 
sional course  of  instruction  in  law,  we  have,  nev- 
ertheless, found  it  necessary  to  embrace  in  our 
list  of  requirements  a  sufficient  knowledge  of 
law  to  render  the  student  familiar  with  the  gen- 
eral principles  which  govern  business  transac- 
tions, and  which  will  enable  him,  as  a  merchant, 
to  steer  clear  of  the  thousand  little  informalities 
and  indiscretions  which  so  often  lead  to  ex- 
pensive litigations,  perplexities  and  losses.  Our 
course  in  this  branch  of  study  embraces  the  fol- 
lowing general  subjects:  Contracts  in  general, 
Agency,  Commercial  Paper,  Bailment,  Partner- 
ship, the  points  on  real  estate  that  every  business 
man  should  know.  For  a  few  years  after  the 
College  was  established  these  subjects  were  pre- 
sented in  lectures  by  a  member  of  the  bar,  but 
in  due  time  this  method  was  abandoned  as  not 
proving  satisfactory,  from  the  fact  that  the  stu- 
dents remembered  but  very  little  of  the  excellent 
matter  presented  in  the  lectures.  Now  the  stu- 
dents may  study  the  subjects  carefully  from  the 
textbook  furnished  by  the  College,  and  then  re- 
view them  with  the  teacher,  who  is  thoroughly 
conversant  with  the  subjects  treated.  This 
method  is  found  by  experience  to  produce  a 
much  more  permanent  benefit  to  the  student. 

There  have  been  special  arrangements  made 
whereby  the  students  of  this  college  can  easily 
take  advantage  of  the  privileges  offered  by  the 
gymnasium  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation of  Portland,  a  fact  of  which  many  are 
only  too  glad  to  take  advantage  and  which  tends 
to  maintain  a  high  standard  of  health  among 
them. 

Mr.  Gray  is  a  well-known  figure  in  the  social 
life  of  Portland,  a  member  of  the  Woodford  Club, 
and  spends  as  much  of  his  spare  time  as  pos- 
sible automobiling,  of  which  he  is  very  fond. 

On  June  IS,  1887,  in  the  city  of  Portland,  Mr. 
Gray  was  united  in  marriage  with  Carrie  E. 
Pennell,  a  native  of  Portland,  whose  death  oc- 
curred October  26,  1915.  To  them  were  born 
two  children:  Lucien  Edwin  Charles,  December 
i,  1890,  who  now  assists  his  father  in  the  con- 
duct of  the  school,  and  Eleaonora,  born  July  17, 
1806. 

The  service  rendered  to  the  cause  of  teach- 
ing by  Mr.  Gray  during  the  many  years  of  devo- 
tion to  this  chosen  profession  would  be  difficult 


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to  gauge.  Throughout  this  long  period  he  ap- 
pears the  typical  scholar,  whose  delight  is  in 
knowledge  and  the  enlightened  cosmopolitan 
mind  which  knowledge  brings.  In  teaching,  as  in 
all  vocations,  the  quality  of  the  work  accom- 
plished undoubtedly  depends  primarily  upon  the 
profession  of  certain  fundamental  virtues  by  the 
teacher.  Of  these  virtues  perhaps  simplicity  and 
zeal  are  the  chief,  and  both  these  are  the  pos- 
session of  Mr.  Gray  in  good  measure.  He  has 
no  other  purpose  than  the  very  best  develop- 
ment of  his  pupils,  and  his  ardor  in  this  cause 
is  exhaustless.  But  despite  this  ardor,  despite 
his  unwearied  efforts  on  their  behalf,  he  is  never 
impatient  or  lacking  in  sympathy  even  for  the 
least  gifted.  So  long  as  effort  is  shown  he  is 
appreciative  of  it,  however  little  the  result.  The 
only  person  with  whom  he  is  a  stern  taskmaster 
is  himself,  for  whom  he  holds  unabated  the 
standards  of  his  New  England  conscience.  It  is 
not  that  he  is  incapable  of  showing  his  disap- 
proval for  what  is  unworthy,  nor  backward  about 
doing  so.  Let  him  but  discover  a  sham  of  any 
kind  or  insincerity,  and  no  one  is  more  ready  to 
utter  a  rebuke.  Over  the  strong  framework  of 
those  virtues  which  in  his  ancestors  had  often 
seemed  harsh,  he  draws  a  mantle  of  culture  and 
the  tolerance  which  culture  lends.  The  men 
who  truly  know  the  world  grow  charitable  toward 
it,  and  there  are  but  few  departments  of  knowl- 
edge in  which  Mr.  Gray  is  not  at  home,  albeit 
his  classes  are  mostly  in  the  subjects  in  connec- 
tion with  a  modern  training  for  business.  His 
tastes  are  what  might  be  expected  of  a  whole- 
some nature  such  as  his,  and  consist  so  far  as 
recreation  goes  in  outdoor  sports  of  every  sort. 


JOSEPH  RALPH  LIBBY— The  story  of  the 
life  of  the  late  Joseph  Ralph  Libby,  who  up  to 
the  time  of  his  death,  November  5,  1917,  was  one 
of  the  best-known  merchants  of  Portland,  Maine, 
proprietor  of  the  great  department  store  of  J.  R. 
Libby  Company,  and  one  of  the  most  influential 
and  public-spirited  citizens  of  the  community, 
was  one  of  steady  and  persistent  effort  towards 
worthy  ambitions,  and  of  the  wise  and  just  use 
of  power  and  prestige  when  once  he  had  achieved 
them.  Occupying  an  enviable  position  among 
the  most  prominent  citizens  of  Portland,  he 
might  claim  with  satisfaction  that  he  gained  his 
place  through  no  favor  or  mere  accident,  but 
by  his  own  native  ability  and  sound  judgment, 
and  the  wise  foresight  with  which  he  carefully 
fitted  himself  for  the  work  into  which  his  inclina- 
tions urged  him.  High  ideals  were  coupled  in 
him  to  that  force  of  character  and  that  tenacity 


of  purpose  which  must  inevitably  bear  the  fruit 
of  a  well-merited  success.  Mr.  Libby  was  a 
member  of  a  family  that  for  many  generations 
has  been  identified  with  this  region  and  with 
New  England  in  general.  The  Libbys,  indeed, 
can  claim  an  antiquity  greater  than  their  Ameri- 
can residence,  the  line  being  traceable  for  a  num- 
ber of  generations  prior  to  their  coming  here, 
in  the  native  home  in  England.  The  American 
branch  with  which  we  are  here  concerned  was 
founded  in  Maine  in  the  year  1634,  when  Mr. 
Libby's  ancestors  settled  at  Scarboro,  and  from 
that  time  to  this  its  members  have  been  promi- 
nent in  the  several  communities  where  they  have 
made  their  homes.  Mr.  Libby's  parents  were 
Ivory  and  Eliza  Ann  (Davis)  Libby,  life-long 
residents  of  Buxton,  Maine,  where  the  former 
operated  a  flourishing  farm  and  was  active  in  the 
life  of  the  community.  They  were  of  the  strong 
and  able  type  that  has  come  to  be  regarded  as 
characteristic  of  New  England  in  general  and 
of  the  "Pine  Tree  State"  in  particular. 

Born  March  20,  1845,  at  Buxton,  Maine,  Joseph 
R.  Libby  gained  the  elementary  portion  of  his 
education  at  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
region.  He  later  attended  the  Limington  Acad- 
emy and  there  completed  his  schooling.  Even 
as  a  lad  he  took  a  keen  interest  in  business  and 
began  to  develop  early  the  qualities  of  good 
judgment  and  foresight,  together  with  prompt- 
ness of  decision,  that  were  the  materials  of  which 
his  subsequent  success  was  fashioned.  Upon 
completing  his  studies  he  secured,  while  still  little 
more  than  a  lad,  a  clerical  position  in  a  store 
at  Bonny  Eagle,  a  small  country  establishment, 
where,  nevertheless,  he  was  able  with  his  quick 
apprehension  and  intelligence,  to  master  the  ele- 
ments of  business,  and  the  principles  upon  which 
such  commercial  enterprises  are  founded.  With 
a  mind  as  brilliant  as  his  it  only  required  the 
opportunity  to  expend  these  underlying  princi- 
ples to  whatever  power  the  size  of  the  business 
required,  and  proceed  to  the  application  of  them. 
It  was  in  the  autumn  of  1861  that  Mr.  Libby  be- 
came connected  with  this  concern,  and  for  a 
time  the  novelty  of  the  life  and  the  fact  that 
he  was  learning  something  that  his  mind  per- 
ceived was  of  value  kept  him  sufficiently  occu- 
pied, but  as  time  went  on  and  he  became  entirely 
familiar  with  the  small  business,  it  was  natural 
that  his  enterprising  nature  should  cause  him  to 
turn  to  other  and  larger  fields  in  search  of 
greater  opportunities,  and  it  was  not  long  before 
he  was  on  his  way  to  Boston,  where  he  felt  that 
they  were  to  be  found.  In  that  city  he  secured 
employment  in  one  of  the  large  mercantile  con- 


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cerns  of  the  place,  and  it  was  there  that  the  real 
training  for  his  future  career  was  carried  on. 
He  quickly  became  familiar  with  every  branch  of 
the  business  and  became  so  valuable  that  he 
was  made  a  salesman  and  traveled  through  the 
country  representing  the  firm  in  various  places. 
Continuing  his  brilliant  work,  it  was  within  but 
a  few  years  of  entering  the  concern  that  he 
became  its  chief  salesman  and  was  given  the 
State  of  New  York  for  his  territory.  But  in  spite 
of  this  rapid  promotion,  Mr.  Libby  was  by  no 
means  satisfied.  He  had  always  a  strong  ambi- 
tion to  engage  in  business  for  himself  and  how- 
ever great  might  be  his  success  as  the  employee 
of  another,  he  never  lost  sight  of  it.  He  was 
therefore  very  well  pleased  when  a  little  later 
he  found  himself  in  a  position  to  form  a  partner- 
ship with  a  Mr.  Vickery,  of  Portland,  Maine,  and 
there  open  a  mercantile  establishment  of  their 
own.  This  venture  met  with  a  very  gratifying 
success.  The  original  store  in  Portland,  which 
he  now  gave  up,  was  situated  on  Free  street, 
only  a  short  distance  from  the  subsequent  great 
establishment.  It  was  at  about  this  time  that 
his  attention  began  to  be  turned  to  the  West, 
where  the  young  but  rapidly  growing  communi- 
ties seemed  to  afford  opportunities  more  tempt- 
ing than  anything  to  be  found  in  the  slower 
East,  and,  after  a  few  years  with  the  Boston 
concern,  he  determined  to  try  his  fortunes  there. 
In  1871  he  settled  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  and 
opened  a  large  mercantile  house.  In  spite  of  a 
marked  initial  success,  however,  Mr.  Libby's 
western  venture  was  not  continued  by  him  for 
a  long  period.  This  was  due  to  the  fact  that 
within  a  year  a  very  liberal  offer  was  made  to 
him  for  the  purchase  of  his  already  flourishing 
business,  with  which  he  quickly  closed,  although 
he  felt  a  sincere  regret  to  giving  up  his  enter- 
prise in  that  progressive  place.  There  was  one 
consideration,  however,  which  weighed  strongly 
with  him,  and  that  was  his  intense  love  for 
New  England  and  New  England  ways  of  doing, 
and  his  desire  to  be  once  more  in  that  environ- 
ment, a  feeling  that  never  left  him,  but  rather 
grew  and  developed  with  age.  Thus  it  was  that 
the  year  1872  saw  him  once  more  in  the  State 
of  Maine,  and  this  time  settled  in  the  town  of 
Biddeford,  where  he  promptly  began  operations. 
He  purchased  a  dry  goods  store  and  a  carpet 
store  and  combined  the  two,  thus  founding  what 
was  the  first  department  store  of  the  place.  He 
continued  to  conduct  this  enterprise  successfully 
until  1890,  when  he  finally  came  to  Portland  and 
there  opened  the  store  that  has  since  grown  to 
such  enormous  proportions.  In  order  to  give  it 


the  scope  that  he  desired,  Mr.  Libby  proceeded 
as  he  had  already  done  at  Biddeford,  only  upon 
a  larger  scale.  He  purchased  the  dry  goods  busi- 
ness, already  of  large  proportions,  conducted  by 
the  firm  of  Turner  Brothers  &  Newcomb,  in 
the  building  now  occupied  by  the  Eastman 
Brothers  &  Bancroft  Company.  He  also  pur- 
chased the  business  of  Horatio  Staples,  at  the 
corner  of  Middle  and  Cross  streets,  and  these 
two  he  combined  to  form  the  store  of  the  J.  R. 
Libby  Company,  which  met  with  the  most  grati- 
fying success  from  the  outset.  Mr.  Libby's 
business  judgment  never  seems  to  have  gone 
astray,  and  one  particularly  good  example  of  his 
foresight  was  given  in  1897,  when  he  took  a  step 
against  the  advice  of  the  great  majority  of  his 
associates.  He  had  been  keenly  observing  the 
trend  of  the  city's  growth  towards  the  west,  and 
this,  and  the  fact  that  his  original  quarters  on 
Monument  Square  were  growing  too  cramped  for 
his  increasing  trade,  induced  him  to  lease  a  large 
store  space  in  the  Baxter  Block,  at  the  intersec- 
tion of  Congress,  Oak  and  Free  streets.  For 
more  than  twenty  years  the  business  thus  estab- 
lished by  Mr.  Libby  has  grown  uninterruptedly 
until,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  it  was  one  of  the 
largest  enterprises  of  its  kind  in  the  State.  All 
this  great  development  was  guided  and  directed 
by  Mr.  Libby  personally,  who  continually  super- 
vised the  entire  operation  of  the  establishment 
even  to  its  details.  A  number  of  years  ago  he 
admitted  into  partnership  with  himself  his  two 
sons,  Ralph  G.  and  Harold  T.  Libby,  and  his 
son-in-law,  William  R.  Cutter,  and,  after  more 
than  half  a  century  of  uninterrupted  activity, 
partially  withdrew,  leaving  to  a  certain  extent 
the  conduct  of  affairs  to  these  young  men,  all 
of  whom  he  had  carefully  trained  in  the  business 
under  his  own  supervision.  Even  more  familiar 
with  the  business  than  they,  however,  was  Mrs. 
Libby,  who  had  always  been  made  a  confidante 
by  her  husband,  and  had  come  to  know  every  de- 
tail scarcely  less  well  than  he.  Her  advice,  in- 
deed, was  continually  sought  by  him  in  every 
matter  concerning  the  conduct  of  the  concern, 
and  was  the  greatest  single  factor  in  determining 
his  policies.  Since  his  death  the  responsibility 
for  the  company  has  fallen  to  a  large  extent 
upon  the  shoulders  of  the  young  men,  his  suc- 
cessors, but  they  have  been  guided  and  sup- 
ported by  the  kindly  advice  and  assistance  of 
Mrs.  Libby,  who,  being  so  thoroughly  familiar 
with  her  husband's  plans,  is  peculiarly  well 
equipped  to  supervise  their  carrying  out.  The 
combination  of  executive  ability  and  wise  counsel 
has  proved  a  strong  one  and  the  great  business 


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has  continued  to  develop  since  the  death  of  the 
founder  until  it  has  attained  even  greater  pro- 
portions than  before. 

Mr.  Libby  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  or- 
der, and  was  president  of  the  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian Association.  He  was  a  staunch  Republican 
in  his  political  views  and  took  an  active  part  in 
the  affairs  of  the  party.  He  was  a  friend  of 
James  G.  Elaine  and  of  Thomas  B.  Reed.  He 
was  sent  by  the  party  as  delegate  to  the  Re- 
publican National  Convention  at  Chicago  which 
nominated  Garfield  for  President  of  the  United 
States.  He  was  a  Congregationalist  and  served 
as  moderator  in  the  State  conventions  of  that 
body  several  times  and  was  frequently  a  speaker. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Williston  Church  at 
Portland  for  many  years.  He  was  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Portland  Club.  Both  he  and  his  wife 
were  extremely  fond  of  travel  and  together  they 
took  many  trips  both  in  this  country  and  abroad. 
He  was  extremely  kind  to  the  poor  and  generous 
in  gifts  to  charitable  and  religious  organizations 
with  which  he  was  affiliated.  At  one  time  he 
personally  supported  three  missionaries  in  foreign 
lands.  To  one  in  Pekin  he  sent  a  printing  press, 
said  to  have  been  the  first  in  China,  that  the  man 
might  print  extracts  from  the  Bible,  and  hymns 
for  use  in  his  work.  This  missionary  was  killed 
in  the  Boxer  uprising,  and  with  the  indemnity 
received  for  the  destruction  of  the  printing 
press,  Mr.  Libby  sent  out  more  foreign  mis- 
sionaries. 

One  of  the  greatest  interests  in  the  life  of 
Mr.  Libby  was  the  prohibition  movement,  to 
which  he  gave  his  entire  allegiance,  and  which 
he  furthered  in  every  way,  speaking  upon  the 
subject  and  working  indefatigably  for  the  cause. 
In  the  year  18 — ,  he  made  two  tours  of  the  State 
and  delivered  a  series  of  lectures  upon  the  sub- 
ject in  the  various  cities  and  towns,  in  which  he 
urged  the  adoption  of  laws.  He  was  intensely 
religious  and  never  wearied  in  his  work  for  the 
church  and  for  the  abolition  of  the  evils  of  the 
liquor  traffic.  He  was  one  of  the  strongest  in- 
fluences for  good  in  the  community  and  his  great 
prestige  as  a  business  man  and  man  of  affairs 
added  to  the  respect  with  which  he  was  listened 
to  by  his  fellows. 

On  November  24,  1870,  Mr.  Libby  was  mar- 
ried, at  Limington,  Maine,  to  Helen  Louise  Lar- 
rabee,  a  native  of  that  town,  and  a  daughter  of 
Eben  Irish  and  Mary  (Thaxter)  Larrabee,  old 
and  highly  respected  residents  of  the  place.  Mrs. 
Libby  has  already  been  mentioned  as  her  hus- 
band's companion  and  confidante  in  the  matter 
of  his  business,  and  his  comrade  on  his  travels, 


and  this  relation  extended  into  every  department 
of  their  affairs,  so  that  their  long  married  life 
was  an  unusually  happy  and  harmonious  one. 
She  is  a  member  on  both  sides  of  the  house  of 
distinguished  New  England  families,  and  is  her- 
self a  worthy  scion  of  her  brilliant  ancestors. 
To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Libby  seven  children  were  born, 
as  follows:  I.  Edith  Emma,  wife  of  William 
Russell  Cutter,  a  member  of  the  firm.  They 
have  two  children:  i.  Alice  Louise,  and  ii.  Philip 
Russell.  2.  Royal  Sumner,  died  May  12,  1874,  at 
the  age  of  six  months.  3.  Mary  Louise,  wife  of 
Arthur  H.  Chamberlain,  secretary-treasurer  of 
the  American  Iron,  Steel  &  Heavy  Hardware 
Association,  with  headquarters  in, .  New  York. 
They  reside  in  Mt.  Vernon,  New  York,  and  have 
three  children:  i.  William  Hale.  ii.  Mary.  iii. 
Austin  Hunter.  4.  Annie  Belle,  died  May  3,  1877, 
aged  four  and  a  half  months.  5.  Alice  Helena, 
wife  of  Merle  Sedgwick  Brown,  a  broker  in  Port- 
land. They  have  one  child,  Merle  S.,  Jr.  6. 
Ralph  Garfield,  married  Hattie  Payson  Brazier, 
and  is  a  member  of  the  firm.  They  reside  in 
Portland,  and  have  three  children:  i.  Ralph 
Garfield,  Jr.  ii.  Ellen  Brazier,  iii.  Daniel  Bra- 
zier. 7.  Harold  Thaxter,  a  member  of  the  firm; 
resides  in  Portland. 

Joseph  R.  Libby  was  one  of  those  men  whose 
lives  and  characters  form  the  underlying  struc- 
ture upon  which  are  built  the  prosperity  and 
homes  of  this  country.  The  careers  of  such 
men  as  he  show  the  opportunities  open  in  a 
commonwealth  like  Maine  to  those  who  possess 
great  business  abilities  and  the  high  integrity 
that  forms  the  basis  alike  of  the  good  citizen 
and  the  good  business  man.  His  ambition  along 
the  worthiest  line,  his  perseverance,  his  stead- 
fastness of  purpose,  his  tireless  industry,  all  fur- 
nish lessons  to  the  young  men  of  coming  genera- 
tions, and  the  well-earned  success  and  esteem  he 
gained  prove  the  inevitable  result  of  the  practice 
of  these  virtues.  His  whole  life  was  devoted  to 
the  highest  and  the  best,  and  all  his  endeavors 
were  for  the  furtherance  of  those  noble  ideals  he 
made  the  rule  of  his  daily  conduct.  The  success 
won  by  him  as  a  business  man  never  elated  him 
unduly  or  caused  him  to  alter  the  usual  tenor  of 
his  way.  A  nature  of  singular  sweetness,  open- 
ness and  sincerity,  he  never  made  lasting  ene- 
mies, but  any  estimate  of  his  character  would 
be  unjust  which  did  not  pay  tribute  to  the  in- 
herent force  and  power  that  caused  him  to  sur- 
mount all  difficulties  which  met  him  on  the  road 
to  success,  or  point  to  the  natural  ability  and 
keen  mental  gifts  which  he  improved  by  daily 
use  and  exercise.  He  had  a  profound  knowledge 


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of  human  nature  and  his  judgments  upon  men 
were  sound  and  unerring.  He  had  a  strong  and 
dominating  personality,  and  his  power  over  other 
men  was  not  the  result  of  aggressiveness  but  of 
the  momentum  of  character  and  strength.  His 
loyalty  to  his  State,  his  desire  to  promote  every 
measure  that  would  tend  to  the  advancement  of 
the  public  good,  gave  him  a  title  second  to  none 
to  be  represented  in  the  historical  annals  of  a 
great  State  such  as  Maine. 


EDGAR  CROSBY  SMITH,  Lawyer,  Historian. 
— It  has  been  truly  said  that  to  trace  the  ances- 
try of  the  various  Smiths  would  be  like  trying 
to  write  a  genealogy  of  the  North  American 
Indians.  When  Dr.  Holmes  wrote  of  the  author 
of  "America,"  and  said:  "Fate  tried  to  conceal 
him  by  naming  him  Smith,"  he  might  have  ap- 
plied the  statement  to  several  hundred  other 
distinguished  Smiths  besides  Dr.  Samuel  F. 
Smith  of  the  famous  class  of  1829.  One  should 
feel  proud  to  belong  to  so  numerous  and  re- 
spectable a  family,  but  one  cannot  help  wish- 
ing that  they  had  taken  a  little  more  pains  to 
preserve  their  ancestral  records.  The  following 
branch  cannot  be  traced  further  than  Berwick, 
Maine.  Whether  they  originally  came  from  Mas- 
sachusetts, or  whether  they  may  be  connected 
with  the  New  Hampshire  Smiths,  of  whom  no 
less  than  nineteen  different  lines  have  been 
traced,  must  remain  a  matter  of  conjecture. 
Daniel  Smith,  born  1796,  removed  about  1820 
from  Berwick,  Maine,  to  Brownville,  same  State, 
where  he  died  April  23,  1856.  He  was  undoubt- 
edly an  offshoot  of  the  Berwick  family  of  Smiths, 
which  had  numerous  representatives  in  that  town, 
possibly  a  son  of  Daniel  Smith,  who  was  born 
there  June  12,  1757,  and  was  a  minute-man  in 
I77S-  October  3,  1822,  Daniel  Smith  married 
Mary  Stickney,  born  January  31,  1799,  in  Weare, 
New  Hampshire,  died  March  25,  1883,  in  Brown- 
ville, Maine,  a  descendant  of  William  Stickney, 
who  came  from  Hull,  in  Yorkshire,  England,  in 
1637,  and  was  admitted  to  the  First  Church  in 
Boston  with  his  wife,  Elizabeth,  November  24, 
1639.  His  son,  John  Stickney,  was  the  father 
of  Samuel  Stickney,  whose  son,  William  (2) 
Stickney,  had  Samuel  (2)  Stickney,  born  May 
13,  1762,  in  Rowley,  Massachusetts.  He  married 
(second),  April  29,  1792,  in  Bradford,  Patty 
(Polly  or  Martha),  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Martha  (Hardey)  Atwood,  of  Bradford,  Massa- 
chusetts, born  September  21,  1772,  who  survived 
him,  and  died  in  Brownville,  October  2,  1845. 
Five  years  before  her  death  she  was  awarded 
a  pension  from  the  government  on  account  of 


her  husband's  Revolutionary  services.  At  the  age 
of  fifteen  years  he  entered  the  Revolutionary 
Army,  and  saw  much  service.  He  enlisted  July 
6,  1778,  as  a  fifer,  in  Captain  Simeon  Brown's 
company,  Colonel  Wade's  regiment,  later  became 
a  sergeant  in  Captain  Benjamin  Peabody's  com- 
pany, and  was  a  member  of  the  Thirty-first  Divi- 
sion which  marched  in  1780  from  Springfield,  at 
this  time  described  as  being  eighteen  years  of 
age,  ruddy  complexion,  stature  five  feet,  nine 
inches,  enlisted  from  Bradford.  He  enlisted  from 
Rowley,  August  4,  1781,  serving  to  November  27 
of  that  year  as  a  fifer  in  Captain  John  Robinson's 
company,  Colonel  William  Turner's  regiment  of 
five  months'  men,  service  in  Rhode  Island.  His 
fourth  daughter,  Mary,  became  the  wife  of  Daniel 
Smith,  of  Brownville,  as  previously  noted.  Their 
eldest  child  was  Samuel  Atwood  Smith,  born 
October  13,  1830,  in  Brownville;  married,  Jan- 
uary 8,  1860,  Martha  L.  J'enks,  born  July  4,  1836, 
in  Brownville,  daughter  of  Eleazer  Alley  and 
Eliza  (Brown)  Jenks.  Their  youngest  child  was 
Edgar  Crosby  Smith,  subject  of  this  biography. 
Through  his  mother,  Edgar  C.  Smith  is  de- 
scended from  Joseph  Jenks,  one  of  the  most 
prominent  and  active  of  the  early  Massachusetts 
immigrants,  born  in  the  neighborhood  of  Lon- 
don, and  active  in  establishing  the  first  iron 
works  in  America.  His  son  John  was  the  father 
of  Captain  John  Jenks,  of  Lynn,  Massachusetts, 
father  of  William  R.  Jenks,  born  May  29,  1749, 
at  Lynn,  the  first  to  settle  in  Maine,  locating  at 
Portland,  where  he  died.  He  was  the  father 
of  Eleazer  Alley  Jenks,  born  in  Portland, 
who  married  Clarina  Parsons  Greenleaf,  of 
New  Gloucester,  Maine,  born  November  12, 
1779,  in  Newburyport,  Massachusetts,  died  at 
Brownville,  Maine,  December  12,  1841.  Their 
second  son,  Eleazer  Alley  (2)  Jenks,  married 
Eliza  Brown,  and  was  the  father  of  Martha  L. 
Jenks,  wife  of  Samuel  Atwood  Smith,  above 
noted.  The  Greenleaf  family  is  one  of  the  oldest 
in  this  country,  descended  from  Edmund  Green- 
leaf,  born  1573,  baptized  January  2,  1574,  died 
March  24,  1671.  He  came  from  England  to  Mas- 
sachusetts about  1635,  was  one  of  the  original 
settlers  of  Newbury,  the  father  of  Stephen  Green- 
leaf,  baptized  August  10,  1628,  at  St.  Mary's 
in  England,  died  December  I,  1690,  at  Newbury. 
His  third  son,  John  Greenleaf,  was  the  father  of 
Daniel  Greenleaf,  grandfather  of  Hon.  Jonathan 
Greenleaf,  born  in  July,  1723,  at  Newbury,  died 
there  May  24,  1807.  His  son,  Captain  Moses 
Greenleaf,  born  May  19,  1755,  at  Newbury,  died 
in  New  Gloucester,  Maine,  December  18,  1812. 


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He  married  Lydia  Parsons,  born  April  3,  1755, 
died  March  21,  1854,  daughter  of  Rev.  Jonathan 
and  Phebe  (Griswold)  Parsons,  of  Newburyport. 
Phebe  Griswold,  daughter  of  Judge  John  Gris- 
wold, inherited  the  blood  of  the  Griswolds  and 
Walcotts,  two  of  the  most  distinguished  Con- 
necticut families  which  have  supplied  the  country 
with  twelve  State  Governors  and  thirty-six  judges 
of  the  higher  courts.  The  only  daughter  of 
Captain  Moses  Greenleaf  was  Clarina  Parsons, 
born  November  12,  1775,  in  Newburyport,  who 
became  the  wife  of  Eleazer  Alley  Jenks,  of  pre- 
vious mention. 

Edgar  Crosby  Smith  was  born  February  12, 
1870,  at  Brownville,  and  attended  the  common 
schools  and  East  Maine  Seminary  at  Bucksport. 
His  first  business  experience  was  as  clerk  in  a 
bank,  and  later  he  was  employed  in  the  office  of 
the  clerk  of  courts  at  Ellsworth,  Maine.  During 
this  time  he  devoted  his  leisure  to  the  study  of 
law,  and  from  July,  1891,  to  the  spring  of  1892 
he  read  law  in  the  office  of  Miles  W.  Mclntosh, 
of  Brownville.  For  two  years  he  conducted  a 
shoe  store  in  that  town,  which  he  sold  out  in 
1894,  and  again  engaged  in  the  study  of  law 
with  Mr.  Mclntosh.  On  the  removal  of  the 
latter  to  California,  Mr.  Smith  purchased  his  law 
library  and  began  practice.  This  was  in  1895, 
the  year  of  his  admission  to  the  bar.  For  two 
years  he  continued  in  independent  practice,  and 
removed  to  Dover,  Maine,  where  he  formed  a 
partnership  with  Colonel  J.  B.  Peaks.  Four 
years  later  Mr.  Smith  was  appointed  judge  of  the 
Municipal  Court,  and  continued  to  hold  that  posi- 
tion until  it/ii.  In  the  meantime  he  has  engaged 
in  gener.il  practice.  Mr.  Smith's  home  is  in  Fox- 
croft.  He  has  long  been  active  as  a  political 
worker  in  the  interest,  first  of  good  government, 
and  second  of  the  Republican  party.  For  sev- 
eral years  he  served  on  the  County  Committee  of 
his  party,  during  two  years  of  which  time  he 
was  its  chairman.  He  has  filled  various  town 
offices,  including  that  of  tax  collector  for  five 
years.  While  at  Brownville  he  was  superin- 
tendent of  schools,  and  has  served  on  the  school 
board  of  Foxcroft.  Mr.  Smith  has  given  much 
attention  to  historical  research,  is  a  member  of 
the  Maine  Historical  Society  and  Piscataquis 
Historical  Society.  He  is  the  author  of  various 
monographs  relating  to  State  and  local  affairs, 
including  "Life  of  Moses  Greenleaf,  the  Map- 
maker,"  who  plotted  and  executed  and  published 
the  first  map  made  by  an  inhabitant  of  Maine. 
He  has  also  written  a  bibliography  of  the  maps 
of  Maine,  and  a  history  of  the  Revolutionary 
soldiers  who  settled  in  Piscataquis  county.  In 


1917  Judge  Smith  contributed  to  this  work  a 
chapter  regarding  the  boundary  contentions  with 
the  mother  country  as  to  the  limits  of  Maine 
territory  (see  Chapter  VII).  Mr.  Smith  is 
active  in  various  departments  of  the  life  of  his 
home  town,  is  a  past  master  of  Pleasant  River 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  a  member  of 
Piscataquis  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  and 
of  the  order  of  the  Royal  Arcanum.  Religiously 
he  agrees  with  the  tenets  of  the  Congregational 
church. 

Mr.  Smith  married,  January  18,  1893,  Harriet 
M.  Ladd,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Eliza  (Chase) 
Ladd,  of  Garland,  Maine,  who  died  October  14, 
1917.  He  has  one  child,  Martha  Eliza,  born 
May  s,  loor. 


GEORGE  CROSWELL  CRESSEY  —The 
Cressey  family  while  not  large  is  of  old  Colonial 
stock,  and  is  scattered  over  most  of  the  States 
of  the  Union,  and  has  furnished  many  men  of 
energy,  activity  and  courage.  The  pioneer  set- 
tler of  the  family  in  America  was  Mighill  Cres- 
sey, who  with  his  brother,  William,  landed  in 
Salem,  Massachusetts,  probably  in  the  year  1649. 
In  1658,  when  he  was  thirty  years  of  age,  he 
lived  for  a  time  in  the  family  of  Lieutenant 
Thomas  Lathrop,  afterwards  Captain  Lathrop, 
who  with  sixty  of  his  soldiers  during  King 
Phillip's  War  fell  at  Bloody  Brook,  in  Deerfield, 
Massachusetts.  He  afterwards  lived  in  the  family 
of  Joshua  Ray  at  "Royal  Side,"  Salem,  near 
Beverly,  Massachusetts.  Here  he  married,  in 
1658,  Mary,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
Bachelder,  of  "Royal  Side."  She  was  baptized 
at  Salem,  April  19,  1640,  and  died  at  the  birth 
of  her  first  born.  Mighill  removed  to  Ipswich, 
Massachusetts,  in  1660,  where  he  married  (sec- 
ond), April  16,  1660,  Mary  Quilter,  who  was  born 
in  Ipswich,  May  2,  1641,  a  daughter  of  Mark 
Quilter;  and  by  his  second  wife  Mighill  Cressey 
had  three  children,  Mighill,  William  and  Mary. 
His  death  probably  occurred  at  Ipswich  about 
1671,  as  his  widow  with  her  three  children  moved 
to  Rowley,  Massachusetts,  in  April,  1671,  and 
died  in  that  town  May  7,  1707.  The  Christian 
name  is  sometimes  spelled  "Michael"  on  the  old 
records,  but  Mighill  Cressey  the  immigrant 
spelled  his  name  "Mighil  Cresse."  The  surname 
of  the  family  is  of  local  derivation,  from  a  town 
in  France  by  that  name,  and  there  is,  therefore, 
no  doubt  of  its  Anglo-Norman  extraction.  On 
various  records  the  name  is  spelled  in  twenty- 
three  different  ways. 

From  these  two  sons  of  Mighill  and  Mary 
(Quilter)  Cressey,  the  Rowley's  Massachusetts 


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families  are  descended.  John  Cressey,  one  of 
these  descendants,  was  born  in  Rowley,  Mas- 
sachusetts, in  the  latter  part  of  the  eighteenth 
century.  He  was  engaged  in  farming,  was  a 
Whig  in  politics  and  was  a  member  of  the 
Congregational  church.  He  had  a  family  of  five 
sons  and  three  daughters.  His  sons  were 
Thomas,  John,  Nathaniel,  Bradstreet,  and  George 
Washington.  The  last  was  born  in  Rowley, 
Massachusetts,  December  10,  1810.  He  was  a 
Trinitarian  Congregational  clergyman  and  was 
a  member  of  the  Republican  party.  He  married 
Sarah  Palmer,  daughter  of  Dr.  Samuel  P.  Cros- 
well,  a  resident  of  Boston,  born  in  Falmouth, 
Massachusetts,  in  1819,  and  died  at  Buxton, 
Maine,  in  1856.  The  children  by  this  marriage 
were  George  Bradstreet,  who  died  in  infancy; 
Mary  Croswell  Cressey,  born  September,  1853, 
and  George  Croswell  Cressey,  see  below.  Two 
years  after  the  death  of  his  wife,  in  1856,  he 
married  Nancy  Wentworth,  of  Buxton,  Maine, 
who  survived  him.  Rev.  George  Washington 
Cressey  died  in  Buxton,  Maine,  February  12, 
1867. 

George  Croswell  Cressey,  the  youngest  son 
and  child  of  the  Rev.  George  Washington  and 
Sarah  Palmer  (Croswell)  Cressey,  was  born  at 
Buxton,  Maine,  April  I,  1856.  He  obtained  his 
preliminary  education  through  private  instruc- 
tion, entering  the  Bath  High  School  at  the  age 
of  eleven  years,  and  graduated  from  Bowdoin 
College  in  1875,  receiving  the  degree  of  A.B. 
A  year  was  then  spent  at  the  Yale  University 
Graduate  School.  Mr.  Cressey  then  went  abroad 
and  became  a  student  at  the  University  of  Leip- 
zig, from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1880.  Re- 
turning to  America  he  was  from  1880  to  1882 
professor  of  modern  languages  at  Washburn 
College,  Topeka,  Kansas.  He  was  in  the  Yale 
Divinity  School  1882-83,  and  in  Andover  Theo- 
logical Seminary  in  1883-84,  graduating  from 
the  latter  in  1884.  He  entered  the  Unitarian 
ministry  in  that  year  and  became  pastor  of  the 
Unitarian  Church,  Bangor,  Maine,  where  he  re- 
mained in  charge  six  years.  He  then  received  a 
call  to  the  First  Unitarian  Church  of  Salem, 
Massachusetts,  where  six  years  were  spent  in  the 
pastoral  charge  of  that  congregation.  In  1896 
he  became  minister  of  the  Unitarian  Church  of 
Northampton,  Massachusetts,  and  after  serving 
this  congregation  five  years  he  was  placed  in 
pastoral  charge  of  the  Unitarian  Church  of  Port- 
land, Oregon,  where  he  remained  over  four 
years.  The  summers  of  1892  and  1897  were  spent 
in  European  travel. 


Dr.  Cressey,  in  1907,  during  a  few  weeks'  rest 
in  Europe,  received  a  call  to  preach  at  the  Effra 
Road  Unitarian  Church  at  London,  England,  and 
of  this  he  had  the  charge  for  six  years.  During 
this  period  he  was  a  delegate  of  both  the  Ameri- 
can Unitarian  Association,  and  the  British  For- 
eign Unitarian  Association  at  the  National  Lib- 
eral convention  in  Nymwegen,  Holland.  Re- 
turning to  his  native  country,  he  became  pastor 
of  the  Church  of  the  Redeemer  of  New  Brighton, 
Borough  of  Richmond,  New  York  City,  a  posi- 
tion (1918)  which  he  now  fills.  He  was  lecturer 
at  the  Unitarian  College  in  Manchester,  Eng- 
land, in  1912,  and  at  the  Meadville  Theological 
School  at  Meadville,  Pennsylvania,  in  1914.  He 
is  the  author  of  "Philosophy  of  Religion,"  1892; 
"Mental  Evolution,"  1894;  "The  Essential  Man," 
1895;  "The  Doctrine  of  Immortality  in  Liberal 
Thought,"  1897;  "Soul  Power,"  1899;  "Outline  of 
Unitarian  Belief,"  1905;  "A  Talk  with  Young 
People  on  Liberal  Religious  Thought,"  1912;  and 
numerous  reviews,  published  sermons  and  ad- 
dresses. 

The  honorary  degree  of  A.M.  was  conferred 
upon  him  by  Bowdoin  College  in  1873,  and  that 
of  D.D.  in  1899.  The  University  of  Leipzig  in 
1880  gave  him  the  degree  of  Ph.D.  and  in  1894 
this  degree  was  conferred  by  the  Wooster  Uni- 
versity. He  is  a  member  of  the  college  fraterni- 
ties, Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  and  Phi  Beta  Kappa, 
and  for  several  years  he  has  been  a  member  of 
the  Twentieth  Century  Club  of  Boston,  Massa- 
chusetts. In  his  politics  he  is  an  Independent 
Democrat. 

Dr.  Cressey  married  at  Bangor,  Maine,  April 
19,  1888,  Lilian  A.  Maling,  a  daughter  of  William 
H.  and  Joanna  A.  (White)  Maling.  Her  father 
was  a  land  and  lumber  merchant  and  she  was 
born  in  Brewer,  Maine,  May  8,  1865. 


JAMES      HERBERT      DRUMMOND.  —  The 

name  of  Drummond  suggests  men  of  science, 
theology,  engineering  skill  and  poetic  genius  in 
Sctoland.  In  the  current  encyclopedias  we  find 
Henry  Drummond,  F.R.S.,  F.G.S.,  LL.D.  (1851- 
1897),  theologian  and  scientist;  Thomas  Drum- 
mond (1797-1840),  inventor  of  the  Drummond 
light.  William  Drummond,  of  the  Hawthorndale 
(1585-1641),  poet,  friend  of  Ben.  Jonson  and 
author  of  "Notes  in  Ben  Jonson's  Conversa- 
tion." 

The  Drummonds  are  of  Scotch  origin,  and 
date  back  to  the  clan  Drummond,  the  Gaelic 
word  for  children,  which  had  an  organized  exist- 
ence as  early  as  1070.  There  are  perhaps  twenty 


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coats-of-arms  in  the  clan,  but  the  coat-of-arms 
which  every  Drummond  is  entitled  to  consists 
of  a  shield  supported  on  each  side  by  nude  men 
with  a  huge  club  over  the  shoulder,  the  shield 
surmounted  by  a  crown  as  a  crest,  with  the 
motto  "Gang  Warily,"  which  is  the  Scotch  equiv- 
alent of  "Be  Cautious"  or  "Go  Carefully."  The 
colors  are  red,  yellow,  and  green.  Every  High- 
land clan  had  its  badge,  taken  from  the  forest 
or  the  flowers.  The  badge  of  the  Drummonds 
is  the  wild  thyme  or  the  holly,  both  being  used 
indifferently.  The  clan  pipe  music  is  a  march 
with  an  unpronounceable  Gaelic  name  which, 
translated  into  English,  means  "The  Duke  of 
Perth  March."  The  clan  tartan  or  plaid  is  a 
dark  colored  plaid  in  reddish  brown,  black,  green, 
purple  and  yellow,  the  dark  colors  predominating. 
The  present  head  of  the  clan  is  William  Huntley 
Drummond,  fifteenth  Earl  of  Perth.  The  earl- 
dom of  Perth  has  always  been  held  by  a  Drum- 
mond, who  has  been  the  hereditary  head  of  the 
clan  since  the  earldom  was  established.  Prior 
to  the  establishment  of  the  earldom,  the  head 
of  the  clan  held  other  titles,  among  the  modern 
creations  are  the  Earls  of  Kinnoul,  Earls  of 
Melfort,  Viscount  Strathallen,  and,  in  France, 
the  Dukes  of  Melfort. 

The  clan  Drummond  were  strong  adherents  of 
the  House  of  Stuart  in  their  struggles  with  the 
House  of  Hanover,  and  for  generation  after 
generation  they  had  to  flee  the  country,  emi- 
grating to  France  and  America,  where  many  of 
its  members  were  hung,  drawn  and  quartered. 
It  was  not  until  1853  that  Queen  Victoria  re- 
stored the  Drummond  to  all  his  rights  and  titles, 
out  of  which  the  family  had  been  kept  for  sev- 
eral generations.  One  of  the  earliest  martyrs 
to  American  liberty  was  that  Drummond  who 
followed  Nathaniel  Bacon  in  the  famous  outbreak 
in  1676  in  Virginia.  A  peculiar  feature  of  the 
Drummond  family  is  that,  unlike  so  many  other 
Scotch  clans,  it  never  has  been  domiciled  to  any 
extent  in  England,  and  only  to  a  slight  extent 
in  Ireland,  and  every  research  of  any  family 
goes  back  to  the  Scotch  clan. 

Alexander  Drummond,  the  progenitor  of  the 
Drummonds  in  America,  was  born  in  Scotland 
and  emigrated  to  Ireland,  locating  in  Cappa.  He 
was  a  Scotch  Presbyterian  by  faith  and  inherit- 
ance, and  on  his  emigration  to  New  England,  in 
1729,  with  a  family  of  children  and  grandchil- 
dren, he  and  his  family  were  fully  imbued  with 
the  religious  views  of  that  sort.  He  buried  his 
wife  in  Ireland  before  he  undertook  the  journey, 
and  his  family  consisted  of  two  sons,  Patrick 
and  James,  a  daughter,  Frances,  married  to  Alex- 


ander Campbell;  a  daughter  Mary,  a  widow  of 
one  Kneely,  or  Nealy  or  McNeil,  and  her  two 
daughters,  Margaret  and  Jane.  This  pioneer's 
object  in  emigrating  from  the  old  country  was 
to  find  a  freedom  that  Scotland  or  Ireland  did 
not  afford.  He  located  in  Georgetown  (which 
is  now  Bath),  Maine,  at  a  place  known  as  Chopps, 
at  the  mouth  of  the  Kcnnebec  river,  not  far  from 
Dodge  Ferry.  His  life  in  this  locality  was  of 
short  duration,  as  he  was  killed  at  an  advanced 
age  by  the  falling  of  a  tree  in  the  winter  of 
1730. 

Patrick  Drurrrtnond,  the  son  of  Alexander 
Drummond,  was  born  at  Cappa,  Ireland,  June 
II,  1694.  The  inscription  on  his  tombstone  is 
"In  Memory  of  Patrick  Drummond,  Esquire, 
who  was  born  at  Cappa,  Ireland,  June  n,  1694, 
came  with  his  brother  and  two  sisters  to  Amer- 
ica in  A.  D.,  1729,  and  died  at  Georgetown,  De- 
cember 28,  1761,  aged  67  years."  Patrick  was 
married  when  he  came  to  America,  but  the  only 
thing  known  of  his  wife  is  that  her  name  was 
Margaret.  His  children  by  this  wife  were  as 
follows:  i.  Ann,  who  married  Rev.  William  Mc- 
Lanahan.  2.  Margaret,  born  in  Georgetown; 
married  William  Campbell.  3.  Elijah,  married 
Ann  Butler.  Patrick  Drummond's  second  wife 
was  Susanna,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Robert  Ruth- 
erford, a  Scotch  Presbyterian  clergyman,  who 
was  a  pioneer  preacher  of  that  denomination 
who  settled  in  Maine,  east  of  the  Kennebec 
river,  and  of  the  same  family  that  gave  to  Scot- 
land Samuel  Rutherford  (1600-1661),  the  theo- 
logian controversialist,  silenced  for  preaching 
against  the  article  of  Perth  and  banished  to 
Aberdeen,  1636,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Uni- 
versity, and  commissioner  to  the  Westminster 
Assembly.  The  children  by  the  marriage  of  Pat- 
rick and  Susanna  (Rutherford)  Drummond  were 
as  follows:  I.  Jane,  born  July  27,  1741,  and 
married  Alexander  Drummond.  2.  John,  of  fur- 
ther mention.  3.  Mary,  born  November  4,  1747, 
and  died  in  childhood.  4.  Catherine  or  Catrin, 
born  November  8,  1749,  and  died  August  25,  1750. 
5.  Leteitia  or  Letters,  born  April  8,  1753;  mar- 
ried James  McFadden.  6.  Nancy  or  Ann,  born 
July  6,  1755;  married  John  Campbell.  7.  Eliza- 
beth, who  died  young.  Mrs.  Susanna  (Ruther- 
ford) Drummond  died  July  12,  1771,  in  her  forty- 
ninth  year. 

John  Drummond,  son  of  Patrick  and  Susanna 
(Rutherford)  Drummond,  was  born  in  George- 
town, Maine,  September  27,  1744,  and  married 
Mary,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Margaret  (Stim- 
son)  McFadden.  Their  children  were  Ruther- 
ford and  John.  He  died  in  Georgetown,  Maine, 


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September  10,  1771.  The  headstone  over  his 
grave  was  taken  from  the  old  graveyard,  which 
had  become  a  pasture,  in  1884,  and  removed  to 
the  Drummond  cemetery  in  Winslow,  Maine, 
where  it  was  placed  by  that  of  his  wife. 

Rutherford  Drummond,  eldest  son  of  John  and 
Mary  (McFadden)  Drummond,  was  born  at 
Georgetown,  Maine,  October  20,  1770.  By  the 
death  of  his  father  when  he  was  an  infant  it 
involved  on  his  widowed  mother  to  care  for  him 
and  his  brother  John.  They  remained  in  their 
native  town  until  they  became  of  age,  when  they 
sold  their  real  estate  and  sought  a  new  home 
near  Seven  Mile  Brook,  in  Anson,  Maine.  Here 
they  cleared  a  farm,  planted  a  large  field  of 
corn  that  gave  promise  of  an  abundant  crop, 
but  an  early  frost  in  August  killed  their  crops 
and  blighted  their  hopes.  Discouraged,  the 
young  farmers  abandoned  their  farm,  and  going 
down  the  river  Rutherford,  located,  on  July  24, 
1795,  on  the  most  northern  farm  in  Vassalboro, 
Maine,  next  to  the  town  line  of  Winslow,  on 
the  river  road.  His  brother  John,  who  was  the 
great-grandfather  of  the  late  James  H.  Drum- 
mond, was  a  leading  attorney  in  Portland,  Maine, 
and  a  prominent  member  of  the  Masonic  order. 
His  farm  was  located  on  the  banks  of  the  river 
in  the  town  of  Winslow,  just  one  mile  north  of 
his  brother's  farm.  Rutherford  Drummond  sub- 
sequently removed  to  Sidney,  Maine.  He  mar- 
ried Rebecca  Davis.  Of  their  ten  children,  all  but 
John,  who  died  in  infancy,  reached  maturity. 
They  were  James,  Albert,  Alfred,  Robert,  Joshua, 
Nancy,  Olive,  Eliza  and  Jane. 

The  first  named,  James  Drummond,  was  born 
in  Sidney,  Maine,  married  Sophronia  Thomas. 
Their  children  were  James,  Rutherford,  George 
Lincoln,  Harriet,  Olive,  Eliza  and  Frances;  all 
these  excepting  the  last  named,  who  died  at  the 
age  of  nineteen  years,  married  and  reared  fami- 
lies. James  Drummond  died,  March  14,  1874,  at 
the  age  of  seventy-five  years  and  four  days. 

George  Lincoln  Drummond,  son  of  James  and 
Sophronia  (Thomas)  Drummond,  was  born  at 
Winslow,  Maine,  August  17,  1832.  He  married, 
July  2,  1859,  Mary  Partridge  Murphy,  born  at 
Bristol,  Maine,  July  24,  1840.  He  followed  the 
pursuit  of  farming,  was  a  member  of  the  Metho- 
dist church,  and  a  Republican  in  politics.  The 
children  of  George  Lincoln  and  Mary  Partridge 
(Murphy)  Drummond  were:  I.  Fessenden  C., 
born  July  I,  1860.  2.  Lola  Mary,  born  January 
13,  1862;  married,  September  25,  1908,  - 
Stanley,  of  Iron  River,  Wisconsin.  3.  James 
Herbert,  see  below.  4.  Flora,  born  July  19,  1868, 


died  September  19,  1871.  5.  Cora  L.,  born  Janu- 
ary 20,  1872;  married,  June  12,  1899,  Leonard  J. 
Arey.  6.  Alton  H.,  born  March  26,  1875,  died 
February  17,  1890.  7.  George  Wilfred,  born 
August  6,  1877,  died  October  6,  1892.  8.  Grace  E., 
born  September  4,  1880;  married,  March  25,  1916, 
Theodore  Thompson,  of  Riverside,  Maine.  9. 
Ernest  W.,  born  March  15,  1884;  married,  Decem- 
ber i,  1914,  Bertha  Ladd,  of  Waterville,  Maine. 
George  Lincoln  Drummond  died  at  Winslow, 
Maine,  October  16,  1886.  His  wife's  death  oc- 
curred at  the  same  place,  July  8,  1913. 

James  Herbert  Drummond,  the  third  child  of 
George  Lincoln  and  Mary  Partridge  (Murphy) 
Drummond,  was  born  at  Winslow,  Kennebec 
county,  Maine,  November  23,  1865.  On  the  ma- 
ternal side  he  is  descended  from  Peter  McMur- 
phy,  who  was  his  great-grandfather.  Peter  Mc- 
Murphy  was  one  of  the  early  pioneers  of  the 
country  and  was  engaged  in  the  Indian  and 
Revolutionary  wars.  He  had  a  series  of  stirring 
adventures  during  his  Indian  campaigns,  being 
more  than  once  a  prisoner,  compelled  to  run  the 
gauntlet,  condemned  to  be  burned  at  the  stake; 
and  survived  all  these  to  become  the  founder  of 
a  family.  One  of  his  sons,  William  Murphy,  mar- 
ried Mary  Jameson,  whose  mother  was  a  Wads- 
worth,  and  a  sister  of  Henry  Wadsworth  Long- 
fellow's mother,  so  that  Mr.  Drummond  is  re- 
lated in  a  degree  to  the  great  poet.  Hiram  Mur- 
phy, son  of  William  Murphy,  and  grandfather  of 
subject,  married  Margaret  Mclntyre,  daughter 
of  Colonel  William  Mclntyre,  of  Revolutionary 
fame.  The  martial  spirit  of  the  sons  by  this 
marriage,  who  inherited  the  same  spirit  of  ad- 
venture that  characterized  the  earlier  generations, 
were  asserted  in  serving  in  the  Civil  War  and  in 
the  later  Indian  troubles  in  the  West. 

Mr.  Drummond  spent  his  early  days  on  a  farm, 
receiving  a  good  common  school  education  in  the 
schools  of  his  native  town,  and  also  attended  the 
Oak  Grove  Seminary  at  Vassalboro,  Maine.  He 
left  his  native  State  in  1888,  animated  by  the 
spirit  of  his  pioneer  ancestors  to  improve  his 
fortune  in  the  western  country-  Locating  at 
Iron  River,  Wisconsin,  he  secured  a  claim  of 
government  land,  which  was  heavily  timbered, 
and  in  time  became  valuable.  He  served  a  hard 
apprenticeship  in  this  northern  part  of  Wiscon- 
sin, being  a  hunter,  trapper  and  lumberman,  and 
had  several  narrow  escapes  from  the  wolves, 
which  were  numerous  in  that  country.  While  liv- 
ing in  this  section  of  the  country  he  read  law, 
learned  how  to  estimate  lumber,  did  a  good  deal 
of  work  for  different  lumber  companies,  handled 


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lands  on  commission  and  finally  secured  financial 
backing  which  enabled  him  to  lay  the  foundation 
of  his  fortune.  At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Span- 
ish-American War,  he  enlisted  in  the  Fourth 
Wisconsin  Volunteer  Infantry  and  was  made  a 
sergeant  in  Company  K.  The  Fourth  Wis- 
consin went  into  camp  at  Anniston,  Alabama, 
and  were  mustered  out  of  the  State's  service  on 
the  last  day  of  February,  1899,  without  being 
ordered  to  the  front.  Mr.  Drummond  on  re- 
ceiving his  discharge  commenced  to  explore 
lands  and  investigate  lumber  propositions  in  the 
South.  He  visited  Georgia,  Florida,  Alabama, 
Mississippi,  Louisiana,  Texas  and  Arkansas.  He 
then  went  North  and  was  instrumental  in  organ- 
izing a  company  to  buy  timber  lands  in  Florida, 
making  his  headquarters  at  Blountstown,  in  that 
State,  but  later  removed  to  St.  Andrew.  The 
company  he  organized  acquired  large  tracts  of 
timber  land  in  Florida,  and  his  judgment  as  pur- 
chaser has  been  fully  justified  by  the  increase  in 
value  of  their  holdings.  In  a  few  years  prices 
advanced  so  for  timbered  land  in  Florida  that 
he  turned  his  attention  to  British  Columbia  and 
became  interested  in  the  timber  in  that  section, 
and  through  his  efforts  the  Cascade  Timber  Com- 
pany, a  Wisconsin  corporation,  was  formed.  This 
company  made  heavy  investments  in  timber  lands 
in  British  Columbia,  and  Mr.  Drummond  became 
treasurer  of  the  company.  Though  he  is  a  large 
stockholder  in  the  Florida  and  Wisconsin  cor- 
porations, he  is  also  heavily  interested  in  other 
tracts  of  timber  lands. 

In  his  effort  to  build  up  and  also  develop  his 
residential  city,  St.  Andrew,  Florida,  he  became 
interested  in  banking,  commercial  and  mercantile 
business  of  that  city.  He  is  president  of  the 
Bank  of  St.  Andrew;  president  of  the  St.  An- 
drew's Ice  &  Power  Company;  president  of  the 
Bay  Fisheries  Company,  and  a  member  of  the 
Ware  Mercantile  Company.  He  served  for  the 
first  four  years  as  mayor  of  the  incorporated 
city  of  St.  Andrew.  He  is  vice-president-at- 
large  of  the  Mississippi  to  Atlantic  Inland  Water- 
way from  Boston  to  the  Rio  Grande,  an  im- 
portant part  of  which  will  be  a  canal  through 
Georgia,  known  as  the  Woodrow  Wilson  Canal, 
a  survey  for  which  is  being  made  (1917). 

Mr.  Drummond  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
order,  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  a  Grange, 
located  at  Winslow,  Maine,  of  the  Patrons  of 
Husbandry.  He  married,  October  I,  1002,  at  St. 
Andrew,  Florida,  Grace  Edith,  daughter  of  Henry 
Fisher  and  Margaret  Mellville  (Smith)  Day. 
Mrs.  Drummond  also  comes  from  pioneer  stock. 


She  was  born  at  Frcdonia,  Minnesota,  Decem- 
ber 15,  1877.  Her  father,  a  Civil  War  veteran, 
was  born  February  3,  1825,  and  married  Mar- 
garet Mellville  Smith,  who  was  born  February 
22,  1836.  They  were  pioneers  in  Minnesota,  and 
migrated  from  that  State  to  Florida.  The  chil- 
dren of  James  Herbert  and  Grace  Edith  (Day) 
Drummond  are:  James  Herbert,  Jr.,  born  March 
ii,  1905;  Charles  Day,  born  August  19,  1910. 
Mr.  Drummond  is  yet  in  the  prime  of  life;  he 
has  already  accomplished  great  things,  and  is  now 
in  position  to  do  even  greater  ones.  He  has 
never  hesitated  to  incur  any  hardship  in  the 
carrying  out  of  his  plans,  and  on  one  occasion, 
with  his  younger  brother  and  a  few  Indians, 
traveled  on  foot  one  hundred  and  seventy-five 
miles  into  the  wilderness  of  British  Columbia, 
carrying  their  packs  on  their  backs.  The  record 
of  the  life  and  antecedents  of  Mr.  Drummond  is 
a  worthy  example  in  a  marked  degree  why  the 
American  people  have  accomplished  great  results. 
Their  pioneer  forefathers  had  to  contend  with 
difficulties  that  made  men  of  them  and  they 
transmitted  to  their  descendants  such  virility 
that  made  them  equal  to  meet  any  difficulty 
which  might  arise  in  the  prosecution  of  their 
plans.  The  Drummonds  have  been  lumbermen, 
farmers,  lawyers  and  bankers,  and  have  without 
exception  lived  up  to  the  family  motto  of  "Gang 
Warily." 


HENRY  E.  PALMER— The  story  of  the  life 
of  the  late  Henry  E.  Palmer,  of  Bath,  Maine, 
who,  during  a  career  of  almost  sixty  years,  was 
a  business  man  of  wide  reputation  in  this  region, 
was  one  of  steady  and  persistent  effort  towards 
worthy  ambitions,  and  of  the  success  which,  step 
by  step,  was  won  by  his  industry  and  talent. 
Occupying  a  recognized  and  enviable  position 
among  the  prominent  citizens  of  Bath,  he  might 
point  with  prfde  to  the  fact  that  he  had  gained 
this  place  owing  to  no  favor  or  mere  accident, 
but  to  his  own  native  ability  and  sound  judgment, 
and  by  the  indefatigable  endeavors  with  which 
he  pressed  ever  onward  to  his  objective.  High 
ideals  were  coupled  in  him  with  that  force  of 
character  and  tenacity  of  purpose  which  must 
inevitably  bring  forth  fruit  in  well-merited  suc- 
cess. Mr.  Palmer  was  a  member  of  a  family 
which  settled  in  this  country  during  the  earliest 
Colonial  period,  and  the  members  of  which  have 
ever  since  maintained  a  high  place  in  the  esteem 
of  their  fellow-citizens  and  distinguished  them- 
selves in  many  different  callings  and  departments 
of  the  community's  affairs.  It  was  founded  in 


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America  by  two  brothers  who  came  from  Not- 
tinghamshire, England,  in  1629,  in  one  of  the  six 
ships  under  the  direction  of  John  Endicott,  and 
landed  at  Salem.  Abraham  and  Walter  Palmer 
were  among  the  Puritans  who  made  a  temporary 
home  in  the  two  towns  of  Charlestown  and  Reho- 
both,  but  later,  in  1653,  settled  at  Stonington, 
Connecticut.  Walter  Palmer,  from  whom  Henry 
E.  Palmer  was  descended,  was  the  father  of 
twelve  children,  and  in  many  ways  was  a  very 
striking  personality.  It  is  told  of  him  that  he 
was  about  six  feet  in  height,  weighed  over  three 
hundred  pounds,  and  his  voice  seems  to  have 
carried  much  influence  with  his  fellow-townsmen. 
It  was  at  his  house  that  the  first  religious  services 
at  Stonington  were  held. 

(II)  Nehemiah  Palmer,  son  of  Walter  Palmer, 
was  born  in  the  year  1637,  and  died  in  1717. 
He  was  married  in  1662  to  Hannah  Stanton  and 
among  their  children  was  Nathan,  mentioned 
below. 

(Ill)  Dr.  Nathan  Palmer,  son  of  Nehemiah 
and  Hannah  (Stanton)  Palmer,  was  born  in  1711 
and  died  in  1795.  He  married  Phebe  Billings  and 
they  were  the  parents  of  Captain  Asa  Palmer, 
mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Captain  Asa  Palmer,  son  of  Dr.  Nathan 
and   Phebe    (Billings)    Palmer,   was   born   in   the 
year  1742.     His  life  was  passed  amid  the  stirring 
times  preceding  the   Revolution  and  during  that 
historic  struggle,  in  which  he  played  a  prominent 
part.     He   was   captain   of   a   privateer   and   dis- 
tinguished himself  in  that  most  hazardous  service, 
one   of  his  achievements  being  the  capture  of  a 
British   brig   laden   with    supplies    for   the   army, 
which  he  diverted  and  managed  to  send  to  Wash- 
ington's   troops    at    Valley    Forge.      In    1802    he 
came  to  Bath,  Maine,  and  there  settled,  his  death 
occurring  eighteen  years   later  at  his  new  home. 
His   grave   is  now  marked  by  the   Daughters   of 
the  American   Revolution  and  his  name  thus  fit- 
tingly honored.     Captain  Palmer  married,  in  1776, 
Lois  Stanton,  and  among  their  children  was  Asa 
Palmer,    Jr.,    the    father    of    the    Mr.    Palmer    of 
this  sketch. 

(V)  Asa  Palmer,  son  of  Captain  Asa  and  Lois 
(Stanton)  Palmer,  was  born  at  Stonington,  Con- 
necticut, in  the  year  1791,  and  was  eleven  years 
of  age  when  he  accompanied  his  parents  to  Bath, 
Maine,  where  the  remainder  of  his  life  was  spent. 
Upon    reaching    manhood    he    opened    a    general 
mercantile    establishment    in    the    town.      When 
his   seven   children   were    growing   up   he   bought 
a  farm  in  Gorham,  Maine,  thinking  it  would  be 
better  for  his  four  boys.     He  lived  on  the  farm 


until  1853,  when  he  moved  to  Gorham  village, 
and  lived  there  until  the  death  of  his  wife,  in 
1864,  when  he  returned  to  Bath.  He  was  a  man 
of  high  principles  and  ability  and  was  much  re- 
spected and  esteemed  here.  His  death  occurred 
in  1873,  at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-two 
years  and  three  months.  Asa  Palmer  married, 
May  21,  1826,  Maria  Hyde,  a  native  of  Lebanon, 
where  she  was  born  in  1796,  and  they  were  the 
parents  of  Henry  E.  Palmer,  with  whose  career 
we  are  especially  concerned. 

(VI)  Born  January  27,  1829,  at  Bath,  Maine, 
Henry  E.  Palmer  spent  his  childhood  in  the  home 
of  his  birth.  This  was  the  old  house  on  Center 
street,  which  is  now  used  for  business  purposes, 
and  is  occupied  by  the  Atlantic  &  Pacific  Tea 
Company  and  Allen's  Candy  Store.  He  attended 
as  a  lad  the  private  school  of  Miss  Lee,  for 
whom  he  gained  the  deepest  affection  and  devo- 
tion, and  who  seems  to  have  been  a  woman  of 
charming  personality  and  much  talent  in  her  pro- 
fession. He  later  attended  the  Gorham  Academy 
for  Boys,  but  at  the  age  of  sixteen  left  his 
studies  to  begin  the  task  of  earning  his  own 
livelihood.  Mr.  Palmer  did  not  serve  the  long 
apprenticeship  that  most  lads  must  do  in  the 
employ  of  others,  but  in  spite  of  his  youth,  em- 
barked upon  a  business  venture  of  his  own,  and 
opened  a  small  grocery  store  on  the  northwest 
corner  of  Water  and  Center  streets.  He  was 
successful  from  the  outset,  but  did  not  continue 
in  this  line  a  great  while,  as  he  saw  an  oppor- 
tunity to  engage  in  the  dry  goods  business  on  a 
larger  scale.  In  his  new  venture  he  was  asso- 
ciated with  William  Ledyard  directly  across,  the 
street  from  his  first  store,  where  larger  quarters 
were  to  be  had.  Success  again  waited  upon  his 
enterprise  and  the  business  grew  so  rapidly  that 
within  a  few  years  larger  quarters  were  again 
necessary,  and  a  new  building  was  erected  a  short 
distance  to  the  east  of  the  original  place  and 
here  the  firm  continued  under  the  name  of  Led- 
yrxrd  &  Palmer  for  a  number  of  years.  Eventu- 
ally Mr.  Ledyard  withdrew  from  the  association 
and  Mr.  Palmer's  brother,  Gershom  Palmer,  be- 
came his  partner.  In  1868  this  partnership  was 
dissolved  and  for  a  time  Mr.  Palmer  was  the 
sole  owner  of  the  business.  Shortly  afterwards 
he  admitted  into  partnership  Mr.  William  Pen- 
dexter,  the  firm  becoming  Henry  E.  Palmer  & 
Company,  and  its  successful  career  was  continued 
under  this  name  until  1890,  when  Mr.  Palmer 
finally  retired  and  sold  his  interest  to  his  asso- 
ciate. This  move  on  the  part  of  Mr.  Palmer  did 
not,  however,  mean  that  he  gave  up  all  his  busi- 


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ness  activities  for  a  life  of  leisure.  On  the  con- 
trary, he  was  quite  as  busy  as  ever,  only  that  he 
then  devoted  all  his  time  and  attention  to  his 
real  estate  and  banking  interests,  of  which  he 
had  many.  He  was  affiliated  with  a  number  of 
financial  institutions  in  this  region  and  wielded 
a  decided  influence  in  the  business  world.  For 
twenty-five  years  he  was  a  director  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Bath,  and  for  six  years  a 
trustee  of  the  Bath  Savings  Institution,  while 
shortly  before  his  death  the  newly-organized 
Bath  Trust  Company  appointed  him  to  its  board 
of  trustees.  His  investments  in  real  estate  were 
also  large  and  made  with  a  degree  of  foresight 
and  sound  judgment  that  seemed  never  to  be 
wrong  and  betokened  a  careful  study  of  the  situa- 
tion in  the  city,  as  well  as  a  high  degree  of 
natural  perspicacity.  That  he  was  successful  is 
no  unique  distinction,  but  that  he  was  as  success- 
ful as  he  was,  and  that  without  overriding  the 
rights  and  interest  of  others,  or  ever  forgetting 
the  welfare  of  the  community  at  large,  that  was 
indeed  an  achievement  of  which  to  be  proud. 
In  a  memorial  address  delivered  by  the  Rev. 
David  L.  Yale  at  the  time  of  Mr.  Palmer's  death, 
Mr.  Yale  referred  to  his  business  career  in  these 
words: 

I  need  not  speak  of  Mr.  Palmer  as  a  business 
man.  The  messages  I  have  read  from  his  busi- 
ness associates  are  sufficient.  Recall  the  words 
they  have  used  of  him. 

"Rare  good  judgment,  free  from,  hypocrisy, 
correct  principles,  courage,  intelligence,  industry, 
thrift,  just,  faithful,  fine  straightforward  honesty, 
exemplary,  kindly,  sterling.  The  best  type  of 
New  England  civilization." 

A  man  who  lived  for  fifty-eight  years  in  the 
business  life  of  Bath,  winning  unusual  financial 
success,  and  at  the  close  have  both  associates  and 
competitors  speak  thus  of  him,  was  not  an  ordi- 
nary man. 

In  addition  to  his  business  activities,  Mr. 
Palmer  was  a  participant  in  local  public  affairs 
and  no  man  in  the  community  was  listened  to 
with  more  respect  than  he  on  questions  of  mu- 
nicipal policy.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Repub- 
lican party  and  a  staunch  supporter  of  its  prin- 
ciples, and  when  the  local  organization  desired 
him  to  be  its  candidate  for  membership  in  the 
city  government,  he  accepted.  As  a- matter  of 
fact  he  was  quite  without  political  ambition,  and 
derived  no  personal  satisfaction  from  his  excur- 
sion into  politics,  being  moved  to  do  so  purely 
from  a  sense  of  duty.  He  lived  in  the  community, 
and  was  benefited  by  the  circumstances  of  its 
life,  and  he  felt  that  if  his  fellow-citizens  wanted 
some  of  his  time  and  energies  in  return  he  had 
no  right  to  refuse.  Men  of  this  sort  make  the 
best  type  of  public  servants,  because  the  element 


of  self-interest  is  entirely  removed  from  their 
official  acts,  leaving  them  free  to  consider  only 
the  advantage  of  the  community,  and  Mr.  Palmer 
was  a  fine  example  of  this  truth.  During  the 
several  years  in  which  he  served  as  a  member  of 
the  city  government  he  exerted  his  influence  con- 
sistently on  the  side  of  reform  and  improvement, 
and  was  responsible  for  much  of  the  progress 
that  was  made  during  that  period. 

No  notice  of  the  life  of  Mr.  Palmer  would  be 
in  any  way  complete  that  did  not  take  into  con- 
sideration his  religious  experience,  which  played 
a  more  considerable  part  in  it  than  is  the  case 
with  most  men.  He  was  a  Congregationalist  and 
attended  for  many  years  the  Central  Church  of 
that  denomination  at  Bath.  For  more  than  half 
a  century  his  membership  lasted,  and  during 
practically  all  that  long  period  he  was  active  in 
the  work  of  the  church  and  officially  connected 
with  it  in  somie  capacity.  For  twenty  years  he 
was  a  teacher  in  the  Sunday  school,  and  for 
eighteen  years  following  he  was  superintendent 
thereof,  while  he  occupied  the  honorable  office 
of  deacon  for  a  quarter  of  a  century,  always  giv- 
ing of  his  time  and  fortune  to  whatever  need 
arose  in  the  congregation.  It  is  possible,  how- 
ever, to  be  all  these  things  and  yet  lack  true 
religion,  and  Mr.  Palmer's  claim  to  be  truly 
religious  does  not  rest  on  these  facts  alone.  In 
the  sermon  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Yale,  already  quoted 
from,  there  occurs  the  following  passage,  which, 
coming  from  the  lips  of  his  pastor,  carries  addi- 
tional weight: 

It  is  unnecessary  to  say  that  Deacon  Palmer 
was  a  religious  man.  One  needed  but  to  hear 
the  prayers  he  offered  to  know  that  he  "walked 
with  God." 

His  religious  life  and  professions  were  notably 
free  from  all  shams  and  cant.  His  words  in 
prayer  and  religious  conservation  were  straight- 
forward. Long  ago  he  had  "left  the  God  of 
things  as  they  seem,  for  the  God  of  things  as 
they  are." 

Only  once  has  he  opened  the  chambers  of  his 
religious  life  to  me.  It  was  few  weeks  ago. 
We  were  returning  from  a  home  where  we  had 
administered  the  sacrament  of  baptism  to  a 
dying  girl.  As  we  talked  slowly  along  through 
the  night  he  began  to  talk  of  the  life  to  come 
and  of  the  close  and  vital  relation  between  this 
life  and  the  next. 

He  spoke  as  a  man  of  many  years  who  was 
looking  forward  to  his  own  transition. 

His  words  contained  that  sweet  reasonableness 
and  calm  assurance  which  come  only  from  reli- 
gious knowledge,  translated  by  years  of  life  into 
a  large  and  living  faith. 

I  knew,  that  night,  that  the  best  prize  this 
world  and  these  years  can  bestow  on  any  man 
had  been  given  to  him. 

He  was  one  of  that  great  multitude  who  dwell 
in  the  secret  place  of  the  Most  High  and  who 


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abide  under  the  shadow  of  the  Almighty. 

In  the  matter  of  his  charity  and  personal  self- 
sacrifice  in  the  interest  of  others,  the  sincerity  of 
his  religious  feelings  shone  forth.  Of  this  side 
of  his  character  Mr.  Yale  had  the  following  to 
say: 

Deacon  Palmer  was  an  unselfish  man. 

For  many  years  he  gave  one-tenth  of  his  in- 
come to  religious  and  benevolent  work. 

More  than  that,  he  gave  himself. 

Think  what  he  has  given  to  our  Sunday  school. 
For  more  than  twenty  years  he  was  a  teacher, 
an  office  demanding  much  time  and  strength  for 
study  and  preparation  as  well  as  for  teaching. 

Recall  the  eighteen  years  given  to  the  manage- 
ment of  the  Sunday  school  as  its  superintendent, 
filling  an  office  that  makes  large  demands  on  a 
man's  time  and  physical  and  mental  strength. 

Few  have  known  of  his  unselfishness  as  deacon 
of  the  church.  Not  a  few  evenings  during  those 
last  four  years  has  he  left  the  comforts  of  home 
and  gone  out  sometimes  into  the  wet  or  cold  that 
he  might  attend  the  routine  of  church  busi- 
ness. .  .  . 

That  is  a  partial  record  of  his  unselfishness.  A 
half  century  of  regular  and  generous  giving  of 
himself,  for  others,  always  without  pay,  often 
without  thanks.  His  gifts  in  money  were  gener- 
ous, but  his  gift  of  himself  was  more. 

Henry  Edwin  Palmer  was  united  in  marriage, 
July  15,  1856,  with  Miss  Fannie  Cushman,  a  na- 
tive of  Brunswick,  Maine,  where  she  was  born 
January  12,  1837,  and  a  daughter  of  Dr.  Solomon 
Paddleford  and  Harriet  (Whitney)  Cushman. 
highly  respected  residents  of  Brunswick.  Mrs. 
Palmer's  mother,  Harriet  Whitney,  was  a  native 
of  Maine,  but  was  sent  to  Cambridge,  Massachu- 
setts, to  finish  her  education,  and  lived  while 
there  in  the  Craigy  house,  which  afterward  be- 
came the  home  of  Longfellow.  Three  children 
were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Palmer,  as  follows: 
Annie  Ledyard,  who  resides  in  the  old  Palmer 
home;  Hattie  Cushman  and  Asa  Hyde,  both  of 
whom  died  in  infancy.  Mrs.  Palmer's  death  oc- 
curred April  20,  1910. 

This  brief  sketch  cannot  end  more  appropri- 
ately than  in  the  words  of  two  of  Mr.  Palmer's 
old  friends  and  associates,  who  spoke  of  him  at 
the  time  of  his  death.  The  first  of  these  is 
James  C.  Ledyard,  of  Bath,  who  wrote: 

Our  late  brother,  Henry  E.  Palmer,  of  whose 
fellowship  we  have  so  recently  been  deprived, 
and  whose  absence  from  his  accustomed  place 
in  our  midst  we  note  with  sorrow  and  regret. 

As  a  son  and  youth  he  was  obedient  and  sub- 
missive to  authority,  a  lover  of  the  woods,  fields 
and  the  sea,  fond  of  those  sports,  hunting,  boat- 
ing and  fishing,  that  brought  him  more  closely 
into  contact  with  nature,  of  which  he  was  an 
appreciative  admirer. 

As  a  young  man  he  was  upright,  considerate, 


industrious,  and,  as  the  years  passed  on,  these 
characteristics  became  the  fixed  habits  of  thought 
and  action  to  the  end. 

As  a  church  member  he  was  consistent  in  his 
living,  steadfast  in  his  belief,  seeking  to  promote 
the  well-being  of  his  fellow-men,  contributing 
by  his  presence  and  his  means  to  the  support  and 
spreading  of  the  Gospel  of  the  Lord  Jesus,  dis- 
charging all  duties  without  ostentation,  and  in 
the  love  of  righteousness, — his  was  a  notably 
worthy  life. 

The  other  tribute  is  from  the  Rev.  Mr.  Yale, 
already  quoted  from: 

I  have  mentioned  certain  facts  of  Deacon 
Palmer's  life  and  character  which  show  him  to 
have  been  a  remarkable  man. 

Beginning  more  than  half  a  century  ago,  he  has 
used  his  time  well.  He  has  used  it  intelligently 
and  for  essentials. 

He  has  lived  to  an  unusual  degree  an  unselfish 
life,  giving  his  money  and  himself  freely  for 
others. 

He  has  sought  convictions  on  great  matters 
of  life  and  duty,  and  gaining  them,  has  wrought 
them  into  his  character  and  deeds. 

The  secret  of  it  all  is  to  be  found  in  this. 
More  than  half  a  century  ago,  under  the  ministry 
of  Dr.  Ray  Palmer,  he  became  a  Christian.  He 
accepted  Christ  as  his  Teacher  of  whom  he  should 
learn,  as  his  Master  whom  he  should  obey,  and 
as  his  Savior  whom  he  should  trust  and  love. 

During  all  the  years  that  followed  Christ  has 
been  a  personal  force  in  his  life,  and  has  made 
it  of  the  fashion  that  it  was. 

It  is  not  the  build  and  equipment  of  a  ship 
that  guarantees  its  safe  arrival  at  the  harbor,  far 
away  across  the  ocean,  but  rather  the  captain 
that  is  in  command. 

They  are  not  its  human  qualities,  however  ex- 
cellent, that  guarantee  the  safe  arrival  of  a  soul, 
in  the  Harbor  of  Heavenly  Rest,  but  rather  the 
Christ  who  is  in  command. 

The  secret  of  his  successful  life  is  this.  Fifty- 
five  years  ago  Henry  E.  Palmer  asked  Christ  to 
take  command. 


OLNEY  DEWEY  BLISS— Beyond  doubt, 
talents  and  abilities  run  through  generation  after 
generation  of  a  family  and  are  inherited  directly 
from  father  to  son.  The  case  of  Olney  Dewey 
Bliss,  president  of  the  well-known  Bliss  College 
of  Lewiston,  Maine,  who  comes  of  a  family  of 
educators,  well  exemplifies  this.  He  is  not  a 
native  of  Lewiston,  having  come  from  Ohio  to 
this  place  in  the  year  1897,  and  it  was  in  Ohio 
he  was  born  and  resided  for  a  number  of  years. 

Olney  Dewey  Bliss  is  a  son  of  Frank  Lee 
Bliss,  a  native  of  Conneaut,  Ohio.  Mr.  Bliss,  Sr., 
was  possessed  of  those  particular  talents  which 
qualify  a  man  for  teaching,  and  was  in  addition 
a  remarkable  organizer,  so  that  the  several 
schools  which  he  founded  met  with  a  high  degree 
of  success.  While  comparatively  a  young  man, 


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lie  went  to  Michigan  and  in  the  town  of  Sagi- 
naw  founded  the  Bliss  system  of  schools,  at  the 
head  of  which  he  remained  for  a  number  of  years. 
He  later  returned  to  his  native  town  of  Con- 
neaut,  where  he  remained  a  number  of  years,  and 
in  1897  came  to  Lewiston,  Maine,  where  with  his 
son,  Olney  Dewey  Bliss,  he  founded  the  Bliss 
Business  College.  His  death  occurred  very 
shortly  after  in  the  same  year,  about  three 
months  after  the  school  was  opened.  Mr.  Bliss 
married  Rose  Elizabeth  Thompson,  like  himself 
a  native  of  Conneaut,  Ohio.  Mrs.  Bliss  died  De- 
cember 14,  1915,  in  California. 

Born  November  30,  1879,  at  Conneaut,  Ohio, 
Olney  Dcwey  Bliss  passed  his  childhood  and 
early  youth  in  his  native  town.  For  the  pre- 
liminary portion  of  his  education  he  attended  the 
local  public  schools,  from  which  he  was  gradu- 
ated with  the  class  of  1894.  He  then  became  a 
student  in  Bliss  College  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  where 
he  studied  for  about  a  year  and  was  graduated 
in  1895.  Two  years  later  he  accompanied  his 
father  to  Lewiston,  Maine,  and  aided  the  elder 
man  in  the  foundation  of  the  now  celebrated 
Bliss  College  there.  After  his  father's  death,  Mr. 
Bliss  became  sole  owner  and  manager  of  this 
institution  and  to  the  present  day  occupies  the 
position  of  president  thereof.  He  has  made  the 
school  his  life's  work  and  endeavored  to  realize 
in  it  the  very  best  educational  ideals  and  striven 
to  make  it  serve  that  most  important  of  pur- 
poses, the  training  of  young  men  and  women  in 
those  departments  of  knowledge  which  have  an 
immediate  and  practical  application  in  the  daily 
affairs  of  life.  In  this  effort  Mr.  Bliss  has  met 
with  a  phenomenal  success,  and  the  school  has 
become  well  known  through  a  larpe  part  of  New 
England  as  affording  an  excellent  education  for 
those  desiring  a  complete  knowledge  of  business, 
commercial  and  financial  matters.  In  the  pros- 
pectus of  this  college,  Mr.  Bliss-  has  published 
what  he  considers  to  be  the  five  things  requisite 
to  a  successful  business  college.  They  are  as 
follows: 

First:  The  equipment  should  be  thorough  and 
should  include  every  modern  office  appliance  and 
machine,  and  the  courses  of  study  should  be  so 
complete  as  to  permit  of  the  most  efficient  in- 
struction in  every  detail  of  business  training. 

Second:  The  teachers  you  will  have  to  instruct 
you.  If  they  are  not  thorough  and  capable,  no 
student  can  reach  his  highest  efficiency. 

Third:  The  surroundings  and  environments 
play  a  big  part  in  the  success  of  a  student's 
work.  The  lighting  and  ventilation  are  impor- 
tant. 

Fourth:     The    standing  of   the    college    in    the 


business  community — its  ability  to  take  care  of 
you,  and  place  you  in  a  position  of  responsibility 
and  trust  after  you  have  completed  the  course. 

Fifth:  The  financial  responsibility  to  meet  its 
obligations — a  college  that  is  assured  of  perma- 
nency. 

The  Bliss  College  qualifies  highly,  as  tested  by 
every  one  of  these  criterions,  and  the  work  that 
it  has  done  already  and  is  now  doing  is  an  ex- 
ceedingly valuable  one  for  the  community,  to 
say  nothing  of  the  individual  student  who  profits 
by  its  training.  Mr.  Bliss  has  this  same  advice, 
commingled  with  much  valuable  information,  for 
those  who  would  receive  this  type  of  education: 

A  real  business  training  can  be  acquired  in  a 
High  Grade  Business  College.  That  the  Bliss 
College  is  such  a  school  needs  no  affirmation. 
Its  reputation  as  an  institution  in  which  to  train 
students  for  banking  positions,  as  expert  account- 
ants, for  private  secretaryships,  for  the  civil  ser- 
vice, for  railroad  office  positions,  as  expert 
stenographers,  as  court  reporters,  as  commercial 
and  shorthand  teachers,  has  become  a  national 
one. 

Business  men  send  their  sons  and  daughters 
to  Bliss  College  because  they  know  we  have  the 
teaching  force  and  the  facilities  to  develop  the 
business  instinct.  Our  young  men  become  busi- 
ness men,  for  bookkeeping  is  but  a  part  of  a 
broad  business  course  which  not  only  includes 
business  law  and  business  customs,  but  lessons 
in  salesmanship  and  business  efficiency  as  well. 
Lectures  and  discussions  by  prominent,  success- 
ful salesmen  and  business  men  put  enthusiasm 
into  our  young  people.  We  place  these  students 
in  first-class  positions.  They  go  into  the  busi- 
ness world  with  confidence  and  so  the  success 
of  Bliss  graduates  becomes  our  greatest  adver- 
tisement. 

Attend  the  Bliss  College  and  you  will  be  taught 
by  the  Actual  Business  System,  not  only  in  the 
Business  Department,  but  in  the  Shorthand  De- 
partment also,  secure  a  real  business  training. 
It  will  mean  success. 

We  are  convinced,  after  years  of  experience 
jn  educating  young  people  for  business,  that  there 
is  only  one  practical  result-getting  system  of 
teaching,  and  this  is  the  office  system.  Theory 
will  not  suffice.  You  must  learn  by  doing  the 
work.  In  this  respect,  The  Bliss  System  of  Ac- 
tual Business  almost  approaches  perfection. 

The  Actual  Business  System  will  not  work  in 
a  small  school.  There  must  be  a  large  number 
of  students  present  to  properly  illustrate  business 
transactions  and  represent  business  on  a  small 
scale.  This  is  why  small  schools  fail.  The  work 
of  small  schools,  from  the  very  nature  of  things, 
must  be  theoretical  and  superficial,  and,  further- 
more, the  school  located  in  a  small  city  cannot 
find  positions  for  graduates.  Asked  by  business 
men  where  you  attended  school,  you  will  refer, 
with  satisfaction  and  pride,  to  the  fact  that  you 
were  graduated  from  a  school  of  national  repu- 
tation. This  will  impress  any  employer  and 
insure  you  consideration  when  you  apply  for  a 


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position.  You  will  be  given  opportunity  to  dem- 
onstrate your  ability.  Your  application  will  be 
accepted. 

It  is  to  your  interest  to  have  the  very  best 
training,  for  the  kind  of  training  you  receive  will 
determine  your  success. 

Make  up  your  mind  that  no  matter  how  far 
you  must  go,  or  what  you  must  sacrifice,  you 
should  attend  the  school  that  will  develop  your 
best  Possibilities. 

The  curriculum  of  the  school  is  varied  and 
complete  and  takes  the  student  not  only  through 
those  branches  which  are  necessary  to  all  busi- 
nesses, but  into  many  special  departments,  and 
carries  on  his  practical  education  to  almost  any 
point  that  he  may  desire — penmanship,  spelling, 
commercial  arithmetic,  rapid  calculation,  audit- 
ing, corporation  accounting  and  commercial  law 
are  all  included,  and  yet  it  is  possible  for  the 
really  ambitious  student  to  gain  an  excellent 
knowledge  of  whatever  subject  he  chooses  to 
take  up  in  so  short  a  time  as  from  six  to  ten 
months,  a  knowledge  which  will  well  fit  him  to 
begin  that  most  serious  of  all  of  life's  activities, 
the  making  of  a  livelihood.  In  connection  with 
the  time  that  it  requires  to  complete  a  course  in 
this  school,  the  following  from  the  prospectus 
is  of  interest  and  value: 

The  time  to  complete  the  Business  Course 
varies  according:  First,  to  the  age  of  the  stu- 
dent; second,  to  his  previous  education  and 
knowledge  of  business  affairs;  third,  to  the  men- 
tal ability  and  application  of  the  student;  fourth, 
to  the  rapidity  and  quality  of  his  handwriting; 
fifth,  to  his  knowledge  of  and  accuracy  in  cal- 
culations; sixth,  to  the  degree  of  correctness, 
order  and  system  with  which  he  performs  the 
various  duties  of  the  student  bookkeeper; 
seventh,  to  the  amount  of  systematic  and 
thoughtful  home  study  done.  These  elements 
considered,  the  time  varies  from  six  to  ten 
months. 

By  those  who  have  taken  courses  in  the  Bliss 
courses  and  have  since  gone  out  into  the  world, 
there  is  expressed  a  universal  approbation  of  the 
school  and  what  it  stands  for.  Among  these 
many  well-known  and  successful  business  men 
and  men  of  affairs  have  expressed  themselves 
definitely  upon  this  point  and  the  quality  of  their 
praise  may  be  seen  from  the  letter  of  Mr.  George 
VV.  Goss,  cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Lewiston,  which  follows: 

Bliss  Business  College,  Lewiston,  Maine: 

Our  Bank  is  at  the  present  time  employing 
five  of  your  graduates,  and  I  find  them  to  be 
just  as  recommended,  exceptionally  well-trained, 
and  equipped  with  a  business  education  suiting 
them  to  meet  the  demands  of  modern  business. 
Quite  often  your  graduates,  direct  from  the 
school,  impress  one  that  they  have  had  business 


experience,  which  is  due  to  the  fact  that  your 
school  gives  practical  office  training  as  part  of 
its  courses,  and  that  your  teachers  are  specialists 
in  their  departments.  You  certainly  have  my 
heartiest  endorsement,  as  I  know  the  great  good 
you  are  doing  the  young  men  and  women  of 
Maine,  and  the  benefit  you  are  to  the  business 
public.  (Signed.) 

Another  who  adds  his  contribution  to  this 
chorus  of  praise  is  Mr.  E.  E.  Parker,  cashier  of 
the  Manufacturers'  National  Bank  of  Lewiston, 
who  says: 

My  dear  Mr.  Bliss: 

It  affords  me  a  great  pleasure  to  testify  to  the 
work  of  Bliss  College  in  this  day  and  community. 
The  beneficiaries  of  your  college  are  wielding  a 
great  influence  in  the  business  world  today  on 
account  of  the  knowledge  given  in  your  most 
excellent  school  of  modern  business  training.  We 
have  a  number  of  your  graduates  in  our  bank 
and  they  are  worthy  examples  of  careful  business 
training.  I  congratulate  you  on  your  success  in 
equipping  young  men  and  women  for  business 
life,  and  I  know  that  a  great  many  more  would 
avail  themselves  of  the  opportunity  of  attending 
your  school  could  they  but  be  made  to  realize 
the  importance  of  a  practical,  not  theoretical, 
business  education,  and  the  opportunity  afforded 
a  well-trained  young  man  or  woman.  (Signed.) 

One    of    the    most   valued    tributes    is    that    of 
Mr.  Bert  M.  Fernald,  United  States  Senator  from 
Maine,  who  has  this  to  say: 
My  dear  Mr.  Bliss: 

I  understand  that  you  are  about  to  issue  several 
circulars  in  the  near  future,  regarding  your  insti- 
tution. 

I  desire  to  take  advantage  of  this  in  saying 
that  I  have  known  many  of  your  students  who 
have  attended  your  school,  and  several  of  them 
have  been  in  my  employ,  and  I  cannot  express 
to  you  the  satisfaction  it  gives  me  in  recommend- 
ing your  school  as  among  the  best  in  the  State. 
My  son  attended  some  years  since,  and  he  as 
well  as  myself  was  much  pleased  with  the  prog- 
ress he  made. 

What  is  thought  of  the  Bliss  College  by  other 
institutions  of  learning  may  be  gathered  from  the 
following  quotations  from  various  authorities  as- 
sociated with  important  schools  and  institutions 
throughout  the  country: 

Mr.  H.  W.  Behnke,  president  Behnke-Walker 
Business  College,  Portland,  Oregon.  "We  believe 
the  Bliss  System  of  Actual  Business  is  without 
a  peer  in  preparing  young  men  and  women  for 
first-class  positions." 

Mr.  W.  F.  M,athews,  principal,  commercial  de- 
partment, Beloit,  Wisconsin,  Business  College. 
"I  will  say  that  I  find  the  Bliss  System  the  most 
actual,  thorough  and  up-to-date  system  pub- 
lished." 

Mr.  A.  K.  Burke,  Kirksville,  Missouri,  Business 
College.  "The  best  system  of  bookkeeping  on 
the  market  today  is  the  'Bliss,'  and  bookkeepers 


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who  arc  trained  under  it  do  not  have  to  learn 
all  over  again  when  they  go  into  an  office." 

Mr.  W.  O.  Davis,  president  Davis  Business 
and  Shorthand  School,  of  Erie,  Pennsylvania. 
"The  longer  we  use  your  system  the  better 
pleased  we  are  with  it.  Our  students  are  doing 
some  remarkable  work  and  we  feel  that  we  have 
every  reason  to  recommend  the  Bliss  system." 

Mr.  A.  J.  Parks,  Woonsocket,  Rhode  Island, 
Business  University.  "Our  school  has  increased 
over  double  the  attendance  of  that  last  year  at 
this  time,  and  the  Bliss  System  seems  very  in- 
teresting to  our  students.  Mr.  Bellows  and  my- 
self both  enjoy  the  work." 

Mr.  Charles  McMullen,  principal  commercial 
department,  Butte,  Montana.  "The  enthusiasm 
in  the  bookkeeping  classes  is  simply  wonderful. 
It  is  not  necessary  for  me  to  say  I  am  delighted." 

Graduates  of  other  colleges:  "Who  desire  to 
do  more  advanced  work  in  the  courses  they  com- 
pleted than  was  possible  in  the  schools  they  at- 
tended will  find  our  Office  Training  course  for 
stenographers,  and  our  Higher  Accounting 
course  of  particular  advantage  in  finishing  up 
their  preparation  for  business.  Many  graduates 
of  other  schools  have  come  to  this  college  for  a 
finishing  course  which  has  proved  exceedingly 
profitable." 

Besides  the  energy  and  attention  given  by  Mr. 
Bliss  to  the  conduct  of  his  great  institution,  there 
are  many  other  departments  of  the  life  of  the 
community  which  interest  and  enlist  his  activity. 
Particularly  is  this  the  case  in  connection  with 
social  life  and  he  is  a  member  of  a  number  of 
important  and  prominent  organizations,  both  of 
the  fraternal  character  and  club.  He  is  particu- 
larly prominent  in  Masonic  circles,  in  which  he 
has  taken  the  thirty-second  degree,  and  is  a 
member  of  Rabboni  Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons;  King  Hiram  Chapter,  Royal 
Arch  Masons;  Dunlap  Council,  Royal  and  Select 
Masters;  Lewiston  Commandery,  Knights  Tem- 
plar; Maine  Consistory,  Sublime  Princes  of  the 
Royal  Secret;  Kora  Temple,  Ancient  Arabic  Or- 
der Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Lewiston  Lodge,  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Qrder  of  Elks,  of  the  Rotary  and 
Calumet  clubs,  and  several  other  important  so- 
cieties. He  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  a 
staunch  supporter  of  the  principles  and  policies 
of  that  party,  but  the  demands  upon  his  time  and 
energy  made  by  the  conduct  of  his  school  ren- 
der it  impossible  for  him  to  devote  himself  in 
any  way  to  political  life,  nor  indeed  has  he  any 
ambition  to  hold  public  office.  In  his  religious 
belief  Mr.  Bliss  is  a  Congregationalist  and  at- 
tends the  Pine  Street  Church  of  this  denomina- 
tion at  Lewiston. 


Mr.  Bliss  was  united  in  marriage,  June  II, 
1001,  at  Durham,  Maine,  with  Katherine  Mount- 
fort,  a  native  of  Leominster,  Massachusetts,  and 
a  daughter  of  William  C.  and  Mary  Elizabeth 
(Wentworth)  Mountfort.  One  child  has  been 
born  of  this  union,  a  son,  Addison  Mountfort, 
born  February  25,  1003. 


JAMES  SMALL  LIBBY,  late  of  Portland. 
Maine,  where  his  death  occurred  on  March  16, 
1885,  was  one  of  the  conspicuous  men  of  affairs 
connected  with  the  great  development  of  the 
railroad  system  of  this  State  during  the  past 
generation.  Mr.  Libby  was  a  member  of  an  ex- 
ceedingly old  and  distinguished  New  England 
family,  which  was  founded  in  this  country  at  a 
very  early  period  in  its  Colonial  history,  and  the 
members  of  which  have  for  many  years  occu- 
pied prominent  positions  in  various  callings 
throughout  the  country. 

(I)  The  Libby  family  came  from  England, 
probably  Cornwall  or  Devonshire,  the  name  be- 
ing found  under  various  spellings  in  the  early 
records  of  that  region,  and  the  founder  of  the 
family  in  this  country  was  one  John  Libby,  whose 
birth  occurred  in  England  about  the  year  1602, 
and  who  came  to  the  New  England  colonies, 
where  he  was  employed  in  the  fisheries  by  Robert 
Trelawney,  who  had  a  grant  of  land  embracing 
Richmond's  Island,  and  other  tracts  about  Cape 
Elizabeth,  in  Maine.  The  records  of  the  fishing 
industry  show  that  John  Libby  was  in  the  em- 
ploy of  Robert  Trelawney  some  four  years,  or 
from  1635  to  1639.  He  was  himself  the  recipient 
of  a  grant  of  land  at  Scarboro,  Maine,  on  the 
bank  of  a  stream,  which  has  since  been  called 
Libby  river,  and  where  he  built  a  house.  It  is 
believed  that  he  divided  his  time  between  fishing 
and  agriculture  and  in  1663  he  is  described  in 
an  old  document  as  a  "planter."  He  was  con- 
stable of  Scarboro  in  1664,  and  his  name  stands 
first  of  the  four  selectmen  in  a  town  grant  bear- 
ing the  date  of  1669.  He  was  one  of  the  suf- 
ferers from  the  Indian  wars  of  that  period,  and 
in  King  Philip's  War  (1675)  l°st  a"  h's  posses- 
sions, with  the  exception  of  his  plantation.  We 
find  the  following  entry  in  the  diary  of  Captain 
Joshua  Scottow:  "Eight  or  nine  deserted  houses 
belonging  to  Libby  and  his  children  were  burned 
by  the  Indians  September  seventh  1675."  John 
Libby  and  his  wife,  and  their  younger  children, 
were  in  Boston  July  10,  1677,  and  on  his  peti- 
tion at  that  time,  his  two  sons,  Henry  and  An- 
thony, were  discharged  from  Black  Point  garri- 
son. He  probably  returned  to  his  old  home  at 


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Black  Point,  Maine,  shortly  afterwards,  and  it 
was  here  that  he  acquired  a  comfortable  property 
and  that  his  death  occurred  at  the  age  of  eighty 
years.  John  Libby  was  twice  married,  but  little 
is  known  of  the  first  wife,  save  that  she  was  the 
mother  of  all  of  his  sons,  excepting  Matthew 
and  Daniel,  and  probably  of  all  his  daughters. 
Of  the  second  wife  it  is  only  known  that  her  first 
name  was  Mary.  The  children  of  John  Libby, 
probably  all  born  in  this  country  except  the  eld- 
est, were  as  follows:  John,  James,  Samuel,  Jo- 
anna, Henry,  Anthony,  Rebecca,  Sarah,  Hannah, 
David,  Matthew,  who  is  mentioned  below;  and 
Daniel. 

(II)  Matthew   Libby,   son   of  John   and   Mary 
Libby,  was  born  in   1663,  at  Scarboro,  and  died 
at  Kittery,  Maine,  in  March,   1741.     In  the  time 
of  the  Indian  troubles  of  1690,  he  went  to  Ports- 
mouth ana  from  there  to  Kittery,  in  the  winter 
of    1699-1700.      His    house    was    constructed    of 
hewn  timber  and  was  provided  with  a  projecting 
upper  story,  so  built  that  in  case  of  an  attack  by 
Indians    those    within    could    shoot    or    pour   hot 
water    on    them    from    above.      This    interesting 
place  was  situated  at  Kittery  and  there  he  lived 
until    his    death.      Not    long   before    the    second 
organization  of  the  town  of  Scarboro,  Matthew 
Libby,   Roger   Deeming,  John   Libby  and   Roger 
Hunnewell  went  to  Black  Point,  and  there  estab- 
lished    a     saw-mill     on     the     Nonesuch     river. 
Matthew    Libby,    however,    afterwards    bestowed 
his  interest  in  this  mill  on  his  three  sons,  Wil- 
liam, John  and  Andrew.     He   married  Elizabeth 
Brown,  daughter  of  Andrew  Brown,  a  prominent 
citizen  of  Black  Point,  and  she  survived  her  hus- 
band two  or  three  years.    They  were  the  parents 
of     fourteen     children,     as     follows:      William, 
Matthew,  Mary,  Rebecca,  Hannah,  John,  Andrew, 
who  is  mentioned  below;  Sarah,  Nathaniel,  Dor- 
cas, Samuel,  Mehitable,  Lydia,  and  Elizabeth,  all 
of  whom  grew  to  maturity  and  married. 

(III)  Lieutenant  Andrew  Libby,  seventh  child 
and     fourth     son     of     Matthew     and     Elizabeth 
(Brown)   Libby,  was  born  December   I,   1700,  at 
Kittery  (now  Eliot),  Maine,  and  died  January  5, 
1773,   in   the  seventy-third  year   of  his   age.     He 
returned  to  the  early  home  of  his  father  at  Scar- 
boro, where  he  became  one  of  the  most  promi- 
nent and   successful   farmers   of  the   region,   and 
left    behind    him    a    valuable    property.      He    did 
not  take  a  great  part  in  public  affairs,  devoting 
himself  principally  to  his  own  business,  and  the 
only  record  of  his  participation  in  the  general  life 
of   the    town    is    contained   in    an    entry    of    1743, 
where  he  is  mentioned  as  one  of  a  committee  of 


three  selected  "to  get  a  schoolmaster."  It  is  not 
known  from  the  records  where  he  was  in  actual 
service  during  the  French  War,  but  this  is  ex- 
ceedingly probable,  since  he  was  universally 
known  as  Lieutenant  Andrew  Libby.  He  and  his 
first  wife  were  members  of  the  Congregational 
church.  Lieutenant  Andrew  Libby  married 
(first)  Esther  Furbcr,  daughter  of  Jethro  Furber, 
of  Newington,  New  Hampshire.  She  died,  Octo- 
ber i,  1756,  and  he  married  (second)  in  1757, 
Eleanor  (Libby)  Trickey,  who  survived  him,  and 
died  September  27,  1781.  The  children  of  Lieu- 
tenant Libby  were  all  by  his  first  wife,  as  fol- 
lows: Andrew,  Joshua,  who  is  mentioned  below; 
Elizabeth,  Henry,  Abigail,  Joseph,  Daniel,  Ed- 
ward, Sarah,  Esther  and  Simon. 

(IV)  Deacon    Joshua    Libby,    second    son    of 
Lieutenant  Andrew  and  Esther   (Furber)   Libby, 
was   born    March    17,    1734,   at    Scarboro,    Maine, 
and  died  January  13,  1814,  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
nine  years.    As  a  lad  he  learned  the  shoemaker's 
trade,   but   never   followed   that   occupation.     He 
married    Hannah    Larrabee,    November    2,    1755, 
and  settled  on  the   Nonesuch   river,  about   three 
miles    north    of    Oak   Hill,    where    he   became    a 
successful   farmer.     In   addition  to  his   extensive 
farming,    he    engaged    in    shipbuilding    and    the 
West  India  trade,  and  became  one  of  the  richest 
and  most  influential  men  in  the  town.     He  was 
chairman    of   selectmen    in    1792-93-94,   and   town 
treasurer  from   1800  until  his  death,  on  January 
13,   1813.     He  and  his  wife  became   members  of 
the   Congregational  church  in  July,   1792,  and  he 
was    afterwards    chosen    deacon    and    filled    that 
position   at   the   time   of  his   death.     He   and  his 
wife,  whose   death   occurred   December   13,   1818, 
were   the   parents   of   eight   children,   as   follows: 
Esther,    who    died    in    infancy;    Sarah,    Matthias, 
Lydia,   Joshua,  who  is   mentioned  below;  Theo- 
dore, Hannah,  and  Salome. 

(V)  Captain  Joshua  (2)   Libby,  son  of  Deacon 
Joshua   (i)   and   Hannah    (Larrabee)    Libby,  was 
born  August  31,   1768,  at   Scarboro,   Maine.     Ho 
succeeded    to   his    father's    homestead,    where    he 
resided   during  his   entire   life,  and   died   October 
23,  1824,  at  the  age  of  sixty-six  years.     He  was  a 
prosperous    farmer   and   a   man   highly   respected 
in   the   community,  being  of  a   conservative   dis- 
position  and   of   excellent  judgment,   so   that   his 
fellow-citizens   reposed   great   confidence   in  him. 
He  was  a  selectman  of  Scarboro  in  1822-26  and 
1827,  and  was  town  treasurer  from   1817  to  1827. 
He  married,  February  16,  1791,  Ruth  Libby,  born 
October  16,  1773,  a  daughter  of  Simon  and  Eliza- 
beth   (Thompson)    Libby,   of   Scarboro,   and   her 


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death  occurred  November  24,  1831.  They  were 
the  parents  of  thirteen  children,  as  follows:  Sher- 
born,  Joshua,  who  is  mentioned  at  length  below; 
Simon,  Johnson,  Addison,  who  died  in  early 
youth;  Addison  and  Hannah  (twins),  Woodbury, 
Francis,  Matthias,  Ruth,  George,  and  Esther. 

(VI)  Joshua  (3)  Libby,  second  son  of  Captain 
Joshua  (2)  and  Ruth  (Libby)  Libby,  was  born 
at  Scarboro,  July  10,  1793,  and  died  March  5, 
1848,  at  the  age  of  fifty-six  years.  Mr.  Libby 
was  a  man  of  high  moral  character  and  strong 
religious  convictions.  He  lived  on  his  father's 
farm  and  administered  his  acres  after  the  thrifty 
manner  of  most  main  land  holders  in  the  "twen- 
ties," "thirties"  and  "forties."  He  left  enough 
property  to  make  two  large  farms,  both  of  them 
richly  wooded.  One  of  these  became  the  estate 
of  James  Small  Libby,  and  is  now  in  the  pos- 
session of  his  daughters.  The  other  part  his 
brother,  Johnson  Libby,  inherited,  and  it  is  now 
owned  and  occupied  by  Eugene  H.  Libby,  his 
son.  The  Joshua  Libbys  were  all  buried  in  a 
cemetery  on  the  old  farm,  but  their  graves  were 
removed  to  the  Black  Point  Cemetery  in  1886. 
Joshua  (3)  Libby  married,  in  1816,  Mary  Small, 
born  April  30,  1792,  a  daughter  of  Captain 
James  and  Mary  (Fogg)  Small,  of  this  place. 
Mrs.  Libby,  the  mother  of  James  Small  Libby, 
was  an  ideal  mother  and  won  hosts  of  friends 
by  her  remarkably  sunny  and  genial  disposition. 
Her  father,  Captain  James  Small,  was  a  son  of 
Samuel  Small,  Esq.,  and  his  wife,  Dorothy  (Hub- 
bard)  Small.  Captain  James  Small  was  born  at 
Scarboro,  in  1757,  and  served  five  years  in  the 
Revolutionary  War.  He  was  present  at  the  sur- 
render of  Burgoyne,  and  after  the  close  of  hos- 
tilities returned  to  Scarboro  and  married  a 
daughter  of  the  colonel  of  his  regiment,  Colonel 
Reuben  Fogg.  Captain  James  Small  was  named 
for  his  grandfather,  Ensign  James  Heard,  of  Kit- 
tery,  Maine.  He  was  a  Revolutionary  pensioner 
and  attended  the  dedication  of  Bunker  Hill  mon- 
ument. His  death  occurred  in  1845,  while  on  a 
visit  at  the  home  of  Joshua  Libby,  at  the  age 
of  eighty-eight  years.  Samuel  Small,  Esq.,  father 
of  Captain  James  Small,  was  a  native  of  Kittery, 
Maine,  where  he  was  born  in  the  year  1717,  and 
his  father,  Samuel  Small,  Sr.,  came  to  Scarboro 
about  1729.  He,  in  association  with  Joshua  Han- 
scom  and  Zebulon  Trickey,  bought  land  when 
they  first  came  from  Kittery.  These  two  Samuels 
were  men  of  large  prominence  in  Scarboro  and 
Samuel,  Jr.,  usually  known  as  Samuel,  Esq.,  was 
deacon  of  Black  Point  Church  for  many  years. 
He  was  also  town  clerk  for  more  than  four  dec- 


ades, land  surveyor  and  justice  of  the  peace 
(his  commission  is  still  held  by  a  descendant 
of  his,  and  is  signed  by  John  Hancock).  He  was 
appointed  member  of  nearly  every  committee  of 
importance  in  Scarboro,  both  ecclesiastical  and 
civil,  for  a  period  of  almost  fifty  years.  When 
the  regiment  sent  from  old  Scarboro  to  serve 
in.  the  Revolutionary  War  left  for  Cambridge  to 
join  General  Washington,  they  assembled  in  the 
Samuel  Small  dooryard  and  marched  the  entire 
distance.  Samuel  Small,  Esq.,  died  in  1791,  at 
the  age  of  seventy-four  years.  His  great-grand- 
father, Francis  Small,  was  the  founder  of  this 
family,  together  with  his  father,  Edward  Francis, 
in  this  country,  and  the  two  men  came  from 
Devonshire,  England,  about  1632.  Edward  Fran- 
cis was  styled  "the  great  landowner,"  and  one 
historian  claims  that  he  unquestionably  owned 
more  land  than  any  other  person  in  Maine.  He 
bought  this  great  estate  from  the  Indians,  and 
all  of  the  towns  in  Northern  York  county  were 
owned  by  him,  as  well  as  large  tracts  near 
Portland.  He  was  for  a  time  at  Cape  Small 
Point,  and  the  place  took  his  name.  He  died 
at  Truro,  Cape  Cod,  about  1714,  at  the  age  of 
ninety-four  years.  Joshua  (3)  and  Mary  (Small) 
Libby  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: Elizabeth  M.,  Johnson,  who  died  in  early 
youth;  James  Small,  with  whose  career  we  are 
here  especially  concerned;  Benjamin,  Johnson, 
Sarah,  Maria,  Emily,  Francis,  Washington, 
Joshua,  Mary  Frances,  and  Reuben  Crosby. 

(VII)  James  Small  Libby  was  a  native  of  Scar- 
boro, Maine,  where  he  was  born  July  19,  1820, 
and  died  in  Portland,  March  16,  1885.  He  was 
born  on  the  ancestral  homestead,  to  the  posses- 
sion of  which  he  succeeded  after  the  death  of  his 
father,  and  although  he  removed  to  Portland  in 
1870,  the  old  place  was  always  retained  by  him 
and  always  thought  of  as  his  home.  Indeed,  he 
added  a  number  of  parcels  of  land  to  it  from 
time  to  time  and  always  kept  it  in  a  high  state 
of  cultivation  and  repair.  For  many  years  Mr. 
Libby  carried  on  an  extensive  contracting  busi- 
ness at  Portland  and  was  intimately  identified 
with  the  construction  of  many  railroads  in  this 
part  of  the  State,  and  of  various  public  works. 
He  was  one  of  the  principal  contractors  in  the 
construction  of  the  Ogdensburg  railroad,  and  the 
Kennebunkport  railroad,  and  in  these  and  other 
operations  gave  employment  to  a  large  number 
of  men  and  contributed  materially  to  the  develop- 
ment and  upbuilding  of  the  city.  He  was  a  man 
of  shrewd  business  ability  and  in  the  manage- 
ment of  his  affairs  was  notably  prompt  and  deci- 


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sive,  gaining  the  respect  and  esteem  of  all  his 
associates  in  the  business  world,  as  well  as  of 
his  great  host  of  personal  friends.  Mr.  Libby's 
life  was  one  of  unusual  activity  and  success,  and 
his  sterling  integrity  and  the  high  sense  of  honor 
which  were  always  maintained  by  him  in  every 
relation  of  life  gained  him  a  reputation  second 
to  that  of  no  one  in  the  community.  He  was 
very  active  in  the  public  affairs  of  Portland  and 
Scarboro,  and  represented  the  latter  place  in  the 
State  Legislature  in  the  years  1858  and  1859, 
being  a  contemporary  in  that  body  of  General 
Neal  Dow,  the  Hon.  William  McCrillis,  of  Ban- 
gor,  and  the  Hon.  James  G.  Elaine,  of  Augusta. 
He  was  a  political  opponent,  however,  of  the 
last  named  of  his  great  colleagues  and  ardently 
supported  Democratic  principles  throughout  his 
career.  If  his  ability  made  him  a  formidable 
competitor  in  business,  his  comprehensive  knowl- 
edge of  men  and  things  afforded  him  a  high  sense 
of  duty  towards  others  less  fortunate  than  him- 
self, and  he  was  notably  apt  and  ready  to  give 
aid  whenever  it  was  needed,  both  to  individuals 
and  to  any  movement  undertaken  for  the  general 
welfare  of  the  community.  Many  of  his  friends 
and  acquaintances  still  speak  feelingly  of  favors 
and  assistance  rendered  by  him  and  his  great 
liberality  in  every  worthy  cause.  Mr.  Libby  was 
a  Congregationalist  at  heart  and  although  he 
made  no  great  outward  display  of  his  religious 
convictions,  his  life  itself  in  many  respects  might 
well  be  called  a  noble  Christian  epic. 

James  Small  Libby  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Jane  R.  Wescott,  a  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Bet- 
sey (Jordan)  Wescott,  and  a  direct  descendant 
of  the  Rev.  Robert  Jordan,  of  Cape  Elizabeth, 
Maine.  Mrs.  Libby's  death  occurred  in  the  year 
1897.  They  were  the  parents  of  three  daughters, 
who  survive  them,  as  follows:  Ella  Wescott, 
Mary  Abby,  and  Josephine  Wescott,  who  spend 
their  summers  at  the  old  Scarboro  homestead. 
James  Small  Libby  was  one  of  that  group  of 
successful  men  whose  careers  have  been  closely 
identified  with  the  greatest  and  most  recent 
period  in  the  development  of  the  city  of  Port- 
land, Maine;  one  of  those  broad-minded,  public- 
spirited  citizens,  whose  efforts  have  seemed  to 
be  directed  quite  as  much  to  the  advancement 
of  the  city's  interest  as  to  their  own.  There  is 
a  type  of  business  man,  only  too  common  today, 
of  which  this  cannot  truly  be  said,  whose  ener- 
gies are  never  expended  in  the  interests  of  others, 
whose  aims  and  purposes  are  purely  personal,  not 
broad  enough  to  comprehend  a  larger  entity. 
But  of  these  men  of  a  generation  past,  whose 


enterprises  have  spelled  growth  and  increased 
prosperity  for  the  community  of  which  they  were 
members,  and  especially  of  the  distinguished 
gentleman  whose  name  heads  this  brief  article, 
the  praise  is  entirely  appropriate.  Of  this  class, 
and  of  him,  so  prominent  a  member  thereof,  it 
is  entirely  true  that  the  ventures  and  enterprises 
they  engaged  in  were  of  so  wide  a  calibre  that 
the  welfare  of  their  city  was  as  directly  sub- 
served as  their  own,  that  they  were  unable  to 
entertain  an  aim  in  which  the  rights  and  interests 
of  others  were  set  aside  or  even  negatively  dis- 
regarded. 


WILLIAM  ALFRED  BARTLETT,  D.D.,  the 

popular  pastor  of  the  Pine  Street  Congregational 
Church  of  Lewiston,  Maine,  and  one  of  the  most 
potent  religious  influences  in  that  city  and  State 
today,  comes  of  an  old  and  distinguished  New 
England  family,  of  which  more  than  one  member 
has  made  a  place  for  himself  as  a  clergyman  and 
scholar.  He  is  a  son  of  Dr.  Samuel  Colcord 
Bartlett,  who  was  born  at  Salisbury,  New  Hamp- 
shire, November  25,  1817.  Dr.  Bartlett,  Sr.,  was 
a  very  eminent  man,  and  between  the  years  1877 
and  1892  was  president  of  Dartmouth  College. 
For  a  number  of  years  prior  to  this  he  resided 
in  Chicago,  and  was  a  founder  and  professor  of 
the  Chicago  Theological  Seminary.  He  was  also 
the  first  pastor  of  the  New  England  Congrega- 
tional Church  of  Chicago,  and  exerted  a  very 
considerable  influence  upon  the  religious  life  of 
that  city. 

Born  February  17,  1858,  in  the  city  of  Chicago, 
Dr.  William  Alfred  Bartlett  remained  in  that  city 
during  a  portion  of  his  childhood.  He  was  a 
student  for  a  time  in  the  preparatory  department 
of  the  North  Western  University,  Evanston,  and 
later  in  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  Massachu- 
setts. Upon  his  father's  removing  to  the  East, 
when  he  was  called  to  the  presidency  of  Dart- 
mouth College,  the  boy  accompanied  him  and  in 
course  of  time  himself  attended  that  institution, 
graduating  therefrom  with  the  class  of  1882. 
While  in  college  he  took  the  first  prize  in  the 
junior  class  literary  contest,  was  class  historian 
senior  year,  and  was  elected  class  poet  at  gradua- 
tion, in  1882.  He  had  in  the  meantime  decided 
to  follow  in  his  father's  footsteps  and  devote 
himself  to  religious  work,  and  with  this  end  in 
view  entered  the  Hartford  Theological  Seminary, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of 
1885.  During  his  three  years  in  Hartford,  Mr. 
Bartlett  largely  supported  himself  as  organist 
and  choir  master  in  the  First  Baptist  Church 


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of  that  city.  He  returned  to  the  West,  there- 
after, and  was  pastor  of  three  Chicago  churches. 
He  was  called  first  to  what  is  now  the  Welling- 
ton Avenue  Congregational  Church  of  Chicago, 
of  which  indeed  he  was  both  an  organizer  and 
the  first  pastor,  and  which  under  his  most  capable 
direction  has  become  one  of  the  strongest  on 
the  north  side  of  the  city.  He  was  also  the  first 
pastor  of  the  Second  Congregational  Church, 
situated  at  Oak  Park,  Chicago,  and  during  his 
pastorate  added  two  hundred  to  its  membership. 
He  was  also  for  nine  years  the  pastor  of  the  old 
First  Church  of  Chicago,  which  he  reorganized 
to  meet  the  necessities  of  a  down-town  church  so 
successfully  that  it  has  become  noted  throughout 
the  country  for  its  institutional  and  musical  work, 
and  at  times  employed  as  many  as  seven  trained 
assistants.  One  of  the  distinctions  of  this  church 
is  that  its  doors  are  never  closed,  day  or  night, 
and  it  includes  in  its  work  the  training  of  five 
great  chorus  choirs.  Dr.  Bartlett  was  at  one 
time  in  charge  of  the  Farmington  Avenue  Con- 
gregational Church  at  Hartford,  which  attained 
its  largest  membership  during  the  time  of  his 
ministry.  His  work  with  young  people  in  a 
"Pleasant  Sunday  Afternoon,"  reaching  a  mem- 
bership of  one  hundred  and  fifty,  was  described 
at  length  in  a  special  article  appearing  in  the 
Outlook.  Another  work  accomplished  by  Dr. 
Bartlett  in  Chicago  was  in  connection  with  the 
Sunday  Closing  League,  of  which  he  was  elected 
president  at  a  gathering  composed  of  the  repre- 
sentatives of  seventeen  denominations  in  the  city. 
He  was  most  active  in  accomplishing  the  aims  of 
this  association  and  brought  suit  in  his  own  name 
as  representing  the  people  of  Illinois  against  a 
number  of  city  officials  and  liquor  men,  who  were 
accused  of  non-conformity  with  the  law  on  Sun- 
day closings.  These  cases  were  tried  before 
Supreme,  Superior  and  Appellate  courts,  all  of 
which  were  in  entire  agreement  with  the  league 
and  Dr.  Bartlett  in  the  position  which  they  took, 
but  claimed  non-jurisdiction  in  the  matter.  The 
pressure,  however,  brought  by  the  league  and  the 
general  opinion  of  the  people  behind  it  eventually 
forced  the  State's  attorney  to  take  up  the  work, 
after  which  material  progress  was  made.  For  his 
work  in  the  matter  Dr.  Bartlett  was  made  an 
honorary  member  of  the  Chicago  Congregational 
Club  for  "distinguished  service  in  civic  reform." 
When  Sunday  closing  of  saloons  went  into  ef- 
fect in  Chicago,  in  1916,  leading  lawyers  and 
reformers  wrote  to  Dr.  Bartlett  congratulating 
him  as  pioneer,  and  the  decision  was  based  on 
tlie  court  actions  of  that  time. 


The  great  energy  of  Dr.  Bartlett  and  his  in- 
defatigable zeal  is  well  illustrated  in  the  work 
which  he  has  done  as  an  independent  lecturer  on 
religious  subjects.  He  has  gained  an  extraor- 
dinary popularity  throughout  New  England  in 
this  line  and  is  now  called  upon  by  many  churches 
both  for  special  occasions  and  to  do  supply  work. 
Indeed,  so  great  have  been  the  demands  made 
upon  his  time  that  he  has  recently,  on  the  advice 
of  many  of  his  friends,  devoted  himself  particu- 
larly to  this  kind  of  work  and  has  reserved  his 
time  exclusively  for  such  engagements.  In  one 
year  Dr.  Bartlett  made  as  many  as  fifty-two  ad- 
dresses in  Connecticut  and  Massachusetts,  in  con- 
nection with  the  "Men  and  Religion"  movement, 
as  well  as  on  the  subjects  of  temperance,  men's 
work  in  the  churches,  and  a  number  of  special 
addresses  in  eleven  of  the  Hartford  churches  and 
in  many  of  its  public  schools  and  institutions. 
He  organized  the  Inter-Church  Luncheon,  held 
weekly  in  a  Hartford  hotel,  and  at  which  the 
Business  Men's  Luncheon  of  that  city  was  first 
suggested.  During  his  pastorate  of  the  Kirk 
Street  Church  in  Lowell,  Dr.  Bartlett  took  a  most 
active  part  in  the  general  religious  life  of  that 
community,  and  the  attendance  at  that  church 
was  the  greatest  in  its  history.  The  auditorium 
was  entirely  rebuilt  and  a  new  organ  added,  and 
so  great  was  the  attendance  that  people  were 
frequently  turned  away  from  the  evening  service. 
On  two  occasions  over  fifty  came  into  the  church 
on  confession  of  faith  through  revivals  conducted 
in  the  evening  services.  He  also  organized  the 
first  Men's  Club  in  Lowell,  and  one  of  the  first 
in  New  England,  and  suggested  the  formation  of 
the  Lowell  Congregational  Club,  which  was  after- 
ward founded  and  of  which  he  drew  up  the  con- 
stitution. 

Dr.  Bartlett  received  the  degree  of  Master  of 
Arts  from  Dartmouth  College,  at  the  time  of  his 
graduation  from  the  Hartford  Theological  Semi- 
nary, and  that  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  in  1000. 
In  the  year  1900,  Dr.  Bartlett  was  appointed 
delegate  to  the  International  Council  in  Edin- 
burgh, Scotland,  and  read  a  paper  on  "Temper- 
ance Legislation  in  America."  In  the  year  1901 
he  was  offered  the  same  degree  by  the  University 
of  Illinois,  but  declined  it.  He  was  elected  a 
trustee  of  the  Hartford  Seminary  in  191 1,  and 
was  also  elected  by  the  Dartmouth  Alumni  Asso- 
ciation of  Chicago  as  chairman  of  its  executive 
committee  and  for  a  time  was  also  its  president. 
At  the  time  of  leaving  Chicago,  he  was  first  vice- 
president  of  the  Congregational  Club  and  later 
held  the  presidency  of  the  Dartmouth  Alumni 


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Association  of  Connecticut.  Following  a  speech 
delivered  by  him  before  the  Lowell  Board  of 
Trade,  he  was  elected  a  member  of  that  body, 
and  he  was  appointed  a  corporate  member-at- 
large  of  the  American  Board  ,of  the  Congrega- 
tional church.  Dr.  Bartlett  came  very  conspicu- 
ously before  the  public  in  connection  with  the 
"Quickening  Services"  in  the  First  Congrega- 
tional Church  of  Lowell,  which  were  undertaken 
by  him  in  January,  1915,  at  the  invitation  of  the 
men  of  that  church.  These  services  met  with  a 
great  success  and  were  attended  by  men  of  all 
denominations,  including  the  Roman  Catholic,  as 
well  as  by  city  officials  and  the  public-at-large, 
both  church  members  and  those  who  were  allied 
with  no  church.  The  sermons  preached  by  Dr. 
Bartlett  on  these  occasions  were  printed  in  full 
by  the  Lowell  Courier-Citizen  and  long  extracts 
from  them  appeared  in  the  evening  paper,  the 
Lowell  Sun,  together  with  much  favorable  com- 
ment. The  Courier-Citizen  said  at  the  beginning 
of  the  series: 

Dr.  Bartlett  has  had  big  parishes  since  his 
pastorate  in  Lowell  several  years  ago.  He  has 
filled  churches  in  Chicago,  Illinois,  and  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut,  and  has  gained  the  reputation 
of  an  efficiency  engineer  in  church  work.  His  ex- 
perience with  the  big  problems  of  the  unchurched 
has  made  him  brush  aside  much  that  is  eccle- 
siastical, and  strike  with  shoulder  blows,  at  the 
theme  he  has  under  discussion.  .  .  .  He 
preached  for  a  full  hour,  but  held  his  audience, 
and  at  the  close  of  the  service  hundreds  remained 
to  greet  him. 

In  another  place  the  Courier-Citizen  said,  with 
reference  to  his  sermon  on  "The  Sin  Which 
Christ  Hates  Most":  "Every  person  in  the  great 
audience  was  held  spellbound  by  the  eloquence 
of  the  speaker  as  he  drove  home  his  message." 
Again,  later,  "By  a  rising  vote  more  than  one 
thousand  attendants  of  the  Sunday  evening  ser- 
vice at  the  First  Congregational  Church  endorsed 
a  resolution  against  the  liquor  traffic  last  night. 
The  resolution  was  introduced  at  the  close  of  the 
service,  and  unanimous  action  was  taken  by  the 
audience  rising  to  its  feet  amid  great  enthusiasm." 
Other  comments  upon  Dr.  Bartlett's  sermons 
were  to  be  found  in  the  Lowell  Sun  (Catholic 
and  Democratic),  which  in  one  of  its  articles  had 
the  following:  "Dr.  Bartlett  delivered  one  of  the 
most  powerful  Temperance  and  No-License  ser- 
mons ever  heard  in  Lowell,"  and  a  little  later 
the  same  paper  attributed  the  improvement  in 
police  regulations  which  it  noted  in  Lowell  to 
the  influence  of  these  sermons.  The  last  of  them 
was  delivered  Easter  night,  and  in  commenting 
upon  it  the  Courier-Citizen  said:  "While  these 


have  not  been  intended  for  Evangelistic  meet- 
ings, but  have  been  known  as  quickening  ser- 
vices, they  have  developed  more  and  more  on 
the  former  lines  each  week,  and  came  very  close 
to  a  revival  in  their  culmination."  The  Congre- 
gationalist,  in  the  course  of  an  article  on  the 
subject,  said  in  part  as  follows: 

The  series  of  special  Sunday  evening  services 
at  the  First,  with  Dr.  Bartlett  as  preacher  and 
the  co-operation  of  the  choirs  and  pastors  of  that 
church  and  his  own  former  parish,  Kirk  Street, 
lengthened  out  to  the  number  of  ten  with  an 
average  attendance  of  over  a  thousand.  Gener- 
ous advertising,  striking  subjects,  bold  speech  and 
dramatic  delivery,  and  the  abounding  enthusiasm 
and  personal  grip  of  the  preacher,  drew  larger 
numbers  than  had  been  anticipated  and  attracted 
the  attention  and  attendance  of  many  not  habitual 
churchgoers  as  well  as  regular  members  of  other 
congregations.  ...  A  proposal  to  have  a 
monster  church  and  Sunday  school  temperance 
parade,  to  conserve  and  display  the  sentiment 
aroused  by  these  meetings,  is  now  being  dis- 
cussed. Among  the  subjects  upon  which  Dr. 
Bartlett  has  recently  addressed  audiences  in  vari- 
ous parts  of  New  England,  may  be  mentioned  the 
following:  "Clara  Barton,  heroine,"  "Come  & 
See,"  "Christ  and  Modern  Achievement,"  "Facts 
not  generally  known  of  the  Religious  Life  of 
Abraham  Lincoln,"  "Testimonies  of  Great  Men 
Concerning  the  Bible,"  "The  Efficient  Man," 
"Billy  Sunday  and  the  Churches,  a  psychological 
study,"  "Music,  religious  and  otherwise,"  "Christ 
and  Throne;  definite  beliefs  to  make  Strong 
Churches." 

After  resting  from  his  strenuous  labors  from 
1913  to  1915,  following  his  pastorate  in  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut,  Dr.  Bartlett  accepted  a  call 
from  the  Pine  Street  Congregational  Church  of 
Lewiston,  Maine.  Although  it  was  in  his  mind 
to  take  things  easy,  he  was  soon  in  the  thick  of 
church  and  community  activities.  The  attend- 
ance of  the  church  has  increased  two  hundred 
per  cent.  A  Men's  Bible  Class  was  organized 
which  reached  a  membership  of  one  hundred  in 
less  than  a  year.  Under  the  organized  efforts  of 
this  class,  great  "Search  Light"  evening  services 
were  held  in  the  winter  and  spring  of  1916  which 
taxed  the  capacity  of  the  auditorium  beyond  any- 
thing in  the  history  of  the  church.  The  sermons 
were  an  hour  long,  and  were  both  intensely  per- 
sonal and  dealt  also  with  conditions  of  the  city. 
Later  that  same  spring,  the  mayor  of  the  city 
challenged  Dr.  Bartlett  to  a  public  debate  in  his 
own  pulpit,  as  a  consequence  of  the  pastor's 
utterances.  The  challenge  was  immediately  ac- 
cepted. For  days  the  papers  were  filled,  and  the 
Lewiston  Evening  Journal  said  nothing  like  this 
had  ever  been  known  in  a  Maine  pulpit.  On  the 
night  of  the  debate  the  church  was  filled  in  less 


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than  ten  minutes  after  the  doors  were  opened 
with  fifteen  hundred  people.  Curiously  enough, 
the  chairman  of  the  police  commission  was  a 
leader  in  the  Bible  Class,  and  under  his  orders 
eleven  policemen  and  six  plain  clothes  men  were 
on  hand  to  preserve  order,  and  closed  the  doors 
when  the  church  was  filled,  although  hundreds 
were  unable  to  obtain  admission,  including  a 
former  mayor.  On  this  occasion  Dr.  Bartlett 
made  a  complete  exposure  of  the  city  conditions 
and  challenged  the  mayor  to  disprove  his  asser- 
tions. But  that  challenge  has  never  been  ac- 
cepted, but  it  is  said  the  eyes  of  the  citizens 
were  opened  as  they  never  were  before. 

At  the  present  time  Dr.  Bartlett  is  engaged  in 
the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  cam- 
paign, and  has  been  appointed  special  writer  to 
furnish  articles  for  the  papers  each  day  in  prepa- 
ration for  the  final  drive.  Fourteen  young  men 
of  the  church  have  gone  to  the  front,  whose 
names  are  on  the  Roll  of  Honor  in  The  Pine 
Cone,  the  church  paper,  and  the  Bible  Class,  at 
Dr.  Bartlett's  suggestion,  has  just  sent  them  a 
beautiful  copy  of  the  New  Testament.  During 
the  summer  of  1917,  Dr.  Bartlett  supplied  the 
pulpits  of  the  two  largest  churches  in  Chicago, 
and  visited  the  forts  and  training  stations  near 
Chicago,  bringing  him  in  close  touch  with  some 
of  his  former  church  "boys,"  several  of  whom 
went  to  France.  Between  them,  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Bartlett  have  seven  nephews  and  one  niece  in 
service,  all  but  two  being  in  France,  and  two  of 
them  having  miraculously  escaped  from  death. 

Besides  his  great  accomplishment  as  a  preacher 
and  organizer,  Dr.  Bartlett  is  also  an  accom- 
plished musician  and  composer.  He  has  recently 
composed  two  Christmas  carols,  one  of  which 
was  published  by  the  Chicago  Kindergarten  As- 
sociation and  is  used  by  them,  and  the  other  was 
purchased  by  the  Century  Company  for  one  of 
its  hymn  books.  He  also  wrote  a  hymn,  words 
and  music,  sung  by  the  four  choirs  of  the  First 
Church  in  Chicago  on  Forefather's  Night,  at  the 
Congregational  Club  in  Chicago.  Another  com- 
position is  known  as  "Love  Divine,"  which  has 
been  sung  in  many  churches.  Dr.  Bartlett  is 
prominently  identified  with  the  Masonic  order. 

William  Alfred  Bartlett  was  united  in  marriage, 
February  23,  1892,  at  Chicago,  with  Ester  Ade- 
laide Pitkin,  a  daughter  of  John  J.  and  Susan 
Jeannette  (Thompson)  Pitkin,  old  and  highly  re- 
spected residents  of  that  city.  Mrs.  Bartlett, 
before  her  marriage,  sang  in  church  quartette 
choirs  both  in  Chicago  and  Evanston.  Three 
children  have  been  born  to  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Bartlett, 


as  follows:  William  P.,  who  died  December  I, 
1910;  Doris  Jeannette,  born  April  24,  1894,  and 
is  now  the  wife  of  Sergeant  Richard  H.  Wheeler, 
of  Newton,  Massachusetts,  Coast  Artillery,  at 
Fort  Revere;  and  Richard  Learned,  born  Decem- 
ber 20,  1896,  in  Lowell,  Massachusetts,  now  a 
church  singer,  and  in  business  in  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut. Mrs.  Wheeler  is  possessed  of  a  voice 
of  unusual  power  and  sweetness,  and  inherits  her 
father's  and  mother's  musical  gifts.  She  has 
often  sung  at  his  services.  Mrs.  Wheeler,  in 
addition  to  her  other  duties,  is  now  a  teacher  of 
singing  in  Boston  and  Newton. 

It  is  often  a  matter  of  great  difficulty  to  ex- 
press in  material  terms  the  true  value  of  a  life, 
of  a  career,  or  to  give  an  adequate  idea  of  the 
real  position  that  a  man  has  won  for  himself  in 
the  regard  of  his  fellows.  In  the  case,  for  in- 
stance, of  Dr.  Bartlett,  whose  name  heads  this 
brief  appreciation,  who  has  succeeded  highly  in 
his  profession,  the  true  significance  of  a  man 
is  not  so  much  to  be  found  in  this  fact  as  in  the 
influence  which,  as  a  personality,  he  has  exerted 
upon  those  with  whom  he  comes  in  contact. 
The  acquirement  of  wealth  and  position  does 
indicate  that  a  certain  power  exists,  that  certain 
abilities  must  be  present,  so  that  to  enumerate 
these  things  does  serve  as  an  illustration  of  the 
talents  that  are  in  him,  but  it  is  only  one  illus- 
tration, the  most  tangible,  of  these  things,  and 
the  others  may  be  far  more  important  in  spite 
of  the  fact  that  they  are  vastly  more  difficult 
to  state.  Thus,  although  an  illustration,  it  is  of 
little  value  as  a  real. gauge  or  measure  of  these 
powers,  for  while  the  proposition  is  true  that  the 
presence  of  those  perquisites  which  the  world 
showers  upon  genius  of  a  certain  order  proves 
the  genius  of  which  it  is  the  reward,  the  converse 
is  not  true  at  all,  since  at  the  very  lowest  esti- 
mate half  the  genius  goes  quite  unrewarded.  It 
is  thus  with  Dr.  Bartlett;  while  the  success 
achieved  by  him  in  the  ministry  marks  him  as  a 
man  of  unusual  capability,  yet  only  those  who  are 
acquainted  with  him  personally  can  be  aware  how 
greatly  his  services  to  the  community  exceed 
anything  that  can  be  expressed  in  terms  of  his 
professional  success. 


NAHUM  MORRILL— JOHN  ADAMS  MOR- 
RILL — In  the  legal  profession  of  Androscoggin 
county,  Maine,  the  name  of  Merrill  has  occupied 
a  prominent  place  for  more  than  sixty  years.  The 
family  is  descended  from  Abraham  Morrill,  who 
came  from  England  in  1632,  and  settled  in  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts.  The  "History  of  the 


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Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Company  of 
Massachusetts,"  published  in  1896,  Vol.  I,  page 
51,  has,  under  the  head  of  new  members,  admitted. 
in  1638-39,  the  names  of  Abraham  Morrill  and 
Isaac  Morrill;  on  page  51  the  editor  says: 

Abraham  Morrill,  of  Cambridge,  Massachusetts, 
came,  perhaps,  in  the  Lion,  with  his  brother 
Isaac.  In  1635  he  resided  on  the  westerly  side 
of  Brighton  street,  near  the  spot  occupied  by  the 
old  Porter  Tavern.  He  moved  in  1641  to  Salis- 
bury, where  in  1650  only  four  were  taxed  more 
than  he.  In  1642  sixty  acres  of  land  were  granted 
to  him  and  Henry  Say  wood  to  build  a  cornmill; 
no  other  mill  was  to  be  built  so  long  as  this 
ground  all  the  corn  the  people  needed.  .  .  . 
The  family  of  the  ancient  trainer  through  every 
generation  has  been  noted  for  enterprise,  whether 
in  iron,  fish,  cloth,  coasting  vessels,  farming  or 
trade.  In  the  business  history  of  Salisbury  and 
Amesbury  they  have  made  a  most  notable  record. 

In  Harvard  College,  class  of  1737,  were  Isaac 
and  Moses  Morrill.  They  were  cousins,  great- 
grandsons  of  Abraham  Morrill,  of  Salisbury. 
Both  became  ministers  of  the  Orthodox  New 
England  faith.  Rev.  Moses  Morrill  was  ordained 
to  the  ministry  at  Biddeford,  in  1742,  becoming 
pastor  of  the  First  Church  of  Christ  in  Bidde- 
ford; he  remained  with  that  church  until  his 
death,  February  9,  1778,  a  service  of  more  than 
thirty-five  years. 

His  second  son,  John  Morrill,  settled  in  Lim- 
erick, Maine,  and  in  that  town  Nahum  Morrill 
was  born,  October  3,  1819.  He  was  educated  in 
Limerick  Academy,  Kimball  Union  Academy,  and 
was  one  year  at  Dartmouth  College.  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  of  Piscataquis  county,  Maine, 
March  4,  1842,  and  soon  after  began  the  practice 
of  law  in  the  town  of  Wells,  where  he  remained 
about  two  years.  He  then  removed  to  Durham, 
in  Androscoggin  county,  which  at  that  time  was 
a  more  important  place  than  either  Lewiston  or 
Auburn.  August  26,  1846,  he  moved  to  the  little 
village  of  Lewiston  Falls,  on  the  west  side  of 
the  Androscoggin  river,  now  known  as  Auburn. 
From  that  time  until  his  death,  March  3,  1917, 
he  resided  continuously  in  Auburn,  or  in  Dan- 
ville, which  ultimately  became  a  part  of  Auburn. 
Two  sons  survive  him,  John  Adams  Morrill  and 
Donald  Littlefield  Morrill,  the  latter  a  prominent 
lawyer  in  Chicago. 

At  memorial  services  held  in  his  memory  at 
the  April  term,  1917,  of  the  Supreme  Judicial 
Court  for  Androscoggin  county,  Mr.  Justice 
King  presiding,  George  C.  Wing,  president  of 
the  Androscoggin  Bar  Association,  in  announc- 
ing his  death  to  the  court,  paid  the  following 
tribute: 


Judge  Morrill  very  early  took  a  prominent 
place  in  business,  in  society  and  in  the  legal  pro- 
fession. In  1854  he  was  appointed  by  Governor 
William  G.  Crosby  as  the  first  judge  of  probate 
for  Androscoggin  county,  and  the  early  records 
of  the  Probate  Court  bear  testimony  to  his  care- 
ful attention  to  details  and  his  purposes  to  have 
the  office  conducted  along  the  best  lines  then 
used  in  probate  courts.  When  judges  of  pro- 
bate were  made  elective,  Judge  Morrill  declined 
to  be  a  candidate  and  turned  his  whole  attention 
tc  the  practice  of  his  profession.  In  1864  he  was 
appointed  provost  marshal  of  the  Second  District 
of  Maine,  and  held  that  office  until  the  close  of 
the  Civil  War,  receiving  an  honorable  discharge, 
October  31,  1865.  Provost  Marshal  General  Frye 
wrote  him  a  personal  letter,  which  I  hope  is  still 
in  existence,  expressing  his  gratification  at  the 
manner  in  which  the  office  had  been  conducted 
and  the  absolute  accuracy  of  all  accounts  con- 
nected therewith.  He  was  a  member  of  the  bar 
of  the  United  States  District  and  Circuit  courts, 
and  during  his  long  practice  heard  many  cases 
that  were  submitted  to  him  by  agreement  of  par- 
ties as  auditor  or  referee,  both  in  suits  at  law 
and  in  equity.  He  was  for  many  years  president 
of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Edward  Little 
Institute,  and  was  the  unanimous  choice  of  the 
Androscoggin  bar  as  its  president  and  continued 
to  hold  that  position  for  many  years,  his  suc- 
cessor only  being  named  after  he  had  positively 
declined  the  further  use  of  his  name. 

Judge  Morrill  was  married,  April  30,  1850,  to 
Anna  Isabella  Littlefield,  of  Wells,  a  woman  of 
great  refinement,  education  and  culture.  The 
history  of  Judge  Morrill  is  the  history  of  Auburn. 
When  he  came  here  what  is  now  the  shire  town 
of  a  county,  incorporated  long  after  he  settled 
here,  with  its  county  and  public  buildings,  its 
homes,  busy  manufactories  and  industries,  all 
have  grown  out  of  the  very  little  hamlet  then 
existing,  and  during  all  the  long  years  of  his 
eventful  life  he  was  identified  with  the  best  in- 
terests of  Auburn,  not  only  in  a  business  way 
but  in  every  moral,  educational  and  religious  en- 
deavor. He  was  generous  of  his  time,  his  knowl- 
edge and  experience.  Judge  Nahum  Morrill  was 
a  Christian  gentleman,  a  constant  attendant  and 
generous  contributor  to  the  High  Street  Congre- 
gational Church,  prominent  in  Odd  Fellowship 
and,  in  a  word,  was  identified  with  every  interest 
in  Auburn. 

He  was  a  painstaking  lawyer.  He  practised 
his  profession  in  an  honorable  manner,  on  an 
elevated  plane,  gaining  and  retaining  the  confi- 
dence of  the  bar  and  of  the  court.  He  was  unas- 
suming in  his  ways.  He  did  not  live  for  show 
or  to  denote  importance  by  his  way  of  life.  He 
was  always  a  broad-minded  and  hopeful  man 
who  understood  the  trials,  appreciated  the  temp- 
tations, sympathized  with  the  sorrowing  and  re- 
joiced with  the  pleasures  of  those  with  whom  he 
came  in  contact.  He  guarded  with  great  care 
the  interests  of  his  clients  and  was  always  indus- 
trious, persistent  and  persevering. 

The  bar  of  this  county  owes  to  Judge  Morrill 
more  than  to  any  one  man  the  high  quality  and 
standing  of  its  practitioners.  His  deportment  in 


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court  was  ideal.  His  papers  were  always  care- 
fully and  neatly  drawn,  and  the  precedents  which 
were  handed  down  through  him,  and  through 
men  who  were  engaged  with  him  in  the  practice 
of  his  profession,  have  created  a  standard  of  ex- 
ct  Hence  that  is  not  excelled  in  any  county  in 
Maine. 

John  Adams  Morrill,  son  of  Nahum  and  Anna 
Isabella  (Littlefield)  Morrill,  was  born  in  Auburn, 
June  3,  1855.  On  his  mother's  side  he  is  de- 
scended from  the  Littlefield,  Wheelwright  and 
Storer  families,  names  of  prominence  in  the  early 
Colonial  history  of  Wells,  York  county,  Maine. 
He  prepared  for  college  at  Edward  Little  High 
School,  and  graduated  from  Bowdoin  College 
with  the  class  of  1876,  receiving  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Art,  and  in  1879  the  degree  of 
Master  of  Arts.  After  one  year  spent  in  teach- 
ing, he  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  practice 
in  the  courts  of  Maine,  February  12,  1880,  and  in 
the  United  States  Circuit  and  Districts  courts, 
April  23,  1886.  From  the  time  of  his  admission 
to  the  bar,  Mr.  Morrill  has  devoted  himself  con- 
tinuously to  the  practice  of  his  profession.  In 
1900  he  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  State 
Board  of  Examiners  of  Applicants  for  Admission 
to  the  Bar,  then  just  established,  and  held  that 
position  for  eight  years,  declining  a  second  re- 
appointment.  By  resolve  of  March  21,  1901,  he 
was  appointed  by  the  Legislature  of  Maine  sole 
commissioner  to  revise  and  consolidate  the  public 
laws  of  the  State,  and  prepared  the  fifth  revision 
of  the  public  laws  of  Maine,  known  as  the  "Re- 
vised Statutes  of  1903."  By  resolve  of  April  4, 
1913,  he  was  again  appointed  by  the  Legislature 
to  the  same  duty  and  prepared  the  sixth  revision 
of  the  public  laws  of  Maine,  known  as  the  "Re- 
vised Statutes  of  1916."  At  the  State  election 
of  1912,  Mr.  Morrill  was  elected  judge  of  pro- 
bate for  Androscoggin  county,  for  the  term  of 
four  years,  beginning  January  I,  1913,  and  was 
re-elected  in  1916.  On  March  5,  1918,  he  was 
commissioned  a  justice  of  the  Supreme  Judicial 
Court  of  Maine.  For  many  years  he  has  been 
a  member  of  the  Maine  State  Bar  Association 
and  was  elected  president  of  that  organization  in 
1917.  He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Bar  Asso- 
ciation, and  of  the  Maine  Historical  Society. 
Since  1888  he  has  been  a  trustee,  and  since  Janu- 
ary, 1908,  president  of  the  Auburn  Savings  Bank. 
Upon  the  establishment  of  the  Auburn  Public 
Library,  he  was  chosen  a  trustee,  and  for  some 
years  served  as  its  treasurer.  Since  1888  Mr. 
Morrill  has  been  a  member  of  the  board  of  over- 
seers of  Bowdoin  College,  and  in  1912  the  degree 
of  Doctor  of  Laws  was  conferred  upon  him  by 
that  institution. 


November  I,  1888,  Mr.  Morrill  married  Isabella 
Olive  Littlefield,  daughter  of  Walter  and  Olive 
(Gooch)  Littlefield,  of  Melrose,  Massachusetts. 
They  have  two  daughters:  Dorothy  Isabella,  and 
Olive  Anna. 


HENRY  ALLEN  KELLEY,  D.M.D.,  is  one 
of  the  best  known  and  most  popular  dentists, 
not  only  in  the  city  of  Portland,  Maine,  where 
he  has  elected  to  live  and  carry  on  the  practice 
of  his  profession,  but  also  throughout  that  State, 
and  indeed  the  country  generally.  Dr.  Kelley  is 
a  member  of  a  very  old  New  England  family, 
his  early  ancestors  having  been  among  the  pio- 
neer settlers  on  Cape  Cod  and  Nantucket  Island. 
He  is  descended  on  both  sides  of  the  house  from 
families  that  were  Quakers  or  Friends  in  their 
religious  beliefs.  The  "rigor"  of  this  faith  was 
never  relaxed,  and  it  was  this  that  drove  his 
father  and  mother  out  of  the  faith  of  the  Friends 
and  made  of  them  Unitarians. 

Born  May  1 1,  1866,  Henry  Allen  Kelley  is  a 
son  of  James  Stanford  and  Susan  Allen  (Chace) 
Kelley.  His  grandfather  Kelley  was  a  watch 
and  clock  maker  and  silversmith,  of  Sandwich, 
Massachusetts.  Thus  they  trace  this  fine  manual 
labor  far  back  in  the  family.  His  father  was 
successfully  engaged  in  business  as  a  jeweler  and 
watchmaker  at  New  Bedford,  Massachusetts,  and 
it  was  in  this  place  that  Dr.  Kelley's  birth  oc- 
curred. The  elementary  portion  of  his  education 
was  secured  at  the  local  public  schools  and  the 
Swain  Free  Academy.  He  was  graduated  from 
the  New  Bedford  High  School  in  the  year  1884, 
and  then  took  special  courses  to  prepare  him  for 
college,  at  the  Academy  above  mentioned.  His 
first  dental  training  was  received  in  the  office 
of  Dr.  E.  V.  McLeod,  of  New  Bedford,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  it  was  from  this  worthy  preceptor 
that  Dr.  Kelley  first  had  brought  home  to  him 
the  fact  that,  his  ancestors  having  included  many 
expert  chronometer  and  watchmakers,  gold  and 
silversmiths  and  engravers,  it  was  easy  to  under- 
stand that  it  was  from  these  that  he  had  inherited 
his  remarkable  manual  skill  and  ability  to  handle 
so  effectively  the  instruments  used  in  the  delicate 
operations  of  dental  surgery.  Dr.  McLeod,  who 
was  the  first  secretary  of  the  Massachusetts  State 
Board  of  Registration  in  Dentistry,  became  a  great 
friend  of  his  young  pupil,  who  returned  in  full 
measure  his  affection  and  has  always  acknowl- 
edged a  large  debt  to  the  elder  man  and  accounted 
him  a  potent  influence  in  his  life.  After  this 
experience  Dr.  Kelley  studied  for  a  few  months 
in  the  office  of  Dr.  A.  B.  Fuller,  of  New  Haven, 
Connecticut,  and  still  later  in  the  office  of  Dr. 


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Charles  E.  Easterbrook,  of  Boston,  a  recent  grad- 
uate of  Harvard  Dental  School.  It  was  through 
the  influence  of  the  office  of  Dr.  McLeod  that 
Dr.  Kelley's  attention  was  directed  to  the  Har- 
vard Dental  School,  and  accordingly  he  matricu- 
lated there,  and  after  taking  the  usual  course 
was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1888,  when  he 
was  twenty-two  years  of  age.  His  work  was  of 
so  excellent  a  quality  that  he  attracted  to  him- 
self the  favorable  attention  of  his  professors  and 
instructors,  and  in  particular  Dr.  Thomas  Fille- 
brown,  professor  of  operative  dentistry  and  oral 
surgery  at  the  Harvard  Dental  School.  This 
gentleman,  who  was  an  authority  on  his  subjects, 
took  so  great  a  fancy  to  the  young  man  and  felt 
so  confident  of  his  ability  that  the  latter  received 
an  offer  at  the  time  of  his  graduation  to  become 
Dr.  Fillebrown's  assistant  in  his  office  at  Port- 
land, Maine.  This  was  an  offer  which,  as  may 
be  imagined,  he  was  not  slow  to  accept,  and  he 
'at  once  removed  to  the  Maine  city,  where  he  has 
continued  consistently  ever  since.  After  one 
year  spent  in  Dr.  Fillebrown's  employ,  that  emi- 
nent dentist  received  him  into  partnership  with 
him,  an  association  which  continued  uninterrupt- 
edly for  ten  years,  or  until  the  retirement  of  the 
senior  partner.  This  retirement  was  occasioned 
by  Dr.  Fillebrown's  leaving  Portland  to  practise 
in  the  city  of  Boston,  so  that  his  excellent  prac- 
tice in  Portland  passed  entirely  into  the  hands 
of  Dr.  Kelley.  Dr.  Kelley,  however,  had  already 
won  a  very  enviable  reputation  in  the  city,  so 
that  he  readily  took  the  place  that  Dr.  Fillebrown 
left  vacant,  and  has  ever  since  that  time  occupied 
a  distinctly  unique  position  in  the  city.  Dr.  Kel- 
ley, with  characteristic  modesty,  speaking  of  this 
period,  has  said: 

So  my  problem  was  how  to  keep  a  practice, 
not  how  to  make  one.  There  is  one  thing  I  am 
sure  I  did  keep,  and  that  is  the  office,  for  I 
stayed  in  the  one  office  for  twenty  years,  only 
moving  to  get  farther  up  out  of  the  increasing 
business  life  of  the  city.  I  have  never  specialized 
except  that  for  some  years  now  I  have  refused  to 
extract  teeth  or  to  make  artificial  dentures.  I 
think  I  was  the  first  man  in  Maine  to  adopt  the 
prophylactic  treatment  and  to  manage  my 
patients  so  they  had  regular  monthly  treatments. 
I  am,  to  quite  an  extent,  looked  upon  as  a  special- 
ist in  this  work  and  in  the  treatment  of  pyorrhea. 
I  came  to  Portland  about  as  much  of  a  stranger 
as  one  could  come,  Dr.  Fillebrown  and  one  other 
being  my  only  acquaintances.  How  I  became 
acquainted  I  can  hardly  say;  certainly  not  by  the 
usual  endeavors,  i.  e.,  churches,  clubs,  lodges,  etc. 
I  lived  my  life  without  that,  except  that  I  realized 
that  I  had  a  clean  slate  and  that  if  I  made  and 
cultivated  any  undesirable  friends,  it  was  my  own 
fault.  This  was  the  advantage  of  being  a 


stranger.      Also,   of   course,    I    immediately   took 
my  place  as  a   professional   man. 

Whatever  else  may  be  said  about  the  success 
of  Dr.  Kelley  and  what  it  has  been  due  to,  cer- 
tainly it  will  have  to  be  admitted  that  hard 
work  has  played  a  very  important  part  therein. 
He  has  worked  earnestly  and  perseveringly  at 
everything  he  has  set  his  hand  to,  not  only  in 
those  matters  which  were  connected  solely  with 
his  professional  interests,  but  in  many  in  which 
the  altruistic  element  has  been  prominent.  For 
indeed  Dr.  Kelley  has  always  taken  a  keen  in- 
terest in  the  welfare  of  his  professional  colleagues 
and  of  the  community  at  large.  He  has  been 
particularly  active  in  connection  with  the  various 
dental  societies  with  which  he  has  been  affiliated. 
He  has  been  a  member  of  the  Maine  Dental  So- 
ciety since  1889  and  has  held  the  following  offices 
therein:  Chairman  of  executive  committee,  1890 
to  1891;  vice-president,  1892  to  1893;  librarian, 
1890  to  1891;  president,  1894;  a"d  sccreiru-y,  from 
1898  to  1910.  Indeed  it  may  be  said  will;  a  cer- 
tain degree  of  truth  that  the  building  up  of  a 
really  first-class  dental  society  in  Maine  has  been 
a  hobby  with  Dr.  Kelley  for  many  years,  and 
that  he  has  given  an  amazing  amount  of  time 
and  energy  to  carrying  it  out,  when  we  consider 
how  busy  he  has  been  with  his  private  practice. 
There  are  not  many  men  who  are  willing  to  sac- 
rifice personal  interests  to  an  object  such  as  this, 
but  Dr.  Kelley  must  be  classed  among  them. 
Other  capacities  in  which  he  has  done  invaluable 
service  for  the  cause  of  his  profession  have  been 
as  chairman  of  the  Northeastern  Dental  Asso- 
ciation executive  committee,  in  1907  and  1908; 
second  vice-president  of  that  organization  1908 
to  1909;  first  vice-president  1909  to  1910,  and 
president  1910  to  1911.  He  is  at  the  present 
time  chairman  of  a  standing  committee  of  this 
association  on  Army  and  Navy  Legislation.  It 
was  Dr.  Kelley  who,  in  honor  of  his  old  partner. 
Dr.  Fillebrown,  organized  the  Fillebrown  Dental 
Club.  He  was  the  first  president  of  this  club  and 
up  to  the  present  time  its  only  president.  Many 
years  ago  Dr.  Kelley  became  affiliated  with  the 
Delta  Sigma  Delta  fraternity,  a  very  prominent 
dental  fraternity.  Dr.  Kelley  is  also  an  associate 
member  of  the  First  District  Dental  Society  of 
New  York.  Among  the  organizations  outside  of 
professional  associations  with  which  Dr.  Kelley 
is  affiliated  should  be  mentioned  the  Portland 
Athletic  Club,  of  which  he  is  a  charter  member 
and  which  he  served  as  a  member  of  its  govern- 
ing board  and  on  various  committees  for  many 
vears;  the  Stroudwater  Canoe  Club,  of  which  also 


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he  is  a  charter  member  and  was  its  president  for 
a  considerable  period;  the  Portland  Country  Club; 
the  Harvard  Club  of  Maine;  the  Portland  So- 
ciety of  Arts;  the  Portland  Choral  Art  Society; 
the  Economic  Club  of  Portland,  and  the  Port- 
land Yacht  Club.  He  was  a  member  of  many 
dental  congresses  and  conventions,  among  which 
should  be  mentioned  the  Chicago  Columbian 
Dental  Congress,  where  he  was  a  member  of  his 
State  committee  on  organization;  the  Fourth  In- 
ternational Dental  Congress  at  St.  Louis,  in  1904; 
the  Jamestown  Dental  Convention,  where  he  was 
chairman  of  his  State  committee;  and  the  Port- 
land, Oregon,  Dental  Congress,  in  which  he  occu- 
pied a  like  position.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
National  Dental  Association  and  took  an  active 
part  in  the  reorganization  of  the  same.  He  was 
elected  a  vice-president  of  the  National  Dental 
Association  in  1917.  One  of  the  works  accom- 
plished by  Dr.  Kelley  which  is  best  known  to 
his  fellow-citizens  is  the  establishment  of  a  dental 
infirmary  in  Portland,  in  1895.  Three  members 
were  appointed  in  oral  surgery  and  dentistry,  in 
the  out-patient  department  of  the  Eye  and  Ear 
Infirmary,  the  dentists  who  filled  these  positions 
all  being  prominent  practitioners  in  the  city,  who 
were  obliged  to  give  up  much  of  the  time  before 
devoted  by  them  to  their  private  practice  in 
order  to  attend  these  clinics.  It  will  be  appro- 
priate at  this  point  to  include  some  remarks  of 
Dr.  Kelley,  drawn  from  the  same  article  we  have 
already  quoted,  which  throw  a  clear  light  upon 
his  ideas  not  only  of  those  qualifications  which 
go  to  make  up  the  successful  dentist,  but  of 
those  which  are  essential  to  the  best  type  of 
manhood.  Significantly  enough,  much  that  he 
says  is  taken  from  personal  experience  from  his 
own  life: 

For  a  young  dentist  to  build  and  maintain  an 
ethical  practice  and  win  the  esteem  of  his  com- 
munity, he  must  do  what  he  must  do.  First,  he 
must  fit  himself  thoroughly  to  practise  his  pro- 
fession, that  is,  he  must  know  what  to  do  and 
how  to  do  it.  He  must  have  had  good  educa- 
tional advantages  and  have  taken  advantage  of 
them.  It  would  seem  to  me  that  even  before 
or  after  his  college  course  he  should  have  some 
training  in  a  dental  office  before  starting  out  for 
himself.  I  cannot  say  how — except  at  a  much 
greater  cost,  the  experience  in  the  management 
of  an  office  and  of  patients,  which  he  must  have, 
can  otherwise  be  obtained.  Of  course,  it  is  under- 
stood he  must  have  a  good  preliminary  education 
before  he  begins  his  professional  training.  This 
is  not  only  necessary  for  his  professional  train- 
ing, but  also  to  fit  him  to  take  the  position  in  the 
community  he  is  trying  to  obtain. 

Then  he  must  love  the  higher  things  of  life — 
good  society,  good  books,  pictures,  music,  God's 


out-of-doors,  etc.  Having  a  love  for  these  he 
will  seek  to  attract  others  of  like  nature.  This 
will  give  him  an  acquaintance  with  the  best  people 
of  his  city  and  a  chance  to  make  good  with  them. 
Then  we  are  told  "To  have  a  friend,  be  one." 
And  so  our  young  dentist  must  do  nice  little 
things  for  others  that  will  let  them  know  he  is 
their  friend.  He  must  get  out  of  selfishness.  Oh. 
it  hardly  seems  necessary  to  preach  all  this  over 
and  over  again.  It  seems  that  every  sensible 
young  man  must  know  all  this.  I  would  only 
say  he  must  have  courage  to  know  that  these 
things  do  bring  success;  and  when  he  is  tempted 
by  the  seeming  success  of  one  who  departs  from 
these  precepts,  he  must  remain  steadfast  to  these 
known  principles,  knowing  that  they  will  bring 
success.  He  must  cultivate  the  acquaintance  of 
the  best  men  of  his  profession,  as  opportunity 
presents;  he  must  read  professionally  long  and 
deeply;  join  the  dental  societies  and  work  in 
them;  get  to  be  a  part  of  the  life  of  his  com- 
munity, both  professionally  and  otherwise,  and, 
above  all,  he  must  be  a  good  citizen.  I  think 
in  these  days  there  is  great  need  of  that  teach- 
ing. To  be  a  good  citizen,  what  finer  thing  is 
there  in  all  the  world? 

My  idea  of  dental  ethics  is  summed  up  in  the 
following  story.  There  was  a  Roman  that  wanted 
to  learn  the  law,  so  he  went  to  a  Jewish  Rabbi, 
a  young  man,  and  told  him  he  wanted  him  to 
teach  him  the  law,  and  to  do  it  in  one  lesson. 
Now,  this  Rabbi  being  a  young  man,  was  much 
interested  in,  and  confused  by,  the  complications, 
ramifications,  etc.,  of  the  law,  and  to  think  that 
anybody  should  think  he  could  be  taught  all  the 
law  in  one  lesson,  was  preposterous.  So  he  drove 
the  young  Roman  from  his  door  in  anger.  But 
the  Roman  went  to  another  Jewish  Rabbi,  an 
eld  man,  and  made  him  the  same  request,  and 
the  old  Rabbi  told  him  to  come  in.  Now  this  old 
Rabbi  had  lived  most  of  his  life  and  things  were 
settling  down  from  their  complexities  to  sim- 
plicities. So  that  which  seemed  so  impossible  to 
the  young  Rabbi,  was  very  possible  to  the  old 
Rabbi,  and  he  taught  the  young  Roman  the  law, 
not  only  in  one  lesson,  but  in  a  very  few  words, 
thus:  My  son,  the  law  is  this,  do  unto  others  as 
you  would  that  others  should  do  unto  you.  This 
is  the  law,  and  all  others  are  but  tributary  to  this 
one  great  law. 

I  am  not  an  old  man,  but  things  are  reducing 
to  the  simpler  forms  with  me  and  if  I  were  asked 
to  preach  a  sermon  on  dental  ethics,  it  would 
be  something  like  this:  Be  a  gentleman.  But 
the  old  Rabbi  was  satisfied  with  his  description 
of  the  law,  and  I  am  satisfied  with  my  descrip- 
tion of  dentaj  ethics;  because  to  us  words  have 
a  deep  meaning,  and  there  is  a  whole  lifetime 
bound  up  in  our  description,  and  we  mean  by 
our  few  words  all  that  the  young  Rabbi  would 
have  taken  days,  and  perhaps  weeks,  to  have 
imparted  to  the  young  Roman.  Alas!  perhaps  it 
took  the  young  Roman  about  as  short  a  time  to 
forget  his  teaching  as  to  acquire  it,  and  per- 
haps, had  he  studied  and  toiled  with  the  young 
Rabbi,  the  lessons  would  have  meant  more  to 
him.  I  think  it  is  not  necessary  that  long  ser- 
mons should  be  preached  upon  the  subject  of 
dental  ethics,  but  for  those  that  understand  the 


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English  language  and  for  those  for  whom  words 
have  deep  meaning,  my  definition,  Be  at  gentle- 
man is  all  that  is  necessary. 

The  only  thing  I  have  not  carried  is  hobbies 
or  fads  outside  of  dentistry.  I  am  not  a  faddist 
and  have  no  non-dental  hobby.  As  you  will  see 
by  my  clubs,  I  like  out-of-door  life.  For  many 
years  entirely,  and  lately  to  a  great  extent,  my 
vacations  have  been  passed  in  the  "Big  Woods" 
of  Maine,  in  search  of  big  game — deer  and  moose. 
This  is  great  sport.  To  go  through  the  rapids 
in  your  little  canoe,  with  a  good  guide  in  the 
stern,  will  make  your  heart  leap  for  joy,  or 
flight,  and  you  will  be  glad  you  are  alive,  when 
you  get  through  and  find  you  are  alive.  And 
then  to  put  your  rifle  over  your  shoulder  and 
tramp,  and  tramp,  and  tramp,  always  with  the 
hope  that  the  next  minute  is  to  disclose  the 
moose  with  the  head  you  have  been  so  long 
looking  for.  Why,  when  the  hunt  is  all  over  it 
doesn't  matter  a  bit  whether  you  have  any  game 
or  not;  you  have  the  good  feeling  which,  while 
they  will  not  move  mountains,  make  you  feel  as 
though  you  can  jump  over  them  and  hence  don't 
have  to  move  them.  I  am  also  fond  of  yacht- 
ing, city  canoeing,  as  distinguished  from  the  wild 
woods  variety,  and  all  the  sports  one  gets  at 
an  athjetic  club  and  a  country  club;  yes,  even  to 
scrapping,  when  two  other  fellows  are  in  the 
squared  circle,  and  I  am  looking  on.  I  am  also 
fond  of  music  and  art.  But  the  best  fun  I  am 
getting  now  is  bringing  up  a  boy  and  a  girl. 
These  two  kids  are  fun  enough  and  pay  enough 
for  any  man.  I  quarrel  a  great  deal  with  my 
practice  that  it  exacts  so  much  of  my  time,  that 
I  dp  not  have  more  leisure  to  play  with  my 
family. 

As  may  well  be  seen  from  the  preceding  quo- 
tation, Dr.  Kelley  can  wield  an  effective  pen,  and 
indeed  he  is  the  author  of  a  considerable  number 
of  very  instructive  articles,  most  of  which,  how- 
ever, are  of  a  technical  nature  and  apply  to  vari- 
ous problems  of  his  profession.  Among  them 
should  be  mentioned  the  following:  "A  Method 
of  Filling  Porcelain  Teeth  with  Gold,"  published 
in  International  Dental  Journal,  August,  1889; 
"Nitrite  of  Amyl,"  read  before  the  Harvard 
Odontological  Society,  December  23,  1891,  and 
published  in  International  Dental  Journal,  June, 
1892;  "Some  Dentistry  Physicians  Should  Know," 
read  before  the  Maine  Homoeopathic  Medical  So- 
ciety, June  20,  1893,  and  published  in  their  trans- 
actions for  1893;  "A  Study  of  the  Diseases  of  the 
Perridental  Membrane  Having  Their  Origin  at 
or  Near  the  Gingival  Margin,"  read  before  the 
Maine  Dental  Society,  1891,  and  published  in  the 
International  Dental  Journal,  February,  1893; 
"Earnestness,  Diligence  and  Truthfulness,"  the 
president's  address  before  the  Maine  Dental  So- 
ciety, 1894;  "A  Popular  Talk  on  the  Care  of  the 
Teeth,"  read  before  the  Maine  Academy  of  Medi- 
cine and  Science,  and  published  in  the  Maine 


Journal  o-f  Medicine  and  Science,  February,  1896; 
"What  Dentistry  Owes  the  People,"  read  before 
the  Maine  Dental  Society,  July  22,  1896,  and  pub- 
lished in  the   Portland  Advertiser,  July  23,   1896; 
"A  Year's  Work  Among  the  Poor,"  read  before 
the  Maine  Dental  Society,  July  20,  1897,  and  pub- 
lished   in    the    Maine    Journal    of    Medicine    and 
Science;  "The    Present    Status    of    Cataphoresis," 
read  before   Harvard   Alumni   Association,   June, 
1898;  "Dental  Work  Among  the  Poor:  How  Can 
It     Best     Be     Accomplished,"     read    before     the 
Northeastern   Dental   Association,  October,   1899, 
and    published    in    International    Dental    Journal, 
September,  1900;  "The  Control  of  Our  Patients," 
read  before  Harvard  Dental  Alumni  Association, 
June  24,  1901,  and  published  in  International  Den- 
tal Journal,  January,  1902;  "The  Dentist's  Appre- 
ciation of  Himself,"  read  before  the  Maine  Dental 
Society,  July   18,   1905;   "An   Appreciation   of  the 
Life    of    Dr.    Thomas    Fillebrown,"    read    before 
Maine  Dental  Society,  July  i,  1908,  and  also  read 
before  the  American  Academy  of  Dental  Science, 
Boston,    Massachusetts,    February    3,    1909,    and 
published   in   the   Journal  of  the  Allied  Societies, 
June,  1909;  "Prophylaxis  in  Dentistry,"  read  be- 
fore   Maine    Dental    Society,   June    25,    1909,   and 
published    in    Dental    Cosmos,    November,    1909; 
"Military    and    Naval    Corps,"    read    before    the 
Union  Meeting  of  the  Maryland  and  District  of 
Columbia  Dental  Societies,  at  Washington,  D.  C., 
October    29,    1909;    "Prophylaxis    and    Oral    Hy- 
giene," read  before  the  Dental  Association  of  the 
Province    of    Quebec    and    the    Montreal    Dental 
Club,    at    Montreal,    Canada,    October    24,    1910; 
"President's     Address — Harvard    Dental     Alumni 
Association,"  read  at  Boston,  June  27,  1910;  "The 
Movement  for  Clean  Mouths  and  Sound  Teeth," 
read  at  the  Tri-State  Meeting  of  the  Maine,  New 
Hampshire  and  Vermont  State   Dental  Societies, 
at  Fabyans,  New  Hampshire,  June  27,  1911,  and 
published    in    the    Dental    Brief,    January,    1912; 
"President's  Address — Northeastern  Dental  Asso- 
ciation,"   read    at    Portland,    Maine,    October    26, 
1911,   and   published   in   the   Transactions   of   the 
Association;  "Preventative  Dentistry,"  read  at  the 
Forty-ninth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Massachusetts 
Dental  Society,  at  Boston,  May  8,  1913,  and  pub- 
lished  in   the  Journal  of  the  Allied  Dental  Socie- 
ties, June,   1913;    "Prophylaxis   of  the   Oral   Cav- 
ity," a  lecture  delivered  before  the  Post-Graduate 
Class  of  the  Metropolitan  District  Dental  Society, 
Boston,  March  5,  1915;  "Hygiene  of  the  Mouth," 
a  talk  given  before  the   New  Hampshire  Dental 
Society  at  Weirs,  New  Hampshire,  June  19,  1913. 
When    it    became    evident    the    United    States 


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would  sooner  or  later  become  compelled  to  enter 
the  European  War  the  dentists  of  this  country 
formed  the  Preparedness  League  of  American 
Dentists.  This  league  aimed  to  prepare  the  den- 
tal profession  for  duties  it  was  felt  would  soon 
be  placed  upon  them.  When  the  country  finally 
entered  the  war  this  league  was  recognized  by 
the  office  of  the  Surgeon  General  of  the  United 
States  Army  and  made  the  instrument  whereby 
the  drafted  men  were  rendered  dentally  fit  before 
they  were  inducted  into  the  Army  and  Navy.  Dr. 
Kelley  was  appointed  "Director  of  the  State  of 
Maine  of  the  Preparedness  League  of  American 
Dentists,"  and  it  was  under  his  direction  that  the 
State  was  organized  for  this  work  and  thousands 
of  free  dental  operations  performed  for  men 
about  to  enter  the  service  of  their  country.  Dur- 
ing the  last  months  of  the  war,  Dr.  Kelley  was 
appointed  preliminary  examiner  of  candidates 
from  Maine  for  the  Dental  Corps  of  the  United 
States  Army,  and  under  that  appointment  con- 
ducted examinations  of  that  nature.  On  March 
12,  1915,  Dr.  Kelley  received  the  following  letter: 

Dr.  Henry  A.   Kelley, 

Portland,  Maine. 

Dear  Doctor: — The  Committee  of  Organization 
of  the  Panama-Pacific  Dental  Congress  has  the 
honor  to  inform  you  that  you  have  been  elected 
an  Honorary  President  of  the  Congress,  and  ex- 
presses the  sincere  wish  that  you  may  be  present 
and  participate  in  its  various  activities  and  enter- 
tainments in  San  Francisco,  California,  August 
30th  to  September  gth,  1915. 

Most  respectfully  yours, 
PANAMA-PACIFIC  DENTAL  CONGRESS  COMMITTEE 

OF  ORGANIZATION. 

Frank  L.  Platt,  Chairman. 
Arthur  M.  Flood,  Secretary. 

Henry  Allen  Kelley  was  united  in  marriage, 
November  19,  1902,  with  Fanny  Roath  Robbins. 
Two  children  have  been  born  of  this  union, 
James  Stanford  and  Esther. 

The  place  held  by  Dr.  Kelley  in  the  community 
is  one  that  any  man  might  desire,  but  it  is  one 
that  he  deserves  in  every  particular,  one  that  he 
has  gained  by  no  chance  fortune,  but  by  hard  and 
industrious  work,  and  a  most  liberal  treatment  of 
his  fellow-men.  He  is  a  man  who  enjoys  a  great 
reputation  and  one  whose  clientele  is  so  large 
that  it  is  easy  for  him  to  discriminate  in  the  class 
of  his  patients,  but  it  is  his  principle  to  ask  no 
questions  as  to  the  standing  of  those  who  seek 
his  professional  aid  and  he  responds  as  readily 
to  the  call  of  the  indigent  as  to  that  of  the  most 
prosperous.  It  thus  happens  that  he  does  a 
great  deal  of  philanthropic  work  in  the  city  and 


is  greatly  beloved  by  the  poorer  classes  there. 
It  is  the  function  of  the  professional  man  to  bring; 
good  cheer,  almost  as  much  if  not  equally  with 
the  more  material  assistance  given  by  him.  Dr. 
Kelley  is  a  man  of  strong  character  and  unusual 
ability  and  energy,  and  this  is  combined  with  a 
sweetness  of  disposition  and  gentleness  of  nature 
which  make  his  companionship  a  charm  and 
pleasure.  He  is  a  man  who  believes  in  principles 
and  lives  up  to  them. 


NATHAN  GOLDSMITH  HOWARD  PULSI- 
FER — One  of  the  leaders  in  the  medical  pro- 
fession in  the  State  of  Maine  during  the  genera- 
tion just  past  was,  without  doubt,  Dr.  Nathan 
Goldsmith  Howard  Pulsifer,  whose  death  at  his 
home  at  Waterville  was  a  great  loss  to  the  com- 
munity, where  for  so  many  years  he  had  been  in 
active  practice  and  occupied  so  large  a  place  in 
the  admiration  and  affection  of  his  fellow-towns- 
men. Dr.  Pulsifer  was  a  member  of  an  old  and 
distinquished  family  which  was  founded  in  Amer- 
ica early  in  the  Colonial  period,  and  the  member* 
of  which  have  taken  active  part  in  the  affairs  of 
the  various  communities  where  they  have  dwelt 
ever  since.  There  has  been  some  discussion  of 
the  origin  of  the  name  of  Pulsifer,  some  claim- 
ing that  it  is  English,  as  well  as  its  rarer  variant 
Pulsford,  but  the  authorities  seem  to  be  fairly 
unanimous  in  calling  it  French.  It  has  been  sug- 
gested that  the  first  settler  may  have  been  from 
Guernsey  or  some  other  of  the  islands  in  the 
English  Channel  which  have  been  under  British 
sovereignty  for  many  centuries.  However  this 
may  be,  that  particular  branch  of  the  American 
family  with  which  we  are  here  concerned  is  of 
perfectly  definite  French  origin,  the  founder  hav- 
ing been  John  Pulsifer,  a  French  Huguenot,  and 
a  native  of  France,  who  sought  religious  liberty 
in  self-banishment.  The  name  is  spelled  vari- 
ously in  the  old  records,  where  it  appears  as  Pul- 
sever,  Pulcifer  and  several  other  forms,  as  well 
as  in  the  present  accepted  spelling,  but  in  this 
it  but  shared  the  fate  of  practically  all  the  names 
of  non-English  origin  in  the  colonies  at  that 
time. 

(I)  John  Pulsifer  was  born  in  France,  prob- 
ably in  the  decade  of  1650-1660,  and  from  child- 
hood found  himself  subject  to  the  persecutions 
which  his  unfortunate  co-religionists  suffered 
after  the  revocation  of  the  Edict  of  Nantes. 
Like  so  many  of  the  people,  he  fled  his  native 
land  and  went  to  England,  where  he  found  refuge 
for  a  time.  Later,  however,  he  came  to  America 
and  settled  at  Gloucester,  Massachusetts,  in  1680. 


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According  to  the  local  tradition,  his  first  home 
was  situated  on  the  very  spot  still  occupied  by 
a  descendant,  along  the  old  road  leading  to  Cof- 
fin't  Beach.  The  only  other  settler  of  the  name 
of  whom  any  record  has  been  found  was  Bene- 
dict Pulsifer,  of  Ipswich,  who  was  probably  a 
near  relative  of  John  Pulsifer,  and  by  some  be- 
lieved to  have  been  his  father.  There  has  been 
nothing  definitely  established  as  to  the  relation- 
ship, however,  so  that  the  latter  must  be  ac- 
cepted as  the  immigrant  ancestor  in  lack  of  proof 
to  the  contrary.  John  Pulsifer  married,  Decem- 
ber 31,  1684,  at  Gloucester,  Joanna  Kent,  and  they 
were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  John, 
born  November  17,  1685,  and  died  August  27, 
1707;  Joanna,  born  October  7,  1688;  Mary,  born 
April  8,  1691;  Thomas,  born  February  10,  1693; 
Ebenezer,  born  July  20,  1695;  Mary,  born  April 
27,  1697;  David,  who  is  mentioned  at  length 
below;  Jonathan,  born  July  30,  1704,  and  mar- 
ried, December  ll,  1729,  Susanna  Hadley,  by 
whom  he  had  three  children. 

(II)  David   Pulsifer,   son  of  John  and  Joanna 
(Kent)    Pulsifer,   was   born   January   9,    1701,   at 
Gloucester,   Massachusetts,  and  there  passed  his 
entire   life,  and   followed  the   sea  as  an   occupa- 
tion.    He   married   Mary  ,  and  they  were 

the    parents    of    the    following    children:     David, 
who  is  mentioned  below;  and  three  daughters. 

(III)  David    (2)    Pulsifer,    son    of    David    (i) 

and  Mary  ( )  Pulsifer,  was  born  September 

29,  I73i,  at  Gloucester,  and  made  that  place  his 
home  until  the  time  of  his  marriage.     He  served 
in  the  Continental  Army  during  the   Revolution, 
first  as  a  private  in  Captain  Charles  Smith's  com- 
pany  and   later   as    matross   in   Captain   William 
Ellery's    company    of    the    First    Artillery.      He 
later  went   to   Poland,   Maine,  and  there   settled, 
becoming  the  founder  of  the  Maine  family  of  the 
name.     He   married   a   cousin,    Hannah    Pulsifer, 
of   Brentwood,   New   Hampshire,   and   they  were 
the   parents   of   a   number   of   children,   including 
Jonathan,  who   is   mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Jonathan  Pulsifer,  son  of  David   (2)  and 
Hannah   (Pulsifer)  Pulsifer,  was  born  about  1770 
at    Gloucester,    but    removed    to    Poland,    Maine, 
with  his  parents,  and  there  made  his  home.    His 
<leath  occurred  in  the  old  Pulsifer  home  at  that 
place.     He  married,  August  30,  1789,  Polly  Rust, 
"born   September   i,    1769,   and   died   in    1862,   and 
they  were  the  parents  of  two  children,  who  at- 
tained maturity,  as  follows:    Moses,  who  is  men- 
tioned below,  and  Benjamin. 

(V)  Moses   Rust   Pulsifer,  M.D.,   son   of  Jona- 
than and   Polly    (Rust)    Pulsifer,   was  born   Sep- 


tember 10,  1799,  at  Poland,  Maine,  and  died 
January  27,  1877.  As  a  lad  he  attended  the  local 
district  schools,  and  after  completing  his  gen- 
eral studies  took  up  the  subject  of  medicine.  He 
followed  his  profession  in  the  towns  of  Eden, 
Sullivan  and  Ellsworth,  in  Hancock  county.  He 
was  married,  in  1819,  to  Mary  Strout  Dunn,  born 
May  30,  1801,  and  died  March  n,  1850,  daughter 
of  Hon.  Josiah  and  Sally  (Barnes)  Dunn.  Josiah 
Dunn  was  born  September  8,  1779,  and  died  Feb- 
ruary 3,  1843,  and  Sally  (Barnes)  Dunn  was  born 
January  n,  1783,  and  died  December  29,  1858. 
The  latter  was  a  daughter  of  a  celebrated  clergy- 
man of  the  day,  the  Rev.  Thomas  Barnes,  who 
represented  his  district  in  the  General  Court  of 
Massachusetts,  and  to  whom  a  monument  was 
erected  by  the  Universalists  at  Norway,  Maine, 
after  his  death.  Dr.  Moses  Rust  Pulsifer  and 
his  wife  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: i.  Josiah  Dunn,  born  in  1822,  and  was  the 
first  stenographer  employed  in  the  courts  of  the 
State  for  reporting,  an  office  that  he  held  a  num- 
ber of  years;  was  a  student,  and  learned  in  the 
law,  and  compiled  a  "Digest  of  Maine"  during 
the  time  of  his  employment  in  the  courts.  2. 
Nathan  Goldsmith  Howard,  with  whom  we  are 
here  especially  concerned.  3.  Reuben,  born  in 
1826,  and  followed  the  occupation  of  farming. 
4.  Caroline,  who  became  the  wife  of  B.  F. 
Crocker,  of  Hyannis,  Massachusetts.  5.  Augustus 
Moses,  born  June  15,  1834.  He  was  a  prominent 
attorney  and  public  man  at  Auburn,  Maine,  and 
married  Harriet  Chase,  daughter  of  Hon.  George 
W.  Chase,  of  that  city,  by  whom  he  had  seven 
children.  6.  Horatio,  who  became  a  physician.  7. 
Thomas  Benton,  who  became  a  physician  and 
practised  at  Yarmouth,  Massachusetts.  8.  Ella 
Dunn,  who  became  the  wife  of  Joseph  Bassett, 
of  Yarmouth,  Massachusetts. 

(VI)  Dr.  Nathan  Goldsmith  Howard  Pulsifer, 
second  child  of  Dr.  Moses  Rust  and  Mary 
Strout  (Dunn)  Pulsifer,  was  born  January  24, 
1824,  at  Eden,  Mount  Desert,  Hancock  county, 
Maine,  and  died  at  Waterville,  Maine,  December 
3,  1893.  His  elementary  education  was  obtained 
at  the  public  schools  of  Eden  and  Minot,  Maine, 
and  was  there  prepared  for  college.  From  early 
youth  he  had  determined  to  follow  in  his  father's 
footsteps  in  the  choice  of  a  profession,  and  with 
this  end  in  view  entered  the  Dartmouth  Medical 
School.  Here  he  distinguished  himself  as  a  bril- 
liant and  indefatigable  student,  and  pursued  his 
studies  to  such  good  purpose  that  he  was  gradu- 
ated with  the  class  of  1847.  The  young  man 
had  already  gained  familiarity  with  medical  sub- 


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jects  in  the  offices  of  his  father  and  Dr.  N.  C.. 
Harris,  and  considerable  practical  experience  in 
assisting  them  with  their  patients,  so  that  he 
was  especially  well  equipped  to  begin  practice 
on  his  own  account.  This  he  began  to  do  imme- 
diately upon  receiving  his  degree  as  Doctor  of 
Medicine,  settling  at  Fox  Island,  Maine.  He 
shared  the  fever  for  gold  hunting  which  swept 
the  country  upon  the  discovery  of  the  precious 
metal  in  California  in  1849,  and  secured  a  posi- 
tion as  physician  on  board  the  barkentine  Bel- 
grade, which  made  the  journey  around  the  Horn 
to  California  in  six  months.  He  remained  in  the 
Far  West  for  about  two  years  and  then  returned 
to  the  East,  in  1851.  He  practised  for  a  short 
time  at  Ellsworth  and  then  determined  to  take 
a  post-graduate  course,  with  which  purpose  in 
view  he  attended  several  courses  of  lectures  at 
the  medical  schools  of  New  York  City  and  Phila- 
delphia, and  worked  in  various  hospitals  in  the 
two  cities.  He  continued  thus  employed  for 
about  one  year  and  then,  in  1852,  returned  to 
Maine  and  began  practice  at  Waterville.  Here 
he  remained  actively  at  work  until  the  close  of 
his  life,  and  gained  for  himself  in  the  meantime 
the  esteem  and  veneration  of  the  whole  com- 
munity, including  his  professional  colleagues.  His 
reputation  as  a  capable  and  conscientious  physi- 
cian spread  far  beyond  the  confines  of  his  home 
town,  and  he  was  familiarly  known  throughout 
that  section  of  country.  In  addition  to  his  pro- 
fessional activities,  Dr.  Pulsifer  was  associated 
with  many  other  departments  of  the  community's 
affairs,  and  in  all  was  recognized  as  a  leader.  He 
was  the  vice-president  and  a  director  of  the 
People's  National  Bank  of  Waterville  for  many 
years,  and  its  president  for  the  ten  years  pre- 
ceding his  death.  He  was  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics and,  although  his  professional  duties  did  not 
admit  of  his  taking  so  large  a  part  in  local  poli- 
tics as  his  talents  and  qualities  of  leadership  fitted 
him  for,  he,  nevertheless,  exercised  a  beneficial 
influence  upon  affairs  as  a  private  citizen,  to 
whom  all  looked  with  respect.  He  was  keenly 
interested  in  the  development  of  real  estate 
values  in  and  about  Waterville,  and  during  the 
last  twenty  years  of  his  life  invested  largely  and 
with  judgment  in  these  properties.  In  his  relig- 
ious belief  Dr.  Pulsifer  was  a  Unitarian. 

Dr.  Pulsifer  was  united  in  marriage,  October 
24,  1855,  with  Ann  Cornelia  Moor,  a  native  of 
Waterville,  where  she  was  born,  February  16, 
1835,  a  daughter  of  William  and  Cornelia  Ann 
(Dunbar)  Moor,  old  and  highly-respected  resi- 
dents of  this  place.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Pulsifer  were 


the  parents  of  the  following  children:  I.  Nora, 
born  June  24,  1856,  and  became  the  wife  of  Frank 
Lorenzo  Thayer,  son  of  Lorenzo  Eugene  and 
Sarah  (Chase)  Thayer,  to  whom  she  has  borne 
three  children:  Nathan  Pulsifer,  born  December 
20,  1878;  Lorenzo  Eugene,  born  March  8,  1883; 
Frank  L.,  Jr.,  born  December  5,  1895.  2.  Cor- 
nelia Ann,  born  August  8,  1860,  and  became  the 
wife  of  Herbert  L.  Kelley,  son  of  Henry  and 
Mary  (Crie)  Kelley,  to  whom  she  has  borne  one 
child,  Cornelia  Pulsifer,  born  February  17,  1897. 
3.  William  Moor,  born  August  18,  1863,  a  graduate 
of  the  Colby  University  and  the  Harvard  Medical 
School;  he  also  took  a  post-graduate  course  at 
the  Hahnemann  Medical  College  at  Philadelphia, 
studied  in  Germany  for  a  year,  and  was  engaged 
in  the  active  practice  of  medicine  at  Skowhegan, 
Maine,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  November  13, 
1915;  married,  October  2,  1896,  Helen  G.  Libby, 
daughter  of  Isaac  C.  and  Helen  Libby,  who  has 
borne  him  one  child,  Libby  Pulsifer,  born  March 
27,  1899.  4.  Ralph  H.,  born  August  19,  1865,  at 
Waterville,  Maine;  graduated  from  the  Coburn 
Classical  Institute  and  Colby  University;  he 
studied  for  his  profession  at  the  Boston  Univer- 
sity Medical  School  and  the  Hahnemann  Medical 
College,  at  Philadelphia,  graduating  from  both 
institutions;  he  is  now  in  active  practice  at 
Waterville;  married,  February  23,  1893,  Grace 
Goodrich  Yeaton,  of  Belgrade,  and  they  are  the 
parents  of  one  child,  Page  Moor  Pulsifer,  born 
August  20,  1896. 

The  late  Dr.  Pulsifer  was  of  the  type  of  men 
that  make  the  best  citizens.  With  a  high  sense 
of  civic  duties  and  obligations,  he  identified  him- 
self with  many  important  movements  undertaken 
for  the  welfare  of  the  community,  and  did  much 
to  assist  in  its  development.  As  a  man  he  was 
in  all  respects  admirable,  and  won  the  confidence 
of  his  associates  in  all  walks  and  relations  of  life. 
In  all  capacities  he  measured  up  to  the  highest 
standards,  and  his  name  may  well  be  held  in 
respect  by  his  fellows.  The  life  of  a  physician 
is  no  cynosure  and  the  very  choice  of  it  is  a 
proof  of  the  sincerity  and  earnestness  of  the 
chooser,  either  as  a  student  with  an  overwhelm- 
ing love  of  his  subject,  or  as  an  altruist  whose 
first  thought  is  the  good  of  others.  Probably 
something  of  both  elements  entered  into  the 
attitude  of  Dr.  Pulsifer,  and  this  is  borne  out  by 
the  double  fact  of  his  unusual  learning  in  his 
science,  both  theory  and  practice,  and  of  his 
having  won  in  so  marked  a  degree  the  respect 
and  affection  of  his  patients  and  the  community- 
at-large. 


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DANIEL  JOHN  McGILLICUDDY— Himself 

a  native  of  the  "Pine  Tree  State"  and  an  Ameri- 
can in  character,  manner  and  ideal,  Daniel  John 
McGillicuddy,  one  of  the  leading  attorneys  of 
Lewiston,  Maine,  and  a  citizen  of  the  greatest 
public  spirit,  is  by  blood  an  Irishman  and  exhibits 
in  his  own  personality  and  character  many  of  the 
most  typical  virtues  and  abilities  of  a  long  line 
of  Irish  ancestors.  The  McGillicuddy  family  had 
its  origin  in  County  Kerry,  Ireland,  which  is  one 
of  the  most  picturesque  and  charming  districts  in 
all  that  picturesque  country,  being  situated  upon 
the  wild  and  romantic  southwest  coast,  where 
some  of  the  boldest  and  most  magnificent  scenery 
of  Ireland  occurs,  while  inland  this  grandeur  is 
softened  and  subdued  until  it  finds  its  most  typi- 
cal expression  in  the  famous  and  lovely  lake  of 
Killarney. 

In  this  beautiful  country  John  McGillicuddy, 
father  of  Daniel  John  McGillicuddy,  was  born  in 
the  year  1824.  Like  so  many  of  his  fellow  Irish- 
men at  that  time,  he  came  to  the  United  States, 
together  with  his  brother  and  sisters,  and  settled 
at  Lewiston,  Maine,  where  he  resided  during  the 
remainder  of  his  life  and  where  his  death  oc- 
curred, August  19,  1910.  He  married  Ellen 
Byrnes,  who  died  in  Lewiston  in  1884.  Mr.  Mc- 
Gillicuddy was  a  farmer  and  followed  that  occu- 
pation during  most  of  his  life,  both  before  and 
after  coming  to  the  United  States.  He  and  his 
wife  were  the  parents  of  four  children,  of  whom 
one  died  in  infancy  and  three  survive  today.  They 
are  as  follows:  Daniel  John;  Mary,  who  became 
the  wife  of  George  A.  Wiseman,  of  Lewiston, 
Maine;  John,  a  retired  merchant  of  Lewiston. 

Daniel  John  McGillicuddy  was  born  August  27, 
1859,  at  Lewiston,  Maine,  and  has  made  his  native 
city  his  home  up  to  the  present  time.  It  was 
there  that  he  received  his  early  education,  attend- 
ing for  this  purpose  the  grammar  schools,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  1874,  and  later  the 
high  school,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1877,  and 
was  prepared  for  college.  He  then  matriculated 
at  Bowdoin  College,  where  he  took  the  usual 
academic  or  practical  course,  and  where  after 
establishing  an  excellent  record  for  scholarship 
he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1881.  He 
then  became  a  student  at  law  at  Lewiston,  and 
in  1883  was  admitted  to  practice  at  the  bar  of 
Androscoggin  county.  He  at  once  opened  an 
office  at  Lewiston,  Maine,  and  continued  the 
practice  of  his  profession  by  himself  until  1891, 
when  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Frank  A. 
Morey,  under  the  name  of  McGillicuddy  & 
Morey,  which  now  occupies  a  prominent  place 


among  the  legal  firms  of  the  city.  McGillicuddy 
&  Morey  is  one  of  the  best  known  firms  not  only 
in  Lewiston  but  in  the  neighboring  city  of  Au- 
burn and  in  the  whole  surrounding  region,  and 
much  of  the  most  important  litigation  thereof 
has  been  through  its  offices.  This  office  has  also 
proved  the  training  grounds  of  many  brilliant 
lawyers,  not  a  few  of  the  successful  attorneys  of 
Auburn  and  Lewiston  having  had  their  initial 
training  there.  In  addition  to  his  legal  activities 
Mr.  McGillicuddy  has  taken  a  very  active  part 
in  several  important  aspects  of  the  city's  life, 
and  has  held  a  number  of  important  public  offices, 
in  which  he  has  acquitted  himself  not  only  to 
his  own  great  credit  but  to  the  advantage  of 
the  community-at-large.  In  1881  he  became  a 
member  of  the  School  Board  of  Lewiston,  and 
rapidly  attained  a  popularity  which  insured  his 
promotion  to  much  more  important  offices.  In 
1884  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  State  Legis- 
lature, in  which  body  he  served  most  effectively 
for  three  years,  and  in  1887  received  the  most 
honorable  post  in  the  gift  of  the  city,  when  he 
was  elected  to  the  office  of  Mayor.  His  adminis- 
tration of  the  city's  affairs  was  most  capable  and 
the  energy  with  which  he  pursued  every  under- 
taking which  looked  toward  the  general  welfare 
was  most  noteworthy.  So  much  did  he  possess 
the  general  confidence  and  admiration  of  the 
people  that  he  was  twice  returned  to  this  im- 
portant office,  being  re-elected  in  1890  and  again 
in  1902.  In  the  year  1910  he  became  the  candi- 
date for  United  States  Congress  and  was  elected 
both  in  that  year  and  in  1916.  He  is  now  serving 
his  community  in  this  high  office,  where  he  has 
won  for  himself  a  reputation  for  disinterested- 
ness and  capability  most  enviable. 

Mr.  McGillicuddy  is  a  man  of  all  around  tastes 
and  broad  sympathies,  who  finds  his  interests  in 
every  aspect  and  department  of  life.  Of  such  a 
man  it  is  not  correct  to  say  that  he  possesses 
any  hobby,  a  phrase  which  denotes  to  a  certain 
extent  so  great  a  concentration  upon  some  one 
subject  as  to  detract  from  a  normal  interest  in 
others.  It  is  the  last  accusation  that  could  be 
brought  against  Mr.  McGillicuddy,  who  finds 
pleasure  in  well  nigh  every  normal  pastime  and 
is  capable  of  appreciating  the  tastes  of  all  types 
and  characters  of  men.  During  the  day  of  the 
horse,  he  was  the  owner  of  a  large  number  of 
these  animals,  all  of  which  were  of  the  best 
example  of  their  respective  types,  and  indeed  was 
devoted  to  them  individually.  Mr.  McGillicuddy 
is  also  interested  in  the  financial  and  business 
development  of  the  community  of  which  he  is  a 


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member,  and  among  others  is  connected  with  the 
First  National  Bank  in  the  capacity  of  stock- 
holder. He  is  a  member  of  the  local  lodges  of 
the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and 
the  Knights  of  Columbus.  In  his  religious  be- 
lief Mr.  McGillicuddy  is  a  staunch  Catholic,  as 
the  members  of  his  family  have  been  for  many 
generations,  and  he  attends  St.  Joseph's  Church 
in  Lewiston. 

Daniel  John  McGillicuddy  was  united  in  mar- 
riage, July  5,  1898,  at  Lewiston,  with  Minnie  M. 
Sprague,  a  native  of  that  city  and  a  daughter  of 
Anselm  W.  and  Harriett  (Ridley)  Sprague,  old 
and  highly  respected  residents  here. 

An  additional  word  should  here  be  said  re- 
garding the  migration  of  the  McGillicuddy  family 
from  Ireland  to  the  United  States.  The  first  of 
the  name  to  reach  this  country  was  Patrick  Mc- 
Gillicuddy, an  uncle  of  Congressman  McGilli- 
cuddy, who  settled  first  in  Rhode  Island,  where 
he  was  afterwards  joined  by  his  brother,  John 
McGillicuddy,  the  father  of  Congressman  Mc- 
Gillicuddy. The  two  young  men,  after  remain- 
ing for  a  while  in  Rhode  Island  and  a  still  shorter 
period  in  Massachusetts,  came  in  the  year  1845 
to  Maine  and  settled  in  Lewiston. 

The  gaining  of  great  material  success  for  him- 
self and  a  position  of  power  and  control  in  the 
political  and  professional  world  of  Lewiston, 
Maine,  has  been  in  no  wise  incompatible  in  the 
case  of  D.  J.  McGillicuddy,  with  the  great  and 
invaluable  service  which  he  renders  to  the  com- 
munity of  which  he  is  so  distinguished  a  mem- 
ber. Pre-eminently  a  man  of  affairs,  he  has  made 
his  talents  subserve  the  double  end  of  his  own 
ambition  and  the  welfare  of  his  fellows.  Lewis- 
ton,  Maine,  is  the  scene  of  his  life-long  work  in 
connection  with  the  enterprises  so  closely  asso- 
ciated with  his  name,  and  he  is  highly  respected 
by  all  those  who  come  into  even  the  most  casual 
contact  with  him  and  by  the  community-at-large. 
Strong  common  sense  and  an  invincible  will,  the 
latter  tempered  by  unusual  tact  and  good  judg- 
ment, are  the  basis  of  his  character  and  inci- 
dentally of  his  success. 


JAMES  EVERETT  PHILOON,  a  member  of 
one  of  the  old  New  England  families,  descended 
on  the  paternal  side  of  the  house  from  ancesters 
who  came  over  on  the  Mayflower,  is  a  man  who 
is  most  closely  identified  with  the  life  of  the 
community  wherein  he  dwells.  The  name  was 
originally  spelled  Filoon  and  is  still  spelled  that 
way  in  Massachusetts,  but  in  Maine  Philoon  is 
the  spelling  adopted. 


James  Filoon,  the  original  settler,  came  from 
Cady,  County  Armagh,  Ireland,  and  was  of 
Scotch-Irish  descent,  and  a  member  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupa- 
tion, and  located  in  Abington,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  married,  but  about  1817  removed  to 
Livermore,  Maine,  and  there  resided  during  the 
remainder  of  his  life.  He  married  Christina  Bur- 
roll,  of  Abington. 

Everett  L.  Philoon  was  born  October  30,  1848, 
at  Livermore,  Maine,  and  has  been  for  many  years 
very  prominent  in  local  affairs,  and  in  1884  came 
to  Auburn,  where  he  first  engaged  in  the  grocery 
business,  meeting  with  a  gratifying  success  in 
this  line,  but  afterwards  invested  in  and  became 
associated  with  Ashe,  Noyes,  Small  &  Company. 
Mr.  Philoon  was  active  in  this  large  firm,  which 
was  engaged  in  the  business  of  manufacturing 
shoes,  until  the  time  that  he  retired  from  active 
life  on  account  of  ill-health.  Mr.  Philoon  has 
been  prominently  known  as  a  member  of  this 
firm  and  came  to  occupy  a  prominent  place  in 
the  manufacturing  and  mercantile  centers  of  the 
community.  But  it  was  rather  in  connection  with 
his  public  life  that  Mr.  Philoon  has  been  promi- 
nent and  he  has  held  many  offices  of  responsi- 
bility and  trust  in  the  community.  Among  others 
should  be  mentioned  that  of  City  Treasurer,  a 
position  to  which  he  was  elected  in  1899,  and 
then,  after  the  lapse  of  many  years,  again  in 
1914.  Mr.  Philoon  is  a  staunch  supporter  of  the 
Democratic  party  and  the  principles  and  policies 
which  it  stands  for,  and  it  was  as  the  nominee 
of  this  party  that  he  was  elected  to  the  various 
offices  which  he  has  held.  In  1905  Mr.  Philoon 
was  elected  to  represent  the  county  as  a  member 
of  the  State  Senate  and  served  on  this  body  dur- 
ing two  terms.  He  is  also  prominent  in  the 
Universalist  church,  was  a  president  of  the  Maine 
Universalist  Convention,  and  a  trustee  of  the 
Westbrook  Seminary  at  Portland.  Mr.  Philoon 
was  married  to  Mary  Arabella  Lara,  a  native  of 
Turner,  Maine,  and  to  them  four  children  were 
born,  one  of  whom  died  in  infancy.  The  three 
remaining  are  as  follows:  Daniel  Lara,  who  is 
now  engaged  in  the  drug  business  at  Newton 
Center,  Maine,  and  is  a  graduate  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Maine,  with  the  class  of  1901;  Wallace, 
and  James  Everett. 

Among  the  successful  business  men  of  the 
prosperous  city  of  Auburn,  Maine,  a  high  place 
is  due  Everett  L.  Philoon,  whose  career  from 
the  outset  was  successful  in  the  best  sense  of 
the  term,  in  that  it  had  contributed  to  the  wel- 
fare of  the  community  as  well  as  to  his  own,  and 


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which  has  placed  him  in  the  regard  of  his  fellow 
citizens.  Mr.  Philoon  is  a  type  of  citizen,  com- 
bining in  his  character  and  personality  in  very 
happy  proportion  the  qualities  of  the  practical 
business  man  with  those  of  the  public-spirited, 
whose  thoughts  are  with  the  welfare  of  the  com- 
munity. It  has  been  by  his  own  efforts  that  he 
has  risen  to  the  position  which  he  held  and 
throughout  his  career  he  never  had  conducted 
his  affairs  so  that  they  were  anything  but  a  bene- 
fit to  all  his  associates  and  the  city-at-large.  He 
is  frank  and  outspoken,  a  man  whose  integrity 
has  never  been  called  in  question,  who  could  be 
and  is  trusted  to  keep  the  spirit  as  well  as  the 
letter  of  every  contract. 

Born  May  I,  1887,  James  Everett  Philoon,  son 
of  Everett  L.  and  Mary  Arabella  (Lara)  Philoon, 
has  made  Auburn  his  home.  It  was  there  that 
he  received  the  elementary  portion  of  his  educa- 
tion at  the  public  schools,  graduating  from  the 
grammar  grades  in  the  year  1904.  He  then  at- 
tended the  Hebron  Academy,  where  he  took  an 
active  part  in  debating,  from  which  he  graduated 
in  1909,  and  where  he  was  prepared  for  a  college 
course.  In  the  same  year  he  matriculated  at 
Bowdoin  College  and  graduated  from  that  insti- 
tution with  the  class  of  1913.  In  the  meantime, 
however,  Mr.  Philoon  decided  to  take  up  the  law 
as  a  profession,  and  with  this  end  in  view  entered 
the  Boston  University  Law  School,  from  which 
he  graduated  with  the  class  of  1916.  Mr.  Philoon 
then  at  once  opened  an  office  at  Auburn,  situated 
at  No.  81  Main  street,  which  has  been  his  head- 
quarters ever  since.  Besides  the  theoretical  train- 
ing gained  by  him  at  the  Boston  University  Law 
School,  Mr.  Philoon  also  studied  for  a  while  with 
the  firm  of  Newell  &  Woodwise,  eminent  attor- 
neys of  Lewiston,  and  there  gained  the  practical 
side  of  the  profession.  He  is  now  engaged  by 
himself.  In  politics  Mr.  Philoon  is  a  supporter 
of  the  Democratic  party,  but  this  support  is  in 
no  sense  partisan,  as  he  reserves  for  himself  the 
right  to  decide  in  every  question  of  public  issue 
on  the  merits  of  the  case  as  he  sees  it,  and 
never  allows  the  mere  interest  of  his  party  or 
his  party  colleagues  to  interfere  with  what  he 
regards  to  be  to  the  best  advantage  of  the  com- 
munity-at-large.  He  takes  a  particular  pleasure 
in  reading  and  especially  enjoys  historical  works 
of  all  kinds.  History  may  perhaps  be  called  his 
hobby,  if  any  one  subject  can  be  so  designated. 
Mr.  Philoon  is  a  member  of  a  number  of  fra- 
ternal circles  of  Auburn,  and  prominent  in  the 
Masonic  order.  He  is  affiliated  with  Tranquil 
Lodge,  No.  29,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Ma- 


sons. During  his  college  life  Mr.  Philoon  be- 
came a  member  of  the  Phi  Delta  Phi,  legal  fra- 
ternity, and  the  Alpha  Delta  Phi  fraternity  of 
Bowdoin  College,  and  held  the  position  of  consul 
of  the  former  organization  during  his  senior  year 
at  the  Boston  University  Law  School.  He  is 
also  a  member  of  the  Waseca  Club,  of  Auburn,  in 
which  he  held  the  office  of  treasurer,  and  takes 
part  actively  in  social  life  here.  In  his  religious 
belief  Mr.  Philoon  is  a  Universalist,  is  very  active 
in  the  work  of  his  church,  and  at  the  present  time 
is  superintendent  of  its  Sunday  school  and  also 
holds  the  office  of  trustee  of  the  parish. 

Wallace  Copeland  Philoon,  the  brother  of 
James  Everett  Philoon,  is  a  graduate  of  Bow- 
doin College,  with  the  class  of  1905.  He  after- 
wards attended  West  Point  Military  Academy, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  1909.  He  was  after- 
wards detailed  to  the  infantry  service  in  the  West, 
later  was  stationed  at  Honolulu,  and  has  recently 
received  his  commission  as  captain. 


WESTON  LEWIS— A  more  fitting  prelude  to 
a  review  of  the  life  of  Weston  Lewis,  now  gone 
to  "that  bourne  from  which  no  traveler  returns," 
cannot  be  conceived  than  the  following  tribute 
from  the  pen  of  his  lifetime  friend  and  business 
associate,  Josiah  S.  Maxcy: 

My  acquaintance  with  Weston  Lewis  began  in 
the  old  time  Lyceum  building,  when  I  entered 
school  in  the  fall  of  1866.  I  was  a  small,  under- 
sized boy,  scarcely  twelve  years  old,  and  as  then 
was  the  custom  I  was  being  hazed.  Weston,  who 
was  one  of  the  largest  boys,  said,  "He  is  small, 
don't  hurt  him,"  picked  me  up  and  tossed  me  out 
of  the  ring.  This  has  been  characteristic  of  him 
through  life, — to  help  the  weak. 

The  old  Lyceum  building  burned  in  the  fall  of 
1869,  and  the  high  school  was  demoralized  until 
the  spring  of  1872,  when  he  was  engaged  as  a 
teacher.  He  had  just  passed  his  twenty-first 
birthday  and  was  a  young  giant  in  strength  and 
stature.  As  in  after  life,  he  soon  asserted  him- 
self, and  it  took  only  a  short  time  to  throw  the 
unruly  boys  over  the  seats  and  restore  order. 

Our  real  acquaintance  started  when  he  entered 
the  Savings  Bank  in  1875,  and  we  soon  had  busi- 
ness interests  in  common.  For  over  a  third  of  a 
century,  when  both  were  in  Gardiner,  we  were 
with  each  other  daily,  and  we  traveled  together 
thousands  of  miles  on  business  trips.  We  en- 
gaged in  the  building  and  operation  of  water 
plants,  in  the  ice  business,  in  banking,  railroad- 
ing, timber  interests  and  mining.  In  our  exten- 
sive business  we  kept  no  regular  co-partnership 
books,  and  had  no  written  agreements,  yet  no 
question  as  to  settlements  ever  arose.  We  had 
perfect  mutual  confidence  and  never  failed  to 
agree  upon  any  conversation  that  had  occurred 
years  before. 

Large,    strong,    vigorous,     optimistic,    bold    in 


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business  ventures,  yet  so  sensitive  to  censure 
that  I  have  known  of  his  refusal  to  run  for  office 
on  account  of  the  notoriety  and  criticism  of  a 
campaign.  Unknown  to  the  world,  he  has  helped 
many  a  young  man  to  an  education  and  has  made 
considerable  sacrifice  from  a  generous  impulse  to 
assist  others. 

Weston  Lewis  was  a  man  of  broad  ideas,  loyal 
to  his  friends,  and  generous  with  his  counsel 
and  gifts.  For  many  years  he  has  been  a  power 
in  our  city,  and  even  more  than  we  now  realize, 
we  shall  feel  his  loss. 

Just  across  the  Kennebec  river  from  Gardiner, 
in  Pittston  township,  Kennebec  county,  Maine, 
lies  the  village  of  Pittston,  the  birthplace  of 
Weston  Lewis  and  the  home  of  his  parents, 
Warren  R.  Lewis  (son  of  Stephen  W.  Lewis), 
born  in  Jefferson,  Maine,  a  farmer,  who  retired 
after  a  successful  career,  honored  and  esteemed 
by  all.  He  married  Laura  Jane  Carleton,  born 
at  Kings  Mills,  Maine,  who  gave  her  life  for  that 
of  her  son,  Weston,  at  his  birth,  December  26, 
1850.  There  his  youth  was  spent,  but  later, 
when  choosing  a  residence  and  base  of  activity, 
he  selected  Gardiner,  just  across  the  river  from 
his  birthplace.  There  the  adult  period  of  his 
years,  sixty-seven,  were  passed,  and  when  the 
end  came,  shortly  before  midnight,  September 
21,  1918,  at  his  home,  "The  Cove,"  the  com- 
munity mourned  the  loss  of  its  best  and  truest 
friend. 

Weston  Lewis  attended  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  town  and  of  Gardiner,  completing 
preparation  for  college  with  the  graduating  Gar- 
diner high  school  class  of  1868.  He  then  spent 
four  years  at  Bowdoin  College,  whence  he  was 
graduated  A.B.,  class  of  1872,  receiving  the  de- 
gree of  A.M.  from  his  alma  mater  later.  The 
next  three  years,  1872-75,  were  spent  as  principal 
of  Gardiner  High  School,  then  retired  as  an  edu- 
cator to  enter  business  life.  In  1875  he  was 
chosen  assistant  treasurer  of  the  Gardiner  Sav- 
ings Institution,  and  a  year  later  was  elected 
treasurer  of  the  same  institution,  serving  until 
1888,  when  he  was  chosen  by  the  board  of  direct- 
ors as  the  executive  head  of  the  institution.  In 
1885  Mr.  Lewis  began  his  close  association  with 
Josiah  S.  Maxcy,  an  association  which  only  death 
dissolved.  Their  first  large  associated  business 
was  in  the  erection  of  the  Gardiner  water  works, 
a  venture  which  at  that  time  was  one  of  some 
uncertainty  as  a  profitable  one.  But  both  men 
possessed  broad  vision  and  public  spirit  which 
nerved  them  to  the  task  which  eventually  brought 
them  abundant  return.  During  the  years  which 
followed,  Messrs.  Lewis  and  Maxcy  constructed 
water  works  systems  at  Waterville,  Fairfield, 


Dover,  Foxcroft,  Calais,  St.  Stephens,  Madison, 
Maine,  and  at  Milltown,  New  Brunswick,  buying 
controlling  interest  in  the  systems  at  Bath  and 
Brunswick,  Maine.  All  these  interests  were  con- 
solidated under  the  corporate  name,  The  Maine 
Water  Company.  The  Maine  Trust  and  Banking 
Company,  of  Gardiner,  Maine,  was  organized  in 
1889,  Weston  Lewis  being  chosen  its  first  presi- 
dent, and  until  his  death,  twenty-nine  years  later, 
no  other  man  held  that  office.  He  was  president 
of  the  Kennebec  Central  railroad  from  its  incep- 
tion, and  president  of  the  Sandy  River  railroad 
for  twenty  years,  until  its  purchase  by  the  Maine 
Central,  in  1911.  For  eight  years  he  was  director 
of  the  Maine  Central  railroad,  director  of  the 
Mutual  Union  Life  Insurance  Company  of  Port- 
land, Maine,  director  of  the  Bath  Iron  Works, 
Limited,  and  had  many  other  important  business 
connections,  part  of  these  being  with  corpora- 
tions and  business  enterprises  beyond  local  or 
State  limits. 

He  retained  a  lively  interest  in  his  alma  mater 
and  served  her  for  eight  years  as  a  trustee,  and 
was  Bowdoin's  loyal  friend  always.  He  was  presi- 
dent of  the  local  Board  of  Trade,  and  was  gener- 
ous with  the  financial  aid  so  necessary  in  all 
enterprises  to  make  well-intentioned  sympathy 
really  helpful.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics 
and  served  his  city  in  both  branches  of  Council, 
representing  Ward  No.  3  in  1885,  and  in  1886-88 
acting  as  alderman.  He  was  a  member  of  Gov- 
ernor Plaisted's  State  Council  in  1911-12,  and  one 
of  the  strong  men  of  that  administration.  When 
war  with  Germany  brought  forward  new  prob- 
lems he  at  once  willingly  shouldered  his  part  of 
the  burden,  and  on  Kennebec  County  Exemption 
Board,  No.  2,  served  loyally  until  ill  health  com- 
pelled him  to  desist.  This  was  true  in  all  war 
activities  and  drives,  as  he  was  a  hard  worker  in 
placing  Liberty  Loans  and  in  raising  Gardiner's 
quota  for  the  various  funds.  He  was  very  friendly 
and  approachable,  sympathetic  to  a  high  degree 
and  generous  in  his  response  to  every  cause. 
Gifts  of  thousands  were  not  unusual  to  him;  no 
worthy  charity  but  received  his  aid,  and  no  pro- 
gressive public  enterprise  he  did  not  forward. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  Cumber- 
land Club  of  Portland,  Bramhall  League  of  Port- 
land, and  of  two  Boston  clubs.  In  religious 
preference  he  was  an  Episcopalian. 

Weston  Lewis  married,  at  Gardiner,  October 
18,  1876,  Eleanor  W.  Partridge,  who  survives  her 
husband,  and  is  a  resident  of  Portland,  Maine. 
She  is  a  daughter  of  the  late  Charles  H.  Part- 
ridge, who  was  born  in  Hallowell,  Maine,  a  mer- 


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chant  of  Gardiner.  He  married  Bridget  Western, 
born  in  Madison,  Maine,  both  long  since  passed 
to  their  reward.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lewis  were  the 
parents  of  two  sons,  Carleton,  who  died  October 
13,  1918,  and  Henry,  now  of  Portland,  Maine;  and 
one  daughter,  Eleanor,  residing  with  her  mother 
in  Portland. 

Such  in  brief  was  the  lifework  of  Weston 
Lewis,  whose  life  was  lived  in  the  public  view 
and  pronounced  good.  A  leader  in  the  business 
world,  his  was  a  potent  voice  in  the  councils  of 
the  Democratic  party  of  Maine,  a  vital  force  for 
progress  and  good  in  his  community.  Too  much 
stress  cannot  be  placed  upon  the  value  of  his 
life  to  his  fellow-men.  When  he  was  borne  to 
his  last  resting  place  he  was  followed  by  men  of 
high  distinction  as  his  honorary  bearers:  Ex- 
Governor  William  T.  Cobb;  Morris  McDonald, 
president  of  the  Maine  Central  railroad;  Kenneth 
Sills,  president  of  Bowdoin  College;  Hon.  E.  B. 
Winslow,  of  Portland;  Robert  H.  Gardiner; 
Henry  Richards;  Josiah  S.  Maxcy;  N.  C.  Bar- 
stow,  of  Gardiner;  C.  H.  Gilman,  of  Portland,  and 
Howard  Corning,  of  Bangor. 

Carleton  Lewis,  eldest  child  of  Weston  and 
Eleanor  W.  (Partridge)  Lewis,  was  born  in  Gar- 
diner, Maine,  October  6,  1878,  died  at  Warren, 
Oregon,  October  13,  1918.  He  prepared  for  col- 
lege in  private  schools,  but  did  not  enter,  choos- 
ing instead  a  business  career.  At  the  age  of 
eighteen,  under  the  able  training  of  his  father, 
he  had  developed  such  keen  business  instinct  and 
was  so  good  a  judge  of  standing  timber  that  he 
was  sent  out  by  Weston  Lewis  as  a  buyer  of 
timber  tracts  in  the  Rangeley  Lakes  section.  As 
he  reached  years  of  legal  responsibility  he  was 
admitted  to  several  of  his  father's  railroad  enter- 
prises and  became  very  familiar  with  banking 
operations.  He  remained  with  his  father  until 
1905,  then  went  to  Oregon,  where  in  the  thirteen 
years  of  life  yet  remaining  to  him  he  became  very 
prominent  as  a  banking  and  business  man.  He 
established  a  bank  at  Rainier,  a  town  of  Columbia 
county,  Oregon,  on  the  Columbia  river,  fifty  miles 
north  of  Portland;  another  at  White  Salmon, 
Klickitat  county,  Washington;  and  was  in  charge 
of  the  Columbia  river  agency  of  the  Dupont  Pow- 
der Company.  He  owned  a  large  farm  at  War- 
ren, Columbia  county,  Oregon,  and  there  in  1916 
he  erected  a  handsome  country  residence,  remov- 
ing thence  from  Portland,  which  had  been  his 
home  ever  since  locating  in  Oregon.  His  home 
in  Portland  was  in  that  part  of  the  city  known 
as  Portland  Heights,  opposite  Mt.  Hood.  He 
was  a  business  man  of  high  ability,  energetic, 


clear-visioned  and  fearless  in  following  where  his 
judgment  led. 

Mr.  Lewis  was  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and  loyal 
in  his  party  allegiance,  but  public  life  held  no  at- 
traction for  him,  and  he  persistently  refused  nom- 
ination for  political  office.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Oregon  Home  Guard,  ranking  as  major,  and 
prominent  in  the  Masonic  order,  holding  the 
thirty-second  degree  of  the  Ancient  Accepted 
Scottish  Rite,  and  was  affiliated  with  lodge,  chap- 
ter and  commandery  of  the  York  Rite;  also  was 
a  noble  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  His  club  was  the 
Portland,  of  Portland,  and  his  religious  faith  that 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church. 

Carleton  Lewis  married,  December  31,  1902, 
Elizabeth  S.  Clark,  daughter  of  Charles  W.  Clark, 
of  Markesan,  Green  Lake  county,  Wisconsin. 


FREDERICK  VIVIAN  MATTHEWS  is  a 
member  of  an  old  and  distinguished  family  of 
Maine,  which  for  four  generations  made  its  home 
in  Boothbay,  where  it  was  founded  by  John 
Matthews  about  the  middle  of  the  eighteenth  cen- 
tury. Tradition  is  that  he  was  a  son  of  Samuel 
R.  Matthews,  the  immigrant  ancestor,  who  cam* 
to  this  country  from  England,  some  time  prior 
to  1631.  This  ancestor  was  Francis  Matthews, 
who  was  of  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  in  that 
year,  of  Oyster  River  in  1633,  of  Exeter  in  1639- 
46,  and  who  moved  t*  Dover,  New  Hampshire, 
in  1647,  where  for  four  generations  the  family 
remained  residents. 

John  Matthews,  of  Boothbay,  was  born  about 
1730,  or  possibly  as  late  as  1735,  and  is  recorded 
to  have  been  the  owner  of  a  farm  of  two  hun- 
dred acres  on  the  shore  of  Back  river,  opposite 
Barter's  island,  in  what  was  then  known  as 
Townsend,  but  is  now  Boothbay,  Maine,  having 
undoubtedly  come  to  Boothbay  with  the  colony 
known  as  the  "Dover  District,"  settled  about 
1757.  We  have  also  a  record  of  his  marriage 
at  Georgetown,  August  29,  1764,  when  he  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Janette  Barter,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  Barter,  of  Dover,  New  Hampshire, 
and  later  of  Townsend  or  Boothbay,  Maine,  and  a 
descendant  of  Henry  Barter,  who  came  from 
England  with  William  Pepperell,  in  1675,  and  set- 
tled at  Crockett's  Neck,  in  Kittery,  Maine.  From 
John  and  Janette  (Barter)  Matthews  the  line  de- 
scends through  Captain  John  Matthews,  who 
married,  April  15,  1804,  Rebecca  Southard,  of 
Boothbay,  born  March  17,  1786;  Alfred  Matthews, 
grandfather,  and  Captain  Elbridge  Matthews, 
father  of  the  Mr.  Matthews  of  this  sketch. 

Alfred  Matthews,  grandfather  of  Frederick  V. 


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Matthews,  was  born  in  Boothbay,  Maine,  August 
3,  1806,  and  died  January  26,  1879.  He  was  a 
prominent  man  in  Boothbay,  was  a  carpenter  by 
trade,  was  the  owner  of  a  large  farm  in  Booth- 
bay,  and  occasionally  made  sea  voyages,  becom- 
ing very  well  acquainted  with  the  coast  of  New 
England.  He  was  twice  married,  his  first  wife, 
Charlotte  (Dunton)  Matthews,  born  September 
22,  1805,  daughter  of  Timothy  Dunton,  Jr.,  and 
Margaret  (Pinkham)  Dunton,  of  Boothbay,  being 
the  mother  of  all  his  children,  as  follows:  Ed- 
ward, born  November  16,  1830,  lost  at  sea  in 
1851;  Rebecca,  born  December  26,  1832,  became 
the  wife  of  Sewall  Wylie;  Georgianna,  born  Sep- 
tember I,  1837,  and  married  Llewellyn  Baker; 
Elbridgc,  of  further  mention;  and  Byron  C.,  born 
March  31,  1845,  now  (1917)  residing  in  Booth- 
bay. 

Captain  Elbridge  Matthews,  father  of  Frederick 
V.  Matthews,  was  born  at  Boothbay,  Maine,  Oc- 
tober 24,  1840,  died  January  29,  1917.  The  child- 
hood associations  with  his  grandfather,  Captain 
John  Matthews,  inspired  in  him  a  strong  love 
of  the  sea,  and  filled  his  mind  with  all  manner  of 
tales  and  legends  concerning  not  only  his  own 
adventures,  but  the  entire  great  body  of  tradition 
which  has  sprung  up  about  the  life  of  a  sailor. 
While  still  little  more  than  a  child,  he  shipped  as 
cabin  boy  on  board  a  brig,  to  gain  for  himself  a 
first-hand  knowledge  of  this  romantic  way  of 
life.  He  displayed  aptness,  and  worked  his  way 
up  so  rapidly  that  when  only  twenty-two  years 
of  age  he  was  placed  in  command  of  a  vessel. 
He  sailed  as  master  of  several  vessels  for  a  period 
of  twenty-four  years,  and  met  with  many  adven- 
tures and  thrilling  escapes,  including  fire  and  a 
collision  with  a  steamship,  but  he  never  lost  a 
vessel.  In  1886  he  retired  from  the  sea  and 
established  himself  in  the  grain  and  feed  busi- 
ness at  South  Portland,  Maine.  Eight  years  later 
his  place  was  destroyed  by  fire,  but  he  rebuilt  it 
and  continued  his  successful  career.  He  extended 
his  business,  opening  branch  establishments,  the 
first  in  Portland,  in  1892,  and  another  at  Wood- 
fords,  the  same  year,  in  1899  retiring  entirely 
from  business  life.  He  built  a  large  residence 
on  Pleasant  avenue,  Portland,  in  1898.  Being 
active  in  public  affairs,  he  served  two  years  as 
alderman,  icpresenting  his  ward  in  Deering.  Cap- 
tain Matthews  was  affiliated  with  Fraternity 
Lodge  and  Machigonne  Encampment,  Independ- 
ent Order  of  Odd  Fellows;  Lincoln  Lodge,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Wiscasset,  Maine;  and 
the  Improved  Order  of  Red  Men.  Captain  Mat- 
thews married  (first)  Lovesta  Hodgdon,  born 


November  19,  1839,  twelfth  child  of  Timothy 
and  Frances  (Tibbets)  Hodgdon,  of  Boothbay, 
and  they  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: Frederick  Vivian,  of  further  mention; 
Chester,  born  November  8,  1866,  died  in  1915; 
Genevieve,  born  August  4,  1870;  Leslie  Mitchell, 
died  in  infancy;  Florence  Lovesta,  born  Febru- 
ary 27,  1883.  The  mother  of  these  children  died 
March  9,  1883.  Captain  Matthews  married  (sec- 
ond) October  20,  1884,  Florence  D.  Hodgdon, 
niece  of  his  first  wife,  and  a  daughter  of  Zina 
H.  and  Rhinda  (Reed)  Hodgdon,  of  Boothbay. 
They  are  the  parents  of  one  child,  Marion  Laura, 
born  July  n,  1886;  married  Lester  M.  Hart,  ot 
Portland,  Maine. 

Frederick  Vivian  Matthews  was  born  at  Booth- 
bay,  Maine,  September  2,  1865,  and  there  passed 
his  early  childhood.  In  1873  his  parents  came 
to  Deering,  now  a  part  of  Portland,  and  the  lad 
gained  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  that 
city  and  at  Hebron  Academy,  graduating  from 
the  high  school  in  1883,  and  from  the  academy 
the  following  year.  He  then  went  to  South 
America,  but  at  the  expiration  of  a  year  returned. 
He  then  matriculated  at  Colby  University,  where 
he  remained  two  years,  and  then  entered  the  law 
office  of  Drummond  &  Drummond,  distinguished 
members  of  the  Maine  bar.  He  was  admitted  to 
the  Maine  bar  in  October,  1889,  and  at  once 
opened  an  office  for  the  practice  of  his  profession 
at  No.  306  Congress  street,  Portland,  his  present 
address,  and  in  the  meantime  has  built  up  a  lucra- 
tive practice.  For  several  years  he  held  the  office 
of  secretary  of  the  Republican  City  Committee, 
which  has  frequently  sent  him  as  a  delegate  to 
the  party  conventions  in  various  parts  of  the 
country.  From  1888  to  1891  he  held  the  office 
of  collector  of  Deering,  and  after  the  incorpora- 
tion of  that  town  as  a  city,  in  1892,  he  served  as 
a  member  of  the  Board  of  Registration.  Other 
offices  which  he  held  were  those  of  City  Solicitor 
and  a  number  of  minor  posts  in  the  city  govern- 
ment. He  was  one  of  the  most  active  advocates 
of  the  project  to  annex  Deering  to  the  city  of 
Portland,  and  served  as  chairman  of  the  annexa- 
tion committee  of  Deering,  in  which  capacity  he 
successfully  conducted  the  campaign  which  event- 
ually resulted  in  that  action  being  taken.  It  was 
he  who  presented  the  matter  to  the  Legislative 
Committee  during  the  session  of  that  body  in 
1809,  when  the  measure  was  finally  passed.  Mr. 
Matthews  is  a  member  of  the  American  Bar  Asso- 
ciation, serving  as  a  member  for  Maine  of  the 
General  Council  for  a  term.  He  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  Deering  Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted 


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Masons;  Fraternity  Lodge  and  Una  Encamp- 
ment, of  Portland,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows;  the  Portland  Club;  the  Maine  His- 
torical Society;  and  Maine  Genealogical  Society. 
For  many  years  he  has  been  associated  with  the 
State  Street  Congregational  Church,  of  Portland, 
and  is  a  member  of  the  State  Street  Parish  Club, 
and  the  Congregational  Club  of  Portland,  also 
serving  as  the  secretary  of  the  latter  for  seven 
years.  In  1914  Colby  University  conferred  upon 
him  the  honorary  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  for 
distingished  attainment  in  his  profession. 

Mr.  Matthews  married,  June  25,  1890,  Annie  B. 
Harmon,  daughter  of  Treuman  and  Harriett 
(Files)  Harmon,  and  a  member  of  an  old  and  dis- 
tinguished Maine  family.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harmon 
are  deceased.  Mrs.  Matthews,  through  her 
mother's  family,  is  descended  from  Colonel  Rog- 
ers and  his  son,  who  came  to  this  country  in  the 
Mayflower,  1620.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Matthews  are  the 
parents  of  a  daughter,  Vivien  Harmon,  born  Au- 
gust 14,  1895;  she  was  a  pupil  of  the  Waynflete 
School  at  Portland,  for  some  seven  years,  then 
attended  the  Ossining  School,  at  Ossining-on- 
the-Hudson,  New  York,  two  years,  from  which 
she  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1914,  later 
attending  Wheaton  College,  at  Norton,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  now  (1917)  makes  her  home  with 
her  parents  at  Portland. 


JOSEPH  BLAKE  DRUMMOND,  M.D.— The 
name  Drummond  is  of  ancient  Scottish  origin 
and  the  family  which  bears  it  has  played  a  very 
distinguished  part  in  the  intellectual  development 
of  Scotland,  many  of  its  members  having  been 
prominent  in  the  various  departments  of  science, 
art,  literature  and  philosophy.  The  same  charac- 
teristics which  have  marked  so  conspicuously  the 
Drummonds  in  their  native  land  have  followed 
that  branch  of  the  family  which  migrated  to 
America,  and  are  still  in  their  possession  in  the 
New  World.  Among  the  famous  Drummonds  of 
the  past  should  be  mentioned  William  Drum- 
mond, of  Hawthornden  (1585-1641),  a  contempo- 
rary and  friend  of  Ben  Jonson,  and  himself  a 
poet  of  charm  and  power.  Another  Drummond 
who  has  won  a  world-wide  reputation  is  Henry 
Drummond,  theologian  and  scientist  and  the  au- 
thor of  many  important  philosophical  works. 

The  progenitor  of  the  family  in  America  was 
one  Alexander  Drummond,  who  came  to  this 
country  from  the  north  of  Ireland,  to  which 
either  he  or  his  parents  had  migrated  from  Scot- 
land, and  who  was  a  staunch  Scotch  Presbyterian 
in  religious  belief.  At  the  time  of  his  coming  to 


America,  in  1729,  he  was  a  man  well  advanced  in 
years  and  brought  with  him  a  family  of  grown- 
up children,  to  say  nothing  of  a  number  of  grand- 
children. The  purpose  of  his  migration  to  this 
country  was  his  desire  for  a  greater  religious 
freedom  than  could  be  found  in  the  Old  World 
at  that  time,  and  here  it  is  to  be  supposed  that 
he  discovered  what  he  sought.  From  him  the 
line  runs  through  Patrick,  John,  John  (2),  Clark, 
Josiah  Hayden,  to  Josiah  Hayden,  Jr.,  the  father 
of  the  Dr.  Drummond  of  this  sketch. 

The  first  Josiah  Hayden  Drummond  was  a  very 
capable  attorney  and  a  leader  of  the  bar  in  the 
State  of  Maine.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Water- 
ville  College,  and  played  so  prominent  a  part  in 
the  life  of  his  community  that  he  received  the 
honorary  degree  of  LL.D.  both  from  his  alma 
mater  and  Colby  University.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Maine  Legislature  for  three  terms  and 
served  as  president  of  that  body  for  two  of  them, 
and  he  was  also  State  Senator  and  Attorney  Gen- 
eral of  the  State.  He  was  a  very  prominent  Free 
Mason,  was  grand  master  of  the  local  lodge,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  grand  high  priest  of  the 
Royal  Arch  Masons,  grand  master  of  the  Royal 
and  Select  Masters,  grand  commander  of  the 
Knights  Templar  of  the  State  of  Maine,  and  also 
held  the  offices  of  general  grand  high  priest  of 
General  Grand  Chapter,  United  States  of  America, 
general  grand  master  of  the  Grand  Council, 
United  States  of  America,  and  grand  commander 
of  Supreme  Council,  Thirty-third  North  Masonic 
Jurisdiction,  United  States  of  America,  for  twelve 
years,  and  was  chairman  of  committee  on  foreign 
correspondence  of  Grand  Lodge  of  Maine  for 
twenty-seven  years.  He  was  a  brother  of  Everett 
Richard  Drummond,  also  a  distinguished  attorney 
and  prominent  Free  Mason,  and  one  of  the  most 
influential  Methodists  of  the  State.  Josiah  Hay- 
den Drummond  married,  December  10,  1850,  El- 
zada  Rollins  Bean,  a  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Lucetta  (Foster)  Bean,  of  New  York. 

Josiah  Hadyen  Drummond,  Jr.,  son  of  Josiah 
Hayden  and  Elzada  Rollins  (Bean)  Drummond, 
was  born  at  Winslow,  Maine.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  region,  and 
following  in  his  father's  footsteps  took  up  the 
profession  of  law.  He  made  his  home  in  Port- 
land, Maine,  and  there  followed  the  practice  of 
his  profession  with  a  high  degree  of  success  dur- 
ing the  major  part  of  his  life,  and  was  recognized 
as  one  of  the  leaders  of  the  bar  in  Cumberland 
county.  He  married  Sallie  T.  Blake. 

Dr.  Joseph  Blake  Drummond  was  born  July  12, 
1884,  at  Portland,  Maine,  son  of  Josiah  Hayden, 


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Jr.,  and  Sallie  T.  (Blake)  Drummond.  The  pre- 
liminary portion  of  his  education  was  received  in 
the  local  public  schools,  and  he  graduated  from 
the  high  school  there  in  1903  and  was  there  pre- 
pared for  college.  In  the  autumn  of  the  same 
year  he  matriculated  at  Bowdoin  College,  where 
he  established  a  very  high  record  for  character 
and  scholarship  and  was  graduated  with  the  class 
of  1907.  Not  only  did  he  attract  the  favorable 
regard  of  his  masters  and  professors,  but  he  was 
also  a  popular  figure  with  his  fellow  undergradu- 
ates and  was  a  member  of  the  college  fraternity 
of  Kappa  Epsilon.  Coming  from  a  family  in 
which  professional  life  was  the  tradition,  Mr. 
Drummond  himself  decided  on  such  a  career,  but 
instead  of  following  that  of  the  law,  with  which 
several  generations  of  his  ancestors  had  been 
associates,  he  took  up  medicine,  determining  to 
make  this  his  career  in  life.  With  this  end  in 
view,  he  entered  the  Bowdoin  Medical  School, 
immediately  upon  graduating  from  the  classical 
course  in  the  same  institution,  and  here  studied 
until  1910,  when  he  was  graduated  with  the  de- 
gree of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  Since  that  time  he 
has  been  in  active  practice  in  the  city  of  Port- 
land, where  he  has  met  with  a  most  marked  and 
well-merited  success,  and  now  enjoys  the  patron- 
age of  a  large  and  high-class  clientage.  Dr. 
Drummond  is  regarded  as  among  the  leaders  of 
the  medical  profession  in  the  city  and  by  the 
community-at-large.  He  is  highly  interested  in 
general  medical  affairs,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Cumberland  County  Medical  Society,  the  Maine 
Medical  Association,  the  American  Medical  Asso- 
ciation and  the  Portland  Medical  Club.  Dr. 
Drummond  is  also  active  in  many  other  non- 
professional  organizations  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Portland  Club,  the  Rotary  Club  and  the  Cumber- 
land Club,  all  of  Portland.  In  his  religious  belief 
he  is  a  Congregationalist  and  is  a  member  of  the 
State  Street  Church  of  that  denomination. 

On  December  14,  1911,  Dr.  Drummond  married, 
at  Augusta,  Maine,  Katherine  Murray  Randall,  a 
daughter  of  Ira  Sturgis  and  Evangeline  (Mur- 
ray) Randall,  members  of  old  and  honorable 
Maine  families. 

Medicine  is  an  exacting  mistress  to  those  who 
follow  her,  but  though  exacting  she  brings  her 
rewards.  Of  her  votaries  she  demands  from  first 
to  last  that  they  make  themselves  students,  nor 
will  she  excuse  them  from  this  necessity,  how- 
soever far  they  may  progress  in  knowledge.  Of 
them,  too,  she  will  have  the  strictest  adherence 
to  her  standards,  the  closest  observation  of  the 
etiquette  she  has  approved,  so  that  one  should 


not  inconsiderately  pledge  himself  to  her  cause. 
If,  however,  after  learning  all  these  things,  he 
still  feels  a  devotion  to  her  strong  enough  for 
him  to  brave  them,  then  let  him  undertake  her 
adventure,  satisfied  that,  pursued  boldly  and  dili- 
gently, it  will  lead  him  eventually  to  some  fair 
port,  to  some  well-favored  place  in  the  world's 
esteem.  It  is  perhaps  this,  as  much  as  any  other 
matter,  that  makes  it  the  choice  of  so  many  of 
our  young  men  as  a  career  in  life,  a  throng 
so  great  that  all  complain  of  its  overcrowding, 
and  yet  a  throng  that  continues  to  increase.  It 
is  this,  this  not  unwarrantable  imagination  that  it 
eventually  leads  somewhere,  more  than  the  pure 
love  of  the  subject  itself,  that  makes  this  road  so 
well  traveled.  Yet  there  are  some  who  possess  a 
pure  love  of  medicine  for  its  own  sake,  even  in 
this  day  and  generation,  some  who  would  regard 
it  as  well  worth  their  best  efforts  even  though 
it  were  an  end  and  not  a  means,  a  road  that 
existed  for  its  own  sake  and  led  nowhither.  Such 
is  undoubtedly  true  in  the  case  of  Dr.  Joseph 
Blake  Drummond,  a  profound  student  of  medi- 
cine and  an  ardent  lover  of  its  traditions  and  its 
methods. 


HON.  EDWARD  BOWDOIN  NEALLEY— 
One  of  the  best-known  figures  in  the  life  of  Ban- 
gor,  Maine,  where  he  was  identified  with  almost 
every  department  of  the  city's  affairs  and  where 
his  death  occurred  September  20,  1905,  was  the 
Hon.  Edward  Bowdoin  Nealley,  who  was  highly 
respected  and  esteemed  by  the  entire  community 
which  he  served  so  long  and  in  so  many  differ- 
ent capacities.  Mr.  Nealley  was  born  July  22, 
1837,  at  Thomaston,  Maine,  a  son  of  the  Hon.  E. 
S.  J.  and  Lucy  (Prince)  Nealley,  the  former  for 
twenty  years  collector  of  customs  for  the  Port 
of  Bath,  and  a  prominent  man  in  State  politics. 

As  a  lad  he  attended  the  public  schools  of  Bath 
and  was  graduated  from  the  high  school  there 
with  the  class  of  1854.  He  also  attended  Yar- 
mouth Academy,  where  he  was  prepared  for  col- 
lege, and  then  entered  Bowdoin  College,  where 
he  took  the  usual  classical  course  and  was  gradu- 
ated in  1858  with  the  degree  of  A.B.  In  1861, 
upon  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War,  Mr.  Nealley 
offered  his  services  to  the  United  States  Govern- 
ment, having  spent  the  interim  in  the  study  of 
the  law  with  his  uncle,  Senator  Grimes,  in  Iowa. 
He  was  appointed  to  a  clerkship  in  the  Navy 
Department,  at  Washington,  and  after  a  time  was 
promoted  to  the  chief  clerkship  of  one  of  the 
bureaus  connected  therewith.  After  the  close  of 
hostilities,  Mr.  Nealley  returned  to  private  life 


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and  became  first  United  States  District  Attorney 
for  the  territory  of  Montana,  being  appointed  to 
that  office  by  President  Lincoln.  While  in  Mon- 
tana Mr.  Nealley  wrote  a  number  of  very  interest- 
ing and  illuminating  articles  descriptive  of  that 
new  and  sparsely-settled  territory  which  appeared 
in  the  Atlantic  Monthly,  Lippincott's,  and  other 
magazines  of  the  same  description.  In  the  year 

1866  he  was  sent  East  by  Governor  Meagher  on 
territorial  business  and  decided  to  remain  in  this 
part  of  the  country.     He  first  came  to  Bangor  in 

1867  and  here  established  himself  in  the  ship  chan- 
dlery business,  dealing  also  in  cordage,  and  con- 
tinued in  this  line  up  to  the  time  of  his  death. 
In  this  enterprise  he  was  associated  with  several 
other    gentlemen    and    the    firm    name    was    first 
Smith,  Nealley  &  Company.    This  was  afterwards 
changed  to  Hincks  &  Nealley  and  later  became 
Nealley  &  Company.   Still  more  recently  the  busi- 
ness was  conducted  under  the  style  of  the  Snow 
&  Nealley  Company,  in  which  Mr.  Nealley  occu- 
pied the  office  of  treasurer.    This  concern  has  had 
a    long    and    successful    career   and    the    position 
which  it  occupies  today  in  the  public  estimation 
has   been    due   largely   to    the    devoted   attention 
which   Mr.   Nealley   gave   to   its   affairs.     Besides 
this  private   enterprise   Mr.  Nealley  was   exceed- 
ingly   active    in    many    large    business    ventures 
hereabouts,     and     was     president     of     the     Mer- 
chants'    Insurance    Company,    treasurer    of    the 
Hincks    Coal    Company    and    a    director    of    the 
European   &  North  American  Railway,  in  all  of 
which    capacities    he    did    much    to    promote    not 
only    the    interests   of   the    concerns   with   which 
he   was   immediately   identified,  but   the   material 
welfare  of  the  community-at-large.     He  was  also 
president   of   the   Bangor   Historical   Society  and 
a    prominent    member   of   the    Bangor    Board   of 
Trade,  and  performed  a  valuable   service  to  the 
community  in  this  capacity. 

Mr.  Nealley  did  not,  however,  confine  his  at- 
tention to  business  activities,  but  was  always 
prominently  associated  with  charitable  and  phil- 
anthropic institutions  here.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Bangor  Public 
Library  and  of  the  board  of  overseers  of  Bow- 
doin  College,  and  was  a  well-known  figure  in 
educational  circles.  He  was  also  president  of 
the  Tarratine  Club  of  Bangor  for  several  years. 
Mr.  Nealley  was,  however,  perhaps  even  better 
known  in  connection  with  his  active  political  and 
public  career  than  as  a  business  man  and  was 
regarded  as  one  of  the  leading  members  of  the 
Republican  party  in  this  region  and  held  a  num- 
ber of  offices  both  in  the  city  and  State  govern- 


ment. In  7876  he  was  chosen  a  Representative 
of  the  Legislature  from  Bangor  and  enjoyed  the 
distinction  of  being  the  only  Republican  elected 
on  the  ticket  that  year.  While  serving  on  this 
body  he  made  an  enviable  reputation  for  him- 
self as  a  capable  legislator  and  on  his  re-elec- 
tion was  chosen  Speaker  of  the  House,  against 
such  formidable  opponents  as  ex-Governor 
Henry  B.  Cleves  and  the  Hon.  J.  Manchester 
Haynes,  of  Augusta.  In  1878  he  was  elected  to 
the  State  Senate  and  was  renominated  for  the 
few  following  terms,  but  was  one  of  those  who 
suffered  defeat  at  the  time  of  the  great  Green- 
back movement  in  Maine.  In  the  year  1885  he 
was  elected  the  thirty-first  mayor  of  Bangor 
against  Thomas  White,  the  Democratic  candi- 
date, and  was  reflected  the  following  year.  Dur- 
ing the  last  illness  of  Charles  A.  Boutelle,  Con- 
gressman, Mr.  Nealley  was  offered  the  nomina- 
tion as  successor  to  Mr.  Boutelle,  in  case  of  the 
latter's  death,  which  position  he  refused.  Among 
his  other  activities  Mr.  Nealley  was  president 
of  the  Bangor  &  Piscataquis  railroad  in  1887, 
and  in  that  capacity  was  instrumental  in  secur- 
ing the  lease  of  the  Katahdin  Iron  Works  Rail- 
way, and  later  in  promoting  the  transfer  of  the 
whole  system  to  the  Bangor  &  Aroostook  rail- 
road. In  association  with  Mr.  George  E. 
Hughes,  of  Bath,  Mr.  Nealley  was  a  founder  of 
McClelland  Island,  one  of  the  most  beautiful 
summer  resorts  on  the  Maine  coast.  Mr.  Neal- 
ley was  a  gifted  orator  and  frequently  in  demand 
on  occasions  when  patriotic  addresses  were  ap- 
propriate. It  was  he  that  delivered  the  address 
at  the  celebration  of  the  organization  of  the 
town  of  Thomaston  in  1877,  and  he  also  deliv- 
ered the  oration  at  the  Centennial  celebration 
in  Bangor  in  1881. 

At  the  time  of  his  death  the  following  tribute 
appeared  which  sums  up  the  characteristics  of 
the  man: 

A  man  of  large  mental  capacity,  a  deep  student 
with  marked  literary  tastes  and  broad  human 
sympathy,  he  was  universally  beloved  by  all  who 
knew  him.  In  his  home,  in  society,  in  politics, 
and  in  business  his  life  was  marked  by  kindliness 
and  courtesy,  traits  which  won  and  kept  for  him 
life-long  friends.  His  entire  honesty,  business  in- 
tegrity and  high  ability  were  some  of  his  chief 
characteristics.  He  had  that  sort  of  personal 
magnetism  which  held  his  audiences,  and  his  in- 
born courtesy  and  manliness  won  him  admiration 
and  supporters  everywhere. 

The  Hon.  Edward  Bowdoin  Nealley  was  united 
in  marriage,  June  n,  1867,  with  Mary  A.  Drum- 
mond,  daughter  of  the  Hon.  Jacob  Drummond, 
a  former  mayor  of  Bangor.  Mrs.  Nealley  died 


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in  1877.  He  is  survived  by  an  only  daughter, 
Mary  Drummond  Nealley,  two  brothers,  William 
P.  Nealley,  of  Bangor,  and  Henry  Alison  Neal- 
ley, of  Boston,  and  one  sister,  Mrs.  John  Greg- 
son,  of  Bath. 


MINOT  JUDSON  SAVAGE,  D.D.— This  cele- 
brated member  of  the  literate  of  the  country 
was  descended  from  English  ancestry.  The 
emigrant  ancestor  of  the  Savage  family  was 
Thomas  Savage,  born  in  1603,  a  son  of  William 
Savage,  a  blacksmith  of  Taunton,  Somersetshire, 
England.  The  family  lived  in  that  county  as 
early  as  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth.  History 
states  that  the  original  emigrant  sailed  from  the 
parish  of  St.  Albans  in  the  Planter,  April  2,  1635, 
and  landed  at  Boston,  Massachusetts.  He  was 
by  trade  a  tailor,  being  'apprenticed  to  the 
Merchant  Tailors,  London,  England,  January  9, 
1621.  He  was  admitted  to  the  church,  January 
3,  1636,  and  became  a  freeman,  May  25,  1636. 
He  married  (first)  Faith  Hutchinson,  baptized 
August  14,  1617,  daughter  of  William  and  the 
famous  Ann  Hutchinson,  of  Boston.  Savage 
shared  in  the  religious  views  of  Mrs.  Hutchin- 
son and  John  Wheelwright  and  as  a  punishment 
was  disowned  by  the  authorities.  He  was  one 
of  the  original  purchasers  with  Governor  Cod- 
dington  and  others  of  Rhode  Island,  where  he 
settled  in  1638.  He  was  one  of  the  signers  of 
the  constitution  of  that  colony,  but  preferring 
Boston  with  its  persecutions  to  the  wilds  of 
Rhode  Island,  he  sold  his  real  estate  holdings 
in  August,  1639,  and  again  became  a  resident  of 
the  Massachusetts  Colony.  He  became  a  promi- 
nent and  wealthy  merchant,  and  was  captain  of 
a  Boston  military  company  in  1651.  He  was  a 
deputy  to  the  General  Court  in  1654  from  Bos- 
ton, and  later  from  Hingham  and  Andover;  was 
Speaker  of  the  House  in  1659-60-71,  and  assistant 
in  1680.  His  first  wife's  death  occurred  Feb- 
ruary 20,  1652,  and  he  married  (second),  Sep- 
tember 15,  1652,  Mary,  daughter  of  Rev.  Zacha- 
riah  Symmes,  of  Charlestown,  Massachusetts. 
Captain  Savage  became  interested  in  lands  at 
Saco,  Maine,  and  purchased  a  large  tract  from 
the  Indians.  He  also  bought,  January  28,  1659, 
of  Roger  Spencer,  an  interest  in  a  saw  mill 
located  near  the  great  falls  of  Saco  river.  Ten 
years  later  he  increased  his  holdings  in  the  saw 
mill  and  made  purchases  of  land  three  miles  in 
extent  along  both  sides  of  the  river.  From  that 
time  to  the  present  day  the  Savage  family  have 
been  prominently  identified  with  the  history  of 
Maine. 

ME.— 1—9 


Minot  Judson  Savage  was  a  descendant  of 
James  Savage,  who  came  from  London  to  Bos- 
ton about  1715.  He  was  a  son  of  Joseph  and 
Ann  S.  (Stinson)  Savage,  and  was  born  at  Nor- 
ridgewock,  Maine,  June  10,  1841.  His  father 
was  a  farmer  in  moderate  circumstances,  and  a 
soldier  in  the  War  of  1812.  At  the  age  of  thir- 
teen years  he  united  with  the  Congregational 
church  and  since  said:  "There  was  no  time  in 
my  boyhood  when  I  did  not  intend  to  become  a 
minister."  At  this  period  it  was  not  deemed 
essential  for  a  clergyman  to  have  a  collegiate 
education.  Being  ambitious  in  that  direction,  he 
fitted  for  Bowdoin  College,  but  ill-health  inter- 
fered materially  with  his  studies,  and  for  this 
reason  he  was  obliged  to  forego  a  college  educa- 
tion. Later  he  took  a  theological  course  at  the 
Bangor  Theological  Seminary.  He  accepted,  in 
1864,  a  commission  from  the  American  Home 
Missionary  Society,  and  for  three  years  did  hard 
missionary  work  at  San  Mateo  and  Grass  Valley, 
California.  Returning  East  in  1867,  he  settled 
at  Framingham,  Massachusetts.  In  1864  he  mar- 
ried Ella  Augusta  Dodge,  daughter  of  Rev.  John 
Dodge,  a  Congregational  minister,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Hon.  Godfrey  Dodge,  a  Judge  of  the 
State  Supreme  Court.  She  was  a  native  of  Wald- 
boro,  Maine.  After  a  residence  of  two  years  at 
Framingham,  Massachusetts,  Mr.  Savage  again 
went  West  and  labored  for  the  next  three  years 
at  Hannibal,  Missouri.  He  was  constantly  read- 
ing and  studying  science,  and  found  his  views 
broadening  and  himself  drifting  away  from  the 
established  Congregational  creed.  He  made  ef- 
forts to  adjust  his  religious  thought  to  the 
newly-discovered  theories  of  evolution,  but  be- 
came known  at  Hannibal  as  a  heretic,  while  he 
himself  fully  recognized  that  his  views  were  no 
longer  orthodox. 

About  this  time  he  received  calls  from  the 
Congregational  churches  in  Indianapolis,  Indiana, 
and  Springfield,  Illinois,  also  from  the  Third 
Unitarian  Church  of  Chicago.  Feeling  that  with 
his  convictions  it  was  wrong  to  stay  in  the  Con- 
gregational body,  he  determined  to  break  away 
from  it,  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  he  was  bound 
to  it  by  every  natural  tie  and  by  memory.  He 
accordingly  accepted  the  call  to  the  Chicago 
church,  in  the  hope  that  he  would  find  in  Uni- 
tarianism  at  least  a  free  pulpit.  In  May,  1874, 
he  went  to  Boston  to  speak  at  the  May  meet- 
ing, and  his  sermons  attracted  so  much  atten- 
tion that  he  was  soon  afterwards  called  to  the 
Church  of  the  Unity  in  that  city.  He  assumed 
the  pastorate  in  September,  1874,  which  he  held 


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with  uninterrupted  increase  of  usefulness  and 
popularity  until  1896,  when  he  received  a  call 
from  the  Church  of  the  Messiah  of  New  York 
City.  He  had  pastoral  charge  of  this  church  for 
the  next  ten  years,  when  he  retired  from  the 
ministry.  He  received  the  degree  of  D.D.  from 
Harvard  College  in  1896.  Dr.  Savage  was  well 
known  in  the  lecture  field  of  the  country,  hav- 
ing delivered  a  number  of  addresses  at  the  Bos- 
ton Lyceum  and  more  or  less  for  several  years 
in  the  different  cities  in  the  West. 

His  sermons  were  published  every  week  for 
over  thirty  years.  On  this  account  the  publica- 
tion had  regular  subscribers  in  every  civilized 
country.  The  sermons  were  read  in  India, 
Hawaiian  Islands,  even  in  the  colony  of  Tas- 
mania; in  fact,  in  the  most  isolated  parts  of  the1 
world. 

It  is  by  his  valuable  contributions  to  literature 
that  Dr.  Savage  is  best  known.  His  first  book, 
"Christianity,  the  Science  of  Manhood,"  appeared 
in  1873;  this  was  followed  three  years  later  by 
"The  Religion  of  Evolution,"  and  in  the  same 
year  "Light  on  the  Cloud"  was  published.  These 
early  books  were  followed  by  "Bluffton,"  a 
story  of  today,  1878;  "Life  Questions,"  1879; 
"The  Morals  of  Evolution,"  1880;  "Beliefs  About 
Man,"  1882;  "Beliefs  About  the  Bible,"  1883; 
"Man,  Woman  and  Child,"  1884;  "The  Religious 
Life,"  1885;  "Social  Problems,"  1886;  "These  De- 
generate Days,"  1887;  "My  Creed,"  1887;  "Relig- 
ious Reconstructions,"  1888;  "Signs  of  the 
Times,"  1889;  "Helps  for  Daily  Living,"  1891; 
"The  Irrepressible  Conflict  Between  Two  World 
Theories,"  1891;  "The  Evolution  of  Christianity," 
1892;  "Is  This  a  Good  World?"  1893;  "Jesus  and 
Modern  Life,"  1893;  "A  Man,"  1895;  "Religion 
for  Today,"  1897;  "Our  Unitarian  Gospel,"  1898; 
"Hymns,"  1898;.  "The  Minister's  Hand  Book," 
"Phychics,  Facts  and  Theories,"  "Life  Beyond 
Death,"  1901;  "The  Passing  and  the  Permanent 
in  Religion,"  1901;  "Living  by  the  Day,"  1900; 
"Men  and  Women,"  1902;  "Can  Telepathy  Ex- 
plain?" 1902;  "Out  of  Nazareth,"  1903;  "Pillars 
of  the  Temple,"  1904;  "America  to  England  and 
Other  Poems,"  1905;  "Life's  Dark  Problems," 
1005.  He  also  edited  a  Unitarian  Catechism,  and 
with  Howard  M.  Dow,  "Sacred  Songs  for  Public 
Worship." 

Dr.  Savage  was,  so  far  as  known,  the  first 
minister  either  in  England  or  America  to  sys- 
tematically employ  the  theories  of  evolution  in 
the  pulpit.  Two  of  his  books  embodying  some 
of  the  results  of  his  labors  in  this  line,  the 
"Morals  of  Evolution"  and  the  "Religion  of  Evo- 


lution," have  been  reissued  in  England,  and  the 
latter  was  translated  into  German  by  Dr. 
Schramm  of  the  Cathedral  at  Bremen.  In  the 
pulpit  Dr.  Savage  had  a  peculiarly  attractive 
style  that  at  once  claimed  the  attention  of  his 
audience,  and  though  in  many  matters  he  found 
himself  quite  at  variance  with  ministers,  not 
only  of  orthodox  faith,  but  also  of  his  own  de- 
nomination, his  opinions  were  respected  by  per- 
sons of  every  class. 

At  the  funeral  of  his  friend,  Felix  Morris,  the 
distinguished  actor,  he  expressed  himself  as  fol- 
lows: "If  all  actors  were  like  him  the  supposed 
gulf  between  the  stage  and  the  church  would  be 
so  narrow  that  the  feeblest  foot  could  step 
across.  There  has  never  been  a  time  since  I 
knew  him  that  I  would  not  have  welcomed  him 
to  speak  in  my  place.  He  was  not  only  an 
actor  but  also  a  noble,  true  gentleman." 

Dr.  Savage  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
fraternity  and  was  elected  to  the  thirty-third 
degree  of  that  order.  For  several  years  he 
made  Cleveland  his  residential  city,  but  his  home 
in  1917  was  at  the  Lotus  Club,  New  York  City. 

By  the  marriage  of  Rev.  Minot  Judson  and 
Ella  Augusta  (Dodge)  Savage  there  were  two 
daughters  and  two  sons:  Gertrude,  born  at 
Grass  Valley,  California,  August  15,  1866,  mar- 
ried Robert  S.  Collyer;  Phillip  H.,  born  at  North 
Brookfield,  Massachusetts,  February  n,  1868, 
died  at  the  age  of  thirty-one,  June  4,  1899,  at 
Boston,  Massachusetts,  an  author  of  great  promi- 
nence; Helen,  born  at  Hannibal,  Missouri,  mar- 
ried Rev.  Minot  Simmons,  Unitarian  minister  in 
Cleveland;  Maxwell,  born  in  Boston,  June  13, 
1876,  married  Marguerite  Downing;  he  is  a  Uni- 
tarian minister  at  Lynn,  Massachusetts.  Mrs. 
Savage  died  September  9,  1916.  Dr.  Savage  died 
at  Boston,  Massachusetts,  May  22,  1918. 


RALPH   EUGENE    ROWE,   who   has    for   a 

number  of  years  been  most  closely  associated 
with  the  educational  life  of  the  city  of  Portland, 
Maine,  comes  of  good  old  Maine  stock,  and  is  a 
son  of  William  A.  and  Catherine  (McCabe) 
Rowe,  the  former  a  native  of  the  "Pine  Tree 
State,"  the  latter  of  New  Orleans,  Louisiana. 
Mr.  Rowe,  Sr.,  was  born  at  Holden,  Maine,  and 
was  for  many  years  successfully  engaged  in  the 
business  of  manufacturing  spools.  He  now  lives 
in  retirement  at  East  Eddington,  Maine.  He 
served  during  the  Civil  War  in  the  Seventeenth 
Regiment  of  Maine  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  is 
now  a  prominent  member  of  the  local  post  of 
the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  To  Mr.  and 


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Mrs.  Rowe  five  children  were  born,  as  follows: 
Ella  M.,  who  died  at  the  age  of  thirty-two 
years;  Margaret  M.,  who  resides  with  her 
parents  at  East  Eddington;  two  children  who 
died  in  infancy,  and  Ralph  Eugene,  of  whom 
further. 

Born  September  4,  1872,  at  Holden,  Maine, 
Ralph  Eugene  Rowe,  youngest  son  of  William 
A.  and  Catherine  (McCabe)  Rowe,  passed  the 
years  of  his  childhood  and  early  youth  in  his 
native  town.  When  ten  years  of  age,  after 
having  gained  the  elementary  portion  of  his  edu- 
cation at  the  local  public  schools,  his  parents 
removed  to  East  Eddington,  where  he  continued 
his  studies.  He  then  attended  for  a  time  the 
Westbrook  Seminary.  Mr.  Rowe  had  felt  for  a 
long  time  a  desire  to  follow  teaching  as  a  pro- 
fession and  his  abilities  were  such  as  to  qualify 
him  admirably  for  this  career.  Accordingly,  upon 
completing  his  studies  at  the  last  named  institu- 
tion, he  secured  a  position  with  the  Hebron 
Academy  as  instructor  in  penmanship.  He  had 
already  had  some  experience  in  this  line,  having 
taught  while  still  a  student  at  the  Westbrook 
Seminary.  Later  he  taught  at  the  high  school 
at  Freeport  and  still  later  at  the  high  school  at 
Mechanics  Falls,  in  all  of  which  institutions  he 
continued  to  teach  his  subject  of  penmanship. 
In  addition  to  this,  however,  he  also  took  up 
drawing  and  had  several  very  successful  classes 
in  this  department.  Indeed,  it  may  be  said  that 
Mr.  Rowe's  strongest  taste  is  for  art  and  it  is 
in  this  line  that  his  highest  talents  express 
themselves.  From  Mechanics  Falls  he  went  to 
Gray's  Business  College,  and  in  1892  was  called 
to  take  charge  of  the  classes  in  drawing  and  pen- 
manship in  the  Portland  Public  Schools.  Here 
he  has  remained  for  the  past  quarter  of  a  century 
until  he  is  one  of  the  best-known  figures  con- 
nected with  these  institutions.  Mr.  Rowe  has 
been  very  active  in  many  of  the  educational 
movements  of  the  region,  and  has  been  presi- 
dent of  the  Schoolmasters'  Club  of  the  State 
of  Maine,  of  the  New  England  Penmanship  Asso- 
ciation and  the  Portland  Teachers'  Association, 
the  latter  for  a  period  of  four  years.  In  addi- 
tion to  his  activities  as  teacher,  Mr.  Rowe  has 
been  connected  with  some  very  large  business 
enterprises,  and  has  conducted  the  Peaks  Island 
House,  a  very  popular  summer  resort,  situated 
on  Peaks  Island,  Maine,  for  about  fourteen  years. 
This  hotel  enjoys  an  enviable  reputation  and  is 
very  largely  patronized  by  the  best  class  of 
those  seeking  rest  and  recreation  at  our  water- 
ing places.  Mr.  Rowe  is  affiliated  with  the  Ma- 


sonic order,  and  is  a  member  of  Ancient  Land- 
mark Lodge,  No.  17,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  and  for  two  years  was  secretary  of  that 
body.  In  his  religious  belief  Mr.  Rowe  is  a 
Universalist,  and  attends  the  church  of  that  de- 
nomination at  Portland. 

It  is  a  well-recognized  fact  among  educators 
that  the  mere  possession  of  knowledge  in  any 
particular  line  is  not  a  sufficient  qualification 
for  a  teacher  in  that  line,  no  matter  how  pro- 
found that  knowledge  may  be.  The  talent  of 
imparting  knowledge  is  one  which  is  as  nearly 
independent  of  the  possession  of  it  as,  in  the 
nature  of  the  case,  it  can  be,  and  it  is  even  true 
that  often  those  who  possess  a  less  complete 
technical  training  can  impart  a  better  general 
knowledge  of  the  subject  to  the  novice.  In  the 
case  of  Mr.  Rowe,  however,  the  two  qualifica- 
tions are  most  happily  blended,  and  in  addition 
to  a  very  remarkable  ability  of  his  own,  in  the 
lines  which  he  professes,  he  possesses  a  quite 
remarkable  faculty  of  imparting  his'  skill  to 
others.  It  is,  of  course,  impossible  to  deal  with 
the  value  of  such  service  in  quite  the  definite 
manner  with  which  we  may  the  services  of  those 
who  work  in  a  more  concrete  medium  than  the 
artistic  matter  with  which  Mr.  Rowe  works.  It 
is  more  easy  to  estimate  the  value  of  those  gifts 
for  which  a  community  is  indebted  to  the  busi- 
ness man  or  even  the  philanthropist  and  which 
take  such  familiar  tangible  forms  as  a  factory, 
a  library  or  a  church.  But  the  most  subtle 
standards  of  measurement  prove  inadequate  when 
dealing  with  aesthetic  forces  or  with  such  things 
as  the  service  rendered  by  a  teacher  to  his  pupils. 
We  can  only  say  with  confidence  that  the  service 
is  a  great  one,  how  great  even  those  of  us  who 
most  strongly  feel  the  artistic  impulse  today  are 
not  qualified  to  say. 


WOODBURY   KIDDER   DANA— There  is  a 

certain  truth  in  that  dictum  of  the  great  apostle 
of  aristocracy,  Thomas  Carlyle,  to  the  effect  that 
majorities  are  always  in  the  wrong.  It  is  cer- 
tainly true  that  in  every  age  there  are  a  few 
men  in  advance  of  their  time,  who  perceive  more 
truly  than  their  fellows  the  issues  and  problems 
of  the  day  and  their  solutions.  This  is,  per- 
haps, more  particularly  the  case  in  the  realm 
of  industrial  affairs  today  than  in  any  other  de- 
partment ot  activity,  and  we  have  seen  repeatedly 
in  this  and  the  generation  just  past  how  men 
of  clearer  vision  than  the  average  have  insisted 
in  carrying  out  purposes  and  plans,  appearing 
foolish  to  their  fellows,  only  to  be  entirely  justi- 


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fied  in  the  event  by  some  enormous  material 
success  redounding  to  their  own  and  the  com- 
munity's benefit.  Inventions,  enterprises  in  the 
industrial  world,  which  we  all  recognize  now  as 
among  the  most  important  factors  in  the  develop- 
ment of  civilization  in  the  modern  world,  have 
with  scarcely  an  exception  met  with  violent  op- 
position or  ridicule  when  first  proposed  and  our 
chief  benefits  have  been  forced,  as  it  were,  upon 
us  almost  against  our  will  by  others  more  wise 
than  we.  Nowhere  can  we  find  a  greater  num- 
ber of  such  leaders  or  examples  of  more  indi- 
vidual distinction  than  among  the  group  of  men 
whose  names  are  identified  with  the  industrial 
development  of  New  England  during  the  past 
century.  Such  a  man  is  Woodbury  Kidder  Dana, 
inventor,  industrial  leader,  soldier,  a  man  whose 
record  in  every  department  of  activity  in  which 
he  has  taken  part  is  a  credit,  not  to  himself 
only,  but  to  the  entire  community  of  which  he 
is  a  member. 

Mr.  Dana  comes  of  a  most  distinguished  fam- 
ily in  New  England,  the  members  of  which  have 
resided  in  this  country  since  early  Colonial  days 
and  have  now  spread  to  practically  every  part 
of  the  United  States,  and  have  had  careers  of 
distinction  in  wellnigh  every  calling  of  import- 
ance, public  and  private.  There  is  some  little 
discussion  concerning  the  origin  of  the  family, 
although  it  is  perfectly  well  established  that 
the  immigrant  ancestor  came  here  directly  from 
England.  It  is  the  tradition,  however,  that  one 
generation  before  it  had  first  appeared  in  that 
country  from  France,  from  which  country  it  had 
fled  on  account  of  religious  persecution.  It  seems 
to  be  the  balance  of  opinion  among  historians 
and  genealogists  who  have  dwelt  with  the  sub- 
ject that  the  French  origin  has  been  pretty  well 
established,  although  there  is  an  alternate  theory 
with  some  evidence  to  back  it  that  the  Danas 
first  had  their  home  in  Italy.  To  quote  Mr. 
Frank  H.  Swan,  the  talented  biographer  of  Mr. 
Dana,  and  his  son-in-law,  "The  origin  of  the 
family,  whether  Italian  or  French,  is  still  open 
to  investigation."  However  this  may  be,  it  is 
definitely  known  that  in  the  year  1640  one  Rich- 
ard Dana  came  from  England  and  settled  at 
Cambridge  in  the  old  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony. 
So  far  as  can  be  ascertained,  no  other  person 
of  the  name  has  come  to  the  country  since,  so 
that  all  the  Danas  of  the  United  States  appear 
to  be  his  descendants.  He  was  probably  a  native 
of  France,  as  the  date  given  for  his  father's 
migration  to  England  is  1629,  but  eleven  years 
before  the  removal  to  this  country. 


(I)  Richard    Dana    made    his    home    at    Cam- 
bridge for  about  fifty  years  and  prospered  there, 
becoming    the    owner    of    considerable    property 
at  what  is  now  Brighton,  and  holding  a  number 
of   public   offices.     He   was   elected   constable   in 
1661,  and  in  1665  surveyor  of  highways  and  tith- 
ingman,   and   he   also    served   as   grand   juror   at 
different  times.     In  1648  he  married  Ann  Bullard, 
of  the   same   parish,  and  they  were   the   parents 
of  eleven  children,  all  born  at   Cambridge.     His 
death  occurred  April  2,  1690. 

(II)  Jacob   Dana,   fourth   son   of   Richard   and 
Ann  (Bullard)  Dana,  was  born  December  2,  1654, 
at  Cambridge,  and  there  made  his  home   during 
life.     He  inherited  a  considerable  portion  of  his 
father's  estate,  including  the  dwelling  house  and 
half  the   barn,   and   appears   to   have   been   pros- 
perous and  well-to-do.     He  married  and  was  the 
father    of    eight    children,    of    whom    Samuel    is 
mentioned    below. 

(III)  Samuel   Dana,  son   of  Jacob   Dana,   was 
born   September  7,   1694,  at   Cambridge.     At  the 
age   of  twenty-one   he   inherited   his   father's   es- 
tate, on  the  condition  of  paying  certain  sums  of 
money  to  the  other  children,  which  included,  be- 
sides  twenty-seven  acres   of  land  at   Cambridge, 
properties  at   Pomfret,  Connecticut.     He  elected 
to  make  his  home  at  the  former  place,  however, 
and  there  his  children  were  born.     Samuel  Dana 
was    three    times    married    and    outlived    all    his 
wives.     The   first   of  these  was   Abigail   Gay,   to 
whom   he  was   married  April   10,   1716,  and  who 
died   June    I,    1718.      By   her   he    had   one    child, 
Nathaniel,    who    is    mentioned    at    length    below. 
His    second    wife    was    Susanna    Star,   whom    he 
married  January  6,   1719,  who  bore  him  six  chil- 
dren.    She  died  April  10,  1731,  and  on  December 
30,   of   the   same   year,  he   married   (third)    Mary 
Sumner,    by    whom    he    had    six    children.      Her 
death  occurred  April  28,  1770. 

(IV)  Nathaniel  Dana,  son  of  Samuel  and  Abi- 
gail  (Gay)   Dana,  was  born  February  I,  1717,  at 
Cambridge,    where    he    continued    to    dwell.      He 
married  Abigail  Dean,  by  whom  he  had  thirteen 
children,  including  Ephraim,  who  is  mentioned  at 
length  below.     Nathaniel  Dana  died  when  forty- 
eight  years  of  age,  a  victim  of  smallpox. 

(V)  Ephraim   Dana,  fourth  child  of  Nathaniel 
and  Abigail   (Dean)   Dana,  was  born   September 
26,    1744,    at    Cambridge.      He    continued    to    live 
there    until   about    twenty-one    years   of   age   and 
then    went    to    Natick,    Massachusetts,      He    was 
still   a   young   man   at   the    time    of   the    Revolu- 
tion, and  was  one  of  the  farmers  who  took  part 
in  the  historic  fight  at   Lexington,  and  was  pos- 


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sibly  present  at  Bunker  Hill.  He  served  in  the 
war  which  followed  and  reached  the  rank  of 
lieutenant.  Ephralm  Dana  was  a  blacksmith  by 
trade,  and  held  a  position  of  some  influence  in 
the  town  of  Natick.  He  was  elected  to  several 
public  offices,  including  that  of  selectman,  March 
6,  1782,  and  re-elected,  March  3,  1783,  and  March 
i,  1784.  He  married,  September  24,  1772,  Re- 
becca Leland,  of  Sherborn,  and  they  were  the 
parents  of  three  children:  Dexter,  born  Novem- 
ber 30,  1773;  David,  born  October  8,  1775;  and 
Ephraim,  Jr.,  born  July  9,  1777,  and  who  died 
four  months  later.  His  wife  died  also  in  1777, 
and  on  April  20,  1780,  he  married  Tabitha  Jones, 
daughter  of  Colonel  John  Jones,  of  Dedham. 
There  were  five  children  by  this  union,  as  fol- 
lows: Rebecca,  born  February  10,  1781;  Ephraim 
and  Tabitha,  twins,  born  February  5,  1783;  Na- 
thaniel, born  May  2,  1787,  and  Luther,  who  is 
mentioned  at  length  below.  Lieutenant  Ephraim 
Dana  died  at  his  home  at  Natick,  November  19, 
1792. 

(VI)  Luther  Dana,  youngest  son  of  Lieutenant 
Ephraim  and  Tabitha  (Jones)  Dana,  was  born 
April  20,  1792,  at  Natick,  Massachusetts.  In 
1801,  when  he  was  but  nine  years  of  age,  his 
mother  married  Jacob  Homer,  a  retired  merchant 
of  Boston,  and  not  long  after,  probably  through 
the  influence  of  Mr.  Homer,  the  lad  secured  a 
position  in  a  Boston  store  and  worked  there  for 
a  number  of  years.  His  elder  brothers,  Dexter, 
David  and  Nathaniel  Dana,  had  removed  some 
time  before  to  Portland,  Maine,  and  here  Na- 
thaniel Dana  had  opened  a  grocery  and  supply 
store  on  Middle  street.  He  was  joined  about 
1808  by  Luther  Dana,  some  sixteen  years  of 
age  at  the  time,  who  joined  him  in  the  enter- 
prise, and  assisted  in  the  development  of  what 
was  afterwards  a  prosperous  concern.  When 
Commercial  street  was  first  laid  out,  Luther 
Dana  built  a  store  there,  which  had  to  be  moved 
back  to  admit  of  the  widening  of  the  street  to 
admit  the  Grand  Trunk  Railway  tracks  being 
laid  there.  The  business  continued  to  grow,  and 
not  long  after  removing  to  Commercial  street 
a  ship  chandlery  business  was  added  to  the  orig- 
inal trade  in  response  to  the  growing  demand  of 
the  ships  which  in  ever-increasing  numbers 
sought  this  prosperous  port.  The  firm  of  L.  & 
W.  S.  Dana,  as  it  was  called,  dealt  in  the  fol- 
lowing manner.  A  fishing  vessel  would  be  sup- 
plied by  them  with  the  necessary  supplies  to  fit 
it  for  an  expedition  for  the  "Banks,"  and  the 
families  of  every  member  of  the  crew  would  be 
allowed  credit  for  the  home  supplies  to  last  until 


the  return.  When  this  event  occurred  the  firm 
would  purchase  the  whole  catch  of  fish  on  the 
basis  of  clearing  up  the  indebtedness  and  then 
dispose  of  it  in  the  general  market.  The  trade 
proved  to  be  a  profitable  one  and  it  was  not 
long  before  the  two  Danas  were  regarded  as 
among  the  successful  and  prosperous  merchants 
of  the  city.  Luther  Dana  was  one  of  those  who 
joined  the  newly-organized  Portland  Rifle  Corps 
in  1811,  and  was  with  that  body  when  it  was 
ordered  to  guard  Portland  harbor  in  the  war 
with  Great  Britain  the  following  year.  He  did 
not  see  active  service,  but  was  later  commis- 
sioned an  "Ensign  of  a  Company  of  Riflemen 
in  the  Third  Regiment  in  the  Second  Brigade 
and  Fifth  Division  of  Militia,"  by  William  King, 
first  Governor  of  the  State  of  Maine.  He  after- 
wards attained  the  rank  of  captain.  The  busi- 
ness career  of  Mr.  Dana  was  not  without  its 
crises,  although  eminently  successful  as  a  rule. 
One  of  these  was  the  result  of  the  forging  of 
the  firm's  name  by  an  employee  who  sought  to 
enter  into  land  speculation  for  a  quick  rise  in 
value  during  the  speculative  craze  of  1836.  Mr. 
Dana  refused  to  dishonor  these  notes  or  expose 
the  man  who  had  so  sorely  abused  his  confi- 
dence, and  every  asset  of  the  company,  as  well 
as  his  own  private  fortune,  went  to  satisfy  the 
creditors.  Nothing  daunted,  he  began  once  more 
at  the  beginning  and  again  built  up  a  prosperous 
business.  Disaster  came  a  second  time  with  the 
financial  panic  of  1857,  in  which  many  of  the 
most  substantial  houses  in  the  country  went 
down,  but  Mr.  Dana,  then  a  man  of  sixty-five, 
and  to  a  great  extent  retired  from  active  busi- 
ness, once  more  took  up  the  burden  of  retriev- 
ing his  own  and  his  associate's  fortunes,  and 
continued  thus  successfully  employed  to  the  end 
of  his  life.  His  reputation  for  integrity  was 
second  to  none  and  his  generosity,  as  evidenced 
by  these  episodes  and  a  hundred  others,  was 
not  a  jot  behind  his  honesty.  His  activities  were 
not  confined  to  his  business,  however,  nor  to 
private  interests  of  any  kind,  and  he  took  a 
leading  part  in  local  public  affairs,  assisting  vig- 
orously in  every  movement  that  he  felt  was  for 
the  common  weal.  He  was  a  Republican  in  his 
politics,  but,  although  he  did  a  conspicuous  ser- 
vice for  his  party,  he  refused  all  public  office 
or  political  preferment  of  any  kind.  He  was  a 
Congregationalist  and  a  strong  churchman,  be- 
ing one  of  the  founders  of  the  old  High  Street 
Church  and  one  of  its  most  liberal  supporters. 
His  home  was  one  of  culture  and  his  children 
grew  up  in  an  environment  calculated  to  develop 


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their  spiritual  and  mental  faculties  to  the  utmost. 

Luther  Dana  was  married,  October  14,  1828,  to 
Louisa  Kidder,  a  daughter  of  Major  John  Kid- 
der,  of  Hallowell,  Maine,  and  who  had  lived  in 
the  household  of  Nathaniel  Dana  since  the  age 
of  seven.  She  was  born  January  5,  1807,  and 
although  sixteen  years  her  husband's  junior,  their 
married  life  was  one  of  unusual  harmony  and 
devotion.  They  were  the  parents  of  nine  chil- 
dren, as  follows:  Nathaniel  Homer,  born  Octo- 
ber 3,  1829,  died  April  27,  1861;  Louisa  Octavia, 
born  November  n,  1831,  died  October  7,  1858; 
John  A.  Smith,  born  October  10,  1833,  died  May 
I5»  19'!3>  Mary  Lucretia,  born  November  16,  1835; 
died  May  25,  1915;  Luther  William,  born  January 
28,  1838;  Woodbury,  with  whose  career  we  are 
especially  concerned;  Frank  Jones,  born  Feb- 
ruary ii,  1844;  Samuel  Howard,  born  February 
ii,  1847;  and  Henry  Osgood,  born  August  17, 
1849,  and  died  August  10,  1859. 

(VII)  Woodbury  Kidder  Dana,  sixth  child  of 
Luther  and  Louisa  (Kidder)  Dana,  was  born 
June  7,  1840,  at  his  father's  home  on  the  corner 
of  State  and  Spring  streets,  Portland,  Maine.  As 
a  child  he  was  not  strong  and  was  troubled  with 
defective  sight  and  hearing.  The  latter  was  par- 
ticularly marked  and  caused  him,  during  his  first 
years  as  a  student,  to  be  regarded  as  mentally 
backward  by  his  teachers.  The  correct  state  of 
the  case  was  disclosed  by  Wheelock  Craig,  mas- 
ter of  the  Portland  Academy,  and  one  of  the 
most  capable  educators  of  his  day,  to  whom 
Woodbury's  mother  had  taken  him  for  examina- 
tion. He  went  on  to  say  that  Mrs.  Dana  might 
be  proud  of  her  son  if  he  ever  learned  to  read 
with  his  handicap.  The  lad  was  old  enough  to 
comprehend  and  determined  then  and  there  to 
give  his  mother  this  cause  for  pride.  Accord- 
ingly, he  set  to  work  with  typical  courage  to 
develop  himself.  In  many  respects  this  was  no 
difficult  task,  for  instead  of  being  backward  men- 
tally, his  faculties  were  unusually  quick,  and  it  is 
stated  that  even  in  childhood  he  excelled  in  all 
games  of  skill  and  combination,  such  as  checkers 
and  chess.  He  attended  as  a  boy  several  schools 
at  Portland,  and  the  Lewiston  Falls  Academy  at 
Auburn,  Maine.  He  was  nineteen  years  of  age 
when  he  graduated  from  the  last-named  institu- 
tion and  began  to  consider  the  question  of  his 
career.  It  would  have  been  natural  for  him  to 
enter  his  father's  large  establishment  at  this 
time,  but  another  plan  was  suggested  to  him  by 
his  elder  brother,  John  A.  S.  Dana,  which  first 
turned  his  attention  to  the  idea  of  becoming  a 
manufacturer.  John  A.  S.  Dana,  who  was  his 


father's  partner,  was  in  a  position  to  realize  what 
a  great  demand  there  was  for  the  various  cotton 
products  in  use  in  mercantile  pursuits,  and  sug- 
gested that  the  younger  man  should  engage  in 
the  manufacture  of  them,  especially  cod  lines  and 
bunch  yarn.  The  idea  appealed  to  Mr.  Dana  and 
he  shortly  after  leased  a  small  mill  at  Gray, 
Maine,  and  engaged  in  the  new  trade.  Here, 
however,  he  met  with  failure,  being,  as  he  later 
acknowledged,  too  inexperienced  and  with  too 
little  resources  to  handle  so  large  a  venture  by 
himself.  He  was  at  first  bitterly  disappointed, 
but  with  customary  buoyancy  and  perseverance, 
and  with  an  unusual  degree  of  wisdom  on  the 
part  of  one  so  young,  he  decided  to  learn  his 
chosen  business  as  an  employee  of  another,  and 
at  once  and  very  cheerfully  secured  a  position  in 
a  humble  capacity  in  an  old  brick  mill  in  the 
neighborhood  where  duck  and  denim  were  made. 
He  did  not  remain  there  a  great  while,  however, 
but  went  to  Lewiston  and  found  employment 
in  the  Lincoln  Mill,  where  he  worked  for  twelve 
hours  a  day  at  the  wage  of  one  dollar  and  a 
quarter  for  the  period.  But  he  never  regretted 
his  labors,  for  his  mind  was  fixed  with  unalter- 
able determination  on  his  ambition  to  become 
the  owner  of  a  mill  of  his  own,  and  with  this 
end  in  view  he  toiled  on,  making  his  way  up 
step  by  step  towards  the  goal  he  had  set  him- 
self. He  took  a  deep  interest  in  the  welfare  of 
his  fellow-workers  and,  as  there  were  many  who 
had  but  scanty  educational  advantages,  he  set 
about  teaching  them  during  the  evening  after 
work.  This  he  did  gratuitously  and  actually 
hired  a  room  and  fitted  it  up  at  his  own  expense 
in  which  to  hold  his  classes.  Thus  he  spent 
two  and  one-half  years  of  his  youth,  a  period 
that  was  suddenly  terminated  by  his  joining  the 
army  for  service  in  the  Civil  War.  It  was  on 
August  12,  1863,  that  he  enlisted  in  Company  K, 
Twenty-ninth  Regiment,  Maine  Volunteer  In- 
fantry, under  Colonel  Beal.  He  was  detailed  to 
the  quartermaster's  department,  but  it  was  seven 
months  before  the  regiment  marched  from  Camp 
Keyes  in  Maine  to  entrain  for  the  front.  His 
first  battle  was  that  at  Sabin  Cross  Roads,  where 
his  regiment  just  saved  the  day  from  becoming 
a  complete  rout  of  the  Union  troops.  He  con- 
tinued to  serve  until  the  close  of  the  war,  and 
was  one  of  those  who  took  part  in  the  grand 
review  of  the  troops  in  Washington  by  Presi- 
dent Johnson. 

Upon  his  return  from  the  war  Mr.  Dana  re- 
turned to  the  Lewiston  Mills  and  there  con- 
tinued the  work  that  had  been  interrupted  for  a 


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time  by  his  enlistment.  Not  long  afterwards, 
however,  he  formed  the  acquaintance  of  Thomas 
McEwen,  and  in  1866  formed  a  partnership  with 
him  under  the  style  of  Dana  &  McEwen  for  the 
manufacture  of  cotton  wraps  at  Saccarappa  Falls 
at  Wcstbrook.  It  is  interesting  to  know  that 
the  partnership  articles  were  drawn  up  by 
Thomas  Brackett  Reed,  then  a  young  practicing 
attorney  of  Portland.  Mr.  McEwen  sold  out 
his  interest  to  Mr.  Dana  a  few  years  later,  and 
from  that  time  on  the  latter  conducted  it  alone. 
It  prospered  greatly  and  in  1873  had  outgrown 
its  original  quarters  so  that  Mr.  Dana  was 
obliged  to  move  it  to  a  larger  mill  located  just 
above  the  Foster  &  Brown  Machine  Shop,  on 
Main  street.  Six  years  later  another  move  was 
necessitated  by  the  same  cause  and  the  island  at 
Saccarappa  Falls  was  chosen  as  a  site  for  the 
new  mill.  But  the  period  of  rapid  development 
had  begun  and  addition  after  addition  was  added 
to  the  number  of  twelve  before  this  mill  was 
also  abandoned.  During  this  time  Mr.  Frank 
J.  Dana  had  become  associated  with  his  brother, 
under  the  style  of  W.  K.  Dana  &  Company,  but 
this  partnership  was  dissolved  after  a  short  time, 
and  in  1892  Mr.  Dana  organized  a  corporation 
under  the  name  of  the  Dana  Warp  Mills,  with  a 
capital  stock  of  $130,000.  The  next  year  the 
plant  was  destroyed  by  fire,  but  the  following 
day  Mr.  Dana  had  builders  present  and  began 
the  erection  of  a  larger  and  more  perfectly- 
equipped  plant  to  carry  on  the  work.  In  1000 
the  brick  Gingham  Mill  was  purchased  and  into 
this  handsome  building  was  put,  during  the  fol- 
lowing three  years,  the  most  modern  equipment 
obtainable,  while  in  1908  the  size  of  the  plant 
was  doubled  and  the  equipment  still  further  in- 
creased to  52,000  spinning  spindles  and  10,000 
twister  spindles,  with  a  product  of  80,000  pounds 
a  week.  The  product  of  the  mill  was  sold  for  a 
number  of  years  through  the  well-known  firm  of 
Deering,  Milliken  &  Company,  of  Portland,  but 
since  1912  it  has  been  sold  by  the  Dana  Com- 
pany direct,  without  resort  to  a  commission  mer- 
chant. There  has  been  in  the  whole  of  Mr. 
Dana's  management  of  his  great  concern  a  spirit 
of  progressiveness  which  has  kept  it,  not  abreast, 
but  ahead  of  the  times.  He  is  himself  an  in- 
ventive genius  and  has  done  much  personally  to 
improve  the  purely  technical  side  of  the  work 
and  equipment  and  the  total  result  has  been  to 
win  for  the  Dana  warps  a  nation-wide  reputa- 
tion as  the  standard  of  their  class  and  a  market 
scarcely  equalled  in  the  country.  The  fiftieth 
anniversary  of  the  founding  of  the  great  business 


was  celebrated  with  a  most  striking  tribute  to 
Mr.  Dana  on  June  7,  1916.  In  it  the  employees 
of  the  mill,  and  the  citizens  of  Westbrook  joined 
and  vied  with  one  another  who  could  pay  the 
greatest  honor  and  express  the  deepest  affection 
for  the  man  who  had  done  so  much  for  all.  There 
were  parades,  speeches  and  picnics  in  and  about 
the  grounds  of  the  great  mill,  and  the  entire 
celebration  was  concluded  by  the  presentation  to 
Mr.  Dana  of  a  handsome  loving  cup  with  the 
following  inscription: 

Presented  to 
Woodbury  K.  Dana 

by  his 
Friends  and  the  Citizens  of  Westbrook 

on   the 
Fiftieth  Anniversary 

of  the 
Founding  of  his  Business  in  this  City 

and  his 

Sixty-sixth  Birthday 
June   7,    1916 

Mr.  Dana's  inventive  genius  has  already  been 
mentioned  in  its  application  to  the  development 
of  his  plant,  but  he  has  turned  it  in  another 
direction  that  may  have  even  more  momentous 
and  widespread  effects  upon  the  community  as 
a  whole.  He  has  for  many  years  been  interested 
in  the  problem  of  the  mechanical  harvesting  of 
cotton  and  has  bent  his  great  powers  to  devis- 
ing a  harvester  which  will  meet  the  requirements 
of  the  modern  industrial  situation  as  have  some 
of  the  other  great  agricultural  devices  put  upon 
the  market  of  recent  years.  He  has  already  met 
with  substantial  success  in  this  self-imposed  task 
and  has  produced  a  mechanism  which  will  do  the 
work  of  several  men,  but  he  is  still  dissatisfied 
and  is  even  yet  experimenting  further.  The  im- 
portance of  such  a  machine  is  scarcely  to  be 
overestimated,  and  its  effect  upon  every  branch 
of  industry  that  rests  in  any  way  upon  the  cot- 
ton trade  will  be  extreme. 

A  man  30  busy  with  great  interests  as  is  Mr* 
Dana  might  well  be  expected  to  confine  his  at- 
tention to  the  single  task  of  managing  them  with 
efficiency,  but  such  an  expectation  in  his  case 
would  be  incorrect.  His  mind  is  of  that  open 
character  which  naturally  concerns  itself  with 
every  aspect  of  life,  and  which  would  feel 
cramped  if  prevented  from  participating  in  what- 
ever activity  presented  itself.  Thus  it  was  that 
he  has  always  been  active  in  politics,  especially 
as  they  concerned  local  public  affairs.  Like  his 
father,  he  is  a  staunch  Republican,  and  like  him, 
he  is  quite  lacking  in  ambition  in  this  line.  He 
served  for  a  number  of  years  as  a  member  of 


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the  local  Republican  committee  and  has  done 
much  to  advance  the  party's  interests  here.  In 
his  religious  belief  he  is  a  Congregationalist,  and 
for  many  j'ears  has  been  a  member  of  the  West- 
brook  church  of  that  denomination.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  and 
was  elected  department  commander  of  the  De- 
partment of  Maine,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 
Woodbury  Kidder  Dana  was  united  in  mar- 
riage, August  2,  1869,  with  Mary  Little  Hale 
Pickard,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Hannah  (Lit- 
tle) Pickard,  and  a  descendant  on  both  sides  of 
the  house  from  old  and  distinguished  New  Eng- 
land families.  They  are  the  parents  of  the  fol- 
lowing children:  I.  Louisa  Woodbury,  born  April 
27,  1870.  2.  Hannah  Little,  born  August  I,  1872; 
married,  October  30,  1901,  Frank  Herbert  Swan, 
of  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  the  talented  author 
of  a  delightful  biography  of  Woodbury  Kidder 
Dana,  including  accounts  of  the  Dana  family  and 
allied  houses  on  both  the  paternal  and  maternal 
sides.  3.  Philip,  born  August  3,  1874;  married, 
November  21,  1908,  Florence  Hinkley,  daughter 
of  Rufus  Henry  and  Frances  Elizabeth  (Prin- 
dle)  Hinkley,  and  now  resides  at  Westbrook.  4. 
Ethel  May,  born  July  25,  1876.  5.  Helen  Pickard, 
born  October  19,  1878;  married,  June  16,  1909, 
Horace  Chamberlain  Porter,  of  Pittsburgh,  Penn- 
sylvania. 6.  Luther,  born  November  21,  1880; 
married,  October  10,  1005,  Mary  Wood  Decrow, 
daughter  of  William  E.  and  Lottie  A.  (Emery) 
Decrow,  and  now  resides  at  Westbrook.  7.  Mary 
Hale,  born  January  13,  1882;  married,  June  7, 
1906,  Edward  Farrington  Abbott,  of  Auburn, 
Maine. 


WALLACE  HUMPHREY  WHITE— There 
are  few  names  better  known  in  legal  circles  in 
that  part  of  Maine  which  centers  about  the  city 
of  Lewiston  than  that  of  Wallace  Humphrey 
White,  who  for  more  than  forty  years  has  been 
engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  in  Lewiston,  and 
has  been  identified  with  many  important  business 
interests  there.  He  is  the  son  of  John  and  Mary 
A.  (Humphrey)  White,  who  for  many  years  re- 
sided in  the  town  of  Livermore,  in  Androscoggin 
county.  John  White  was  born  at  Auburn,  Maine, 
September  28,  1816,  and  died  at  Livermore,  in 
1890.  He  was  a  farmer  and  was  also  engaged 
in  lumbering  operations.  His  wife,  Mary  A. 
Humphrey,  was  born  in  the  town  of  Jay,  Frank- 
lin county,  Maine,  October  4,  1816,  and  died  at 
Lewiston,  in  1897. 

Wallace  Humphrey  White,  their  only  child, 
was  born  September  4,  1848,  at  Livermore.  He 


was  educated  in  the  common  schools  of  Liver- 
more,  and  attended  Kents  Hill  Seminary  and 
Lewiston  Falls  Academy.  Before  leaving  home 
he  taught  district  schools  in  Livermore  and 
Canton,  and  was  but  sixteen  years  of  age  when 
he  taught  his  first  school.  Later  he  went  to 
New  Jersey  and  engaged  in  teaching  there  for 
several  years.  In  1869  he  came  to  Lewiston  and 
entered  the  law  office  of  Frye  &  Cotton  as  a 
law  student,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
Androscoggin  county  in  1871,  and  remained  as  a 
law  clerk  in  the  office  of  Frye  &  Cotton  until 
1874,  when  he  was  admitted  to  the  firm,  which 
then  became  Frye,  Cotton  &  White.  About  this 
time  Seth  M.  Carter  came  to  the  office  of  Frye, 
Cotton  &  White  as  a  law  student.  Mr.  Frye's 
name  remained  connected  with  the  firm,  but  he 
ceased  to  be  active  in  practice,  and  the  business 
of  the  firm  was  carried  on  by  Cotton,  White  & 
Carter.  In  1889  Mr.  Cotton  went  to  Washing- 
ton as  Assistant  Attorney  General  and  the  old 
firm  of  Frye,  Cotton  &  White  was  dissolved  and 
Mr.  White  and  Mr.  Carter  continued  the  busi- 
ness under  the  firm  name  of  White  &  Carter. 
This  firm  has  always  occupied  a  leading  posi- 
tion among  the  attorneys  of  Maine,  and  has  been 
engaged  in  a  large  amount  of  important  litiga- 
tion. 

In  addition  to  his  legal  practice,  which  has 
been  wide  and  varied,  Mr.  White  has  interested 
himself  in  banking  and  other  business  enter- 
prises, and  at  the  present  time  is  vice-president 
of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Lewiston,  and  has 
been  for  many  years  president  of  the  Lewiston 
Gas  Light  Company.  He  is  also  a  director  and 
the  treasurer  of  the  Union  Electric  Power  Com- 
pany, and  of  the  Union  Water  Power  Company, 
and  is  treasurer  of  the  Androscoggin  Reservoir 
Company.  The  last  two  companies  own  and 
control  the  great  storage  reservoirs  at  the  head- 
waters of  the  Androscoggin  river.  In  the  organ- 
ization of  these  companies,  the  acquisition  of  the 
land  and  flowage  rights  and  the  construction  of 
the  great  dams  controlling  these  storage  reser- 
voirs, Mr.  White  had  a  prominent  part.  It  is  due 
to  Mr.  White  and  his  associates  that  these  enter- 
prises have  made  the  Androscoggin  river  one  of 
the  best  controlled  and  regulated  rivers  for 
power  purposes  of  any  river  of  its  size  in  the 
United  States.  Mr.  White  served  for  two  terms 
as  county  attorney  of  Androscoggin  county,  and 
has  also  held  various  city  offices.  He  was  elected 
to  the  State  Legislature  in  1882,  and  though  a 
new  member  he  served  on  the  judiciary  commit- 
tee at  that  session.  He  declined  to  be  a  candi- 


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date  for  re-election,  but  in  1898  was  elected  to 
the  State  Senate  and  served  for  two  terms,  and 
during  the  second  term  he  was  chairman  of  the 
judiciary  committee.  He  was  twice  offered  an 
appointment  as  a  Judge  of  the  Supreme  Judicial 
Court  of  Maine,  but  in  each  instance  declined 
the  appointment.  He  was  given  the  degree  of 
Master  of  Arts  at  Bowdoin  College  in  1904.  In 
his  religious  belief  he  is  a  Congregationalist. 

Mr.  White  was  married,  in  1874,  at  Lewiston, 
Maine,  to  Helen  Elizabeth  Frye,  the  daughter  of 
Hon.  William  P.  and  Caroline  (Spear)  Frye.  To 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  White  seven  children  have  been 
born,  as  follows:  William  Frye,  a  practicing  at- 
torney in  Boston.  2.  Wallace  Humphrey,  Jr., 
who  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  White  & 
Carter,  and  is  now  a  member  of  Congress  from 
the  Second  Maine  Congressional  District.  3. 
John  Humphrey,  who  resides  in  Auburn  and  is 
in  the  employ  of  the  Union  Water  Power  Com- 
pany. 4.  Emme  Frye,  who  married  Dr.  Horace 
P.  Stevens,  of  Cambridge,  Massachusetts.  5. 
Thomas  Carter,  of  Lewiston,  of  the  firm  of  Ben- 
son &  White,  engaged  in  the  fire  insurance  busi- 
ness. 6.  Donald  Cameron,  treasurer  of  the  J.  B. 
Ham  Company,  engaged  in  the  wholesale  grain 
business  at  Lewiston.  7.  Harold  Sewall,  living 
on  a  farm  in  Auburn.  This  farm  is  the  one 
taken  up  by  his  great-grandfather,  Darius 
White,  about  1800,  and  has  been  owned  by  some 
member  of  the  White  family  ever  since.  Mr. 
White  is  a  descendant  of  William  White,  who 
came  to  New  England  from  England,  and  who 
died  in  Boston,  in  1673. 


FRANK    ANDREW    MOREY,    one    of    the 

most  prominent  and  highly  respected  figures  in 
the  city  of  Lewiston,  Maine,  and  the  surrounding 
region,  a  man  who  has  held  many  of  the  most 
important  offices  in  the  gift  of  the  people  in  that 
locality  and  who  has  filled  them  all  in  such  a 
manner  as  to  win  for  him  a  most  enviable  repu- 
tation for  honor,  sincerity  and  disinterestedness, 
is  a  member  of  an  old  Colonial  New  England 
family,  his  ancestors  having  settled  first  in  Rhode 
Island,  from  which  they  eventually  went  to  New 
York  State,  where  for  many  generations  they 
have  resided.  Mr.  Morey  himself  is  a  native 
of  that  State,  having  been  born  March  II,  1863, 
at  Keeseville,  Essex  county.  He  is  a  son  of 
Andrew  Jackson  Morey,  who  for  many  years 
lived  at  Westford,  Vermont,  and  was  born  there 
March  25,  1833,  and  there  also  he  died  at  the 
age  of  seventy-five  years. 

The  early  education  of  Mr.  Morey  was  received 


at  the  schools  of  his  native  town  and  he  gradu- 
ated from  the  Keeseville  Academy  with  the  class 
of  1881,  where  he  was  prepared  for  college.  In 
the  fall  of  that  year  he  matriculated  at  Bates 
College,  Lewiston,  where  he  took  the  academic 
course,  graduating  therefrom  in  1885  with  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  He  established  an 
unusually  fine  record  for  character  and  scholar- 
ship during  his  college  course,  and  took  the 
highest  honors  in  modern  languages.  His  stand- 
ing was  the  more  remarkable  in  view  of  the  fact 
that  he  worked  his  way  through  in  a  large  part, 
from  the  beginning  of  his  course  in  the  Keese- 
ville Academy  to  the  end  of  his  senior  class  at 
Bates  College.  His  day  at  Bates  College  was 
his  first  introduction  to  Lewiston,  Maine,  where 
the  major  part  of  his  life  has  been  spent  to  the 
present,  and  with  which  his  career,  both  profes- 
sional and  business,  has  been  identified.  But  Mr. 
Morey's  ambition  did  not  at  first  turn  either  to 
the  law  nor  to  politics,  he  rather  desired  to  fit 
himself  for  a  pedagogical  career,  and  shortly 
after  his  graduation  from  the  college  he  received 
an  excellent  offer  in  a  school.  In  spite  of  the 
fact  that  a  good  salary  accompanied  this  offer, 
Mr.  Morey  decided,  particularly  through  the  in- 
fluence of  several  of  his  friends,  to  turn  his  atten- 
tion to  the  law.  With  this  idea  in  view,  he 
entered  the  law  office  of  Mr.  Hewitt,  of  Keese- 
ville, a  leading  member  of  the  Essex  bar,  and 
there  pursued  his  studies  to  such  good  effect 
that  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  his  State  in 
the  year  1887.  He  returned  to  Keeseville  and 
there  formed  a  partnership  with  his  former  pre- 
ceptor, Mr.  Hewitt,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Hewitt  &  Morey,  and  in  this  association  began 
the  practice  of  his  profession  in  his  native  town. 
For  three  years  he  continued  there,  in  the  mean- 
time gaining  a  very  considerable  reputation  as  a 
capable  and  learned  attorney.  After  this  period, 
he  came  to  Lewiston,  in  the  year  1891,  and  there 
began  practice  by  himself.  At  the  expiration  of 
six  months,  he  became  the  partner  of  the  Hon. 
D.  J.  McGillicuddy,  under  the  firm  name  of  Mc- 
Gillicuddy  &  Morey,  a  relationship  which  still 
continues.  The  firm  of  McGillicuddy  &  Morey 
rapidly  rose  in  prominence  until  it  became  recog- 
nized as  one  of  the  leading  concerns  in  the  legal 
profession,  not  only  in  Lewiston,  but  in  the  en- 
tire State. 

The  personal  record  of  Mr.  Morey  was  from 
the  outset  an  unusual  one,  so  that  even  as  a 
young  man  he  made  for  himself  a  position  of 
prominence  among  his  colleagues,  a  position 
which  he  has  always  maintained,  though  his  legal 


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practice  has  often  been  interrupted  by  his  hold- 
ing of  various  official  posts.  He  is  perhaps  even 
better  known  to  the  general  public  in  this  con- 
nection than  as  an  attorney,  and  has  probably 
done  an  even  greater  service  to  the  community- 
at-large  in  this  department  of  his  activity.  He 
served  for  two  years  as  City  Solicitor  of  Lewis- 
ton,  and  was  then  elected  a  member  of  the  Lower 
House  of  the  State  Legislature.  During  his 
membership  in  this  body,  he  served  as  a  member 
of  the  committee  on  legal  affairs,  ways  and 
means,  the  judiciary,  appropriations  and  financial 
affairs,  and  was  the  author  and  promoter  of  sev- 
eral important  State  laws,  among  which  should 
be  mentioned  the  only  law  in  the  statute  book 
which  relates  to  usury  and  usurious  transactions 
in  Maine.  Another  of  these  laws  is  that  which 
was  passed  materially  reducing  the  cost  of  col- 
lecting taxes,  while  still  others  were  those 
known  as  the  Morey  amendments  to  the  Austra- 
lian ballot  laws,  one  of  which  provided  that  all 
questions  which  are  submitted  to  the  people  to 
be  acted  upon  must  be  by  separate  ballot,  and 
not  upon  the  ballot  on  which  the  name  of  the 
candidate  appears;  another  was  the  providing  of 
booths  with  swinging  doors  for  the  voters.  An- 
other achievement  of  his  at  this  time  was  the 
securing  for  Lewiston  of  the  charter  for  the  city 
water  works,  which  Mr.  Morey  practically  res- 
cued from  defeat,  it  having  twice  met  with  ad- 
verse votes  in  the  House.  It  was  his  efforts 
that  finally  revived  it  for  a  third  time  and  se- 
cured for  it  its  passage.  He  served  for  three 
terms  in  the  Legislature  and  was  then  elected 
County  Attorney  for  Androscoggin  county,  to 
which  he  was  returned  for  a  second  term  in 
1908.  In  the  year  1907  he  was  elected  mayo- 
of  Lewiston,  and  held  that  office  for  six  consecu- 
tive terms,  a  period  which  has  not  been  equalled 
by  that  of  any  other  mayor  of  Lewiston.  He 
was  later  returned  once  more  to  the  House  of 
Representatives  and  served  as  Speaker  of  that 
body  in  1911,  while  in  1913  he  was  sent  to  the 
State  Senate  to  represent  Androscoggin  county. 
Mr.  Morey  has  always  been  a  staunch  supporter 
of  the  principles  and  policies  represented  by  the 
Democratic  party  and  has  been  and  still  is  one 
of  the  most  potent  influences  in  both  county  and 
State  politics  on  the  Democratic  side.  Mr. 
Morey  is  not  affiliated  with  any  fraternities  or 
clubs,  though  he  thoroughly  enjoys  normal  so- 
cial intercourse,  and  is  particularly  loved  and  ad- 
mired as  a  companion  by  a  large  circle  of  asso- 
ciates. He  attends  the  Free  Will  Baptist  Church 
of  Lewiston,  and  is  active  in  advancing  its  in- 
terests in  the  community. 


Frank  A.  Morey  was  united  in  marriage,  June 
24,  1889,  at  Lewiston,  with  Maude  M.  Douglass, 
a  native  of  Lewiston,  and  a  daughter  of  Oscar  G. 
and  Phoeb:  W.  (Cook)  Douglass,  old  and  highly 
respected  residents  of  this  city,  who  are  both 
now  deceased.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Morey  one 
child  has  been  born,  a  daughter,  Ruth  Mildred, 
who  became  the  wife  of  Herbert  Rice  Coffin,  of 
Lewiston,  who  is  associated  with  the  Woolworth 
store  there,  in  the  capacity  of  manager. 

Frank  A.  Morey  is  a  man  whose  culture  and 
broad  democratic  outlook  has  been  based  on  an 
intimate  experience  and  familiarity  with  life,  and 
he  has  always  had  a  strong  taste  for  seeing  and 
knowing  the  world,  a  taste  which  has  found  ex- 
pression in  one  direction,  by  his  fondness  for 
travel.  He  has  been  fortunate  enough  to  be 
able  to  gratify  this  fondness  and  has  traveled  to 
a  considerable  degree  both  in  his  own  country 
and  abroad.  Among  his  experiences,  those  which 
have  been  of  keenest  interest  to  him  were  con- 
nected with  his  visits  to  the  legislative  bodies  of 
some  of  the  F,uropean  countries,  notably  the 
British  House  of  Parliament  and  the  French 
Chamber  of  Deputies.  A  man  who  readily  and 
spontaneously  imbibed  knowledge  from  this  kind 
of  experience,  he  is  also  one  who  radiates  again 
knowledge  so  gained,  so  that  he  makes  a  most 
delightful  companion.  As  a  sort  of  compliment 
to  this  taste,  he  is  also  extremely  fond  of  his 
home  life  and  enjoys  nothing  more  completely 
than  the  informal  intercourse  of  his  own  house- 
hold and  the  intimate  personal  friends  who  may 
gather  in  his  house.  In  regard  to  the  great  suc- 
cess which  he  has  enjoyed  in  his  professional 
and  official  life,  it  may  be  remarked  that  there 
is  of  course  no  royal  road  to  success.  There  is 
no  road,  even,  of  which  it  may  be  said  that  it  is 
superior  to  all  others,  yet  we  can  scarcely  doubt 
that  there  are,  as  it  were,  certain  shortcuts,  cer- 
tain stretches  of  well-traveled  way  that  lead 
rather  more  directly  and  by  easier  stages  to  some 
specific  goals  than  do  others,  and  that  it  well 
pays  those  who  would  travel  thither  to  take  note 
of  their  existence.  Let  us  take  for  example  that 
so  widely  desired  success  in  public  life  for  which 
so  many  strive  and  so  few  attain  effectively;  here, 
putting  aside  a  certain  undue  influence  said  to 
be  too  frequently  exerted  today  in  this  country, 
there  are  few  ways  of  such  direct  approach  as 
through  the  time-honored  profession  of  law. 
There  is  certainly  nothing  astonishing  in  this 
fact — and  it  surely  is  a  fact — because  the  train- 
ing, the  associations,  matters  with  which  their 
daily  work  brings  them  in  contact,  are  of  a  kind 
that  peculiarly  well  fit  the  lawyers  for  the  tasks 


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of  public  office,  many  of  which  are  merely  a  con- 
tinuation or  slight  modification  of  their  more 
private  labors.  To  step  from  the  bar  to  public 
office  is  to  step  from  private  to  public  life,  yet 
it  involves  no  such  startling  break  in  what  a 
man  must  do,  still  less  in  what  he  must  think, 
and  although  there  are  but  few  offices  in  which 
the  transition  is  as  direct  as  this,  yet  there  are 
but  few  to  which  the  step  is  not  comparatively 
easy.  Of  course  it  is  not,  as  has  already  been 
remarked,  a  royal  road,  for  the  law  is  an  exact- 
ing mistress  and  requires  of  her  votaries  not 
merely  hard  and  concentrated  study  in  prepara- 
tion for  her  practice,  but  a  sort  of  double  task 
as  student  and  business  man  as  the  condition  of 
successful  practice  throughout  the  period  in 
which  they  follow  her.  Nevertheless,  what  has 
been  stated  is  unquestionably  true,  as  anyone 
who  chooses  to  examine  the  lives  of  our  public 
men  in  the  past  can  easily  discover  in  the  pre- 
ponderance of  lawyers  over  men  of  other  call- 
ings who  are  chosen  for  this  kind  of  advance- 
ment. 


NORMAN  LESLIE  BASSETT  was  born  in 
Winslow,  Kennebec  county,  Maine,  June  23,  1869, 
the  oldest  of  three  sons  and  two  daughters  of 
Josiah  Williams  and  Ella  S.  (Cornish)  Bassett. 

William  Bassett,  the  immigrant,  came  over  to 
Plymouth  in  1621,  in  the  ship  Fortune,  and  ulti- 
mately settled  in  West  Bridgewater,  Massachu- 
setts, being  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of 
the  town  of  Bridgewater.  The  seventh  in  de- 
scent from  him  was  Williams  Bassett,  who 
moved  from  Bridgewater  to  Winslow  about  1830. 
He  was  the  father  of  Josiah  Williams  Bassett, 
and  was  named  for  the  family  of  his  mother, 
Abiah  Williams,  whose  grandmother  was  Han- 
nah Standish.  Hannah's  grandmother  was  Jane 
Aldcn,  daughter  of  John  and  Priscilla  (Mullins) 
Alden,  and  her  grandfather  was  Alexander  Stand- 
ish, son  of  Captain  Miles  Standish.  The  mother 
of  Williams  Bassett  was  Sybil  Howard,  who  was 
seventh  in  descent  from  Mary  Chilton  Winslow. 
Ella  S.  (Cornish)  Bassett  was  the  daughter  of 
Colby  Coombs  and  Pauline  B.  (Simpson)  Cor- 
nish. Mr.  Cornish  was  born  in  Bowdoin,  and 
came  to  Winslow  in  1839. 

Norman  L.  Bassett  attended  school  in  District 
No.  2,  in  Winslow,  until  twelve  years  old,  and 
then  went  to  Waterville  Classical  Institute  (now 
Coburn  Classical  Institute).  He  first  entered 
the  department  of  Mrs.  James  H.  Hanson,  and 
later  the  college  preparatory  course  of  three 


years  under  Dr.  Hanson.  He  graduated  July  1, 
1887,  entered  Colby  University  (now  Colby  Col- 
lege) in  the  fall,  and  graduated  July  I,  1891.  His 
scholastic  record  was  excellent.  In  1879  he 
received  the  prize  for  highest  rank  during  the 
year  in  the  district  school;  in  1886  the  first  de- 
clamation prize  at  the  exhibition  of  the  middle 
class  at  the  institute;  the  second  entrance  prize 
to  Colby  in  1887;  a  second  and  especially 
awarded  prize  for  scholarship  during  his  fresh- 
man year;  first  prize  at  the  sophomore  declama- 
tion; junior  Latin  part;  junior  class  day  orator; 
first  prize,  junior  exhibition  of  original  articles; 
first  prize,  senior  composition;  prize  for  highest 
rank  during  senior  year;  Alden  prize  for  highest 
rank  during  the  four  years.  On  his  graduation 
he  was  elected  instructor  in  Greek  and  Latin 
at  Colby  and  entered  upon  the  work  in  the  fall. 
He-  resigned  at  the  end  of  three  years  to  take 
up  the  study  of  law.  For  one  year  he  studied 
in  the  office  of  his  uncle,  Leslie  C.  Cornish,  at 
Augusta.  Maine,  and  in  the  fall  of  1895  entered 
Harvard  Law  School,  from  which  he  was  grad- 
uated cum  laude,  June  29,  1898.  His  class  elected 
him  the  class  marshal  for  the  graduating  exer- 
cises, a  much  prized  honor. 

He  returned  to  the  office  of  Mr.  Cornish,  in 
Augusta,  the  following  October,  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  Kennebec  bar,  October  18,  1898, 
He  became  a  resident  of  Augusta  in  1900,  having 
up  to  that  time  maintained  his  residence  in 
Winslow.  He  was  associated  with  Mr.  Cornish 
until  October,  1901,  when  the  partnership  of 
Cornish  &  Bassett  was  formed,  and  continued 
until  March  31,  1907,  when  Mr.  Cornish  was 
appointed  a  justice  of  the  Supreme  Judicial 
Court.  Since  then  Mr.  Bassett  has  practiced 
alone  in  the  offices  in  the  Vickery  building,  for- 
merly occupied  by  the  firm. 

Mr.  Bassett  has  a  varied  and  extensive  practice. 
He  is  counsel  for  numerous  corporations,  and 
trustee  of  several  large  estates.  In  June,  1908, 
he  became  a  trustee  of  the  Augusta  Savings 
Bank,  and  in  January,  1914,  a  trustee  and  mem- 
ber of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  State 
Trust  Company  of  Augusta.  In  October,  1916, 
he  was  elected  a  director  of  the  Boston  and 
Maine  Railroad.  April  5,  1905,  he  was  appointed 
by  Governor  Cobb  the  legal  member  of  the 
Maine  Enforcement  Commission,  and  served 
until  April  8,  1907,  when  he  resigned.  He  is  and 
has  always  been  a  Republican;  was  a  member  of 
the  Augusta  Common  Council  in  1911,  and  of  the 
Board  of  Aldermen  in  1912-13-14.  In  April,  1907, 
Mr.  Bassett  was  elected  secretarv  and  treasurer 


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of  the  Maine  State  Bar  Association,  suceeding 
Judge  Cornish,  and  has  served  since.  In  the 
same  year  he  became  a  member  of  the  American 
Bar  Association,  and  since  1910  has  been  one  of 
its  local  council  for  Maine.  He  has  taken  a  deep 
interest  in  civic  institutions  of  all  kinds.  He 
has  been,  since  its  incorporation  in  1901,  a  trus- 
tee of  Coburn  Classical  Institute;  January,  1902, 
he  was  elected  secretary  and  director  of  the 
Augusta  General  Hospital,  serving  for  fifteen 
years  as  secretary,  until  January,  1917,  when  he 
resigned  as  secretary  and  was  elected  a  director; 
in  June,  1916,  he  became  a  trustee  of  Colby  Col- 
lege. He  was  for  a  number  of  years  chairman 
of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Howard  Be- 
nevolent Union,  of  Augusta,  which  he  organized 
into  a  corporation  in  1918  and  became  its  presi- 
dent. In  January,  1906,  he  was  elected  clerk 
of  All  Souls'  Church  (Unitarian),  of  Augusta, 
and  has  served  since.  He  took  an  active  part  in 
establishing  the  Augusta  Y.  M.  C.  A.  and  is  now 
a  trustee  and  treasurer  of  its  endowment  funds. 
In  November,  1917,  he  was  appointed  by  Gover- 
nor Millikcn  a  member  of  the  State  Central  Legal 
Advisory  Committee  in  the  administration  of  the 
Selective  Service  Law. 

June  24,  1903,  Mr.  Bassett  married  Lula  J.  Hoi- 
den,  of  Bcnnington,  Vermont,  daughter  of  John 
S.  and  Jennie  E.  Holden.  He  resides  on  Green 
street,  in  Augusta. 


JOHN  MERRICK,  an  influential  citizen  of 
Hallowell,  Maine,  where  the  later  years  of  his 
life  were  spent,  was  a  member  of  an  old  and 
distinguished  family  that  had  its  origin  in  Wales, 
but  had  resided  in  England  for  a  number  of 
generations.  The  name,  which  is  of  Welsh  deri- 
vation, was  in  ancient  days  spelled  Meuric,  and 
Meric,  and  in  common  with  most  surnames  of 
that  early  period,  we  find  it  under  a  number  of 
forms  in  different  times  and  regions.  The  family 
was  living  in  Surrey  at  the  time  of  the  birth  of 
John  Merrick,  which  occurred,  however,  in  the 
city  of  London,  August  27,  1766.  As  a  lad,  Mr. 
Merrick  attended  for  eight  years  the  grammar 
school  connected  with  the  Established  Church 
at  Kidderminster  and  then,  about  1788,  began 
the  study  of  divinity  at  Daventry,  where  there 
was  a  dissenting  academy  for  theological  train- 
ing. At  the  time  of  Mr.  Merrick's  entrance 
there,  the  celebrated  Thomas  Belsham  was  at 
the  head  of  the  school,  and  he  exercised  a  very 
potent  influence  upon  his  youthful  student  who 
became  his  ardent  disciple.  It  was  a  time  of 


great  changes  in  theological  thought,  and  Bel- 
sham  finally  left  the  Calvinist  faith  for  Unitarian- 
ism.  At  the  time  he  made  this  change  he  took 
with  him  a  number  of  the  students  at  Daventry, 
and  among  these  was  Mr.  Merrick.  Mr.  Belsham 
resigned  at  once  his  place  in  the  academy,  and 
took  charge  of  Hackney  College,  a  Unitarian 
Seminary,  where  he  taught  for  a  number  of  years. 
Mr.  Merrick,  though  not  a  student  at  the  latter 
institution,  continued  for  some  time  longer  un- 
der Mr.  Belsham's  personal  influence.  After 
completing  his  divinity  studies,  he  preached  as 
a  licentiate  for  two  years  at  Stamford,  but  was 
never  ordained.  From  1794  to  1797  he  held  a 
position  as  tutor  in  the  family  of  Benjamin 
Vaughan,  LL.D.,  at  first  in  England,  but  after 
1795.  in  America  (in  Hallowell,  Maine),  whither 
he  accompanied  them.  In  1797  Mr.  Merrick  re- 
turned to  England  for  a  time,  but  in  the  month 
of  May,  in  the  year  following,  shortly  after  his 
marriage,  he  came  once  more  with  his  wife  to 
America.  They  settled  at  once  in  Hallowell, 
Maine,  where  John  Merrick  died,  October  22, 
1861,  at  the  venerable  age  of  ninety-five  years. 

John  Merrick  married  in  London  in  the  month 
of  April,  1798,  Rebecca  Vaughan,  daughter  of 
Samuel  Vaughan,  Esq.,  and  a  sister  of  the  Dr. 
Benjamin  Vaughan,  with  whom  he  had  come  to 
America,  and  whose  children  he  taught.  Among 
the  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Merrick  was  Thom- 
as Belsham  Merrick,  whose  sketch  follows. 


THOMAS  BELSHAM  MERRICK— Among 
the  successful  business  men  of  New  York,  in 
which  city  for  many  years  he  was  an  importer 
of  drugs,  was  Thomas  Belsham  Merrick,  a  na- 
tive of  Hallowell,  Maine,  and  a  member  of  a 
family  of  English  origin  which  had  come  to  this 
country  and  settled  in  Maine  during  the  life  of 
his  father,  John  Merrick,  the  subject  of  extended 
mention  in  the  preceding  sketch.  Mr.  Merrick 
was  a  son  of  John  and  Rebecca  Vaughan  Mer- 
rick, both  natives  of  England,  and  was  himself 
born  in  Hallowell,  April  24,  1813.  As  a  lad  he 
attended  the  Hallowell  Academy,  where  he  re- 
ceived the  preliminary  portion  of  his  education 
and  was  prepared  for  college.  Upon  graduating 
from  that  institution  he  entered  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege, where  he  remained  only  one  year.  But 
Mr.  Merrick  was  one  of  those  men  whose  educa- 
tion is  completed  only  with  the  close  of  life  He 
was  a  natural  scholar  and  made  of  himself,  in 
the  subjects  that  he  took  up,  a  man  of  wide  cul- 
ture and  scholarship.  His  strong  interest  in 


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study  began,  however,  after  leaving  college,  with 
his  wish  to  understand  the  various  branches  of 
the  business  in  which  he  then  entered. 

Mr.  Merrick  became  keenly  interested  in  sci- 
entific subjects,  and  gradually  collected  a  library 
of  valuable  text  books  on  astronomy,  chemistry, 
and  physics.  Later  he  made  a  particular 
study  of  astronomy,  in  which  he  was  intensely 
interested  and  was  the  possessor  of  a  fine  and, 
for  those  days,  very  large  telescope  with  which 
he  did  a  considerable  amount  of  original  research 
work.  He  also  made  weather  observations  for 
the  government  weather  bureau,  which  were  of 
value  on  account  of  the  accuracy  and  complete- 
ness with  which  they  were  taken.  But  it  was 
not  merely  scientific  subjects  in  which  Mr.  Mer- 
rick was  interested.  He  was  a  great  lover  of 
art  and  especially  of  music,  for  which  he  pos- 
sessed a  marked  taste.  He  was  an  accomplished 
organist  and  for  two  years  played  that  instru- 
ment in  Grace  Episcopal  Church  in  Philadelphia. 
At  the  age  of  forty  he  took  up  the  violoncello 
and  learned  to  play  that  difficult  instrument 
very  acceptably.  He  engaged  the  later  famous 
orchestral  conductor,  Theodore  Thomas,  soon 
after  his  arrival  in  this  country,  to  teach  his 
two  sons,  and  he  did  much  to  further  the  de- 
velopment of  musical  taste  in  the  communities 
where  he  made  his  home.  While  living  in  Ger- 
mantown  he  organized  a  series  of  annual  Cham- 
ber concerts,  which  were  given  in  his  own  home. 

Mr.  Merrick's  business  career  began  with  a 
clerkship  in  the  drug  store  of  Simon  Page,  in 
Hallowell,  where  he  learned  the  details  of  that 
business  and  where  he  remained  several  years. 
Eventually  he  engaged  in  the  business  of  import- 
ing drugs  for  the  American  trade  from  Europe 
and  elsewhere  and  worked  up  a  large  business 
correspondence  which  extended  to  various  parts 
of  the  world.  For  a  time  he  conducted  this 
business  in  Philadelphia  to  which  city  he  had 
removed  from  Hallowell,  Maine,  and  then,  about 
1848,  he  went  to  New  York  City,  where  he  re- 
mained in  the  same  line  and  met  with  a  notable 
success.  He  continued  actively  engaged  in  this 
business  until  1879,  when  he  retired  and  removed 
with  his  family  to  Germantown,  Pennsylvania, 
where  the  remainder  of  his  life  was  passed,  and 
where  his  death  occurred,  June  2,  1902. 

While  always  keenly  interested  in  public  ques- 
tions, and  a  supporter  of  the  principles  "for 
which  the  Republican  Party  has  stood,  Mr.  Mer- 
rick never  took  part  in  political  life,  and  felt 
no  ambition  for  office  or  public  power.  He 
was  a  man  of  exceptional  integrity  and  honor 


who  was  absolutely  trusted  by  his  associates  in 
business  as  in  every  other  relation  of  life.  His 
strong  sense  of  moral  and  ethical  values  was 
always  attributed  by  him  to  his  father's  ex- 
ample and  instruction.  Yet,  although  he  thus 
valued  his  early  instruction,  he  did  not  remain 
a  member  of  the  Unitarian  church  with  which 
his  father  had  for  so  long  been  identified,  but 
joined  the  Episcopal  church,  and  for  many  years 
attended  service  at  Grace  Church,  Philadelphia, 
where,  as  has  already  been  mentioned,  he  played 
the  organ  for  two  years. 

Thomas  Bclsham  Merrick  was  united  in  mar- 
riage on  November  29,  1839,  in  Hallowell,  Maine, 
with  Elizabeth  Marie  White,  a  native  of  Belfast, 
Maine,  and  daughter  of  William  White,  a  well- 
known  lawyer  of  Maine,  and  Lydia  Amelia 
(Gordon)  White,  old  and  highly  respected  resi- 
dents of  that  place.  Mr.  White's  father  was  a 
native  of  Londonderry,  New  Hampshire,  his 
family  having  been  among  the  original  settlers, 
from  Londonderry,  Ireland.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Merrick  were  born  seven  children  as  follows: 
John;  W.  Gordon,  who  married  Annie  D.  Brown; 
Isabella,  who  became  the  wife  of  George  Samp- 
son, of  Hallowell,  Maine;  Lillie,  who  became  the 
wife  of  Charles  E.  Morgan,  deceased,  of  Ger- 
mantown, Pennsylvania;  Hallowell  Vaughan; 
Bertha  Vaughan,  who  makes  her  home  in  Hal- 
lowell, Maine;  Llewella  M.,  who  became  the  wife 
of  Walter  Leighton  Clark,  of  New  York  and  of 
Stockbridge,  Massachusetts. 


GEORGE  DANA  BISBEE,  who  for  many 
years  was  most  prominently  associated  with  the 
public  and  business  life  of  Rumford,  Maine, 
where  his  death,  which  occurred  on  May  26,  1918, 
removed  from  this  city  one  of  the  most  im- 
portant factors  in  the  general  life  of  the  com- 
munity, was  a  member  of  an  old  and  distin- 
guished New  England  family,  which  was  founded 
in  this  country  in  the  early  Colonial  period. 
The  name  Bisbee  is  found  under  different  forms 
in  this  country,  and  in  England,  where  it  orig- 
inated, and  is  spelled  Bisbredge,  Bisbridge, 
Bisbe,  Besbey,  Bisby,  Bisbee,  and  many  other 
forms.  The  spelling  Bisbee,  however,  is  that 
which  has  been  accepted  for  the  family  in  this 
country  and  is  now  in  general  use. 

(I)  The  family  was  founded  in  America  by 
one  Thomas  Bisbee,  or,  as  the  name  was  spelled 
on  the  list  of  the  ship  Hercules,  which  sailed  in 
March,  1634-35,  "Bisbedge,"  who  was  probably  a 
member  of  the  parish  of  St.  Peters,  Sandwich, 
England.  There  is  no  evidence  to  show  that 


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Thomas  Bisbee  was  married  at  the  time  that  he 
came  to  this  country,  but  he  brought  with  him 
on  the  Hercules  three  servants,  a  fact  which  bears 
witness  to  his  having  been  a  man  of  standing 
and  wealth  in  the  community  which  he  left.  He 
landed  from  the  Hercules  in  Scituate  Harbor,  in 
the  spring  of  1634,  and  was  one  of  those  who 
founded  the  town  of  Scituate,  in  1636.  He  be- 
came a  deacon  of  the  church  and  was  made  a 
freeman  by  the  General  Court  of  Plymouth  Col- 
ony in  the  year  1637.  Shortly  afterwards,  how- 
ever, he  removed  to  Duxbury,  and  in  1638  was 
one  of  a  committee  of  eight  former  or  present 
residents  of  Scituate,  who  received  a  grant  of 
land  at  Seipican  (now  Rochester).  This  grant 
was  not,  however,  accepted  by  the  inhabitants  of 
Scituate,  most  of  whom  removed  to  Barnstable, 
but  Mr.  Bisbee  remained  in  Duxbury,  and  in 
1643  was  elected  to  represent  that  place  in  the 
General  Court  of  the  colony.  He  afterwards 
removed  to  Marshfield,  and  also  represented  that 
place  in  the  General  Court,  and  from  that  finally 
went  to  Sudbury,  where  his  death  occurred 
March  9,  1674. 

(II)  Elisha    Bisbee,    the    only   known    son    of 
Thomas    Bisbee,    was    born,    probably,    in    Eng- 
land,  and   came   with   his    father   to   America   in 
1634.     In   1644  he  operated  the  ferry  at  Scituate, 
and  was  also   engaged  in  business   as   a  cooper. 
He   was   married   to   a   lady    of   whom   we    only 
know   that  her  first   name   was  Joanna,   and  his 
children,    all    of    whom    were    born    at    Scituate, 
were  as  follows:     Hopestill,  born  in  1645;  John, 
who  is  mentioned  below;  Mary,  born  in  1649,  and 
became    the    wife    of   Jacob    Best,    of    Hingham; 
Elisha,  born  in  1654,  married  (first)  Sarah  King, 
of  Scituate,  and  (second)   Mary  (Jacobs)   Bacon, 
widow  of  Samuel  Bacon,  and  daughter  of  John 
and    Margery     (Fames)     Jacob.      Elisha    Bisbee 
made   his   home   at   South   Hingham,    Massachu- 
setts, where  his  death  occurred  March  4,  1715-16. 

(III)  John   Bisbee,   second   son   of  Elisha  and 
Joanna      Bisbee,   was  born   in    1647,  at   Scituate. 
He    removed    to    Marshfield,    where    he    married, 
September  13,  1687,  Joanna  Brooks.     They  after- 
wards   removed    to    Pembroke,   where   his    death 
occurred,  September  24,  1726,  a  little  more  than 
a  month  after  the  death  of  his  wife.     They  were 
the   parents    of   the   following   children:    Martha, 
born    October    13,    1688;    John,    born    September 
15,  1690,  and  married  Mary  Oldham;  Elijah,  born 
January    29,    1692;    Mary,   born    March    28,    1693; 
Moses,    who    is    mentioned    below;    Elisha,    Jr., 
born  May  3  1698,  and  married  Patience  Soanes; 
Aaron,    who    married    Abigail    ;    Hopestill, 


born     April     16,     1702,     and     married     Hannah 
Churchill. 

(IV)  Moses    Bisbee,    third    son    of    John    and 
Joanna    (Brooks)    Bisbee,   was  born   October  20, 
1695.     He   afterwards   removed   to   East   Bridge- 
water,  where  the  remainder  of  his  life  was  spent. 

He    married    Mary    ,    and    they    were    the 

parents  of  the  following  children:    Abigail,  who 
died    in    early    youth;     Miriam,    born    in     1724; 
Charles,  who  is   mentioned  below;  Joanna,  born 
in  1729,  and  became  the  wife  of  John  Churchill; 
Mary,    born   in    1733,    and    died    in    early   youth; 
and  Tabitha,  born   in   1735. 

(V)  Charles   Bisbee,   son   of  Moses  and   Mary 
Bisbee,  was  born  in   1726,  at   East   Bridgewater, 
Massachusetts.     Shortly  after  the   Revolutionary 
War    he    removed    to    Maine,    and    became    the 
founder   of  the   Bisbee  family  here.     He   settled 
at    Sumner,    in    this    State,    and    married    Beulah 
Howland,  daughter  of  Rowse  Howland,  of  Pem- 
broke,   and    probably    a    descendant    of    Arthur 
Howland,   of   Marshfield,   who   later   removed   to 
that  place.     Charles  Bisbee  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Revolutionary  War,  as  were  also  his   two  elder 
sons,  Elisha  and  Charles,  and  it  was  after  having 
completed  his  service  in  that  momentous  strug- 
gle that  he  became  one  of  the  band  of  pioneers 
who  left  Massachusetts  to  find  a  home  for  them- 
selves in  the  Maine  forests.     He  purchased  lands 
in  the  township  of  Sharon,  which  afterwards  be- 
came   Butterfield,    and    in    1783    visited    his    land 
there  and  erected  a  small  and  rude  house  for  his 
family   in   the   wilderness.     With    the   assistance 
of  his  seven  sons  he  soon  cleared  his   property 
and  built  up  a  farm  there,  which  afterwards  he 
cultivated    with    success.      His    death    occurred 
June  5,  1807.     He  and  his  wife  were  the  parents 
of  the  following  children,  all  of  whom  were  born 
in    Pembroke,    Massachusetts:     Elisha,    who    is 
mentioned  below;  Charles,  Jr.,  who  was  born  in 
1758,  and  married  Desire  Dingley,  of  Marshfield; 
Mary,    born    in    1760,    and    became    the    wife    of 
Charles    Ford;    Moses,   born    February   21,    1765, 
and    married    Ellen    Buck;    John,    who    married 
Sarah    Philbrick;    Solomon,    born    September    3, 
1769,    and    married    Ruth    Barrett;    Calvin,    born 
October     14,     1771,     married     Bethiah     Glover; 
Rowse,  born  October  17,  1775,  and  married  Han- 
nah   Caswell;    Celia,    who    became    the    wife    of 
Joshua   Ford. 

(VI)  Elisha     (2)      Bisbee,     eldest     child     of 
Charles  and  Beulah  (Howland)  Bisbee,  was  born 
in  the  year  1757,  at  Duxbury,  Massachusetts,  and 
as  a  young  man  fought  in  the   Revolution.     He 
afterwards   removed   with   his   parents   to   Maine, 


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where  the  remainder  of  his  life  was  spent.  He 
married,  at  Duxbury,  in  1779,  Mary  Pettingill, 
and  his  wife  and  two  children  accompanied  him 
to  Maine,  where  they  settled  at  Sumner.  They 
were  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
Susan,  born  March  26,  1780,  at  Duxbury,  and 
became  the  wife  of  Nathaniel  Bartlett,  of  Hart- 
ford, Maine;  Sally,  born  at  Duxbury,  prior  to 
1784,  and  became  the  wife  of  Gad  Hayford,  of 
Hartford,  Maine;  Anna,  born  in  Maine,  subse- 
quent to  the  year  1784,  and  became  the  wife  of 
Stephen  Brew,  of  Turner,  Maine;  Elisha,  Jr.,  who 
is  mentioned  at  length  below;  Daniel,  who  mar- 
ried Sylvia  Stevens,  of  Sumner;  Hopestill,  born 
April  27,  1791,  and  married  Martha  Sturtevant; 
Mollie,  born  January  4,  1794,  and  became  the 
wife  of  Nehemiah  Bryant,  and  (second)  of 
Lemuel  Dunham;  Huldah,  who  became  the  wife 
of  Sampson  Reed,  of  Hartford;  Horatio,  born 
August  13,  1800,  and  married  Eunice  White, 
March  27,  1823. 

(VII)  Elisha  (3)  Bisbee,  son  of  Elisha  (2)  and 
Mary  (Pettingill)  Bisbee,  was  born  May  8,  1786, 
at  Sumner,  Maine.      He  married,  April   10,   1810, 
Joanna  Sturtevant,  and  they  were  the  parents  of 
the  following  children:    I.  Elbridge  G.,  born  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1811,  died  October  2,  1812.     2.  Thomas 
J.,  married  Sylvia  Stetson,  of  Sumner.    3.  George 
W.,    twin    of   Thomas    J.,    mentioned   below.     4. 
Mary  P.,  born  June  6,  1815,  and  became  the  wife 
of  Freeman  Reed.     5.  Elisha,  born  in  April,  1822, 
and  died  September  24,  1853.    6.  Sarah  W.,  born 
February  21,   1826,  and  became   the  wife  of  Or- 
ville  Robinson.     7.  Sophia  G.,  born  April  7,  1827. 
8.  Levi  B.,  born  July  10,  1828,  and  married  Eliza 
A.   C.  Heald.     9.   Elisha   S.,  born  April   15,   1830, 
and  married  J.  Parsons.     10.  Asia  H.,  born  Jan- 
uary 6,  1832,  and  died  at  Portland,  Oregon,  June 
i,    1870.      ii.    Daniel    H.,   born    October   9,    1833. 
12.  Jane  Y.,  born  July  I,  1835,  and  married  James 
McDonald,    October    I,    1855.      13.    Hopestill    R., 
born    June    21,    1837.      14.    Hiram    R.,    born    De- 
cember   ii,    1839,    who    was    a    sergeant    of   the 
Ninth  Maine  Volunteers,  in  Company  F,  and  was 
shot  in  battle  and  died  at  Bermuda,  May  20,  1864. 

(VIII)  George  W.   Bisbee,   son   of  Elisha   (3) 
and  Joanna   (Sturtevant)    Bisbee,  was  born  July 
6,  1812,  at  Sumner,  Maine.     He  married,  January 
i,  1836,  Mary  B.  Howe,  of  Rumford,  Maine,  and 
died    in    Peru,    Maine,    January    27,    1872.     They 
were  the  parents  of  one  child,  George  Dana,  with 
whose  career  we  are  here   especially   concerned. 

(IX)  George     Dana     Bisbee,     only     child     of 
George   W.   and    Mary    B.    (Howe)    Bisbee,   was 
born  July  9,   1841,  at  Hartford,   Maine.     He   at- 


tended the  public  schools  of  West  Peru  and  the 
Oxford  Normal  Institute,  of  Paris,  Maine.  He 
was  twenty  years  of  age  when,  in  1861,  the  Civil 
War  broke  out,  and,  in  company  with  many  other 
of  the  young  men  of  his  State,  he  answered 
President  Lincoln's  call  for  men,  and  enlisted 
in  the  Sixteenth  Maine  regiment  at  the  time  of 
its  organiation.  The  regiment  was  at  once  or- 
dered South,  and  the  young  man  saw  a  great 
deal  of  active  service  and  participated  in  some 
of  the  most  desperately  contested  actions  and 
campaigns  of  the  war,  serving  under  Generals 
McCIellan,  Burnside,  Hooker,  Meade  and  Grant. 
These  campaigns  included  those  attempted  in 
Virginia,  with  the  idea  of  regaining  what  had 
been  lost  by  Fredericksburg  and  Chancellors- 
ville,  and  that  at  Antietam,  by  which  Washing- 
ton was  saved.  He  was  also  one  of  those  who 
took  part  in  the  Battle  of  Gettysburg  and  was, 
with  his  entire  regiment,  captured  by  the  Con- 
federates on  the  first  day  of  that  terrific  engage- 
ment. He  was  one  of  the  prisoners  of  war  who 
suffered  the  hardships  of  Libby  Prison,  and  was 
also  confined  in  several  other  Confederate  prison 
camps,  until  his  parole  in  December,  1864.  He 
was,  however,  later  exchanged,  and  although 
wounded  and  greatly  worn  by  his  confinement, 
re-entered  the  army  and  took  part  in  the  battle 
which  finally  resulted  in  the  surrender  of  General 
Lee,  at  Appomattox  Court  House.  So  keen  a 
soldier  was  Mr.  Bisbee  that,  in  spite  of  the  suf- 
ferings which  he  had  witnessed  and  personally 
endured,  he  counted  his  participation  in  this 
last  campaign  as  full  compensation  for  all  his 
trials  and  hardships.  Upon  the  close  of  the  war 
he  was  honorably  discharged  with  his  regiment, 
and  returning  to  the  North,  entered  the  law 
office  of  Randall  &  Winter,  at  Dixfield,  Maine. 
Mr.  Randall  studied  in  the  same  class  with 
Nathaniel  Hawthorne  and  other  noted  men.  Mr. 
Bisbee  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Oxford  in 
December,  1865,  and  the  following  year  engaged 
in  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Buckfield, 
Maine,  remaining  there  until  1892,  when  he 
finally  removed  to  Rumford  Falls.  Here  he 
again  took  up  the  practice  of  the  law,  and  be- 
came the  senior  partner  of  the  firm  of  Bisbee  & 
Parker,  his  associate  being  Mr.  Ralph  Parker. 
Later  he  also  admitted  his  grandson,  Captain 
Spaulding  Bisbee,  who  is  now  serving  in  the  One 
Hundred  and  Third  Regiment,  United  States 
Expeditionary  Force,  in  France,  into  the  partner- 
ship. Besides  his  private  practice,  Mr.  Bisbee 
held  many  important  public  offices,  legal  and 
otherwise,  in  the  community,  and  in  all  of  them 


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discharged  his  duties  with  the  utmost  efficiency 
and  capability.  He  was  county  attorney  of  Ox- 
ford county  for  a  number  of  years,  and  also 
served  in  both  branches  of  the  State  Legislature. 
He  was  United  States  Marshal  for  the  district 
of  Maine  for  four  years,  with  his  office  at  Port- 
land, Maine,  and  was  appointed  State  bank  exam- 
iner, a  post  which  he  held  for  four  years.  He 
was  also  a  member  of  Governor  Cobb's  Council 
in  1005  and  1007.  Mr.  Bisbee  was  also  a  promi- 
nent figure  in  the  business  and  financial  life  of 
the  State  and  was  connected  with  a  number  of 
important  institutions  here.  He  was  president 
of  the  Rumford  Falls  Trust  Company  and  was 
one  of  the  promoters  of  that  concern,  was  a 
director  and  attorney  of  the  Portland  &  Rum- 
ford  Falls  Railway,  and  several  other  local  enter- 
prises. He  was  appointed  chairman  of  the  board 
of  trustees  of  Hebron  Academy  in  1907,  and 
afterwards  became  president  of  that  institution. 
As  a  lawyer,  Mr.  Bisbee  was  one  of  the  leaders 
of  the  bar  of  Maine,  and  much  of  the  most  im- 
portant litigation  of  the  State  passed  through 
his  office.  He  was  admitted  to  practice  before 
all  the  Superior  Courts  of  the  State,  and  at  the 
bar  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States. 
At  this  time  he  was  president  of  the  Bench 
and  Bar  Association  of  Maine.  It  was  Mr.  Bis- 
bee and  his  associate,  Hugh  J.  Chisholm,  who 
were  the  promoters  of  the  flourishing  community 
of  Rumford  Falls,  Maine. 

George  Dana  Bisbee  was  united  in  marriage, 
July  8,  1866,  with  Anna  Louise  Stanley,  daughter 
of  the  Hon.  Isaac  N'ewton  and  Susan  (Trask) 
Stanley,  old  and  highly  respected  residents  of 
Dixfield.  Mr.  Stanley,  who  was  a  native  of  Win- 
throp,  Maine,  was  a  successful  merchant  at  Dix- 
field. He  was  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  held 
a  number  of  town  offices  and  also  represented 
Dixfield  in  the  State  Legislature.  Both  he  and 
his  wife  died  at  that  place.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Bisbee  the  following  children  were  born:  Stan- 
ley, born  in  Buckfield,  April  25,  1867,  and  now  3 
prominent  man  of  Rumford,  Maine;  Mary  Louise, 
who  became  the  wife  of  Everett  R.  Josselyn,  of 
the  firm  of  Brown  &  Josselyn,  of  Portland, 
wholesale  flour  dealers,  and  two  who  died  in 
infancy.  Mrs.  Bisbee  is  a  member  of  Stanley 
Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution, 
which  was  named  for  her  great-grandmother. 

We  all  feel  a  strong,  instinctive  admiration 
for  the  natural  leader  of  men,  for  the  man  who, 
because  of  the  possession  of  some  quality  or 
other,  reaches  a  place  in  which  he  directs  the 
doings  of  his  fellows  and  is  accepted  of  them 


naturally  in  that  capacity.  We  all  admire  him 
independently  of  what  that  quality  may  be,  even 
if  our  best  judgment  tells  us  that  it  is  by  no 
means  praiseworthy  in  itself.  When,  however, 
that  quality  is  a  lovable  one,  and  a  man  leads  in 
virtue  of  the  sway  he  holds  over  the  affections 
and  veneration  of  others,  our  admiration  receives 
an  added  power  from  our  approval,  and  this  feel- 
ing receives  its  final  confirmation  when  such 
leadership  is  directed  solely  to  good  ends.  This 
is  in  great  measure  true  of  the  case  of  George 
Dana  Bisbee,  whose  reputation  in  his  home  State 
for  success,  gained  without  the  compromise  of 
his  ideals,  is  second  to  none.  His  rise  to  a  place 
of  prominence  in  so  many  departments  of  the 
community's  life  was  doubtless  rapid,  but  it  was 
not  won  without  the  expenditure  of  labor  and 
effort  of  the  most  consistent  kind,  labor  and 
effort  which  doubtless  felt  discouragement,  such 
as  every  man  experiences  in  the  course  of  his 
life.  The  qualities  which  formed  the  basis  of 
Mr.  Bisbee's  character  were  unquestionably  those 
fundamental  virtues  of  courage  and  sincerity 
which  alone  are  responsible  for  the  highest  and 
most  enduring  success.  A  story  told  of  him 
during  his  campaign  in  the  Civil  War  well  illus- 
trates the  quality  of  this  courage  and  of  his 
sincere  belief  in  the  overwhelming  importance 
of  the  cause  for  which  he  was  fighting.  Mr. 
Bisbee  was  severely  wounded  at  the  Battle  of 
Fredericksburg,  but  absolutely  refused  to  allow 
the  physician  to  amputate  his  arm.  While  still 
in  the  hospital,  recovering  slowly  from  his  hurts, 
he  received  notice  of  his  promotion  as  an  officer, 
and  he  at  once  expressed  a  wish  to  go  to  the 
front  and  accept  his  commission.  He  was  re- 
fused permission,  however,  by  the  hospital  au- 
thorities, one  of  whom  is  quoted  as  saying  to 
him,  "sick  and  wounded  men  at  the  front  are  of 
no  use."  He  was  accordingly  discharged,  on 
account  of  wounds  and  physical  disability,  but 
still  full  of  his  determination,  he  secured  through 
Vice-President  Hamlin  a  permit  to  visit  his  regi- 
ment and  at  once  offered  himself  for  service 
there.  Struck  by  his  determination,  his  superiors 
allowed  him  to  be  mustered  into  the  service  once 
more,  with  his  old  commission  as  lieutenant, 
and  he  took  part  in  the  Battle  of  Chancellors- 
ville,  with  his  wounded  arm  in  a  sling.  Such 
perseverance  as  was  exhibited  by  him  on  this 
occasion  continued  to  mark  his  behavior  through- 
out life  and  it  was  always  true  of  him  that  an 
object  which  he  deemed  worthy  of  seeking,  he 
would  pursue  without  regard  to  its  cost  and 


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hardship.  Such  men  are  rare,  and  the  success 
which  they  invariably  win  is  only  the  legitimate 
and  appropriate  recompense  of  their  endeavors. 


CAPTAIN  WHITMAN  SAWYER— Of  the 
eighth  generation  of  the  family  in  New  England, 
Captain  Whitman  Sawyer,  a  citizen  and  soldier, 
bore  honorably  a  name  which  figured  conspicu- 
ously in  every  department  of  American  life,  and 
has  continued  its  proportion  to  the  progress  and 
development  of  the  nation.  Within  a  few  years 
of  the  landing  of  the  Pilgrims,  at  Plymouth 
Rock,  the  name  appeared  in  Massachusetts 
records,  and  as  pioneers  Sawyers  showed  those 
qualities  which  planted  civilization  on  the  New 
England  coast,  wrested  fields  from  the  forest 
and  tamed  the  savage  things  that  linked  therein 
to  do  them  harm.  They  were  ready  to  fight 
for  their  liberties  as  for  their  lives,  and  when 
an  appeal  to  arms  was  taken  to  establish  those 
liberties,  it  is  of  record  that  in  the  town  of  Lan- 
caster, alone,  eighteen  members  of  the  Sawyer 
family  were  enrolled  as  soldiers,  and  that  one 
company  from  that  town  was  officered  entirely 
by  Sawyers.  And  what  was  true  in  Massachu- 
setts, was  true  wherever  they  were  found.  This 
martial  spirit  was  as  strong  in  the  eighth  as  in 
earlier  generations,  and  the  war  record  of  Cap- 
tain Whitman  Sawyer  was  one  of  conspicuous 
bravery. 

Captain  Whitman  Sawyer  was  a  descendant  of 
John  Sawyer,  of  Lincolnshire,  England,  he  the 
father  of  three  sons,  William,  Edward,  and 
Thomas,  all  of  whom  came  to  Massachusetts 
about  1636.  This  branch  comes  through  Ed- 
ward Sawyer,  who  married,  in  England,  Mary 
Peasley,  who  accompanied  her  husband  to  New 
England,  they  also  burying  three  children,  Mary, 
Henry,  and  James.  This  family  settled  first  in 
Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  later  in  Rowley.  James 
Sawyer,  their  youngest  child,  was  a  weaver  by 
trade,  lived  in  Gloucester,  and  there  died,  May 
31,  1703.  He  married  Sarah  Bray,  of  Gloucester, 
who  died  April  24,  1727. 

John  Sawyer,  son  of  James  Sawyer,  moved 
with  his  family  from  Gloucester,  Massachusetts, 
to  Cape  Elizabeth,  Maine,  there  kept  a  store, 
and  was  buried  in  the  graveyard  on  Meeting 
House  hill.  He  married,  February  20,  1701,  Re- 
becca Stanford.  Among  their  children  was  a 
son,  Joseph,  who  married  Joanna  Cobb,  and  they 
were  the  parents  of  the  third  John  Sawyer, 
through  whom  descent  is  traced.  John  (3)  Saw- 
yer married  Isabella  Martin,  of  Blue  Hill,  Maine. 

ME.— l—io 


They  were  the  parents  of  John  (4)  Sawyer,  born 
in  Buxton,  Maine,  died  in  Standish,  Maine,  May 
6,  1849.  John  (4)  married  Grace  Jenkins,  and 
they  were  the  parents  of  John  (5)  Sawyer,  born 
on  the  homestead  farm  at  Standish,  Maine,  July 
II,  1800,  died  in  Casco,  Maine,  October  10,  1870. 
He  married,  June  19,  1825,  Rebecca  Longley, 
daughter  of  Eli  Longley,  one  of  the  first  set- 
tlers of  Waterford,  Maine,  who  built  the  first 
log  hotel  and  store  in  that  town,  and  was  the 
first  postmaster.  They  were  the  parents  of  eight 
children,  including  a  son,  Whitman,  whose  life 
and  public  service  is  the  ruling  theme  of  this 
review. 

Captain  Whitman  Sawyer,  fourth  son  of  John 
(5)  and  Rebecca  (Longley)  Sawyer,  was  born  in 
Raymond,  June  10,  1838,  and  died  in  Portland, 
June  20,  1904.  He  lived  in  Raymond  until  his 
early  manhood,  and  at  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil 
War  he  offered  his  services  for  the  preservation 
of  the  Union.  Following  is  his  war  record,  com- 
piled from  official  and  authentic  sources  by  the 
Soldiers'  and  Sailors'  Historical  and  Benevolent 
Society,  of  which  he  was  a  member,  duly  signed 
and  sealed: 

Whitman  Sawyer  enlisted  from  Cumberland 
county,  Maine,  on  the  loth  day  of  September, 
1862,  to  serve  nine  months,  and  was  mustered 
into  the  United  States  service  at  Portland, 
Maine,  on  the  29th  day  of  September,  1862,  as 
first  lieutenant  of  Captain  Charles  H.  Doughty's 
Company  "C,"  2$th  Regiment,  Maine  Volunteer 
Infantry,  Colonel  Francis  Fessenden  command- 
ing. The  Twenty-fifth  was  the  second  regiment 
from  the  Pine  Tree  State  to  enter  the  service 
of  the  United  States  for  nine  months'  duty,  and 
was  the  first  for  that  term  to  leave  the  State. 
It  was  mustered  into  the  United  States  service, 
at  Portland,  on  the  29th  day  of  September,  1862, 
with  the  following  field  officers:  Francis  Fes- 
senden. colonel;  Charles  E.  Shaw,  lieutenant- 
colonel;  Alexander  M.  Tolman,  major.  The  regi- 
ment left  the  State  on  the  i6th  of  October  for 
Washington,  D.  C.,  where  it  arrived  on  the  l8th 
and  went  into  camp  on  East  Capitol  Hill,  where 
it  was  assigned  to  the  3rd  Brigade,  Casey's  Divi- 
sion, 22d  Corps,  Defenders  of  Washington,  and 
was  immediately  engaged  in  drills  and  evolu- 
tions of  the  line  under  General  Casey.  On  Sun- 
day, October  26th,  the  regiment  moved  through 
a  furious  storm  to  a  camping  ground  on  Arling- 
ton Heights,  Virginia,  immediately  in  front  of 
the  line  of  earthworks  for  the  defense  of  Wash- 
ington, remaining  here,  until  March  24,  1863, 
constantly  engaged  in  guarding  Long  Bridge, 
on  both  sides  of  the  Potomac,  and  in  construct- 
ing batteries  and  fortifications.  In  December, 
1862,  the  Third  Brigade  of  Casey's  Division  was 
broken  up,  and,  with  the  27th  Maine,  the  regi- 
ments were  organized  into  the  First  Brigade 
of  Casey's  Division,  with  which  it  remained  until 


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its  final  muster  out.  Although  in  no  pitched  bat- 
tles, the  command  had  a  number  of  encounters 
with  guerillas  and  marauding  bands,  in  all  of 
which  it  acquitted  itself  admirably.  The  said 
Whitman  Sawyer  was  honorably  discharged  at 
Portland.  Maine,  on  the  3rd  day  of  July,  1863, 
by  reason  of  expiration  of  his  term  of  enlist- 
ment. He  re-enlisted  at  Augusta,  Maine,  on  the 
igth  day  of  December,  1863,  to  serve  three  years 
or  during  the  war,  and  was  mustered  into  the 
United  States  service  and  commissioned  as  Cap- 
tain of  Company  "C,"  3Oth  Regiment,  Maine 
Volunteer  Infantry,  Colonel  Francis  Fessenden, 
commanding.  The  3Oth  Maine  was  formed  of 
exceptionally  good,  soldierly  material  to  a  large 
extent,  and  also  had  a  number  of  old  men  and 
discharged  soldiers  whose  disability  was  only 
apparently  removed,  a  large  proportion  of  its 
officers  and  men,  however,  were  experienced  sol- 
diers. The  regiment  was  organized  at  Augusta, 
on  the  gth  day  of  January,  1864,  with  the  fol- 
lowing field  officers:  Francis  Fessenden,  colonel; 
Thomas  H.  Hubbard,  lieutenant-colonel:  and 
Royal  E.  Whitman,  major.  On  the  7th  of  Feb- 
ruary, being  fully  armed  and  equipped,  the  com- 
mand proceeded  to  Portland,  and  from  there 
embarked  on  the  steamer  Merrimac  for  New 
Orleans,  where  they  arrived  on  the  night  of  the 
l6th,  thence  moved  up  to  Bayou  Teche  to  Frank- 
lin, Louisiana,  where  they  were  assigned  to  the 
3rd  Brigade,  First  Division,  Nineteenth  Corps, 
Army  of  the  Department  of  the  Gulf,  and  later 
took  in  the  Red  River  Expedition,  and  engage- 
ments at  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  Mansfield,  Pleas- 
ant Hill,  Cane  River  Crossing,  Cloutierville, 
Alexandria,  Mansura,  Marksville,  Yellow  Bayou, 
Atchafalya  Bayou  and  Morganza,  Louisiana.  In 
July,  the  regiment  sailed  from  Morganza,  for  Vir- 
ginia, reaching  Fortress  Monroe  on  the  l8th,  and 
was  sent  immediately  to  Deep  Bottom,  where 
it  held  a  picket-line  in  the  face  of  the  enemy 
for  twenty-four  hours,  and  later  took  part  in  an 
engagement  at  Bermuda  Hundred  Heights,  Vir- 
ginia, and  a  number  of  skirmishes.  The  regi- 
ment lost  two  hundred  and  ninety  by  death, 
while  in  service.  The  said  Whitman  Sawyer  was 
brevettcd  major  for  brave  and  meritorious  ser- 
vice, and  while  in  line  of  duty  contracted  mala- 
ria, from  which  he  suffered  a  number  of  times 
for  short  periods.  He  was,  however,  at  all  times, 
to  be  found  at  his  post  of  duty,  performing  faith- 
ful and  efficient  service,  and  achieving  an  envi- 
able record  for  bravery  and  soldierly  bearing. 
He  received  a  final  honorable  discharge  at  Sa- 
vannah, Georgia,  on  the  2Oth  day  of  August, 
1865,  by  reason  of  the  close  of  war. 

Returning  from  the  war,  Captain  Sawyer  set- 
tled in  Falmouth,  where  for  a  few  years,  till 
March,  1870,  he  was  engaged  in  the  grocery  busi- 
ness. He  then  removed  to  Portland  and  formed 
a  partnership  in  the  livery  stable  business  with 
the  late  N.  S.  Fernald.  This  firm  did  an  exten- 
sive business,  and  after  a  time  was  formed  into 
a  stock  company  and  named  after  Mr.  Sawyer, 
the  Whitman  Sawyer  Stable  Company,  he  being 


the  treasuier  and  business  manager.  Captain 
Sawyer  was  one  of  the  strongest  Republicans, 
and  had  often  been  honored  with  political  posi- 
tions. While  living  in  Falmouth  he  represented 
that  town  in  the  Legislature,  1869.  and  pre- 
sented a  petition  which  was  instrumental  in 
building  the  Martin's  Point  bridge,  which  con- 
nects Portland  with  Falmouth,  and  in  1892  was 
elected  one  of  the  legislative  representatives 
from  Portland.  He  was  also  in  the  city  govern- 
ment from  Ward  Five,  beginning  as  one  of  the 
councilmen,  and  being  advanced  to  alderman  in 
1885,  and  re-elected  in  the  following  year,  when 
he  was  elected  chairman  of  the  board.  For 
several  years  he  was  chairman  of  the  Board  of 
Prison  Inspectors,  having  been  appointed  for 
the  third  time  in  December,  1003,  by  Governor 
Hill.  He  was  a  member  of  Windham  Lodge, 
Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  of 
Unity  Lodge,  No.  3,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  of  Portland,  and  a  prominent  '-vrnber 
of  Bosworth  Post,  No.  -?,  Department  of  Maine, 
Grand  Army  of  tiic  Republic,  in  which  he  filled 
all  chairs.  Captain  Sawyer  died  at  his  residence. 
No.  660  Congress  street,  and  was  buried  in  Ever- 
green Cemetery.  In  the  annual  report  of  the 
prison  inspectors,  they  thus  expressed  their  re- 
gret at  the  loss  of  their  chairman: 

In  commencing  this  report  we  are  sensibly  re- 
minded of  our  loss,  and  the  loss  of  the  whole 
State,  in  the  death  of  Hon.  Whitman  Sawyer, 
late  of  Portland,  who,  with  marked  ability  and 
efficiency  served  the  State  for  nine  years  as 
chairman  of  the  board  of  prison  and  jail  inspect- 
ors. As  we  here  record  this  expression  of  our 
esteem  of  his  manly  qualities,  his  unfailing  char- 
ity, his  loyalty  to  principles  and  faithful  dis- 
charge of  the  duties  of  his  office. 

Other  bodies  of  which  he  was  a  member  passed 
resolutions  of  sorrow  over  his  death  and  com- 
mendation of  his  high  character  and  sterling 
worth.  A  paragraph  in  one  of  the  leading  Port- 
land papers  stated: 

Not  only  all  old  soldiers,  but  all  good  citizen* 
regretted  the  death  of  Captain  Whitman  Sawyer. 
He  was  a  good  representative  of  our  sturdy 
Maine  stock.  His  word  was  as  good  as  his  bond, 
and  he  was  faithful  in  all  his  relations  of  life. 
Such  a  man  is  a  distinct  loss  to  any  community. 
Captain  Sawyer  will  be  long  remembered  because 
of  his  manly  qualities  of  heart  and  hand. 

Captain  Sawyer  married,  December  24,  1865, 
Maria  Lucy  (Fulton)  Dingley,  widow  of  Sum- 
ner  Stone  Dingley,  and  daughter  of  Elijah  and 
Lucy  (Abbott)  Fulton,  and  granddaughter  of 
Nathaniel  and  Luck  (Crockett)  Abbott,  ami 
paternal  granddaughter  of  Robert  and  Grace- 


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nath  (Weeks)  Fulton.  Mrs.  Sawyer  has  been 
for  many  years  a  member  of  the  Woman's  State 
Relief  Corps,  and  of  the  Bosworth  Relief  Corps, 
of  both  of  which  she  is  an  ex-president.  Bos- 
worth  Relief  Corps,  organized  in  1869,  was  the 
first  organization  of  its  kind  in  the  United  States. 
The  Woman's  State  Relief  Corps,  an  auxiliary 
to  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  tendered 
their  bereaved  past-president  the  following  reso- 
lutions of  sympathy  upon  the  death  of  her  hus- 
band: 

Whereas,  We  learn  with  sorrow  of  the  death 
of  Captain  Whitman  Sawyer  after  a  lingering 
illness,  and 

Whereas,  The  members  of  the  Woman's  State 
Relief  Corps  have  ever  respected  Comrade  Saw- 
yer as  a  man  of  sterling  character,  and  one  who 
has  ever  been  a  true  friend  of  our  organization, 
and 

H'hcreas,  That  we,  the  members  of  the 
Woman's  State  Relief  Corps,  extend  our  heart- 
felt sympathy  to  our  Sister,  Maria  L.  Sawyer, 
in  this,  her  hour  of  sadness,  and  share  with  her 
the  hope  of  a  happy  reunion  where  parting  is 
unknown. 

Mrs.  Sawyer  continues  her  residence  in  Port- 
land, at  No.  267  Vaughn  street,  where  she  is 
passing  a  serene  old  age.  Captain  Sawyer  left 
an  adopted  daughter,  Nellie  Maria,  who  married 
C.  H.  Gifford. 


EDWIN  WAGNER  GEHRING,  M.D.— The 
life  of  a  physician  is  no  sinecure  and  the  very 
choice  of  it  is  a  proof  of  the  sincerity  and  ear- 
nestness of  the  chooser,  either  as  a  student  with 
an  overwhelming  love  of  his  subject  or  as  an 
altruist  whose  first  thought  is  the  good  of  his 
fellows.  Probably  something  of  both  qualities 
enters  into  the  attitude  of  Dr.  Edwin  Wagner 
Gehring,  of  Portland,  Maine,  one  of  the  leaders 
of  his  profession  in  that  city,  and  this  is  borne 
out  by  the  double  fact  that  he  is  at  once  unusu- 
ally well  versed  in  the  theory  and  technical  prac- 
tice of  med'cine  and  that  he  has  won  the  respect 
and  affection  of  his  patients  and  the  community 
generally. 

Or.  Gehring  is  a  descendant  of  an  old  Ger- 
man family,  and  although  both  he  and  his  parents 
are  natives  of  this  country,  he  displays  many  of 
the  admirable  qualities  of  that  ancient  race, 
which  have  made  them  so  valuable  a  component 
in  the  citizenship  of  the  New  World  and  enabled 
them  to  play  so  prominent  a  part  in  the  develop- 
ment of  its  institutions,  its  industrial  and  pro- 
fessional life.  Dr.  Gehring's  paternal  grand- 
father. Carl  August  Gehring,  was  born  in  Wurt- 
temberg,  Germany,  and  emigrated  from  that 


country  to  the  United  States  with  a  brother  and 
two  sisters  while  still  a  young  man.  The  little 
family  group  settled  in  Ohio,  where  Mr.  Gehring 
was  married  to  Wilhelmina  Vetter,  a  native  of 
the  same  part  of  Germany  as  himself,  who  had 
also  come  to  this  country  in  early  youth.  They 
were  the  parents  of  four  children,  of  whom 
August  Herbert  Gehring,  the  father  of  the  Dr. 
Gehring  of  this  sketch,  was  the  older  son,  and 
the  others  were  as  follows:  Dr.  J.  J.  Gehring,  of 
Bethel,  Maine;  Mrs.  Wentworth  G.  Marshall  and 
Mrs.  Michael  Houck,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio.  Au- 
gust Herbert  Gehring  was  born  in  Cleveland,  in 
1852,  and  made  that  city  his  home  during  the 
entire  period  of  his  short  life.  He  was  engaged 
in  a  wholesale  and  retail  grocery  business  in 
which  he  was  very  successful,  but  died  when 
he  was  thirty-eight  years  of  age.  He  married 
Catherine  Wagner,  like  himself  a  native  of 
Cleveland,  who  since  his  death  makes  her  home 
in  Lansing,  Michigan,  with  one  of  her  sons.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Gehring  were  the  parents  of  five  chil- 
dren, as  follows:  Edwin  Wagner,  of  whom  fur- 
ther; Norman  J.,  who  is  a  physician  in  Chicago, 
Illinois;  Alma  Louise,  who  makes  her  home  in 
Cleveland;  Herbert  August,  of  Lansing,  Michi- 
gan, where  he  carries  on  the  profession  of  civil 
engineer,  and  where  he  married  and  had  one 
child,  Victor  Marshall,  of  Painsville,  Ohio.  Mrs. 
Gehring,  Sr.,  is  a  daughter  of  John  Wagner,  a 
native  of  Germany,  who  came  to  Cleveland  in 
his  early  youth  and  there  lived  and  died. 

Born  March  3,  1876,  at  Cleveland,  Ohio,  Dr. 
Edwin  Wagner  Gehring  attended  the  schools  of 
that  city,  where  he  received  the  preliminary  por- 
tion of  his  education  and  prepared  himself  for 
college.  He  graduated  from  the  University 
School  of  Cleveland  and  then  came  East,  making 
his  home  for  a  time  in  Boston  and  studying  there 
in  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology. 
From  this  famous  institution  he  went  to  Cornell 
University,  from  which  he  graduated  with  the 
class  of  1900,  taking  the  degree  of  B.S.  His 
studies  at  the  Institute  of  Technology  and  Cor- 
nell were  such  as  to  fit  him  for  the  profession 
of  civil  engineering,  but  this  he  never  followed, 
as  he  determined  about  this  time  to  make  the 
profession  of  medicine  his  career  in  life.  With 
this  end  in  view,  accordingly,  he  matriculated 
at  the  Harvard  Medical  School,  where  he  studied 
for  a  time  and  then  entered  the  Bowdoin  Medical 
School  in  connection  with  the  university  of  t!>at 
name.  From  this  institution  he  graduated  with 
the  class  of  1004  and  the  degree  of  M.D.,  and 
followed  up  his  thoretical  studies  there  by  a 


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period  of  a  year  spent  in  the  Maine  General 
Hospital  as  interne.  Here  he  remained  from 
1904  to  1905,  and  in  the  latter  year  went  abroad 
and  took  a  post-graduate  course  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Vienna.  Dr.  Gehring  then  returned 
to  the  United  States  and  began  active  practice 
in  the  city  of  Portland,  as  a  specialist  in  internal 
medicine,  which  he  has  continued  with  a  very 
marked  degree  of  success  up  to  the  present  time. 
He  is  a  member  of  many  prominent  associa- 
tions and  fraternities,  such  as  the  Sigma  Epsilon 
fraternity,  the  Fraternity  Club,  the  American 
College  of  Physicians,  the  American  Medical 
Association,  the  Maine  Medical  Association,  the 
Portland  Medical  Club,  the  Practitioners'  Med- 
ical Club,  the  Portland  Club,  and  is  an  honorary 
member  of  the  Economic  Club  of  Portland.  In 
addition  to  his  large  private  practice,  Dr.  Gehr- 
ing has  been  adjunct  visiting  physician  to  the 
Maine  General  Hospital  since  1907,  pathologist 
and  physician  to  out-patients  at  the  Children's 
Hospital  in  Portland  since  1908,  was  instructor 
in  physiology  at  Bowdoin  for  a  period  of  some 
five  years,  and  in  internal  medicine  one  year. 

On  September  10,  1904,  Dr.  Gehring  was  mar- 
ried at  Bethel,  Maine,  to  Alice  Chamberlain,  a 
native  of  Portland,  a  daughter  of  Edward  C.  and 
Ella  (Twitchell)  Chamberlain,  who  now  resides 
in  Bethel.  To  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Gehring  three  chil- 
dren have  been  born,  as  follows:  Marcia,  born 
November  9,  1905;  John  Chamberlain,  Decem- 
ber 26,  1908,  died  October  17,  1911;  and  Jane, 
June  25,  1915. 

There  is  something  intrinsically  admirable  in 
the  profession  of  medicine,  so  that  those  who 
enter  it  sincerely  and  live  up  to  its  high  stan- 
dards are  most  justly  entitled  to  our  respect 
and  admiration.  The  fact  that  its  prime  object 
is  concerned  in  the  alleviation  of  human  suffer- 
ing, taken  along  with  the  fact  that  a  consider- 
able amount  of  self-sacrifice  is  entailed  upon 
those  who  practice  it,  precludes  the  possibility 
that  it  is  lightly  entered  upon.  Certainly  Dr. 
Gehring  has  amply  shown  during  the  compara- 
tively short  career  which  he  has  enjoyed,  that 
with  him  at  least  these  high  standards  are  a 
very  real  and  vital  existence  and  that  he  intends 
to  be  guided  by  them  in  his  professional  rela- 
tions. This  is  amply  borne  out  by  the  position 
that  he  has  already  gained,  the  reputation  he  has 
won,  both  among  his  fellow-practitioners  and 
among  the  members  of  a  large  and  high-class 
clientage,  a  position  and  a  reputation  which  give 
every  evidence  of  increasing  and  developing  with 
the  passing  years.  He  is  a  man  who  exerts  a 


large  and  growing  influence  upon  the  life  of  the 
community    where    he    resides. 


ROSCOE  CONKLIN  HAYNES— Lewiston. 
Maine,  may  claim  among  its  residents  many 
notable  and  distinguished  educators,  whose 
names  have  become  associated  with  various 
branches  and  departments  of  education  not  only 
throughout  the  State,  but  in  the  entire  region 
of  New  England  and  beyond.  In  that  depart- 
ment having  to  do  with  commercial  and  business 
education,  there  is  none  more  worthy  of  remark 
than  Roscoe  Conklin  Haynes,  whose  association 
with  the  well-known  Bliss  Business  College  has 
been  long  and  close,  and  has  redounded  equally 
to  his  own  and  to  the  institution's  credit.  Mr. 
Haynes,  like  the  founder  of  the  institution,  Mr. 
Bliss,  who  is  mentioned  elsewhere  in  this  work, 
is  a  Western  man,  and  was  born  in  the  State 
of  Ohio,  of  parents  who  had  always  lived  in 
that  part  of  the  country.  He  is  a  son  of  Henry 
Allen  and  Rebecca  J.  (Karshner)  Haynes,  the 
former  a  native  of  Chillicothe,  Ohio,  and  the 
latter  of  Hallsville,  Ross  county,  Ohio.  Mr. 
Haynes,  Sr.,  at  various  times  in  his  life  lived 
in  Ross,  Clinton  and  Madison  counties,  follow- 
ing farming  as  an  occupation  in  these  several 
places  and  finally  dying  at  Galloway,  in  his  native 
State.  His  death  occurred  in  1904,  at  the  vener- 
able age  of  seventy-four  years.  He  is  survived 
by  his  wife,  who  lives  at  Galloway,  aged  eighty. 
To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Haynes,  Sr.,  nine  children  were 
born,  as  follows:  Josephine,  who  became  the 
wife  of  H.  C.  Curtiss,  who  makes  his  home  at 
Sabina,  Ohio;  Isabelle,  who  died  while  still  a 
little  girl;  Daniel,  who  resides  at  Muncie,  In- 
diana; Jennie,  who  resides  at  Galloway,  Ohio; 
George,  who  makes  his  home  at  London,  Ohio; 
Frank,  who  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  years; 
Dolly,  who  became  the  wife  of  F.  M.  Roseberry, 
and  died  in  the  year  1900;  Birdie,  who  became 
the  wife  of  J.  C.  Ball,  of  Pittsburgh,  Pennsyl- 
vania; and  Roscoe  Conklin,  with  whose  career 
this  sketch  is  particularly  concerned. 

Born  November  22,  1882,  at  Sabina,  Ohio,  Ros- 
coe Conklin  Haynes,  youngest  child  of  Henry 
Allen  and  Rebecca  J.  (Karshner)  Haynes,  spent 
only  the  first  few  years  of  his  childhood  in  his 
native  town.  While  he  was  still  a  little  boy  his 
parents  removed  to  Madison  county,  Ohio,  and 
it  was  there  that  he  grew  up  to  young  manhood 
amid  the  healthful  surroundings  of  his  father's 
farm.  He  attended  the  local  public  schools  for 
the  preliminary  portion  of  his  education,  and 
afterwards  took  a  special  course  at  Lebanon  Uni- 


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versity.  After  completing  his  studies  at  this 
institution,  he  took  up  for  a  time  the  task  of 
teaching  in  the  public  school,  his  work  being  for 
about  three  years  in  these  institutions  in  Frank- 
lin county,  Ohio.  It  was  at  the  end  of  this 
period  that  he  first  became  acquainted  with  the 
Bliss  College  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  which  he  en- 
tered as  a  student  and  where  he  took  the  regu- 
lar course  in  normal  training.  He  graduated 
from  this  with  the  class  of  1907,  and  in  Sep- 
tember of  the  same  year  came  to  Lewiston, 
Maine,  where  he  had  been  offered  charge  of  the 
commercial  department  in  the  Bliss  College, 
which  had  been  founded  here  just  ten  years 
before.  After  two  years  in  charge  of  the  com- 
mercial department,  Mr.  Haynes  was  given  the 
position  of  manager,  and  now  is  in  active  charge 
of  the  school  at  all  times.  He  is  a  man  of  un- 
usual accomplishments  and  is  especially  well 
qualified  for  the  work  which  he  has  taken  up, 
possessing  those  traits  of  character  which  enable 
him  to  deal  with  young  men  and  women  most 
successfully,  to  draw  them  out  and  encourage 
them  to  do  their  best  work — 

To  make  a  man  do  the  best  of  which  he  IB  capable, 
To  make  him  give  out  the  best  that  Is  within  him, 
This  Is  the  office  of  a  friend. 

If  this  be  true,  then  Mr.  Haynes  may  be  most 
accurately  described  as  the  friend  of  the  many 
pupils  whom  he  has  in  charge.  For  it  is  cer- 
tainly his  talent  which  draws  from  them  all  the 
excellent  work  that  they  do  and  contributes  in 
so  large  a  degree  to  the  high  standing  of  the 
institution. 

The  school  with  which  Mr.  Haynes  is  asso- 
ciated occupies  a  very  important  place  in  the 
life  of  the  community  and  is  undoubtedly  doing 
a  great  work  in  the  training  of  young  people 
of  both  sexes  in  the  practical  affairs  of  life.  It 
makes  a  very  direct  appeal  to  the  foreseeing 
parents  of  the  community,  for  as  is  said  in  the 
prospectus  of  the  school, — 

All  worthy  parents  are  vitally  interested  in  the 
welfare  of  their  sons  and  daughters.  Every  son 
should  be  educated  for  self-support,  no  matter 
what  his  financial  condition  may  be  at  the  pres- 
ent time.  No  young  man  can  respect  himself  in 
the  future,  nor  will  others  respect  him,  unless 
he  develops  self-supporting  qualities — the  ability 
to  earn  money,  or  to  properly  handle  and  invest 
money  that  may  have  come  into  his  possession 
by  inheritance.  Every  daughter  should  be  edu- 
cated for ^  self-support,  although  she  may  never 
"have  to"  support  herself.  Intelligent  women 
everywhere  are  now  realizing  the  importance  of 
a  practical  business  education  for  both  sexes. 

This  is  good,  practical,  general  advice,  and  is 


followed  up  with  the  following  information  con- 
cerning the  Bliss  System  of  accomplishing  the 
desired  results. 

The  Bliss  System  of  actual  business  is  highly 
systematized,  and  is  unquestionably  the  most 
practical  in  business  and  office  training  ever 
devised.  The  instruction  in  this  course  is  largely 
individual  and  the  subject  of  book-keeping  i» 
taught  in  a  practical  manner  throughout  the 
entire  course.  The  fact  that  you  have  taken  a 
course  in  book-keeping  does  not  mean  that  you 
must  become  a  book-keeper,  it  does  mean  that 
book-keeping  is  essential  in  business  education 
for  the  promotion  of  every  young  man  and 
young  woman  seeking  employment  in  a  business 
office.  The  Bliss  System  of  Actual  Business  re- 
quires six  Wholesale  Houses,  a  National  Bank, 
Brokerage  and  Commission,  as  part  of  the  school 
room  equipment  before  it  can  be  taught  in  a 
scientific  manner  as  designed.  The  wholesale 
houses  are  in  charge  of  bill  clerks  and  book- 
keepers chosen  from  the  advanced  class,  and  the 
bankers  are  chosen  in  like  manner.  The  bankers 
and  wholesale  employees  are  under  the  direct 
supervision  of  our  college  auditor,  whose  duty 
it  is  to  see  that  all  business  is  cared  for  in  a 
business-like  way.  The  student  body,  operating 
from  the  floor,  are  the  customers  of  the  whole- 
sale houses  and  patrons  of  the  bank.  A  regular 
national  banking  business  is  carried  on  and  grad- 
uates from  this  department  are  to  be  found  in 
many  of  the  banks  throughout  New  England, 
some  have  risen  to  the  position  of  cashier,  as- 
sistant cashier,  paying  and  receiving  tellers.  It 
would  be  necessary  for  you  to  visit  this  depart- 
ment, witness  the  business-like  atmosphere  of 
the  department  before  you  could  realize  to  what 
extent  the  business  world  has  been  brought 
within  the  confines  of  a  schoolroom. 

With  such  a  system,  under  the  direction  of 
so  capable  an  executive  as  Mr.  Haynes,  it  is  no 
wonder  that  excellent  results  are  achieved. 

Mr.  Haynes  is  far  too  healthful  and  broad- 
minded  to  have  become  so  entirely  absorbed  in 
his  work  as  teacher  as  to  have  lost  contact  with 
the  other  aspects  of  life.  He  has  none  of  the 
qualities  which  are  sometimes  associated  in  the 
popular  mind  with  the  pedagogical  calling,  but 
is  alive  to  and  sympathetic  with  the  world-at- 
large.  He  finds  his  chief  recreation  in  the  sport 
of  fishing,  which  might  even  be  called  his  hobby, 
and  he  spends  his  vacations  indulging  this  taste 
in  all  its  many  forms.  He  is  associated  with  the 
M.  W.  A.,  and  is  a  figure  of  considerable  promi- 
nence in  the  social  world  of  Lewiston.  In  his 
religious  belief  he  is  a  Methodist  and  attends 
the  church  of  that  denomination  in  Lewiston. 

Roscoe  Conklin  Haynes  was  united  in  mar- 
riage, August  28,  1907,  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  with 
Anna  B.  Poling,  who  was  born  not  far  from 
that  city  and  is  a  daughter  of  Mathias  and  Eliza- 


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HISTORY  OF  MAINE 


beth  (Reed)  Poling.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Poling,  while 
long  residing  near  Columbus,  Ohio,  came  orig- 
inally from  Kentucky.  They  are  now  both  de- 
ceased. 

A  word  should  be  here  said  concerning  the 
Haynes  family,  which  is  an  old  one  in  America 
and  has  numbered  among  its  members  many  men 
who  have  achieved  distinction  in  the  various 
walks  of  life.  It  is  of  Irish  origin,  but  was 
founded  in  this  country  at  an  early  date,  the 
immigrant  ancestor  having  settled  in  Virginia, 
in  which  State  for  many  years  the  family  con- 
tinued to  make  its  home. 


GEORGE  CURTIS  WING— The  Wing  family, 
of  which  George  Curtis  Wing  is  the  present 
representative  in  the  city  of  Auburn,  Maine,  can 
claim  a  great  and  honorable  antiquity  in  New 
England,  where  it  was  founded  as  early  as  the 
year  1640  by  immigrants  who  came  from  York- 
shire, England,  and  settled  upon  Cape  Cod.  Here 
the  family  resided  for  a  number  of  generations, 
and  it  was  not  until  the  time  of  Reuben  Wing, 
the  grandfather  of  the  Mr.  Wing  of  this  sketch, 
that  the  name  was  brought  to  Maine.  Reuben 
Wing,  however,  when  a  child  came  from  Cape 
Cod  to  Maine  with  his  father,  Samuel  Wing, 
who  settled  in  the  town  of  Readfield.  Reuben 
Wing,  at  the  age  of  twenty,  went  to  Livermore 
and  in  the  unbroken  forest  took  up  a  farm 
upon  which  he  lived  until  his  death,  at  the 
age  of  ninety  years  and  six  months.  He  mar- 
ried Lucy  Carpenter  Weld,  of  Cornish,  New 
Hampshire,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  seven 
children,  all  of  whom  are  now  deceased.  Among 
these  children  was  Walter  Weld  Wing,  the 
father  of  the  Mr.  Wing  of  this  sketch,  who  was 
borrt  September  8,  1811,  at  Livermore,  Maine, 
and  died  in  the  city  of  Auburn,  at  the  age  of 
eighty-six  years.  Like  his  father,  he  was  a 
farmer,  and  he  married  Lucy  Amanda  Wyman, 
a  native  of  Bridgton,  Maine,  and  a  daughter  of 
Rev.  William  Wyman,  then  a  Baptist  minister 
in  that  town.  To  Walter  Weld  Wing  and  his 
wife  two  children  were  born,  as  follows:  Charles 
Edwin,  who  studied  the  law  and  practiced  that 
profession  in  the  city  of  Auburn  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  at  the  age  of  fifty-three  years, 
and  George  Curtis,  with  whose  career  we  arc 
especially  concerned. 

Born  April  16,  1847,  at  Livermore,  Maine, 
George  Curtis  Wing  spent  his  childhood  and 
early  youth  in  his  native  town.  For  the  pre- 
liminary portion  of  his  education  he  attended 


the  public  school  and  graduated  from  the  Liver- 
more  High  School  in  1865.  He  had  already  de- 
termined upon  the  law  as  his  profession  in  life, 
and  accordingly,  after  his  high  school  career, 
turned  his  attention  to  the  study  of  this  sub- 
ject to  such  good  purpose  that  he  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  April,  1868.  He  at  once  began 
the  active  practice  of  his  profession  at  Lisbon 
Falls,  Maine,  where  he  remained  for  two  years. 
He  then  came  to  the  city  of  Auburn,  where  he 
settled,  and  where  he  has  been  practicing  act- 
ively ever  since.  It  did  not  take  him  long, 
possessed  as  he  was  of  unusual  qualifications 
and  talents,  to  make  for  himself  a  leading  place 
among 'his  legal  colleagues  in  this  region,  and 
to  develop  a  practice  which  in  time  attained 
large  proportions.  Mr.  Wing,  however,  is  also 
actively  identified  with  the  financial  interests  of 
the  community,  and  was  one  of  the  organizers 
of  the  National  Shoe  &  Leather  Bank  of  Au- 
burn, and  since  that  time  a  director.  Beyond 
doubt,  the  department  of  life  in  which  Mr.  Wing 
is  best  known  to  the  community,  however,  is 
that  of  politics  and  public  life,  in  which  for  many 
years  he  has  held  a  conspicuous  and  responsible 
position.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Maine  Sen- 
ate in  1903,  and  prior  to  that  had  held  a  large 
number  of  local  offices,  including  that  of  county 
attorney,  as  far  back  as  the  year  1874,  and  after 
that  for  nine  years  Judge  of  the  Probate  Court 
in  Androscoggin  county.  He  has  always  been 
exceedingly  active  in  every  movement  looking 
towards  the  welfare  and  improved  conditions  of 
his  professional  colleagues,  and  has  been  promi- 
nently identified  with  the  various  legal  societies 
in  that  part  of  the  country.  For  more  than 
twenty  years  he  has  held  the  office  of  president 
of  the  Androscoggin  County  Bar  Association, 
and  in  1915  held  that  same  office  in  the  Maine 
State  Bar  Association.  In  politics  he  is  a  staunch 
Republican  and  has  been  very  actively  asso- 
ciated with  the  local  organization  of  his  party. 
He  held  the  responsible  post  of  chairman  of  the 
State  Republican  Committee  in  1884,  and  in  the 
same  year  was  chairman  of  the  State  delegation 
to  the  National  Republican  Convention  at  Chi- 
cago, which  nominated  his  own  fellow-states- 
man, James  G.  Blainc,  for  the  Presidency.  He 
also  held  the  position  of  Judge  Advocate  on  the 
staffs  of  Governors  Bodwell  and  Marble,  of 
Maine.  Judge  Wing  has  been  for  many  years  a 
very  prominent  Mason,  having  taken  his  thirty- 
serond  degree  in  Free  Masonry,  and  is  affiliated 
with  the  following  Masonic  bodies:  Tranquil 


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Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of 
which  he  is  a  past  master;  Bradford  Chapter, 
Royal  Arch  Masons;  Dunlap  Council,  Royal  and 
Select  Masters;  Lewiston  Coinniandcry,  Knights 
Templar;  Kora  Temple,  Ancient  Arabic  Order 
Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine;  and  Maine  Con- 
sistory, Ancient  and  Accepted  Scottish  Rite.  An 
honor  much  prized  by  Judge  Wing  is  the  hono- 
rary degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws,  conferred  upon 
him  by  Colby  College  in  the  year  1909.  In 
his  religious  belief  Judge  Wing  is  a  Baptist,  and, 
with  the  members  of  his  family,  attends  the 
Court  Street  Church  of  that  denomination  at 
Auburn. 

Judge  Wing  was  united  in  marriage,  May  2, 
1870,  at  Livermore,  Maine,  with  Emily  Billings 
Thompson,  like  himself  a  native  of  that  town, 
and  a  daughter  of  Job  D.  and  Ruth  (Winslow) 
Thompson,  old  and  highly  respected  residents 
of  that  place,  where  they  died  and  are  buried. 
To  Judge  and  Mrs.  Wing  the  following  children 
have  been  born:  Nahum  Morrill,  May  6,  1871, 
a  graduate  of  Colby  College,  married  Fannie  M. 
Parker,  of  Bangor,  by  whom  he  has  a  daughter, 
Marion,  now  (1917)  fourteen  years  of  age;  was 
for  a.  number  of  years  associated  with  the  bank- 
ing firm  of  Van  Voorhis,  Wilson  &  Company, 
of  Boston,  and  is  now  the  representative  of 
Cochrane,  Harper  &  Company,  investment  bank- 
ers, of  No.  60  State  street,  Boston;  George  C., 
Jr.,  of  whom  further. 

The  career  of  Judge  Wing  is  one  that  well 
repays  study.  He  is  one  of  those  characters 
which  impresses  itself  strongly  upon  those  about 
them  until  it  has  left  a  certain  stamp  of  its 
own  quality  upon  the  community,  which  is  thus 
enriched  by  its  presence.  He  holds,  it  is  true, 
posts  of  responsibility  and  trust,  but  not  in  any 
way  commensurate  with  the  actual  place  he  oc- 
cupies in  the  respect  and  affection  of  the  people. 
That  he  has  a  very  large  legal  practice  and  has 
been  a  member  of  the  State  Senate  conveys  no 
adequate  idea  whatever  of  the  place  he  occupies 
in  both  county  and  State  affairs;  the  same  may 
be  said  of  many  others  who  pass  through  life's 
arena  and  leave  the  scantiest  of  impressions  to 
tell  of  that  passage.  Of  that  strong  and  essen- 
tial honesty  that  is  the  very  foundation  of  social 
life,  he  adds  to  this  a  toleration  of  others  that 
draws  all  men  towards  him  as  to  one  they  in- 
stinctively recognize  as  a  faithful  friend.  Nor 
does  he  ever  disappoint  such  as  trust  him  with 
their  confidence,  giving  comfort  and  advice,  sym- 
pathy or  wholesome  rebuke  as  the  occasion  war- 
rants, and  ever  with  a  keen  appreciation  of  the 


circumstances  and  a  profound  and  charitable 
understanding  of  the  motives  of  the  human  heart. 
George  Curtis  Wing,  Jr.,  was  born  at  Auburn, 
Maine,  October  6,  1878.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Auburn,  graduated  at  the  Edward  Lit- 
tle High  School,  at  Brown  University  in  1900, 
and  at  the  Harvard  Law  School  in  1003.  On 
February  6,  1904,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
of  Maine.  He  is  now  (1917)  a  partner  in  the 
law  business  of  his  father.  He  has  served  two 
terms  as  City  Solicitor  of  Auburn,  and  an  equal 
number  of  terms  on  the  Auburn  Board  of  Educa- 
tion. He  was  a  member  of  the  Maine  Legisla- 
ture in  1909,  and  is  now  a  trustee  of  the  Auburn 
Public  Library.  For  a  number  of  years  he  was 
associated  with  the  Coast  Artillery  Corps,  Na- 
tional Guard,  State  of  Maine,  and  rose  to  the 
rank  of  captain  in  that  body,  from  which  he 
received  honorable  discharge,  January  9,  1912. 
He  is  also  active  in  fraternal  orders  and  par- 
ticularly so  in  the  case  of  the  Masonic  order, 
having  taken  the  thirty-second  degree  of  Free 
Masonry.  He  is  affiliated  with  Tranquil  Lodge, 
No.  29,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  is  past 
master  of  the  same;  Bradford  Chapter,  No.  38, 
Royal  Arch  Masons;  Lewiston  Commandery, 
No.  6,  Knights  Templar;  Lewiston  Lodge  of  Per- 
fection; Auburn  Council,  Princes  of  Jerusalem; 
H.  H.  Dickey,  Chapter  of  Rose  Croix;  Maine 
Consistory,  Sovereign  Princes  of  the  Royal  Se- 
cret, and  Kora  Temple,  Ancient  Arabic  Order 
Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  of  Lewiston.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  Lewiston  Lodge,  No.  371, 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  In 
his  religious  belief  he  is,  like  the  other  members 
of  his  family,  a  Baptist,  and  attends  divine  ser- 
vice at  the  Court  Street  Church  of  that  denom- 
ination in  Auburn.  Mr.  Wing  is  unmarried. 


CHARLES  CUMMINGS  BENSON— Benson 
is  a  name  that  has  been  long  and  favorably 
known  in  Maine,  where  it  was  first  found  shortly 
after  the  close  of  the  Revolutionary  War,  since 
which  time  many  of  its  members  have  distin- 
guished themselves  in  the  service  of  the  several 
communities  in  which  they  have  dwelt  and  all 
have  maintained  a  high  standard  of  citizenship. 
The  name,  however,  can  claim  an  antiquity  con- 
siderably greater  than  this,  although  not  in 
Maine,  its  origin  having  been  English,  dating 
back  in  all  probability  to  the  time  when  sur- 
names were  first  coming  into  use  in  that  coun- 
try. From  the  records  it  appears  that  the  Ben- 
sons  were  originally  tenants  of  Fountain  Abbey, 
one  of  the  most  powerful  monastic  foundations 


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in  the  middle  ages,  the  beautiful  building  still 
standing  today  as  one  of  the  best  preserved 
relics  of  that  ancient  day.  It  stood  in  the  West 
Riding  of  Yorkshire,  three  miles  southwest  of 
the  town  of  Ripon,  and  was  founded  as  early 
as  1132,  A.D.,  although  not  completed  until  the 
sixteenth  century.  It  thus  presents  examples  of 
every  style  of  architecture  which  flourished  in 
England  during  those  centuries  from  the  Nor- 
man to  the  Perpendicular.  The  monks  of  Foun- 
tain Abbey  were  regarded  as  among  the  richest 
and  most  powerful  of  that  period  and  region, 
and  we  have  references  to  them  as  early  as  in 
the  legends  which  have  grown  up  about  the  ro- 
mantic figure  of  Robin  Hood.  The  Bensons 
were  foresters  during  their  tenancy  on  the  lands 
of  the  Abbey  and  were  people  of  some  conse- 
quence, the  record  of  the  descent  being  kept  from 
an  early  period.  They  were  of  that  splendid, 
sturdy  and  intelligent  stock  which  made  up  the 
yeomanry  of  Merry  England  in  those  days,  and 
some  of  them  rose  to  positions  of  eminence  in 
England.  Perhaps  the  most  distinguished  repre- 
sentative of  the  family  was  Edward  White  Ben- 
son, who  became  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  the 
supreme  office  of  the  English  Church.  The  Ben- 
sons  were  probably  a  large  family,  residing  at 
Masham  from  about  the  beginning  of  the  four- 
teenth century,  since  which  time  the  name  has 
spread  over  well-nigh  every  portion  of  the  Eng- 
lish-speaking world. 

It  was  founded  in  this  country  by  John  Ben- 
son, probably  a  native  of  Coversham,  Oxford- 
shire, who  sailed  from  England  in  the  good  ship 
Confidence  and  landed  in  Boston  in  1638.  Ac- 
cording to  himself,  his  age  at  this  time  was 
thirty  years,  so  that  his  birth  must  have  oc- 
curred in  1608.  He  settled  at  Hingham,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  there  founded  the  family  from 
which  the  Maine  Bensons  are  descended.  It  was 
five  generations  after  John  Benson  had  settled 
in  Massachusetts  that  the  family  was  brought  to 
the  "Pine  Tree  State"  by  Ichabod  Benson,  who 
was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution  and  served  in 
Captain  William  Shaw's  company  for  a  time.  He 
is  also  credited  with  service  from  Mendon,  Mas- 
sachusetts, in  Captain  Reuben  Davis"  company, 
Colonel  Luke  Drury's  regiment.  After  the  close 
of  the  war  he  removed  to  Livermore,  Maine, 
where  his  death  occurred  in  1783.  Charles  Cum- 
mings  Benson,  with  whose  career  we  are  par- 
ticularly concerned  in  this  sketch,  is  a  son  of 
George  B.  Benson,  and  a  great-grandson  of  the 
Ichabod  Benson,  just  mentioned. 


Born  March  I,  1852,  at  Waterville,  the  second 
child  of  George  B.  and  Elvira  M.  (Conforth) 
Benson,  Charles  Cummings  Benson  passed  his 
childhood  at  his  native  place.  There  also  he  re- 
ceived his  education,  attending  for  this  purpose 
the  local  public  schools,  where  he  remained  until 
he  had  reached  the  age  of  fifteen  years.  He  then 
came  to  Lewiston,  where  he  secured  a  position 
as  messenger  boy  with  the  Western  Union  Tele- 
graph Company  and  worked  in  this  position  for 
a  period  of  about  six  months.  He  was  a  bright 
lad,  however,  and  in  the  meantime  learned  how 
to  operate  the  instrument,  so  that  at  the  end  of 
this  period  he  was  made  a  telegraph  operator  at 
the  Lewiston  office.  He  only  held  this  position 
for  a  single  year,  however,  being  then  promoted 
to  the  position  of  manager.  Three  years  later 
he  took  the  position  of  operator  at  Portland  and 
Bangor,  and  was  also  agent  at  Lewiston  for  the 
Maine  Central  railroad  from  1876  to  1898.  It 
was  in  1899  that  Mr.  Benson  first  began  his  suc- 
cessful banking  career,  taking  the  position  of 
treasurer  with  S.  E.  May  &  Company,  bankers, 
which  had  been  established  since  1860.  Not  long 
afterward  Mr.  Benson  bought  the  business  of 
this  concern  and  changed  the  name  to  that  of 
Charles  C.  Benson  &  Company.  By  degrees, 
however,  he  has  purchased  the  interests  of  his 
partners  and  is  at  the  present  time  the  sole 
owner  and  director  of  the  large  business  which 
he  has  developed.  The  offices  of  this  concern 
are  located  at  No.  165  Main  street,  and  the  estab- 
lishment is  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  sub- 
stantial of  its  kind  in  the  State. 

Mr.  Benson  has  not  confined  his  activities  to 
the  business  world  by  any  means,  and  has  taken 
an  active  part  in  well-nigh  every  aspect  of  the 
community's  life.  He  has  been  particularly  act- 
ive in  local  public  affairs,  and  has  been  an  in- 
fluential factor  in  the  local  organization  of  the 
Republican  party.  He  served  for  several  years 
as  a  member  of  the  Republican  City  Committee 
of  Lewiston,  of  which  he  was  the  chairman  in 
1800,  1891  and  1892,  and  he  was  a  member  of 
the  Republican  State  Committee,  representing 
Androscoggin  county,  for  four  years.  The  offices 
held  by  Mr.  Benson  have  well  shown  the  trust 
in  which  he  is  held  by  his  fellow  citizens,  and 
he  has  ever  discharged  their  functions  with  the 
highest  degree  of  efficiency  and  disinterested- 
ness. He  was  a  member  of  the  Lewiston  City 
Council  in  1889,  Alderman  in  1890  and  1891,  and 
Water  Commissioner  in  1893  and  1899.  In  1898 
he  was  elected  City  Treasurer,  receiving  the  un- 


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usual  honor  of  a  unanimous  vote  in  the  City 
Council.  Mr.  Benson  is  active  in  the  social  and 
club  life  at  Lewiston,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
local  lodge  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective 
Order  of  Elks,  a  charter  member  of  the  Calumet 
Club,  besides  belonging  to  many  other  societies. 
In  his  religious  belief  he  is  a  Congregationalist 
and  attends  the  Pine  Street  Church  of  that  de- 
nomination. 

Mr.  Benson  was  united  in  marriage,  October 
9,  1915,  at  Berlin,  New  Hampshire,  with  Mrs. 
Anna  L.  Cornish,  a  native  of  Livermore,  Maine. 

Mr.  Benson's  father,  George  B.  Benson,  was 
born  at  Buckfield,  Maine,  and  died  in  the  year 
looo,  at  the  age  of  seventy-six  years,  at  Oakland, 
Maine.  He  was  a  machinist  and  blacksmith  by 
trade,  and  during  the  latter  part  of  his  life  his 
work  consisted  of  tempering  axles,  a  trade  which 
had  been  practiced  in  the  family  for  a  number  of 
generations.  He  married  Elvira  M.  Conforth,  a 
native  of  Waterville,  whose  death  ocurred  in  Jan- 
uary, 1915,  at  Lewiston,  at  the  advanced  age  of 
eighty-eight  years.  They  were  the  parents  of 
five  children,  of  whom  Charles  Cummings  was 
the  second  in  point  of  age. 

Mr.  Benson  is  in  the  fullest  sense  of  the  phrase 
a  "self-made  man" — in  the  sense,  that  is,  not 
merely  of  having  made  his  own  wealth,  but  of 
having  improved  and  developed  his  various  facul- 
ties to  the  utmost,  of  having  educated  and  culti- 
vated himself  and  taken  advantage  of  every  op- 
portunity for  self-improvement,  of  having,  in  the 
expressive  Biblical  figure,  invested  the  talents 
entrusted  him  in  this  earthly  life.  He  is  not  of 
those,  however,  who  seek  their  own  advantage 
at  the  expense  of  others,  as  might  readily  have 
been  seen  in  the  respect  and  affection  in  which 
his  associates  hold  him.  The  most  notable 
case  of  this,  however,  and  the  one  which  con- 
tains the  deepest  note  of  praise  is  the  fondness 
which  his  employees  feel  for  him  and  show  in 
their  devotion.  This  is  always  one  of  the  surest 
tests  of  the  essential  democracy  and  justice  of  a 
man,  and  this  test  Mr.  Benson  has  passed  suc- 
cessfully. 


GEORGE  TAYLOR  FILES,  educator,  lec- 
turer, traveler,  and  one  of  the  pioneer  good-roads 
advocates  of  the  United  States,  was  born  in  Port- 
land, Maine,  September  23,  1866,  the  son  of  An- 
drew H.  and  Louise  (Yeaton)  Files,  the  former 
a  native  of  Gorham,  Maine,  and  the  latter  of 
Newcastle,  New  Hampshire.  His  parents  were 
married  in  Portland,  where  his  father,  for  many 


years  principal  of  the  old  North  School,  stood 
exceptionally  high  in  educational  circles. 

George  Taylor  Files  attended  the  public 
schools  of  that  city,  graduating  from  the  Port- 
land High  School  in  1885.  Entering  Bowdoin 
College,  he  graduated  from  that  institution  in 
1889,  at  the  head  of  his  class,  receiving  special 
honors  and  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts.  Dur- 
ing his  second  year  he  did  extra  work  as  an 
accredited  tutor.  Going  to  Johns  Hopkins  Uni- 
versity, at  Baltimore,  he  took  a  post-graduate 
course,  and  from  there  went  to  Leipzig,  Ger- 
many, where  he  remained  two  years,  receiving 
the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Philosophy.  Returning 
to  the  United  States,  he  received  the  appointment 
to  the  chair  of  the  German  language  at  Bowdoin 
College,  soon  taking  high  rank  as  an  educator, 
and  assisting  materially  in  keeping  Bowdoin's 
name  among  the  leaders  of  the  higher  educa- 
tional institutions  of  the  country,  as  well  as  en- 
dearing himself  to  the  thousands  of  boys  who 
have  attended  this  famous  old  college  since  he 
has  been  a  member  of  its  faculty.  He  remained 
with  Bowdoin  as  the  head  of  the  Department  of 
German,  spending  the  majority  of  his  vacation 
periods  in  travel  and  study.  He  has  made  sev- 
eral trips  abroad,  covering  the  European  coun- 
tries with  great  thoroughness,  and  has  put  in 
many  months  in  post-graduate  courses  at  the 
leading  Continental  universities.  He  was  one 
of  the  early  Americans  to  tour  Europe  by  auto- 
mobile. 

In  Brunswick,  the  seat  of  Bowdoin  College, 
and  his  home,  he  is  one  of  the  town's  most  act- 
ive and  influential  citizens  and  has  taken  a  lead- 
ing part  in  its  educational  affairs  and  in  all  other 
matters  pertaining  to  its  welfare.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  its  leading  college  and  local  clubs,  as  well 
as  being  prominent  socially.  In  Portland,  Prof. 
Files  is  as  well  known  as  in  Brunswick,  and  in 
that  city  he  is  affiliated  with  many  of  the  most 
important  local  organizations.  He  was  selected 
by  the  Portland  Rotary  Club  as  its  representa- 
tive in  southwestern  Maine  from  the  ranks  of 
higher  education.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Cum- 
berland Club,  as  well  as  the  Portland  Chamber 
of  Commerce,  and  other  similar  bodies.  Polit- 
ically he  is  a  Republican,  but  has  never  cared  to 
hold  office  of  any  kind. 

As  an  advocate  of  better  highways,  Prof.  Files 
has  attained  a  wide  reputation  and  he  is  con- 
sidered an  authority  on  roads  and  road  construc- 
tion among  highway  experts  in  Eastern  United 
States.  He  was  one  of  the  first  advocates  of 


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trunk  line  highways  and  laid  out  a  system  for 
Maine,  the  major  part  of  which  is  the  State's 
trunk  line  system  of  today.  He  is  the  originator 
of  many  of  the  most  important  highway  laws 
now  on  the  statute  books  of  Maine,  and  has  been 
actively  associated  in  the  drawing  up  and  passage 
of  all  of  them.  He  was  one  of  the  founders,  and 
is  the  present  head,  of  the  Maine  Automobile 
Association,  one  of  the  largest  organizations  of 
its  kind  in  the  country,  and  the  association 
through  which  the  progressive  good  roads  and 
automobile  legislation  of  the  State  has  been  car- 
ried to  a  successful  termination. 

When  the  United  States  entered  the  great 
World  War  in  1917,  Prof.  Files  took  a  strong 
stand  in  support  of  the  government  and  the 
causes  for  which  it  was  entering  the  conflict, 
and  although  much  past  the  military  age  he  was 
insistent  upon  doing  some  special  service  in  the 
field  for  his  country.  Early  in  1918  he  joined  the 
ranks  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  and  in  February  sailed 
for  France,  where  for  ten  months,  through  the 
most  trying  period  of  the  war,  he  worked  among 
the  French  poilus,  performing  wonderful  feats  in 
maintaining  their  morale  by  assuring  them  that 
America  was  really  coming  to  help  her  sister  re- 
public win  its  great  fight  for  justice  and  human- 
ity. He  was  in  France  and  at  the  front  through- 
out the  great  German  offensives  of  the  first  half 
of  1918,  and  then  saw  the  mighty  Hun  military 
machine  crushed,  and  the  armistice  signed,  and 
participated  in  the  famous  peace  celebration  in 
Paris,  a  celebration  such  as  the  world  had  never 
before  witnessed.  So  successful  was  Prof.  Files 
in  his  work  in  France  that  he  was  placed  in 
charge  of  the  educational  work  in  the  Foyers  du 
Soldal  for  the  entire  Eighth  French  Army,  and 
was  urged  to  accept  even  greater  responsibili- 
ties, but  felt  that  his  health  did  not  warrant  his 
assuming  them.  He  returned  to  the  United 
States  the  last  of  November  for  an  extended  rest 
before  going  back  to  again  take  up  the  work 
during  the  period  of  demobilization  of  the  French 
Army. 

Mr.  Files  married,  in  Portland,  May  9,  1894, 
Edith  Davis,  daughter  of  William  Goodwin  and 
Rhoda  (Neal)  Davis,  the  former  a  prominent 
business  man  and  financier  of  Portland,  both  he 
and  his  wife  being  now  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Files  have  one  child,  a  daughter,  Helen  Louise. 
Their  home  is  at  Brunswick,  Maine. 


HON.  WILLIAM  GOODWIN  DAVIS— One 

of   the    representative    men    of    Portland    and    of 


the  State  of  Maine,  Hon.  William  Goodwin 
Davis,  filled  a  place  of  commanding  influence 
in  his  community.  He  came  of  old  Welsh  stock, 
he  himself  belonging  to  the  seventh  generation 
of  the  name  in  this  country.  The  name  is  de- 
rived from  the  Welsh,  Davy,  a  form  of  David. 
In  the  formation  of  the  patronymic,  Davison  fre- 
quently became  Davis. 

(I)  John   Davis,  of  Amesbury,   Massachusetts, 
is  first  mentioned  in  a  grant  of  land  made  to  him 
by  his  mother-in-law,  Mrs.  Martha  Clough,  whose 
daughter  by  a  former  marriage,  Elizabeth  Cilley, 
was    the   wife    of   John    Davis.     The    grant   was 
made   in   November,   1684.     Of  the  parentage  of 
John  Davis  nothing  is  known,  but  it  is  probable 
that  he  was  connected  with  the  large  and  numer- 
ous  Davis   families   of   Newbury  and   Amesbury. 
His  second  wife  was   Bethiah,  daughter  of  John 
and  Mary  (Bartlett)  Ash,  whom  he  married  Oc- 
tober  19,   1702.     In   1704  his  wife  and  two  chil- 
dren were  probably  the  ones  who  were  captured 
by    Indians    as   related   in    Pike's   Journal.      Mrs. 
Davis  at  least  was  returned  alive,  as  we  find  that 
she   was  living  in   Amesbury  in   1707.     On  June 
28,  1708,  John  Davis  married  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of    Robert    Biddle,    of    Newbury,    preceding    the 
ceremony  by  an  agreement  by  which  he  deeded 
to   her   his   house   and   land   in   Amesbury.     The 
date  of  his  death  is  not  known. 

(II)  Captain    John    (2)    Davis,    eldest    son    of 
John   (l)   Davis,  was  born  in  Amesbury,  May  4, 
1689.     He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Jacob 
Basford,  of  Hampton,  August  2,  1711.    He  moved 
to  Biddeford,  Maine,  and  was  selectman  of  that 
town  in  the  years   1723-36  and  1743-49.     In   '74^ 
he    was    ordered   to   recruit   a   force   for   defence 
against  the   French  and   Indians.     He  died   May 
12,   1752,  and  his   gravestone  is  still  standing  in 
Lower  Biddeford  cemetery.     In  his  will  he  men- 
tions his  saw  and  grist  mill  on  the  east  side  of 
the    Saco    river.      He    had    four    sons    and    five 
daughters. 

(III)  Ezra  Davis,  second  son  of  Captain  John 
(2)   Davis,  was  born  in   Biddeford,   Maine,   Feb- 
ruary  20,   1719-20.     His  wife's   name  was   Sarah, 
and  there  is  strong  circumstantial  evidence  that 
she    was   the   daughter   of   Robert   Edgecomb,   of 
Saco.      He  died  July  26,  1800,  and  was  buried  in 
Limington,  where  his  sons  had  settled. 

(IV)  Major    Nicholas     Davis,     son     of     Ezra 
Davis,  was  born  in   Biddeford,   Maine,  and  bap- 
tized there  in  June,  1753.     He  served  in  the  Rev- 
olution under  Captain  Jeremiah  Hill,  in  Colonel 
James    Scammon's    (Thirtieth)    regiment,    enlist- 


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ing  as  a  private,  May  4,  1773,  and  serving  twelve 
weeks  and  five  days.  He  was  again  with  Captain 
Hill  in  Colonel  Edmund  Phinney's  regiment  at 
Fort  George,  December  8,  1776,  having  enlisted 
January  I,  1776.  He  removed  to  Little  Ossipec, 
or  Limington,  between  1777  and  1778,  where  he 
became  the  major  of  the  "Old  Militia."  On  Feb- 
ruary 15,  1777,  he  married  Charity,  daughter  of 
William  and  Rachel  (Edgecomb)  Haley.  He 
died  February  14,  1832.  She  died  January  5, 
1800.  They  had  five  sons  and  three  daughters: 
John,  Nicholas,  Noah,  Elisha,  Charity,  Sarah, 
William  and  Perlina. 

(V)  William   Davis,  fifth   son  of  Major  Nich- 
olas   Davis,   was    born    in    Limington,    March    5, 
1796.     He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Lydia   (Harmon)   Waterhouse,  of  Standish,  Sep- 
tember  26,   1817.     She   was   descended   from   the 
Hoyt,  Libby,  Fernald,  Hasty  and  Moses  families. 
They    lived    in    Limington.      He    has    been    de- 
scribed as  "a  man  of  great  resolution  and  force 
of  character;  a  judicious  farmer,  and  a  respected 
citizen."     He  died  September  17,  1864.     She  died 
May  29,  1871.     They  had  six  children. 

(VI)  Hon.    William    Goodwin    Davis,    son    of 
William  Davis,  was  born  in  Limington,  June  16, 
1825.     He  left  home  at  the  age  of  fourteen  and 
came  to  Portland,  where  he  was  engaged  in  the 
baking   business    for   several   years.     His   health 
becoming    impaired    by    indoor   work,    he    began 
driving  through  the  Maine  towns,  selling  cutlery 
and   other   small   wares   obtained   in   New   York. 
He   continued   thus   until    1858,   when   he   entered 
the   wholesale   trade   in    general   merchandise,   in 
partnership  with  James  P.  Baxter,  the  firm  tak- 
ing the  name  of  Davis  &  Baxter.    Together  they 
became  the  pioneers  of  the  canning  business  in 
Maine,    importing    many    of    their    goods    from 
England,  establishing  the  Portland  Packing  Com- 
pany, and  exporting  their  products   to  all  parts 
of  the  globe.     In  1881  Mr.  Davis  ceased  his  active 
connection    with    the    packing    company,   but    he 
by   no  means   ceased  to  be   a  busy  man,  as   the 
offices  he  held  in  various   institutions  gave   him 
plenty  of  employment.     He  engaged  in  building 
quite   extensively,  and   erected   the   Davis   block, 
opposite  the  City  Hall,  and  the  West  End  hotel, 
and   in   conjunction   with   James   P.   Baxter  built 
a   large    store    on    Commercial    street    for   Milli- 
ken  &  Tomlinson.     He  was  president  of  the  Na- 
tional  Traders'    Bank;    Poland    Paper   Company; 
Portland    Trust    Company;    and    Maine    Savings 
Bank;  a  director  of  the  First  National  Bank,  the 
Portland  Street  railway  and  of  the   Maine   Cen- 


tral railway,  and  a  trustee  of  the  Portland  Lloyds 
until  the  business  of  that  association  was  wound 
up,  in  1895.  For  several  years  he  was  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Portland  Board  of  Trade.  He  was 
a  representative  from  Portland  to  the  Maine 
Legislature  in  1875-76,  and  served  as  Senator 
from  the  Portland  district  in  1877.  He  was  ap- 
pointed by  President  Harrison  one  of  the  State 
commissioners  at  the  Columbia  Exposition  at 
Chicago,  1893.  In  political  matters  his  was  many 
times  the  dominating  influence,  although  there, 
as  in  business,  he  never  sought  the  place  of 
leader.  Up  to  1896,  and  the  nomination  of  Wil- 
liam Jennings  Bryan,  he  was  a  very  enthusiastic 
Democrat,  and  gave  very  liberally  of  his  time 
and  means  to  the  party,  but  not  approving  of 
the  Chicago  platform,  like  other  Democrats  of 
the  old  school,  ceased  to  take  an  active  interest 
in  politics.  He  never,  however,  ceased  to  be  a 
Democrat,  but  he  was  a  Democrat  of  the  old 
Jacksonian  school.  His  religious  connection  was 
with  the  New  Jerusalem  Church,  of  which  he  was 
for  a  long  time  a  leading  member. 

William  G.  Davis  married,  March  4,  1849, 
Rhoda  M.  Neal,  of  Gardiner.  Children:  i.  Helen, 
born  in  1849,  married  Joseph  G.  Cole,  of  Paris, 
Maine,  deceased.  2.  Walter  E.,  born  in  1853,  died 
in  infancy.  3.  Walter  Goodwin,  born  January  5, 
1857.  4.  William  Neal,  born  February  22,  1860. 
deceased.  5.  Charles  A.,  born  in  1862,  died  in 
infancy.  6.  Edith,  born  in  1865,  married  George 
Taylor  Files  (of  whom  elsewhere  in  this  work). 
7  and  8.  Florence  and  Alice  (twins),  born  in 
1869,  died  in  infancy.  William  G.  Davis  died 
April  19,  1903,  and  his  wife  survived  him  only 
four  days,  dying  April  23,  1903. 

(The  Neal  Line) 

(I)  John  Neal,  ancestor  of  Rhoda  M.   (Neal) 
Davis,   said    to   have   been   a   Scotch-Irish   immi- 
grant,  was    in    Scituate,    Massachusetts,   in    1730. 
He  was  a  potter  by  trade.    The  name  of  his  wife 
is  unknown.     He  had  two  sons  and  two  daugh- 
ters baptized  in  Scituate. 

(II)  John  (2)  Neal,  son  of  John  (i)  Neal,  was 
born    May    5,    1728.      He    settled    in    Litchfield, 
Maine,    a    town    largely    settled    from    Plymouth 
county,   Massachusetts,   but   apparently   lived   for 
a   time   in   Topsham,   for  the   Brunswick   records 
show  that  on  January  16,  1762,  "Mr.  Kohn  Neele, 
and   Mrs.   Abigail   Hall,  both   of  Topsham,  were 
married.      It    has    been    impossible    to    identify 
herewith  any  of  the  Hall  families  then  in  Maine. 
He  died  August  18,  1709,  and  she  November  22, 
1818. 


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(III)  Joseph  Neal,  son  of  John   (2)   Neal,  was 
born  March  24,  1769.     He  married  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter   of    Captain    Adam    and    Polly    (Hutchinson) 
Johnson.     They  lived  in  Litchfield. 

(IV)  Joseph  (2)  Neal,  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Neal, 
was  born   March  2,   1783.     He   married,  January 
30,   1817,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Annis  and   Sarah 
(Hildreth)    Spear,    and    granddaughter    of    Paul 
Hildreth,  the  adventurous  first  settler  of  Lewis- 
ton.     They   lived   in    Gardiner.     He   died   March 
n,   1836,  while   she   survived  until   December  20, 
1881. 

(V)  Rhoda   M.   Neal,   daughter   of  Joseph    (2) 
Neal,  was  born  September  25,  1828,  in  Gardiner. 
She   married,    March   4,    1849,    William    Goodwin 
Davis. 


MILLARD  CARROLL  WEBBER,  M.D.— 
One  of  Maine's  rising  young  medical  specialists 
now  located  in  Portland,  and  son  of  an  eminent 
physician  of  the  State,  Dr.  Webber  in  birth  and 
ancestry  is  a  true  son  of  Maine.  His  lineage 
traces  in  Maine  to  a  gallant  son  of  the  Revolu- 
tion, whose  father  was  one  of  the  first  of  the 
name  to  settle  in  the  State.  The  name  Webber 
is  obviously  derived  from  the  German  Weber, 
meaning  weaver,  which  occupation  is  also  re- 
sponsible for  the  cognate  patronymics,  Webb, 
Webster  and  Weeber.  It  is  interesting  to  know 
that  in  the  early  days  Webber  was  the  masculine 
and  Webster  the  feminine  form  of  the  name. 
There  were  Webbers  of  English  descent  in 
Maine  and  Massachusetts.  A  Captain  Thomas 
Webber,  a  mariner  of  Boston,  joined  the  church 
in  1644,  was  master  of  a  vessel  Mayflower,  sold 
a  quarter  interest  in  1652  and  moved  to  Maine. 
That  seems  to  have  been  a  seafaring  family, 
but  this  branch  descends  from  a  Dutch  ancestor, 
Wolfert  Webber,  who  came  from  Holland  in  the 
early  part  of  the  seventeenth  century  to  New 
Amsterdam,  about  1633,  with  the  Dutch  Gov- 
ernor Van  Twiller.  Wolfert  Webber  had  a  grant 
of  land  in  New  Amsterdam  of  about  sixty-two 
acres  lying  between  Broadway  and  the  Hudson 
river,  and  Duane  and  Chambers  streets.  Some- 
thing over  a  generation  ago,  attempt  was  made 
by  some  of  the  heirs  of  Wolfert  Webber  to  claim 
this  property,  on  the  ground  that  the  lease  under 
which  it  was  held  had  expired,  and  also  to  en- 
force a  claim  against  the  Webber  estate  in  Hol- 
land, but  the  attempt  failed. 

A  descendant  of  Wolfert  Webber  settled  in 
the  State  of  Maine  at  Litchfield.  There  his  son, 
Lieutenant  George  Webber,  an  officer  of  the 
Revolution,  serving  under  the  French  General 


Lafayette,  lived  and  died,  leaving  a  son,  George 
Franklin  Webber,  who  was  born,  lived  and  died 
in  Litchfield.  This  George  Franklin  Webber 
was  the  father  of  Dr.  George  Franklin  Webber, 
father  of  Dr.  Millard  C.  Webber,  of  Portland. 
Dr.  George  Franklin  Webber  was  born  in  Litch- 
field, Maine,  June  12,  1854,  died  at  Fairfield, 
Maine,  May  14,  1899.  He  was  a  graduate  of 
Bowdoin  Medical  College,  and  practiced  his  pro- 
fession at  Richmond  and  Fairfield,  Maine,  until 
his  death,  a  physician  beloved  and  a  citizen 
highly  esteemed.  He  married  Allie  Marie  Ham, 
born  in  Wales,  Maine,  now  residing  in  Provi- 
dence, Rhode  Island.  They  were  the  parents  of 
two  sons,  Millard  Carroll,  of  further  mention; 
Merlow  Ardeen,  born  November  i,  1884,  at 
Clinton,  near  Fairfield,  Maine,  a  graduate  of 
Bowdoin  Medical  College,  class  of  1910,  and 
since  1916  a  regularly  enlisted  surgeon  in  the 
United  States  army,  now  stationed  at  Camp  Otis, 
Panama. 

Dr.  Millard  Carroll  Webber,  eldest  son  of  Dr. 
George  Franklin  and  Allie  Marie  (Ham)  Web- 
ber, was  born  in  Richmond,  Me.,  June  7,  1882.  Soon 
afterward  his  parents  located  in  Fairfield,  where 
he  attended  public  schools,  and  later  completed 
his  preparatory  education  at  Coburn  Classical 
Institute  with  graduation,  class  of  1001.  Subse- 
quently he  entered  Bowdoin  College,  completing 
a  classical  course  and  receiving  the  Bachelor's 
degree  in  1907.  He  then  entered  Bowdoin  Med- 
ical School,  whence  he  was  graduated  M.D.,  class 
of  1910.  The  following  eighteen  months  were 
spent  in  special  preparation  at  the  Maine  Eye 
and  Ear  Infirmary,  after  which  Dr.  Webber  lo- 
cated in  private  practice  as  an  eye  and  ear  spe- 
cialist, now  (1917)  located  at  No.  735  Stevens 
avenue.  For  five  years  Dr.  Webber  was  surgeon 
to  the  Maine  Naval  Militia,  is  a  member  of  the 
various  medical  associations,  and  highly  regarded 
by  his  professional  brethren.  He  is  a  Republican 
in  politics,  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order, 
Lambla  Chapter,  the  Benevolent  and  Protective 
Order  of  Elks,  and  Bowdoin  Yeta  Psi. 

Dr.  Webber  married,  in  Portland,  August  4, 
1915,  Martha  Babcock  O'Brien,  daughter  of 
Horace  and  Justina  (Babcock)  O'Brien,  her 
parents  residing  in  Portland,  her  native  city. 


WILLIAM    DWIGHT    PENNELL— Leaders, 

men  who  can  initiate  movements  of  any  sort, 
whether  in  the  world  of  politics,  finance  or  in- 
dustry, who  show  their  fellows  the  way  to  the 
accomplishment  of  desired  results,  are  of  course 
comparatively  rare,  yet  it  seems  probable  that 


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the  conditions  of  life  in  America  have  been  and 
are  today  such  as  to  encourage  and  promote  this 
kind  of  initiative,  for  there  can  be  little  doubt 
that  here,  as  perhaps  nowhere  else  in  the  world, 
men  naturally  tend  to  outgrow  the  conventional 
forms  and  methods  and  establish  their  own  stan- 
dards of  life  and  action.  Nowhere  is  this  more 
obviously  tlic  case  than  in  that  great  realm  of 
business  enterprise  in  which  America  has  cer- 
tainly proved  her  pre-eminence  over  all  the  other 
nations  of  the  earth,  a  pre-eminence  unquestion- 
ably due  to  this  ability  and  readiness  to  devise 
and  attempt  the  new  thing.  It  is  particularly 
conspicuous  in  some  of  our  industrial  centers, 
where  manufacturing  enterprises  of  great  size 
and  importance  spring  into  rapid  development, 
and  perhaps  no  better  example  of  such  a  com- 
munity could  be  found  than  in  the  city  of  Lewis- 
ton,  Maine.  Lewiston  has  certainly  been  fortu- 
nate in  the  men  who  have  taken  the  lead  in  its 
industrial  enterprise,  and  in  a  list  made  up  of 
the  names  of  such  men,  that  of  William  Dwight 
Pennell,  industrial  leader  and  man-of-affairs, 
would  figure  prominently. 

The  Pennell  family,  of  which  William  Dwight 
Pennell  is  so  prominent  a  representative  today, 
has  been  for  many  generations  identified  with  the 
life  and  traditions  of  the  "Pine  Tree  State," 
where  its  members  have  distinguished  them- 
selves in  many  departments  of  activity,  from 
very  early  times  to  the  present.  It  was  founded 
in  America  some  time  during  the  early  portion 
of  the  eighteenth  century  by  two  brothers,  Clem- 
ent and  Thomas  Pennell,  from  the  former  of 
whom  is  descended  that  branch  of  the  family 
with  which  we  are  here  concerned.  These  two 
brothers  came  from  the  Isle  of  Jersey  and  were 
members  of  a  very  old  family  who  had  resided 
in  that  charming  island  for  a  number  of  genera- 
tions. Their  home  was  situated  in  Trinity  Par- 
ish, and  we  have  an  unusually  complete  record 
of  their  residence  there,  where  for  about  three 
centuries  they  held  the  highest  offices  and  inter- 
married with  the  noblest  families  of  the  Isle  of 
Jersey.  We  have  it  on  the  authority  of  old  docu- 
ments that  they  came  to  Jersey  from  England 
during  the  Wars  of  the  Roses,  and  settled  in 
Trinity  Parish  in  the  fourteenth  century.  At 
that  time  the  name  was  spelled  Pennell,  its 
modern  foun,  but  it  underwent  a  number  of 
variations  during  their  stay  in  the  Isle  of  Jer- 
sey, and  we  find  it  spelled  Peniel,  Pineel,  and 
occasionally  Pinel.  During  the  first  part  of  the 
eighteenth  century  there  was  quite  an  exodus  of 
families  from  Trinity  Parish  in  the  Isle  of  Jersey 


to  America,  and  of  these  immigrant  families  the 
Pennell  family  was  one.  A  few  of  their  number 
were  left  in  the  ancient  home,  however,  and  indeed 
have  continued  down  to  very  recent  times  to  re- 
side there.  The  name  has  gradually  died  out,  how- 
ever, and  the  last  to  bear  it  was  buried  about  1879. 
The  only  representative  of  the  family  now  living 
there  is  a  Mrs.  Elizabeth  L.  McGurier,  a  grand- 
daughter of  the  last  of  the  Pennell  name,  and 
a  very  wealthy  lady.  The  two  brothers  already 
mentioned,  who  came  to  this  country,  were  sons 
of  one  Philip  Pennell  and  his  first  wife,  who  was 
Ann  L.  Mortes  before  marriage.  Upon  reaching 
this  country,  Thomas  settled  at  Gloucester, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  continued  to  reside  un- 
til his  death,  March  31,  1723.  Clement  Pennell, 
the  founder  of  the  Maine  family,  on  the  contrary, 
did  not  remain  in  Massachusetts,  but  came  to 
Falmouth,  Maine,  where  he  is  recorded  as  resid- 
ing as  early  as  1741.  In  1780  he  bought  an  acre 
of  land  at  Capisic  of  his  brother  Thomas,  who 
also  came  to  that  part  of  the  country  tempo- 
rarily, and  he  served  in  Captain  Samuel  Skillings' 
company  at  Falmouth,  from  August  n,  1757,  at 
the  outbreak  of  the  French  and  Indian  War. 
Clement  Pennell  appears  on  the  payroll  of  Cap- 
tain Tobias  Lord's  company,  enlisted  May  31, 
1776,  at  Falmouth,  Maine  (Vol.  36,  pp.  97-113). 
He  also  appears  in  a  list  of  the  men  enlisted 
into  the  Continental  army  out  of  the  First  Cum- 
berland County  regiment,  April  29,  1778,  Fal- 
mouth, Maine  (Vol.  27,  p.  29).  He  also  appears 
with  the  rank  of  private  on  the  Continental 
Army  payroll  of  Captain  Holding's  company, 
January,  1780,  residence,  Falmouth,  Maine  (Vol. 
7,  Part  2,  p.  66).  He  was  a  prominent  member 
of  his  community  and  held  a  number  of  re- 
sponsible positions  there.  From  this  worthy 
progenitor  the  line  runs  through  Clement  (2), 
Clement  (3),  and  Richard  Cobb  Pennell,  down  to 
William  Dwight  Pennell,  of  this  sketch. 

Born  May  21,  1847,  at  Portland,  Maine,  Wil- 
liam Dwight  Pennell  was  the  only  son  of  Richard 
Cobb  and  Cornelia  (Barnes)  Pennell,  his  moth- 
er's father,  Cornelius  Barnes  having  been  for 
many  years  the  principal  land  surveyor  of  Port- 
land, Maine.  William  Dwight  Pennell  spent 
the  first  sixteen  years  of  his  life  in  his  native 
city.  His  sixteenth  birthday  fell  upon  the  day 
following  his  arrival  at  Lewiston,  Maine,  whither 
his  parents  had  removed  and  where  he  himself 
has  continued  to  reside  ever  since  He  received 
such  schooling  as  he  enjoyed  while  still  resid- 
ing in  Portland,  and  shortly  after  coming  to 
Lewiston  he  secured  a  position  as  a  bobbin 


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boy  in  the  Porter  Mill,  where  he  worked  in  the 
department  presided  over  by  Rhodes  A.  Bud- 
long.  The  Porter  Mill  afterwards  became  the 
Continental,  and  developed  a  very  large  business 
in  that  region.  Mr.  Budlong  quickly  took  a  very 
great  interest  in  his  new  assistant,  who  was 
especially  industrious  and  showed  an  aptness 
and  readiness  to  learn  far  above  the  average. 
The  older  man,  appreciating  these  qualities,  as- 
sisted the  lad  and  caused  him  to  be  advanced 
step  by  step  through  a  number  of  positions,  in 
all  of  which,  however,  the  latter  remained  long 
enough  to  become  very  thoroughly  master  of  all 
the  details  connected  with  the  work.  Even  the 
presence  of  this  good  friend  and  the  apprecia- 
tion which  his  efforts  met  could  not  influence 
Mr.  Pennell  to  remain  where  he  was  longer  than 
he  believed  it  to  be  to  his  advantage,  and  he 
finally  left  the  Porter  Mill  to  take  a  position 
as  draftsman  in  the  office  of  the  Franklin  Com- 
pany, under  the  Hon.  A.  D.  Lockwood.  His 
next  position,  which  he  accepted  after  three 
years  with  the  Franklin  Company,  was  as  pay- 
master of  the  Lincoln  Mill,  which  he  first  en- 
tered upon  in  1869.  In  November,  1872,  he  was 
advanced  to  the  position  of  superintendent  of 
the  Lincoln  Mill,  where  he  gave  such  entire 
satisfaction  that  he  was  elected,  in  November, 
1879,  by  the  members  of  the  firm  an  agent  of 
the  company.  He  remained  thus  engaged  until 
September,  1886,  when  he  accepted  the  office 
of  manager  for  the  Franklin  Company.  Some 
time  afterwards  he  also  became  manager  of  the 
Union  Water  Power  Company,  and  both  these 
positions  he  resigned  in  1890  to  become  agent 
for  the  Hill  Manufacturing  Company,  upon  the 
resignation  of  Josiah  G.  Coburn,  who  retired 
after  thirty-six  years  in  that  place.  In  this 
position  he  grew  rapidly  to  occupy  a  place  of 
prominence  in  the  manufacturing  world  of  Lewis- 
ton,  where  his  powers  and  high  technical  knowl- 
edge were  recognized  and  appreciated. 

Although  Mr.  Pennell  is  very  prominent  in 
this  connection,  among  the  people  generally 
he  is  better  known  with  reference  to  his  career 
as  a  public  official  and  man-of-affairs.  He  has 
always  been  a  staunch  supporter  of  the  prin- 
ciples for  which  the  Republican  party  has  stood 
and  has  been  a  frequent  delegate  to  the  party's 
conventions.  He  has  also  occupied  the  office 
of  chairman  of  the  city,  county  and  district 
committees,  and  has  taken  a  prominent  part  in 
the  councils  of  the  organization.  In  the  year 
1870  he  was  elected  to  the  office  of  city  auditor 


on  the  Republican  ticket  and  held  that  place 
during  that  and  the  following  year.  In  1874 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Common  Council.  In 
1875-76-77  he  was  a  member  and  the  president 
of  the  Board  of  Aldermen  of  Lewiston,  and  in 
1880,  was  elected  Water  Commissioner  for  six 
years.  In  1886  he  was  re-elected  for  a  similar 
period,  and  thrice  during  these  periods  has  served 
as  chairman  of  the  Board  of  Water  Commis- 
sioners, and  is  its  president  today  (1918).  On 
January  15,  1878,  he  introduced  the  measure  pro- 
viding for  the  construction  of  the  Lewiston 
Water  Works,  which  has  since  proved  so  valu- 
able an  asset  to  the  city.  In  1881  he  was  elected 
to  fill  the  vacancy  in  the  State  Legislature  caused 
by  the  death  of  I.  N.  Parker,  and  in  1883-84-85, 
was  a  member  of  the  State  Senate.  The  Sen- 
ate of  the  last  named  year  was  one  of  unusual 
ability  and  contained  many  members  experienced 
in  legislation,  and  it  was  a  high  compliment  to 
Mr.  Pennell  when  he  was  elected  its  president, 
especially  in  view  of  the  fact  that  he  was  its 
youngest  member.  To  this  office  he  was  elected 
unanimously,  not  a  single  dissenting  vote  being 
cast.  He  was  the  author  and  promoter  of  much 
valuable  legislation,  and  among  others  was  the 
bill  which  he  presented  to  the  Senate  of  1883, 
and  which  was  passed  thereby,  which  prohibited 
the  sale  of  the  toy  pistol,  which  had  caused  the 
death  of  so  many  children.  Mr.  Pennell  was 
also  a  member  of  the  executive  committee  of 
the  Legislative  Reunion  held  at  Augusta,  Maine, 
his  issociates  having  been  Hon.  William  G. 
Davis,  Hon.  J.  Machester  Haynes,  of  Augusta, 
Hon.  William  H.  Strickland,  of  Bangor,  and 
Hon.  Frederick  Atwood,  of  Westport. 

In  addition  to  both  his  political  and  business 
activities,  Mr.  Pennell  is  a  leader  in  a  number 
of  other  aspects  of  the  community's  life.  He 
is  particularly  interested  in  various  philanthropic 
projects,  especially  those  which  had  at  the  basis 
of  their  existence  the  idea  of  helping  others 
to  help  themselves.  Among  the  various  asso- 
ciations which  he  had  been  associated  with 
should  be  mentioned  the  Manufacturers'  and 
Mechanics'  Library  Association,  of  which  he  was 
trustee;  the  Androscoggin  County  Agricultural 
Society,  in  which  he  held  a  similar  office,  and 
the  State  Agricultural  Society,  of  which  he  was 
at  one  time  auditor.  There  can  be  but  little 
doubt  that  the  great  success  of  the  Centennial 
Celebration  of  Lewiston  and  Auburn,  in  1876, 
was  largely  due  to  his  management  thereof. 
At  the  present  time  Mr.  Pennell  holds  various 


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offices  in  some  of  the  most  important  organi- 
zations of  the  city.  He  is  president  of  the  Cen- 
tral Maine  Hospital,  at  Lewiston;  president  of 
the  Lewiston  Public  Library;  director  of  the 
Maine  Automobile  Association;  a  member  of 
the  Erecutive  Committee  of  the  State-Wide 
Good  Roads  Organization,  and  a  director  in  the 
Manufacturers'  National  Bank.  In  his  religious 
beliefs  Mr.  Pennell  is  a  Congregationalist,  and 
for  many  years  has  attended  the  Pine  Street 
Church  of  that  denomination.  He  is  at  the  pres- 
ent time  the  chairman  of  its  prudential  commit- 
tee, and  gives  liberally  of  both  his  time  and 
fortune  to  support  the  work  of  the  church  in  the 
community.  He  has  also  been  keenly  interested 
in  the  Lewiston  branch  of  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association  and  did  much  to  advance 
its  cause  in  the  community.  Mr.  Pennell  is  also 
a  prominent  figure  in  Masonic  circles,  having 
ta!cen  his  thirty-second  degree  in  Free  Masonry, 
and  is  affiliated  with  Rabboni  Lodge,  Ancient 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  Dickey  Chapter, 
Royal  Arch  Masons;  Lewiston  Council,  Royal 
and  Select  Masters;  Lewiston  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar;  and  Kora  Temple,  Ancient 
Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  all  of 
Lowiston. 

William  Dwight  Pennell  was  united  in  mar- 
ri:if;c  June  22,  1869,  with  Jennie  A.  Linscott, 
daughter  of  Wingate  and  Eliza  W.  (Foss)  Lin- 
scolt.  Mr.  Linscott  was  a  native  of  Chesterville, 
but  afterwards  removed  to  Boston,  where  his 
daughter,  Mrs.  Pennell,  was  born.  To  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Pennell  three  children  have  been  born 
,-ts  lollows:  i.  Dwight  R.  2.  Fannie  C.,  who 
married  Laurence  H.  Parkhurst,  vice-president 
of  the  Electric  Bond  and  Share  Company,  of 
New  York,  and  is  the  mother  of  three  daughters: 
Marjorie,  Dorothy  and  Cornelia,  and  of  one  son, 
Laurence  H.,  Jr.  3.  Maude  Robie,  who  married 
Millard  F.  Chase,  manager  of  the  Owen  Mag- 
netic Motor  Car  Company,  and  is  the  mother  of 
five  children:  William  Pennell,  Madaline,  Mil- 
lard  F.,  Jr.,  Alfred  E.,  and  Richard  Pennell. 

Lives  that  truly  count  in  the  shaping  of  events 
and  the  influencing  of  other  lives  are  rare,  and 
it  is  not  by  any  means  those  which  are  the 
most  conspicuous  that  are  the  most  influential. 
Close  adherence  to  a  high  ideal,  even  if  it  be  not 
published  abroad,  patient,  persistent  effort  in 
some  worthy  cause,  though  the  fruit  of  it  is 
never  apparent  even  to  many  who  actually  bene- 
fit by  it,  is  always  effective,  and  though  its  re- 
ward, as  the  world  measures  rewards,  is  apt  to 


be  less  than  its  deserts,  yet  through  many  chan- 
nels, direct  and  indirect,  the  influence  goes  forth 
and  operates  in  the  affairs  of  men,  in  a  way 
often  incredible  to  the  materialist.  Such  is  the 
life  of  William  Dwight  Pennell,  the  distinguished 
gentleman  with  whose  career  this  article  is  con- 
cerned, and  who  is  one  of  the  most  public- 
spirited  citizens  of  Lewiston,  Maine,  and  a  rare 
example  of  worthy  manhood. 


CHARLES  SUMNER  FROST— The  Frost 
family  is  of  the  old  English  ancestry,  some  of 
its  eminence  and  importance  is  given  in  Rymer's 
Foedera  of  the  acts  of  the  Kings  of  England, 
also  possessions  of  the  family  in  various  parts 
of  Great  Britain  are  given  in  the  Rotuli  Hun- 
dredorum  (rolls  of  the  hundreds)  of  England, 
published  by  the  command  of  King  George  III 
in  1812,  which  states  they  held  manors  and  pub- 
lic offices  in  many  of  the  counties  of  the  king- 
dom. They  were  intimately  connected  with  King 
Edward  III  in  the  fourteenth  century.  Among 
the  names  appearing  are  Waltero  Frost,  1340; 
\Yilltcmus  Frost,  in  1359;  and  Thomas  Frost,  in 
1363,  in  letters  of  the  King  to  the  government 
of  the  city  of  Calais,  is  mentioned  as  an  alder- 
man. 

The  following  coat-of-arms  is  from  Crozier's 
General  Armory:  Frost,  Massachusetts,  Edmund 
Frost,  Cambridge,  1635  (Ipswich,  Essex,  Suf- 
folk Co.). 

Argent — A  chevron  sable  between  three  pellets 
each  charged  with  a  trefoil  or. 

Crest — A  trefoil  between  two  wings  all  azure. 
Motto — Eterra  ad  coetum. 

The  steady  exodus  of  Englishmen  from  their 
home  country  to  New  England  was  at  its  height 
in  1634.  Rev.  Thomas  Shepard,  an  English  di- 
vine, about  the  beginning  of  the  winter  of  that 
year,  embarked  with  a  number  of  families  at 
Harwich,  England,  for  America.  They  were 
driven  back  by  the  stress  of  weather  and  the 
voyage  was  abandoned.  About  August  10,  1635, 
they  again  embarked,  and  after  many  sad  storms 
and  wearisome  days,  on  October  3,  1635,  landed 
at  Boston,  Massachusetts.  With  the  Rev. 
Thomas  Shepard  was  Elder  Edmund  Frost.  At 
this  time  the  followers  of  the  Rev.  Thomas 
Hooker  were  leaving  Newton  (Cambridge), 
Massachusetts,  for  the  broader  grazing  lands  of 
Connecticut,  and  their  houses  being  for  sale, 
they  were  purchased  by  members  of  the  com- 
pany that  had  come  with  the  Rev.  Thomas  Shep- 
ard. Elder  Frost  was  one  of  the  original  pro- 


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prietors  of  the  new  town  established  September 
8,  1636.  The  name  of  the  new  town  was  changed 
to  Cambridge,  May  2,  1638.  The  following  year 
he  became  an  owner  of  land  which  was  situated 
on  what  is  now  the  westerly  side  of  Dunston 
street,  between  Harvard  square  and  Mount  Au- 
burn street,  Cambridge.  This  estate  he  sold  and 
in  1642  purchased  a  house  situated  on  what  is 
now  the  westerly  side  of  Gordon  street,  near 
Mason.  This  property  he  sold  in  1646;  his  sub- 
sequent residence  is  not  known  with  certainty; 
but  circumstances  indicate  that  he  occupied  the 
estate  on  the  northerly  side  of  Kirkland  street, 
extending  from  Divinity  Hall  avenue  to  beyond 
Francis  street.  This  property  remained  in  the 
Frost  family  until  a  very  recent  period. 

Elder  Edmund  Frost  was  reputed  to  be  rich 
in  faith,  and  manifestly  enjoyed  the  confidence 
of  Rev.  Thomas  Shepard  and  his  people,  yet  he 
had  the  trial  of  earthly  poverty;  he  possessed 
little  besides  his  homestead,  and  his  pressing 
wants  were  relieved  by  the  church.  He  was 
born  about  1610,  and  was  the  son  of  John  Frost, 
of  Ipswich,  Suffolk  county,  England.  His  wife, 
Thomasine,  with  their  eldest  son,  John,  born  in 
England,  in  1634,  accompanied  Elder  Frost  on 
his  emigration  to  America.  They  had  nine  chil- 
dren born  at  Cambridge:  Thomas,  died  young; 
Samuel,  Joseph,  James,  Stephen,  Mary,  Eph- 
raim,  Thomas  and  Sarah.  His  first  wife  died, 
and  he  married  (second)  in  1669,  Reana  Daniel, 
a  widow.  He  died  at  his  homestead,  in  Cam- 
bridge, July  12,  1672.  He  gave  of  his  property, 
which  was  very  limited,  a  small  gift  to  Harvard 
College. 

James  Frost,  the  fourth  son  of  Elder  Edmund 
and  Thomasine  Frost,  was  born  in  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts,  April  9,  1640.  He  married,  De- 
cember 7,  1664,  Rebecca,  daughter  of  William 
Hamlet.  She  died  July  20,  1666,  leaving  one 
child,  James.  He  married  for  his  second  wife, 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Foster,  by  whom 
he  had  eleven  children,  all  born  in  Billerica, 
Massachusetts.  In  the  division  of  land  in  1652 
of  Shawshin  (now  Billerica),  Elder  Frost  re- 
ceived a  grant  of  land  containing  two  hundred 
acres,  which  he  afterwards  divided  amongst  his 
sons.  On  January  4,  1663,  Samuel  and  James 
Frost  were  accepted  as  inhabitants  of  the  town 
of  Billerica;  James  settled  there  at  once.  He 
lived  north-east  of  Bare  Hill.  His  brother,  Dr. 
Samuel  Frost,  did  not  settle  in  Billerica  until 
about  ten  years  later.  Deacon  James  evidently 
followed  in  the  footsteps  of  his  father,  living 


a  quiet,  religious  but  uneventful  life,  taking  little 
active  part  in  the  numerous  Indian  troubles,  and 
no  prominent  part  in  the  political  life  of  the 
town.  He  died  August  12,  1711,  his  widow  sur- 
viving him  until  1726. 

Joseph  Frost,  the  fifth  son  and  ninth  child 
of  James  and  Elizabeth  (Foster)  Frost,  was  born 
in  Billerica,  Massachusetts,  March  21,  1682-83. 
He  married,  April  5,  1710,  Sarah,  a  daughter  of 
John  French,  of  Charlestown,  Massachusetts. 
Thev  lived  in  Tewksbury,  Massachusetts,  and 
had  four  children. 

Their  eldest  son,  Joseph  Frost,  was  born  in 
Tewksbury,  Massachusetts,  January  2,  1711-12. 
He  married,  October  25,  1731,  Abigail,  daughter 
of  Daniel  Kittridge.  They  lived  in  Tewksbury, 
where  eleven  children  were  born  to  them,  and 
after  the  death  of  her  husband,  January  29,  1751, 
the  widow  married,  March  21,  1755,  Ebenezer 
Fisk. 

Ephraim  Frost,  the  eldest  child  of  Joseph  and 
Abigail  (Kittridge)  Frost,  was  born  in  Tewks- 
bury, Massachusetts,  May  13,  1733.  He  married, 
December  5,  1754,  Mary,  daughter  of  Kendall 
and  Sarah  (Kittridge)  Patten.  She  was  born 
February  II,  1732,  and  died  October  7,  1791. 
Her  husband  died  at  Tewksbury,  Massachusetts, 
December  10,  1800.  They  were  the  parents  of 
ten  children. 

Ephraim  Frost,  the  third  son  and  seventh  child 
of  Ephraim  and  Mary  (Patten)  Frost,  was  born 
at  Tewksbury,  Massachusetts,  September  28, 
1768.  He  married  Ruth,  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Ruth  (French)  Phelps.  By  this  marriage  there 
were  five  children.  Ephraim  Frost  died  in 
Tewksbury,  Massachusetts,  August  15,  1826. 

Ephraim  Frost,  eldest  child  of  Ephraim  and 
Ruth  (Phelps)  Frost,  was  born  in  Tewksbury, 
Massachusetts,  July  n,  1805.  He  married  Re- 
becca Symms,  born  in  Woburn,  Massachusetts, 
died  in  Tewksbury,  November  10,  1859,  aged 
fifty-four  years.  Their  six  children  were  all 
born  in  Tewksbury,  Middlesex  county,  Massa- 
chusetts. The  father,  Ephraim  Frost,  died  in 
Tewksbury,  Massachusetts,  July  II,  1842.  . 

Albert  Ephraim  Frost,  second  son  and  fourth 
child  of  Ephraim  and  Rebecca  (Symms)  Frost, 
was  born  in  Tewksbury,  Massachusetts,  April 
22,  1833.  He  married,  in  Lewiston,  Maine, 
Eunice  M.,  daughter  of  Orrin  and  Thirza 
(Adams)  Jones,  of  Newport,  Vermont.  She  was 
born  February  7,  1831,  and  died  at  Lewiston, 
Maine,  July  17,  1902.  Their  five  children,  all 
born  in  Lewiston,  Maine,  are  as  follows:  I. 


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Charles  Sumner,  of  further  mention.  2.  Frank 
Lester,  born  July  31,  1858;  married  (first)  Sep- 
tember 26,  1888,  Helen  M.  Young,  and  had  one 
child,  Marion,  born  in  1800;  married  (second) 
April  4,  1000,  Carrie  Z.  Lang,  whose  home  is  in 
Lewiston,  Maine.  3.  Walter  Albert,  born  De- 
cember to,  1861;  married,  December  31,  1890, 
Julia,  daughter  of  Chauncy  Seaton,  of  Chicago, 
Illinois,  in  which  city  they  made  their  home.  4. 
Woodbury  Oilman,  born  January  28,  1868,  mar- 
ried, October  2,  1905,  Edith  Lillian  de  Graff,  of 
Athens,  Pennsylvania,  where  they  reside.  5. 
Wilfred  Percy,  born  February  12,  1875,  a  resi- 
dent of  Chicago,  Illinois.  Albert  Ephraim  Frost 
was  engaged  in  the  lumber  trade  at  Lewiston, 
Maine.  His  religious  affiliations  were  with  the 
Free  Will  Baptists;  in  politics  he  was  a  Republi- 
can. He  died  at  Lewiston,  Maine,  March  7,  1897. 

Charles  Sumner  Frost,  the  eldest  child  of  Al- 
bert Ephraim  and  Eunice  M.  (Jones)  Frost  was 
born  in  Lewiston.  Maine,  May  31,  1856.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city, 
graduating  from  the  Lewiston  High  School,  and 
was  a  student  in  an  architect's  office  in  that 
city  for  three  years.  He  then  took  a  special 
course  in  architecture  at  Massachusetts  Institute 
of  Technology,  followed  by  three  years  practical 
application  of  the  profession  in  the  office  of  a 
Boston  architect  as  a  draftsman.  He  removed 
to  Chicago,  Illinois,  in  1881,  and  January  I,  1882, 
commenced  the  practice  of  architecture  in  con- 
nection with  a  Mr.  Cobb,  under  the  firm  name, 
of  Cobb  &  Frost.  This  partnership  was  dis- 
solved in  1889,  when  Mr.  Frost  continued  prac- 
tice alone  until  1898.  A  new  partnership  was 
then  formed  with  Alfred  H.  Granger,  under  the 
firm  name  of  Frost  &  Granger.  This  firm  was 
also  dissolved,  in  1910,  since  which  time  Mr. 
Frost  has  practiced  alone.  His  skill  as  an  archi- 
tect is  seen  in  the  Chicago  Home  for  the  Friend- 
less; George  Smith  Memorial  for  St.  Luke's 
Hospital;  Union  Club  House;  Calumet  Club 
House;  Northern  Trust  Company;  Chicago  & 
Northwestern  Railway  Company's  general  office 
building;  Terminal  Station  building  for  Lake 
Shore  &  Michigan  Southern  Railway  Company, 
and  Terminal  Station  building  for  the  Chicago 
&  Northwestern  Railway  Company. 

Mr.  Frost  was  elected  a  fellow  of  the  Ameri- 
can Institute  of  Architects;  he  is  a  member  of 
the  Province  of  Quebec  Association  of  Archi- 
tects, also  of  the  Province  of  Manitoba  Associa- 
tion of  Architects.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Union  League  Club  and  Cliff  Dwellers'  Club 

ME.— 1—11 


(Artist's  Club),  of  Chicago,  Illinois,  the  Onwent- 
sia  and  Winter  clubs  of  Lake  Forest,  Illinois, 
and  of  the  Minnesota  Club  of  St.  Paul,  Minne- 
sota. He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  and  has  served  as  an  elder  in  that  de- 
nomination. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  but 
has  never  been  an  aspirant  for  political  honors. 
Mr.  Frost  married,  January  7,  1885,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Marvin  and  Belle  (Hough)  Hughitt. 
Her  father,  Marvin  Hughitt  is  chairman  of  the 
board  of  directors  of  the  Chicago  &  Northwest- 
ern Railway  system.  She  was  born  at  Centra- 
lia,  Illinois,  December  5,  1863.  The  children  of 
Charles  Sumner  and  Mary  (Hughitt)  Frost  are 
as  follows:  I.  Margaret,  born  in  Chicago,  Illi- 
nois, November  22,  1890,  was  educated  in  private 
schools  and  graduated  from  Miss  Wheeler's 
School,  Providence,  Rhode  Island.  2.  Marvin 
Hughitt,  born  in  Chicago,  Illinois,  January  12, 
1893,  attended  but  did  not  graduate  from  the 
Ashville  School  for  Boys.  3.  Virginia,  born  in 
Lake  Forest,  Illinois,  May  14,  1901,  at  present 
engaged  in  finishing  her  education.  Mr.  Frost 
lived  in  Chicago  up  to  May  31,  1897,  when  he 
established  a  suburban  home  at  Lake  Forest, 
Illinois. 


HARRIE  L.  WEBBER  is  a  member  of  a 
family  which  has  made  its  home  in  the  "Pine 
Tree  State"  for  a  number  of  generations,  it  hav- 
ing been  founded  here  by  Judge  Webber's  great- 
grandfather, one  John  Webber,  an  officer  of  the 
Revolutionary  War,  who,  in  recognition  of  his 
services  at  that  critical  time,  was  granted  a  tract 
of  land  in  Maine  by  the  Government.  One  of 
the  grandsons  of  this  worthy  ancestor  was  Arista 
Webber,  who  was  born  in  the  month  of  March, 
1842,  at  Richmond,  Maine,  where  members  of 
the  family  had  made  their  home  for  a  number 
of  years,  and  who  died  June  12,  1905,  in  the 
City  of  Auburn,  he  having  come  there  to  carry 
on  the  large  real  estate  business  which  he  de- 
veloped and  in  connection  with  which  he  was 
well  known  throughout  that  region.  He  married 
Luella  Pa'.ten  Wedgwood,  a  native  of  Litch- 
field,  Maine,  where  she  was  born  in  the  year 
1841.  Mrs.  Webber,  Sr.  survived  her  husband 
nine  years,  her  death  occurring  in  the  month 
of  March,  1914.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Webber  were 
the  parents  of  three  sons  as  follows:  Dr.  Wal- 
lace Edgar  Webber,  George  C,  and  Harrie  L., 
of  this  sketch. 

Judge  Harrie  L.  Webber  was  born  June  20, 
1880,  in  the  town  of  Lisbon,  Maine,  but  spent 


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only  the  first  year  of  his  life  in  his  native  place. 
When  an  infant  of  about  one  year  of  age,  his 
parents  removed  to  Auburn,  and  this  city  has 
remained  his  home  ever  since.  It  was  here  that 
he  gained  the  elementary  portion  of  his  educa- 
tion, attending  the  public  school,  afterwards  a 
student  in  the  Edward  Little  High  School,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  1899,  and  where  he 
was  prepared  for  college.  Immediately  after 
completing  his  studies  at  the  last  named  institu- 
tion, he  matriculated  at  Bowdoin  College,  where 
he  took  the  usual  academic  course  and  was 
graduated  with  the  class  of  1903.  In  the  mean- 
time Judge  Webber  had  decided  definitely  to 
make  the  law  his  career  in  life,  and  with  this 
end  in  view  entered  the  law  office  of  George  C. 
Webber,  his  brother,  where  he  pursued  his 
studies  to  such  good  purpose  that  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  1908.  From  the  outset 
Judge  Webber  met  with  a  most  gratifying  suc- 
cess, and  has  built  up  a  practice  which  places 
him  in  the  front  rank  of  the  attorneys  of  Au- 
burn. His  office  is  situated  at  No.  34  Court 
street,  and  he  is  equally  well  and  favorably 
known  both  to  his  professional  colleagues  and 
to  the  community-at-large,  which  entrusts  him 
with  much  of  its  important  litigation.  In  1911 
he  was  appointed  by  Governor  Plaisted,  of 
Maine,  Judge  of  the  Municipal  Court  of  Auburn 
for  a  period  of  four  years. 

But  it  has  not  been  only  in  connection  with 
his  legal  practice  nor  with  the  services  which 
he  has  rendered  his  fellow-citizens  on  the  Mu- 
nicipal Bench  that  the  name  of  Judge  Webber 
is  connected.  He  is  possessed  of  a  gift  for 
organization  and  is  at  the  present  time  the  treas- 
urer of  the  Parker  Manufacturing  Company, 
which  manufactures  wooden  toys  on  a  large 
scale.  He  is  also  prominent  in  the  fraternal 
life  of  the  city,  is  a  member  of  the  Benevolent 
and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  has  taken  his 
thirty-second  degree  in  Free  Masonry,  being 
affiliated  with  the  Lodge,  Chapter,  Council, 
Shrine  and  Consistory.  In  his  religious  belief 
Judge  Webber  is  a  Congregationalist  and  attends 
the  church  of  that  denomination  at  Auburn. 

Judge  Webber  was  united  in  marriage  June  25, 
1907,  at  Auburn,  with  Grace  A.  Nevins,  a  native 
of  the  neighboring  city  of  Lewiston,  and  a 
daughter  of  John  Nevins  and  Altie  (Briggs)  Nev- 
ins. Judge  and  Mrs.  Webber  are  the  parents 
of  two  children,  Altie  L.  and  Martha  W. 

A  word  concerning  the  Webber  family  in  the 
past  should  be  inserted  here.  More  than  one 


of  the  men  bearing  this  name  played  a  promi- 
nent part  in  the  early  days,  and  one  and  all 
occupied  a  position  of  respect  in  the  several 
communities  where  they  resided.  The  great- 
grandfather, who  has  already  been  mentioned, 
was  coxswain  for  General  Washington,  and  was 
with  that  great  man  at  the  time  of  his  historic 
crossing  of  the  Delaware  river.  Another  line 
of  ancestry  from  which  Judge  Webber  can  trace 
his  descent  is  that  of  the  distinguished  family 
of  Annkejns. 

The  type  of  man  of  -which  Judge  Webber  is 
an  example  makes  ideal  citizens,  uniting  in  itself 
most  happily  so  many  public  and  private  virtues. 
His  activities  are  of  that  wholesome  kind  that 
in  developing  themselves  is  also  a  benefit  to  the 
community-at-large,  even  when  it  is  so  uncon- 
sciously, and  in  the  case  of  Judge  Webber  this 
is  far  from  being  so.  Public-spirited  in  a  high 
degree,  he  never  losses  sight  of  the  common 
interest,  and  is  ever  ready  to  do  what  he  can  to 
advance  it. 


WILLIAM    LEWIS    COUSINS,    one    of    the 

leading  physicians  of  Portland,  Maine,  is  a  mem- 
ber of  a  family  which  can  claim  an  undoubted 
antiquity  of  many  centuries.  The  name  appears 
in  many  different  forms,  and  immigrants  'to 
this  country  during  the  Colonial  period  were 
unquestionably  of  both  English  and  French  de- 
scent. The  name  in  all  probability  had  its  origin 
in  France  prior  to  the  Norman  conquest  of  Eng- 
land, when  it  was  carried  to  the  latter  country, 
and  this  great  age  accounts  for  the  variety  of 
forms  we  find.  The  French  family,  Cousin,  was 
represented  in  this  country  at  an  early  date,  as 
were  also  several  English  lines,  among  which  we 
find  spellings  so  diverse  as  Curzon,  Cozzen,  Cou- 
sin, Cosen,  Cousens,  and  Cousins,  the  present 
form.  The  tradition  of  the  family  has  it  that 
the  common  ancestor  of  all  these  lines  was  one 
Geraldine  de  Curson,  or  Curzen,  a  man  of  Breton 
extraction,  who  came  in  the  train  of  William 
the  Conqueror  to  England  in  1066  and  took 
part  in  the  Battle  of  Hastings.  The  new  mon- 
arch, after  his  fashion,  rewarded  this  follower 
with  lands  taken  from  their  Saxon  owners,  and 
in  this  case,  in  the  most  princely  fashion  with 
estates  in  Berkshire  and  other  places.  From 
this  same  progenitor  is  descended  the  present 
George  Nathaniel  Curzon,  first  baron  of  Keddles- 
ton,  late  Viceroy  and  Governor-General  of  India, 
who  married  Miss  Leiter,  of  Chicago.  The  first 
American  ancestor  of  Dr.  Cousins  was  one  John. 


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Cousins,  who  was  born  in  England  in  1506,  and 
after  coming  to  this  country  settled  in  Maine, 
being  among  the  earliest  pioneers  of  that  region. 
He  was  a  man  of  prominence  in  the  early  com- 
munity which  grew  up  in  the  Saco  valley,  and 
held  a  number  of  public  offices.  From  him  the 
line  descends  through  Thomas,  Ichabod,  Icha- 
bod  II,  Ichabod  III,  Joseph,  and  Stephen  Hob- 
son,  the  father  of  the  Dr.  Cousins  of  this  sketch. 

Stephen  Hobson  Cousins  was  born  in  Steep 
Falls,  Maine,  December  13,  1845,  and  was  edu- 
cated at  the  Standish  Academy  and  the  school 
at  Randolph,  Massachusetts.  Later  he  came  to 
Portland,  Maine,  where  he  entered  the  employ 
of  a  cousin,  John  D.  Lord,  and  remained  with 
him  for  upwards  of  ten  years.  In  1870  he  re- 
turned to  Steep  Falls  and  there  established  him- 
self in  a  general  mercantile  business.  The  year 
following  he  formed  a  partnership  with  one 
Samuel  Banks,  of  Island  Pond,  Vermont,  and 
the  business  was  continued  under  the  firm  name 
of  Cousins  &  Banks.  Grain  and  lumber  were 
added  to  their  business,  the  association  continu- 
ing until  the  death  of  Mr.  Banks,  in  1886,  when 
Mr.  Cousins  took  into  partnership,  Gideon  N. 
Tucker,  who  was  already  a  well-known  lumber 
man  in  that  region.  In  1892  the  firm  built  a 
grist  mill  which  they  ran  with  a  gasoline  en- 
gine, and  in  1904  they  were  incorporated,  with 
Stephen  H.  Cousins  as  manager  of  the  new  con- 
cern, a  position  which  he  still  fills.  Stephen  H. 
Cousins  is  a  public-spirited  man,  a  strong  Re- 
publican, and  interested  in  local  affairs,  but  he 
has  consistently  avoided  public  office  and  con- 
tinues to  devote  his  attention  to  his  private 
business  interests.  In  religion  he  is  a  Baptist 
and  has  been  very  prominent  for  many  years 
in  the  work  of  the  Free  Baptist  Denomination 
in  Maine,  and  is  deacon  of  the  church  at  Steep 
Falls.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order, 
and  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  On  December 
12,  1869,  Mr.  Cousins  married  Martha  Alma  Hob- 
son,  by  whom  he  has  had  two  children:  Will- 
iam L.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  and  Harriette 
Knapp,  born  at  Steep  Falls,  May  8,  1875,  and 
educated  at  the  local  schools  and  at  Limington 
Academy;  in  1909  she  became  the  wife  of  Daniel 
J.  Lothrop,  and  now  resides  in  Seattle,  Washing- 
ton. 

Born  October  2,  1870,  at  Steep  Falls,  Maine, 
William  Lewis  Cousins,  the  only  son  of  Stephen 
Hobson  and  Martha  Alma  (Hobson)  Cousins  re- 
ceived the  preliminary  portion  of  his  education 
at  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town.  He 


later  attended  Fryeburg  Academy,  New  Hamp- 
ton College,  and  Limington  Academy,  during 
which  time  he  made  up  his  mind  definitely  to 
follow  the  profession  of  medicine  as  his  career 
in  life.  Accordingly,  he  entered  the  Maine  Medi- 
cal School,  but  remained  there  only  one  year 
and  then  matriculated  at  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania, graduating  from  the  medical  school  in 
connection  with  that  institution  with  the  class 
of  1894  and  taking  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medi- 
cine. He  was  then  appointed  assistant  resident 
surgeon  at  Johns  Hopkins  Hospital  at  Baltimore, 
where  he  remained  during  the  rest  of  1894  ar|d 
the  whole  of  the  year  1895.  After  gaining  much 
valuable  practical  experience  in  this  famous  in- 
stitution, Dr.  Cousins  returned  North  and  settled 
in  Portland,  Maine,  where  he  became  associated 
with  Dr.  Seth  Chase  Gordon,  a  sketch  of  whom 
appears  elsewhere  in  this  work.  In  the  year 
1904  he  founded  the  private  hospital  of  St.  Barna- 
bas, at  the  corner  of  Woodfords  and  Norwood 
Streets,  in  the  Deering  District  of  Portland, 
which  is  now  a  well-known  institution  in  the 
city.  Dr.  Cousins  has  now  made  the  diseases 
of  women  his  specialty  and  has  established  an 
enviable  reputation  in  this  line  of  work  to  the 
extent  of  being  a  recognized  authority  therein. 
His  practice  has  grown  to  very  large  propor- 
tions and  besides  his  private  work  he  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  staff  of  the  Maine  General  Hospital. 
He  was  appointed  as  an  assistant  on  this  body 
ten  years  ago,  and  six  years  ago  was  appointed 
surgeon,  a  position  which  he  still  holds.  Dr. 
Cousins  is  a  surgeon  of  unusual  skill  and  ability 
and  for  a  long  time  has  held  a  position  as  con- 
sulting surgeon  in  the  Maine  Eye  &  Ear  In- 
firmary. He  is  also  instructor  in  clinical  surgery 
in  the  Maine  Medical  School  and  has  lectured 
there  since  1906.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Cum- 
berland County  Medical  Association  and  has 
served  as  president  thereof;  member  of  the 
Maine  Medical  Association  and  chairman  of  the 
National  Legislative  Committee  of  that  associa- 
tion; member  of  the  Cumberland  Club,  the  Ath- 
letic Club,  the  Portland  Yacht  Club  and  other 
clubs  of  Portland,  and  is  a  conspicuous  figure 
in  the  social  and  club  life  there.  In  1913  he  was 
elected  a  Fellow  of  the  Southern  Surgical  and 
Gynecological  Society,  being  the  first  to  receive 
this  honor  from  the  State  of  Maine.  He  is  also 
a  Fellow  of  the  American  College  of  Surgeons. 
Immediately  after  war  was  declared  Dr.  Cou- 
sins offered  his  services  to  the  Government  and 
a  few  days  later  received  his  commission  as 


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major  in  the  medical  corps  of  the  army.  He 
was  appointed  chairman  of  the  Maine  State 
Committee  of  the  Medical  Section  of  the  Coun- 
cil of  National  Defense,  and  did  excellent  work 
in  organizing  the  physicians  of  the  State  and 
recruiting  Maine's  quota  for  the  army  and  navy. 
He  was  also  chief  of  the  State  Examining  Board 
for  this  work.  Later,  Dr.  Cousins  received  an 
additional  honor  is  being  selected  for  the  re- 
sponsible position  of  chief  of  surgical  staff  at 
the  base  liospital  at  Ayer,  Massachusetts,  and 
after  a  few  months'  service  there  was  detailed 
to  organize  and  bring  up  to  standard  the  per- 
sonnel of  the  base  hospitals  at  the  various  can- 
tonments. The  fact  that  he  received  this  ap- 
pointment is  a  distinct  recognition  of  his  ability, 
skill  and  experience,  and  that  he  responded  so 
cheerfully  and  willingly  to  the  call  of  duty  is  a 
testimonial  of  his  patriotism  and  loyalty  to  his 
country  in  her  hour  of  deep  distress  and  peril, 
when  so  many  of  her  faithful  sons  have  been 
called  upon  to  give  up  home  ties,  professional 
and  business  life  and  other  interests  to  devote 
their  energies  in  an  entirely  different  channel  in 
order  that  the  honor  and  integrity  of  the  nation 
should  be  upheld.  During  his  term  of  service 
in  this  capacity  Dr.  Cousins  left  his  hospital 
and  work  in  Portland  in  the  care  of  his  staff. 
In  his  new  work  he  had  under  him  a  large  corps 
of  workers.  Dr.  Cousins  is  a  Republican  in 
politics,  and  in  1907  was  a  member  of  the  city 
committee  of  that  party.  In  religious  belief  he 
is  a  Unitarian. 

Dr.  Cousins  married,  January  6,  1897,  Maude 
McKenney,  of  Limington,  Maine,  daughter  of 
Charles  and  Hannah  (Gordon)  McKenney, 
granddaughter  of  Deacon  Humphrey  McKen- 
ney, of  Limington,  Maine,  and  a  niece  of  Dr. 
Seth  Chase  Gordon,  with  whom  Dr.  Cousins 
has  been  professionally  associated  for  so  many 
years.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Cousins  are  the  parents 
of  a  son,  Seth  Chase,  born  in  Portland,  No- 
vember 2,  1897,  who  in  1916  entered  the  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania  to  pursue  a  seven  years' 
course,  preparatory  to  becoming  a  physician,  but 
v.-ho  at  the  present  time  (1918)  is  in  the  Stu- 
dents' Training  Camp  at  Bowdoin  College.  Dr. 
Cousins  is  devoted  to  out-door  life  of  all  kinds 
and  is  the  owner  of  a  charming  camp  on  High- 
land Lake,  nine  miles  from  the  city  of  Port- 
land, and  connected  with  that  place  by  telephone, 
and  here  he  spends  as  much  time  as  the  oner- 
ous demands  of  his  profession  will  allow. 


GEORGE  WILLARD  WOOD,  journalist,  is 
a  son  of  James  and  Elizabeth  (Blackwell)  Wood, 
both  natives  of  Maine,  who  lived  for  many  years 
at  Lewiston,  where  they  were  well  and  favorably 
known.  They  are  now  both  deceased.  They 
were  the  parents  of  six  children,  of  whom  four 
are  now  living,  as  follows:  Louisa,  Emma,  Anne 
and  George  Willard,  with  whom  we  are  es- 
pecially concerned. 

Born  August  31,  1854,  at  Lewiston,  Maine, 
George  Willard  Wood  has  made  that  city  his 
home  during  his  entire  life  up  to  the  present 
time  (1917).  He  received  the  elementary  por- 
tion of  his  education  at  the  local  public  schools 
and  was  prepared  for  college  in  the  High  School 
at  Lewiston.  He  then  matriculated  at  Bates 
College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the 
class  of  1875.  In  1877  he  took  the  degree  of 
Ph.D.  at  Yale.  It  was  in  the  year  1898  that  he 
became  associated  with  the  Lewiston  Daily  Sun, 
a  journal  which  was  established  February  20, 
1893,  as  a  morning  paper  for  Lewiston  and  Au- 
burn, with  full  Associated  Press  franchise,  and 
which  has  never  missed  an  issue  from  the  day 
it  was  started  to  the  present.  For  some  time, 
like  the  majority  of  papers,  the  Sun  was  obliged 
to  struggle  for  its  existence  and  made  com- 
paratively small  headway  at  first.  During  the 
first  five  years  of  its  career  it  had  an  average 
of  one  new  owner  each  year,  but  managed  to 
get  along  somehow  and  gradually  improved  its 
issue.  Mr.  Wood  was  not  slow  in  perceiving  the 
possibilities  inherent  in  this  publication,  and  in 
1898  purchased  it  from  its  former  owners.  He 
then  associated  with  himself  in  its  management 
Mr.  Louis  B.  Costello,  Mr.  Wood  being  the 
editor  and  Mr.  Costello  the  business  manager  of 
the  enterprise.  Sometime  afterward  the  concern 
was  incorporated  with  Mr.  Wood  as  president 
and  Mr.  Costello  as  treasurer.  One  of  the  chief 
events  in  the  development  of  the  paper  was  the 
introduction  of  a  rural  free  delivery  mail  service 
in  this  part  of  Maine,  which  at  once  opened 
up  a  large  new  field  for  the  paper.  Indeed  it 
may  also  be  said  that  it  was  this  which  gave 
the  Sun  its  first  real  start  towards  prosperity. 
Before  this  time  its  only  means  of  distribution 
outside  the  cities  of  Lewiston  and  Auburn  was 
the  steam  railroad,  the  service  on  which  was 
about  the  worst  possible,  from  the  standpoint  of 
a  morning  newspaper,  as  the  trains  left  so  late 
that  Boston  morning  papers  were  carried  on  the 
same  train  as  the  Sun.  At  that  time  the  weekly 


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165 


newspapers  were  widely  read  by  the  farmers, 
who  were  content  to  get  their  news  thus  in- 
frequently. But  with  the  coming  of  the  rural 
free  delivery,  all  this  was  gradually  changed  as 
the  mail  carrier  reached  all  corners  of  the  region 
with  mail  every  day  and  weekly  newspapers  were 
surplanted  by  the  local  morning  dailies.  The 
Sun,  as  one  of  the  most  progressive  and  forth- 
putting  of  these  papers,  began  rapidly  to  reach 
out  and  gather  circulation,  with  the  result  that 
the  merchant,  finding  he  could  reach  through 
this  medium  people  whom  he  had  been  obliged 
to  circularize  previously  in  a  costly  and  ineffi- 
cient manner  and  by  the  use  of  teams,  now  be- 
gan to  use  the  columns  of  the  Sun  freely.  Other 
transportation  facilities  coming  in  not  long  after- 
ward still  further  increased  the  radius  of  the 
Sun's  circulation  and  new  trolley  lines  and  even 
the  automobile  played  an  important  part  in  this 
office.  Mr.  Wood  is  affiliated  with  Rabboni 
Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons. 

George  Willard  Wood  was  united  in  marriage, 
September  30,  1901,  with  Laura  N.  Brackett,  of 
Phillips,  Maine,  a  daughter  of  Joshua  and  Mary 
(Cook)  Brackett.  Mrs.  Wood  died  in  the  autumn 
of  1916. 

It  may  be  maintained  that  among  all  the  things 
that  we  see  about  us  which  bear  the  stamp  of 
this  age  upon  them,  none  is  so  completely  typi- 
cal of  its  character  as  the  daily  newspaper.  There 
are  any  number  of  objects,  of  course,  from  the 
railroad  train  to  the  baby's  playthings,  that  we 
feel  could  belong  to  this  time  alone  of  all  the 
ages  of  hirtory.  Yet  despite  this  admission  it 
is  still  to  be  urged  that  of  all  these  the  news- 
paper is  that  which  most  breathes  the  spirit  of 
our  era,  which  best  typifies  all  that  the  present 
social  idea  stands  for.  It  has  been  said  of  it 
that  it  is  one  of  the  strongest  bulwarks  of  democ- 
racy, and  not  the  least  important  of  the  many 
wars  for  freedom  is  that  which  has  been  waged 
to  give  it  a  free  tongue.  For  the  newspaper 
is  a  sort  of  mirror  wherein  we  may  see  ourselves 
reflected,  as  a  good  mirror  is  as  important  for 
the  body  politic  as  for  the  professional  beauty. 
It  is  really  a  great  privilege  to  be  connected  with 
an  institution  of  such  far-reaching  influence,  and 
the  man  of  ideas  so  situated  has  an  instrument 
for  the  persuasion  of  his  fellows  only  less  mov- 
ing than  the  pulpit  and  stage  and  even  more 
far-reaching  than  they.  Although  Mr.  Wood  has 
not  been  idle  in  many  departments  of  activity, 
it  is  in  his  capacity  as  editor  of  the  Lewiston' 
Daily  Sun  that  he  is  best  known  in  his  home 


community  and  in  which  the  bulk  of  his  maturer 
labor  is  being  done. 


LOUIS  B.  COSTELLO,  business  manager  of 
the  Lewiston  Daily  Sun.  was  born  at  Wells, 
Maine,  September  14,  1876.  He  is  the  son  of 
Nicholas  H.  and  Annie  (Hill)  Costello.  He  pre- 
pared for  college  at  Berwick  Academy  and  grad- 
uated from  Bates  College  in  1898.  On  gradua- 
tion from  Bates,  Mr.  Costello  became  associated 
with  George  W.  Wood  in  the  management  of 
the  Lewiston  Daily  Sun  and  on  its  incorporation 
a  few  years  after  he  was  made  treasurer  of  the 
company  as  well  as  business  manager.  In  these 
twenty  years  the  circulation  of  the  Sun  has  in- 
creased from  about  two  thousand  copies  a  day 
to  about  eight  thousand  and  it  has  been  changed 
from  a  losing  to  a  moderately  successful  busi- 
ness proposition.  Mr.  Costello  is  a  member  of 
the  United  Baptist  Church  of  Lewiston;  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce;  Rabboni  Lodge,  No.  150, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  King  Hiram  Chap- 
ter, Royal  Arch  Masons;  Dunlap  Council,  Royal 
and  Select  Masters;  and  Lewiston  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar.  He  is  one  of  the  trustees 
of  Bates  College  and  secretary  of  the  board. 
He  is  also  a  trustee  of  the  Androscoggin  Sav- 
ings Bank. 

Mr.  Costello  was  united  in  marriage,  Febru- 
ary 14,  1900,  at  Lewiston,  Maine,  with  Sadie  M. 
Brackett,  H  graduate  of  Bates  College,  1898,  a 
daughter  of  James  S.  and  Ella  (Russell)  Brac- 
kett, of  Phillips,  Maine.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cos- 
tello two  children  have  been  born,  Louise,  May 
26,  1902,  and  Russell  Hill,  October  25,  1904. 


PEREZ  BURR  BURNHAM,  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Burnham  &  Merrill,  of  Portland,  Maine, 
and  a  representative  of  an  old  and  distinguished 
New  England  family,  is  a  representative  of  the 
best  type  of  New  England  business  men,  the 
high  rank  taken  in  trade  circles  by  the  Burnham 
&  Morrill  Company  being  the  logical  outcome 
of  the  clear-cut,  staunch  and  sterling  character 
of  the  men  who  were  associated  together  in  the 
conduct  of  its  business.  Mr.  Burnham  is  a  man 
who  has  stood  as  typical  of  the  finest  traits  of 
the  Furitan  stock  and  has  brought  into  modern' 
business  all  the  best  traditions  of  a  family  whose 
standards  were  not  to  be  rivaled  in  any  part 
of  the  State  of  Maine.  It  is  in  the  production 
of  such  men  that  the  city  of  Portland  may  be 
justly  proud,  and  it  may  be  added  that  their  in- 
fluence docs  not  cease  with  their  death. 


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The  Burnham  family  has  been  prominent  in 
the  affairs  of  both  Old  and  New  England,  for 
many  generations,  and  the  ancestry  is  traceable 
back  to  the  year  1010  A.  D.,  when  the  patrony- 
mic was  De  Burnham,  and  continued  thus  until 
1080,  when  the  prefix  was  dropped.  The  family 
is  descended  from  Walter  le  Ventre,  who  accom- 
panied William  the  Conqueror  upon  his  expedi- 
tion to  England  in  1066.  Walter  le  Ventre  was 
Cousin-Germain  of  Earl  Warren  who  received 
from  the  Conqueror  large  estates,  taken  from 
the  conquered  Saxons,  among  which  was  the 
Manor  of  Burnham.  As  usual  in  those  days, 
the  name  of  the  place  was  adopted  by  the  family 
and  the  manor  was  later  enfeoffed  by  Earl  War- 
ren to  his  kinsman,  Walter  le  Ventre,  who  thus 
became  Walter  de  Burnham.  The  Burnham 
family  in  New  England  was  founded  in  the  year 
'635,  when  three  brothers,  John,  Thomas  and 
Robert  Burnham,  came  from  England  and  settled 
in  that  part  of  the  mother  town  of  Ipswich, 
then  known  as  Chebacco  Parish,  and  which  has 
since  become  the  town  of  Essex,  in  the  county 
of  the  same  name.  These  brothers  were  the 
sons  of  Robert  and  Mary  (Andrews)  Burnham, 
of  Norwich,  Suffolk,  England,  and  the  line  with 
which  we  are  here  concerned  is  descended  from 
John  Burnham. 

(I)John  Burnham  is  first  mentioned  at  Ips- 
wich, in  the  year  1639,  although  he  is  known  to 
have  resided  there  at  least,  and  possibly  four 
years  earlier.  It  appears  from  this  record  that 
he  was  a  carpenter  and  was  among  those  allowed 
to  have  votes  in  the  town's  affairs.  During  his 
residence  at  Ipswich  the  planters  of  that  region 
stood  in  constant  fear  of  the  Indians,  and  the 
officers  of  the  trained-band  were  ordered  by  the 
General  Court  "to  maintain  watch  and  ward 
every  day,  to  cause  all  men  to  bring  arms  to  the 
meeting  house,  and  to  see  that  no  person  trav- 
eled above  a  mile  from  h'is  dwelling,  except 
where  houses  were  near  together,  without  some 
arms  "  John  Burnham  was  one  of  the  seventeen 
young  men  of  Ipswich  who  went  to  Salem  in 
1637,  to  join  the  forces  raised  by  the  colony  to 
wage  war  against  the  Pequot  Indians.  In  1643 
the  town  settled  with  the  soldiers  who  had 
served  against  the  Indians,  paying  "twelve  dol- 
lars a  day  (allowing  for  the  Lord's  Day,  in  re- 
spect of  the  extremity  of  the  weather),  and  the 
officers  double."  John  Burnham's  share  of  this 
remuneration  amounted  to  three  shillings.  John 
Burnham  became  prominent  in  the  affairs  of 
the  community,  and  was  a  landowner  here,  there 


being  a  record  of  his  having  purchased  from  one 
Humphrey  Griffin,  a  two-acre  lot  adjoining  that 
of  John  Fawns.  He  afterwards  sold  this  prop- 
erty to  Anthony  Potter,  January  4,  1648,  and 
there  are  other  records  of  sales  of  properties 
by  him.  According  to  the  genealogy  of  this 
family,  he  was  born  in  1618,  and  died  November 
5,  1694.  He  married  Mary  —  — ,  and  they  were 
the  parents  of  four  children  as  follows:  John 
(2),  Josiah,  Anna  and  Elizabeth. 

(II)  John   (2)   Burnham,  son  of  John   (i)   and 
Mary  Burnham,  was  a  voter  at  Ipswich  in  1692, 
and  one  of  the   signers   of  the   Proctor  petition. 
The  accounts  of  him,  however,  are  very  meager, 
but   he   is   mentioned   by   one   writer   as    Deacon 
John   Burnham.     He  appears   to  have  married  a 
lady  whose  baptismal  name  was  Sarah,  and  they 
were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:    John 
(3).  who  is  mentioned  below;  Jonathan,  Thomas, 
Robert,  Sarah,  Mary,   Elizabeth  and  Hannah. 

(III)  John    (3),    son    of   John    (2)    and    Sarah 
Burnham,    was    born    at    Chebacco    Parish,    Ips- 
wich,  Massachusetts,  in   1738.     In    1760  he   went 
to    Falmouth,    Maine,    as    a   young   man,    and    is 
said   to   have   built   the   first   wharf   in   the   town 
on    the    site    of    the    present    Burnham's    wharf. 
The    original    structure    was   burned   by    Mowatt 
in   1775,  but  was  rebuilt  by  John  Burnham.     He 
is  also  recorded  to  have  built  the  first  house  in 
the  town  after  the  destruction  of  the  settlement 
by   the    British   in    that   year.     His   loss   by   this 
destruction  is  recorded  to  have  amounted  to  £553, 
which    represented   a    total    of    his    property    de- 
stroyed by   fire.     In   1780  he  was  a   member  of 
the  First  Constitutional  Convention  of  the  Com- 
monwealth   of    Massachusetts    and,    in    January, 
1786,    signed    the    petition    for   the   incorporation 
of  Portland,  and  was  one  of  the  founders  of  St. 
Stephen's    Church.      Altogether    he    was    one    of 
the  most  prominent  men  of  the  community,  and 
was    engaged    in    business    as    a    cooper,    and    a 
curer  and  packer  of  fish.     His  death  occurred  in 
Portland,   July  '29,    1798,   of   yellow   fever.     John 
Burnham    married    Abigail    Stickney,    and    they 
were   the    parents    of   a   large    family,   consisting, 
of   eight   sons   and   five   daughters,'  nearly   all   of 
the  former  being  sea-faring  men. 

(IV)  Josiah    Burnham,    son    of    John    (3)    and 
Abigail    (Stickney)    Burnham,  was  born  January 
23,    I/7O,   at    Portland,   and   died   in   that   city   in 
1843.     For   a   number  of  years   he   was   engaged 
in  business   at   Freeport,  but  afterwards  became 
a  farmer  at  Durham,  Maine,  where  he  prospered 
highly.     He  also  carried  on  a  coopering  business 


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at  Durham,  se'ling  his  wares  at  Portland.  He 
was  very  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  the  town 
and  held  a  number  of  public  offices  in  Durham, 
being  a  surveyor  of  land  and  justice  of  the  peace, 
and  also  represented  the  town  in  the  General 
Court  of  Massachusetts.  In  1834  he  returned  to 
Portland,  where  he  lived  until  the  time  of  his 
death.  Josiah  Burnham  was  four  times  mar: 
ried,  his  first  wife  being  Lucy  Berry,  by  whom 
he  had  three  sons:  John,  Josiah,  and  George, 
mentioned  below;  and  two  daughters,  Harriett 
and  Lucy.  Harriett  became  the  wife  of  Alfred 
Soule,  of  Freeport,  and  Lucy  married  Perez 
Burr,  also  of  that  town. 

(V)  George  Burnham,  son  of  Josiah  and  Lucy 
(Berry)   Burnham,  was  born  August  20,  1801,  in 
Durham,   Maine,   and   died   in   Portland,   October 
10,    1884.     He   came    to   the    latter   city   in    1825, 
and   three   years   later  engaged  in  business   here 
as  a  cooper,  in  the  same  shop  built  by  his  grand- 
father, John   Burnham,  in   1776.     In  addition  to 
this  business  he  owned  a  fleet  of  vessels,  engag- 
ing  in    the    West    India    trade,   and    also   in    the 
fisheries,    and    prospering    highly    in    his    affairs. 
He  was  appointed  in  1828  by  the  Governor  and 
Council  to  the  office  of  inspector  of  fish  at  Port- 
land, and  served  in   that  capacity  for  forty-four 
years.     Although  so  energetic  and  successful   in 
his  business  life,  George   Burnham  had  little  or 
no  inclination  for  public  office,  yet  he  exerted  a 
strong  and  healthful  influence  in  the  public  affairs 
of    Portland    for    many    years.      He    married,    in 
1828,  Margaret  Burr,  of  Freeport,  born  May  16, 
1807,  died  March   25,   1885,  a   daughter  of  Perez 
and  Mehitable  (Wever)  Burr,  of  Freeport.    They 
were    the    parents    of    five    children    as    follows: 
Margaret,  who  became  the  wife  of  Louis  Denni- 
son;  George,  Perez  Burr,  with  whose  career  we 
are  especially  concerned;  Josiah,  and  John  E. 

(VI)  Perez     Burr     Burnham,    second    son    of 
George  and  Margaret  (Burr)  Burnham,  was  born 
May   5,   1835,  at   Portland,   Maine.     As  a  lad   he 
studied   in   the   public   schools   of   Portland,   and 
after  completing  his  course  at  these  institutions, 
became  a  clerk   for  a  wholesale  grain  and  flour 
firm,   where   he   worked   for   several   years.     He 
then   was    given   a   position   in    the    management 
of  the  cooperage,  fishing  and  coast  trading  enter- 
prises carried  on  by  his  father  and  elder  brother, 
George.     Upon  the  outbreak  of  the   Civil  War 
in   1861,  he  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Company  A, 
First    Regiment   Maine   Volunteer    Infantry,   and 
went  with   that   regiment  to  Washington,  where 
it  was  employed  in  guard  duty  until  the  expira- 


tion of  the  three  months'  term  of  enlistment. 
Mr.  Burnham  then  returned  to  Maine,  where  he 
was  admitted  as  a  partner  to  his  father's  business 
which  had,  about  that  time,  been  increased  by 
them,  and  the  relation  thus  formed  continued 
until  1872.  He  then  retired  from  this  old  house 
and  formed  a  partnership  with  a  Mr.  Morrill, 
the  firm  being  known  as  Burnham  &  Morrill. 
The  business  of  Burnham  &  Morrill  has  since 
that  time  become  one  of  the  largest  and  most 
successful  enterprises  of  its  kind  in  New  Eng- 
land, and  it  has  since  been  incorporated  under 
the  name  of  the  Burnham  &  Morrill  Company. 
They  are  engaged  as  packers  and  distributors 
of  their  products,  which  consist  of  meats,  fish, 
and  vegetables,  and  have  established  a  reputa- 
tion for  the  quality  of  their  goods  and  business 
integrity  second  to  none  in  the  community.  Mr. 
Burnham  continued  actively  with  this  company 
until  the  year  1003,  when  he  retired  from  active 
business  life,  although  he  has  remained  inter- 
ested in  -other  large  enterprises  in  this  section. 
In  politics  Mr.  Burnham  is  a  Republican  and  a 
firm  supporter  of  the  principles  and  policies  of 
his  party,  but  he  has  taken  very  little  active 
interest  in  public  affairs,  though  for  one  year 
he  served  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Alder- 
men from  the  Sixth  Ward  of  Portland.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Cumberland  and  Country  Clubs 
and  of  the  Bramhall  League. 

Mr  Burnham  was  united  in  marriage,  Septem- 
ber 4,  1866,  with  Margaret  Elizabeth  Tritton, 
daughter  of  Captain  William  and  Margaret  Re- 
becca (Baker-Best)  Tritton.  They  are  the 
parents  of  five  children  as  follows:  Harold  C., 
who  married  Mabel  Earl,  by  whom  he  has  had 
one  child;  Perez  B.,  who  is  mentioned  at  length 
below;  Margaret,  who  died  at  the  age  of  seven- 
teen years;  George,  who  married  Alice  Ells- 
worth, by  whom  he  has  had  one  child;  and  Amy 
Jameson,  who  became  the  wife  of  Lowell  M. 
Palmer,  Jr.,  to  whom  she  has  borne  two  chil- 
dren. 

(VII)  Perez  Burr  Burnham,  Jr.,  son  of  Perez 
Burr  and  Margaret  Elizabeth  (Tritton)  Burh- 
ham,  was  born  April  9,  1870,  at  Portland,  Maine. 
His  education  was  received  at  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  city,  and  at  Bowdoin  College.  He 
did  not  graduate  from  the  latter  institution, 
however,  but  left  to  engage  in  mercantile  pur- 
suits. After  completing  his  studies  he  went  to 
New  York  City,  where  he  was  employed  by  the 
well-known  firm  of  F.  H.  Leggett  &  Company, 
who  conduct  a  large  grocery  business  in  that 


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city,  and  where  he  remained  one  year.  He  then 
went  to  Boston,  where  he  was  employed  by  the 
Boston  &  Albany  Railroad  for  two  years.  Re- 
turning to  Portland,  he  entered  the  Burnham  & 
Morrill  Company,  where  also  lie  remained  for 
two  years.  At  the  end  of  that  period  he  formed 
a  partnership  with  his  brother  Harold  and  was 
engaged  in  business  with  him  at  Raque  Bluffs, 
Maine.  He  retired  from  active  business  life  in 
1914.  Mr.  Burnham  is  a  Republican  in  politics, 
but  has  never  actively  entered  the  political  field. 
While  in  college  he  entered  the  Theta  Delta  Xi 
college  fraternity.  In  religion  Mr.  Burnham  is 
a  Roman  Catholic  and  attends  St.  Mary's  Church 
of  this  denomination,  at  Machias,  Maine. 

Perez  Burr  Burnham,  Jr.,  was  united  in  mar- 
riage June  26,  1000,  with  Anna  Elizabeth  Smart, 
a  daughter  of  Charles  C.  and  Jane  (Dickerell) 
Smart,  and  they  became  the  parents  of  the  fol- 
lowing children:  Charles  Alexander,  born  Octo- 
ber 24,  1902;  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  August  5, 
1904;  Anna  Maria,  born  March  28,  1906,  and 
Richard  Tilton,  born  December  14,  1907. 


EDWARD  EDES  SHEAD,  president  of  the 
Frontier  National  Bank  of  Eastport,  Maine,  and 
one  of  the  most  prominent  figures  in  the  life 
of  that  place,  whose  death  there,  on  August  8, 
1908,  was  felt  as  a  personal  loss  by  practically 
the  whole  community  and  among  a  very  large 
circle  of  friends  and  associates  elsewhere,  was 
a  member  of  a  family  which  for  several  genera- 
tions has  been  associated  with  Eastport,  his  an- 
cestors having  been  among  the  earliest  settlers 
of  the  town.  He  was  a  grandson  of  Colonel 
Oliver  Shead,  who  in  the  year  1807  was  elected 
as  Eastport's  first  representative  to  the  General 
Court  of  Massachusetts,  Maine  at  that  time  be- 
ing a  part  of  the  older  colony,  and  who  was  also 
the  first  postmaster  of  the  town.  Mr.  Shead's 
father  was  also  Oliver  Shead,  and  he  followed 
in  the  steps  of  his  father  and  was  postmaster  of 
Eastport  for  many  years.  The  first  Oliver  Shead 
built  the  first  two-story  house  and  owned  the 
first  horse  on  the  island.  He  was  engaged  in 
general  business  under  the  firm  name  of  Hayden 
&  Shead.  Oliver  Shead,  Jr.,  married  Sophia 
Jones  Johnson,  and  through  his  mother,  the  late 
Mr.  Shead  was  a  descendant  in  the  eighth  gen- 
eration from  John  and  Priscilla  Alden  of  May- 
flower fame. 

Born  February  9,  1835,  at  Eastport,  Maine, 
Edward  E.  Shead  attended,  as  a  boy,  the  local 
public  schools,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  be- 


gan his  business  career  by  the  establishment  of 
an  apothecary  shop  in  this  town.  This  was  in 
the  month  of  September,  1856,  and  from  that 
date  until  within  two  years  of  his  death,  Mr. 
Shead  continued  actively  engaged  in  this  busi- 
ness, which  developed  under  his  skill  and  sound 
judgment  to  very  large  proportions.  Some 
years  ago  Mr.  Shead  admitted  his  younger 
brother,  Jesse  G.  Shead,  as  a  partner  to  the  busi- 
ness, and  this  association  was  continued  up  to 
the  time  of  his  retirement.  To  the  drug  busi- 
ness Mr.  Shead  added  a  large  stationery  .line 
and  in  both  transacted  a  very  large  trade  in 
this  region.  So  successful  was  he,  indeed,  that 
for  a  number  of  years  before  his  actual  retire- 
ment he  was  enabled  to  leave  the  care  of  the 
business  largely  in  the  hands  of  his  brother, 
which  thus  gave  him  the  time  and  opportunity 
for  the  pursuit  of  several  studies  in  which  he 
was  particularly  interested.  Mr.  Shead  r;ny  in- 
deed be  said  to  have  had  what  amounted  niiuost 
to  a  hobby  in  his  interest  in  local  history  and 
tradition,  and  much  of  his  time  during  the  years 
preceding  his  death  wore  spent  in  looking  up  old 
traditions  and  records  connected  with  the  early 
affairs  of  Eastport  and  this  vicinity.'  In  the  year 
1888  Edward  E.  Shead  &  Company  published  a 
history  entitled  "Eastport  and  Passamaquoddy," 
of  which  the  late  William  Henry  Kilby  says: 
"The  appearance  of  Mr.  Shead's  name  on  the 
title  page  as  publisher,  affords  no  adequate  idea 
of  his  share  in  the  labor  of  carrying  the  book 
to  completion;  and  but  for  his  efficient  aid  in 
the  collection  of  material,  as  well  as  for  his  suc- 
cessful arrangements  in  insuring  the  disposal  of 
the  finished  volume,  the  compiler  would  have 
hesitated  about  undertaking  the  enterprise." 

It  was  in  1885  that  Mr.  Shead  was  elected 
president  of  the  Frontier  National  Bank  of  East- 
port,  and  in  that  office  he  continued  to  success- 
fully direct  the  affairs  of  this  important  financial 
institution  to  within  a  short  time  of  his  death. 
Mr.  Shead's  activities  were  by  no  means  con- 
fined to  the  business  world  hereabouts,  however, 
but  he  took  a  vital  interest  in  the  public  affairs 
of  the  community  and  held  a  number  of  im- 
portant positions  here.  He  was  selectman  of 
Eastport  in  1886  and  1887,  and  for  a  number  of 
years  served  as  a  member  of  the  Superintending 
School  Committee.  He  was  also  prominent  in 
fraternal  circles,  and  was  a  member  of  Easton 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons.  Although 
holding  the  positions  above  referred  to  in  the 
city  government,  Mr.  Shead  was  quite  unambi- 


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tious  in  the  political  world,  preferring  whenever 
possible  to  give  his  services  to  the  community  in 
the  capacity  of  private  citizens,  and  it  was  only 
in  response  to  the  urgent  representation  of  his 
colleagues,  and  to  his  own  sense  of  duty,  that 
he  consented  to  hold  office  at  all.  He  was  a 
Republican  in  political  belief,  but  was  not  closely 
associated  with  the  local  organization  of  his 
party,  although  his  advice  was  frequently  sought 
for  and  always  highly  valued.  In  his  religious 
belief  Mr.  Shead  was  a  Unitarian  and  for  more 
than  three  score  years  was  a  regular  attendant 
at  the  church  of  this  denomination  in  Eastport. 
He  was  also  very  active  in  the  work  of  that 
congregation  and  served  for  some  time  as  chair- 
man of  the  board  of  trustees. 

Edward  E.  Shead  was  united  in  marriage.  Sep- 
tember 16,  1868,  with  Lucia  Wadsworth,  of  East- 
port,  a  daughter  of  the  late  S.  B.  Wadsworth, 
and  granddaughter  of  General  Peleg  Wads- 
worth,  of  Hiram,  Maine,  an  officer  of  the  Revo- 
lution and  a  friend  of  General  Washington.  Mrs. 
Shead  survives  her  husband.  They  we,re  the 
parents  of  two  children:  Oliver  W.  and  Ed- 
ward W. 

It  is  not  through  a  mere  recitation  of  his 
achievements  that  the  influence  of  Mr.  Shead's 
personality  upon  the  community  in  which  he 
lived  can  be  adequately  gauged.  For  more  than 
fifty  years  he  was  active  in  the  business  life  of 
Eastport,  and  during  that  whole  period  main- 
tained a  standard  of  integrity  and  high  business 
ethics  which  may  well  serve  as  an  example 
worthy  of  emulation  to  his  fellow-townsmen  for 
nianv  generations  to  come.  His  personality  was 
n  kindly  and  genial  one,  yet  gave  the  impres- 
sion of  great  reserve  strength,  so  that  men  gen- 
erally found  him  easy  of  approach,  yet  instinc- 
tively roaiized  that  he  was  not  to  be  imposed 
upon.  In  what  high  esteem  he  was  held  by  his 
associates,  may  be  judged  from  the  following 
set  of  resolutions  passed  by  the  directors  of  the 
Frontier  National  Bank  at  a  meeting  held  by 
them  August  12,  1908.  four  days  after  the  death 
of  their  president  The  resolutions  follow: 

Resolved,  That  in  the  death  of  our  much  es- 
teemed President,  Edward  E.  Shead,  we  lose  one 
of  oui  best  citizens,  who,  while  he  has  won  high 
respect  as  a  valued  citizen,  and  while  his  death 
is  therefore  an  affliction  in  which  we  must  all 
have  part,  it  devolves  upon  us.  who  have  been 
associated  with  him  in  discharge  of  common 
duty,  for  a  special  expression  of  our  share  in  the 
general  sorrow. 

Resolved,  That  we  have  lost  valued  friend  and 
advisor  from  this  Board,  whose  counsel  and 


advice  have  always  been  for  the  best  interests 
of  all. 

Resolved,  That  we  deeply  sympathize  with  his 
family  in  their  sad  bereavement. 

Voted,  That  the  family  of  the  deceased  be  fur- 
nished with  a  copy  of  these  resolutions,  and  that 
the  same  be  printed  in  the  Eastport  Sentinel  and 
spread  upon  the  records  of  this  bank. 

Mr.  George  H.  Hayes,  cashier  of  the  Frontier 
National  Bank  under  Mr.  Shead,  received  the 
following  letter  from  the  cashier  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Boston,  relative  to  Mr.  Shead's 
death: 

It  is  with  much  sorrow  that  we  learn  of  the 
death  of  your  honored  president,  Mr.  Shead,  and 
we  all  extend  to  you  and  your  directors,  our 
deepest  sympathy  for  the  great  loss  which  you 
have  sustained.  Mr.  Shead,  by  his  genial  per- 
sonality, endeared  himself  to  us,  and  we  shall 
feel  that  we  have  lost  a  friend. 

The  following  letter  was  received  from  E.  H. 
Bucknam,  of  Sioux  City,  Iowa,  and  published  in 
the  Eastport  Sentinel: 

Editor  Sentinel.  Dear  Sir: — To  the  Sons  and 
Daughters  of  Old  Eastport,  widely  scattered  all 
through  the  country,  wherever  the  Sentinel  may 
go,  and  outside  of  that  circle  too,  the  news  of 
the  death  at  Boston  so  recently,  of  Edward  E. 
Shead,  comes  as  a  personal  shock,  with  the  feel- 
ing akin  to  that  of  the  loss  of  an  older  and 
very  dear  brother.  Is  it  too  much  to  say  that 
Eastport's  foremost  citizen  has  gone,  beyond 
that  Harbor  Bar,  where  surely  in  that  mystic 
sea  beyond  our  ken.  such  as  he,  can  meet  their 
Pilot  face  to  face?  Though  three  score  and 
ten  years  had  passed  over  his  head,  and  sorrows 
heavy  and  wearing  had  shadowed  his  later  days, 
so  brave,  so  .cordial,  so  helpful  where  help  was 
needful;  so  wise;  it  still  seemed  that  his  naturally 
strong  constitution  and  inbred  optimism  might 
hold  him  to  us  for  years  to  come. 

As  head  of  his  business  firm  for  half  a  cen- 
tury; to  all  people  of  the  many  islands  which 
surround  our  own,  from  Grand  Manan  to  Sham- 
cook  Hills,  to  those  whose  homes  were  along 
our  rivers  and  around  our  lakes  and  farther 
back,  even  among  the  lodging  camps  and  forests; 
to  all  these  and  more,  Dr.  or  "Ned"  Shead  was 
known  for  his  strict  integrity  and  skill.  The 
Shead  Drug  Store  always  seemed  a  natural  meet- 
ing and  greeting  place  of  those  older  boys  who 
from  time  to  time  came  back  to  their  old  Island 
Home.  As  President  of  the  Frontier  Bank,  as 
Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  sterling 
member  of  the  Unitarian  Church,  and  in  all  civic 
matters  his  advice  was  sought  and  his  judgment 
held  in  high  esteem. 

To  his  faithful,  true  and  devoted  wife,  the 
sincere  and  deep  sympathy  of  all  who  knew  her 
husband  goes  out  in  unbounded  measure,  as 
also  to  his  loyal  brother  and  all  of  kin.  His 
life  among  us  is  his  best  monument.  Green 
may  his  memory  be  in  the  old  town  of  his  birth. 


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Concerning  Mr.  Shead  and  his  death,  the  East- 
port  SeMinel  of  August  12,  1908,  had  the  follow- 
ing remarks  to  make  in  the  course  of  a  long 
obituary  article: 

During  the  seventy-three  years  of  Mr.  Shead's 
life,  he  had  always  been  a  resident  of  Eastport. 
For  fifty  years  he  had  been  in  active  and  suc- 
cessful business  in  his  native  town,  retiring  about 
two  years  ago.  In  all  this  time  no  man  was 
better  known  or  more  highly  respected  or  es- 
teemed, among  not  only  his  own  townsmen,  but 
also  in  neighboring  towns  on  both  sides  of  the 
"Line"  than  E.  E.  Shead.  He  was  an  ideal  •  citi- 
zen, fair  and  considerate  in  all  his  dealings  with 
his  fellow-men,  of  a  warm  and  social  disposi- 
tion, that  attracted  and  held  many  strong  and 
sincere  friendships.  His  sound  judgment  and 
scrupulous  honesty  of  purpose,  made  him  a 
trusted  advisor  in  many  cases  of  widely  varying 
interest. 

In  the  death  of  Edward  E.  Shead  we  see  the 
passing  away  of  one  of  the  best  citizens  a  town 
was  ever  blessed  with.  For  more  than  half  a 
century  he  had  occupied  a  prominent  and  honor- 
able life  in  the  business,  social  and  religious  life 
of  the  community.  His  genial  ways,  modest  and 
unassuming  manner  and  pleasant  address,  made 
friends  of  old  and  young.  His  private  charities 
were  numerous  and  continued.  He  was  a  char- 
acter to  inspire  respect,  admiration  and  love,  and 
surviving  relatives  have  the  sincere  sympathy  of 
many  friends  in  the  loss  in  this  life,  of  the  com- 
panionship and  comfort  of  a  noble  soul. 


OLIVER  WADSWORTH  SHEAD— The  un- 
timely death  of  Oliver  Wadsworth  Shead,  in 
1909,  in  his  fortieth  year,  as  the  result  of  an 
accident  happening  three  years  before,  brought 
to  an  end  what  promised  to  be  a  most  brilliant 
career,  and  terminated  a  life  of  wide  usefulness 
to  the  community.  Mr.  Shead  was  a  son  of 
Edward  E.  and  Lucia  (Wadsworth)  Shead,  old 
and  highly  respected  residents  of  Eastport, 
Maine,  the  former  being  the  subject  of  extended 
mention  elsewhere  in  this  work.  He  was  born 
November  6,  1869,  at  his  father's  home  in  East- 
port,  and  received  the  elementary  portion  of  his 
education  at  a  private  grammar  school  there. 
He  was  then  a  pupil  of  the  Boynton  High  School, 
at  Eastport,  and  later  attended  the  Allen  School, 
at  West  Newton,  Massachusetts,  and  the  cele- 
brated Phillips  Exeter  Academy,  where  he  was 
prepared  for  college.  He  then  entered  Harvard 
University,  where  he  took  the  usual  classical 
course  and  graduated  with  the  class  of  1893. 
He  had  determined  by  this  time  to  follow  the 
profession  of  law  as  his  career  in  life  and  ac- 
cordingly entered  the  Columbia  Law  School,  in 
New  York  City,  where  he  graduated  with  the 


class  of  1896.  During  his  college  career,  Mr. 
Shead  was  well  known  as  an  athlete,  and  it  was 
while  at  Harvard  that  he  began  those  athletic 
sports  which  eventually  resulted  in  his  death. 
He  continued  to  engage  in  athletics  after  his 
college  life,  and  it  was  in  February,  1905,  that 
the  fatal  accident  occurred.  He  was  exercising 
at  that  time  in  the  gymnasium  of  the  Boston 
Athletic  Club,  and  a  companion,  who  was  swing- 
ing on  the  flying  rings,  accidentally  struck  him, 
breaking  two  of  his  ribs  and  bringing  on  a  case 
of  what  is  known  as  "railroad  spine."  He  re- 
covered from  the  initial  shock,  but  a  series  of 
unfortunate  mental  strains  occurred  which  gradu- 
ally induced  a  nervous  trouble,  from  which  four 
years  later  he  died.  It  had  not,  however,  inter- 
fered entirely  with  Mr.  Shead's  career,  which 
had  already  begun  with  fine  promise  at  the  time 
of  his  accident.  Upon  completing  his  legal 
studies,  he  had  practiced  law  in  New  York  City 
for  a  year,  and  then  formed  a  partnership  with 
Fred  W.  Moore,  of  Boston,  where  he  continued 
until  his  last  illness.  His  success  during  these 
years  was  brilliant  and  he  had  already  gained, 
in  spite  of  his  youth,  a  position  of  prominence 
at  the  bar.  Mr.  Shead  was  a  Republican  in 
politics,  but  did  not  take  an  active  part  in  public 
affairs,  contenting  himself  with  doing  his  duty 
and  performing  his  functions  as  a  private  citi- 
zen. He  was  a  member  of  the  Corinthian  Yacht 
Club,  the  Boston  Athletic  Association,  the  North 
Haven  Team,  and  several  other  organizations  of 
athletic  or  social  character.  In  his  religious  be- 
lief he  was  a  Unitarian  and  attended  the  church 
of  this  denomination  at  Boston. 

Of  Mr.  Shead,  who  was  former  all-around  in- 
door athletic  champion  of  New  England,  the 
following  article  appeared  at  the  time  of  his 
death:  "While  in  college  he  was  a  noted  athlete 
and  received  many  medals  in  college  events.  His 
genial  nature  made  him  popular  with  all  who 
came  in  contact  with  him,  and  his  friends  were 
legion.  He  is  survived  by  his  mother,  to  whom 
the  deepest  sympathy  is  extended."  Another 
article  had  this  to  say  of  him:  "Amateur  sport 
followers  of  the  early  nineties  were  greatly 
shocked  yesterday  to  hear  of  the  death  of  Oliver 
Shead.  If  ever  there  was  a  game  athlete,  it  was 
he,  and  besides  being  game,  he  had  a  cool  head, 
no  matter  how  close  the  contest,  which  pulled 
off  many  a  victory  for  the  broad  shouldered 
athlete.  That  he  was  very  successful  in  the 
practice  of  law,  was  no  surprise  to  those  who 
knew  him  at  Harvard,  for  he  stood  remarkably 


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well  in  his  studies  while  there  and  was  always 
pointed  out  as  an  athlete  who  was  always  a 
scholar." 


EDWARD  WADSWORTH  SHEAD,  the  bril- 
liant young  physician  of  Seattle,  Washington, 
whose  death  occurred  at  that  place,  August  19, 
1905,  in  the  very  threshold  of  his  career,  was  a 
native  of  Maine,  and  a  son  of  Edward  E.  and 
Lucia  (Wadsworth)  Shead,  old  and  highly  re- 
spected residents  of  Eastport,  in  this  State. 

Edward  Wadsworth  Shead  was  born  February 
9,  1874,  at  Eastport,  Maine,  and  his  early  life 
was  spent  at  that  place.  As  a  child  he  attended 
the  local  public  schools,  and  later  was  a  student 
at  the  Dummer  Academy,  South  Byfield,  Mas- 
sachusetts. Still  later  he  attended  the  Dean 
Academy,  at  Franklin,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
was  prepared  for  college.  He  then  matriculated 
at  Brown  University,  Providence,  Rhode  Island, 
and  r.fter  taking  the  usual  classical  course,  was 
graduated  with  the  class  of  1893.  The  young 
man  had  already  determined  upon  a  medical 
career,  and  accordingly  entered  Harvard  Med- 
ical School,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in 
1901  with  honors,  and  received  his  medical  de- 
gree. Dr.  Shead  then  took  six  months'  work  in 
the  contagious  department  of  the  Boston  City 
Hospital,  and  served  as  house  officer  for  one 
year  at  the  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  hospital. 
He  then  served  for  a  time  at  the  New  York 
Lying-in  Hospital.  In  July,  1904,  he  went  to 
Seattle,  Washington,  where  he  began  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession,  opening  an  office  in  the 
Walker  building,  in  that  city.  There  he  was 
very  successful,  and  later  became  associated  with 
Dr.  H.  G.  Laselle.  Although  still  a  young  man, 
Dr.  Shead  had  already  made  for  himself  an  en- 
viable reputation  in  the  western  city,  and  en- 
joyed the  confidence  not  alone  of  his  own  clien- 
tele, but  of  his  professional  colleagues  in  the 
city  and  the  community-at-large.  At  the  time 
of  his  death  there  was  being  constructed  a  his- 
pital  at  the  foot  of  Mt.  Baker,  of  which  he  was 
to  have  taken  charge,  having  been  selected  for 
this  responsible  post  from  a  large  number  of 
applicants.  It  was  his  intention  to  make  a 
trip  to  the  East  for  certain  supplies  with  which 
to  equip  this  hospital,  but  unfortunately  his  death 
intervened  in  a  tragic  manner,  being  the  result 
of  a  fall,  and  his  brilliant  career  was  thus  closed 
prematurely.  Dr.  Shead  was  a  Republican  in 
politics,  but  his  professional  activities  prevented 
him  from  taking  that  part  in  public  affairs  for 


which  his  great  talents  would  have  eminently 
fitted  him.  In  his  religious  belief  he  was  a  Uni- 
tarian. He  was  a  member  of  the  Theta  Delta 
Chi  college  fraternity  and  of  the  Harvard  and 
Athletic  clubs  of  Seattle.  The  early  death  of  Dr. 
Shead  was  tragic,  both  on  account  of  its  man- 
ner and  because  of  the  brilliant  future  which 
promised  him.  He  exhibited  throughout  his- 
short  career  that  devotion  which  characterizes 
the  'cally  great  physician  and  to  this  he  added 
an  energy  and  strength  that  seemed  indefatig- 
able. Of  any  man  -who  takes  up  medicine  as  a 
profession,  with  the  true  realization  of  what  is 
involved  in  the  way  of  sacrifice,  and  a  sincere 
intention  to  live  up  to  its  ideal,  it  may  be  said 
that  he  has  given  himself  for  humanity's  cause. 
This  was  unquestionably  true  in  the  case  of  Dr. 
Shead,  who  hesitated  at  no  hardship  or  difficulty 
where  his  professional  tasks  and  duties  were 
concerned,  and  he  never  failed  to  keep  himself 
abreast  of  the  most  recent  developments  of  his 
science.  It  will  be  appropriate  here  to  quote 
from  his  associate,  Dr.  H.  G.  Laselle,  who  wrote 
on  the  occasion  of  his  death  as  follows: 

Dr.  Shead  was  associated  with  me  from  the 
time  of  his  arrival  in  Seattle,  and  I  was  very 
much  attached  to  him  and  feel  his  loss  keenly. 
His  preparation  for  his  profession  was  most  ex- 
cellent, and  there  was  every  prospect  of  a  suc- 
cessful life. 

The  Dean  Megaphone,  in  commenting  on  his 
death,  had  this  to  say  of  him: 

Dr.  Shead  was  a  man  of  genial  disposition, 
naturally  modest  and  retiring,  and  generous  to 
an  extreme.  He  had  the  rare  charm  of  manner 
which  attracts  everyone,  and,  though  in  Seattle 
but  a  short  time,  had  many  friends,  and  was 
greatly  beloved  by  all  who  knew  him.  His  loy- 
alty to  his  friends,  with  constant  devotion  to 
their  interest,  and  his  strong  sense  of  honor, 
were  among  the  many  sterling  traits  which,  if 
he  had  lived,  would  have  insured  for  him  popu- 
larity in  his  success  in  his  professional  career. 


FREDERICK  CHARLES  THAYER,  M.D., 
one  of  the  most  successful  and  best-beloved  phy- 
sicians of  Waterville,  Maine,  and  the  surrounding 
region,  and  an  eminent  figure  in  the  medical  pro- 
fession of  the  State,  is  a  member  of  an  old  and 
distinguished  New  England  family,  which  was 
founded  here  in  the  early  Colonial  period. 
Thomas  Thayer,  the  progenitor  of  this  branch 
of  the  family,  was  one  of  two  men  to  bear  that 
name  who  must  have  come  into  the  Massachu- 
setts Bay  Colony  about  1630.  They  had  been 
residents  of  Braintree,  Essexshire,  England,  and 


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they  and  their  fellow-colonists  named  the  little 
settlement  in  the  New  World  after  their  old 
English  home. 

(I)  Thomas  Thayer  is  first   recorded   in   1636, 
when   he   became   a   freeman   of   Braintree,   Mas- 
sachusetts, and  received  a  grant  of  land.    He  was 
a  shoemaker  by  trade  and  prospered  in  the  col- 
ony.    He  married  Margery  ,  and  the  only 

children    mentioned    in    the    records    who    were 
born   to  this  union  were:    Thomas;   Ferdinando, 
who   is   mentioned   below;    and   Shadrach,   all   of 
whom  were  probably  born  in  England,  and  came 
with  their  parents  to  New  England. 

(II)  Ferdinando     Thayer,     second     child     of 
Thomas   and    Margery   Thayer,   resided   with   his 
parents  at  Braintree  until  after  his  father's  death, 
when    he    removed    to    a    new    plantation    called 
"Nipmug,"  which  afterwards  became  Mendon,  in 
Worcester   county.     He   was   one   of   the   largest 
proprietors   and   a   very   prominent   man   in   that 
community,  holding  many  offices  of  honor,  both 
in   the   town   and   commonwealth.     His   descend- 
ants   to    this    day    occupied    some    of    the    farms 
which  were  owned  by  him  and  which  have  never 
changed  their  names  or  title  for  more  than  two 
centuries.   The  settlement  at  Mendon  was  broken 
up   at   the   outbreak   of   King   Philip's   War,   and 
the    settlers    fled    to    Braintree    and    Weymouth,. 
where  they  stayed  until   1679  or  1680  before  re- 
turning   to    their    destroyed    home.      Ferdinando 
Thayer  married,  January   14,   1652,  Huldah   Hay- 
ward,   of   Braintree,   who   died   at   Mendon,   Sep- 
tember   i,    1690.      He    survived    her   for    twenty- 
three  years,  and  died  at  the  same  place,   March 
28,  1713.     They  were  the  parents  of  twelve  chil- 
dren,    as     follows:      Sarah,     Huldah,     Jonathan, 
David,  who  died  in  early  youth,  Naomi,  Thomas, 
who  is  mentioned  below,   Samuel,   Isaac,  Josiah, 
Ebenezer,   Benjamin  and  David. 

(III)  Captain  Thomas  (2)  Thayer,  son  of  Fer- 
dinando   and    Huldah    (Hayward)    Thayer,    lived 
at  Mendon,  Massachusetts,  and  died  May  I,  1738. 
He  married,  in  1688,  Mary  Adams,  and  they  were 
the    parents    of    the    following    children:     Mary, 
Thomas,  Samuel,  mentioned  below,  Temperance, 
David,    Elizabeth,   John,   William,    Margaret   and 
Jemima. 

(IV)  Samuel   Thayer,   second    son   of   Captain 
Thomas    (2)    and    Mary    (Adams)    Thayer,    was 
born  March  28,  1696.     He  married,  in  1719,  Mary 
Thayer,    a    distant    cousin,    and    they    resided    at 
Mendon.     They  were  the  parents  of  the  follow- 
ing children:    Abigail,  Samuel,  who  is  mentioned 
below,    Zilpha,    Mary,    Thankful,    Comfort,    Mar- 
garet,  Susannah   and   Stephen. 


(V)  Samuel   (2)   Thayer,  eldest  son  of  Samuel 
(l)   and   Mary   (Thayer)   Thayer,  was  born  June 
10,  1721.     He  married  (first),  May  3,  1754,  Sarah 
Farmer,    of    Uxbridge,    where    he    settled.      They 
were    the    parents     of    the    following    children; 
Amos,  Jabez,   Asa,   Lois,   Patty   or   Polly,  Unice, 
Louisa   and   Nahum.     Mrs.   Thayer   died   in    1778 
or    1779,    of    smallpox,    contracted    while    nursing 
her  son  Jabez,  who  was  in  the  army,  and  Samuel 
Thayer  married  (second),  in  1782,  Sarah  Walker, 
by  whom  he  had  the  following  children:  Stephen, 
who   is   mentioned   below,   Samuel,   and   Mary. 

(VI)  Dr.   Stephen  Thayer,   son  of  Samuel   (2) 
and    Sarah     (Walker)     Thayer,    was    born     Feb- 
ruary   10,    1783,   at   Uxbridge,   and   died   May   24, 
1852.      He    studied    medicine    under    Dr.    Muzzie, 
of    Ipswich,    and    received    his    degree    from    the 
Massachusetts  Medical  Society.    As  a  young  man 
he  went  to  Vassalborough  and  practiced  at  that 
place    for   a   time.     He   also   practiced   at    China 
and    Fairfield,   but    eventually    settled   at   Water- 
ville,  in   1835,  where  he  built  up  a  large  practice, 
which    extended   over  the   counties   of   Kennebec 
and    Somerset.      He    served    as    surgeon    in    the 
War    of    1812   for    a    short    time,    and    was    very 
prominent  in  his  community.     He  was  a  delegate 
to   the    Constitutional    Convention   held   in    Port- 
land,  October  n,   1819,  and  was  a  charter  mem- 
ber of  the  Waterville   Lodge,   Ancient   Free  and 
Accepted    Masons,    and    its    first    treasurer.      Dr. 
Stephen    Thayer    married    (first).    May    13,    1808, 
Sophia   Carleton,   and   they  were   the   parents   of 
the     following    children:     Dr.     Albert    C.,    born 
March    3,    1809,    and    died    December    28,    1834; 
Charles    H.,    who    is    mentioned    below;    Sophia 
Ann,  born  March   n,   1812,  and  became  the  wife 
of  Dr.  Reuben  Atwood;  Mary  Y.,  born  May  20, 
1813,    and    died    November   3,    1833;    Stephen    S., 
born   May  5,   1814,   and   died   December  4,    1861; 
Harriet    N.,    born    March    8,    1816,    and    died    at 
Waterville,  in  May,   1908;   George,  born  May  28, 
1817,  and  died  in  infancy;  Emeline  F.,  born  Jan- 
uary  22,    1819,   and    died   June   25,    1906;    Almira, 
born  March  6,  1821,  and  died  September  23,  1891; 
George    H.,   born    December    28,    1822,    and   died 
June  16,  1906;  Martha  C.,  born  May  (j,  1825,  died 
October  2,  1891;  Lorenzo  Eugene,  born  February 
3,    1828,   and   died   October  3,   1894.     Dr.  Thayer 
married  (second),  February  10,  1832,  Mary  Carle- 
ton. 

(VII)  Charles   H.   Thayer,   second   son   of   Dr. 
Stephen  and  Sophia  (Carleton)  Thayer,  was  born 
October  14,  1810,  and  died  January  n,  1864.    He 
received  his  education  at  the  schools  of  his  native 
city,    and    settled    for    a    time    at    Fairfield.      In 


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1839  he  removed  to  Waterville,  Maine,  where 
he  engaged  in  a  mercantile  business  on  the  south- 
west corner  of  Main  and  Temple  streets,  re- 
maining there  for  a  number  of  years,  and  event- 
ually selling  his  business  to  the  old  firm  of 
Thaycr  &  Marston.  He  was  a  prominent  man 
in  the  affairs  of  Waterville,  serving  as  a  select- 
man for  thirteen  years,  and  as  a  director  of  the 
old  Waterville  Bank.  During  his  youth  he  was 
a  Whig  in  politics,  but  later  joined  the  Republi- 
can party.  Charles  H.  Thayer  married,  October 
3,  1837,  Susan  E.  Tobey,  who  died  October  15, 
1893.  They  were  the  parents  of  one  child,  Fred- 
erick Charles,  with  whom  we  are  here  especially 
concerned. 

(VIII)  Frederick  Charles  Thayer,  only  child 
of  Charles  H.  and  Susan  E.  (Tobey)  Thayer, 
was  born  September  30,  1844,  at  Waterville, 
Maine.  As  a  lad  he  attended  the  public  schools 
of  this  place  and  the  Waterville  Academy.  Later 
he  entered  the  Franklin  Family  School  for  Boys, 
at  Topsham,  Maine,  where  he  was  prepared  for 
college.  He  then  entered  Waterville  College,  in 
1861,  but  in  1863  was  transferred  to  Union  Col- 
lege. As  a  young  man  he  determined  upon  the 
profession  of  medicine  as  a  career  in  life,  and 
pursued  the  study  of  his  chosen  subject  under 
Dr.  James  E.  Pomfret,  of  Albany,  New  York, 
and  also  attended  the  medical  lectures  of  the 
Albany  Medical  College.  He  afterwards  re- 
turned to  his  native  State  and  studied  at  the 
Maine  Medical  School,  from  which  he  was  grad- 
uated with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  in 
1867.  He  immediately  returned  to  Waterville, 
where  he  engaged  in  practice,  and  has  been  lo- 
cated at  this  place  ever  since.  Dr.  Thayer  de- 
veloped a  very  large  and  successful  practice  in 
this  region,  and  has  also  spent  a  great  deal  of 
his  time  in  research  work  in  connection  with 
various  medical  schools  in  this  country.  He  has 
also  been  abroad  three  times  in  connection  with 
his  scientific  work.  Dr.  Thayer  was  president 
of  the  Kennebec  County  Medical  Association  in 
1878;  president  of  the  Alumni  Association  of  the 
Medical  Department  of  Bowdoin  College,  which 
he  was  instrumental  in  founding  in  1885  and 
1886;  and  was  associated  with  many  other  or- 
ganizations. In  1884  the  degree  of  Master  of 
Arts  was  conferred  upon  him  and  in  1917  the 
honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of  Science  by  Colby 
University,  at  one  time  Waterville  College, 
which  he  attended  for  three  years.  He  has  also 
been  engaged  in  many  important  works  under- 
taken for  the  welfare  of  Waterville,  and  is  at 


the  present  time  chairman  of  the  Committee  of 
Public  Safety.  He  was  also  one  of  the  organ- 
izers of  the  Waterville  Trust  Company,  and  has 
played  an  important  part  in  the  financial  de- 
velopment of  this  place.  In  politics  Dr. 
Thayer  is  an  Independent  Republican,  but  in 
spite  of  the  fact  that  he  is  independent  so 
far  as  political  party  is  concerned,  he  has  held 
offices  of  trust  and  honor.  He  was  an  alderman 
of  Waterville  in  1889,  and  in  1885  and  1886  a 
member  of  the  State  Legislature,  delivering  in 
the  latter  year  the  annual  oration  before  the 
Maine  Medical  Association,  of  which  he  was  a 
member.  He  was  elected  president  of  this  asso- 
ciation in  the  following  year  and  held  that  of- 
fice in  that  and  in  the  year  1888.  He  has  served 
in  the  State  militia  with  distinction,  and  has  held 
every  office  from  that  of  assistant  surgeon  of 
the  second  regiment,  Maine  National  Guard, 
to  that  of  surgeon-general  on  the  staff  of  Gov- 
ernor Henry  B.  Cleaves.  He  is  a  director  of  the 
Wiscasset,  Waterville  &  Farmington  Railroad 
Company,  and  was  one  of  the  founders,  and  has 
been  president  of  the  Waterville  Clinical  So- 
ciety, and  president  of  the  Board  of  United  States 
Pension  Examining  Surgeons  of  Augusta.  He  is 
also  consulting  surgeon  to  the  Maine  Central 
General  Hospital  at  Lcwiston,  and  to  the  City 
Hospital  at  Augusta.  Dr.  Thayer  has  been  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  order  for  fifty-one  years, 
and  has  held  many  important  positions  therein. 
He  is  past  master  of  Waterville  Lodge,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  past  commander  of  St.  Omer 
Commandery,  Knights  Templar,  past  grand  com- 
mander of  the  Grand  Commandery,  of  Maine, 
past  grand  warden  of  the  Grand  Encampment, 
Knights  Templar,  of  the  United  States  of  Amer- 
ica, and  is  now  an  active  member  of  the  Supreme 
Council,  of  the  Scottish  Rites  bodies.  He  has 
received  the  thirty-third  degree  of  Free  Ma- 
sonry and  is  one  of  the  most  prominent  free 
masons  in  this  country.  Dr.  Thayer  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  Club  and  the  Country 
Club  of  Waterville.  In  his  religious  belief  Dr. 
Thayer  is  a  Congregationalist  and  attends  the 
church  of  that  denomination  here. 

Dr.  Frederick  Charles  Thayer  was  united  in 
marriage,  on  December  2,  1871,  at  Waterville, 
Maine,  with  Leonora  L.  Snell,  a  native  of  Mon- 
mouth,  in  this  State,  and  a  daughter  of  Judge 
William  B.  and  Martha  A.  (Pray)  Snell,  old  and 
highly  respected  residents  of  this  region  and  of 
Washington,  D.  C,  where  Judge  Snell  served 
in  the  judicial  capacity  for  a  number  of  years. 


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THOMAS  DYER  SALE— The  name  Sale  is 
a  very  ancient  English  one  and  is  derived,  with- 
out doubt,  from  the  old  English  corruption  of 
the  French  Salle,  or  Hall,  and  which  was  used 
in  the  form  of  Sale  in  this  sense.  As  a  family 
name  it  seems  to  have  been  pretty  well  distrib- 
uted through  England  and  instances  of  it  are 
found  in  every  important  roll  of  the  thirteenth 
century.  The  name  appears  very  early  in  the 
history  of  the  New  England  colonies,  in  the 
person  of  one  Edward  Sale,  who  came  probably 
from  London  to  this  country  in  the  good  ship 
Elizabeth  Ann  in  the  year  1635.  He  settled  at 
Salem,  Massachusetts,  and  two  years  later,  No- 
vember 21,  1637,  was  made  a  freeman  of  that 
colony.  He  must  have  belonged  to  another 
church  than  the  one  in  Salem,  however,  as  his 
name  does  not  appear  in  its  records,  and  later 
he  removed  from  that  community  entirely  and 
was  residing  in  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  in  1644. 
He  was  married  to  a  lady  of  whom  we  only 
know  that  her  first  name  was  Elizabeth.  From 
that  time  until  after  the  birth  of  Thomas  Dyer 
Sale,  of  this  sketch,  the  family  continued  to  re- 
side in  Massachusetts,  and  during  most  of  the 
long  period  in  the  town  of  Chelsea,  where  Mr. 
Sale  was  himself  born.  From  Edward  Sale,  the 
immigrant  ancestor,  the  line  runs  through  Eph- 
raim,  John,  Deacon  John  (2),  Colonel  John  (3) 
and  John  (4)  Sale  to  Thomas  Dyer  Sale,  of  this 
review. 

His  father,  John  (4)  Sale,  was  the  eighth  child 
and  third  son  of  Colonel  John  (3)  and  Hannah 
(Butterfield)  Sale,  and  was  born  November  27, 
1820,  at  Chelsea.  He  lived  in  the  Massachusetts 
town  all  his  life  and  there  his  death  occurred 
April  29,  1886.  Mr.  Sale  was  a  publisher  and 
for  many  years  was  engaged  in  the  compilation 
of  the  Chelsea,  Revere  &  Winthrop  Directory. 
He  enlisted  in  the  Union  army  during  the  Civil 
War  and  served  as  a  clerk  for  General  Banks 
in  the  Department  of  the  Gulf,  situated  at  New 
Orleans.  He  was  twice  married,  the  first  time, 
March  24,  1846,  to  Julia  Parson  Dyer,  a  native 
of  Raymond,  Maine,  born  June  n,  1826.  She 
died  at  Chelsea,  September  30,  1852,  at  the  age 
of  twenty-six  years.  Mrs.  Sale  was  the  daughter 
of  Thomas  and  Hannah  (Parsons)  Dyer,  of  Ray- 
mond. They  were  the  parents  of  the  following 
children:  John  Addington,  George  Frederick, 
Thomas  Dyer,  and  George  Francisco.  John  Sale 
married  (second),  November  26,  1856,  Mary  Jane 
Leavitt,  by  whom  he  had  five  children:  Charles 
Leavitt,  Alice  Bell  and  Annie  May  (twins), 
George  Frederick  and  Albert  Plumb. 


Born  January  25,  1851,  at  Chelsea,  Massachu- 
setts, Thomas  Dyer  Sale,  third  son  of  John  (4) 
and  Julia  Parson  (Dyer)  Sale,  never  formed  any 
associations  with  his  native  place.  His  mother's 
death  ocurred  when  he  was  but  twenty  months 
of  age,  and  he  was  taken  by  his  grandfather, 
Thomas  Dyer,  of  Hartford,  Maine,  to  that  place, 
to  be  brought  up  in  his  family.  So  it  was  that 
all  his  childish  associations  were  centered  around 
Hartford,  Maine,  and  it  was  in  that  town  that 
he  received  his  education,  or  rather  the  elemen- 
tary portion  thereof,  attending  for  this  purpose 
the  local  public  schools.  He  then  entered  West- 
brook  Seminary,  where  he  was  prepared  for 
college,  graduating  in  the  class  of  1880.  Before 
entering  college,  however,  Mr.  Sale  found  it 
necessary  in  order  to  obtain  the  means  to  carry 
on  his  studies,  to  himself  take  up  the  profession 
of  teaching,  and  accordingly  he  continued  in  this 
line  for  five  yearc.  He  then  matriculated  at 
Bates  College,  Lewistown,  Maine,  and  finally 
graduated  with  the  class  of  1886,  taking  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  Upon  completing 
his  studies  in  this  manner,  Mr.  Sale  decided  to 
travel  extensively  through  his  own  country  and 
made  a  tour  of  the  United  States,  in  which  he 
went  as  far  as  the  Pacific  Coast.  His  travels 
occupied  in  all  the  better  part  of  six  months,  but 
before  the  close  of  1886  he  returned  to  the  East 
and  there  secured  a  position  as  advertising  man- 
ager with  the  Portland  Evening  Express.  He 
did  not  remain  more  than  a  few  months  with 
this  paper,  however,  and  in  April,  1887,  formed 
a  partnership  with  William  H.  Smith,  editor  and 
publisher  of  the  Odd  Fellows  Register,  under 
the  firm  name  of  Smith  &  Sale.  This  associa- 
tion remained  unbroken  until  the  year  1890,  when 
Mr.  Smith  died,  since  which  time  Mr.  Sale  has 
carried  on  the  business  alone,  but  under  the 
original  name. 

But  Mr.  Sale  has  not  confined  himself  to  the 
publishing  business  in  his  active  participation  in 
the  affairs  of  Portland.  He  is,  on  the  contrary, 
a  conspicuous  figure  in  well-nigh  every  depart- 
ment of  the  community's  life  and  is  particularly 
prominent  in  social  and  fraternal  circles.  In 
politics  he  is  a  staunch  Republican,  but  although 
recognized  as  an  influential  figure  in  the  polit- 
ical life  of  the  region  has  consistently  refused 
to  profit  personally  thereby,  and  has  shunned 
public  office  of  every  kind.  He  is  affiliated  with 
a  number  of  important  fraternal  orders  and  espe- 
cially with  the  Masonic  Order,  being  a  member 
of  Tyrian  Lodge,  No.  73,  Ancient  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons;  Greenleaf  Chapter,  No.  13,  Royal 


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Arch  Masons,  and  Portland  Council,  No.  4,  Royal 
and  Select  Masters.  He  is  also  a  member  of 
Monami  Lodge,  No.  40,  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  the  Eastern  Star  Encampment, 
No.  2,  Canton  Ridgeley  No.  i;  Grand  Lodge  and 
Grand  Encampment  of  Maine;  Munjoy  Lodge, 
No.  6,  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  this  grand  domain. 
Besides  these  lodges,  Mr.  Sale  is  affiliated  with 
Windsor  Castle,  No.  I,  Knights  of  the  Golden 
Eagle,  and  the  Grand  Castle  of  Maine;  of  the 
Cogowesco  Tribe,  No.  5,  Improved  Order  of 
Red  Men,  and  of  the  Grand  Council  of  Maine; 
of  Beacon  Commandery,  No.  98,  Knights  of 
Malta,  and  is  grand  recorder  of  this  jurisdiction, 
which  includes  the  States  of  Maine  and  New 
Hampshire;  of  the  New  England  Order  of  Pro- 
tection; the  Ancient  Order  of  the  United  Work- 
men and  a  large  number  of  other  fraternities. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  many  clubs,  including 
the  Camera  Club  of  Portland.  In  his  religious 
belief  Mr.  Sale  is  a  Congregationalist,  and  at- 
tends the  Second  Parish  Church  of  that  denom- 
ination in  Portland. 

Thomas  Dyer  Sale  was  united  in  marriage,  De- 
cember 19,  1887,  with  Lizzie  Jane  Strout,  a  native 
of  Durham,  Maine,  and  a  daughter  of  George  W. 
and  Harriett  (Roake)  Strout,  old  and  highly  re- 
spected residents  of  that  town.  Mrs.  Sale  died 
November  16,  1914. 

Thomas  Dyer  Sale  has  been  one  of  the  most 
energetic  of  men.  As  suggested  at  the  begin- 
ning of  this  sketch,  his  youth  contained  many 
of  those  hardships  and  difficulties  which  per- 
haps the  majority  of  our  successful  men  have 
encountered  in  that  period  of  their  life  and  which 
seem  to  have  spurred  rather  than  impeded  them 
in  their  upward  struggle  to  fortune.  Although 
in  many  cases  they  were  due  to  his  own  per- 
sonal efforts,  there  were,  nevertheless,  certain 
advantages  that  he  enjoyed,  such  as  an  excel- 
lent education  and  association  with  the  kind  of 
men  whose  friendship  did  much  to  assist  him 
upon  his  career.  But  these  advantages  are  not 
of  the  kind  to  operate  disadvantageously,  espe- 
cially in  the  case  of  a  man  of  such  energy  and 
ambition  as  Mr.  Sale,  who  threw  himself  heart 
and  soul  into  his  work  and  of  his  own  efforts 
became  an  influential  figure  not  only  in  the  pub- 
lishing business,  but  in  the  general  life  of  the 
community  as  well,  a  position  which  he  con- 
tinues to  hold  without  abatement  today.  Nor 
are  his  private  virtues  less  than  these  more 
public  abilities.  He  is  a  man  of  the  strictest 


integrity  in  all  the  relations  of  life,  and  few 
people  realize  more  clearly  the  obligations  of 
charity  to  the  individual  and  of  morality  to  the 
community.  His  family  life  is  an  ideal  one  and 
he  devotes  himself  to  every  member  of  the 
household,  striving  unweariedly  for  their  wel- 
fare and  happiness.  A  man  of  large  education 
and  wide  reading,  he  is  a  delightful  companion, 
and  his  courtesy  and  genial  spirit  fuses  into 
friendship  the  lighter  bonds  of  acquaintanceship, 
so  that  there  are  few  men  in  the  history  of  the 
city  who  occupy  the  place  in  the  hearts  of  his 
fellows  as  he  does. 


W.  SCOTT  LIBBEY  was  one  of  the  ablest 
and  most  energetic  business  men  of  Lewiston 
and  Auburn.  He  was  a  man  who  had  grown 
up  in  these  cities,  who  earned  his  first  money 
here,  and  who,  by  careful  investments  in  prop- 
erty and  business  in  these  places,  through  his 
own  keen  business  sagacity  and  remarkable  fore- 
sight and  judgment,  increased  those  early  earn- 
ings into  a  fortune  of  magnitude.  In  accom- 
plishing this  he  made  a  reputation  for  himself 
as  a  business  man,  which  was  known  through- 
out the  length  and  breadth  of  New  England. 
The  story  of  his  life  is  an  interesting  one.  It 
shows  what  persistency  will  accomplish.  He 
started  a  poor  boy,  and  died  a  man  of  wealth, 
influence  and  importance,  not  only  in  his  own 
city,  but  in  his  State  and  an  entire  section  of 
the  country. 

Upon  completing  his  education,  which  ended 
before  his  course  at  the  Coburn  Classical  In- 
stitute, Waterville,  was  finished,  Mr.  Libbey  be- 
came a  telegraph  operator,  and  in  1876  came  to 
the  Western  Union  office  in  Lewiston  as  its 
manager,  which  position  he  retained  until  1887, 
resigning  of  his  own  accord  to  devote  his  entire 
time  to  other  business  interests.  From  the  start 
of  his  career  he  was  determined  to  get  ahead 
and  reach  a  point  where  it  could  be  said  he  had 
achieved  a  success.  It  was  seldom  that  he  talked 
of  those  early  days  to  his  friends,  but  when  he 
did,  it  was  a  very  interesting  tale,  for  the  fru- 
gality which  he  practiced  in  order  to  get  a  start 
in  life  was  astonishing.  One  of  his  earliest  in- 
vestments was  in  Lewiston  real  estate.  He  pur- 
chased a  tenement  on  Lincoln  street.  At  that 
time  his  capital  was  so  limited  that,  even  though 
he  had  bought  the  building,  he  could  not  afford 
to  provide  the  janitor  service  which  it  required. 
He  was  equal  to  this  emergency,  however.  He 
rose  early  each  morning  and  went  to  the  build- 


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ing  and  did  the  work  himself,  following  this  by 
visiting  it  again  at  night,  after  hours  in  the  tele- 
graph office,  and  doing  such  work  as  was  needed. 
Convinced  that  there  was  money  to  be  made  in 
the  woolen  business,  he  kept  a  watchful  eye  upon 
that  industry.  All  the  time  he  was  looking  for 
an  opportunity  to  secure  a  woolen  mill  at  a 
reasonable  figure,  and  in  time  he  secured  a  lease 
of  one  of  the  small  mills  at  Vassalboro.  Realiz- 
ing that  he  was  not  in  a  position  to  give  up 
his  certainty  of  a  salary  as  manager  of  the 
Western  Union  in  Lewiston,  he  retained  that 
position  and  continued  the  work.  From  Monday 
morning  until  Saturday  night  he  devoted  to  the 
telegraph  office.  The  remainder  of  the  week 
he  gave  to  his  woolen  mill  interests  in  Vassal- 
boro. As  soon  as  the  business  of  the  week  in 
Lewiston  closed  Saturday  night,  he  took  the 
train  for  Vassalboro,  from  which  point  he  walked 
three  miles  to  his  woolen  mill.  At  the  mill  he 
worked  all  day  Sunday,  arranging  plans  for  the 
coming  week,  walking  back  to  the  station  and 
coming  home  early  Monday  morning.  It  was  a 
strenuous  life.  Many  men  could  not  have  stood 
the  strain.  He  had  remarkable  physique,  a 
strong  constitution,  was  regular  in  habits,  used 
neither  alcoholic  drinks  nor  tobacco,  and  was 
careful  of  his  diet.  He  stood  the  test  splen- 
didly, made  the  mill  pay  and  saw  his  capital  and 
business  increase.  Later  Mr.  Libbey  secured  a 
small  woolen  mill  in  the  town  of  Dover.  It  was 
not  a  paying  proposition,  but  Mr.  Libbey  felt 
sure  it  could  be  put  upon  a  profit-producing 
basis.  Realizing  that  it  was  necessary  to  have 
personal  supervision  of  the  plant  if  it  were  to 
be  made  a  paying  investment,  Mr.  Libbey  en- 
gaged another  operator,  paying  the  salary  from 
his  own  pocket,  to  work  in  the  telegraph  office 
in  Lewiston,  and  so,  retaining  the  management, 
as  an  anchor  windward,  went  to  Dover  and  took 
charge  of  the  mill.  The  story  of  how  the  East 
Dover  Woolen  Mill  was  made  a  good  investment 
is  one  of  keen  management,  hardships  and  dis- 
appointments sufficient  to  make  a  volume.  The 
hours  which  he  put  in  and  the  obstacles  which 
he  overcame  seem  impossible,  but  in  the  end  his 
judgment  was  proven  and  the  mill  paid.  It 
was  not  until  1888  that  Mr.  Libbey  ventured  into 
the  mill  business  in  Lewiston.  That  year  he 
purchased  the  Cumberland  Mill.  Five  years 
later,  in  1893,  he  secured  the  Lincoln  Mill,  which 
was  operated  by  him  in  connection  with  the 
Cumberland  property  after  that  time.  Mr.  Lib- 
bey always  felt  very  proud  of  the  purchase  of 


the  Lincoln  Mill  because  it  was  the  first  mill 
he  was  ever  in.  In  speaking  of  this  to  intimate 
friends  he  frequently  remarked  that  his  thought 
on  the  occasion  of  that  first  visit  was:  "Will 
I  ever  have  money  enough  to  own  a  mill  like 
that?"  Not  only  did  he  become  one  of  the 
owners  of  that  plant,  but  had  an  interest  in 
others  and  of  many  other  varieties  of  industry. 

Mr.  Libbey  became  interested  in  the  electrical 
possibilities  of  the  Androscoggin  river,  and  in 
1901  he  purchased  control  of  the  Lewiston  & 
Auburn  Electric  Light  Company  and  the  Ameri- 
can Light  &  Power  Company  and  consolidated 
them  under  the  name  of  the  former  company. 
This  light  and  power  interest  was  added  to  in 
1906  by  the  purchase  of  the  Mechanic  Falls  Elec- 
Light  Company.  For  many  years  Mr.  Libbey 
conceived  the  idea  of  a  huge  power  plant  at  Deer 
Rips.  Work  was  begun  early  in  1902  and  in 
1904  this  plant  was  put  in  operation,  after  thirty- 
one  months  of  labor  and  an  expenditure  of  a 
considerable  amount  of  money.  This  plant  is 
today  estimated  as  worth  considerable  over  a 
million  dollars.  In  the  year  1908  Mr.  Libbey  be- 
came interested  in  the  project  of  building  an 
electric  railroad  from  Lewiston  to  Portland.  At 
first  he  took  a.  block  of  stock  in  the  road,  but 
eventually  purchased  all  stock,  underwrote  the 
bonds,  and  built  the  line  which  was  practically 
completed  at  the  time  of  his  death.  This  is  one 
of  the  finest  interurban  lines  in  the  country  and 
had  been  the  hobby  of  Mr.  Libbey  since  he  first 
became  interested  in  it.  He  took  personal  charge 
of  its  construction  and  equipment.  It  was  built 
to  compete  with  steam  roads,  both  in  comfort 
and  speed.  Mr.  Libbey  was  a  director  of  the 
Manufacturers'  National  Bank,  and  was  a  trustee 
of  Coburn  Classical  Institute.  He  always  took 
a  deep  interest  in  Bates  College,  and  only  a  few 
years  ago  donated  to  that  college  a  large  so- 
ciety building  known  as  Libbey  Forum. 

Mr.  Libbey  never  took  a  great  part  in  politics. 
In  1906  he  was  a  candidate  for  member  of  the 
executive  council  of  the  State  and  was  elected, 
serving  with  great  credit  during  the  administra- 
tion of  Governor  Cobb.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  sub-committee  of  that  council  which  selected 
the  site  of  the  school  for  the  feeble-minded, 
which  was  then  established.  It  has  always  been 
claimed  by  those  who  understood  the  facts  of 
that  purchase  that  his  business  acumen,  devoted 
to  the  interests  of  Maine,  saved  the  State  many 
thousands  of  dollars  in  the  purchase.  During 
that  term  he  gave  the  State  the  same  good 


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judgment  and  raroful  attention  to  details  as  he 
always  pave  his  own  business.  His  associates 
on  the  board  regarded  him  as  one  of  the  ablest 
men  among  them  and  one  of  the  best  councilors 
which  the  State  ever  had. 

W.  Scott  Libbey  was  born  in  Avon,  August 
27,  1851,  the  son  of  Asa  M.  and  Joanna  B.  (Pow- 
ers) Libbey  He  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  of  Oakland  and  in  Coburn  Classical  In- 
stitute at  Waterville.  He  came  to  Lewiston 
about  1876,  and  in  1877  was  married  to  Annie 
E.  Shaw,  of  Lisbon.  He  died  May  17,  1914. 
Five  children  were  born  to  them:  Truman  C, 
who  died  in  infancy;  Mrs.  Gertrude  Anthony  and 
Harold  S.  Libbey,  of  Leiviston;  Alia  A.,  of  New- 
ton; and  W.  Scott,  Jr.,  who  enlisted  in  the  navy 
for  the  duration  of  the  war.  There  are  five 
grandchildren:  Richard,  Warren  and  Charles 
Anthony,  and  Eleanor  and  Channell  Libbey,  of 
Lewis  too. 

No  man  had  a  greater  degree  of  business 
acumen  or  a  more  prophetic  sense  in  business 
opportunities  than  he.  His  courage  was  un- 
bounded. Nothing  ever  frightened  him,  never 
even  halted  him,  when  once  he  had  begun.  He 
had  absolute  confidence  in  his  capacity  to  carry 
through  to  a  finish  any  undertaking  which  he 
had  once  canvassed  and  decided  to  be  practic- 
able. His  knowledge  of  mechanics,  engineer- 
ing, manufacturing  and  of  financial  matters, 
which  in  a  large  degree  was  intuitive,  was  so 
remarkable  as  to  be  practically  business  genius. 
The  man  who  from  a  telegraph  operator  in  1876 
becomes  a  millionaire  and  industrial  leader  in 
thirty  years  by  his  unaided  effort  and  who  prac- 
tically hews  the  fortune  out  of  the  very  town 
in  which  he  began  is  no  ordinary  man. 

Mr.  Libbey  personally  had  two  distinct  sides 
to  his  character.  One  of  them  was  the  resistless, 
forceful,  driving  machine  wtih  which  he  spurred 
on  men  and  machinery  to  do  its  utmost,  and  the 
other  was  the  sensitive,  gentle,  kindly  and  ap- 
preciative personality  which  was  most  lovable 
and  which  is  sweetly  remembered  by  those 
within  the  circle  of  his  intimate  friends.  If  he 
was  often  brusque  and  impetuous,  he  was  also 
considerate,  courteous  and  kind.  He  had  his 
own  positive  views  upon  all  matters,  which  it 
were,  perhaps,  as  well  that  you  respected  and 
permitted  him  to  enjoy  unrestricted,  but  at  the 
same  time  his  mind  was  open  to  every  new 
thought,  receptive  of  information  and  eager  to 
look  beyond  the  immediate  surroundings  into 
the  future,  especially  so  far  as  business  was  con- 

ME.— 1— 12 


cerncd.  Il<  was  very  fond  of  good  literature; 
very  sensitive  to  praise  or  criticism;  exceedingly 
generous,  especially  to  his  trusted  employees; 
very  charitable,  especially  where  his  charities 
could  not  be  a  matter  of  publicity,  and  withal  a 
man  of  singular  and  positive  character;  a  man  of 
genius  in  business,  of  thorough-going  honesty  in 
all  affairs,  and  of  singular  fidelity  to  his  friends. 
In  thirty  years  he  made  a  greater  impression 
upon  Lewiston  and  Auburn  than  perhaps  any 
other  man  who  has  ever  lived  there.  The  mere 
recapitulation  of  his  enterprises  bears  this  state- 
ment out.  The  boy  who,  on  the  side  of  old 
Mount  Blue,  in  the  town  of  Avon,  said  to  him- 
self, as  we  have  been  told,  that  some  day  he 
would  make  his  name  in  the  world,  kept  his 
word. 


HAROLD  SHAW  LIBBEY— The  records  of 
the  lives  of  W.  Scott  Libbey  and  Harold  S.  Lib- 
bey, his  son,  form  a  splendid  chapter  in  annals 
of  the  business  fraternity  of  Lewiston.  Harold 
S.  Libbey  succeeded  to  heavy  and  pressing  re- 
sponsibilities, which  he  bore  capably  and  well 
until  called  from  his  labors  at  the  early  age  of 
thirty-eight  years,  his  passing  mourned  in  the 
many  channels  which  his  influence  penetrated. 
Governor  William  T.  Cobb,  the  intimate  friend 
of  both  the  elder  and  younger  Libbey,  spoke  of 
Harold  S.  Libbey  as  follows:  "Of  fine  physique 
and  clean  life,  it  seemed  to  look  at  him  and  to 
know  his  love  and  capacity  for  the  work  of  busi- 
ness, that  fortune  had  much  more  in  store  for 
him  than  to  be  claimed  by  death  at  thirty-eight 
years.  .  .  .  He  was  sure  to  become  a  promi- 
nent factor  in  the  business  life  of  his  city  and 
of  the  State,  and  personally,  in  character  and 
wise  ambitions,  was  the  type  of  young  man  from 
whom  his  own  generation  had  every  right  and 
reason  to  expect  fine  accomplishments  and  help- 
ful influence." 

Harold  Shaw  Libbey,  son  of  W.  Scott  and  An- 
nie E.  (Shaw)  Libbey,  was  born  in  Lewiston, 
September  10,  1881,  where  his  death  occurred 
suddenly,  April  19,  1919,  resulting  from  influ- 
enza-pneumonia. He  was  graduated  from  the 
Lewiston  High  School  in  the  class  of  1901,  and 
received  the  degree  of  A.B.  from  Bates  College 
in  1905,  then  pursuing  post-graduate  work  at  the 
Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology,  special- 
izing in  chemistry  and  the  textile  industry.  Upon 
the  completion  of  his  education  he  entered  the 
Cumberland  Woolen  Mills  at  Lewiston,  where  he 
received  his  practical  training  in  textile  manu- 


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facture,  rising  to  the  position  of  superintendent. 
He  fulfilled  the  duties  of  this  position  until  the 
death  of  W.  Scott  Libbey  in  1914,  when  he  be- 
came treasurer  and  agent  of  the  W.  S.  Libbey 
Company,  and  the  Cumberland  Mills.  He  di- 
rected these  affairs  with  profitable  results  until 
his  sudden  death,  serving  at  the  same  time  as 
a  director  of  the  Androscoggin  Electric  Company  • 
and  of  the  Manufacturers'  National  Bank  of 
Lewiston,  being  especially  interested  in  the  lat- 
ter institution  and  rarely  failing  to  attend  the 
meetings  of  the  board  of  directors. 

The  close  comradeship  that  existed  between 
Mr.  Libbey  and  his  father  continued  through 
business  into  their  hours  of  recreation.  During 
the  construction  of  the  Portland-Lewiston  Inter- 
urban  railroad,  which  W.  Scott  Libbey  built  and 
controlled,  he  was  in  charge  of  portions  of  the 
work  on  the  road.  They  were  closely  associated 
in  the  operation  of  the  mills,  while  their  camp- 
ing trips  together  were  the  greatest  pleasure  of 
both. 

Mr.  Libbey  was  a  member  of  the  United  Bap- 
tist Church  of  Lewiston.  He  belonged  to  the 
Gardiner  Gun  Club,  hunting  and  gunning  being 
his  favorite  recreation,  and  he  also  belonged  to 
the  Boston  Athletic  Association.  He  devoted  his 
time  and  means  to  the  support  of  movements  of 
progress  and  improvement  in  his  city,  and  was  a 
citizen  who  gladly  acknowledged  the  duties  as 
well  as  the  privileges  of  citizenship  As  a  busi- 
ness man  he  held  the  regard  of  the  business  fra- 
ternity, and  from  the  earliest  days  of  his  relation 
with  the  employees  of  the  concerns  with  which 
he  was  connected,  he  was  an  employer  wise  and 
just,  who  valued  and  strove  for  the  good  will  of 
his  men  and  who  held  it  by  fair  and  straightfor- 
ward dealings.  In  the  brief  time  that  was  al- 
lotted to  him  he  won  recognition  as  a  man  of 
able  parts  and  lived  in  the  approval  of  all  men. 

Harold  S.  Libbey  married,  in  1907,  Helen  V., 
daughter  of  Frank  A.  Channel,  of  Lewiston. 
Mrs.  Libbey  was  a  schoolmate  of  her  husband 
both  in  high  school  and  college.  They  were  the 
parents  of  two  children:  Eleanor  V.  and  Chan- 
nel T. 


ELIAS  THOMAS,  SR. — In  business,  as  in 
every  form  of  activity,  there  are  both  construc- 
tive and  destructive  forces.  The  competence 
built  purely  upon  speculation,  or  upon  the  sup- 
pression of  remunerative  industry  in  others,  adds 
nothing  to  the  permanent  wealth  of  mankind, 
and  plays  only  a  negative  part  in  the  history 


of  a  city,  State  or  nation.  The  fortune  whose 
basis  is  laid  in  the  development  of  natural  re- 
sources, whose  capital  is  increased  by  enlarging 
the  opportunities  for  general  wealth,  is  on  the 
positive  side  of  civilization,  and  counts  among 
the  lasting  beneficient  influences.  It  was  this 
creative  quality  that  was  the  distinctive  feature 
in  the  career  of  Elias  Thomas.  He  represented 
the  most  progressive  element  of  a  sturdy  race. 

There  can  be  no  doubt  that  the  popular  im- 
pression which  ascribes  unusual  idealism,  min- 
gled with  an  uncommon  grasp  of  practical  af- 
fairs to  the  New  England  character,  is  quite 
accurate,  and  that  it  has  been  this  almost  para- 
doxical union  that  has  accounted  for  the  extraor- 
dinary success  attained  by  the  people  of  this 
region  of  the  amazing  development  of  the  region 
itself.  We  can  find  thousands  of  names  of  men 
in  whose  careers  this  fact  is  typified.  The 
business  and  commercial  records  of  Maine  are 
a  particularly  fertile  source  of  such  names,  and 
among  them  there  is  a  well-deserved  place  for 
that  of  Elias  Thomas  (deceased),  who  during  his 
entire  life  was  a  citizen  of  Portland.  He  was 
born  on  Park  street,  May  6,  1842,  and  was  the 
third  son  of  Hon.  William  Widgery  and  Eliza- 
beth (Goddard)  Thomas,  and  grandson  of  Elias 
Thomas  and  Hon.  William  Widgery,  both  of 
whom  were  prominent  in  the  public  life  and  busi- 
ness activities  of  Maine  in  their  day. 

Mr.  Thomas'  early  education  was  obtained 
in  a  private  school  conducted  by  Miss  Tompson, 
and  later  attended  Miss  Owen's  School,  both  of 
which  were  located  on  State  street.  He  later 
attended  the  Park  Street  Grammar  School,  con- 
ducted by  Master  Pickering,  after  which  he  en- 
tered the  high  school,  which  was  under  the 
principalship  of  Mr.  Syford  and  later  Mr.  Han- 
son. After  leaving  high  school  he  was  em- 
ployed by  the  firm  of  Emery  &  Fox,  of  Port- 
land, for  three  years,  then  entered  the  Franklin 
School  for  Boys,  at  Topsham.  He  served  as 
clerk  in  the  Mayor's  office  in  Portland  when  his 
father  was  Mayor  of  the  city.  Preferring  a  busi- 
ness life,  he  engaged  in  business  on  Commercial 
street,  Portland,  under  the  name  of  Matthews  & 
Thomas,  which  partnership  was  formed  in  1863 
and  continued  for  six  years,  when,  in  1869,  he 
bought  out  his  partner  and  conducted  the  busi- 
ness under  the  name  of  Elias  Thomas  &  Com- 
pany, and  which  he  continued  with  much  suc- 
cess until  1897.  Mr.  Thomas  devoted  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life  to  his  extensive  and  valued 
private  interests.  He  was  president  of  the  Canal 


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National  Bank,  succeeding  his  father  to  that 
office,  and  which  position  of  trust  and  responsi- 
bility he  held  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  also 
served  for  many  years  as  director  of  the  Port- 
land Gas  Light  Company  and  was  a  member  of 
the  Cumberland  Club,  and  was  also  a  member 
of  the  State  Legislature  in  the  8o's.  He  died 
suddenly,  in  Portland,  October  13,  1913. 

Mr.  Thomas  inherited  to  a  marked  degree  the 
sagacity,  intellectual  poise  and  sound  business 
judgment  of  his  father,  with  a  high  regard  for 
the  public  welfare.  Right  was  always  the  deter- 
mining factor  in  his  decisions  of  important  ques- 
tions of  local  or  general  character,  rather  than 
mere  expediency  or  monetary  advantage.  The 
first  point  to  be  decided,  he  always  held,  was, 
what  is  the  right  thing  to  do,  and  what  is  the 
course,  most  conducive  to  the  true  interests  of 
the  community,  the  State  and  the  nation.  With 
a  broad  democracy  that  comes  from  a  sense  of 
justice,  he  knew  no  distinction  of  wealth  or  so- 
called  social  rank  among  men  and  women,  but 
was  as  courteous  and  considerate  to  the  poorest 
as  to  the  richest.  He  was  noted  for  his  straight- 
forwardness and  sterling  honesty.  The  truest 
and  noblest  of  gentlemen  in  the  best  and  highest 
sense  of  the  word,  loyal,  loving  and  princely  in 
traits  that  mark  real  royalty  of  manhood.  The 
city,  State  and  nation  lost  in  him  a  type  of  cit- 
izenship more  important  to  real  civic  greatness 
and  moral  permanence  than  any  other  they  could 
possess. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  First  Parish  Uni- 
tarian Society,  and  was  much  interested  in  char- 
itable works,  being  a  member  of  the  board  of 
directors  of  the  Maine  General  Hospital,  which 
office  he  fulfilled  to  the  time  of  his  death.  He 
was  also  a  member  of  the  managing  board  of  the 
Portland  Benevolent  Society  and  the  Home  for 
Aged  Men,  in  both  of  which  he  took  a  deep 
interest. 

Mr.  Thomas  married,  November  4,  1869,  Helen 
Maria  Brown,  a  native  of  Blur  Hill,  Maine. 
She  was  born  September  10,  1846,  the  daughter 
of  Samuel  Peters  Brown,  of  Washington,  D.  C. 
Mrs.  Thomas  died  July  14,  1903.  Three  children 
were  born  to  them:  Elias,  Jr.,  William  Widgery, 
and  Helen  Brown,  who  married  Richard  C.  Pay- 
son,  of  Portland. 


ELIAS  THOMAS,  JR.— Every  community  has 
its  leading  citizens  in  whom  are  focused  the  re- 
spectability, the  dignity,  and  the  uplift  of  the 
place.  Among  those  who  are  thoroughly  repre- 


sentative of  Portland's,  and  consequently  of 
Maine's  twentieth-century  life,  none  are  more 
worthy  of  mention  in  a  work  of  this  character 
than  the  subject  of  this  review,  Elias  Thomas, 
Jr.,  who  was  born  in  the  city  of  Portland,  Maine, 
March  15,  1871,  the  eldest  son  of  Elias,  Sr.,  and 
Helen  Maria  (Brown)  Thomas.  Mr.  Thomas 
has  continued  to  make  his  home  in  his  native 
city  consistently,  up  to  the  present  time.  It  was 
here  that  he  received  the  preliminary  portion  of 
his  education,  attending  for  this  purpose  the  local 
public  and  private  schools,  and  preparing  him- 
self for  college  in  the  Portland  Latin  School. 
In  1890  he  matriculated  at  Bowdoin  College,  from 
which  he  graduated  with  the  class  of  1894,  and 
while  there  was  a  member  of  Delta  Kappa  Epsi- 
lon  society,  and  was  on  some  of  the  athletic 
teams.  Upon  completing  his  education,  he  en- 
tered the  wholesale  grocery  business  in  associa- 
tion with  his  father,  and  became  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  Elias  Thomas  &  Company.  This  con- 
cern was  afterwards  incorporated  as  the  Elias 
Thomas  Company,  and  sold  out  in  1907.  Mr. 
Thomas  has  also  interested  himself  most  actively 
in  public  affairs,  and  has  served  two  years  on 
the  Common  Council  of  the  city  and  one  on  the 
Board  of  Aldermen.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Portland  Athletic  Club,  and  the  Portland  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce.  In  his  religious  belief,  Mr. 
Thomas  is  Unitarian  and  attends  the  First  Parish 
Church  of  that  denomination  in  Portland. 

Mr.  Thomas  married  (first),  July  16,  1902,  Elea- 
nor Libby  Holt,  of  Portland,  who  died  Septem- 
ber 22,  1902.  He  married  (second),  November 
27,  1905,  in  Salem,  Massachusetts,  Dorothea 
Brayton  Perkins,  a  native  of  that  city,  and  a 
daughter  of  Horace  S.  and  Elizabeth  P.  (Kinny) 
Perkins,  who  still  make  their  residence  there. 
Four  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Thomas,  as  follows:  Beatrice,  born  December 
23,  1906;  Elias,  Jr.,  born  December  30,  1908; 
Rosamond,  born  July  12,  1910,  and  Ann,  born 
October  19,  1916. 

Mr.  Thomas  is  a  business  man  who  takes  a 
vivid  interest  in  the  trend  of  American  life,  both 
in  its  public  and  private  aspects,  and  especially 
in  all  that  tends  towards  the  upbuilding  of  his 
native  city  and  State.  To  this  end  his  efforts 
and  influence  have  been  freely  extended.  As  a 
born  American  he  has  no  patience  with  those 
who  try  to  make  things  appear  other  than  they 
naturally  are.  He  is  as  frank  in  declaring  his 
principals  as  he  is  sincere  in  maintaining  them. 
His  career  has  been  rounded  with  success  and 


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marked  by  the  appreciation  of  men  whose  good 
opinion  is  best  worth  having.  The  influence  of 
a  human  life  can  never  be  estimated,  but  such 
men  as  Mr.  Thomas  maintain  the  honor  of  the 
State  of  Maine. 


HENRY  BOARDMAN  EATON  — When 
Henry  Franklin  Eaton  came  to  man's  estate  and 
was  looking  for  a  business  and  a  location,  he 
left  Groton,  Massachusetts,  the  home  of  his 
parents,  and  finally  settled  in  Milltown,  where 
his  sons  were  born.  He  chose  the  natural  busi- 
ness of  New  Brunswick  at  that  time,  lumbering, 
and  in  course  of  time  settled  in  Calais,  Maine, 
where  the  firm,  Henry  F.  Eaton  &  Sons,  long 
flourished.  When  the  father  and  founder  passed 
to  his  reward,  the  sons  continued  the  business 
and  the  house  ranks  among  the  largest  dealers 
in  Eastern  lumber  in  the  State.  Calais  is  still 
the  home  of  the  business,  and  of  the  sons  of 
Henry  Franklin  Eaton,  the  founder  of  this  branch 
of  the  Eaton  family  in  New  Brunswick,  Canada, 
and  Calais,  Maine.  Henry  Boardman  Eaton,  his 
fourth  child,  is  still  a  resident  of  Calais  and 
deeply  inteiested  in  the  lumber  business  founded 
by  his  father,  which  the  son  entered  as  a  young 
man  in  1872.  He  is  of  the  eighth  generation  of  the 
family  founded  in  New  England  by  Jonas  Eaton, 
who  settled  in  Watertown,  bought  land  and  was 
still  living  in  1643.  Jonas  Eaton  traced  his  an- 
cestry through  twenty  generations  in  male  line 
to  Banquo  Thane,  of  Lochabar,  who  flourished 
in  Wales  in  the  year  1000  A.D.  The  surname 
Eaton  is  of  Welch  and  Saxon  origin,  a  place 
name,  meaning  "hill  or  town  near  the  water." 
While  Eaton  is  now  the  generally  accepted  spell- 
ing, in  earlier  years  it  was  found  as  Eton,  Etton 
and  Eyton.  The  family  in  England  bore  arms 
thus  described: 

Arms — Azure  fret  on  a  field. 

Crest — An  eagle's  head  erased  sable  in  the 
mouth  of  a  sprig  vert. 

Motto — Vincit  Omnia  Veritas  (Truth  conquers 
all  things). 

England  continued  the  home  of  the  family 
until  Peter  Eaton's  (twentieth  generation)  sons, 
William  and  Jonas,  came  to  New  England,  sail- 
ing from  Sandwich,  England,  before  June  9,  1637. 
This  review  deals  with  a  branch  of  the  family 
founded  by  Jonas  Eaton. 

Jonas  Eaton  and  his  brother  William,  after 
living  for  a  time  in  Watertown,  Massachusetts, 
removed  to  the  town  of  Reading,  where  they 
•were  among  the  first  settlers.  Jonas  Eaton  was 


admitted  a  freeman  there  in  1653,  and  for  sev- 
eral years  served  as  a  selectman.  His  farm  and 
his  residence  were  on  Cowdrey's  hill,  in  the 
northwestern  part  of  the  town,  in  that  part  now 
included  within  the  limits  of  the  town  of  Wake- 
field.  He  died  February  24,  1674,  leaving  a 
widow,  Grace,  and  sons,  John,  James,  Joseph, 
Joshua,  Jonathan,  and  a  daughter,  Mary.  His 
widow,  Grace,  married  (second),  November  18, 
1680,  Henry  Silsbee,  of  Lynn.  The  line  of  de- 
scent is  through  John  Eaton,  eldest  son  of  Jonas 
and  Grace  Eaton,  the  pioneers  and  founders. 

John  Eaton  was  born  September  10,  1645,  and 
always  was  known  as  "John  of  the  Plains."  He 
died  in  Reading,  May  25,  1691.  He  married,  No- 
vember 26,  1674,  Dorcas  Green,  settled  and 
always  lived  in  Reading,  where  their  twelve  chil- 
dren were  born.  This  branch  continues  through 
the  eldest  child,  Jonas  (2). 

Jonas  (2)  Eaton  was  born  in  Reading,  May 
18,  1680,  died  August  13,  1727.  He  learned  dual 
trades,  carpenter  and  bricklayer,  settled  in  Fram- 
ingham,  and  was  a  selectman  there  in  1717.  On 
March  10,  1705,  he  bought  the  east  half  of  what 
was  known  as  the  "Half  Mile  Square,"  and  was 
living  on  that  property  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
He  married,  in  1705,  Mehitable  Gould,  and  they 
were  the  parents  of  ten  children.  This  line  of 
descent  is  traced  through  Jonas  (3),  twin  with 
Phoebe,  they  born  in  Framingham,  October  22, 
1714. 

Jonas  (3)  Eaton  married,  August  3,  1738,  Mary 
Emerson,  and  resided  in  Framingham  until  1773, 
when  he  moved  to  Charlestown,  where  he  was 
living  at  the  time  that  town  was  burned  by  the 
British.  In  1775  he  made  a  claim  for  property 
destroyed  belonging  to  himself  and  his  three 
sons,  Jonas,  Daniel  and  Ebenezer.  Jonas  (3) 
Eaton  and  his  wife,  Mary  (Emerson)  Eaton, 
were  the  parents  of  eight  sons  and  a  daughter, 
Mary.  This  branch  descends  through  Jonas  (4), 
the  second  son,  the  first,  also  Jonas,  dying  in 
infancy. 

Jonas  (4)  Eaton  was  baptized  February  8,  1740, 
died  in  1787.  He  married,  December  I,  1767, 
Mary  Wyer,  of  Charlestown,  where  he  settled. 
He  was  a  currier  by  trade,  and  owned  a  lot  on 
Main  street.  He  was  taxed  in  Charlestown,  1762- 
1766.  He  served  in  the  Revolutionary  War  in 
Captain  Jesse  Eames'  company,  Colonel  Samuel 
Bullard's  regiment,  Fifth  Middlesex,  in  1776;  also 
in  Captain  David  Brewer's  company,  Colonel 
Abner  Perry's  regiment,  Tenth  Middlesex  regi- 
ment, in  the  Rhode  Island  campaign.  When 


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Charlcstown  was  burning,  in  1775,  his  wife  and 
three  children  escaped  in  a  rowboat  to  Fram- 
inBham,  where  Jonas  joined  them  later,  enlisting 
in  the  army  from  Framingham.  Jonas  (4)  and 
Mary  (Wyer)  Eaton  were  the  parents  of  six  chil- 
dren, four  sons  and  two  daughters,  the  first  two 
children  being  a  son  and  a  daughter,  twins,  the 
third  and  fourth  also  a  son  and  a  daughter, 
twins. 

Jonas  (5 1  Eaton,  eldest  child  of  Jonas  (4)  and 
Mary  (Wyer)  Eaton,  was  baptized  in  Charles- 
town,  Massachusetts,  February  1 1,  1770,  and  was 
with  his  mother  in  the  boat  from  which  they 
escaped  from  burning  Charlestown.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1792,  Mary  Corey,  daughter  of  a  Rev- 
olutionary soldier.  They  settled  in  Groton, 
Massachusetts,  and  their  eleven  children  were 
born  there.  They  were  the  parents  of  Henry 
Franklin  Eaton,  and  grandparents  of  Henry 
Boardman  Eaton,  of  Calais,  Maine. 

Henry  Franklin  Eaton  was  born  in  Groton, 
Massachusetts,  and  there  passed  his  youth.  Later 
he  settled  in  New  Brunswick,  Canada,  and  there 
successfully  conducted  a  very  prosperous  lum- 
ber business,  the  headquarters  of  which  was  lo- 
cated at  his  home  at  Milltown,  New  Brunswick, 
later  in  Calais,  Maine.  In  Calais  he  formed  the 
firm,  Henry  F.  Eaton  &  Sons;  and  there  con- 
ducted a  very  large  business  in  all  kinds  of  East- 
ern lumber.  He  enjoyed  a  high  reputation  in 
the  business  world,  and  trained  his  sons  to 
worthily  bear  their  ancient  and  honorable  family 
name.  He  married,  October  17,  1842,  Anna 
Louisa  Boardman,  born  at  Portland,  Maine,  De- 
cember 12,  1822,  daughter  of  William  and  Esther 
(Wigglesworth)  Boardman.  They  were  the 
parents  of  seven  children:  Henry  F.,  deceased; 
George  Howard,  whose  sketch  follows;  Hen- 
rietta M.,  married  Rev.  J.  J.  Blair;  Henry  Board- 
man,  of  further  mention;  Franklin  M.;  Annie  K., 
married  Horace  B.  Murchie;  and  Wilfred  L., 
married  Alice  Prescott. 

Henry  Boardman  Eaton,  fourth  child  of  Henry 
Franklin  and  Anna  Louisa  (Boardman)  Eaton, 
was  born  in  Milltown,  New  Brunswick,  Canada, 
April  16,  1852.  He  was  educated  in  Milltown 
public  schools,  Phillips  Academy,  Andover, 
Massachusetts,  and  Farmington,  Maine,  his  busi- 
ness life  beginning  under  the  guidance  of  his 
father,  a  successful  lumberman  and  lumber 
dealer.  In  1872  he  was  admitted  to  a  partner- 
ship with  his  father,  and  brother,  George  H., 
in  the  lumber  firm,  Henry  F.  Eaton  &  Sons,  of 
Calais,  Maine,  and  when  Henry  F.  Eaton  died, 


March  21,  1895,  the  sons  continued  the  business, 
as  at  present.  Mr.  Eaton  is  officially  connected 
with  the  International  Trust  &  Banking  Com- 
pany of  Calais,  and  with  the  Calais  Savings 
Bank.  He  has  taken  a  deep  interest  in  city 
affairs,  but  beyond  exercising  the  rights  of  citi- 
zenship has  taken  no  active  part  in  politics.  He 
is  a  suppoiter  of  Republican  principles,  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Congregational  church,  the  St.  Croix 
Club,  and  the  Improved  Order  of  Red  Men. 

Mr.  Eaton  married,  in  Milltown,  New  Bruns- 
wick, February  8,  1883,  Emma  J.  Murchie,  daugh- 
ter of  James  and  Mary  A.  (Grimmes)  Murchie. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eaton  have  no  children.  The  fam- 
ily home  is  at  Calais,  Maine. 


GEORGE     HOWARD     EATON,    of    Calais, 

Maine,  was  not  only  a  prominent  and  influential 
business  man  but  a  citizen  of  the  highest  worth, 
whose  philanthropic  public  spirit  was  manifested 
in  countless  ways.  He  was  a  man  of  upright 
life,  kind-hearted  and  generous,  and  was  well 
known  and  honored  throughout  Eastern  Maine. 

George  H.  Eaton,  the  eldest  son  of  Henry 
Franklin  and  Anna  Louisa  (Boardman)  Eaton, 
was  born  at  Milltown,  New  Brunswick,  March 
14,  1848.  His  education  was  begun  in  the  public 
schools  of  that  village,  continued  at  Phillips  Acad- 
emy, Andover,  Massachusetts,  and  finished  at 
Amherst  College,  where  he  received  his  A.  B. 
degree  in  1870.  After  completing  his  school 
years  he  and  his  brother,  Henry  B.  Eaton,  en- 
tered business  with  their  father,  one  of  the  pio- 
neer lumbermen  of  the  St.  Croix  district,  under 
the  firm  name  of  Henry  F.  Eaton  &  Sons.  The 
firm  is  still  active  but  of  the  original  members 
only  H.  B.  Eaton  survives.  To  the  business  of 
the  lumber  firm  Mr.  Eaton  devoted  the  greater 
part  of  his  time,  yet  he  had  other  large  business 
and  financial  interests  and  carried  heavy  respon- 
sibilites.  For  several  years  he  was  president  of 
the  Calais  National  Bank,  and  at  the  time  of  his 
death  he  was  president  of  the  International 
Trust  and  Banking  Company.  His  ability  as  a 
financier  was  fully  tested  and  proven  in  his  ex- 
ecutive control  of  these  two  institutions.  He  was 
one  of  the  incorporators  and  president  of  the 
St.  Croix  Shoe  Company,  a  trustee  of  the  Calais 
Academy  and  of  the  Calais  Public  Library,  and 
was  also  interested  in  various  local  industries. 

In  politics  a  Republican,  Mr.  Eaton  never 
sought  political  office,  neither  did  he  decline  it 
when  presented  to  him  as  a  duty  he  owed  hii 
State.  He  represented  his  legislative  district  for 


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two  terms  in  the  State  Legislature  and  sat  in  the 
Senate  for  two  terms.  He  was  sound  in  his 
views  and  during  the  years  he  representated 
Calais  at  Augusta  was  able  to  accomplish  good 
for  his  constituency,  maintaining  at  all  times  his 
standing  as  a  loyal  party  man.  While  a  business 
man  in  every  fibre  of  his  nature,  Mr.  Eaton  did 
not  live  selfishly  but  gave  of  himself  freely  to  all 
that  concerned  the  religious,  educational  and 
moral  life  of  his  community.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Congregational  church  and  gave  liberally 
to  its  support.  A  trustee  of  Bangor  Seminary, 
a  corporate  member  of  the  American  Board  of 
Foreign  Missions,  vice-president  of  the  American 
Sunday  School  Union,  and  for  many  years  he 
served  as  a  director  and  member  of  the  finance 
committee  of  the  Maine  Missionary  Association. 
He  took  a  deep  interest  in  all  these  institutions 
and  organizations  and  gave  most  liberally  of  his 
valuable  time  to  their  upbuilding  and  manage- 
ment. 

In  1871  George  H.  Eaton  married  Elizabeth 
Woodbury  Boyden,  of  Chicago,  daughter  of 
James  Woodbury  and  Eliza  (Dickinson)  Boyden. 
The  early  years  of  their  married  life  were  passed 
in  Milltown.  In  1886  they  moved  to  Calais, 
Maine.  Eight  children  were  born  of  this  mar- 
riage, four  sons  and  four  daughters,  all  of  whom 
were  living  at  the  time  of  their  father's  death 
in  1913. 


HON.  ENOCH  FOSTER— In  the  long  line  of 
illustrious  names  of  which  the  American  bar  may 
justly  be  proud  there  is  none  more  worthy  of 
honor  in  his  native  State  than  that  of  judge 
Enoch  Foster.  He  was  typical  of  that  long  line 
of  men  who  from  Colonial  times  have  upheld 
the  dignity  and  worth  of  that  tradition  of  ser- 
vice and  splendid  achievement  which  has  been 
the  boast  of  our  free  institutions.  In  no  State 
has  this  record  been  higher  than  in  Maine,  and 
here  among  the  foremost  is  to  be  found  the 
name  of  Judge  Enoch  Foster. 

The  Hon.  Enoch  Foster  came  of  a  line  of  men 
who  from  early  Colonial  days  have  followed  the 
light  that  was  set  as  a  beacon  on  these  shores 
and  has  grown  with  each  succeeding  genera- 
tion. They  have  lived  and  died  for  the  creed, 
once  new,  of  individual  freedom  and  religious 
liberty,  and  it  is  through  their  lives  and  deaths 
that  those  beliefs  have  spread  over  a  continent 
and  become  a  standard  to  which  all  the  oppressed 
of  the  earth  may  rally.  It  was  because  of  the 
stalwart  character  of  these  men  and  the  solidity 
of  their  lives  that  the  foundations  of  the  repub- 


lic are  sure,  and  have  long  passed  beyond  the 
hazard  of  continuance.  Among  these  men  the 
Foster  family  has  always  done  its  share  in  found- 
ing and  making  permanent  the  institutions  of  the 
country. 

The  first  of  the  Foster  line  in  this  country 
was  Reginald  Foster,  who  came  from  England 
and  settled  in  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  in  1638. 
He  was  a  conspicuous  figure  in  the  new  colony, 
and  his  descendant,  Asa  Foster,  the  grandfather 
of  Judge  Foster,  was  that  member  of  the  fam- 
ily who  first  brought  the  name  to  Maine.  He 
settled  in  Newry,  Maine,  very  soon  after  it  had 
first  been  founded,  and  here  his  son  Enoch,  the 
father  of  Judge  Foster,  was  born  in  1799.  The 
first  Enoch  Foster  followed  the  occupation  of 
farmer  and  was  a  successful  and  influential  man 
in  the  community.  He  was  a  man  of  scholarly 
tastes  and  with  a  marked  ambition  in  intellectual 
lines,  and  it  is  probably  due  to  this  that  the 
education  of  his  son,  Enoch  (2),  was  carefully 
supervised  from  the  outset. 

In  an  old  house  in  Newry,  Maine,  which  is 
still  standing,  Enoch  (2)  Foster  was  born  May 
10,  1839,  his  mother  having  been  Persis  (Swann) 
Foster.  Here  he  gained  the  elementary  educa- 
tion of  the  country  boy,  but  from  his  earliest 
days  he  concurred  with  his  father's  wish  that 
he  should  gain  the  best  education  obtainable. 
For  a  time  he  went  therefore  to  Gould's  Acad- 
emy, following  this  by  work  preparing  him  for 
college  at  the  Maine  State  Seminary  at  Lewis- 
ton.  In  college  at  Bowdoin  his  work  was  done 
with  the  same  zeal  and  facility  that  had  marked 
him  from  the  beginning  as  a  student  of  unusual 
promise.  He  entered  Bowdoin  College  in  1860, 
and  had  been,  however,  only  a  short  time  at 
work  when  the  growing  cloud  on  the  political 
horizon  burst  into  storm  and  with  all  the  other 
noblest  spirits  of  the  time  he  offered  his  services 
to  his  country  and  enlisted.  He  was  made  sec- 
ond lieutenant  in  Company  H,  Thirteenth  Regi- 
ment of  Maine  Volunteer  Infantry.  This  was 
the  regiment  mustered  by  Colonel  Neal  Dow, 
afterwards  to  become  General  Dow,  and  the  one 
which  he  led  through  much  active  service. 
Enoch  Foster  won  rapid  promotion,  becoming 
soon  first  lieutenant,  and  later  being  appointed 
by  General  Banks  provost  marshal.  In  this  ca- 
pacity he  served  for  two  years,  resigning  later 
to  take  part  in  the  Red  River  Expedition  where 
he  served  with  conspicuous  gallantry.  After 
throe  years  of  active  service  he  was  honorably 
discharged  and  returned  to  take  up  his  aban- 
doned studies.  By  a  vote  taken  in  the  academic 


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council  he  was  permitted  to  graduate  in  the  class 
of  1864,  his  work  in  the  service  of  his  country 
being  taken  in  lieu  of  the  scholastic  work  for 
that  period  of  time.  This  being  accomplished 
he  set  to  work  to  read  law  in  the  office  of  his 
cousin,  the  Hon.  Reuben  Foster,  of  Waterville, 
Maine.  From  there  he  went  to  the  Albany  Law 
School  and  obtained  from  this  his  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Laws  in  1865.  The  same  year  he 
was  admitted  to  the  New  York  bar,  and  not  long 
afterwards  decided  to  establish  himself  in  his 
native  State,  choosing  Bethel  as  his  residence. 

Enoch  Foster  was  no  sooner  established  in 
practice  than  he  began  to  show  those  powers  of 
clear  thinking  and  splendid  eloquence  which  in- 
dicated the  promise  and  the  ability  of  the  man. 
He  was  speedily  recognized  as  a  marked  man, 
and  he  had  not  been  practicing  for  more  than 
two  years  before  he  was  elected  county  attor- 
ney. Six  years  later  he  was  elected  Senator  and 
served  the  term  1873-74,  giving  proofs  from  the 
outset  of  his  brilliancy  and  power.  He  aroused 
not  only  the  admiration  of  his  colleagues  but 
the  confidence  of  the  people  by  the  champion- 
ship of  their  side.  Such  a  man  was  in  line  for 
the  work  of  the  Bench  and  in  1884  he  was  ap- 
pointed by  Governor  Robie,  an  associate  justice 
of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Maine  for  a  seven 
years'  term  Upon  its  expiration  in  1891  this 
was  renewed  by  Governor  Burleigh  for  a  similar 
period.  During  these  years  he  gave  the  most 
undoubted  proof  of  his  ability  as  a  jurist,  of  his 
fairness  of  temper  and  of  his  distinterestedness 
of  attitude. 

After  the  close  of  his  second  term  of  office 
Judge  Foster  formed  a  partnership  with  Hon. 
Oscar  S.  Hersey,  and  the  firm  opened  an  office 
in  Portland,  Maine,  under  the  style  of  Foster  & 
Hersey,  later  to  become  one  of  the  best  known 
in  the  entire  State.  Some  of  the  greatest  cases 
of  the  State  were  entrusted  to  their  care  and 
were  handled  with  conscientious  fidelity.  Judge 
Foster  never  made  the  mistake  of  brilliant  men 
of  trusting  to  the  inspiration  of  the  moment, 
but  gave  the  utmost  care  to  the  preparation  of 
the  case,  and  neglected  no  detail  that  could  help 
the  cause.  It  was  because  he  added  this  scrupu- 
lous faithfulness  to  everything  he  did  that  he 
was  a  man  who  reached  beyond  the  class  of  able 
into  the  class  of  truly  great. 

After  coming  to  Portland  he  gave  up  in  a  large 
measure  his  share  in  politics,  although  his  name 
was  frequently  mentioned  as  a  possible  candi- 
date as  mayor  or  congressman.  Towards  the 


latter  part  of  his  life  he  did  once  more  take 
part  in  the  contests  which  had  once  engaged 
his  strength.  This  was  when  after  a  lifelong 
devotion  to  the  principles  of  the  Republican 
party,  he  championed  the  newly-risen  cause  of 
Progressive  party.  This  change  on  his  part 
shows  the  vigor  and  independence  of  a  mind 
which  never  knew  what  it  was  to  grow  old.  It 
was  believed  that  the  ardor  with  which  he  cham- 
pioned the  principles  of  the  new  party  did  much 
to  shorten  his  own  days.  He  was  present  at 
the  great  Republican  Convention  when  the  break 
was  made,  and  the  attention  of  Roosevelt  being 
called  to  the  vigorous  old  gentleman  who  so 
ably  championed  the  cause  of  the  Progressive 
party.  A  meeting  between  them  was  arranged 
and  the  two  became  friends  as  well  as  supporters 
of  a  common  political  platform. 

Judge  Foster  took  an  active  share  in  the  social 
and  fraternal  life  of  the  community  in  which  he 
had  made  his  home,  and  held  membership  in  a 
large  number  of  organizations.  Besides  belong- 
ing to  the  Bar  Association  of  Cumberland  coun- 
ty and  the  Bowdoin  Alumni  Association  he  be- 
longed to  Brown  Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
public, of  Bethel.  He  belonged  also  to  the 
Masonic  Order  and  was  a  Knights  Templar,  a 
Noble  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  and  a  member  of 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 

Judge  Foster  married  (first),  June  6,  1864, 
Adeline  O.  Lowe,  a  daughter  of  Ivory  Lowe, 
of  Waterviile,  Maine.  She  died  in  1872,  and 
Judge  Foster  married  (second),  in  1873,  Sarah 
W.  Chapman,  a  daughter  of  Robert  A.  Chap- 
man, of  Bethel,  Maine.  A  son  was  born  of  this 
marriage,  Robert  C.,  of  further  mention. 

A  summary  of  the  life  and  attainments  of 
Judge  Foster  is  well  expressed  in  a  tribute  which 
appeared  in  the  Express  at  the  time  of  his  death, 
from  which  we  may  quote  in  part: 

The  death  of  Judge  Foster  removes  one  of  the 
most  illustrious  members  of  the  Cumberland 
County  Bar  and  one  of  the  leading  lawyers  of 
the  State  of  Maine,  from  earthly  scenes  of  ac- 
tivity. He  was  a  master  of  the  science  of  juris- 
prudence, and  as  an  expounder  of  the  law 
attained  first  rank  in  this  State  during  the  four- 
teen years  he  served  as  a  member  of  the 
Supreme  Bench.  .  .  .  He  was  an  after  dinner 
speaker  of  rare  attainments,  with  magnetic  quali- 
ties irrespective  of  the  subject  or  the  occasion 
he  might  be  called  upon  to  grace  and  enliven 
with  a  formal  or  informal  address.  .  .  .  He 
has  had  no  counterpart  in  the  Cumberland 
County  Bar,  or  in  the  Maine  State  Bar,  or  in 
the  Maine  Supreme  Bench. 


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CAPTAIN  ROBERT  CHAPMAN  FOSTER 
— In  the  death  of  young  Captain  Robert  C. 
Foster  his  native  town  of  Portland  sustained  a 
great  loss,  for  this  representative  of  one  of  the 
finest  New  England  stocks  gave  promise  of  car- 
rying on  the  high  tradition  of  his  race  and  of 
adding  new  laurels  to  the  name  his  father  had 
so  worthily  adorned.  By  his  faithfulness,  by  his 
patriotism  and  by  his  gallant  obedience  to  every 
duty  he  showed  what  might  be  expected  of  him 
in  future  years,  when  time  had  ripened  into 
fruit  the  splendid  promise  of  his  youthful  man- 
hood. 

The  temptation  of  the  son  of  a  man  who  has 
a  high  standing  and  an  assured  position  in  the 
community  are  not  the  temptations  or  trials  of 
the  youth  who  must  struggle  for  recognition 
and  for  daily  bread.  But  though  he  has  not  the 
same  tests  to  try  his  manhood  there  are  tests 
nevertheless,  and  because  they  are  less  often  re- 
sisted one  hears  more  of  the  young  man  who 
has  made  his  way  to  the  front  through  the 
obstacles  ot  poverty  and  narrow  circumstances. 
The  most  insidious  and  dangerous  pitfalls  are 
those  which  surround  a  young  man  brought  up 
in  comfortable  circumstances  with  little  to  call 
forth  the  harder  and  finer  qualities  in  his  nature. 
That  young  Robert  C.  Foster  passed  through 
these  temptations  and  made  of  himself  a  manly 
man  with  a  future  as  bright  as  was  possible  to 
the  most  stalwart  fighter  showed  the  stuff  that 
was  in  him.  Born  March  19,  1880,  in  Bethel, 
Maine,  he  was  sent  at  first  to  the  common 
schools  of  the  town,  and  from  thence  went  to 
the  schools  at  which  his  father  had  been  a 
student  in  his  day.  These  were  Gould's  Acad- 
emy, and  after  that  Bowdoin  College.  From 
this  latter  he  graduated  in  1901,  and  deciding  to 
take  up  the  same  profession  as  his  father,  went 
to  the  Harvard  Law  School,  completing  the 
course  in  that  institution  in  1905,  and  receiving 
the  degree  of  LL.  B.  Returning  to  Portland 
he  was  taken  into  the  partnership  with  his  father 
and  continued  under  his  wise  guidance  and  tute- 
lage until  the  latter's  death. 

For  some  time  the  call  of  the  profession  of 
medicine  had  appealed  very  strongly  to  him  and 
now  he  undertook  its  study.  He  entered  the 
Harvard  Medical  School  and  he  was  still  a  stu- 
dent in  its  halls  when  death  called  and  his  life's 
work  was  left  unfinished  though  fine  as  far  as 
it  went,  and  leaving  a  revered  and  happy  mem- 
ory for  those  who  had  known  him.  He  died 
March  7,  1916,  having  almost  rounded  out  his 
thirty-sixth  year. 


In  1905  he  had  joined  the  Maine  National 
Guard  as  a  member  of  Company  Five,  as  the 
company  was  organized.  By  thorough  and  care- 
ful work  he  made  his  way  up  through  the  dif- 
ferent grades  until  he  had  attained  that  of  cap- 
tain. This  office  he  had  filled  with  ability  and 
satisfaction  to  his  superior  officers,  when  he 
resigned  in  1910,  but  with  the  hum  of  prepared- 
ness being  heard  all  over  the  land  he  was  ap- 
pointed in  July,  1914,  quartermaster  of  the  Artil- 
lery Corps,  and  in  this  he  gave  the  most  scrupu- 
lous attention  to  his  duties,  and  won  high  com- 
mendation from  his  commanding  officers.  He 
was  one  of  the  last  men  that  held  that  office. 

He  was  a  Republican  in  his  political  views, 
but  never  cared  for  political  preferment.  He 
attended  the  Congregational  church.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  Order  and  had  attained 
the  thirty-second  degree,  and  was  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of 
Elks.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Portland 
Gun  Club,  and  had  been  one  of  the  Harvard 
Gun  Club,  and  his  mother  has  at  her  home  twen- 
ty-four cups  which  he  won  by  his  expert  marks- 
manship. 


SARAH  WALKER  (CHAPMAN)   FOSTER, 

widow  of  the  late  Judge  Enoch  Foster,  of  Port- 
land, Maine,  is  a  member  of  a  distinguished 
family,  the  members  of  which  have  occupied  a 
prominent  place  in  the  affairs  of  the  community 
for  a  number  of  generations.  She  is  a  daughter 
of  the  Hon.  Robert  Andrews  and  Frances  (Car- 
ter) Chapman,  and  was  born  at  Bethel,  Maine, 
February  4,  1844. 

Mrs.  Foster  attended  the  public  schools  of 
that  place  as  a  young  girl,  and  later  completed 
her  education  at  the  Gorham  Seminary,  of  Gor- 
ham,  Maine,  at  that  time  a  young  lady's 
school  of  wide  influence.  Upon  returning 
from  her  course  at  this  institution,  Mrs.  Fos- 
ter was  possessed  of  a  strong  desire  to 
follow  the  profession  of  teaching,  and  this 
ambition  she  carried  out,  securing  a  position 
as  teacher  in  the  district  schools  of  the  town  of 
Bethel.  She  remained  for  two  years  in  these 
institutions  and  then  spent  another  in  the  vill- 
age school.  She  was,  however,  obliged  to  give 
up  teaching  on  account  of  ill  health  and  later 
became  the  wife  of  the  Hon.  Enoch  Foster. 
During  her  married  life,  Mrs.  Foster  devoted 
her  entire  time  and  attention  to  the  tasks  and 
duties  of  her  home  and  left  nothing  undone  to 
contribute  to  the  comfort  and  happiness  of  her 
husband  and  son,  both  of  whom  she  has  since 


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185 


lost  by  death.  Her  devotion  to  their  memory  is 
most  beautiful,  and  not  a  day  passes  that  she 
does  not  pay  tribute  to  her  recollection  of  them. 
Her  life  has  been  one  of  love  and  devotion  and 
it  is  only  her  strong  Christian  character  and  her 
absolute  faith  in  the  future  that  gives  her 
strength  to  bear  up  under  the  heavy  weight  of 
sorrow  in  which  she  has  lived  during  the  past 
five  years.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church,  and  while  a  resident  of  Bethel 
was  quite  active  in  church  work  there.  She  now 
attends  the  High  Street  Congregational  Church 
at  Portland  and  sets  an  example  by  her  devo- 
tion to  her  church  and  by  her  translation  of 
Christian  precepts  into  the  every  day  conduct 
of  her  life.  She  is  a  lady  of  great  culture  and 
artistic  tastes,  to  which  her  home  and  its  sur- 
roundings bear  ample  witness.  She  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Woman's  Literary  Club  and  the 
George  Eliot  Club  of  Portland. 

The  Chapman  family  of  which  Mrs.  Enoch 
Foster  is  a  descendant,  is  one  of  the  best-known 
houses  in  New  England.  It  was  founded  in  this 
State  by  the  Rev.  Eliphaz  Chapman,  a  native 
of  Newmarket,  New  Hampshire,  born  March 
7,  1750,  a  son  of  Samuel  Chapman.  The  Rev. 
Mr.  Chapman  was  a  direct  descendant  of  Ed- 
ward Chapman,  the  immigrant  ancestor  of  the 
Chapmans  of  New  England.  The  Rev.  Mr. 
Chapman  came  to  Sudbury  in  1791,  making  the 
journey  with  two  teams.  After  he  had  settled 
at  that  place,  he  became  a  preacher  at  Madbury 
and  later  at  Methuen,  and  followed  that  calling 
for  fifteen  years.  He  was  a  well-known  man 
in  this  region  and  highly  respected  in  the  com- 
munity. His  death  occurred  January  20,  1814,  at 
Bethel,  where  the  latter  portion  of  his  life  was 
spent.  He  married  Hannah  Jackman,  a  daughter 
of  Timothy  Jackman,  who  survived  him,  her 
death  occurring  December  15,  1839,  at  the  vener- 
able age  of  ninety-two  years.  They  were  the 
parents  of  seven  children  of  which  Eliphaz  Chap- 
man, Jr.,  grandfather  of  Mrs.  Foster,  was  one. 

Eliphaz  Chapman,  Jr.,  eldest  son  of  the  Rev. 
Eliphaz  and  Hannah  (Jackman)  Chapman,  was 
born  June  16,  1775.  He  followed  the  occupa- 
tion of  farming,  and  owned  a  large  tract  of  land 
in  Gilead  township,  Maine,  filling  there  many 
public  offices  of  importance.  He  also  repre- 
sented his  community  in  the  State  Legislature. 
He  died  July  9,  1844.  He  married  (first)  Salome 
Burnham,  June  30,  1804,  whose  death  occurred 
July  2,  1829.  He  married  (second)  Betsey 
Adams,  and  by  his  two  marriages  was  the  father 
of  six  children. 


The  Hon.  Robert  Andrews  Chapman,  eldest 
son  of  Eliphaz,  Jr.,  and  Salome  (Burnham)  Chap- 
man, was  born  September  22,  1807,  at  Gilead, 
Maine.  As  a  child  he  attended  the  schools  of 
that  place  and  afterwards  became  a  clerk  in 
the  store  of  O'Niel  W.  Robinson,  of  Bethel  Hill. 
He  remained  in  the  employ  of  that  gentleman 
for  a  number  of  years  and  then  himself  became 
the  owner  of  the  establishment.  He  later  formed 
a  partnership  with  his  brother  Elbridge,  and 
they  conducted  a  general  store  at  Bethel  for 
many  years.  Finally  Elbridge  Chapman  with- 
drew from  the  business  and  moved  to  Portland, 
after  which  Robert  A.  Chapman  admitted  as 
partner  Enoch  W.  Woodbury,  and  continued  with 
him  to  conduct  his  business  successfully  for 
several  years.  Through  his  industry  and  admir- 
able business  tact,  Mr.  Chapman  built  up  a  large 
and  successful  establishment  and  became  one 
of  the  wealthiest  citizens  of  that  section  of  the 
State.  He  was  a  staunch  Democrat  in  politics 
for  many  years,  but  when  the  temperance  cause 
was  preached  in  Maine  he  became  one  of  the 
first  adherents  of  prohibition  and  thereafter  was 
a  powerful  factor  in  urging  temperance  through- 
out the  State.  He  joined  the  movement  in  the 
interest  of  Prohibition  and  was  very  active  in 
this  cause  for  many  years.  During  the  latter 
part  of  his  life,  he  was  associated  politically  with 
the  Republican  party  and  in  1850  was  elected 
on  its  ticket  to  the  State  Senate.  He  was  a 
Congregationalist  in  his  religious  belief  and  was 
an  active  member  of  that  church  at  Bethel.  He 
was  a  man  of  broad  public-spirit  and  a  good 
citizen  and  deeply  devoted  to  his  home,  his 
wife  and  his  family.  His  death  occurred  April 
7,  1880.  at  Bethel. 

The  Hon.  Robert  Andrews  Chapman  married, 
March  28,  1833,  Frances  Carter,  a  native  of 
Bethel,  born  September  I,  1809,  and  a  daughter 
of  Dr.  Timothy  and  Fanny  (Freeland)  Carter. 
Mrs.  Chapman  survived  her  husband  and  lived 
to  the  advanced  age  of  ninety-two  years.  They 
were  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
Cullen  Carter,  born  December  27,  1833,  and  dur- 
ing his  life  a  well-known  business  man  of  Port- 
land; Frances  Salome,  born  December  30,  1837, 
and  now  the  widow  of  Thomas  E.  Twitchell,  and 
a  resident  of  Portland;  Charles  Robert,  born 
July  6,  1842,  and  died  in  early  youth;  Sarah 
Walker,  born  February  4,  1844,  and  the  subject 
of  this  sketch;  Charles  Jarvis,  born  January  29, 
1848;  and  Robert,  born  January  6,  1850,  and  was 
a  well-known  business  man  of  Portland. 


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HISTORY  OF  MAINE 


DAVID  NELSON  BEACH,  D.D.— Represent- 
ing American  idealism  in  its  finest  manifesta- 
tions, the  life  of  the  Rev.  David  Nelson  Beach, 
D.D.,  has  been  one  of  strenuous  and  successful 
labor  for  the  uplift  of  his  fellows.  As  a  minister 
of  the  gospel  he  has  been  an  inspiring  force  in 
every  community  where  he  has  ministered;  as  a 
writer  he  has  shown  no  less  ability  and  power 
for  good;  as  an  educator  and  as  a  commanding 
personality  he  has  wielded  a  wide  and  signifi- 
cant influence,  while  as  a  worker  along  the  lines 
of  civic  reform  he  has.  achieved  valuable  and 
far-reaching  results  whose  end  is  not  yet.  Such 
men  as  he  with  his  unselfish  optimism  and  vig- 
orous love  of  the  best  in  life  are  the  torch- 
bearers  carrying  on  the  flame  of  that  passion 
for  the  things  of  the  spirit  which  is  at  the  base 
of  the  American  character. 

David  Nelson  Beach  was  born  November  30, 
1848,  in  South  Orange,  New  Jersey,  the  son  of 
Joseph  Wickliff  and  Mary  Angeline  (Walkley) 
Beach.  A  younger  brother  of  his  is  the  Rev. 
Harlan  Page  Beach,  the  well-known  writer  and 
authority  on  missions.  The  preliminary  educa- 
tion of  David  N.  Beach  was  acquired  at  South 
Orange  and  after  graduating  at  Golden  Hill  In- 
stitute, Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  in  1868,  he  went 
to  Yale  University,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
in  arts  in  the  year  1872.  After  a  year  of  service 
on  the  New  York  Tribune  he  entered  the  Divin- 
ity School  at  Yale  and  was  graduated  from  this 
in  1876,  with  the  degree  (in  1881)  of  Bachelor 
of  Divinity.  In  1896,  Western  Reserve  Univer- 
sity recognized  his  eminent  services  in  the  work 
of  church  unity  and  temperance  reform  by  con- 
ferring upon  him  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divin- 
ity. 

Dr.  Beach  was  ordained  to  the  Congregational 
ministry  in  1876,  and  following  upon  this  he 
became  the  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church 
at  Westerly,  Rhode  Island,  a  charge  which  he 
held  for  three  years  until  1879.  From  1879  until 
1884  he  held  a  similar  charge  in  Wakefield, 
Massachusetts,  and  then  for  more  than  eleven 
years  did  valuable  and  important  work  as  the 
pastor  of  Prospect  Street  Congregational  Church 
in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  where  his  remark- 
able power  with  young  men  found  adequate  scope 
with  the  youth  of  Harvard  University.  The  two 
years,  1896-1898,  he  was  the  pastor  of  Plymouth 
Congregational  Church  in  Minneapolis,  Minne- 
sota, from  which  he  went  in  1899  to  the  First 
Congregational  Church,  Denver,  Colorado,  re- 
maining there  until  1902.  He  thereafter  accepted 


a  call  to  fill  the  office  of  president  of  Bangor 
Theological  Seminary,  at  the  same  time  occupy- 
ing the  chair  of  homiletics  and  pastoral  theology. 
Dr.  Beach  has  held  this  position  since  that  time 
doing  work  whose  profound  and  far-reaching 
significance  can  only  be  estimated  after  this  gen- 
eration has  passed  away.  He  is  one  of  the  sow- 
ers of  a  seed  whose  harvest  is  the  spiritual  ad- 
vance of  the  new  time  of  the  future. 

Dr.  Beach  has  always  been  an  indefatigable 
worker  in  the  cause  of  temperance  reform  and 
it  was  due  in  no  small  degree  to  him  when  a 
pastor  in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  that  the 
town  was  permanently  rid  of  the  saloon.  He 
has  been  a  worker  for  other  forms  of  good 
civics,  and  in  his  Cambridge  days  was  prominent 
in  the  agitation  for  grafting  a  modification  of  the 
Norwegian  liquor  system  upon  the  Massachu- 
setts local  option  laws.  A  theologian  of  the 
progressive  conservative  type  he  has  been  a 
staunch  upholder  of  a  revitalization  of  the  pre- 
sentment of  theological  dogma  to  suit  modern 
conceptions  and  modern  modes  of  thought,  and 
he  has  done  important  and  unquestionably  val- 
uable work  in  this  line  and  for  the  cause  of 
church  unity.  He  has  found  time  to  write  a 
number  of  books  of  undoubted  significance. 
These  are:  "Plain  Words  on  Our  Lord's  Work," 
published  in  1886;  "The  Newer  Religious  Think- 
ing", 1893;  "How  We  Rose"  (a  Resurrection 
Parable),  1895;  "The  Intent  of  Jesus,"  1896; 
"Statement  of  Belief,"  1897;  "The  Annie  Laurie 
Mine,"  1903;  "Meanings  of  the  Battle  of  Ben- 
nington,"  1903;  and  "A  Handbook  of  Homile- 
tics," 1916.  In  his  political  affiliations,  Dr.  Beach 
is  a  Republican  with  qualifications,  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Psi  Upsilon  fraternity.  He  holds  mem- 
bership also  in  the  Twentieth  Century  Club, 
Bangor,  Maine,  and  is  a  corporate  member  of 
the  American  Board  of  Commissioners  of  For- 
eign Missions. 

Dr.  Beach  married  (first)  at  Gloucester,  Massa- 
chusetts, December  30,  1878,  Lilian  Tappan,  who 
died  June  30,  1902;  he  married  (second)  at  Wake- 
field,  Massachusetts,  December  18,  1903,  Dora 
Freeman,  who  died  March  14,  1915;  he  married 
(third)  at  Southington,  Connecticut,  October  20, 
1916,  Ellen  Olive  Walkley,  a  daughter  of  Ste- 
phen and  Ellen  Augusta  (Hobart)  Walkley.  His 
children,  ail  of  whom  were  born  of  the  first 
marriage,  are:  Dorothea  Beach,  born  July  16, 
1882;  John  Tappan  Beach,  October  28,  1886; 
Joseph  Wickliff  Beach,  July  31,  1889;  and  David 
Nelson  Beach,  Jr.,  June  17,  1894. 


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187 


REV.  WILLIAM  HENRY  FENN,  D.D.,  was 
born  in  Charleston,  South  Carolina,  on  March  I, 
1834.  He  was  the  second  son  of  Joel  and  Mary 
Berwick  (  Legare)  Fenn.  His  childhod  was 
passed  in  his  native  city,  and  on  the  plantation 
of  his  grandfather  Legare  on  John's  Island. 

When  he  was  about  twelve  years  old,  his 
parents  brought  their  family  north  to  be  edu- 
cated, and  he  was  placed  in  Phillips  Academy, 
Andover,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was  gradu- 
ated in  the  year  1850.  In  the  fall  of  the  same 
year  he  entered  Yale  University,  where  he  had 
a  brilliant  career.  Here  he  was  a  constant  prize 
winner,  in  particular  being  awarded  the  De 
Forest  medal,  a  distinction  which  he  always 
highly  cherished.  After  his  graduation  from  Yale 
in  1854,  he  returned  to  Andover  and  became  a 
student  in  the  Andover  Theological  Seminary. 
During  most  of  his  theological  course,  he  was 
also  an  instructor  in  his  old  school,  the  Phillips 
Academy. 

Immediately  upon  his  graduation  he  received 
a  call  from  the  Franklin  Street  Congregational 
Church,  Manchester,  New  Hampshire,  where  he 
remained  until  1866.  In  that  year  he  was  called 
to  the  High  Street  Congregational  Church,  Port- 
land, Maine,  where  he  was  settled  for  the  re- 
mainder of  his  active  life.  The  young  man  had 
not  been  long  in  the  community  before  his  abili- 
ties won  recognition,  and  he  early  became  a  lead- 
ing figure  in  the  life  of  the  city,  and  in  his 
denomination  throughout  the  State.  In  the  year 
1874,  he  received  from  Yale  University  the  de- 
gree of  Doctor  of  Divinity.  In  1883,  he  was 
made  a  corporate  member  of  the  American 
Board  of  Commissioners  for  Foreign  Missions 
and  he  was  also  for  many  years,  a  trustee  of 
Bangor  Theological  Seminary,  in  the  work  of 
which  institution  he  took  a  keen  interest. 

Dr.  Fenn  was  an  enthusiastic  traveller,  and 
made  a  number  of  visits  abroad,  as  well  as  travel- 
ling extensively  in  this  country.  In  1904,  after 
a  pastorate  of  thirty-eight  years,  he  resigned 
from  his  church.  During  the  latter  years  of 
his  life  he  spent  his  winters  at  Daytona,  Florida, 
where  he  died  March  II,  1916. 

In  1862,  he  married  Hannah  Thornton  Mc- 
Gaw,  of  New  York  City,  who  was  his  constant 
and  efficient  co-worker  during  his  long  ministry. 

Mrs.  Fenn  was  a  woman  of  great  mental  keen- 
ness, strong  character,  and  great  grace  and  dig- 
nity. She  was  a  social  force  and  a  most  able 
assistant  to  her  husband.  Her  death  occurred 
in  Florida,  on  December  18,  1915,  but  a  few 
months  before  that  of  Dr.  Fenn. 


In  an  article  upon  the  resignation  of  Dr.  Fenn 
from  his  pulpit  at  High  Street  Church  published 
in  the  Congregationalist  of  July  30,  1904,  the  writer 
speaks  as  follows: 

Dr.  Fenn  enjoyed  the  friendship  and  confi- 
dence of  the  strongest  men  of  Portland  in  every 
department  of  business  and  professional  life  and 
retired  with  the  esteem  of  the  community.  A 
fine  humor,  a  genial  disposition,  and  a  kind  heart 
won  fellowship  and  affection  among  all  classes, 
despite  a  certain  innate  reserve  never  quite  laid 
aside.  ...  A  man  of  large  reading,  broad 
mental  grasp,  wide  knowledge  of  the  men  and 
movements  of  the  day,  he  sustained  the  best 
traditions  of  New  England  Congregationalism 
for  an  able  and  learned  ministry.  No  one  loved 
preaching  more  than  Dr.  Fenn,  and  he  made  his 
varied  knowledge,  and  power  of  clear  thought, 
vivid  imagination  and  incisive  statement  con- 
tribute to  his  presentation  of  truth.  A  graceful 
address  and  richly  modulated  voice  added  dig- 
nity of  expression  to  nobility  of  thought. 

MAJOR  FRED  HOUDLETT  ALBEE,  sur- 
geon, United  States  Army.  The  surname  Albee 
is  variously  spelled  in  the  early  records  Allbee, 
Albye,  Alber,  Aby,  Abie,  and  Abee.  The  family 
is  of  English  origin.  Benjamin  Allbee,  the  immi- 
grant, was  as  early  as  1639  living  in  Boston, 
Massachusetts.  He  removed  in  1649  to  Bedford, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  was  one  of  the  first 
selectmen.  He  afterwards  was  connected  with 
the  towns  of  Mendon,  and  what  is  now  New  Mil- 
ford,  Massachusetts:  in  the  latter  place  he  built 
a  dam,  and  started  the  first  mill  in  that  vicinity. 
His  last  years  were  spent  at  Medfield,  Massa- 
chusetts. His  descendants  located  in  Vermont, 
New  Hampshire,  and  Maine,  and  of  the  fifth 
generation  was  Benjamin  Albee,  who  married  a 
Sewall,  of  Edgecomb,  Maine,  and  had  a  large 
family  of  children. 

Ebenezer  Albee,  son  of  Benjamin  Albee,  was 
born  in  Westport,  Maine,  in  1775,  and  died  in 
Wiscasset,  Maine,  in  1848.  He  married  Elizabeth 
Parsons,  born  in  Edgecomb,  Maine,  in  1778, 
and  died  in  Wiscasset,  in  1862.  Children:  Eben, 
Stephen,  Abigail,  Jonathan,  Clifford,  Sewall,  Par- 
sons, Samuel,  Isaac.  All  of  the  sons  became  sea- 
faring men  with  the  exception  of  Clifford. 

Sewall  Albee,  son  of  Ebenezer  Albee,  was 
born  at  Wiscasset,  Maine,  February  15,  1804. 
He  was  a  sea  captain,  and  sailed  ships  to  foreign 
ports  for  over  forty  years.  He  was  also  engaged 
in  farming,  and  in  politics  was  an  Independent. 
He  married,  in  1828,  Margaret  Foye,  born  in 
Alna,  Maine,  June  4,  1809.  Her  grandfather, 
John  Foye,  married  a  Sutton,  and  their  seven 
sons,  Sutton,  James,  John,  Samuel,  William, 


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Robert,  and  Phillip,  all  engaged  in  agricultural 
pursuits,  and  were  Democrats  in  politics.  Sut- 
ton  Foye,  mentioned  above,  was  born  in  Wiscas- 
set,  Maine,  in  1780,  and  died  in  that  town  in 
1840.  He  married  Margaret  Achorn,  of  Waldo- 
boro,  Maine,  where  she  was  born  in  1782;  she 
died  in  Wiscasset,  Maine,  in  1869.  Her  two 
brothers,  Michael  and  Jacob  Achorn,  were  sol- 
diers in  the  Revolutionary  War,  and  Jonathan 
Albee,  a  brother  of  Benjamin  Albee,  served  in 
the  Colonial  and  Revolutionary  Wars,  and  en- 
listed for  the  War  of  1812,  but  was  rejected  on 
account  of  age.  He  lived  to  be  one  hundred 
and  ten  years  old.  The  children  of  Sewall  and 
Margaret  (Foye)  Albee  were:  Sutton,  Stephen, 
Alfrida,  Eben,  Sewall,  Samuel,  Robert,  Margaret, 
Lucy  A.,  Caroline  T.,  and  F.  Huysen.  Sewall 
Albee  died  August  5,  1885;  his  wife  survived  him, 
her  death  occurring  April  8,  1800. 

F.  Huysen  Albee,  mentioned  above,  was  born 
in  Wiscasset,  Maine,  October  6,  1848.  He  is  en- 
gaged in  farming,  and  is  a  Democrat  in  politics. 
He  has  served  his  native  town  as  selectmanj 
and  also  held  the  position  of  deputy  sheriff  and 
jailer.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  church, 
He  married,  August  8,  1875,  Mary  C.  Houdlett, 
born  in  Bath,  Maine,  May  15,  1855,  daughter  of 
Charles  J.  and  Louise  H.  (Flint)  Houdlett,  the 
former  a  native  of  Dresden,  Maine,  the  latter, 
of  Thomaston,  Maine.  The  children  by  this  mar- 
riage, all  born  in  Alna,  Maine,  are:  Fred  Houd- 
lett, mentioned  below;  Stephen,  born  April  16, 
1878;  Carrie  B.,  born  March  24,  1881;  Blanche 
M.,  born  June  4,  1883;  Geraldine  B.,  born  May 
23,  1885;  Cleveland  Q.,  born  March  23,  1892, 
now  (1918)  serving  as  an  enlisted  man  in  the 
United  States  Expeditionary  Forces  in  France; 
and  Marion  C.,  born  September  16,  1900. 

Fred  Houdlett  Albee,  eldest  child  of  F.  Huy- 
sen and  Mary  C.  (Houdlett)  Albee,  was  born 
in  Alna,  Maine,  April  13,  1876.  He  is  of  Eng- 
lish and  Scotch  descent  on  the  paternal  side, 
and  on  the  maternal  side,  French  and  Irish. 
His  preparatory  education  was  obtained  at  the 
Lincoln  Academy  at  Newcastle,  Maine,  and  he 
entered  Bowdoin  College  in  1895,  graduating 
four  years  later  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Arts.  He  then  attended  the  Harvard  Univer- 
sity Medical  School,  graduating  in  1903  with 
the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  The  Univer- 
sity of  Vermont  in  1916,  conferred  upon  him 
the  honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of  Science,  and 
he  received  the  same  honor  from  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege in  1917. 


Dr.  Albee  has  been  actively  identified  with 
community  interests,  both  public  and  com- 
mercial. He  has  served  as  fire  commissioner; 
president  for  the  corporation  of  Colonia,  New 
Jersey;  president  of  the  McAbee  Realty  Com- 
pany; director  and  president  of  C.  R.  Macaulay 
Photo  Plays,  Inc.;  and  director  of  the  Grape-Ola 
Corporation.  In  his  profession  his  activities  have 
extended  into  the  military  field.  He  is  a  sur- 
geon in  the  Medical  Corps  of  the  United  States 
army,  with  the  rank  of  major;  and  chief  sur- 
geon of  United  States  General  Hospital  No.  3, 
at  Colonia,  New  Jersey;  member  of  the  Ad- 
visory Orthopedic  Council  to  the  Surgeon  Gen- 
eral, United  States  Army,  and  in  the  summer  of 
1916  was  surgeon  at  the  L'Hospital  Militaire, 
V.  R.  7.6,  at  Ris  Orangis,  France.  He  is  author 
of  "Bone  Graft  Surgery,"  1915;  "Orthopedic  and 
Reconstruction  Surgery,"  1918,  and  of  numerous 
essays  and  monographs  in  medical  journals.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  college  fraternity.  Kappa 
Sigma,  and  of  the  Phi  Chi  medical  fraternity; 
of  the  American  Medical  Association,  the  Ameri- 
can Roentgen  Ray  Society,  the  New  York  Acad- 
emy of  Medicine,  the  Harlem  Medical  Society, 
the  Academy  of  Medicine  of  Northern  New  Jer- 
sey, and  chairman  of  the  orthopedic  section, 
Harvard  Medical  Alumni  Association.  His  social 
clubs  are  the  Harvard  Club  of  New  York  City, 
the  Colonia  Country,  and  Barnegat  Hunting  and 
Fishing  clubs  of  New  Jersey.  He  and  his  fam- 
ily attend  the  Episcopal  church. 

Dr.  Albee  married,  February  2,  1907,  at  Grace 
Church,  New  York  City,  Louella  May  Berry. 
She  was  born  at  Williamsport,  Pennsylvania, 
January  I,  1876,  daughter  of  William  Everett 
and  Eliza  Jane  (Marsh)  Berry.  Her  father  was 
born  April  4,  1843,  and  died  October  3,  1910. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  planing  mill  firm  of 
W.  E.  Berry  &  Company,  of  Williamsport,  Penn- 
sylvania. He  was  a  great-grandson  of  Captain 
Nathaniel  Berry,  of  General  Washington's  Life 
Guard,  who  was  at  Valley  Forge,  Pennsylvania, 
during  the  darkest  period  of  the  Revolutionary 
War.  His  wife,  Lydia  Berry,  born  at  Gardiner 
(or  Pittston),  Maine,  August  22,  1765,  was  the 
first  white  female  born  in  that  locality. 


ALBERT  HENRY  BICKMORE,  investment 
banker,  business  man,  financier,  is  identified 
more  particularly  with  New  York  City  than  with 
any  other  part  of  the  country,  but  he  has  never 
lost  touch  with  or  interest  in  his  native  State 
of  Maine,  so  that  it  is  especially  appropriate 


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for  a  notice  of  him  to  appear  in  a  volume  de- 
voted to  the  sons  of  the  "Pine  Tree  State."  Mr. 
Bickmore  is  sprung  from  that  strong  old  sea- 
faring stock  that  has  made  the  region  of  his 
birth  famous,  the  firm  characteristics  of  which 
he  has  himself  inherited. 

He  is  a  son  of  William  Henry  Bickmore,  a 
shipbuilder  and  ship  captain  at  Martinsville, 
Maine,  and  of  Margaret  (Martin)  Bickmore,  his  • 
wife.  Mr.  Bickmore  was  himself  born  at  Mar- 
tinsville,  October  8,  1869,  and  his  childhood  was 
passed  in  the  midst  of  the  wholesome  environ- 
ment which  a  country  life  in  Maine  implies.  His 
studies  were  begun  at  the  local  public  schools, 
and  he  afterwards  attended  the  High  School  at 
Camdcn,  Maine,  where  he  was  prepared  for  col- 
lege and  from  which  he  graduated  in  1889. 
He  then  entered  Colby  College,  where  he  took 
tlir  usual  classical  course  and  graduated  there 
with  the  class  of  1893  with  the  degree  of  Bache- 
lor of  Arts.  After  the  completion  of  his  stu- 
dies he  went  to  New  York  City  and  there  en- 
gaged in  the  investment  banking  business,  in 
which  he  met  with  a  high  degree  of  success 
from  the  outset.  He  is  now  the  senior  member 
of  the  firm  of  A.  H.  Bickmore  &  Company, 
bankers,  with  offices  at  No.  in  Broadway,  New 
York  City 

But  Mr.  Bickmore's  interests  are  far  wider 
than  is  suggested  by  the  above  statement.  Be- 
sides his  private  business  he  is  associated  with  a 
great  number  of  important  concerns  in  various 
parts  of  the  country.  He  is  the  president  and 
a  director  of  the  Union  Securities  Company, 
president  of  the  Securities  Trading  Corporation, 
and  vice-president  and  a  director  of  the  Na- 
tional Light,  Heat  and  Power  Company,  the 
Taylorville  Gas  and  Electric  Company,  the  Pana 
Gas  and  Electric  Company,  the  Marshall  Gas 
and  Electric  Company,  the  Lexington  Gas  and 
Electric  Company,  the  City  Gas  and  Electric 
Company  of  Paris,  the  Jerseyville  Illuminating 
Company,  the  Hoosick  Falls  Illuminating  Com- 
pany, the  Bennington  Electric  Company,  the 
Springfield  Coal  Mining  Company,  and  other 
concerns.  In  politics  Mr.  Bickmore  is  a  Re- 
publican, but  although  he  is  keenly  interested 
in  political  issues  he  has  never  identified  him- 
self closely  with  any  party  organization,  especi- 
ally as  the  demands  upon  his  time  and  energies 
made  by  his  extensive  business  interests  are 
very  heavy.  He  is  a  prominent  club  man,  how- 
ever, and  is  a  member  of  many  societies  and 
organizations  including  the  Delta  Upsilion,  col- 
lege fraternity,  which  he  joined  as  a  student  at 


Colby  College,  where  he  was  also  a  Phi  Beta 
Kappa  man;  the  Maine  Society  of  New  York, 
of  which  he  is  president;  the  Graduates'  Club, 
of  which  he  is  the  president;  the  Union  League 
Club;  the  Saint  Nicholas  Club;  the  Atlantic  Yacht 
Club;  Ardsley  Country  Club;  the  Dunwoodie 
Country  Club;  the  Lawyers'  Club;  the  Cumber- 
land Club  of  Portland,  Maine;  and  the  Megunti- 
cook  Golf  Club  of  Camden,  Maine.  As  will  be 
seen  from  this  list,  Mr.  Bickmore  is  devoted  to 
many  forms  of  outdoor  sport  and  exercise. 

Albert  Henry  Bickmore  was  united  in  mar- 
riage, October  2,  1901,  at  the  town  of  Camden. 
Maine,  with  Myrtle  Lillian  French,  a  daughter 
of  Thomas  D.  and  Dora  R.  (Bragg)  French, 
highly-respected  residents  of  that  place.  To  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Bickmore  have  been  born  two  chil- 
dren: Albert  Henry,  Jr.,  October  20,  1904;  and 
Jesse  Ogier,  April  4,  1906. 


FRED  HENRY  LANCASTER,  the  well- 
known  attorney  of  Auburn,  Maine,  and  the  pres- 
ent recorder  of  the  Municipal  Court  of  that  city, 
comes  of  old  Maine  stock,  his  family  having 
resided  for  a  number  of  generations  in  the  State. 
Here  his  paternal  grandfather,  Henry  Lancaster, 
was  born,  in  the  town  of  Albion,  and  here  he 
lived  during  his  entire  life,  being  engaged  most 
of  this  time  in  farming.  He  married  Sarah  Cros- 
by, of  an  equally  old  Maine  family,  and  they 
became  the  parents  of  four  children,  all  of  whom 
are  living  today  as  follows:  Henry  K.,  who  is 
mentioned  below;  Zelotus  A.,  Fred  A.,  and  Judge 
William  A.,  oi  whom  Zelotus  A.  and  Fred  A., 
still  make  their  home  in  their  native  State. 

Henry  K.  Lancaster,  father  of  Fred  Henry  Lan- 
caster, was  born  at  Albion,  Maine,  in  1852.  Like 
his  father  before  him,  he  has  followed  farming 
throughout  his  life,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death, 
June  18,  1917,  was  living  in  Pittsfield,  Maine, 
owning  a  farm  thereabouts.  He  married  Mary 
E.  Higgins,  a  native  of  Portland,  and  they  be- 
came the  parents  of  two  children,  as  follows: 
Ina  M.,  who  became  the  wife  of  Otis  O.  Allen, 
of  Kennebunk,  Maine,  and  the  mother  of  two 
children:  Miles  A.  and  Philip  F.;  and  Fred 
Henry. 

Fred  Henry  Lancaster  was  born  June  22,  1885, 
at  Pittsfield,  Maine,  and  there  passed  his  child- 
hood and  youth,  attending  the  public  schools  for 
his  education.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  became 
a  pupil  at  the  Maine  Central  Institute  of  Pitts- 
field,  and  graduated  in  1905,  having  been  pre- 
pared here  for  college.  Immediately  he  matric- 
ulated at  Bates  College,  Lewiston,  taking  the 


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usual  academic  course  and  graduated  with  the 
class  of  1909,  receiving  the  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Arts.  For  a  number  of  years  Mr.  Lancaster 
had  possessed  a  strong  ambition  to  follow  the 
law  as  his  career  in  life  and  accordingly,  after 
completing  his  general  education,  he  entered  the 
Georgetown  University  Law  School,  where  after 
establishing  a  record  of  unusually  good  scholar- 
ship he  graduated  in  1912.  During  the  two  years 
•which  intervened  between  that  time  and  Febru- 
ary, 1914,  Mr.  Lancaster  spent  in  the  office  of 
McGilhcuddy  &  Morey,  attorneys  of  Lewiston, 
and  there  he  became  familiar  with  the  practical 
side  of  his  profession.  In  1914  he  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  of  Androscoggin  county,  opened  an 
office  in  Auburn,  and  has  continued  in  active 
practice  here  ever  since.  Mr.  Lancaster  has 
made  for  himself  an  enviable  reputation  in  the 
legal  circles  of  the  community,  and  is  regarded 
as  one  of  the  leaders  of  the  county  bar.  He  has 
not  confined  his  activities  to  the  practice  of  his 
profession,  however,  but  has  employed  his  un- 
usual organizing  ability  in  other  directions  as 
well,  and  is  associated  with  a  number  of  im- 
portant enterprises.  He  is  at  the  present  time 
president  of  the  Lancaster  &  Lane  Hotel  Com- 
pany, which  operates  one  of  the  best  known 
hotels  on  one  of  the  best  known  lakes  in  New 
Hampshire.  The  Weirs  House,  situated  on  the 
shore  of  Lake  Winnipesaukee,  is  well  known 
throughout  the  entire  East  and  is  one  of  the 
most  popular  and  high-class  summer  resorts. 

Mr.  Lancaster  has  always  taken  a  keen  interest 
in  local  affairs,  and  while  in  no  sense  of  the 
word  a  politician  is  nevertheless  looked  upon 
as  an  important  factor  in  the  political  world 
there.  He  is  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and  at  the 
present  time  (1917)  is  recorder  of  the  Munici- 
pal Court  in  Auburn.  He  was  elected  to  the 
office  in  1916,  took  office,  December  19,  in  that 
year,  for  a  term  which  will  last  four  years.  Mr. 
Lancaster  is  also  prominent  in  fraternal  circles, 
and  is  a  member  of  the  lodges  of  the  Ancient 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  the  Improved  Order 
of  Red  Men.  In  his  religious  belief  he  is  a 
Baptist. 

Fred  Henry  Lancaster  was  united  in  marriage 
on  Christmas  Day,  1912,  at  Auburn,  with  Amy  E. 
Bartlett,  a  native  of  Chichester,  New  Hampshire, 
l  daughter  of  George  E.  Bartlett,  engaged  in  the 
dry  goods  business  in  that  place,  and  Eleanor 
(Edmunds)  Bartlett,  his  wife.  There  has  been 
one  child  by  this  marriage,  Eleanor  Mary,  born 
August  28,  1917. 


DAVID  AUGUSTUS  BOODY— One  of  those 
sons  of  Maine  who  have  conferred  distinction 
on  their  native  State,  is  David  Augustus  Boody, 
for  many  years  a  prominent  citizen  of  Brook- 
lyn, where  he  resides,  and  of  New  York,  where 
he  is  one  of  the  influential  men  in  financial  cir- 
cles. David  A.  Boody  comes  of  an  old  family, 
he  himself  being  of  the  sixth  American  genera- 
tion. The  line  is  traced  from  Zechariah  Boodey 
as  the  name  was  then  spelled,  who  was  born  in 
France,  and  died  in  Madbury,  New  Hampshire, 
about  1755,  at  an  advanced  age.  The  tradition 
is  that  the  youth  deserted  from  a  French  ship 
in  Boston  harbor  and  after  encountering  many 
adventures,  settled  in  Madbury,  and  became  the 
owner  of  seventy-five  acres  of  land  which  he  re- 
claimed. From  this  Zechariah  the  lines  come 
down  through  his  son  Azariah  Boodey,  and  his 
son  the  Rev.  Robert  Boodey,  who  in  1772  re- 
moved to  Limington,  Maine,  where  he  was 
chosen  one  of  the  first  officers  of  the  town. 
John  Hill  Boodey  was  the  third  son  of  Rev. 
Robert  Boodey,  and  his  son,  David  Boody  (spell- 
ing his  name  thus),  was  the  father  of  David 
Augustus  I^oody  of  the  present  sketch.  David 
Boody  married  Lucretia  B.  Mudgett,  daughter 
of  John  and  Mary  (Odam)  Mudgett,  of  Prospect, 
Maine,  and  their  children  were:  Fitzburgh,  re- 
sides in  Lawrence,  Massachusetts;  David  A.,  of 
the  present  mention;  Laura  A.,  married  Dr.  Sam- 
uel W.  Johnson,  and  resides  in  Belfast,  Maine; 
'John  H.,  of  Jackson,  Maine;  Napoleon  B.,  re- 
sides in  Medfield,  Massachusetts;  Josephine,  re- 
sides in  Brooks,  Maine,  widow  of  Andrew  B. 
Fogg. 

David  A.  Boody  was  born  August  13,  1837,  in 
Jackson,  Maine.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town,  and  was  afterwards  a 
student  at  Phillips-Andover  Academy.  He  took 
up  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Charles  M. 
Brown,  of  Bangor,  Maine,  and  completed  his 
course  under  Jeremiah  Abbott,  a  distinguished 
lawyer  of  Belfast,  Maine,  where  Mr.  Boody  was 
admitted  to  the  bar.  He  engaged  in  practice  in 
Camden  and  at  Thomaston,  Maine,  and  subse- 
quently entered  the  banking  office  of  Henry  H. 
Boody  &  Company,  in  New  York  City  as  a  clerk. 
Here  his  progress  was  rapid,  and  within  a  year 
he  had  entered  into  partnership,  his  uncle  being 
head  of  the  firm,  and  had  purchased  a  seat  in 
the  New  York  Stock  Exchange.  For  nearly 
twenty  years  he  continued  an  active  member  of 
that  body,  being  for  a  long  period  one  of  its 
board  of  governors.  For  some  time  he  was 
president  of  the  City  Savings  Bank  of  Brook- 


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lyn  (in  which  city  he  maintains  his  home),  and 
of  the  Thomas  Jefferson  Association;  was  vice- 
president  of  the  Long  Island  Free  Library.  He 
is  president  and  a  trustee  of  the  Brooklyn  Free 
Library,  of  Berkeley  Institute,  and  of  the  Insti- 
tute for  the  Blind;  he  is  vice-president  and  di- 
rector of  the  Brooklyn  Life  Insurance  Company, 
and  of  the  Sprague  National  Bank;  and  a  di- 
rector of  the  People's  Trust  Company.  Mr. 
Boody  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Montauk 
Club,  of  which  he  is  still  in  active  membership, 
and  is  also  identified  with  the  Brooklyn  and 
president  of  the  New  England  Society. 

Mr.  Boody  has  always  taken  an  active  interest 
in  political  affairs,  affiliating  with  the  Democratic 
party,  and  has  filled  two  offices  of  conspicuous 
importance  and  honor.  In  1890  he  was  elected 
as  representative  from  the  Second  Congressional 
District  in  the  Fifty-second  Congress,  and  re- 
signed to  this  office  to  accept  that  of  mayor  of 
the  city  of  Brooklyn,  to  which  he  was  elected 
in  the  fall  of  1891,  and  served  for  the  years 
1892-93.  He  was  the  twenty-third  individual  to 
occupy  that  office.  He  was  active  in  securing 
many  improvements  in  the  city  government,  and 
served  his  constituency  faithfully  and  with  credit. 
Mr.  Boody  displays  great  physical  and  mental 
vigor,  and  is  a  very  busy  man,  although  now 
past  the  age  when  most  men  retire  from  busi- 
ness activities.  Having  served  his  fellow  citi- 
zens for  a  reasonable  time,  he  gladly  laid  down 
the  responsibilities  of  office  in  order  to  give 
time  to  his  personal  affairs.  His  home  in  Ber- 
keley Place,  Brooklyn,  is  one  of  the  recognized 
social  centers  of  the  district. 


CHARLES    WASHINGTON     BRAY,    M.D., 

was  born  in  Naples,  Maine,  August  5,  1850.  His 
early  education  was  obtained  at  the  town  school. 
From  1867  to  1869  he  attended  Westbrook  Semi- 
nary. In  January,  1870,  he  commenced  the  study 
of  medicine  with  Dr.  Eugene  W.  Brooks,  of 
Naples,  Maine.  On  December  3,  1871,  he  regis- 
tered with  Dr.  S.  H.  Tewksbury,  of  Portland, 
as  his  student.  In  1872  he  attended  the  spring 
term  of  the  Bowdoin  Medical  School,  and  in  Sep- 
tember, 1872,  he  entered  the  medical  depart- 
ment of  Columbia  University,  New  York,  and 
graduated  March  4,  1874.  In  June,  1874,  he  en- 
tered into  partnership  with  Dr.  Tewksbury  and 
remained  with  him  until  his  death,  July,  1880. 
He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Portland  Med- 
ical Club.  For  many  years  he  was  Consulting 
Surgeon  of  the  Maine  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary. 
From  1876  to  1878  he  was  Demonstrator  of  Anat- 


omy of  the  Bowdoin  Medical  School  and  instruc- 
tor in  anatomy  of  the  Portland  Medical  School. 
On  July  16,  1877,  he  was  commissioned  as  A»- 
sistant  Surgeon,  with  rank  of  First  Lieutenant  of 
the  First  Regiment  Infantry,  Maine  Volunteer 
Militia.  On  September  7,  1880,  he  was  commis- 
sioned as  surgeon  with  the  rank  of  major,  and 
on  December  10,  1883,  he  resigned  and  was  hon- 
orably discharged. 

Dr.  Bray  is  a  member  of  the  American  Medi- 
cal Association,  Maine  State  and  County  Medi- 
cal Association,  and  the  Portland  Medical  Club, 
serving  as  president  of  the  same  for  one  year. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Cumberland  Club,  Port- 
land Athletic  Club,  Portland  Yacht  Club,  Natural 
History  Society,  and  Maine  Mechanics'  Charit- 
able Association.  He  joined  the  Portland  Yacht 
Club,  May  5,  1873,  and  was  commodore  from 
1887  to  1899,  and  fleet  surgeon  from  1907  to  1917. 
He  has  been  in  the  continuous  practice  of  medi- 
cine from  1874  to  the  present  time;  was  the  first 
physician  to  use  diphtheria  antitoxin  in  Portland, 
in  1894,  on  Harry  Adams,  No.  7  Greenleaf  street, 
with  very  satisfactory  results.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Democrat.  In  1915  the  family  moved  to  South 
Portland.  Office  in  Portland. 


CLARENCE      PAUL      QUIMBY  — The 

Quimby  family,  of  which  Clarence  Paul  Quimby 
is  at  the  present  time  (1917)  the  representative 
in  the  city  of  Portland,  Maine,  has  long  been 
identified  >vith  New  England  generally,  but  prin- 
cipally with  that  northern  part  of  it  which  is 
included  in  the  states  of  Maine,  New  Hampshire 
and  Vermont.  One  branch  of  the  family  settled 
in  Maine  at  a  very  early  date,  and  from  there 
various  offshoots  spread  over  that  State  and 
through  New  Hampshire  and  it  was  from  one 
of  the  latter  that  the  Mr.  Quimby  of  this  sketch 
is  descended.  The  name  is  not  found  very  com- 
monly among  the  early  immigrants  in  America, 
but  there  is  a  definite  record  of  one  Robert 
Quimby,  who  resided  at  Amesbury,  Massachu- 
setts, in  the  very  early  Colonial  period,  where 
he  followed  ship  carpentering  as  an  occupation. 
Here  he  was  married  about  1657  to  Elizabeth 
Osgood,  of  Salisbury,  a  daughter  of  William  and 
Elizabeth  Osgood,  of  that  place.  The  probabil- 
ity is  that  he  lost  his  life  in  the  Indian  massacre 
at  Amesbury,  July  7,  1677,  as  it  is  known  that  he 
died  in  that  year.  One  of  his  descendants  was 
J.  Frank  Quimby,  the  father  of  the  Mr.  Quimby 
of  this  sketch,  who  was  born  at  Dover,  New 
Hampshire,  and  now  makes  his  home  at  North 
Turner,  Maine.  He  has  been  a  farmer  during 


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practically  his  entire  life,  but  has  also  engaged 
in  various  other  lines  of  business.  He  has  been 
closely  identified  with  the  general  life  of  the 
communities  where  he  has  dwelt,  and  at  one 
time  represented  Turner  in  the  State  Legis- 
lature. Mr.  Quimby  married,  May  18,  1884, 
Althea  Gorld  Coffin  who  like  her  husband,  has 
taken  a  most  active  part  in  the  life  of  the  com- 
munity and  has  become  prominent  in  connec- 
tion with  the  work  of  women  in  the  State.  She 
is  at  the  present  time  president  of  the  Maine 
State  Women's  Christian  Union.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Quimby  are  the  parents  of  three  children, 
as  follows:  Eugene,  deceased;  Clarence  Paul, 
with  whose  career  we  are  particularly  concerned; 
and  Frank  Brooks,  now  a  student  at  Bates  Col- 
lege. 

Born  March  20,  1889,  Clarence  Paul  Quimby 
is  a  native  of  North  Turner,  Maine,  and  passed 
his  childhood  in  that  town.  He  attended  for  a 
time  Leavitt  Institute,  where  he  was  prepared 
for  college  and  from  which  he  graduated  in  1906. 
The  following  autumn  he  matriculated  at  Bates 
College  and  was  graduated  with  the  class  of 
1910,  establishing  for  himself  a  remarkably  high 
record  in  forensics  and  scholarship.  Indeed  he 
may  be  said  to  be  one  of  the  most  notable 
scholars  for  his  age  in  the  State  and  has  already 
gained  the  recognition  of  men  of  learning  every- 
where. To  a  man  of  Mr.  Quimby's  character 
and  attainments,  the  subject  of  education  is  nat- 
urally of  well-nigh  paramount  importance,  and 
we  find  that  his  attention  has  been  given  to 
this  subject  from  early  in  his  youth.  For  six 
years  he  has  taught  in  various  schools  in  the 
states  of  Massachusetts,  Maine  and  New  Hamp- 
shire, took  a  year  of  graduate  work  as  a  uni- 
versity scholar  in  Harvard  University,  and  in 
1914  was  offered  the  position  of  principal  of  the 
well-known  Westbrook  Seminary  in  Portland, 
an  extraordinary  honor  to  be  extended  to  a  man 
of  but  twenty-five  years  of  age.  This  offer  Mr. 
Quimby  accepted,  and  since  assuming  the  respon- 
sible duties  of  his  new  post  has  done  much  to 
organize  and  render  effective  the  resources  of 
that  school.  The  Westbrook  Seminary  is  one 
of  the  best  known  schools  for  boys  and  girls  in 
the  New  England  States.  It  was  chartered  in 
1831,  and  its  first  schoolhouse  was  opened  for 
instruction  in  1834.  Since  that  time  it  has  stead- 
ily grown  in  importance  until  it  now  occupies 
quite  a  unique  position  among  institutions  of  its 
kind  in  Maine.  Mr.  Quimby  has  taken  full  ad- 
vantage of  the  opportunities  offered  to  him  in 


his  capacity  of  principal  of  this  institution,  and 
has  already  distinguished  himself  so  that  he  de- 
serves a  place  among  the  most  capable  and  suc- 
cessful educators  of  the  State.  Mr.  Quimby  does 
not  confine  his  activities,  however,  to  the  pro- 
fession of  teaching,  but  takes  a  vital  part  in  the 
general  life  of  Portland  and  is  a  well-known 
figure  in  the  city's  affairs.  He  is  affiliated  with 
the  Masonic  Order  and  the  Grange,  and  is  presi- 
dent of  Bates  Chapter,  Delta  Sigma  Rho  frater- 
ternity.  In  his  religious  belief  Mr.  Quimby  is  a 
Methodist,  but  so  enthusiastic  is  he  in  church 
work  that  he  has  given  his  services  as  teacher 
in  the  Sunday  school  of  All  Souls'  Church  of 
Portland,  which  he  attends.  He  has  not  resided 
for  a  great  time  in  Portland,  and  yet  he  has 
already  made  for  himself  an  important  place  in 
the  life  of  the  community  and  is  a  leader  in  not 
a  few  movements  undertaken  there  for  the  wel- 
fare of  the  city.  His  public  spirit  is  recognized 
by  his  fellow  citizens;  and  his  advice  is  both 
sought  and  heeded,  particularly  in  educational 
matters,  but  in  other  subjects  as  well.  Mr. 
Quimby  is  a  man  who  enjoys  out-door  life 
intensely  and  indeed  almost  any  pastime  in  the 
open  air  appeals  to  him,  but  he  finds  his  chief 
recreation  in  the  game  of  tennis,  to  which  he 
gives  most  of  the  time  that  he  can  spare  from 
graver  subjects.  He  is  a  staunch  advocate  of 
open  air  exercise  for  everyone  and  encourages 
the  use  of  it  to  a  very  great  extent  among  the 
pupils  of  his  school,  believing  that  not  only  the 
body  but  the  mind  also  is  greatly  strengthened 
by  such  exercise. 

Clarence  Paul  Quimby  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Lillian  R.  Rowe,  a  native  of  Sidney,  Aus- 
tralia, a  daughter  of  Anthony  and  Sarah  C. 
(Trethaway)  Rowe.  Their  marriage  was  cele- 
brated August  12,  1914,  and  they  are  the  parents 
of  one  child,  a  daughter,  Elizabeth  Coffin,  born 
November  25,  1915. 

The  record  of  Mr.  Quimby's  achievement  is 
truly  an  extraordinary  one,  in  view  of  his  com- 
parative youth.  The  line  which  he  has  chosen 
to  work  in  is  not  one  in  which  success  is  often 
won  until  men  have  reached,  at  the  very  least, 
the  prime  of  life  and  are  beginning  to  travel  the 
declining  road.  Or  if  success  is  reached  before 
this,  at  least  recognition  is  almost  universally 
withheld,  so  that  it  is  a  decidedly  rare  spectacle 
that  of  a  young  man  who  is  acknowledged  an 
educator  of  distinction.  This  honor  is  gener- 
ally reserved  for  gray  hairs.  A  career  begun 
so  brilliantly  cannot  but  promise  still  more  for 


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the  future  and  it  requires  but  little  gift  for 
prophecy  to  predict  a  long  series  of  personal 
achievements  and  public  services.  Mr.  Quimby's 
work  in  the  cause  of  education  affords  an  ex- 
cellent example  of  what  may  be  accomplished 
in  a  comparatively  few  years  by  a  man  who, 
gifted  with  natural  talents,  bends  to  his  work 
his  full  attention  and  excludes  all  other  purposes. 
In  all  his  relations  with  his  fellows,  Mr.  Quimby 
takes  a  generous  and  altruistic  position  and 
never  has  forgotten  the  rights  and  interests  of 
others  in  the  excitement  of  winning  his  own 
way  and  affecting  his  own  purpose. 


MAJOR  JOHN  WING  PRENTISS  is  one  of 
that  large  class  of  college-bred  business  men 
who  offered  their  services  to  their  country  as 
soon  as  she  entered  the  World  War  for  democ- 
racy. Having  reached  his  meridian  he  could  not 
give  his  country  service  in  the  field.  But  in- 
volved as  irost  men  of  his  type  are  in  business 
affairs  of  large  issues,  he  cheerfully  and  enthus- 
iastically offered  his  experience  and  training  and 
gave  up  his  personal  aims  and  ambitions  to  be- 
come a  cog  in  the  great  system  of  supply  which 
is  at  the  back  of  the  machine  of  modern  war. 
An  executive  of  high  class,  and  of  recognized 
standing,  he  gave  himself  to  be  used  by  the  gov- 
ernment where  it  would  most  need  him.  It  af- 
fords a  new  matter  of  pride  to  the  lover  of 
American  institutions  that  men  like  this  by  thou- 
sands, the  flower  of  the  mature  manhood  of  the 
country,  are  content  to  serve  in  the  exacting  and 
monotonous  but  necessary  labor  behind  the 
lines. 

Major  John  Wing  Prentiss  was  born  August 
IS,  1875,  in  Bangor,  Maine,  the  son  of  Samuel 
Rawson  and  Maria  (Wing)  Prentiss,  both  of 
them  also  natives  of  Bangor.  On  both  sides 
he  has  been  identified  with  Bangor  for  many 
years,  his  paternal  grandfather,  Henry  E.  Pren- 
tiss, and  his  maternal  grandfather,  Aaron  Wing, 
having  both  lived  in  that  city.  Part  of  his  boy- 
hood surroundings  were  in  California,  his  parents 
having  removed  to  San  Francisco  when  he  was 
still  a  very  young  child  and  for  ten  years  made 
their  home  in  that  city.  In  California  he  was 
sent  to  the  Belmont  School.  In  1892  young  Mr. 
Prentiss  entered  the  famous  Phillips  Andover 
Academy.  There,  while  being  an  excellent  stu- 
dent, he  entered  into  all  the  varied  social  activi- 
ties of  the  school.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
"A.  U.  V."  Society,  and  was  the  tennis  cham- 
pion of  the  academy.  He  was  graduated  from 

MH.— 1— 13 


Andover  in  1894.  In  the  fall  of  1804  Mr.  Pren- 
tiss matriculated  in  arts  at  Harvard  University. 
While  in  Cambridge  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Polo  Club,  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  fraternity,  of 
the  Institute  of  1770,  and  of  the  Hasty  Pudding 
Club.  He  was  graduated  in  1898,  receiving  the 
degree  oif  Bachelor  of  Arts.  Always  keenly  in- 
terested in  sports,  Mr.  Prentiss  was  for  several 
years  after  graduation  assistant  graduate  man- 
ager of  the  Harvard  football  office.  In  the  fall 
of  1898  he  entered  the  employ  of  a  banking  firm 
in  Boston  and  worked  as  messenger  boy,  stock 
clerk,  etc.  January  I,  1905,  he  went  to  New  York 
and  entered  the  service  of  Hornblower  &  Weeks, 
remaining  with  them,  and  after  being  taken  into 
the  partnership  became  the  senior  member  in 
New  York  City,  of  this  well-known  banking  firm. 
In  1910  Mr.  Prentiss  organized  the  National 
Squash  Tennis  Association,  and  he  was  made  its 
first  president.  For  the  four  years  from  1913 
to  1917  he  was  the  treasurer  of  the  Harvard  Club 
of  New  York  City.  He  has  always  been  a  very 
loyal  son  of  his  alma  mater  and  been  active  in 
all  the  movements  set  afoot  for  her  help  and 
improvement.  At  present  he  is  treasurer  of  the 
Harvard  Endowment  Fund  Committee,  is  a  di- 
rector of  the  Harvard  Alumni  Association  and 
is  chairman  on  nominations  of  Harvard  Over- 
seers. Major  Prentiss  was  elected  in  1916  presi- 
dent of  the  Partners'  Association  of  New  York 
Stock  Exchange  firms.  Enthusiastic  always  for 
patriotic  service  he  offered  at  once  to  help  on 
the  Liberty  Loan  work  and  was  appointed  in 
19:7  chairman  of  the  First  Liberty  Loan  Com- 
mittee of  the  New  York  Stock  Exchange.  In 
the  next  month  he  was  made  chairman  of  the 
first  Red  Cross  War  Fund  Committee  of  the 
New  York  Stock  Exchange. 

But  still  more  exacting  work  was  awaiting 
him,  and  in  June,  1917,  Major  Prentiss  moved 
to  Washington  to  become  the  financial  assistant 
to  the  War  Council  of  the  American  Red  Cross, 
and  he  held  that  post  until  June  I,  1918.  In  1918 
he  was  appointed  by  the  President  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  National  War  Finance  Committee  of 
the  American  Red  Cross.  His  services  with  the 
Red  Cross  lasted  for  one  year,  and  during  that 
period  his  whole  time  was  taken  up  with  this 
work  of  helping  to  raise  the  money  for  the  first 
and  second  Red  Cross  War  Funds.  June  I,  1918, 
he  entered  the  active  service  of  the  Government, 
having  been  appointed  a  major  in  the  Ordnance 
Reserve  Corps,  and  is  now  (1918)  stationed  in 
the  purchase  and  supply  branch  of  the  purchase, 


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storage  and  traffic  division,  and  is  assigned  to 
the  office  of  the  Chief  of  Staff.  While  in  busi- 
ness life  he  was  director  in  the  following  cor- 
porations: the  United  Alloy  Steel  Company,  the 
Tran.sue  &  Williams  Steel  Forging  Company,  the 
Chevrolet  Motor  Car  Company,  the  Chandler 
Motor  Car  Company,  the  Lee  Rubber  &  Tire 
Company,  and  in  the  firm  of  Gaston,  Williams 
&  Wigmore.  Upon  entering  the  service  of  the 
United  States,  Major  Prentiss  resigned  from 
these  boards. 

Major  Prentiss  belongs,  in  New  York  City, 
to  the  Union,  the  Brook,  the  Racquet  and  Ten- 
nis, the  Union  League,  the  University,  the  Met- 
ropolitan, and  the  Harvard  clubs,  and  to  the 
Down  Town  Association;  in  Boston,  he  belongs 
to  the  Tennis  and  Racquet,  and  the  Harvard 
clubs;  and  in  Washington  to  the  Metropolitan, 
the  Chevy  Chase  and  the  United  Service  clubs. 
He  also  holds  membership  in  Holland  Lodge, 
No.  8,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of 
New  York.  He  and  his  family  are  members  of 
the  Unitarian  church. 

Major  Prentiss  married,  April  20,  1904,  in 
Brookline,  Massachusetts,  Marie  Gordon  Kay, 
daughter  of  James  Murray  and  Marie  (Mc- 
Arthur)  Kay. 


RICHARD  WEBB,  a  member  of  one  of  the 
old  Maine  families  and  at  present  one  of  the 
leading  members  of  the  Portland  bar,  was  born 
in  that  city,  November  19,  1863.  He  was  a  son 
of  Mason  Greenwood  and  Elizabeth  N.  (Bates) 
Webft,  both  his  parents  having  been  natives  of 
Maine.  Mr.  Webb,  Sr.,  was  born  in  Portland, 
June  24,  1832,  and  died  at  Fort  Scott,  Kansas, 
March  28,  1871.  He  was  engaged  during  the 
major  part  of  his  life  in  the  wholesale  flour 
business.  He  lived  in  Portland  during  his  entire 
life,  and  his  death  occurred  while  on  a  trip  out 
West,  the  object  of  which  was  the  regaining  of 
his  lost  health.  He  married  Elizabeth  N.  Bates, 
who  was  born  at  Norridgewolk,  Maine,  January 
II,  1839,  and  died  in  Portland,  January  15,  1916. 
To  them  three  children  were  born,  all  of  whom 
are  now  living,  as  follows:  Richard,  of  whom 
further;  Mary,  now  the  wife  of  Benjamin  H. 
Farnsworth,  of  Portland;  and  Edward  Cloutman, 
of  Boston,  where  he  is  associated  with  the  Stan- 
dard Silverware  Company  as  its  manager. 

Richard  Webb  continued  to  live  in  the  city  of 
his  birth  during  childhood  and  attended  in  the 
meantime  the  public  schools  there.  He  gradu- 
ated from  the  Portland  High  School  in  1881,  and 


immediately  entered  Dartmouth  College  for 
which  he  had  prepared  in  the  former  institution. 
He  left  an  excellent  record  for  scholarship  and 
industry  behind  him,  and  graduated  with  the 
class  of  1885,  taking  his  degree  of  A.  B.  Three 
years  later,  in  1888,  his  alma  mater  conferred 
upon  him  the  honorary  degree  of  A.  M.  In  the 
meantime  the  interest  of  young  Mr.  Webb  had 
been  centered  on  the  subject  of  the  law,  which 
he  had  decided  to  make  his  profession  in  life. 
Accordingly,  upon  his  graduation  from  Dart- 
mouth, he  began  reading  law  in  the  office  of 
George  F.  Holmes,  a  prominent  attorney  of  Port- 
land, and  pursued  his  studies  to  such  good  pur- 
pose that  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Maine 
in  1887.  From  that  time  to  this  he  has  been 
engaged  in  a  large  and  growing  practice  in  Port- 
land. He  has  his  office  at  No.  95  Exchange 
street,  Portland,  and  is  looked  up  to  alike  by 
his  colleagues  at  the  bar  and  the  community  in 
general.  ' 

Mr.  Webb  has  been  by  no  means  hampered 
in  the  interest  which  he  has  taken  in  the  public 
affairs  of  his  community  by  the  great  demands 
made  upon  his  time  by  his  profession.  He  is 
personally  very  popular  with  his  fellow  citizens 
and  was  elected  by  them  on  the  Republican  ticket 
to  represent  the  community  in  the  State  Legis- 
lature in  1899  and  1901.  In  1904  he  attended 
the  Republican  National  Convention  as  an  alter- 
nate delegate-at-large,  and  in  1908  he  was  chosen 
delegate  to  represent  the  First  Congressional 
District.  He  has  also  served  on  the  school  board 
and  in  a  number  of  other  capacities,  in  all  of 
which  he  has  rendered  invaluable  service  to  his 
community  Mr.  Webb  is  a  Unitarian  in  his 
religious  belief,  and  for  twelve  years  has  been 
the  president  of  the  First  Parish  Society. 

On  February  15,  1893,  Richard  Webb  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Eva  Brinckerhoff,  a  na? 
tive  of  Brooklyn,  New  York,  a  daughter  of  Louis 
Drake  and  Isabelle  (Bridghman)  Brinckerhoff. 


WILLIAM  SENTER— The  jewelry  business 
is  an  inherited  occupation  in  the  Senter  family 
and  three  generations  have  been  prominent  in 
Portland,  Maine,  as  skilled  workmen  and  jewelry 
merchants.  The  first  William  Senter  married 
Dorothy  Gerrish,  daughter  of  Timothy  Gerrish, 
a  gold  and  silversmith  who  taught  his  trade  to 
his  sons,  and  one  of  them,  Oliver  Gerrish,  took 
his  sister's  son,  William  (2)  Senter,  as  an  appren- 
tice. William  (2)  Senter  in  turn  taught  the 
trade  to  his  nephew,  another  William  Senter, 


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son  of  Timothy  Gerrish  Senter,  who  was  a 
brother  of  William  (2)  Senter  and  son  of  Will- 
iam (i)  and  Dorothy  (Gerrish)  Senter.  This 
William  (3)  Senter  succeeded  his  uncle  in  busi- 
ness and  is  the  present  head  of  William  Senter 
&  Company,  jewelers,  No.  51  Exchange  street, 
Portland,  Maine. 

The  Senter  and  Gerrish  families  were  of  Ports- 
mouth, New  Hampshire,  William  (l)  Senter 
there  marrying  Dorothy  Gerrish,  September  I, 
1808.  She  was  born  at  Portsmouth,  January  I, 
1791,  died  September  27,  1867,  daughter  of  Tim- 
othy Gerrish,  son  of  Andrew  Gerrish,  son  of 
Colonel  Timothy  Gerrish,  son  of  Captain  John 
Gerrish,  son  of  Captain  William  Gerrish,  the 
American  ancestor.  Captain  William  Gerrish, 
born  in  Bristol,  England,  August  30,  1617,  was 
the  first  captain  of  the  military  company  at  New- 
bury,  Massachusetts,  and  a  man  of  prominence 
in  Boston  and  Essex  county.  His  eldest  son, 
Captain  John  Gerrish,  settled  in  Dover,  New 
Hampshire,  in  1666,  was  quartermaster  in  1670, 
captain  in  1672,  high  constable  in  1683,  member 
of  the  special  General  Assembly,  1684,  Represen- 
tative from  Dover,  1689-90,  Royal  Councillor  of 
New  Hampshire,  1692,  Assistant  Justice  of  the 
Supreme  Court  of  Pleas  of  New  Hampshire, 
April  27,  1697,  until  his  death  in  1714. 

Colonel  Timothy  Gerrish,  fifth  son  of  Captain 
John  Gerrish,  was  a  wealthy  farmer  and  mer- 
chant of  Kittery,  Maine,  as  his  father  had  been 
of  Dover,  New  Hampshire,  and  filled  many  pub- 
lic offices.  He  married  Sarah  Eliot,  daughter 
of  Robert  and  Margery  (Batson)  Eliot,  who  re- 
ceived as  her  wedding  dowry  the  eastern  end 
of  Champernowe  Island  containing  nearly  one 
thousand  acres  and  which  for  nearly  two  hun- 
dred years  has  been  known  as  Gerrish's  Island 
and  the  residence  of  Gerrish  descendants.  Col- 
onel Timothy  Gerrish's  sixth  son,  Andrew  Ger- 
ish,  lived  in  various  places,  including  Dover,  New 
Hampshire,  and  there  his  son,  Timothy  Gerrish, 
was  born  April  7,  1756.  He  was  a  gold  and 
silversmith,  but  for  the  sixteen  years  preceding 
his  death  at  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  De- 
cember 30,  1815,  was  deputy  sheriff  and  jail  war- 
den. He  married,  February  6,  1780,  Dorothy 
Patterson,  of  Portsmouth.  Their  sixth  child, 
Dorothy  Gerrish,  born  January  I,  1791,  died  Sep- 
tember 27,  1867,  married  (first)  September  I, 
1808,  William  (l)  Senter.  Among  their  seven 
children  were  sons:  William  (2),  Timothy  Ger- 
rish and  Andrew.  William,  the  eldest,  and  An- 
drew, the  youngest,  were  both  expert  jewelers 
and  were  associated  in  the  business  in  Portland, 


Maine,  the  firm  Lowell  &  Senter,  becoming  large 
and  prosperous. 

The  second  son,  Timothy  Gerrish  Senter,  was 
born  at  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  Febru- 
ary I,  1817,  died  August  7,  1872.  He  was  a  man 
of  learning,  and  embracing  pedagogy  became 
one  of  the  well  known  and  highly  successful 
educators  of  his  day.  From  1836  to  1858  he 
taught  in  the  public  schools  of  Portsmouth,  go- 
ing thence  to  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  as  principal 
of  Ward  4  Grammar  School,  a  position  he  filled 
until  1866.  In  that  year  he  became  the  first 
principal  of  Dean  Academy  at  Franklin,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  held  that  responsible  post  until 
1871,  when  he  resigned  to  take  a  much  needed 
rest.  He  moved  to  Portland,  there  residing 
until  his  death  the  following  year.  Professor 
Senter  was  greatly  beloved,  a  man  of  high  char- 
acter, brilliant  mind  and  charming  personality. 
He  held  high  rank  in  his  profession,  in  the  Ma- 
sonic Order  and  in  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  numbering  his  friends  wherever 
known.  He  married,  March  18,  1841,  Emeline 
Dodge,  born  in  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire, 
in  1818,  died  in  Portland,  in  1900.  Professor  and 
Mrs.  Senter  were  the  parents  of  two  sons  and  a 
daughter:  I.  Joseph  Herbert,  born  September 
24,  1842;  a  graduate  of  Harvard  College,  class 
of  1861;  studied  theology  in  Harvard  Divinity 
School  and  entered  the  ministry  of  the  Uni- 
tarian church;  after  several  years  in  the  ministry 
he  retired  and  has  since  been  engaged  in  library 
work,  holding  important  positions  at  Harvard 
University,  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  the  Century 
Club,  and  Astor  Library,  New  York  City.  a. 
Emma  Dodge,  a  resident  of  Portland,  identified 
with  many  philanthropies.  3.  William,  of  further 
mention. 

William  Senter,  youngest  son  of  Professor 
Timothy  Gerrish  and  Emeline  (Dodge)  Senter, 
was  born  in  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  No- 
vember 5,  1850,  and  there  resided  until  1858, 
when  his  parents  moved  to  Lynn,  Massachusetts. 
He  attended  public  schools  until  fifteen  years 
of  age,  then  went  to  Portland,  where  he  learned 
the  jeweler's  trade  with  his  uncle,  William  Sen- 
ter, who  there  had  established  the  firm  of  Will- 
iam Senter  &  Company  in  association  with 
Abner  Lowell.  While  learning  his  trade  he  at- 
tended night  schools,  therein  completing  his 
education.  In  1874  he  became  a  partner  in  the 
business.  He  was  associated  with  his  uncle 
until  the  latter's  death,  December  22,  1888,  and 
he  then  succeeded  him  as  head  of  the  business, 
which  he  continues  under  the  olden  time  style 


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and  title,  William  Senter  &  Company.  This 
firm  was  established  in  1836,  and  in  addition  to 
a  general  jewelry  business  carried  a  line  of 
goods  used  by  navigators  and  at  that  time  was 
the  only  jewelry  store  in  the  country  which  car- 
ried a  full  line  of  nautical  instruments.  The 
founder  was  an  enthusiastic  yachtsman  and 
widely  known  through  his  yacht  Sparkle,  a 
novel  and  wonderful  craft  in  her  day.  His  suc- 
cessor is  equally  enthusiastic  as  a  yachtsman 
and  for  twenty-one  years  cruised  New  England 
waters  in  the  yacht  Grade.  The  line  of  nautical 
instruments,  has  always  been  retained  as  a 
specialty,  and  the  entire  business  is  conducted 
along  the  ideas  of  the  founder,  but  modernized. 
The  reputation  of  the  company  extends  far  be- 
yond local  limits,  and  has  a  justly  earned  state 
wide  reputation  for  reliability. 

Mr.  Senter  is  a  member  and  for  many  years 
was  commodore  of  the  Portland  Yacht  Club; 
member  of  the  Portland  Athletic  Club,  Cumber- 
land Club,  and  prominent  in  the  Masonic  Order, 
being  a  member  of  the  Shrine;  he  is  a  member 
of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the 
Society  of  Colonial  Wars,  Sons  of  the  Revolu- 
tion, Maine  Historical  Society,  the  Society  of 
Arts  Club,  and  the  Portland  Country  Club.  In 
political  faith  he  is  a  Republican,  and  in  religious 
faith  a  member  of  the  State  Street  Congrega- 
tional Church. 

Mr.  Senter  married,  in  Portland,  October  31, 
1894,  Grace  Jordan,  daughter  of  Winthrop  S. 
and  Elizabeth  (Merrill)  Jordan,  of  Portland. 


ALBERT  L.  HAINES— From  the  age  of 
three  years,  in  1845,  until  his  death,  in  1909, 
Albert  L.  Haines  resided  in  Fort  Fairfield, 
Maine.  He  was  a  farmer  and  a  merchant,  a 
Civil  War  veteran,  and  a  man  genuinely  respected 
for  his  manly  character  and  upright  life.  He 
was  of  the  seventh  generation  of  the  family 
founded  in  New  England  by  Samuel  Haines,  an 
Englishman.  Samuel  Haines  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, about  1611,  died  in  Portsmouth,  New 
Hampshire,  about  1686.  He  served  nine  years 
as  an  apprentice  to  John  Cogswell,  a  cloth  manu- 
facturer of  Westbury,  Wiltshire,  England,  then 
in  1635  came  to  New  England,  with  John  Cogs- 
well, on  the  ship,  Angel  Gabriel,  arriving  at 
Pomaquid,  now  Bristol,  Maine,  August  14,  1635. 
He  returned  to  England  in  1638,  and  married 
in  the  church  at  Delton,  Wiltshire,  Ellenor 
Neate,  who  was  living  at  the  time  he  made  his 
will  in  1682.  In  1640  he  came  again  to  New 
England,  settling  at  Northam,  New  Hampshire. 


He  was  a  signer  of  the  "Dover  Combination," 
October  16,  1640,  and  in  1648  he  was  taxed  in 
Dover.  In  1650  he  rented  a  farm  of  Captain 
Francis  Champerdown,  at  Strawberry  Bank,  and 
two  years  later  bought  a  tract  of  ninety-one 
acres  adjoining  this  farm  and  built  a  house.  He 
signed  the  petition  to  have  the  name  Strawberry 
Bank  changed  to  Portsmouth,  in  1653,  and  the 
same  year  he  was  a  selectman  of  Portsmouth,  an 
office  he  held  for  ten  years.  He  was  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  North  Church  at  Portsmouth, 
and  in  1671  was  a  deacon  of  that  church.  The 
line  of  descent  is  through  his  youngest  son, 
Matthias. 

Matthias  Haines  was  born  in  Portsmouth,  New 
Hampshire,  in  1650,  and  died  in  the  winter  of 
1688-89.  He  lived  near  the  old  homestead,  and 
it  is  said  that  he  dropped  dead  while  on  the 
way  to  a  neighbor's  house.  John  Smith  thus 
testified,  January  18,  1747:  "Matthias  Haines 
lived  near  where  Daniel  Hunt  then  lived,  and 
his  brother  died  in  the  winter  time,  a  few  days 
of  one  another,  the  event  very  much  taken  no- 
tice of  and  considered  a  remarkable  Providence, 
for  they  were  noted  men  and  carried  on  their 
work  and  business  in  partnership."  Matthias 
Haines  married,  December  28,  1671,  Jane  Brack- 
ett,  daughter  of  Anthony  and  Thomas  Brackett, 
who  was  killed  by  the  Indians.  Their  three  sons 
were  born  in  Greenland,  near  Portsmouth,  New 
Hampshire. 

Samuel  Haines,  eldest  son  of  Matthias  Haines 
was  born  December  25,  1674,  died  before  July 
i,  1729,  a  farmer.  He  married,  and  had  issue, 
including  a  son,  John. 

John  Haines  was  born  in  Greenland,  New 
Hampshire,  died  in  Exeter,  New  Hampshire, 
prior  to  May  13,  1777.  He  was  a  blacksmith  by 
trade,  having  his  shop  at  Exeter.  He  married 
(first)  before  1729,  Anna  Thyng,  daughter  of 
Captain  Thyng,  who  died  October  31,  1694,  the 
verdict  of  the  jury  which  sat  on  his  case  being: 
"Shot  by  his  own  gun."  He  married  (second) 
Hannah  Wiggin. 

John  (2)  Haines,  son  of  John  (i)  Haines,  and 
his  first  wile,  Anna  Thyng,  was  born  in  Exeter, 
in  1738,  died  in  1810.  About  1773  he  moved 
to  Gilmantown,  New  Hampshire,  and  on  August 
26,  1776,  there  signed  the  "Test  Act."  Later 
he  moved  to  Hallowell,  Maine,  where  he  died. 
His  farm  at  Hallowell  included  the  famous  gran- 
ite quarry  long  known  as  "Haines  Ledge,"  owned 
by  Governor  Bodwell.  He  married  Mary  Dud- 
ley, born  in  1720,  died  August  30,  1797.  One 
of  their  daughters,  Johanna,  married  Daniel 


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Evans,  and  was  the  mother  of  George  Evans,  a 
United  States  Senator  from  Maine,  said  by  Dan- 
iel Webster  to  be  "the  ablest  lawyer  in  New 
England." 

Daniel  Haines,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Mary 
(Dudley)  Haines,  was  born  in  Gilmanton,  New 
Hampshire,  November  6,  1779,  died  July  2,  1838, 
having  live  1  the  greater  part  of  his  life  in  Maine. 
He  married,  October  10,  1804,  Betsey  Wingate, 
of  Hallowell,  born  September,  1784,  died  Febru- 
ary 21,  1826. 

Joseph  Wingate  Haines,  son  of  Daniel  and 
Betsey  (Wingate)  Haines,  was  born  in  Man- 
chester, Maine,  July  21,  1805,  died  at  Andover, 
New  Brunswick,  Canada,  January  30,  1876.  He 
settled  after  his  marriage  in  Hodgdon,  Maine, 
then  moved  to  Fort  Fairfield,  Maine,  where  he 
engaged  all  his  life  in  farming.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Society  of  Friends,  in  politics  a  Whig, 
and  later  a  Republican.  He  married,  March  28, 
1828,  Mary  B.  Briggs,  born  in  Winthrop,  Maine, 
June  30,  1805,  died  at  Fort  Fairfield,  in  May, 
1874.  They  were  the  parents  of  seventeen  chil- 
dren, born  between  April  19,  1829,  and  Janu- 
ary 27,  1848,  the  twelfth  child  being  a  son,  Albert 
L.,  to  whom  this  review  is  dedicated. 

Albert  L.  Haines  was  born  in  Hallowell, 
Maine,  December  10,  1842,  died  at  Fort  Fair- 
field,  Aroostook  county,  Maine,  fifty  miles  north 
of  Houlton,  July  I,  1009.  He  was  three  years 
of  age  when  his  parents  moved  to  Fort  Fair- 
field,  and  there  he  was  educated  and  inducted 
into  the  business  of  a  farmer.  At  the  age  of 
twenty,  in  1862,  he  enlisted  in  the  First  Regi- 
ment, Maine  Cavalry,  and  with  that  regiment 
saw  hard  service  during  the  three  years  they 
fought  with  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  being 
once  wounded  in  battle  and  once  stricken  with 
typhoid  fever.  He  was  honorably  discharged 
and  mustered  out  of  the  service  at  the  close  of 
the  war  in  1868,  then  returned  to  Fort  Fairfield 
and  resumed  farming.  He  later  became  a  dealer 
in  agricultural  implements,  conducting  that  busi- 
ness very  successfully  in  connection  with  farm- 
ing. He  was  one  of  the  substantial  men  of  his 
town,  and  influential  in  his  community.  He  was 
a  Democrat  in  politics  and  a  member  of  the 
Unitarian  church.  He  was  an  official  of  the 
Presque  Isle  Fair  Association;  was  a  member 
of  Fort  Fairfield  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons;  and  Fort  Fairfield  Grange,  Patrons  of 
Husbandry.  For  a  number  of  years  he  served 
his  town  as  selectman,  and  for  a  time  was  a 
road  commissioner.  He  was  appointed  dele- 


gate by  Governor  Burleigh  to  the  Farmers'  Na- 
tional Congress,  which  met  at  Chicago. 

Mr.  Haines  married,  September  19,  1866,  Mary 
L.  Currier,  born  August  21,  1847,  at  Fort  Fair- 
field,  and  there  spent  her  life.  She  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools,  was  a  member  of  the  Con- 
gregational church,  and  of  the  Philomathean 
Library  Society.  Mrs.  Haines'  father,  Henry  C. 
Currier,  was  born  in  Readfield,  Maine,  in  1811, 
died  at  Fort  Fairfield,  October  8,  1886.  He  wa§ 
a  farmer,  settling  in  Fort  Fairfield  before  his 
marriage.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat,  in 
religion  a  Free  Will  Baptist,  and  a  member  of 
the  Fort  Fairfield  Grange,  Patrons  of  Husban- 
dry. He  married  Mary  R.  Stevens,  born  in  1812, 
died  at  Fort  Fairfield  in  1892.  They  were  the 
parents  of  eight  children,  Mary  L.,  being  the 
fifth  child.  Albert  L.  and  Mary  L.  (Currier) 
Haines  were  the  parents  of  four  children:  I. 
Cora  Augusta,  of  further  mention.  2.  Mary  G., 
born  May  29,  1869,  married  Adelbert  Stevens,  an 
electrician  of  Fort  Fairfield,  and  has  children: 
Arthur  A.,  married  Mildred  Armstrong;  Bernice 
L.,  Merle  D.,  and  Florence  C.  3.  Frank  Leslie, 
born  October  29,  1871,  died  April  16,  1874.  4. 
A  child  who  died  in  infancy. 

Cora  Augusta  Haines,  eldest  daughter  of  Al- 
bert L.  and  Mary  L.  (Currier)  Haines,  was  born 
February  6,  1868,  at  Fort  Fairfield,  Maine,  and 
there  yet  resides  at  the  old  homestead.  She  wat 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  resided  with 
her  parents  until  her  marriage,  February  27, 
1885,  to  Emmons  William  Houghton,  born  in 
Anson,  Maine,  May  9,  1863.  He  resides  in  Cali- 
fornia, where  he  owns  a  farm.  Children,  all 
born  at  Fort  Fairfield:  I.  Ervin,  born  October 
26,  1886,  died  in  Fort  Fairfield,  April  27,  1907; 
was  a  student  at  the  University  of  Maine,  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  order,  and  of  the  Pat- 
rons of  Husbandry;  in  business  a  farmer.  2. 
Verna  May,  born  June  I,  1888,  died  September 
23.  J895-  3-  Thomas  Edward,  born  November 
ii,  1889;  educated  in  the  Fort  Fairfield  schools 
and  the  University  of  Maine;  is  now  operating 
a  part  of  the  Haines  homestead  for  his  mother, 
they  both  living  there;  new  buildings  have  been 
erected,  the  area  of  the  farm  increased,  and  its 
fertility  and  attractiveness  added  to;  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Fort  Fairfield  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  and  Fort  Fairfield  Grange,  Patrons  of 
Husbandry;  married  Asenath  Watt,  of  Fort  Fair- 
field,  Maine,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  two 
children,  Thomas  and  Mary  Priscilla. 

Mrs.   Cora   A.    (Haines)    Houghton   resides   on 


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the  part  of  the  old  homestead  which  she  owns, 
and  which  has  so  long  been  her  home.  She  is 
a  member  of  the  Congregational  church,  the 
Patrons  of  Husbandry,  Philomathean  Literary 
Society,  and  the  Ladies'  Auxiliary  of  the  Con- 
gregational church.  The  Houghton  family  in 
this  branch  trace  descent  to  Thomas  Houghton, 
of  Martha's  Vineyard,  who  married  Phebe  Gerry. 
The  line  follows  through  their  son,  Thomas  (2) 
Houghton,  and  his  wife,  Susannah  Crosby;  their 
son,  Luke  Houghton,  and  his  wife,  Dorcas 
Fletcher,  of  Anson,  Maine;  their  son,  William 
Houghton,  who  died  in  Soquel,  California,  Jan- 
uary 18,  1003,  a  farmer  of  Fort  Fairfield,  and 
Soquel,  and  his  wife,  Dorcas  Cutts;  their  son, 
Emmons  William,  of  Maine  and  California,  and 
his  wife,  Cora  Augusta  Haines;  their  son, 
Thomas  Edward  Houghton,  of  the  sixth  recorded 
Houghton  and  ninth  Haines  generation,  and  his 
wife,  Asenath  Watt,  of  Fort  Fairfield. 


HAROLD  LLEWELLYN  SMITH,  D.D.S., 
one  of  the  prominent  dentists  of  Portland, 
Maine,  is  a  native  of  that  city,  and  a  son  of 
George  Llewellyn  Smith,  born  there  in  the  year 
l8ss,  and  died  in  1900  at  the  age  of  forty-five 
years.  Mr.  Smith,  Sr.,  was  engaged  in  the  shoe 
business,  and  spent  most  of  his  life  in  Portland. 
He  was  married  to  Lillian  E.  Picket,  who  died 
in  1905  when  but  thirty  years  of  age.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Smith,  Sr.,  were  the  parents  of  two  chil- 
dren, Harold  Llewellyn,  and  Philip  G.,  who 
makes  his  home  at  present  in  Auburn,  Maine, 
where  he  is  engaged  in  the  shoe  business. 

Dr.  Harold  L.  Smith  was  born  September  2, 
1886,  at  Portland,  Maine,  and  has  made  that 
city  his  home  ever  since.  He  was  educated  in 
the  local  public  schools  and  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania,  graduating  from  the  High  School 
in  Portland,  in  1005  and  entering  the  latter  in- 
stitution in  that  same  year.  Here  he  took  the 
course  in  dental  surgery  and  graduated  with  the 
class  of  1908  and  the  degree  of  D.D.S.  He  at 
once  returned  to  his  native  Portland  and  began 
the  practice  of  his  profession  there,  August  I, 
1908,  opening  an  office  at  No.  536  Congress 
street  in  partnership  with  Dr.  Robert  G.  Picket. 
This  association  continued  until  1914,  when  Dr. 
Smith  formed  a  partnership  with  Dr.  Fred  S. 
Woods  and  is  now  practicing  oral  surgery  at 
No.  704  Congress  street.  Dr.  Smith  is  the  first 
and  only  man  in  the  State  of  Maine  holding 
the  degree  of  D.  D.  S.,  who  has  specialized  in 
the  matter  of  oral  surgery,  and  a  large  propor- 


tion of  h'.s  practice  consists  of  patients  who 
are  sent  to  him  by  other  doctors  and  physicians 
in  all  parts  of  Maine  and  is  largely  of  a  consult- 
ing nature.  He  has  already  made  for  himself  a 
prominent  place  in  the  life  of  the  community, 
and  the  future  promises  an  even  more  brilliant 
success  than  the  past  has  shown.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Maine  Dental  Society,  of  the  North 
Eastern  Dental  Association  and  the  National 
Dental  Association,  and  gives  much  thought  and 
energy  to  the  question  of  the  general  welfare 
of  his  profession  in  city,  State  and  country.  He 
is  connected  prominently  with  the  Masonic 
Order  and  is  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Land- 
mark Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  Mount 
Vernon  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons;  and  Port- 
land Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters.  He  is 
also  a  member  of  the  Rotary  Club  and  the  Fille- 
brown  Dental  Club  of  Portland.  Dr.  Smith  has 
for  a  number  of  years  been  well  known  as  an 
athlete.  He  played  ball  on  the  class  teams 
throughout  the  four  years  of  his  course  at  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  and  is  now  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Portland  Athletic  Club  and  a  patron 
of  out-door  sports  and  pastimes  in  that  region. 
He  is  a  Congregationalist  in  religious  belief  and 
attends  the  State  Street  Church  of  that  denomi- 
nation in  Portland. 

On  October  12,  1912,  Dr.  Smith  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Margelia  D.  Thomes,  a  native 
of  Portland,  a  daughter  of  Robert  S.  and  Viola 
B.  (Drummond)  Thomes,  old  and  honored  resi- 
dents of  that  city.  Mr.  Thomes  is  a  member  of 
the  Parker  Thomes  Company,  engaged  in  a  large 
wholesale  dry  goods  business  in  Portland  and  is 
a  native  himself  of  that  city.  His  wife,  who 
was  Viola  B.  Drummond  before  her  marriage, 
is  a  native  of  the  town  of  Waterville,  Maine. 

Dr.  Smith  is  representative  of  the  sterling 
qualities  and  virtues  of  the  best  Maine  stock. 
His  grandfather  on  the  maternal  side,  George 
R.  Picket,  served  throughout  the  Civil  War  with 
the  Seventeenth  Regiment  of  Maine  Volunteer 
Infantry.  He  was  wounded  at  Chancellorsville 
and  behaved  himself  with  great  gallantry  in  a 
number  of  bitterly  contested  engagements.  His 
wife  was  Ellen  (Griffin)  Picket,  of  this  region. 
George  R.  Picket  was  born  in  Cumberland 
county,  Maine,  and  died  there  in  the  year  1912, 
at  the  age  of  sixty-nine  years.  During  the  major 
portion  of  his  adult  life  he  held  the  position  of 
conductor  on  the  Grand  Trunk  Railroad. 

Dr.  Smith  is  a  man  of  strong  character  and 
personality,  of  broad  sympathies  and  interests. 


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and  of  indefatigable  industry  in  pursuing  what- 
ever end  he  sets  himself.  It  is  such  men  who 
of  necessity  exert  an  influence  on  all  those  who 
come  in  contact  with  them  and  are  by  nature 
constituted  leaders  of  their  fellows.  And  sure 
enough,  Dr.  Smith  is  just  such  a  leader.  Not 
indeed  the  type  of  leader  who  imposes  his  will 
upon  others  through  the  sheer  force  of  his  ag- 
gressive energy,  but  that  far  more  effective  kind 
who  through  clear  reason  and  an  infectious  en- 
thusiasm win  their  following.  Possessed  of  the 
truly  democratic  outlook  which  sees  in  all  men 
brothers  without  regard  for  their  exteriors  or  tlig 
distinctions  of  class,  his  manner  and  bearing 
frank  and  open,  he  is  extremely  easy  of  approach 
and  instantly  wins  the  confidence  of  those  with 
whom  he  comes  in  contact.  He  is  devoted  to 
everything  from  which  he  can  derive  knowledge 
and  culture,  and  especially  enjoys  out-door 
sports.  He  is  very  fond  of  his  home  and  spends 
much  of  his  time  there  in  the  intimate  inter- 
course of  family  life,  and  there  are  few  men 
•more  devoted  to  the  happiness  of  those  in  the 
midst  of  whom  he  dwells. 


BENJAMIN  FRANKLIN  SMITH,  one  of  the 
enterprising  citizens  of  Portland,  Maine,  where 
he  is  well  known  as  a  successful  manufacturer, 
and  although  more  than  four  score  years  of  age, 
is  still  hale  and  hearty  and  active  in  the  life  of 
the  community,  is  a  member  of  an  old  family 
in  this  State,  which  was  founded  here  many 
years  ago  by  one  Reuben  Smith.  His  ancestors 
were  Scotch  and  English  and  Mr.  Smith  ex- 
hibits in  his  own  person  the  strong  and  sterling 
qualities  of  these  two  races.  His  ancestor  Reu- 
ben Smith  crossed  the  Atlantic  in  a  sailing  ves- 
sel, upon  which  a  young  lady  was  also  a  pas- 
senger, whom  he  later  married.  They  settled  at 
Hollis,  in  York  county,  Maine,  where  Mr.  Smith 
became  the  owner  of  a  large  tract  of  land  and 
followed  t'.ie  pursuit  of  farming.  Four  children 
were  born  of  this  union,  as  follows:  Reuben, 
who  is  mentioned  below;  Abel,  Timothy,  and  a 
daughter,  Frances. 

Reuben  Smith,  Jr.,  was  born  at  Hollis,  York 
county,  Maine,  where  he  remained  during  his 
childhood  and  early  youth.  As  a  young  man, 
he  went  to  Buxton,  where  he  engaged  in  farming, 
but  later  removed  to  Denmark,  Oxford  county, 
Maine,  where  he  died.  He  also  became  interested 
in  the  lumber  business  and  operated  a  larger  lumber 
mill  in  that  region.  His  death  eventually  oc- 
curred in  the  sixty-seventh  year  of  his  age,  hav- 
ing made  liimsclf  well  known  for  his  honorable 


dealings  with  his  associates  and  for  his  broad- 
minded  public-spirited  citizenship.  He  married 
Fanny  Whitney,  who  was  a  native  of  Buxton, 
and  a  daughter  of  James  Whitney,  a  soldier  of 
the  Revolution,  who  fought  at  Bunker  Hill.  Mrs. 
Smith  died  at  her  home  in  Denmark,  Oxford 
county,  Maine,  at  the  age  of  seventy-seven  years. 
They  were  the  parents  of  six  children  as  fol- 
lows: James  Nelson,  who  died  at  Denmark, 
Maine;  Edward,  who  also  died  at  that  place; 
Frances,  who  became  the  wife  of  Henry  Love- 
joy;  Charles,  who  resided  at  Denmark,  Maine; 
Benjamin  Franklin,  v/ith  whose  career  we  are 
here  especially  concerned;  and  Martha  H.,  who 
became  the  wife  of  Henry  Smith  of  Cornish, 
Maine. 

Born  at  Buxton,  York  county,  Maine,  October 
27.  1837,  Benjamin  Franklin  Smith  was  but  three 
years  of  age,  when  his  parents  removed  to  Ox- 
ford county.  Here  he  attended  the  local  pub- 
lic schools  and  worked  at  an  early  age  on  his 
father's  farm.  He  continued  to  be  thus  occupied 
until  he  reached  the  age  of  nineteen  years,  when 
he  started  in  life  for  himself.  His  first  venture 
was  as  a  butcher,  in  which  he  did  his  own  work 
and  peddled  his  meat  through  the  surrounding 
country  in  a  cart.  He  also  engaged  in  the  tin 
trade,  and  peddled  tin  ware  in  conjunction  with 
his  meat.  Later  the  began  business  as  a  cattle 
dealer,  taking  his  stock  into  various  sections  of 
Maine  and  making  his  headquarters  at  Portland. 
His  trade  took  him  as  far  as  Brighton,  Massa- 
chusetts. For  many  years  Mr.  Smith  drove  a 
lucrative  trade  in  this  line,  making  his  home  at 
Denmark,  Maine,  where  he  then  resided.  After 
following  this  line  of  business  for  some  time, 
Mr.  Smith  went  to  Lovell,  Maine,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  a  general  mercantile  business,  operating 
a  store  there  for  about  six  and  a  half  years.  In 
1868  he  went  West  to  Colorado,  and  located  at 
Rosetta,  a  town  in  the  mountains,  where  he 
opened  a  dry  goods  store,  which  he  conducted 
with  much  success  for  five  years.  He  then  sold 
out  at  a  profit  and  returned  to  the  East,  locating 
once  more  at  Denmark.  At  this  place  he  pur- 
chased a  store  and  carried  on  a  general  mercan- 
tile business  for  some  eighteen  months,  after 
which  he  sold  out  and  engaged  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  hoops,  shocks  and  other  barrel  supplies. 
He  began  on  a  comparatively  small  scale  but 
his  business  increased  greatly  until  he  was  oper- 
ating no  less  than  four  mills,  in  different  sections 
of  the  State,  and  was  regarded  as  one  of  the  sub- 
stantial manufacturers  in  this  region.  For  a 
time  Mr.  Smith  was  associated  with  Mr.  Ephraim 


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been  the  result  eatireh-  of  his  ova  efforts.  a»d 
he  is  m  the  best  sense  of  the  word  a  "self-made 
mam."  IB  pofitics  he  is  a  staunch  RrprfJOTm. 
hatiag  cast  his  vote  for  Fremovt  m  the  early 
•ays.  attd  smce  that  tune  has  coasisteBtly  voted 
tbe  n^i  ty  !•!  »<~t  m  every  BJtiOM  Jl  election.  He 
was  a  great  admirer  and  a  peisomJ  friend  of 

town    of    Denmark    as    Tax    Collector,    and    as 

Deputy   Sheriff,  holding  the  latter  office   for  a  business  ap  to  1901.  when  Edgar  Albert  W 

If  i  m  of  six  years.     Me  was  also  elected  to  the  sold  oat  his  snterests  oa  acconat  of  in  health 

town  council  and  has  been  active  in  every  de-  aad  iciuorcd  to  Ac  State  of  Washington,  aad 

of   the    t  <naiaaaitys    fife.       He    is    a  Jasper  \\  yman.  coatroffias^  the  slwfc  of  the  cw*- 

'  of  the  hidgc,  Ancient  Free  aad  Accepted  poratioa.   sold   the    com   caaamsj   factories,    re- 

tfae  Indepeadeat  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  at  LoveO,  ployed  in  patoasj  ap  sardines  aad  <  ijai%  aad  the 

Maine.  blacbuij  factories  at  Choi  5  field  aad  CnhiaJiii 

Benjauiia  Fraahna  Smith  was  uailrd  m  sflAi1*  la   19^5   Mr.  \\  yman  became  interested   m   ute 

nage  in  1057  at  Denmarlc.  Ifatne.  with  ^*^  B.  hnnber  business  ia  ChenyaeU,  aad  the  aua  of 

Jordan,  a  native  of  Oat  town,  aad  a  daughter  of  Ward    Brothers    ft    Wyman.    auaafai  Imeis    of 

Elder  Larkin  Jordan.      Mrs.  Smith's  death   oc-  short  famber.  came  into  existence,  aad  ia  1901 

at  Portland.  January  o,  1915.  aad  she  is  the  firm  name  was  changed  to  Jasper  Wyman  ft 

1  in  Evergreen  Cemetery.    To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  SOBS.      He  had  also  carried  oa  a  general  mer- 

Snnth  four  children  were  bora  as  follows:     El-  rhiniKir   bmiiKss   at    Mfllbridge   from    1880   to 

mer  E,  who  resides  at   Portland;   Wiffie.  who  1895.  andcr  the  name  of  A.  Wallace  ft  Company. 


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Jasper  Wyman  was  elected  State  Senator  in  1906, 
re-elected  in  1908,  serving  four  years.  He  is  a 
member  of  Pleadies  Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  Dirigo  Chapter,  Royal  Arch 
Masons,  Cherryficld;  the  Commandery  at  Mkchias, 
Maine;  Kora  Temple,  Ancient  Arabic  Order 
Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine  and  member  of 
Eastport  Lodge,  No.  880,  Benevolent  and  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks,  of  Eastport,  Maine. 

Mr.  Wyman  married  (first)  December  18,  1875, 
Lucretia  D.  Wallace,  daughter  of  James,  Jr.,  and 
Nancy  A.  (Upton)  Wallace,  of  Millbridge,  Maine. 
Captain  James  Wallace,  Jr.,  was  a  sailor  and 
master  mariner,  having  been  master  of  a  sailing 
vessel  for  many  years.  Children:  I.  Helen 
Nancy,  born  July  5,  1878;  married  Joseph  W. 
Sawyer;  no  children.  2.  James  Stewart,  born 
February  21,  1881,  unmarried;  in  1901  became  a 
partner  with  his  father  in  the  can  goods  busi- 
ness under  the  firm  name  of  Jasper  Wyman  & 
Sons.  Mrs.  Lucretia  D.  Wyman  died  April  15, 
1890,  and  on  December  23,  1891,  Mr.  Wyman 
married  (second)  Gertrude  Louise  Tracy,  daugh- 
ter of  Captain  Edwin  H.  and  Laura  (Haraden) 
Tracy,  of  Gouldsboro,  Maine.  Captain  Tracy 
was  a  sea  captain  for  many  years.  The  children 
of  Jasper  and  Gertrude  Louise  (Tracy)  Wyman 
were:  3.  Philip  T.,  born  July,  1898.  4.  An  in- 
fant. 5.  Jasper  Hollis,  born  June  6,  1900. 


WILLIAM  HENRY  GULLIVER— Among 
the  attorneys  of  Portland,  Maine,  of  which  that 
city  possesses  so  large  a  number,  the  name  of 
William  Henry  Gulliver  stands  high.  His 
father  was  John  Gulliver,  a  native  of  County  Gal- 
way,  Ireland,  who  as  a  young  man  came  to  the 
United  States  and  settled  in  Portland,  M'aine, 
where  he  engaged  in  a  general  shipping  and  con- 
tracting business.  He  married  Adelaide  Derby, 
a  native  of  Richmond,  Quebec.  Mr.  Gulliver, 
Sr.,  died  at  the  age  of  seventy-five  years,  and  his 
wife  survives  him,  residing  at  the  present  time 
in  Portland.  They  were  the  parents  of  seven 
children,  as  follows:  John,  a  contractor  in 
Portland;  William  Henry,  of  whom  further; 
Francis  D.,  now  a  practicing  physician  in  New 
York  City;  Edward  C,  a  civil  engineer  in  Port- 
land; Louis  J.,  a  lieutenant  in  the  United  States 
Navy  and  stationed  at  the  Charleston  Navy 
Yard;  Harold  G.,  who  is  assistant  editor  of  the 
well-known  periodical  Field  of  New  York  City; 
Adelaide  M.,  who  died  at  the  age  of  ten  years. 

Born  on  February  3,  1877,  in  the  city  of  Port- 
land, Maine,  William  Henry  Gulliver  has  made 
that  city  his  permanent  home.  He  attended  the 


local  public  schools  for  a  time  and  then  attended 
Mount  St.  Louis  Law  School,  of  Montreal,  Can- 
ada, and  then  entered  the  Boston  University  Law 
School.  Here  he  graduated  with  the  class  of 
1899,  and  at  once  returned  to  Portland,  where 
he  established  himself  in  general  practice.  He 
was  admitted  to  practice  before  the  State  and 
Federal  courts  and  now  handles  much  important 
litigation  in  a  highly  able  manner.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  State  Bar  Association,  and  has 
the  honor  of  being  admitted  to  practice  before 
the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States.  He  is 
recognized  alike  by  his  professional  colleagues 
and  the  community-at-large  as  one  of  the  leaders 
of  the  Cumberland  county  bar.  Besides  his  pro- 
fessional activities,  Mr.  Gulliver  is  active  in  other 
departments  of  the  community's  life  and  is  a  di- 
rector of  the  Forest  City  Trust  Company  of 
Portland.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus,  the  Portland  Yacht  Club,  the  Eco- 
nomic Club  of  Portland,  and  the  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks.  In  his  religious  be- 
lief Mr.  Gulliver  is  a  Catholic. 

Mr.  Gulliver  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Agnes  M.  Gilroy,  a  native  of  Old  Town,  Maine, 
and  a  daughter  of  John  Gilroy,  of  that  place  and 
now  deceased.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gulliver  four 
children  have  been  born,  as  follows:  William 
Henry,  Jr.,  John  P.,  Adelaide  D.  and  Florence  M. 

We  are  prone  to  think  of  the  learned  profes- 
sions as  having  somewhat  deteriorated  in  the 
present  epoch  in  the  matters  of  both  their  tra- 
ditions and  the  high  standard  of  their  personnel, 
and,  perhaps,  we  are  justified  is  some  such  feel- 
ing when  we  hear  frankly  expressed  about  us 
on  all  sides  ideals  and  aims  purely  selfish  on  the 
part  of  many  who  practice,  let  us  say,  the  law, 
men  who  seem  scarcely  to  be  aware  of  the  splen- 
did associations  of  the  past  and  scoff  at  the  high 
standards  set  for  professional  ethics  of  legal 
practice  by  their  great  predecessors.  Yet,  if 
there  are  unworthy  members,  there  are  also  very 
worthy  ones,  and  we  are  surely  not  too  san- 
guine in  feeling  great  encouragement  for  the  fu- 
ture of  the  profession  when  we  learn  that  men 
like  William  Henry  Gulliver  are  duly  upholding 
the  worthy  standards  and  ideals  of  the  profes- 
sion and  their  aims  cannot  but  tend  to  have  an 
uplifting  effect  upon  the  hosts  of  their  fellow 
practitioners. 


WILLIAM  HATCH  PORTER  is  a  member 
of  a  family  which  for  the  better  part  of  three 
generations  has  resided  in  the  "Pine  Tree  State." 
It  was  his  grandfather,  Hugh  Porter,  who  first 


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came  there  in  the  early  part  of  the  nineteenth 
century  and  there  took  up  his  abode  in  the  town 
of  Charlotte,  where  he  engaged  in  business  as  a 
mason  and  builder.  One  of  his  children,  Hugh 
Fletcher  Porter,  the  father  of  William  Hatch 
Porter,  was  born  December  n,  1836,  at  Char- 
lotte, Maine.  He  removed  in  1874  to  Pembroke, 
in  the  same  State,  where  he  continued  to  reside 
until  his  death  there  on  May  10,  1897.  He  held 
the  position  of  collector  of  the  port  of  Pem- 
broke for  a  period  of  some  twenty-three  years. 
Mr.  Porter,  Sr.,  was  captain  of  Company  K, 
First  Maine  Heavy  Artillery,  and  lost  an  arm  at 
the  battle  of  Petersburg.  He  married  Joanna 
Maybee  Reynolds,  whose  death  occurred  in  Sep- 
tember, 1893,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  six 
children,  of  whom  one,  Trescott,  died  at  the  age 
of  thirty-one  years.  The  five  that  survived  are 
as  follows:  Virginia  A.,  who  resides  at  Farm- 
ington,  Maine;  Blanche,  who  became  the  wife  of 
Arthur  B.  Coggins,  of  Pembroke,  Maine;  Wil- 
liam Hatch,  of  whom  further;  Augusta  Mildred, 
who  became  the  wife  of  Herbert  A.  Knowlton, 
of  Cincinnati,  Ohio;  and  Frances  Louise,  who  re1- 
sides  at  Passaic,  New  Jersey. 

Born  July  25,  1881,  at  Pembroke,  Washington 
county,  Maine,  William  Hatch  Porter  attended 
for  the  elementary  portion  of  his  education  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  city  and  graduated 
from  the  Pembroke  High  School  in  1897.  De- 
ciding to  take  up  teaching  as  a  profession,  Mr. 
Porter  then  entered  the  Farmington  Normal 
School,  and  upon  his  leaving  this  institution,  took 
a  position  as  teacher  in  a  school  in  Washington 
county.  In  the  year  1900,  however,  he  gave  up 
this  career  and  entered  the  employ  of  the  Maine 
Central  Railroad,  where  he  remained  until  1907. 
Since  that  time  he  has  been  engaged  in  the 
banking  business  in  the  city  of  Portland,  to 
which  place  he  removed  about  that  time.  For 
a.  number  of  years  he  was  engaged  as  a  repre- 
sentative of  the  George  A.  Fernald  .&  Company 
Banking  House,  but  in  1910  he  was  offered  the 
position  of  manager  of  Hayden,  Stone  &  Com- 
pany, with  offices  at  No.  180  Middle  street,  Port- 
land. This  position  he  accepted  and  holds  at  the 
present  time.  Mr.  Porter  is  a  director  in  the 
United  States  Trust  Company  of  Portland,  and 
a  director  in  the  Eastman  Car  Company  of  Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts.  He  is  affiliated  with  the 
Masonic  Order,  having  taken  his  thirty-second 
degree  in  Free  Masonry.  He  is  a  member  of 
Ancient  Land  Mark  Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons;  Teconneth  Chapter,  Royal 
Arch  Masons;  Lebanon  Council,  Royal  and  Se- 


lect Masters;  St.  Omer  Commandery,  Knights 
Templar;  and  Kora  Temple,  Ancient  Arabic  Or- 
der Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Portland  Club,  the  Portland 
Country  Club,  the  Portland  Athletic  Club,  the 
Portland  Economic  Club  and  the  Fern  Park 
Association,  all  of  Portland,  and  of  the  Water- 
ville  Masonic  Club  and  the  Boston  Athletic  As- 
sociation. He  finds  his  chief  pleasure  and  rec- 
reation in  out-of-door  life,  being  devotedly  fond 
of  nature,  and  he  spends  his  week-ends  during 
the  summer  months  camping  out  in  his  charming 
cottage  at  Belgrade  Lake.  In  his  religious  be- 
lief Mr.  Porter  is  a  Congregationalist  and  attends 
the  State  Street  Church  of  that  denomination  in 
Portland. 

William  Hatch  Porter  was  united  in  marriage, 
July  10,  1912,  at  Belgrade,  Maine,  with  Alice 
Brown  Nelson,  a  native  of  Waterville,  Maine, 
and  a  daughter  of  Edward  M.  and  Casandra 
(Worthing)  Nelson,  old  and  honored  residents 
of  that  town,  and  now  both  deceased.  To  Mr 
and  Mrs.  Porter  one  child  has  been  born,  name- 
ly, Priscilla  Worthing,  December  29,  1914. 


OSCAR   FOWLER   FELLOWS,   one    of   the 

prominent  members  of  the  bar  of  Bangor, 
Maine,  is  a  member  of  an  old  New  Hampshire 
family  and  is  himself  a  native  of  that  State.  His 
grandfather  was  Benjamin  Fellows,  a  native  of 
Bristol,  New  Hampshire,  born  November  22, 
1799,  and  died  December  19,  1880.  He  was  a 
farmer  by  occupation,  and  also  drove  a  four-ox 
freight  wagon  between  Bristol  and  Boston  in 
which  he  carried  supplies  for  the  store  of  Amos 
Bartlett.  As  a  young  man  he  was  a  Whig  in 
politics  but  afterwards  identified  himself  with 
the  new  Republican  party.  He  married  Miriam 
Hoyt,  who  like  himself  was  a  native  of  New 
Hampshire,  where  her  birth  occurred  in  1797. 
She  died  more  than  thirty-three  years  before  her 
husband,  April  18,  1866.  They  were  the  parents 
of  the  following  children:  Milo,  the  father  of 
Oscar  Fowler  Fellows,  and  Belinda,  born  August 
27,  1827. 

Milo  Fellows  was  born  July  23,  1821,  at  Bris- 
tol, New  Hampshire,  and  died  September  13, 
1908.  When  he  reached  manhood  he  devoted 
himself  to  the  stone  cutter's  craft  and  was  one 
of  those  employed  in  the  work  on  the  Bunker 
Hill  monument.  For  two  years,  between  1846 
and  1848,  he  was  a  turnkey  at  the  State  prison  at 
Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  but  afterwards  re- 
turned to  New  Hampshire,  and  in  1850  settled 
on  his  farm  at  Bristol,  where  he  was  tax  collector 


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for  twenty  years,  and  took  a  prominent  part  in 
the  affairs  of  the  community.  He  married,  De- 
cember 12,  1850,  Susan  D.  Locke,  born  February 

11,  1828,  and  died  October  12,  1899.      She  was  a 
daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Nancy  (Gurdy)  Locke, 
and  also  a  member  of  an   old   New   Hampshire 
family.     Her  father,  Benjamin  Locke,  was  born 
April  10,  1770,  and  was  a  son  of  Lcvi  Locke,  born 
August  25,  1745.      Levi  Locke  in  his  turn  was  a 
son   of  Thomas   Locke,  born  June    10,   1713,  and 
a  grandson  of  Edward  Locke,  born  in   1670,  the 
entire  family  being  descended  from  Captain  John 
Locke    (1627-96)    of   Portsmouth   and    Rye,   New 
Hampshire.      To  Milo  Fellows  and  his  wife  the 
following  children  were  born:     Albert  Russ,  Sep- 
tember  8,    1851;   Smith    Drake,   March    17,    1853; 
Oscar   Fowler,   with   whose   career   we   are   here 
especially  concerned;  Milo  Augustus,  September 

12,  1861;    Herbert    Leslie,    December    n,    1863; 
Susie    Mary,    April    21,    1866;    and    Alice    Annie, 
March  16,  1873. 

Oscar  Fowler  Fellows  was  born  September  10, 
1857,  at  his  father's  home  in  Bristol,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  at  an  early  age  became  a  student  at 
the  New  Hampton  Literary  Institute.  He  de- 
voted himself  to  the  study  of  the  law  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  the  year  1881.  For  some 
time  thereafter  he  practiced  his  profession  at  the 
town  of  Bucksport,  Maine,  and  finally,  in  1905, 
removed  to  Bangor,  where  he  at  present  is  sit- 
uated and  where  he  has  built  up  for  himself  a 
highly-successful  and  high-class  practice.  In 
politics  Mr.  Fellows  is  a  Republican  and  he  has 
been  exceedingly  active  in  public  life  in  this  com- 
munity for  a  number  of  years  and  held  offices 
of  responsibility  and  trust.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Maine  House  of  Representatives  from 
1901  to  1903,  inclusive,  and  Speaker  of  the  House 
in  the  latter  year.  For  four  years  he  was  col- 
lector of  customs  at  Bucksport,  and  for  a  sim- 
ilar period  held  the  office  of  county  attorney  for 
Hancock  county.  In  the  year  1909  he  was  ap- 
pointed by  President  Roosevelt  counsel  on  be- 
half of  the  United  States  in  the  matter  of  the 
International  Commission,  pertaining  to  the  St. 
John  river.  This  commission  made  its  final  re- 
port in  the  year  1916.  Mr.  Fellows  is  a  member 
of  the  Masonic  Order,  of  the  American  Order 
of  United  Workmen  and  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows.  In  his  religious  belief  he  is  a 
Methodist  and  attends  the  church  of  that  denom- 
ination at  Bangor. 

Oscar  Fowler  Fellows  was  united  in  marriage. 
May  24,  1883,  at  Bristol,  New  Hampshire,  with 
Eva  M.  Fling,  a  native  of  this  city,  born  May  11, 


1863,  a  daughter  of  the  Hon.  Lewis  W.  Fling, 
a  well  known  attorney  of  Bristol,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  of  Margarette  (Sleeper)  Fling,  his 
wife.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fellows  the  following 
children  have  been  born:  I.  Raymond,  October 
17,  1885,  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Maine, 
and  now  an  attorney  at  law  at  Bangor,  where  he 
is  in  partnership  with  his  father;  he  married 
Madge  Gilmore,  a  daughter  of  Pascal  P.  Gilmore, 
of  Bucksport,  Maine,  and  to  them  three  children 
have  been  born:  Margaret,  November  22,  1909; 
Rosalie,  May  10,  1913;  and  Frank,  November  26, 
1914.  2.  Frank,  born  November  7,  1889,  a  grad- 
uate of  the  University  of  Maine,  and  now  an  at- 
torney at  law;  he  has  held  the  post  of  clerk  of 
the  United  States  District  Court,  District  of 
Maine,  since  1916;  he  married  Eleanor  Mating, 
of  Brewer,  Maine,  and  three  children  have  been 
born  to  them  as  follows:  Elizabeth,  April  7, 
1911;  Oscar,  January  13,  1913;  Joan,  December 
6,  1917- 


DE  FOREST  HENRY  PERKINS— The  Per- 
kins family,  represented  in  the  present  genera- 
tion by  such  men  as  Charles  N.  Perkins  and 
DeForest  Henry  Perkins,  is  prominent  in  the 
State  of  Maine  and  has  been  so  for  a  number 
of  generations.  It  has  spread  widely  through 
this  region  of  the  country,  but  the  various 
branches  of  the  family  are  probably  all  descended 
from  a  common  ancestor,  who  during  the  early 
Colonial  days  came  from  England  to  Massachu- 
setts. The  Perkins  family  has  always  been  a 
distinguished  one  and  numbers  among  its  an- 
cestors in  England  men  of  very  aristocratic 
lineage  and  associations. 

The  immediate  ancestor  of  the  Mr.  Perkins  of 
this  sketch  was  Jeremiah  Perkins,  a  native  of 
Brooksville,  Hancock  county,  Maine,  where  he 
was  born  in  1815,  and  where  his  descendants 
have  made  their  home  for  many  years.  He  was 
prominent  in  its  affairs  all  his  life  and  died  there 
in  the  year  1885.  He  married  Prudence  Blod- 
gett  and  they  were  the  parents  of  a  large  family 
of  children,  as  follows:  Amos,  George,  William, 
Charles  H.,  who  is  mentioned  below;  John,  Pru- 
dence, Mary  and  Anna. 

Charles  H.  Perkins,  fourth  son  of  Jeremiah 
and  Prudence  (Blodgett)  Perkins,  and  the  father 
of  DeForest  Henry  Perkins,  was  born  in  Brooks- 
ville, Maine,  January  12,  1840.  He  received  much 
the  same  education  as  the  average  young  men  of 
that  day,  attending  the  local  public  schools  in 
the  region  of  Brooksville.  He  abandoned  his 
studies  when  only  thirteen  years  of  age,  how- 


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ever,  and  went  to  sea,  sailing  before  the  mast 
for  some  time,  but  later  working  his  way  up  to 
the  position  of  captain  in  command  of  a  vessel 
plying  between  the  ports  of  Maine  and  the  West 
Indies  and  South  America.  For  .twenty-five 
years  he  followed  the  life  of  the  seafaring  man 
and  at  last,  growing  weary  of  this  roving  exist- 
ence, he  gave  it  up  and  established  himself  as  a 
farmer  on  the  old  homestead  at  Brooksville.  He 
was  active  in  the  life  of  that  community,  espe- 
cially in  connection  with  its  agricultural  activ- 
ities, and  in  1882  became  manager  of  the  Grange 
Store  there.  A  Republican  in  politics  he  held 
a  number  of  important  town  and  State  offices, 
was  tax  collector,  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Se- 
lectmen and  represented  Brooksville  in  the  State 
Legislature  in  1880  and  1881.  He  was  a  promi- 
nent Mason,  having  joined  that  order  in  the 
town  of  Castine,  and  he  later  became  affiliated 
with  the  lodge  of  Brooksville.  Captain  Perkins 
married,  January  I,  1861,  Ruth  H.  Grindle,  a  na- 
tive of  Sedgwick,  Maine,  born  April  I,  1841. 
They  were  the  parents  of  ten  children,  as  fol- 
lows: May  P.,  who  became  the  wife  of  Edgar 
L.  Roberts,  of  Brooksville  and  the  mother  of  one 
child,  Prudence;  Cora  A.,  who  died  at  the  age 
of  twenty-nine  years;  Izetta  B.,  who  died  at  the 
age  of  twenty-five  years;  Charles  N.,  born  Oc- 
tober 16,  1868,  one  of  the  leading  educators  in 
the  State  of  Maine,  and  now  city  superintendent 
of  schools  of  Waterville,  Maine;  Emma  F.,  who 
died  at  the  age  of  nineteen;  DeForest  Henry,  of 
whom  further;  Harvey  L.,  a  resident  of  China, 
Maine,  where  he  is  a  successful  farmer;  Fred  J.( 
who  resides  on  the  old  homestead  at  Brooksville, 
married  Laura  Tapley;  Maurice  W.,  of  Benton, 
Maine;  and  Alice  E.,  principal  of  the  grammar 
department  at  Spellman  Seminary,  Atlanta, 
Georgia. 

Born  Christmas  Day,  1872,  at  Brooksville, 
Maine,  DeForest  Henry  Perkins  received  the 
preliminary  portion  of  his  education  in  the  local 
public  schools  which  he  attended  for  a  number 
of  years.  He  prepared  for  college  at  the  Bucks- 
port  East  Maine  Conference  Seminary,  and  en- 
tered the  University  of  Maine,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1900,  taking  the 
degree  of  Ph.B.  From  youth  upwards  he  has 
displayed  the  characteristics  of  the  scholar  and 
has  always  been  actively  interested  in  the  edu- 
cational development  of  his  community.  His 
scholarship  is  of  so  marked  an  order  and  his 
•ervices  in  the  cause  of  education  so  distin- 
guished, that  he  received  the  degree  of  LL.B. 
from  the  University  of  Chicago  in  1905  and  of 


Master  of  Arts  in  1906  from  his  alma  mater. 
His  career  as  a  teacher  began  in  the  schools  of 
his  native  region,  but  after  a  few  years  spent  in 
these  institutions  he  received  and  accepted  the 
offer  of  the  position  of  principal  of  Freedom 
Academy.  Here  he  remained  for  some  time  and 
then  was  chosen  to  a  similar  position  in  the 
Skowhegan  High  School.  Four  years  in  this 
capacity  gave  Mr.  Perkins  a  very  wide  knowl- 
edge and  familiarity  with  the  needs  of  the 
schools,  and  in  1908  he  was  chosen  superintend- 
ent of  the  schools  of  Skowhegan  and  Madison. 
In  1911  Mr.  Perkins  resigned  this  position  and 
removed  to  Portland,  where  he  accepted  the  po- 
sition of  superintendent  of  schools  of  that  city. 

Mr.  Perkins  has  not  confined  himself  to  his 
professional  activities,  but  is  prominent  in  many 
departments  of  the  city's  life.  In  politics  he  is 
a  Progressive,  but  has  not  identified  himself  very 
closely  with  political  activities.  He  is  a  very 
prominent  Free  Mason  and  is  affiliated  with 
Showhegan  Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons;  Somerset  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons; 
Mt.  Moriah  Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters; 
De  Molay  Commandery,  Knights  Templar; 
Kora  Temple,  Ancient  Arabic  Order  Nobles  of 
the  Mystic  Shrine,  and  Portland  Consistory,  Sov- 
ereign Princes  of  the  Royal  Secret.  He  is  prom- 
inent in  club  circles,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Woodfords  Club  and  the  Rotary  Club  and  for 
the  past  year  has  been  president  of  the  latter. 
In  his  religious  belief  Mr.  Perkins  is  a  Methodist, 
and  has  been  active  in  advancing  the  interests 
of  that  church  in  the  community. 

On  August  I,  1900,  Mr.  Perkins  was  united  in 
marriage  at  Dyerbrook,  Aroostook  county, 
Maine,  with  Jennie  C.  Powers,  a  native  of  Dyer- 
brook  and  a  daughter  of  Elbridge  and  Ida  F. 
Powers,  old  and  highly  respected  residents  of 
that  place.  Mr.  Powers  is  now  deceased,  but 
Mrs.  Powers  continues  to  live  at  the  old  Powers 
home.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Perkins  two  children 
have  been  born,  as  follows:  Frederick  Powers, 
August  18,  1904,  and  Marion  Powers,  May  28, 
1910. 

DeForest  Henry  Perkins  has  for  many  years 
been  associated  with  the  scientific  and  scholarly 
achievements  of  Maine.  He  is  the  type  of  man 
which  makes  the  ideal  citizen,  uniting  in  himself 
most  happily  many  private  and  public  virtues. 
His  career  is  of  that  wholesome  kind  that  in  de- 
veloping itself  is  also  a  benefit  to  the  com- 
munity-at-large.  Public-spirited  in  a  high  de- 
gree, he  never  loses  sight  of  the  common  inter- 
est and  he  is  ever  ready  to  do  what  he  can  to 


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•dvance  it.  A  religious  man,  a  moral  man  in  all 
the  relations  of  life,  public  and  private,  a  man 
of  the  strongest  domestic  instinct,  who  is  happy 
in  his  home  and  makes  his  home  happy  by  his 
presence.  A  man  whose  word  all  are  willing  to 
accept  and  whose  sturdy  democracy  has  won  for 
him  a  host  of  friends. 


JOHN  FAIRFIELD  LYNCH,  a  native  of 
Maine,  was  born  May  9,  1845,  in  Harrington, 
Washington  county,  son  of  John  and  Maria 
Louise  (Moore)  Lynch,  and  has  lived  all  his  life 
in  that  county.  His  father  was  a  merchant  in 
Cherryfield,  and  in  the  public  schools  and  acad- 
emy of  that  town  the  son  received  his  education. 
While  yet  a  boy  he  found  employment  in  Ban- 
gor,  Maine,  during  the  Civil  War,  and  there  en- 
listed, in  July,  1864,  as  a  member  of  Company 
A,  Maine  State  Guards,  of  Bangor,  commanded 
by  Captain  Llewellyn  J.  Morse,  to  guard  the 
Portsmouth  Navy  Yard.  A  comrade  was  Han- 
nibal Hamlin,  vice-president  of  the  United 
States.  After  this  service  young  Lynch  took 
up  the  study  of  law  with  William  Freeman,  at 
Cherryfield,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  the 
April  term  of  court,  held  at  Machias  in  1867. 
On  April  3,  of  the  following  year,  he  formed  a 
partnership  with  George  Walker  of  Machias,  and 
they  continued  in  practice  for  five  years,  and 
since  the  end  of  that  period  Mr.  Lynch  has 
continuously  prosecuted  an  active  and  success- 
ful practice,  with  office  in  Machias.  Mr.  Lynch 
has  always  taken  an  active  part  in  the  promo- 
tion of  good  government,  and  was  a  member 
of  the  Maine  House  of  Representatives  in  1876. 
In  1879  he  was  commissary-general,  with  the 
rank  of  colonel  on  Governor  Garcelon's  staff.  In 
1884  and  1886  he  was  the  Democratic  candidate 
for  Congress  in  the  Fourth  District  of  Maine, 
and  the  latter  year  he  was  appointed  by  Presi- 
dent Cleveland,  collector  of  customs,  which  po- 
sition he  filled  for  four  years.  At  the  time  of 
the  death  of  William  P.  Frye  in  1911,  he  was  a 
candidate  for  the  vacancy  thus  caused  in  the 
United  States  Senate,  and  he  received  the  sup- 
port of  the  Eastern  portion  of  the  State.  He 
is  a  member  of  Harwood  Lodge,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  of  Machias,  Maine,  of  whose 
finance  committee  he  was  for  many  years  a 
member;  is  a  member  of  Delta  Lodge  of 
Perfection,  of  Machias,  and  of  the  Eastern  Star 
branch  of  the  Masonic  order  of  that  town. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  Bradbury  Post,  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic,  of  Machias.  While  not 
a  member  of  any  religious  organization,  he  is 


recognized  as  a  most  exemplary  citizen,  a  sup- 
porter of  all  moral  movements.  Originally  a 
Republican  in  political  sentiment,  as  was  his 
father  before  him,  his  sense  of  justice  was  great- 
ly outraged  by  the  treatment  received  by  Presi- 
dent Andrew  Johnson,  and  since  that  occasion 
he  has  firmly  and  consistently  sustained  the 
Democratic  party  in  politics. 

In  1916  Mr.  Lynch  published  a  volume  of 
reminiscences,  entitled  "The  Advocate,  an  Auto- 
biography and  Series  of  Reminiscences."  There 
is  not  a  dull  page  in  it,  and  Maine  people  will 
read  it  with  especial  interest,  for  it  deals  in  large 
part  with  life  in  Maine,  and  particularly  down 
East,  for  Mr.  Lynch  has  passed  his  life  in  Wash- 
ington county  and  his  reminiscences  are  chiefly 
of  Harrington,  Millbridge,  Cherryfield  and 
Machias  people  and  events,  occasionally  enliv- 
ened and  varied  by  anecdotes  of  trips  to  Boston, 
New  York  and  elsewhere.  Most  Eastern  Main-: 
people  are  acquainted  with  Mr.  Lynch,  at  least 
by  reputation,  and  know  that  for  many  years  he 
has  been  one  of  the  leaders  of  the  Washington 
county  bar.  Mr.  Lynch  says  that  he  had  no 
intention  of  writing  a  book  when  he  began  his 
reminiscences  for  his  immediate  relatives,  but 
has  yielded  to  the  suggestions  of  friends.  It 
is  to  the  advantage  of  the  public  that  he  has 
done  so,  for  many  interesting  incidents  are  thus 
preserved  and  all  will  enjoy  Mr.  Lynch's  pic- 
turesque and  interesting  style  and  his  clear  in- 
sight into  large  affairs.  Mr.  Lynch  makes  no 
attempt  at  a  narrative,  simple  chats  along  about 
men  and  events  and  conveys  much  information 
thereby.  His  comments  upon  Maine  politic* 
appearing  at  intervals  throughout  The  Advocate 
are  especially  informing,  while  all  attorneys  will 
enjoy  his  legal  reminiscences  and  his  pen  pic- 
tures of  the  late  Chief  Justice  Peters,  th»  late 
Chief  Justice  Appleton  and  other  lights  of  the 
Maine  courts.  , 

The  Bangor  Daily  Commercial  of  August  31, 
1916,  said  of  this  work:  "Mr.  Lynch  tells  his 
readers  that,  although  his  father  was  a  Repub- 
lican the  writer  became  a  Democrat  because-  of 
the  treatment  of  Andrew  Johnson  by  the  Repub- 
lican leaders.  Mr.  Lynch  feels  that  Vice-presi- 
dent Johnson  was  the  most  unfortunate  figure 
in  American  history,  and  that  he  was  cruelly 
misunderstood.  He  makes  out  a  strong  cas-i  for 
Mr.  Johnson  and  has  evidently  been  a  profound 
student  of  the  impeachment  proceedings  and  the 
events  leading  thereto.  The  historic  story  of 
the  taking  of  the  British  sloop  Margarette  by 
Machias  men,  the  first  naval  victory  won  in  the 


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Revolution,  is  told  with  absorbing  inteicst  by 
Mr.  Lynch  in  citations  from  an  address  deliv- 
ered by  him  at  the  Hotel  Astor  in  New  \  ork 
City  before  the  Maine  Society  of  that  city." 

From  Sprague's  Journal  of  Maine  History  the 
following  review  is  quoted:  "The  Advocate,  an 
Autobiography  and  Series  of  Reminiscences."  It 
is  unique  in  its  arrangement,  as  it  contains 
neither  chapter  nor  section,  but  is  one  con- 
tinuous and  delightful  relation  of  his  life  as  boy 
and  man.  His  varied  experiences  in  his  prac- 
tice in  the  courts,  his  life  generallv  in  a  Maine 
country  village;  his  occasional  visits  to  the  cities 
and  his  casual  peeps  at  city  life;  his  mingling 
with  politics  as  a  participant  in  the  performances 
of  one  party  and  as  a  keen  observer  of  the  do- 
ings of  another  party;  his  views  on  religious 
and  other  vital  subjects,  and  his  remembrances 
of  many  noted  Maine  men  of  the  past  and  of 
the  present  time,  are  all  told  in  a  quaint  and  an 
exceedingly  interesting  manner,  and  running 
through  its  very  page  is  a  vein  of  droll  wit  and 
humorous  philosophy  that  is  sure  to  captivate 
the  reader.  Every  Maine  lawyer  will  enjoy  read- 
ing it,  for  by  its  perusal  he  will  gain  much 
knowledge,  some  consolation  and  a  lot  of  amuse- 
ment." 

Mr.  Lynch  married  (first)  December  9,  1872, 
at  Hyde  Park,  Massachusetts,  Mary  Elizabeth 
Lewis,  daughter  of  Joseph  Curtis  and  Mary 
Elizabeth  Lewis.  She  died  March  15,  1881.  Mr. 
Lynch  married  (second)  July  24,  1895,  at  Bos- 
ton, Abbie  Ella  Putnam,  daughter  of  James  Rus- 
sell and  Mary  Jane  Putnam.  She  is  a  member 
of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Boston.  The 
first  wife  was  the  mother  of  three  children:  I. 
Curtis  Lewis,  born  October  10,  1873;  married, 
June  27,  1906,  Maude  L.  Thompson,  and  had 
one  son,  John  Lewis.  2.  Maria  Louise,  born 
March  16,  1877;  married,  June  30,  1903,  and  has 
two  children:  Elizabeth  L.  and  Mary  Abby.  3. 
Jay  Roy,  born  March  15,  1881;  married,  June 
30,  1914,  Delia  D.  Boardman,  and  they  have 
one  son,  George. 

Mr.  Lynch  is  a  modest  man,  who  has  never 
sought  notoriety,  but  this  work  has  at  once 
given  him  a  standing  among  American  writers 
of  true  feeling,  keen  observation  and  strong  ex- 
pression. 


MELVILLE  H.  ANDREWS— As  one  of  the 
veteran  musicians  of  Bangor,  and  a  popular  and 
highly-esteemed  figure  in  that  town,  Melville  H. 
Andrews  has  done  much  for  the  happiness  of 
the  community.  He  was  born  at  Milton  Planta- 


tion, Maine,  January  27,  1845,  the  son  of  Ephraitn 
Kimball  and  Olive  (Chase)  Andrews,  the  former 
a  farmer  by  occupation.  Mr.  Andrews  received 
his  education  at  the  common  schools  of  his  na- 
tive place.  When  the  Civil  War  broke  out  he 
was  determined  to  get  into  the  army,  and,  al- 
though he  was  only  sixteen  years  old,  he  man- 
aged to  be  accepted  as  a  fifer  in  the  Twelfth 
Maine  Regiment  of  Volunteers.  He  was  in  Gen- 
eral Benjamin  F.  Butler's  division  at  the  capture 
of  New  Orleans,  in  April,  1862.  The  citizens 
of  the  city  were  very  bitter  toward  the  sol- 
diers and  lost  no  opportunity  to  insult  them. 
When  Mumford  tore  the  American  flag  from  the 
Custom  House  and  trampled  it  in  the  street, 
General  Butler  determined  to  make  an  example 
of  him  and  sentenced  him  to  death  by  hanging. 
The  night  before  the  execution  the  citizens 
placarded  the  city  with  this  card  "Butler,  you 
beast,  if  you  dare  hang  Mumford  we  will  assas- 
sinate you."  On  the  morning  of  the  execution 
a  scafford  was  erected  over  the  entrance  to  the 
United  States  Branch  Mint  (in  which  the 
Twelfth  Regiment  was  quartered)  and  two  com- 
panies were  detailed  to  proceed  to  the  jail  and 
take  Mumford  to  the  place  of  execution.  Mr. 
Andrews  was  detailed  as  fifer,  and,  together 
with  a  drummer,  played  the  Rogues  March  from 
the  jail  to  the  scaffold.  General  Butler  excited 
the  admiration  of  all  the  soldiers  by  appearing 
on  his  white  horse  and  accompanying  the  detail 
to  the  scaffold,  where  the  Twelfth  Regiment  was 
in  line,  facing  a  great  mob  making  a  noisy  dem- 
onstration. General  Butler  dispelled  any  doubt 
as  to  his  personal  courage  by  riding  through  the 
ranks  into  the  mob  where  any  crank  could  have 
killed  him,  and  gave  the  order  for  Mumford  to 
be  executed.  The  rope  was  cut,  and,  as  the  body 
dropped  the  mob  became  as  quiet  as  death.  Gen- 
eral Butler  then  ordered  them  to  disperse  and 
they  slunk  away  like  whipped  curs.  Had  any- 
one shot  General  Butler  that  morning,  New  Or- 
leans would  have  been  wiped  off  the  map. 

The  Twelfth  Maine  Regiment  of  Volunteers 
was  in  Louisiana  until  the  spring  of  1864,  tak- 
ing part  in  the  battles  of  Morganza  Bend, 
Baton  Rouge,  seige  of  Port  Hudson  and  the  Red 
River  Expedition,  under  Major-General  Banks. 
Early  in  1864  the  regiment  came  North  and  was 
with  General  Sheridan's  Shenandoah  Campaign 
in  1864,  and  in  the  battles  of  Winchester  and 
Cedar  Creek.  Mr.  Andrews  joined  General 
Sheridan's  Army  at  the  siege  of  Savannah  and 
was  mustered  out  of  the  army  in  April,  1866. 
While  stationed  at  Savannah,  where  he  remained 


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for  a  year,  Mr.  Andrews  organized  the  Twelfth 
Maine  Band  and  became  its  leader.  By  his  un- 
failing tact  and  courtesy,  as  well  as  by  his  skill 
as  a  musician,  Mr.  Andrews  won  many  friends. 
The  citizens  of  the  place  gave  him  a  mag- 
nificent cornet  as  a  token  of  their  esteem.  An- 
other souvenir  given  him  by  the  officers  of  the 
regiment  was  a  handsome  gold  watch  and  chain 
which  he  still  wears. 

After  the  war  Mr.  Andrews  came  to  Bangor, 
and  has  since  made  that  city  his  home.  In  1867 
he  organized  the  Andrews'  Orchestra,  a  musical 
body  known  all  over  the  State.  The  Bangor 
Band,  which  had  also  been  in  the  army,  reor- 
ganized, and  he  became  its  leader,  remaining 
with  it  for  fifteen  years,  and  putting  it  upon  such 
an  excellent  footing  that  technically  and  mu- 
sically it  is  considered,  with  perhaps  the  excep- 
tion of  Chandler's  the  foremost  musical  organ- 
ization in  the  State.  Mr.  Andrews  has  written 
much  instrumental  music  and  is  the  author  of 
"Sunny  Days,"  "Over  the  Sea,"  and  "There  Are 
Flowers  on  the  Grave  of  Our  Darling,"  the  lat- 
ter being  dedicated  to  the  B.  H.  Beale  Post  12, 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  Although  Mr. 
Andrews  has  received  flattering  offers  of  leader- 
ship in  other  musical  organizations  in  the  West, 
he  has  always  declined  to  leave  home  in  the 
afternoon  of  his  days.  From  1867  to  1890  Mr. 
Andrews  was  the  proprietor  of  the  Andrews' 
School  for  Dancing.  In  1890  he  established 
himself  in  the  piano  and  music  business  and  now 
has  one  of  the  largest  piano  warehouses  east  of 
Boston,  and  carrying  regularly  about  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  pianos  in  stock,  all  of  the  most 
prominent  manufacturers,  and  occupying  five 
floors  for  his  business  needs.  •  He  also  carries 
a  full  line  of  other  musical  instruments,  and  in 
connection  with  his  business  has  a  concert  hall 
with  a  seating  capacity  of  one  hundred  and  fifty, 
in  which  he  gives  musical  recitals. 

Mr.  Andrews  is  a  member  of  many  organiza- 
tions, among  them  being:  St.  Andrews  Lodge, 
No.  83,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  Mt.  Moriah 
Chapter,  N'o.  6,  Royal  Arch  Masons;  Bangor 
Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters;  St.  John's 
Commandery,  No.  3,  Knights  Templar;  Ancient 
and  Accepted  Scottish  Rite;  Perfection  Lodge, 
Eastern  Star;  Palestine  Council,  Princes  of 
Jerusalem;  Bangor  Chapter,  Rose  Croix;  Maine 
Consistory  at  Portland;  Kora  Temple,  Nobles 
of  the  Mystic  Shrine;  Tarratine  Club  of  Ban- 
gor; Melita,  Condeskeag,  Canoe,  Country,  Ma- 
sonic and  Madocawanda  clubs,  and  Hannibal 
Hamlin  Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  He 


is  a  Republican,  and  an  attendant  of  the  Central 
Congregational  Church.  He  married,  in  1891, 
Mrs.  Helen  D.  (Burton)  Nealley,  daughter  of 
Isaac  Burton,  of  Lincoln,  Maine. 


WALLACE   WADSWORTH   DYSON,  M.D., 

one  of  the  successful  physicians  of  Portland, 
Maine,  where  he  has  identified  himself  most 
closely  with  all  the  varied  activities  of  the  com- 
munity, is  a  member  of  a  family  which  has  for 
long  been  well  known  and  respected  there.  The 
family  is  of  English  origin,  the  grandfather  of 
Dr.  Dyson,  one  Adam  Dyson,  having  been  born 
in  that  country  where  he  was  engaged  in  the 
occupation  of  farming  and  was  also  a  preacher. 
He  was  married  to  a  Miss  Wadsworth  and  by 
her  had  the  following  children:  Harry,  Richard 
and  three  others,  all  of  whom  are  now  dead;  and 
John,  the  father  of  the  Dr.  Dyson  of  this  sketch. 

John  Dyson  was  born  in  England,  at  Meltham, 
Yorkshire,  and  spent  the  early  part  of  his  life 
in  his  native  place,  and  at  an  early  age  emigrated 
to  the  United  States,  where  he  located  at  Dex- 
ter, Maine.  Here  he  found  employment  as  an 
overseer  in  the  woolen  mills  for  a  time,  and 
later  leased  and  ran  a  mill  of  his  own  at  Lacon 
and  at  Peoria  for  a  time.  This  business  he  de- 
veloped very  successfully,  and  he  is  now  living 
retired  at  the  venerable  age  of  eighty  with  Dr. 
Dyson  at  his  home  in  Portland.  John  Dyson 
was  united  in  marriage  with  Mary  Ann  Taylor, 
like  himself  a  native  of  England,  and  who  emi- 
grated here  with  her  parents  while  a  young  girl 
and  settled  in  Dexter.  Humphrey  Taylor,  father 
of  Mrs.  Dyson,  was  a  native  of  England,  and 
came  to  this  country  in  the  forties,  settling  at 
Dexter,  Maine.  He  was  engaged  in  the  woolen 
manufacturing  business  for  a  number  of  years, 
and  his  death  occurred  in  1901,  when  he  was  in 
his  seventieth  year.  His  wife,  who  was  a  Miss 
Heige,  was  a  descendant  of  a  prominent  Scotch 
family,  and  bore  him  the  following  children: 
Mary  Ann,  Charlotte  and  Herman,  the  latter  of 
whom  at  present  resides  in  Minneapolis.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Dyson  were  the  parents  of  two  chil- 
dren: Herbert,  who  died  in  infancy,  and  Wallace 
Wadsworth. 

Dr.  Wallace  Wadsworth  Dyson  was  born  De- 
cember 27,  1872,  at  Fairbury,  Illinois,  and  came 
to  Bridgeton,  Maine,  with  his  parents  when  he 
was  but  a  boy.  It  was  there  that  he  received 
the  preliminary  portion  of  his  education,  at- 
tending the  local  public  schools  and  preparing 
himself  thus  for  a  college  career.  Being  of  an 
industrious  nature,  he  studied  hard,  and  on  grad- 


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uating  matriculated  at  the  Bowdoin  Medical 
College.  After  graduating  from  this  institution, 
he  entered  the  Maine  General  Hospital,  where 
for  one  year  he  served  as  an  interne.  Having  fully 
equipped  himself  for  the  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion and  having  gained  considerable  knowledge 
while  acting  as  interne,  he  started  upon  a  med- 
ical career  of  his  own  and  opened  an  office  in 
Portland.  His  aptness  in  his  profession  and  his 
profound  knowledge  thereof  soon  gained  for  him 
an  extensive  clientele,  and  in  1901  he  was  chosen 
city  physician,  a  position  which  he  held  for  two 
years.  Dr.  Dyson  is  prominent  in  the  fraternal 
and  club  circles  of  Portland,  is  a  Free  Mason, 
and  a  member  of  the  Portland  Club  and  other 
associations  of  importance.  In  his  religious  be- 
lief, Dr.  Dyson  is  a  Universalist  and  attends  the 
church  of  that  denomination  at  Portland,  the 
philanthropic  undertakings  of  which  he  supports 
liberally.  His  pleasing  personality  and  cheery 
disposition  have  gained  for  him  a  host  of  de- 
voted friends. 

On  September  4,  1901,  at  Portland,  Maine,  Dr. 
Dyson  was  united  in  marriage  with  Angie  Ma- 
belle  Cobb,  a  native  of  Portland,  a  daughter  of 
John  and  Clara  Malissa  Cobb.  Mrs.  Cobb  at 
present  resides  in  Portland,  Mr.  Cobb  having 
died  many  years  ago.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Dyson  are 
the  parents  of  one  child,  a  son,  Wallace  Cobb, 
whose  birth  occurred  December  28,  1908. 

Dr.  Dyson  is  a  man  in  whom  the  public  and 
private  virtues  are  admirably  balanced.  He  is 
regarded  in  the  professional  world  and  in  all 
his  public  relations  as  one  whose  principles  are 
above  reproach  and  whose  strict  ideals  of  honor 
and  justice  are  applied  to  every  detail  of  his 
professional  career.  The  influence  which  he  ex- 
erts in  the  community  is  beneficial  from  every 
point  of  view,  not  only  through  the  valuable 
service  rendered  professionally  by  him  but  also 
in  his  capacity  as  citizen  and  man. 


FREDERICK    FAIRFIELD    LORD— Among 

the  prominent  families  of  Maine  and  indeed  of 
New  England,  that  of  Lord  is  especially  dis- 
tinguished, its  various  branches  having  spread 
widely  over  that  region,  as  well  as  in  other  parts 
of  the  United  States.  There  were  several  im- 
migrants of  this  name  in  the  early  Colonial  his- 
tory of  New  England,  but  it  seems  impossible 
to  be  sure  whether  they  were  all  of  one  origin 
in  England  or  not.  One  of  the  immigrant  an- 
cestors of  a  large  number  of  those  who  bear 
the  name  today  was  Robert  Lord,  who  was 
early  of  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  with  which  State 


most  of  his  descendants  are  identified,  although 
more  than  one  branch  is  resident  in  Maine.  An- 
other immigrant  was  Nathan  Lord,  who  came  to 
the  latter  region  very  early  in  its  settlement. 
He  was  born  in  England,  probably  about  1603, 
and  we  find  a  record  of  him  at  Kittery,  Maine, 
as  early  as  1652,  and  it  is  from  him  that  the  Mr. 
Lord  of  this  sketch  is  descended  in  all  prob- 
abiltiy. 

The  ancestor  to  whom  he  directly  traces  his 
descent  is  Captain  Benjamin  Lord,  who  resided 
during  the  latter  part  of  the  eighteenth  and  the 
early  part  of  the  nineteenth  centuries  at  Leba- 
non, New  Hampshire.  We  do  not  know  a  great 
deal  concerning  him,  but  the  records  show  that 
he  was  married  there  and  raised  a  family.  One 
of  his  sons,  Ivory  Lord,  also  made  his  home  at 
Lebanon,  New  Hampshire,  and  was  a  prominent 
man  in  the  community.  He  married  Draxy 
Lord,  by  whom  he  had  five  children:  Clementine, 
Claratine,  Gardner,  Ivory  Fairfield  and  Ben- 
jamin Leland.  Ivory  Fairfield  Lord,  son  of 
Ivory  and  Draxy  (Lord)  Lord,  was  born  De- 
cember 20,  1838,  at  Lebanon,  New  Hampshire. 
The  major  part  of  his  childhood  was  spent  in 
his  native  place,  and  he  began  his  education  in 
the  local  public  schools.  While  still  a  boy,  however, 
he  went  to  Somersworth,  in  the  same  State,  and 
there  completed  his  education  and  learned  the 
business  of  candy  making,  in  which  he  was  later 
to  engage  so  extensively.  From  Somersworth 
he  removed  to  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  and 
in  this  larger  place  started  in  business  on  his 
own  account,  manufacturing  candy  there  for  the 
local  market.  From  Portsmouth  he  came  to 
Portland,  Maine,  and  was  associated  for  some 
time  with  L.  J.  Perkins  in  the  same  line  of  busi- 
ness, but  eventually  became  the  proprietor  of  a 
confectionery  store  on  Congress  street  at  No. 
566,  and  just  west  of  the  old  Longfellow  man- 
sion. It  was  on  March  22,  1880,  that  Mr.  Lord 
established  himself  in  thi,-,  new  enterprise,  buy- 
ing out  the  business  of  Allen  Gow,  which  used 
to  be  conducted  on  Congress  street  on  the  site 
of  the  present  Baxter  building.  For  a  time  Mr. 
Lord  remained  at  this  location  and  then  pur- 
chased the  candy  store  of  C.  O.  Hudson  in 
Monument  Square,  where,  however,  he  remained 
for  only  a  few  years.  In  1888  he  removed  to  No. 
486  Congress  street,  where  he  continued  in  busi- 
ness until  the  close  of  his  life.  During  the  many 
years  in  which  he  remained  in  business,  Ivory 
Fairfield  Lord  maintained  the  highest  standards 
and  ideals  of  the  commercial  world  and  won  for 
himself  a  well-deserved  reputation  as  an  hon- 


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orable  and  able  man  of  affairs.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Masonic  Order,  which  he  joined  at 
Somersworth,  New  Hampshire,  and  a  member  of 
the  local  lodges  of  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  the  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star  and 
the  Patriarchs  Militant.  He  married,  November 
14,  1864,  Clara  Abbie  Varney,  a  native  of  Ber- 
wick, Maine,  born  August  17,  1843,  a  daughter 
of  Hiram  and  Emily  (Walker)  Varney.  To  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Varney  the  following  children  were 
born:  Eliza,  who  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-one 
years;  Charles  W.;  Emily  A.,  who  became  the 
wife  of  Alonzo  Richards;  Frances  Lucretia,  who 
died  in  infancy;  Lucretia  Frances,  who  died  in 
infancy;  Aaron,  died  in  early  youth;  Clara  Abbie 
(Mrs.  Lord).  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lord  were  the  par- 
ents of  the  following  children:  Fred  Fairfield, 
of  whom  further;  Ella  Frances,  born  November 
6,  1870;  and  Leon  Ralson,  born  May  10,  1875; 
and  is  now  in  business  in  New  York  City. 

Born  October  27,  1865,  at  Portsmouth,  New 
Hampshire,  Fred  Fairfield  Lord,  eldest  child  of 
Ivory  Fairfield  and  Clara  Abbie  (Varney)  Lord, 
passed  only  the  first  four  years  of  his  life  in 
his  native  town.  Having  reached  that  age,  he 
came  with  his  parents  in  1869  to  Portland, 
Maine,  where  he  has  since  made  his  home  and 
which  has  been  the  scene  of  his  business  activ- 
ities. His  education  was  obtained  at  the  public 
schools  of  the  city,  which  he  attended  for  a 
number  of  years,  and  began  to  work  for  his 
father  in  the  latter's  old  confectionery  store  at 
No.  566  Congress  street.  Mr.  Lord  has  all 
through  his  life  been  essentially  a  business  man, 
and  has  devoted  his  energies  to  the  building  up 
and  development  of  his  successful  enterprise. 
He  is  an  active  figure  in  the  general  life  of  Port- 
land and  is  affiliated  with  many  important  or- 
ganizations of  a  social  and  fraternal  character. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  local  lodge,  Ancient  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Benevolent  and  Protective 
Order  of  Elks,  and  Maine  Charitable  Mechanics' 
Association.  He  is  a  staunch  advocate  of  out- 
door life  and  the  wholesome  sports  and  past- 
times  associated  therewith,  and  while  a  young 
man  spent  as  much  time  as  he  could  in  the 
pursuit  of  his  favorite  sport  of  hunting. 

On  June  17,  1891,  Mr.  Lord  was  united  in  mar- 
riage at  Portland  with  Evelyn  H.  Pierce,  of  Ban- 
gor,  Maine.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lord  two  chil- 
dren have  been  born,  as  follows:  Phyllis  Clara, 
who  makes  her  home  with  her  parents,  and  Law- 
rence Fairfield,  born  in  1901. 

ME.— 1—14 


CHARLES  VEAZIE  LORD— When  a  "Forty 
Niner"  is  referred  to,  one  instinctively  imagines 
a  very  old  man  long  since  gathered  to  his 
fathers,  but  Charles  V.  Lord,  of  Bangor,  Maine, 
was  a  "Forty  Niner,"  and  were  he  living  today 
would  be  but  eighty-three  years  of  age.  This 
is  easily  understood  when  it  is  explained  that  he 
was  but  a.  lad  of  thirteen  years  when  he  went 
with  his  father  to  California  in  1849,  his  father, 
Nathaniel  Lord,  taking  "around  the  Horn"  a 
small  river  steamer  which  he  set  up  and  used  on 
the  Sacramento  river,  the  first  steam  craft  ever 
seen  on  that  river.  Charles  V.  Lord  was  a  son 
of  Nathaniel  and  Frances  A.  (Veazie)  Lord,  and 
a  grandson  of  General  Samuel  Veazie.  In  pa- 
ternal line  he  traced  descent  from  Nathan  Lord, 
who  is  found  recorded  in  Kittery,  Maine,  as  earlv 
as  1652.  His  house,  in  what  is  now  South  Ber- 
wick, was  a  garrison  house  and  occupied  as  a 
residence  as  late  as  1816.  He  died  in  1733,  and 
in  his  will  bequeathed  to  his  minister  a  gold 
ring  and  also  left  twenty  pounds  for  the  purchase 
of  communion  plate. 

Charles  Veazie  Lord  was  born  in  Bangor, 
Maine,  August  17,  1836,  eldest  of  the  seven  chil- 
dren of  Nathaniel  and  Frances  A.  (Veazie) 
Lord.  He  died  in  his  native  city,  September 
26,  1905.  Until  thirteen  years  of  age  he  lived 
the  quiet,  uneventful  life  of  a  Bangor  school- 
boy, then  was  suddenly  launched  upon  a  sea  of 
adventure  by  being  taken  with  his  father  by 
steamer  to  the  gold  fields  of  California.  Father, 
son  and  steamer  arrived  in  safety,  but  a  year 
later  father  and  son  returned  to  Maine,  via  the 
Isthmus,  leaving  the  steamer  in  charge  of  others. 
Charles  V.  Lord  then  resumed  his  studies,  first 
at  Kennebec  Port,  Maine,  going  thence  to 
Phillips  (Andover)  Academy,  and  lat'"  to  Nor- 
wich Academy,  Northfield,  Virginia,  where  he 
remained  from  1852  until  1854.  During  this 
period  Nathaniel  Lord  had  returned  to  Califor- 
nia, and  there  met  accidental  death.  In  1854 
Charles  V.  Lord,  then  eighteen  years  of  age, 
was  sent  to  California  by  his  grandfather,  Gen- 
eral Samuel  Veazie,  with  instructions  to  sell  the 
steamer  and  close  out  his  father's  business.  This 
trust  he  faithfully  executed  and  returned  to 
Bangor. 

On  returning  home  he  was  made  agent  for 
the  Bangor,  Old  Town  &  Millford  Railroad,  serv- 
ing for  a  time,  but  not  liking  the  position  he 
soon  persuaded  his  grandfather,  General  Veazie, 
to  send  him  to  take  a  clerk's  position  in  a  gro- 
cery business  at  Ellsworth,  Maine,  in  which 


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General  Veazie  was  a  partner.  He  remained  in 
Ellsworth  until  1860,  then  returned  to  Bangor  to 
enter  the  firm,  Charles  Hayward  &  Company, 
wholesale  grocers.  At  the  outbreak  of  war  be- 
tween the  States  he  enlisted,  and  for  six  months 
served  with  the  Second  Regiment,  Maine  Vol- 
unteer Infantry,  attaining  the  rank  of  first  lieu- 
tenant and  serving  as  quartermaster.  His  part- 
ner in  the  grocery  business  had  in  the  meantime 
enlisted,  this  compelling  Mr.  Lord's  reluctant 
resignation  of  his  commission  and  return  to  busi- 
ness. 

Upon  his  return  to  private  life  he  embarked 
upon  a  career  of  business  expansion  and  suc- 
cess which  carried  him  to  the  front  rank  of 
Maine  business  men  and  ceased  only  with  his 
death.  At  the  death  of  General  Veazie  he  was 
named  an  administrator  in  the  settlement  of  the 
Veazie  estate,  which  involved  a  heavy  burden  of 
responsibility.  He  was  president  of  the  Union 
Iron  Works  of  Bangor,  president  of  the  Veazie 
National  Bank  from  1879,  and  president  of  the 
Bangor  Savings  Bank  from  1903,  serving  both 
institutions  until  his  death.  Mr.  Lord  was  a 
Republican  in  politics,  and  in  1873-75  served  the 
city  of  Bangor  as  councilman.  In  1878  he  rep- 
resented his  district  in  the  State  Legislature. 

Mr.  Lord  married,  at  the  Astor  House  in  New 
York  City,  in  1861,  Frances  E.  Strickland,  Lieu- 
tenant Lord  then  being  on  his  way  to  the  front 
to  join  his  regiment.  Frances  E.  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  General  Samuel  P.  Strickland,  also  an 
eminent  citizen  of  the  State  of  Maine. 


GEN.    SAMUEL    PERLEY    STRICKLAND 

— A  quiet  man,  more  noted  for  the  unassuming 
wisdom  of  his  decisions  than  for  much  talk, 
General  Strickland  was  given  that  breadth  of 
kindness  and  liberal  generosity  that  warms  like 
the  sun  and  is  as  constant.  A  country  boy,  he 
was  one  of  the  five  sons  of  Hastings  Strickland, 
of  Livermore,  Maine,  and  a  grandson  of  the  Rev. 
John  Strickland,  a  graduate  of  Yale,  class  of 
1761,  and  a  minister  of  the  Gospel,  settled  over 
churches  at  Oakham,  Massachusetts,  Turner,  and 
Andover,  Maine.  The  boy  was  named  Samuel 
Perley  for  his  maternal  grandfather,  Rev.  Sam- 
uel Perley,  of  Gray  and  Livermore,  Maine. 

Samuel  Perley  Strickland  resided  in  Liver- 
more  until  1820,  then  left  to  engage  in  trade  in 
New  Portland,  being  then  nineteen  years  of  age. 
In  1834  he  located  in  Bangor,  where  in  associa- 
tion with  his  brother  Hastings  he  engaged  in 
the  lumber  business,  the  brothers  long  continu- 
ing a  prosperous,  extensive  business.  Genera! 


Strickland  was  a  member  of  the  Unitarian 
church  of  Bangor,  and  on  more  than  one  occa- 
sion his  quiet  wisdom  impressed  itself  upon  that 
body.  Once  there  was  a  very  heated  discussion 
in  progress  concerning  disputed  questions  be- 
fore the  parish  meeting,  and  he  was  called  upon 
to  settle  the  point  under  discussion.  He  rose 
and  quietly  said:  "Gentlemen — I  thank  you,  but 
more  has  been  said  already  than  will  be  remem- 
bered," and  sat  down.  The  meeting  proceeded 
to  an  orderly  settlement.  But  if  General  Strick- 
land could  be  wise  and  peaceable  he  could  also 
be  aroused  to  just  indignation.  His  title  of 
"General"  was  gained  through  his  service  in  the 
Maine  Militia,  where  he  was  one  of  Maine's  pro- 
testing sons  against  the  injustice  of  the  aggres- 
sion of  the  province  of  New  Brunswick  during 
that  episode  known  as  the  "Aroostook  War," 
pending  the  settlement  of  the  Maine  boundary 
dispute  between  the  United  States  and  Great 
Britain.  He  was  ready  to  fight  then,  though  his 
respect  for  General  Winfield  Scott  and  his  life- 
long admiration  for  Daniel  Webster  reconciled 
him  to  the  inevitable  after  the  affair  was  settled 
by  the  signing  of  the  Ashburton  Treaty. 

When  war  broke  out  between  the  States,  Gen- 
eral Strickland  was  one  of  the  first  to  aid  the 
Government  with  his  time,  money  and  wise  coun- 
sel. He  took  an  active  part  in  raising  the  Ban- 
gor contingent -of  Maine  volunteers,  and  three 
times  made  visits  to  the  battle  front  in  the  inter- 
est of  their  proper  care  and  comfort.  Inflex- 
ible in  his  own  patriotism,  knowing  no  neutral 
ground,  he  had  no  sympathy  for  anyone  who 
did  not  support  the  Government.  He  was  a 
Whig  and  a  Republican  in  his  politics,  and  in 
1832  served  as  State  Senator.  He  was  a  repre- 
sentative to  the  State  Legislature  of  1857,  1858 
and  1862;  in  the  latter  year  was  executive  coun- 
cilor, and  in  1864  presidential  elector.  In  city 
government  he  served  both  as  councilman  and 
alderman. 

General  Strickland  married  (first)  Frances  E. 
Gushing,  of  Turner,  Maine.  He  married  (sec- 
ond), in  1845,  Ruth  Bacon,  of  Buxton,  Maine, 
whom  he  also  survived.  By  his  first  marriage 
there  were  five  children:  Franklin,  John  Tur- 
ner, Charles  Gushing,  Clara  and  Frances  E.,  who 
married  Charles  Veazie  Lord,  of  Bangor,  of  pre- 
vious mention.  General  Strickland  died  at  the 
home  of  Mrs.  Charles  Veazie  Lord,  in  1886,  his 
latter  years  having  been  spent  in  quiet  retire- 
ment. He  was  a  man  of  unusually  strong  family 
affections,  his  relations  with  his  brothers,  John, 
Isaac,  Hastings  and  Lee,  being  very  close.  His 


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sons  and  daughters  all  lived  with  him  or  nearby, 
and  all  were  devoted  to  their  father. 

The  Bangor  Whig  of  May  30,  1886,  said  edi- 
torially: 

Among  our  citizens  none  stood  more  deserv- 
edly in  the  estimation  of  all  for  his  liberality 
and  broad,  public  spirit  than  General  S.  P.  Strick- 
land. Foremost  in  all  that  tended  to  the  ad- 
vancement of  the  interest  of  the  city,  he  was  a 
liberal  promoter  of  the  railroad  enterprises  that 
have  made  Bangor  a  railroad  center. 


CARROLL  BROWN  SKILLIN— The  bar  of 
Portland,  Maine,  is  fortunate  in  possessing 
many  distinguished  members,  but  none  of  whom 
it  may  be  more  legitimately  proud  of  than  Car- 
roll Brown  Skillin,  who  for  a  number  of  years 
has  held  a  prominent  place  in  that  city,  where 
he  has  carried  on  a  legal  practice  and  maintained 
the  best  standards  and  ideals  of  his  profession. 
Mr.  Skillin  is  a  member  of  a  very  old  Portland 
family,  his  ancestors  having  been  among  the  pio- 
neer settlers  of  that  community.  His  paternal 
grandfather  was  Isaac  Skillin,  born  in  1793,  at 
Cape  Elizabeth,  and  all  his  life  prominent  in  the 
community.  The  Skillins  of  early  generations 
were  largely  seafaring  men,  and  Isaac  Skillin  in- 
herited the  sturdy  virtues  and  strength  of  these 
ancestors.  He  married,  in  1816,  Susan  Gray,  of 
North  Yarmouth,  and  they  were  the  parents  of 
nine  children,  of  whom  two  are  still  alive,  name- 
ly: Sarah  Ann,  who  married  D.  P.  Mills,  of 
Naugatuck,  Connecticut,  and  died  in  January, 
1918;  Edwin  Sumner,  of  whom  further. 

Edwin  Sumner  Skillin  was  born  at  North  Yar- 
mouth, March  13,  1844,  and  there  lived  during 
the  major  part  of  his  life,  occupied  as  a  farmer. 
He  was  very  successful  in  this  line  of  business, 
and  eventually  retired  from  it  and  came  to  Port- 
land, where  he  is  at  the  present  time  (1917) 
living.  He  married  Elizabeth  Jane  Anderson,  a 
native  of  Cumberland,  Maine,  born  August  16, 
1850.  They  are  the  parents  of  three  children 
as  follows:  i.  Mabel  Gray,  who  became  the  wife 
of  Frank  R.  Kennedy,  now  of  Portland,  former- 
ly associated  with  the  United  Fruit  Company, 
now  retired,  with  a  winter  home  at  St.  Peters- 
burg, Florida.  2.  Isaac  Sylvanus,  of  Freeport, 
Maine,  where  he  is  engaged  in  the  manufacture 
of  paper  boxes;  married  Bertha  Pratt,  of  Yar- 
mouth, Maine,  by  whom  he  has  had  two  children, 
Hester  and  Edmund.  3.  Carroll  Brown,  of  this 
review. 

Born  August  9,  1884,  at  North  Yarmouth, 
Maine,  Carroll  Brown  Skillin  passed  his  child- 
hood and  early  youth  on  his  father's  farm  in  that 


region.  The  preliminary  portion  of  his  educa- 
tion was  received  at  the  Freeport  High  School 
and  North  Yarmouth  Academy,  graduating  from 
the  latter  institution  in  1904,  and  in  the  inter- 
vals of  his  schooling  he  was  trained  in  the  hardy 
and  wholesome  tasks  connected  with  farm  life. 
It  was  his  desire,  even  as  a  youngster,  to  fol- 
low the  profession  of  law,  and  with  this  end  in 
view  he  entered  the  legal  department  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Maine,  and  after  leaving  an  excellent 
record  for  character  and  scholarship  there,  was 
graduated  with  the  class  of  1908.  In  the  fol- 
lowing year  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  and  then 
spent  a  year  in  the  law  office  of  Heath  &  An- 
drews, eminent  attorneys  of  Augusta,  Maine, 
where  he  gained  much  valuable  practical  experi- 
ence. He  came  to  Portland  in  the  year  1909 
and  began  active  practice  on  his  own  account  in 
that  city.  From  the  start  Mr.  Skillin  has  met 
with  success,  and  now  enjoys  a  large  and  profit- 
able practice.  He  has  also  been  active  in  local 
politics,  and  served  in  1914-15-16  on  the  Common 
Council  of  the  city.  He  is  also  a  conspicuous 
figure  in  the  fraternal  and  club  life  of  the  com- 
munity, attaining  the  thirty-second  degree  in 
Masonry;  is  a  member  of  Deering  Lodge,  An- 
cient Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  Greenleaf 
Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons;  Portland  Com- 
mandery,  Knights  Templar;  Kora  Temple,  Mys- 
tic Shrine;  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows, and  Eastern  Star  Encampment.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Portland  Club,  Woodfords  Club, 
the  Economic  and  the  Portland  Country  clubs, 
and  is  well  known  in  social  life  here. 

On  September  i,  1909,  Mr.  Skillin  was  united 
in  marriage,  at  North  Yarmouth,  with  Martha 
L.  Wright,  of  San  Antonio,  Texas,  a  native  of 
Blanco  county,  in  that  State.  Mrs.  Skillin  is  a 
daughter  of  Philip  and  Durinda  (Everett) 
Wright,  both  of  whom  are  now  deceased.  To 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Skillin  two  children  have  been 
born  as  follows:  Byron  Wright,  born  August 
4,  1910,  and  Carolyn  Elizabeth,  born  February 
13,  1912. 

Mr.  Skillin  is  a  successful  lawyer,  progressive, 
keeping  abreast  with  the  quickly  moving  times 
in  which  he  lives,  yet  possesses  in  the  fullest 
measure  those  sterling  virtues  which  are  per- 
haps more  usually  associated  with  an  age  that 
is  passing  than  that  now  in  its  zenith,  the  vir- 
tures  of  a  strict  integrity — an  integrity  that 
would  rather  suffer  personal  reverses  than  fail 
one  jot  of  its  ideal,  and  of  a  courtesy  that  is 
justly  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  characteris- 
tic expressions  of  civilized  life.  Although  deep- 


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ly  interested  in  business  pursuits  and  public  is- 
sues, he  had  both  the  time  and  inclination  to 
give  much  of  his  attention  to  his  home  and  fam- 
ily life,  enjoying  nothing  more  than  the  intimate 
intercourse  which  is  only  to  be  had  in  these 
relations.  He  is  a  man  of  strong  friendships, 
and  one  whose  example  is  leaving  an  impress 
for  good  upon  the  community-at-large. 


SAMUEL  EVANS  SPRING— In  the  death  of 
the  Hon.  Samuel  Evans  Spring  on  August  8, 
1884,  Portland,  Maine,  lost  one  of  its  best 
known  and  most  public-spirited  citizens,  a  suc- 
cessful business  man  and  one  whose  personal 
influence  upon  the  life  and  affairs  of  the  com- 
munity it  would  be  difficult  to  overestimate.  He 
was  a  native  of  this  State  and  was  born  at 
Brownfield,  Oxford  county,  May  15,  1812,  the 
youngest  of  the  eleven  children  of  Josiah  and 
Ann  (Evans)  Spring.  Both  the  grandfathers 
of  Mr.  Spring  were  among  the  first  settlers  and 
founders  of  Fryeburg,  Oxford  county,  Maine, 
and  both  served  in  the  French  and  Indian  wars. 
Josiah  Spring,  his  father,  was  a  landowner  and 
farmer  at  Brownfield,  and  was  one  of  the  earliest 
settlers  there.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Conti- 
nental army  during  the  Revolution  and  was  a 
well  known  and  highly  respected  citizen  of  this 
section  of  the  State. 

Born  May  15,  1812,  on  his  father's  farm  at 
Brownfield,  Samuel  Evans  Spring  passed  his 
childhood  and  early  life  in  the  wholesome  rural 
environment  which  has  given  so  many  of  its 
most  distinguished  citizens  to  Maine  and,  as  a 
lad,  attended  the  district  school.  He  was  but 
fifteen  years  of  age  when  it  was  necessary  for 
him  to  abandon  his  studies,  and  he  then  became 
a  clerk  in  the  local  grocery  store.  The  un- 
usual ability  of  Mr.  Spring  in  business  affairs 
was  well  shown  even  at  this  early  age  for,  be- 
fore he  had  reached  manhood,  he  had  saved  suf- 
ficient capital  to  buy  out  his  employer  and  him- 
self became  a  country  merchant,  continuing  as 
such  until  1837.  Feeling  very  justly  that  a  much 
larger  opportunity  awaited  him  in  some  more 
developed  community,  Mr.  Spring  then  sold  out 
his  business  interest  and  went  to  Boston.  Four 
years  were  spent  by  him  in  that  city,  but  the 
climate  did  not  agree  with  him,  and  it  became 
necessary  for  him  to  seek  a  change.  According- 
ly, in  1841,  he  sailed  for  South  America,  and  set- 
tled at  Buenos  Ayres,  where  a  nephew,  Andrew 
Spring,  had  already  located.  In  that  progressive 
city  the  uncle  and  nephew,  in  association  with 
S.  B.  Hale,  another  young  man  from  the  States, 


embarked  in  a  business  enterprise  under  the  firm 
name  of  A.  &  S.  E.  Spring.  This  concern  be- 
came extensively  engaged  in  the  hide  and  leather 
business,  wool  and  wool  skins,  and  similar  prod- 
ucts, as  exporters,  and  they  also  engaged  in  the 
shipment  of  lumber  to  various  parts  of  the  United 
States  and  Canada.  The  business  at  length  grew 
to  great  proportion  and  Mr.  Spring  and  his 
nephew  returned  to  the  United  States  and  opened 
offices  at  Boston  and  Portland,  establishing  their 
homes  on  Danforth  street,  in  the  latter  place. 
They  managed  the  great  importing  business  from 
Portland  and  continued  in  association  until  the 
death  of  Mr.  Andrew  Spring  in  1876,  after  which 
event  Samuel  Evans  Spring  continued  as  the  sole 
proprietor  thereof  up  to  the  time  of  his  own 
death.  The  name  of  the  firm  was  retained  and 
became  well  known  in  all  the  markets  of  the 
world  for  the  highest  integrity  in  all  its  dealing. 
Mr.  Spring's  death  in  1884  put  an  end  to  his  par- 
ticipation in  the  great  enterprise  which  he  did 
so  much  to  develop  and  he  was  buried  in  Ever- 
green Cemetery,  Portland. 

While  the  business  achievements  of  Mr.  Spring 
were  of  a  most  noteworthy  kind  and  were  car- 
ried out  on  a  very  large  scale,  he  was  perhaps 
even  better  known  in  the  immediate  locality 
through  his  participation  in  public  affairs,  in 
which  he  contributed  greatly  to  the  welfare  of 
the  city.  In  his  youth  he  was  a  Whig,  but  at 
the  time  of  the  organization  of  the  Republican 
party,  in  common  with  so  mjany  of  his  fellow 
Whigs,  he  joined  its  ranks,  and  from  that  time 
until  his  death,  was  a  staunch  supporter  of  its 
principles  and  policies.  In  the  year  1857  he 
was  elected  an  alderman  of  the  city  of  Portland 
and  again  in  1858  and  until  1862  he  was  elected 
and  reflected  a  member  of  the  Common  Council 
of  the  city.  In  1861  Mr.  Spring  was  elected  to 
represent  the  city  of  Portland  in  the  State  Legis- 
lature, and  in  1863  and  1864  was  elected  to  the 
State  Senate.  In  all  of  these  capacities  he 
proved  himself  an  efficient  and  disinterested  pub- 
lic servant  and  an  able  legislator,  throwing  his 
great  influence  in  every  case  in  favor  of  such 
legislation  as  looked  towards  the  development 
and  advancement  at  once  of  the  community 
which  he  represented,  and  the  entire  State.  In 
1872  he  was  made  Presidential  Elector  and  was 
one  of  the  Electoral  College  which  named  Gen- 
eral Grant  for  his  second  terra.  In  1866  he  was 
one  of  the  delegates  from  Maine  to  the  Union 
Convention  at  Philadelphia,  which  was  called  to 
declare  against  the  policy  of  President  Johnson. 
In  the  same  year  his  political  supporters  and 


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friends  placed  his  name  before  the  State  con- 
vention then  sitting,  as  candidate  for  the  nomi- 
nation of  Governor,  but  he  was  defeated  in  that 
body  by  a  very  small  margin  of  votes.  One  of 
the  great  services  rendered  by  Mr.  Spring  to  his 
State  and  country,  was  that  which  in  1861  and 
later  he  performed  as  an  agent  for  securing  re- 
cruits, no  man  doing  more  than  he  in  this  direc- 
tion in  behalf  of  the  great  cause  of  the  Union. 
He  also  interested  himself  constantly  in  aiding 
the  soldiers  which  were  raised  in  Maine,  during 
their  absence  at  the  front,  in  caring  for  the 
families  they  had  left  behind.  His  public  spirit 
was  nowhere  better  shown  than  in  his  connec- 
tion with  many  movements  undertaken  for  the 
welfare  of  his  adopted  city  in  which  he  always 
felt  the  keenest  of  interest  and  few  men  have 
done  more  to  mould  and  develop  the  institutions 
of  this  place  than  he,  or  to  promote  its  success 
and  prosperity.  In  addition  to  his  many  serv- 
ices to  Portland  as  a  public  official,  he  also  was 
affiliated  with  many  of  its  largest  financial  and 
business  enterprises  and  was  a  director  of  the 
Casco  National  Bank  from  1855  until  his  death 
and  served  as  its  president  for  many  years.  He 
was  also  a  director  of  the  Portland  Company,  of 
the  International  Steamship  Company  of  Port- 
land, of  the  Boston  &  Maine  Railroad,  of  the 
Portland  &  Rochester  Railroad,  of  the  Portland 
&  Starland  Match  Company,  a  director  and  presi- 
dent of  the  Atlantic  &  St.  Lawrence  Railroad  and 
of  the  Westbrook  Manufacturing  Company.  He 
was  a  commissioner  of  the  Atlantic  &  St.  Law- 
rence Sinking  Fund  and  served  in  every  one  of 
these  capacities  actively  and  to  their  great  ad- 
vantage. Mr.  Spring  was  also  very  active  in  the 
philanthropic  and  charitable  undertakings  of  this 
city  and  elsewhere,  was  a  director  of  the  General 
Hospital,  to  the  success  of  which  he  contributed 
largely,  giving  of  both  his  time  and  fortune;  a 
founder  of  the  Merchants'  Exchange,  in  which 
he  was  always  deeply  interested,  and  an  active 
member  of  the  Board  of  Trade  of  Portland.  For 
many  years  he  was  a  trustee  of  the  Mercantile 
Library  Association.  In  his  religious  belief  Mr. 
Spring  was  a  Unitarian  and  attended  for  many 
years  the  Park  Street  Church  of  that  denomina- 
tion. 

Samuel  Evans  Spring  was  united  in  marriage 
(first)  with  Eliza  Bean,  a  native  of  Brownfield, 
Maine,  and  a  daughter  of  General  Daniel  Bean 
of  that  place.  Mrs.  Spring  died  at  Buenos 
Ayres,  South  America,  in  1852,  and  was  the 
mother  of  two  children,  one  of  whom  died  in  in- 
fancy, and  the  other,  Annie  E.,  married  the  Hon. 


John  Lynch.  They  are  now  both  deceased.  Mr. 
Spring  married  (second),  September  20,  1849, 
Zilphah  Wadsworth  Barker  of  Hiram,  Maine, 
whose  death  occurred  February  12,  I£IO,  and  she 
is  buried  in  the  Evergreen  Cemetery.  She  wa« 
a  member  of  the  Park  Street  Church  and  was  a 
lady  of  great  culture  and  refinement  and  a  most 
devoted  wife  and  mjother.  Six  children  were 
born  of  this  union  as  follows:  Grace,  who  died 
in  infancy;  Edwin,  who  died  in  South  America; 
Alice,  who  became  the  wife  of  Thomas  L.  Tal- 
bot,  a  well  known  lawyer  of  Portland;  Eliphlet 
Greely,  deceased;  Nellie  W.,  who  is  now  the 
widow  of  Lucien  Snow  and  resides  in  Portland; 
and  Frances  E.,  who  makes  her  home  in  this 
city. 

The  character  and  personality  of  Mr.  Spring 
were  unusual  and  wholly  exemplary  in  every 
particular.  He  was  a  man  always  loyal  to  his 
friends  and  one  whose  charitable  inclinations 
made  it  quite  impossible  for  him  to  say  "no"  to 
those  needy  ones  who  appealed  to  him  for  aid. 
At  the  time  of  the  great  Boston  fire,  one  of  hi» 
friends  who  had  lost  his  place  of  business  and 
practically  all  his  wealth  in  that  disaster,  was 
surprised  by  a  visit  from  Mr.  Spring  the  next  day, 
who  offered  to  loan  him  fifty  thousand  dollars 
and  a  like  amount  for  one  of  his  associates,  so 
that  they  would  be  able  once  more  to  establish 
themselves  in  their  old  lines.  He  was  a  broad 
minded  man  and  his  wide  experience  of  life  gave 
to  him  that  essentially  democratic  outlook  which 
is  the  basis  of  all  true  culture  and  is  so  closely 
allied  to  the  virtue  of  Christian  charity. 


CHARLES  MELVIN  CONANT,  president  and 
treasurer  of  the  well  known  corporation  known 
as  the  C.  M".  Conant  Company,  of  Bangor,  Maine, 
is  a  member  of  an  exceedingly  old  family  which 
can  claim  an  honorable  antiquity  not  only  in  this 
country  but  abroad.  The  name  appears  to  be  of 
Celtic  derivation,  and  in  its  early  forms  of  Conan 
or  Conon  is  found  among  various  races  of  Celtic 
origin,  including  the  Britons,  Welsh,  Irish,  Gaels 
and  Bretons.  It  was  probably  derived  from  the 
old  Celtic  root  which  is  found  in  the  Welsh  cun, 
the  Irish  cean,  and  has  equivalent  forms  such  as 
cunin  in  the  Saxon  and  which  originally  meant,  "to 
be  able,"  and  thence  came  to  have  the  significance 
of  leader  or  king.  From,  what  branch  of  the 
great  Celtic  race  the  remote  ancestors  of  the 
Conants  came  it  is  impossible  to  tell,  but  they 
are  found  settled  in  Devonshire  as  early  as  the 
beginning  of  the  fourteenth  century,  and  from 
there  the  family  spread  all  over  England,  in 


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which  country  no  less  than  thirty-two  ways  of 
writing  the  name  has  been  found.  It  is  possible 
to  trace  the  descent  of  the  present  Conants  of 
Maine  uninterruptedly  back  to  John  Conant, 
who  lived  in  the  Parish  of  East  Budlcigh,  Eng- 
land, but  was  probably  born  at  Gittisham,  some 
ten  or  twelve  miles  north  of  that  place,  and  about 
the  year  1520.  The  name  of  his  wife  is  not 
known,  and  the  only  child  recorded  was  Richard 
Conant,  from  whom  the  American  line  is  de- 
scended. This  Richard  Conant  was  probably 
born  in  the  Parish  of  East  Dudley,  about  the  year 
1548,  and  from  the  records  appears  to  have  been 
very  prominent  there.  He  married  Agnes 
Clarke,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  a  large 
family  of  children,  of  whom  Roger,  the  sixth  son 
and  youngest  of  the  family,  was  the  immigrant 
ancestor.  Roger  Conant  was  baptized  at  All 
Saints'  Church  in  the  Parish  of  East  Budley,  De- 
vonshire, England,  April  9,  1592.  He  seems  to 
have  received  a  good  education,  as  his  family 
were  people  of  substance.  He  removed  in  his 
youth  to  London  and  probably  resided  in  that 
city  about  fourteen  years,  or  until  the  time  of 
his  migration  to  America.  He  came  to  the  New 
England  colonies  in  1623,  and  after  remaining 
for  a  short  time  in  the  original  colony  he  was 
obliged  to  leave  that  place  on  account  of  re- 
ligious differences,  and  was  one  of  the  founders 
of  Nantasket  or  Hull.  He  was  very  prominent 
in  the  region  and  held  many  positions  of  respon- 
sibility and  trust.  He  married  Sarah  Hawkins, 
November  n,  1618,  while  residing  in  London, 
and  his  wife  accompanied  him  to  this  country. 
They  were  the  parents  of  several  children,  and 
it  was  through  their  son  Lot  that  the  descent 
of  the  Maine  family  comes. 

Lot  Conant  was  born  about  1624,  at  Nantasket, 
Massachusetts,  but  moved  to  Marblehead,  where 
he  appears  to  have  been  residing  as  early  as  1657. 
Here  he  took  an  active  part  in  the  affairs  of  the 
colony,  and  apparently  grew  wealthy  there.  He 
married  Elizabeth  Walton,  about  1649,  and  they 
were  the  parents  of  a  number  of  children. 

John  Conant,  son  of  Lot  and  Elizabeth  (Wal- 
ton) Conant,  was  born  December  15,  1652,  at 
Beverly.  He  was  a  farmer  and  weaver,  and  the 
records  of  Beverly  in  his  time  contain  many  ref- 
erences to  him  and  to  his  affairs.  His  death 
occurred  September  30,  1724.  He  mferried,  May 
7,  1678,  Bethia  Mansfield,  and  they  were  the 
parents  of  ten  children. 

Lot  (2)  Conant,  the  eldest  child  of  John  and 
Bethia  (Mansfield)  Conant,  was  born  in  Beverly, 
June  i,  1679,  and  died  September  20,  1767. 


About  17:6  he  removed  to  Concord,  Massachu- 
setts, and  he  seems  to  have  owned  large  estates 
there  and  elsewhere.  He  married,  May  15,  1698, 
M]artha  Cleaves,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  the 
following  children:  Robert,  who  is  mentioned 
below;  Andrew,  William,  Dinah,  Ezra,  John, 
Elizabeth,  Martha  and  Bethia. 

Robert  Conant,  the  eldest  son  of  Lot  (2)  Conant, 
was  born  April  26,  1699,  at  Beverly,  Massachu- 
setts, but  moved  to  Concord  with  his  parents 
and  afterwards  settled  at  Chelmsford  as  early 
as  1726.  Still  later  he  removed  to  Stow,  where 
his  death  occurred,  March  27,  1773.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  a  carpenter.  He  was  twice  married, 

the  first  time  to  Esther ,  and  it  was  through 

this  marriage  that  the  line  with  which  we  are 
concerned  was  derived. 

Samuel  Conant,  eldest  child  of  Robert  and 
Esther  Conant,  was  born  about  1722,  at  Concord, 
in  the  part  now  known  as  Acton.  He  lived  at 
Chelmsford  and  Stow  with  his  parents,  and  later 
settled  at  the  latter  place,  where  he  became  a 
farmer.  He  married  Sarah  Holman,  who  died 
February  i,  1804,  and  they  were  the  parents  of 
the  following  children:  Silas,  Oliver,  of  further 
mention;  Samuel,  John,  Levi,  and  a  daughter. 

Oliver  Conant,  second  son  of  Samuel  and 
Sarah  (Holman)  Conant,  was  born  about  1750, 
at  Stow.  He  settled  first  at  Sudbury  and  later 
at  Weston,  and  was  a  member  of  Captain  John- 
son Rice's  company,  of  Colonel  Samuel  Bui- 
lard's  regiment,  in  the  Continental  army,  and 
saw  service  in  New  York.  He  married  Thank- 
ful W.  Walker,  and  they  had  the  following  chil- 
dren: Abraham,  of  whom  further;  Polly,  Isaac, 
Thankful,  Oliver,  Sally,  Louisa,  Asa  W.,  Josiah, 
and  Betsy. 

Abraham,  Conant,  the  eldest  son  of  Oliver  and 
Thankful  W.  (Walker)  Conant,  and  the  grand- 
father of  Charles  Melvin  Conant,  of  this  sketch, 
was  born  September  2,  1778,  at  Weston,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  died  in  1849.  He  removed  to 
Frankfort,  now  Winterport,  Maine,  about  1804, 
and  engaged  there  in  farming.  In  the  year  1803 
he  married  Thankful  C.  Lombard,  of  Truro,  Mas- 
sachusetts, who  died  about  1860,  and  they  were 
the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Lydia, 
Isaac,  Amasa  S.,  Jacob,  Charles,  of  further  men- 
tion; Sarah,  who  died  in  infancy;  Sarah  Snow, 
Abraham,  Thankful  L.,  and  Artemus  Henry. 

Charles  Conant,  fifth  child  of  Abraham  and 
Thankful  C.  (Lombard)  Conant,  was  born  De- 
cember 24,  1812,  at  what  is  now  Winterport, 
Maine.  He  spent  his  entire  life  in  his  native 
town  and  there  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits, 


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and  also  became  prominent  in  the  general  life 
of  the  community  and  filled  a  number  of  town 
offices.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church  in  early  life  but  subsequently  be- 
came a  Spiritualist.  He  married  Hannah  Weston, 
like  himself  a  native  of  VVinterport,  where  she 
was  born  September  25,  1814,  a  daughter  of 
Amos  and  Mercy  Weston,  of  that  place.  Her 
death  occurred  September  12,  1897.  They  were 
the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Lydia 
W.,  born  October  6,  1838,  and  became  the  wife 
of  Nathan  T.  Woodman.  2.  Wealtha  P.,  born 
August  18,  1840,  and  died  February  21,  1863.  3. 
Artemus  Henry,  born  December  5,  1842,  married 
Maria  S.  McDonald,  December  5,  1863,  and  had 
by  her  one  child,  who  died  in  early  life.  4.  Fred- 
erick Augustus,  born  March  29,  1845,  married 
Minnie  Heslef,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  a 
number  of  children.  5.  Clara  D.,  who  was  born 
September  20,  1848,  and  became  the  wife  of 
George  H.  Clements,  to  whom  she  bore  a  num- 
ber of  children.  6.  Ellen  Maria,  born  August  I, 
1852,  and  died  April  4,  1853.  7.  Charles  Melvin, 
with  whose  career  we  are  here  especially  con- 
cerned. 

Charles  Melvin  Conant,  the  youngest  child  of 
Charles  and  Hannah  (Weston)  Conant,  was  born 
June  23,  1858,  at  Winterport,  Maine,  on  the  old 
family  homestead,  where  he  now  resides.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Winter- 
port  and  the  normal  school  at  Castine,  Maine. 
From  the  year  1875,  when  he  completed  his 
studies,  to  1883,  Mr.  Conant  devoted  his  entire 
time  and  attention  to  the  subject  of  farming,  an 
occupation  which  his  father  had  followed  from 
time  immemorial.  He  then  turned  to  a  mercan- 
tile life  and  established  a  company  which  handled 
agricultural  implements  and  seeds  in  the  city  of 
Bangor.  He  is  a  man  of  unusually  keen  business 
judgment,  and  under  his  skillful  management  the 
business  grew  rapidly  from  the  outset.  In  the 
year  1006  it  was  incorporated  by  Mr.  Conant 
under  the  name  of  the  C.  Mi.  Conant  Company, 
with  Mr.  Conant  in  the  double  office  of  presi- 
dent and  treasurer.  During  his  brilliant  business 
success  Mr.  Conant  never  lost  his  taste  for  the 
simple  agricultural  life  in  which  he  had  been 
brought  up,  and  to  this  day  he  resides  on  and 
cultivates  his  beautiful  farm  of  two  hundred 
acres  at  Winterport.  Mr.  Conant  has  always 
been  a  staunch  member  of  the  Republican  party, 
and  has  held  various  town  offices,  as  well  as  rep- 
resenting his  county  in  the  State  Senate  from 
1913  to  1919.  He  has  been  a  member  of 
Penobscot  Lodge,  No.  7,  Independent  Order  of 


Odd  Fellows,  of  Bangor,  since  the  year  1885, 
and  is  also  affiliated  with  the  United  Commercial 
Travelers'  Association,  Morning  Light  Grange, 
No.  19,  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  and  has  held  sev- 
eral offices  in  this  organization  since  1875. 

Mr.  Conant  was  united  in  marriage,  May  I, 
1886,  at  Newburgh,  by  the  Rev.  Charles  Rigby. 
with  Annie  C.  Nealey,  of  Monroe,  a  daughter  of 
Jefferson  and  Lydia  A.  (Twombly)  Nealey,  of 
Monroe,  Maine.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Conant  the 
following  children  have  been  born:  Gertrude 
Melvena,  August  I,  1888;  Viola  Evelyn,  July  II, 
1890;  Barbara  Olive,  September  9,  1895;  Amos 
Nealey,  July  27,  1897;  Edna,  January  18,  1900; 
Charles  Tyler,' April  10,  1902;  and  Mildred  Annie, 
November  22,  1906. 


LILLIAN  M.  N.  STEVENS,  whose  death  at 
her  home  in  Portland,  Maine,  April  6,  1914,  was 
a  loss  not  only  to  her  State  but  to  the  cause  of 
temperance  throughout  the  world  for  which, 
during  so  many  years  she  had  labored  with  an 
undivided  devotion,  was  an  example  of  that  type 
of  woman  who  appears  only  now  and  again,  and 
who  contains  in  her  makeup  a  certain  quality  or 
power  of  organization  and  leadership  generally 
thought  to  be  typically  masculine,  but  who  con- 
tains it  without  in  the  least  detracting  from  the 
great  sum  of  feminine  qualities  which  go  to 
make  up  the  ideal  of  womanhood.  It  is  a  com- 
bination of  the  most  potent  kind,  for  to  this 
leadership  is  added  that  persuasiveness  which  is 
one  of  the  most  feminine  of  characteristics  and 
which  scarcely  less  than  the  other,  is  a  factor 
in  moulding  the  life  of  the  world. 

Lillian  M.  N.  Ames,  as  she  was  before  her  mar- 
riage, was  born  March  I,  1844,  in  Dover,  Maine,  a 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Nancy  (Parsons) 
Ames.  Her  education  was  received  at  Foxcroft 
Academy,  near  Dover,  and  later  at  Westbrook 
Seminary,  Portland,  Maine.  At  both  of  these 
institutions  she  evinced  an  unusual  degree  of  en- 
thusiasm, which  was,  as  it  were,  the  heart  of  heV 
industry  and  which  made  her  a  pupil  far  above 
the  average.  Even  at  that  early  age  she  was 
strongly  imbued  with  what  might  be  called  the 
sense  of  service,  which  expressed  itself  for  lack 
of  more  definite  objective  in  the  idea  of  becom- 
ing a  teacher.  This  accordingly  she  did,  and  for 
some  years  taught  in  the  schools  of  Portland 
and  other  nearby  cities.  From  the  outset  she 
met  with  unusual  success  in  this  work,  bringing 
to  bear  the  same  persuasive  powers  upon  her 
pupils  that  she  later  showed  in  her  more  special 
career.  Indeed,  little  as  it  was  to  be  expected 


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in  one  who  had  not  even  completed  her  twenty- 
first  year,  she  gained  a  very  considerable  repu- 
tation and  had  not  marriage  intervened,  might 
well  have  had  a  brilliant  career  in  this  profes- 
sion. At  the  age  of  twenty-one,  however,  she 
married  Michael  Stevens,  of  Portland,  and  her 
activities  were  directed  in  other  channels.  Cer- 
tainly not  the  least  of  those  was  the  making  of 
a  cheerful  and  harmonious  home  in  which  she 
excelled.  There  was  but  one  child  born  of  this 
union,  Gertrude  Stevens,  who  is  now  Mrs.  Wil- 
liam Leavitt,  of  Portland. 

Although  the  name  of  Lillian  M.  N.  Stevens 
is  associated  with  the  temperance  cause  in  Maine, 
yet  it  is  as  the  head  of  the  national  organization 
and  in  the  drive  for  national  constitutional  prohi- 
bition that  her  name  will  rest.  The  great  move- 
ment was  to  a  certain  extent  of  western  origin 
and  began  in  Ohio  and  other  States  in  that  part 
of  the  country  and  spreading  to  all  the  other 
commonwealths  of  the  Union.  From  the  outset 
Mrs.  Stevens  looked  upon  this  as  the  most  im- 
portant work  that  she  could  perform,  and  felt 
what  in  an  earlier  age  might  have  been  termed 
a  "call,"  and  at  once  gave  herself  unreservedly 
to  her  chosen  work.  She  allied  herself  with 
Frances  E.  Willard  and  assisted  her  in  the  or- 
ganization of  the  society  referred  to  above. 
When  it  was  finally  completed  and  ready  to  be- 
gin its  work,  Mrs.  Stevens  became  its  treasurer, 
and  this  office  she  held  until  the  year  1878,  when 
she  was  elected  president  of  the  society,  and  con- 
tinued to  serve  in  this  capacity  until  the  time  of 
her  death.  Two  years  later,  in  1880,  she  was 
chosen  assistant  recording  secretary  of  the  Na- 
tional Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union  and 
later  recording  secretary.  In  1894  she  became 
national  vice-president-at-large,  and  in  1898,  upon 
the  death  of  Frances  Willard,  she  was  elected  to 
succeed  her  as  president,  holding  this  office  also 
during  the  remainder  of  her  life.  One  of  the 
greatest  honors  won  by  Mrs.  Stevens  was  her 
election  as  vice-president  of  the  World's  Wom- 
an's Christian  Temperance  Union,'  in  which  ca- 
pacity she  presided  over  the  International  Con- 
vention at  Geneva,  Switzerland,  in  1903,  in  Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts,  in  1906,  in  Glasgow,  Scotland, 
in  1910,  and  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  in  1913, 
the  latter  being  about  one  year  before  her  death. 
But  it  was  not  only  in  connection  with  the  work 
of  women  in  this  rhatter  that  Mrs.  Stevens  was 
connected.  She  was  indeed  one  of  the  most 
prominent  figures  in  the  forces  of  that  prohibition 
party  then  coming  into  such  a  dominant  place  in 
the  politics  of  Maine.  Neal  Dow,  the  leader  of 


these  forces  in  Maine,  found  in  her  not  only  an 
able  lieutenant  but  his  strongest  co-worker,  and 
it  was  perhaps  her  influence  more  than  that  of 
any  single  individual  which  in  1911  won  for 
Maine  the  retention  of  the  prohibitory  law  in 
the  compaign  which  preceded  that  election.  She 
was  the  leading  figure  and  conducted  the  war 
against  liquor  not  only  with  enthusiasm  but 
with  the  utmpst  tactical  skill  and  good  judgment. 
It  was  at  a  great  public  meeting  held  in  Portland, 
before  the  day  of  voting  on  the  retention  of  pro- 
hibition, that  Mrs.  Stevens  issued  her  famous 
proclamation,  in  which  she  declared  that  within 
a  decade  prohibition  would  be  placed  in  the  Con- 
stitution of  the  United  States.  It  was  in  1911 
also  that  she  received  from  Bates  College  the 
honorary  degree  of  Master  of  Arts.  While  her 
work  in  the  cause  of  prohibition  was  undoubted- 
ly the  most  important  of  her  achievements,  Mrs. 
Stevens  was  not  blind  to  many  important  reforms 
needed  outside  of  this  particular  realm,  and  in- 
deed labored  effectively  for  their  adoption.  One 
of  these  was  the  question  of  prison  reform,  and 
since  the  year  1882,  she  had  urged  the  establish- 
ment in  Maine  of  a  reformatory  separate  from 
the  State  prison  for  women.  She  was  indeed  a 
champion  of  the  unfortunate  women  in  her  State 
and  was  closely  identified  with  the  work  done  for 
them  there.  As  was  usual  in  her  case,  her  ef- 
forts took  on  a  very  practical  aspect  and  she  was 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  temporary  home  for 
women  and  children,  now  a  State  institution  in 
Portland.  She  was  also  connected  for  many 
years  with  the  State  school  for  girls  and  aided 
this  valuable  institution  in  many  ways.  For 
several  years  Mrs.  Stevens  represented  Maine 
at  the  National  Conference  of  Charities  and  Cor- 
rections, and  for  six  years  was  treasurer  of  the 
National  Council  of  Women.  In  another  and 
quite  different  field  was  her  work  as  a  member 
of  the  board  of  lady  managers  of  the  Columbian 
Exposition  in  Chicago  in  the  year  1893.  In  ad- 
dition to  her  many  other  activities,  Mrs.  Stevens 
was  an  author  of  power  and  grace  and  made 
many  valuable  contributions  to  the  literature  of 
the  temperance  question.  It  is  scarcely  neces- 
sary to  state,  in  view  of  the  nature  of  the  work 
which  she  accomplished,  that  she  was  a  speaker 
of  eloquence  and  convincing  logic. 

The  death  of  Mrs.  Stevens  removed  one  of  the 
most  striking  figures  from  a  society  where  strong 
characters  and  brilliant  personalities  were  the 
rule  rather  than  the  exception.  She  possessed  in 
a  high  degree  all  those  personal  qualities  which 
mark  the  best  types  of  her  race;  a  strong  moral 


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sense,  unimpeachable  honesty  and  integrity  of 
purpose,  courage  and  unlimited  capacity  for  hard 
work.  If  as  Carlyle  remarks,  "Genius  is  an  in- 
finite capacity  for  taking  pains"  then  surely  Mrs. 
Stevens  should  be  regarded  as  a  genius  of  high 
degree.  To  these  sterner  virtues  she  added  a 
genial  candor  of  temperament,  the  humor  that 
seems  an  inseparable  accompaniment  to  a  due 
sense  of  proportion,  and  a  gentleness  towards 
weakness  that  made  all  who  felt  their  cause  to 
be  just,  instinctively  turn  to  her,  as  to  a  friend, 
for  support  and  encouragement.  But  though  she 
could  be  thus  gentle  to  worth,  however  modest, 
she  did  not  hesitate  to  unmask  presumption  and 
rebuke  it  duly,  wherever  it  presented  itself,  al- 
though in  the  long  run  there  were  no  shortcom- 
ings she  was  disposed  to  judge  so  sternly  as  her 
own,  real  or  fancied.  Here  was  a  character  that, 
aside  from  her  great  material  achievements, 
could  not  fail  to  effect  powerfully  any  environ- 
ment in  which  it  might  have  been  placed  and 
which,  in  her  death,  left  a  gap  which  even  years 
have  failed  entirely  to  fill.  Without  doubt  the 
most  striking  quality  about  Mrs.  Stevens  was 
that  of  a  sort  of  magnetic  enthusiasm  which  was 
at  once  attractive  and  compelling  to  those  about 
her.  Her  sterling  integrity  was  just  as  funda- 
mental, but  this  was  the  thing  that  men  saw  first 
and  felt  the  power  of.  This  is  a  quality  of  great- 
ness in  every  case,  but  perhaps,  what  made  it 
especially  potent  in  her  case  was  the  fact  that 
it  did  not  seem  confined  to  any  particular  prov- 
ince of  activity  but  to  be  something  essential  to 
the  people  and  needing  nothing  in  especial  to 
call  it  forth. 


FRANCIS  JOSEPH  WELCH,  M.D.— Among 
the  prominent  physicians  of  Portland,  Maine,  may 
be  mentioned  Dr.  Francis  Joseph  Welch.  A 
native  of  Portland,  he  is  of  Irish  ancestry,  and 
displays  in  his  own  character  and  personality 
the  sterling  virtues  and  abilities  which  have  made 
the  members  of  his  race  so  important  an  ele- 
ment in  the  citizenship  of  this  country. 

Michael  Welch,  grandfather  of  Dr.  Welch,  was 
born  in  Ireland,  but  came  to  the  United  States 
as  a  young  man  and  engaged  successfully  in  the 
flour  business  in  the  city  of  Portland,  Maine.  He 
remained  in  this  line  for  many  years,  and  it  was 
here  also  that  he  married  Bridget  Daley,  by 
whom  he  had  five  children,  all  of  whom  are  now 
living,  as  follows:  John,  Thomas  Joseph,  the 
father  of  Dr.  Welch,  Michael,  William  and  Mary.  • 

Thomas  Joseph  Welch,  father  of  Dr.  Welch, 
was  born  in  Portland,  and  engaged  for  some  time 


in  that  city  in  the  jeweler's  business.  Later  he 
became  the  traveling  representative  of  an  east- 
ern firm,  and  was  a  very  prominent  member  and 
and  at  one  time  president  of  the  United  Commer- 
cial Travelers'  Association  of  Portland.  He  mar- 
ried Louisa  Deehan,  a  daughter  of  Patrick  Dee- 
han,  a  native  of  Ireland,  and  of  Margaret  (Mc- 
Donough)  Deehan,  his  wife.  Mr.  Deehan  came 
to  this  country  and  engaged  in  Portland  in  the 
street  railroad  business;  he  and  his  wife  were  the 
parents  of  four  children:  Margaret;  Louisa,  who 
became  Mrs.  Welch;  Thomas  and  Elizabeth. 
Mrs.  Thomas  J.  Welch  died  in  the  year  1908, 
leaving  her  husband  two  children:  Dr.  Francis 
Joseph  Welch,  and  a  younger  brother,  Arthur 
Deehan  Welch,  now  a  successful  attorney  of 
Portland  and  a  graduate  of  Bowdoin  College  and 
the  Harvard  Law  School.  Mr.  Welch,  Sr.,  is 
now  (1917)  aged  sixty-two  years,  and  is  manager 
of  his  son's  sanitorium  at  Maple  Crest,  East  Par- 
sonsfield,  Maine. 

Born  August  27,  1879,  at  Portland,  Maine,  Dr. 
Francis  Joseph  Welch,  son  of  Thomas  Joseph 
and  Louisa  (Deehan)  Welch,  attended  for  his 
education  the  local  public  schools  of  that  city 
and  was  graduated  from  the  High  School  there 
in  1898.  Here  he  prepared  himself  for  college 
and  then  matriculated  at  Bowdoin,  where,  after 
establishing  an  unusually  high  record  for  char- 
acter and  scholarship,  he  was  graduated  with  the 
class  of  1903.  He  had  in  the  meantime  decided 
to  take  up  medicine  as  his  profession,  and  ac- 
cordingly attended  the  Maine  Medical  School, 
graduating  in  1906  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
M,edicine.  For  the  next  twelve  months  he  was 
attached  to  St.  Barnabas  Hospital  as  an  interne, 
and  here  gained  the  necessary  practical  experi- 
ence for  his  work.  Not  content  with  the  prep- 
aration usually  considered  entirely  adequate,  how- 
ever, Dr.  Welch  went  to  Chicago,  where  he  sup- 
plemented his  studies  with  a  course  at  the  Post- 
Graduate  College  in  that  city,  remaining  (here  for 
one  year.  After  completing  his  studies  here,  he 
spent  still  another  year  in  travel,  in  the  course 
of  which  he  visited  the  famous  institution  of  the 
Mayo  brothers  at  Rochester,  Minnesota.  In  the 
autumn  of  1907  Dr.  Welch  returned  to  Portland 
and  there  began  an  active  general  practice,  which 
he  has  maintained  ever  since.  But  while  still 
engaged  in  general  work,  he  has  also  directed 
his  attention  as  a  specialist  towards  the  ques- 
tion of  the  treatment  and  cure  of  tuberculosis 
and  is  at  the  present  time  (1917)  a  recognized 
authority  on  this  subject.  His  work  with  this 
disease  has  been  most  noteworthy  and  entitles 


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him  to  be  regarded  as  one  of  the  miost  success- 
ful specialists  in  the  State.  About  1911  Dr. 
Welch  decided  to  establish  a  sanatorium  for  the 
treatment  of  this  disease,  where  he  could  have 
ideal  conditions  at  hand  to  combat  it  and  the 
result  of  this  determination  was  the  present 
Maple  Crest  Sanitorium  at  East  Parsonsfield, 
Maine.  This  well  known  and  popular  resort  is 
located  among  the  beautiful  Limerick  hills,  the 
wild  and  picturesque  outlines  of  which  may  be 
seen  in  every  direction  from  the  building.  The 
view  is  in  itself  enough  to  stimulate  the  inter- 
est and  mental  activity  so  important  in  the  cure 
of  all  diseases.  Some  forty  miles  out  of  Port- 
land and  nine  miles  from  the  town  of  Cornish, 
on  the  White  Mountain  division  of  the  Maine 
Central  Railroad,  Maple  Crest  is  very  accessible 
from  many  points,  and  its  altitude  of  eight  hun- 
dred and  sixty  feet,  together  with  its  position  in 
the  midst  of  pine  clad  hills  insure  those  who  re- 
side there  of  the  most  healthful  and  invigorating 
air  and  climate.  One  of  its  chief  attractions  is 
the  absence  of  all  the  institutional  character 
which  generally  makes  such  places  unattractive, 
the  patients  being  rather  the  members  of  a  large 
and  well  ordered  family  than  the  inmates  of  an 
institution.  The  buildings  consist  of  a  main 
sanitorium,  an  annex  and  cottage,  and  at  the 
present  time  there  is  a  capacity  for  thirty-five 
patients.  The  buildings  are  situated  on  a  prop- 
erty of  forty-seven  acres,  where  there  is  an  orch- 
ard of  more  than  one  hundred  fruit  trees  and  a 
fine  vegetable  garden.  This  place  has  proven 
a  great  success  and  has  offered  Dr.  Welch  great 
advantages  in  his  treatment  of  tubercular  pa- 
tients. It  may  well  be  regarded  as  a  model  of 
its  kind.  Dr.  Welch's  city  office  is  at  No.  698 
Congress  street,  Portland,  Maine,  and  it  is  here 
that  he  makes  his  headquarters.  Dr.  Welch  is 
an  active  participant  in  the  social  and  religious 
life  of  the  city,  a  member  of  the  Roman  Cath- 
olic church,  and  active  in  the  advancement  there- 
of in  Portland.  He  is  a  member  of  the  local 
lodge  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order 
of  Elks  and  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  Dr. 
Welch  is  an  unusually  talented  musician  and 
plays  most  delightfully  upon  the  violin,  and  dur- 
ing his  student  years  he  taught  this  instrument 
in  Portland,  where  he  was  well  known  as  a  so- 
loist. He  was  associated  with  the  Maine  Fes- 
tival Orchestra  and  held  the  position  of  assist- 
ant concert  master  therein.  Dr.  Welch  is  un- 
married. 


JOSEPH   BRADFORD  PEAKS— Among  the 
honored  names   of   Maine's   deceased   citizens   a 


high  place  must  be  given  to  that  of  Joseph  Brad- 
ford Peaks,  lawyer,  soldier  and  civilian.  The  of- 
fices held  by  Mr.  Peaks  included  those  of  county 
attorney,  State  Senator  and  railroad  commis- 
sioner, and  as  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War  he  pos- 
sessed a  record  which  entitled  him  to  be  held 
in  gratitude  and  honor. 

Joseph  Bradford  Peaks  was  born  September  26, 
1839,  at  Charleston,  Maine,  and  was  a  son  of  F. 
William  and  Betsey  (Billington)  Peaks.  The 
education  of  Joseph  Bradford  Peaks  was  received 
at  Charleston  Academy  and  East  Corinth  Acad- 
emy, and  he  chose  for  a  profession  that  of  the 
law,  being  admitted  to  the  Maine  bar  in  Febru- 
ary, 1872.  Long  ere  this,  however,  Mr.  Peaks 
had  given  that  signal  proof  of  patriotism  which 
was  demanded  of  so  many  youths  of  his  genera- 
tion, that  of  military  service.  When  the  call  to 
arms  resounded  through  the  land  he  was  one  of 
the  first  to  respond,  enlisting  on  April  15,  1861, 
at  Lowell,  Massachusetts,  in  the  Sixth  Massa- 
chusetts Regiment,  and  sharing  in  the  memorable 
march  through  Baltimore.  On  September  18, 
1862,  he  enlisted  in  Company  K,  First  Maine 
Cavalry,  and  participated  in  the  battles  of  Fred- 
ericksburg,  Brandy  Station  and  Aldie.  In  the 
last  named  engagement,  which  took  place  June 
17,  1863,  he  was  wounded,  and  on  November  I, 
of  the  same  year,  received  an  honorable  discharge 
for  disability.  In  politics  Mr.  Peaks  was  always 
a  staunch  Republican  and  received  numerous 
proofs  of  the  confidence  reposed  in  him  by  his 
party.  In  1876-77-78  he  was  lieutenant-colonel 
on  the  staff  of  Governor  Selden  Connor,  and  in 
1881  he  was  commissioned  colonel  of  the  First 
Regiment,  Reserve  Militia,  of  Maine.  From  1880 
to  1885  he  filled  the  office  of  county  attorney  of 
Piscataquis  county.  From  1880  to  1883  he  was 
insurance  commissioner  for  the  State  of  Maine. 
In  1889  the  fellow-citizens  of  Mr.  Peaks  made 
him  the  representative  of  his  party  in  the  Legis- 
lature and  again  in  1891.  He  served  until  1893 
and  in  that  year  was  honored  with  an  election 
as  State  Senator.  From  1895  to  1910  he  wai 
railroad  commissioner.  The  fraternal  affilia- 
tions of  Mr.  Peaks  were  with  the  Masonic  order, 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the 
Knights  of  Pythias. 

Mr.  Peaks  married,  April  25,  1871,  at  Dover, 
Maine,  Eliza,  daughter  of  Francis  W.  and  Eliza 
(Bacon)  Chadbourne,  and  they  were  the  parents 
of  the  following  children:  Annie  Hamblen,  born 
July  29,  1872;  Francis  Chadbourne,  born  Febru- 
ary 26,  1874;  and  another  daughter,  born  April 
16,  1889,  died  in  infancy. 

On   November  20,    1911,   Mr.    Peaks   closed   a 


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long,  useful  and  honorable  career,  passing  away 
followed  by  the  admiration,  gratitude  and  sor- 
row of  all  to  whom  he  was  known.  He  was  a 
man  who  helped  to  save  the  Union  from  disrup- 
tion and  aided  in  the  upbuilding  of  the  best  in- 
terests of  civil  life.  All  honor  to  his  memory. 


CHARLES  HOWARD  OILMAN,  the  success- 
ful business  man  and  financier  of  Portland, 
Maine,  is  a  son  of  John  Low  Oilman,  a  native 
'of  Wells,  Maine,  who  for  many  years  was  an 
accountant  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
eventually  died.  Mr.  Oilman,  Sr.,  married  Jane 
Loring  Sanborn,  a  native  of  Gorham,  Maine,  who 
survived  him  and  after  his  death  removed  to 
Portland,  where  she  died  in  the  year  1907  at  the 
age  of  seventy-three.  They  were  the  parents  of 
two  children  as  follows:  Charles  Howard,  of 
whom  further;  and  William  E.,  who  also  resides 
in  Portland,  being  employed  as  a  clerk  by  his 
brother.  William  E.  Oilman  married  Elizabeth 
Perkins,  and  they  have  a  daughter,  Dorothy  Gil- 
man. 

Born  November  14,  1858,  at  South  Berwick, 
Maine,  Charles  Howard  Oilman  passed  the  first 
ten  years  of  his  childhood  in  that  town.  He  then 
accompanied  his  parents  to  Portland,  where  he 
attended  the  local  public  schools  and  eventually 
graduated  from  the  City  High  School  in  1876. 
Here  he  was  prepared  for  college  and  in  1878 
matriculated  at  Bowdoin,  where,  after  establish- 
ing an  excellent  record  for  character  and  scholar- 
ship, he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1882. 
After  having  thus  completed  his  education,  he 
went  to  the  West  and  located  at  Minneapolis, 
Minnesota,  where  he  spent  ten  years,  working 
during  that  time  as  a  clerk  in  a  mortgage  loan 
business.  He  then  returned  to  the  East  and  once 
more  took  up  his  abode  in  Portland.  This  was 
in  the  year  1894  and  he  engaged  in  a  banking 
business,  in  which  he  met  with  a  considerable 
success.  In  the  year  1904  he  established  the 
business  under  the  name  of  Charles  H.  Oilman, 
and  in  1912  this  was  changed  to  Charles  H.  Oil- 
man &  Company,  its  present  style.  This  was 
occasioned  by  the  admission  of  Mr.  Henry  Lewis 
to  a  partnership  in  the  business.  This  firm, 
which  does  a  very  large  business,  has  its  offices 
at  No.  186  Middle  street,  Portland,  Maine.  Mr. 
Oilman  is  identified  with  several  important  social 
organizations  among  which  should  be  mentioned 
the  Cumberland,  the  Economic  and  the  Portland 
Country  clubs.  In  his  religious  belief  he  is  a 
Congregationalist,  attending  the  State  Street 
Church  in  Portland. 


On  September  8,  1886,  Mr.  Oilman  was  united 
in  marriage  at  Augusta,  Maine,  with  Mary  Louise 
Smith,  a  native  of  that  city  and  a  daugh'er  of 
Hartley  Eugene  Smith,  who  died  in  Augusta,  and 
Sarah  L.  (Jones)  Smith,  who  survives  him  and 
still  makes  her  home  in  that  city. 

Mr.  Oilman's  family  may  claim  a  very  honor- 
able antiquity  in  Maine,  where  his  ancestors  have 
lived  for  a  large  number  of  generations  and  have 
always  been  prominently  identified  with  the  af- 
fairs of  the  communities  where  they  have  dwelt. 
His  great-grandfather,  Tristram  Gilman,  lived  at 
Yarmouth,  where  he  was  a  Congregational 
preacher  and  was  one  of  the  best  known  divines 
in  that  region  and  time.  He  was  an  eminent 
scholar  as  well,  and  was  one  of  the  first  trustees 
of  Bowdoin  College.  Tristram  Gilman  was  the 
founder  of  the  family  in  the  State,  where  he  died 
in  the  year  1809.  He  was  a  prominent  Mason. 
One  of  his  sons,  Nicholas  Gilman,  grandfather 
of  the  Mr.  Gilman  of  this  sketch,  resided  in 
Wells,  Maine. 

While  it  is  common  enough  to  find  men  whose 
careers  have  accomplished  conspicuous  results 
in  the  comimunities  where  they  have  been  run,  it 
is  by  no  means  so  easy  to  find  those,  the  net 
result  of  whose  lives  can  be  placed  without  hesi- 
tation on  the  credit  side  of  the  balance,  whose 
influence  has  been  without  question  enlisted  on 
the  side  of  good.  Successful  men  there  are  in 
plenty,  but  the  vast  majority  of  these  have  la- 
bored without  ceasing  in  their  own  behalf,  and 
without  any  especial  regard  for  the  welfare  of 
the  community-at-large.  Not  so  in  the  case  of 
Mr.  Gilman,  who  never  for  an  instant  forgets 
his  duty  to  his  fellows  in  any  selfish  ambition 
but  who  works  steadily  for  the  advancement  of 
all.  It  is  his  distinction  that  in  every  relation 
of  life  his  conduct  is  equally  exemplary,  that  he 
is  a  public-spirited  citizen,  a  kindly  neighbor,  a 
faithful  friend  and  a  devoted  and  affectionate 
husband. 


CHARLES  STOKER  KNIGHT,  M.D.,  one  of 
the  leaders  of  the  medical  profession  in  the  city 
of  Portland,  Maine,  is  a  well  known  figure  in  the 
general  life  of  that  city  and  greatly  beloved  alike 
by  the  members  of  his  own  clientele  and  by  the 
community  in  general.  He  comes  of  old  Maine 
stock,  and  is  a  son  of  Storer  Seth  Knight,  a 
native  of  that  State  and  one  of  the  prominent 
men  of  Cumberland  county  during  the  past  gen- 
eration. 

Storer  Seth  Knight  was  born  in  Scarborough, 
Cumberland  county,  Maine,  July  12,  1841,  and 


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died  in  Portland,  August  18,  1890.  He  was  a 
young  man  just  twenty  years  of  age  when  the 
Civil  War  laid  its  blighting  hand  upon  the  life 
of  the  country.  As  so  many  of  the  young  men 
of  the  North  did  at  that  time,  so  did  Mr.  Knight, 
enlisting  in  Company  B,  Tenth  Regiment,  Maine 
Volunteer  Infantry,  August  9,  1862,  -and  offering 
his  services  in  the  cause  of  the  Union.  Shortly 
after  he  was  transferred  to  Company  D,  Twenty- 
ninth  Regiment  Maine  Volunteer  Infantry,  and 
saw  active  service  with  both  these  regiments. 
He  was  wounded  at  Cedar  Creek,  October  19, 
1864,  and  was  honorably  discharged  from  service. 
Upon  resuming  civil  life,  Mr.  Knight  secured  a 
position  as  clerk  in  the  post  office  at  Portland, 
where  he  worked  for  a  number  of  years,  and  was 
later  engaged  in  the  railway  mail  service.  A 
man  of  public  spirit,  he  had  always  taken  an  ac- 
tive part  in  local  affairs,  and  in  the  year  1886, 
was  nominated  and  elected  register  of  deeds  for 
Cumberland  county,  in  which  capacity  he  served 
for  a  terrrt  of  four  years.  Mr.  Knight  was  a 
man  of  a  very  unusually  original  mind,  a  scholar 
and  possessed  of  wide  culture,  and  it  is  no  won- 
der therefore  that,  with  the  addition  of  an  at- 
tractive personality,  he  should  have  made  the 
wide  reputation  that  he  did  as  a  public  speaker 
and  lecturer.  His  services  were  always  in  de- 
mand on  public  holidays  and  occasions  of  sim- 
ilar character,  and  he  was  a  very  effective  polit- 
ical campaigner  and  always  ready  to  work  in 
the  interests  of  the  Republican  party,  of  the 
policies  and  principles  of  which  he  was  an  ardent 
supporter.  On  a  number  of  occasions  he  de- 
livered lectures  on  the  subject  of  the  United 
States  Postal  Service,  which  were  not  only  in- 
structive but  highly  entertaining,  so  that  his  lec- 
ture on  this  matter  was  in  popular  demand.  He 
was  greatly  devoted  to  nature,  and  could  not 
spend  too  much  time  in  the  contemplation  of  its 
attractions,  loving  especially  to  wander  in  the 
woods  and  meadows  and  follow  the  course  of 
streams.  Another  taste  which  impelled  him  into 
the  samje  environment  was  that  for  the  sport  of 
fishing,  in  his  fondness  for  which  he  was  a  sec- 
ond Isaac  Walton.  For  many  years  Mr.  Knight 
was  extremely  active  in  the  cause  of  temperance 
and  was  one  of  the  best  known  workers  for  this 
reform  in  the  State.  He  was  a  member  of  Bos- 
worth  Post,  No.  2,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic, 
of  Portland.  On  June  2,  1869,  Storer  Seth 
Knight  was  united  in  marriage  with  Helen  E. 
Leavitt,  a  native  of  Portland,  Maine,  born  Sep- 
tember 15,  1839,  a  daughter  of  Captain  Charles 
H.  and  Katherine  Sawyer  (Mariner)  Greene,  old 


and  honored  residents  of  that  city,  and  widow  of 
George  Leavitt.  The  Greene  family,  of  which 
she  was  a  member,  was  an  old  and  distinguished 
one  in  Virginia,  and  had  moved  North  to  Maine 
in  the  time  of  her  father,  Captain  Greene.  To 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Knight  the  following  children  were 
born:  Charles  Storer,  of  whom  further;  Kath- 
erine G.,  born  June  1 1,  1874,  and  became  the  wife 
of  William  S.  Dresser;  Herbert  Carr,  born  Sep- 
tember 26,  1878,  married  Lizzie  Hovey,  and  now 
resides  in  Portland. 

Dr.  Charles  Storer  Knight,  eldest  child  of 
Storer  Seth  and  Helen  E.  (Greene-Leavitt) 
Knight,  was  born  September  16,  1872,  in  Port- 
land, Maine,  and  has  made  that  city  his  home 
ever  since.  The  preliminary  portion  of  his  edu- 
cation was  obtained  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
local  city,  and  he  was  later  sent  to  Westbrook 
Seminary,  from  which  he  graduated  in  the  year 
1890  after  thoroughly  preparing  himself  for  a 
college  course.  About  this  time  he  definitely 
made  up  his  mind  to  make  medicine  his  career 
in  life,  and  with  this  end  in  view  entered  the  Har- 
vard Medical  School  in  the  year  1892.  Here 
he  established  an  excellent  record  for  character 
and  scholarship,  and  in  1896  was  graduated  wjth 
the  degree  of  M.D.  He  followed  up  his  theo- 
retical studies  at  this  institution  by  gaining  the 
requisite  experience  as  house  physician  at  the 
Boston  City  Hospital,  a  position  which  he  held 
from  July,  1896,  to  January,  1898,  after  which 
he  served  in  the  same  capacity  for  eight  months 
at  the  Boston  Lying-in  Hospital.  He  then  re- 
turned to  the  City  Hospital,  where  he  was  given 
the  position  of  assistant  superintendent  and  held 
the  same  until  1899.  Equipped  with  an  unusual 
fund  of  practical  knowledge,  Dr.  Knight  then  re- 
moved to  the  city  of  Bangor,  Maine,  where  for 
two  years  he  remained  in  active  practice,  but  in 
the  year  1902  he  established  himself  in  Port- 
land, his  native  city,  where  he  has  built  up  his 
present  successful  practice  and  now  takes  a 
leading  part  in  the  medical  world  there.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Portland  Medical  Society,  the 
Cumberland  County  Medical  Society  and  the 
Maine  Medical  Association. 

Although  the  exacting  demands  made  upon  Dr. 
Knight's  time  and  energies  by  his  professional 
duties  preclude  his  taking  so  active  a  part  in 
the  public  life  of  the  city  as  his  inclinations  urge 
him  to,  or  his  abilities  fit  him  for,  he  continues 
to  take  a  keen  interest  in  political  matters  gen- 
erally and  is  a  hearty  supporter  of  the  Repub- 
lican party.  In  religion  he  is  a  Universalist  and 
is  prominent  in  the  work  of  his  church,  also  in 


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the  general  social  and  fraternal  life  of  the  city. 
He  is  a  prominent  Mason  and  is  affiliated  with 
many  orders  and  fraternities  in  that  place,  among 
which  should  be  numbered  Decring  Lodge,  No. 
183,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  Rocky  Hill 
Lodge,  No.  51,  Knights  of  Pythias;  VVoodford 
Commandery,  No.  235,  Golden  Cross;  Court  No. 
1151,  Independent  Order  of  Foresters.  Of  recent 
years  Dr.  Knight  has  done  much  special  work 
in  obstetrics  and  gynecology  and  is  regarded  as 
an  authority  on  these  subjects.  His  office  is  sit- 
uated at  his  home,  No.  509  Deering  avenue,  Port- 
land. 

On  June  I,  1905,  Dr.  Knight  was  united  in  mar- 
riage at  Augusta,  Maine,  with  Marion  E.  Clark, 
a  native  of  that  city,  a  daughter  of  Hiram  and 
Flora  Augusta  (Allen)  Clark.  Mr.  Clark  was 
engaged  for  many  years  in  the  manufacture  of 
carriages  at  Augusta,  and  was  the  inventor  and 
patentee  of  the  first  dropped  X  for  trucks,  etc. 
His  wife  was  a  member  of  the  old  Allen  family 
of  Winthrop,  Maine,  where  she  was  born,  and 
they  both  at  present  make  their  home  with  their 
son-in-law,  Dr.  Knight.  To  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Knight 
the  following  children  have  been  born:  Dorothy 
Leavitt,  May  23,  1906,  and  Florence  Allen,  Jan- 
uary 9,  1913. 


CHARLES  FREMONT  DEARTH,  one  of  the 
rriost  successful  business  men  and  an  influential 
citizen  of  Piscataquis  county,  Maine,  with  the 
general  life  of  which  place  he  has  been  closely 
identified  for  many  years,  is  a  member  of  an 
old  New  England  family  which  originally  made 
its  home  in  Massachusetts  and  was  founded  in 
this  State  by  Mr.  Dearth's  grandfather,  Leon- 
ard Dearth. 

Leonard  Dearth  was  one  of  the  pioneers  from 
Sherborn,  Massachusetts,  to  Sangerville,  Maine, 
coming  to  the  latter  town  in  the  year  1813,  and 
there  selecting  a  tract  of  wild  land  for  his  future 
home.  This  he  cleared  up  and  cultivated,  and  at 
the  time  of  his  death  was  the  possessor  of  a 
large  and  thrifty  farm.  He  took  a  lively  interest 
in  whatever  pertained  to  the  welfare  of  his 
adopted  town  and  was  also  interested  in  the 
more  general  issues  which  at  that  time  con- 
fronted the  State  and  Nation.  He  was  a  Radical 
in  politics  and  adhered  firmly  to  the  policy  of  the 
old  Whig  party.  At  the  time  of  its  organization 
Mr.  Dearth  joined  the  Republican  party,  and 
from  that  time  until  his  death  was  one  of  its 
firmest  supporters.  He  was  a  Methodist  in  his 
religious  belief.  His  birth  occurred  at  Sher- 
born, Massachusetts,  in  1792,  and  his  death  at 


Sangerville,  February  3,  1880.  He  married  at 
Sangerville,  Fannie  Carsley,  in  the  year  1820,  and 
they  were  the  parents  of  six  children,  as  follows: 
Henry  Leonard,  Leander  Llewellyn,  Freeman 
Daniel,  Mercy  Carsley,  Huldah,  Rebecca. 

Freeman  Daniel  Dearth,  father  of  Charles  Fre- 
mont Dearth,  was  born  at  Sangerville,  Maine, 
June  19,  1831,  and  died  at  that  place,  October 
20,  1886.  He  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  at  Sangerville  and  later  at  Foxcroft 
Academy.  For  a  time  he  taught  school,  and 
later  took  charge  of  his  father's  extensive  farm 
where  he  made  many  improvements  in  the  cul- 
tivation of  the  broad  acres.  He  also  improved 
the  quality  of  his  stock,  and  erected  a  number 
of  large  and  commodious  farm  buildings.  Like 
his  father  he  was  active  in  public  affairs  and  took 
a  particular  interest  in  the  improvement  of  the 
local  schools  and  the  cause  of  education  gen- 
erally. He  was  one  of  the  foremost  men  of  his 
time  in  promoting  the  interest  of  the  town  and 
the  agricultural  conditions  of  the  surrounding 
country.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican  and  in 
religion  a  Methodist.  He  married,  January  4, 
1854,  at  Shirley,  Maine,  Mary  Burgess  Spooner, 
a  native  of  Sangerville,  where  she  was  born  De- 
cember 7,  1834,  a  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Jemima 
(Knowlton)  Spooner,  of  that  place.  Mrs.  Dearth 
died  at  Foxcroft,  Maine,  September  26,  1904. 
They  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
Elwyn  Augustine,  born  December  28,  1854,  at 
Sangerville,  and  died  there,  February  18,  1882; 
Charles  Fremtont,  with  whose  career  we  are  espe- 
cially concerned;  Amelia  Estelle,  born  May  8, 
1856,  at  Sangerville,  and  died  July  19,  1918,  at 
Chelmsford,  Massachusetts;  Leonard,  born  March 
20,  1858,  at  Sangerville,  and  died  January  26. 
1909,  at  Los  Angeles,  California;  Albert  Elmer, 
born  March  13,  1860,  at  Sangerville;  Alice  Ella, 
died  December  14,  1882,  at  Sangerville,  a  twin 
of  the  above;  Freeman  Daniel,  born  April  16, 
1861,  at  Sangerville;  Elbridge  Harlow,  born 
January  30,  1863,  at  Sangerville;  Huldah  Harlow, 
born  October  12,  1864,  and  died  March  19,  1908, 
at  Boston,  Massachusetts;  Asa  Franklin,  born 
April  25,  1868;  Arthur  Lorestine,  born  April  II, 
1872;  Gertrude  Mabel,  born  February  28,  1875; 
and  Blanche  Lola,  born  February  14,  1877. 

Charles  Fremont  Dearth,  second  son  of  Free- 
man Daniel  and  Mary  Burgess  (Spooner)  Dearth, 
was  born  at  Sangerville,  Maine,  May  8,  1856.  As 
a  lad  he  attended  the  local  public  schools  and 
afterward  was  a  student  at  the  Foxcroft  Acad- 
emy. His  childhood  and  early  youth  were  spent 
on  the  home  farm  in  Sangerville,  with  the  ex- 


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ception  of  a  few  years  spent  in  Lowell,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  worked  as  a  machinist  and 
carpenter.  In  the  year  1900  he  removed  to  Fox- 
croft,  where  he  engaged  in  business  as  a  man- 
ufacturer, making  a  specialty  of  the  production 
of  pure  cider  vinegar,  a  business  which  had  been 
conducted  by  his  father  and  grandfather  in  con- 
nection with  the  farm  for  many  years.  Mr. 
Dearth  has  been  exceedingly  successful  both  in 
his  general  farming  operations  and  as  a  man- 
ufacturer of  vinegar,  and  at  the  present  time  is 
regarded  as  one  of  the  leading  citizens  of  Fox- 
croft.  He  is  a  public-spirited  and  progressive 
member  of  the  community,  and  has  been  active, 
not  only  in  the  business  light  of  the  community, 
but  also  in  its  social  and  general  affairs.  He  is 
a  staunch  member  of  the  Republican  party,  and 
is  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  influential  po- 
litical leaders  in  Piscataquis  county.  He"  was 
elected  to  the  position  of  deputy  sheriff  of  this 
county  in  1901  and  held  the  same  until  1904.  He 
was  then  elected  high  sheriff  of  Piscataquis 
county  and  held  that  office  for  two  years.  Mr. 
Dearth  was  a  member  of  Kineo  Lodge,  No.  64, 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows;  Eldorado 
Encampment,  No.  20;  Wenonah  Rebeka  Lodge, 
and  Canton  Kineo,  No.  6,  all  of  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  is  also  affiliated  with 
the  Piscataquis  Club  and  is  active  in  the  work 
of  all  these  organizations.  In  his  religious  be- 
lief Mr.  Dearth  is  a  Oongregationalist. 

Charles  Fremont  Dearth  was  united  in  mar- 
riage, January  30,  1889,  at  Dover,  Maine,  with 
Hattie  Augusta  Chandler,  a  native  of  Foxcroft, 
born  January  30,  1864,  a  daughter  of  William 
Harrison  and  Janette  (Mayhew)  Chandler,  old 
and  highly-respected  residents  of  this  place. 


JUDGE  JOSEPH  E.  F.  CONNOLLY  is  a  son 

of  Michael  Hacket  and  Margaret  (Feeney)  Con- 
nolly, natives  of  County  Galway,  Ireland.  Mi- 
chael Hacket  Connolly  passed  the  first  twenty 
years  of  his  life  in  his  native  land  and  then  came 
to  the  United  States,  where  lie  promptly  joined 
the  Union  Army  and  fought  during  the  Civil 
War.  He  saw  active  service  during  three  years 
and  was  finally  discharged.  He  then  came  to  the 
city  of  Portland,  Maine,  where  he  remained  until 
his  death.  His  wife  survives  him  and  still  makes 
her  home  in  Portland. 

Joseph  E.  F.  Connolly  was  born  October  21, 
1874,  in  the  city  of  Portland,  Maine.  His  early 
education  was  received  at  the  local  public  schools 
of  the  city.  Judge  Connolly  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  of  Cumberland  county  in  the  year  1902,  and 


at  once  began  the  active  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion. The  activities  of  Judge  Connolly  have  been 
by  no  means  confined  to  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession, however.  He  is  a  man  who  is  naturally 
a  leader  in  whatever  he  undertakes,  and  at  the 
present  time  occupies  an  influential  position  in 
the  industrial  world  of  Portland.  He  is  also 
keenly  interested  in  charitable  movements  under- 
taken for  the  interests  of  the  unfortunate  classes, 
particularly  in  the  case  of  boys,  and  is  active 
in  making  them  successful.  He  is  a  trustee  of 
the  Portland  Boys'  Club.  He  is  devoted  to  chil- 
dren and  outdoor  sports,  and  has  a  delightful 
summer  camp  at  Ossipee  Lake,  where  he  spends 
his  summers.  He  is  a  member  of  a  number  of 
clubs  and  social  organizations  in  Portland,  among 
which  should  be  mentioned  the  Rotary  Club,  the 
Portland  Power  Boat  Club,  the  Bramhall  League 
and  the  local  lodge  of  the  Benevolent  and  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks.  A  Roman  Catholic  in 
his  religious  belief,  he  attends  St.  Dominick's 
Church  in  Portland. 

Judge  Connolly  is  best  known,  however,  to  his 
fellow  citizens  in  connection  with  his  brilliant 
political  and  judicial  career,  throughout  the 
course  of  which  he  has  done  nothing  but  what 
was  calculated  to  increase  his  reputation  at  once 
as  a  capable  and  efficient  public  officer,  and  a 
most  disinterested  and  honorable  man.  As  early 
as  1898,  when  he  was  but  twenty-four  years  of 
age,  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Portland 
Common  Council.  He  served,  however,  on  this 
body  only  to  the  end  of  the  year  1899,  and  was 
shortly  afterwards  elected  to  the  Board  of  Al- 
dermen, on  which  he  served  during  the  years 
1900,  1901  and  1902.  His  strong  interests  in  the 
unfortunates  among  his  fellow  men,  and  his  will- 
ingness to  work  in  their  behalf,  won  for  him 
the  appointment  of  the  responsible  post  of  over- 
seer of  the  poor,  in  which  he  served  from  1903 
to  1907,  doing  much  to  alleviate  their  suffer- 
ings and  advance  their  interests  in  the  community, 
In  the  latter  year,  however,  he  was  elected  county 
attorney.  After  proving  himself  a  most  capable 
attorney  and  one  in  whom  there  was  no  re- 
spect of  persons,  Judge  Connolly  finally  resigned 
from,  this  important  office  in  1911,  when  he  was 
appointed  judge  of  the  Superior  Court  of  the 
State  of  Maine,  for  a  term  of  seven  years.  Judge 
Connolly  is  at  present  serving  that  term,  which 
will  expire  in  1918,  and  in  which  he  has  done 
much  to  maintain  and  increase  the  dignity  of 
the  bench  in  his  State  and  establish  a  reputa- 
tion for  impartial  and  wise  decisions  and  judg- 
ments. 


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Judge  Connolly  married  Margaret  B.  Cadey. 

There  is  a  certain  quality  about  the  duties 
and  functions  connected  with  the  meeting  of 
justice,  the  giving  of  judgments  between  men 
and  the  pronouncing  of  dooms  upon  them,  that 
appeals,  and  rightly  appeals,  to  the  imagina- 
tion as  of  special  gravity  and  import,  so  that 
it  is  the  popular  notion  that  the  office  of  judge 
above  all  others  should  be  filled  by  men  of  un- 
impeachable integrity,  of  a  disinterestedness  be- 
yond the  reach  of  any  ulterior  miotive,  and  a 
balance  of  mind  which  will  admit  of  no  prejudice. 
In  this,  as  in  so  many  cases,  the  popular  in- 
stinct is  entirely  correct,  feeling  intuitively  that 
nowhere  else  do  those  personal  rights,  the  very 
basis  of  a  society,  pass  so  completely  under 
the  control  of  individual  authority,  as  in  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  court.  It  is  thus  that  we 
have  come  to  regard  as  the  most  despicable  of 
men  a  judge  who  is  unfaithful  to  his  solemn 
responsibilities,  while  a  just  judge  is  one  of  the 
proudest  titles  to  which  one  can  aspire.  It  is 
the  proud  distinction  of  the  gentleman  whose 
name  heads  this  sketch  that  he  well  deserves 
this  latter  title,  displaying  throughout  his  career 
all  those  qualifications  which  are  of  the  essence 
of  justice,  and  fit  a  man  for  the  performance 
of  duties  so  nearly  touching  the  foundations  of 
social  life. 


RALPH  FOSTER  BURNHAM— Burnham  is 
is  a  name  which  can  claim  a  great  and  honorable 
antiquity,  alike  in  this  country,  and  in  the  old 
world,  where  it  may  be  traced  back  as  far  as 
the  year  1010,  when  it  was  used  with  the  prefix 
de.  The  family  is  descended  from  one  Walter 
Veutre,  who  came  to  England  from  Normandy 
in  the  train  of  William  the  Conqueror.  He  was 
cousin-german  of  Earl  Warren,  who  received 
from  his  royal  master  the  Manor  of  Burnham, 
among  other  estates.  This  Manor  was  in  turn 
enfeoffed  by  the  Earl  to  Walter  le  Veutre,  who 
thenceforth  became  known  as  Walter  de  Burn- 
ham.  The  prefix  was  dropped  about  1080,  since 
which  time  the  name  Burnham  has  come  down 
to  us  wtih  very  few  changes  in  form  or  spell- 
ing, considering  the  laxity  of  spelling  in  those 
days. 

The  family  of  Burnham  was  founded  in  this 
country  as  early  as  1635,  when  three  brothers, 
John,  Thomas  and  Robert  Burnham,  came  from 
England  and  settled  in  the  town  of  Ipswich. 
They  made  their  home  in  that  part  of  it  which 
was  then  known  as  Chebacco  parish,  and  which 
is  now  the  town  of  Essex,  Essex  county,  Mas- 


sachusetts. It  was  from  the  second  of  these, 
Lieutenant  Thomas  Burnham,  that  that  branch 
of  the  family  which  is  now  represented  at  Au- 
burn, Maine,  by  Ralph  Foster  Burnham,  the  dis- 
tinguished gentleman  whose  name  heads  this 
brief  sketch,  is  descended.  He  was  about  twelve 
years  of  age  when  he  came  to  America  in  1635, 
and  resided  at  Chebacco  where  he  settled  the 
following  year,  until  his  death,  which  occurred 
May  19,  1694.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Pequot 
expedition  in  1636  and  1637,  and  again  during 
the  Indian  disturbances  of  1643.  He  was  a  sub- 
scriber to  Major  Denison  in  1648,  was  made 
corporal  and  surveyor  of  highways  in  1662,  ser- 
geant in  1664,  ensign  in  1665,  and  lieutenant 
in  1683.  In  the  latter  year  he  was  also  electad 
a  deputy  to  the  General  Court  of  Massachu- 
setts, and  served  in  that  capacity  in  that  and 
the  two  years  following.  He  took  a  very  active 
part  in  community  affairs.  He  was  married  in 
1645  to  Mary  Tuttle,  a  daughter  of  John  and 
Johanna  Tuttle.  From  this  worthy  progenitor 
the  line  descends  through  John,  Jacob,  Solomon, 
Jacob  (2),  Zebulun,  Zebulun  (2),  to  Frank  Burn- 
ham,  the  father  of  Ralph  F.  Burnham. 

Frank  Burnham,  son  of  Zebulun  (2)  and  Sarah 
D.  (Knowlton)  Burnham,  was  born  March  31, 
1847,  at  Beverly,  Massachusetts.  He  received  a 
high  school  education,  and  afterwards  enlisted 
in  the  Sixtieth  Massachusetts  Volunteer  Regi- 
ment, and  served  in  this  regiment  until  the  close 
of  the  Civil  War.  He  then  entered  the  Navy, 
and  was  a  member  of  the  band  on  the  United 
States  Steamer  Vandalia,  which  sailed  under  Ad- 
miral Thatcher.  After  retiring  from  the  Navy, 
he  made  his  home  in  Portland,  Maine,  where  he 
now  resides,  and  is  a  teacher  of  the  violin  and 
cornet.  He  is  a  member  of  Unity  Lodge,  In- 
dependent Order  of  Odd  Fellows;  Eastern  Star 
Encampment,  and  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
public. He  is  also  an  orchestral  leader  and 
studied  under  the  celebrated  M.  Arbuckle,  of 
Gilmore's  Band.  Mr.  Burnham  is  a  Republican 
in  politics,  and  a  Liberal  in  religion.  He  married 
Sarah  F.  Stanley,  a  daughter  of  Daniel  O.  and 
Mary  Stanley,  of  Beverly,  Massachusetts,  where 
she  was  born.  They  are  the  parents  of  four 
children,  as  follows:  Bertha,  who  died  in  child- 
hood; Ida  Frances,  who  became  the  wife  of 
Frank  E.  Fickett,  of  Portland;  Mabel  Stanley, 
who  became  the  wife  of  Frank  Grant,  who  re- 
sides in  Portland,  and  is  employed  as  an  engineer 
on  the  Maine  Central  Railroad;  and  Ralph  Foster, 
of  whom  further. 

Ralph    Foster    Burnham.    only    son    of    Frank 


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and  Sarah  F.  (Stanley)  Burnham,  was  born 
March  30,  1876,  at  Beverly,  Massachusetts.  He 
was  but  six  months  of  age,  however,  when  his 
parents  removed  to  Portland,  and  it  was  with 
this  city  that  his  childish  associations  were 
formed.  It  was  in  Portland  also  that  he  at- 
tended school,  and  at  the  age  of  nine  worked 
during  vacation  time  as  a  newsboy  for  Chisholm 
Brothers.  He  continued  his  studies,  at  the  same 
time  working  as  a  newsboy,  by  which  means  he 
paid  for  his  livelihood  during  this  period.  At 
the  age  of  fifteen,  he  secured  employment  in 
the  drug  store  of  Schlotterbeck  &  Foss,  who  at 
that  time  had  a  large  establishment  in  Port- 
land, and  thus  paid  his  way  through  high  school. 
After  graduation  from  the  latter  institution,  he 
entered  the  employ  of  J.  B.  Totten,  where  he 
remained  for  a  number  of  years,  studying  in  the 
meantime  in  his  laboratory.  He  then  took  and 
passed  the  State  examinations  in  pharmacy  and 
received  the  degree  of  Phar.D.  His  health  had 
obliged  him  to  leave  the  coast  in  the  meantime 
and  he  had  come  to  Auburn  in  1897,  which 
place  has  continued  to  be  his  home  ever  since. 
Upon  first  coming  to  the  city,  he  purchased 
the  drug  business  of  B.  L.  Alden,  which  was 
situated  on  the  corner  of  Broad  and  Mill  streets, 
New  Auburn,  which  he  still  operates  with  a  high 
degree  of  success.  He  has  always  possessed  a 
very  keen  interest  in  the  subject  of  chemicals 
and  their  therapeutic  effect,  and  has  done  con- 
siderable original  research  in  this  important 
branch  of  science.  His  experiments  with  the 
iodides  has  been  particularly  noteworthy,  cul- 
minating as  it  did  in  his  discovery  of  "Sal 
Iodide,"  which  filled  a  long  felt  want  in  the  chem- 
ical world.  He  also  prepared  a  "Glyco-Tonic." 
Mir.  Burnham  has  taken  an  exceedingly  promi- 
nent place  in  local  affairs,  particularly  of  recent 
years,  and  has  been  conspicuous  in  the  coun- 
cils of  the  Republican  party.  In  the  month  of 
March,  1917,  he  was  elected  Mayor  of  Auburn 
on  the  Republican  ticket,  and  is  now  filling  this 
responsible  office  with  a  high  degree  of  effici- 
ency and  is  proving  himself  a  most  capable  pub- 
lic official.  Mr.  Burnham  is  affiliated  with  the 
social  and  fraternal  circles  of  Auburn,  and  par- 
ticularly so  with  the  Masonic  Order,  in  which 
he  has  taken  every  degree  up  to  and  including 
the  thirty-second.  He  is  a  member  of  Ancient 
Brothers  Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Ma- 
sons; Bradford  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons; 
Dunlap  Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters; 
Lewiston  Commandery,  Knights  Templar;  Kora 
Temple,  Ancient  Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the 


Mystic  Shrine,  and  Maine  Consistory,  Sovereign 
Princes  of  the  Royal  Secret.  He  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  local  lodges  of  the  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks,  the  Knights  of  Pythias, 
and  the  Rotary  Club.  In  his  religious  belief 
Mayor  Burnham  is  a  Universalist  and  attends 
the  church  of  this  denomination  at  Auburn. 

Ralph  Foster  Burnham  was  united  in  marriage, 
October  25,  1899,  with  Clara  Ella  Shaw,  a  daugh- 
ter of  John  H.  and  Eleanor  (Haskell)  Shaw,  old 
and  highly  honored  residents  of  Portland.  Mr. 
Shaw  was  at  the  time  of  his  retirement  the 
oldest  engineer  on  the  Grand  Trunk  Railroad. 

Ralph  Foster  Burnham  is  a  man  of  unusually 
strong  personality,  whose  tastes  and  interests 
are  of  an  essentially  wholesome  character.  His 
chief  pleasure  is  found  in  hunting  and  automo- 
biling,  and  in  order  to  gratify  the  former  taste 
he  takes  a  long  trip  into  the  north  woods  every 
autumn  with  a  group  of  his  friends. 


HON.  NORMAN  HERBERT  FAY— The  long 
and  noteworthy  political  career  of  Mr.  Fay  is, 
of  course,  his  most  conspicuous  claim  to  distinc- 
tion, but  he  also  has  a  reputation  as  a  business 
man,  and  as  president  of  the  Dexter  Trust  and 
Banking  Company  he  stands  prominently  before 
the  community  as  influential  in  the  financial  life 
of  his  home  town  of  Dexter,  Maine. 

Norman  Herbert  Fay  was  born  in  Upton,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  is  a  son  of  Winthrop  T*  xter 
and  Elizabeth  W.  (Fales)  Fay.  W.  B.  Fay  was 
engaged  in  business  as  a  boot  and  shoe  man- 
ufacturer. Norman  Herbert  Fay  graduated,  suc- 
cessively, from  the  Upton  High  School,  the 
Friends'  School,  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  and 
the  Wesleyan  Academy,  Wilbraham,  Massachu- 
setts. In  1881  Mr.  Fay,  in  association  with  Wal- 
ter Scott,  engaged  in  business  in  Dexter  as  a 
manufacturer  of  machine  tools,  the  firm  name 
being  Fay  &  Scott.  In  1897  Mr.  Fay  purchased 
the  interest  of  Mr.  Scott  and  incorporated  the 
business  as  the  Fay  &  Scott  Company,  the  stock 
being  owned  by  himself,  his  son,  W.  L.  Fay, 
and  Mrs.  P.  S.  Plouff.  In  addition  to  the  presi- 
dency of  the  Dexter  Trust  and  Banking  Com- 
pany, Mr.  Fay  is  president  of  the  Loan  and 
Building  Association. 

As  an  upholder  of  the  principles  advocated  by 
the  Republican  party,  Mr.  Fay  has  served  on 
the  water  board,  the  school  board  and  the  cem- 
etery commission.  In  1901  and  1917  he  repre- 
sented his  district  in  the  Legislature  and  these 
long  periods  of  service  testify  most  eloquently 
to  his  efficient  and  disinterested  public  spirit  and 


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to  the  trust  reposed  by  his  fellow-citizens  in 
his  devotion  to  the  maintenance  and  advance- 
ment of  their  rights  and  privileges.  In  1917  Mr. 
Fay  became  a  member  of  the  governor's  coun- 
cil and  this  office  he  still  retains.  The  fra- 
ternal affiliations  of  Mr.  Fay  arc  with  the  Ma- 
sonic Blue  Lodge,  Chapter,  Commandery  and 
Shrine;  also  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows.  He  belongs  to  the  Machinery  Club  of 
New  York  and  the  Dexter  Club  of  Dexter,  Maine. 
He  attends  the  Universalist  church. 

Mr.  Fay  married,  November  23,  1872,  at  Gar- 
land, Maine,  Ada  E.,  daughter  of  Joshua  and 
Mary  West,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  the 
following  children:  Marion  Estelle,  born  Jan- 
uary 5,  1874;  and  Winthrop  Lincoln,  born  July 

29,   i875- 

As  business  man,  financier,  and  above  all  and 
most  conspicuously,  as  political  leader  and  pub- 
lic official,  Norman  Herbert  Fay  has  served  well 
and  faithfully  his  community  and  his  State,  es- 
tablishing for  himself  an  assured  and  honorable 
reputation  and  earning  an  undisputed  right  to 
the  lasting  admiration  and  enduring  gratitude  of 
his  fellow-citizens  irrespective  of  party  con- 
siderations. 


SETH  CHASE  GORDON— There  is  always 
something  impressive  in  tracing  through  a  long 
line  of  descent  the  perseverence  of  strong  and 
able  traits  of  character,  showing  themselves 
perennial,  ever  recurrent  in  each  generation, 
without  a  missing  link  in  the  chain,  and  giving 
the  most  indisputable  evidence  of  the  power  of  a 
strong  and  healthy  stock  to  protect  its  virtues 
across  the  lapse  of  years  and  awaken  in  distant 
times  and  amidst  the  most  diverse  circumstances 
the  spirit  that  in  bygone  years  had  animated  the 
blood.  Such  is  conspicuously  the  case  with  the 
distinguished  Gordon  family  which  has  played 
a  prominent  part  in  the  affairs  of  the  community 
since  an  early  period.  We  would  look  far,  in- 
deed, to  find  a  family  which  can  claim  a  more 
honorable  antiquity  than  that  of  the  Gordons,  a 
name  which  we  associate  with  all  that  is  most 
patriotic  and  courageous  in  Scottish  history  and 
with  the  stirring  events  which  have  marked  the 
life  of  that  nation  from  time  immemorial.  In 
Scotland,  itself,  the  name  Gordon  is  one  to  con- 
jure with  and  it  was  with  characteristic  enter- 
prise and  courage  that  some  of  its  members 
migrated  to  the  New  World  at  a  time  when  it 
was  still  practically  a  wilderness  and  took  their 
part  in  building  up  the  great  Republic  of  the 
Western  Hemisphere. 

KB.— 1— IS 


The  tradition  of  the  Gordon  family  of  Maine, 
which  is  represented  today  by  Dr.  Seth  Chase 
Gordon  of  Portland,  runs  to  the  effect  that  its 
progenitor,  John  Gordon,  was  a  son  of  the  Duke 
of  that  name  and  was,  because  of  his  marriage 
with  Grace  Toy,  a  lady  of  an  inferior  station 
to  himself,  disinherited  by  his  father.  According 
to  the  account,  he  then  came  to  Ireland,  where 
he  eventually  died.  After  this  event  his  widow 
and  three  sons,  continuing  the  migration  which 
he  had  started,  made  their  way  to  the  American 
colonies.  From  Henry  Gordon,  son  of  this  John 
Gordon,  the  present  family  is  descended,  the  line 
running  through  Henry  (2)  and  Stephen  Gordon, 
the  father  of  Dr.  Gordon,  of  this  sketch.  This 
Stephen  Gordon  was  born  October  10,  1794,  at 
Frycburg,  Maine,  and  there  spent  a  large  por- 
tion of  his  life.  He  was  for  many  years  en- 
gaged in  the  occupation  of  farming,  which  was 
one  of  the  very  few  callings  open  to  a  man 
in  that  location  and  at  that  time.  One  of  the 
other  of  these  was  lumbering,  and  in  this,  too, 
he  was  engaged,  the  whole  region  about  Frye- 
burg  at  that  time  being  covered  with  the  finest 
and  most  valuable  kind  of  timber.  His  death 
occurred  at  Fryeburg,  in  March,  1863,  when  he 
was  sixty-nine  years  of  age.  He  married  Lydia 
Buffington  Chase,  like  himself  a  native  of  Frye- 
burg, where  she  was  born,  July  10,  1801,  and 
where  her  death  occurred,  December,  1864.  She 
was  a  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Spring) 
Chase,  and  a  granddaughter  of  Josiah  and  Me- 
hitable  (Frye)  Chase,  the  grandfather  being  a 
surgeon  in  the  French  and  Indian  War,  in  which 
he  served  with  General  Joseph  Frye,  afterwards 
marrying  his  daughter.  To  Stephen  and  Lydia 
Buffington  (Chase)  Gordon  the  following  chil- 
dren were  born:  Seth  Chase,  of  whom  further; 
Marshall,  William,  Samuel  Chase,  Stephen,  and 
Hannah  Stackpole. 

Dr.  Seth  Chase  Gordon,  eldest  child  of  Stephen 
and  Lydia  Buffington  (Chase)  Gordon,  was  born 
August  17,  1830,  at  Fryeburg,  Maine,  upon  his 
father's  farm.  His  early  childhood  was  spent  in 
much  the  same  manner  as  most  of  his  com- 
panions in  that  rural  region,  in  attending  the 
local  district  schools,  and  in  the  wholesome  tasks 
and  pastimes  incident  to  farm  life.  He  was, 
however,  the  recipient  of  an  excellent  education, 
and  after  his  course  in  the  local  district  school, 
attended  Fryeburg  Academy,  where  he  prepared 
himself  for  college.  He  did  not,  however,  at 
once  take  a  college  course,  but  spent  several 
years  teaching  school  in  various  parts  of  his 
own  State  and  also  in  the  West.  For  one  year 


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he  held  a  position  as  teacher  in  the  school  at 
Evansville,  Indiana.  In  the  meantime  his  atten- 
tion had  been  forcibly  drawn  to  the  subject  of 
medicine,  and  he  had  definitely  determined  upon 
making  it  his  career  in  life,  so  that  with  this 
end  in  view,  he  returned  to  the  East  and  en- 
tered the  Medical  School  at  Dartmouth.  Previ- 
ous to  this  he  had  spent  two  years  in  the  study 
of  the  same  subject  in  the  office  of  Dr.  Towle, 
of  Fryeburg,  where  he  had  gained  an  excel- 
lent foundation  in  his  chosen  subject.  He  did 
not  remain  at  Dartmouth  for  a  great  while,  how- 
ever, contenting  himself  with  one  course  of  lec- 
tures there,  after  which  he  matriculated  at  the 
Maine  Medical  School  at  Brunswick,  which  he 
attended  one  year,  graduating  with  the  class  of 
1855,  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine. 
For  some  time,  thereafter,  Dr.  Gordon  made  his 
headquarters  in  the  town  of  Gorham,  Maine, 
where  he  established  himself  in  practice  and  re- 
mained until  the  year  1861.  Toward  the  end  of 
that  year  he  received  an  appointment  as  as- 
sistant surgeon  of  the  Thirteenth  Maine  Vol- 
unteer Infantry  Regiment,  which  he  followed 
through  its  active  service  in  the  war,  where  it 
form'ed  a  part  of  the  Nineteenth  Army  Corps 
of  the  Department  of  the  Gulf,  and  took  part  in 
the  campaign  in  Louisiana,  Massissippf  and 
Texas.  In  October,  1863,  he  was  transferred  to 
the  First  Louisiana  Volunteer  Infantry  Regi- 
ment (White),  which  was  stationed  in  the  De- 
partment of  the  Gulf.  He  also  saw  service  as 
surgeon  of  the  district  of  La  Fourche  on  the 
staff  of  General  Cameron,  and  was  finally  mus- 
tered out  of  service,  July  12,  1865,  having  been 
in  the  war  for  nearly  four  years.  On  October  I, 
in  the  same  year,  he  returned  to  Maine  and 
established  himself  in  practice  in  the  city  of 
Portland,  where  he  has  continued  ever  since.  He 
rapidly  rose  to  a  position  of  prominence  in  med- 
ical circles  there,  and  has  for  many  years  been 
regarded  as  one  of  the  leading  physicians  and 
surgeons  in  the  State  of  Maine.  In  1874  he  was 
appointed  surgeon  of  the  Maine  General  Hospital 
and  now,  after  a  period  of  service  extending 
over  more  than  thirty-five  years,  is  still  a  mem- 
ber of  its  staff.  Besides  his  private  practice 
and  this  responsible  position,  he  is  also  con- 
sulting surgeon  to  the  Maine  Eye  and  Ear  In- 
firmary. For  many  years  Dr.  Gordon  has  been 
regarded  as  an  authority  on  many  medical  and 
surgical  questions  and  was  lecturer  for  a  con- 
siderable period  at  the  Portland  School  of  Med- 
ical Instruction  on  the  Diseases  of  Women.  He 
has  served  as  president  of  the  Maine  Medical 


Association,  vice-president  of  the  American  Med- 
ical Association,  and  president  of  the  section  of 
obstetrics  and  the  diseases  of  women,  of  the 
same  association.  He  is  a  fellow  of  the  Ameri- 
can and  British  Gynaecological  societies;  the 
Boston  Gynaecological  Society,  and  was  presi- 
dent of  the  first  of  these  societies  in  1902.  An- 
other society  of  which  he  is  a  member  is  the 
Detroit  Academy  of  Medicine,  and  in  all  of  these 
he  has  taken  an  active  part  and  done  much 
notable  work.  As  a  recognized  authority  Dr. 
Gordon's  opinion  has  often  been  called  upon  in 
the  courts,  and  he  has  won  a  well-deserved 
reputation  there  for  complete  impartiality,  pre- 
senting the  facts  of  the  case  as  he  understood 
them  without  fear  or  favor.  He  has  always 
claimed  that  the  four  years  experience  in  the 
army  gave  him  an  unusually  fine  start  in  the 
practice  of  surgery,  a  start  which  he  has  im- 
proved to  the  fullest,  becoming  during  the  course 
of  years  one  of  the  most  eminent  surgeons  in 
the  State.  His  practice  has  extended  not  only 
beyond  the  limits  of  the  city,  but  also  beyond 
those  of  the  State,  and  extends  over  much  of 
New  England,  while  his  name  is  favorably  known 
and  reverenced  throughout  the  medical  pro- 
fession. 

It  might  well  be  supposed  that  with  tasks  and 
duties  so  onerous  as  those  which  Dr.  Gordon 
must  necessarily  have  had,  that  it  would  have 
been  impossible  for  him  to  take  part  in  any 
other  activities.  This  has  not  been  true,  how- 
ever, for,  although  the  time  and  attention  which 
he  could  give  to  public  affairs  or  social  life 
have  necessarily  been  limited,  he  has,  neverthe- 
less, always  displayed  the  keenest  kind  of  in- 
terest therein  and  done  not  a  little  in  moulding 
and  forming  the  local  affairs  of  the  city.  Dr. 
Gordon  is  a  member  of  the  Democratic  party, 
but  more  than  this,  he  is  a  fundamental  Dem- 
ocrat of  the  old  school,  three  of  his  tenets  be- 
ing, sound  currency,  tariff  for  revenue  only, 
and  the  largest  personal  liberty  consistent  with 
the  safety  of  the  community.  He  served  for 
one  year  as  a  member  of  the  Portland  Common 
Council  and  for  three  years  on  the  Portland 
School  Committee.  These  offices  he  held  be- 
cause of  his  highly  developed  sense  of  his  re- 
sponsibility to  the  community  and  not  because  of 
any  ambition  which  he  felt  in  those  directions. 
From  1896  to  1900  he  was  a  member  of  the 
National  Democratic  Committee  from  Maine,  and 
has  always  been  regarded  as  an  influence  to  be 
reckoned  with  in  State  politics.  In  the  year 
1905  he  delivered  a  course  of  gynaecology  at 


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the  Dartmouth  Medical  School  and  received  from 
Dartmouth  College  the  honorary  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Laws.  In  the  year  1858  Dr.  Gordon 
became  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  and 
is  now  affiliated  with  Harmony  Lodge,  Ancient 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Gorham,  Maine; 
Eagle  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  of  West- 
brook;  Portland  Commandery,  No.  2,  Knights 
Templar,  of  which  he  is  past  commander,  and 
was  grand  commander  of  the  Grand  Commandery 
of  the  Knights  Templar  in  the  State  of  Maine. 
He  also  holds  the  rank  of  commander  of  the 
Maine  Commandery  of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the 
United  States.  Dr.  Gordon  is  a  member  of  the 
Cumberland  Club  and  served  as  its  president  for 
four  years.  Other  associations  with  which  he  is 
affiliated  are  the  Maine  Society,  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution;  the  Maine  Historical  So- 
ciety; the  Portland  Natural  History  Society;  the 
Portland  Art  Club;  and  he  is  a  director  in  the  As- 
sociation Charities  of  Portland,  and  president  of 
the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Fryeburg  Academy. 
Dr.  Gordon  has  never  married. 

Dr.  Gordon  is  a  man  of  strong  and  vigorous 
personality,  to  which  every  element,  physical 
and  mental,  contributed.  He  is  of  very  robust 
health  and  has  scarcely  known  a  day's  illness. 
His  mind  also  is  extremely  active  and  a  positive 
one,  which  easily  takes  the  lead  in  his  relations 
with  others  and  makes  him  a  dominant  force 
in  the  sphere  of  his  labors.  He  is  not  one 
of  those,  however,  who  attempts  to  impose  their 
will  upon  others  by  a  sort  of  aggressiv,e  insist- 
ence which  serves  only  to  gain  ill-will  of  those 
about,  but  rather  one  whose  judgment  is  so 
good  and  whose  gauging  of  the  practical  prob- 
lems of  life  so  quick,  that  others  instinctively 
acquiesce  in  his  decisions  and  follow  him  will- 
ingly. He  is  easily  accessible  to  all  men,  and 
though  his  time  is  occupied  by  the  many  de- 
tails of  his  exacting  profession  in  which  he  is 
engaged,  yet  he  always  finds  an  opportunity  to 
attend  to  the  affairs  of  others,  whether  they 
be  small  or  great,  and  there  are  many  who 
find  his  assistance  of  value  in  time  of  need. 
He  is  accordingly  highly  respected  and  honored 
in  both  his  native  State  and  wherever  he  travels 
during  the  course  where  his  duties  call  him. 


ETHER  SHEPLEY  PAUL,  the  founder  and 
developer  of  the  largest  drygoods  business  in 
Lewiston,  Maine,  and  one  of  the  finest  in  the 
entire  State,  is  a  member  of  an  old  Maine  fam- 
ily and  exhibits  in  his  own  personality  and 
character  the  sterling  virtues  and  abilities  which 


we  have  come  to  associate  with  New  England 
success.  He  is  a  son  of  William  Paul,  a  native 
of  Great  Falls,  now  Somersworth,  New  Hamp- 
shire. He  moved  at  an  early  age  to  Buxton, 
where  he  was  engaged  in  the  occupation  of  farm- 
ing. In  addition  to  this,  he  also  followed  the 
trade  of  shoemaker  and  was  a  very  well  known 
figure  in  the  life  of  the  community.  His  birth 
occurred  in  1788,  one  year  before  the  election 
of  George  Washington  as  first  President  of  the 
United  States.  William  Paul's  death  occurred  in 
the  year  1843,  at  the  age  of  fifty-five  years. 
He  married  Katherine  Boothby,  a  native  of  Bux- 
ton, Maine,  who  died  when  she  was  forty-seven 
years  of  age.  They  were  the  parents  of  seven 
children,  of  whom  Ether  Shepley  Paul  is  the 
only  one  now  living.  The  others  were  as  fol- 
lows: Bryce,  Ambrose,  Daniel,  Samuel,  Mary  and 
Jane. 

Born  February  8,  1838,  at  Buxton,  Maine, 
Ether  Shepley  Paul,  son  of  William  and  Kath- 
erine (Boothby)  Paul,  passed  but  the  first  sevfen 
years  of  his  life  in  his  native  town.  His  mother 
at  that  time  removed  to  Biddeford,  Maine,  tak- 
ing him  with  her,  and  there  resided  for  some 
four  years.  It  was  here  that  he  gained  the  ele- 
mentary portion  of  his  education,  but  when  he 
was  ten  years  of  age  he  returned  to  Buxton 
where  he  spent  another  six  years.  He  then 
went  to  Saco  and  he  secured  a  position  with  the 
dry  goods  establishment  there  and  remained 
with  them  for  one  year,  afterward  being  em- 
ployed by  them  occasionally  for  the  next  three 
years,  in  the  falls  and  winters  teaching  school 
and  in  the  summers  engaged  in  the  lightning  rod 
business.  At  the  age  of  twenty-two  he  went  to 
Lewiston  and  took  a  position  with  the  firm  of 
Ambrose  &  Clark.  In  the  year  1867  he  left  the 
concern  and  engaged  in  business  on  his  own 
account.  He  established  the  concern  of  E.  S- 
Paul,  a  dry  goods  establishment,  and  in  1873  the 
concern  became  E.  S.  Paul  &  Company,  under 
which  style  the  business  has  been  conducted 
ever  since.  It  is  located  at  Nos.  168  to  174 
Lisbon  street,  Lewiston,  and  is  unquestionably 
the  largest  and  finest  establishment  of  its  kind 
in  the  city.  In  addition  to  his  mercantile  in- 
terests, Mr.  Paul  has  been  associated  with  the 
Androscoggin  Savings  Bank  for  some  thirty 
years  and  now  holds  the  office  of  president  of 
that  institution.  He  has  of  recent  years,  how- 
ever, retired  very  largely  from  all  active  man- 
agement of  his  dry  goods  business  and  other 
interests,  and  as  he  is  now  eighty  years  of  age, 
he  allows  his  son,  Samuel  Merrill  Paul,  com- 


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plete  control  of  the  latter.  Mr.  Paul  has  been 
exceedingly  active  in  the  various  departments 
of  the  city's  public  life,  and  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  school  committee  and  of  the  water 
board,  and  an  alderman  of  Lewiston.  He  is  a 
prominent  Free  Mason,  and  is  affiliated  with 
Tranquil  Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons;  Bradford  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons; 
Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters;  and  Lewis- 
ton  Commandery,  Knights  Templar.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  Calumet  Club,  of  Lewiston,  and 
is  very  fond  of  informal  social  intercourse 
among  personal  friends.  In  his  religious  belief 
he  is  a  Congregationalist  and  attends  the  church 
of  that  denomination  at  Auburn. 

Ether  Shepley  Paul  was  united  in  marriage, 
March  24,  1859,  at  Buxton,  Maine,  with  Hattie 
H.  Haskell,  a  native  of  Poland,  Maine,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Washington  and  Harriette  (Merrill)  Has- 
kell, old  and  highly  honored  residents  of  that 
place,  now  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Paul  have 
been  the  parents  of  five  children,  two  daughters 
of  whom  died  in  early  youth,  Jennie  Cather- 
ine and  Grace  by  name.  The  other  three  are 
as  follows:  William  Ambrose,  who  resides  at 
Auburn,  where  he  is  engaged  in  business  as  a 
manufacturer  of  boxes,  was  a  captain  in  the 
Twenty-ninth  Regiment,  United  States  Army, 
in  the  Philippines,  and  served  as  a  lieu- 
tenant during  the  Spanish-American  War.  Wal- 
ter Everard,  a  graduate  of  Harvard  College  and 
Medical  School,  and  now  a  well  known  nerve 
specialist,  connected  with  the  Massachusetts 
General  Hospital  for  twenty  years,  and  makes 
his  home  in  Boston.  Samuel  Merrill,  who  is 
mentioned  at  length  below. 

Samuel  Merrill  Paul  was  born,  October  I, 
1864,  in  the  city  of  Auburn,  Maine.  He  received 
his  education  at  the  local  public  schools,  and 
graduated  in  the  year  1883  from  the  Edward 
Little  High  School.  In  September,  1883,  he  be- 
gan work  as  a  clerk  in  his  father's  great  dry 
goods  establishment  and  thus  began  an  associa- 
tion which  has  continued  up  to  the  present 
time.  He  became  thoroughly  conversant  with  all 
the  details  of  the  business  and  was  thus  able, 
at  the  time  of  his  father's  retirement,  to  take 
over  the  complete  nianagement  of  the  great 
concern,  which  is  now  the  oldest  dry  goods 
company  which  has  persevered  under  the  same 
name  in  Lewiston.  It  employs  thirty-four  clerks 
in  addition  to  a  force  of  dressmakers  in  the 
season.  The  establishment  occupies  a  three-story 
brick  building  which  was  erected  for  its  use  in 
1875  and  was  added  to  in  1902  by  Mr.  Paul,  Sr. 


Samuel  Merrill  Paul  is  a  conspicuous  figure  in 
the  social  life  of  the  place,  and  is  a  member  of 
the  local  lodges  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons  and  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows. If  a  man  of  such  broad  taste  may  be  said 
to  have  a  hobby  at  all,  that  of  Samuel  Merrill 
Paul  is  gardening.  He  has  a  handsome  garden 
in  his  own  place  and  does  a  great  deal  of  the 
work  connected  with  its  maintenance  personally. 

Samuel  Merrill  Paul  married,  October  18,  1893, 
at  Lewiston,  Maine,  Ella  Theodate  Plummer,  a 
native  of  this  city,  a  daughter  of  Theodore  and 
Abbie  (Ross)  Plummer,  both  deceased.  They 
are  the  parents  of  three  children,  all  living:  Ether 
Shepley  (2),  born  in  Lewiston,  June  7,  1896, 
and  now  a  student  at  Bovvdoin  College  with  the 
class  of  1919;  Dorothy,  born  September  18,  1897, 
graduated  in  1917  from  the  Edward  Little  High 
School  at  Auburn;  and  Theodore,  born  February 
3,  1902. 

It  is  interesting  to  peruse  the  records  of  suc- 
cessful men,  and  that  even  when  their  suc- 
cess is  the  result  of  methods  which  we  can- 
not admire,  or  even  of  such  as  our  consciences 
must  strongly  disapprove.  For  it  is  inevitable 
that  the  account  of  the  means  through  which 
other  men  have  accomplished  that  which  lies 
so  near  to  the  heart  of  all  of  us  should  find  an 
answering  emotion,  should  command  the  at- 
tention of  those  who  also  desire  to  attain  the 
favor  of  that  fickle  goddess  Fortune.  It  may  be 
urged  with  some  justice  that  this  interest  has  be- 
come too  dominant  in  this  place  and  genera- 
tion, that  Americans  as  a  general  rule  allow  it 
to  cloud  somewhat  their  discrimination  between 
right  and  wrong  until  they  come  to  the  point 
of  admiring  success  for  its  own  sake  without 
regard  to  the  means  with  which  it  was  reached. 
But  however  this  may  be— rnay — perhaps  even 
more  because  it  is  the  case,  it  admits  of  no  doubt 
that  the  records  of  the  men  who  have  won  suc- 
cess without  the  compromise  of  those  ideals  of 
honor  and  justice  which  form  the  very  founda- 
tion of  society  afford  a  subject  the  most  valuable 
for  the  study  of  others,  whose  interests,  if  they 
be  not  morally  oblique,  cannot  fail  to  be  in- 
tensified by  the  fact  that  here  virtue  and  achieve- 
ment walked  hand  in  hand.  And,  indeed,  it  may 
be  further  claimed  that  it  is  only  by  this  al- 
liance with  virtue  that  success  can  assure  itself 
that  permanence  that  can  only  spring  from  the 
approval  and  sympathy  of  one's  fellows,  and 
which  is  its  last  and  crowning  v:\lue.  There 
are  beyond  question  many  men  of  prominence 
here  whose  success  has  not  this  value,  but  there 


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are  many  more  with  whom  it  is  far  otherwise 
and  of  these  it  is  the  duty  of  all  to  perpetuate 
the  memory  in  every  manner  possible.  Of  the 
latter  class  is  Mr.  Paul,  Sr.,  the  successful  busi- 
ness man  of  Lewiston,  Maine.  In  the  case  of 
Mr.  Paul  the  gaining  for  himself  of  a  position 
of  influence  and  wealth  has  been  in  no  way  in- 
compatible with  the  great  and  invaluable  serv- 
ice that  he  has  rendered  and  continues  to  render 
to  his  fellow  citizens.  Lewiston  is  the  scene 
of  his  life-long  connection  with  the  business  in- 
terests he  represents,  and  it  is  there  that  he 
is  held  in  the  highest  respect  by  all  those  who 
know  him  or  come  even  into  the  most  casual 
contact  with  him,  and  by  the  community-at- 
large,  which  feels  strongly  how  great  is  the  debt 
of  gratitude  that  it  owes  him. 


WILLIAM  ENGEL,  who  for  many  years  has 
been  most  prominently  affiliated  both  with  the 
city  of  Bangor,  Maine,  where  he  made  his  home, 
and  with  the  whole  State,  and  whose  death,  on 
December  19,  1909,  was  felt  as  a  severe  loss 
throughout  this  region,  was  in  the  best  sense  of 
the  word  that  typically  American  product  a  self- 
made  man.  His  reputation  for  honorable  deal- 
ing and  for  disinterestedness  in  public  office  was 
well  deserved  and  gave  him  a  position  in  the 
community  enjoyed  by  comparatively  few.  He 
was  prominent  both  in  the  realm  of  business  and 
the  world  of  affairs,  but  it  was  probably  in 
the  latter  that  he  was  best  known  among  the 
largest  number  of  people. 

Born  in  the  year  1850,  in  the  town  of 
Rawitsch,  Germany,  William  Engel  received  his 
education  in  the  schools  of  the  city,  of  Breslau, 
but  when  only  sixteen  years  of  age  left  his 
native  land  and  came  to  the  United  States,  set- 
tling in  the  city  of  Bangor,  Maine.  Here  he 
began  his  long  and  successful  business  career  by 
engaging  in  the  dry  goods  and  notions  business 
on  a  small  scale,  and  traveled  all  over  Eastern 
Maine  seeking  to  develop  a  market  for  his  goods. 
He  was  of  that  character  and  manner  which 
readily  inspires  confidence,  and  his  performances 
confirm  the  impression  which  he  first  made.  He 
soon  had  built  up  a  reputation  for  himself 
throughout  this  region  which  amounted  to  the 
most  valuable  asset  that  he  could  have.  It  was 
at  about  this  time  that  he  first  attracted  the 
attention  of  the  firm  of  S.  &  J.  Adams,  of 
Bangor,  and  this  concern,  perceiving  that  he 
was  at  once  a  most  strictly,  dependable  young 
man  and  a  very  capable  salesman,  soon  installed 
him  as  a  traveling  representative.  He  was  ex- 


ceedingly successful  in  this  work  and  for  eighteen 
years  remained  in  this  capacity,  selling  for  the 
firm  to  the  trade  in  Penobscot,  Piscataquis,  and 
Aroostock  counties.  At  the  end  of  that  period 
the  Messrs.  Adams  sold  out  their  business  to 
the  firm  of  Knight,  Rolfe  &  Emerson,  and  Mr. 
Engel  withdrew  from  this  association.  He  then 
entered  the  employment  of  Wheelwright  &  Clark, 
and  remained  with  them  for  three  years.  In 
the  meantime  Mr.  Engel  had  not  been  blind  to 
the  many  opportunities  for  investment  which 
had  offered  themselves  to  him  during  his  travels 
through  the  eastern  and  northern  region  of  the 
State.  He  was  possessed  of  a  remarkably  in- 
tuitive business  insight  and  his  judgment  in 
what  would  prove  good  and  safe  investments 
appears  to  have  been  well-nigh  infallible.  He 
was  especially  interested  in  the  great  timber 
lands  which  are  so  characteristic  a  feature  of 
the  State,  and  every  dollar  which  he  could  save 
he  invested  in  their  purchase.  This  investment 
was  made  at  a  peculiarly  auspicious  time.  The 
railroad  system  of  Maine  had  just  undergone 
a  time  of  great  development  and  millions  of  acres 
of  forest  land  had  been  opened  up  to  lumber- 
ing enterprises.  At  the  same  time  the  value  of 
these  lands  was  comparatively  little,  as  expressed 
in  the  prices  paid  for  them,  a  fact  which  was 
probably  due  to  the  lack  of  the  great  demands 
for  spruce  and  pine  lumber  which  the  paper 
pulp  industry  afterwards  created.  He  purchased, 
over  a  period  of  years,  a  very  large  estate,  or 
rather  series  of  estates,  and  thus  became  the 
owner  of  immensely  valuable  timber  lands,  which 
formed  the  basis  of  his  subsequent  fortune.  Dur- 
ing this  time  Mr.  Engel  had  become  associated 
with  L.  F.  Stratton  and  Frank  Oilman,  two 
gentlemen  who  were  also  interested  in  Maine 
timber,  and  these  three  formed  a  company  under 
the  firm  name  of  Stratton,  Oilman  &  Engel.  The 
lumber  business  which  this  concern  began  to 
develop  demanded  more  and  more  of  the  atten- 
tion and  time  of  Mr.  Engel,  and  eventually  he 
withdrew  entirely  from  his  work  as  salesman. 
It  was  in  the  year  1887  that  Mr.  Engel  finally 
gave  up  this  line  of  work  entirely  and  devoted 
his  entire  attention  to  the  business  of  Stratton, 
Oilman  &  Engel,  which,  however,  was  subse- 
quently conducted  under  the  firm  name  of  Wil- 
liam Engel  &  Company,  although  Messrs.  Strat- 
ton and  Oilman  continued  to  be  associates.  The 
new  firm  met  with  a  most  notable  success  from 
the  outset  and  not  long  afterwards  another 
branch  was  added  to  the  business  and  the  timber, 
which  had  previously  been  sold  in  the  crude 


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state  to  the  market,  was  now  manufactured  by 
them  into  various  types  of  lumber.  This  depart- 
ment, however,  was  kept  entirely  distinct  from 
the  original  business  and  was  handled  by  Mr. 
Engel  alone.  In  the  year  1891  Mr.  Stratton  died, 
and  the  year  following  saw  the  death  of  M'r. 
Oilman,  so  that  Mr.  Engel  then  assumed  con- 
trol of  the  entire  business  and  continued  to  oper- 
ate it  personally  during  the  remainder  of  his 
life.  The  first  operation  of  the  concern  was  at 
Webster,  where  they  purchased  what  were  known 
as  the  Moore  &  Webster  mills,  in  1887.  These 
were  contained  in  one  block  and  afterwards  be- 
came known  as  the  Engel  Mill,  a  name  which 
they  continue  to  bear  today.  At  the  present 
time  about  one  hundred  and  twenty  men  are 
employed  there  regularly.  In  the  year  1895  Mr. 
Engel  formed  a  stock  company  and  built  a  shook 
and  planing  mill  at  Old  Town,  and  to  this  con- 
cern he  gave  the  name  of  the  Wing  &  Engel 
Company.  Here  one  hundred  men  are  employed. 
Three  years  later  he  formd  a  co-partnership 
with  Waldo  P.  Lowell,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Lowell  &  Engel,  and  rented  the  Pierson  Mill 
at  Great  Works.  Later  this  firm  purchased  the 
Hodgkins  &  Hall  Mill  at  East  Hampden,  which 
was  extensively  rebuilt  and  equipped  with  mod- 
ern machinery  and  where  about  one  hundred  men 
are  now  employed.  All  the  interests  which  Mr. 
Engel  was  instrumental  in  developing,  connected 
with  the  lumbering  operations,  employ  very 
nearly  twelve  hundred  men,  and  have  handled  for 
many  years  approximately  forty  million  feet  of 
lumber  per  year.  Besides  his  main  holdings,  Mr. 
Engel  also  owned  large  and  valuable  tracts  in 
New  Brunswick  and  other  parts  of  Canada. 

The  other  activity  in  which  Mr.  Engel  was 
engaged  during  his  life  had  to  do  with  public 
affairs  and  politics  and,  as  mentioned  above,  he 
was  probably  even  better  known  in  this  con- 
nection than  as  a  business  man.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  City  Council  of  Bangor,  and  in  1887  • 
and  1889  was  elected  to  represent  this  city  in 
the  Maine  House  of  Representatives.  He  at  once 
became  prominent  in  legislative  affairs  and  won 
for  himself  a  reputation  second  to  none  for 
disinterested  efficiency.  His  business  abilities 
stood  him  in  good  stead  in  his  public  life  as 
well  as  in  his  private  life,  and  he  brought  to  bear 
all  his  talents  upon  the  proper  management  of 
public  interests.  While  in  the  House  Mr.  Engel 
was  a  member  of  the  committees  on  interior 
waters  and  on  fish  and  game,  two  of  the  most 
important  connected  with  the  Maine  Legislature. 
In  the  year  1895  Mr.  Engel  was  elected  a  mem- 


ber of  the  State  Senate  and  was  re-elected  to 
this  high  office  two  years  later.  During  the  two 
terms  that  he  served  on  this  body  he  was  one 
of  the  most  influential  members  thereof,  serving 
during  the  first  term  as  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittees on  fish  and  game  and  on  railroads, 
and  during  a  second  term  as  chairman  of  the 
committee  on  railroads.  In  both  1895  and  1897 
Senator  Engel  served  very  efficiently  as  chair- 
man of  the  Penobscot  county  delegation.  The 
city  of  Bangor  very  appropriately  honored  Mr. 
Engel  in  the  year  1902  by  electing  him  its  mayor, 
and  he  was  mentioned  by  his  friends  as  a  pos- 
sible candidate  for  the  Republican  Congressional 
nomination  against  Governor  Powers,  but  he  de- 
clined to  make  a  campaign  for  this  honor,  pre- 
ferring rather  to  devote  his  entire  time  and 
attention  to  his  private  interests  than  to  enter 
entirely  the  political  world.  He  was,  however, 
for  some  years  a  member  of  the  Topographical 
Survey  Commission.  Mr.  Engel  enjoyed  a  wide 
reputation  as  a  delightful  public  speaker  in  spite 
of  the  fact  that  he  did  not  claim  any  powers 
of  oratory.  During  his  service  in  the  Legis- 
lature he  became  known  as  an  earnest,  convinc- 
ing and  logical  speaker  and  these  same  qualities 
made  him  a  most  effective  campaign  worker 
when,  in  1896,  he  went  on  a  tour  of  the  State 
for  Mr.  McKinley.  His  efforts  in  this  direction 
were  highly  appreciated,  and  he  was  invited 
by  the  Republican  National  Committee  to  gd> 
out  West  and  make  a  similar  campaign  in  the 
State  of  Michigan.  This  invitation  he  accepted 
and  spent  several  weeks  in  the  Western  State, 
speaking  every  evening  and  nearly  every  after- 
noon in  association  with  some  of  the  most  noted 
political  orators  in  the  country.  Mr.  Engel  was 
connected  with  many  local  organizations,  both 
of  a  business  and  social  character;  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  directorate  of  many  important  cor- 
porations, and  belonged  to  the  Tarratine  Club. 
In  his  religious  belief  he  was  a  Unitarian  and 
attended  the  church  of  that  denomination  at 
Bangor. 

William  Engel  was  united  in  marriage,  De- 
cember 25,  1876,  with  Miss  Waterman,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Hugo  and  Rosalie  Waterman,  of  Bangor. 
Mrs.  Engel  and  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Sylvia 
(Engel)  Ross,  survive  him. 

In  commenting  upon  Mr.  Engel's  notable  suc- 
cess at  the  time  of  his  death,  the  Bangor  Daily 
News,  in  the  course  of  an  obituary  article,  had 
the  following: 

Mr.  Engel  attributed  much  of  his  success  to 
system.  All  the  several  branches  of  his  business 


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were  carried  on  as  if  they  were  entirely  separate. 
Mr.  Engel  naturally  took  considerable  pride  in 
his  system  and  in  talking  in  this  connection 
once  said:  "It  is  just  as  easy  to  carry  on  a 
large  business  as  to  conduct  a  small  one  if  you 
have  a  proper  system  and  do  not  wear  yourself 
out  with  the  unimportant  details.  It  is  just  as 
easy  to  talk-  and  sell  cases  as  it  is  to  sell  yards. 
The  only  difference  is  that  you  are  doing  busi- 
ness on  a  larger  scale." 

Some  men  there  are  whose  lives  and  careers 
become  so  interwoven,  so  to  speak,  with  the 
lives  of  the  communities  of  which  they  are  mem- 
bers, whose  affairs  become  so  thoroughly  iden- 
tified with  the  public  affairs  of  their  fellow  citi- 
zens, that  to  speak  of  the  latter  without  mention 
of  the  former  would  be  to  leave  out  an  essen- 
tial element,  a  factor  without  which  no  proper 
understanding  of  them  could  be  had.  We  are 
often  astonished  in  examining  the  records  'of 
such  men  at  the  great  versatility  displayed  by 
them  in  their  activities,  a  versatility  which 
enables  them,  not  merely  to  take  part  in  prac- 
tically all  of  the  important  affairs,  but  to  take 
part  in  the  capacity  of  leader,  authoritatively 
showing  the  way  to  their  fellows  in  a  hundred 
different  pathways  at  once.  Such  a  man  was 
the  late  Mr.  Engel,  who  was  one  of  the  most 
conspicuous  figures  in  the  life  of  the  city  of 
Bangor,  playing  a  most  prominent  part  in  its 
development,  and  whose  death  there  was  felt  as 
a  loss  by  the  whole  community. 


HARRY  ADIE  ROUNDS,  Portland  repre- 
sentative of  the  well  known  banking  firm  of 
Lee,  Higginson  &  Company  of  Boston,  is  a 
member  of  an  old  Maine  family,  which  had  its 
origin  in  England  where  it  may  claim  an  hon- 
orable antiquity.  The  name  is  found  in  vari- 
ous parts  of  the  British  Isles,  where  it  is  gen- 
erally spelled  Round,  without  the  "S";  though 
•such  variations  as  Roundy,  Rounday,  Roundee 
.and  other  forms  appear.  The  family  appears  to 
have  been  seated  in  the  counties  of  Kent  and 
Oxford,  and  a  number  of  immigrants  bearing 
the  name  are  found  in  New  England  at  an  early 
date.  The  branch  of  which  Harry  Adie  Rounds 
is  a  member  can  claim  descent  from  Mark 
Rounds,  who  was  probably  born  in  England,  and 
lived  at  Sudbury,  Massachusetts.  He  was  a 
gunsmith  and  took  part  in  King  Philip's  war. 
He  later  removed  to  the  north  and  is  found 
at  Falmouth,  Maine,  July  20,  1716,  while  his 
will  is  dated  in  1720.  A  descendant  of  Mark 
Rounds,  Samuel  Rounds,  the  grandfather  of 
Harry  A.  Rounds,  was  a  resident  of  Portland, 


where  he  lived  for  many  years  and  became 
prominent  in  the  city's  affairs.  He  married  there 
Elizabeth  Vose,  like  himself  a  native  of  that 
city,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  three  chil- 
dren, all  of  whom  are  now  deceased.  One  of 
these  children  was  Charles  Franklin  Rounds,  who 
was  born  in  Portland,  and  there  continued  to 
reside  throughout  his  life.  He  was  engaged  in 
a  wholesale  and  retail  coal  business  during  his 
entire  active  career.  His  death  occurred  in  the 
year  1889.  Charles  Franklin  Rounds  married 
Sarah  Whitmore  Adie,  also  a  native  of  Port- 
land, where  her  death  occurred  one  year  prior 
to  that  of  her  husband.  They  were  the  parents 
of  three  children,  all  of  whom  are  now  living 
as  follows:  Marshall  S.,  of  Barre,  Vermont; 
Harry  Adie,  of  whom  further;  and  Marion  K., 
who  is  now  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  Francis  A. 
Poole,  a  Congregational  minister  of  Worcester, 
Massachusetts. 

Born  January  8,  1870,  at  Portland,  Maine, 
Harry  Adie  Rounds  attended  the  local  public 
schools  for  his  education,  and  at  the  age  of 
eighteen  years,  after  completing  his  studies  in 
these  institutions,  entered  his  father's  business 
in  a  clerical  capacity.  About  1901  he  was  offered 
a  position  in  the  large  banking  house  of  Lee, 
Higginson  &  Company,  of  No.  44  State  street, 
Boston,  an  offer  which  he  accepted,  and  for  a 
time  worked  in  their  Boston  office,  making  that 
city  his  home  during  the  interval.  Some  time 
afterward,  when  it  became  the  policy  of  the  con- 
cern to  open  a  branch  office  in  Portland,  Mr. 
Rounds  was  chosen  for  this  responsible  task, 
and  the  branch  office  at  No.  184  Middle  street 
was  established  by  him  in  1904,  and  here  he  has 
carried  on  a  successful  banking  business  ever 
since.  This  office  has  charge  of  the  entire 
business  of  the  Lee,  Higginson  &  Company  bank- 
ing house  in  Maine  and  New  Hampshire,  and 
Mr.  Rounds,  as  the  head,  occupies  an  important 
position  in  banking  circles.  Besides  his  impor- 
tant business  activities,  Mr.  Rounds  is  an  active 
participant  in  the  social  and  club  life  of  the  com- 
munity and  is  a  very  well  known  figure  in 
Portland.  He  is  a  member  of  the  local  lodge  of 
the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks, 
of  the  Maine  Historical  Society,  of  the  Port- 
land Society  of  Art  and  of  the  Cumberland 
Club,  and  is  one  of  the  board  of  governors  of 
the  Portland  Country  Club.  Mr.  Rounds  attends 
the  First  Parish  Church  in  Portland. 

Harry  Adie  Rounds  was  united  in  marriage, 
November  24,  1869,  at  Portland,  Maine,  with  Ele- 
nora  Wildridge  Deering,  like  himself  a  native 


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of  Portland,  and  a  daughter  of  George  W.  and 
Georgiana  Sparhawk  (Hovey)  Deering.  Both 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Deering  were  born  in  Portland, 
where  the  former  was  a  paper  manufacturer 
and  is  now  deceased.  He  is  survived  by  his  wife, 
who  continues  to  make  her  home  in  that  city. 


THOMAS  ANDREW  SANDERS,  one  of  the 
successful  of  the  younger  generation  of  lawyers 
in  Portland,  Maine,  is  looked  upon  as  among 
the  coming  leaders  of  the  bar  of  Cumberland 
county.  Mr.  Sanders  is  a  member  of  an  old 
Maine  family  which  for  a  number  of  genera- 
tions has  made  its  home  in  the  town  of  Sanger- 
ville.  Thomas  Sanders,  grandfather  of  Thomas 
A.  Sanders,  was  a  native  of  that  town  and  lived 
and  died  there.  Alden  Neal  Sanders,  a  son  of 
Thomas  Sanders,  was  born  at  Sangerville  more 
than  seventy  years  ago,  and  at  the  present  time 
(1917)  makes  his  home  in  the  town,  where  he 
successfully  conducts  a  large  store  and  handles 
an  extensive  line  of  general  merchandise.  For 
some  time  Mr.  Sanders  was  officer  of  the  port 
of  Sangerville,  and  he  has  been  throughout  his 
life  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  the  community. 
He  married  Clara  B.  Wiggin,  of  Shirley,  Maine, 
and  on  March  10,  1916,  they  celebrated  their 
golden  wedding.  They  are  the  parents  of  three 
children,  as  follows:  Vina  S.,  who  is  now  the 
wife  of  A.  F.  Marsh,  of  Sangerville,  where  he 
is  agent  of  the  Government  under  the  new 
narcotic  law  and  conducts  a  successful  drug  busi- 
ness there;  Charles  W.,  who  resides  in  Sanger- 
ville, where  he  is  associated  with  his  father  in 
the  conduct  of  the  latter's  mercantile  enterprise; 
and  Thomas  A.,  with  whose  career  we  are  espe- 
cially concerned. 

Born  October  22,  1887,  in  Sangerville,  Maine, 
Thomas  A.  Sanders,  youngest  son  of  Alden  Neal 
and  Clara  B.  (Wiggin)  Sanders,  passed  his  early 
childhood  in  the  town  of  his  birth.  He  was 
there  educated  at  the  local  public  school  and 
graduated  from  the  Sangerville  High  School  with 
the  class  of  1906.  He  then  entered  the  Summer 
School  of  the  University  of  Maine,  and  a  little 
later  the  law  department  of  that  same  insti- 
tution and  was  graduated  from  the  latter  with 
the  class  of  1909,  taking  his  degree  of  LL.B. 
He  then  came  at  once  to  the  city  of  Portland, 
where  he  established  himself  in  the  practice  of 
his  profession  in  the  month  of  August,  1909.  He 
now  maintains  a  law  office  at  Nos.  503-504  Fi- 
delity Building,  Portland,  Maine,  and  has  already 
earned  an  enviable  reputation  and  built  up  an 
excellent  practice.  He  has  been  chosen  by  the 


Federal  Loan  &  Building  Association,  which  is 
now  the  fifth  largest  in  the  State,  as  its  secre- 
tary and  attorney.  This  company  was  founded 
by  Mr.  Sanders  in  the  year  1914  and  its  remark- 
able growth  is  a  tribute  to  his  organizing  abil- 
ity and  business  talent.  Mr.  Sanders  has  begun 
to  take  a  very  prominent  place  in  the  public 
affairs  of  his  adopted  community,  and  is  at  the 
present  time  serving  his  third  year  as  coun- 
cilman from  the  Seventh  Ward  of  Portland.  He 
is  the  president  of  that  body  and  is  a  very 
conspicuous  figure  in  its  deliberations.  Mr.  San- 
ders is  also  active  in  social  and  fraternal  circles 
in  the  city,  and  is  past  chancellor  of  Ivanhoe 
Lodge,  Knights  of  Pythias.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Cumberland  Bar  Association,  and  is  active 
in  the  general  interests  of  his  professional  col- 
leagues. Mr.  Sanders  is  a  man  of  strong  reli- 
gious feelings  and  is  a  member  of  the  Church 
of  the  Messiah  in  Portland,  where  for  two  years 
he  held  the  position  of  superintendent  of  the 
Sunday  school. 

On  June  18,  1913,  Mr.  Sanders  was  united  in 
marriage  at  Sangerville,  Maine,  with  Marjorie 
A.  Barrows,  a  native  of  Sangerville,  and  a  daugh- 
ter of  George  L.  and  Jennie  (Whittemore)  Bar- 
rows, old  and  highly  respected  residents  of  that 
town.  Mr.  Barrows  lived  and  died  in  Sanger- 
ville, and  Mrs.  Barrows  still  resides  there.  To 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sanders  one  child  has  been  born, 
a  daughter,  Naida  Barrows,  born  September  16, 

1915. 

Mr.  Sanders  is  a  man  of  the  world,  a  suc- 
cessful business  man,  progressive,  keeping  abreast 
of  the  quickly  moving  times  in  which  he  lives, 
yet  possesses  in  the  fullest  measure  those  ster- 
ling virtues  which  are  perhaps  more  closely  as- 
sociated with  an  age  that  is  passing  than  that 
now  in  its  zenith,  the  virtues  of  the  strictest 
business  integrity,  an  integrity  which  would 
rather  suffer  personal  reverses  than  fail  one  jot 
in  its  ideal,  and  of  a  courtesy  which  justly  re- 
garded itself  as  an  expression  of  civilized  life. 
Though  deeply  engaged  in  his  business  pursuits, 
he  has  time  and  the  inclination  to  give  much 
of  his  attention  to  his  home  and  family  life, 
enjoying  nothing  more  than  that  intimate  in- 
tercourse which  is  to  be  had  in  these  relations. 
He  is  a  man  of  long  and  strong  friendships, 
and  one  whose  example  could  be  followed  as 
an  impress  for  good  upon  the  community-at- 
large. 


THOMAS    UPHAM    COE,   M.D.,    of    Bangor, 
Maine,    for    many    years    was    successful    in    the 


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233 


practice  of  his  profession  of  medicine,  and  in 
addition  to  his  professional  duties  has  taken  an 
active  part  in  the  financial  and  business  life 
of  the  city.  Dr.  Coe  is  a  member  of  an  old 
and  distinguished  family  which  traces  its  an- 
cestry back  to  the  fourteenth  century  in  England, 
and  to  one  John  Coo,  a  native  of  Gestingthorpe, 
in  the  County  of  Essex,  England,  where  he  was 
born  probably  about  1340,  A.  D.,  during  the 
reign  of  Edward  III. 

Arms — Argent,    three    piles    wavy    meeting    near    the 
base  gules,  between  twelve  martlets  sable. 

This  period  was  one  which  marked  about  the 
height  of  chivalry  in  Europe  and  the  lives  of 
the  historical  characters  of  the  time  read  more 
like  romances  than  like  plain  facts  as  we  know 
them  today.  The  general  public  is  very  familiar, 
through  the  delightful  novel  of  Sir  Arthur  Conan 
Doyle,  with  the  "White  Company,"  which  was 
founded  about  1360  by  Sir  John  Hawkwood, 
one  of  the  famous  commanders  under  the  Black 
Prince,  during  the  time  of  the  French  Wars, 
and  which,  under  his  command,  had  a  long  and 
brilliant  career  in  Italy,  fighting  in  the  almost 
continuous  wars  of  that  country,  attached  to 
the  forces  of  one  or  another  of  the  Italian  States, 
but  principally,  it  would  appear,  to  those  of  Flor- 
ence. The  "White  Company,"  or  "Campagnia 
Bianca,"  as  it  was  called,  was  among  the  most 
famous  of  the  bodies  of  free  lances  of  the  period, 
and  membership  in  it  presupposed  high  cour- 
age and  great  military  ability.  In  this  com- 
pany was  an  Englishman  called  in  the  Italian 
chronicles  "Coc,"  "Cok,"  or  "Cocco,"  who  won 
his  spurs  as  a  knight  by  his  extraordinary  valor 
in  the  fierce  battle  of  San  Gallo,  May  I,  1364, 
and  afterwards  was  one  of  Hawkwood's  principal 
captains.  The  evidence  is  conclusive  that  this 
soldier  of  fortune  was  Sir  John  Coo,  who  after- 
wards returned  as  a  wealthy  man  to  his  native 
place  of  Gestingthorpe,  and  who,  in  association 
witli  Robert  Rykendon,  the  elder,  and  Robert 
Rykcndon,  the  younger,  founded  a  chantry  in 
honor  of  Sir  John  Hawkwood,  his  old  leader, 
in  tlie  parish  house  of  Hengham  Sibille.  From 
this  redoubtable  warrior  are  the  Goes  of  America 
descended,  the  line  running  from  John  Coo, 
through  his  son,  John  Coo,  and  descendants  to 
Robert  Coe,  the  founder  of  the  family  in  the 
New  England  colonies.  It  was  at  Thorpe- 
Morieux,  a  small  rural  parish  in  Suffolk  county, 
that  Robert  Coe  was  born  and  baptized  in  the 
picturesque  church  there,  the  latter  event  occur- 
ring October  26,  1506.  According  to  the  gene- 
alogy of  the  Coe  family,  this  Robert  Coe  "be- 


came imbued  with  the  faith  and  desire  for  re- 
ligious liberty  of  the  Puritans,  and  joined  the 
throng  that  left  their  homes,  and  braved  the 
perils  of  the  deep  and  the  hardships  of  pioneer 
life,  in  a  wilderness  infested  with  hostile  sav- 
ages, to  found  a  nation  in  the  New  World." 
He  sailed  from  Ipswich  for  America,  April  30, 
1634,  he  and  his  family  being  among  the  eighty- 
three  passengers  to  embark  on  the  good  ship 
Francis.  He  resided  at  Wethersfield,  Con- 
necticut, for  about  five  years,  and  afterwards  at 
several  other  settlements  in  Connecticut,  and  on 
Long  Island,  and  finally  at  Hempstead,  Long 
Island,  where  his  death  occurred,  probably  in 
1689,  at  the  venerable  age  of  ninety-two  years. 
From.  Robert  Coe  the  line  runs  to  the  Rev.  Curtis 
Coe,  and  Eben  Coe,  the  father  of  the  Dr.  Coe 
of  this  sketch. 

The  Rev.  Curtis  Coe,  native  of  Middletown, 
Connecticut,  born  July  21,  1750,  was  a  graduate 
of  Brown  University  and  a  prominent  clergy- 
man in  his  day.  He  was  pastor  at  the  church 
at  Durham,  New  Hampshire,  in  which  capacity 
he  served  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  cen- 
tury. It  was  during  his  pastorate  that  the  Uni- 
tarian faith  began  to  gain  strength  in  that  region 
of  New  England,  and  so  bitter  were  the  dis- 
sensions in  Mr.  Coe's  congregation  that  he 
finally  resigned.  An  amusing  story  is  told  of 
him  in  this  connection,  it  being  stated  that  upon 
the  occasion  of  his  last  service  in  the  Durham 
church  he  requested  the  congregation  to  join  in 
singing  the  one  hundred  and  twentieth  psalm 
as  follows: 

"Thou   God   of   Love,   thou   ever   blessed, 

Pity  my  suffering  state. 
When   wilt  thou   set  my   soul  at  rest 
From   lips  that  love  deceit. 

"Hard  lot  of  mine!     My  days  are  cast 

Among  the  sons  of  strife. 
Whose  never-ceasing  brawllngs  waste 
My  golden  hours  of  life. 

"O,  might  I  fly  to  change  my  place, 

How  would   I  choose  to  dwell 
In    some   wild,    lonesome   wilderness, 
And  leave  these  gates  of  Hell." 

Mr.  Coe  afterwards  removed  to  South  New- 
market (now  Newfields),  New  Hampshire,  where 
he  became  the  owner  of  a  good  farm  and  con- 
tinued his  religious  work,  preaching  in  various 
parts  of  Maine  and  New  Hampshire,  until  his 
death,  June  7,  1829. 

Eben  Coe,  son  of  the  Rev.  Curtis  and  Anne 
(Thompson)  Coe,  and  father  of  Dr.  Thomas 
Upham  Coe,  was  born  December  6,  1785,  at 
Durham,  New  Hampshire.  He  was  a  successful 
merchant  and  business  man  of  Portsmouth,  New 


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Hampshire,  and  was  president  of  the  Laconia 
Bank  there.  He  was  also  conspicuous  in  the 
public  affairs  of  the  community.  He  married 
(first),  November  4,  1813,  Mehitable  Smith, 
daughter  of  the  Hon.  Eben  and  Mehitable 
(Sheafe)  Smith,  of  Durham,  New  Hampshire, 
and  (second),  November  30,  1835,  Mary  (Upham) 
Barker,  daughter  of  the  Hon.  Nathaniel  and 
Judith  (Cogswell)  Upham,  and  widow  of  the 
Hon.  David  Barker.  Of  this  second  union  two 
children  were  born,  Thomas  Upham,  with  whose 
career  we  are  here  especially  concerned,  and 
Hetty  Smith,  born  November  27,  1839,  and  died 
May  13,  1842. 

Thomas  Upham  Coe,  son  of  Eben  and  Mary 
(Upham-Barker)  Coe,  was  born  at  Northwood, 
New  Hampshire,  December  8,  1837.  The  first 
eight  years  of  his  life  were  spent  in  his  native 
place,  and  he  then  removed  with  his  parents  to 
Bangor,  Maine.  As  a  child  he  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Bangor,  and  graduated  from  the 
high  school  there  after  being  prepared  for  col- 
lege. He  then  entered  Bowdoin  College,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  1857  with  the  degree  of 
A.B.  and  received  from  the  same  institution 
the  degree  of  A.M.  three  years  later.  As  a 
youth  he  had  determined  upon  medicine  as  a 
profession  and  accordingly  entered  the  Jefferson 
Medical  College  of  Philadelphia,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1861,  taking 
his  medical  degree.  Not  content  with  the  usual 
studies,  however,  Dr.  Coe  went  abroad  and  for 
two  years  studied  in  Paris,  where  he  attended 
the  hospital  clinics  and  lectures  at  the  Ecole  de 
Medicine.  In  the  year  1864  he  returned  to 
Bangor,  and  here  began  the  active  practice  of 
medicine,  which  he  continued  for  about  fifteen 
years  uninterruptedly.  Dr.  Coe  then  withdrew 
from  his  professional  practice  in  order  to  give 
more  time  and  attention  to  the  large  financial 
and  business  interests  with  which  he  had  become 
associated.  Dr.  Coe  had  become,  in  the  mean- 
time, a  prominent  figure  in  the  business  inter- 
ests of  Eastern  Maine,  and  was  the  owner  of 
large  tracts  of  timber  land  in  Miaine  and  New 
Hampshire,  as  well  as  valuable  properties  at 
Bangor  and  elsewhere.  Dr.  Coe  is  president  of 
the  Bangor  Opera  House  Association,  a  director 
of  the  Merrill  Trust  Company  of  Bangor,  of 
the  Bangor  and  Aroostook  Railroad  Company,  of 
the  European  and  North  American  Railroad 
Company,  the  Orono  Pulp  and  Paper  Company, 
and  a  trustee  of  the  Penobscot  County  Savings 
Bank.  He  has  also  been  a  trustee  of  the  Bangor 
Public  Library  for  many  years.  Although  en- 


tirely without  ambition  in  the  political  world, 
Dr.  Coe  has  taken  an  exceedingly  prominent  part 
in  local  affairs  and  served  his  city  in  a  number 
of  important  posts,  among  which  should  be  men- 
tioned membership  on  the  city  school  and  water 
boards.  Always  keenly  interested  in  historical 
and  genealogical  matters,  Dr.  Coe  is  an  active 
and  conspicuous  member  of  the  Maine  Historical 
Society,  the  Bangor  Historical  Society,  the  New 
England  Historic-Genealogical  Society,  and  the 
National  Geographical  Society.  Among  scien- 
tific and  other  organizations  with  which  he  is 
connected  should  be  mentioned  the  American 
Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Science 
and  the  Academy  of  Political  and  Social  Science. 
His  clubs  are  the  Tarratine  of  Bangor,  the  Alpha 
Delta  Phi  of  New  York.  He  is  also  vice-president 
for  Maine  of  the  Coe  Association  and  contrib- 
utes largely  to  the  valuable  work  done  by  this 
organization  in  collecting  and  publishing  his- 
torical and  genealogical  matters  connected  witfi 
his  locality  and  family. 

Dr.  Coe  was  united  in  marriage,  May  23,  1867, 
with  Sada  Loantha  Harthorn,  a  daughter  of  Paul 
Dudley  and  Loantha  (Wyman)  Harthorn,  the 
former  a  descendant  of  Governor  Thomas  Dud- 
ley and  Governor  Joseph  Dudley,  early  Colonial 
magistrates  of  Massachusetts.  One  son  was  born 
of  this  marriage,  Dudley  Coe,  who  died  in  1887 
at  the  age  of  fourteen  years. 


SAMUEL  LEWIS  BATES— One  of  the  most 
capable  and  public-spirited  public  officials  and 
one  of  the  able  attorneys  of  Portland,  Maine,  re- 
spected and  admired  alike  by  the  bencTi  and 
bar  of  his  State,  is  Samuel  Lewis  Bates,  who 
although  himself  not  a  native  of  Maine,  is  a 
descendant  of  an  old  family  which  for  a  num- 
ber of  generations  has  been  most  closely  asso- 
ciated with  that  State. 

His  grandfather,  Luther  M.  Bates,  was  a  na- 
tive of  Brooksville,  Maine,  where  he  was  a 
farmer  and  also  followed  the  trade  of  carpenter 
during  a  long  and  highly  respected  career.  He 
was  a  son  of  Joseph  Bates,  who  came  to  Brooks- 
ville, Maine,  from  Cohasset,  Massachusetts,  and 
who  was  also  a  blacksmith  and  farmer. 

Benjamin  Loring  Bates,  father  of  Samuel  L. 
Bates,  was  born  in  Brooksville,  Maine,  in  the 
year  1843.  Excepting  for  two  years  spent  in 
Michigan,  he  continued  to  live  in  that  place  dur- 
ing his  entire  life,  but  it  was  during  his  western 
sojourn  that  his  son,  Samuel  Lewis  Bates,  was 
born,  so  that  the  latter  claims  Michigan  as  his 
birthplace  almost  by  a  sort  of  accident.  Benjamin 


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Loring  Bates'  death  occurred  at  Brooksville. 
in  the  month  of  October,  1912.  He  was  a  farmer 
and  merchant  and  a  prominent  man  in  the  com- 
munity, holding  several  local  offices  and  serv- 
ing well  his  fellow  citizens  thereby.  He  married 
(first)  Harriet  Ann  Gray,  of  Sedgwick,  Maine, 
who  died  in  Michigan.  They  were  the  parents 
of  three  children,  as  follows:  Lizzie  Conant,  now 
the  wife  of  Lewis  Hutchins,  of  Ellsworth,  Maine; 
Joseph  Warren,  who  died  in  infancy;  and  Sam- 
uel Lewis,  mentioned  at  length  below.  Mr. 
Bates  married  (second)  Bell  Howard,  who  sur- 
vives him  and  is  at  the  present  time  living  in 
Brooksville,  MJaine.  There  were  seven  children 
by  this  marriage,  as  follows:  Addie,  deceased; 
Frank,  who  now  resides  in  Portland;  Robert 
Burns,  who  makes  his  home  in  the  town  of 
Wells,  Maine;  Ella,  who  became  the  wife  of 
Ellwood  Spurling,  of  Cranberry  Isles,  Maine; 
Louise,  deceased;  Howard,  who  resides  in  Port- 
land; Bakeman,  of  Brooksville,  Maine. 

Samuel  Lewis  Bates,  youngest  son  of  Benj- 
amin Loring  and  Harriet  Ann  (Gray)  .Bates, 
was  born  November  14,  1865,  at  Van  Buren,  Mich- 
igan. When  he  was  only  a  few  months  old  his 
father  returned  to  the  town  of  Brooksville, 
Maine,  which  had  been  his  home  prior  to  his 
going  West,  taking  his  son  with  him,  so  that 
the  latter's  youthful  associations  were  practically 
all  formed  with  the  Maine  town  which  had  been 
the  home  of  his  ancestors  for  four  generations. 
It  was  in  Brooksville  that  he  received  his  edu- 
cation, attending  for  this  purpose  the  local  com- 
mon schools  and  graduating  from  the  High 
School.  He  then  attended  the  State  Normal 
School,  from  which  he  graduated  with  the  class 
of  1890,  and  at  once  began  to  teach  school.  He 
taught  in  a  number  of  schools  throughout  Maine 
during  a  period  of  some  six  years,  and  then  de- 
cided to  take  up  the  law  as  a  profession  and 
with  this  end  in  view  entered  the  law  office 
of  Colonel  John  C.  Cobb,  a  well  known  attorney 
of  Portland,  where  he  pursued  his  studies  to 
such  good  purpose  that  he  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  of  Cumberland  county  in  1894.  In  the 
following  year  he  began  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession by  himself  and  was  almost  at  once  highly 
successful.  It  is  perhaps,  however,  even  more 
as  a  man  of  affairs  and  a  judge  that  Mr.  Bates 
is  known  to  the  community-at-large,  and  his 
public  career  has  been  a  most  creditable  and  suc- 
cessful one.  He  early  took  an  interest  in  poli- 
tics, and  while  still  a  young  man  was  chairman 
of  the  Democratic  City  Committee.  Since  that 
time  he  has  also  held  a  similar  post  in  the  Dem- 


ocratic County  Committee  and  has  stumped  the 
State  several  times  in  support  of  his  party 
candidate.  In  this  connection  he  also  was  an 
active  contributor  of  political  literature  and  edi- 
torial matter  for  some  of  the  Portland  papers, 
which  he  represented  before  his  admission  : 
the  bar.  He  was  principally  connected  with  the 
Argus,  and  was  known  as  a  skillful  and  effective 
writer.  In  the  year  1907  he  was  appointed  as- 
sistant county  attorney,  serving  in  that  and  the 
following  year,  and  in  1911  was  appointed  county 
attorney  to  fill  an  unexpired  term.  The  follow- 
ing year  he  was  elected  to  the  office  and  again 
after  a  two-year  term  in  1914.  In  1915  he  was 
appointed  a  judge  of  the  Portland  Municipal 
Court,  a  difficult  post  which  MT.  Bates  has  filled 
with  the  highest  efficiency  and  to  the  great  sat- 
isfaction of  his  fellow  citizens. 

Judge  Bates  was  married,  September  25,  1907, 
at  Penobscot,  Maine,  to  Annie  Earle  Leach,  a 
native  of  Bucksport,  Maine,  a  daughter  of  Silas 
and  Augusta  (Ames)  Leach.  Mrs.  Bates'  father 
has  been  dead  for  some  fifteen  years,  but  her 
mother  is  at  present  (1917)  residing  at  Penob- 
scot. To  Judge  and  Mrs.  Bates  three  children 
have  been  born,  as  follows:  Louise  Augusta,  Oc- 
tober 29,  1908;  John  Earl,  June  n,  1910;  and 
Silas  Loring,  May  8,  1912. 

Much  might  be  said  of  the  scholarship  of 
Judge  Bates,  especially  in  his  own  subject,  but 
it  is  also  extended  to  many  other  matters  be- 
sides the  law,  and  entitles  him;  to  be  called  a 
man  of  unusual  culture  and  enlightenment.  As 
a  lawyer  he  is  unusually  forceful,  as  well  as  be- 
ing a  profound  student,  and  it  will  be  difficult 
to  say  too  much  in  praise  of  his  high  qualities. 
He  is  without  doubt  a  master  of  the  science  of 
jurisprudence  and  occupies  a  place  in  the  front 
rank  of  the  city's  attorneys. 


ARTHUR  L.  FARNSWORTH— One  of  the 
most  ancient  and  distinguished  of  New  England 
families,  which  has  resided  in  Maine  for  a  num- 
ber of  generations  and  before  that  in  Massa- 
chusetts since  the  earliest  Colonial  period,  is 
that  of  Farnsworth,  representatives  of  which  ap- 
pear now  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States.  The 
family  is  of  English  origin  and  probably  came 
originally  from  Lancashire.  In  that  county  there 
are  two  places  bearing  the  name  of  Farnworth, 
one  of  which  is  in  the  parish  of  Prescott,  near 
Liverpool,  and  the  other  in  the  parish  of  Dean, 
not  far  from  Manchester,  in  the  Hundred  of 
Salford.  It  is  probable  that  the  name  is  de- 
rived from  one  of  these  places  and  its  old  form 


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was  undoubtedly  Farnworth,  without  the  "S," 
the  English  branches  of  the  family  spelling  it  so 
to  this  day.  It  was  so  written  by  the  early 
American  members  of  the  family,  but  has  grad- 
ually suffered  an  alteration  to  its  present  form. 

The  earliest  mention  of  the  name  in  the  New 
England  records  refers  to  one  Joseph  Farnworth, 
who  probably  came  to  Dorchester,  Massachu- 
setts, as  early  as  1635  as  one  of  the  party  which 
accompanied  the  Rev.  Dr.  Mather.  He  was  the 
father  of  several  sons,  of  whom  Joseph,  probably 
the  eldest,  was  a  freeman  in  Dorchester  in  1649. 
It  was  from  another  son,  Matthias,  however, 
that  the  family  with  which  we  are  interested  is 
descended.  This  Matthias  Farnworth  is  first 
mentioned  as  a  resident  of  Lynn,  in  1657.  He 
may  have  been  of  that  town  for  some  time  be- 
fore, but  of  this  we  have  no  positive  knowledge. 
He  removed,  probably  toward  the  end  of  autumn, 
1660,  to  Groton,  where  we  have  a  record  of  him 
as  a  proprietor  holding  a  twenty-acre  right,  but 
he  is  not  mentioned  in  the  church  records  of 
the  town  until  1664.  He  filled  a  number  of  dif- 
ferent town  offices,  the  most  important  of  which 
was  that  of  constable,  who,  among  other  duties 
in  those  days,  was  obliged  to  collect  the  taxes. 
He  married  (probably  as  his  second  wife)  Mary 
Farr,  a  daughter  of  George  Farr,  of  Lynn,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  from  this  worthy  couple  the  line 
runs  through  Jonathan,  Simeon,  Daniel  and 
Chauncey  to  Joseph  Snow  Farnsworth,  the  father 
of  Arthur  Latham  Farnsworth,  of  this  sketch. 

Joseph  Snow  Farnsworth,  the  eldest  child  of 
Chauncey  and  Sylvia  (Snow)  Farnsworth,  was 
born  May  28,  1822,  at  Washington,  New  Hamp- 
shire. He  left  that  place  in  early  life,  however, 
and  settled  at  Windsor,  Vermont,  where  he  was 
employed  for  a  number  of  years  as  a  blacksmith 
and  draftsman.  He  worked  for  the  Windsor 
Machine  Company,  which  is  now  the  property 
of  Maxwell  Evarts,  a  son  of  the  Hon.  William 
M.  Evarts,  and  was  regarded  as  an  unusually 
clever  craftsman.  He  played  a  part  of  consid- 
erable importance  in  the  life  of  the  community 
and  was  well  known  in  fraternal  circles  there. 
He  was  particularly  prominent  in  the  Masonic 
order  and  was  one  of  the  oldest  Free  Masons  in 
the  State,  being  at  the  time  of  his  death  the  last 
surviving  charter  member  of  the  local  lodge  at 
Windsor.  He  married,  November  30,  1848, 
Judith  M.  Stevens,  who  was  born  at  Kennebunk, 
Maine,  October  20,  1822,  a  daughter  of  James 
and  Susan  (Littlefield)  Stevens.  Joseph  Snow 
Farnsworth  died  June  20,  1895,  and  his  wife  sur- 


vived him  many  years,  her  death  occurring  May 
14,  1907,  at  the  age  of  eighty-five.  They  were 
the  parents  of  three  children:  Arthur  Latham, 
mentioned  at  length  below;  James  Walter,  born 
at  White  River  Junction,  Vermbnt,  November 
10,  1850,  married,  December  29,  1877,  Emma  M. 
Lester,  and  resides  at  Windsor,  Vermont;  Susie 
A.,  born  at  White  River  Junction,  Vermont,  and 
makes  her  home  at  Windsor. 

Born  September  29,  1849,  at  Kennebunk,  Maine, 
Arthur  Latham  Farnsworth,  eldest  child  of  Jo- 
seph Snow  and  Judith  M.  (Stevens)  Farnsworth, 
received  the  elementary  portion  of  his  education 
at  the  local  public  schools.  He  graduated  from 
these  institutions  in  the  year  1865  and  then  took 
a  supplementary  course  of  study  at  Tilden  Acad- 
emy, West  Lebanon,  New  Hampshire.  Before 
he  had  completed  his  studies  even  at  the  local 
schools,  Mr.  Farnsworth  had  already  secured  em- 
ployment as  a  clerk  for  Tuxbury  &  Stone,  deal- 
ers in  dry  goods  and  groceries  at  Windsor,  Ver- 
mont. With  this  concern  he  remained  for  ten 
years,  and  then  went  West  and  established  him- 
self in  business  at  Troy,  Ohio.  He  returned  to 
the  East,  however,  ere  a  long  period  had  elapsed, 
and  settled  in  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire, 
where  once  more  he  engaged  in  business.  It  was 
in  the  year  1873  that  he  finally  removed  to  Port- 
land, Mfeine,  and  here  he  opened  a  gentleman's 
furnishing  store  which  he  managed  successfully 
until  1885.  He  sold  out  this  business,  however, 
in  order  to  accept  the  position  of  United  States 
weigher  and  gauger,  to  which  position  he  was 
appointed  by  General  Samuel  J.  Anderson,  col- 
lector of  customs  at  the  Port  of  Portland,  Maine. 
It  was  necessary  for  him  to  take  a  civil  service 
examination  to  demonstrate  his  fitness  for  this 
position,  this  condition  being  a  newly  installed 
feature  at  the  time.  He  served  in  this  position 
until  January  i,  1891,  and  then  became  associated 
with  Twitchell,  Champlain  &  Company  as  a 
traveling  agent  and  salesman.  In  the  month  of 
March,  1892,  he  was  elected  city  assessor  for 
three  years,  and  in  1894-95  was  chairman  of  the 
board  of  assessors.  On  March  12,  1895,  he  was 
appointed  a  special  deputy  collector  of  customs 
at  the  Port  of  Portland  by  John  W.  Deering,  col- 
lector of  the  port.  Mr.  Deering  died  November 
19,  1899,  and  was  succeeded  in  office  by  Watson 
F.  Milliken,  who  was  in  turn  succeeded  by 
Charles  M.  Moses-.  The  interim  existing  between 
the  death  of  one  collector  and  the  appointment 
of  his  successor  was  filled  in  by  Mr.  Farnsworth, 
who  took  the  place  and  was  acting  collector.  He 


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continues  to  hold  his  position  as  special  deputy 
collector  of  customs.  He  has  been  exceedingly 
active  in  politics  since  early  youth,  is  a  staunch 
supporter  of  the  principles  and  policies  of  the 
Democratic  party  and  has  filled  places  on  the 
city  and  county  committees  for  years.  From 
1892  to  1894  he  was  chairman  of  the  former  com- 
mittee, and  it  was  under  his  supervision  that  the 
Democratic  party  made  large  gains  and  became 
well  organized.  Mr.  Farnsworth  is  excessively 
prominent  in  social  and  fraternal  circles  and 
takes  an  active  interest  in  the  Masonic  order,  of 
which  he  is  a  leading  member,  as  was  his  father 
before  him.  He  is  affiliated  with  Atlantic  Lodge, 
No.  81,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons; 
Greenleaf  Chapter,  No.  13,  Royal  Arch  Masons; 
Portland  Council,  No.  4,  Royal  and  Select  Mas- 
ters, of  Portland;  Portland  Commandery,  No.  2, 
Knights  Templar;  and  Maine  Consistory,  Sov- 
ereign Princes  of  the  Royal  Secret,  having  at- 
tained his  thirty-second  degree  in  this  body.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  Unity  Lodge,  No.  3,  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows;  Trinity  Lodge, 
No.  64,  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  the  local  lodge 
of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks. 
Mr.  Farnsworth  is  extremely  interested  in  phil- 
anthropic movements  of  all  kinds  and  in  the  ef- 
fort to  conserve  the  best  interests  of  the  com- 
munity. He  is  president  of  the  Maine  Chari- 
table Mechanics'  Association,  vice-president  of 
the  Deering  Loan  &  Building  Association;  di- 
rector of  the  Maine  Institute  for  the  Blind,  and 
is  also  a  member  of  the  Bramhall  League,  the 
Fern  Park  Association,  the  Young  Men's  Demo- 
cratic Club,  the  Farmers'  Club  and  the  Fish  and 
Game  Club.  He  resides  in  a  charming  home  at 
No.  510  Ocean  avenue,  Portland. 

Arthur  Latham  Farnsworth  was  united  In  mar- 
riage, September  20,  1870,  at  Windsor,  Vermont, 
with  Georgia  Mj.  Hawley,  a  native  of  Windsor, 
Vermont,  and  a  daughter  of  William  T.  and 
Nancy  (Pierce)  Hawley,  old  residents  of  that 
region,  and  now  deceased.  Two  children  were 
born  of  this  union  as  follows:  Arthur  H.,  April 
18,  1872,  for  a  time  employed  as  a  United  States 
Railway  mail  clerk,  and  died  at  the  age  of  thirty- 
nine  years;  Myra  Pierce,  who  became  the  wife 
of  Charles  H.  Deering,  of  Saco,  Maine,  Decem- 
ber 7,  1903,  to  whom  she  has  borne  one  child, 
Edith,  May  22,  1905. 

It  it  not  always  easy  to  determine  definitely 
the  intimate  motives  which  form,  as  it  were,  the 
inspring  of  any  man's  ambition,  and  the  ener- 
gies with  which  he  forged  his  way  over  and 


through  obstacles  to  success.  Nor  is  it  neces- 
sary that  we  do  so  in  order  to  learn  the  lesson 
of  his  life.  Provided  that  the  methods  He  uses 
are  such  that  under  the  test  of  the  keenest 
scrutiny  can  only  be  judged  worthy,  it  makes 
comparatively  little  difference  what  was  the  mo- 
tive behind  them.  For  of  this  we  may  rest  as- 
sured, that  if  the  means  be  worthy  and  the  end 
aimed  at  good,  the  motives  must  partake  of  the 
same  character,  for  that  rule  is  invariable  which 
states  that  by  their  fruits  ye  shall  know  them. 
Such  was  certainly  true  in  Mr.  Farnsworth's 
case,  and  inasmuch  as  it  is  true  are  we  benefited 
by  the  making  permanent  of  his  record.  He  has 
many  sincere  friends,  for  even  those  whose  con- 
tract with  him  is  of  the  most  casual,  quickly  de- 
velop a  real  affection  for  him,  and  this  is  per- 
haps the  final  test  of  any  man's  worth. 


WALTER  NATHAN  MINER,  M.D.— For 
twenty-one  years,  1898-1919,  Dr.  Miner  has  prac- 
ticed his  profession  in  Calais,  beginning  his  pro- 
fessional career  in  that  town  after  completing 
post-graduate  hospital  work  at  home  and  abroad. 
The  years  have  brought  him  the  honors  and 
emoluments  of  his  profession,  and  as  a  surgeon 
he  has  attained  high  and  honorable  standing. 
He  is  of  English  ancestry,  the  Miner  family 
tracing  to  Henry  Miner,  who  died  in  1359.  For 
service  to  his  King,  Edward  III,  was  granted 
armorial  bearings:  Gules,  a  fesse  between  three 
plates,  argent.  Dr.  Miner  is  a  grandson  of  Syl- 
vanus  Miner,  of  the  province  of  New  Brunswick, 
Canada,  a  farmer  and  blacksmith.  Sylvanus 
Miner  married  Ruth  Stiles,  of  English  parentage, 
her  parents  born  in  England,  coming  to  New 
Brunswick  about  the  year  1800. 

Nathan  D.  Miner,  son  of  Sylvanus  and  Ruth 
(Stiles)  Miner,  was  born  in  1847,  in  New  Bruns- 
wick, Canada,  and  died  at  Mount  Whatley,  New 
Brunswick,  February  14,  1908,  a  farmer  and  busi- 
ness man.  He  married  Celia  Carter,  daughter  of 
Henry  and  Amelia  (Hoegg)  Carter,  her  father 
born  in  England,  her  father's  mother  a  descend- 
ant of  the  English  Roberts  family  to  which  the 
famous  English  General  Lord  Roberts  belonged. 
Nathan  D.  and  Celia  (Carter)  Miner  were  the 
parents  of  six  children:  Albert  H.,  of  Amherst, 
Nova  Scotia;  Walter  Nathan,  of  whom  further; 
Bertha,  married  Thomas  W.  Keillor,  and  died  in 
1905;  Amelia  R.,  married  Perry  W.  Rafues; 
Lloyd  G.,  married  Minnie  Buck;  Pearl  L.,  mar- 
ried William  T.  Keillor. 

Walter   Nathan   Miner,   second   son   of   Nathan 


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D.  and  Celia  (Carter)  Miner,  was  born  at  Mount 
Whatley,  New  Brunswick,  Canada,  July  13,  1872. 
After  attendance  at  public  school  and  two  years 
study  at  Normal  School,  Fredericton,  New 
Brunswick,  he  taught  for  three  years  following 
Normal  School  graduation.  While  engaged  as  a 
teacher  at  Rockport  and  Fredericton,  he  began 
the  study  of  medicine,  finally  resigning  his  po- 
sition to  enter  Baltimore  Medical  College.  He 
pursued  a  four  years'  course  at  that  institution 
and  was  graduated  M.D.,  class  of  1898.  After 
graduation  he  spent  one  year  at  Maryland  Gen- 
eral Hospital  at  Baltimore,  then  was  connected 
with  Johns  Hopkins  Hospital  of  the  same  city 
for  four  months.  He  next  went  abroad  for  a 
course  of  post-graduate  work  at  Polyclinic  Hos- 
pital, London,  England,  returning  for  similar 
work  at  the  medical  school  and  hospital  of  New 
York.  He  also  had  similar  opportunities  to  add 
to  his  experience  in  Boston  hospitals  and,  thus 
thoroughly  furnished,  he  located  in  Calais,  Maine, 
in  May,  1898,  and  there  has  practiced  medicine 
and  surgery  continuously  until  the  present.  He 
has  won  his  way  to  public  favor,  and  built  up 
a  most  satisfactory  clientele  in  Calais  and  vicin- 
ity. In  1917  he  established  a  private  hospital 
of  thirty  beds  for  surgical  work,  since  that  time 
it  has  received  considerable  additions,  has  been 
incorporated  and  made  general  for  other  practi- 
tioners of  medicine  and  surgery.  Dr.  Miner  is 
also  surgeon  at  Chipman  Hospital  of  St.  Stephen, 
New  Brunswick,  and  surgeon  to  the  Maine  Cen- 
tral Railroad  Company.  In  addition  to  his  pri- 
vate practice  he  is  examiner  for  several  of  the 
large  insurance  companies,  life,  accident  and  in- 
dustrial. He  is  a  member  of  Washington  County 
Medical  Society,  the  M&ine  State  Medical  So- 
ciety, Calais  Medical  Society,  and  of  the  Pro- 
vincial Medical  Society  of  New  Brunswick. 

In  politics  Dr.  Miner  is  a  Republican,  has 
served  ward  four  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Alderman  for  three  years,  and  is  now  serving 
his  second  term  as  mayor  of  the  city.  In  pub- 
lic life  he  has  met  the  fullest  hopes  of  his 
friends,  and  he  added  the  distinction  of  good  cit- 
izenship to  his  other  fine  qualities.  He  is  con- 
nected officially  with  the  Calais  Savings  Bank, 
Calais  Board  of  Trade  (ex-president),  and  is  one 
of  the  progressive,  public-spirited  men  of  his 
city  who  can  be  relied  upon  to  champion  every 
forward  movement.  In  Free  Masonry  he  is  af- 
filiated with  St.  Croix  Lodge,  No.  46,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons;  Calais  Chapter,  No.  17,  Royal 
Arch  Masons;  Hugh  de  Payen  Commandery, 


Knights  Templar.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  and  Calais  Lodge, 
Knights  of  Pythias.  His  club  is  the  St.  Croix 
of  Calais.  In  religious  faith  he  is  a  Baptist. 

Dr.  Miner  married  at  Grace  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  Baltimore,  Maryland,  April  29. 
1903,  Estella  Delahay,  daughter  of  James  Ed- 
ward and  Martha  (Amos)  Delahay.  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  Miner  are  the  parents  of  three  children: 
John  Walter,  born  May  6,  1907;  Elizabeth  Dela- 
hay, November  18,  1908;  and  Ruth  Estella,  July 
28,  1912. 


ALBERT  GRENVILLE  DONHAM,  the  pro- 
gressive and  able  editor  of  the  Maine  Register, 
comes  of  good  old  Maine  stock,  and  from  his 
earliest  days  to  the  present  has  been  acquainted 
with  the  printing  and  publishing  business.  He 
is  a  son  of  Grenville  M.  Donham,  a  native  of 
Minot,  Maine,  where  he  was  born  August  20, 
1838.  He  came  as  a  young  man  to  Portland, 
where  he  engaged  in  business  with  the  firm  of 
Hoyt  &  Fogg,  pioneer  book  sellers  in  that  city. 
In  the  year  1886  he  purchased  the  publication 
known  as  the  Maine  Register,  and  developed  it 
highly,  conducting  the  same  until  his  death  which 
occurred  November  23,  1916.  Mr.  Donham,  Sr., 
married  Annie  S.  Gregory  in  Prince  Edward 
Island  in  the  year  1873.  She  was  a  native  of 
Fredericton,  New  Brunswick,  and  survives  her 
husband,  residing  at  the  present  time  (1917)  in 
Portland  at  the  age  of  seventy-three  years.  To 
them  two  children  were  born,  as  follows:  I. 
Harold  Gregory,  born  July  28,  1875;  now  an  at- 
torney and  vice-president  of  the  United  Shoe 
Machinery  Company  of  Boston;  married  Eliza- 
beth Schniller,  of  Ansonia,  Connecticut,  and  they 
are  the  parents  of  two  children,  Clarissa  G.  and 
Elizabeth  H.  2.  Albert  Grenville,  with  whose  ca- 
reer we  are  especially  concerned. 

Born  May  27,  1879,  at  Portland,  Maine,  Albert 
Grenville  Donham,  younger  son  of  Grenville  M. 
and  Annie  S.  (Gregory)  Donham,  received  his 
education,  or  rather  the  elemenary  portion  there- 
of, at  the  local  public  schools.  He  was  grad- 
uated from  the  Portland  High  School  in  1896, 
and  at  once  entered  Harvard  University  in  the 
class  of  1900.  Upon  completing  his  education, 
Mr.  Donham  returned  to  Portland  and  engaged 
in  the  publishing  business  there  with  his  father, 
who  was,  as  has  been  stated  above,  proprietor 
of  the  Maine  Register.  To  the  publication  of 
this  work  the  young  man  devoted  his  energies 
and  attention,  and  it  has  been  due  in  no  small 


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degree  to  his  intelligent  management  that  its 
great  development  has  been  realized.  In  the 
year  1913  the  management  of  the  entire  business 
passed  into  his  hands  and  has  continued  therein 
up  to  the  present  time,  his  father's  death  in  1916 
leaving  him  sole  proprietor.  In  1917  a  company 
known  as  the  Maine  Register  Offices,  Inc.,  was 
organized  to  do  a  general  printing  business,  and 
Mr.  Donham  is  treasurer  and  manager  of  this 
company. 

A  word  concerning  the  valuable  publication  al- 
ready referred  to  will  be  appropriate  here.  It 
has  been  in  constant  circulation  since  the  year 
1870  and  in  1920  will  have  completed  a  full  half 
century  of  successful  growth  and  valuable  public 
service.  It  is  the  outcome  of  the  Massachusetts 
Register,  a  publication  dating  back  to  the  begin- 
ning of  the  nineteenth  century,  of. which  copies 
are  to  be  found  on  file  of  the  date  1802.  The 
Maine  Register  has  gradually  come  to  occupy  a 
most  important  place  in  the  homes  and  offices  of 
Maine,  containing  as  it  does  a  vast  amount  of 
information  of  a  practical  nature  and  of  such 
diversified  character  that  there  is  practically  no 
one  who  is  not  benefited  by  it.  A  great  many 
of  the  progressive  business  men  of  the  city,  as 
well  as  other  Maine  communities,  regard  it  as 
absolutely  essential  in  their  offices.  It  contains 
information  concerning  the  government  of  the 
United  States  and  of  Maine,  State,  county  and 
town  officers,  a  general  business  directory  of 
each  city  and  town  in  the  State,  churches,  rail- 
road and  steamboat  lines  with  stations,  tele- 
graph connections,  mileage  and  fares  from  Port- 
land, and  practically  every  subject  which  is  like- 
ly to  come  up  during  the  course  of  business 
transactions  and  of  a  nature  which  the  average 
man  cannot  carry  in  his  memory. 

Mr.  Donham  was  united  in  marriage,  October 
7,  1906,  at  Portland,  with  Laura  M.  Reeves,  like 
himself  a  native  of  Portland  and  a  daughter  of 
George  Reeves,  of  that  city.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Donham  one  child  has  been  born,  Katherine 
Grosvenor,  April  17,  1908,  at  Portland. 

Mr.  Donham's  life  is  an  active  one.  He  is 
typical  of  the  energetic  man  of  affairs,  whose 
united  labors  have  built  up  the  wonderful  struc- 
ture of  New  England's  business.  In  him  also, 
as  in  this  type  so  characteristic  of  New  Eng- 
land, this  energy  and  industry  is  based  upon  a 
foundation  of  moral  strength  which  renders  it 
doubly  effective  with  the  power  which  forebear- 
ance  always  gives.  His  honor  and  integrity  are 
unimpeachable,  his  sense  of  justice  sure  and  his 


charity  and  tolerance  broad  and  far-reaching. 
His  successes  are  made  permanent,  founded,  as 
they  are,  on  the  confidence  of  his  associates,  and 
he  has  built  up  for  himself  an  enviable  reputa- 
tion among  all  classes  of  men. 


PHILIP  WEBB  DAVIS,  M.D.,  surgeon  of 
Portland,  Maine,  is  a  member  of  an  old  New 
England  family  which  was  founded  here  in  early 
days  by  one  Dolor  Davis,  who  sailed  from  Eng- 
land with  his  son,  Sylvanus  Davis,  and  located 
at  Cape  Cod,  Massachusetts.  Some  of  the  de- 
scendants of  the  latter  afterwards  removed  to 
Maine,  and  here  it  was  that  Dr.  Davis'  father, 
Abner  Harrison  Davis,  was  born  in  1836.  For 
many  years  he  was  clerk  of  the  United  States 
Circuit  Court,  and  held  a  position  of  trust  in 
the  community.  He  married  Mary  Louise  Mer- 
rill, a  native  of  Baltimore,  Maryland,  who  died 
when  their  son  Philip  Webb  Davis  was  four 
years  of  age.  To  Abner  H.  Davis  and  his  wife 
three  children  were  born  as  follows:  Harrison 
Merrill,  an  attorney  of  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
who  married  Mary  Adams,  by  whom  he  had  two 
children,  John  and  Harrison;  Margaret,  who  died 
at  the  age  of  thirty-three  years;  and  Philip  Webb, 
of  whom  further. 

Born  January  2,  1876,  at  Portland,  Maine,  in 
the  old  home  at  No.  99  Winter  street,  which  he 
occupies  to  this  day.  Dr.  Philip  Webb  Davis, 
youngest  child  of  Abner  Harrison  and  Mary 
Louise  (Merrill)  Davis,  has  passed  his  entire 
life  in  his  native  city.  It  was  there  that  he  at- 
tended the  local  public  schools  for  the  elemen- 
tary portion  of  his  education,  and  it  was  from 
the  Portland  High  School  that  he  was  graduated 
in  1893.  He  was  prepared  for  college  at  this 
institution  and  immediately  after  his  graduation 
matriculated  at  Bowdoin  College.  Here  he  took 
the  usual  academic  course  and  graduated  with  the 
class  of  1897.  He  had  by  this  time  definitely 
determined  upon  medicine  as  a  career  in  life,  and 
accordingly  he  entered  the  m'edical  department 
of  Bowdoin,  and  graduated  in  1900  with  the  de- 
gree of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  He  supplemented 
his  theoretical  knowledge  with  two  years  of  prac- 
tical experience  gained  as  interne  in  the  Lake- 
side Hospital  of  Cleveland,  Ohio.  He  then  re- 
turned East,  and  settling  in  his  native  city  estab- 
lished himself  in  practice  there.  He  was  suc- 
cessful from  the  outset  and  is  now  well  known 
as  one  of  the  leaders  of  his  profession,  besides 
enjoying  a  wide  and  well-deserved  popularity. 
In  addition  to  his  private  practice,  Dr.  Davis  is 


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connected  with  the  Maine  General  Hospital  of 
Portland,  being  one  of  the  surgeons  on  its  staff, 
and  he  has  in  this  connection  become  well- 
known  as  a  skillful  and  successful  surgeon.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Portland  Medical  Society,  and 
the  Maine  Medical  Society,  the  Practitioners' 
Club  of  Portland,  and  the  American  Medical  As- 
sociation. Besides  these  professional  organiza- 
tions he  is  also  a  member  of  the  Portland  Club. 
In  June,  1917,  Dr.  Davis  accepted  a  captain's 
commission  in  the  National  Army,  and  is  now 
serving  with  the  Medical  Reserve  Corps  at  Camp 
Grant,  Rockford,  Illinois. 

Dr.  Philip  Webb  Davis  married,  November  igt 
1903,  Grace  R.  Seiders,  like  himself  a  native  of 
Portland,  and  a  daughter  of  George  M.  Seiders, 
an  eminent  attorney  of  that  city,  now  deceased, 
and  of  Claire  (Hayes)  Seiders,  his  wife.  To  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  Davis  four  children  have  been  born  as 
follows:  Mary,  born  December  18,  1904;  Cath- 
erine, born  June  6,  1906;  Philip  W.,  Jr.,  born 
November  25,  1912;  and  George,  born  July  20, 
1917. 

The  place  held  by  Dr.  Davis  in  the  community 
is  one  that  any  man  might  desire,  and  it  is  one 
that  he  deserves,  one  gained  by  no  chance  for- 
tune but  by  a  most  liberal  treatment  of  his  fel- 
low-men. He  is  a  man  for  whom  it  is  easy  to 
discriminate  in  favor  of  the  better  or  wealthier 
class  of  patients,  but  it  is  his  principle  to  ask 
no  questions  as  to  the  standing  of  those  who  seek 
his  professional  aid,  and  he  responds  as  readily 
to  the  call  of  the  indigent  as  to  that  of  the  most 
prosperous.  It  is  the  function  of  the  physician 
to  bring  good  cheer  and  encouragement  almost 
as  much  as  the  more  material  assistance  general- 
ly associated  with  his  profession  and  often  it 
forms  the  major  part  of  his  treatment,  and  for 
this  office  Dr.  Davis  is  peculiarly  well  fitted  both 
by  temperament  and  philosophy.  There  is  much 
that  is  depressing  about  the  practice  of  medicine, 
the  constant  contact  with  suffering  and  death, 
yet  the  fundamental  cheerfulness  of  Dr.  Djivis 
is  noticeable  in  every  relation  of  life. 


EMERY-SULLIVAN— This  review  deals  with 
the  ancient  and  honorable  Emery  and  Sullivan 
families  of  Massachusetts  and  Maine,  the  former 
settling  first  in  Massachusetts  on  coming  from 
England,  the  latter  coming  direct  to  York,  Maine, 
from  England.  The  Emerys  were  long  seated 
in  Newbury,  Massachusetts,  the  family  first  ap- 
pearing in  Maine  in  this  branch  in  the  person  of 
Hiram  Emery,  whose  marriage  to  Rachel  Simp- 


son, November  13,  1815,  allied  the  Emerys  with 
the  Sullivan  family  through  her  mother,  Rachel 
(Sullivan)  Simpson. 

Daniel  Sullivan,  of  the  second  American  gen- 
eration, married  Abigail  Bean,  and  through  that 
connection  became  interested  in  the  land  grant 
made  to  Daniel  Bean  and  others  in  which  New 
Bristol  was  situated,  and  there  Daniel  Sullivan 
settled.  After  his  death  the  town  name  was 
changed  to  Sullivan.  The  town  is  situated  at 
the  upper  end  of  Frenchman's  Bay,  a  wide  sheet 
of  water  affording  several  good  harbors  and 
washing  the  eastern  shore  of  Mt.  Desert  Island, 
also  enclosing  several  smaller  islands.  There  on 
Waukeag  Point,  Daniel  Sullivan's  house  stood 
until  it  was  burned  by  the  British  and  its  owner 
carried  away  a  captaive,  never  again  to  return  to 
his  family. 

John  Emery,  son  of  John  and  Agnes  Emery, 
of  Romsey,  Hants,  England,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, September  29,  1598.  He  sailed  from  South- 
ampton, April  3,  1635,  with  his  brother  Anthony, 
in  the  ship  James  of  London.  He  was  living  in 
Boston,  June  3,  1635,  but  soon  settled  in  New- 
bury, where  he  owned  land  and  got  into  trouble 
with  the  authorities  for  "entertaining  Quakers." 
He  petitioned  the  General  Court  for  the  remis- 
sion of  the  fine  imposed  for  so  heinous  a  crime, 
but  it  was  not  remitted.  In  the  famous  ecclesi- 
astical difficulties  he  was  loyal  to  the  Woodman 
faction.  He  held  important  town  offices  and 
seems  to  have  regained  his  good  standing.  His 
wife  Mary,  who  came  with  him  from  England, 
died  in  Newbury  in  April,  1649.  He  married 
(second),  October  29,  1650,  Mrs.  Mary  (Shats- 
well)  Webster,  widow  of  John  Webster,  of  Ips- 
wich. He  died  in  Newbury,  November  3,  1683, 
his  wife  dying  April  28,  1694.  Children:  John, 
born  in  England;  Ann;  Ebenezer,  born  in  New- 
bury, September  16,  1648;  Jonathan,  of  further 
mention. 

Jonathan  Emery,  son  of  John  and  Mary 
(Webster)  Emery,  was  born  in  Newbury,  Mas- 
sachusetts, May  13,  1652,  and  died  there  Septem- 
ber 29,  1723.  He  was  pressed  at  Newbury,  De- 
cember 3,  1675,  as  a  soldier  to  fight  the  Indians, 
was  at  the  great  Narragansett  fight,  December 
19,  1675,  and  was  wounded  in  the  shoulder.  He 
was  made  a  freeman,  April  19,  1691.  He  mar- 
ried, November  29,  1676,  Mary  Woodman,  daugh- 
ter of  Edward  Woodman.  Children:  Mary, 
John,  Jonathan,  David,  Anthony,  Stephen,  died 
young;  Sarah,  Stephen,  of  further  mention;  Ed- 
ward, and  James. 


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Stephen  Emery,  son  of  Jonathan  and  Mary 
(Woodman)  Emery,  was  born  June  24,  1693. 
His  will  was  probated  June  21,  1762.  He  mar- 
ried, February  25,  1715,  Lydia  Jackman.  Chil- 
dren: Rebecca,  Mehitable,  Stephen,  of  further 
mention;  John,  Moses,  Daniel,  Benjamin,  and 
Edmond. 

Stephen  (2)  Emery,  son  of  Stephen  (i)  and 
Lydia  (Jackman)  Emery,  was  born  November  12, 
1719.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  expedition 
against  Canada,  serving  in  the  company  com- 
manded by  Captain  Israel  Gerish,  and  died  soon 
after  his  return  home  in  1758.  He  married,  Oc- 
tober 20,  1743,  Deliverance  Stiles,  born  in  Box- 
ford,  Massachusetts,  February  21,  1722,  daughter 
of  John  and  Eleanor  (Pearl)  Stiles.  Children: 
David  Stiles,  Stephen,  died  Young;  Stephen, 
John,  Jesse  and  Rebecca. 

David  Stiles  Emery,  son  of  Stephen  (2)  and 
Deliverance  (Stiles)  Emery,  settled  in  Moulton- 

boro.  New  Hampshire.  He  married  and 

their  children  were:  David,  of  further  mention; 
Othniel,  Nathaniel,  Rebecca,  Abigail,  Elmira. 

David  Emery,  son  of  David  Stiles  Emery,  mar- 
ried Mrs.  Jane  (Hall)  Pierce,  daughter  of  Ebe- 
nezer  and  Susannah  (Young)  Hall,  of  Mantani- 
cus,  Maine,  and  widow  of  David  Pierce,  of  Booth- 
bay,  Maine.  Children:  Sarah,  Jonathan,  Fannv, 
Robert,  Hiram,  of  further  mention;  George,  and 
Esther. 

Hiram  Emery,  son  of  David  and  Jane  (Hall- 
Pierce)  Emery,  was  born  August  18,  1797.  He 
was  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  also  postmaster  and 
collector  of  customs  for  the  port  of  French- 
man's Bay,  an  inlet  of  the  Atlantic  Ocean  ex- 
tending about  thirty  miles  northward  into  Han- 
cock county,  Maine.  He  married,  November  13, 
1815,  Rachel  Simpson,  daughter  of  John  and  Ra- 
chel (Sullivan)  Simpson,  and  they  are  the  par- 
ents of  nine  children,  namely:  John  S.,  see  for- 
ward; Philomelia  W.,  married  Govern  W.  Whit- 
aker;  Abigail,  died  April  4,  1883,  unmarried; 
Cyrus,  married  Hannah  L.  Chilcott;  William  D., 
married  Amelia  A.  White;  Rachel  P.,  died  May 
21.  1850,  unmarried;  Daniel  S.,  see  forward;  Ann 
S.,  twin  with  Daniel  S.,  married  Sylvester  W. 
Cummings,  a  lieutenant  in  the  United  States 
Army  during  the  Civil  War,  who  died  at  Mor- 
ganzie  Point,  Louisiana,  June  17,  1864;  Erastus 
O.,  married  Mrs.  Nellie  Niles. 

John  S.  Emery,  son  of  Hiram  and  Rachel 
(Simpson)  Emery,  was  born  September  13,  1816 
in  Sullivan,  Maine,  and  died  in  September,  1905. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  learned 
the  blacksmith's  trade,  was  a  sea  captain,  a  ship 

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broker,  and  for  sixty-nine  years  a  commission 
merchant  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
died.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Unitarian  church, 
the  New  England  Society,  and  Pine  Tree  Club. 
John  S.  Emery  married,  in  Boston,  December 
I,  1850,  Prudence  Simpson,  daughter  of  James 
and  Jane  (Bragdon)  Simpson. 

Daniel  Sullivan  Emery,  brother  of  John  Simp- 
son Emery,  and  son  of  Hiram  and  Rachel  (Simp- 
son) Emery,  was  born  at  Sullivan,  Maine,  De- 
cember 29,  1833.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
school,  and  engaged  in  business  all  his  active  life 
as  a  ship  broker,  a  man  highly  esteemed.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order,  of  Chan- 
ning  Unitarian  Church,  Newton,  Massachusetts, 
the  Unitarian  Club,  and  the  Boston  Art  Club. 

He  married,  December  25,  1861,  Lydia  S.  Hill, 
and  they  were  the  parents  of  four  sons  and  a 
daughter:  Fred  H.,  born  December  23,  1863,  died 
July  12,  1863;  John  S.  (2),  born  June  I,  1866, 
died  January  25,  1868;  Daniel  R.,  born  May  16, 
1869,  died  June  16,  1870;  Georgie  H.,  born  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1871;  and  Ralph  C,  born  January  23, 
1876. 

Rachel  (Simpson)  Emery,  wife  of  Hiram  Em- 
ery, was  a  direct  descendant  of  the  ancient  Sul- 
livan family  of  Maine,  from  which  sprang  Gen- 
eral John  Sullivan,  of  Revolutionary  fame.  The 
town  of  Sullivan,  at  the  upper  end  of  French- 
man's Bay,  Maine,  is  named  in  honor  of  the 
family,  and  there  Daniel  Sullivan,  brother  of  Gen- 
eral Sullivan,  settled.  The  founder  of  the  fam- 
ily, John  Sullivan,  was  born  in  Limerick,  Ire- 
land, in  1690,  died  in  Berwick,  Maine,  June  20, 
r795t  at  the  wonderful  age  of  one  hundred  and 
five  years,  five  days.  He  sailed  from  Limerick 
in  1723,  landed  in  York,  Maine,  and  from  there 
moved  to  Berwick.  He  married,  about  1735,  Mar- 
garet or  Margery  Brown,  born  in  Ireland  in  1714, 
died  in  Berwick  in  1801,  aged  eighty-seven  years. 
Sometime  in  the  year  1880  the  remains  of  this 
pioneer  couple  were  removed  from  Berwick,  and 
again  buried  in  Durham,  New  Hampshire,  in  the 
family  burial  place  of  their  son,  General  John 
Sullivan.  Children:  Benjamin,  an  officer  of  the 
British  Navy  prior  to  the  Revolution;  Daniel, 
see  forward;  John,  a  major-general  in  the  United 
States  Army  and  later  Governor  of  New  Hamp- 
shire; James,  attorney-general  of  Massachusetts 
for  seventeen  years,  Governor  for  two  years, 
holding  this  post  at  his  death  in  1808;  Eben, 
an  officer  of  the  Revolution;  May,  married  Theo- 
philus  Hardy. 

Daniel  Sullivan,  second  son  of  the  founder,  was 
born  in  Berwick,  Maine,  about  1738,  moved  to 


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near  Bristol,  now  Sullivan,  Maine.  There  he 
built  a  house  on  "Waukeag  Point,"  built  sev- 
eral saw  mills,  engaged  in  Maine  trade,  and  was 
very  prosperous  during  the  first  ten  years  of  his 
residence  there.  In  the  early  part  of  the  Re- 
volution he  raised  a  company  of  militia,  which 
was  stationed  at  Waukeag  Point,  and  in  1779 
was  with  his  company  at  Castine.  After  his  re- 
turn home  he  kept  in  readiness  for  action  and 
was  badly  "wanted"  by  the  British  and  Tories. 
One  stormy  night  a  party  of  sailors  and  marines 
landed  from  the  British  warship  Allegiance, 
and  invested  the  house,  Captain  Sullivan  awak- 
ening from  sleep  to  find  his  bed  surrounded 
by  armed  men.  He  was  taken  away  and  his 
house  fired,  but  was  offered  his  liberty  if  he 
would  swear  allegiance  to  the  King.  Upon  his 
refusal  he  was  carried  to  Halifax,  thence  to  New 
York,  where  for  six  months  he  was  confined  on 
the  prison  ship  Jersey.  After  being  exchanged 
he  took  passage  for  home,  but  died  on  the  way. 
His  exchange  was  brought  about  by  his  brother, 
General  John  Sullivan,  who  was  then  a  member 
of  Congress  from  New  Hampshire,  having  re- 
signed from  the  army.  He  married  (first)  Anne 
Paul,  who  bore  him  a  daughter,  Anne  Paul  Sul- 
livan. He  married  (second),  June  14,  1765,  Abi- 
gail, daughter  of  John  and  Hannah  Bean.  There 
being  no  other  means  of  transportation,  he  and 
Miss  Bean  went  from  Sullivan  to  Fort  Pownall 
in  a  log  canoe,  the  nearest  place  a  magistrate 
could  be  obtained  to  perform  the  ceremony. 
Children:  Rachel,  see  forward;  Hannah,  married 
Paul  Simpson;  Mary,  married  Josiah  Simpson; 
Lydia;  John. 

Rachel  Sullivan,  daughter  of  Captain  Daniel 
and  Abigail  (Bean)  Sullivan,  was  born  Decem- 
ber 10,  1766,  and  died  August  10,  1806.  She  mar- 
ried Captain  John  Simpson,  who  was  born  De- 
cember 7,  1763,  and  was  lost  at  sea  with  hi« 
vessel  and  entire  crew,  November  20,  1798.  Their 
home  was  in  Sullivan,  Maine.  Children:  Prud- 
ence, died  January  18,  1812,  unmarried;  Abigail, 
died  March  17,  1809,  unmarried;  Rachel,  see  for- 
ward; Mary  A.,  died  young;  Joanna,  married 
Barney  S.  Bean;  Mary  A.,  married  Jason  Lord. 

Rachel  Simpson,  daughter  of  Captain  John 
and  Rachel  (Sullivan)  Simpson,  was  born  at  Sul- 
livan, Maine,  April  22,  1793,  and  died  there,  Sep- 
tember 2,  1844.  She  married,  November  13,  1815;, 
Hiram  Emery,  mentioned  above. 


DANIEL  WALLACE  BRUNEL— The  Brunei 
family,  of  which  Daniel  Wallace  Brunei,  of  Port- 
land, Maine,  is  the  present  representative,  rep- 


resents the  best  type  of  old  Maine  stock,  whose 
hardy  virtues  and  abilities  we  have  come  to  as- 
sociate with  the  "Pine  Tree  State."  His  father, 
Alphonso  Brunei,  was  a  native  of  New  Bruns- 
wick, Maine,  but  came  to  Portland  while  still 
in  early  manhood  and  made  his  home  there  per- 
manently, with  the  exception  of  a  few  years 
spent  in  Massachusetts.  He  was  engaged  in  a 
retail  book  and  stationery  business  for  many 
years  in  Portland,  and  it  was  in  this  city  that 
his  death  eventually  occurred  March  20,  1884,  at 
the  age  of  sixty-three  years.  He  was  very  active 
in  the  public  affairs  of  the  community,  and  was 
for  many  years  closely  connected  with  the  city 
government  and  served  on  the  Common  Coun- 
cil and  the  Board  of  Aldermen  several  years. 
He  was  married  to  Lydia  Gorton,  a  native  of 
Lowell,  Massachusetts,  who  died  in  Portland, 
August  12,  1893,  and  they  were  the  parents  of 
nine  children,  of  whom  only  two  survive  at  the 
present  time  (1917).  Five  of  these  children  died 
in  infancy  and  early  childhood  and  the  other 
four  were  as  follows:  Frederick,  who  died  De- 
cember 16,  1916;  was  engaged  in  the  insurance 
business  in  Portland  for  a  number  of  years;  left 
a  wife  and  a  son,  Roger  F.  Brunei.  2.  Leander 
G.,  of  Portland,  who  died  in  February,  1917; 
married  Louise  M.  Dearing,  now  deceased,  bv 
whom  he  had  two  sons,  Thomas  A.,  and  Rich- 
ard Brunei.  3.  Julia,  who  is  now  the  widow 
of  Marshal  M.  Duroy,  of  Portland,  to  whom  she 
bore  two  children,  Margaret  D.  and  Gertrude 
C.  4.  Daniel  Wallace,  with  whose  career  we  are 
concerned  in  this  sketch. 

Born  October  24,  1858,  in  the  city  of  Portland, 
Maine,  Daniel  Wallace  Brunei,  son  of  Alphonso 
and  Lydia  (Gorton)  Brunei,  has  made  his  na- 
tive city  his  home  consistently  from  the  time 
of  his  birth  to  the  present.  He  attended  the 
local  public  schools  for  his  education  until  he 
had  reached  the  age  of  sixteen  years,  when  he 
gave  up  his  studies  and  secured  a  position  in 
the  office  of  R.  G.  Dun  &  Company,  in  the 
humble  capacity  of  office  boy.  Some  time  after 
that  he  secured  a  position  as  bookkeeper  with 
the  B.  B.  Farnsworth  Shoe  Company  and  re- 
mained with  that  firm  until  the  year  1894.  In 
the  meantime  he  had  learned  with  the  utmost 
thoroughness  all  the  details  of  the  shoe  business, 
so  that  when  in  1894  the  opportunity  arose  for 
him  to  become  independent,  he  at  once  selected 
this  line  as  being  the  most  appropriate.  Ac- 
cordingly he  established  the  concern  which  was 
at  that  time  known  as  the  Brunel-Higgins  Shoe 
Company.  In  his  enterprise  he  was  eminently 


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successful,  the  business  growing  rapidly  until 
in  1905  Mr.  Brunei  secured  complete  control 
of  its  affairs  and  the  old  firm  was  merged  into 
the  present,  which  operates  under  the  name  of 
the  D.  W.  Brunei  Shoe  Company.  Still  greater 
advances  were  made  in  growth  and  development 
after  this  event,  and  the  establishment  at  No. 
121  to  125  Middle  street,  Portland,  is  now  one 
of  the  handsomest  and  best  equipped  in  the 
city.  Of  this  concern  Mr.  Brunei  holds  the  dou- 
ble office  of  president  and  treasurer,  and  it  is 
due  to  his  own  admirable  business  foresight, 
in  conjunction  with  his  perseverence  and  indus- 
try and  the  loyalty  of  his  employees,  that  the 
great  concern  has  been  built  up.  He  devotes 
practically  his  whole  time  and  energy  to  the 
affairs  of  this  business  and  is  regarded  among  his 
fellows  as  one  of  the  most  successful  and  sub- 
stantial merchants  in  the  city.  Such  time  as 
Mr.  Brunei  can  spare  to  recreation  and  pastime 
from  the  onerous  demands  made  upon  his  time 
and  energies  by  his  business,  he  spends  either 
in  the  intimate  intercourse  of  his  own  house- 
hold or  engaging  in  those  eminently  wholesome 
sports  of  automobiling  and  fishing.  Mr.  Brunei 
has  been  a  staunch  Republican  in  politics  all 
his  life,  and  while  it  has  been  impossible  for  so 
busy  a  man  to  take  up  actively  political  af- 
fairs, he  has  nevertheless  fully  lived  up  to  the 
duties  and  obligations  of  the  good  citizen.  In 
his  religious  belief  he  is  a  Baptist  and  attends 
the  First  Church  of  this  denomination  in  Port- 
land, where  he  is  active  in  advancing  its  cause. 

On  October  23,  1879,  Daniel  Wallace  Brunei 
was  united  in  marriage  in  the  city  of  Portland 
with  Margaret  E.  Wescott,  a  native  of  that  city, 
a  daughter  of  William  Henry  and  Elizabeth  A. 
Wescott,  old  and  highly  honored  residents  there. 
Her  father,  Mr.  Wescott,  died  while  she  was 
yet  a  little  child,  but  her  mother  still  resides 
in  Portland  and  has  attained  the  venerable  age 
of  eighty  years.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brunei  one 
child  has  been  born:  Maude  Alice,  who  became 
the  wife  of  Philip  Henry  Houston,  of  Portland, 
who  is  associated  with  her  father  as  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  D.  W.  Brunei  Shoe  Company. 

Mr.  Brunei  is  a  man  of  the  greatest  energy, 
and  is  connected  with  most  of  the  movements 
undertaken  for  the  advancement  of  the  commu- 
nity. He  is  highly  public-spirited,  and  is  al- 
ways ready  to  give  whatever  aid  he  can  to  such 
enterprises,  either  in  the  way  of  money  or  ef- 
fort. He  is  instrumental  in  stimulating  the  in- 
dustrial development  of  the  city  in  a  large  meas- 
ure, sparing  no  pains  to  this  end.  He  is  a  man 


of  the   highest   principles,   of  unimpeachable   in- 
tegrity, and  an  unfailing  sense  of  justice. 

GERRY  LYNN  BROOKS— The  gaining  of 
great  material  wealth  for  himself  and  a  po- 
sition of  power  and  control  in  the  business  world 
of  Portland,  Mfune,  has  been  in  no  wise  incom- 
patible in  the  case  of  Gerry  Lynn  Brooks  with 
the  great  and  invaluable  service  which  he  ren- 
ders to  the  community  of  which  he  is  so  dis- 
tinguished a  member.  Preeminently  a  man  of 
affairs,  he  made  his  enterprises  subserve  the 
double  purpose  of  his  own  ambition  and  the 
welfare  of  his  fellows.  Portland  is  the  scene  of 
his  life-long  labors  in  connection  with  the  many 
enterprises  with  which  his  name  is  associated, 
and  his  memory  is  there  held  in  the  highest 
respect  and  veneration  by  all  who  know  him 
personally  and  by  the  community-at-large  which 
feels  strongly  how  great  is  the  debt  of  grati- 
tude it  owes  him.  Mr.  Brooks  is  a  member  of 
an  old  and  distinguished  Maine  family,  which  was 
founded  in  this  country  about  the  time  of  the 
Revolutionary  War  by  three  brothers  of  that 
name,  who  came  from  England  and  settled  at 
once  in  Maine. 

Mr.  Brooks'  grandfather,  William  Brooks,  was 
born  in  the  charming  old  town  of  Woodstock 
in  that  State,  and  for  many  years  followed  the 
occupation  of  farming  in  its  near  vicinity.  Later 
in  life  he  removed  to  the  town  of  Grafton,  where 
he  was  postmaster  for  a  time  and  where  he 
eventually  died  many  years  ago  at  the  age  of 
eighty  years.  He  and  his  wife  were  the  par- 
ents of  seven  children,  as  follows:  Albert,  Otis, 
Aldana,  the  father  of  the  Mr.  Brooks  of  this 
sketch;  Panama,  and  three  children  now  de- 
ceased. Those  mentioned  by  name  are  at  pres- 
ent all  making  their  home  in  various  parts  of 
Maine. 

Mr.  Brooks'  father,  Aldana  Brooks,  was  born 
at  Woodstock,  Maine,  January  7,  1858,  and  now 
(1917)  lives  in  the  town  of  Upton,  where  he 
is  the  manager  of  a  large  estate.  During  his 
entire  life  he  has  been  a  staunch  Republican, 
and  has  been  active  in  local  political  affairs  for 
many  years.  He  has  served  as  a  member  of 
the  board  of  selectmen  of  Upton  for  a  long 
period  and  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  dis- 
interested officials  and  public-spirited  citizens  of 
the  place.  He  married  Mary  King,  a  native  of 
Boston,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  four  chil- 
dren, all  of  whom  are  at  present  living,  as  fol- 
lows: Gerry  Lynn,  of  whom  further;  Harry  B., 
who  resides  in  the  city  of  Boston,  Massachu- 


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setts,  where  he  is  engaged  in  business  as  the 
credit  man  for  the  Staples  Coal  Company,  mar- 
ried Ethel  Sanborn,  of  Bethel,  Maine;  Addie 
Agnes,  now  Mrs.  Dr.  Widd  B.  Twaddle,  of  Frye- 
burg,  Maine;  Dana  Grover,  who  is  engaged  in 
a  hardware  store  at  Bethel,  Maine. 

Born  September  27,  1878,  at  Upton,  Maine, 
Gerry  Lynn  Brooks  spent  the  years  of  his  child- 
hood in  his  native  place.  It  was  there  that  he 
gained  the  preliminary  portion  of  his  education, 
attending  for  this  purpose  the  local  public 
schools.  In  the  year  1898  he  graduated  from 
Gould  Academy,  where  he  was  prepared  for  col- 
lege, and  shortly  afterwards  entered  the  law 
school  in  connection  with  the  Maine  University, 
he  having  in  the  meantime  decided  to  make  law 
his  profession  in  life.  He  graduated  from  this 
institution  in  the  year  1906,  was  admitted  to  the 
bar,  and  shortly  afterwards  established  himself 
in  practice  in  the  city  of  Portland.  This  was 
in  the  month  of  January,  1907,  and  he  now  has 
an  office  at  No.  85  Exchange  street  and  con- 
ducts a  large  and  important  legal  business  there. 
He  is  at  the  present  time  one  of  the  recog- 
nized leaders  of  the  Cumberland  county  bar.  Mr. 
Brooks  is  a  very  prominent  figure  in  the  gen- 
eral life  of  the  community  and  is  intimately  iden- 
tified with  many  of  the  most  important  organiza- 
tions of  the  city.  Mr.  Brooks  is  active  in  the 
Masonic  Order,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Eco- 
nomic Club  and  of  the  Young  People's  Chris- 
tian Union  and  State  treasurer  of  the  latter  or- 
ganization. Has  been  secretary  of  the  Marine 
Committee  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  for 
three  years,  and  has  done  very  effective  work 
in  that  organization.  In  the  matter  of  his  re- 
ligious belief,  Mr.  Brooks  is  a  Universalist,  has 
for  many  years  been  associated  with  the  Con- 
gress Square  Church  of  this  denomination,  has 
been  very  active  in  the  work  of  this  body  and 
has  served  in  the  capacity  of  secretary  for  a 
number  of  years.  He  is  also  keenly  interested 
in  Sunday  school  work  and  is  the  leader  of  the 
Men's  Bible  Class. 

On  October  12,  1909,  Gerry  Lynn  Brooks  was 
united  in  marriage  at  the  town  of  Bangor,  Maine, 
with  Mildred  Maud  Mason,  a  native  of  Belfast 
Maine,  a  daughter  of  Howard  F.  and  Clara  F. 
(Moore)  Mason.  Mr.  Mason's  death  occurred  in 
1914,  but  Mrs.  Mason  is  at  present  residing  in 
Portland.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brooks  one  child 
has  been  born,  Aldana,  May  27,  1911. 

Important  as  is  the  service  rendered  Portland 
and  the  entire  section  of  the  State  by  Mr.  Brooks 
in  his  business  operations,  it  is  not  by  any  means 


thus  that  his  whole  influence  is  to  be  reckoned 
up.  He  is  one  of  those  men  who  seem  to 
realize  instinctively  the  best  things  for  a  com- 
munity, and  given  such  realization  he  is  not  one 
to  shirk  his  duty  to  support  them  at  whatever 
cost  to  himself.  There  are  very  few  movements 
of  importance  undertaken  for  the  welfare  of  any 
of  his  fellows  that  Mr.  Brooks  does  not  see  his 
way  clear  to  assist  to  the  best  of  his  ability. 
He  is  a  man  who  to  the  sterling  virtues  of  a 
simple  honor  and  courage  adds  many  charms  of 
personality,  such  as  drawing  friends  and  ad- 
mirers about  one,  and  he  possesses  a  host  of 
these.  A  candid,  open,  bearing  bespeaks  the 
truly  democratic  heart  within  which  values  men 
for  their  essential  qualities  and  for  no  external 
circumstances  whatsoever.  This  is  probably  what 
most  men  feel  to  be  the  very  primary  qualifica- 
tion in  their  friends  and  instinctively  feel  drawn 
to  Mr.  Brooks  accordingly. 


EDWIN  M.  FRYE— A  "self-made  man"  in  the 
best  sense  of  the  word,  Mr.  Frye  has  worked  his 
way  from  "before  the  mast"  to  a  high  position 
in  the  business  world.  His  business  quality  is 
conceded  by  all,  and  to  this  he  adds  highest 
reputation  as  a  man  of  clean  life  and  sterling 
integrity.  He  is  a  son  of  John  F.  and  Helen 
M.  Frye,  his  father  a  master  ship  carpenter. 

Edwin  M.  Frye  was  born  in  Columbia,  Maine, 
November  27,  1870,  and  there  attended  public 
school.  Early  in  life  he  went  to  sea  as  a  fore- 
mast hand  on  the  schooner  Helen,  and  for 
twelve  years  followed  the  sea,  during  that  period 
acquiring  a  knowledge  of  bookkeeping  through 
self  study,  his  only  teacher  a  course  in  book- 
keeping published  by  Bryant  &  Stratton.  Thus 
when  he  finally  gave  up  the  sea  he  was  able  to 
enter  business  life  without  a  handicap.  During 
the  Spanish-American  War  he  enlisted  in  the 
United  States  Navy  as  "able  seaman"  and  was 
assigned  to  the  United  States  ship  Dolphin. 
After  returning  from  the  Navy  he  became  fa- 
miliar with  the  pulpwood  business,  and  in  1903 
engaged  in  that  business  as  a  member  of  the 
firm,  Plummer  &  Frye,  his  partner,  O.  S.  Plum- 
mer.  That  firm  dissolved  after  successful  opera- 
tion for  several  years,  and  in  1908  Mr.  TYye,  in 
association  with  Charles  A.  Coffin,  formed  the 
partnership,  E.  M.  Frye  &  Company.  Two  years 
later  ill  health  compelled  Mr.  Coffin's  retirement, 
Mr.  Frye  purchasing  his  interest,  but  later  ad- 
mitted B.  W.  Brown,  of  Millbridge,  to  half  in- 
terest in  the  business.  In  1911  E.  M.  Frye  & 
Company  was  succeeded  by  the  Frye  Pulp  Wood 


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Company,  a  corporation  of  which  E.  M.  Frye 
was  treasurer  and  general  manager.  That  com- 
pany did  a  large  business  in  pulpwood  in  Wash- 
ington and  Hancock  counties,  Maine,  the  com- 
pany giving  way  in  turn  to  the  Pejepscot  Paper 
Company,  in  1917,  Mr.  Frye  becoming  manager 
of  the  Washington  county  branch  of  that  com- 
pany. 

In  1917  Mr.  Frye  and  C.  B.  Flynn  formed  the 
Frye-Flynn  Company,  a  corporation  engaging  in 
ship  building.  The  same  year  the  company 
launched  two  schooners,  Lucy  Evelyn  and 
Liszie  D.  Peabody,  and  in  1918  bought  out  all 
other  interests  in  the  Frye-Flynn  Company  and 
became  its  sole  owner.  In  the  fall  of  1918  he 
launched  the  four-masted  schooner,  Sally  Persis 
Noyes,  and  at  the  present  time  two  other  four- 
masted  schooners  are  on  the  ways  and  will  go 
"overboard"  during  the  summer  of  1919.  While 
Mr.  Frye  is  sole  owner  of  this  company,  it  is 
a  corporation,  his  fourteen  year  old  son,  George 
W.  Frye,  being  the  nominal  president  of  the  com- 
pany, duly  elected.  While  still  operating  with 
Mr.  Flynn  as  a  partner  in  1917,  Mr.  Frye  or- 
ganized the  E.  M.  Frye  Packing  Company,  to 
succeed  the  original  E.  M.  Frye  &  Company. 
Later  he  bought  out  all  the  other  stockholders 
and  became  sole  owner,  electing  his  son,  George 
W.,  the  nominal  president.  These  companies  are 
"going"  concerns,  and  under  the  management  of 
their  able,  energetic  owner  and  manager  are  most 
successful.  Mr.  Frye  is  a  member  of  the  Ma- 
sonic Order,  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  Improved 
Order  of  Red  Men  and  the  Patrons  of  Hus- 
bandry. He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and 
from  1912  to  1915  was  a  member  of  the  State 
Republican  Committee  from  Washington  county. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  and  is  always  ready  to  "lend  a  hand"  in 
aid  of  any  good  cause. 

Mr.  Frye  married  in  Columbia,  Maine,  April  I, 
1893,  Mabel  A.,  daughter  of  William  and  Irene 
N'.  Walsh.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frye  are  the  parents 
of  a  daughter  and  son:  Ellen  I.,  born  December 
10,  1901,  and  George  W.,  July  16,  1904.  The 
family  home  is  at  Harrington,  Maine. 


ALFRED  MITCHELL,  JR.,  M.D.— If  there 
are  two  things  which  we  associate  with  the  State 
of  Maine  above  all  others,  they  are  its  great 
lumber  industry  and  the  splendid  race  of  sea- 
faring men  which  it  has  produced.  Indeed  tiie 
pine  forests  and  the  sea  are,  or  have  been  in 
a  comparatively  recent  past,  most  closely  re- 
lated, since  it  has  been  from  the  wood  cut  from 


the  first  of  these  that  the  famous  ships  whic-i 
so  long  held  an  unrivaled  place  in  the  commerce 
of  the  world  were  fashioned.  It  is  from  sturdy 
old  Main  stock,  from  a  family  whose  members 
have  been  identified  with  the  hardy  life  of  the 
sea,  that  Dr.  Alfred  Mitchell,  Jr.,  of  Portland, 
is  descended,  his  family  having  resided  in  the 
quaint  old  town  of  Yarmouth,  where  were  cen- 
tered so  many  interests  connected  with  the  build- 
ing and  saving  of  America's  great  merchant 
marine  of  the  past  century. 

Tristram  G.  Mitchell,  grandfather  of  Dr. 
Mitchell,  was  born  at  Yarmouth,  Maine,  and  was 
one  of  the  old  sea  captains  for  which  the  State 
was  famous.  He  always  maintained  his  resi- 
dence in  that  town,  and  his  death  occurred  there. 
He  married  Elizabeth  Chandler,  also  a  native 
of  Yarmouth,  Maine,  and  they  were  the  parents 
of  one  child,  Alfred. 

Dr.  Alfred  Mitchell  was  born  at  Yarmouth, 
Maine,  March  17,  1837,  and  there  passed  the 
years  of  his  youth.  He  graduated  from  Bowdoin 
College  in  1859  with  the  degree  of  A.B.,  re- 
ceived from  the  same  institution  the  degree  of 
A.M.  in  1862  and  the  degree  of  LL.D.  in  1907. 
He  later  attended  the  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons  of  New  York  City,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1865,  receiving 
the  degree  of  M.D.  He  chose  as  his  place  of 
residence  the  town  of  Brunswick,  Maine,  where 
he  engaged  in  the  active  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion, and  by  his  ability  and  skill  won  and  re- 
tained an  extensive  patronage.  He  was  one  of 
the  very  prominent  members  of  the  medical  fra- 
ternity in  his  native  State,  his  fame  and  reputa- 
tion extending  throughout  its  length  and  breadth. 
The  ability  of  a  man  to  rise  above  the  ranks 
and  attain  a  position  of  prominence  in  his 
chosen  calling  presupposes  a  strength  above  the 
average,  a  stability  of  character  that  will  endure 
all  discouragement  and  disappointments  and  in 
the  end  triumph  over  every  impediment  that  ob- 
structs the  pathway  to  success.  Dr.  Mitchell  was 
a  man  who  attained  honor  and  prestige  in  his 
native  State  by  personal  merits,  by  integrity  of 
character  and  by  a  strict  adherence  to  the  high- 
est standards  of  principle.  He  served  as  assist- 
ant surgeon  of  the  Ninth  Regiment  of  Maine 
Volunteer  Infantry,  and  was  a  well  known  au- 
thority on  many  branches  of  medicine.  He  was 
lecturer  in  therapeutics  and  pathology  and  pro- 
fessor of  obstetrics  and  the  diseases  of  children 
at  the  Medical  School  of  Maine,  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege, and  later  was  professor  of  internal  medi- 
cine and  dean  for  many  years  of  the  School  of 


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Medicine,  Brunswick,  Maine.  He  took  an  active 
part  in  the  general  interests  of  his  profession, 
and  was  president  of  the  Maine  Medical  Asso- 
ciation during  the  years  1892-93.  In  addition  to 
his  many  excellent  characteristics,  Dr.  Mitchell 
was  a  man  of  patriotism  and  public  spirit,  per- 
forming his  full  share  in  defending  the  honor 
and  integrity  of  this  great  Republic,  and  held 
membership  in  the  Loyal  Legion  of  Maine,  serv- 
ing as  its  commander  in  the  State  in  1910-11. 
Dr.  Mitchell  married  Abbie  E.  Swett,  a  native 
of  Phippsburg,  Maine,  and  they  were  the  par- 
ents of  five  children:  Harold,  died  in  infancy; 
Elizabeth,  wife  of  Horace  Burrough,  Jr.,  of  Bal- 
timore, Maryland;  Alfred,  of  whom  further; 
Frances  S.,  wife  of  Henry  S.  Chapman,  of  Win- 
chester, Massachusetts,  a  son  of  Professor  Henry 
L.  Chapman,  of  Bowdoin  College;  and  John  L., 
a  graduate  of  Bowdoin  College,  a  resident  of 
Manchester,  New  Hampshire,  where  he  is  en- 
gaged as  an.  overseer  in  the  Amoskeag  Mills. 
Dr.  Mitchell,  after  a  long  and  useful  career,  died 
June  13,  1915,  at  Brunswick,  aged  seventy-eight 
years. 

Dr.  Alfred  Mitchell,  Jr.,  was  born  at  Bruns- 
wick, Maine,  December  6,  1872.  He  received  the 
preliminary  portion  of  his  education  at  the  local 
public  schools,  after  which  he  attended  the  High 
School,  in  preparation  for  college,  and  after 
graduating  therefrom,  matriculated  at  Bowdoin 
College  in  1895  and  graduated  from  the  Medical 
School  of  that  institution  in  1898.  He  began 
his  active  career  by  serving  as  assistant  surgeon 
of  the  East  Branch  of  the  National  Home  for 
the  Disabled  Volunteer  Soldier,  where  he  re- 
inained  until  1901.  He  later  went  to  Johns 
Hopkins  Medical  School,  at  Baltimore,  where 
he  took  a  post-graduate  course  for  one  year.  He 
chose  Portland,  Maine,  as  the  scene  of  his  active 
professional  career,  opened  an  office  at  No.  657 
Congress  street,  and  has  remained  there  ever 
since.  Dr.  Mitchell,  in  line  with  the  tendency  of  the 
present  day  which  is  all  towards  a  higher  and  higher 
degree  of  specialization,  devotes  his  attention 
particularly  to  genito-urinary  diseases,  and  is  a 
recognized  authority  in  this  branch  of  his  sci- 
ence. He  is  universally  regarded  as  one  of  the 
most  eminent  physicians  in  the  State,  and  his 
private  practice  is  a  very  large  and  remunerative 
one.  He  is  professor  of  genito-urinary  diseases 
at  the  Bowdoin  Medical  School,  genito-urinary 
surgeon  at  the  Maine  General  Hospital  and  con- 
sulting surgeon  to  both  the  Children's  and  the 
Weber  hospitals.  Dr.  Mitchell  is  a  fellow  of 


the  American  College  of  Surgeons,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  American  Urological  Society,  the 
Maine  Medical  Association,  the  American  Med- 
ical Association,  the  New  England  Surgical  So- 
ciety, as  well  as  of  many  other  medical  associa- 
tions and  clubs.  Outside  of  his  professional 
circle,  he  holds  membership  in  the  Cumberland 
Club,  the  Portland  Club  and  the  Country  Club 
of  Portland. 

The  true  physician,  in  the  exercise  of  his  ben- 
eficent calling,  heeds  neither  nationality  nor  dis- 
tinction of  class.  Alike  to  him  are  the  prince 
and  the  pauper,  and  into  both  the  palace  and 
the  hovel  he  comes  as  a  messenger  of  hope 
and  healing.  The  acquisition  is  nothing  to  him 
save  as  a  means  of  giving  a  material  form  and 
practical  force  to  his  projects  for  the  uplifting 
of  humanity.  Many  there  are  in  the  ranks  of 
this  illustrious  profession,  to  the  honor  of  human 
nature  be  it  said,  to  whom  the  above  descrip- 
tion would  apply,  and  not  only  the  voice  of  his 
home  city,  Portland,  but  of  his  entire  native 
State,  Maine,  will  declare  that  of  none  could  it 
be  said  with  greater  truthfulness  than  of  Dr. 
Mitchell. 

Woodbury  Swett,  maternal  grandfather  of  Dr. 
Mitchell,  was  born  in  Georgetown,  Maine,  and 
later  removed  to  Phippsburg,  Maine,  where  he 
engaged  in  the  ship  building  industry.  He  mar- 
ried Lydia  Owen,  a  native  of  Georgetown,  Maine, 
and  they  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: Abbie  E.,  mother  of  Dr.  Mitchell;  Nancy 
P.,  widow  of  D.  W.  Thompson,  and  resides 
in  Santa  Barbara,  California;  Tewksbury  L.,  for 
many  years  a  ship  broker  in  Portland,  now  de- 
ceased; Frances  D.,  who  makes  her  home  with 
Dr.  Mitchell;  Jennie  M.,  wife  of  Bion  Wilson,  of 
Portland;  and  James,  who  makes  his  home  in 
California,  where  he  is  in  business  as  a  rancher. 


HARRISON  CLYDE  JOSSELYN— Like  so 
many  of  the  ancient  English  surnames,  the  name 
of  Josselyn  is  found  in  many  different  forms, 
both  in  that  country  and  in  America,  where  it 
is  now  represented  by  a  number  of  branches. 
We  find  it,  for  instance,  spelled  Joscelyn,  Josse- 
line,  Joslin,  Josslyne,  Joslen,  and  Josselyn,  as  in 
the  case  of  the  family  of  Harrison  Clyde  Josse- 
lyn, with  whom  we  are  particularly  concerned. 
The  Josselyns  came  to  England  with  William  the 
Conqueror  and  were  of  Norman  origin.  They 
took  part  in  the  Battle  of  Hastings,  and  were 
granted  estates  in  Lincolnshire,  where  for  many 
years  they  were  seated  and  occupied  a  distin- 


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guished  place  among  the  aristocratic  families  of 
the  region.  The  Earl  of  Roden  was  a  Josselyn, 
and  we  find  two  Lord  Mayors  of  the  City  of 
London  who  bore  the  name  of  Josselyn  in  1472 
and  1476.  There  was  an  Abbot  Joceline  of  the 
famous  Melrose  Abbey  in  1170,  A.  D.,  who  be- 
came bishop  of  Glasgow,  in  1174,  A.  D.  The 
first  of  the  family  to  appear  in  this  country  was 
one  Thomas,  who  spelled  his  name  Josselyne, 
and  who  is  described  as  a  husbandman.  He 
sailed  from  London  in  the  good  ship  Increase, 
and  landed  in  New  England,  April  17,  1635,  at 
which  time  he  was,  according  to  the  records, 
forty-three  years  of  age.  He  lived  at  Hingham 
and  Lancaster,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was  a 
proprietor,  and  seems  to  have  taken  a  consider- 
able part  in  public  affairs.  From  him  the  line 
descends  through  Abraham,  Henry,  Henry  (2), 
Isaac,  Alden,  William  Harrison,  and  Theodore 
Alden,  the  father  of  Harrison  Clyde  Josselyn, 
of  this  sketch. 

Theodore  Alden  Josselyn  was  a  native  of  Phil- 
lips, Franklin  county,  Maine,  where  he  was  born 
December  18,  1842.  He  graduated  from,  the 
Maine  Weslyan  Seminary  in  1864,  with  the  high- 
est honors,  and  five  years  later  removed  to  Port- 
land and  made  that  city  his  home  until  his  death, 
October  4,  1905.  He  was  a  very  prominent  busi- 
ness man  in  Portland  and  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  Butler,  Josselyn  &  Son,  later  Josselyn  & 
Company,  and  finally  Brown  &  Josselyn.  He 
was  an  active  and  prominent  Republican,  .was  a 
member  of  the  City  Council  and  an  alderman, 
and  served  for  two  years  in  the  State  Legisla- 
ture. He  was  very  public  spirited  and  did  much 
for  the  development  of  his  home  town,  espe- 
cially in  connection  with  the  development  of  the 
industrial  and  financial  affairs  of  the  city,  for 
which  he  did  a  great  deal  in  his  capacity  as  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Trade.  He  was  a  di- 
rector in  the  Canal  National  Bank,  and  a  trustee 
of  the  Maine  Wesleyan  Seminary  and  Woman's 
College.  A  man  of  large  charities,  he  enjoyed 
the  highest  respect  and  popularity  of  his  fel- 
low-citizens, and  bore  a  well  deserved  reputation 
for  the  most  unimpeachable  integrity  and  busi- 
ness honor.  He  married,  May  31,  1866,  Lorania 
Rand,  like  himself  a  native  of  Phillips,  where  she 
was  born  May  8,  1844,  a  daughter  of  Ephraim 
and  Louisa  A.  Rand,  of  that  town.  Two  chil- 
dren were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Josselyn,  as 
follows:  Harrison  Clyde,  who  is  mentioned  at 
length  below,  and  Everett  Rand. 

Harrison  Clyde  Josselyn,  son  of  Theodore  Al- 
den and  Lorania  (Rand)  Josselyn,  was  born  at 


Farmington,  Maine,  August  9,  1870.  His  early 
education  was  received  in  the  public  schools  of 
Portland,  whither  he  had  removed  with  his  par- 
ents immediately  after  his  birth,  and  he  later 
attended  the  Phillips  Andover  Academy,  at  An- 
dover,  Massachusetts,  from  which  he  graduated 
with  the  class  of  1892.  Upon  completing  his 
studies  in  the  latter  institution,  he  secured  a 
clerical  position  with  the  firm  of  Brown  &  Josse- 
lyn, of  which  his  father  was  a  member,  and  re- 
mained in  this  capacity  until  the  year  1897,  when 
he  was  admitted  to  partnership  therein.  The 
senior  partner,  Augustus  D.  Brown,  had  died  in 
1890,  and  the  business  was  at  this  time  entirely 
under  the  control  of  his  father,  Theodore  Alden 
Josselyn,  so  that  upon  the  death  of  the  latter, 
Harrison  Clyde  Josselyn  and  his  brother,  Everett 
Rand  Josselyn,  succeeded  to  the  large  business 
and  continued  it  with  a  high  degree  of  success. 
The  firm  continues  to  this  day  to  do  a  very  large 
and  remunerative  business  under  the  capable 
management  of  the  Messrs.  Josselyn,  and  is  now 
one  of  the  oldest  and  most  substantial  firms 
in  that  part  of  New  England.  Throughout  the 
career  of  many  years,  the  firm  has  always  stood 
for  integrity  and  the  highest  standard  of  busi- 
ness ethics,  and  it  bears  the  same  reputation  to- 
day that  it  enjoyed  many  years  ago.  It  is  en- 
gaged in  a  general  commission  business  and  deals 
in  flour,  grain,  and  feed,  which  commodities  it 
distributes  throughout  Maine  and  Eastern  and 
Northern  New  Hampshire.  While  Mr.  Josselyn 
is  keenly  interested  in  public  affairs  generally, 
and  is  a  staunch  supporter  of  the  principles  and 
policies  of  the  Republican  party,  his  business  in- 
terests are  so  large  and  the  duties  connected 
with  them  so  onerous  that  he  has  never  taken 
part  in  public  life  for  which  his  talents  so  emi- 
nently fit  him.  He  is,  however,  a  prominent  fig- 
ure in  club  and  fraternal  circles  in  Portland, 
and  is  conspicuously  identified  with  the  Masonic 
order,  being  a  member  of  Ancient  Landmark 
Lodge,  No.  17,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons; 
Mount  Vernon  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons; 
Portland  Council,  No.  4,  Royal  and  Select  Mas- 
ters; and  Portland  Commandery,  No.  2,  Knights 
Templar.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Maine 
Genealogical  Society  of  Portland,  and  of  several 
clubs  in  the  city.  It  has  already  been  recorded 
that  his  father  was  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Board  of  Trade  of  Portland,  and  his  place  has 
been  taken  in  that  organization  by  his  son. 

On  April  5,  1899,  Mr.  Josselyn  was  united  in 
marriage,  at  Portland,  with  Alice  S.  Chase,  a 
native  of  that  city,  where  she  was  born,  Jan- 


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uary  n,  1875,  the  only  child  of  Charles  S.  and 
Louise  K.  (Sawyer)  Chase,  old  and  highly  re- 
spected residents  there. 


HENRY  LYMAN  MITCHELL,  Lawyer,  was 
born  at  Unity,  Maine,  February  6,  1841,  son  of 
Solomon  Stuart  and  Lucinda  (Tyler)  Mitchell, 
and  a  descendant  of  Experience  Mitchell,  who 
came  to  this  country  from  Scotland  in  the  ship 
Ann,  in  1623,  and  settled  at  Plymouth,  Massa- 
chusetts, removing  to  Duxbury  in  1631,  and  later 
to  Bridgewater,  Massachusetts;  from  him  and  his 

wife,  Jane  ,  the  line  is  traced  through 

their  son,  Jacob,  and  his  wife,  Mary  ; 

their  son  Jacob  and  his  wife,  Susanna  Pope;  their 
son  Jacob  and  his  wife,  Deliverance  Kingman; 
their  son  John  and  his  wife,  Rachel  Gushing; 
and  their  son  Isaac  and  his  wife,  Mary  Weston; 
who  were  the  grandparents  of  Henry  L.  Mitchell. 
His  father  was  a  farmer  and  millman. 

Henry  L.  Mitchell  was  educated  in  graded 
schools  and  by  private  tutors.  For  two  years 
he  served  as  assistant  under  Professor  J.  H. 
Sawyer,  at  Corinna  Academy.  Beginning  the 
study  of  law  in  1865,  he  was  admitted  to  the 
Maine  bar  in  1870,  to  the  United  States  Circuit 
Court  in  1880,  and  to  the  United  States  Court 
of  Appeals  in  1891.  Since  his  admission  to  the 
bar  he  has  practised  law  in  Bangor,  Maine, 
where  he  has  attained  an  enviable  position  in  his 
profession.  For  ten  consecutive  years  he  was 
elected  city  attorney  of  Bangor,  without  can- 
vassing for  the  office,  and  while  in  that  position 
the  Piscataquis  Railroad,  in  which  Hie  city  of 
Bangor  had  a  two  million  dollar  interest,  was 
disposed  of.  By  his  efforts,  also,  the  railroad 
excise  tax  was  restored  on  the  European  North 
American  Railway,  in  which  the  people  of 
Bangor  held  $1,900,000  in  securities  which  had 
not  been  taxed  for  several  years;  the  famous 
case  concerning  the  "Hersey  Trust  Fund,"  for 
the  erection  of  a  new  city  hall,  was  disposed  of 
in  favor  of  the  city,  requiring  a  special  act; 
a  law  was  passed  by  the  Legislature  placing  the 
police  force  upon  a  permanent  basis.  The  fire 
department  was  reorganized  and  other  matters 
of  importance  to  the  people  of  the  city  were 
accomplished.  He  has  tried  more  civil  cases 
in  the  State  and  the  United  States  Court,  and 
won  more  verdicts  in  proportion,  than  any  other 
member  of  the  Penobscot  Bar  Association.  It 
has  been  his  rule  and  pride  to  regard  his  promise 
as  binding  as  his  bond  and  seal. 

Mr.  Mitchell  was  a  member  of  the  first  Maine 


Cavalary  Volunteers,  and  was  severely  wounded 
at  the  battle  of  Winchester,  Virginia,  and  has 
ever  since  suffered  from  the  same.  He  was  ad- 
jutant of  the  Second  Maine's  Volunteers;  col- 
onel of  the  Second  Maine  Regiment,  Maine  Vol- 
unteer Militia,  and  for  a  number  of  years  brig- 
adier-general, commanding  the  first  brigade, 
Maine  Volunteer  Militia.  In  1895  he  organized 
the  Penobscot  Loan  &  Building  Association,  and 
has  been  a  director  and  its  attorney  since  that 
time.  He  procured  the  charter  for  the  Bangor, 
Hampden  &  Winterport  Railway,  and  was  its 
president  until  it  was  purchased  by  the  Bangor 
Electric  and  Railway  Company.  He  is  a  past 
chancellor  of  Norembega  Lodge,  No.  5,  now 
Condeskeag,  No.  53,  Knights  of  Pythias;  past 
master  workman  of  Bangor  Lodge,  No.  7,  An- 
cient Order  of  United  Workmen,  and  past  post 
commander  of  Hannibal  Hamlin  Post,  No.  65, 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  In  politics  he  is 
a  Republican,  and  in  religious  faith  an  independ- 
ent Congregationalist  (Unitarian).  He  is  a  char- 
ter member  of  the  Tarratine  Club,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Country  and  Canoe  clubs.  His  fa- 
vorite diversion  is  reading  history  and  literary 
works. 

Mr.  Mitchell  married,  in  Albion,  Maine,  Sep- 
tember 22,  1880,  Emma  L.  Rider,  daughter  of 
Dr.  Robert  E.  Rider,  of  Washington,  Maine. 


DR.    AUGUSTUS    SPAULDING    THAYER 

was  the  sixth  child  and  second  son  of  America 
and  Caroline  (Prentiss)  Thayer,  and  was  born 
in  Paris,  March  18,  1835.  His  literary  education 
was  acquired  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town,  Norway  Liberal  Institute,  at  Norway, 
Gould  Academy,  Bethel,  and  Paris  Hill  Acad- 
emy, Paris.  In  the  spring  of  1861  he  commenced 
the  study  of  medicine  with  the  late  Dr.  Thomas 
H.  Brown,  of  Paris  Hill.  The  following  winter 
he  attended  his  first  course  of  medical  lectures 
at  the  Maine  Medical  School,  Bowdoin  College, 
after  which  he  continued  his  studies  in  the  Port- 
land School  for  Medical  Instruction  until  the 
fall  of  1863.  He  then  entered  the  medical  de- 
partment of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania, 
from  which  institution  he  graduated  in  March, 
1864.  In  the  following  May  he  located  in  Port- 
land, Maine,  where  he  commenced  the  practice 
of  his  profession  and  has  since  continued  there 
in  active  practice.  The  winter  of  1874  he  spent 
in  the  hospitals  of  New  York  and  Philadelphia 
in  post-graduate  work.  He  was  city  physician 
of  Portland  from  February,  1866,  to  April,  1868;. 


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was  instructor  in  the  Portland  School  for  Med- 
ical Instruction  from  1878  to  1003;  was  physi- 
cian to  the  Maine  General  Hospital  from  1874 
to  1905,  and  is  now  on  its  staff  of  consulting 
physicians.  During  the  years  Dr.  Thayer  served 
at  the  Maine  General  Hospital  his  work  was 
entirely  gratuitous.  Many  philanthropic  physi- 
cians contribute  much  service  to  the  poor  and 
needy  without  price  or  hope  of  reward,  but  it 
is  seldom  that  one  gives  his  time  and  skill 
without  recompense  for  so  long  a  period.  From 
1893  to  1897  he  was  a  member  of  the  board 
of  United  States  Pension  Examiners.  It  is  now 
many  years  since  Dr.  Thayer,  a  young  and  hope- 
ful beginner  in  the  practice,  settled  in  Portland 
and  offered  his  services  to  the  public.  From 
then  till  now  he  has  been  an  active,  earnest, 
skillful  worker  in  alleviating  suffering,  and  has 
attained  high  rank  as  a  physician,  and  accumu- 
lated a  competency.  He  is  highly  esteemed  as 
a  professional  man  and  as  a  citizen. 

Dr.  Thayer  is  a  member  of  the  Portland  Clin- 
ical Society,  the  Cumberland  County  Medical  So- 
ciety, the  Maine  Medical  Association,  the  Ameri- 
can Medical  Association,  and  is  an  ex-president 
of  the  former  three.  He  is  also  a  member  of 
the  Portland  Natural  History  Society,  the  Port- 
land Athletic  Club,  the  Portland  Economic  Club, 
and  an  honorary  member  of  the  Portland  Fra- 
ternity Club.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  fol- 
lowing divisions  of  Free  Masonry;  Ancient  Land 
Mark  Lodge,  No.  17,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons; 
Greenleaf  Chapter,  No.  13,  Royal  Arch  Masons; 
St.  Albans  Commandery,  No.  8,  Knights  Templar, 
and  Maine  Sovereign  Consistory.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Democrat.  He  has  never  been  active  as  a 
politician.  For  many  years  he  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  First  Universalist  Church  of  Portland. 
Dr.  Augustus  S.  Thayer  married  (first),  Jan- 
uary I,  1867,  Mary  Hubbard  Marble,  born  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1844,  died  December  5,  1874,  daughter 
of  Jarvis  C.  and  Mary  (Hubbard)  Marble,  of 
Paris.  To  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Thayer  was  born  one 
child,  Mary  Florence,  October  30,  1872,  who  mar- 
ried, June  12,  1895,  John  Murray  Quinby,  and  now 
resides  in  Newton,  Massachusetts.  He  married 
(second),  January  11,  1882,  Annie  Laurie  Soule, 
born  in  Brewer,  November  22,  1859,  daughter  of 
Gilbert  and  Eliza  (Mills)  Soule. 


ADAM  PHILLIPS  LEIGHTON,  twice  Mayor 
of  Portland,  and  for  many  years  identified  with 
the  commercial,  manufacturing  and  banking  in- 
terests of  that  Maine  metropolis,  was  born  on 
a  farm  at  West  Falmouth,  Maine,  April  6,  1851. 


His  parents,  both  descendants  of  pioneer  Maine 
families,  were  Adam  and  Julia  Ann  Leighton. 

When  he  was  ten  years  of  age  the  family 
moved  to  Portland,  where  he  attended  the  public 
schools  and  Westbrook  Seminary.  On  Novem- 
ber 19,  1867,  he  entered  the  employ  of  Chisholm 
Brothers  as  clerk.  That  firm  operated  a  book 
store  on  the  principal  business  street  of  the 
city,  and  has  recently  branched  out  in  the  news 
line  on  the  Grand  Trunk  Railway.  Mr.  Leigh- 
ton  was  shortly  given  charge  of  the  news  agents 
and  of  the  store  in  the  Grand  Trunk  station. 
For  about  thirty-six  years  he  has  been  vice-presi- 
dent and  general  manager  of  this  firm,  the  oldest 
in  the  railway  news  business  in  the  United  States, 
which  controls  the  news  agencies  on  many  of  the 
railroads,  with  their  branch  lines  in  Northern 
New  England.  In  1884  Chisholm  Brothers  went 
into  the  publishing  business,  issuing  an  immense 
quantity  of  souvenir  books,  with  appropriate  text, 
illustrating  the  most  notable  scenes  and  build- 
ings in  this  country  and  in  Europe.  They  were 
also  the  first  publishers  of  colored  post  cards  in 
the  United  States.  In  1898  he  purchased  the 
pioneer  chewing  gum  factory  of  the  Curtis  & 
Son  Company  in  Portland,  and  conducted  that 
business  until  it  was  acquired  by  the  Sen-Sen 
Chiclet  Company,  of  which  he  later  became  presi- 
dent. Subsequently  that  company  was  merged 
with  the  American  Chiclet  Company  of  New 
York,  Mr.  Leighton  being  elected  a  director  and 
still  serving  in  that  capacity.  He  was  four  years 
president  of  the  Chapman  National  Bank  of 
Portland,  and  is  at  present  a  director  of  the 
Fidelity  Trust  Company  and  of  the  Casco-Mer- 
cantile  Trust  Company. 

His  political  career  began  with  his  election  in 
1891  to  the  Common  Council  of  Portland,  he 
serving  three  years  in  that  body.  In  1894  he 
was  appointed  a  member  of  a  street  commis- 
sion which  continued  but  a  single  year,  the 
Legislature  taking  action  which  did  away  with 
the  city  ordinance  under  which  the  commission 
was  created.  In  1896  and  1897  he  represented 
his  ward  in  the  Board  of  Aldermen.  In  1907  the 
Democrats  held  control  of  the  City  Government; 
Mr.  Leighton,  an  ardent  Republican,  was  nom- 
inated for  mayor  and  was  elected  by  a  substan- 
tial majority,  which  a  year  later  was  more  than 
doubled.  He  had  been  in  office  about  six  weeks 
of  his  first  term  when  the  city  building  was 
destroyed  by  fire.  He  strongly  advocated  erect- 
ing a  new  building  in  Lincoln  Park,  so  as  to 
allow  for  ample  space  around  it  and  create  an 
ideal  civic  center,  an  equal  amount  of  land  to 


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be  added  to  the  park.  In  this  project  he  was 
opposed  by  the  local  newspapers  and  a  num- 
ber of  citizens  of  political  influence.  The  mat- 
ter was  submitted  to  the  people  for  a  fest  vote, 
with  the  result  that  the  old  site  was  favored. 
The  new  City  building,  completed  in  1911,  at 
a  total  cost  of  about  $1,000,000,  including  addi- 
tional land  acquired  to  accommodate  the  large 
ground-floor  auditorium,  was  erected  under  the 
charge  of  a  bi-partisan  commission,  of  which 
ex-Mayor  Leighton  was  chairman.  He  has  al- 
ways been  a  consistent  advocate  of  the  Maine 
prohibitory  liquor  law.  When,  during  the  ad- 
ministration of  Governor  Plaisted  and  a  Legis- 
lature controlled  by  the  Democrats,  a  strenu- 
ous attempt  was  made  to  have  the  prohibitory 
clause  stricken  from  the  State  Constitution,  Mr. 
Leighton  was  chosen  chairman  of  a  State-wide 
organization  formed  in  defence  of  the  prohibitory 
amendment.  The  contest  ended  in  failure  on 
the  part  of  the  anti-Prohibitionists.  He  is  a 
Knights  Templar,  a  member  of  the  Knights  of 
Pythias,  and  is  affiliated  with  the  Cumberland 
Club,  the  Portland  Rotary  Club,  the  Portland 
Athletic  Club,  and  is  an  ex-president  of  the  Port- 
land Club.  He  is  also  connected  with  the  War- 
wick Club  of  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire. 

Mr.  Leighton  married,  June  30,  1873,  Isadore 
M.  Butler,  a  daughter  of  Alonzo  Butler,  promi- 
nent resident  of  Portland.  She  died  February 
12,  1913.  Four  children  were  born  to  them:  I. 
Nettie  May,  born  April  19,  1874;  became  the 
wife  of  Dr.  Thomas  W.  Luce,  of  Portsmouth, 
New  Hampshire,  and  died  April  15,  1911,  leav- 
ing her  husband  and  two  children,  Isadore 
Leighton  and  Emily  Elizabeth.  2.  Carlton  But- 
ler, born  November  19,  1876;  practiced  dentistry, 
enlisted  in  the  war,  in  1918,  as  a  lieutenant  in 
the  dental  branch  of  the  service,  and  in  France 
was  promoted  to  a  captaincy.  3.  Hugh  Chisholm, 
born  October  28,  1878;  married,  in  1908,  Eliz- 
abeth F.  Wilcox,  of  Janesville,  Wisconsin;  they 
have  four  children:  Hugh  C.,  Jr.,  Margaret  Jane, 
Elizabeth  W.,  and  Nancy  B.;  he  is  prominently 
identified  with  railroad  and  commercial  interests, 
with  headquarters  in  New  York  City.  4.  Adam 
Phillips,  Jr.,  born  January  23,  1887;  now  a  practic- 
ing physician  in  Portland;  he  enlisted,  in  1918, 
as  a  lieutenant  in  the  N'avy;  he  married,  in  1912, 
Eleanor  W.  Adams,  daughter  of  Silas  B.  Adams, 
of  Portland;  they  have  one  child,  Eleanor  Fran- 
cesca. 


LEMUEL  JOSHUA  COBURN— There  is  al- 
ways   something    instructive    in    the    records    of 


such  men  as  Lemuel  Joshua  Coburn,  the  public- 
spirited  and  successful  citizen  of  Sangerville. 
Maine,  because  in  them  we  see  typified  the 
earnest  and  unweary  efforts  that  inevitably 
spell  success  and  because  the  achievements  that 
we  discover  there  are  the  result  of  intelligence 
and  imagination  applied  to  the  practical  prob- 
lems of  life,  and  of  a  quiet,  conscientious  use 
of  the  talents  and  abilities  with  which  nature 
has  endowed  him;  and  because  the  position  and 
fortune  which  he  has  gained  seemed  almost  to 
be  no  more  than  an  incident  to  the  consistent 
performance  of  duty  which  forms  its  own  end 
and  reward.  This  is  instinctly  rea-lized  with 
those  who  come  in  contact  with  Mr.  Coburn, 
who  is  equally  thought  of  by  the  community  in 
the  character  of  a  successful  man  of  affairs,  as 
a  wise  and  philanthropic  citizen  and  a  disin- 
terested neighbor. 

Mr.  Coburn  is  a  son  of  Joshua  Lemuel  and 
Ella  E.  (Palmer)  Coburn,  old  and  respected  resi- 
dents of  Parkman,  Maine,  where  the  elder  Mr. 
Coburn  was  engaged  as  a  carpenter  for  a  num- 
ber of  years.  It  was  at  Parkman,  Maine,  that 
Lemuel  Joshua  Coburn  was  born,  January  25, 
1874,  and  it  was  there  that  the  first  twelve  years 
of  his  life  were  passed.  As  a  lad  he  attended 
the  small  country  schools  in  the  neighborhood 
of  Parkman,  and  when  his  parents  removed  to 
Sangerville,  in  his  thirteenth  year,  he  attended 
the  school  of  that  place  for  one  season.  He  was 
thirteen  years  of  age  when  he  gave  up  his 
studies  in  order  to  earn  his  own  livelihood,  and 
he  began  his  most  successful  business  career 
in  the  humble  capacity  of  a  hand  in  the  picker 
room  in  the  woolen  mill  at  Sangerville,  which 
is  now  controlled  by  a  company  organized  by 
Mr.  Coburn.  After  some  experience  in  this  'line, 
he  began  to  work  as  a  carpenter  for  his  father, 
and  was  also  employed  on  the  farm  of  Mrs. 
Coburn's  father,  and  in  transporting  lumber 
from  the  woods  to  the  town  with  oxen.  He 
continued  at  this  occupation  and  at  very  small 
wages  until  he  had  reached  the  age  of  nineteen 
years. 

But  Mr.  Coburn  was  a  youth  of  unusual  en- 
terprise, and  he  decided  to  leave  the  parental 
home  and  seek  his  own  fortune  in  a  larger  com- 
munity. Accordingly,  he  went  to  Boston,  ar- 
riving in  that  city  in  August,  1894,  his  sole  pos- 
sessions being  the  clothes  which  he  wore  and 
twenty-nine  dollars  in  cash.  In  Boston  he  se- 
cured employment  at  five  dollars  a  week  with  the 
well-known  electrical  supply  house  of  Smith  & 
Wallace.  He  displayed  so  much  ability  in  this 


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line  that  his  employers  soon  singled  him  out  for 
advancement,  and  he  rapidly  reached  a  position 
where  he  was  paid  a  good  salary  and  repre- 
sented that  concern  as  a  travelling  agent.  In 
1898  he  resigned  from  his  position  with  Smith  & 
Wallace,  having  travelled  for  that  firm  about 
three  years,  and  became  connected  with  the  New 
Orange  Industrial  Association  of  New  York  City, 
at  that  time  one  of  the  largest  real  estate  con- 
cerns in  the  East,  the  operations  of  which  con- 
sisted of  developing  lands,  particularly  such  as 
were  available  for  factory  sites,  and  then  erect- 
ing mills  thereon.  It  was  in  this  business  that 
Mr.  Coburn's  great  genius  for  organization  first 
displayed  itself  conspicuously.  His  ability  as  a 
salesman  was  of  so  unusual  a  character  that  in 
six  months  from  the  time  of  his  entering  this 
company  he  was  advanced  to  the  position  of  su- 
perintendent of  the  concern.  In  1901,  however, 
the  president  of  the  New  Orange  Industrial  As- 
sociation died,  with  whom  Mr.  Coburn  had  be- 
come exceedingly  friendly,  and  feeling  that  the 
future  of  the  enterprise  was  uncertain,  he  de- 
cided to  withdraw  from  it  and  engage  in  busi- 
ness on  his  own  account. 

In  the  spring  of  1901,  Mr.  Coburn  located  at 
New  Britain,  Connecticut,  where  he  conceived 
the  original  idea  of  locating  factories  for  boards 
of  trade  and  developing  property.  His  enterprise 
was  a  success  from  the  outset  and  he  built  a 
large  number  of  important  plants,  including  one 
at  New  Britain,  Connecticut,  one  at  Gardner, 
Massachusetts,  two  at  Danielson,  Connecticut, 
and  one  at  Mystic,  Connecticut,  all  of  which  have 
been  of  great  aid  in  the  development  of  'those 
places.  One  of  those  which  he  erected  at  Daniel- 
son  has  now  a  pay  roll  of  some  ten  thousand 
dollars  a  week,  and  all  of'  this  great  develop- 
ment was  brought  about  through  Mr.  Coburn's 
ideas  and  energies.  In  1907,  he  located  at 
Mystic,  Connecticut,  having  by  that  time  accu- 
mulated what  was  then  considered  in  Maine  as 
a  very  considerable  fortune.  The  financial  panic 
of  that  year,  however,  caught  Mr.  Coburn  with 
a  burden  of  contracts  too  heavy  for  him  to  carry 
under  the  circumstances  and  he,  like  many  others, 
lost  his  fortune.  He  displayed  during  this  try- 
ing time  an  integrity  and  broad-minded  liberal- 
ity which  brought  him  the  highest  praise.  He 
decided,  for  instance,  to  complete  all  his  con- 
tracts and  carried  out  his  intention  in  spite  of 
the  fact  that  at  the  end  of  1908  all  the  many 
thousands  of  dollars  which  he  had  accumulated 
since  leaving  Maine,  in  1894,  were  gone.  He 
did  not,  like  so  many  others,  however,  give  way 


to  discouragement,  but  at  once  set  about  repair- 
ing his  fortune  and  engaged  in  business  anew. 
He  became  interested  about  this  time  in  a  new 
enterprise  at  Hartford,  Connecticut,  and  there 
organized  what  is  known  as  the  Suffied-Berlin 
Trap  Rock  Company,  in  which  he  owned  the 
controlling  interest  until  the  spring  of  1915. 

At  that  time,  having  revisited  his  native  town, 
he  found  the  old  mills  in  which  he  used  to  work 
in  financial  difficulties,  and  his  attention  was  at- 
tracted to  the  scheme  of  reorganizing  and  plac- 
ing on  a  sound  footing  this  old  concern.  Al- 
though he  believed  that  the  situation  under  the 
original  management  was  quite  hopeless,  he 
nevertheless,  on  account  of  his  friendship  for  the 
concern,  loaned  them  several  thousand  dollars 
in  the  hope  of  rescuing  them  from  their  diffi- 
culties. As  he  had  foreseen,  however,  it  was 
in  vain,  and  in  April,  1915,  the  mills  were  com- 
pelled to  close.  Feeling,  however,  that  there 
was  nothing  essentially  impossible  about  the  in- 
dustrial conditions  at  Sangerville,  he  sold  out 
his  interest  in  the  Trap  Rock  enterprise  and 
undertook  the  financing  of  what  was  then  the 
Sangerville  Woolen  Mills,  and  moved  his  family 
back  to  his  old  home  town.  Mr.  Coburn  has 
himself  admitted  that  the  task  of  placing  the 
woolen  industry  with  which  he  became  identi- 
fied was  one  of  the  most  difficult  tasks  that  he 
ever  undertook.  The  record  of  the  woolen  in- 
dustry in  Maine  up  to  that  time  was  a  poor  one, 
particularly  in  the  case  of  the  small  independent 
mills,  many  of  which  had  been  purchased  by 
New  York  commission  merchants.  He  was  him- 
self, however,  the  largest  creditor  of  the  con- 
cern which  had  failed  and  he  felt  confident  of 
final  success.  With  his  usual  genius  for  or- 
ganization, he  caused  the  incorporation  of  the 
Glencoe  Woolen  Company,  expecting  the  local 
merchants  and  property  owners  would  be  only 
too  glad  to  co-operate  with  him.  The  situation 
at  the  time  was  such  that  the  people  were 
gradually  moving  out  of  town  and  the  future 
looked  very  black  for  Sangerville.  With  the  ex- 
ception of  Fred  H.  Carr,  Harold  M.  Carr,  Omar 
F.  Carr,  and  Alton  L.  Carr,  the  people  of  San- 
gerville felt  that  "Lem"  Coburn,  as  they  knew 
him,  was  bound  to  fail,  but  with  the  co-opera- 
tion of  these  gentlemen  he  began  operations 
which  were  finally  to  be  crowned  a  success.  The 
other  mill  interests,  together  with  the  local  banks 
who  held  some  of  the  mortgages  on  the  prop- 
erty, made  it  as  disagreeable  for  him  as  they 
could,  as  they  had  no  hope  in  the  outcome  of 
his  venture  and  desired  to  see  the  mills  turned 


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over  to  entirely  new  ownership.  In  the  fall  of 
1916,  when  the  bank  that  held  the  mortgage  gave 
Mr.  Coburn  until  the  first  of  the  following  Jan- 
uary to  meet  his  engagements,  he  frankly  told 
them  that  the  money  would  be  raised  and  he 
desired  no  sympathy  or  accommodation  from 
them. 

He  then  at  once  left  for  New  York  City  and 
spent  the  winter  there,  and  in  the  month  of 
December  he  became  acquainted  with  Mr.  M.  D. 
Flattery,  a  noted  financier  of  Boston,  who  was 
used  to  handling  large  enterprises,  and  in  1917 
(January),  together  with  Mr.  Fred  H.  Carr,  and 
Mr.  Eli  Gledhill,  of  Mystic,  Connecticut,  closed 
an  agreement  whereby  a  million  dollars  was 
pledged,  if  needed,  to  continue  the  enterprise.  A 
certified  check  was  at  once  sent  to  the  Kineo 
Trust  Company  to  pay  off  the  mortgage,  and 
the  future  of  Sangerville  began  to  look  much 
brighter.  Even  at  this  juncture,  however,  the 
local  citizens  were  very  skeptical  regarding  Mr. 
Coburns"  ultimate  success,  but  he,  without  re- 
garding their  feelings,  at  once  organized  the  San- 
gerville Realty  Company,  which  he  now  con- 
trols, and  purchased,  either  personally  or  for 
that  concern,  nearly  one  hundred  thousand  dol- 
lars worth  of  real  estate,  which  up  to  that  time 
had  been  a  drug  on  the  market.  At  the  present 
time  Mr.  Coburn  controls  about  fifty  rents  in  San- 
gerville and  owns  the  largest  busir^ss  block  in 
town,  besides  many  tenement  houses.  He  pur- 
chased what  is  known  as  the  old  William's  cor- 
ner, one  of  the  best  locations  in  Sangerville, 
and  spent  several  thousand  dollars  in  building, 
what  is  considered  by  many,  the  most  modern 
residence  in  the  town.  Here  he  now  makes 
his  permanent  home.  After  Mr.  Flattery  had  be- 
come interested  in  the  project,  a  new  corpora- 
tion was  formed,  under  the  name  o'  the  Glen- 
coe  Woolen  Mills,  Inc.,  and  later  the  same  in- 
terests purchased  what  was  known  as  the  Clark 
Mills  at  Rochester,  New  Hampshire.  This  was 
a  large  plant  and  the  Rochester  Woolen  Com- 
pany was  formed  to  operate  it  with  officers  the 
same  as  those  of  the  Glencoe  concern.  It  was 
finally  decided  to  consolidate,  and  this  was  done 
under  the  name  of  the  Old  Colony  Woolen  Mills 
Company,  under  the  laws  of  Massachusetts, 
which  concern  took  over  the  interests  of  botft 
the  earlier  companies  and  now  has  its  main 
office  at  No.  85  Devonshire  street,  Boston.  At 
the  present  time  the  two  properties  are  trans- 
acting a  business  of  more  than  two  million  five 
hundred  thousand  dollars  a  year,  the  Sanger- 


ville Mills  alone  turning  out  over  one  million 
two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars  worth 
of  cloth  per  year.  As  soon  as  Mr.  Coburn  had 
gotten  these  mills  in  perfect  running  order,  he 
turned  his  attention  to  what  he  recalled  from 
his  childhood  days  to  be  two  very  valuable  water 
privileges  in  his  native  town  of  Parkman  and 
which  was  located  on  the  same  stream  as  the 
Sangerville  Mills.  He  then  began  negotiations 
for  the  purpose  of  establishing  what  is  now 
known  as  Slab  City  and  Pingree's  Corner,  water 
sites.  At  the  latter  place,  where  two  years  prior 
to  this  time  a  plant  had  been  erected,  it  became 
necessary,  in  order  to  gain  control  of  the  prop- 
erty, to  purchase  a  saw  mill  together  with  its 
machinery  and  a  number  of  tenement  houses, 
store  houses,  etc.,  which  stood  on  the  land.  He 
immediately  began  plans  for  developing  tliis 
water  power,  and  in  the  summer  of  1918  began 
the  erection  of  a  large  concrete  dam  at  Pin- 
gree's Corner,  seven  miles  above  the  mill.  This 
was  completed  in  a  few  months  time,  and  as 
the  natives  stated,  it  was  the  largest  operation 
ever  put  through  at  Parkman.  Another  equally 
large  dam  will  be  built  in  Slab  City  in  1919.  Be- 
sides these  large  works,  the  two  mills  at  San- 
gerville have  been  greatly  improved,  having  been 
equipped  with  many  new  conveniences,  such  as 
new  lavatories  for  the  employees  and  many 
other  conveniences,  and  the  mills  are  regarded 
as  the  most  modern  in  the  State.  The  opera- 
tions are  very  large,  and  at  the  present  time 
the  pay  rolls  are  the  greatest  ever  known  at 
Sangerville,  and  with  rents  and  boarding  places 
at  a  premium.  New  dams  are  being  built  at 
the  two  mills,  and  new  water  wheels,  penstocks, 
electric  apparatus,  and  many  thousands  of  dol- 
lars worth  of  new  machinery  is  being  installed. 
From  the  time  Mr.  Coburn  first  became  in- 
terested in  the  mills,  he  has  had  as  a  personal 
friend  and  adviser  Mr.  Eli  Gledhill,  of  Mystic, 
Connecticut,  who,  through  his  own  resources, 
since  coming  to  America  some  thirty  years  ago 
from  England,  has  become  one  of  the  best- 
known  and  ablest  woolen  and  worsted  manu- 
facturers and  designers  in  the  United  States. 
Mr.  Gledhill  was  Mr.  Coburn's  assistant  in 
the  organization  of  the  great  corporation  which 
the  latter  now  heads,  and  was  elected  presi- 
dent of  the  company,  he  having  his  own  selling 
organization  in  New  York  City  through  which 
he  handles  the  whole  output  of  the  mills.  Mr. 
Coburn  was  elected  vice-president  and  assistant 
treasurer  of  the  Old  Colony  Woolen  Mills  Com- 


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pany,  and  agent  of  the  Glencoe  Mills  of  Sanger- 
ville.  Mr.  Thomas  E.  Eaton,  who  for  many 
years  had  been  assistant  treasurer  of  the  New 
England  Trust  Company  of  Boston,  resigned  this 
position  to  become  treasurer  of  the  new  con- 
cern, and  Mr.  M.  D.  Flattery  was  made  chair- 
man of  the  board  of  directors,  which  consists 
at  the  present  time  of,  besides  the  above  men- 
tioned gentlemen,  Mr.  W.  F.  Glidden,  treas- 
urer of  the  American  Trust  Company  of  Boston; 
Allen  Forbes,  of  the  State  Street  Trust  Company; 
Ashton  L.  Carr,  vice-president  of  the  State  Street 
Trust  Company;  James  Jackson,  vice-president 
of  the  State  Street  Trust  Company,  and  Harold 
M.  Carr,  agent  of  the  Rochester  Mill.  Thus, 
through  Mr.  Coburn's  efforts,  the  Sangerville 
Mills  are  now  amply  financed,  and  no  mill  in 
New  England  can  claim  a  stronger  board  of  di- 
rectors. At  the  present  time  the  people  of  Pis- 
cataquis  county  are  willing  to  recognize  that 
they  have  seen  accomplished  by  one  of  the  na- 
tives of  this  place  the  largest  deal  ever  put 
through  in  this  region.  Although  at  one  time 
they  were  only  too  ready  to  criticize,  they  are 
now  glad  enough  to  give  him  unbounded  praise. 

In  addition  to  his  many  great  business  activi- 
ties, Mr.  Coburn  has  for  a  number  of  years 
taken  an  active  interest  in  the  political  affairs 
of  this  region.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics, 
and  has  for  some  time  served  as  town  chair- 
man. He  is  a  very  prominent  member  of  the 
Masonic  order,  having  taken  his  thirty-second 
degree  in  Free  Masonry,  and  is  now  affiliated 
with  Abner  Wade  Lodge,  No.  207,  Ancient  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons;  Giddings  Chapter,  No.  25, 
Royal  Arch  Masons;  King  Solomon  Council,  No. 
31,  Royal  and  Select  Masters;  Poughkeepsie 
Commandery,  No.  43,  Knights  Templar;  Mecca 
Temple,  Ancient  Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the 
Mystic  Shrine;  and  the  Connecticut  Consistery, 
Sublime  Princes  of  the  Royal  Secret.  Mr.  Cob- 
urn  was  also  a  member  of  the  Fallkill  Lodge 
and  Encampments,  Poughkeepsie,  New  York;  of 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows;  the  St. 
Elmore  Lodge  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  New 
Britain,  Connecticut;  and  the  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks,  No.  19,  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut and  the  orders  of  Foresters  and  Red 
Men. 

Lemuel  Joshua  Coburn  was  united  in  marriage, 
January  29,  1897,  at  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  with 
Annie  Louise  Morgan,  daughter  of  George  Wil- 
liam and  Flora  (Moore)  Morgan.  They  are  the 
parents  of  the  following  children:  Lemuel  J., 


Jr.,  born  June  5,  1898;  William  Morgan,  born 
August  14,  1900;  and  Dwight  A.,  born  January  31, 
1904. 


IRVING  EVANS  VERNON— Among  the 
younger  members  of  the  Portland  bar  is  Irving 
Evans  Vernon,  himself  a  native  of  Coos  county, 
New  Hampshire,  but  a  descendant  of  an  old 
and  distinguished  English  family.  His  paternal 
grandfather,  Edward  Yardley  Vernon,  was  born 
in  England,  but  while  still  a  young  man  emi- 
grated from  that  country  to  the  United  States 
and  settled  in  the  city  of  Lowell,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  died  six  months  before  the  birth  of 
his  son,  Edward  Y.  Vernon. 

Edward  Y.  Vernon  was  born  January  25,  1847, 
in  Lowell,  Massachusetts,  where  his  youth  was 
spent.  He  learned  the  trade  of  mechanic  at  Lan- 
caster, New  Hampshire.  In  the  course  of  time 
he  became  a  master  mechanic  and  removed  to 
Portland,  Maine,  where  the  remainder  of  his  life 
was  spent,  and  where  his  death  occurred  Sep- 
tember 22,  1914.  He  married  Emma  S.  Evans, 
a  native  of  Shelburne,  New  Hampshire,  born 
April  7,  1854.  Mrs.  Vernon  survives  her  hus- 
band and  now  makes  her  home  at  Portland,  be- 
ing at  present  (1917)  in  her  sixty-fourth  year. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  Y.  Vernon  were  the  par- 
ents of  five  children,  of  whom  Irving  Evans  is 
the  only  one  now  living.  The  deceased  were  as 
follows:  Edward,  Annie,  Helen  and  Waldo,  all 
of  whom  died  in  infancy.  Mrs.  Vernon  is  a 
daughter  of  Daniel  Evans,  of  Shelburne,  New 
Hampshire,  and  of  Rachel  W.  (Lary)  Evans,  his 
wife. 

Born  November  i,  1878,  at  Shelburne,  Coos 
county,  New  Hampshire,  Irving  Evans  Vernon 
passed  the  first  six  years  of  his  life  in  his  na- 
tive town.  He  then  accompanied  his  parents 
to  Gorham,  New  Hampshire,  where  they  went  to 
live,  and  it  was  at  this  place  that  his  early  edu- 
cation was  obtained  in  the  local  public  schools. 
In  1896  he  graduated  from  the  local  high  school 
and  then  attended  Hebron  Academy,  where  he 
completed  his  preparation  for  college.  He  had 
by  this  time,  however,  decided  to  pursue  the  law 
as  a  profession,  and  accordingly  matriculated  at 
the  Boston  University  Law  School,  at  which, 
after  proving  himself  a  most  capable  student,  he 
graduated  with  the  class  of  1901.  On  January 
25,  1902,  Mr.  Vernon  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
of  Cumberland  county,  Maine,  and  at  once  be- 
gan practice  on  his  own  account  in  the  city 
of  Portland,  opening  an  office  at  No.  97  Ex- 


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change  street,  which  up  to  the  present  time  has 
remained  his  headquarters.  Here  in  Portland  he 
has  been  unusually  successful  and  now  enjoys 
an  extensive  and  important  practice  in  the  city. 
Mr.  Vernon's  activities  are  by  no  means  con- 
fined to  his  professional  work,  but  on  the  con- 
trary, he  takes  a  leading  part  in  very  many 
different  aspects  of  the  city's  life.  He  is  very 
prominent  in  public  affairs  and  was  a  member 
of  the  City  Common  Council  in  1903  and  1904. 
In  the  following. year,  1905,  he  was  elected  as- 
sistant county  attorney  for  Cumberland  county 
and  held  that  responsible  position  until  1906. 
On  February  7,  1915,  he  was  appointed  bank 
commissioner  of  Maine,  a  position  from  which 
he  resigned,  June  25,  1917,  after  two  years  of 
most  efficient  service  therein.  Mr.  Vernon  is 
also  conspicuous  in  the  social  and  club  life  of 
the  community  and  is  a  member  of  the  local 
lodge  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  ot 
Elks  and  of  the  Economic  Club  of  Portland. 
He  has  taken  an  active  part  in  the  military  life 
of  the  community,  and  for  three  years  was  a 
member  of  the  Maine  National  Guard  and  held 
the  position  of  sergeant  during  that  time  in 
Fifth  Company  C.  A.  C,  commonly  known  as 
the  Putnam  Guard.  He  is  also  a  member  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Company 
of  Boston,  one  of  the  oldest  military  organiza- 
tions in  the  country,  dating  from  early  Colonial 
times. 

On  June  6,  1906,  Irving  Evans  Vernon  was 
united  in  marriage  at  Montreal,  Canada,  with 
Elsie  E.  McGuigan,  a  native  of  Moberly,  Mis- 
souri, a  daughter  of  F.  H.  McGuigan,  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Grand  Trunk  Railroad,  and  who 
made  his  home  in  Montreal.  Mrs.  Vernon,  like 
her  husband,  is  a  conspicuous  figure  in  the  so- 
cial life  of  Portland. 

We  do  not  find  today  as  frequently  as  we 
should  the  type  of  lawyer  with  which  the  splen- 
did traditions  of  the  American  bar  has  made  us 
familiar  in  past  times,  the  lawyer  who  is  wrapped 
up  in  his  profession  for  its  own  sake,  without 
regard  to  ulterior  objects,  who  loves  justice  above 
gain  and  sets  the  welfare  of  the  commonwealth 
before  the  advantage  of  any  private  interest  what- 
soever. Such  a  man  is  Mr.  Vernon,  of  Port- 
land, an  able  attorney,  a  public  spirited  citizen 
and  virtuous  man.  His  influence  in  that  city 
is  felt  personally  by  the  entire  body  of  his  fel- 
low citizens. 


VINAL     BRADFORD     WILSON  —  Beyond 
doubt,  one  of  the  best  known  figures  in  the  legal 


life  of  Maine  during  the  past  generation  and  one 
of  the  leaders  of  the  bar  in  this  State  is  that 
of  Vinal  Bradford  Wilson,  late  of  Houlton,  Maine, 
where  his  death  occurred  November  4,  1901.  Mr. 
Wilson  was  a  son  of  Henry  and  Eleanor 
(Sypher)  Wilson,  old  and  highly  respected  resi- 
dents of  Presque  Isle,  where  the  former  was 
engaged  in  business  as  a  surveyor,  and  also 
taught  in  the  local  schools.  The  elder  Mr.  Wil- 
son was  a  man  of  wide  versatility,  and  in  addi- 
tion to  the  above  activities  was  a  farmer,  and 
also  operated  a  lumber  mill,  which  turned  out 
shingles  for  the  local  trade.  He  was  also  a 
justice  of  the  peace  at  M^rs  Hill. 

Vinal  Bradford  Wilson  was  born  June  7,  1850, 
at  Presque  Isle,  Maine,  and  as  a  lad  attended 
the  public  schools  at  Mars  Hill,  where  the  fam- 
ily made  its  home.  He  afterwards  studied  at 
the  high  school  at  Fort  Fairfield,  and  still  later 
at  the  Houlton  Academy,  where  he  completed 
his  general  education.  For  a  number  of  sea- 
sons after  his  graduation  from  this  institution, 
Mr.  Wilson  became  a  teacher  in  the  schools  of 
that  locality,  but  while  still  a  young  man  his  in- 
terest was  forcibly  drawn  to  the  subject  of  the 
law  and  he  determined  to  adopt  that  profession 
as  his  career  in  life.  Accordingly  he  entered 
the  offices  of  Robinson  &  Hutchinson,  where  he 
pursued  his  studies  to  such  good  purpose  that 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Maine,  in  1878, 
and  at  once  began  the  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion at  Blaine.  Not  long  afterwards  he  removed 
to  Houlton,  where  he  continued  in  active  prac- 
tice up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  and  soon  be- 
came known  as  one  of  the  leading  members  of 
his  profession  in  this  region.  He  was  associ- 
ated in  practice  at  various  times  with  William 
T.  Spear,  A.  L.  Lumbert,  George  A.  Gorham, 
and  James  Archibald.  His  unusual  talents  as  an 
attorney  won  for  him  a  very  large  practice,  and 
a  large  proportion  of  the  important  litigation  of 
this  region  passed  through  his  hands.  In  con- 
nection with  his  qualifications  of  the  practice  of 
his  profession,  it  would  be  interesting  to  quote 
from  the  remarks  of  Judge  Powers  on  the  sub- 
ject, made  during  the  proceeding  of  the  Maine 
bar  in  honor  of  Mr.  Wilson  some  months  after 
his  death.  Said  Judge  Powers: 

In  his  early  life  Brother  Wilson  was  a  close 
student  of  the  science  of  the  law,  and  the  knowl- 
edge of  the  underlined  principles  which  he  then 
acquired,  he  carried  with  him  through  his  long 
career  at  the  Bar.  In  his  later  years  the  de- 
mands of  a  large  and  growing  practice  compelled 
him  to  confine  his  study  largely  to  the  subject 
bearing  upon  the  cases  which  he  had  in  hand: 


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He  was  always  a  sound  lawyer.     He  was  never 
satisfied,  as  you  know,  with  the  superficial  view 
of  the  law.     He  dug  deep.     I  presume  one  of  the 
first   things   which   presented   itself   to   his   mind 
when  he  had  a  case, — so  far  as   I   knew  him  in 
his   cases, — was   the   view   of   his   opponent.     He 
always   looked   at   his   case   from   the   other   side 
and  was  not  satisfied  until  he  was  able  to  answer 
all  possible  objections.     Sometimes,  while  never 
losing   sight   of  these   strong  points   of  his   own 
case, — I  am  speaking  now  of  his  preparation  of 
cases, — he  would  dig  so  deep  he  would  seem  to 
undermine  his  own  case  until  a  fuller  and  more 
careful   consideration   of   the   principles   involved 
showed   it  to  him   in  its  true   light.     I   have   no 
doubt   that  this  aspect   of  his   mind  caused  him 
more  labor  than  was  necessary,  but  on  the  other 
hand  it  had  its  advantages.     He  always  came  to 
the  trial  of  his  cases  prepared  in  law  and  fact. 
He  was  not  easily  surprised  in  the  progress  of 
the  case.     You  might  beat  down  his   guard,  but 
it  was  very  difficult   to  get  beneath   it.     ... 
He   knew  how   to   draw   out   of  the   testimony 
from  his  own  witness  so  that  the  facts  did  not 
stand  forth  naked  and  isolated,  but  were  clothed 
with    the    surrounding    circumstances    and    their 
connection     appeared     so     that    the     transaction 
looked  like  a  picture  painted,  and  looked  reason- 
able and  probable.     He  also  understood  the  art 
of  cross  examination,  and  in  his  hand,  I  think  it 
may  be  safely  and  truly  said  that  cross  examina- 
tion   was    a    weapon    of    offense    and    not    self- 
destructive  as  it  frequently  is.     In  the  argument 
of  his   cases   he   made   no  pretensions   to  flights 
of  oratory;  he  did  not  undertake  to  lift  the  jury 
up   and   bear   them   along   upon   the    tide   of   his 
eloquence.     His  mind  was  logical  and  analytical. 
He  welded  fact  upon  fact  and  marshalled  them 
in  a  way  that  meant  to  establish  the  vital  points 
of  his  case.     His  appeals  were  to  the  reason  of 
the  jury,  and  while  he  understood  human  nature 
— no    man    better — he   did    not   hesitate    to   avail 
himself   of   any   prejudices    that   he   might   think 
he  was  able  to  arouse  in  the  minds  of  the  jury, 
yet  his   appeals   of  that  kind  were  never  direct, 
it    was    always    by    indirection,    by    suggestions 
simply,   by    simply    setting    in    force    a    train    of 
thought  so  that  it  was  difficult  to  trace  the  con- 
nection between  what  he   said  and  any  attempt 
to  influence  the  jury,  except  by  the  facts  of  the 
case  and  difficult,  therefore,   for  them  to  resent 
it,  for  council  to  reply  to  it  or  for  the  Court  to 
rebuke  him. 

The  interest  of  Mr.  Wilson  in  his  profession 
was  not,  like  that  of  so  many  of  his  confreres, 
concerned  with  it  as  a  mere  stepping  stone  to 
political  advancement  and  public  life.  The  law 
was  his  mistress  and  he  devoted  himself  to  it 
with  a  whole  heart  and  a  single  mind,  preferring 
to  excel  as  an  attorney  rather  than  in  any  other 
field  of  endeavor.  He  served  for  several  years 
on  the  Houlton  School  Board,  and  was  for  some 
time  chairman  of  the  Democratic  State  Commit- 
tee, but  his  activities  went  no  further  in  this 


direction  and  he  may  be  counted  as  among  the 
most  typical  attorneys  of  the  State.  Mr.  Wil- 
son was  a  member  of  St.  Aldemar  Command- 
ery,  Knights  Templar,  and  of  the  other  Masonic 
bodies  in  this  region,  and  he  was  also  affiliated 
with  the  local  lodge  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows. 

Vinal  Bradford  Wilson  was  united  in  marriage, 
January  12,  1879,  at  Mars  Hill,  Maine,  w?th  Jen- 
nie Alexander,  a  daughter  of  Guy  and  Mary 
Alexander,  old  and  highly  respected  residents  of 
that  place.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wilson  were  the  par- 
ents of  the  following  children:  Jean  C,  who  died 
at  the  age  of  two  years;  Walter  G.,  who  died 
at  the  age  of  six  months,  and  Elaine,  who  now 
resides  with  her  mother  at  Houlton,  Maine. 

It  would  be  appropriate  to  close  this  sketch 
with  the  remarks  of  some  of  Mr.  Wilson's  col- 
leagues at  the  meeting  of  the  Aroostook  bar 
above  referred  to  in  his  honor.  A  memorial, 
drawn  up  at  that  meeting  and  signed  by  John 
B.  Madigan  and  George  H.  Smith  as  the  com- 
mittee of  the  bar,  contained  the  following  words: 

Brother  Wilson,  in  his  natural  instinct,  in  his 
practice,  and  in  his  dealings  with  mankind,  was 
fair,  upright  and  honest.  He  brought  no  suit 
for  lucre  or  malice,  and  scorned  to  deceive  court 
or  client.  His  word  was  a  written  promise. 
Opponents  he  met  fairly  and  openly,  and  came 
forth  from  the  conflict  with  honor  untarnished. 
The  law  he  loved  as  a  great  and  honorable  call- 
ing, and  had  the  highest  ideals  of  its  dignity 
and  standing.  Though  sometimes  abrupt  in 
manner,  his  nature  was  noble  and  tender  with 
a  heart  kind  and  replete  with  generous  impulses. 
Distress  and  affliction  he  met  with  sympathy 
and  comfort.  A  true  and  loyal  friend,  a  kind 
and  affectionate  son,  husband  and  father,  a  citi- 
zen broad-minded,  full  of  interest  for  the  public 
weal,  intolerant  of  narrowness  and  bigotry,  his 
virtues  were  many,  his  faults  were  few,  and 
death  a  misfortune.  With  him  we  laid  to  rest 
an  honest  and  able  lawyer,  a  good  citizen,  and  a 
friend  whom  all  loved,  trusted  and  esteemed. 


GEORGE  SMITH  HUNT,  one  of  the  most 
prominent  figures  in  the  business  and  financial 
world  of  Portland,  Maine,  where  for  many  years 
he  was  associated  with  many  of  this  city's  most 
important  interests,  and  a  man  whose  public 
spirit  was  known  and  recognized  by  the  entire 
community,  was  a  member  of  an  old  and  dis- 
tinguished New  England  family,  which  was 
founded  here  during  the  earliest  colonial  period. 
The  first  ancestor  of  the  name,  of  whom  we 
have  definite  records,  was  Deacon  Jonathan  Hunt, 
who  was  born  in  this  country  about  1637,  and 
was  a  son  of  one  John  Hunt,  as  nearly  as  we 


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can  tell,  who  was  without  doubt  the  immigrant 
ancestor.  From  that  time  to  the  present  the 
Hunts  have  occupied  a  high  place  in  the  esteem 
of  the  various  communities  in  which  they  have 
made  their  homes.  Mr.  Hunt's  parents  were 
Frederick  Ellsworth  and  Eliza  Kilburn  (Smith) 
Hunt,  the  former  a  successful  merchant  of  Derry, 
New  Hampshire.  He  was  himself  born  at  that 
place,  February  8,  1829,  and  passed  the  first 
ten  years  of  his  life  there.  In  1839,  however, 
his  parents  died  and  the  lad  went  to  Portland 
to  make  his  home  with  a  relative,  William  Allen, 
where  the  remainder  of  his  childhood  and  much 
of  his  early  youth  were  spent.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  Portland  until  he  had  reached 
the  age  of  eighteen  years,  when  he  abandoned 
his  studies  and  engaged  in  business  on  his  own 
initiative.  For  five  years  he  was  employed  in 
the  establishment  of  William  Allen,  a  wholesale 
and  retail  fruit  merchant,  as  a  clerk,  and  in  that 
time  gained  a  very  large  grasp  of  the  commer- 
cial and  business  methods  which  was  to  serve 
him  well  subsequently.  It  was  in  1853  that 
he  left  his  first  position  and  took  a  somewhat 
similar  place  with  P.  F.  Varnum,  a  wholesale 
and  retail  flour  and  grain  merchant,  with  whom 
he  remained  four  years.  He  then,  in  1857,  went 
to  Cuba,  and  during  the  next  two  years  made 
several  trips  to  that  island  and  formed  a  large 
acquaintanceship  among  the  merchants  and  trad- 
ers of  the  cities  there.  Before  leaving  he  en- 
tered into  an  arrangement  with  seven  of  these 
gentlemen  to  handle  their  exports  to  the  United 
States  and  in  return  export  American  products 
to  Cuba.  In  Way,  1857,  he  brought  to  the 
United  States  a  large  consignment  of  cigars,  and 
at  once  opened  an  office  on  Commercial  street 
and  commenced  his  foreign  trade.  He  exhibited 
a  remarkable  foresight  in  all  matters  of  business 
and  even  as  a  young  man  seemed  to  grasp  the  sit- 
uation in  its  entirety  and  make  allowances  for 
all  eventualities.  The  year  1857  witnessed  a  very 
serious  business  depression  which  operated  to  de- 
stroy many  establishments  far  older  and  sup- 
posedly more  substantial  than  his,  yet  his  prud- 
ence was  so  great  and  his  judgment  so  accurate 
that  he  was  able  to  weather  the  difficulties  with- 
out loss,  but  also  without  much  profit.  He  made 
a  second  visit  to  Cuba  in  1859,  and  a  third  in 
the  following  year,  both  of  which  were  productive 
of  a  large  increase  of  trade  and  enabled  him  to 
extend  his  acquaintanceship  greatly.  So  rapidly 
did  his  trade  develop  that  from  the  smallest  sort 
of  a  beginning  it  grew  to  be  one  of  the  largest 


of  its  kind  in  the  East  within  the  space  of  a  few 
years  and  gave  Mr.  Hunt  a  most  enviable  rep- 
utation for  capability  and  enterprise.  At  the 
same  time  he  turned  his  attention  to  the  shipping 
line,  and  as  time  went  on  purchased  interests 
in  many  of  the  vessels  plying  between  Portland 
and  various  other  ports.  The  business  continued 
to  grow,  and  in  1874  he  admitted  as  partners 
Joseph  P.  Thompson  and  Frederick  E.  Allen, 
formerly  his  clerks,  and  the  firm  became  known 
as  George  S.  Hunt  &  Company.  In  addition  to 
his  great  foreign  trade  Mr.  Hunt  was  interested 
in  many  domestic  enterprises,  and  his  advice 
and  counsel  were  highly  valued  by  his  business 
associates  in  every  line.  He  was  particularly 
closely  identified  with  the  sugar  interests  and 
was  manager  for  the  Eagle  Sugar  Refinery  from 
1871  until  it  ceased  to  do  buisiness,  and  was  also 
one  of  the  organizers  and  an  original  stockholder 
of  the  Forest  City  Sugar  Refining  Company,  and 
later  served  this  concern  as  treasurer  and  busi- 
ness manager  for  a  period  of  twelve  years.  This 
concern  was  so  well  managed  that  when  the 
Sugar  Trust  was  formed  this  was  one  of  the  Re- 
fineries bought  by  the  trust.  Mr.  Hunt  was  one 
of  the  pioneers  in  the  development  of  the  great 
beet  sugar  industry,  and  was  president  of  the 
company  that  conducted  the  enterprise  in  this 
part  of  the  country.  Another  important  local 
concern  of  which  Mr.  Hunt  was  president  was  the 
Central  Wharf  Corporation,  and  he  was  a  direc- 
tor of  numerous  companies,  among  which  should 
be  mentioned  the  following:  The  Portland  Trust 
Company,  and  the  Merchant's  National  Bank,  of 
which  he  was  president.  He  later  became  more 
closely  identified  with  the  latter  institution  and 
in  1875  became  its  vice-president  and  in  1888  its 
president,  an  office  that  he  continued  to  hold  until 
the  close  of  his  life.  It  might  be  said  here  that 
of  the  first  one  hundred  dollars  he  earned  he  put 
fifty  dollars  in  this  bank  and  as  the  years  rolled 
on  the  youthful  depositor  became  the  a  director 
and  then  the  president.  He  was  recognized  as 
one  of  the  most  sagacious  and  far-seeing  financiers 
of  the  region,  and  the  uniformity  with  which  the 
enterprises  for  whch  he  stood,  met  with  the  very 
highest  success  and  bore  eloquent  witness  to  his 
mastery. 

But  Mr.  Hunt  did  not  content  himself  with 
attaining  a  leading  position  in  the  business  world. 
He  was  possesed  of  unusually  wide  sympathies 
and  a  mind  that  interested  itself  in  every  aspect 
of  life.  It  was  natural,  therefore,  for  him  to  take 
part  in  many  departments  of  the  city's  affairs  and 


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aid  with  every  means  at  his  disposal  the  public 
undertakings  of  the  community.  His  death,  which 
occured  March  9,  1896,  was  felt  as  a  very  real 
loss  by  the  whole  State,  where  for  so  many  years 
his  influence  had  been  exerted  for  the  advance- 
ment of  every  good  cause. 

George  Smith  Hunt  was  united  in  marriage, 
September  22,  1863,  with  Augusta  Merrill  Bar- 
stow,  of  Portland,  a  daughter  of  George  Simon- 
ton  and  Ellen  (Merrill)  Barstow,  old  and  highly 
respected  residents  of  this  place.  Mrs.  Hunt  sur- 
vives her  husband  and  is  a  very  active  figure  in 
the  world  of  women  here.  She  is  particularly 
interested  in  war  work,  and  in  the  Women's 
War  Council  of  the  Young  Women's  Christian 
Association.  Mrs.  Hunt  has  done  splendid  serv- 
ice in  this  capacity.  She  has  been  identified  with 
all  the  public  charities  and  has  been  president 
of  many  of  them,  and  has  been  for  over  thirty 
years  president  of  The  Home  of  Aged  Women. 
Two  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hunt 
as  follows:  Arthur  Kinsman  and  Philip  Barstow. 

In  closing  we  many  add  that  in  the  obituary 
notice  of  Mr.  Hunt's  death  the  press  had  this  to 
say:  "As  long  as  his  name  will  be  remembered 
it  will  be  a  synonym  for  a  New  England  con- 
science and  New  England  honor. 


EDVILLE  GERHARDT  ABBOTT,  M.  D.— 

Like  all  its  sister  sciences,  that  of  medicine  has 
made  wonderful  advances  during  the  past  half 
century,  and  its  practice  has  become  a  matter  of 
even  greater  difficulty  than  in  former  years  for 
anyone  that  would  hope  to  keep  abreast  of  the 
most  modern  advance  of  knowledge  in  its  vari- 
ous departments.  In  response  to  the  new  de- 
mands it  places  upon  its  votaries,  physicians  have 
adopted  the  very  natural  expedient  of  going  more 
and  more  into  the  various  separate  departments 
of  the  science,  becoming  specialists  as  the 
only  way  to  practically  apply  the  immense 
mass  of  knowledge  now  at  their  disposal. 
Among  the  most  brilliant  specialists  of  Maine, 
none  has  in  a  shorter  time  won  a  higher 
regard  or  established  a  wider  reputation,  both 
among  his  professional  colleagues  and  the  people 
of  the  community  at  large,  than  has  Dr.  Edville 
Gerhardt  Abbott,  of  Portland,  Maine,  who  is  now 
one  of  the  leading  physicians  of  the  State  and  a 
recognized  authority  on  orthopedics  throughout 
the  country.  Dr.  Abbott  is  a  member  of  an  old 
Xr\v  England  family  which  had  its  origin  in  Eng- 
land, and  is  descended  through  an  indirect  line 
from  Sir  William  Chase,  of  Chesham,  England, 

ME.— 1—17 


who  was  one  of  the  Court  of  King  Henry  the 
Eighth  and  was  a  prominent  figure  in  those  re- 
mote days.  He  is  a  son  of  Alonzo  Abbott,  an 
adopted  son  of  Shimuel  Abbott.  He  has  made  his 
home  at  Hancock,  Maine,  where  he  is  engaged 
in  business  as  a  wholesale  granite  dealer.  In 
1860  he  married  Maria  B.  Mercer,  a  daughter  of 
Robert  and  Nancy  Mercer,  and  a  member  of  an 
old  Scotch-Irish  family,  and  to  them  the  follow- 
ing children  were  born:  Nancy  M.,  who  became 
the  wife  of  Galen  H.  Young;  Edville  Gerhardt, 
with  whose  career  this  sketch  is  especially  con- 
cerned; and  Charles  H.,  who  married  Flora  Foss. 
Born  at  Hancock,  Maine,  November  6,  1871, 
Dr.  Edville  Gerhardt  Abbott  was  the  second  child 
of  Alonzo  and  Maria  B.  (Mercer)  Abbott.  The 
preliminary  portion  of  his  education  he  received 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town,  and 
later  attended  the  East  Maine  Conference  Semin- 
ary at  Bucksport,  Maine,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  1889.  He  then  returned  to  Hancock, 
where  he  engaged  in  the  granite  business  in 
association  with  his  father  and  brother,  and  was 
given  general  supervision  of  their  quaries  on 
Mount  Desert  Island.  Even  in  early  years,  how- 
ever, the  young  man's  taste  impelled  him  toward 
the  professional  career,  and  ere  he  had  completed 
the  period  of  six  years  already  referred  to,  he 
had  determined  to  take  up  the  subject  of  medi- 
cine. Accordingly,  in  the  year  1895,  he  matricu- 
lated at  the  Medical  Department  of  Bowdoin 
College  and  was  graduated  from  the  same  with 
the  class  of  1898.  He  was  appointed  house  phys- 
ician to  the  Maine  General  Hospital,  where  he 
served  one  year,  adding  the  requisite  practical 
experience  to  his  theoretical  training.  After 
twelve  months  of  this  work  he  went  to  Boston 
and  later  to  New  York,  where  he  took  post- 
graduate work  in  the  subject  of  orthopedic  sur- 
gery. It  was  Dr.  Abbott's  ambition  to  become 
a  master  of  his  subject,  and  not  satisfied  with  the 
knowledge  already  gained  he  travelled  in  Europe, 
and  took  further  work  in  orthopedics  at  the  Fred- 
rich  Wilhelm  Universitat  in  Berlin.  After  re- 
maining a  year  in  this  famous  institution,  he  re- 
turned to  the  United  States  and  in  the  year  1900 
opened  his  office  in  Portland,  which  has  been 
his  headquarters  ever  since.  Dr.  Abbott  is  a 
man  who  is  never  satisfied  with  his  attainments, 
and  upon  returning  from  Europe  decided  to  re- 
enter  Bowdoin  College  and  pursue  there  the 
regular  academic  course.  This  he  did  at  the 
same  time  that  he  was  building  up  his  medical 
practice,  with  the  result  that  he  graduated  from 


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the  same  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts. 
He  did  not  stop  even  here,  however,  but  con- 
tinued to  study  two  years  longer  at  the  same 
institution,  taking  additional  courses  in  literary 
subjects,  at  the  end  of  which  he  received  the 
degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  pro  merito.  In  the 
meantime  his  practice  had  been  growing  with 
phenomenal  rapidity  and  he  had  begun  to  take 
a  leading  place  among  the  physicians  of  his 
State.  His  practice  at  the  present  time  is  prob- 
ably the  largest  in  Maine,  and  in  addition  to  his 
private  clientage,  he  is  surgeon-in-chief  to  the 
Children's  Hospital  at  Portland,  orthopedic  sur- 
geon to  the  Maine  General  Hospital,  visiting  sur- 
geon to  St.  Barnabas  Hospital,  consulting  sur- 
geon to  the  Sisters'  Hospital,  Webber  Hospital, 
and  Professor  of  Othopedic  Surgery  in  the  Maine 
Medical  School  connected  with  Bowdoin  College. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  a  large  number  of  med- 
ical and  surgical  organizations,  among  which 
should  be  mentioned  the  Maine  Medical  Associa- 
tion, the  American  Orthopedic  Association,  the 
American  Medical  Association,  the  American 
College  of  Surgery,  the  German  Orthopedic  As- 
sociation, the  International  Surgical  Association 
and  many  others  of  minor  importance.  He  is 
also  a  member  of  several  Greek  letter  frater- 
nities. Besides  his  other  professional  activities, 
Dr.  Abbott  is  a  frequent  contributor  to  the  lead- 
ing medical  journals  of  the  country,  his  contribu- 
tions being  regarded  as  valuable  additions  to  the 
mass  of  professional  knowledge,  especially  on 
the  subject  of  Orthopedic  Surgery. 

Unlike  most  men,  upon  whose  time  and  ener- 
gies such  great  demands  are  made  by  a  subject 
for  which  they  care  so  much,  Dr.  Abbott  has  not 
allowed  his  professional  calls  to  interfere  with  his 
general  duties  as  a  citzien,  and  he  is  even  associated 
in  a  prominent  manner  with  a  number  of  important 
business  interests  in  the  city.  He  is  a  director 
of  the  Fidelity  Trust  Company,  and  a  member  of 
the  Portland  Board  of  Trade.  Although  by  no 
means  a  politician  in  any  sense  of  the  word,  he 
has  given  a  remarkable  amount  of  time  for  one 
so  occupied  to  participation  in  public  affairs  and 
has  allied  himself  with  the  local  organization  of 
the  Republican  party,  of  which  he  is  a  strong 
supporter.  He  has  been  chairman  of  the  Re- 
publican City  Committee  for  several  years.  In 
1913  he  received  the  honorary  degree  of  Doctor 
of  Science  from  Bowdoin,  his  old  college,  an 
honor  which  he  valued  highly. 

On  March  14,  1891,  Dr.  Abbott  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Sara  Sargent,  a  native  of  Prospect 


Harbor,  Maine,  born  July  12,  1868,  a  daughter  of 
Benjamin  and  Fannie  (Hancock)  Sargent.  Mrs. 
Abbott  traces  her  ancestry  back  to  one  William 
Sargent,  of  Bristol,  England,  who  came  to  this 
country  in  early  Colonial  times  and  is  recorded 
at  Gloucester,  Massachusetts,  in  1678,  upon  which 
date  he  received  a  grant  of  land. 

Dr.  Abbott  is  a  man  in  whom  the  public  and 
private  virtues  are  admirably  balanced.  He  is  re- 
garded in  the  professional  world  and  in  all  his 
public  relations  as  one  whose  principles  are 
above  reproach,  and  whose  stricts  ideals  of  honor 
and  justice  are  applied  to  every  detail  of  his  pro- 
fessional conduct.  Nor  is  it  only  in  the  associa- 
tion with  his  patients  that  these  characteristics 
are  displayed,  but  with  all  those  with  whom  he 
comes  in  contact  in  his  professional  career  and 
in  every  other  department  of  life.  His  courtesy 
and  unfailing  concern  for  the  welfare  of  all 
makes  him  a  highly  popular  figure  in  every 
circle  and  has  established  the  esteem  in  which  he 
is  held  upon  the  firmest  kind  of  a  basis.  In  his 
private  life  these  virtues  have  their  analogues. 
A  quiet  and  retiring  character  makes  him  a  great 
lover  of  home  and  the  domestic  ties,  and  his 
never  failing  geniality  endears  him  to  the  mem- 
bers of  his  family  and  to  the  friends  of  whom 
he  possesses  so  many. 


MAYNARD  DELMONT  HANSON,  who  is 
without  doubt  the  leading  photographer  of  the 
State  of  Maine,  and  who  enjoys  an  enviable  and 
well  deserved  reputation  in  Portland,  where  his 
studio  is  located,  is  a  member  of  a  family  which 
for  many  years  has  resided  in  the  "Pine  Tree" 
State.  His  grandfather,  Elijah  Hanson,  was  a 
native  of  Buxton,  Maine,  where  he  lived  and  fol- 
lowed farming  as  his  occupation  throughout  life. 
He  was  the  father  of  ten  children,  two  of  whom 
survive,  as  follows:  Mrs.  Mary  Purington,  and 
Mrs.  Susie  Dyer,  both  of  Calais,  Maine.  One  of 
the  children  was  Henry  L.  Hanson,  the  father  of 
the  Mr.  Hanson  of  this  sketch,  who  was  born  at 
Milltown,  New  Brunswick.  He  was  a  man  of  a 
very  enterprising  character  and  lived  at  various 
times  at  Calais,  Mhine,  and  in  the  State  of  Kan- 
sas, whither  he  removed  to  take  up  farming  on  a 
large  scale.  It  was  there  that  he  eventually 
died.  Mr.  Hanson,  Sr.  married  Isabelle  Ogilvie, 
who  survives  him  and  at  the  present  time  makes 
her  home  in  the  city  of  Portland.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Hanson,  Sr.  were  the  parents  of  four  children, 
all  of  whom  are  now  living,  as  follows:  May- 
nard  Dclmont,  with  whose  career  we  are  espe- 


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cially    concerned;    Milton,    who    now    resides    in 
Los  Angeles,   California,  where  he   carries   on   a 
successful  laundry  business;  Josephine,  who  lives 
with    her    mother    in    Portland;    and    Dora,    who 
became  the  wife  of  Ernest  F.  Soule,  of  Portland, 
the  manager  of  a  large  millinery  business  there. 
Born   on   May   3,    1866,  at   Calais,  Washington 
county,    Maine,    Maynard    Delmont    Hanson    has 
made    Portland    his    place    of    business    and    has 
grown  to  be  most  closely  identified  with  its  life. 
When  a  small  boy  his  father  removed  to  Unity, 
Maine,    the    lad    accompanying    him,    and    here 
he  remained  until  he  had  reached  the  age  of  six- 
teen   years.      He    continued    his    studies    at    the 
Unity  public  schools  during  this  time,  and  in  1882 
came  to  Lewiston,  where  he  learned  the  photo- 
graphic and  dry  plate  business,  devoting  his  at- 
tention   to   this    matter   during   the    day    and    at 
night  attending  an   evening  school.     This   com- 
mendable industry  drew  the   favorable  attention 
of  others  to  the  young  man  and  he  soon  found 
that  his  efforts  were  appreciated.    After  complet- 
ing a  period   of  apprenticeship   in   Lewiston,   he 
went  to  Boston,  Massachusetts,  and  there  worked 
at    his    trade    for    a    period    of    some    eighteen 
months.     It  was  on  April  3,  1892,  that  he  finally 
came  to  Portland,  he  being  then  in  a  position  to 
embark   upon   an   independent   enterprise    of   his 
own.     He  opened  a  studio  at  No.  12  Monument 
Square,  and  continued  for  twenty-six  years,  then 
moving    to    a    new    studio    built    for    his    special 
needs  at  No.  514  Congress  street,  where  he  has 
built  up  what  is  undoubtedly  the  leading  photo- 
graphic business  in  the  State.    Mr.  Hanson  is  de- 
voted to  his  chosen  calling  and  takes  a  great  in- 
terest in  the  general  advancement  of  the  art  of 
photography  and  of  those  who  are  professionally 
engaged   therein.      He    is    past   president    of    the 
Photographic  Association  of  New  England.     Be- 
sides his  unusual  artistic  ability,  Mr.  Hanson  is 
also  possessed  of  a  notable   talent  for  business, 
which  has  manifested  itself  not  only  in  the  suc- 
cessful   conduct    of    his    photographic    enterprise 
but  in  assisting  in  the  building  up  of  the  large 
wholesale    and    retail    millinery    house    of    E.    F. 
Soule  &  Company.     Of  this  concern  Mr.  Hanson 
is  the  president,  and  to  him  has  been  due  in  no 
small   degree   its  present   great   proportion.     Be- 
sides the  central  establishment  at   Portland,  the 
concern   also   has   branches   at   Augusta,   Water- 
ville,   Lewiston  and  Old  Orchard,  Maine. 

But  Mr.  Hanson  does  not  confine  his  activities 
to  business,  and  indeed  takes  a  leading  part  in 
many  departments  of  the  community's  activities. 


He  is  a  well  known  figure  in  social  and  fraternal 
circles  and  especially  so  in  connection  with  the 
Masonic  order.  He  has  taken  the  thirty-second 
degree  in  Free  Masonry  and  is  affiliated  with  the 
lodge,  chapter,  council,  commandery  and  temple. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Woodfords  Club  of 
Portland.  In  his  religious  belief  Mr.  Hanson  is 
a  Congregationalist  and  attends  the  famous  old 
Woodsfords  Congregational  Church  in  Portland. 
He  was  the  first  to  own  and  operate  an  automo- 
bile in  Maine. 

On  October  17,  1894,  at  Auburn,  Maine,  Mr. 
Hanson  was  united  in  marriage  with  Margaret 
C.  Dorman,  a  native  of  that  town,  and  a  daughter 
of  Henry  P.  Dorman,  one  of  the  pioneer  mer- 
chants there,  and  Abbie  (Edgerley)  Dorman,  his 
wife.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hanson  two  children 
have  been  born,  as  follows:  Henry  Dorman, 
born  December  29,  1897,  and  at  present  a  student 
at  the  Boston  University,  where  he  is  a  member 
of  the  class  of  1921,  and  Stanley  Freeland,  born 
March  17,  1899,  a  student  at  University  of  Maine, 
class  of  1922. 


CAPTAIN  VORANUS  LOTHROP  COFFIN 

-  With  the  passing  of  Captain  Voranus  L.  Coffin, 
of  Harrington,  Maine,  a  prominent  figure  disap- 
peared from  mortal  view,  a  man  who  in  war  and 
in  peace  worthily  performed  every  duty  and  met 
every  responsibility.  He  was  a  descendant  of 
Tristram  Coffin,  who  came  from  England,  and 
in  1642  was  a  settler  at  Haverhill.  Twenty  years 
later  Tristram  Coffin  with  his  family,  Thomas 
Macey  and  family,  Edward  Starbuck  and  Isaac 
Coleman,  settled  on  the  Island  of  Nantucket. 
The  Coffin  family  became  the  principal  land  own- 
ers on  the  Island,  and  there  the  family  name  is 
yet  found.  Tristram  Coffin  died  at  his  home  at 
Nantucket,  October  2,  1681,  leaving  a  widow, 
Dionis,  seven  children,  sixty  grandchildren,  and 
a  great  number  of  great-grandchildren.  In  1728 
it  was  found  that  there  were  one  thousand  five 
hundred  and  eighty-two  descendants  of  whom 
one  thousand  one  hundred  and  twenty-eight  were 
living.  Tristram  Coffin  was  a  son  of  Peter  and 
Joanna  (Thember)  Coffin,  of  Buxton,  Dorset- 
shire, England,  his  father  a  man  of  wealth,  be- 
longing to  one  of  the  old  county  families,  his 
son  Tristram  inheriting  the  estate.  Peter  Coffin 
died  in  England,  but  his  widow  with  her  three 
children,  two  sons-in-law,  daughter-in-law,  and 
five  grandchildren,  came  to  New  England  in  1642. 
The  Coffin  estate  was  in  the  parish  of  Buxton, 
five  miles  from  Plymouth,  Devonshire,  England. 


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That  estate  had  been  in  the  possesion  of  the 
Coffin  family  for  five  hundred  years,  when  Tris- 
tram Coffin  was  born,  and  it  is  now,  three  cen- 
turies later,  still  owned  by  a  descendant,  John 
Pine  Coffin,  and  in  1907  he  was  living  in  the  old 
home  with  his  family  of  ten  children.  The  line 
of  descent  from  Tristram  Coffin  to  Captain  Vo- 
ranus  L.  Coffin  is  through  John,  the  eighth  child 
of  Tristram  and  Dionis  (Stevens)  Coffin. 

Lieutenant  John  Coffin,  of  the  second  Ameri- 
can generation,  was  born  during  the  residence  of 
his  parents  in  Haverhill,  but  in  1660  moved  to 
Nantucket.  About  1682  he  moved  to  Edgartown, 
and  from  him  all  the  Coffins  of  Martha's  Vine- 
yard descend.  He  married  Sarah  Austin,  their 
eleven  children  all  born  on  Nantucket.  John 
Coffin  is  known  in  history  as  Lieutenant  John, 
gaining  that  title  from  service  with  Edgartown 
militia.  The  next  generation  in  this  branch 
is  headed  by  another  Tristram  Coffin,  eighth 
child  of  Lieutenant  John  Coffin. 

Tristram  (2)  Coffin  was  born  on  Nantucket, 
there  married  Mary  Bunker,  and  lived  all  his 
life,  dying  January  29,  1763. 

Captain  Richard  Coffin,  sixth  son  of  Tristram 
and  Mary  (Bunker)  Coffin,  was  born  in  1729, 
married  Mary  Cook,  of  Martha's  Vineyard,  and 
moved  to  Addison,  Washington  county,  Maine. 
He  was  a  captain  of  militia,  and  also  was  a 
sheriff  of  Washington  county. 

John  Coffin,  son  of  Captain  Richard  and  Mary 
(Cook)  Coffin,  was  born  in  Addison,  Maine, 
July  29,  1770.  He  married,  June  22,  1795,  Phoebe 
Coffin,  of  Nantucket. 

Simeon  Coffin,  third  child  of  John  and  Phoebe 
(Coffin)  Coffin,,  was  born  in  Addison,  Maine, 
January  17,  1806.  He  was  a  shipbuilder  and  an 
inn  keeper  of  Addison,  and  there  his  children 
were  born.  He  married  (first)  Rebecca  W. 
Nash,  who  died  in  1844,  daughter  of  Uriah  and 
Anna  Nash,  of  Harrington,  Maine.  They  were 
the  parents  of  five  children:  John  W. ;  Mary  E., 
died  aged  seventeen  years;  Voranus  L.,  to  whose 
memory  this  review  is  inscribed;  Alphonso,  a 
farmer  and  sea  captain,  who  died  aboard  his  own 
vessel  in  the  port  of  Montanzas,  Cuba;  So- 
phronia,  who  died  aged  seventeen  years.  He 
married  (second)  Harriet  E.  Franklin,  and  they 
were  the  parents  of  two  children:  Azro  and 
Leonora,  the  latter  the  wife  of  Dr.  H.  Bellamey, 
of  Logansport,  Indiana. 

Voranus  L.  Coffin,  second  son  of  Simeon  Coffin 
and  his  first  wife,  Rebecca  W.  (Nash)  Coffin, 
was  born  in  Addison,  Washington  county,  Maine, 


October  3,  1831,  and  died  in  Harrington,  Maine, 
November  18,  1917.  He  attended  public  school 
at  Addison  and  Harrington,  finishing  his  studies 
with  a  three  years'  course  at  Waterville  Academy. 
From  graduation  until  1863  he  taught  school  at 
Addison,  Harrington,  and  Millbridge.  He  re- 
signed his  position  in  1863  and  enlisted  in  the 
Union  Army.  He  enlisted  in  the  Thirty-first 
Regiment,  Maine  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  served 
with  the  Army  of  the  Potomac.  He  was  en- 
gaged in  several  hard  battles  of  the  war  includ- 
ing Cold  Harbor,  June  1-3,  1864,  coming  through 
safely,  but  a  few  days  after  the  battle,  while  on 
picket  duty,  he  was  taken  prisoner  and  carried 
to  Libby  Prison  in  Richmond,  Virginia.  Later 
he  was  sent  to  Camp  Ogelthorpe,  Georgia,  thence 
to  Savannah,  next  going  to  Charleston,  South 
Carolina,  from  there  going  to  Camp  Sorghum, 
South  Carolina,  where  he  was  confined  until 
Christmas,  1864.  From  Camp  Sorghum  he  was 
taken,  to  the  stockade  on  the  grounds  of  the  In- 
sane Asylum  at  Charleston;  while  there  he  tried 
to  escape  with  another  Maine  soldier,  H.  L. 
Bixby,  but  they  were  captured  after  getting  sixty 
miles  away  from  Charleston.  He  was  then  sent 
to  military  prison  at  Raleigh,  North  Carolina, 
thence  to  Goldsboro,  finally  to  Wilmington, 
North  Carolina,  where  he  was  paroled.  He  was 
allowed  a  furlough  of  thirty  days  after  his 
release,  and  before  rejoining  his  regiment  the 
war  ended.  He  marched  in  the  "Grand  Re- 
view" at  Washington,  D.  C.,  after  the  close 
of  the  war  and  was  mustered  out  with  an 
honorable  discharge  at  Bangor,  Maine,  in  1865. 
He  entered  the  army  a  private  and  was  commis- 
sioned a  second  lieutenant  before  leaving  Au- 
gusta for  the  front,  was  commissioned  full  lieu- 
tenant, June  II,  1864,  his  promotion  being  for 
gallant  and  meritorious  conduct  at  the  battle  of 
Cold  Harbor.  While  with  his  regiment  he  was 
acting  captain  of  Company  B  most  of  the  time, 
and  was  in  command  of  that  company  on  the 
return  from  Washington  to  Bangor. 

After  the  war  he  located  in  Harrington,  Mlaine, 
and  engaged  in  ship  building  as  a  member  of 
the  firm,  Ramsdell,  Rumball  &  Coffin.  Later 
he  purchased  the  interests  of  his  partners  and 
continued  the  business  for  eight  years,  1876-84, 
as  V.  L.  Coffin.  In  1884  he  admitted  his  son, 
Charles  A.  Coffin,  to  a  partnership  under  the 
firm  name,  V.  L.  Coffin  &  Son.  The  senior  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  continued  the  active  head  of  the 
business  until  1906,  when  he  retired  after  an  act- 
ive participation  of  forty  years.  The  shipyards 


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at  Harrington  which  he  owned  were  for  many 
years  constantly  putting  overboard  schooners, 
barks,  and  brigs,  a  large  retail  merchandising 
business  being  conducted  in  connection  therewith. 

Captain  Coffin  was  a  Republican  in  politics  and 
filled  about  every  town  office,  being  treasurer 
of  the  town  of  Harrington  for  thirty-five  years. 
He  was  State  Senator  for  the  fifteenth  district, 
1881-85;  member  of  the  Governor's  Council,  1897- 
98,  by  appointment  of  Governor  Llewellen 
Powers;  treasurer  of  Washington  county,  1000- 
04;  a  trustee  of  the  University  of  Maine,  1899- 
1907;  and  delegate  to  the  National  Republican 
Convention  of  1904,  that  convention  nominating 
President  Roosevelt  for  his  second  term.  He 
always  retained  a  strong  interest  in  the  old  sol- 
diers and  was  affiliated  with  his  brother  officers 
in  the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the 
United  States.  He  was  a  member  of  Hiram 
Burnham  Post,  No.  50,  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
public, of  Cherryville,  and  for  three  years  was 
commander  of  that  post.  He  was  a  past  senior 
vice-commander  of  the  Maine  department  of  the 
order,  and  served  on  the  staff  of  General  Walker, 
National  commander-in-chief.  In  Free  Masonry 
Captain  Coffin  held  all  degrees  of  the  York  Rite, 
and  in  the  Scottish  Rite  had  attained  the  thirty- 
second  degree.  He  was  affiliated  with  Narragansett 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Cherry- 
ville; Machias  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  of 
Machias;  Bangor  Council,  Royal  and  Select  Mas- 
ters; St.  Elmo  Commandery,  Knights  Templar; 
Delta  Lodge  of  Perfection;  Chapter  of  Rose  Croix; 
Machias  Council,  Princes  of  Jerusalem  and  Consis- 
tory of  Portland. 

Captain  Coffin  married,  September  20,  1855, 
Christina  Wilson,  daughter  of  Samuel  N.  and 
Sophia  Wilson,  of  Harrington.  They  were  the 
parents  of  three  children;  Charles  Augustus, 
born  July  13,  1856,  his  father's  partner  and  suc- 
cessor; Edwin  Voranus,  of  further  mention;  John 
Alphonso,  born  Jnue  12,  1869,  a  graduate  of  the 
University  of  Maine,  M.  E.,  class  of  1889,  died 
unmarried  in  1903.  The  Coffin  home  in  Harring- 
ton is  beautifully  located,  and  there  Captain  Cof- 
fin and  his  wife  dispensed  a  generous  hospitality. 
He  was  genial,  friendly,  and  kind,  a  man  to  be 
instinctively  liked  and  trusted.  His  life  was  a 
useful,  busy  one,  and  to  as  great  a  degree  as  pos- 
sible he  extended  to  every  man  a  helping  hand. 

Edwin  Voranus  Coffin,  second  son  of  Cap- 
tain Voranus  L.  and  Christina  (Wilson)  Coffin, 
was  born  in  Harrington,  Maine,  December  5, 
1866.  After  preparation  in  grammar  and  high 


schools  of  Harrington,  Maine,  he  entered  the 
University  of  Maine,  whence  he  was  graduated 
C.  E.,  class  of  1887.  He  was  interested  in  busi- 
ness with  his  father  and  brother,  taking  especial 
interest  in  the  mercantile  department  of  the 
business.  He  has  continued  in  that  business 
until  the  present,  and  is  one  of  the  successful 
merchants  of  his  community.  He  is  a  Republi- 
can in  politics,  and  is  the  present  treasurer  of 
the  town  of  Harrington. 

Mr.  Coffin  married  (first),  May  19,  1891, 
Frances  Ricker  Rumball,  daughter  of  Ambrose 
and  Abigail  (Coffin)  Rumball.  Mrs.  Coffin  died 
May  24,  1904,  leaving  three  children:  Nellie 
Edwina,  born  May  18,  1892;  Frances  Rumball, 
January  13,  1894;  Voranus  Lothrop,  December 
30,  1806.  Mr.  Coffin  married  (second),  July  24, 
1907,  Maude  Frances  Smith,  daughter  of  Gilman 
Porter  and  Bessie  Nash  (Coffin)  Smith.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Coffin  are  the  parents  of  two  sons:  Roger 
Smith,  born  August  2,  1911;  and  Robert  William, 
June  17,  1918. 


RALPH  OWEN  BREWSTER— Brewster  is 
the  name  of  one  of  those  splendid  families  whose 
origin  was  in  England  and  which  have  given  dis- 
tinguished men  to  the  life  of  two  countries.  It 
belongs  to  that  great  group  which  is  derived 
from  occupations,  the  origin  in  this  case  being 
obvious  and  is  according  to  Bardsley  one  of  the 
sub-division  which,  as  in  Maltster,  Spinster  and 
Baxter,  shows  the  feminine  suffix.  This  probably 
indicates  an  extreme  antiquity  as  we  are  aware 
that  in  very  early  times  the  occupations  of  brew- 
ing, spinning,  etc.,  were  those  of  women,  and 
that  at  least  in  the  case  of  the  former  they  were 
superceded  by  men  in  the  remote  past.  We  have 
various  records  of  the  family  during  the  middle 
ages  in  England,  and  it  is  hardly  necessary  to 
mention  the  part  which  it  played  during  colonial 
days  in  this,  our  country.  From  those  times  until 
the  present  its  sons  have  maintained  the  high- 
est standards  of  citizenship  and  manhood,  and 
it  has  spread  to  the  most  various  parts  of  the 
country.  It  is  represented  in  Portland,  Maine, 
at  the  present  time  by  Ralph  Owen  Brewster, 
one  of  the  rising  attorneys  of  that  city,  who  has, 
despite  his  youth,  already  made  for  himself  a 
position  of  influence  in  the  legal  life  of  the 
community. 

Born  February  22,  1888,  Ralph  Owen  Brewster 
is  a  son  of  William  E.  and  Carry  S.  (Bridges) 
Brewster,  old  and  highly  honored  residents  of 


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Dexter,  Maine,  where  they  are  at  the  present 
time  making  their  home.  There  Mr.  Brewster, 
Sr.,  has  successfully  carried  on  for  a  number  of 
years  a  grocery  business,  under  the  name  of  W. 
E.  Brewster  &  Company,  and  was  a  pioneer  in 
this  line  of  business  there.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Brewster  two  children  were  born,  Charles,  the 
elder,  being  associated  with  his  father,  in  the 
grocery  business  at  Dexter,  and  Ralph  Owen, 
with  whose  career  we  are  concerned. 

Ralph  Owen  Brewster  was  sent  as  a  child  to 
attend  the  Dexter  public  schools,  where  he 
studied  for  a  number  of  years  and  was  prepared 
for  college  at  the  high  school  there.  He  then 
matriculated  at  Bowdoin  College,  from  which  he 
graduated  with  the  class  of  1909,  receiving  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts,  sumtna  cum  laude. 
During  the  following  year  he  was  principal  of 
the  high  school  at  Castine,  Maine.  He  had  in 
the  meantime  determined  to  make  law  his  pro- 
fession in  life,  and  accordingly  entered  the  law 
school  connected  with  Harvard  University  and 
graduated  from  the  same  in  1913  with  the  degree 
of  LL.B.,  cum  laude,  while  there  being  elected 
an  editor  of  the  Harvard  Law  Review  and  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Student  Advisors.  He 
at  once  came  to  Portland,  where  he  established 
himself  in  general  practice  as  an  attorney,  after 
having  been  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Cumberland 
county.  His  practice  rapidly  increased  and  Mr. 
Brewster  came  to  be  known  in  many  fields  out- 
side those  immediately  connected  with  his  pro- 
fessional tasks  and  duties.  He  was  elected  on 
the  Republican  ticket  to  represent  the  city  in  the 
State  Legislature  in  1916  for  a  two-year  term. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Woodfords  Club  and  the 
Economic  Club  of  Portland.  He  gained  while 
in  college  a  reputation  for  excellent  scholarship 
and  has  indeed  justified  that  reputation  ever 
since.  He  became  a  member  during  his  college 
years  of  the  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  fraternity,  and 
also  of  the  honorary  society  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa. 

Ralph  Owen  Brewster  was  united  in  marriage, 
April  20,  1915,  at  Portland,  Maine,  with  Dorothy 
Foss,  a  native  of  that  city  and  a  daughter  of 
Charles  S.  and  Cara  (Macy)  Foss.  Both  her 
parents  reside  in  Portland  at  the  present  time, 
and  her  father  is  a  partner  of  Schlotterbeck  & 
Foss  Company,  the  largest  extract  house  in  the 
State.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brewster  two  children 
have  been  born;  Charles  Foss,  May  8,  1916,  and 
Owen,  June  3,  1917. 


EDWARD      WINSLOW      HANNAFORD— 

Success   in  life   is   the   fruit   of   so   many   diverse 


conditions  and  circumstances,  so  opposed,  it 
often  seems  to  us  that  one  may  well  be  tempted 
to  despair  of  finding  any  rule  and  criterion  of  the 
qualities  which  go  to  its  achievement.  There  is 
one  thing  of  which  we  may  rest  assured,  how- 
ever, and  that  is  despite  appearances,  real  suc- 
cess, success  honestly  worth  counting  as  such,  is 
never  the  result  of  fortuitous  elements  in  the 
environments,  but  must  depend  upon  some  in- 
trinsic quality  of  the  man  himself,  such  as  we 
see  in  the  career  of  Edward  Winslow  Hannaford, 
the  distinguished  business  man  and  financier 
of  Portland,  Maine,  whose  name  heads  this  brief 
sketch. 

Edward  Winslow  Hannaford  is  sprung  from 
the  sturdy  agricultural  class  which  has  played  so 
important  a  part  and  which  forms  so  vital  an 
element  in  the  life  of  New  England.  He  is  a 
son  of  Albert  Francis  Hannaford,  a  native  of 
Portland,  who  all  his  life  has  successfully  con- 
ducted a  large  farm  on  Cape  Elizabeth,  about 
four  and  a  half  miles  from  Portland,  Maine, 
and  of  Mary  Washburn  (Jordan)  Hannaford,  his 
wife.  Both  his  parents  are  now  living,  and  his 
father  is  still  in  the  active  management  of  his 
farm.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hannaford  Sr.,  have  had 
ten  children  born  to  them,  seven  of  whom  are 
still  living.  Children  are  as  follows:  Arthur, 
deceased;  Edward  Winslow,  of  whom  further; 
Isaiah,  who  now  resides  in  Portland;  Howard  C., 
who  makes  his  home  at  Cape  Elizabeth;  Henry,  of 
Portland;  William,  of  Cape  Elizabeth;  Burton, 
who  died  in  infancy;  Phillip  E.,  of  South  Port- 
land; Herbert,  who  died  in  infancy;  Jennie,  now 
the  wife  of  Dr.  George  Hill,  of  Cape  Elizabeth. 
Mr.  Hannaford's  paternal  grandfather  was 
George  Greeley  Hannaford,  of  Portland. 

Born  April  23,  1863,  at  Cape  Elizabeth,  Ed- 
ward Winslow  Hannaford  lived  there  with  his 
father  on  the  latter's  farm  until  he  was  seven- 
teen years  of  age.  He  gained  his  education  in 
the  local  public  schools  and  Grey's  Business 
College.  After  coming  to  Portland  he  secured  a 
position  in  the  Portland  Star  Match  Company, 
later  a  clerical  position  in  a  grocery  store,  and 
about  1892  became  associated  with  the  firm, 
Hannaford  Brothers  Company,  with  which  he  has 
remained  ever  since.  With  the  development  of 
this  large  business  Mr.  Hannaford  has  been  more 
concerned  than  any  other  individual,  and  he  is 
at  present  its  president  and  general  manager; 
associated  with  him  in  the  firm  are  his  brothers 
Howard  C.  and  Phillip  E.  He  is  also  interested 
in  financial  operations  in  Portland,  and  is  vice- 
president  of  the  Forest  City  Trust  Company, 


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of  Portland.  He  is  a  conspicuous  figure  in  the 
social  and  club  life  of  the  city,  is  a  member  of 
the  Rotary  Club  of  Portland,  The  Round  Table 
Club,  the  Portland  Chamber  of  Commerce,  the 
Portland  Society  of  Art,  the  Improved  Order  of 
Rrd  Mm,  and  president  of  the  Portland  Boys 
Club.  He  is  an  attendant  of  the  Universalist 
church,  and  takes  an  active  part  in  its  work 
there. 

On  September  20,  1892,  Mr.  Hannaford  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Sarah  Parker,  like  him- 
self a  native  of  Cape  Elizabeth,  and  a  daughter 
of  James  and  Mary  Parker,  of  that  place,  both 
of  whom  are  now  deceased. 

It  would  be  difficult  to  overestimate  the  value 
to  a  community  of  the  presence  in  it  of  a  man  like 
Mr.  Hannaford.  There  is  scarcely  a  department 
in  its  affairs,  an  aspect  of  its  life,  in  which  his 
influence  is  not  most  potently  felt,  and  felt  in- 
variably on  the  side  of  the  public  good.  He  is 
a  practical  man  of  affairs,  a  man  of  the  world, 
yet  never  in  seeking  his  own  business  advan- 
tages does  he  lose  sight  of  that  of  the  com- 
munity of  which  he  is  a  member.  Nay,  rather 
does  he  give  the  preference  to  the  public  inter- 
est over  his  own.  He  is  a  staunch  believer  in 
the  effectiveness  and  value  of  exercise  in  the 
open  air,  and  is  particularly  fond  of  out-door 
sports  and  pastimes.  He  is  an  enthusiastic  au- 
tomobilist,  but  the  great  demands  made  upon  his 
time  by  business  interests  prevent  him  from  in- 
dulging his  taste  to  any  great  extent. 


LINCOLN  HAMLIN  NEWCOMB— In  that 
farthermost  city  of  the  eastern  frontier  of  the 
United  States,  Eastport,  Maine,  Mr.  Newcomb 
was  born,  educated,  and  still  resides,  a  lawyer  of 
high  standing  at  the  Washington  county  bar  and 
highly  esteemed  as  a  citizen.  He  is  a  son  of 
Henry  W.  and  Mary  Ann  Newcomb,  of  East- 
port,  his  father  a  contracting  carpenter  and 
builder. 

Lincoln  Hamlin  Newcomb  was  born  Novem- 
ber 8,  1860,  and  was  given  the  names  of  the 
newly  elected  President  and  Vice-President  of  the 
United  States,  Lincoln  and  Hamlin,  the  last 
named  a  distinguished  son  of  the  State  of 
Maine.  He  was  born  in  Eastport,  Washington 
county,  Maine,  situated  on  Moose  Island,  in 
Passamaqiioddy  Bay.  Moose  Island  is  separated 
from  the  mainland  by  a  narrow  channel  which  is 
crossed  by  a  bridge,  and  possessed  the  distinc- 
tion of  the  most  easterly  location  of  any  city 
in  the  United  States.  There  the  lad,  Lincoln  H., 


obtained  his  education  in  the  public  schools. 
Choosing  the  profession  of  law  he  prepared 
under  capable  instructors,  and  in  January,  1895, 
successfully  passed  the  board  of  examiners,  and 
was  admitted  to  practice  at  the  Washington 
county  bar.  He  was  admitted  and  qualified  as 
an  attorney  and  counsellor  of  the  Circuit  Court 
of  the  United  States  for  the  District  of  Maine 
in  1003.  He  located  in  Eastport,  and  has  since 
been  in  the  continuous  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion, and  commands  a  good  practice  among  an 
influential  clientele.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
County  and  State  Bar  associations.  He  is  at- 
torney for  the  Frontier  National  Bank  of  East- 
port,  for  the  Eastport  Savings  Bank,  and  other 
business  corporations  of  the  city,  which  among 
other  important  industries  is  the  headquarters 
of  the  American  Sardine  Canning  business. 

Mr.  Newcomb  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and 
has  held  many  city  offices  including  membership 
on  the  school  board,  assessor  of  taxes,  collector  of 
taxes,  city  solicitor,  representative  to  the  State 
Legislature,  1903-05.  In  1907  he  was  appointed 
judge  of  the  Municipal  Court  of  Eastport,  an 
office  he  is  now  filling  by  reappointment,  Janu- 
ary, 1919.  He  served  for  several  years  in  the 
National  Guard  of  the  State  of  Maine.  He  is  a 
member  of  Border  Lodge,  No.  81,  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows;  Eastern  Lodge,  No.  7, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  Eastern  Chapter, 
No.  10,  Royal  Arch  Masons;  St.  Bernard  Com- 
mandery,  No.  n,  Knights  Templar;  Eastport 
Lodge,  No.  880,  Benevolent  and  Protective 
Order  of  Elks;  and  Perry  Grange,  No.  324,  Pa- 
trons of  Husbandry.  In  religious  faith  he  is  a 
Unitarian. 

Mr.  Newcomb  married  at  Eastport,  June  I, 
1897,  Anna  Buckman  Livermore,  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph Mason  and  Ellen  Irene  Livermore.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Livermore  have  no  living  children. 


MALCOLM  SUMNER  WOODBURY— The 
Woodburys  originated  in  Southern  Devon,  Eng- 
land, and  the  name  has  b«en  a  very  common 
one  in  that  locality  for  at  least  eight  cen- 
turies. The  New  England  Woodburys  are  the 
posterity  of  John  and  William  Woodbury, 
brothers,  who  came  from  Somersetshire,  and 
were  among  the  original  settlers  of  Salem  and 
Beverly,  Massachusetts.  Those  of  the  name  now 
residing  in  the  eastern  part  of  Maine  are  de- 
scended from  William. 

John  Woodbury,  known  in  local  history  as  the 
"old  planter,"  emigrated  about  the  year  1624, 


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settled  first  at  Salem,  and  still  later  in  Beverly, 
where  he  died  in  1644.  He  was  one  of  the 
most  prominent  men  in  the  colony,  serving  as  a 
deputy  to  the  General  Court,  and  he  was  among 
the  original  members  of  the  first  church  in 
Salem. 

William  Woodbury  was  married,  at  South 
Petherton,  Somersetshire,  England,  January  29, 
1616,  to  Elizabeth  Patch,  and  three  of  their  sons 
were  baptized  at  Barlescombe,  a  parish  of  Devon. 
He  came  to  Massachusetts  about  the  year  1630, 
accompanied  by  his  family,  and  joining  his 
brother  at  Salem  they  settled  on  lands  granted 
them  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  what  is  now 
known  as  Woodbury's  Point.  He  died  in  Bev- 
erly, Massachusetts,  January  29,  1677,  at  the  age 
of  about  eighty-eight  years.  In  his  will  he 
mentioned  his  wife,  Elizabeth,  sons,  Nicholas, 
William,  Andrew  and  Hugh,  and  one  daughter, 
Hannah  Haskill. 

Captain  William  Woodbury,  a  descendant  of 
William  and  Elizabeth  (Patch)  Woodbury,  is 
mentioned  in  the  records  as  William  (4),  which 
would  indicate  that  he  was  a  great-grandson  of 
the  immigrant.  He  was  a  native  of  Beverly, 
Massachusetts,  and  a  shipmaster.  During  the 
Revolutionary  War  he  commanded  a  privateer, 
was  captured  by  the  British  and  held  a  prisoner 
at  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  for  one  year.  In  1796 
he  abandoned  the  sea,  and  settling  in  Bridgeton, 
Maine,  lived  to  an  advanced  age.  He  married, 
February  26,  1772,  Susannah,  daughter  of  Nich- 
olas and  Susannah  Byles.  There  were  two  chil- 
dren by  this  marriage,  Andrew  and  Susan. 

Andrew  Woodbury,  the  only  sen  of  Captain 
William  and  Susannah  Woodbury,  was  born  in 
Beverly,  Massachusetts,  March  18,  1776.  When 
a  young  man  he  accompanied  his  parents  to 
Bridgeton,  Maine,  and  about  the  year  1800  set- 
tled in  Sweden,  in  that  State.  He  erected  the 
first  frame  house  in  that  town  and  became  a 
prosperous  farmer.  He  died  in  1858.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1798,  Sally  Stevens,  a  native  of  An- 
dover,  Massachusetts,  and  a  daughter  of  James 
Stevens,  who  at  one  time  owned  the  entire  town- 
ship of  Bridgeton. 

From  these  distinguished  progenitors  it  is  pre- 
sumed that  Clinton  Aaron  Woodbury  is  descend- 
ed, who  married  Ida  Sumner  Vose,  the  parent 
of  our  subject. 

Malcolm  Sumner  Woodbury  was  born  at 
Dennysville,  Maine,  March  27,  1881.  His  educa- 
tion was  obtained  at  the  public  schools  of  Deer- 
ing,  and  after  graduating  from  the  high  school 


of  that  town,  he  entered  Bowdoin  College,  which 
institution,  in  1903,  conferred  upon  him  the  de- 
gree of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  He  then  became  a 
student  in  the  Jefferson  Medical  College  at  Phila- 
delphia, Pennsylvania,  where  in  1906  he  received 
the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  In  that  year  he 
became  a  member  of  the  medical  staff  of  the 
Clifton  Springs  Sanitarium,  located  at  Clifton 
Springs,  New  York.  He  continued  to  be  a  mem- 
ber of  the  staff  for  five  years,  and  in  1912  and 
1913  studied  in  Berlin,  Germany,  and  London, 
England.  Returning  to  this  country,  he  became 
in  the  latter  year  neurologist  to  the  Clifton 
Springs  Sanitarium,  an  office  which  he  now  fills, 
and  since  December  I,  1914,  has  been  the 
superintendent  of  that  institution. 

Dr.  Woodbury  is  a  member  of  the  American 
Medical  Association;  of  the  Rochester  Medical 
Society;  president  of  the  Ontario  County  Medi- 
cal Society;  secretary  to  the  medical  section  of 
the  New  York  State  Medical  Society;  the  Ameri- 
can Hospital  Association,  and  the  American  So- 
ciety for  Advancement  of  Science.  He  belongs 
to  the  college  fraternities,  Theta  Delta  Chi  and 
Alpha  Kappa  Kappa.  He  is  a  Congregationalist 
in  religious  belief,  and  is  a  member  of  the  board 
of  directors  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  As- 
sociation of  Clifton  Springs.  His  political  af- 
filiations are  with  the  Republican  party.  In 
Masonic  circles  he  is  a  Knight  Templar. 

Dr.  Woodbury  married,  in  Kansas  City,  Mis- 
souri June  7,  1911,  Stella  Baker,  daughter  of 
Alden  and  Emily  (Sawyer)  Baker.  Their  chil- 
dren are:  Margaret,  born  July  6,  1912;  Alden, 
born  October  7,  1913,  and  Emily,  born  May  5, 


ALFRED     DUNSTAN     SNOW— Thomaston, 

Maine,  the  birthplace  of  Alfred  Dunstan  Snow, 
who  has  long  been  identified  with  the  shipping 
interests  of  New  York  City,  was  also  the  birth- 
place of  his  father,  Captain  Ambrose  Snow; 
of  his  grandfather,  Captain  Robert  Snow;  and 
the  home  of  his  great-grandfather,  Captain  Am- 
brose (i)  Snow,  who  was  taken  there  at  the 
age  of  six  years  by  his  father.  Rev.  Elisha  Snow, 
the  first  of  the  descendants  of  Nicholas  Snow 
to  settle  at  Thomaston.  Rev.  Elisha  Snow  was 
a  minister  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  was  set- 
tled over  the  church  at  South  Thomaston  in 
1767,  moved  there  with  his  family  in  1771,  and 
there  died  at  the  close  of  his  ninety-second  year. 
He  had  seven  sons,  all  of  whom  were  master 
mariners,  and  bore  the  title  of  captain,  save 


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Elisha,  who  was  entitled  to  bear  it  but  was 
called  "Squire"  instead.  Rev.  Elisha  Snow  and 
his  seven  sons  were  of  considerable  consequence 
in  the  town,  being  shipbuilders  and  masters  of 
ships,  merchants  and  millers.  The  Snow  dwell- 
ing house  was  the  first  in  the  settlement  of 
South  Thomaston,  and  to  the  Elder  Snow  and 
his  boys  its  beginning  was  due.  Rev.  Elisha 
Snow  was  of  the  fifth  generation  of  the  family 
founded  by  Nicholas  Snow,  and  a  son  of  Deacon 
Isaac  Snow,  who  came  to  Thomaston  in  his  old 
age  to  join  his  children,  living  there  and  dying 
at  the  age  of  eighty-five. 

Captain  Ambrose  Snow,  of  the  sixth  genera- 
tion, third  son  of  Rev.  Elisha  Snow,  was  a 
sailor  and  master,  and  died  at  sea,  April  11,  1802. 
He  had  several  sons,  many  of  them  emulating 
their  father's  example  and  following  a  sailor's 
life,  all  becoming  captains  of  vessels.  The  eld- 
est son,  Captain  Robert  Snow,  was  a  sea  cap- 
tain, and  had  two  sons,  both  of  whom  were  mas- 
ter mariners,  and  one  of  them  a  most  important 
figure  in  marine  circles  from  his  youth  until  his 
death.  This  son  was  Captain  Ambrose  (2) 
Snow,  father  of  Alfred  D.  Snow,  of  New  York. 

Captain  Ambrose  (2)  Snow  commanded  many 
ships,  most  of  them  sailing  from  Thomaston.  He 
went  to  sea  with  his  father  at  an  early  age,  be- 
came a  skilled  navigator,  and  was  but  a  young 
man  when  he  first  was  given  a  command.  From 
that  time  until  1852  he  was  never  without  a  ship, 
commanding  in  succession  the  vessels,  John 
Holland,  Leopard,  Leonidas,  John  Hancock, 
Carack,  Telamon,  and  Southampton.  In  1852,  at 
the  age  of  thirty-nine,  he  retired  from  the  sea 
and  established  the  shipping  firm,  Snow  and 
Burgess.  He  was  president  of  the  Marine  So- 
ciety in  1869,  and  many  times  reelected;  was 
president  of  the  Board  of  Pilot  Commissioners; 
and  upon  his  twelfth  successive  election  to  the 
presidency  of  the  New  York  Board  of  Trade  and 
Transportation,  in  1890,  was  presented  with  a 
magnificent  chronometer  and  diamond  compass. 
He  was  president  of  Sailors  Snug  Harbor  Board 
of  Trustees  for  seventeen  years,  and  active  in 
business  until  1884,  when  the  failure  of  Grant 
&  Ward  affected  the  Marine  Bank,  of  which  Cap- 
tain Snow  was  vice-president,  and  he  then  re- 
tired. He  died  at  the  home  of  his  son  in  Brook- 
lyn, at  the  age  of  eighty-two  and  a  half  years, 
and  was  buried  at  Thomaston,  his  old  home. 
The  Maine  Society  of  New  York  adopted  a  fit- 
ting memorial  to  their  long-time  member,  and 
men  eminent  in  the  business  world  mourned  the 
loss  of  a  friend.  He  married  Mary  Robinson  of 


Thomaston,  they  the  parents  of  a  daughter, 
Adelia,  and  four  sons:  Alfred  Dunstan,  Louis 
Thorndike,  Richard,  and  William.  All  are  de- 
ceased save  the  eldest  son,  Alfred  Dunstan 
Snow. 

Alfred  Dunstan  Snow  was  born  in  Thomaston, 
Maine,  September  26,  1840,  and  there  resided 
until  1851,  when  his  parents  moved  to  Brooklyn, 
New  York,  which  has  since  been  his  home.  His 
education  began  in  the  Thomaston  schools,  was 
continued  in  the  Brooklyn  grade  and  high 
schools,  and  when  the  latter  school  study  was 
completed  he  was  inducted  into  business  life 
under  the  auspices  of  his  father,  who  was  a 
prominent  figure  in  shipping  circles  at  that  time, 
and  long  thereafter.  The  business  which  he  en- 
tered in  youth  has  never  been  departed  from,  and 
he  is  one  of  the  men  most  closely  and  continu- 
ously identified  with  the  shipping  interests  of  the 
port  of  New  York.  For  over  half  a  century  he 
has  dealt  with  the  men  "who  go  down  to  the  sea 
in  ships";  has  the  history  of  New  York  ships, 
shippers  and  ship  captains  at  his  tongue's  end, 
and  is  a  veritable  storehouse  of  interesting  facts 
and  reminiscences  of  the  days  when  the  North 
and  East  rivers  were  crowded  with  the  merchant 
men,  and  a  "Yankee  Ship  and  a  Yankee  Crew" 
was  the  standard  of  design,  speed,  and  seaman- 
ship. Mr.  Snow  has  been  connected  with  the 
firm,  W.  R.  Grace  &  Company,  Hanover  square, 
New  York,  one  of  the  important  shipping  houses 
of  New  York,  largely  engaged  in  South  American 
trade.  He  is  still  active  in  business,  and  each 
day  finds  him  at  his  desk,  directing  and  superin- 
tending. He  is  a  true  son  of  those  hardy  mari- 
ners who  made  Snow  a  name  to  conjure  with  in 
all  parts  of  the  world,  and  in  his  own  sphere  he 
has  held  the  name  true  to  its  best  traditions. 

While  a  young  man  Mr.  Snow  served  in  the 
State  Militia,  enlisting  in  the  Twenty-second 
New  York  Regiment  in  January,  1862,  and  serv- 
ing seven  years.  In  1862  he,  with  his  regiment, 
was  called  into  the  Federal  service  in  Virginia 
and  Maryland,  and  in  1863  was  called  to  repel 
Lees'  invasion  of  Pennsylvania,  seeing  service 
under  both  calls.  A  Democrat  in  politics,  Mr. 
Snow  has  never  sought,  desired  nor  held  public 
office,  his  interest  being  that  of  a  good  citizen. 
He  is  a  member  of  several  organizations,  is  a 
man  of  friendly,  genial  nature,  highly  esteemed 
by  a  host  of  friends. 

Mr.  Snow  married,  in  Rockland,  Maine,  Oc- 
tober 16,  1866,  Lucy  B.  Berry,  daughter  of 
Major-General  Hiram  G.  Berry,  a  gallant  Union 
officer,  killed  at  the  battle  of  Chancellorsville. 


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HISTORY  OF  MAL\i<: 


HARRISON  KING  McCANN— Although  for 
a  number  of  years  identified  with  the  business 
world  of  New  York  City,  Harrison  King  Mc- 
Cann  is  a  native  of  Maine.  The  McCann  family 
for  several  generations  is  connected  with  the  his- 
tory of  Maine.  William  McCann,  grand- 
father of  Harrison  K.  McCann,  was  born  in 
Poland,  Maine,  about  1804,  and  died  about  1880. 
He  was  the  son  of  William  McCann,  a  tailor  by 
trade,  who  came  to  Poland  from  New  Hamp- 
shire, married  a  Miss  Hayes,  and  settled  in  the 
village  of  Poland  Corner.  The  younger  William, 
known  as  Deacon  William  McCann,  was  by  oc- 
cupation a  farmer,  a  deacon  of  the  Freewill 
Baptist  church,  a  Republican  in  politics.  He 
married  Lucy  Snell,  born  February  22,  1809,  who 
died  in  1901.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Captain 
Robert  Snell  and  Joanna  (King)  Snell,  who 
came  from  Massachusetts,  cleared  and  settled  on 
a  farm  in  Poland,  Maine.  As  a  boy,  Captain 
Snell  served  with  his  father  in  the  Revolution- 
ary War,  and  was  a  captain  in  the  War  of  1812. 
The  children  by  the  marriage  of  Deacon  William 
and  Lucy  (Snell)  McCann  were:  David  Nelson, 
Emmeline,  Mercillis,  William  Tracy,  Robert 
Snell,  James  P.,  Isaac  Fairfield,  Frank,  Joseph 
Harrison  and  Harriet  Eliza  (twins),  and  William 
Warren. 

Joseph  Harrison  McCann,  son  of  Deacon  Wil- 
liam and  Lucy  (Snell)  McCann,  was  born  in 
Poland,  Maine,  October  27,  1845.  He  was  en- 
gaged in  farming,  also  in  the  hardware  and  stove 
business.  In  his  youth  he  attended  the  Freewill 
Baptist  church,  later  the  Congregational  church. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  married,  at 
Saccarappa,  Maine,  August  6,  1876,  Ella  Mary 
Bean.  Mrs.  McCann  was  the  daughter  of  David 
Marks  and  Mary  Ann  Cobb  (Cloudman)  Bean. 
She  was  born  at  Saccarappa,  Maine,  November 
21,  1855.  She  was  descended  from  two  notable 
Scotch  families.  The  surname  of  Bean  was 
originally  McBean,  McBaine,  McBayne,  and  is 
now  spelled  Bain  by  some  of  the  family.  The 
surname  is  of  Gaelic  origin  and  denotes  a  color. 
The  MacBean  or  McBane  were  from  Inverness, 
Scotland,  a  sept  of  the  clan  of  Chattan,  origin- 
ally Macintosh,  although  some  members  claim 
kindred  to  the  Camerons.  Some  authorities 
claim  the  name  is  derived  from  the  fair  com- 
plexion of  the  progenitor  of  the  Lochabcr  clan, 
others  from  their  living  in  a  high  mountain  coun- 
try, Beann  being  the  Gaelic  for  mountain. 

John  Bean,  the  immigrant  American  ancestor, 
is  said  to  be  the  son  of  Donald  MacBayne,  and 
there  is  reason  to  believe  that  he  was  one  of  the 


Scotch  taken  prisoner  by  Cromwell  at  the  bat- 
tle of  Worcester.  Many  thousands  of  these 
prisoners  were  sent  to  America,  and  we  find  John 
Bean  settled  in  Exeter,  New  Hampshire,  before 
1660.  From  this  sturdy  Scotch  ancestor  de- 
scended Nathaniel  C.  Bean,  born  December  26, 
1794,  died  March  29,  1885.  He  married,  March 
9,  1817,  Elizabeth  Bangs,  a  descendant  of  Ed- 
ward Bangs,  who  was  born  in  England  in  1592, 
and  died  in  Eastham,  Massachusetts,  in  1678. 
The  origin  of  the  name  of  Bangs  is  doubtful; 
some  claim  it  is  a  corruption  of  Banks,  others 
suggest  it  is  from  the  French  word  for  bath. 
The  son  of  the  immigrant  used,  in  1680,  the 
same  crest  as  that  used  by  Sir  John  Banks,  of 
London,  in  the  time  of  the  Stuarts,  viz.,  a  boar's 
head,  full  faced,  couped  at  the  shoulders  proper, 
on  the  head  a  cap  of  maintenance  gules,  turned 
up  ermine,  adorned  with  a  crescent,  issuant 
therefrom  a  fleur-de-lis  or.  There  is  a  tradition 
that  the  immigrant  ancestor  was  a  native  or  in- 
habitant of  Chichester,  a  city  in  the  County  of 
Sussex,  England;  others  contended  he  was  born 
in  the  Isle  of  Man.  He  arrived  in  July,  1623,  on 
the  ship  Anne  at  Plymouth,  Massachusetts. 
He  was  associated  in  the  affairs  of  the  Plymouth 
Colony  with  William  Bradford,  Edward  Wins- 
low,  John  Howland,  Francis  Cook  and  Joshua 
Pratt.  He  was  a  shipwright  by  trade,  and  latefr 
he  became  identified  with  Eastham,  one  of  the 
oldest  towns  on  Cape  Cod. 

David  Marks  Bean,  the  son  of  Nathaniel  C. 
and  Elizabeth  (Bangs)  Bean,  was  born  in  Lim- 
ington,  Maine,  September  12,  1825.  He  married 
Mary  Ann  Cobb  Cloudman,  who  was  descended 
from  Thomas  Cloudman  or  Cloutman.  He  and 
his  brother  John  came  from  the  highlands  of 
Aberdeen,  Scotland,  to  America,  in  1690,  land- 
ing at  Plymouth,  Massachusetts,  and  finally  set- 
tled at  Marblehead,  Massachusetts,  where  they 
worked  as  ship  carpenters  for  about  ten  years. 
The  brothers  were  members  of  the  Society  of 
Friends,  of  strict  integrity  and  sound  Christian 
character.  There  is  no  record  that  John  ever 
married.  Thomas  married  and  had  seven  chil- 
dren, Edward,  born  in  Scotland,  being  the  eldest. 
The  latter  settled  early  in  life  in  Dover,  New 
Hampshire,  and  married  there,  April  22,  1698, 
Sarah  Tuttle.  Among  their  children  was  Edward 
Cloudman,  born  in  Dover,  New  Hampshire, 
February  15,  1714.  He  removed  to  Falmouth, 
Maine,  at  the  age  of  twenty-two  years,  and  there 
married,  April  16,  1738,  Anna  Collins,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Timothy  and  Sarah  Collins.  After  his 
marriage  he  went  to  Presumpscot  Lower  Mills, 


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Maine,  and  had  charge  of  the  first  saw  mill  built 
at  that  place.  The  mill  was  destroyed  by 
Indians,  and  Cloudman,  in  1745,  became  a  resi- 
dent of  Gorham,  Maine.  A  year  later  the  Indians 
attacked  the  settlement,  made  Cloudman  a 
prisoner,  and  placed  him  in  a  fortress  at  Quebec, 
Canada.  He  effected  his  escape  after  six  months' 
imprisonment,  but  was  never  heard  from,  the 
probability  being  that  he  was  drowned  while 
crossing  Lake  Champlain. 

Timothy  Cloudman,  son  of  Edward  Cloudman, 
•was  born  at  Presumpscot  Lower  Falls,  and  in 
his  boyhood  days  lived  with  his  stepfather, 
Abraham  Anderson,  at  Windham,  Maine.  He 
married,  July  24,  1766,  Catherine  Partridge,  and 
they  settled  on  a  farm  in  Gorham,  Maine.  He 
and  his  wife  lived  to  a  ripe  old  age;  he  died 
in  his  ninety-second  year,  October  22,  1830; 
his  wife  survived  him,  dying  March  24,  1832, 
aged  ninety-one  years.  They  had  a  family  of 
eleven  children.  John  Cloudman,  the  sixth 
child,  was  born  February  20,  1776,  and  married 
two  sisters,  Elizabeth  and  Sarah,  daughters  of 
Jedediah  and  Reliance  (Paine)  Cobb.  John  and 
Sarah  (Cobb)  Cloudman  had  eleven  children. 
The  tenth  child  of  this  family  was  Mary  Ann 
Cobb  Cloudman,  who  became  the  wife  of  David 
Marks  Bean.  The  latter  died  in  Westbrook, 
Maine,  May  26,  1897;  his  wife  survived  him, 
dying  at  Gorham,  Maine,  September  8,  1910. 

Nellie  Louise  McCann  and  Harrison  King  Mc- 
Cann  are  the  only  surviving  children  of  Joseph 
Harrison  and  Ella  Mary  (Bean)  McCann.  Nel- 
lie Louise  was  born  at  Saccarappa,  Maine,  July 
31,  1877.  She  now  resides  at  Gorham,  Maine, 
with  her  father. 

Harrison  King  M'cCann  was  born  at  Sacca- 
rappa, Maine,  November  4,  1880.  He  graduated 
from  the  Westbrook  High  School  in  1898,  and 
from  Bowdoin  College  in  the  class  of  1902.  Dur- 
ing the  summer  vacation  period  from  1896  to 
1 002  he  was  associated  with  Hiram.  Ricker  & 
Sons,  the  well  known  hotel  proprietors  at  Poland 
Springs,  Maine,  and  the  following  year  was  con- 
nected with  their  New  York  office,  also  with 
the  Amsterdam  Advertising  Agency.  For  seven 
.rs,  from  1903  to  1910,  he  was  advertising 
manager  for  the  New  York  Telephone  Company. 
In  1911  he  became  advertising  manager  for  the 
Standard  Oil  Company,  and  in  November  of  that 
year  organized  and  incorporated  under  the 
laws  of  the  State  of  New  York  The  H.  K.  Mc- 
Cann Company,  to  conduct  a  general  advertising 
business.  He  became  president  of  the  corpora- 


tion, a  position  he  now  fills.  The  business  of 
the  company  has  extended  not  only  over  the 
ed  States  but  to  Canada.  Offices  are  main- 
tained in  New  York,  Cleveland,  San  Francisco, 
Toronto  and  Montreal.  A  Canadian  corporation 
was  formed  under  the  title  of  The  H.  K.  Mc- 
Cann Company,  Limited,  of  which  he  is  also 
president.  He  is  also  a  director  of  the  Bozart 
Rug  Company,  of  the  Douglaston  Realty  Com- 
pany, and  of  the  Tilford  Park  Company.  A  Re- 
publican in  politics,  he  has  never  taken  an  active 
part  in  the  public  affairs  of  the  country.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Theta  Delta  Chi  fraternity, 
the  Maine  Society,  of  the  Advertising,  Ardsley, 
Union  League,  University  and  Whitehall  clubs 
of  New  York  City,  and  of  the  Seaview  Golf 
Club  of  Atlantic  City. 


LOUIS  A.  JACK— We  have  a  term  which  has 
originated  in  this  country  to  express  a  particular 
type  of  man  who,  though  not  peculiar  to  our- 
selves, is  probably  more  common  here  than  any- 
where else  in  the  world.  The  term  is  that  of 
"self-made  man,"  which  expresses  with  a  certain 
pungent  precision  common  to  popular  phrases  a 
type  with  which  we  are  all  familiar.  It  would 
be  difficult  to  discover  a  better  example  of  what 
is  meant  by  the  term  than  in  the  person  of 
Louis  A.  Jack,  the  successful  and  prominent  at- 
torney of  Lisbon  Falls,  Maine. 

Born  July  12,  1877,  at  Topsham,  Maine,  Louis 
A.  Jack  comes  of  good  old  Maine  stock  and  ex- 
hibits in  his  own  personality  the  sterling  char- 
acters which  we  associate  with  the  "Pine  Tree" 
State.  He  is  a  son  of  Albion  S.  Jack,  who  like 
himself  was  a  native  of  Topsham,  where  he  was 
born  February  3,  1844,  and  where  his  death  oc- 
curred in  the  month  of  June,  1917.  Mr.  Jack, 
Sr.,  was  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  and 
was  also  an  active  and  successful  farmer.  He 
married  Sarah  B.  Crosman,  a  native  of  Dur- 
ham, Maine,  and  she  died  at  the  age  of  sixty- 
five  years,  while  they  were  living  in  that  place. 
To  them  eight  children  were  born  as  follows:  I. 
Charles  Howard,  who  died  when  only  five  years 
of  age.  2.  Eugene  T.,  who  now  resides  at  Lis- 
bon Falls,  Maine,  where  he  is  a  dealer  in  lum- 
ber, and  married  Lucy  C.  Snow.  3.  Frederick 
W.,  also  of  Lisbon  Falls,  but  is  on  the  road 
much  of  his  time  in  the  capacity  of  traveling 
salesman;  married  Mary  I.  Quint,  by  whom  he 
has  had  four  children,  Louise,  Kenneth,  Russell 
and  Caroline.  4.  Louis  A.,  whose  career  forms 
the  principal  subject  matter  of  this  sketch.  5. 


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Mary  L.,  who  became  the  wife  of  Charles  F. 
Wakely,  of  Topsham,  and  they  are  the  parents 
of  three  children,  Charles,  Doris  and  Eugene.  6. 
John  L.,  of  Waltham,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
married  Ada  Griffin,  by  whom  he  has  had  one 
child,  Gerald.  7.  Ardelle,  who  now  makes  her 
home  at  Waltham,  Massachusetts;  married 
Charles  D.  Smith,  of  that  city.  8.  Arleen,  who 
became  the  wife  of  Walter  Rogers,  and  has  borne 
to  him  one  child,  Alson,  and  is  also  the  mother 
of  a  child,  Ensena  Wilson,  by  a  former  mar- 
riage. 

Louis  A.  Jack  spent  the  early  years  of  his  life 
at  his  native  place  and  there  attended  the  local 
public  schools  until  he  had  attained  the  age  of 
sixteen  years.  He  then  left  school  and  came 
to  the  town  of  Lisbon  Falls,  where  he  has  made 
his  home  ever  since.  For  a  time  Mr.  Jack  at- 
tended Shaw's  Business  College  at  Portland, 
where  he  took  a  commercial  course,  but  in  the 
meantime  he  had  come  to  the  conclusion  that 
he  would  follow  a  profession  and  determined 
upon  law  as  his  calling  in  life.  He  pursued  the 
study  of  this  subject  under  the  preceptorship  of 
H.  E.  Coolidge,  a  prominent  attorney  of  Lisbon 
Falls,  where  he  pursued  his  work  to  such  good 
purpose  that  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  Oc- 
tober 16,  1900.  He  began  at  once  the  active 
practice  of  his  profession  and  was  offered  a  part- 
nership by  his  former  teacher,  Mr.  Coolidge,  the 
firm  becoming  Coolidge  &  Jack.  In  the  year 
1904,  however,  this  association  was  severed,  and 
for  the  past  thirteen  years  Mr.  Jack  has  been 
practicing  independently  at  Lisbon  Falls.  His 
many  qualifications  for  legal  practice  have  led 
him  to  a  prominent  position  before  the  Maine 
bar,  and  he  has  built  up  a  very  successful  and 
remunerative  clientele.  He  is  recognized  at  the 
present  time  not  only  by  his  clients  but  by  his 
professional  colleagues  as  one  of  the  most  ca- 
pable and  highly  principled  members  of  the  bar, 
and  much  of  the  most  important  litigation  of 
that  region  is  handled  in  his  office.  Mr.  Jack 
has  been  prominently  connected  with  the  Boards 
of  Trade,  having  served  as  president  of  the  local 
board  for  two  years.  He  is  now  serving  a  sec- 
ond term  as  president  of  the  Maine  State  Board 
of  Trade.  Mr.  Jack  is  a  staunch  Republican  in 
politics,  and  has  identified  himself  very  closely 
with  local  public  affairs,  and  has  assisted  the 
Republican  organization  at  Lisbon  Falls  in  a 
most  material  and  effective  manner.  He  be- 
came so  prominent  in  party  matters  that  he  was 
the  Republican  candidate  for  county  attorney  in 
the  election  just  past  (1916).  It  was,  of  course, 


impossible  that  even  his  popularity  could  de- 
feat the  great  Democratic  majority  of  that  year. 
Mr.  Jack  has  also  served  as  chairman  of  the 
Republican  Town  Committee  several  times  and 
has  spared  no  sacrifice  to  advance  the  interests 
of  his  party.  Mr.  Jack  has  many  social  and  fra- 
ternal affiliations,  and  among  the  most  impor- 
tant it  may  be  mentioned  that  he  is  a  member 
of  the  local  lodges  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and 
the  Topsham  Grange.  In  his  religious  belief 
Mr.  Jack  is  a  Unitarian  and  attends  the  church 
of  that  denomination  at  Lisbon  Falls. 

Louis  A.  Jack  was  united  in  marriage,  October 
17,  1905,  at  Lisbon  Falls,  with  Pamelia  B.  Cur- 
tis, a  native  of  Lisbon  Falls,  and  a  daughter  of 
Dr.  George  W.  and  Bertha  Randall  Curtis,  old 
and  highly  respected  residents  of  this  place,  but 
now  both  deceased.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jack 
three  children  have  been  born  as  follows:  Bertha 
Louise,  in  1906,  Lucile  Curtis,  in  1912,  and  Grace 
Randall,  in  1917. 


ALBERT  R.  GOODWIN,  a  prominent  finan- 
cier, banker  and  business  man  of  Biddeford, 
Maine,  where  he  is  associated  with  many  impor- 
tant interests,  is  a  member  of  a  family  that  has 
long  been  resident  in  this  State,  the  immigrant 
ancestor  having  come  here  early  in  the  Colonial 
period  and  being  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of 
the  town  of  Kittery,  in  York  county.  The 
Goodwin  family  is  of  ancient  English  origin, 
and  several  lines  bearing  the  name  were  founded 
in  New  England  at  a  very  early  date.  In  1632 
two  brothers,  William  and  Ozias  Goodwin,  set- 
tled at  Hartford,  Connecticut;  there  was  an  Ed- 
win Goodwin  in  Boston  in  1640;  a  Christopher 
Goodwin  in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  before 
1650;  and  a  Richard  and  Edward  Goodwin  in 
Gloucester,  in  1660. 

(I)  The  founder  of  the  branch  of  the  family 
with  which  we  are  here  concerned  was  Daniel 
Goodwin,  who  is  believed  to  have  been  a  brother 
of  the  Richard  Goodwin,  of  Gloucester,  and  the 
son  of  Bridget  Goodwin,  who  came  probably 
from  Torrington,  near  Plymouth,  England,  and 
settled  at  Gloucester,  Massachusetts,  with  her 
sons.  The  name  of  her  first  husband,  a  Good- 
win, is  unknown,  but  she  married  (second)  Henry 
Travers,  and  (third)  Richard  Window.  She  died 
at  Gloucester,  where  her  inventory  was  dated 
August  9,  1673.  Daniel  Goodwin  was  probably 
born  at  Torrington,  England,  and  appears  to 
have  accompanied  his  mother  and  brothers  to 


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New  England,  though  the  exact  date  of  the  voy- 
age has  not  been  ascertained.  He  docs  not  seem 
to  have  remained  with  the  family  at  Gloucester, 
for  we  find  him  at  Kittery,  York  county,  Maine, 
as  early  as  1652.  He  was  a  prominent  citizen 
of  that  place,  a  surveyor,  innkeeper,  and  large 
landed  proprietor.  Daniel  Goodwin  married 
(first)  at  Kittery,  Margaret  Spencer,  a  daughter 
of  Thomas  and  Patience  (Chadbourne)  Spencer. 
He  married  (second),  after  March,  1670,  Sarah 
(Sanders)  Turbet,  widow  of  Peter  Turbet.  His 
death  occurred  about  1712.  Children  of  Daniel 
Goodwin  by  the  first  marriage:  Daniel,  born  1656; 
James,  who  married  Sarah  Thompson;  Thomas, 
who  is  mentioned  below;  William,  who  married 
Deliverance  Taylor;  Moses,  married  Abigail  Tay- 
lor; Patience,  became  the  wife  of  Daniel  Stone; 
Elizabeth,  married  (first)  Zachery  Emery,  and 
(second)  Philip  Hubbard;  Sarah,  married  Isaac 
Barnes;  Adams,  who  it  is  recorded  was  presented 
at  court,  December  19,  1675,  for  non-attendance 
at  meeting;  David,  who  is  mentioned  in  the 
court  records  of  1670  as  twenty-two  years  of 
age. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  Daniel  and  Margaret 
(Spencer)  Goodwin,  was  born  at  Kittery,  Maine, 
about  1660-65,  married,  about  1685,  Mehitable 
Plaisted,  daughter  of  Lieutenant  Roger  and 
granddaughter  of  Ichabod  Plaisted.  In  1689-90, 
his  wife  was  taken  captive  by  the  Indians,  to- 
gether with  her  infant  son,  whom  they  killed. 
She  was  kept  in  captivity  five  years  before  she 
was  restored  to  her  husband  at  Berwick.  He 
married  (second)  Sarah  .  Thomas  Good- 
win was  an  ensign  in  a  military  company  and 
lived  during  most  of  his  life  at  South  Berwick, 
Maine.  He  and  his  second  wife  deeded  land 
to  his  son  Thomas  (2)  Goodwin,  December,  1711. 
His  children  were  as  follows:  A  son,  killed  by 
the  Indians,  1689-90;  Thomas,  mentioned  at 
length  below;  Ichabod,  born  June  17,  1700,  and 
married  Elizabeth  Scammon;  Olive,  born  in  1708, 
baptized  March  14,  1717-18,  and  married  Timothy 
Davis;  Mary,  baptized  June  18,  1710,  married 
(first)  -  -  Abbot,  and  (second)  John  Cooper; 
James,  married  Margaret  Wallingford;  a  daugh- 
ter, who  married  •  •  Shapleigh;  Bial  (a 
daughter),  baptized  May  6,  1716. 

(Ill)  Thomas  (2)  Goodwin,  son  of  Thomas 
(i)  and  Mehitable  (Plaisted)  Goodwin,  was  born 
July  12,  1697,  at  South  Berwick;  married  Decem- 
ber 2,  1722,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Elizabeth  Butler.  They  were  the  parents  of 
the  following  children:  Elisha,  baptized  October 
9,  1726;  Thomas,  mentioned  below;  Olive,  bap- 


tized July  28,  1728,  and  married  Nathan  Lord, 
Jr.;  Moses,  baptized  October  27,  1728,  died  in 
1766,  unmarried;  Elizabeth,  baptized  August  9, 
1730,  married  Alexander  Shapleigh;  Mary,  bap- 
tized April  15,  1733,  died  July  18,  1736;  James, 
born  March  17,  1735,  died  July  21,  1736;  Reuben, 
baptized  October  29,  1736;  Charity,  baptized  Oc- 
tober 29,  1736,  married  Thomas  Abbot;  James, 
baptized  May  15,  1737,  married  Sarah  Griffith; 
Daniel,  baptized  August  19,  1739;  Mollie,  baptized 
January  25,  1740,  died  unmarried  in  1766. 

(IV)  Thomas    (3)    Goodwin,    son    of    Thomas 
(2)   and   Elizabeth    (Butler)    Goodwin,   was   born 
at  South  Berwick,  Maine,  and  baptized  there,  Oc- 
tober 9,  1726.     From  the  names  of  children  in  the 
two  families,  the  age  of  Thomas  compared  with 
others,  and  various  other  evidence,  the  accuracy 
of  the  lineage  as  traced  is  established.     He  may 
have  married  (second)  July  29,  1754,  Mary  Hicks. 
His  first  wife  was  Eunice .     He  was  close- 
ly  connected  with   Thomas   Goodwin,   of   Maine, 
if    not    the    same    man.       Thomas    and    Eunice 
Goodwin  had  a  son,  Jonathan,  who  is  mentioned 
below,  and  possibly  other  children. 

(V)  Jonathan    Goodwin,    son    of   Thomas    (3) 
and    Eunice    Goodwin,    was    born    at    Berwick, 
Maine,  and  baptized  there  January  22,  1752.      He 
married    (intention   published   in    Berwick,   April 
7,  1770)  Elizabeth  Clark.      He  resided  at  Lyman, 
Maine.     After  his  death  his  widow  married  (sec- 
ond)    Welch,   and    resided   at   Waterboro, 

where  she  died.    Children  of  Jonathan  and  Eliza- 
beth    (Clark)     Goodwin:     George     Clark,     born 
February,    1772,    married    Ruth    Page;    Andrew; 

Jonathan,   married  Earle;    Uriah,   died   at 

New  Orleans;   Reuben,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Reuben,   son   of  Jonathan   and   Elizabeth 
(Clark)    Goodwin,   was   born   at    Lyman,    Maine, 
about   1790.      He  married   (first)    Elizabeth   Pray 

and    (second)    Polly   .      Children,   born   at 

Lyman:  Reuben;  Joseph  Pray,  born  January,  1821, 
mentioned  below;  Sarah;  Elizabeth;  Mary. 

(VII)  Joseph    Pray   Goodwin,   son    of    Reuben 
Goodwin,  was  born  in  January,   1821,  at  Lyman, 
Maine,     and     educated     there     in     the     common 
schools.      Upon    completing   his   studies   he   was 
apprenticed  to  a  carpenter  and  learned  that  trade, 
after   which    he    removed    to    Lowell,    Massachu- 
setts, and  there  became  a  builder  and  contractor 
on  his  own  account.     Later  he  removed  to  Saco, 
and  finally  to   Biddeford,  Maine,  where   he   con- 
tinued in  the  same  line  of  business  until  the  close 
of  his  life.      He  was  a  strong  Democrat  in  poli- 
tics,  and   active   in   local   affairs,   serving  on   the 
Biddeford   Board   of   Aldermen.      In   religion   he 


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was  a  Methodist.  He  married  Mary  A.  Hayford, 
born  at  Tanworth,  New  Hampshire,  in  1822, 
and  died  at  Biddeford,  November  6,  1899.  He 
died  there,  December  24,  1883.  They  were  the 
parents  of  the  following  children:  Sarah,  born 
1848;  Charles  E.,  born  April  2,  1850;  Abbie  and 
Emma,  twins,  born  January  29,  1855;  Forest  J., 
born  April  8,  1860;  Albert  Reuben,  with  whom 
we  are  chiefly  concerned. 

(VIII)  Albert  Reuben  Goodwin,  son  of  Joseph 
Pray  and  Mary  A.  (Hayford)  Goodwin,  was  born 
at  Biddeford,  Maine,  February  29,  1864.  He  at- 
tended the  local  public  schools,  and  was  un- 
usually precocious,  being  the  youngest  member 
of  the  class  of  1880  in  the  Biddeford  High  School, 
being  but  sixteen  at  the  time  of  his  graduation. 
Upon  leaving  school  he,  like  his  father  before 
him,  was  apprenticed  to  a  carpenter  and  learned 
that  trade,  but  instead  of  engaging  in  his  father's 
contracting  business,  he  secured  a  position  in 
the  Biddeford  National  Bank,  of  which  his  elder 
brother,  Charles  Edwin,  was  at  that  time  cashier. 
He  held  for  a  time  a  clerical  position  there,  but 
proved  himself  so  capable  and  intelligent  that 
he  was,  in  1890,  made  assistant  cashier  and  a 
director  of  the  concern.  In  1915,  upon  the  resig- 
nation of  his  brother  from  the  office  of  cashier, 
Mr.  Goodwin  was  elected  to  take  his  place,  and 
is  at  the  present  time  filling  that  responsible 
post.  In  1907  Mr.  Goodwin,  with  a  number  of 
associates,  organized  the  Goodwin  Trust  Com- 
pany, since  known  as  the  Pepperell  Trust  Com- 
pany, of  Biddeford,  Maine,  of  which  he  is  the 
vice-president  and  a  director.  Besides  these 
financial  institutions,  Mr.  Goodwin  is  also  inter- 
ested in  a  number  of  business  enterprises,  and 
is  .a  director  of  the  Biddeford  and  Saco  Coal 
Company.  In  the  case  of  the  Biddeford  National 
Bank,  the  Goodwins  have  played  a  great  part  in 
its  development,  and  for  about  fifty  years  mem- 
bers of  the  family  have  been  active  in  its  manage- 
ment. 

Mr.  Goodwin  does  not  by  any  means  confine 
his  activities  to  the  realm  of  business,  however, 
but  takes  part  in  many  aspects  of  the  com- 
munity's affairs.  He  is  a  staunch  Democrat  in 
politics  as  was  his  father  and  is  regarded  as  a 
leader  in  the  party  councils  here.  He  has  often 
been  urged  to  run  for  office,  but  not  being  per- 
sonally ambitious,  he  has  consistently  refused  to 
do  so,  on  account  of  the  pressure  of  his  business. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and 
the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen.  In  the 
matter  of  his  religion  Mr.  Goodwin  is  a  Con- 


gregationalist,  and  attends  the  White  Church  of 
that  denomination  as  Biddeford. 

Albert  Reuben  Goodwin  was  united  in  mar- 
riage, April  24,  1884,  at  Biddeford,  with  Edith 
Laura  Sawyer,  a  daughter  of  Gilbert  A.  and 
Annis  Came  Sawyer,  old  and  highly  respected 
residents  of  this  place.  Three  children  have 
been  born  of  this  union  as  follows:  I.  Ernest 
A.,  born  May  I,  1887.  He  was  graduated  from 
the  Phillips  Exeter  Academy  with  the  class  of 
1906,  and  is  at  the  present  time  treasurer  and  a 
director  of  the  Pepperell  Trust  Company,  assist- 
ant cashier  of  the  Biddeford  National  Bank  and 
a  director  of  the  Biddeford  and  Saco  Coal  Com- 
pany. For  his  age,  young  Mr.  Goodwin  has 
reached  a  remarkably  high  place  in  the  public 
confidence,  and  from  1913  to  1915,  held  the  very 
responsible  post  of  treasurer  of  the  city  of  Bid- 
deford. In  1909  he  married  Ada  Hortense 
Leavitt,  a  daughter  of  John  H.  and  Bessie  J. 
(Merrill)  Leavitt,  of  Pine  Point,  Maine.  2. 
Annis  G.,  born  June  10,  1892,  educated  at  the 
common  and  high  schools  of  Biddeford  and  at 
the  New  England  Conservatory  of  Music,  at 
Boston.  She  married,  June  5,  1915,  R.  Hampden 
Bryant,  who  holds  a  responsible  position  in  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Biddeford.  They  are 
parents  of  one  child,  Edith  Barbara,  born  April 
6,  1916.  3.  Helene  Mary,  born  June  10,  1900. 


JAMES  ARTHUR  ROBERTS,  LL.D.— Al- 
though a  loyal  son  of  Maine,  Mr.  Roberts  has 
spent  the  years  of  his  professional  and  business 
life  in  practice  in  the  cities  of  Buffalo  and  New 
York,  and  has  received  from  the  State  of  his 
adoption  high  civil  honors.  He  won  high  stand- 
ing at  the  bar  of  Erie  county,  New  York,  dur- 
ing the  years,  1875-94,  and  as  comptroller  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  1894-99,  he  added  to  his  pro- 
fessional reputation  a  record  of  business  ef- 
ficiency in  that  important  department  of  the  busi- 
ness of  the  State.  Since  1900  Mr.  Roberts  has 
resided  in  New  York  City,  his  business  chiefly 
in  connection  with  real  estate  development. 

(I)  He  is  of  the  eight  generation  of  his  fam- 
ily in  this  country,  the  American  ancestor, 
Thomas  Roberts,  settling  on  Dover  N'eck,  Dover, 
New  Hampshire,  at  a  very  early  period,  family 
tradition  claiming  as  early  a  date  as  1623.  In 
1638  the  people  of  Dover  chose  Mr.  Roberts 
"president  of  the  Court,"  and  he  was  made  the 
recipient  of  several  public  honors.  Sewall's 
"History  of  the  Quakers"  speaks  of  him  rebuk- 
ing his  sons,  Thomas  and  John,  who  were  con- 


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stables,  for  their  excess  of  zeal  in  enforcing 
laws  in  1662,  especially  passed  to  annoy  and 
render  life  miserable  for  the  Quakers.  He  owned 
lands  granted  him  by  the  town,  and  some  of 
these  acres  remained  in  the  family  for  more 
than  two  hundred  years.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  church,  and  a  man  highly  respected.  His 
will,  dated  September  27,  1673,  was  proved  June 
30,  1674.  He  was  buried  in  the  northeast  cor- 
ner of  the  old  burying  ground  on  Dover  Neck. 
Descent  is  traced  through  John  Roberts,  eldest 
son  of  Thomas,  the  founder  and  American  an- 
cestor. 

(II)  John  Roberts,  born  in  Dover,  New  Hamp- 
shire, in  1629,  and  died  in  that  town,  January  21, 
1695.     He  is  referred  to  as  a  "planter,"  his  land 
lying  near  his  father's,  and  also  is  mentioned  as 
"Sergeant    John."       He    was    constable    several 
years,  selectman  seven  terms,  and  in  1679,  when 
New   Hampshire   became   separate   from   Mpssa- 
chusetts,  he  was  appointed  marshal  of  the  prov- 
ince.     He  held   other  offices   of   trust,  and  was 
long  a  man  of  importance  in  his  community.     He 
resided  on  Dover  Neck,  but  owned  lands  in  other 
parts  of  the  town.      He  married  Abigail  Nutter, 
daughter    of    Elder    Hatevil    Nutter,    one    of    the 
pioneers    of    Dover.       Descent    is    again    traced 
through  an  eldest  son,  Joseph. 

(III)  Joseph    Roberts    was    born    about    1660, 
and  died  before   1742.      He   was  a  surveyor,  as- 
sessor,  fence   viewer,   ensign   in    1712,   lieutenant 
in  1713.      Opinions  must  have  changed  since  his 
father,    John     Roberts,     was     serving    writs     on 
Quakers,  for  Joseph  dealt  largely  in  real  estate 
and  donated  to  the  Quakers  land  for  a  meeting 
house  and  burial  place.     His  wife's  maiden  name 
was  Elizabeth.      The  head  of  the  fourth  genera- 
tion is  their  fourth  son,  Ebenezer. 

(IV)  Ebenezer  Roberts  was  born  at  the  home 
farm  on  Dover  Neck,  February  24,  1705,  and  died 
in    Somersworth,    New    Hampshire,    in    1754,    he 
settling   in   that   town   in    1717,   a   lad   of   twelve 
years.      He  later  took  up  land  about  one  and  a 
half   miles   from   South    Berwick,  and   until   1731 
lived  in  a  log  cabin.      This  he  replaced  in   1731 
with    a    house    having    an    oak    frame    which    is 
still  standing.      He  married,  in   1733,  Mary  Rol- 
lins, daughter  of  Jeremiah  and  Elizabeth  (Ham) 
Rollins,  granddaughter  of   Ichabod   Rollins,  who 
was  a  son  of  James  Rollins,  the  pioneer  ancestor 
of  the  family  in  New  England.      She  was  born 
January  23,   1714,  in  Somersworth,  and  survived 
her  husband,  being  named  executrix  of  his  will. 
They  were  the  parents  of  eight  sons,  who  after 
the    division    of    their    father's    estate    scattered 


throughout  Maine  and  New  Hampshire,  James 
and  John  only  remaining  at  the  homestead.  The 
eldest,  Moses,  was  killed  by  exposure  during  the 
war,  but  with  this  exception  all  lived  until  Jere- 
miah, the  youngest,  was  more  than  sixty  years 
of  age.  He  was  the  last  survivor  of  the  family 
and  lived  to  the  great  age  of  ninety-four  years. 
Descent  is  traced  through  Ichabod,  the  sixth 
son. 

(V)  Ichabod    Roberts    was    born    in    Somers- 
worth, New  Hampshire,  September  17,  1748,  and 
died  in  Waterboro,  York  county,  Maine,  Decem- 
ber 15,  1833.     He  settled  in  Maine  a  young  man, 
and  took  up  a  tract  of  timber  land  at  Waterboro 
about   twenty-five   miles    southwest   of   Portland. 
He    cleared    a    farm    and    there    resided    the    re- 
mainder of  his  life.      He  married,  December  21, 
1772,   Susannah  Roberts,  born   May  27,   1750,  died 
July  20,   1843,  aged  ninety-three  years,  daughter 
of    Joseph    and    Susannah    (Goodwin)    Roberts. 
Their  second   child   was  a   son,  Jeremiah,   head 
of  the  next  generation  in  this  branch. 

(VI)  Jeremiah  Roberts  was  born  May  17,  1775,  in 
\Vaterboro,  York  county,   Maine,  there  passed  his 
life,  and  died  January  2,  1854,  a  farmer,  owning  the 
acres   he   cultivated.      He   married,   January    18, 
1799,  Elizabeth  Lord,  born  June  25,  1780,  in  Ken- 
nebunkport,   Maine,  died  in  Waterboro,  May   I, 
1850,    daughter    of    John    and    Charity    (Curtis) 
Lord.      Their  youngest   child  was   a   son,  Jere- 
miah (2). 

(VII)  Jeremiah    (2)    Roberts   was   born   April 
22,  1817,  in  Waterboro,  Maine,  and  died  in  Buf- 
falo, New  York,  May  8,  1891.     He  married,  Oc- 
tober 28,  1838,  Alma  Roberts,  and  for  forty  years 
they  resided  upon  the  farm  in  Waterboro  upon 
which  Jeremiah  Roberts  was  born.     About  1882 
they  moved  to   Buffalo,   New  York,  where  they 
resided    until    death    with    their    youngest    son, 
James  Arthur  Roberts.      Jeremiah   Roberts  was 
selectman,  of  Waterboro,  1842-43  and  1861;  town 
clerk  in  1844,  and  a  man  highly  esteemed  in  his 
community.      In  politics  he  was  a  Whig  and  a 
Republican;    in    religion    a    Free    Will    Baptist. 
Alma    Roberts,   his   wife,   died   in    Buffalo,   New 
York,  November  22,  1897,  daughter  of  James  H. 
and   Olive    (Banks)    Roberts.      She   also   was   a 
descendant  of  Thomas  Roberts,  through  his  son 
John,  his  son  Joseph,  his  son  Ebenezer,  his  son 
James,   his    son   Joseph,   his    son   James    H.,   his 
daughter   Alma,   wife    of   Jeremiah    (2)    Roberts. 
They  were  the  parents  of  two  sons,  Frank  Kim- 
ball,  of  Buffalo,  New  York,  and  James  Arthur, 
of  New  York  City. 

(VIII)  James   Arthur   Roberts,   second   son   of 


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Jeremiah  (2)  and  Alma  (Roberts)  Roberts,  was 
born  in  Waterboro,  York  county,  Maine,  and 
there  spent  his  boyhood.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Waterboro,  prepared  at  Edward 
Little  Institute,  Auburn,  Maine,  entered  Bowdoin 
College,  and  was  graduated  with  the  usual 
Bachelor's  degree,  class  of  1870.  Three  years 
later  he  was  awarded  the  degree  A.M.  in  course, 
and  in  1897  Bowdoin  honored  her  son  with  the 
honorary  degree,  LL.D.  For  a  year  following 
graduation  he  was  in  charge  of  Cherryfield 
(Maine)  Academy,  and  for  five  years  thereafter 
he  was  principal,  in  charge  of  public  school  No. 
20,  Buffalo,  New  York.  In  the  meantime  he 
pursued  the  study  of  law,  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  Rochester,  New  York,  in  1875,  and  in  1876 
began  the  practice  of  law  in  Buffalo.  He  prac- 
ticed in  Buffalo  continuously  and  with  success 
until  January  I,  1894,  then  withdrew,  having  been 
elected  comptroller  of  the  State  of  New  York 
in  November,  1893.  Five  years  were  spent  in 
the  public  service  of  the  State,  then  at  the  ex- 
piration of  his  second  term  he  located  in  New 
York  City,  where  he  has  since  continuously  re- 
sided. He  is  president  of  Greater  New  York 
Home  Company,  New  Jersey  Home  Company, 
Stuyvesant  Home  Company,  Shoal  Harbor  In- 
dustries, treasurer  and  director  of  the  Frisco 
Gold  Mines  Company,  and  director  in  the  United 
States  Light  &  Heat  Corporation  and  the  Twin 
Lakes  Land  &  Water  Company.  These  corpora- 
tions indicate  a  large  real  estate  business,  and 
to  their  management  Mr.  Roberts  now  devotes 
his  time  and  energy. 

In  1864  Mr.  Roberts  enlisted,  and  until  the 
close  of  the  War  Between  the  States  saw  active 
service  at  the  front,  serving  in  the  Seventh  Bat- 
tery, Maine  Light  Artillery.  A  Republican  in 
politics,  he  served  in  the  New  York  State  As- 
sembly from  a  Buffalo  district  in  1879  and  1880; 
was  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Park  Commis- 
sioners for  the  city  of  Buffalo,  1900-03;  State 
comptroller,  January  I,  1894,  to  January  I,  1899. 
He  is  a  past  master  of  Occidental  Lodge,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons;  member  of  the  Sons  of 
American  Revolution;  Society  of  Colonial  Wars; 
fourteen  years  president  of  the  New  York  State 
Historical  Association;  member  of  the  Alumni 
Association  of  Bowdoin  College  in  New  York; 
member  of  the  Maine  Society  of  New  York;  and 
Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  fraternity.  In  religious  af- 
filiation he  is  an  Episcopalian,  as  are  his  chil- 
dren, Mrs.  Roberts  being  a  Universalist. 

Mr.     Roberts    married     (first)    in    June,    1871, 


Minerva  Pineo,  of  Calais,  Maine,  born  there,  1845, 
died  at  Buffalo,  New  York,  October,  1883, 
daughter  of  Stephen  Pineo.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) December,  1884,  Martha  Dresser,  of  Au- 
burn, Maine,  born  1847,  in  Auburn,  daughter  of 
Richard  Dresser,  a  lawyer.  Children  of  first 
wife:  Joseph  Banks,  born  November  18,  1874; 
Amelia,  born  December  4,  1882. 


WALLACE  EDGAR  WEBBER,  M.D.— The 

Webber  family,  of  which  Dr.  Wallace  Edgar 
Webber  is  a  representative,  was  founded  in 
Maine  by  George  Webber,  the  great-grandfather 
of  Dr.  Webber,  who  was  an  officer  in  the  Revo- 
lutionary War  and  was  granted  a  tract  of  land 
in  Maine  by  the  government.  His  father  was 
the  first  to  come  to  this  State,  and  since  that 
time  his  descendants  have  occupied  a  prominent 
position  in  the  life  and  affairs  of  the  various 
communities  in  which  they  have  resided.  A 
grandson  of  George  Webber  was  Arista  Webber, 
who  was  born  at  Richmond,  Maine,  in  the  month 
of  March,  1842,  and  died  at  Auburn,  June  12, 
1005.  Arista  Webber  was  engaged  in  the  real 
estate  business,  and  a  well  known  man  in  the 
community.  He  was  married  to  Luella  Patten 
Wedgwood,  a  native  of  Litchfield,  Maine,  where 
she  was  born  in  1841.  The  death  of  Mrs.  Web- 
ber, Sr.,  occurred  in  the  month  of  March,  1914. 
To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Webber  three  sons  were  born, 
all  of  whom  are  living,  as  follows:  Wallace 
Edgar;  George  C.,  who  is  major  of  the  Third 
Battalion  Battery,  First  Maine  Light  Field  Ar- 
tillery; Harry  L.,  who  is  at  the  present  time 
judge  of  the  Auburn  Municipal  Court. 

Born  August  14,  1873,  at  Topsham,  Maine, 
Wallace  Edgar  Webber,  eldest  son  of  Arista  and 
Luella  Patten  (Wedgwood)  Webber,  passed  the 
first  year  of  his  life  at  his  native  Topsham,  then 
was  taken  by  his  parents  to  Auburn,  Maine,  Lis- 
bon, Maine,  and  seven  years  later  moved  to 
Auburn.  It  was  at  the  latter  place  that  he 
gained  the  major  portion  of  his  education  and 
graduated  from  the  High  School  there  in  1891, 
having  been  prepared  for  college.  He  then 
matriculated  at  Bowdoin  College,  where  he  took 
the  medical  course,  graduating  with  the  class 
of  1895  and  taking  his  degree  of  medical  doc- 
tor. Dr.  Webber  established  an  excellent  rec- 
ord for  scholarship  during  his  stay  at  Bowdoin 
College,  and  received  a  very  thorough  ground- 
ing in  the  science  of  the  profession  which  he  had 
chosen  to  make  his  career.  In  the  year  1895, 
immediately  after  graduation,  Dr.  Webber  came 


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to  Lewiston,  Maine,  where  he  is  now  situated 
and  entered  into  the  general  practice  of  medicine 
in  that  city.  His  unusual  skill  in  surgery  has 
caused  him  gradually  to  specialize  in  that  branch 
of  his  profession,  and  he  is  now  recognized  as 
one  of  the  leading  surgeons  in  that  part  of  the 
State.  He  is  a  man  of  very  profound  knowledge 
in  his  subject,  and  possesses  the  coolness  and 
promptness  of  action  requisite  to  the  great  sur- 
geon. While  the  exigencies  of  Dr.  Webber's 
practice  make  it  quite  out  of  the  question  for 
him  to  take  as  active  a  part  in  other  departments 
of  life  as  both  his  tastes  impel  him  or  his  tal- 
ents fit  him  for,  he  nevertheless  does  not  confine 
himself  wholly  to  his  practice.  "He  is  at  the 
present  time  in  association  with  his  brother, 
George  C.  Webber,  engaged  in  the  task  of  de- 
veloping a  large  tract  of  land  in  South  Lewiston, 
which  will  unquestionably  prove  of  great  ad- 
vantage to  the  community-at-large  as  well  as 
to  themselves.  He  is  a  man  who  takes  a  keen 
interest  in  various  aspects  of  life,  particularly 
those  which  are  connected  with  public  affairs 
and  the  normal  intercourse  of  society.  In  the 
first  place  it  is  naturally  quite  out  of  the  question 
for  Dr.  Webber  to  be  active  in  a  department 
which  requires  so  much  time  and  attention  as 
politics  or  the  direction  of  public  affairs.  He 
is  nevertheless  keenly  interested  in  all  the  vital 
issues  of  the  day,  whether  they  be  of  local  or 
general  significance,  and  is  a  staunch  supporter 
of  the  principles  and  policies  of  the  Republican 
party.  He  is  also  very  prominently  connected 
with  the  Masonic  Order  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Lodge,  Chapter  Council,  Commandery,  and  Kora 
Temple,  Ancient  Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the 
Mystic  Shrine.  He  is  also  a  member  of  a  num- 
ber of  clubs,  among  which  should  be  mentioned, 
the  Rotary  Club  of  Lewiston,  and  the  various 
professional  societies,  including  the  State  and 
County  Medical  societies,  the  American  Medical 
Association  and  the  Medical  Research  Club. 

On  January  15,  1902,  Dr.  Wallace  Edgar  Web- 
ber was  united  in  marriage  with  Bertha  Lee 
Perkins,  a  native  of  Lewiston,  and  a  daughter  of 
Josiah  and  Lydia  (Chipman)  Perkins,  the  for- 
mer named  having  been  engaged  in  business  as 
a  carpenter  for  many  years  at  Lewiston,  and  was 
one  of  the  original  members  of  the  Lewiston 
Band.  He  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War  and 
a  member  of  the  local  post  of  the  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic.  To  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Webber  three 
children  have  been  born,  as -follows:  Lydia 
Ruth,  January  21,  1905;  Dorothy  Perkins,  August 

ME.— 1—18 


16,    1906;   and   Wedgwood   Perkins,   February   18, 
1908. 

Beyond  our  powers  in  every  sense  would  be 
the  task  of  summing  up  the  effect  upon  the  gen- 
eral advance  of  the  human  race  of  the  applica- 
tion of  physical  science  to  the  material  needs 
of  life  during  the  present  century  and  the  latter 
half  of  the  one  preceding  it.  It  will  require  per- 
spective much  greater  than  that  which  any 
dweller  in  the  same  epoch  can  possibly  have, 
even  to  make  the  most  casual  approximation  of 
the  results  which  shall  spring  from  a  time  in 
which  invention  and  discovery  along  these  lines 
have  entirely  eclipsed  anything  of  the  kind  in  the 
whole  course  of  human  history.  But  while  the 
task  is  impossible,  especially  now,  when  we  stand 
so  close  to  the  phenomenon  as  to  see  nought  of 
it  but  the  detail,  yet  it  is  quite  within  our  power 
to  say,  and  say  with  all  assurance,  that  the  men 
who  have  given  their  time  and  energies  to  the 
development  of  the  art  of  healing  will  occupy 
for  all  time  one  of  the  highest  places  in  the  ad- 
miration and  affection  of  their  fellows.  So  let 
us  give  to  each  man  who  has  worked  to  this 
great  end,  whether  consciously  or  otherwise,  a 
share  of  the  praise  that  is  due  for  this  splendid 
achievement  and  hail  them  the  typical  figures 
of  an  age  which,  great  as  it  is,  is  only  in  prep- 
aration of  a  greater. 


EDWARD  W.  STAPLES— With  the  passing 
of  Edward  W.  Staples,  one  of  the  influential  and 
oldest  citizens  of  Biddeford,  Maine,  disappeared 
from  scenes  in  which  he  had  been  long  a  most 
interesting  and  prominent  figure.  To  be  elected 
mayor  of  Biddeford  was  not  particularly  remark- 
able, nor  to  be  re-elected  to  a  second  or  even  a 
third  term,  was  not  an  unusual  thing  in  American 
politics,  but  such  was  the  confidence  reposed  in 
his  ability,  honesty  and  good  judgment,  that  he 
was  elected  chief  executive  of  Biddeford  seven 
times.  In  addition  he  was  long  a  prominent 
figure  in  the  political  life  of  Biddeford  and  York 
county,  and  it  was  his  influence  which  kept  the 
Democratic  party  in  power  in  the  city  for  some 
time.  He  was  at  the  height  of  his  political 
power  when  some  of  the  most  closely  contested 
and  memorable  municipal  campaigns  were  waged 
in  Biddeford,  and  his  victories  were  well  earned. 
He  was  universally  liked  by  all  who  knew  him, 
while  his  public  spirit  extended  to  every  depart- 
ment of  city  life,  and  he  was  deeply  interested  in 
the  growth  and  prosperity  of  the  city.  He  was 
a  man  of  strong  convictions  and  most  boldly 


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defended  them.  He  based  his  decisions  upon 
his  own  carefully  arrived  at  conclusions,  and 
when  he  had  decided  that  a  certain  course  was 
right,  he  pursued  it  in  spite  of  all  opposition. 
In  his  private  business  he  was  a  success,  and 
as  treasurer  of  the  Biddeford  Savings  Bank,  held 
a  position  for  which  he  was  materially  well 
qualified. 

He  came  from  an  old  Maine  family,  the  home- 
stead in  which  he  was  born,  having  been  the 
home  of  five  generations,  passing  from  father  to 
son  with  the  fertile  acres  surrounding  it.  His 
farm  located  on  the  banks  of  the  Saco,  is  about 
three  miles  from  Biddeford,  and  was  first  owned 
by  Benjamin  Staples,  one  of  the  pioneers  of 
Biddeford,  and  progressive  farmer,  and  a  man 
of  sterling  quality,  and  sound  business  principle. 
Edward  W.  Staples  was  the  son  of  Joseph 
Staples,  the  latter  having  inherited  the  high 
character  and  practical  ability  which  were  char- 
acteristic of  the  family.  Joseph  Staples  held 
many  town  offices,  and  represented  his  district 
in  the  Maine  Legislature.  He  married  Sarah 
Dolliff,  and  until  his  death  cultivated  the  home- 
stead farm  on  the  Hollis  road,  opposite  the 
pumping  station  of  the  Biddeford  &  Saco  Water 
Company.  The  old  farm  became  the  summer 
home  of  the  family  in  more  recent  years,  and 
with  its  new  buildings,  lawns  and  fields,  was  a 
place  of  beauty.  This  farm  is  still  owned  by  the 
family.  It  was  here  that  Edward  W.  Staples 
was  born  and  his  early  life  spent. 

Edward  W.  Staples  was  born  August  21,  1836, 
and  died  January  16,  1905.  He  spent  his  boy- 
hood days  on  the  farm  and  in  public  school  at- 
tendance at  Biddeford,  finishing  his  education 
with  graduation  from  the  academy  at  Bethel, 
Maine.  After  leaving  school  he  entered  the 
employ  of  William  H.  Field,  a  dealer  in  clothing, 
his  store  in  the  Exchange  block  on  Main  street, 
Biddeford.  He  spent  four  years  with  Mr.  Field, 
1855-59,  and  then  in  the  latter  year  established 
in  business  for  himself  as  a  clothing  merchant. 
He  opened  a  clothing  store  at  No.  100  Main 
street,  but  later  engaged  in  merchant  tailoring, 
doing  a  large  business.  Later  he  abandoned 
that  department  and  devoted  himself  exclusively 
to  the  ready  made  clothing  business.  He  con- 
tinued to  be  the  active  head  of  a  successful  busi- 
ness until  1887,  when  he  accepted  the  treasur- 
ship  of  the  Biddeford  Savings  Bank,  and  form- 
ing a  partnership  with  L.  F.  Shute,  moved  the 
business  to  the  Marble  block,  Mr.  Staples  con- 
tinuing as  the  silent  partner  in  the  firm,  L.  F. 


Shute   &  Company  until   1890,  when  he  sold  his 
interest  to  Mr.  Shute. 

In  January,  1887,  he  was  elected  treasurer  of 
the  Biddeford  Savings  Bank,  an  institution  he 
had  long  served  as  trustee,  and  until  his  death 
eighteen  years  later,  he  was  the  able  and  ef- 
ficient financial  head  of  the  bank.  He  won  the 
confidence  of  the  banking  public  who  freely 
sought  his  advice,  and  so  well  known  was  his 
ability  as  a  financier,  that  he  was  entrusted  with 
the  settlement  of  many  estates  as  executor  or 
administrator.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  had 
in  his  hands  the  management  of  considerable  real 
estate  in  addition  to  his  own  large  private  hold- 
ings. He  built  the  Staples  block  on  Main  street, 
and  his  own  private  residence  at  the  corner  of 
Green  and  Center  streets  was  one  of  the  finest 
in  the  city.  He  served  the  bank  with  fidelity 
and  zeal,  and  under  his  management  the  treas- 
urer's department  was  most  efficiently  admin- 
istered. He  was  a  director  of  the  Biddeford 
National  Bank,  treasurer  of  the  Greenwood 
Cemetery  Association;  president  of  the  Bid- 
deford &  Saco  Coal  Company;  director  of  the 
York  Light  &  Heat  Company;  and  president  of 
the  York  County  Agricultural  Society  for  sev- 
eral years. 

An  ardent  Democrat,  Mr.  Staples  was  deeply 
concerned  in  the  welfare  of  the  party,  but  never 
sought  office  for  himself.  This  statement  is  in 
no  sense  contradicted  by  the  fact  that  he  so 
long  held  office,  for  whatever  political  distinc- 
tions came  to  him  unsought  and  wholly  because 
of  his  superior  abilities.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  common  council,  and  member  of  the  Board 
of  Aldermen,  but  was  defeated  for  the  office  of 
mayor  in  1882.  In  1894  he  was  delegate  to  the 
Democratic  National  Convention  in  Chicago, 
which  nominated  Grover  Cleveland  for  the  first 
time  to  the  presidency.  Mr.  Staples  was  again 
nominated  for  mayor  of  Biddeford,  and  was 
elected  and  twice  re-elected,  serving  three  terms, 
1883-85-87.  In  1890,  against  his  will  he  was 
persuaded  to  stand  as  the  Democratic  candidate 
for  mayor,  was  elected  and  re-elected  in  1891-92 
and  1893.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the  Democratic 
National  Convention  in  1896,  and  the  same  year 
a  candidate  for  Congress  from  the  First  Maine 
District.  He  was  several  times  elected  a  mem- 
ber of  the  school  board,  was  often  a  chairman 
of  the  board,  and  was  always  deeply  interested 
in  the  welfare  of  the  public  schools.  As  mayor 
he  gave  the  city  a  clean,  efficient  business  ad- 
ministration, and  inaugurated  and  carried  for- 


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ward  many  public  improvements,  the  paved 
ftrcets  of  the  city  being  one  of  his  monuments. 
As  a  political  leader  he  had  a  brilliant  career, 
and  as  a  leader,  organizer  and  campaign  man- 
ager, he  gained  high  reputation.  Careful  and 
deeply  thoughtful  in  his  plans,  he  never  lacked 
the  courage  to  execute  them  boldly,  and  often 
snatched  victory  from  the  very  jaws  of  defeat. 
It  was  under  his  leadership  that  the  Biddeford 
Democracy  won  its  most  brilliant  victories,  and 
some  of  the  contests  are  memorable  in  city  his- 
tory. Tact  and  good  judgment,  added  to  abil- 
ity, won  for  him  in  the  political  as  it  did  in  the 
business  field. 

For  forty-four  years,  Mr.  Staples  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Second  Congregational  Church,  and 
was  long  a  superintendent  of  its  Sunday  school, 
and  for  many  years  was  a  deacon.  About  ten 
years  prior  to  his  death  his  health  broke  down, 
and  he  was  compelled  to  relinquish  his  activ- 
ities, but  he  was,  nevertheless,  a  strong  pillar 
and  power  in  the  church.  His  advice  was  al- 
ways sought  and  followed,  and  he  generously 
supported  all  benevolences  and  needs  of  the 
church.  He  was  a  member  of  Laconia  Lodge, 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  that  being 
the  only  secret  fraternity  with  which  he  was 
connected. 

Mr.  Staples  married,  in  1859,  Clara  M.  Frisbie, 
who  died  February  3,  1904,  she  being  the  daugh- 
ter of  Colonel  Austin  S.  Frisbie,  of  North  Bridg- 
ton,  Maine.  They  were  fellow  students  at 
Bethel  Academy,  the  friendship  there  formed 
ripening  into  a  bond  which  only  death  severed 
half  a  century  later.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Staples 
were  the  parents  of  three  daughters  and  four 
sons:  Harriet  S.,  married  William  Emery,  of 
Saco;  Lillie  A.,  of  Biddeford;  Eva  L.,  married 
James  G.  C.  Smith;  Lytton  E.,  born  November 
24,  1871,  treasurer  of  the  Biddeford  Savings 
Bank;  Everett  M.,  born  June  10,  1873,  assistant 
treasurer  of  Biddeford  Savings  Bank;  Harold  J., 
of  further  mention;  and  Hudson  F.,  born  April 
5,  1885,  and  died  August  23,  1914,  serving  as  as- 
sistant treasurer  of  the  Biddeford  Savings  Bank 
at  the  time  of  his  death. 

Harold  Joseph  Staples,  the  youngest  living  son 
of  Edward  W.  and  Clara  M.  (Frisbie)  Staples, 
was  born  in  Biddeford,  May  31,  1880.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Biddeford,  and 
was  graduated  from  Thornton  Academy  in  Saco. 
In  1899  he  entered  the  Biddeford  Savings  Bank, 
where  he  remained  for  ten  years,  resigning  then 
from  his  position  of  assistant  treasurer  to  take 


an  extended  trip  in  the  tropics  for  about  a  year. 
On  his  return  he  entered  the  York  County  Sav- 
ings Bank,  his  work  at  first  being  the  arrang- 
ing of  the  affairs  of  the  bank  after  the  defalca- 
tion of  its  former  treasurer.  In  August,  1910, 
he  was  elected  its  new  treasurer,  the  position  he 
holds  at  the  present  time  (1918). 

Mr.  Staples  married,  May  28,  1910,  Charlotte 
Stark  Stone,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edwin 
Stone,  of  Biddeford.  They  have  one  son,  Harold 
Joseph,  Jr. 


JOSEPH  WARREN  PROCTOR— At  the  age 
of  twenty-two  Joseph  W.  Proctor  trod  his  own 
quarterdeck,  and  for  about  twenty  years  was  a 
master  mariner,  commanding  both  sail  and 
steamships.  About  twenty  years  ago  he  retired 
from  the  sea,  and  for  twenty-five  years  Rock- 
ville  Center,  Long  Island,  has  been  his  home. 
He  comes  of  ancient  seafaring  stock  and  from  a 
locality  famed  for  its  hardy,  skillful  mariners,  his 
father  a  master  mariner  sailing  from  Machias- 
port,  Maine.  Captain  Daniel  Smith  Proctor, 
born  in  Machiasport,  in  April,  1829,  married 
Emeline  Sprague,  a  daughter  of  one  of  the  pio- 
neer families  of  Machias,  born  in  Machiasport,  in 
October,  1834.  The  Proctors  were  also  con- 
nected with  the  Larrabee  family  of  Machias. 

Joseph  Warren  Proctor,  son  of  Captain  Daniel 
Smith  and  Emeline  (Sprague)  Proctor,  was 
born  in  Machiasport,  Washington  county,  Maine, 
August  6,  1859,  and  there  resided  until  1895.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  but  at  the 
age  of  thirteen  began  his  seafaring  life,  shipping 
as  cabin  boy  on  a  ship  bound  for  Europe,  July 
17,  1872.  Nine  years  later,  on  July  17,  1881,  he 
was  placed  in  command  of  his  first  ship,  being 
then  twenty-two  years  of  age.  He  continued  a 
master  of  ships,  sail  and  steam,  until  June  30, 
1000,  and  then  for  two  and  a  half  years  made 
his  home  in  Santo  Domingo,  West  Indies.  He 
was  a  capable  ship  master,  never  having  lost  a 

life  at  sea or  had  a  serious  accident  under 

his  command,  and  never  had  any  difficulty  in 
securing  a  ship  after  his  reputation  had  been 
established.  On  November  30,  1902,  Captain 
Proctor  joined  the  staff  of  the  American  Bu- 
reau of  Shipping,  in  charge  of  classification  of 
wooden  ships  in  the  United  States.  On  July  I, 
t9i7,  he  resigned  his  position  with  the  American 
Bureau  of  Shipping  to  carry  on  an  independent 
business  of  the  same  nature,  making  surveys  in 
the  interest  of  owners  and  underwriters.  He 
maintains  his  office  in  New  York  City,  his  home 


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at  Rockville  Center,  Long  Island.  Captain 
Proctor  was  president  of  the  Maine  Society  of 
the  City  of  New  York  for  three  years,  1914-15-16; 
v/as  a  trustee  of  Sailors  Snug  Harbor,  Staten 
Island,  New  York;  and  is  a  member  of  the  New 
"V  ork  Maritime  Exchange.  Since  1900  he  has 
been  a  Master  Mason  of  Massapuqua  Lodge, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  and  a  member  of 
the  Rockville  Center  Club  and  Beaver  Club  of 
New  York.  In  religious  preference  he  is  a 
Baptist. 

Captain  Proctor  married,  at  Machiasport, 
April  28,  1881,  Etta  Mary  Colbeth,  daughter  of 
Reuben  Clark  and  Rebecca  (Perry)  Colbeth. 
They  are  the  parents  of  five  children:  Mina, 
born  September  10,  1884,  married  Captain  Harold 
L.  Colbeth;  Earl  Bertram,  born  November  12, 
1886;  Bessie,  born  October  21,  1888,  married  Ed- 
win W.  Wallace;  Joseph  Warren,  Jr.,  born  July 
22,  1900;  and  Ruth  Edna,  born  April  6,  1906. 


ROBERT  JAMES  WISEMAN,  M.D.,  one  of 
the  leading  figures  in  the  professional  affairs  of 
the  city  of  Lewiston,  Maine,  has  taken  a  promi- 
nent part  in  well  nigh  every  portion  of  its  de- 
velopment and  movement  undertaken  for  the  ad- 
vancement of  the  community  since  his  coming 
to  live  there  as  a  young  man.  Dr.  Wiseman 
was  born  in  Canada,  and  is  of  Scotch  and  Irish 
parents,  a  son  of  George  Alexander  Wiseman,  a 
native  of  Aberdeen,  Scotland,  where  he  married 
Mary  Ann  Thomas,  a  native  of  Ireland.  The 
young  couple  left  their  native  land  shortly  after- 
wards and  came  to  America,  where  they  settled 
in  Canada.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wiseman  were  the 
parents  of  eight  children,  four  of  whom  are  now 
living,  as  follows:  Isabella  F.,  Anna,  Theresa 
and  Robert  James. 

Born  June  26,  1871,  at  Stanfold,  Canada,  Dr. 
Robert  James  Wiseman  was  brought  to  the 
United  States  by  his  parents  when  he  was  two 
years  of  age.  His  father  and  mother  settled 
at  Lewiston,  Maine,  and  here  the  young  man  re- 
ceived the  elementary  portion  of  his  education 
at  the  common  schools,  from  which  he  grad- 
uated, and  in  the  year  1888  accepted  a  position 
as  clerk  in  the  drug  store  in  Lewiston,  where  he 
remained  for  ten  years.  It  was  natural  that  his 
attention  should  be  directed  strongly  to  the 
profession  of  medicine  in  this  position,  and  that 
one  so  ambitious  as  he  should  have  made  up  his 
mind  to  take  it  up  as  his  career  in  life.  Ac- 
cordingly, in  1898,  Dr.  Wiseman  entered  Bates 
College,  where  he  took  a  special  course,  and 


one  year  later,  in  1899,  matriculated  at  the  Med- 
ical School  at  Bowdoin  College,  from  which  he 
graduated  with  high  honors,  June  26,  1903,  tak- 
ing the  degree  of  medical  doctor.  Dr.  Wise- 
man then  went  to  New  York  City,  where  for  a 
time  he  remained  a  student  at  the  Post-Graduate 
Hospital,  and  eventually  returned  to  Lewiston. 
Here  he  took  up  the  study  of  pharmacy,  and 
in  July,  1904,  received  the  State  license  as  phar- 
macist. Since  that  time  Dr.  Wiseman  has  been 
actively  practicing  medicine  with  success  in 
Lewiston  and  now  occupies  a  leading  position  in 
his  profession.  He  is  major  surgeon  of  the 
Catholic  Institute  of  Ste.  Marie  General  Hospital, 
and  is  also  the  proprietor  of  the  well  known 
Globe  Drug  Store,  which  stands  at  the  corner 
of  Lincoln  and  Chestnut  streets,  Lewiston,  and 
where  he  has  his  office.  His  residence  is  sit- 
uated at  No.  81  Pine  street. 

But  the  energetic  character  of  Dr.  Wiseman 
has  not  permitted  him  to  rest  content  with  any 
one  line  of  activity,  and  he  has  been  active  in 
the  affairs  of  the  community,  displaying  both 
\igor  and  enthusiasm.  For  four  years  he  held 
a  position  as  member  of  the  school  board  and 
during  the  last  year  was  its  president,  and  was 
also  elected  to  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  was 
president  of  that  body  for  one  year.  In  the 
year  1914  Dr.  Wiseman  was  elected  mayor  of 
Lewiston,  and  after  one  year  retired.  Dr.  Wise- 
man is  a  member  of  the  County  Medical  Associa- 
tion and  of  the  Maine  State  Medical  Association 
is  also  affiliated  with  the  local  musical  and  li'- 
erary  clubs,  and  for  a  time  was  a  member  of 
the  Red  Cross  Society.  In  his  religious  belief 
Dr.  Wiseman  is  a  Catholic  and  attends  the 
Church  of  St.  Peter  and  Paul  at  Lewiston. 

Dr.  Wiseman  was  united  in  marriage,  May  15, 

1894,  at  Lewiston,  Maine,  with   Rose  Cyr,  a  na- 
tive of  this  city,  and  a  daughter  of  Stanislas  and 
Sophie     (Marcus)     Cyr,     now     deceased.        Five 
children    have    been    born    to    this    marriage,    as 
follows:     Robert   James,  Jr.,   born   December   5, 

1895,  was  a  student  at  Bates  College,  now  taking 
a    medical    course    at    the   University    of    Maine; 
Philip  J.,  born  June  12,  1897,  a  student  at  Win- 
throp    Institute,    Boston;    Armand   J.,   born   Sep- 
tember 29,  1899,  a  student  in  high  school;  Albert 
J.,    born    January    14,    1902,    and    Priscilla,    born 
January  25,  1904,  students  in  grammar  school. 

It  would  be  difficult  to  say  whether  Dr.  Wise- 
man is  better  and  more  favorably  known  in  con- 
nection with  his  public  career  or  as  a  physirian. 
In  both  departments  of  life  he  has  won  for  him- 


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self  a  reputation,  and  is  a  popular  figure  in  the 
city.  As  a  surgeon,  Dr.  Wiseman  is  prominent, 
having  been  the  first  in  Maine  to  perform  ap- 
pcndisectomy  by  local  anaesthesia.  With  a  high 
sense  of  civic  duties  and  obligations,  Dr.  Wise- 
man identified  himself  with  many  important 
movements  undertaken  for  the  welfare  of  ths 
community,  and  does  much  to  assist  in  its  de- 
velopment. As  a  man  he  is  in  all  respects  ad- 
mirable and  wins  the  confidence  and  affection 
ot  his  associates  in  all  walks  and  relations  of  life. 


BENJAMIN  WILLIS  BLANCHARD,  a  prac- 
ticing lawyer  of  Bangor,  Maine,  was  born  in 
Unity,  May  26,  1880,  the  son  of  Gustavus 
Bracket!  and  Isabel  W.  (Mitchell)  Blanchard. 
His  father  was  a  farmer  and  as  a  young  boy  Mr. 
Blanchard  went  to  the  local  schools  of  his  na- 
tive region.  Later  he  attended  the  Bangor 
High  School,  graduating  from  this  in  1901.  He 
had  decided  upon  the  law  as  a  life  work  and  went 
in  due  course  to  the  University  of  Maine,  where 
he  matriculated  in  the  law  department,  receiv- 
ing his  diploma  in  1904,  and  making  at  the  time 
the  honorary  society  of  Phi  Kappa  Phi.  He 
was  admitted  to  the  bar,  August,  1904,  and  has 
ever  since  that  time  been  a  practicing  attorney 
in  Bangor. 

For  five  consecutive  years  he  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  city  government  in  both  branches,  and 
for  two  years  held  the  office  of  city  solicitor. 
He  was  named  Presidential  Elector  by  the  Re- 
publican party  in  1912,  and  for  three  years  and 
a  half  he  has  served  as  the  judge  in  the  Bangor 
Municipal  Court,  and  still  holds  office,  having 
been  again  (1919)  appointed  for  a  term  of  four 
years.  Mr.  Blanchard  married  in  Bangor,  De- 
cember 5,  1905,  Irma  Leone  Smith,  daughter  of 
Stephen  Randolph  and  M'ary  Jane  (Clough) 
Smith,  and  they  have  one  child,  Willis  Everard 
Blanchard,  who  was  born  February  20,  1907. 
Mr.  Blanchard  is  a  member  of  the  Oriental 
Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Bangor,  Maine.  He 
attends  the  Congregational  church. 


ARAD  THOMPSON,  one  of  the  most  influ- 
ential and  distinguished  citizens  of  Bangor, 
Maine,  where  his  death  occurred  November  10, 
1905,  was  a  member  of  an  old  and  distinguished 
New  England  family,  and  the  son  of  Ira  and 
Sophia  (Drew)  Thompson,  residents  of  Liver- 
more,  Maine. 

The  birth  of  Arad  Thompson  occurred  at 
Livermore,  January  24,  1811,  and  there  his  child- 


hood and  early  youth  were  passed.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  region,  and  in 
the  month  of  December,  1831,  just  before  attain- 
ing his  majority,  he  left  his  home  and  went  to 
Gilford,  in  this  State.  He  remained  but  one 
year  in  that  place,  however,  and  then,  in  1832 
came  to  Bangor,  where  he  continued  to  reside 
until  the  time  of  his  death.  At  Bangor  Mr. 
Thompson  engaged  in  the  dry  goods  business 
for  a  number  of  years  in  partnership  with  Mr. 
Hatch,  the  firm  being  known  as  Hatch,  Thomp- 
son &  Company.  For  a  quarter  of  a  century 
he  occupied  the  same  store  and  a  large  and 
prosperous  business  was  built  up.  In  the  year 
1868,  however,  he  sold  his  interest  in  this  con- 
cern, but  had  in  the  meantime  become  connected 
with  a  number  of  important  financial  and  busi- 
ness enterprises  here.  He  was  a  director  in 
the  European  and  North  American  Railroad 
from  its  inception,  until  it  passed  into  the  hands 
of  receivers,  and  was  president  of  the  Union 
Insurance  Company  for  a  quarter  of  a  century. 
He  was  also  a  director  of  several  banks  and 
other  organizations  in  this  region  of  the  State, 
and  one  of  the  trustees  of  Colby  University,  to 
which  institution  he  gave  much  of  his  time  and 
attention.  Mr.  Thompson  was  also  the  owne- 
of  large  tracts  of  valuable  timber  land  in  the 
northern  part  of  Maine.  In  politics  Mr.  Thomp- 
son was  a  staunch  Republican,  and  was  very  ac- 
tive in  the  life  of  his  party  for  many  years  and 
held  a  number  of  important  offices  here.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Bangor  Council,  and  later 
an  alderman  in  this  city,  and  in  the  year  1866 
was  elected  to  the  State  Legislature,  serving  on 
that  body  in  that  and  the  following  years.  Mr. 
Thompson  was  an  officer  in  the  State  Militia 
for  a  considerable  period  and  was  very  active  in 
military  affairs  here.  In  his  religious  belief  Mr. 
Thompson  was  a  Baptist  and  attended  the  First 
Church  of  that  denomination  at  Bangor.  He 
was  very  active  in  the  work  of  this  church,  was 
treasurer  thereof  for  forty  years  and  deacon  for 
more  than  half  a  century. 

Arad  Thompson  was  united  in  marriage  (first) 
February  11,  1844,  with  Margaret  L.  Cole,  a 
native  of  Bucksport,  Maine,  born  October  19, 
1823,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  the  follow- 
ing children:  Harriet  M.,  born  June  20,  1845; 
Margaret  C,  born  June  26,  1847,  became  the  wife 
of  Frank  Dudley;  Joseph  Arad,  born  February 
20,  1854,  married  Grace  P.  Hersey.  Arad 
Thompson  married  (second)  June  8,  1857, 
Louisa  M.  Baldwin,  a  native  of  Bangor,  Maine, 


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born  May  5,  1831,  and  they  were  the  parents  of 
the  following  children:  Louise  Baldwin,  born 
June  17,  1860,  at  Bangor,  became  the  wife  of  Al- 
bert R.  Whittier;  Ernestine,  born  March  12,  1865, 
at  Bangor;  and  Grace,  born  March  12,  1870,  at 
Bangor,  died  May  29,  of  that  year. 

The  position  held  by  Mr.  Thompson  in  the 
general  life  of  Bangor  was  a  unique  one,  his 
prominence  not  being  dependent  merely  upon  his 
success  in  business  here.  He  was,  on  the  con- 
trary, one  of  the  most  conspicuous  figures  in  the 
general  life  of  the  community  and  was  looked 
up  to  with  honor  and  affection  by  his  fellow- 
citizens  generally.  At  the  commencement  exer- 
cises of  Colby  College,  in  the  year  1905,  a  hand- 
some oil  portrait  of  Mr.  Thompson  was  pre- 
sented to  that  institution.  It  was  painted  by 
the  well  known  Boston  artist,  N.  Eksergeon, 
and  was  life  size.  Upon  that  occasion  Judge 
Wing  made  the  following  address,  in  apprecia- 
tion of  Mr.  Thompson  and  his  marked  services 
both  to  the  college  and  to  the  community-at- 
large: 

It  is  one  of  the  cheering  delights  of  life  that 
in  all  generations  there  are  found  strong  men 
with  brave  hearts,  watchful  eyes,  standing 
shoulder  to  shoulder  around  the  standard  of  re- 
ligion and  morality,  who  are  intently  mindful 
that  they  are  upheld,  and  when  the  well  of  hope 
and  courage  in  the  heart  is  low  can  ever  be 
relied  upon  for  friendly  advice  and  material 
assistance. 

When  a  man  of  such  a  type  is  found  and 
known  and  tried,  it  is  out  of  place  to  wait  for 
his  obituary  to  make  known  the  estimation  in 
which  he  is  held  by  the  public,  his  friends  and 
those  who  know  him  best. 

Deacon  Arad  Thompson,  of  Bangor,  was  born 
in  Livermore,  January  24,  1811,  and  was  one 
of  a  large  family,  reared  in  that  good  old  town 
by  Deacon  Ira  Thompson  and  his  wife  Sophie 
Drew.  When  but  a  young  man  he  went  away 
from  home,  taking  nothing  with  him  but  his 
well  formed  integrity  of  character,  and  the  pray- 
ers of  his  good  father  and  mother,  that  he  might 
be  a  fine-minded  and  worthy  man,  and  meet 
with  success  in  the  battle  of  life. 

He  went  to  Bangor,  where  he  has  since  re- 
sided, and  his  life,  which  has  reached  the  length- 
ened shadows  of  sunset,  is  now  most  beautiful 
in  its  closing  scene.  He  has  remembered  the 
law  of  God,  and  in  keeping  his  commandments, 
he  has  had  added  to  him  length  of  days,  long 
life  and  peace.  His  intellect  and  reason  are  to- 
day clear  and  true.  His  faith  is  strong  and  he 
seems  like  the  poet's  ideal,  to  be  able  "when 
the  summons  comes,  to  fold  the  drapery  of  his 
couch  about  him  and  lie  down  to  pleasant 
dreams."  His  life's  work  is  well  known  to  all. 
his  entire  walk  has  commanded  the  respect  of 
everyone,  and  his  most  honorable  reputation  and 


successful  career  in  business  life  has  been  well- 
cli'.srrved  and  honestly  earned. 

\\  hile  his  family  homestead  was  maintained 
at  Livermore.  it  was  his  custom  to  regularly 
visit  the  scene  of  his  boyhood,  and  the  church 
:it  his  early  home  has  often  been  substantially 
remembered  many  ways,  and  assisted  by  him. 
Finally  he  was  summoned  to  stand  by  the  bed- 
side of  his  dying  father,  and  in  the  watches  of 
that  last  night  of  his  life,  his  father  said  to  him 
that  it  was  one  of  the  regrets  of  his  life  that 
he  had  not  been  able  to  do  for  Waterville,  now 
Colby  College,  what  was  in  his  heart.  Arad, 
then  and  there,  soothed  his  dying  father's  mind 
by  the  assurance  that  he  would  do  for  the  college 
Vi-hat  he  could  in  his  father's  place. 

How  well  and  faithful  he  has  kept  that  prom- 
ise is  known  to  all  who  today  hear  my  voice, 
but  the  life  of  this  man  at  home  and  among 
his  neighbors  is  the  correct  scale  in  which  he  is 
to  be  weighed  and  valued.  He  has  been  religi- 
ons without  bigotry,  charitable  without  ostenta- 
tion, kind  and  obliging  from  a  goodness  of  heart, 
a  neighbor  in  the  truest  and  best  sense  of  the 
word,  a  living  exponent  of  Christianity. 

I  speak  of  this  good  man  with  much  feeling, 
for  he  was  the  boyhood  friend  of  my  father,  his 
senior  by  only  a  few  months,  and  is  a  kinsman 
of  Mrs.  Wing,  a  brother  of  her  father.  I  have 
known  and  profoundly  respected  him  all  my  life, 
and  when  his  loving  daughter,  Mrs.  Louise 
Thompson  Whittier,  of  Boston,  was  the  donor 
of  his  portrait  to  the  college  he  loved  so  well, 
requested  that  in  her  behalf  I  formally  present 
the  same,  I  gladly  consented,  and  am  gratified 
to  her  for  the  opportunity  to  thus  speak  of  him, 
and  to  publicly  and  in  this  presence  give  my 
personal  estimate  of  this  true  man,  tl'.is  staunch 
and  long-time  friend  and  sponsor,  this  champion 
and  solid  pillar  of  the  College,  and  its  oldest 
trustee. 

May  his  name  and  influence  be  long  remem- 
bered and  felt.  When  those  in  later  years  in- 
quire M-hosc  face  the  canvas  portrays,  may  some- 
one be  present  who  may  say,  "It  is  the  likeness 
of  Honorable  Arad  Thompson,  a  friend  to  all, 
a  worthy  citizen,  a  Christian  gentleman,  and 
honest  man." 

The  ancestry  of  Arad  Thompson  is  a  distin- 
guished one,  his  family  having  come  originally 
from  the  northern  part  of  Wales,  and  was 
founded  in  this  country  by  John  Thompson,  born 
in  Wales  in  the  year  1616.  He  came  to  the 
New  England  colonies  in  the  third  embarkation 
from  England,  sailing  on  one  of  the  two  ves- 
sels which  came  from  London,  and  landed  at 
Plymouth  early  in  May,  1622.  Tradition  is  silent 
respecting  any  incident  of  his  life  until  he  had 
reached  manhood,  but  his  career  in  the  colonies 
was  a  prominent  one.  He  was  engaged  in  the 
occupation  of  farming  principally.  He  also  fol- 
lowed the  trade  of  carpenter,  and  is  said  to  have 
been  a  man  of  unusual  ingenuity.  Later  he  se- 


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lectcd  a  place  some  thirteen  miles  west  of  the 
village  of  Plymouth  near  Bridgewater,  Middle- 
borough,  and  what  was  then  called  Plymouth, 
and  now  Halifax.  He  built  a  log  house  at  Mid- 
dleborough,  about  twenty  rods  west  of  the 
Plymouth  line,  and  there  lived  until  it  was  burned 
by  these  Indians.  It  is  related  that  in  order  to 
guard  against  attacks  by  Indians  that  he  agreed 
with  one  Jabez  Soule  to  entice  a  young  Indian, 
named  Pringle  Peter,  to  live  with  them  and  to 
learn  to  live  and  work  like  the  English.  They 
succeeded  in  this  attempt  and  endeavored  to 
please  the  young  man  by  flattery  and  in  every 
little  competition  of  strength  or  agility,  in  giving 
him  the  advantage  or  yielding  to  his  superiority. 
When  the  Indians  were  to  make  war  on  their 
white  neighbors  this  young  Indian  would  secret- 
ly sneak  away  and  join  them  and  his  absence 
thus  became  a  warning  to  immediately  repair  to 
the  garrison.  When  peace  had  been  made,  the 
young  Indian  would  return  and  thus  ignorantly 
became  their  protector.  One  day,  while  the 
young  Indian  was  at  work  with  him,  Mr. 
Thompson  remarked:  "I  wonder  they  never  at- 
tempted to  kill  me."  "Master,"  said  the  Indian, 
"I  have  cocked  my  gun  many  a  time  to  shoot 
you,  but  I  loved  you  so  well,  I  could  not." 
John  Thompson  was  chosen  as  commander  of 
the  garrison  of  the  settlement,  and  took  part  in 
the  terrible  King  Philip's  War.  He  applied  to 
the  governor  and  council  for  a  commission,  but 
considering  the  small  number  of  men,  they  gave 
him  a  general  commission  as  lieutenant  com- 
mander, not  only  of  the  garrison,  but  in  the 
field  and  at  all  posts  of  danger.  John  Thomp- 
son was  very  active  with  his  men  in  King 
Philip's  War  and  was  evidently  a  most  success- 
ful soldier,  and  he  is  reported  to  have  frequently 
saved  the  settlements  at  Halifax  and  Middle- 
borough.  His  gun  and  sword  are  now  in  Pil- 
grim Hall  at  Plymouth  among  other  Pilgrim 
relics.  He  was  a  man  of  strong  moral  and 
religious  character,  and  lived  the  stern  and 
austere  life  of  those  early  religious  zealots  who 
came  to  this  country  to  seek  freedom  for  their 
faith. 

John  Thompson  married  Mary  Cooke,  who 
died  March  21,  1714,  in  the  eighty-eighth  year 
of  her  age.  His  own  death  occurred  June  16, 
1696,  when  he  was  nearly  eighty  years  old.  He 
and  his  wife  were  the  parents  of  the  following 
children:  Adam  John,  born  in  1648,  married 
Mary  Tinkham;  Mary,  born  in  1650,  became  the 
wife  of Taber;  Esther,  born  July  28,  1652, 


became  the  wife  of  Jonathan  Reed;  Elizabeth, 
born  January  28,  1654,  became  the  wife  of 
Thomas  Swift;  Sarah,  born  April  7,  1657;  Lydia, 
born  October  5,  1659,  became  the  wife  of  James 
Soule;  Jacob,  mentioned  at  length  below; 
Thomas,  born  October  19,  1664,  married  Mary 
Miorton;  Peter,  married  Rebecca  Sturtevant; 
Mercy,  born  in  1671,  died  April  19,  1756. 

(II)  Jacob  Thompson,  son  of  John  and  Mary 
(Cooke)  Thompson,  was  born  April  24,  1662,  and 
died  September  21,  1726.      He  held  a  commission 
as  justice   of  the   peace   for  a   number  of  years. 
He  married  Abigail  Wadsworth,  who  died  Sep- 
tember  15,   1744,   and   they   were   the   parents   of 
the    following    children:     Jacob,    born    April    17, 
1695,   married   Elizabeth    (Tilson)    Holmes;   Abi- 
gail, born  February  24,  1697,  became  the  wife  of 
Jonathan  Packard;  Mercy,  born  October  13,  1699, 
became    the    wife    of    Nehemiah    Bennett;    John, 
born    March    19,    1701,    married    Joanna    Adams; 
Lydia,  born  April  22,   1703,  married  John  Pack- 
ard;   Barnabas,   born   January   28,    1705,    married 
Hannah  Porter;  Esther,  born  February  18,  1707, 
married  Ebenezer  Bennett;  Hannah,  born  March 
9,    1709,    married    Ebenezer    Reed;    Mary,    born 
May   19,   1711,  married   Reuben  Thompson;   and 
Caleb,  mentioned  at  length  below. 

(III)  Caleb  Thompson,  son  of  Jacob  and  Abi- 
gail (Wadsworth)  Thompson,  was  born  Novem- 
ber 4,    1712,   and   died   January    19,    1787,    in    his 
seventy-fifth   year.      He   married   Abigail    Cross- 
man,  who  died  November  23,  1791,  and  they  were 
the  parents  of  the  following  children:     William, 
mentioned  at  length  below;  Nathaniel,  born  Sep- 
tember 13,  1750,  married  Hannah  Thomas;  Mary, 
became    the    wife    of    Peter    Tinkham;    Hannah; 
Sarah,  who  became  the  wife  of  Frederick  Miller; 
Abigail,  who  became   the  wife   of  John   Thom- 
son; Caleb,  who  married  Miary  Perkins,  and  Syl- 
via, who  became  the  wife  of  Elias  Thomas. 

(IV)  William    Thompson,    son    of    Caleb    and 
Abigail    (Grossman)    Thompson,   was   born    Feb- 
ruary 15,  1748,  and  died  March  14,  1816,  in  his 
sixty-ninth   year.      He   was   a   captain   of   militia 
and  had  command  of  a  company  at  the  battle  of 
Bunker    Hill.       He    appears    to    have    inherited 
much  of  his  old  progenitors'  ability  as  a  fight- 
ing man,  and  was  a  very  zealous  member  of  the 
group  of  men  who  opposed  English   oppression 
in  this  part  of  the   community.      He   afterwards 
became   a   justice    of   the   peace,   and   during   his 
whole   life   followed   the   occupation    of   farming. 
William  Thompson  married  Deborah  Sturtevant, 
who   was   born   September   30,    1748,   at   Halifax, 


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a  daughter  of  Lemuel  and  Deborah  (Bryant) 
Sturtevant,  and  a  direct  descendant  of  Peter 
Sturtevant,  the  Dutch  governor  of  New  York. 
Mrs.  Thompson  died  at  Middleborough,  on 
Christmas  Day,  1842.  They  were  the  parents 
of  the  following  children:  Oakes,  born  July  31, 
1771,  married  Hannah  Bisbee;  William,  born 
April  it,  1773,  married  Susannah  Wood;  Cephas, 
born  July  I,  1775,  married  (first)  Olive  Leonard, 
(second)  Lucy  Thomson;  Lucy,  born  Septem- 
ber 25,  1776,  became  the  wife  of  Abner  Wood; 
Sophia,  who  became  the  wife  of  Eliaz  Thom- 
son; Ira,  mentioned  at  length  below;  Galen, 
born  October  27,  1782,  married  (first)  Susannah 
Porter,  (second)  Fannie  Marble;  Deborah,  who 
became  the  wife  of  Lemuel  Harlow;  Arad,  born 
December  30,  1786,  married  Mercy  Bourne; 
Boadice,  born  February  17,  1789,  became  the  wife 
of  Simeon  Leonard;  Irene,  born  May  12,  1791, 
became  the  wife  of  Daniel  Warren.  Mr. 
Thompson  gave  his  sons  college  educations,  and 
all  distinguished  themselves  in  their  chosen  walks 
of  life.  Arad  Thompson  was  an  eminent  physi- 
cian, practicing  all  his  life  in  Middleborough; 
Cephas  Thompson  was  a  great  artist  and  all  in 
his  immediate  line  inherited  that  talent;  his  son, 
Cephas,  painted  portraits  of  many  of  the  distin- 
guished men  of  his  time,  and  of  members  of  the 
family;  he  studied  abroad  and  some  of  his  paint- 
ings were  exhibited  in  the  salons  in  Paris. 

(V)  "Ira  Thompson,  son  of  William  and  De- 
borah (Sturtevant)  Thompson,  was  born  August 
3,  1780,  at  Middleborough,  Massachusetts,  and 
died  February  13,  1857.  In  the  year  1801,  when 
he  had  attained  his  majority,  Mr.  Thompson  re- 
moved from  his  native  place  to  Hartford,  in  the 
District  of  Maine,  where  his  father  had  received 
a  grant  of  land,  consisting  of  hundreds  of  acres 
in  the  Massachusetts  province  of  Maine.  After 
a  year  in  that  place,  however,  he  returned  to 
Massachusetts,  but  after  his  marriage  once  more 
went  to  Maine,  making  the  trip  from  Boston  to 
Portland  by  packet,  and  from  the  latter  place 
went  to  Buckfield,  from  where  he  traveled  to 
Hartford,  Maine,  on  horseback.  How  primitive 
that  region  must  have  been  at  the  time  may  be 
seen  from  the  fact  that  Mr.  Thompson  only 
found  his  way  to  Hartford  by  means  of  the 
blazing  of  trees  along  the  trails,  there  being 
no  paths  through  the  forest,  and  how  enterpris- 
ing and  courageous  were  these  pioneers  may  be 
seen  from  the  fact  that  his  young  bride  accom- 
panied him  into  the  wilderness,  riding  on  a 
pillion  behind  him.  They  remained  on  Mr. 


Thompson's  farm  at  Hartford  for  some  eighteen 
months,  when  he  exchanged  it  for  another  place 
in  the  town  of  Livermore.  It  was  here  that  he 
made  his  home  from  that  time  until  the  end  of 
his  life,  and  it  was  here  that  his  large  family  of 
children  were  born  and  reared.  He  became  very 
prominent  in  Livermore  and  filled  a  number  of 
public  offices,  proving  himself  a  capable  and  dis- 
interested public  servant.  He  was  one  of  the 
building  committee  of  the  first  church  built  at 
Livermore,  and  was  deacon  of  the  Baptist  church 
there  for  many  years.  He  was  selectman  of  the 
town  of  Livermore  for  a  number  of  terms,  and 
in  1816  was  elected  representative  to  the  Massa- 
chusetts General  Court.  He  drove  all  the  way 
from  Livermore  to  Boston,  where  the  court  was 
held,  in  his  own  horse  and  carriage,  and  it  is 
stated  that  the  suit  he  wore  was  made  of  merino 
wool,  sheared  from  his  own  sheep,  spun  and 
woven  in  his  own  house,  and  sent  to  Fayette 
to  be  colored  dark  blue  and  pressed.  It  was 
in  this  same  year  that  he  built  the  handsome  old 
house  which  has  remained  the  family  homestead 
ever  since,  and  was  recently  owned  by  Job  Drew 
Thompson.  In  1812  Ira  Thompson  was  chosen 
captain  of  the  militia  body  organized  in  that 
part  of  Maine  and  served  for  a  number  of  years 
in  that  capacity. 

Ira  Thompson  was  married  September  21,  1802, 
at  Kingston,  Massachusetts,  with  Sophia  Drew, 
a  native  of  Duxbury,  Massachusetts,  born  Octo- 
ber 15,  1782.  She  was  a  woman  of  great  energy 
and  resolution,  and  it  is  said  that  her  husband 
valued  her  judgment  so  greatly  that  he  always 
consulted  her,  even  in  matters  of  business.  Her 
death  occurred  January  29,  1856.  They  were  the 
parents  of  the  following  children:  Ira  D.,  born 
September  25,  1803,  married  Lydia  Hathaway; 
Susan  B.,  born  September  25,  1805,  became  the 
wife  of  the  Rev.  Charles  Miller;  Elbridge  G., 
born  June  29,  1807,  married  Sarah  Ballou; 
Clarinda  N.,  born  March  16,  1809,  became  the 
wife  of  John  Monroe;  Arad,  with  whose  career 
we  are  here  especially  concerned;  Boadice,  born 
May  5,  1813,  became  the  wife  (first)  of  Abner 
S.  Aldrich,  and  (second)  of  George  W.  Pier- 
pont;  Erastus,  born  April  24,  1815,  married 
(first)  Catherine  W.  Oakes,  and  (second)  Mary 
G.  Cummings;  Abbie  S.,  born  February  2,  1818, 
became  the  wife  of  Joseph  S.  Monroe;  Job 
Drew,  born  March  13,  1820,  married  Ruth  W. 
Winslow;  Charles  O.,  born  April  8,  1822,  married 
Nancy  Marsh;  Mary  S.,  born  June  6,  1827,  be- 
came the  wife  of  William  J.  Wyman. 


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Mr.  Thompson  was  engaged  to  Goshia  Drew 
before  he  left  Middlcboro,  and  after  he  had  gone 
to  Maine  and  been  there  a  long  time,  her  mother 
talked  with  her  and  said  that  if  you  do  not  want 
to  go  way  down  into  that  country,  you  had 
better  give  him  up,  and  she  said,  "No,  I  love 
him,"  but  was  finally  persuaded  to  write  him  a 
letter  giving  him  up,  but  it  took  six  weeks  for 
the  letter  to  go,  and  in  the  meantime  he  had 
started,  and  when  she  saw  him  appear  at  her 
door  all  the  doubts  were  gone  and  she  returned 
to  Livermore  with  him,  riding  on  the  same  horse 
with  him,  as  previously  related. 


EDWIN  WILLIAM  G  O  U  L  D— This  well 
known  citizen  of  Rockland,  Maine,  is  a  man 
who  has  long  filled  a  large  place  in  the  public 
eye  and  now  holds  the  office  of  fish  commis- 
sioner. Mr.  Gould  has  long  been  active  in  com- 
mercial and  political  life,  and  has  achieved  an 
enviable  reputation  as  a  hunter  in  the  Far  West. 

Edwin  William  Gould  was  born  May  27,  1854, 
son  of  Elihu  H.  and  Mary  Elizabeth  (Lowell) 
Gould,  both  natives  of  Maine,  the  date  of  the 
latter's  birth  being  May  5,  1830.  The  father 
of  Elihu  H.  Gould  served  in  the  War  of  1812. 
The  Gould  family  is  an  ancient  one  of  English 
origin,  tracing  its  genealogy  from  a  period  prior 
to  1235.  Elihu  H.  Gould  was  a  seafaring  man 
and  later  a  farmer. 

The  education  of  Edwin  William  Gould  was 
received  in  the  common  schools,  and  his  first 
employment  was  as  traveling  representative  of 
a  Bangor  musical  instrument  house.  Later  he 
represented  the  New  England  Organ  Company 
of  Boston,  traveling  east  of  the  Rockies.  Mean- 
while Mr.  Gould's  thoughts  had  been  directed 
into  a  new  channel  and  the  object  of  his  ambi- 
tion had  become  membership  in  the  medical  pro- 
fession. While  on  his  railroad  journeys  he 
studied  "Gray's  Anatomy"  to  such  good  purpose 
that  in  1885  he  was  fitted  to  enter  the  medical 
department  of  Bowdoin  University,  graduating 
with  the  class  of  1887.  Dr.  Gould  practised  in 
the  towns  of  Swanville  and  Searsport,  and  in 
May,  1893,  went  to  Thomaston.  The  political 
principles  of  Dr.  Gould  are  those  advocated  by 
the  Democratic  party,  and  on  April  14,  1891,  he 
was  appointed  by  Governor  E.  C.  Burleigh  com- 
missioner of  sea  and  shore  fisheries.  The  ap- 
pointment was  made  in  recognition  of  Dr. 
Gould  as  one  of  the  best  informed  men  on  the 
subject  of  fish  and  fisheries  to  be  found  through- 
out the  length  and  breadth  of  the  East.  He  was 


largely  instrumental  in  having  Rockland  made 
the  headquarters  of  the  Sea  Fisheries  Commis- 
sion. In  the  Masonic  order  Dr.  Gould  has  at- 
tained to  the  commandery,  and  he  also  affiliates 
with  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of 
Elks.  In  1870  he  spent  six  months  near  Hugo, 
Colorado,  buffalo  hunting  on  the  Great  Divide, 
and  has  now  in  his  possession  a  most  valuable 
trophy,  one  of  the  handsomest  buffalo  heads  in 
the  United  States,  mounted  by  himself  and,  as 
may  be  supposed,  very  highly  prized.  To  his 
community  and  State,  Dr.  Gould  has  rendered 
valuable  service,  and  it  would  be  no  matter  for 
surprise  to  find  that  still  larger  opportunities 
were  to  be  offered  him. 

Dr.  Gould  married,  May  12,  1885,  at  Mansfield, 
Pennsylvania,  Mary  E.  Lincoln. 


CHARLES  HENRY  PRESCOTT,  owner  of 
the  Biddeford  Daily  Journal,  is  a  native  of  New 
Hampshire,  a  son  of  James  Lewis  and  Harriet 
Morrill  (Tripp)  Prescott,  of  the  town  of  Barn- 
stead  in  that  State.  It  was  in  this  town  that 
Mr.  Prescott  was  himself  born,  August  3,  1857, 
but  his  early  education  was  received  at  Berwick 
Academy,-  Berwick,  Maine,  and  the  law  school 
of  Boston  University.  His  admission  to  the 
bar  of  York  county  followed  in  1880.  In  the 
same  year  he  purchased  the  Union  and  Journal,  a 
periodical  published  at  Biddeford,  and  came  to 
this  place  to  live.  In  1884,  he  founded  the  Bid- 
deford Daily  Journal,  of  which  he  has  ever  since 
remained  the  sole  owner  and  publisher.  In  the 
year  1905  Mr.  Prescott  erected  at  Biddeford, 
what  is  unquestionably  the  handsomest  news- 
paper building  in  Maine,  and  this  is  today  the 
home  of  the  Daily  Journal. 

Mr.  Prescott  is  president  of  the  Biddeford  and 
Saco  Railroad  Company,  and  vice-president  of 
the  Portland  Railroad  Company.  He  is  president 
of  the  Maine  Daily  Newspaper  Publishers'  As- 
sociation; president  of  the  First  National  Bank 
of  Biddeford,  and  of  the  York  County  Savings 
Bank;  a  director  of  the  York  County  Power 
Company,  the  North  Berwick  Manufacturing 
Company,  the  Biddeford  Building  Company,  the 
Saco  Improvement  Company,  the  Union  Mutual 
Life  Insurance  Company  of  Portland,  the  Maine 
Institution  for  the  Blind,  the  Webber  Hospital; 
Thornton  Academy,  the  Sweetser  Orphan  Asy- 
lum and  the  York  County  Children's  Aid  So- 
ciety, of  which  he  is  president  and  vice-presi- 
dent respectively. 

He   was   a   representative   to   the   State   Legis- 


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lature  in  the  years  1883  and  1884  and  in  1895 
and  1896,  served  as  State  Senator.  In  the  year 
1887  he  was  elected  treasurer  of  York  county 
and  served  in  that  capacity  for  four  years.  Mr. 
Prcscott  was  appointed  by  Governor  Cleaves  a 
member  of  his  staff,  a  post  that  he  held  between 
1893  to  1897,  and  in  1901  he  was  elected  a  mem- 
ber of  Governor  Hill's  Council.  He  was  a  can- 
didate for  the  nomination  for  governor  at  the 
State  Republican  Convention  in  1904,  and  re- 
ceived two  hundred  and  ninety-one  votes  in  that 
.body,  but  has  not  since  been  a  candidate.  He 
was  a  delegate-at-large  to  the  Republican  Na- 
tional Convention  of  1888  at  Chicago. 

Mr.  Prescott  was  united  in  marriage  on  the 
January  17,  1882,  with  Ellen  S.  Hobbs,  of  North 
Berwick,  Maine,  a  daughter  of  William  and  Sal- 
vina  Hobbs. 


HON.  JOHN  B.  MADIGAN— There  have  been 
few  figures  in  the  life  of  Houlton,  Maine,  who 
have  played  so  important  a  part  in  the  develop- 
ment of  this  region  or  have  so  well  deserved  the 
general  respect  and  esteem  accorded  to  them,  by 
its  citizens,  than  that  of  the  late  John  B.  Madi- 
gan,  a  prominent  attorney,  a  leader  in  the  in- 
dustrial and  business  life,  and  from  March  2, 
1916,  until  his  death,  January  19,  1918,  a  justice 
of  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court  of  this  State. 

John  B.  Madigan  was  a  son  of  the  late  James 
C.  Madigan,  a  prominent  and  highly  respected 
resident  of  Houlton,  and  at  this  place  on  Jan- 
uary 24,  1863,  he  was  born.  As  a  boy  he  at- 
tended the  Houlton  Academy,  where  he  was  pre- 
pared for  college,  and  afterwards  Georgetown 
University,  where  he  completed  his  general  edu- 
cation and  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1883. 
His  legal  education  was  received  at  the  Boston 
University  Law  School,  from  which  he  was  grad- 
uated with  the  degree  of  LL.B.  in  1886.  In  the 
same  year  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Maine, 
and  immediately  formed  a  partnership  with  his 
brother,  the  late  Albert  W.  Madigan,  an  asso- 
ciation which  continued  until  the  latter's  death. 
At  that  time  Mr.  Madigan  admitted  Leonard  A. 
Pierce  into  partnership,  the  firm  being  there- 
after known  as  Madigan  &  Pierce.  On  March  I, 
1916,  he  was  appointed  justice  of  the  Supreme 
Judicial  Court. 

Judge  Madigan  entered  politics  as  a  young 
man  in  1889,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-six  was 
elected  to  the  State  Legislature.  This  was  an 
unusual  tribute  to  his  personal  popularity,  and 
to  the  high  esteem  in  which  he  was  held  by  his 


fellow-citizens,  as  his  election  occurred  in  a  very 
strongly  Republican  district,  he  being  the  first 
Democrat  who  had  been  successful  there  for 
many  years.  Mr.  Madigan  took  a  very  promi- 
nent part  in  legislative  affairs,  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Legal  Affairs  Committee.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  State  Bar  Examiners  for  twelve 
years,  and  secretary  of  that  body  during  most  of 
the  time.  He  was  appointed  a  member  of  the 
St.  John  River  Boundary  Commission  to  take  the 
place  of  the  late  George  Murchie,  of  Calais. 

John  B.  Madigan  married,  January  23,  1890, 
Lucia  J.  Rose,  of  Houlton,  a  daughter  of  John 
and  Sarah  Putnam  Rose,  old  and  highly  respected 
residents  of  this  place,  who  survived  him.  Judge 
and  Mrs.  Madigan  had  two  children:  Alice  F. 
Madigan  and  James  C.  Madigan. 

It  may  be  appropriate  to  conclude  this  sketch 
with  brief  quotations  from  the  remarks  made  by 
his  associates  and  lifelong  friends  at  the  me- 
morial services  held  by  the  Supreme  Court  in 
his  honor.  Hon.  Ransford  W.  Shaw,  of  Houlton, 
said  in  part: 

I  know  that  what  has  been  said  of  Justice 
Madigan  is  true,  and  that  he  is  worthy  of  the 
honors  offered  in  his  memory,  but  I  want  to  add 
a  few  words  from  the  standpoint  of  a  neighbor. 
For  more  than  thirty  years  I  lived  near  him, 
and  knew  him  so  intimately  that  I  can  speak 
from  personal  contact  with  the  man.  His  home 
life  was  ideal.  His  wife,  a  superior  woman, 
was  just  the  person  to  develop  in  him  those 
finer  qualities  which  made  the  twain  one.  .  .  . 
After  all,  his  daily  life  and  personal  qualities 
may,  perhaps,  be  best  summed  up  by  saying  that 
he  was  a  big  man,  intensely  human,  thoughtful 
of  the  frailities  of  human  nature,  full  of  good 
sense,  honest,  fearless,  charitable  and  kind. 

Hon.  Frederick  A.  Powers,  of  Houlton,  him- 
self a  former  justice,  said: 

I  had  retired  from  practice  many  years  before 
Justice  Madigan  took  his  seat  upon  the  Bench. 
Others  can  and  will  more  fittingly  speak  of  his 
career  as  a  Judge.  One  thing  I  know,  that  his 
highest  ambition  in  all  that  he  did  was  to  render 
good  service  to  mankind;  more  than  that,  I  be- 
lieve that  had  he  been  spared  to  fill  out  the  span 
of  years  which  we  reasonably  trusted  were  to 
be  his,  that  ambition  would  have  borne  good 
fruit  upon  the  Bench,  and  time  would  in  him 
have  revealed  the  strength 

The  measure  of  his  high  desire." 
"To  fill  with  worthy  thought  and  deed 

To  one  who  did  not  know  him  these  remarks 
may  seem  the  language  of  eulogy.  They  are, 
however,  the  words  of  truth  and  soberness. 
Doubtless  he  was  human  and  may  have  had  his 
faults,  but  in  an  acquaintance  of  fifty  years  I 
never  heard  aught  of  him  that  was  not  good, 
and  I  know  of  nothing  that  is  not  good  which 
can  be  truthfully  said  of  John  B.  Madigan. 


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Response  in  behalf  of  the  Court  was  made  by 
Justice  Albert  M.  Spear,  who  said  in  closing: 

Justice    Madigan,    in    his    brief    career,    clearly 
proved   that   he   had    not    only   the    learning  but 
temperament  essential  to  meet  the  full  stan- 
'1  of  the  duties  of  his  great  office. 

lie  was  of  lovable  personality.  He  had  won 
t!;c  love  and  respect  of  his  associates.  He  equally 
loved  them.  He  was  open  and  frank  in  all  his 
work.  He  was  without  conceit  or  pride  of  opin- 
ion. He  was  fearless  and  tenacious  until  con- 
vinced, then  acquiescent,  as  if  always  agreeing. 
His  mind  was  judicial,  not  technical.  He  saw 
justice  through  the  big  end  of  the  glass.  He 
always  solicitious  that  the  rights  of  the 
l>t  ople  should  be  guarded  and  receive  the  full 
protection  of  the  law. 

It  has  been  said  that  the  court  is  the  poor 
man's  lawyer.  Notwithstanding  a  life  of  plenty, 
of  such  a  court  was  Justice  Madigan.  At  Nisi 
1'rins  he  was  efficient  and  pleasing.  He  at  once 
imandcd  the  respect  and  confidence  of  the 
1  ;r,  and  ruled  with  such  frankness  and  wisdom 
that  he  was  everywhere  welcomed  as  a  trial 
judge. 

Suffice  it  to  say  that,  in  his  judicial  career  of 
less  than  two  years,  Justice  Madigan  won  the 
confidence  and  esteem  of  his  associates,  gained 
an  enviable  reputation  for  judicial  learning  and 
fairness,  and  established  a  place  in  the  admira- 
tion and  respect  of  the  profession  at  large,  as 
well  as  ot  the  people,  that  will  reflect  the 
brighter  as  the  years  go  by.  His  opinions  will 
be  found  in  Volumes  115,  116  and  117  of  the 
Maine  Reports,  and  will  stand  for  all  time  as 
the  most  enduring  monument  to  the  excellence 
of  his  judicial  work.  I  heartily  endorse  every 
word  of  eulogy  which  has  been  so  fitly  spoken. 

HENRY  PATTERSON  WHITE,  editor  of 
The  Franklin  Journal,  of  Farmington,  Maine,  is 
a  native  of  the  town  of  Belfast,  in  this  State, 
where  his  birth  occurred,  July  29,  1860.  Mr. 
White  is  a  son  of  Robert  and  Eliza  (Simonton) 
White,  the  former  having  been  a  well  known 
newspaper  man  and  shipbuilder  of  Belfast.  The 
early  education  of  Mr.  White  was  obtained  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  city,  and  he 
afterwards  attended  the  Abbott  School  at  Farm- 
ington, Maine,  where  he  established  a  record  as 
an  alert  and  industrious  student.  Upon  complet- 
ing his  studies,  he  was  apprenticed  to  a  printer 
and  learned  that  trade,  and  then,  becoming  inter- 
ested in  newspaper  work,  he  went  West,  and  was 
employed  for  a  number  of  years  as  a  reporter  on 
the  newspapers  of  Bay  City,  Michigan.  He  then 
returned  East,  and  settled  at  Rockland,  Maine, 
where  he  was  employed  on  the  Courier 
Gatette,  in  1881-82.  In  the  fall  of  that  year  he 
moved  to  Farmington  to  become  a  teacher  in  the 
Abbott  School,  and  in  November,  of  that  year, 


associated  himself  with  the  Knowlton  &  Mc- 
Leary  Company,  in  the  publication  of  The 
Franklin  Journal,  which  was  successfully  con- 
tinued until  1886,  when  fire  destroyed  the  plant 
and  the  newspaper  was  forced  to  suspend.  In 
1887  Mr.  White  established  himself  in  a  book  and 
stationery  business,  which  he  still  owns  and  con- 
trols. Mr.  White  met  with  a  substantial  success 
in  this  line  and  continued  its  management  until 
1911,  when  The  Franklin  Journal  was  re-estab- 
lished and  he  has  developed  the  present  popular 
periodical,  which  meets  a  decided  need  in  the 
community,  and  appeals  to  a  large  and  high 
class  reading  public.  He  is  at  the  present  time 
its  editor  and  manager,  and  it  has  been  due  to 
his  skill  and  genius  as  a  writer  that  its  present 
success  is  due.  But  Mr.  White  has  not  confined 
his  activities  to  any  one  line  here,  but  has  par- 
ticipated prominently  in  many  different  depart- 
ments of  the  community's  life.  He  is  a  corpora- 
tor of  the  Franklin  County  Savings  Bank  and 
has  been  conspicuous  in  the  political  situation 
here.  Mr.  White  has  not  identified  himself  with 
any  party  organization,  however,  being  an  Inde- 
pendent in  politics,  but  his  personal  following, 
and  the  influence  which  he  wields  through  his 
paper  are  such  as  to  give  him  a  very  considerable 
influence  in  affairs.  He  has  been  a  member  of 
the  Superintending  School  Committee  of  Farm- 
ington for  two  years,  a  trustee  of  the  State  Nor- 
mal School  for  a  similar  period,  and  is  at  the 
present  time  clerk  and  treasurer  of  the  Farming- 
ton  Village  Corporation.  Mr.  White,  in  his  re- 
ligious belief,  is  a  Unitarian  and  he  and  his  fam- 
ily attend  the  church  of  that  denomination  here. 

Henry  Patterson  White  was  united  in  marriage, 
September  17,  1883,  at  Farmington,  Maine,  with 
Grace  Adelaide  Gould,  a  daughter  of  Nelson  and 
Hannah  (Philbrick)  Gould,  old  and  highly  re- 
spected residents  of  that  place.  They  are  the 
parents  of  the  following  children:  Robert  F., 
born  March  18,  1885,  and  now  a  lieutenant  in  the 
United  States  army;  Isabel  Gould  Trumbull, 
born  September  14,  1886;  and  Florence  Adams 
Thurston,  born  July  26,  1888. 


EDMUND  M.  BRIDGES,  well  known  chiro- 
practor and  public-spirited  citizen  of  Lewiston, 
Maine,  where  he  established  himself  in  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession,  comes  of  old  New  York 
State  stock.  His  father,  Moses  Bridges,  was  a 
native  of  the  town  of  Sterling,  New  York,  and 
his  mother  was  also  a  native  of  Sterling.  Mr. 
Bridges,  Sr.,  was  a  farmer  during  practically  his 


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entire  life,  and  his  death  occurred  in  Sterling  in 
1896.  His  wife,  who  before  her  marriage  was 
Ellen  J.  Peters,  survived  him  for  twenty  years 
and  finally  died  at  Fair  Haven,  New  York,  in  Oc- 
tober, 1916,  at  the  age  of  seventy-four  years. 
They  were  the  parents  of  three  children,  all  of 
whom  are  now  living,  as  follows:  Jennie  A.  who 
became  the  wife  of  John  Jackson,  of  Fair  Haven, 
New  York;  Charles,  who  now  resides  at  Loraine, 
Ohio,  where  he  is  engaged  in  business  as  a 
blacksmith,  and  has  one  son,  Thomas;  Edmund 
M.,  with  whose  career  we  are  especially  con- 
cerned. 

Born  October  14,  1878,  at  Sterling,  Cayuga 
county,  New  York,  Edmund  M.  Bridges,  young- 
est son  of  Moses  and  Ellen  J.  (Peters)  Bridges, 
spent  his  childhood  and  early  youth  in  his  native 
town.  It  was  there  that  he  attended  the  local 
public  schools  and  gained  at  these  institutions 
the  elementary  portion  of  his  education.  He 
continued  his  studies  there  until  he  had  reached 
the  age  of  seventeen,  and  then  came  to  New 
York  City,  where  during  the  following  winter 
he  worked  in  a  machine  shop.  He  remained  for 
a  year  in  the  city,  and  in  the  spring  of  1899, 
began  railroading,  which  he  followed  until  1915. 
For  eleven  years  he  was  an  engineer  on  the  Ro- 
chester &  Sodus  Bay  Railroad.  On  April  28, 
1915,  he  began  the  study  of  chiropractice  at  the 
Palmer  School  of  Chiropractice  at  Davenport, 
Iowa.  For  eighteen  months  he  continued  his 
study  without  intermission  and  was  finally  gradu- 
ated from  this  institution,  November  4,  1916. 
On  December  n,  1916,  he  returned  to  the  East 
and  settled  in  Lewiston,  Maine,  where  he  has  en- 
gaged in  the  practice  of  his  profession  ever 
since.  At  the  present  time  he  maintains  offices 
on  the  seventh  floor  of  the  Manufacturer's  Build- 
ing at  No.  145  Lisbon  street,  where  he  has  de- 
veloped the  largest  business  in  chiropractice  in 
the  entire  State  of  Maine.  Mr.  Bridges  has 
become  a  prominent  figure  in  the  general  life  of 
the  community  which  he  has  adopted,  and  is  par- 
ticularly conspicuous  in  social  and  athletic  cir- 
cles. He  is  a  member  of  Davenport  Lodge,  No. 
7,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  is 
active  in  that  work.  If  a  man  of  his  broad  mind 
and  wide  tastes  may  be  said  to  have  a  hobby, 
then  Mr.  Bridges'  hobby  is  the  game  of  baseball 
and  he  classes  himself  as  a  "fan." 

Edmund  M.  Bridges  was  united  in  marriage, 
May  25,  1901,  at  Auburn,  Maine,  with  Rose 
Parker,  a  native  of  Auburn,  New  York,  and  a 
daughter  of  James  Parker. 


JOHN  HOWARD  WINCHESTER— Among 
the  best  known  representatives  of  the  fire  in- 
surance interests  of  Corinna  is  the  citizen  whose 
name  stands  at  the  head  of  this  article.  For 
many  years  Mr.  Winchester  has  been  active  in 
local  politics  and  with  fraternal  affairs  he  is  ex- 
tensively and  influentially  associated. 

John  Howard  Winchester  was  born  April  13, 
1865,  in  Corinna,  Maine,  and  is  a  son  of  John 
and  Elizabeth  M.  (Stewart)  Winchester.  Mr. 
Winchester  was  a  farmer,  and  during  the  Civil 
War  served  as  a  member  of  the  Fourth  Maine 
Battery.  The  rudimentary  education  of  John 
Howard  Winchester  was  obtained  in  the  common 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  he  afterward  at- 
tended, successively,  the  Corinna  Union  Acad- 
emy and  the  Maine  Central  Institute,  Pittsfield, 
graduating  from  the  latter  in  1885. 

The  business  career  of  Mr.  Winchester  began 
when  he  entered  the  service  of  the  Maine  Cen- 
tral, and  Bangor  &  Aroostook  Railroad  Company. 
He  remained  four  years,  and  then  accepted  a  posi- 
tion entirely  different  from  the  one  he  relin- 
quished, but  one  which  was  peculiarly  suited  to 
his  tastes  and  temperament.  It  was  that  of  li- 
brarian of  the  Stewart  Free  Library  and  the  fact 
that  he  retained  it  for  fifteen  years  proves  that 
it  was  in  all  respects  highly  suitable.  He  has 
been  a  member  of  the  Maine  Library  Commis- 
sion since  1911.  He  is  treasurer  of  the  Corinna 
Manufacturing  Company,  organized  in  1912,  and 
now  doing  quite  an  extensive  business  in  shirtings 
and  suitings.  Since  1912  he  has  been  engaged  in  the 
fire  insurance  business  in  Corinna  and  in  this 
occupation  has  achieved  marked  success. 

From  his  youth  up  Mr.  Winchester  has  been  a 
steadfast  Republican  and  for  several  years  he 
served  faithfully  and  efficiently  as  chairman  of 
the  Republican  Town  Committee.  Since  1897 
he  has  been  affiliated  with  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  now  holds  the  rank 
of  Past  Noble  Grand,  having  also  served  two 
terms  as  District  Deputy.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Silver  Lake  Encampment  of  Dexter.  Mr. 
Winchester  also  affiliates  with  Parian  Lodge,  No. 
160,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  St.  John  Chap- 
ter, Dexter,  Mount  Moriah  Council  and  Delay 
Commandery,  Skowhegan.  For  thirty-eight 
years  he  has  belonged  to  the  Grange. 

Mr.  Winchester  married  (first),  September  5, 
1886,  at  St.  Albans,  Mfiine,  Sadie  B.,  daughter  of 
Daniel  and  Phoebe  A.  Dole,  and  they  became 
the  parents  of  two  children  both  of  whom  were 
born  in  Corinna:  Sidney  Hodge,  born  July  17, 
1887;  and  Jeannette,  born  April  15,  1889.  Mr. 


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Winchester  married  (second),  January  I,  1913, 
at  Dexter,  Maine,  Delia  M.,  daughter  of  Jacob 
and  Lovina  Bcmis. 

John  Howard  Winchester  has  exercised  his  en- 
ergies along  various  lines  of  endeavor  and  in 
each  sphere  of  action  he  has  earned  success  and 
won  many  warm  friends. 


LOUIS  JEFFERSON  BRANN,  one  of  the 
prominent  attorneys  of  the  Androscoggin  county 
bar,  and  a  public-spirited  citizen  of  Lewiston, 
Maine,  comes  of  old  stock  of  the  "Pine  Tree 
State"  and  exhibits  in  his  person  the  strong 
characteristics  and  qualities  which  are  typical  of 
that  sturdy  and  energetic  class.  Mr.  Brann  is 
a  son  of  Charles  A.  and  Nancy  L.  (Lancaster) 
Brann,  his  father  having  been  born  at  Madison, 
Maine,  where  he  spent  practically  his  entire  life. 
Mr.  Brann  was  engaged  in  a  mercantile  busi- 
ness at  Madison,  which  he  conducted  with  a  very 
considerable  success,  and  was  regarded  as  one 
of  the  substantial  citizens  of  that  city.  He  mar- 
ried Nancy  L.  Lancaster,  a  native  of  Bowdoin- 
ham,  Maine,  who  after  her  husband's  death  came 
to  Lewiston,  where  she  died  in  1901  at  the  age 
of  sixty-one  years.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brann 
two  children  were  born,  as  follows:  Lee  G.,  un- 
married, resides  in  Boston,  where  he  is  engaged 
in  business  as  a  milliner,  and  Louis  Jefferson, 
with  whose  career  we  are  here  especially  con- 
cerned. 

Louis  Jefferson  Brann  was  born  July  8,  1875, 
at  Madison,  Maine,  the  comunity  in  which  his 
father  had  so  long  made  his  home,  but  passed 
only  the  first  few  years  of  his  life  in  his  native 
place.  While  he  was  still  very  much  of  a  child, 
his  parents  removed  to  Gardiner,  Maine,  and  it 
was  with  this  community  that  most  of  his  child- 
ish associations  were  formed,  and  there  that  he 
gained  the  elementary  portion  of  his  education, 
attending  the  public  schools  for  a  number  of 
years,  both  the  grammar  grades  and  the  high 
school,  and  was  graduated  from  the  latter  in- 
stitution after  having  been  adequately  prepared 
for  college.  Upon  completing  his  public  school 
career  he  matriculated  at  the  University  of 
Maine,  where  he  applied  himself  to  the  usual  aca- 
demic courses,  and  established  an  excellent  rec- 
ord both  for  character  and  good  scholarship, 
and  graduated  from  the  University  of  Maine  with 
the  class  of  1898  and  took  the  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Arts.  In  the  meantime,  however,  Mr.  Brann's 
attention  had  been  directed  most  forcibly  to  the 
subject  of  the  law,  a  profession  which  offered 


many  attractions  to  a  young  man  of  his  tempera- 
ment. From  early  youth  he  had  always  loved 
free  and  open  intercourse  with  his  fellows  and 
that  sort  of  friendly  rivalry,  to  excel  in  which  is 
perhaps  one  of  the  chief  assets  of  the  successful 
lawyer.  It  thus  came  about  that  by  the  time 
he  had  finished  his  general  education,  Mr.  Brann 
definitely  determined  upon  a  legal  career,  and 
with  this  end  in  view  entered  the  law  office  of 
McGillicuddy  &  Morey,  which  office  has  been  a 
training  school  for  many  members  of  the  Lewis- 
ton  bar,  the  two  partners  themselves  holding  a 
well  nigh  unique  position  in  the  legal  circles  of 
this  city.  Here  Mr.  Brann  pursued  his  studies 
to  such  good  purpose  that  in  1902  he  was  admit- 
ted to  the  bar  of  Androscoggin  county,  where- 
upon he  at  once  established  himself  in  practice 
with  an  office  at  No.  178  Lisbon  street,  Lewis- 
ton.  From  that  time  to  the  present  he  has  met 
with  a  highly  gratifying  success  and  has  handled 
much  of  the  important  litigation  of  the  com- 
munity. 

But  it  has  not  been  only  in  connection  with 
his  private  practice  that  Mr.  Brann  has  been 
active.  On  the  contrary  he  is  well  known  in 
connection  with  the  political  life  and  public  af- 
fairs of  the  city.  Legal  talents,  such  as  his,  espe- 
cially combined  with  his  public  spirit,  are  at  a 
premium  in  public  affairs,  and  it  was  not  long 
before  Mr.  Brann  was  suggested  as  the  Demo- 
cratic candidate  for  city  solicitor.  This  nomina- 
tion he  accepted  and  was  successfully  elected  to 
this  responsible  position,  which  he  held  in  1906 
and  1907.  The  following  year  he  served  as  tax 
collector  in  Lewiston,  and  in  the  year  following 
that  became  registrar  of  probate.  This  office  he 
held  from  1909  to  1913,  when  he  resigned  in 
order  to  take  up  his  duties  as  judge  of  the 
Municipal  Court,  to  which  he  was  elected  in  1912. 
He  presided  on  the  Municipal  bench  until  1916, 
and  made  an  enviable  reputation  for  himself 
as  a  capable  and  public-spirited  magistrate.  In 
the  year  1915  Mr.  Brann  was  elected  mayor  of 
Lewiston,  and  served  in  that  capacity  during 
that  and  the  following  year.  His  administration 
was  notable  as  having  been  founded  by  him  on 
a  secure  business  basis  and  for  the  number  of 
reform  measures  that  he  promoted.  Judge  Brann 
has  retired  from  official  life  and  is  now  carrying 
on  his  private  practice  once  more,  but  this  is 
only  temporary,  and  there  is  no  doubt  in  the 
minds  of  those  who  are  associated  with  him  that 
his  political  career  contains  even  more  of  prom- 
ise for  the  future  than  it  has  of  achievement  in 


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the  past.  Mr.  Brann  has  identified  himself 
closely  with  the  social  and  fraternal  life  in  the 
community  where  he  has  elected  to  reside,  and 
is  affiliated  with  a  number  of  fraternal  and  social 
organizations  there.  He  is  a  member  of  the  local 
lodges  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Be- 
nevolent and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  is  a 
prominent  member  of  the  Calumet  Club. 

Louis  Jefferson  Brann  was  united  in  marriage 
in  1902  at  Lewiston  with  Mattie  J.  Cobb,  a  native 
of  this  city,  and  a  daughter  of  Nathan  G.  and 
Flora  A.  (Mitchell)  Cobb,  who  resided  for  many 
years  here  before  their  deaths.  To  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Brann  three  children  have  been  born:  Mar- 
jorie  E.,  June  15,  1905;  Dorothea  C.,  March  10, 
1907;  and  Nancy  E.,  June  24,  1914. 


HENRY  EPHRAIM  COOLIDGE,  one  of  the 
leading  members  of  the  bar  at  Lisbon  Falls, 
Maine,  is  a  member  of  an  old  New  England 
family  .which  has  lived  for  at  least  four  generations 
in  the  State  of  Maine  and  prior  to  that  time 
made  its  home  in  Massachusetts.  Its  original  an- 
cestors came  from  England  and  settled  at  Water- 
town,  Massachusetts,  in  the  early  Colonial  period, 
and  while  it  is  not  positive  when  the  name  was 
first  brought  to  the  "Pine  Tree  State,"  the  prob- 
ability is  that  it  was  done  so  in  the  person  of 
Joseph  Coolidge,  a  great-grandfather  of  the  Mr. 
Coolidge  of  this  sketch.  Whether  he  was  the  first 
or  not,  this  Joseph  Coolidge  certainly  resided  in 
Maine,  and  from  his  time  until  the  present  mem- 
bers of  the  family  have  won  and  maintained  a 
high  place  in  the  regard  of  their  fellow  citizens. 

Mr.  Coolidge  is  a  son  of  Charles  Archilaus 
Coolidge,  a  native  of  Canton,  Maine,  born  De- 
cember 29,  1830.  He  graduated  from  the  Medical 
School  of  Dartmouth  in  the  year  1855  with  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  and  practiced  that 
profession  during  his  entire  life,  principally  at  Can- 
ton. In  his  old  age,  however,  he  removed  to 
North  Waterford,  Maine,  and  there  his 
occurred,  July  I,  1911.  He  married  Sarah  Nancy 
Foster,  a  native  of  Weld,  Maine,  born  Novem- 
ber 26,  1831.  Her  death  preceded  that  of  her 
husband  by  about  four  years  and  a  half  and 
occurred  January  30,.  1907.  They  were  the  par- 
ents of  three  children,  of  whom  only  Henry 
Ephraim  now  survives.  These  children  were  as 
follows:  Martena  Eliza,  who  died  in  infancy; 
Henry  Ephraim;  and  Charles  Mariner,  born  Sep- 
tember 26,  1864,  and  died  August  12,  1914,  after 
a  brilliant  career  as  a  physician. 

Born  December  23,  1860,  at  Livermore,  Maine, 
Henry  Ephraim  Coolidge  spent  only  the  first 


few  months  of  his  life  in  his  native  town,  being 
brought  by  his  parents  in  the  month  of  May, 
1861,  to  Canton,  Maine,  which  has  been  his 
father's  birthplace  and  old  home.  It  was  with 
this  place  that  the  earliest  associations  of  Mr. 
Coolidge  were  formed  and  here  he  continued  to 
live  until  he  had  reached  the  age  of  twenty-thrci- 
years,  having  in  the  meantime  obtained  the  ele- 
mentary portion  of  his  education  at  the  10 
public  school,  graduating  from  Bates  College  in 
the  class  of  1881.  In  the  year  1883  he  removed 
to  the  town  of  North  Berwick,  Maine,  where  he 
accepted  the  offer  to  become  principal  of  the 
local  High  School,  a  position  which  he  filled 
for  the  following  six  years.  In  the  month  of 
April,  1889,  he  left  North  Berwick,  and  on  October 
12,  following,  came  to  Lisbon  Falls.  He  had  in 
the  meantime  devoted  his  attention  to  the  study 
of  the  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Andro- 
scoggin  county,  October  I,  1889.  Upon  coming 
to  Lisbon  Falls,  he  began  at  once  the  practice 
of  his  newly  chosen  profession  and  has  continued 
most  successfully  therein  at  the  same  place  up 
to  the  present  time.  The  grasp  of  public  af- 
fairs which  Mr.  Coolidge  manifested  during  his 
life  in  Lisbon  Falls  soon  brought  him  to  the 
attention  of  his  fellow  citizens  and  in  the  year 
1909  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  State 
Legislature.  He  had  already  held  the  position 
of  trial  justice  in  Lisbon  Falls,  an  office  which 
he  still  holds  after  a  period  of  some  twenty-one 
years.  He  has  also  been  superintendent  of  the 
schools  for  seven  years,  and  has  given  most  lib- 
erally of  his  energies  in  the  service  of  his  fel- 
low citizens.  In  addition  to  these  various  activi 
ties,  Mr.  Coolidge  has  also  been  very  prominent!} 
associated  with  the  business  and  financial  inter- 
ests of  the  community,  and  he  at  the  present 
time  holds  a  number  of  important  official  positions 
in  connection  with  some  of  the  largest  concerns 
in  the  community.  He  is  manager  of  the  local 
branch  of  the  Lewiston  Trust  Company,  and  is 
also  a  director  and  vice-president  of  this  con- 
cern. He  is  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Maine 
Farmers'  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Company  of  Lis- 
bon Falls,  and  is  affiliated  with  other  organiza- 
tions of  a  similiar  character.  He  is  conspicuously 
identified  with  the  fraternal  life  of  the  commun- 
ity, and  is  a  member  of  the  local  lodge  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias.  In  his  religious  bolicf  ho 
is  a  Baptist  and  at  the  present  time  fills  the  post 
of  chairman  of  the  board  of  assessors  of  the 
Free  Baptist  church  here. 

Henry   Ephraim   Coolidge   was   united   in   mar- 
risgc,    April   26,    1883,   at   Canton,    Maine,    with   Jo- 


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scphine  O.  Dearborn,  a  native  of  that  town,  a 
daughter  of  Daniel  B.  and  Celestia  J.  (Low) 
Dearborn,  old  and  highly  respected  residents 
there.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Coolidge  are  the  parents 
of  one  child,  Charles  Wilson,  born  January  23, 
1884,  at  Canton,  Maine,  a  graduate  of  Bates 
College,  class  of  1903,  and  now  engaged  in  the 
insurance  business.  After  completing  his  studies 
at  Bates  College,  he  returned  to  Lisbon  Falls 
and  secured  a  position  as  clerk  in  the  local  bank, 
but  since  that  time  has  become  manager  of  the 
Maine  Farmers'  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Company 
of  this  place.  He  married  Jane  Taylor,  of  Lis- 
bon Falls,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  three  chil- 
dren: Muriel  T.,  Charles  Henry,  and  Roland 
Dearborn. 


FREDERICK  A.  POWERS,  one  of  the  most 
prominent  attorneys  of  Houlton,  Maine,  for  many 
years,  and  a  leading  figure  in  the  political  life 
of  the  State,  is  a  member  of  an  old  and  dis- 
tinguished New  England  family.  He  is  a  son  of 
Arba  and  Naomi  (Matthews)  Powers,  his  father 
having  been  engaged  in  the  occupation  of  farm- 
ing for  many  years.  Mr.  Powers  was  born  at 
Pittsfield,  Maine,  June  19,  1855,  and  as  a  lad  at- 
tended the  Maine  Central  Institute  at  Pittsfield, 
where  he  was  prepared  for  college  and  gradu- 
ated with  the  class  of  1871.  He  then  entered 
Bowdoin  College,  where  he  graduated  with  the 
class  of  1875.  This  college  gave  him  the  degree 
of  LL.  D.  in  1906,  and  he  has  served  on  its 
board  of  overseers  since  1908.  Mr.  Powers  was 
admitted  to  the  Maine  bar  in  September,  1876, 
and  later  was  admitted  to  practice  before  the 
District  Court  and  the  Circuit  Court  of  the  United 
States.  He  then  engaged  in  the  active  practice  of 
his  profession  at  Houlton,  Maine,  until  January  i, 
1900,  in  partnership  with  his  brothers,  the  Hon. 
Llewellyn  Powers  and  the  Hon.  Don  A.  H. 
Powers,  under  the  firm  name  of  Powers  and 
Powers.  During  this  time  he  became  recognized  as 
one  of  the  leading  members  of  the  bar  in  this  part  of 
the  State,  and  much  of  the  most  important  litigation 
of  the  region  was  handled  in  liis  o flier.  Mr.  Powers 
was  also  interested  in  a  number  of  the  important 
business  and  financial  institutions  of  t!>i--. 
particularly  the  Farmers'  National  Bank  of 
Houlton,  of  which  he  has  been  a  director  since 
1890,  and  the  president  since  1909.  It  has,  how- 
ever, born  in  connection  with  his  political  and 
public  career  that  Mr.  Powers  is  best  known 
throughout  this  part  of  the  State,  and  he  has 
held  a  number  of  responsible  and  important  of- 
fices here.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and 


was  elected  on  that  party's  ticket  to  the  Maine 
Legislature  in  1885,  serving  on  that  body  in 
that  year  and  the  three  following  years.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Maine  Senate  in  1891-92, 
and  Attorney-General  of  the  State  in  1893-94- 
95-96.  On  January  2,  1900,  he  began  his  duties 
as  justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Maine,  and 
served  in  that  honorable  post  until  April  I,  1907, 
when  he  resigned  therefrom.  For  many  years 
Mr.  Powers  has  been  one  of  the  leaders  of  the 
Republican  party  in  Maine,  and  was  a  member 
of  the  Republican  State  Committee  from  1883 
to  1887  and  from  1891  to  1895.  Ho  was  delegate 
to  the  Republican  National  Convention  in  1888, 
and  received  the  Republican  nomination  for 
United  States  Senator  in  1911.  Mr.  Powers  is 
a  Unitarian  in  his  religious  belief  and  attends 
the  First  Church  of  that  denomination  at  Houl- 
ton. 

Frederick  A.  Powers  married  (first),  January 
7,  1879,  at  Houlton,  Maine,  May  Hussey,  daugh- 
ter of  Sylvanus  H.  and  Mary  J.  Hussey,  of 
Houlton.  Two  children,  now  living,  were  born 
of  this  union,  as  follows:  Llewellyn  H.,  born 
November  30,  1881,  and  Paul  H.,  born  August 
31,  1886.  Mr.  Powers  married  (second),  Novem- 
ber 3,  1903,  at  Danforth,  Maine,  Virginia  P. 
Hewes,  a  daughter  of  Benjamin  W.  and  Cora 
Tuper  Hewes,  old  and  highly  respected  residents 
of  Danforth. 


ALBERT  EDWARD  CHITTENDEN,  M.  D., 

the  well  known  osteopathic  physician  of  Auburn, 
Maine,  while  himself  a  native  of  this  country,  is 
of  English  descent,  his  father  having  been  born 
at  Westwell,  in  the  County  of  Kent.  Mr.  Chit- 
tenden,  Sr.,  was  a  carpenter  and  builder,  who 
came  to  this  country  in  early  manhood  and  was 
successfully  engaged  in  business  at  Syracuse, 
New  York,  for  a  number  of  years.  His  name 
was  Thomas  Chapman  Chittenden  and  he  mar- 
ried Anna  May  Checksfield. 

Born  July  13,  1879,  at  Syracuse,  New  York,  Dr. 
Albert  Edward  Chittenden  passed  the  early  years 
of  his  life  in  his  native  city.  It  was  there  that 
he  obtained  the  elementary  portion  of  his  edu- 
cation, attending  for  this  purpose  (he  local  ptiMie 
schools.  He  graduated  from  the  Syracuse  High 
School  in  the  year  1901,  having  been  prepared 
there  for  college.  He  then  entered  the  Univer- 
sity of  Michigan  and  was  graduated  from  that 
famous  institution  at  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan,  with 
the  class  of  1905.  He  had  in  the  meantime  he- 
come  greatly  interested  in  medical  science,  and 
his  attention  was  more  and  more  turned  to  the 


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osteopathic  theory  of  therapeutics.  According- 
ly, having  completed  his  collegiate  course,  he  en- 
tered the  Massachusetts  College  of  Osteopathy, 
and  was  graduated  from  there  with  the  class  of 
1911.  Immediately  thereafter  he  came  to  Au- 
burn, Maine,  and  there  established  himself  in  the 
practice  of  his  profession,  meeting  with  a  very 
enviable  and  well  deserved  success.  For  a  num- 
ber of  years  he  has  been  very  prominent  in  os- 
teopathic circles  in  the  State,  and  has  been  af- 
filiated with  many  of  the  most  important  so- 
cieties and  associations  connected  with  this  pro- 
fession. He  is  ex-president  of  the  Maine  Oste- 
opathic Association  and  in  this  capacity  appeared 
before  the  Maine  Legislature  of  1917  to  urge  the 
passage  of  the  bill  asking  for  the  regulation  of 
the  practice  of  osteopathy.  Dr.  Chittenden  is 
also  a  very  conspicuous  figure  in  the  social  life 
of  his  adopted  city  and  is  affiliated  with  a  large 
number  of  fraternal  and  other  organizations. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Iota  Tau  Sigma 
fraternity  (The  Epsilon  Chapter);  Abou  Ben 
Adhem  Lodge,  No.  23,  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows;  Tranquil  Lodge,  No.  29,  Ancient 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  Bradford  Chapter, 
Royal  Arch  Masons;  Dunlap  Council,  Royal  and 
Select  Masters ;  Lewiston  Commandery,  Knights 
Templar;  Lewiston  Lodge  of  Perfection  of  the 
Scottish  Rite,  Kora  Temple,  Ancient  Arabic 
Order  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  and  the 
Maine  Sovereign  Consistory,  Sovereign  Princes 
of  the  Royal  Secret.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Lewiston  and  Auburn  Rotary  clubs. 

Dr.  Chitterden  was  united  in  marriage,  October 
14,  1908,  with  Gertrude  Esther  Campbell,  and 
both  he  and  his  wife  are  staunch  members  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

Dr.  Chittenden  is  a  man  of  great  sagacity, 
quick  perceptions  and  sound  judgment,  as  the 
calling  which  he  has  elected  to  follow  requires 
that  its  votaries  should  be.  His  reputation  in 
the  city  of  his  choice  is  truly  an  enviable  one, 
not  only  on  account  of  the  altruism  and  disin- 
terestedness of  his  aims,  but  on  account  of  the 
ability  which  he  has  evinced  in  his  treatment  of 
many  disorders.  He  has  devoted  his  life  to  a 
calling  second  to  none  in  the  nobility  of  its 
aims  and  purposes,  and  he  has  lived  adequately 
up  to  the  high  ideals  and  standards  which  it 
must  necessarily  protect.  The  true  physician  in 
the  exercise  of  his  calling  heeds  neither  class 
nor  race  distinction,  and  it  has  been  Dr.  Chit- 
tenden's  added  merit  that  wealth  and  poverty 
have  not  affected  his  conduct  either.  There  are 
many  in  the  ranks  of  his  illustrious  profession, 


to  the  honor  of  human  nature  be  it  said,  to 
whom  the  above  description  will  apply,  but  of 
none  can  it  be  said  with  greater  truthfulness 
than  of  Dr.  Albert  Edward  Chittenden. 


S.  MERRITT  FARNUM  is  a  native  of  Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts,  and  comes  of  good  old 
"Pine  Tree  State"  stock,  his  family  having  re- 
sided there  for  some  generations,  and  his  father 
having  been  born  at  the  town  of  Alfred,  De- 
cember, 12,  1844.  The  elder  Mr.  Farnum,  Samuel 
Merritt  Farnum  by  name,  was  a  young  man  of 
enterprising  nature,  and  when  but  eighteen  years 
of  age  enlisted  in  Company  K,  Massachusetts 
Volunteer  Infantry.  Here  he  served  during  the 
Civil  War,  but  was  honorably  discharged  after 
a  year  of  this  service  on  account  of  sickness.  For 
many  years  he  was  engaged  in  business  ::•.  a 
commission  merchant  in  the  city  of  Boston  and 
later  in  the  same  line  at  Philadelphia.  Toward 
the  latter  end  of  his  life,  however,  he  returned 
to  the  old  homestead  farm  located  at  New  Glou- 
cester, Maine,  where  his  death  eventually  oc- 
curred in  the  year  1907,  at  the  age  of  sixty-three. 
Mr.  Farnum,  Sr.,  married  Lucia  F.  Hagar,  a  na- 
tive of  Lincoln,  Massachusetts,  who  survives  her 
husband  and  still  resides  on  the  old  farm  of  her 
husband's  family,  which  has  been  in  possession 
of  its  various  members  since  1847.  To  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Farnum,  Sr.,  five  children  have  been  born 
as  follows:  I.  Florence  S.,  who  become  the  wife 
of  Ernest  L.  Hooper,  of  Portland,  Maine,  an 
instructor  in  Gray's  Business  College  there.  2. 
S.  Merritt,  with  whose  career  we  are  here  espe- 
cially concerned.  3.  Imogene  S.,  who  became  the 
wife  of  Clarence  Graf,  of  Boston,  Massachusetts. 

4.  Harry    \V.,    who    resides    on    the    old     Varnum 
homestead,  and  has  one  child,  Harry  Wilbur.     5. 
Frank  P.,  who  is  now  employed  by  the  Boston  & 
Worcester    Express    Company,    Boston,    Massa- 
chusetts. 

Born    July    13,    1874,    at    Boston,    Massachusetts, 

5.  Merritt  Farnum  did  not  remain  in  his  native 
city   after   he   was   four   years    of   age.     At   that 
time  his  parents  removed  to  Philadelphia,  where 
they    resided   some   four   years.     At   the   age   of 
thirteen  years  he  left  home  and  started  to  earn 
his    own   living.      However,   somewhat   later,   he 
felt  that  his   education  was   inadequate,   and   ac- 
cordingly    he     matriculated     at     Bates     College, 
where  he  pursued  his  studies  to  such  good  pur- 
pose  that   he   was    graduated   with    the    class   of 
1895.      Besides    working    his    own    way    through 
college,   Mr.    Farnum   has   also,   since   that   time, 
assisted     two     sisters    to    take     collegiate    courses. 


BIOGRAPHICAL 


When  only  twenty  years  of  age  he  taught  school, 
but  in  the  month  of  June,  1898,  he  entered  the 
law  office  of  the  Honorable  H.  W.  Oakes,  and 
was  eventually  admitted  to  practice  at  the  bar  of 
Maine,  in  1900.  Since  that  time  he  has  main- 
tained an  office  at  Auburn  and  is  continually  in 
active  practice  of  his  profession.  He  is  an  active 
and  prominent  member  of  the  Republican  party 
and  has  done  much  to  develop  and  build  up  its 
local  organization.  But  Mr.  Farnum  has  not 
confined  his  activities  to  his  professional  prac- 
tice, however.  He  is  a  man  of  business  talents 
and  is  at  the  present  time  the  owner  of  the  At- 
wood  Hotel,  one  of  the  pioneer  hostelries  of 
Lewiston,  Maine,  where  it  is  situated  at  No.  100 
Main  street,  where  it  enjoys  a  large  patronage. 
Another  enterprise  of  Mr.  Farnum's  has  been  the 
reorganization  of  the  Lewiston  theatre,  situated 
at  No.  224  Main  street,  in  that  city,  and  in  the 
year  1916  was  president,  treasurer  and  general 
manager  of  the  operating  company. 

Mr.  Farnum  is  also  a  very  conspicuous  figure 
in  the  social  and  fraternal  life  of  the  commun- 
ity, especially  so  in  connection  with  the  Masonic 
order,  having  reached  the  thirty-second  degree 
of  Free  Masonry,  and  being  affiliated  with  the 
following  bodies :  Tranquil  Lodge,  Ancient  Free 
and  Acceped  Masons ;  Bradford  diaper,  Royal 
Arch  Masons;  Council,  Royal  and  Se- 
lect Masters;  Lewiston  Commandery,  Knights 
Templar;  Kora  Temple,  Ancient  Arabic  Order 
Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  and  Maine  Con- 
sistory, Sublime  Princes  of  the  Royal  Secret.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  the  Waseca  Club  of  Auburn. 
In  his  religious  belief  Mr.  Farnum  is  a  Baptist, 
and  attends  the  Main  Street  Free  Baptist 
Church. 

To  succeed  in  the  world  presupposes  certain 
qualities  of  strength  and  skill,  the  latter,  per- 
haps, even  more  than  the  former,  although  both 
are  essential,  skill  to  mould  events  to  fit  the 
circumstances  of  the  case,  and,  above  all,  skill 
to  mould  ourselves  to  fit  events.  But  while  it  is 
possible  to  thus  lay  down  general  rules  as  to- 
the  qualifications  that  fit  a  man  for  success,  if 
we  turn  our  eyes  from  the  theory  to  the  fact, 
we  will  be  inclined  to  doubt  at  first  sight  if  there 
be  any  such  rules  and  if  it  be  not,  after  all,  a 
huge,  irresponsible  scrimmage  of  which  the  re- 
sult is  decided  by  chance  and  hap-hazzard  alone. 
For  what  do  we  see  when  we  look  at  the  suc- 
cessful men  of  the  world  if  not  the  most  amaz- 
ing variety  of  character  and  personality,  defying, 
apparently,  every  attempt  to  classify  them  under 


one  head.  A  little  reflection,  of  course,  is  all 
that  is  needed  to  convince  us  that  this  appear- 
ance is  in  reality  deceiving,  that  under  the  very 
exterior  there  exists  a  core  of  character  like 
that  of  all  the  others  in  the  group.  However  this 
may  be,  it  is  certain  that  those  traits  of  mind 
'most  essential  to  this  business  as  well  as  to 
those  other  activities  with  which  he  is  connect- 
ed, are  very  much  the  possession  of  Mr.  Farnum. 


JOHN  HALLIDAY  STALFORD— One  of  the 
summer  attractions  of  beautiful  Bar  Harbor, 
Maine,  is  the  flower  shop  on  Main  street  owned 
by  John  H.  Stalford,  florist,  horticulturist  and 
landscape  gardener.  Mr.  Stalford  is  of  Scotch 
birth  and  ancestry,  and  until  the  spring  of  1898 
was  engaged  in  this  special  line  of  work  on  large 
estates  in  England  and  Scotland.  On  May  15, 
1898,  he  came  to  Bar  Harbor  under  engagement 
with  De  Grasse  Fox  as  gardener.  Bar  Harbor 
impressed  Mr.  Stalford  with  its  great  natural 
beauty,  and  conceiving  it  an  ideal  place  for  a 
horticulturist  he  decided  to  remain  after  the 
death  of  Mr.  Fox  which  cancelled  his  contract. 
He  purchased  from  the  estate  the  greenhouses 
and  garden  property  comprising  four  acres  in 
the  heart  of  the  village,  and  there  has  devel- 
oped a  wonderful  business,  having  12,000  feet  of 
modern  Lord  and  Burnham  houses,  considered 
by  experts  the  finest  in  the  State.  He  was  the 
first  man  in  Maine  to  grow  English  melons 
under  glass,  and  he  has  the  first  grape  house 
ever  built  in  the  State  for  commercial  purposes. 
While  landscape  gardening  is  his  principal  busi- 
ness, his  skill  as  a  florist  and  horticulturist  has 
brought  him  as  high  reputation  as  his  landscape 
work.  He  is  a  son  of  James  and  Sarah  (Walker) 
Stalford,  his  father  a  contractor  of  mason  work 
in  Scotland. 

John  Halliday  Stalford  was  born  in  Row, 
Dumbartonshire,  Scotland,  June  9,  1873.  He  was 
educated  in  primary  and  grammar  schools,  be- 
ginning his  career  in  horticulture  after  leaving 
school.  He  served  three  years  as  an  apprentice 
at  Letrault  Shandon,  going  thence  to  England, 
where  for  two  years  he  was  a  journeyman  at 
Gainford  House  in  County  Durham.  He 
then  returned  to  Scotland,  where  he  was  a 
journeyman  for  two  years  at  the  home  of  Charles 
T.  Couper.  The  two  following  years  were  spent 
at  the  estate  of  Scott  Elliott,  one  of  the  oldest 
border  estates,  located  at  Arkleton  in  Dumfrie- 
shire.  It  was  at  this  Scott  Elliott  estate  that 
the  largest  bunch  of  white  grapes  ever  grown 


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was  produced,  the  weight  thereof  being  twenty- 
six  pounds,  eight  ounces.  Fruit  was  the  special- 
ty of  the  Elliott  estate  and  equally  wonderful 
specimens  have  there  been  grown.  From  the 
Elliott  estate  he  went  to  Glenlee,  Kirkcud- 
brightshire, the  home  of  Sir  George  Maxwell, 
and  there  he  was  general  foreman  of  the  ex- 
tensive grounds,  gardens,  fruit  and  plant  houses 
under  Superintendent  William  Melville,  who  was 
reputed  one  of  the  best  judges  and  growers  of 
fruit  in  Scotland.  There  he  spent  three  and  one- 
half  years  before  going  as  foreman  to  Lady  Aber- 
crombie  at  Forglen,  Baufshire.  There  plants  and 
fruits  are  grown  in  all  their  perfection  for  ex- 
hibition purposes,  the  entire  estate  being  one  of 
the  show  places  of  the  North  of  Scotland. 

Mr.  Stalford  remained  as  foreman  with  Lady 
Abercrombie  until  the  spring  of  1898,  when  he 
came  to  the  United  States,  arriving  in  New  York 
City  on  Easter  Sunday.  He  visited  several  of  the 
noted  estates  in  New  Jersey  and  near  Philadel- 
phia and  New  York,  and  then  engaged  as  gar- 
dener to  DeGrasse  Fox  at  his  Bar  Harbor  home. 
There,  as  stated,  he  now  has  four  acres  of  gar- 
den property  right  in  the  heart  of  the  village 
with  extensive  greenhouses  under  which  melons 
and  grapes  are  grown  for  Bar  Harbor's  high 
class  trade.  In  1914  Mr.  Stalford  exhibited  at 
Newport,  Rhode  Island,  a  collection  of  sweet 
peas  grown  at  Bar  Harbor  and  carried  away 
the  first  prize.  Bar  Harbor  is  famous  for  sweet 
pea  culture  under  all  conditions,  but  under  the 
skilled  handling  of  a  professional  they  are  most 
wonderful  in  their  coloring  and  size. 

Landscape  gardening  is  Mr.  Stalford's  princi- 
pal business,  and  the  moving  of  large  trees  has 
been  reduced  by  him  to  a  science.  He  has  moved 
trees  from  the  forest  weighing  from  five  to  thir- 
teen tons,  and  from  fifteen  to  forty-five  feet  in 
height  to  be  used  in  his  landscape  work.  The 
work  he  does  with  perfect  safety  as  the  ball  of 
earth  freezes,  thereby  saving  the  roots.  When 
Frederick  H.  Moses  retired  in  1916,  Mr.  Stalford 
leased  his  flower  shop  on  Main  street,  Bar  Har- 
bor, and  he  continues  that  floral  center  as  one  of 
the  attractions  of  the  village.  He  is  State  vice- 
president  of  the  Society  of  American  Florists  and 
Ornamental  Horticulturists;  member  of  the  ex- 
ecutive committee  of  the  American  Sweet  Pea 
Society;  president  of  the  Maine  Florists'  Society; 
director  of  the  Bar  Harbor  branch  of  the  American 
Red  Cross;  director  of  the  Clark  Coal  Company 
of  Bar  Harbor;  and  is  a  member  of  the  Congre- 
gational church.  Ever  since  England  declared 


war  against  Germany,  in  1914,  Mr.  Stalford  has 
been  active  in  Red  Cross  work,  serving  on  the 
board  of  directors  of  the  Bar  Harbor  branch  of 
the  American  Red  Cross,  chairman  of  the  pub- 
licity committee  and  chairman  of  the  membership 
committee.  When  the  United  States  entered  the 
war  in  1917,  he  redoubled  his  efforts,  practically 
devoting  the  entire  year  until  the  signing  of  the 
armistice  to  Red  Cross  and  war  work. 

Air.  Stalford  married,  in  New  York  City,  No- 
vember 11,  1903,  Catherine,  daughter  of  Robert 
and  Catherine  Blyth.  They  are  the  parents  of 
four  children:  John  Blyth,  born  September  29, 
1904;  Jessie  Walker,  born  January  15,  1906:  Cath- 
erine Evelyn,  born  April  25,  1908;  Harriet  May, 
born  September  15,  1909. 


EDWIN  FREDERIC  DILLINGHAM— It  is 
unusual  for  one  man  to  have  so  many  distinc- 
tions as  did  Edwin  Frederic  Dillingham,  having 
been  the  oldest  stationer  in  point  of  continuous 
service  in  the  United  States,  the  oldest  merchant 
in  Bangor,  the  oldest  male  communicant  of 
John's  Episcopal  Church,  the  oldest  policyholder 
in  the  Connecticut  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Com- 
pany in  Maine  and  New  Brunswick,  and  the  old- 
est office  holder  continuously  in  the  Masonic 
bodies  in  the  State  and  probably  in  the  coun- 
try, having  been  installed  in  January  for  thu 
fifty-sixth  time  as  treasurer  of  St.  Andrews 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Bangor, 
and  also  one  of  the  oldest  members  of  the  Ma- 
sonic fraternity  in  the  country. 

Dillingham  is  an  old  English  name,  but  the 
family  early  came  to  New  England  and  has  been 
prominent  for  many  generations  in  the  develop- 
ment of  Maine.  The  American  progenitor  was 
Edward  Dillingham,  who  came  from  Bitteswell, 
England,  in  Leicestershire  county,  to  Lynn, 
Massachusetts,  in  1630.  The  line  from  Edward 
Dillingham  to  Edwin  F.  Dillingham,  his  descend- 
ant in  the  ninth  generation,  was  through  Henry, 
elder  son  of  Edward  and  Dusilla  Dillingham, 
born  in  1627,  in  England,  and  later  lived  in 
Massachusetts ;  John  Dillingham,  son  of  Henry 
and  Hannah  (Perry)  Dillingham,  born  February 
24,  1658,  in  Sandwich,  Massachusetts,  and  died 
there  May  2,  1733;  Meletiah,  younger  son  of 
John  Dillingham,  born  about  1700,  and  died  Jan- 
uary 25,  1786;  Lemuel,  son  of  Meletiah  and  Mary 
(Curtiss)  Dillingham,  born  before  December  17, 
1727,  in  Hanover  or  Scituate,  and  settled  in  Bris- 
tol (Bremenport),  Maine,  where  he  died  after 
1800;  Joshua,  son  of  Lemuel  and  Sarah  (Palmer) 


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Uillingham,  born  November  12,  1758,  in  Hanover, 
and  removed  to  Bristol  first,  and  later  to  Cam- 
den,  and  died  May  6,  1820;  Nathaniel,  eldest  son 
of  Joshua  and  May  (Palmer)  Dillingham,  born 
October  13,  1783,  in  Camden,  but  later  removed 
to  Oldtown  and  then  to  Bangor,  and  died  May 
30,  1863;  Theodore  Heald,  eldest  child  of  Nathan- 
iel and  Deborah  (Myrick)  Dillingham,  born  De- 
cember 2,  1806,  in  Camden,  but  removed  to  War- 
ren and  Oldtown,  and  died  March  7,  1858;  and 
Edwin  Frederic,  son  of  Theodore  Heald  Dil- 
lingham. 

Edwin  Frederic  Dillingham,  eldest  son  of 
Theodore  Heald  and  Angelica  H.  (Miller)  Dil- 
lingham, was  born  June  6,  1832,  in  Warren, 
Maine,  but  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Ban- 
gor. He  was  for  a  short  time,  also,  a  student 
in  a  private  school  at  Oldtown.  In  1844  he  en- 
tered  the  high  school  of  Bangor  and  continued 
there  for  three  years.  He  then  entered  upon 
his  business  career  in  connection  with  the  book- 
store of  David  Bugbee,  in  Bangor,  beginning 
his  duties  as  clerk  there,  May  24,  1847,  and  con- 
tinuing until  1854.  From  August  25,  of  that 
year,  until  February  9,  1899,  he  was  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  D.  Bugbee  &  Company,  when  he 
became  sole  proprietor  of  the  business  which  he 
conducted  for  the  remainder  of  his  life,  his  con- 
nection with  this  store  covering  a  period  of 
seventy-one  years.  The  business  remained  in 
the  same  locality,  and  in  addition  to  the  sale  of 
books,  stationery  and  wall  paper  has,  since  June, 
1836,  included  a  blank  book  factory  and  bindery. 

He  early  affiliated  with  St.  John's  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church,  of  which  he  became  junior 
warden.  He  was  a  member  of  the  parish  for 
over  fifty  years  and  was  the  oldest  male  com- 
municant. He  was  the  oldest  living  member  and 
past  master  of  St.  Andrew's  Lodge,  Free'  and 
Accepted  Masons,  of  which  he  was  recently 
elected  treasurer  for  the  fifty-sixth  consecutive 
time.  He  was  the  oldest  past  commander  of 
St.  John's  Commandery,  Knights  Templar.  For 
more  than  fifty  years  he  was  a  Scottish  Rite 
Mason  and  was  treasurer  of  the  three  Bangor 
Scottish  Rite  bodies.  On  the  occasion  of  his 
fiftieth  election  as  treasurer  of  St.  Andrew's 
Lodge,  he  was  presented  with  a  beautiful  silver 
cup,  suitably  engraved,  which  was  one  of  his 
most  prized  possessions.  He  was  an  active  sup- 
porter of  the  Republican  party  and  in  the  early 
sixties  he  represented  his  ward  in  the  City 
Council,  being  the  oldest  survivor  of  the  old 
time  city  councils  of  Bangor  in  the  days  when 


the  leading  citizens  took  an  active  part  in  the 
government  of  the  city. 

Mr.  Dillingham  was  united  in  marriage,  May 
8,  1855,  in  Bangor,  to  Julia  Snell,  daughter  of 
Martin  and  Jane  (Cutter)  Snell,  a  descendant  oi 
John  and  Priscilla  Alden,  and  they  had  four 
children  as  follows:  Frederick  Henry,  born 
April  7,  1857;  Edwin  Lynde  born,  May  3,  1861, 
Jennie  Cutter,  wife  of  Dr.  George  S.  Macphcrson, 
of  Boston;  and  Julia  Field,  wife  of  William  H. 
Stalker,  of  New  York  City. 

Mr.  Dillingham's  record  for  the  enjoyment  of 
excellent  health  was  quite  as  remarkable  as  other 
features  of  a  notable  career.  He  had  not  ex- 
perienced any  illness  which  had  confined  him 
to  the  house  for  more  than  a  day  or  two  at  a 
time  for  over  fifty  years.  He  was  known  and 
held  in  high  regard  by  many,  his  long  business 
career  having  established  an  unusually  wide- 
spread acquaintance.  He  was  possessed  of  a 
kindly  disposition  and  was  the  friend  of  hosts  of 
people  who  will  have  a  deep  sense  of  personal 
loss  in  his  passing.  He  was  a  most  indulgent 
husband  and  father,  the  family  ties  being  of  the 
most  cordial  and  agreeable  nature,  which  made 
the  household  an  ideal  one.  Mr.  Dillingham  died 
February  24,  1918,  and  it  was  universally  re- 
marked of  him  that  he  was  a  good  citizen,  an 
upright  man  and  a  valued  friend. 


CHARLES  ARNOLD  KNIGHT,  one  of  the 

most  popular  and  best  known  attorneys  of  Gar- 
diner, Maine,  a  man  who  has  held  the  highest 
office  in  the  gift  of  the  city,  and  who  is  univer- 
sally recognized  as  a  public-spirited  citizen  and 
able  public  servant,  is  Charles  Arnold  Knight, 
who  since  1899  has  identified  himself  closely 
with  the  life  of  the  place.  Mr.  Knight  comes 
of  Maine  stock,  and  is  a  son  of  William  B.  and 
Josephine  S.  (Brown)  Knight,  of  Brunswick,  both 
of  whom  are  now  deceased.  William  B.  Knight 
was  born  at  Topsham,  Maine,  but  as  a  young 
man  went  to  Brunswick  and  there  married.  He 
continued  to  reside  at  Brunswick  and  carried  on 
a  successful  mercantile  business.  He  was  promi- 
nent in  that  town,  and  was  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics, but  never  sought  public  office.  He  and  his 
family  were  members  of  the  Baptist  church,  and 
he  was  personally  actively  affiliated  with  the  In- 
dependent Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  The  elder 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Knight  were  the  parents  of  two 
children:  Charles  Arnold,  with  whom  we  are 
here  particularly  concerned;  and  Lida  B.,  who 
became  the  wife  of  John  S.  Chandler,  a  success- 


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ful  contractor  and  builder  of  Newcastle,  Maine. 
Born  January  13,  1870,  at  Brunswick,  Maine, 
Charles  Arnold  Knight  began  at  an  early  age  to 
give  signs  of  the  alert  and  ambitious  nature  that 
has  since  characterized  him.  He  attended  as  a 
lad  the  local  public  schools,  where  he  was  pre- 
pared for  college,  and  afterwards  matriculated  at 
Bowdoin  College,  graduating  from  that  institu- 
t;on  with  the  class  of  1896.  He  was  active  in  the 
life  of  the  undergraduate  body  and  one  of  the 
best  students  of  his  class,  winning  the  Phi  Beta 
Kappa  in  his  senior  year.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Alpha  Delta  Phi  fraternity  and  made  him- 
self well-beloved,  both  by  his  fellow  students 
and  his  masters  and  instructors.  During  his  col- 
lege course  he  had  had  his  attention  drawn 
forcefully  to  the  law  as  a  career,  and  immedi- 
ately after  his  graduation  entered  the  law  office 
of  Herbert  M.  Heath,  where  he  read  law  to  such 
good  purpose  that  on  November  21,  1899,  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  of  Maine.  In  the  following 
month  he  came  to  Gardiner  and  here  opened  an 
office,  meeting  almost  from  the  outset  with  suc- 
cess. He  has  since  that  time  built  up  a  large  and 
important  practice,  and  is  now  recognized  as 
one  of  the  leaders  of  the  bar  in  this  region.  He 
was  appointed  to  the  post  of  trustee  and  coun- 
sel for  the  Gardiner  Savings  Institution,  and 
still  serves  in  that  responsible  capacity. 
Throughout  his  legal  career  he  has  so  conducted 
himself  as  to  win  the  unreserved  confidence  and 
trust  of  his  fellow  citizens,  and  has  well  proven 
that  rapid  and  unbroken  success  is  fully  com- 
patible with  the  maintenance  of  the  highest 
ideals  and  standards  of  legal  ethics.  In  addition 
to  his  legal  activities,  which  have  been  far  from 
light,  Mr.  Knight  has  shown  his  public  spirit  by 
an  active  participation  in  the  conduct  of  local 
affairs.'  A  Republican  in  politics,  he  has  allied 
himself  prominently  with  the  local  organization 
of  that  party  and  has  taken  a  leading  part  in 
its  councils.  For  four  years  he  served  Gardiner 
as  city  solicitor,  with  great  judgment  and  suc- 
cess, and  in  1906  was  elected  mayor.  He  served 
in  that  capacity  during  that  and  the  following 
year,  his  administration  being  marked  at  once  by 
the  absence  of  all  political  corruption  and  a 
straightforward  and  business-like  concern  with 
the  real  interests  of  the  public.  Mr.  Knight  is 
also  well  known  in  social  and  fraternal  circles 
here,  and  is  a  member  of  all  the  local  Masonic 
bodies,  including  Herman  Lodge,  Ancient  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  of  which  he  is  also  past 
master;  Lebanon  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons; 
Adoniram  Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters; 


Maine  Commandery,  Knights  Templar.  He  Is 
also  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  and  a  member  of  the  local  lodge 
of  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  a  past  chancellor 
commander  of  that  order.  He  is  not  affiliated 
with  any  clubs,  but  is  a  member  of  the  Kennebec 
Bar  Association  and  the  Maine  State  Bar  As- 
sociation. Although  brought  up  as  a  Baptist,  Mr. 
Knig-ht  is  now  a  Congregationalist. 

Charles  Arnold  Knight  was  united  in  marriage, 
September  4,  1901,  at  Augusta,  Maine,  with  Edith 
S.  Moulton,  daughter  of  Arthur  G.  and  Cedora 
J.  (Hill)  Moulton,  natives  of  Greene,  Maine, 
where  the  former  was  a  teacher.  He  was  a 
graduate  with  the  first  class  of  Bates  College.  To 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Knight  one  child  has  been  born, 
Catherine  Hill,  who  resides  with  her  parents  and 
is  now  a  pupil  at  the  Gardiner  High  School. 


FREDERICK    MASON    HOUGHTON— The 

influence  of  the  sincere  and  zealous  clergyman 
upon  the  community  where  he  lives  and  works, 
ministering  to  the  spiritual  and  physical  needs  of 
his  fellows,  is  not  to  be  expressed  in  material 
terms,  it  is  not  commensurable  with  that  of  the 
merchant,  the  man  of  affairs  or  even  the  inventor 
for  its  effect  is  wrought  in  so  different  a  mode 
that  there  can  be  found  no  common  standard  of 
value  to  apply  to  them.  In  fact,  it  is  impossible 
to  measure  it  at  all  in  any  strict  sense  of  the  term 
and  we  can  only  judge  in  general  terms  whether 
it  be  small  or  great.  But  although  this  be  true, 
the  man  of  any  spiritual  sensitiveness  knows  by 
a  sure  instinct  that  his  work  is,  in  its  nature,  a 
thing  far  greater  than  that  of  any  material  gift, 
that  it  is  incommensurate,  because  the  other  is 
finite  and  it  is,  in  a  sense,  infinite.  In  speaking 
of  the  work  of  such  a  man  as  the  Rev.  Frederick 
Mason  Houghton,  whose  career  as  a  clergyman 
endeared  him  to  all  who  were  fortunate  enough 
to  come  in  contact  with  him,  and  whose  death 
here,  December  30,  1898,  when  but  forty-three 
years  of  age,  was  felt  as  a  severe  loss  by  the  en- 
tire community,  it  is  necessary  only  to  know  what 
place  he  held  in  the  affection  of  his  fellows  and 
how  potently  he  influenced  men  to  virtue  and 
right  doing,  to  be  able  to  state  with  confidence 
that  it  was  a  great  work  and  one  which  will 
leave  its  impress  upon  this  community  for  many 
a  long  year. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Houghton  was  a  son  of  Moses 
and  Lucy  Ann  (Swift)  Houghton,  old  and  much 
honored  residents  of  Bethel,  Oxford  county, 
Maine,  the  former  being  a  successful  contractor 
there,  and  later  at  the  town  of  Norway,  in  the 


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same  county.  His  death  occurred  at  the  latter 
place,  as  did  that  of  his  wife.  He  married  Miss 
Swift,  at  Bethel,  of  which  place  she  was  a  na- 
tive, and  they  were  the  parents  of  several  chil- 
dren. It  was  at  Bethel  that  Frederick  Mason 
Houghton  was  born,  October  20,  1855,  and  there 
and  at  Norway  that  the  years  of  his  childhood 
and  youth  were  spent.  He  attended  the  local 
public  schools  and  finally  the  Norway  High 
School,  from  which  he  graduated  after  taking 
courses  that  prepared  him  for  college.  He  had, 
even  as  a  lad,  a  strong  religious  bent,  and  he 
determined  before  leaving  high  school  to  enter 
the  ministry.  Accordingly,  he  entered  Tufts  Col- 
lege and  studied  there  in  the  Theological  De- 
partment to  such  good  purpose  that  he  was  or- 
dained to  the  ministry  of  the  Universalist 
church  in  the  year  1880.  His  first  charge  was 
the  Universalist  church  at  Middletown,  Con- 
necticut, where  he  remained  for  two  years,  do- 
ing splendid  work  and  proving  how  deeply  his 
heart  was  in  his  chosen  task.  At  the  close  of 
this  period  he  returned  to  his  native  State  and 
was  placed  in  charge  of  All  Souls'  Church,  on 
Stevens  avenue,  Portland,  where  he  was  equally 
successful.  Somewhat  later  he  worked  among 
the  people  of  Hallowell  and  Gardiner,  Maine, 
as  a  supply  from  Portland,  but  this  charge  came 
to  an  end  when  he  accepted  a  call  from  the  Uni- 
versalist church  at  Putnam,  Connecticut,  where 
he  remained  four  years.  Unfortunately  the 
health  of  Mr.  Houghton,  who  had  never  been 
physically  robust,  gave  out  at  the  end  of  that 
time  and  he  was  forced  to  give  up  his  work. 
He  returned  to  Portland,  hoping  to  recuperate 
and  finally  take  up  his  work  once  more,  but 
from  that  time  on  he  remained  an  invalid  to 
some  extent  and  was  never  able  to  resume  the 
arduous  duties  of  a  minister.  His  house  was 
situated  in  the  Deering  section  of  the  city,  and 
there  he  finally  died,  at  the  age  of  forty-three,  a 
much  loved  and  greatly  lamented  man.  The 
work  done  by  Mr.  Houghton,  although  abruptly 
and  prematurely  terminated,  was  nevertheless,  of 
a  kind  to  draw  the  attention  of  his  colleagues, 
and  certainly  he  won  the  profound  respect  of 
the  several  communities  wherein  he  labored,  min- 
istering to  the  spiritual  needs  of  his  flock  and 
doing  all  that  lay  in  his  power  to  make  their 
lots  as  happy  as  possible.  A  career  begun  so 
brilliantly  could  not  but  promise  still  more  bril- 
liantly for  the  future,  and  when  it  was  cut  short, 
his  powers  and  faculties  having  barely  more 
than  reached  their  full  development,  his  accom- 


plishment but  beginning,  it  came  as   a   terrible 
shock  to  all  his  many  friends  and  associates. 

Rev.  Frederick  Mason  Houghton  was  united 
in  marriage  February  9,  1885,  with  Alice  J.  Buck- 
nam,  a  native  of  Gorham,  Maine,  where  she  was 
born  in  December,  1858,  a  daughter  of  Seward 
and  Abbie  (Gile)  Bucknam  of  that  place.  Mr. 
Bucknam  was  a  well-known  tanner  and  leather 
manufacturer  at  Deering,  where  he  owned  and 
operated  a  large  tannery.  Mrs.  Houghton,  who 
survives  her  husband,  was  educated  at  the  local 
public  schools  at  Portland.  She  was  afterwards 
a  pupil  at  Westbrook  Seminary.  She  was  a 
child  of  alert  mind,  and  as  she  grew  into  woman- 
hood displayed  a  remarkable  grasp  of  practical 
affairs.  At  the  time  of  her  father's  death  she 
settled  up  his  estate  for  her  mother,  taking  full 
charge  of  the  matter,  and  then  continued  his 
tannery  and  manufacturing  business  successfully 
for  a  number  of  years.  After  her  marriage  she 
gave  up  that  activity,  but  at  once  took  part  in 
her  husband's  work  and  showed  herself  as  ca- 
pable of  dealing  with  the  spiritual  as  with  the 
practical  side  of  life.  She  proved  a  most  valu- 
able lieutenant  to  Mr.  Houghton,  and  took  a  very 
keen  interest  in  the  charitable  work  that  was 
carried  on  in  connection  with  his  several 
churches,  making  herself  much  loved  by  his  con- 
gregations on  account  of  the  personal  interest 
she  took  in  their  welfare.  She  was  a  devoted 
nurse  and  companion  to  her  husband  during  his 
illness,  and  after  his  death  turned  with  note- 
worthy courage  and  zeal  to  the  task  of  rearing 
and  educating  the  two  young  children,  with 
whom  she  was  left.  She  has  done  her  full  duty 
to  these  children,  who  are  now  grown  to  man- 
hood and  womanhood,  and  by  their  devotion  re- 
paying in  some  measure  the  care  she  has  given 
them  in  the  past  and  still  bestows  upon  them. 
Mrs.  Houghton  is  also  keenly  interested  in  her 
alma  mater,  Westbrook  Seminary,  and  is  active 
in  alumnae  work.  She  does  not  take  part  in 
the  usual  social  functions  of  the  city  nor  in  club 
life  of  any  kind,  but  devotes  practically  all  of 
her  time  and  attention  to  the  duties  of  her  home 
and  certain  intellectual  interests  with  which  she 
is  identified.  She  is,  for  instance,  a  member  of 
the  Women's  Literary  Union  of  Portland,  and 
takes  part  in  the  activities  of  that  body.  She  is 
a  woman  of  wide  education  and  cultivation,  and 
has  a  keen  appreciation  of  aesthetic  beauty,  and 
these  qualities  her  home  reflects.  Intensely 
patriotic  she  has  sublime  faith  in  the  justice  of 
the  American  cause  in  the  present  great  conflict 


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and  in  the  rights  of  democracy  which  we  '?. in- 
fighting for.  She  attends  the  First  Univer- 
salist  Church  of  Portland,  and  is  active  in  the 
work  of  the  congregation.  The  children  born 
to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Houghton  were  as  follows: 
i.  Louise,  a  native  of  Portland,  educated  at  the 
schools  of  this  city  and  at  Abbott's  Academy  in 
New  Hampshire;  married  (first)  E.  S.  Bagley, 
to  whom  she  bore  two  children,  Katharyn  and 
Alice  Houghton;  married  (second)  Frank  Nel- 
son Wells,  of  Portland,  to  whom  she  has  borne 
one  child,  Frank  Nelson,  Jr.  2.  Charles  Fred- 
erick, who  is  mentioned  below. 

Charles  Frederick  Houghton,  only  son  of  Fred- 
erick Mason  and  Alice  J.  (Bucknam)  Houghton, 
was  born  in  the  old  family  home  on  Stevens 
avenue,  Portland,  Maine,  July  3,  1890.  He  at- 
tended the  local  public  schools,  and  after  grad- 
uating from  the  Deering  High  School  entered 
Bowdoin  College.  After  completing  his  studies 
the  young  man  went  to  Western  Canada,  : 
settled  in  what  is  now  the  Province  of  Alberta. 
In  that  remote  region  he  engaged  in  ranching 
and  other  kinds  of  work  for  some  three  years. 
He  then  returned  home  for  a  short  time,  but 
soon  enlisted  in  the  regular  army  from  the  Na- 
tional Guard,  of  which  he  was  already  a  member, 
and  is  now  captain  of  Company  A,  Machine  Gun 
Battalion,  United  States  Army,  in  service  in 
France.  He  is  a  young  man  of  courage  and  in- 
telligence, of  the  best  type  of  American  soldier 
who  has  gone  to  the  great  World  battlefield  to 
strike  the  final  blow  for  liberty  upon  earth. 
Mrs.  Houghton  may  justly  be  proud  of  such  a 
son.  It  was  his  Company  A,  and  Company  B 
that  stopped  the  Huns  from  crossing  the  Marne 
at  Chateau-Thierry  the  last  day  of  May,  1918, 
and  July  2,  eight  of  the  officers  of  the  Machine 
Gun  Battalion  were  congratulated  by  the  French 
Division  and  Army  Corps  Commanders. 


HENRY  JOHN  WEBBER,  M.D.— There  are 
few,  if  any,  professions  in  which  a  real  and  sub- 
stantial success  involves  a  greater  expenditure 
of  energy  and  effort,  or  more  self-sacrificing 
devotion  to  its  cause,  than  medicine,  the  nature 
of  the  needs  to  which  the  physician  ministers 
making  it  necessary  that  he  should  put  aside  all 
thought  of  self  and  give  his  whole  being  to  the 
case  in  hand.  Dr.  Henry  John  Webber,  the 
prominent  and  successful  physician  of  Auburn, 
Maine,  may  well  be  compared  with  our  modern 
doctor,  and  is  without  doubt  one  of  the  leading 
physicians  of  his  vicinity.  He  is  a  son  of  John 
P.  and  Anna  G.  (Smith)  Webber,  the  elder  Mr. 


Webber  having  migrated  to  this  country  in  the 
company  of  his  brothers  from  Holland,  and  the 
members  of  which  family  settled  in  Kennebec 
and  Penobscot,  Maine,  some  of  them  coming  to 
Salem,  Massachusetts.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Web- 
ber three  children  were  born,  all  of  whom  are 
living,  as  follows:  Ulysses  Grant,  born  in  1865, 
and  is  now  a  prominent  contractor  of  Auburn; 
Henry  John;  and  Fred  F.,  born  in  1877,  engaged 
in  the  contracting  business  at  Hermon,  Maine. 
John  P.  Webber  followed  the  occupation  of 
farming  all  his  life,  and  was  a  prominent  man  in 
the  community. 

Born  February  7,  1867,  at  the  town  of  Hermon, 
Maine,  Dr.  Henry  John  Webber,  second  child  of 
John  P.  and  Anna  G.  (Smith)  Webber,  passed 
the  early  years  of  his  life  in  his  native  place. 
It  was  there  also  that  he  acquired  the  elementary 
portion  of  his  education,  and  afterwards  attended 
Hampden  Academy,  where  he  was  prepared  for 
college.  He  entered  Dartmouth  Medical  College 
in  1891  and  was  graduated  from  the  same  with 
the  class  of  1895.  He  then  took  a  post-graduate 
course  at  Johns  Hopkins  University,  at  Balti- 
more, Maryland,  studying  there  one  year,  grad- 
uating in  1896.  He  at  once  returned  to  the 
North,  located  at  Winterport,  Maine,  and  after 
a  number  of  years  came  to  Auburn,  where  he  is 
now  located.  His  profound  knowledge  of  his 
subject  and  his  natural  talent  therefore  rapidly 
brought  him  to  the  attention  of  his  fellow  cit- 
izens, and  he  has  developed  a  large  and  remun- 
erative practice  in  and  about  the  city.  Dr.  Web- 
ber is  a  well  known  figure  in  the  fraternal  life 
of  the  community  and  is  affiliated  with  the  local 
lodges  of  the  Masonic  order  and  the  Independ- 
ent Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  In  his  religious  be- 
lief he  is  a  Congregationalist.  Dr.  Webber  is 
devotedly  fond  of  open-air  life,  and  his  hobby 
might  be  called  hunting  and  fishing,  particularly 
the  hunting  of  big  game.  In  this  exciting  sport 
he  is  very  expert,  and  besides  many  other  large 
animals,  he  has  shot  three  moose. 

Dr.  Webber  was  united  in  marriage,  September 
17,  1897,  at  Winterport,  Maine,  with  Grace  D. 
Harlow,  a  daughter  of  Americus  D.  and  Lydia 
(Lord)  Harlow,  old  and  highly  respected  resi- 
dents of  that  town.  To  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Webber 
five  children  have  been  born,  as  follows:  J. 
Harlow,  September  7,  1898;  Robert  Emmond, 
March  31,  1900;  Laura  Clarene,  January  15,  1902; 
Harriette  Eileen,  March  I,  1904;  and  Henry  Mil- 
ton, July  3,  1910. 

Beyond  doubt  one  of  the  most  remarkable  and 
characteristic  changes  wrought  in  this  epoch  of 


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change    and   progress   has    been    that   which    has 
occurred   in   the   general   attitude   of   the   learned 
professions    towards    their    own    subject    matters 
and  scientific  knowledge  generally.      In  the  past 
they    were    considered    the    conservators    of    old 
knowledge  and  those  who  have  been  their  most 
authoritive    spokesmen    have    multiplied    proofs 
indefinitely  that  new  theories  and  even  new  facts, 
however,  well  substantiated,  were  unwelcome  and 
need  expect  no  recognition  by  the  learned  con- 
fraternities.     The  hardships  and  persecutions  of 
the  pioneers  in  the  realm  of  thought  and  knowl- 
edge in  days  gone  by  bear  ample  witness  to  this 
intolerance,  and  intolerance  so  universally  asso- 
ciated   with    formal    learning    as    to    have    often 
called    down    upon    it    no    little    popular    ridicule 
and   to   have   converted   such   a   word  as   pedant 
into  a  term  of  reproach.      But  today  all  this  is 
changed  and  it  might  even  be  urged  that  in  some 
quarters  there  is  even  a  too  ready  acceptance  of 
hypotheses  unconfirmed  and  statements  of  what 
may  prove  to  be  pseudo  facts.      But  this  is  only 
in    certain    irresponsible    quarters,    and    the    pro- 
fessions  in   general   now   occupy   a   most   praise- 
worthy attitude  towards  knowledge,  new  or  old, 
subjecting    both    to    the    searching    scrutiny    of 
modern   scientific   methods   and   retaining  or   re- 
jecting each   impartially  as   it   endures   this   test. 
Take,   for   example,    the    profession    of   mcdicirc 
and  note  the  leaders  and  recognized  authorities 
therein.      They  are  in  nine  cases  out  of  ten  the 
very  pioneers  who  might  have  suffered  for  their 
progressive  views  if  the  old  intolerance  had  re- 
mained.     It  may  with  truth  be  said  that  iri  two 
senses  evolution   has   had   to  do  with   this   great 
change.       In    the    first    sense    it   has,    of    course, 
played  the  same  role  in  the  development  of  sci- 
entific thought  as  it  does  with  all  living,  grow- 
ing  things,   bringing   it    into   closer   correspond- 
ence  with    its   environment;    and   in    the    second 
sense  the  doctrine  of  evolution  has  made  a  direct 
alteration  in  our  attitude  towards  all  knowledge, 
destroying   the    old   notion    that   it   was   a   thing 
that  had  been  revealed  once  and  for  all  from  a 
supernatural     source     and     supplying    the     more 
rational  idea  that  it  is  something  that  we  achieve 
for   ourselves   with   painstaking   effort,   and   thus 
making  us  the  more  willing  to  accept  discoveries 
and  innovations.      Although   there  are   doubtless 
members    of    the    medical    profession    that    still 
incline  to  the  old  standpoint,  yet   their  voice  is 
drowned  in  that   of  the   great   majority  of  their 
fellows,  for  there  arc  but  few  in  these  ranks  who 
do  not  accept   the  doctrine  of  evolution  and  all 


that  this  revolutionary  belief  involves.  A  good 
example  of  the  type  of  physician  now  dominant 
in  the  profession  may  be  found  in  Dr.  Webber, 
of  Auburn,  a  man  at  the  head  of  his  profession. 


WILL  CLOUGH  ATKINS— Prominent  for 
many  years  in  the  community  of  Gardiner,  which 
he  has  served  with  ability  and  fidelity,  no  man 
commands  a  higher  place  in  the  respect  and  ad- 
miration of  his  fellow-citizens  than  does  Will 
Clough  Atkins,  formerly  mayor  of  the  city. 

He  was  born  at  Hallowell,  Maine,  August  25, 
1873,  the  son  of  Edwin  Henry  and  Mary  Ellen 
(Clough)  Atkins,  the  former  a  native  of  South 
Boston,  and  the  latter  of  Kents  Hill,  Maine,  and 
it  was  here  that  they  were  married.  His  father 
is  in  the  shoe  business  in  Kennebunkport,  Maine. 
He  is  a  Republican,  but  had  never  cared  to  hold 
public  office.  For  three  years  he  served  in  the 
Sixteenth  Massachusetts  Volunteer  Infantry  and 
was  honorably  discharged.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  all  three  of 
his  children  are  still  living. 

Mr.  Atkins'  early  school  experience  was  in  that 
of  the  town  of  Hallowell.  Next  he  went  to  the 
Gardiner  High  School,  and  was  graduated  in  the 
class  of  1892.  Having  chosen  the  practice  of 
law  for  his  profession,  he  entered  the  office  of 
O.  B.  Clason  at  Gardiner,  and  having  finished 
the  required  work  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1894.  He  then  took  the  course  at  the  Law 
School  of  Yale  University,  and  graduated  with 
the  class  of  1806,  with  degree  of  LL.B.  He  has 
since  received  honorary  degree  of  A.M.  from 
Bates  College.  While  at  Yale  Mr.  Atkins  had 
taken  a  keen  interest  in  public  speaking  and  de- 
bate and  was  a  member  of  the  debating  societies. 
After  his  graduation  from  the  University  Law 
School,  Mr.  Atkins  came  to  Gardiner  and  estab- 
lished himself  for  the  practice  of  his  profession 
and  has  remained  there  ever  since.  Besides  his 
professional  work,  Mr.  Atkins  has  given  a  good 
deal  of  his  attention  to  other  inte'rests,  and  has 
associated  himself  with  the  Cobbossee  Realty 
Company,  of  Gardiner,  and  with  the  Gardiner 
Realty  Company.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the  Ken- 
nebec  Trust  Company  of  Waterville,  and  is  a 
stockholder  in  the  National  Bank  of  Gardiner. 
He  has  also  taken  a  keen  and  active  interest  in 
the  politics  of  the  municipality,  being  by  convic- 
tion a  Republican  in  his  political  faith.  For  ten 
years  he  held  the  post  of  city  solicitor  of  Gardi- 
ner; for  five  years  was  city  councilman,  being 
president  of  the  body  for  two  years;  and  was  a 


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member  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  a  presi 
dent  of  the  board  for  two  years.  His  perform- 
ance of  his  duty  as  a  public  official  was  thor- 
ough, business-like  and  exceedingly  efficient. 
He  gained  the  entire  confidence  of  the  com- 
munity, and  after  he  was  made  mayor  he  served 
in  that  office  during  the  year  1907-08,  and  was 
shortly  thereafter  appointed,  in  1910,  judge  of 
the  Municipal  Court.  Mr.  Atkins  served  for 
three  years  in  the  Maine  National  Guard,  com- 
missioned a  lieutenant  of  Company  A,  Second 
Regiment.  He  is  a  member  and  has  passed 
through  all  chairs,  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias, 
and  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of 
Elks.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Augusta  Coun- 
try Club,  and  of  the  Kennebunk  River  Club  of 
Kennebunkport.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Uni- 
versalist  church  and  serves  as  trustee  and  treas- 
urer. 

Mr.  Atkins  married,  May  15,  1901,  Alice  M. 
Tasker,  daughter  of  Fred  Goud  and  Abbie  (Jack- 
son) Goud,  of  Farmingdale,  Maine.  They  have 
no  children. 


ANDREW  SPRING— A  business  man  with 
large  interests  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  and 
Portland,  Maine,  Andrew  Spring  occupied  an  im- 
portant place  in  the  business  life  of  the  city  and 
country.  Several  years  of  his  life  were  spent 
in  Buenos  Ayres,  the  capital  of  Argentine,  a 
strange  land  to  New  Englanders,  and  there,  a 
stranger  to  the  manners,  customs  and  language, 
he  established  a  business,  shipping  wool  and 
hides  to  the  United  States.  Later  he  returned 
to  the  United  States  but,  continuing  the  same 
business,  made  frequent  journeys  to  Argentine, 
and  through  his  strong  business  genius  and  ex- 
ecutive quality,  became  a  very  large  and  suc- 
cessful importer  and  dealer.  He  was  a  native 
son  of  Maine,  his  parents,  Isaac  and  Susan 
(Evans)  Spring,  of  Brownfield,  Oxford  county; 
his  father,  a  well  known  and  substantial  farmer 
of  that  section  of  the  State. 

Andrew  Spring  was  born  at  Brownfield,  Ox- 
ford county,  Maine,  May  24,  1818,  died  in  1876, 
in  Portland,  Maine,  just  in  life's  prime,  and  was 
buried  in  Evergreen  Cemetery.  His  boyhood 
days  were  spent  at  the  home  farm,  and  there 
he  attended  the  district  school,  which  at  that 
time  offered  few  advantages.  But  here  he  im- 
proved, and  while  aiding  in  the  work  of  the  farm 
he  formed  plans  for  his  future  that  later  he  pro- 
ceeded to  carry  into  execution.  He  was  still 
a  minor  when,  with  such  capital  as  he  could 
command,  he  sailed  for  South  America,  landing 


at  Buenos  Ayres  and  there  founding  the  busi- 
ness which  later  brought  him  fame  and  fortune. 
He  had  arranged  his  plans  before  leaving  the 
United  States,  and  in  Argentine  he  began  the 
buying  of  wool  and  hides,  shipping  his  pur- 
chases to  Boston,  Massachusetts.  The  business 
grew  until  it  assumed  large  proportions,  its 
volume  hardly  believable,  considering  the  youth 
of  its  owner  and  the  short  time  he  had  been  en- 
gaged therein.  The  hides  and  wool  he  exported 
brought  him  a  good  profit  and  for  several  years 
he  remained  in  South  America,  but  making  fre- 
quent trips  to  Boston  and  Portland.  Later  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  his  uncle,  Samuel  A. 
Spring,  of  Portland,  they  trading  as  A.  &  S.  A. 
Spring,  continuing  the  importing  of  hides  and 
wool  from  South  America,  Andrew  Spring,  the 
buyer  and  head  in  Buenos  Ayres.  Later  he  estab- 
lished his  home  and  business  headquarters  in 
Portland,  Maine,  but  made  many  trips  back  and 
forth  to  South  America,  keeping  in  close  touch 
with  the  interests  there.  He  became  one  of  the 
large  importers  of  hides  and  wool  of  the  United 
States,  and  through  his  long  years  of  enterpris- 
ing industry,  and  a  keen  business  sagacity,  he 
rose  to  wealth  and  influence. 

His  career  was  a  remarkable  one,  and  where 
this  untried  farmer  boy  obtained  his  keen  busi- 
ness sense,  and  while  yet  a  boy  and  amidst 
strangers  in  a  strange  land,  established  a  large 
and  profitable  business,  must  ever  remain  a  mys- 
tery. He  was  a  born  business  genius  and  in  no 
other  way  can  his  success  be  explained.  In  his 
later  years  he  built  a  stone  mansion  in  Dan- 
forth  street,  Portland,  and  there  he  died,  the  old 
home  yet  the  family  residence.  He  was  a  Re- 
publican in  politics,  a  man  of  broad,  liberal  views, 
and  a  good  citizen,  his  experiences  in  South 
America  but  more  closely  endearing  him  to  his 
own  land.  He  attended  the  Congregational 
church. 

Mr.  Spring  married  Susan  Bradbury,  of  New 
Gloucester,  Maine,  who  died  in  Portland,  in  June, 
1907,  and  is  buried  with  her  husband  in  Ever- 
green Cemetery.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Spring  were  the 
parents  of  nine  children,  four  of  whom  are  liv- 
ing: Fred  A.,  a  resident  of  Portland,  Maine; 
Mary,  the  widow  of  R.  Inglis  Runciman,  of 
Buenos  Ayres;  Alma  and  Louisa,  residing  at  the 
old  home,  No.  308  Danforth  street,  Portland. 


LORENZO     EDWARD     MOULTON  — The 

Moulton  family,  of  which  Lorenzo  Edward  Moul- 
ton,  of  Auburn,  Maine,  is  a  member,  can  right- 
fully claim  an  honorable  antiquity,  since  it  was 


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one  of  the  great  aristocratic  families  of  England 
during  the  Middle  Ages.  Indeed  it  was  a  member 
of  this  family  whom  Sir  Walter  Scott  immortal- 
ized as  Baron  DeVeaux,  the  comrade  and  nurse 
of  the  wounded  Richard  Coeur  de  Lion  in  Pales- 
tine. The  name  was  transplanted  to  America  at 
an  early  Colonial  period.  That  branch  of  the 
family  of  which  Lorenzo  Edward  Moulton  is  a 
member  was  founded  in  Maine  several  genera- 
tions ago  at  Concord.  Here,  Lorenzo  Howard 
Moulton,  father  of  Lorenzo  Edward  Moulton, 
was  born  May  27,  1837.  Mr.  Moulton,  Sr.  fol- 
lowed the  occupation  of  farming  during  the  great- 
er part  of  his  life,  but  some  years  ago  retired 
from  active  business  and  still  resides  at  his  old 
home  in  New  Portland  with  a  daughter.  Mr. 
Moulton,  Sr.  married,  August  31,  1863,  Charity  B. 
Strickland,  a  native  of  Embden,  Maine,  born 
June  9,  1844.  For  more  than  fifty-three  years 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moulton  resided  at  New  Portland, 
where  she  died  June  3,  1917.  They  were  the 
parents  of  five  children,  all  of  whom  are  now 
living,  namely:  Charles  Avery,  a  physician  of 
Hartland,  Maine;  Carrie  E.,  the  wife  of  Charles 
Healey,  who  is  overseer  in  a  manufacturing  plant 
of  Pittsfield,  Maine;  Lorenzo  Edward,  with  whom 
this  article  is  concerned;  Bert  H.,  who  is  con- 
struction superintendent  of  the  Hartland  &  St. 
Albans  Telephone  Company  at  Hartland,  Maine; 
and  Ethel  May,  who  married  Eugene  William- 
son, and  now  resides  in  New  Portland,  Maine. 

Lorenzo  Edward  Moulton  was  born  Novem- 
ber 20,  1869,  at  New  Portland,  Maine,  and  he 
passed  his  childhood  and  early  youth  at  the  same 
place.  There  he  attended  school  until  he  reached 
the  age  of  fifteen,  when  his  father  sent  him  to 
Anson  Academy  at  North  Anson,  Maine.  From 
this  institution  he  was  graduated  in  the  year 
1888,  and  for  the  year  following  he  taught  school 
in  his  native  place.  He  then,  in  1889,  matricu- 
lated at  Bates  College,  where  after  establishing 
for  himself  an  excellent  reputation  as  a  scholar, 
he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1893.  He  was 
then  appointed  principal  of  the  Monson  Acad- 
emy, and  held  this  position  for  three  years,  at 
the  end  of  which  time  he  became  associated 
with  the  High  School  of  Rockland,  Maine,  in 
the  same  capacity.  Here  he  remained  for  eleven 
years,  and  was  then  appointed  superintendent  of 
all  the  schools  in  Rockland.  He  did  not  fill  this 
position  for  more  than  one  year,  however,  as  he 
then  accepted  a  union  superintendency  of  Rock- 
land  and  South  Thomaston — a  position  in  which 
he  remained  for  an  equal  period  of  time.  In 


the  autumn  of  1909  Mr.  Moulton  came  to  Au- 
burn, Maine,  to  take  the  principalship  of  the  Ed- 
ward Little  High  School,  one  of  the  best  known 
educational  institutions  in  the  State.  He  has 
continued  to  hold  this  position  since,  and  his 
strong  personality  and  broad-minded  policies 
have  had  a  marked  influence  upon  the  growth 
and  character  of  that  school. 

Mr.  Moulton  is  a  man  of  wide  tastes  and  sym- 
pathies and  is  eminently  fitted  to  conduct  the 
education  of  the  young  people  who  come  under 
his  charge.  He  possesses  a  catholic  mind  which 
can  easily  enter  into  and  appreciate  the  tastes 
and  impulses  of  others.  Indeed  his  own  tastes 
and  impulses  are  of  a  various  character,  although 
he  is  especially  fond  of  the  great  out-of-doors 
and  the  sports  which  it  encourages.  Mr.  Moulton 
is  prominent  in  the  social  and  fraternal  life  of 
the  community  and  is  a  well  known  Mason,  hav- 
ing held  the  chair  of  master  in  Aurora  Lodge, 
No.  50,  of  Rockland. 

Lorenzo  Edward  Moulton  was  united  in  mar- 
riage, August  I,  1894,  at  Lewiston,  Maine,  with 
Alma  Grace  Baily,  a  native  of  Turner,  Maine, 
born  July  13,  1870,  a  daughter  of  Chandler  and 
Olive  J.  (Record)  Bailey.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Moulton  have  been  born  four  children:  I.  Edward 
Baily,  born  May  2,  1896,  at  Monson;  he  was 
graduated  at  the  Edward  Little  High  School, 
and  was  a  member  of  the  class  of  1918  at  Bates 
College,  where  he  won  the  Coe  scholarship  in 
1917;  in  August  of  the  same  year  he  joined  the 
United  States  Naval  Reserve  Forces  at  the  Bos- 
ton Navy  Yard,  and  was  soon  transferred  to  the 
Cadet  School  in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts.  2. 
Ralph  Chandler,  born  January  20,  1898,  at  Rock- 
land,  Maine;  like  his  brother  he  was  quick  to 
respond  to  the  Nation's  call,  and  enlisted  in  the 
Coast  Patrol  early  in  the  war;  he  is  now  on 
school  leave,  and  is  a  student  at  the  University 
of  Maine  with  the  class  of  1921.  3.  Maynard 
Webster,  born  October  II,  1899,  at  Rockland, 
Maine;  he  is  now  a  senior  of  the  Edward  Little 
High  School.  4.  Francis  Parker,  born  February 
2,  1910,  at  Auburn. 

Mr.  Moulton's  achievement  as  an  educator  has 
been  a  noteworthy  one.  His  influence  cannot 
be  said  to  be  merely  local,  for  through  his  as- 
sociation with  the  various  State  organizations 
in  which  he  has  been  frequently  elected  to  serve 
in  office  he  has  been  able  to  do  a  yet  larger 
work.  He  is  closely  identified  with  the  educa- 
tional progress  of  the  State  in  which  he  has  won 
no  little  distinction. 


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ANSON  AUGUSTUS  COBB,  M.D.— Among 
the  best  known  of  Auburn's  medical  specialists 
is  the  physician  whose  name  stands  at  the  head 
of  this  article.  Dr.  Cobb's  entire  professional 
career  of  a  quarter  of  a  century  has  thus  far  been 
identified  with  his  home  city,  and  he  has  always 
been  loyally  devoted  to  the  promotion  of  her 
best  interests. 

Elder  Henry  Cobb,  founder  of  the  American 
branch  of  the  family,  came  in  1632  from  the 
County  of  Kent,  England,  and  settled  in  Barn- 
stable,  Massachusetts.  The  line  from  him  to  Dr. 
Cobb  descends  as  follows:  Jonathan,  Samuel, 
Peter,  Peter  (2),  who  was  a  soldier  in  the  Pa- 
triot army  of  the  Revolution;  Asa,  Albion,  An- 
son  Augustus  Cobb. 

Dr.  Albion  Cobb,  father  of  Dr.  Anson  Augustus 
Cobb,  was  born  at  Westbrook,  Maine,  and  was 
a  practising  physician  at  Mechanics  Falls.  He 
married  Louise  Amelia  Stockman,  born  at  Po- 
land, Maine,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Thankful 
Stockman,  and  their  children  were:  Albion  E., 
deceased;  Carolus  M.,  a  physician  of  Lynn,  Mass- 
achusetts; Ernest  O.,  deceased;  and  Anson  Au- 
gustus, mentioned  below.  There  were  also  two 
who  died  in  infancy.  Dr.  Cobb  died  about  thirty 
years  ago  at  Mechanics  Falls,  and  his  widow 
passed  away  in  1903. 

Dr.  Anson  Augustus  Cobb,  son  of  Dr.  Albion 
and  Louise  Amelia  (Stockman)  Cobb,  was  born 
January  31,  1868,  at  Casco,  Maine.  He  received 
his  earliest  education  in  local  schools,  and  later 
attended  Bridgton  Academy.  For  seven  years 
he  was  engaged  in  teaching  in  the  Oxford  and 
Welchville  high  schools.  Meanwhile,  however, 
he  had  a  distinct  purpose  in  view  and  was 
steadily  devoting  himself  to  its  pursuit.  This 
purpose  was  the  study  of  medicine,  and  his  lei- 
sure hours,  while  engaged  as  an  instructor,  were 
passed  in  preparing  himself  for  matriculation  in 
the  Medical  School  of  the  University  of  Ver- 
mont, where  he  graduated  in  1892  with  the  de- 
gree of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  Six  months  study 
in  Europe  followed,  including  attendance  at  the 
Royal  Ophthalmic  Hospital,  London,  and  at  the 
private  clinics  of  Edmund  Donders,  Paris,  on 
Errors  of  Refraction.  On  his  return  to  the 
United  States,  Dr.  Cobb  at  once  began  practice 
in  Auburn,  making  a  specialty  of  diseases  of  the 
eye,  ear,  nose  and  throat.  In  the  years  that  have 
intervened  he  has  acquired  a  large  and  lucrative 
clientele  and  has  built  up  a  wide-spread  and  en- 
viable reputation.  He  is  Professor  Emeritus  of 
Ophthalmic  Surgery  at  the  Maine  General  Hos- 
pital and  Oculist  at  Bates  College.  The  demands 


of  his  profession  have  rendered  it  impossible  for 
Dr.  Cobb  to  take  any  part  in  politics  beyond 
fulfilling  the  duties  required  of  every  good  citi- 
zen. For  the  same  reason  his  connection  with 
social  and  fraternal  organizations  is  limited  to 
affiliation  with  the  Masonic  order  and  member- 
ship in  the  Sons  of  Veterans. 

Dr.  Cobb  married,  March,  1891,  Annie  L. 
Bailey,  daughter  of  Hiram  P.  and  Louise  M. 
(Work)  Bailey,  formerly  of  Mechanics  Falls, 
Maine,  and  both  now  deceased.  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Cobb  are  the  parents  of  one  child,  Annie  Louise, 
born  May  28,  1910. 

Dr.  Cobb's  favorite  recreations  are  automo- 
biling  and  that  repose  in  the  home  circle  so 
often  curtailed  by  the  multiplicity  and  urgency 
of  the  demands  upon  his  time.  As  the  bearer 
of  an  old  name  and  one  which,  in  the  genera- 
tion immediately  preceding,  was  identified  with 
the  medical  profession,  Dr.  Cobb  has,  with  larger 
opportunities,  added  to  the  family  history  a  rec- 
ord of  greater  professional  distinction. 


DEXTER  W.  KENSELL,  who  for  many 
years  was  well  known  in  the  business  world  of 
Portland,  and  was  a  member  of  the  important 
firm  of  Kensell  &  Tabor,  large  wholesale  deal- 
ers in  grain,  was  a  native  of  Whitefield,  Lincoln 
county,  Maine,  where  he  was  born  in  the  year 
1833.  His  childhood  and  early  youth  were  spent 
in  his  native  place,  where  also  he  received  his 
education  at  the  local  public  school.  In  the  year 
1861  he  came  to  Portland  and  secured  a  position 
as  clerk  in  the  commercial  house  of  J.  L.  Libby, 
where  he  remained  for  upwards  of  three  years. 
He  was  a  young  man  of  large  ambition,  and  from 
the  start  desired  to  be  engaged  in  business  on 
his  own  account.  This,  by  dint  of  hard  work 
and  the  practice  of  economy,  he  was  enabled  to 
gratify  at  the  end  of  the  three  years  spent  with 
Mr.  Libby,  and  he  withdrew  from  that  concern 
and,  forming  a  partnership  with  a  Mr.  Neal, 
under  the  style  of  Kensell  &  Neal,  embarked  on 
an  independent  enterprise.  The  firm  of  Kensell 
&  Neal  continued  only  about  two  years,  how- 
ever, when  it  was  dissolved  and  Mr.  Kensell 
formed  an  association  with  J.  W.  Tabor,  which 
continued  for  many  years.  The  firm  of  Ken- 
sell  &  Tabor  engaged  most  actively  in  the  whole- 
sale grain  business,  which  it  conducted  on  a 
very  extensive  scale,  and  it  was  regarded  as  one 
of  the  most  important  concerns  of  the  kind  in 
Portland.  During  the  last  two  years  of  the 
Civil  War,  they  did  a  particularly  large  business 
in  grain  with  the  western  states  and  Canada 


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Mr.  Kenscll  continued  in  this  line  during  the 
remainder  of  his  active  business  life  but  spent 
his  latter  years  in  retirement.  His  death  oc- 
curred September  21,  1898,  at  Readfield,  Kenne- 
bec  county,  Maine,  where  he  had  gone  on  a  holi- 
day for  the  improvement  of  his  health,  and  he 
is  buried  in  Evergreen  Cemetery,  Portland. 

Dexter  W.  Kenscll  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Mehitable  G.  Hutchinson,  a  daughter  of 
Joseph  Hutchinson,  of  Readfield.  Mrs.  Kensell 
survives  her  husband,  and  is  still  an  active  mem- 
ber of  the  community.  She  is  much  devoted  to 
her  home  and  to  the  one  child  which  was  born 
to  her  and  Mr.  Kensell.  This  was  a  daughter, 
Mehitable,  who  became  the  wife  of  C.  B.  Wil- 
liams, and  resides  at  Kalamazoo,  Michigan.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Williams  are  the  parents  of  two  chil- 
dren, Kensell  and  Elizabeth. 

The  life  of  Mr.  Kensell  was  a  most  valuable 
one  and  was  an  example  to  all  of  what  may  be 
done  by  hard  work  and  the  persistent  and  per- 
severing following  of  one's  aims  and  objectives. 
He  was  in  the  best  sense  of  the  word,  a  "self- 
made  man,"  and  had  a  reputation  second  to 
none  for  honesty  and  integrity  in  every  relation 
of  life. 


HENRY  FARRINGTON— Prominent  in  bank- 
ing circles,  and  well  know  for  the  interest  he 
has  always  taken  in  municipal  and  State  better- 
ment, the  name  of  Henry  Farrington  stands 
high  in  the  town  of  Gardiner,  Maine.  He  has 
come  to  this  place  in  the  esteem  of  his  fellow- 
citizens  through  his  career  lived  in  the  sight 
of  the  whole  town,  and  marked  by  principles  of 
the  highest  integrity  and  public  spirit.  No  man 
deserves  better  the  honor  in  which  he  is  held. 
He  was  born  in  Waldoboro,  Maine,  January  16, 
1857,  the  son  of  George  and  Harriett  (Off)  Far- 
rington, the  former  a  native  of  Warren,  Maine, 
and  the  latter  of  Waldoboro.  They  were  mar- 
ried in  Waldoboro,  there  both  of  them  died. 
There  were  two  other  sons  besides  Henry  Far- 
rington. His  father  followed  the  trade  of  black- 
smith. Mr.  Farrington  went  as  a  boy  to  the 
common  schools  of  Waldoboro,  and  later  went 
to  Munson  Academy,  in  Massachusetts.  He  had 
made  up  his  mind  early  in  life  to  become  a  law- 
yer, and  he  now  entered  the  office  of  J.  H.  Ken- 
nedy, and  after  pursuing  the  course  to  its  com- 
pletion he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1859.  From 
the  outset  his  ability  and  industry  won  him  suc- 
cess and  he  was  very  soon  appointed  county 
attorney  of  Lincoln  county,  holding  the  position 
for  four  years.  He  came  to  Gardiner  in  1876, 


and  has  since  been  identified  with  the  town  and 
its  affairs.  For  four  years  he  held  the  post  of 
judge  of  the  Municipal  Court,  and  then  in  1884 
he  went  into  the  banking  business  as  cashier 
of  the  First  Merchants'  National  Bank,  later  be- 
coming the  cashier  of  the  Oakland  National 
Bank.  In  1007  the  National  Bank  of  Gardiner 
was  organized,  and  he  was  made  the  vice-presi- 
dent, and  still  holds  his  connection  witli  that  in- 
stitution. He  has  been  treasurer  of  the  city  of 
Gardiner  for  twenty-five  years. 

Mr.  Farrington  is  a  Democrat  in  his  political 
views  and  has  always  taken  a  keen  interest  in 
political  matters.  In  1911  he  was  a  member  of  the 
State  Senate,  serving  on  the  committee  on  legal 
affairs  as  chairman.  He  was  also  on  the  com- 
mittee on  the  State  Prison  and  on  the  library 
while  a  member  of  that  body.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Masonic  Order,  holding  the  various  de- 
grees up  to  Knight  Templar.  He  is  a  liberal  in 
his  religious  views. 

Mr.  Farrington  married,  June  15,  1862,  at 
Waldoboro,  Susan  A.  Heyer,  a  native  of  Waldo- 
boro, and  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (Hoffses) 
Heyer.  They  have  had  one  child,  deceased. 


JOHN  WILLIAM  MANSON  is  senior  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Manson  &  Coolidge,  prominent 
lawyers  in  Somerset  county,  and  located  at  Pitts- 
field,  Maine. 

His  father,  John  Colby  Manson,  was  born  in 
Meredith,  New  Hampshire,  the  son  of  the  Rev. 
Benjamin  S.  Manson.  He  was  graduated  from 
the  medical  department  of  the  University  of  the 
City  of  New  York  in  1853  and  afterwards  prac- 
ticed his  profession  in  Pittsfield,  Maine,  until 
his  death.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics  and 
represented  his  district  in  the  State  Legislature 
of  1873- 

He  married  Mary  Ann  Lancey,  a  native  of 
Pittsfield,  and  of  the  three  children  born  to  them 
two  survive:  Katie  Inez,  wife  of  William  A. 
Lancaster,  Minneapolis,  Minnesota;  and  John 
William  Manson.  The  death  of  John  C.  Man- 
son  occurred  April  14,  1885;  that  of  his  widow 
June  8,  1886. 

John  William,  son  of  John  Colby  arid  Mary 
Ann  (Lancey)  Manson,  was  born  March  22,  1862, 
in  Pittsfield,  Maine,  and  attended  the  public 
schools  and  later  prepared  for  college  at  Maine 
Central  Institute,  an  academy  located  in  the 
same  town,  graduating  in  the  class  of  1877. 

He  attended  Bowdoin  College  and  graduated 
from  there  in  the  class  of  1881,  also  from  the  law 
department  of  Boston  University  in  1884.  He 


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immediately  opened  a  law  office  in  Pittsfield, 
Maine,  and  has  since  been  in  practice  there. 

He  has  represented  his  district  in  the  State 
Legislature  of  1903.  He  is  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics, a  Mason,  an  Odd  Fellow  and  a  Knight  of 
Pythias.  He  attends  the  Universalist  church. 

He  married  Lelia  Emma  Lanpher,  daughter  of 
Isaac  and  Olive  (Staples)  Lanpher,  in  June, 
1886.  She  was  born  in  Stockton  Springs,  her 
father  being  a  sea  captain  resident  there. 


RICHARDSON    METCALF    JOHNSON    is 

one  of  the  most  prominent  figures  in  the  indus- 
trial world  of  Hallowell,  Maine,  and  the  sur- 
rounding region,  where  he  operates  a  large  plant 
for  the  manufacture  of  ladies'  boots  and  shoes. 
Mr.  Johnson  comes  of  fine  old  Maine  stock,  and 
is  the  son  of  Stephen  Carlton  and  Julianna 
(Metcalf)  Johnson,  old  and  highly  respected  resi- 
dents of  this  place,  where  the  elder  Mr.  Johnson 
was  engaged  in  farming  operations  for  many 
years. 

Richardson  Metcalf  Johnson  was  born  March 
27,  1851,  at  Appleton,  Maine,  and  here  attended 
the  local  public  schools,  as  a  lad.  Circumstances, 
however,  caused  him  to  give  up  his  studies  be- 
fore graduating  from  the  high  school,  and  he 
began  farming  and  shoemaking.  He  was  an  am- 
bitious youth,  however,  and  after  working  for  a 
number  of  years,  was  able  to  lay  by  sufficient 
capital,  as  the  result  of  his  industry  and  thrift, 
to  enable  him.  to  start  in  business  on  his  own 
account.  He  opened  his  first  establishment  at 
Lynn,  Massachusetts,  in  the  year  1887,  but  re- 
mained there  only  about  six  months  and  then 
came  to  Hallowell,  where  he  and  his  brother, 
W.  C.  Johnson,  formed  a  partnership  and  organ- 
ized the  present  industrial  business.  It  was  be- 
gun on  a  small  scale  but  met  with  success  from 
the  outset  and  rapidly  grew  to  great  proportions. 
W.  C.  Johnson  died  in  the  year  1906,  and  since 
that  time  the  business  has  been  carried  on  by 
Richardson  Metcalf  Johnson,  whose  skillful  manage- 
ment, sound  judgment,  and  wise  foresight  have 
brought  it  to  its  present  size  and  importance. 
Mf.  Johnson,  by  his  progressive  policy,  has  in- 
creased the  market  for  his  goods  until  he  now 
sends  them  to  practically  every  part  of  the 
United  States,  the  demand  for  them  being  so 
great  that  he  is  obliged  to  employ  in  the  neigh- 
borhood of  three  hundred  hands  in  their  pro- 
duction. His  success  has  been  achieved  by  the 
most  highly  honorable  methods,  and  he  has 
gained  for  himself  a  reputation  second  to  none 
as  a  man  of  integrity  and  ability,  and  won  for 


himself  a  prominent  position  among  the  most 
substantial  and  progressive  industrial  leaders  in 
this  part  of  the  State.  In  addition  to  his  own 
private  business,  Mr.  Johnson  has  become  as- 
sociated with  a  large  number  of  allied,  financial 
and  business  interests,  and  is  now  a  director  of 
the  Hallowell  Trust  &  Banking  Company  and  a 
trustee  of  the  Hallowell  Savings  Bank.  He 
takes  an  exceedingly  active  part  in  the  affairs  of 
these  institutions,  and  has  placed  at  their  serv- 
ice his  truly  great  capacity  for  practical  affairs, 
and  has  played  no  small  part  in  bringing  them 
to  their  present  prosperous  condition.  Mr.  John- 
son has  been  far  too  busy  in  connection  with  his 
financial  and  industrial  activities  to  take  any  part 
in  politics,  or  public  affairs,  although  his  abilities 
have  qualified  him  for  a  prominent  position  in 
this  department  of  the  community's  life.  He  is, 
however,  prominent  in  fraternal  circles  and  is  a 
member  of  Kennebec  Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons;  Royal  Arch  Masons;  Royal 
and  Select  Masters;  and  Trinity  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar. 

Richardson  Metcalf  Johnson  was  united  in 
marriage  in  1880,  at  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  with 
Carrie  Winter,  of  that  place,  a  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain Levy  and  Abbie  (Murphy)  Winter,  promi- 
nent residents  of  that  place.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Johnson  four  children  have  been  born,  as  fol- 
lows: W.  H.,  who  married  Nettie  Stern,  and 
now  resides  in  Brooklyn,  New  York;  Lotta  M., 
Carrie  E.,  and  Lillie,  who  became  the  wife  of 
Ralph  Smith,  of  Augusta,  Maine. 


WESTON  FREEMAN  MILLIKEN,  late  of 
Portland,  Maine,  where  his  death  occurred  No- 
vember 19,  1899,  was  one  of  the  most  prominent 
business  men  and  merchants  in  this  city  and 
State,  and  the  head  and  founder  of  what  became  the 
largest  wholesale  establishment  in  Maine,  the 
Milliken-Tomlinson  Company,  of  this  city.  He 
was  a  member  of  an  old  and  distinguished  Maine 
family  which  was  founded  here  in  early  colonial 
times  by  Hugh  Milliken,  who  came  from  Scot- 
land and  settled  at  Boston  in  the  Bay  State 
Colony  about  1850.  Hugh  Milliken's  brothers, 
Andrew  and  Arthur  A.,  followed  him  to  America 
about  one  year  later  and  were  the  first  of  the 
name  to  reach  Maine,  but  were  not  the  founders, 
of  any  family  as  they  shortly  after  met  their 
death  at  the  hands  of  the  Indians.  This  occurred 
in  1675,  but  about  1719,  John  Milliken,  a  son  of 
Hugh,  the  founder,  came  to  Maine  and  settled 
at  Scarboro,  where  his  unfortunate  uncles  had 
already  made  their  home.  John  Milliken  mar- 


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ried  Elizabeth  Alger,  a  granddaughter  of  An- 
drew Alger,  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Maine, 
whose  large  estate  later  became  the  property  of 
the  Millikens,  through  this  intermarriage.  The 
family  continued  prominent  in  Maine  from  that 
time  to  the  present  and  its  members  have  spread 
themselves  to  all  parts  of  the  State  and  beyond. 
Weston  Freeman  Milliken  was  the  son  of  Josiah 
and  Elizabeth  (Freeman)  Milliken,  natives  of 
Minot,  Maine,  where  also  they  lived  and  died. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Milliken,  Sr.  were  the  parents  of 
seven  children  as  follows:  Mary  F.,  born  April 
3,  1827,  and  became  the  wife  of  Daniel  W.  True; 
Weston  Freeman,  with  whose  career  we  are 
especially  concerned;  William  Henry,  born  Janu- 
ary 17,  1831,  died  July  25,  1890;  Charles  R.,  born 
December  12,  1833,  now  deceased;  Seth  M.,  born 
January  7,  1836;  George,  born  January  18,  1840, 
died  August  7,  1899;  and  Adelaide,  born  Febru- 
ary 8,  1846,  and  became  the  wife  of  John  Ter- 
rence. 

Born  September  28,  1829,  at  Minot,  Maine, 
Weston  Freeman  Milliken  attended  the  local  pub- 
lic schools  as  a  lad  and  afterwards  entered  the 
Lewiston  Academy  at  Lewiston,  Maine,  an  insti- 
tution that  has  since  become  Bates  College. 
After  graduation  from  this  college  Mr.  Milliken 
became  a  teacher  and  continued  in  this  profession 
for  four  years  and  proving  himself  exceedingly 
capable  at  the  work.  His  tastes  lay  in  another 
direction,  however,  and  he  very  wisely  elected  to 
follow  what  the  future  proved  to  be  a  very  strong 
bent  for  business.  It  was  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  that  he  left  his  native  region  and  went  to 
Boston,  where  he  secured  a  clerical  position  in  a 
mercantile  house  in  that  city.  During  the  two 
years  that  he  continued  there,  Mr.  Milliken  kept 
ever  in  his  mind  the  unalterable  ambition  to 
some  day  engage  in  business  on  his  own  account, 
to  be  the  master  of  his  own  enterprise.  During 
these  two  years,  also,  he  learned  a  great  deal 
concerning  business  methods  and  principles,  and, 
by  the  exercise  of  the  most  careful  economy 
saved  up  enough  capital  to  enable  him  to  real- 
ize his  ambition  on  a  small  scale.  He  then  re- 
turned to  his  native  town  of  Minot  and  there 
opened  a  general  store,  which  for  four  years  he 
conducted  successfully.  But  Minot  was  too 
small  for  his  ambitions  and,  in  1856,  he  removed 
to  Portland,  where  he  formed  a  partnership  with 
a  Mr.  Shaw  and  soon  the  firm  of  Milliken  & 
Shaw  was  engaged  in  a  wholesale  flour  and  gro- 
cery business  on  Commercial  street.  Although 
there  were  subsequently  many  changes  in  the 
personnel  of  the  company,  this  is  truly  to  be 


considered  the  same  enterprise  that  afterwards 
grew  to  such  enormous  proportions  under  the 
guiding  hand  of  Mr.  Milliken,  who  always  re- 
tained the  real  management  of  affairs.  In  1859 
Mr.  Shaw  retired  from  the  business  and  Mr. 
Charles  R.  Milliken,  a  brother  of  the  Mr.  Milli- 
ken of  this  sketch,  was  admitted  into  partner- 
ship and  the  firm  name  became  W.  F.  and  C.  R, 
Milliken.  The  business  rapidly  grew  and  ex- 
panded and  in  1863  two  new  partners,  George 
Milliken  and  Albert  B.  Moulton,  were  admitted, 
the  name  remaining  unchanged.  Later  the  great 
concern  which  had  become  the  largest  wholesale 
house  in  Maine,  was  incorporated  under  the  name 
of  the  Milliken-Tomlinson  Company  and  the 
enormous  business  continued  to  grow  and  de- 
velop. In  addition  to  the  business  founded  and 
developed  by  him,  Mr.  Milliken  also  became  as- 
sociated with  a  number  of  other  important  in- 
terests which  were  also  highly  successful.  One 
of  these  was  the  lumber  business  in  which  he 
became  interested,  not  only  in  Maine  but  In  Can- 
ada, where  he  owned  large  timber  lands  and 
thence  shipped  lumber  in  large  quantities  to 
South  America.  In  addition  to  this  he  was  the 
president  and  a  director  of  the  Cumberland' 
National  Bank;  president  and  trustee  of  the  Port- 
land Savings  Bank;  one  of  the  incorporators 
and  a  director  of  the  Portland  Lloyds;  and  or- 
ganizer and  large  stockholder  of  the  Portland, 
Bangor  and  Machias  Steamboat  Company,  and 
a  director  of  the  Poland  Paper  Company.  He 
was  also  a  trustee  and  director  of  the  Portland 
and  Ogdensburg  Railroad;  president  of  the  Con- 
solidated Electric  Light  Company  of  Portland 
and  was  largely  interested  in  the  Portland  Trust 
Company  and  the  Portland  Rolling  Mills.  Mr. 
Milliken  was  chosen  one  of  the  Building  and 
Loan  Commission  which  was  formed  after  the 
great  fire  of  1866  in  Portland.  This  commission 
was  organized  for  the  purpose  of  aiding  those 
unfortunate  members  of  the  community  who  had 
suffered  the  loss  of  their  homes  and  were  not  in 
a  position  to  rebuild  them,  and  did  a  work  of 
great  service  to  the  city  in  this  manner.  In  1897 
Mr.  Milliken  gave  up  the  lumber  business,  the 
circumstances  of  which  were  constantly  increas- 
ing in  difficulty,  as  he  felt  the  need  of  more 
leisure,  but  continued  active  in  most  of  his  en- 
terprises up  to  the  time  of  his  death  two  years 
later. 

While  the  exceedingly  exact  demands  upon  his 
time  and  energies  to  a  certain  extent  curtailed 
his  activities  in  other  departments  of  the  com- 
munity's affairs,  yet  Mr.  Milliken  found  time  to 


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take  part  in  an  extraordinary  degree  in  local 
politics  into  which  he  threw  himself  with  en- 
thusiasm for  the  general  interests  of  the  com- 
munity. He  was  a  strong  Republican  in  his  be- 
liefs and  sympathies,  and  was  soon  recognized 
as  one  of  the  leaders  of  the  party  in  the  State. 
Lack  of  the  time  lie  considered  necessary  to 
the  proper  conduct  of  public  offices  induced  him 
to  refuse  many  such  offered  him,  yet  some  he  did 
accept  and  in  all  of  these  he  proved  himself  a 
capable  and  disinterested  public  servant.  He  was 
elected  from  Portland  to  the  State  Legislature 
in  1872  and  served  on  that  body  in  that  and  the 
two  following  years,  during  which  time  he  was 
the  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Finance  and 
Banking.  He  was  one  of  the  Republican  Presi- 
dential Electors  in  1884,  and  in  1899,  only  a  few 
months  before  his  death,  he  was  appointed  Col- 
lector of  the  Port  of  Portland  by  President  Mc- 
Kinley.  Mr.  Milliken  was  a  member  of  the  old 
Portland  Club  and  the  Athletic  Club  of  Port- 
land, and  was  a  conspicuous  figure  in  the  social 
life  of  the  city. 

Weston  Freeman  Milliken  was  united  in  mar- 
riage, February  28,  1882,  with  Mrs.  Mary  (Webs- 
ter) Palmer,  a  daughter  of  Paul  D.  and  Lucena 
M.  (Crowell)  Webster,  and  a  descendant  on  both 
sides  of  the  house  from  old  and  distinguished 
Maine  families.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Milliken  led  an 
unusually  harmonious  married  life  at  the  beau- 
tiful home  on  State  street,  Portland,  the  fitting 
up  and  beautifying  of  which  was  one  of  the 
chief  pleasures  of  their  lives.  The  handsome 
grounds  surrounding  the  house  were  the  site  of  a 
charming  garden  to  which  he  gave  devoted  care 
during  his  life  and  which  are  kept  up  and  cared 
for  now  by  Mrs.  Milliken  personally,  who  shares 
her  husband's  delight  and  pride  in  them.  The 
Milliken  home,  both  in  and  out  of  doors,  is  one 
of  the  most  charming  in  its  suggestion  of  hos- 
pitality in  the  city  of  Portland. 


BENJAMIN  GLAZIER  WILLEY  CUSH- 
MAN,  M.D.,  comes  of  that  old  stock  which  is 
typical  of  the  New  England  farming  population 
in  general  and  of  that  population  in  Maine  in  par- 
ticular. It  is  characteristic  of  such  sturdy  families 
that  they  reside  generation  after  generation  in  the 
same  locality,  gradually  improving,  not  only  the  land 
in  which  they  work  to  make  a  livelihood,  but  those 
more  complex  conditions  which  depend  upon  the 
social  relations  of  the  members  of  the  commun- 
ity. It  has  been  thus  in  the  case  of  the  Cush- 
man  family,  which  for  a  number  of  generations 
made  its  home  in  the  vicinity  of  Sumner,  Maine, 


near  which  town  Levi  Cushman,  the  grandfather 
of  Pr.  Cushman  was  born.  Here  also  he  spent 
his  entire  life,  following  fanning  as  an  occu- 
pation for  many  years,  and  here  eventually  he 
died.  But  it  was  not  only  on  the  paternal  side  of 
the  house  that  the  present  Dr.  Cushman  inherits 
his  associations  with  Sumner,  as  it  was  in  that 
place  also  that  his  maternal  grandfather,  Charles 
Chase,  was  born,  lived  and  died,  his  occupation 
being  that  of  farmer. 

One  of  the  children  of  Levi  Cushman  was  Sam- 
uel Oilman  Cushman,  the  father  of  Dr.  Cushman, 
who  was  born  September  29,  1815,  at  Sumner, 
lived  there  during  his  entire  life,  and  died  at  the 
age  of  seventy-six  years.  Like  his  father  before 
him  he  was  a  farmer,  following  that  occupation 
with  much  success  on  the  old  Cushman  home- 
stead. He  was  married  to  Sophronia  Hersey 
Chase,  a  daughter  of  Charles  Chase,  of  Sumner, 
who  was  born  in  that  town,  May  26,  1823,  and 
there  died  at  the  age  of  seventy-eight.  They 
were  the  parents  of  two  children,  both  living 
at  the  present  time,  namely:  Charles  Oilman,  a 
farmer  of  Norway,  Maine,  and  Benjamin  Glazier 
Willey,  whose  career  forms  the  chief  subject  mat- 
ter of  this  brief  article.  Charles  Oilman  Cush- 
man married  Emma  Berry,  now  deceased,  and 
they  were  the  parents  of  four  children;  Fred  E., 
Albert  S.,  William  C.,  and  Addie,  deceased. 

Born  April  2,  1863,  at  Sumner,  Maine,  Dr. 
Benjamin  Glazier  Willey  Cushman  passed  his 
childhood  in  his  native  town.  It  was  here  that 
the  young  man  received  the  elementary  portion 
of  his  education,  attending  the  public  schools. 
At  the  age  of  fourteen  years  he  was  sent  by  his 
father  to  the  Edward  Little  High  School  of  Au- 
burn, Maine,  and  was  there  prepared  for  college, 
graduating  in  the  year  1881.  He  then  matricu- 
lated at  Bates  College,  Lewiston,  Maine,  where 
after  establishing  an  unusually  fine  record  for 
scholarship  and  general  character,  he  graduated 
with  the  class  of  1885.  From  that  year  until 
1888,  a  period  of  three  years,  Dr.  Cushman  held  a 
position  as  sub-master  in  the  Edward  Little  High 
School,  where  he  had  himself  been  a  pupil  sev- 
eral years  before.  In  the  meantime,  however,  his 
attention  had  been  forcibly  directed  to  the  sub- 
ject of  medicine,  and  in  1888  he  finally  concluded 
definitely  to  take  that  subject  up  as  a  profession. 
Entering  the  medical  department  of  Bowdoin 
College,  he  graduated  with  the  degree  of  Doctor 
of  Medicine.  The  following  year  Dr.  Cushman 
opened  an  office  in  Auburn  and  has  remained 
there  ever  since,  engaged  in  the  general  practice 
of  medicine.  In  addition  to  his  private  practice, 


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Dr.  Cushman  occupies  a  position  on  the  surgical 
stall  of  the  Central  Maine  General  Hospital  and 
has  come  to  be  regarded  as  one  of  the  leading 
medical  practitioners.  In  addition  to  his  medi- 
cal practice,  Dr.  Cushman  has  always  taken  a 
keen  interest  in  the  educational  development  of 
the  community,  and  as  a  member  of  the  school 
board  of  Auburn,  a  position  which  he  held  for 
six  years,  gave  much  of  his  valuable  time  and 
energies  to  making  effective  and  modern  the 
curriculum  and  equipment  of  the  city  schools. 
He  is  also  interested  in  local  history  and  gene- 
alogy and  traces  his  descent  from  William  Al- 
lerton,  who  was  a  passenger  on  the  historic 
"Mayflower."  He  is  also  able,  along  other  lines, 
to  trace  his  descent  from  Miles  Standish  and 
from  John  and  Priscilla  Alden.  Dr.  Cushman  is 
conspicuous  in  fraternal  life,  and  is  affiliated  not 
only  with  the  County,  State  and  American 
Medical  associations,  but  also  with  the  lodges  of 
the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks, 
and  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons.  In 
his  religious  belief  he  is  a  Congregationalist. 

Dr.  Cushman  was  united  in  marriage,  Decem- 
ber 23,  1902,  at  Auburn,  Maine,  with  Carrie  Lin- 
wood  Peables,  a  native  of  Auburn,  a  daughter  of 
James  Wesley  and  Caroline  Maria  (Penley) 
Peables,  old  residents  of  this  city,  where  they 
resided  for  a  number  of  years  before  their  death. 
To  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Cushman  two  children  have 
been  born,  as  follows:  Caroline  Louise,  Feb- 
ruary 18,  1904,  and  Wesley  Peables,  November 
17,  1908. 


HENRY  FOSTER  MERRILL— But  few  de- 
partments of  business  activity  present  in  their 
records  a  greater  number  of  names  held  in  gen- 
eral reverence  and  esteem  than  the  great  mer- 
cantile interests,  and  especially  is  this  true  in 
New  England,  where  among  those  connected 
with  the  development  of  this  so  essential  activity 
we  find  so  many  splendid  men  who  have  stood 
for  progress  and  advance  in  all  that  has  meant 
their  community's  welfare.  A  fine  example  of 
the  modern  man  of  business  who  has  entirely 
lived  up  to  the  splendid  standards  set  in  the  past 
of  New  England  is  Henry  Foster  Merrill,  of 
Portland,  Maine,  whose  entire  life  has  been  spent 
in  this  city  where  he  has  become  most  closely 
identified  with  the  community's  life  in  every  de- 
partment of  its  affairs. 

Born  February  15,  1864,  at  Portland,  Maine, 
Henry  Foster  Merrill  is  a  son  of  Samuel  N.  Merrill, 
a  prominent  citizen  of  that  place,  who  was  en- 
gaged in  building  the  forts  about  Portland  dur- 


ing the  Civil  War  in  the  capacity  of  sub-con- 
tractor. Mr.  Merrills'  education  was  received  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  city,  but  his  edu- 
cational opportunities  were  extremely  meager 
and  he  was  obliged  to  abandon  his  studies  at  a 
very  early  age.  When  only  eleven  years  old,  he 
secured  a  clerical  position  with  the  firm  of  Hall 
L.  Davis,  engaged  in  the  business  of  bookbinding, 
and  it  was  here  that  he  learned  this  trade  and 
gained  an  experience  in  business  which  was  to 
serve  him  well  in  after  life.  For  eight  years  he 
continued  in  the  employ  of  Mr.  Davis,  six  of  which 
were  spent  as  a  full  fledged  bookbinder,  having  in 
the  meantime  grown  from  childhood  into  an 
early  manhood.  In  the  year  1886  he  secured  a 
position  as  bookkeeper  with  the  coal  merchants, 
Randall  &  McAllister.  The  young  man  displayed 
aptness  in  his  new  task  and  attracted  the  favor- 
able notice  of  his  employers  to  such  an  extent 
that  when  twenty-eight  years  of  age  he  was  made 
treasurer  of  the  concern.  Considering  the  si^e 
of  the  company  this  was  indeed  an  honor  for  one 
so  young,  but  though  his  years  were  few,  his  ex- 
perience and  natural  ability  were  great  and  the 
efficiency  with  which  he  carried  on  his  new  »vor!c 
amply  justified  his  superiors  in  their  selection. 
From  that  time  to  the  present  he  has  continued 
to  hold  this  responsible  post  in  what  is  undoubt- 
edly the  largest  coal  dealing  concern  in  Ne>v 
England.  His  position  as  treasurer  in  this  com- 
pany has  naturally  given  Mr.  Merrill  an  influ- 
ential place  in  the  commercial  and  general  busi- 
ness life  of  Portland,  and  he  is  now  a  prominent 
figure  therein  and  connected  with  many  of  the 
large  financial  and  mercantile  houses  of  the  city. 
He  is  director  of  the  Casco  Mercantile  Trust 
Company  of  Portland,  and  is  vice-president  of 
the  Federal  Loan  Building  as  well  as  man>  other 
concerns. 

It  has  not  been  as  a  business  man  only  that 
Mr.  Merrill  has  come  to  hold  the  honorable 
place  which  he  now  does  in  the  life  of  Port- 
land. For  a  number  of  years  he  has  been  i  mem- 
ber of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  that  city, 
and  is  at  the  present  time  chairman  of  the  Har- 
bor Development  Committee  of  that  body.  Mr. 
Merrill  is  a  member  of  no  less  than  nineteen 
clubs  and  is  a  very  conspicuous  figure  in  the  so- 
cial life  of  Portland.  He  is  a  prominent  Mason, 
having  reached  the  thirty-second  degree  in  that 
order  and  is  affiliated  with  the  various  Masonic 
bodies  in  the  neighborhood.  He  is  a  director 
in  both  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association 
and  the  Young  Women's  Christian  Association 
of  Portland,  and  is  president  of  the  Congrega- 


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tional  Club  there.  He  has  a  strong  taste  for  out- 
door sports  and  pastimes  of  all  kinds  and  is  par- 
ticularly fond  of  motor  vehicles  of  all  kinds  and 
spends  much  of  his  leisure  time  in  operating 
them.  No  account  of  Mr.  Merrill's  life  would  be 
complete  without  reference  to  his  work  in  con- 
nection with  his  church  and  religious  matters 
generally.  He  is  a  Congregationalist  in  belief 
and  has  for  many  years  been  prominently  asso- 
ciated with  the  St.  Lawrence  Church  of  that 
denomination.  He  is  particularly  interested  in 
Sunday  school  work  and  the  study  of  the  Bible 
and  has  his  class  in  the  latter  subject,  which  he 
teaches  every  Sunday.  He  is  especially  active 
in  the  work  among  young  men  and  is  closely 
identified  with  the  Thirteen  Club  of  his  church, 
which  is  known  throughout  the  State,  the  pri- 
mary object  of  which  is  the  study  of  the  Bible. 
Mr.  Merrill  is  a  Republican  in  his  political  affili- 
ations, but  is  in  no  sense  of  the  term  a  polit-cian. 
On  June  16,  1886,  Mr.  Merrill  was  married  at 
Portland  to  Mabel  A.  Randall,  a  daughter  of  his 
old  employer,  John  F.  Randall,  and  Elvira  S. 
(Sargent)  Randall,  his  wife.  To  them  was  born 
on  January  2,  1894,  a  daughter,  Ruth  Elizabeth 
Merrill. 

A  word  here  is  appropriate  concerning  Mr. 
Merrill's  father,  Samuel  Noyes  Merrill,  a  native 
of  Falmouth,  Maine,  born  in  1824.  When  a 
young  man  he  came  to  Portland,  where  he  was 
employed  in  the  Custom  House  and  as  already 
mentioned,  aided  in  the  erection  of  the  forts 
about  the  city.  His  death  occurred  there  in 
1876,  when  he  was  fifty-two  years  of  age.  He 
married  Elizabeth  Amelia  Foster,  like  himself 
a  native  of  Falmouth,  whose  death  occurred  in 
Portland  four  years  before  that  of  her  husband. 
They  were  the  parents  of  eight  children,  three  of 
whom  are  now  living:  Horace  E.,  of  New  York 
City,  the  confidential  clerk  of  Archer  B.  Hunting- 
ton;  Elizabeth  M.,  now  the  widow  of  Dr.  Bab- 
cock,  of  Oswego,  New  York,  and  Henry  Foster, 
of  this  review.  Henry  Foster  Merrill's  paternal 
grandfather  was  a  native  of  Falmouth,  Maine, 
where  he  resided  all  his  life  and  followed  the 
occupation  of  farming. 

Although  the  influence  of  Mr.  Merrill  upon  the 
community,  due  to  the  part  he'  plays  in  the  busi- 
ness world  is  a  great  one,  it  is  by  no  means  the 
sum  total  of  that  which  he  experiences,  or  per- 
haps even  the  major  portion  of  it.  This  is  rather 
the  result  of  his  character  as  a  man,  a  character 
which,  coupled  with  a  strong  personality  such 
as  that  possessed  by  Mr.  Merrill,  cannot  fail  to 
have  its  effect  upon  all  those  with  whom  he 


comes  in  contact.  At  the  base  of  his  character, 
as  it  must  be  at  the  base  of  all  worthy  character, 
are  the  fundamental  virtues  of  courage  and  hon- 
esty, and  to  these  he  adds  not  only  other  vir- 
tues, but  the  graces  of  personality  and  manner, 
which  makes  him  at  once  the  charming  compan- 
ion and  the  most  faithful  friend. 


GEORGE    HENRY    LIBBY— There    are    few 
names  better  known  during  the  past  generation 
in    the    city    of    Portland    than    that    of    George 
Henry  Libby,  who  for  many  years  was  a  public 
official  here,  and  one  of  the  most  active  figures 
in  the  local  political  world.    His  death,  which  oc- 
curred   at    his    winter    home    in    Crescent    City, 
Florida,  on  March  4,  1916,  left  a  gap  in  the  life 
of  this  place  which  it  will  be  hard  to  fill.     Mr. 
Libby    was    a    son    of   John    W.    and    Jane    Roe 
(Bolton)    Libby,    and    a    descendant    of    one    of 
Maine's  oldest  and  best  known  families.    He  was 
born  August  20,  1841,  at  Brunswick,  Cumberland 
county,  Maine,  but  was  only  three  years  cf  age 
when    his    parents    removed    from    there    to    the 
city    of    Portland,    where    practically    his    entire 
life  was  spent.    As  a  child  he  attended  the  public 
schools    of    the    city,    and    upon    completing    his 
studies  there  secured  a  clerical  position  with  the 
wholesale  grocery  house  of  T.  and  II.  W.  Shaw. 
He  worked  with  this  concern  until  the  outbreak 
of  the  Civil  War,  when  he  enlisted  in  Company 
A,    of   the   Twelfth    Regiment,   Maine   Volunteer 
Infantry,  as  a  private.      He  was  present  at  the 
siege  of  Port  Hudson  in   1863,  and  lost  his  left 
hand  in  that  engagement.    After  some  time  spent 
in   a   military   hospital,   he    recovered   his   health 
and  desiring  to  remain  in  the  service,  was  made 
clerk  in  the  examining  office  of  a  provost  mar- 
shal.    From  February  I,  1865,  to  the  close  of  the 
war,  he  served  as  a  recruiting  officer.     After  the 
close  of  hostilities  Mr.  Libby  returned  from  the 
front  with  his  honorable  discharge,  and  resumed 
his  residence  in  Portland,  where,  May  2,  1865,  he 
secured  a  position  in  the  treasury  department  of 
the  city  as  clerk.     He  continued  to  perform  his 
duties    here    until    the   year    1890,   when   he   was 
elected  to  the  office  of  treasurer  of  the  city  to 
succeed  Henry  W.  Horsey.     This  office  of  trust 
and   responsibility   he   filled   most   faithfully   and 
to  the  general  satisfaction  of  the  community  until 
the  year  1904,  a  term  of  service  lasting  fourteen 
years.     At   the   latter   date   he   retired   from   the 
office   and   spent   the    remainder   of   his    life   en- 
gaged   in    agricultural    occupations    in   which    he 
was    much    interested.      The    preceding   year   he 
had  bought  a  fine  orange  grove  at  Crescent  City, 


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Florida,  and  it  was  there  that  he  spent  the  last 
thirteen  winters  of  his  life,  caring  for  his  orange' 
trees,  while  the  summer  months  were  passed  at 
Portland,  and  at  his  summer  home  at  Great  Dia- 
mond Island.  He  was  one  of  the  originators  of 
the  Diamond  Island  Association,  and  was  affili- 
ated with  a  large  number  of  societies  and  other 
organizations  in  Portland,  among  which  should 
be  included,  B  Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic, 
of  which  he  was  quartermaster;  the  Knights  of 
Pythias  and  the  Independent  Order  of  O*dd  Fel- 
lows. He  was  a  Republican  in  politics  and  was 
one  of  the  leaders  of  his  party  in  this  section  of 
the  State. 

George  Henry  Libby  was  united  in  marriage, 
January  I,  1868,  at  Portland,  Maine,  with  Emma 
C.  Nutter,  a  native  of  Whiting,  Washington 
county,  Maine,  and  a  daughter  of  James  and 
Charlotte  (Allen)  Nutter.  Mrs.  Libby,  who  sur- 
vives her  husband,  is  a  woman  of  many  Christian 
virtues  and  of  strong  domestic  instincts.  She 
was  devoted  to  her  husband  during  his  life  and 
their  married  years  were  unusually  harmonious. 
She  is  a  member  of  the  Chestnut  Street  Method- 
ist Episcopal  Church,  and  for  many  years  taught 
in  the  Sunday  school  there.  She  adopted  'her 
niece,  Mabelle  J.  Nutter  Libby,  who  was  born 
in  Bangor,  and  was  the  daughter  of  Daniel  K. 
and  Margaret  (Davis)  Nutter.  Mabelle  J.  Nut- 
ter Libby  was  but  seven  years  of  age  when  she 
became  a  member  of  her  aunt's  household,  and 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Portland. 
Upon  completing  her  education,  she  became  her- 
self a  teacher  in  the  Maine  School  for  the  Deaf 
at  Portland,  where  she  is  at  the  present  fime  en- 
gaged. Miss  Libby  is  a  young  lady  of  much 
talent  and  culture,  and  gives  much  time  and  at- 
tention to  her  profession  to  which  she  is  de- 
voted. She  is  also  an  active  member  of  the 
Chestnut  Street  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 

Mr.  Libby  enjoyed  a  wide  popularity  in  Port- 
land, where  his  activities  were  varied,  and 
where  his  high  character  and  attractive  person- 
ality made  him  respected  by  all.  He  was  much 
devoted  to  his  home,  and  his  life  was  one  of  kind- 
ness and  charity  to  all  about  him.  His  public 
spirit  was  proverbial,  and  he  took  a  deep  inter- 
est in  everything  relating  to  Portland  and  the 
progress  of  the  city.  He  was  a  man  whose  death 
will  be  greatly  regretted. 


GEORGE  LESTER  GERRISH— Portland, 
Maine,  like  so  many  other  great  New  England 
industrial  centers,  has  an  enormous  list  of  names 


which  arc  associated  with  its  general  business  de- 
velopment. Among  these  there  is  none  that 
holds  a  more  worthy  place  than  that  of 
George  Lester  Gerrish,  who  for  nearly  four 
decades  has  been  associated  with  the  business 
world  of  that  region  and  whose  position  there  at 
the  present  time  (1919)  is  one  of  great  influence 
and  importance.  The  Gerrish  family  is  of  Eng- 
lish origin,  its  ancestors  having  lived  in  Somer- 
setshire in  that  country,  and  was  founded  in  this 
country  in  very  early  Colonial  times.  So  far  as 
any  records  which  we  have  been  able  to  discover 
are  concerned,  there  was  but  one  immigrant  in 
America  of  that  name  and  there  seems  little 
doubt  but  that  all  who  now  bear  it  in  this  coun- 
try are  descended  from  him. 

The  descent  of  George  Lester  Gerrish  may  be 
traced  definitely  to  this  ancestor,  William  Ger- 
rish, by  name,  who  was  born  August  20,  1617,  at 
Bristol,  Somersetshire,  England,  and  who  came  in 
1638,  probably  with  the  family  of  Percival  Lowle 
(Lowell),  and  settled  in  New  England.  He  made 
his  home  at  Newbury,  Massachusetts,  until  1678, 
and  then  removed  to  Boston.  He  appears  to 
have  been  extremely  prominent  in  the  affairs  of 
Newbury,  was  the  first  captain  of  its  local  mili- 
tary band,  and  on  March  27,  1649,  was  confirmed 
as  lieutenant  of  the  troops  of  Essex  county.  In 
1650-53  he  was  representative  of  Newbury  in  the 
General  Court,  and  in  1663-70  was  a  member  of 
that  same  body  as  a  representative  of  Hampton. 
In  1651  he  was  chosen  one  of  the  commissioners 
for  trying  civil  causes.  After  his  removal  to 
Boston  he  was  the  owner  of  No.  3  Long  Wharf  in 
that  city,  where  he  carried  on  his  business,  and 
made  his  home  in  the  Salem  region,  where  his 
death  occurred  August  9,  1687.  He  was  twice 
married,  his  first  wife  having  been  Joanna,  a 
daughter  of  Percival  Lowle,  and  the  widow  of 
John  Oliver,  of  Newbury,  and  it  is  from  this 
union  that  Mr.  Gerrish  of  this  sketch  is  descend- 
ed. The  Gerrish  family  continued  to  play  an  im- 
portant part  in  community  affairs  and  there  are 
no  less  than  twenty-four  enlistments  in  th« 
Revolutionary  roles  of  Massachusetts  of  men 
bearing  this  name.  From  the  original  Captain 
William  Gerrish,  the  line  runs  through  Captain 
John,  Nathaniel,  Major  Charles,  George,  James, 
to  John  Jordan  Gerrish,  the  father  of  George 
Lester  Gerrish,  of  this  review. 

John  Jordan  Gerrish  was  the  youngest  child 
of  James  and  Mary  (Sylvester)  Gerrish,  and  was 
born  in  Durham,  Maine,  December  21,  1821.  As 
a  young  man  he  came  to  Portland,  where  he  set- 


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tied  with  his  wife,  whom  he  had  just  married,  and 
was  employed  on  the  Atlantic  &  St.  Lawrence 
Railroad,  now  the  Grand  Trunk  Railroad,  in  the 
construction  of  its  line,  from  the  time  when  it 
was  first  built.  For  some  time  he  remained  in 
this  service  and  then  built  the  old  Portland 
Horse  Railroad,  which  now  forms  a  part  of  the 
Portland  Electric  Railroad  System,  and  was  its 
superintendent  for  several  years.  He  then  be- 
came superintendent  of  the  Eutopian  &  Northern 
Railroad,  which  now  forms  part  of  the  Maine 
Central  System,  and  held  that  office  for  aBout 
two  years.  He  then  withdrew  from  railroad  con- 
struction work,  and  in  1871  established  himself 
in  Portland  as  a  dealer  in  railroad  supplies,  a 
business  which  prospered  greatly  and  in  which 
he  continued  for  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century. 
He  became  a  prominent  figure  in  the  mercantile 
interests  of  the  city  and  in  1896  withdrew  from 
active  life.  Besides  his  large  business  interests, 
Mr.  Gerrish,  Sr.  took  an  active  part  in  local  af- 
fairs and  served  in  many  public  offices  in  Port- 
land, where  for  a  number  of  years  he  was  rec- 
ognized as  one  of  the  most  prominent  Repub- 
licans. He  served  on  the  City  Council  and  the 
Board  of  Aldermen  at  different  times,  and  was  a 
trustee  of  Evergreen  Cemetery  for  eleven  years. 
He  was  also  conspicuous  in  the  social  and  frater- 
nal life  of  the  community,  a  member  of  the  Maine 
Historical  Society,  a  prominent  Free  Mason,  and 
for  many  years  was  actively  associated  with  the 
St.  Lawrence  Congregational  Church.  At  the 
time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  at  his  home 
in  Portland,  April  7,  1904,  he  was,  with  one  ex- 
ception, the  oldest  railroad  man  in  the  State  of 
Maine.  He  was  greatly  interested  in  the  sub- 
jects of  local  history  and  genealogy  and  has  done 
much  to  increase  our  knowledge  of  his  own  fam- 
ily during  the  early  Colonial  and  Revolutionary 
periods.  He  married,  December  21,  1848,  Susan 
Rich  Small,  a  native  of  Durham,  born  May  I, 
1822,  a  daughter  of  Thomas  and  James  (Tebbets) 
Small.  To  them  were  born  the  following  chil- 
dren: Ella  Susan,  March  14,  1851;  Mary  Ida, 
May  4,  1855;  John  Herbert,  October  13,  1858; 
George  Lester,  mentioned  below;  Hattie  Small, 
April  7,  1864;  and  Elmer  Grenville,  December 
28,  1865. 

George  Lester  Gerrish,  fourth  child  and  sec- 
ond son  of  John  Jordan  and  Susan  Rich  (Small) 
Gerrish,  was  born  August  9,  1860,  in  the  city  of 
Portland,  Maine,  where  up  to  the  present  time 
(1919)  he  has  made  his  home.  He  received  his 
education  at  the  local  public  schools  and  was 
graduated  from  the  Portland  High  School  in  the 


month  of  June,  1878,  when  eighteen  years  of  age. 
He  was  then  introduced  to  the  business  world 
in  which  he  has  made  so  marked  a  success  since, 
his  first  employment  being  with  his  father,  then 
whom  he  could  have  found  no  one  who  could 
more  wisely  and  capably  train  him  in  the  knowl- 
edge which  he  should  have.  For  something  more 
than  a  decade  he  continued  with  his  father,  and 
during  that  time  was  connected  with  a  number  of 
the  latter's  enterprises,  and  because  of  their  va- 
rious character  became  familiar  with  the  many 
different  conditions  existing  in  the  various  de- 
partments of  business  life.  In  1889  he  wifhdrew 
from  his  association  with  his  father  and'became 
connected  with  the  firm  of  Moore  &  Wright,  a 
firm  engaged  in  deep  water  dredging.  For  six 
years  he  continued  in  this  line  and  then,  with 
Mr.  A.  R.  Wright,  a  member  of  the  firm,  engaged 
in  the  wholesale  and  retail  coal  business.  The 
concern  thus  formed  by  their  association  was  in- 
corporated under  the  name  of  A.  R.  Wright 
Company,  into  the  composition  of  which  there 
also  entered  Mr.  George  E.  Runyon,  of  Portland. 
Mr.  Wright  was  made  president  of  the  corpora- 
tion and  held  this  office  until  his  death  in 
1900,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  Mr.  Runyon, 
who  continues  in  that  post  today.  In  the  same 
year  Mr.  Gerrish  became  its  treasurer  and  gen- 
eral manager  and  fills  these  positions  at  the  pres- 
ent time.  The  company  has  met  with  a  very 
great  success,  which  is  in  every  respect  well  de- 
served and  the  result  of  the  most  substantial 
business  methods  and  a  keen  insight  into  com- 
mercial conditions.  Its  business  is  still  in  a  state 
of  development  and  promises  even  more  for  the 
future  than  it  has  accomplished  in  the  past.  The 
position  which  Mr.  Gerrish  holds  in  a  concern  of 
this  importance  naturally  gives  him  a  great  deal 
of  prestige  and  influence  in  the  general  business 
situation  in  Portland.  For  a  number  of  years  he 
was  associated  with  the  old  Portland  Trust  Com- 
pany, and  upon  its  absorption  by  the  Fidelity 
Trust  Company  in  1907,  became  a  director  of  the 
latter  concern.  Mr.  Gerrish  has  taken  and  still 
takes  a  very  active  part  in  the  general  life  of  the 
community  and  is  regarded  as  a  leader  in  many 
departments  of  its  activity.  He  is  a  staunch  Re- 
publican in  politics,  and  has  taken  a  very  active 
part  in  the  development  of  school  and  educational 
interests  in  the  city,  serving  from:  1905  to  1911 
as  a  member  of  the  Portland  School  Board.  In 
his  religious  belief  Mr.  Gerrish  is  a  Congrega- 
tionalist  and  has  attended  the  St.  Lawrence 
Church  of  that  denomination  for  many  years.  He 
is  prominent  in  its  affairs  and  now  holds  the 


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office   of  treasurer  and  deacon   therein. 

On  May  17,  1888,  Mr.  Gerrish  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Mary  Emory  Kellogg,  a  native  of 
Minot,  Maine,  a  daughter  of  Charles  P.  and  Ada 
(Perry)  Kellogg,  old  and  highly  respected  resi- 
dents of  that  city.  They  are  the  parents  of  three 
children,  as  follows:  Gertrude  Kellogg,  born 
November  2,  1890;  Stanley  Small,  born  June  2, 
1896;  and  Lester  Newton,  born  December  I,  1901. 
Stanley  Small  Gerrish  is  now  a  student  in  Dart- 
mouth College  of  the  class  of  1919. 

Mr.  Gerrish  is  a  born  leader  of  men,  and  it  is 
due  entirely  to  his  own  remarkable  personality  and 
not  less  to  his  keen  judgment  and  highly  trained 
mind  that  he  reached  the  dominant  position  that 
he  holds  in  the  community.  Forceful,  positive 
in  all  his  relations  with  his  fellow-men,  he  not 
only  made  his  influence  felt,  but  gained  and  re- 
tains the  good  will  of  all  those  he  associates 
with,  even  the  most  casually,  winning  not  merely 
a  reputation  for  high  character  and  integrity,  but 
the  general  affection  of  the  community  of  which 
he  is  so  distinguished  a  member.  His  success  in 
political  life  is  the  more  remarkable  in  that  it 
contains  no  factors  of  undue  influence  or  cor- 
ruption, such  as  unfortunately  has  become  asso- 
ciated with  so  many  political  and  business  ca- 
reers of  recent  years,  but  depends  solely  upon 
his  obvious  ability  and  disinterested  devotion  to 
the  interest  of  others.  But  however  well  Mr. 
Gerrish  is  known,  however  affectionately  he  is 
regarded  for  his  public  life,  still  greater  is  his  fame 
for  the  qualities  that  distinguish  him  as  a  man 
in  those  fundamental  relations  into  which  all  men 
enter,  as  a  husband  and  a  father,  as  a  neighbor 
and  a  friend. 


LE  ROY  DELMONT  MOULTON— There  is 

no  name  which  may  claim  a  prouder  antiquity 
than  that  of  Moulton  or  deMoulton,  as  it  was 
originally  spelled,  nor  which  through  a  long  se- 
quence of  generations  did  more  distinguished 
service  to  its  country.  It  originated  in 
England  in  the  year  1066,  when  one  Thomas 
deMoulton  came  to  that  country  in  the  train  of 
William  the  Conqueror  and  was  rewarded  by 
the  first  Norman  king  with  large  grants  of  land 
in  Lincolnshire.  He  was  the  founder  here  of 
a  number  of  religious  establishments  and  built 
a  number  of  castles,  and  in  short  lived  a  life 
of  one  of  those  proud  feudal  dignitaries,  who 
were  almost  as  kings  in  their  own  estates.  One 
of  the  deMoultons  plays  a  very  prominent  part 
in  "The  Talisman."  of  Sir  Walter  Scott,  and  it  is 
claimed  by  the  great  author  that  in  so  far  as 


the  character  of  Thomas  deMoulton,  Baron 
DeVeaux,  is  concerned,  the  incidents  are  his- 
torical. He  it  was  who  attended  so  devotedly 
upon  Richard  Coetir  de  Lion  during  the  time  that 
he  was  sick  of  the  fever  in  Palestine,  and  who 
was  one  of  the  most  trusted  retainers  of  the 
lion-hearted  monarch.  Another  Thomas  Moul- 
ton was  one  of  those  whose  name  appears  upon 
the  Magna  Charta,  who  gained  this,  the  first  in- 
strument of  English  liberty,  from  the  unwilling 
hand  of  King  John.  From  the  time  of  the  first 
Sir  Thomas  deMoulton,  the  contemporary  of 
William  the  Conqueror,  to  the  present,  twenty- 
five  generations  have  intervened,  and  in  a  sur- 
prising number  of  them  have  appeared  men  who 
have  maintained  or  added  to  the  old  glory  of 
the  name.  The  arms  of  the  Moulton  family, 
granted  in  the  year  1571,  are  as  follows: 

Arms — Argent,  three  bars  Rules,  between  eight  escal- 
lop shells  sable  three,  two,  two  and  one. 
Crest — On  a  pellet  a  falcon  rising  argent. 

The  family  appears  to  have  been  founded  in 
this  country  by  three  brothers,  Thomas.  John 
and  William  Moulton,  from  whom  nearly  all  the 
Moultons  of  Northern  New  England  are  de- 
scended. A  branch  of  this  family  moved  north 
to  Maine  during  the  Colonial  period,  and  for 
many  years  has  made  its  home  in  the  town  of 
Scarborough  in  that  State. 

LeRoy  Delmont  Moulton,  the  present  repre- 
sentative of  this  great  family,  was  born  April 
19,  1883,  at  Biddeford,  Maine,  and  while  still  an 
infant  removed  with  his  parents  to  Scarboro, 
where  his  childhood  and  early  youth  were  spent. 
He  attended  there  the  local  public  schools  and 
must  have  been  unusually  precocious,  since,  al- 
though he  abandoned  his  studies  when  but  thir- 
teen years  of  age,  he  had  already  attended  the 
High  School.  At  the  early  age  above  men- 
tioned, he  secured  a  position  as  bellboy  in  the 
local  hotel  at  Old  Orchard,  known  as  the  Old 
Orchard  House,  and  here  he  remained  for  some 
years.  In  September,  1898,  he  gave  up  this  po- 
sition, however,  and  coming  to  Portland  secured 
a  similar  one  at  the  Preble  House  in  that  city. 
Shortly  afterwards  he  took  a  position  as  ele- 
vator boy  at  the  Falmouth  Hotel  in  Portland, 
of  which  he  is  now  the  proprietor.  Even  as  a 
mere  lad,  Mr.  Moulton  displayed  the  unusual 
business  talents  which  have  so  marked  his  career 
since  then  and  proved  so  willing  and  apt  as  to 
gain  the  favorable  notice  of  his  employers,  who 
placed  him  in  line  for  promotion.  Step  by  step 
he  rose  in  rank  until  the  management  of  the 
hotel  fell  into  his  hands,  and  in  1916  he  purchased 
it  outright.  Throughout  his  life  Mr.  Moulton 


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has  displayed  keen  interest  in  the  military  or- 
ganizations of  the  community  and  has  been  an 
active  member  thereof.  He  enlisted  in  the  Naval 
Reserve,  at  first  as  a  seaman,  and  afterwards 
held  the  ranks  of  yeoman,  quartermaster,  first 
and  third  classes,  chief  boatswain,  mate,  ensign, 
and  finally  that  of  paymaster  with  the  rank  of 
lieutenant,  and  was  then  transferred  to  the  staff 
of  Governor  Curtiss,  of  Maine,  with  the  rank  of 
lieutenant  commander. 

Mr.  Moulton  is  a  very  prominent  figure  in  the 
fraternal  life  of  the  community  and  is  affiliated 
with  the  local  bodies  of  the  following  orders: 
the  Free  Masons,  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose, 
the  Eagles,  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the  Order 
of  Maccabees,  the  Royal  Arcanum  and  the  Be- 
nevolent and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  of  which 
he  is  exalted  ruler,  having  held  that  position 
from  March,  1916,  to  the  present  time  (1917). 
Mr.  Moulton  is  an  Episcopalian  in  his  religious 
belief,  is  a  member  of  St.  Stephen's  Church  of 
that  denomination  in  Portland  and  holds  the  of- 
fice of  vestryman  therein.  He  is  also  a  member 
of  a  number  of  clubs  and  organizations,  among 
which  should  be  mentioned  the  Maine  State  Ho- 
tel Association,  the  New  England  Hotel  Asso- 
ciation, the  Portland  Power  Boat  Association, 
the  Portland  Yacht  Club.  He  is  also  a  member 
of  the  Greeters  of  America  and  past  national 
president  of  that  society.  He  is  also  one  of  the 
founders  and  a  charter  member  of  the  Greeters 
of  New  England  and  has  been  three  times  its 
president. 

On  October  2,  1902,  Mr.  Moulton  was  united 
in  marriage  at  Portland,  Maine,  with  Gertrude 
W.  Wilds,  a  native  of  Montreal,  Canada,  a  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Sarah  Wilds,  old  and  honored 
residents  of  that  city.  Mrs.  Wilds  is  now  de- 
ceased, and  Mr.  Wilds  moved  to  Philadelphia, 
where  he  is  now  residing. 

There  are  some  men  whose  energies  are  so 
great  that  they  seem  unimpressed  by  difficulties 
that  would  discourage  the  average  man,  who 
press  on  to  their  objectives  through  obstacles,  at 
the  mere  sight  of  which  the  majority  of  their 
brothers  faint  upon  the  way.  For  these  men 
who  have  begun  in  humble  circumstances  and 
worked  themselves  up  the  ladder  of  success  to 
a  position  of  prominence  in  the  community,  we 
have  a  term  in  this  country  which  describes  most 
aptly  their  achievements;  we  call  them  self-made 
men  and  do  them  honor  as  the  most  character- 
istic expressions  of  the  ideals  and  spirit  of  the 
age.  Such  a  man  is  LeRoy  Delmont  Moulton, 
the  distinguished  gentleman  whose  name  heads 


this  brief  sketch,  and  who,  although  still  a 
young  man,  has  forced  his  way  into  a  conspicu- 
ous place  in  the  life  of  his  native  city  of  Port- 
land, Maine.  Beginning  as  a  bell  boy  in  a  hotel 
he  has,  by  sheer  force  of  will  and  indefatigable 
industry,  gained  the  position  that  he  now  holds 
and  which  the  future  promises  to  still  further 
enlarge. 


FREDERICK  FOX— Among  the  most  distin- 
guished men  that  the  State  of  Maine  has  pro- 
duced and  honored  as  a  lifelong  resident,  none 
deserved  better  the  place  he  won  in  the  city  of 
Portland  than  Frederick  Fox.  A  lawyer  of  great 
distinction,  his  life  was  an  open  book,  wherein 
all  might  read  high  purposes  and  noble  ideals 
faithfully  served  and  well  accomplished.  His 
character  united  probity  with  courage,  and  a 
high  sense  of  responsibility  with  unflinching 
resolution  in  the  fulfillment  of  his  duty.  Most 
of  his  law  practice  was  done  in  connection  with 
tiie  Probate  Court,  and  so  great  was  the  con- 
fidence reposed  in  his  integrity  that  the  number 
of  trusts  put  in  his  charge  was  overwhelming. 
He  left  behind  him  the  memory  of  a  delightful 
personality  and  the  high  example  of  a  man 
faithful  to  the  greatest  as  to  the  smallest  duty. 
He  came  of  distinguished  New  England  stock, 
his  mother  having  been  on  Oxnard,  a  family 
identified  as  was  that  of  Fox  with  the  history  of 
the  State  of  Maine. 

Both  of  his  parents  were  natives  of  Portland, 
and  here  November  30,  1827,  Frederick  Fox,  son 
of  John  and  Lucy  (Oxnard)  Fox,  was  born  and 
spent  the  greater  part  of  his  life.  John  Fox 
had  long  been  connected  with  the  shipbuilding 
industry,  and  his  sons  carried  out  the  sterling 
tradition  of  a  family  who  were  famous  for 
rugged  strength  of  character.  The  children  of 
John  Fox  were  Judge  Edward;  Lucy  A.;  Oc- 
tavia;  Frederick;  and  John.  Frederick  Fox  was 
sent  as  a  student  to  Portland  Academy,  and 
worked  there  under  Professor  Haskins,  and  pre- 
paring at  Yarmouth  Academy  for  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege, he  was  graduated  from  there  in  the  class 
of  1848,  one  of  the  classes  distinguished  for  the 
names  that  reflected  honor  on  their  alma  mater. 
Deciding  to  take  up  law  as  his  life  work,  Fred- 
erick Fox  now  entered  the  office  of  his  brother 
Edward  Fox,  who  was  a  member  of  the  Cum- 
berland bar,  and  as  soon  as  he  himself  was  ad- 
mitted to  practice  a  partnership  was  formed  be- 
tween the  brothers,  the  firm  being  known  as 
E.  &  F.  Fox.  The  necessity  of  seeking  another 
location  for  the  sake  of  his  wife's  health  neces- 


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sitatcd  the  withdrawal  of  Edward  Fox  from  this 
association  after  it  had  existed  for  a  number  of 
years.  A  new  partnership  was  then  formed  with 
Colonel  Charles  P.  Merrill,  the  firm  name  be- 
coming Merrill  &  Fox.  The  time  came  when 
Edward  Fox  returned  to  Portland  and  becoming 
again  one  of  the  partners,  the  old  name  of  E.  & 
F.  Fox  was  resumed.  In  1866  Edward  Fox  was 
appointed  judge  of  the  United  States  District 
Court,  and  he  withdrew  a  second  time  from  the 
firm,  and  from  this  time  on  until  his  death  in 
1894,  Frederick  Fox  practiced  alone,  most  of 
his  work  being  business  of  the  Probate  Court, 
and  connected  with  the  administration  of  estates. 
Among  the  great  estates  entrusted  to  his  care 
was  that  of  Joseph  Walker,  of  which  he  and 
Albert  B.  Stevens  were  appointed  executors,  and 
when  Mr.  Stevens'  death  followed  very  closely 
that  of  the  testator,  Mr.  Fox  alone  settled  the 
estate,  paying  the  debts  and  legacies  and  execut- 
ing all  the  provisions  of  the  will,  including  the 
erection  of  the  beautiful  structure  in  Westbrook 
that  was  passed  over  to  the  city  of  Portland  but 
a  few  days  prior  to  his  death. 

Mr.  Fox  never  shirked  his  duties  as  a  citizen, 
voting  as  an  Independent  but  not  seeking  of- 
fice. •  He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  City 
Council  and  served  from  1869  until  1871,  being 
the  president  in  the  latter  year.  In  1871  he 
was  the  Independent  candidate  for  mayor  of 
Portland,  and  in  1880  was  the  Democratic  can- 
didate for  the  same  office.  Although  he  did  not 
win,  he  ran  a  close  second  to  his  opponent.  As 
a  young  man  he  took  a  deep  and  active  inter- 
est in  military  affairs,  and  served  in  the  State 
militia,  holding  the  rank  of  major,  and  serving 
as  a  member  of  the  staff  of  Major-General  G.  M. 
Smith.  Among  the  city  improvements  which 
was  very  dear  to  his  heart  and  for  which  he 
worked  with  great  energy  was  the  beautifying 
of  Evergreen  Cemetery,  serving  on  its  board  of 
trustees  for  two  different  periods.  A  man  of 
sympathetic  and  generous  nature,  there  were  few 
appeals  that  came  to  him  wit'iout  a  response. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  First  Parish  Unitarian 
Church  and  a  liberal  supporter  of  the  Gospel 
Mission.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
order,  and  for  many  years  was  grand  treasurer 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Maine,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons.  He  held  membership  in  the 
Bar  Associations,  the  Citizens'  Relief,  ami  other 
organizations  of  the  city. 

Mr.  Fox  married  Mary  Caroline  Smith,  also 
of  Maine  birth,  and  a  daughter  of  Mannasseh 


H.  and  Mary  M.  (Dole)  Smith.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Fox  were  the  parents  of  two  children:  Fred- 
erick (2),  a  graduate  of  the  Massachusetts  In- 
stitute of  Technology,  married  Myra  Hinkley; 
John  M.,  a  graduate  of  the  same  institution,  and 
now  engaged  in  the  electrical  supply  business  in 
Portland.  Mrs.  Fox  has  survived  her  husband 
and  resides  at  her  home  in  State  street,  Port- 
land. 


HAROLD  LEONARD  EMMONS,  one  of  the 
most  successful  dentists  of  Saco,  Maine,  and  the 
surrounding  region,  is  a  member  of  a  family 
that  has  long  been  prominent  in  these  parts,  and 
is  a  son  of  Willis  T.  Emmons,  for  many  years 
the  leading  attorney  here  and  a  judge  of  the 
municipal  court,  and  of  Anna  Vandelia  (Leavitt) 
Emmons,  his  wife.  The  elder  Mr.  Emmons  was 
a  native  of  Biddeford,  Maine,  having  been  born 
there  December  27,  1858.  He  chose  the  law  as 
his  profession  and  even  as  a  young  man  made 
so  high  a  reputation  that  he  was  elected  county 
attorney  for  York  county  and  held  a  number  of 
important  posts  in  the  State  and  Federal  serv- 
ises.  So  widely  were  his  legal  talents  and  his 
ability  and  tact  at  the  bar  recognized  that  he 
was  chosen  judge  of  the  municipal  court  at  Saco 
in  the  year  1883,  when  but  twenty-five  years  of 
age,  and  his  service  on  the  bench  fully  con- 
firmed the  high  opinion  that  had  been  formed 
of  him  by  his  fellow-citizens  and  professional 
colleagues.  As  a  judge  he  displayed  the  fair 
mindedness  and  uprightness  that  should  always 
attach  to  that  high  office  and  a  knowledge  of 
procedure  and  the  recondite  branches  of  his 
subject  quite  exceptional.  He  was  a  staunch 
Republican  in  politics  and  his  services  to  his 
party,  taken  together  with  the  record  he  had 
established  as  a  public  officer  during  the  first 
term  of  Grover  Cleveland  in  the  presidency,  made 
it  a  matter  of  course  that  he  should  be  consid- 
ered later  in  connection  with  some  Federal  ap- 
pointment. As  soon  as  Benjamin  Harrison  took 
office  he  appointed  Mr.  Emmons  to  the  dignified 
yet  arduous  position  of  deputy  collector  of  cus- 
toms of  the  District  of  Portland  and  Falmouth, 
one  of  the  most  important  districts  on  the  New 
England  coast.  So  well  did  Mr.  Emmons  ac- 
quit himself  in  this  office  that  he  was  continued 
in  it  during  a  large  portion  of  Cleveland's  sec- 
ond administration,  and  finally  left  only  upon  his 
own  volition,  when  he  resigned  to  accept  the 
county  attorneyship  for  York  county,  to  which 
office  he  was  elected  in  1894  by  an  unprece- 


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dented  majority.  While  holding  this  office  many 
important  criminal  cases  were  prosecuted  by  him 
for  the  State,  in  the  conduct  of  which  he  dis- 
played those  great  talents  as  an  attorney  which 
gave  him  so  early  and  rapid  a  rise  in  his  pro- 
fession. Mr.  Emmons,  Sr.,  married  Anna  Van- 
delia  Leavitt,  whose  death  occurred  November 
24,  1911. 

Born  December  27,  1878,  at  Saco,  Maine, 
Harold  Leonard  Emmons  was  educated  at  the 
Saco  public  schools  and  Thornton  Academy,  at 
Saco,  and  was  prepared  for  college  at  the  latter 
place.  He  then  entered  Bowdoin  College,  but 
remained  at  that  institution  only  one  year,  when 
he  matriculated  in  the  dental  department  of  the 
Medical  School  of  Harvard  University,  having 
decided  to  make  dentistry  his  profession,  and 
graduated  from  there  with  the  class  of  1905,  and 
at  once  opened  an  office  at  Patton,  Maine,  where 
he  practiced  for  some  two  years.  He  then  came 
to  his  native  town  of  Saco  and  established  him- 
self in  practice,  and  has  made  the  town  his 
headquarters  ever  since.  It  was  in  1907  that  he 
first  began  practice  at  Saco,  and  in  the  eleven 
years  that  have  elapsed  he  has  built  up  one  of 
the  largest  businesses  of  the  kind  in  the  com- 
munity and  made  himself  to  be  regarded  as  one 
of  the  leading  members  of  the  profession  here- 
abouts. In  1914  he  was  appointed  a  member  of 
the  State  Board  of  Dental  Examiners,  and  in 
1916  served  as  secretary  of  that  body.  Dr. 
Emmons  is  prominent  in  fraternal  circles  in 
Saco,  and  especially  so  as  a  Free  Mason.  He  is 
affiliated  with  Saco  Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons;  York  Chapter,  Royal  Arch 
Masons;  Maine  Council  No.  7,  Royal  and  Select 
Masters;  and  Bradford  Commandery,  Knights 
Templar.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Saco 
No.  2  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows. 

Dr.  Emmons  was  united  in  marriage  on  Oc- 
tober 14,  1905,  with  Edith  C.  Stackpole.  They 
are  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Van- 
delia,  born  June  9,  1906,  died  June  4,  1913;  Willis, 
born  June  27,  1907;  Sara,  born  June  24,  1908; 
Helen,  born  July  5,  1909;  Harold,  Jr.,  born  June 
8,  1912;  Suzanne,  born  August  20,  1913;  and 
Leavitt,  born  July  14,  1916. 


RALPH  WALDO  EMERSON  HUNT— Ralph 
Waldo  Emerson  Hunt  is  a  representative  of  a 
family  whose  members  have  exhibited  a  happy 
combination  of  business  perspicacity  and  aes- 
thetic taste.  John  Hunt,  grandfather  of  Ralph 
W.  E.  Hunt,  lived  for  a  time  at  Kittery,  Maine, 
but  he  was  the  owner  of  a  farm  in  New  Hamp- 


shire, and  it  was  here  that  Enoch  Warren  Hunt, 
father  of  Ralph  W.  E.  Hunt,  was  born.  Enoch 
Warren  Hunt  was  a  native  of  Guilford,  New 
Hampshire,  born  June  13,  1841,  but  who  came  to 
Portland  at  the  time  of  reaching  his  majority, 
and  in  that  city  has  followed  the  profession  of 
architecture  with  a  high  degree  of  success.  He 
is  still  active  in  his  work  in  spite  of  his  seventy- 
six  years.  He  was  one  of  the  constructors  of 
the  old  Kearsarge  of  the  United  States  navy, 
which  took  part  in  the  famous  battle  with  the 
Alabama.  He  married  Sarah  Frances  Neal,  a  na- 
tive of  Portland,  June  26,  1867,  and  they  have 
had  six  children  born  to  them  as  follows:  War- 
ren A.  T.,  who  makes  his  home  in  Portland,  and 
who  is  interested  in  various  important  industrial 
and  financial  institutions,  having  been  connected 
with  the  Maine  Savings  Bank  for  twenty-two 
years,  and  now  having  the  Portland  office  of  the 
Boston  Bond  House  of  Dennison  &  Company; 
Ralph  Waldo  Emerson,  of  whom  further;  Lulie, 
Grace,  Rita,  and  Sallie,  all  of  whom  died  in 
childhood.  The  father  of  Mrs.  Hunt  was  Wil- 
liam Neal,  a  lifelong  resident  of  Portland,  and  a 
member  of  the  old  Free  Street  Baptist  Church. 
A  grandmother  of  Ralph  W.  E.  Hunt  was  Sarah 
Fuller,  a  cousin  of  Chief  Justice  Melville  E. 
Fuller,  who  for  so  many  years  presided  over  the 
Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States. 

Born  January  4,  1884,  at  Portland,  Maine, 
Ralph  Waldo  Emerson  Hunt,  son  of  Enoch 
Warren  and  Sarah  Frances  (Neal)  Hunt,  has 
spent  most  of  his  life  in  his  native  city.  It  was 
there  in  the  local  public  school  that  he  received 
the  elementary  portion  of  his  education.  He 
graduated  from  the  Portland  High  School  in 
1901,  after  which  he  took  two  years  of  study  at 
the  Westbrook  Seminary,  where  he  was  prepared 
for  college  and  graduated  in  1903.  He  then 
matriculated  at  Tufts  College  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  class  of  1908.  After  leaving  Tufts, 
Mr.  Hunt  traveled  extensively  in  the  interests 
of  famous  pianos.  He  served  as  State  commis- 
sioner for  the  National  Association  of  Piano 
Dealers,  and  his  work  brought  him  into  close 
and  continuous  contact  with  many  of  the  great 
pianists  of  this  country  and  abroad.  From  this 
line  of  work  he  became  connected  with  the  man- 
aging of  artists  upon  their  concert  tours,  and 
has  in  this  way  become  acquainted  with  some 
of  the  greatest  virtuosos.  It  was  he  who  intro- 
duced Gabrilovitch  on  his  first  tour  in  the  United 
States.  Gabrilovitch  married  Miss  Clemens,  the 
daughter  of  this  country's  greatest  humorist, 
Mark  Twain. 

In   1912  Mr.  William  T.   Miller,  of  the   Henry 


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F.  Miller  &  Sons  Piano  Company,  of  Boston, 
selected  Mr.  Hunt  to  establish  a  branch  house 
in  Portland  with  Maine  as  his  territory.  In 
five  years'  time  Mr.  Hunt  had  so  successfully 
fulfilled  his  mission  that  in  August,  1917,  he  was 
elected  one  of  the  five  directors  of  the  whole 
Henry  F.  Miller  &  Sons  Piano  Company,  of 
Boston.  This  renowned  firm  has  been  doing 
business  for  over  half  a  century,  and  their  Henry 
F.  Miller  pianos  are  known  as  highest  quality 
pianofortes  everywhere.  His  offices  and  sales- 
rooms are  situated  at  N'o.  25  Forest  avenue, 
Portland.  He  has  met  with  a  very  high  de- 
gree of  success  in  this  enterprise,  but  in  spite  of 
the  fact  that  it  requires  a  large  portion  of  his 
time  to  manage  the  business  which  he  has  de- 
veloped, he  has  never  lost  his  interest  in  the 
line  in  which  he  was  so  long  active  and  still 
is  actively  interested  in,  pianists  in  this  country. 
Mr.  Hunt  has  a  profound  love  of  the  sea,  and 
spends  upon  the  water  all  the  time  that  he  pos- 
sibly can  spare  from  his  work  and  has  taken 
many  ocean  voyages.  In  his  religious  belief  he 
is  a  Universalist,  attends  the  church  of  this  de- 
nomination in  Portland,  is  active  in  the  interests 
of  this  church  and  at  the  present  time  is  serving 
it  in  the  office  of  clerk.  In  his  political  faith 
Mr.  Hunt  is  a  Democrat,  and  when  only  twenty- 
one  years  of  age  was  the  candidate  of  that  party 
from  Ward  Seven  for  the  City  Council.  He  ran 
much  ahead  of  his  ticket,  but  not  sufficiently  so 
to  overcome  the  great  normal  Republican  ma- 
jority in  the  city. 

Mr.  Hunt  was  united  in  marriage,  September 
31,  1907,  at  Portland,  with  Agnes  M.  Snow,  a 
native  of  Cornish,  Maine,  a  daughter  of  Fred- 
erick and  Patience  C.  (Pike)  Snow,  old  and  high- 
ly honored  residents  of  that  community.  Mr. 
Snow  is  deceased,  but  is  survived  by  his  wife 
who  now  makes  her  residence  in  Portland.  To 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hunt  three  children  have  been 
born,  as  follows:  Emerson  Snow,  April  8,  1009; 
Enoch  Warren,  October  8,  1912,  and  William  Al- 
fred, October  23,  1916. 

The  position  in  the  community  held  by  Mr. 
Hunt  is  a  difficult  one  to  convey  in  terms  of  his 
achievements  and  still  more  so  by  a  mere  list 
of  the  offices  held  by  him  and  the  concerns  with 
which  he  is  associated.  An  eminent  divine  has 
somewhere  remarked  the  things  that  all  men  do 
are  greater  than  that  they  are,  and,  although  per- 
haps we  may  feel  disinclined  to  apply  the  prop- 
osition quite  so  broadly,  there  can  be  no  doubt 
that  it  is  eminently  true  of  some  characters.  Mr. 
Hunt  stands  for  something  in  the  community 


far  more  important  than  any  concrete  accom- 
plishment, he  stands  for  probity  and  integrity  in 
business  relations,  for  a  conscientious  fulfill- 
ment of  the  duties  of  citizenship,  for  virtue  in  the 
domestic  relations  and  for  a  sterling  manhood 
that  may  well  serve  as  a  model  for  the  youth  of 
his  own  and  other  communities.  This  is  what 
he  stands  for,  and  it  is  on  this  abstract  ground 
that  the  discriminating  will  appreciate  his  service. 


JAMES  EDWARD  HEWEY— With  the  death 
of  James  Edward  Hewey,  of  Alfred  and  Port- 
land, Maine,  on  January  9,  1917,  at  his  home  in 
the  latter  city,  there  passed  from  the  world  of 
courts  and  litigation  in  this  State  one  of  the 
best  known  and  best  beloved  figures  ever  asso- 
ciated with  it.  As  clerk,  first  of  the  courts  for 
York  county,  and  later  of  the  Federal,  Circuit 
and  District  courts,  he  was  known  throughout 
the  region  to  judge,  attorney,  and  litigant,  and 
endeared  himself  to  all  by  his  genial,  kindly  per- 
sonality, his  high  Christian  character,  and  his 
most  faithful  and  painstaking  performance  of 
his  duty.  Nor  was  the  esteem  in  which  he  was 
regarded  limited  to  these  legal  associates;  both 
of  the  communities  in  which  he  made  his  home, 
Alfred  and  Portland,  were  unanimous  in  their 
feeling  of  respect  and  affection  for  a  man  who 
throughout  his  life  never  ceased  to  think  of  their 
best  interests,  and  whose  daily  work  was  so  im- 
portant a  factor  in  subserving  their  welfare. 

James  Edward  Hewey  was  born  August  25, 
1857,  in  the  old  city  of  Bath,  Maine,  a  son  of 
Major  Andrew  and  Emeline  (Neal)  Hewey,  old 
and  highly  respected  residents  of  that  place 
Major  Hewey  was  an  officer  in  a  Maine  Infantry 
Regiment  during  the  Civil  War,  and  a  promi- 
nent man  in  the  community.  The  lad  passed 
his  childhood  in  his  native  city,  and  there  asso- 
ciated with  the  Sewalls,  Palmers,  Pattens  and 
Hydes,  and  the  children  of  other  prominent  fam- 
ilies, most  of  whom  were  associated  with  the 
great  shipbuilding  interests,  then  the  greatest 
industry  of  the  region.  The  prosperity  of  Bath 
in  those  days  was  great  and  depended  upon  the 
rapid  but  perfectly  normal  development  of  an 
activity  which  had  already  made  America  fa- 
mous among  the  great  mercantile  nations  of 
the  earth,  and  which  seemed  to  presage  a  place 
of  preeminence  in  commercial  enterprises  for  the 
youthful  republic  of  the  West.  In  the  town 
itself  and  the  region  immediately  surrounding  it 
he  grew  up,  gaining  the  elementary  portion  of 
his  education  at  the  local  schools,  and  finding 
his  boyish  recreation  in  the  rural  environs  of 


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the  city,  so  that  he  came  to  know  the  whole 
countryside  with  that  intimacy  which  seems  the 
fruit  of  no  other  period  than  childhood,  when  no 
detail  is  overlooked,  no  nook  deemed  too  unim- 
portant for  exploration.  A  little  later  he  went  to 
the  Westbrook  Seminary,  where  he  was  pre- 
pared for  college,  and  immediately  after  com- 
pleting his  course  there  entered  the  law  school 
in  connection  with  the  Boston  University,  having 
determined  to  adopt  this  profession  as  his  ca- 
reer in  life.  He  was  graduated  from  this  in- 
stitution with  the  class  of  1879,  and  the  fol- 
lowing year  acted  as  librarian  of  the  law  school. 
In  1881,  however,  he  returned  to  Maine,  where 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  and  at  once  set- 
tled at  Biddeford,  where  he  became  associated 
with  Charles  H.  Prescott,  then  recently  admitted 
to  the  bar,  and  who  had  just  bought  the  Bidde- 
ford Journal.  The  two  young  men  were  asso- 
ciated for  some  time  in  the  operation  of  this 
very  wide-awake  journal,  Mr.  Hewey  being  the 
editor,  a  position  for  which  he  developed  a  re- 
markable ability.  The  Journal  dealt  principally 
with  the  live  issues  of  that  day,  and  Mr.  Hewey 
specialized  in  politics,  his  clever  articles  becom- 
ing very  popular  in  that  region.  He  was  an 
ardent  Republican  and  a  most  forceful  expounder 
of  Republican  doctrine  and  for  some  years  was 
recognized  as  an  influential  factor  in  the  polit- 
ical situation.  But,  although  he  thus  for  a  time 
turned  aside  from  the  active  practice  of  the  law, 
he  did  not  forget  that  his  chief  ambition  was  in 
this  professional  line.  Much  to  the  sorrow  of 
his  political  colleagues,  therefore,  he  decided  to 
settle  in  the  town  of  Alfred,  in  York  county,  and 
abandoning  his  journalistic  activities  became  a 
partner  of  John  B.  Donovan,  with  whom  he  prac- 
ticed his  profession.  If  matters  other  than  the 
law  were  ever  discussed  between  Mr.  Hewey 
and  his  partner,  there  must  have  been  some  live- 
ly times,  as  Mr.  Donovan  was  as  strong  a  Demo- 
crat as  the  former  a  Republican,  and  afterwards 
became  very  active  in  politics,  serving  for  one 
term  as  United  States  marshal.  Mr.  Hewey  came 
to  Portland  first  as  a  custom  house  official,  but 
only  after  a  number  of  years  spent  at  Alfred, 
where  in  1882  he  was  elected  clerk  of  the  courts 
for  York  county.  This  county  has  always  had 
a  name  for  being  politic  of  litigation,  and  Mr. 
Hewey  found  that  his  post  as  clerk  was  a  very 
exacting  one.  He  became,  indeed,  something 
of  a  slave  to  his  duty  and  responsibility,  his 
conscientious  character  never  allowing  him  to 
shirk  any  detail  of  the  task  in  hand.  His  books 
and  records  were  models  of  orderliness  and  neat- 


ness and  during  his  whole  term  of  office  there 
was  never  a  complaint  on  this  score  from  court 
attorney  or  litigant.  Some  idea  of  the  magni- 
tude of  his  task  may  be  gathered  in  the  present 
day  of  labor  saving  devices  when  it  is  realized 
that  he  never  employed  a  deputy  clerk  or  stenog- 
rapher and  that  the  whole  of  his  very  large 
professional  correspondence  was  carried  on  in 
longhand.  His  penmanship,  too,  was  inimitable, 
both  in  individuality  and  in  legibility,  and  must 
have  involved  him  in  an  immense  amount  of 
labor  and  effort.  It  is  said  that  his  signature 
was  impossible  of  imitation  and  that  "the  most 
skilfull  forger  could  not  duplicate  it."  For 
eighteen  years  Mr.  Hewey  continued  faithful  to 
his  arduous  task  which,  during  the  latter  part 
of  this  period,  grew  distinctly  irksome  to  him, 
so  that  it  was  with  considerable  relief  that  he 
accepted  a  position  as  appraiser  in  the  Portland 
Custom  House,  a  position  which  at  once  afforded 
him  a  better  salary  and  shorter  hours  of  work. 
He  was  the  more  willing  to  make  the  change 
from  the  fact  that  one  of  his  intimate  friends, 
and  a  man  whom  he  had  been  closely  associated 
with  in  politics  for  twenty  years,  Charles  M. 
Moses,  of  Saco,  was  collector  of  the  port.  For 
three  years  Mr.  Hewey  continued  in  this  work, 
and  was  then  offered  the  position  of  clerk  of 
the  Circuit  and  District  Federal  Courts  to  fill  a 
position  left  vacant  by  the  death  of  Abner  H. 
Davis.  Judges  Putnam  and  Hale,  who  had  been 
authorized  to  make  the  selection  of  a  new  clerk, 
were  considered  most  fortunate  in  being  able  to 
secure  the  services  of  a  man  so  widely  experi- 
enced in  the  work  as  Mr.  Hewey.  As  this  post 
offered  him  double  the  salary  which  he  earned 
in  the  Custom  House,  he  accepted  it  and  in  the 
year  1903  began  his  duties.  The  courts  were  at 
that  time  located  on  the  second  floor  of  the  Post 
Office  building  in  Portland,  on  Exchange  and 
Middle  streets  and  there  Mr.  Hewey  established 
his  office  and  remained  a  conspicuous  figure  until 
his  death.  His  office  was  situated  in  the  most 
active  district  of  the  city,  in  the  very  center  of 
the  business  and  professional  quarter,  so  that 
Mr.  Hewey  extended  his  acquaintance  far  be- 
yond the  limits  of  his  professional  associates  and 
grew  to  be  an  intimate  friend  of  many  of  the 
most  prominent  men  in  the  various  departments 
of  the  city's  life.  To  know  Mr.  Hewey  was 
tantamount  to  having  for  him  a  warm  affection, 
and  his  office  in  the  Post  Office  building  was 
the  rendezvous  of  many  brilliant  men  in  the  pro- 
fession and  in  business,  who  gathered  there  to 
meet  each  other  and  Mr.  Hewey  in  many  a 


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clever   and   sparkling   debate,   and    these    gather- 
ings were  never  discontinued  until  the  death  of 
the    central    figure    put   an   untimely   termination 
upon    them.      The    same    intense    devotion    that 
had  been  displayed  by  Mr.  Hewey  in  his  former 
office  as  clerk  was  again  shown  by  him  in  this 
more    responsible    post,   and   he    continued   inde- 
fatigably    active    until    failing    health    ushered    in 
his  last  days.      Aside   from  his   professional  ac- 
tivities,   Mr.    Hewey   still   devoted   such   time   as 
was   possible   to   the   public   affairs   of   the   com- 
munity.     This   time,   indeed,   was   decidedly   cir- 
cumscribed, as  his  duties  were  very  onerous,  but 
to  the  end  he  was  intensely  fond  of  political  ac- 
tivities, and   now  and  again   when   some   partic- 
ular issue  in  which  he   was  interested  arose,  or 
some     candidate     for     whom     he     held     especial 
friendship    or   admiration    presented    himself,    he 
would  take  an  active  part  in  the  campaign.      He 
was  an   ardent   Republican,  as  has  already  been 
stated,  and  did  a   great  deal   to   strengthen  and 
establish    the    dominance    of   his    party    in    York 
county.      At   the    time   when   he   first   settled   at 
Alfred,  the  balance  of  political  power  was  pretty 
evenly   distributed  between  the  two  parties,  but 
by   hard   work  and   clever   organization   he   had, 
during    the    thirty    years   in   which    he    remained 
identified  with  the  town  established  a  superiority 
of    something   like    two   to   one   for   the    Repub- 
licans.     He   was   a   powerful   factor   in   securing 
the  nomination  as  representative  to  Congress  for 
his  friend,  Amos  L.  Allen,  and  he  also  did  much 
to    assist    Colonel    Frederick    Hale    in    his    cam- 
paigns in  Portland.     He  kept  so  closely  in  touch 
with  the  situation  that  his  judgment  upon  what 
each  town  in  the  district  could  be  counted  upon 
to  do  was  accepted  by  his  colleagues,  and  many 
of   his   prophecies   as   to   campaign   results   were 
remarkably     accurate.       His     activities     in     this 
realm  were,  however,  always  the  result  of  some 
disinterested  motive  and  never  for  any  hope   of 
political    preferment    for    himself.       Mr.    Hewey 
was  a  member  of  the  Portland  and  Lincoln  clubs 
of   Portland,   and   of   several   fraternities,   among 
which  was  the   Independent  Order  of  Odd   Fel- 
lows, and  the  Knights  of  Pythias.      He  was  also 
affiliated    with    the    Masonic    order,    and    was    a 
member  of  Dunlap  Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons;  Royal  Arch  Masons;   Royal  and 
Select  Masters;  Knights  Templar;  also  a  son  of 
the   Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion.     But,  al- 
though a  member  of  these  various  organizations  they 
could  claim  but  little  of  this  time.     Most  of  his 
leisure   was    spent   in   the   privacy   of   his    home, 
and  in  the  intercourse  of  his  family  or  his  books. 


He  was  a  great  reader  and  gained  that  culture 
and  enlightenment  which  is  only  the  product  of 
familiarity  with  the  world's  best  thought. 

It  was  shortly  after  Mr.  Hewey  first  went  to 
Alfred  that  he  met  Adelaide  M.  Roberts,  the 
daughter  of  a  prominent  family  of  that  town, 
and  on  November  8,  1883,  he  was  married  to  her. 
Mrs.  Hewey  was  the  daughter  of  Henry  and 
Marion  (Edwards)  Roberts,  and  was  well  known 
in  social  circles  at  Alfred.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Hewey  three  daughters  were  born  as  follows: 
Marion  E.,  Florence  R.,  and  Margaret  N.,  the 
last  named  having  been  married,  in  October,  1916, 
to  Edward  S.  Titcomb,  who  was  elected  a  short 
time  prior  as  register  of  probate  in  York  county. 
It  has  already  been  stated  that  Mr.  Hewey  al- 
ways retained  strongly  his  affection  for  his  na- 
tive town  of  Bath.  Indeed,  he  was  a  man  who 
quickly  and  readily  formed  strong  associations, 
both  with  people  and  places  and  he  came  to  have 
a  very  devoted  attachment  to  Alfred.  He  lived 
there  very  happily  during  the  eighteen  years 
with  which  he  was  connected  with  the  local 
courts,  and  after  coming  to  Portland  continued 
to  maintain  a  summer  residence  there.  His 
winter  home  was  situated  at  the  corner  of  Spring 
and  Winter  streets,  Portland,  Maine,  and  was 
well  known  among  a  large  circle  of  friends  for 
its  warmth  and  hospitality  and  good  cheer.  As 
may  readily  be  imagined,  Mr.  Hewey  found  very 
little  time  for  outside  diversion,  yet  he  was  an 
enthusiastic  advocate  of  all  wholesome  outdoor 
sports  and  pastimes  and  was  particularly  fond 
of  baseball.  Indeed,  he  may  be  described  as  a 
good  "fan,"  and  spent  his  vacations  at  the  Bay- 
side  games  during  the  last  four  years  of  his  life. 
He  was  thoroughly  familiar  with  all  the  details 
of  the  game  and  possessed  a  close  and  analytical 
insight  into  the  players  and  the  plays.  This 
sketch  cannot  better  close  than  with  the  words 
ot  the  Portland  Express,  which  printed  an  obit- 
uary address  at  the  time  of  Mr.  Hewey's  death. 
The  following  excerpt  is  from  that  article: 

His  entire  career  in  the  sixteen  years  he  has 
lived  here  (Portland)  have  added  to  the  honors 
he  bore  so  modestly,  and  have  brought  into  his 
daily  relationship  with  men,  appreciation  of  his 
qualities  of  mind  and  true  conception  of  friend- 
ship. The  little  chats  in  "Hewey's  office,"  en- 
joyed so  much  by  the  court  justices,  officials 
in  the  Federal  Building,  lawyers  from  various 
parts  of  the  State  and  especially  with  old  cronies 
from  York  County  and  Sagadahoc,  are  ended, 
but  the  memory  of  the  brightness  of  his  mind 
and  readiness  of  his  wit,  and  kindly  counsel, 
linger  and  will  not  so  be  effaced. 


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REX  WILDER  DODGE— New  England  in 
general  and  Maine  in  particular  can  furnish  us 
with  a  most  noteworthy  number  of  records  of 
business  men  and  industrial  leaders  which  might 
serve  as  models  for  their  kind  the  world  over, 
and  among  such  a  number  is  Rex  Wilder  Dodge, 
of  Portland,  Maine,  former  division  commercial 
superintendent  for  Maine  of  the  New  England 
Telephone  and  Telegraph  Company,  who  re- 
signed from  that  office  to  become  associated  with 
Mr.  Hugh  J.  Chisholm  and  his  varied  interests. 
It  would  be  difficult  to  find  a  man  who  com- 
bined with  the  steady  conservatism,  so  neces- 
sary to  substantial  business  conditions,  so  high 
a  degree  of  intelligent,  progressive  insight  and 
the  willingness  to  adopt  new  methods  as  prom- 
ise to  benefit  his  enterprises.  He  is  a  man  who 
has  never  lost  an  opportunity  to  advance  himself, 
and  yet  never  trespasses  upon  the  rights  or 
needs  of  others. 

Rex  Wilder  Dodge  is  a  descendant  of  an  old 
family,  which  traces  its  descent  in  this  country 
as  far  back  as  the  Revolution,  since  which  time 
the  family  has  continued  to  reside  in  the  State 
of  Maine,  removing  thither  from  the  State  of 
Massachusetts.  Wilder  William  Dodge,  father 
of  Rex  Wilder  Dodge,  is  a  native  of  Damaris- 
cotta,  Maine,  conducts  a  successful  business  in 
that  town,  and  is  one  of  the  prominent  and  high- 
ly respected  citizens  in  his  community.  lie 
married  Carrie  Richardson,  a  native  of  Bangor, 
Maine,  and  a  descendant  of  a  prominent  family 
of  that  city.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dodge  are  the  par- 
ents of  three  children:  Rex  Wilder,  of  whom 
further;  Leon  A.,  a  merchant  of  Damariscotta, 
Maine;  Gwendolyn,  who  makes  her  home  with 
her  father. 

Rex  Wilder  Dodge  was  born  at  Damariscotta, 
Maine,  December  12,  1884.  He  received  the 
preliminary  portion  of  his  education  in  the  local 
schools  of  his  native  town,  and  this  was  sup- 
plemented by  a  course  of  study  at  Lincoln 
Academy,  from  which  institution  he  graduated  in 
the  year  1901.  He  then  spent  a  year  in  Damaris- 
cotta in  preparation  for  a  business  career,  but 
at  the  expiration  of  this  period  decided  to  return 
to  his  studies  and  accordingly  matriculated  at 
Colby  College,  from  which  institution  he  was 
graduated  with  the  class  of  1906.  The  follow- 
ing year  he  served  in  the  capacity  of  principal 
of  Wilton  Academy,  but  the  call  of  a  business 
life  still  beckoned  to  him,  and  he  resigned  from 
this  responsible  position  in  order  to  enter  the 
employ  of  the  New  England  Telephone  and 
Telegraph  Company  at  Boston,  Massachusetts. 


In  1910  he  came  to  Portland  Maine,  and  was 
assigned  to  the  office  of  superintendent  of  traf- 
fic, a  position  which  he  held  until  December, 
1915,  when  he  assumed  the  position  of  division 
commercial  superintendent  for  Maine,  succeed- 
ing Frank  L.  Rawson,  and  his  administration  of 
this  important  position  was  fully  up  to  the  high 
standard  maintained  by  Mr.  Rawson  and  the  of- 
ficials who  preceded  him.  He  continued  in  that 
position  until  October,  1916,  and  since  then  has 
been  associated  with  Hugh  J.  Chisholm,  capitalist 
of  Portland  and  New  York.  Few  men  became 
better  known  or  attained  greater  popularity  than 
Mr.  Dodge  during  the  comparatively  few  years 
that  he  was  connected  with  the  telephone  and 
telegraph  business  in  Maine,  and  his  resignation 
was  deeply  regretted,  although  at  the  same  time 
his  advancement  into  the  wider  field  presented 
by  his  new  work  was  a  source  of  congratulation 
on  all  sides. 

Always  deeply  interested  in  civic  affairs,  Mr. 
Dodge  has  been  prominently  connected  with 
many  of  the  important  organizations  and  public 
movements  of  the  State.  He  is  a  trustee  of 
Colby  College  and  for  the  past  five  years  he  has 
been  president  of  the  Alumni  Association.  In 
1916  he  was  elected  a  director  of  the  Chapman 
National  Bank,  one  of  the  most  important  bank- 
ing institutions  of  the  State  of  Maine.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  executive  committee  of  the 
Public  Safety  Committee  of  One  Hundred  of 
Maine;  a  member  of  the  Portland  Chamber  of 
Commerce;  chairman  of  the  membership  com- 
mittee of  Portland  Chapter  of  the  American  Red 
Cross,  and  a  member  of  Alna  Lodge,  No.  53,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons;  Portland  Club,  of  which 
he  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  governors;  Port- 
land Rotary  Club,  Portland  Country  Club,  Cum- 
berland Club,  Economic  Club,  Boston  City  Club 
and  other  organizations.  Mr.  Dodge  attends  the 
Williston  Church,  of  Portland,  and  ardently  sup- 
ports the  philanthropic  undertakings  of  that 
body. 

Mr.  Dodge  married,  May  9,  1911,  at  Baltimore, 
Maryland,  Rebekah  L.  Cassard,  a  daughter  of 
Louis,  Jr.,  and  Nellie  D.  Cassard,  highly  re- 
spected citizens  of  Baltimore.  Children:  Fran- 
cis Cassard,  born  September  19,  1912,  and  Bev- 
erly, born  September  2,  1915. 

With  all  his  talents,  Mr.  Dodge  is  essentially 
a  domestic  man.  He  is  very  retiring,  and 
though  he  greatly  enjoys  the  society  of  his 
friends  he  shrinks  from  putting  himself  in  a  posi- 
tion where  he  might  become  conspicuous.  He 
is  uniformly  successful  and  universally  respected 


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and  admired  by  all  whom  he  meets  in  his  busi- 
ness life  on  account  of  his  sense  of  justice  and 
his  many  sterling  characteristics. 


FRANKLIN  R.  CHESLEY,  a  prominent  and 
rising  attorney  of  Saco,  Maine,  where  also  he  is 
interested  in  a  number  of  important  financial  in- 
stitutions, is  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  having 
been  born  at  the  city  of  Pittsfield  in  that  State, 
December  i,  1888.  He  is  a  son  of  Israel  F. 
and  Bertha  M.  (Russell)  Chesley,  of  Pittsfield, 
where  his  father  was  engaged  successfully  in  the 
wool  and  cloth  business.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic grade  schools  of  Winchester,  Massachusetts, 
and  later  took  two  years  work  at  the  Kimball 
Union  Academy,  of  Meriden,  New  Hampshire. 
From  there  he  went  to  Thornton  Academy  at 
Saco,  Maine,  and  graduated  from  that  institu- 
tion in  the  year  1907.  He  then  entered  Amherst 
College,  but  after  one  year  spent  there  with- 
drew, and  entered  instead  the  University  of 
Maine  Law  School,  having  decided  in  the  mean- 
time to  follow  that  profession.  It  was  in  1908 
that  he  matriculated  at  the  University,  and  he 
graduated  from  it  with  his  degree  in  the  year 
1911.  He  was  admitted  to  the  Maine  bar  in 
August  of  the  same  year  and  at  once  began  prac- 
tice at  Saco,  where  he  is  now  one  of  the  leaders 
of  his  profession.  But  Mr.  Chesley  has  not 
confined  his  activities  entirely  to  legal  work, 
but  has  interested  himself  in  many  departments 
of  business  and  the  life  of  the  community  gen- 
erally. He  is  attorney  for  the  York  National 
Bank  of  Saco,  and  the  Biddeford  Savings  Insti- 
tution, both  of  Saco,  and  is  trustee  of  the  Saco 
and  Biddeford  Savings  Institution.  He  is  also 
trustee  of  the  Thornton  Academy  at  Saco,  where 
as  a  youth  he  went  to  school.  His  work  as  a 
lawyer  has  been  unusually  brilliant  and  has  won 
him  a  recognition  quite  remarkable  in  one  so 
young.  The  appreciation  has  found  practical 
expression  in  the  public  posts  to  which  he  has 
been  chosen,  namely  that  of  city  solicitor  for 
Saco,  which  he  held  for  four  terms  from  1912 
to  1916,  and  that  of  county  attorney  for  York 
county,  to  which  he  was  elected  in  1917  and  still 
holds  (1918).  Mr.  Chesley  is  a  member  of  a  num- 
ber of  fraternal  organizations  and  orders  in  this 
region,  including  the  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  fra- 
ternity, the  Phi  Alpha  Delta  legal  fraternity. 
Phi  Kappa  Phi,  the  University  of  Maine,  and 
Saco  Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons. 
In  his  religion  Mr.  Chesley  is  a  Congregation- 
alist,  and  attends  the  church  in  Saco  of  that  de- 
nomination. 


Franklin  R.  Chesley  was  united  in  marriage 
on  the  thirty-first  day  of  October,  1911,  at  Saco, 
Maine,  with  Annie  Shipley  Lowell  of  this  place, 
a  daughter  of  Enoch  and  Mary  (Gilpatrick) 
Lowell.  To  Mr.  Chesley  and  his  wife  one  child 
lias  been  born,  Franklin  R.  Chesley,  Jr.,  March 
14,  1914. 


CLARENCE  HALE — There  are  few  names 
which  have  received  more  honorable  mention  in 
the  affairs  of  New  England,  throughout  its  long 
history  as  a  colony  and  a  part  of  the  United 
States,  than  that  of  Hale,  which  is  borne  by  one 
of  those  typical  English  families  which  laid  the 
foundation  in  early  Colonial  days  for  the  future 
American  citizenship  and  the  institutions  of  this 
great  Republic.  The  name  is  of  much  greater 
antiquity  than  even  this  record  would  show,  hav- 
ing been  found  in  Hertfordshire,  England,  as 
early  as  the  first  part  of  the  thirteenth  century. 
It  is  also  found  in  other  parts  of  England,  and 
in  Gloucestershire  attained  to  a  position  of  great 
prominence,  the  famous  Lord  Chief  Justice  of 
England,  Sir  Matthew  Hale,  having  been  a  mem- 
ber of  this  branch.  It  is  from  the  Hertfordshire 
Hales  that  the  American  family  is  descended,  and 
it  appears  that  prior  to  the  year  1560  their  early 
progenitors  belonged  to  that  splendid  class,  the 
English  yeomanry,  which  formed  and  whose 
lineal  descendants  still  form  the  backbone  of 
England  and  the  British  Empire. 

The  first  ancestor  to  whom  the  descent  is  di- 
rectly traced  was  one  Thomas  Hale,  who  lived 
in  the  parish  of  Walton-at-Stone,  Hertfordshire, 
England,  during  the  early  part  of  the  seven- 
teenth century.  We  have  no  record  of  his  birth, 
but  the  parish  register  records  that  he  was 
buried  there  October  19,  1630.  He  seems  to 
have  been  a  man  of  considerable  property,  as  he 
disposes  in  his  will  of  real  estate  consisting  of 
at  least  eleven  distinct  parcels  of  land.  He  mar- 
ried Joan  Kirby, .of  the  parish  of  Little  Munden, 
Herts,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  five  children. 
We  find  the  name  Hale  with  considerable  fre- 
quency in  the  early  Colonial  records  of  New 
England  and  other  parts  of  America,  and  as  far 
south  as  Virginia,  where  there  are  today  fam- 
ilies descended  from  them  bearing  the  same 
patronymic.  There  were  at  least  eight  of  the 
name  in  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony  fifty 
years  after  its  first  settlement,  but  there  is  noth- 
ing to  connect  them  directely  with  the  ancestor 
of  Clarence  Hale,  the  eminent  attorney  and 
jurist  whose  career  forms  the  principal  concern 
of  this  sketch. 


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HISTORY  OF  MAINE 


Thomas  (2)  Hale,  a  son  of  the  worthy 
Thomas  (i)  Hale,  of  Hertfordshire,  already  men- 
tioned, was  the  first  of  this  line  to  come  to 
America,  and  he  settled  at  Newbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1635.  He  brought  with  him  a  let- 
ter from  his  uncle,  Francis  Kirby,  to  Governor 
John  Winthrop  of  the  Colony,  requesting  that 
dignitary  to  "In  your  counsel  and  advice  to  put 
him  in  the  way  how  and  where  to  settle  himself 
in  a  hopeful  way  of  subsisting  with  his  family." 
From  him  the  line  descends  through  Thomas  (3) 
Hale,  Captain  Joseph,  Ambrose,  Benjamin, 
David  to  James  Sullivan  Hale,  the  father  of 
Judge  Hale  of  this  sketch. 

James  Sullivan  Hale  was  born  in  Turner, 
Maine,  December  13,  1806,  and  passed  his  entire 
life  there.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and 
he  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  life  of  the  com- 
munity. He  was  well  known  for  his  keen  wit 
and  sense  of  humor,  and  possessed  a  character 
which  might  have  placed  him  high  in  public  life 
save  that  he  was  entirely  lacking  in  worldly 
ambition  and  preferred  to  spend  his  life  in  his 
native  town  engaged  in  his  homely  calling.  His 
death  occurred  there  December  17,  1880,  at  the 
age  of  seventy-four  years.  He  married,  Febru- 
ary ii,  1835,  Betsey  Staples,  the  eldest  child  of 
John  and  Betsey  (Young)  Staples,  of  Turner, 
Maine,  where  she  was  born  October  16,  1808,  and 
died  December  5,  1881.  James  Sullivan  Hale 
and  his  wife  were  the  parents  of  five  children, 
as  follows:  I.  Eugene,  born  June  9,  1836,  became 
an  eminent  lawyer  of  Maine,  and  is  known  to 
the  country  as  a  member  of  the  National  House 
of  Representatives  for  ten  years,  and  a  Senator 
from  Maine  for  thirty  years,  from  1881  to  1911. 
2.  Hortense,  born  November  27,  1837;  married, 
October  21,  1858,  Dr.  John  T.  Gushing,  of  Tur- 
ner. 3.  Frederick,  born  October  21,  1839;  grad- 
uated from  Waterville  College  in  1862,  and  prac- 
ticed law  in  Ellsworth,  Maine,  until  his  death, 
May  6,  1868.  4.  Augusta,  born  February  19, 
1842;  married,  August  8,  1869,  the  Hon.  George 
Gifford,  of  Portland,  who  afterwards  became 
United  States  Consul  at  Basle,  Switzerland.  5. 
Clarence,  of  whom  further. 

Born  April  15,  1848,  at  Turner,  Maine,  tKe 
fifth  and  youngest  child  of  James  Sullivan  and 
Betsey  (Staples)  Hale,  Clarence  Hale  passed  the 
years  of  his  childhood  and  early  youth  in  his 
native  town.  For  the  preliminary  portion  of  his 
education  he  attended  the  local  public  schools, 
and  he  was  prepared  for  college  at  Norway  Acad- 
emy, Norway,  Maine.  He  matriculated  at  Bow- 
doin  College  in  1865,  where  he  established  an 


unusually  high  record  for  character  and  scholar- 
ship. He  was  graduated  with  honors  in  the 
class  of  1869  and  was  a  member  of  the  Phi  Beta 
Kappa  and  one  of  the  first  four  in  his  class.  He 
has  since  received  the  degree  of  A.M.  and  later 
of  LL.D.  from  his  college.  After  graduation  he 
determined  upon  the  law  as  his  profession  and 
with  this  end  in  view  entered  the  office  of  his 
brother,  the  Hon.  Eugene  Hale,  at  Ellsworth, 
and  his  law  partner,  the  Hon.  Lucilius  A.  Emery, 
afterwards  chief  justice  of  the  State  of  Maine. 
Here  he  completed  his  studies  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1871.  He  at  once  began  practice 
in  the  city  of  Portland,  and  there  for  thirty 
years  carried  on  one  of  the  most  successful  and 
important  legal  practices  in  the  States.  While 
still  a  young  man,  he  became  one  of  the  recog- 
nized leaders  of  the  law  in  Maine  and  much  of 
the  most  important  litigation  of  the  region  was 
entrusted  to  his  capable  hands.  He  was  indeed 
an  attorney  on  one  side  or  another  in  many  of 
the  most  famous  cases  tried  in  Maine  during 
that  period,  and  his  reputation  as  a  trial  lawyer 
was  second  to  none.  His  career  as  a  public 
servant  began  in  the  year  1879,  when  he  was 
elected  city  solicitor  of  Portland,  an  office  which 
he  most  efficiently  filled  for  a  period  of  three 
years.  In  1902  his  services  were  recognized  by 
an  appointment  to  the  United  States  District 
Court,  which  has  given  him  a  new  prominence 
in  the  legal  life  of  the  country,  and  in  which  at 
the  present  time  he  is  still  continuing  to  serve 
to  the  great  honor  of  both  himself  and  his  State. 
Judge  Hale  first  became  prominently  identified 
with  local  politics  during  the  second  campaign 
of  General  Grant  for  the  presidency,  and  he  took 
an  active  part  in  securing  that  great  man's  re- 
election in  Maine.  He  has  always  been  a 
staunch  supporter  of  the  policies  and  principles 
of  the  Republican  party,  and  has  been  one  of 
its  most  capable  advocates  in  the  State.  From 
1883  to  1885  he  represented  the  Portland  dis- 
trict in  the  State  Legislature,  where  he  took  an 
active  part  in  the  proceedings  of  that  body. 
Judge  Hale  is  a  member  of  the  Maine  Historical 
Society,  and  possesses  a  keen  interest  in  all 
questions  of  local  history  and  the  early  records 
of  his  home  community.  He  possesses  a  marked 
ability  and  a  strong  taste  for  literature  and  is  a 
man  of  wide  and  general  culture.  In  his  re- 
ligious belief,  Judge  Hale  is  a  Congregationalist 
and  both  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the 
State  Street  Church.  As  an  attorney  Judge 
Hale  possessed  marked  qualifications  for  success, 
and  has  displayed  throughout  his  long  career 


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not  only  a  profound  knowledge  of  his  chosen 
subject,  but  that  ability  to  think  quickly  and 
accurately  which  is  so  important  in  his  profes- 
sion. A  wide  knowledge  springing  from  an  in- 
nate sympathy  of  the  motives  and  purposes  of 
his  fellow  men  is  also  one  of  Judge  Kale's  most 
marked  abilities,  and  to  all  those  things  he  adds 
a  terse  and  vigorous  style  and  an  ability  to  ex- 
press definitely  and  yet  simply  the  ideas  which 
come  to  him.  Judge  Hale  has  been  for  many 
years  an  overseer  of  Bowdoin  College,  and  for 
the  past  three  years  has  been  president  of  that 
board.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Cumberland  Club, 
Portland,  and  Union  Club,  Boston. 

On  March  n,  1880,  Judge  Hale  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Margaret  Rollins,  a  native  of 
Portland,  born  June  12,  1856,  a  daughter  of 
Franklin  J.  and  Arabella  C.  Rollins,  old  and 
highly  respected  residents  of  that  city.  To 
Judge  Hale  and  his  wife  two  children  have  been 
born;  Katharine,  March  30,  1884,  in  Portland, 
became  the  wife  of  Philip  G.  Clifford;  and  Rob- 
ert, born  November  29,  1889,  at  Portland,  a 
graduate  of  Bowdoin  College,  January  9,  1910,  a 
graduate  also  of  Oxford  University  as  a  Rhodes 
Scholar  in  the  class  of  1913. 

Those  who  approach  the  dignified  subject  of 
the  law  or  its  practice  from  the  inside,  as  it  were, 
not  as  the  litigant  but  as  the  attorney,  or  even 
more  as  the  student,  are  well  acquainted  with 
the  extremely  characteristic  and  vivid  atmos- 
phere that  adheres  to  it,  made  up  of  the  multi- 
tude of  associations  from  its  great  past,  which 
gives  it  a  tone  peculiar  to  itself,  intangible  but 
none  the  less  definite,  and  exercising  a  most 
potent  charm  upon  all  who  come  within  its  in- 
fluence. They  recognize  this,  they  feel  the  in- 
fluence of  its  great  tradition  as  descending  upon 
it  from  the  wit  and  wisdom  of  the  great  men  of 
preceding  ages,  but  they  are  also  aware,  if  they 
stop  to  consider  the  matter,  that  very  little  is 
being  added  to  that  tradition  today,  that  there 
are  very  few  men  who  are  making  associations 
for  a  future  age  in  the  present.  Occasionally, 
however,  we  have  our  attention  attracted  to  a 
man,  often  a  man  in  none  of  the  great  situa- 
tions of  the  bench  or  bar,  who  we  feel  instinc- 
tively is  adding  to  that  already  current  of  tradi- 
tion. Their  names  are  somewhat  more  frequent 
of  occurrence  in  the  generation  that  is  just  past, 
men  whose  devotion  to  the  law  was  greater  than 
their  devotion  to  themselves,  men  who  practiced 
their  profession  as  one  should  practice  his  re- 
ligion with  an  eye  to  impersonal  considerations, 
the  priests  of  the  law  who  dedicated  themselves 


to  the  law's  ends,  not  the  law  unto  their  own. 
Such  a  description  would  very  appositely  apply 
to  the  Hon.  Judge  Hale,  of  this  review. 


CARLOS  H.  McKENNEY— Prominent  for 
many  years  in  business  and  political  circles  in 
Biddeford,  Maine,  the  name  of  Carlos  H.  Mc- 
Kenney  commands  respect  and  esteem  wherever 
it  is  used.  He  comes  of  old  Maine  stock  which 
has  served  the  State  and  Nation,  and  he  worthily 
upholds  the  traditions  of  his  ancestors. 

His  grandfather  was  Humphrey  McKenney, 
who  was  born  in  Limington,  in  1780,  and  died  at 
the  age  of  eighty-one.  This  Humphrey  McKen- 
ney was  the  son  of  another  Humphrey  McKen- 
ney, who  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  the 
town.  Humphrey  (2)  McKenney  married  Eunice 
Robinson,  who  survived  her  husband,  and  died 
June  7,  1878,  at  the  age  of  ninety-two.  Their 
son,  Simeon  P.  McKenney,  was  born  in  the  town 
of  Limington,  June  17,  1816.  His  brother,  Free- 
man McKenney,  who  was  a  resident  of  Liming- 
ton, was  for  many  years  a  selectman  and  repre- 
sented his  district  in  the  State  Legislature.  His 
only  sister,  Eunice,  was  the  wife  of  James 
Heard,  of  Oxford  county,  Maine. 

Simeon  P.  McKenney  received  a  liberal  Eng- 
lish and  classical  education  in  early  life,  and  from 
the  age  of  sixteen  to  that  of  twenty-six  was  a 
teacher  for  several  terms.  During  this  time  he 
fitted  for  college,  and  took  a  one  year's  college 
course.  Concluding  not  to  take  a  full  course 
in  college,  in  1842,  he  entered  the  law  office  of 
Caleb  R.  Ayer,  of  Cornish,  and  after  the  regular 
course  of  study  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  York 
county  in  May,  1845.  He  was  in  practice  for 
a  time  in  Turner,  Maine,  and  then  came  to  Bid- 
deford, with  which  city  he  was  identified  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life.  He  was  actively  interested 
in  municipal  affairs.  In  1858  he  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Common  Council  and  in  the  same  year 
of  the  Board  of  Aldermen.  From  1858  to  1859 
he  served  as  city  solicitor,  and  from  1863  to 

1864  was  chairman   of  the   Board  of  Assessors, 
being  in   1863   the   treasurer  of  the   city,  and  in 

1865  its    treasurer    and    collector.       During    the 
latter  year  he  issued,  by  virtue  of  his  office,  one 
hundred  thousand  dollars  in  bonds,  thereby  cre- 
ating  the   war   debt   of   Biddeford.      Along  with 
Zopher  R.  Folsom,  Benjamin  F.  Day,  and  John 
Tuck,  he  was  appointed  by  the  mayor,  in   1876, 
to  make  a  new  valuation  of  the  property  in  the 
city,  and  in  1879  he  was  again  elected  a  member 
of   the   Board   of   Assessors,   serving   on    this   as 
chairman.       He    also    took    an    active    an'd    influ- 


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cntial  part  in  local  politics,  and  as  a  member 
of  the  Democratic  party  unswervingly  supported 
the  Union  in  the  Civil  War.  He  was  always  held 
in  high  esteem  and  respect  by  his  fellow  towns- 
men as  a  man  unflinching  integrity,  of  sound 
judgment,  of  frankness,  and  of  great  resolution 
in  all  his  undertakings.  In  1871  he  associated 
with  him  his  nephew,  Carlos  Heard,  forming  the 
firm  of  McKenney  &  Heard,  and  from  that  time 
on  carried  on  an  extensive  hardware  business. 
He  married,  in  July,  1850,  Octavia,  daughter  of 
Flanders  Newbegin,  of  Biddeford,  and  they  had 
six  children:  Frank  P.,  deceased;  Ellen,  de- 
ceased; Carrie  B.,  Carlos  H.,  of  whom  further; 
Simeon  P.,  Jr.,  and  Frank  L. 

Carlos  H.  McKenney,  son  of  Simeon  P.  and 
Octavia  (Newbegin)  McKenney,  was  born  in 
Biddeford,  Maine,  September  10,  1864.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  and  graduated 
from  the  high  school.  He  determined  to  enter 
at  once  upon  a  business,  career.  In  1882  he  en- 
tered the  hardware  store  of  McKenney  &  Heard, 
where  for  thirteen  years  he  was  clerk.  After  the 
death  of  his  father,  in  1891,  he  left  the  firm  and 
in  1898  engaged  in  the  hardware  business  for 
himself,  and  having  mastered  the  subject  in  every 
detail  lie  speedily  made  a  success  of  his  ven- 
ture. He  is  also  engaged  extensively  in  real  es- 
tate business  with  J.  G.  Shaw.  Outside  of  his 
large  business  interests,  Mr.  McKenney  has  al- 
ways taken  a  very  vital  and  active  share  in  the 
political  and  municipal  affairs  of  the  community. 
He  served  as  clerk  of  the  City  Council  for  sev- 
eral terms,  and  was  later  president  of  the  City 
Council.  For  two  years  he  served  on  the  Board 
of  Aldermen,  and  for  twenty  years  he  ha.3  been 
a  member  of  the  School  Board.  In  1893-94,  he 
was  a  representative  in  the  State  Legislature. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order,  and  was 
a  master  of  Dunlap  Lodge  in  1891,  and  has 
served  in  all  the  chairs.  He  is  a  director  of  Saco 
National  Bank.  Mr.  McKenney  has  one  of  the 
most  beautiful  estates  in  York  county,  consist- 
ing of  fifteen  acres  of  land  with  an  attractive 
house  thereon,  surrounded  by  large  trees  and  a 
beautiful  lawn. 

Mr.  McKenney  married  Elizabeth  Nichols,  of 
Biddeford,  daughter  of  Frank  and  Elizabeth 
Nichols,  of  Biddeford;  she  was  educated  in  pub- 
lic schools,  and  after  finishing  her  schooling  was 
clerk  in  the  post-office  and  later  clerk  in  Mr. 
Youland's  store,  and  a  teacher  in  evening  schools. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  McKenney  have  one  son,  Donald 
S.,  born  in  1907. 


BLINN    WHITTEMORE    RUSSELL,    M.D., 

one  of  the  popular  physicians  of  Lewiston, 
Maine,  is  a  member  of  an  old  New  England  fam- 
ily,  which  for  about  three  generations  has  made 
its  home  in  the  "Pine  Tree  State,"  and  prior  to 
that  time  in  Massachusetts.  It  was  his  paternal 
grandfather,  James  Porter  Russell,  who  founded 
the  family  in  Maine.  This  Mr.  Russell  was  a  na- 
tive of  Massachusetts,  and  came  at  a  very  early 
age  to  Maine  and  settled  in  the  town  of  Temple. 
Here  he  remained  all  his  life  engaged  in  farm- 
ing as  an  occupation.  He  was  the  father  of  four 
children,  of  whom  two,  Hannibal  and  James,  still 
survive. 

James  Russell,  referred  to  above,  is  the  father 
of  Dr.  Blinn  Whittemore  Russell,  and  was  born 
at  Farmington,  Maine,  in  the  year  1852.  As  a 
youth  he  displayed  marked  business  ability,  and 
on  completing  his  education  turned  his  atten- 
tion to  industrial  enterprise  and  became  a  manu- 
facturer of  turned  wood  goods  at  Farmington. 
Here  he  formed  a  partnership  with  his  brother 
and  a  Mr.  Estes,  and  the  well  known  concern  of 
Russell  Brothers  &  Estes  Company  was  the  re- 
sult. This  company  is  still  actively  engaged  in 
business  and  has  grown  to  very  large  proportions 
with  James  Russell  still  at  its  head.  Mr.  Russell 
was  also  at  one  time  treasurer  of  Franklin  coun- 
ty, and  has  been  identified  more  or  less  closely 
with  a  number  of  important  business  interests 
at  Farmington.  He  married  Abbie  Whittemore, 
a  native  of  Temple,  Maine,  born  February  7, 
1854,  and  who  still  resides  at  Farmington.  They 
were  the  parents  of  three  children,  as  follows: 
Leo  Bernard,  who  makes  his  home  at  Hancock, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  is  engaged  in  the  same 
line  of  business  as  his  father  and  manufactures 
turned  wood  goods,  married  Rosa  M.  Parker; 
Blinn  Whittemore  with  whose  career  we  are  here 
specially  concerned;  and  Edith,  who  died  at  the 
age  of  eight  years. 

Born  June  29,  1883,  at  Phillips,  Maine,  Dr. 
Blinn  Whittemore  Russell  was  taken  by  his  par- 
ents while  still  an  infant  to  Farmington.  It  was 
with  the  latter  place  that  his  early  associations 
were  formed,  and  it  was  there  that  he  received 
the  elementary  portion  of  his  education,  attend- 
ing for  this  purpose  both  the  common  schools 
and  the  high  school,  and  graduating  from  the 
latter  institution  in  1900.  After  this  preparatory 
work  he  matriculated  at  Bowdoin  College  and 
graduated  from  the  same  with  the  class  of  1907, 
taking  his  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  He  had 
in  the  meantime  determined  upon  medicine  as  a 


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profession,  and  with  this  end  in  view  entered 
the  medical  department  connected  with  Bowdoin 
and  graduated  from  there  in  1910.  He  at  once 
began  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Lewis- 
ton,  Maine,  establishing  his  office  at  No.  98  Pine 
street.  In  the  seven  years  which  have  elapsed 
since  that  date,  Dr.  Russell  has  made  for  him- 
self a  very  high  place  in  the  regard  both  of  his 
professional  colleagues  and  of  the  community- 
at-largc,  and  is  now  universally  regarded  as  one 
of  the  leaders  of  his  profession  in  that  region. 
Dr.  Russell  is  also  a  prominent  figure  in  the  so- 
cial and  fraternal  circles  of  the  town,  and  is  af- 
filiated with  the  local  lodge,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  there.  In  his  religious  belief  he  is  a 
Universalist  and  attends  the  church  of  that  de- 
nomination at  Lewiston. 

Dr.  Blinn  Whittemore  Russell  was  united  in 
marriage,  July  21,  1910,  at  Vienna,  Maine,  with 
Addie  E.  Whittier,  a  native  of  that  place,  born 
September  29,  1881,  a  daughter  of  Edward  Ev- 
erett and  Ida  (Adams)  Whittier,  old  and  highly 
respected  residents  there.  Mr.  Whittier,  who  is 
a  retired  farmer,  still  resides  in  the  old  Whittier 
home,  but  his  wife  died  in  the  spring  of  the  year 
1909.  Mrs.  Whittier  was  a  native  of  Norridge- 
wock,  Maine.  To  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Russell  two  chil- 
dren have  been  born,  Ruth,  March  9,  1916,  died 
in  infancy,  and  Blinn  Whittemore,  Jr.,  March  30, 
1917. 

The  success  of  Dr.  Russell  in  his  chosen  pro- 
fession is  due  to  the  possession  by  him  of  a 
combination  of  virtues  and  talents  greatly  in  de- 
mand in  this  world.  At  the  basis  of  his  charac- 
ter, as  they  are  at  the  basis  of  all  character 
that  amounts  to  anything,  are  the  fundamental 
virtues  of  sincerity  and  courage.  To  these  he 
adds  a  practical  grasp  of  affairs  and  an  ideal- 
ism which  keeps  his  outlook  fresh  and  his  aims 
pure  and  high-minded.  Both  these  qualities,  it  is 
hardly  necessary  to  point  out,  are  most  valuable 
ones  in  the  medical  profession  and  indeed  his 
work  as  a  physician  amply  shows  this  happy 
union  of  qualities. 


JOHN  WILLIAM  DODGE  CARTER— 
Energy,  self-confidence  and  a  strict  adherence  to 
the  moral  law  and  those  principles  of  human  con- 
duct that  play  so  vital  a  part  in  the  moulding  of 
society,  were  the  traits  which  lay  at  the  base  of 
the  character  of  John  William  Dodge  Carter,  of 
Portland,  Maine,  acting  as  the  mainspring  of  his 
life,  shaping  and  guiding  its  entire  development. 
His  business  success,  as  must  all  true  success, 


depended  first  upon  his  highly  moral  character 
and  then  upon  the  special  knowledge  of  his  sub- 
ject, a  later  and  acquired  power.  In  all  that  he 
did  for  himself,  Mr.  Carter  kept  the  interests  of 
those  about  him  ever  in  sight  and  made  no  step, 
however  conductive  to  his  own  advantage  it 
might  seem,  if,  in  his  candid  judgment,  it  ap- 
peared inimical  to  theirs.  It  was  in  line  with  this 
— it  should  not  be  called  policy,  for  it  was  too 
spontaneous  for  that — but  in  line  with  this  in- 
stinct, that  all  his  relations  with  his  fellows  were 
carried  out.  He  would  not  allow,  for  instance, 
his  extremely  exacting  occupation  to  interfere 
with  what  he  considered  to  be  due  his  family  any 
more  than  he  erred  in  the  opposite  direction,  and 
allowed  domestic  ties  to  interfere  with  the  dis- 
charge of  his  obligations  to  the  outside  world. 
Indeed,  the  only  person  whose  inclination  and 
comfort  he  consistently  sacrificed  to  the  re- 
mainder of  the  world  was  himself,  for  he  arose 
early  and  retired  late  to  fulfill  his  engagements 
with  others  and  minister  to  their  wants. 

The  Carter  family  is  an  old  one  in  New  Eng- 
land and  was  founded  in  this  country  by  one 
Thomas  Carter,  who  was  one  of  the  original 
settlers  of  Sudbury,  Massachusetts.  He  prob- 
ably moved  there  from  Ipswich,  although  there 
is  no  positive  record  of  this  fact,  and  he  was  made 
a  freeman  of  Sudbury,  May  2,  1638.  Shortly 
afterwards  we  find  him  at  Salisbury  and  he  is  de- 
scribed on  the  records  of  that  place  as  a  "plant- 
er" and  received  land  in  the  "first  division"  in 
1640.  In  1650  he  was  a  townsman  and  com- 
moner, and  his  death  probably  occurred  at  this 
place  as  his  will  was  dated  there  October  30, 
1767,  and  probated  on  November  14  following. 
Of  his  wife  we  only  know  that  her  first  name  was 
Mary  and  that  she  was  the  mother  of  several 
children.  From  these  worthy  progenitors  the 
line  descends  through  John,  Ephraim,  Daniel, 
Jacob,  Jacob  (2)  to  John  William  Dodge  Carter, 
of  this  review. 

Jacob  (2)  Carter,  father  of  John  W.  D.  Carter, 
was  born  at  Millville,  New  Hampshire,  near  the 
site  of  St.  Paul's  School,  Concord.  His  birth  oc- 
curred June  4,  1796,  and  he  continued  to  make  his 
home  in  that  locality  during  his  entire  life,  his 
death  occurring  at  Concord,  March  13,  1881,  when 
he  was  eighty-five  years  of  age.  He  spent  the 
first  ten  years  of  his  life  in  his  native  town,  and 
in  1806  went  to  Norwich,  Vermont,  where  he 
lived  for  a  time  with  his  eldest  sister.  Mrs.  Su- 
sanna Dunklee.  He  attended  school  at  Hanover 
for  one  year,  and  in  1808  or  1809  joined  his 


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mother  at  Sanbornton,  where  she  was  living  at 
that  time.  His  boyhood  seems  to  have  been 
spent  in  various  parts  of  the  State  and  with  vari- 
ous relatives,  and  in  1811  he  went  for  a  time  to 
Lebanon  for  the  purpose  of  learning  the  joiners 
trade.  He  apprenticed  himself  to  one  Captain 
Young  of  that  place,  but  learned  very  little  as 
this  gentleman  insisted  upon  employing  him  at  all 
sorts  of  odd  jobs  and  gave  him  comparatively 
little  instruction  in  the  trade  he  had  chosen  to 
learn.  Accordingly,  the  lad  did  not  remain  more 
than  a  few  months,  then  went  to  Hanover,  where 
he  made  his  home  with  another  sister,  Mrs.  Sally 
Roby,  and  here  for  six  months  longer  attended 
school  and  in  the  meantime  did  chores  for  his 
board  and  lodging.  Here  also  he  commenced 
to  learn  the  trade  of  watchmaker  under  the  in- 
struction of  a  Mr.  Copp,  with  whom  he  remained 
a  year.  He  then  returned  to  Concord,  where  he 
learned  the  trade  of  silversmith,  goldsmith  and 
clockmaker,  remaining  at  this  work  until  the  au- 
tumn of  1814,  when  he  went  to  Portsmouth  and 
enlisted  in  the  Concord  Artillery  for  the  defense 
of  the  port.  He  served  for  a  month  and  then 
continued  the  learning  of  his  trade  in  Hanover. 
From  the  latter  place  he  went  to  Plattsburg,  New 
York,  where  he  worked  for  his  brother-in-law, 
John  Roby,  at  his  trade,  and  finally  fell  heir  to 
that  business  and  carried  it  on  himself.  He  was 
in  partnership  for  a  time  with  the  late  Ivory  Hall, 
who  was,  however,  obliged  to  retire  from  the 
business,  after  which  Mr.  Carter  brought  the  con- 
cern to  an  end,  and  with  a  fortune  of  only  twenty 
dollars  started  to  walk  to  Pittsburgh,  Pennsyl- 
vania, a  distance  of  some  four  hundred  miles. 
He  was  impelled  to  go  to  that  place  by  the  fact 
that  his  brother,  the  Rev.  Abiel  Carter,  was  at 
that  time  living  there.  The  adventures  encoun- 
tered by  Mr.  Carter  on  this  trip  sound  strange 
in  our  days  of  railroads  and  steam  locomotives, 
but  he  finally  reached  Pittsburgh,  where  he 
worked  as  a  watchmaker  for  a  man  by  the  name 
of  Perkins,  who  paid  him  very  much  the  largest 
wages  he  had  ever  received,  namely,  twenty-five 
dollars  a  month  and  board.  Unfortunately  for 
him,  his  employer  failed  about  two  years  later 
and  the  young  man  set  out  once  more  upon  his 
travels.  From  Pittsburgh  he  went  to  Cincinnati 
and  then  to  Louisville,  travelling  down  the  Ohio 
river,  and  at  the  latter  point  secured  passage 
on  a  barge  bound  for  St.  Louis,  at  which  place 
he  arrived  in  due  course  of  time.  His  taste 
for  adventures  had  rather  been  increased  than 
diminished  by  those  that  he  had  met  with,  and 
he  soon  after  left  St.  Louis  and  started  up  the 


Mississippi  river  for  the  Falls  of  St.  Anthony 
with  a  cargo  of  government  supplies  for  the  In- 
dians. He  was  employed  in  this  enterprise  by  a 
St.  Louis  man  who  promised  to  pay  him  two  dol- 
lars a  day,  but  who  proved  dishonest,  so  that  he 
never  received  anything  for  his  services.  He  and 
a  companion,  who  aided  him  in  navigating  the 
boat,  got  as  far  as  Fort  Snelling,  the  trip  up 
there  and  back  occupying  them  about  five 
months.  He  was  ill  for  a  time  after  his  return 
to  St.  Louis,  and  then  started  down  the  river 
to  the  town  of  Natchez,  where  he  worked  for  a 
while  with  a  Connecticut  man  by  the  name  of 
Downs,  and  then  went  on  to  New  Orleans. 

From  New  Orleans  he  took  passage  on  a 
schooner  sailing  for  Boston  and  was  at  sea  for 
a  period  of  forty-three  days.  From  Boston  he 
returned  to  his  native  region,  and  in  1821  estab- 
lished himself  in  business  at  Hanover,  where  he 
remained  until  1828.  He  then  went  to  Concord, 
where  he  engaged  in  various  enterprises  for  a 
number  of  years,  and  was  finally  appointed  post- 
master of  the  city  in  1853  by  President  Pierce. 
In  1857  he  was  reappointed  by  President  Bu- 
chanan, and  during  his  occupancy  of  the  office 
developed  its  efficiency  with  a  remarkable  degree 
and  very  much  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  public- 
at-large.  In  1845  he  was  elected  from  Concord 
to  the  State  Legislature  and  served  in  that  year 
and  the  next.  He  was  a  trustee  of  St.  Paul's 
School  at  Concord  from  the  time  of  its  founding 
until  the  close  of  his  life.  Air.  Carter  was  a  very 
prominent  Mason  and  was  an  active  and  honor- 
ary member  of  Mt.  Horeb  Commandery,  an  hon- 
orary member  of  Trinity  Commandery,  Manches- 
ter, and  was  probably  the  oldest  Sir  Knight  in 
the  State  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

He  married,  in  1824,  Caroline  Ramsdell  Stock- 
ing, of  Middle  Haddam,  Connecticut,  where  she 
was  born  July  7,  1799,  a  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Mary  Ann  (Belden)  Stocking.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Carter  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
Caroline  Elizabeth,  Abiel,  Clara  Anna  and  John 
William  Dodge,  of  whom  further.  Caroline  Eliza- 
beth, the  eldest  child,  was  born  May  3,  1826,  mar- 
ried, September  7,  1847,  William  Wallace  Tay- 
lor, of  Concord,  to  whom  she  bore  the  follow- 
ing children:  Henry  Stattuck,  born  June  5,  1849, 
died  July  3,  1856;  Henry  Carter,  born  April  2, 
1865;  Mrs.  Taylor  died  in  Portland,  December 
9,  1914.  Abiel,  the  second  child,  born  November 
6,  1827,  married,  October  24,  1850,  Martha  Vesta 
Emery,  and  resided  in  Portland,  where  he  died 
July  3,  1898.  Clara  Anna,  the  third  child,  born 
December  9,  1837,  married  George  Edward  Tin- 


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ker,  of  New  Berne,  North  Carolina,  December 
4,  1873,  and  died  in  that  place,  February  23,  1907. 

John  William  Dodge  Carter,  youngest  child  of 
Jacob  (2)  and  Caroline  Ramsdell  (Stocking)  Car- 
ter, was  born  April  30,  1840,  at  Concord,  New 
Hampshire.  He  passed  his  childhood  in  his  na- 
tive city,  and  attended  the  local  schools  for  his 
education.  Upon  completing  his  studies  he  went 
to  Waltham,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was  em- 
ployed by  the  American  Watch  Company  and 
learned  the  watchmaker's  trade.  In  the  year 
1864  he  removed  from  Waltham  to  Portland, 
Maine,  and  from  that  time  until  his  death  made 
that  city  his  residence  and  the  scene  of  his 
business  activities.  In  Portland  he  engaged  in 
the  business  of  watchmaking  and  jewelry  manu- 
facture on  his  own  account,  and  formed  a  part- 
nership with  his  brother  Abiel,  under  the  name  of 
Carter  Brothers.  This  concern  was  incorporated 
in  the  year  1898  under  the  name  of  Carter 
Brothers  Company,  and  Mr.  Carter  was  made  its 
president.  From  the  outset  it  has  been  very  suc- 
cessful and  is  now  one  of  the  largest  concerns 
engaged  in  that  line  in  the  State  of  Maine. 
Throughout  his  residence  in  Portland,  Mr.  Car- 
ter occupied  a  prominent  position  in  the  com- 
munity and  enjoyed  a  very  extended  acquaint- 
ance. Every  enterprise  that  had  for  its  object 
the  betterment  of  mankind  and  the  development  of 
the  community  commanded  a  goodly  share  of 
his  time  and  energy,  and  also  felt  the  touch  of 
his  zeal  and  liberality,  and  no  man  with  the 
same  means  gave  more  to  charity  and  charitable 
institutions  than  did  Mr.  Carter.  His  death  oc- 
curred April  20,  1917. 

Mr.  Carter  married,  October  3,  1870,  Agnes 
Hudson,  of  Airdrie,  Scotland,  born  January  16, 
1842,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Jane  (Anderson) 
Hudson,  old  and  highly  respected  residents  of 
Rawyards,  Scotland.  Mr.  Thomas  Hudson  was 
a  son  of  Alexander  Hudson,  a  native  of  Fife, 
Scotland,  and  his  wife,  Jane  Anderson,  before  her 
marriage,  was  a  daughter  of  John  Anderson,  of 
Airdrie,  Scotland. 


LEON  HARTLEY  SMITH,  one  of  the  suc- 
cessful business  men  of  Portland,  Maine,  comes 
of  good  old  Maine  stock,  his  family  having  made 
their  home  in  the  "Pine  Tree  State"  for  many 
years.  He  is  a  son  of  George  Smith  and  a 
grandson  of  Samuel  Smith,  the  latter  having 
been  a  native  of  Hollis,  Maine,  where  he  became 
exceedingly  prominent  in  community  affairs.  For 
a  time  he  followed  masonry  as  an  occupation, 
but  eventually  settled  on  a  farm  in  the  neigh- 

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borhood  of  Hollis,  where  he  died  at  the  age  ot 
sixty-two.  This  farm  is  at  the  present  time  in 
the  possesion  of  Guy  C.  Smith,  a  nephew.  Sam- 
uel Smith  married  Ruth  E.  Haley,  who  was  also 
a  native  of  Hollis,  a  daughter  of  Captain  Noah 
Haley,  who  served  with  that  rank  in  the  War 
of  1812.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel  Smith  eight 
children  were  born,  of  whom  George  Smith  is 
the  only  one  now  surviving. 

George  Smith  was  born  October  23,  1848,  at 
Hollis,  York  county,  Maine.  He  continued  to 
live  in  his  native  town  until  he  had  attained  the 
age  of  twenty  years,  when  he  left  the  parental 
roof  and  made  his  way  to  the  city  of  Boston. 
Here  he  followed  the  trade  of  mason,  which  he 
had  learned  from  his  father.  After  a  consider- 
able time  spent  in  Boston,  however,  he  returned 
to  the  North  and  settled  in  Portland,  where  for  a 
time  he  continued  to  work  at  his  trade.  For 
about  two  years  he  continued  to  work  in  this 
capacity  and  then,  in  partnership  with  a  Mr. 
Blackstone,  founded  the  present  firm  of  Black- 
stone  &  Smith  and  engaged  in  the  business  of 
masonry,  contractors  and  builders.  Eventually, 
however,  Mr.  Blackstone  died  and  the  whole 
concern  passed  into  the  hands  of  Mr.  Smith  and 
is  now  owned  by  him  and  his  son,  Leon  H. 
Smith.  Mr.  Smith,  Sr.,  has  been  exceedingly 
prominent  in  local  public  affairs,  and  has  served 
his  fellow  citizens  as  a  member  of  the  Portland 
Board  of  Aldermen  and  as  a  member  of  the 
town  committee  there.  He  is  also  a  very  promi- 
nent figure  in  the  social  and  fraternal  world  of 
the  place,  and  is  a  member  of  the  local  lodges 
of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Benevolent  and  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks.  He  is  most  prominent, 
however,  in  the  Masonic  Order,  and  is  a  member 
and  past  master  of  the  Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons;  member  of  the  Chapter,  Royal 
Arch  Masons;  Council,  Commandery  and  Kora 
Temple,  Ancient  Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Fern  Park 
Club,  and  is  affiliated  with  the  Congregational 
church  in  Portland.  George  Smith  was  married 
at  Portland,  Maine,  to  Hattie  Isabelle  Barbour,  a 
native  of  Portland  and  a  daughter  of  James  I. 
Barbour,  of  that  city,  where  he  was  engaged  in 
business  as  a  pattern  maker,  and  Hattie  (Rand) 
Barbour,  his  wife.  To  George  Smith  and  his 
wife  two  children  were  born,  both  of  whom  are 
now  living:  Ruth  S.,  who  became  the  wife  of 
True  C.  Foss,  and  Leon  H.,  who  is  mentioned  at 
length  below. 

Leon  Hartley  Smith  was  born  July  2,  1887,  in 


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the  city  of  Portland,  Maine,  and  has  made  that 
place  his  home  ever  since.  It  was  here  that  he 
gained  the  elementary  portion  of  his  education, 
attending  the  Deering  High  School  for  that  pur- 
pose, from  which  he  graduated  in  1906.  He  at 
once  entered  Bowdoin  College,  where,  after  es- 
tablishing an  excellent  reputation  for  scholarship 
and  character,  he  was  graduated  with  the  class 
of  1910,  taking  the  degree  of  A.  B.  Immediately 
after  his  graduation  from  college,  he  entered  the 
firm  of  Blackstone  &  Smith,  in  which  his  father 
was  the  controlling  factor,  and  is  now  himself 
most  active  in  the  management  of  that  large  and 
prosperous  business.  Among  the  large  and  im- 
portant buildings  erected  by  the  firm  should  be 
mentioned  the  Congress  Square  Hotel  Annex, 
many  of  the  handsome  residences  situated  on  the 
western  promenade,  and  the  Boyd  Building,  situ- 
ated on  the  corner  of  Exchange  and  Middle 
streets.  Leon  H.  Smith  has  already  come  to 
occupy  a  position  of  prominence  in  the  business 
world  of  which  he  is  a  member,  nori  is  he  less 
well  known  in  the  other  departments  of  life  of 
the  city,  especially  those  that  are  connected  with 
social  and  athletic  life.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Portland  Athletic  Club  and  the  Woodfords  Club 
of  Portland,  and  enjoys  a  very  wide  popularity 
among  the  great  number  of  friends  which  he  can 
claim  as  his.  He  is  affiliated  with  the  Wood- 
fords  Congregational  Church  and  has  been  ex- 
tremely active  in  advancing  the  interests  of  that 
body  in  the  community. 

Leon  H.  Smith  was  united  in  marriage,  No- 
vember 15,  1915,  at  Kennebunk,  Maine,  with 
Helen  Josephine  Ward,  a  native  of  that  place, 
and  a  daughter  of  John  and  Annie  (Rice)  Ward, 
who  are  old  and  highly  esteemed  residents  there. 
To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smith  one  child  has  been  born, 
a  son,  Seth  Payson  Smith,  November  9,  1916. 


MELVIN  DRAYTON  CHATTO  is  a  mem- 
ber of  a  family  which,  since  the  time  that  his 
great-grandfather,  Joshua  Chatto,  came  from 
Scotland  and  settled  in  Blue  Hill,  Maine,  has 
been  closely  identified  with  the  life  and  tradi- 
tions of  the  "Pine  Tree  State."  His  father,  Eben 
C.  Chatto,  was  born  at  Deer  Isle,  Maine,  and 
died  in  Brooksville,  Maine,  in  the  month  of  Oc- 
tober, 1899,  at  the  age  of  seventy-three  years.  He 
was  the  proprietor  of  the  general  store  at 
Brooksville,  which  he  conducted  successfully  for 
a  number  of  years.  He  married  Lavinia  Chatto, 
a  native  of  Blue  Hill.  They  were  the  parents 
of  six  children  as  follows:  Eva,  Hattie,  Margie, 
Melvin  Drayton,  with  whose  career  we  are  con- 


cerned in  this  sketch;  Etta,  now  the  widow  of 
Elmer  E.  Billings  and  resides  in  Pcnobscot;  Fan- 
nie L.,  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Ralph  H.  Con- 
don, of  South  Brooksville. 

Born  September  4,  1861,  at  Blue  Hill,  !  Un- 
cock county,  Maine,  Melvin  Drayton  Chatto  was 
taken  by  his  parents  to  Brooksville  at  the  age 
of  five  years  and  in  the  latter  place  grew  to 
manhood.  He  attended  the  local  schools  of 
Brooksville,  and  at  the  age  of  fourteen  entered 
the  High  School  there  from  which  he  graduated 
with  the  class  of  1879.  He  then  at  once  engaged 
in  the  granite  business  on  his  own  account  at 
South  Brooksville,  conducting  his  trade  under  his 
own  name,  M.  D.  Chatto.  He  became  tlie  owner 
of  valuable  granite  quarries  and  continued  in  this 
business  for  twenty-seven  years,  finally  selling 
these  properties  in  1910.  He  was  very  active 
in  the  local  life  of  Brooksville,  was  superin- 
tendent of  schools  there,  and  chairman  of  the 
Board  of  Selectmen  from  1908  to  1910  and  from 
1912  to  1914  inclusive.  In  1897  he  was  sent  from 
Brooksville  to  the  Maine  Legislature.  Mr.  Chatto 
has  for  many  years  been  interested  in  the  hotel 
business  and  has  built  two  handsome  summer 
hotels  at  South  Brooksville,  known  respectively 
as  Grays  Inn  and  The  Bay  View,  and  still  owns 
a  controlling  interest.  He  is  also  interested 
largely  in  real  estate  at  Brooksville,  and  has  re- 
tained his  association  with  that  place  since  coin- 
ing to  Portland.  It  was  in  the  year  1917  that  he 
became  connected  with  the  Bennett  Manufactur- 
ing Company  of  Portland  and  came  to  that  city 
to  make  his  residence.  He  is  at  the  present  time 
president  and  general  manager  of  this  concern 
and  exercises  the  same  influence  upon  the  indus- 
trial world  of  the  city.  He  has  continued  his 
activity  in  public  life,  representing  Hancock 
county  in  the  State  Senate  from  1915  to  1917. 
He  is  prominent  in  fraternal  and  social  circles, 
is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order,  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Independ- 
ent Order  of  Foresters.  His  career  in  the  State 
Senate  was  a  notable  one  and  he  took  a  very 
active  part  in  urging  reform  legislation  of  many 
kinds.  He  made  a  hard  fight  for  a  new  State 
prison  and  the  result  was  an  appropriation  of 
$50,000  to  build  a  new  wing  and  very  much 
needed  sanitary  improvements,  and  was  one  of 
the  members  of  the  Senate  to  vote  for  woman's 
suffrage,  the  workmen's  compensation  act  and  for 
the  Massachusetts  ballot  system.  He  was  chair- 
man of  the  State  Prison  Committee  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Maine  Seashore  Fisheries  Committee. 

Mr.    Chatto   was   united   in   marriage,    October 


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10,  1892,  at  Brooksville,  Maine,  with  Georgia  M. 
Gray,  a  native  of  that  place  and  a  daughter  of 
Haskcll  W.  Gray,  now  deceased,  for  many  years 
a  sea-faring  man  and  master  mariner  and  the 
owner  of  several  vessels,  and  of  Eliza  B.  (Blake) 
Gray,  his  wife.  Captain  Gray  is  survived  by  his 
wife,  who  at  the  present  time  makes  her  home 
in  Portland.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chatto  two  chil- 
dren have  been  born  as  follows:  Harry  Murrey, 
August  18,  1893,  who  now  resides  in  Portland, 
where  he  is  employed  as  chemist  by  the  Thomas 
Laughlin  Company  and  lias  charge  of  the  com- 
pass department  of  that  concern;  and  Morris 
Haskcll.  The  elder  son  is  a  graduate  from  the 
Castine  High  School,  the  Maine  Central  Insti- 
tute and  Bowdoin  College,  while  the  younger 
brother  graduated  with  the  class  of  1917  from 
the  Deering  High  School. 

The  due  reward  of  merit,  it  has  often  been  ob- 
served, is  frequently  or  even  generally  withheld 
until  death  has  rendered  its  payment  in  vain, 
but  this  is  perhaps  less  the  case  in  such  com- 
munities as  are  typical  of  these  United  States, 
where  the  members  are  ever  on  the  outlook  for 
ability,  and  talent  is  recognized  as  the  most  val- 
uable of  marketable  commodities.  It  is  surely 
not  true  in  the  case  of  Mr.  Chatto,  who  from  his 
early  youth  onward  was  recognized  as  possess- 
ing capabilities  of  great  value  to  his  fellows,  and 
who  was  quickly  given  an  oportunity  to  use 
them,  an  opportunity  which  he  was  in  no  wise  un- 
willing to  improve.  While  the  success  which 
he  accomplished  was  very  marked,  it  was  still 
more  noteworthy  in  that  he  made  but  few  ene- 
mies in  his  accomplishment  of  it. 


GUY  HAYDEN  STURGIS— A  scion  of  a  dis- 
tinguished family,  which  for  many  years  Tias  been 
associated  with  the  State  of  Maine,  and  many  of 
whose  representatives  have  played  a  prominent 
part  in  the  affairs  of  that  State,  is  Guy  Hayden 
Sturgis,  one  of  the  successful  attorneys  of  Port- 
land and  a  leader  of  the  bar  of  Cumberland 
county. 

John  Sturgis,  grandfather  of  Guy  Hayden 
Sturgis,  was  a  resident  of  White  Rock,  Maine, 
and  there  conducted  successful  farming  opera- 
tions for  many  years,  being  one  of  the  well 
known  and  highly  respected  figures  in  the  com- 
munity. Mr.  Sturgis  married  Mary  Purington, 
a  native  of  Gorham,  Maine,  and  they  were  the 
parents  of  four  children,  namely:  I.  Benjamin 
Franklin,  deceased;  he  was  a  prominent  surgeon 
of  Auburn  and  Lewiston;  for  many  years  he 
was  active  in  the  public  affairs  of  the  State  of 


Maine,  serving  as  mayor  of  his  home  city,  Au- 
burn, and  as  representative  from  his  legislative 
district  in  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State, 
and  during  his  last  term  in  that  body  he  was  its 
oldest  member.  2.  William  P.,  who  now  (1917) 
resides  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  and  is  president 
of  the  Brooklyn  Dime  Savings  Bank.  3.  James 
E.,  a  resident  of  Wichita,  Kansas,  where  he  is 
engaged  in  business  as  a  wheat  broker.  4.  John 
I.,  of  whom  further.  The  death  of  John  Sturgis 
occurred  in  White  Rock. 

John  I.  Sturgis,  father  of  Guy  Hayden  Sturgis, 
and  who  for  many  years  has  been  familiarly- 
known  as  Dr.  Sturgis,  was  born  at  White  Rock, 
Maine,  December  24,  1843.  He  supplemented  his 
preparatory  education  by  a  course  of  study  at 
Bowdoin  College.  In  early  manhood  he  moved 
to  New  Gloucester,  Maine,  and  became  one  of 
the  successful  and  popular  physicians  of  that 
town.  He  was  member  of  the  Legislature  in 
1887.  At  the  present  time  he  is  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Pension  Examiners  for  Maine,  and 
chairman  of  one  of  the  Exemption  Boards  of 
Cumberland  county.  He  is  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics, and  for  many  years  he  has  been  prominent- 
ly connected  with  public  affairs  in  his  native 
State.  During  the  Civil  War,  he  joined  the  Sev- 
enteenth Maine  Regiment  and  saw  service  in  that 
great  conflict.  He  married  (first)  Myra  Hayden. 
who  bore  him  three  children,  namely:  Grace, 
who  died  at  the  age  of  eight  years;  a  child  who 
died  in  infancy,  and  Guy  Hayden,  of  whom  fur- 
ther. Mrs.  Sturgis  died  in  1881,  and  Dr.  Sturgis 
married  (second)  Jennie  M.  Hayden. 

Guy  Hayden  Sturgis  was  born  at  New  Glou- 
cester, Maine,  March  3,  1877.  He  spent  his 
childhood  in  his  native  region  and  there  attended 
the  local  public  schools.  He  then  went  fo  Au- 
burn, Maine,  and  was  a  student  in  the  Edward 
Little  High  School,  from  which  he  graduated  in 
1893,  and  later  he  matriculated  at  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege, from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the 
class  of  1898.  Having  decided  upon  the  profes- 
sion of  law  as  his  life  work,  he  came  to  New 
York  City  and  entered  Columbia  Law  School, 
the  law  school  in  connection  with  Columbia  Uni- 
versity. Here  he  studied  his  subject  for  some 
time,  and  upon  his  return  to  Portland  read  law 
in  the  offices  of  Thomas  B.  Reed  and  Seiders  & 
Chase  to  such  good  purpose  that  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  1000.  He  located  for  active 
practice  in  the  city  of  Portland,  his  present  resi- 
dence. For  a  time  Mr.  Sturgis  practiced  alone, 
but  later  entered  into  partnership  with  two  well 
known  attorneys  of  Portland,  the  firm  name 


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being  Seiders,  Marshall  &  Sturgis.  Mr.  Sturgis 
at  once  proved  himself  a  most  capable  attorney 
and  a  man  profoundly  versed  in  his  subject,  and 
rapidly  rose  to  a  position  of  distinction  before 
the  bar  of  Cumberland  county.  The  firm  of 
which  he  was  a  member  gradually  changed  its 
constitution,  and  after  the  withdrawal  of  the 
original  partners,  Messrs.  Seiders  and  Marshall, 
and  the  admission  of  Mr.  Chaplin,  became  known 
as  Sturgis  &  Chaplin,  its  present  style.  In  the 
year  1914  it  occupied  its  present  handsome  offices 
in  the  Masonic  Temple,  and  it  is  now  known  as 
one  of  the  leading  legal  concerns  in  Portland 
and  handles  a  large  amount  of  the  important 
litigation  there. 

In  addition  to  his  professional  activities,  Mr. 
Sturgis  has  been  very  active  in  public  affairs,  and 
has  closely  and  prominently  identified  himself 
with  the  organization  of  the  Republican  party, 
the  principles  and  policies  of  which  he  staunchly 
upholds.  In  1912  he  was  elected  an  alderman 
of  Portland  and  held  that  responsible  office  for 
two  terms,  the  latter  expiring  in  1914.  On  Jan- 
uary 3,  1917,  Mr.  Sturgis  was  elected  attorney- 
general  of  the  State,  and  is  recognized  as  a 
worthy  successor  to  the  able  and  honored  men 
of  the  State  who  have  preceded  him  in  that  of- 
fice. A  thorough  and  tireless  student,  a  fearless 
and  skillful  advocate,  the  State  attorney  has  the 
respect  and  confidence  of  the  people  whom  he 
represents.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  Re- 
publican State  Committee  since  the  year  1914 
and  is  a  member  of  the  executive  committee  of 
that  body.  Mr.  Sturgis  is  prominently  identified 
with  fraternal  and  club  life  in  Portland,  is  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  Order,  of  the  local  lodge 
of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  of  the  Woodfords 
Club  and  the  Lincoln  Club  of  Portland,  president 
of  the  latter  named.  Mr.  Sturgis  has  always  been 
keenly  interested  in  educational  problems,  and 
has  been  an  active  factor  in  the  development  of 
the  community  in  this  important  direction. 
While  still  a  very  young  man,  he  was  superin- 
tendent of  schools  at  New  Gloucester,  an  office 
which  had  already  been  held  by  his  father. 

Mr.  Sturgis  married  (first)  at  Standish,  June 
3,  1905,  Edna  L.  Bailey,  a  native  of  Standish, 
died  at  Portland  in  September,  1907.  They  were 
the  parents  of  two  children:  Eleanor  C.  and 
Guy  Hayden,  Jr.  Mr.  Sturgis  married  (second), 
April  30,  1909,  Adelaide  V.  Sweeney,  a  native  of 
Portland,  and  to  them  four  children  have  been 
born,  as  follows:  Virginia,  who  died  at  the  age 
of  two  years;  John  W.,  Elliott  and  Frederick  S. 


CONVERS  EDWARD  LEACH,  the  promi- 
nent insurance  man  of  Portland,  Maine,  comes  of 
a  family  which  has  long  represented  the  best 
stock  of  the  "Pine  Tree  State."  His  father  was 
Convers  Owen  Leach,  a  native  of  Portland,  where 
for  many  years  he  was  engaged  in  the  dry 
goods  business  and  where  his  death  occurred  at 
the  age  of  sixty-eight  years.  Convers  Owen 
Leach  married  Harriet  E.  Curtis,  a  native  of 
Newburyport,  Massachusetts,  who  survives  him 
and  is  at  the  present  time  residing  in  Portland, 
having  reached  the  venerable  age  of  eighty 
years.  They  were  the  parents  of  four  children, 
as  follows:  Harry  R.,  who  was  an  accountant 
and  died  in  middle  age;  H.  Mabel,  who  resides 
with  her  mother  at  home;  Convers  Edward,  with 
whose  career  we  are  concerned;  Arthur  B.,  who 
resides  at  Buffalo,  New  York. 

Born  June  4,  1866,  at  Portland,  Maine,  Convers 
Edward  Leach  gained  his  education  at  the  local 
public  schools.  After  completing  his  studies  in 
these  institutions,  he  entered  as  a  young  man 
of  nineteen  years  the  insurance  business,  as  a 
clerk  in  the  firm  of  W.  D.  Little  &  Company, 
and  thus  formed  a  connection  which  continues  at 
the  present  time.  By  the  consolidation  with 
the  firms  of  Palmer,  Anderson  &  Company, 
and  Rollins  &  Adams,  the  name  was  changed 
to  Anderson,  Adams  &  Company,  which  it 
retains  in  spite  of  the  withdrawal  of  Mr. 
Anderson.  As  Mr.  Leach  became  more  experi- 
enced in  the  business,  he  rose  to  more  and  more 
responsible  posts  until  he  finally  became  a  part- 
ner, the  firm  being  now  constituted  of  three 
members,  these  being  Charles  C.  Adams,  Thomas 
J.  Little  and  Mr.  Leach.  Mr.  Leach  devotes  his 
whole  time  and  attention  to  the  affairs  of  this 
business,  and  is  recognized  as  an  unusually  cap- 
able insurance  man  and  as  an  authority  on  this 
subject.  He  has  not  confined  his  activities  to 
his  private  interests,  however,  but  has  taken 
part  in  Jocal  affairs  and  has  served  in  various  ca- 
pacities in  civic  matters.  He  is  also  a  prominent 
figure  in  the  social  and  fraternal  world  and  more 
especially  in  Masonic  circles,  in  which  he  has 
been  very  active.  He  has  attained  the  thirty- 
second  degree  of  Free  Masonry  and  has  held 
many  important  positions  in  the  various  Masonic 
bodies  with  which  he  has  been  affiliated.  He  is 
a  member  and  past  master  of  Portland  Lodge, 
No.  i,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  a 
member  and  past  high  priest  of  Mount  Vernon 
Chapter,  No.  I,  Royal  Arch  Masons;  member  and 
past  thrice  illustrious  master  of  Portland  Coun- 


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cil,  No.  4,  Royal  and  Select  Masters;  a  member 
and  past  eminent  commander  of  Portland  Com- 
mandery,  No.  2,  Knights  Templar;  member  and 
junior  warden  of  Yates  Lodge  of  Perfection;  mem- 
ber of  Portland  Council,  Princes  of  Jerusalem; 
Dunlap  Chapter,  Rose  Croix;  recorder  of  the 
Knights  of  the  Red  Cross  of  Constantine;  mem- 
ber and  almoner  of  the  Maine  Consistory,  Sover- 
eign Princes  of  the  Royal  Secret.  Besides  these 
Mr.  Leach  also  holds  the  positions  of  past  grand 
junior  warden  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Maine; 
corresponding  grand  secretary  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Maine;  past  grand  scribe  of  the  Grand 
Chapter  of  Maine;  past  most  illustrious  grand 
master  of  the  Grand  Council  of  Maine;  and 
treasurer  of  the  Grand  High  Priesthood  of  Maine. 
Besides  these  various  Masonic  bodies,  Mr.  Leach 
is  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce;  the 
Woodfords  Club  and  the  Maine  Charitable  Me- 
chanics Association.  In  his  religious  belief  Mr. 
Leach  is  a  Congregationalist  and  attends  the 
Woodfords  Congregational  Church.  He  is  very 
active  in  the  work  of  this  body,  is  prominently 
identified  with  its  Sunday  school,  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Congregational  Club. 

Convers  Edward  Leach  was  united  in  mar- 
riage, October  10,  1889,  at  Portland,  with  Ger- 
trude E.  Lang,  a  native  of  that  city  and  a  daugh- 
ter of  Caleb  N.  and  Ellen  A.  (Cummings)  Lang, 
old  and  highly  honored  residents  there.  Mr. 
Lang's  death  occurred  in  the  year  1905,  but  Mrs. 
Lang  survives  him  and  resides  in  Portland  at  the 
present  time.  Caleb  N.  Lang  was  one  of  the 
pioneer  grocers  of  Portland  and  was  successfully 
engaged  in  that  business  there  for  many  years. 
To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Leach  one  child  has  been  born, 
Donald  Curtis,  September  I,  1893.  He  is  now  as- 
sociated with  the  C.  N.  Rice  Paper  Company,  of 
Portland,  and  makes  his  home  in  that  city. 

No  account  of  the  life  of  Mr.  Leach  would  be 
in  any  way  adequate  which  failed  to  remark  upon 
his  musical  activities  or  upon  his  devotion  to  this 
art.  He  is  particularly  active  in  promoting 
knowledge  of  and  familiarity  with  the  art'  in  the 
community.  He  is  a  member  of  the  commission 
appointed  by  the  city  to  care  for  the  g'reat  mu- 
nicipal organ  of  Portland,  which  stands  in  the 
auditorium  of  the  new  Portland  City  Hall.  This 
magnificent  organ,  of  which  the  city  may  well  be 
proud,  deserves  a  word  of  description  here.  It 
was  erected  through  the  generosity  of  Mr.  Cyrus 
H.  K.  Curtis,  the  Philadelphia  publisher,  in 
honor  of  his  friend,  the  late  Mr.  Hermann 
Kotzschmar,  of  Portland,  and  may  be  ranked  as 
one  of  the  great  organs  of  the  world.  It  was 


built  by  the  Austin  Organ  Company  of  Hartford, 
which  was  under  orders  from  Mr.  Curtis  to  plan 
and  erect  an  organ  as  nearly  perfect  in  every 
respect  as  possible.  The  plan  for  its  erection 
was  considered  at  the  time  of  the  building  of  the 
new  City  Hall,  the  architects  of  which,  Messrs. 
Carrere  &  Hastings,  of  New  York,  and  Messrs. 
John  Calvin  Stevens  and  John  Howard  Stevens, 
of  Portland,  taking  into  consideration  the  intro- 
duction of  the  instrument  in  their  plans  for  the 
auditorium.  The  instrument  may  be  said  to  con- 
tain actually  six  separate  organs,  namely  the 
echo,  the  solp,  the  swell,  the  great,  the  orches- 
tral and  the  pedal  organs,  all  of  which  are  under 
the  control  of  the  organist.  There  are  included  in 
them  all  nearly  six  thousand  pipes  and  nearly 
one  hundred  miles  of  electric  wire  are  used  in  its 
action.  The  whole  instrument  weighs  approxi- 
mately forty-five  tons.  It  is  constructed  on  the 
Austin  Universal  Chest  System,  in  which  large 
air  chests  are  provided,  the  main  one  being  fifty- 
three  feet  long,  fifteen  feet  wide  and  eighl  feet 
high.  Electric  cables  run  in  various  directions 
to  connect  the  different  parts  of  the  instrument, 
so  that  multiple  switches,  pneumatic  engines  and 
all  the  various  parts  of  the  intricate  mechanism 
may  be  ready  for  immediate  response  to  the 
lightest  touch  of  the  performer.  One  novel  and 
very  important  character  of  the  organ  is  the 
console,  which  is  movable  and  is  connected  with 
the  instrument  itself  by  seventy-five  feet  of  flex- 
ible cable  so  that  it  can  be  placed  anywhere 
upon  the  stage  or  the  floor  of  the  auditorium. 
It  contains  four  manuals  and  pedal  and  is  of  the 
stop-key  type,  there  being  of  these,  including 
couplers,  one  hundred  and  sixteen.  The  city  has 
been  fortunate  enough  to  secure  as  its  municipal 
organist  the  well  known  musician,  Mr.  Will  C. 
Macfarlane.  The  committee  which  cares  for  this 
organ  consists  of  Mr.  Henry  F.  Merrill,  Mr. 
Frank  C.  Allen  and  Mr.  Leach  of  this  sketch. 
They  have  been  very  active  in  arranging  for  a 
schedule  of  concerts,  including  subscription  per- 
formances and  free  Sunday  concerts,  together 
with  a  special  series  of  summer  concerts.  To 
give  an  idea  of  how  poular  these  are,  it  may  be 
stated  that  the  total  attendance  during  the  sea- 
sons of  1912,  1913  and  1914  amounted  to  about 
five  hundred  thousand. 

In  an  age  when  the  talents  and  abilities  of 
most  men  are  turned  almost  exclusively  to  self 
aggrandizement  or  the  accomplishment  of  per- 
sonal ambitions,  it  is  very  welcome  to  observe 
the  career  of  one  who,  on  the  contrary,  gave 
but  a  small  proportion  of  his  energies  to  these 


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things,  but  devoted  well  nigh  the  whole  of  a 
long  life  to  the  interests  of  others  and  the  ad- 
vantage of  the  community  as  a  whole.  And 
surely  there  is  no  realm  in  which  work  may  be 
counted  as  of  greater  value  than  in  that  of  art 
and  culture,  for  in  no  way,  save  perhaps  in  those 
strange  waves  of  religious  and  moral  revival 
that  we  occasionally  notice,  can  a  community  be 
so  directly  influenced  as  in  the  correct  education 
of  its  children,  who  in  a  generation  will  form  its 
active,  thinking  part. 


FRANK  ORIN  PALMER,  the  capable  and 
energetic  vice-president  of  the  firm  of  Owen- 
Moore  &  Company  of  Portland,  Maine,  is  a  son 
of  Orin  D.  and  Elizabeth  (Mitchell)  Palmer.  Mr. 
Palmer,  ST.,  has  lived  most  of  his  life  at  Rond- 
out,  Ulster  county,  New  York,  and  while  his  wife 
is  a  native  of  Maine,  she  now  lives  in  that  town 
with  Mr.  Palmer.  Mr.  Palmer,  Sr.,  was  engaged 
in  the  meat  business  at  Rondout  for  many  years 
and  was  very  successful  in  that  line  until  the 
failure  of  his  health  forced  his  retirement.  Since 
that  time  he  has  resided  on  a  farm  in  the  im- 
mediate neighborhood  of  the  town.  He  and  his 
wife  were  the  parents  of  five  children,  as  follows: 
Stephen,  who  makes  his  home  at  Maiden,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  is  in  the  cloak  business;  Frank 
Orin;  Anna,  who  became  the  wife  of  JoKn  Simp- 
son, of  East  Boston,  died  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
four  years,  and  had  two  children,  both  of  whom 
died  in  infancy. 

Frank  Orin  Palmer  was  born  December  23, 
1866,  at  Rondout,  Ulster  county,  New  York. 
His  early  life,  however,  was  spent  on  a  farm 
in  Dutchess  county  in  that  State,  where  his 
parents  lived  until  he  was  eight  years  oM.  They 
then  moved  to  Rhinebeck,  New  York,  and  he 
there  attended  the  public  school  until  he  had 
reached  the  age  of  twelve.  At  that  age  he  en- 
tered the  DeGarno  Institute  at  Rhinebeck,  where 
he  studied  for  two  years,  and  then  secured  a  po- 
sition with  J.  C.  Hamlin  in  his  dry  goods  and 
grocery  store  there,  and  remained  for  four  years 
with  this  concern.  At  the  expiration  of  this 
time,  being  eighteen  years  of  age,  he  went  to 
Lynn,  Massachusetts,  where  he  secured  a  position 
with  R.  A.  Spaulding  &  Company  and  worked 
in  this  dry  goods  store  for  seven  years.  He  then 
went  to  Salem,  Massachusetts,  where  he  worked 
in  a  similar  establishment,  William  G.  Webber 
&  Company,  as  a  buyer  in  the  clock  department  for 
seven  years,  and  then  for  a  period  of  eight  years 
remained  with  the  firm  as  a  junior  partner.  In  the 
year  1909,  however,  he  sold  out  his  interest  there 


and  in  the  month  of  March,  came  to  Portland, 
Maine,  and  purchased  an  interest  in  the  success- 
ful business  of  Owen-Moore  &  Company,  In- 
corporated, with  offices  at  Nos.  505  and  507  Con- 
gress street.  Mr.  Palmer  became  treasurer  and 
manager  of  the  company.  Owen-Moore  &  Com- 
pany handle  a  large  assortment  of  ladies  gar- 
ments and  occupy  the  ground  floor  and  base- 
ment of  the  building  above  referred  to.  Their 
store  has  a  frontage  of  forty  feet  on  Congress 
street  and  the  main  portion  of  it  a  depth  of  two 
hundred  feet.  Seventy-five  hands  are  employed  in 
conducting  the  business,  which  is  one  of  the 
largest  of  its  kind  in  the  city.  Mr.  Palmer  is 
prominent  in  many  other  departments  of  the  life 
of  Portland  besides  that  of  the  business  with 
which  he  is  connected.  He  is  affiliated  with  the 
Masonic  Order,  the  Portland  Club,  the  Tortland 
Athletic  Club  and  other  organizations  of  a  simi- 
lar character.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Williston 
Congregational  Church  and  is  active  in  the  work 
of  that  body  and  in  promoting  its  interests  in 
the  community. 

In  April,  1894,  Mr.  Palmer  was  united  in  mar- 
riage at  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  with  Florence 
Vining,  a  native  of  Lynn.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Palmer 
have  one  child,  Beatrice  Anna.  She  attended  the 
Normal  School  at  Salem  and  the  Wayneflete 
School  of  Portland,  and  finished  her  education 
at  Rye  Seminary,  Rye,  New  York.  She  was 
married  at  Portland,  Maine,  to  Edgar  Curtis,  a 
son  of  ex-Governor  Curtis,  of  Maine.  Mr.  Curtis, 
Jr.,  is  associated  with  the  Randall  McAllister  Coal 
Company. 

There  are  few  cities  within  the  length  and 
breadth  of  New  England  that  have  more  reason 
to  feel  proud  of  the  men  who,  from  its  earliest 
beginnings,  have  shaped  its  industrial  develop- 
ment and  been  identified  with  its  life  than  Port- 
land, Maine.  The  list  of  those  worthy  men  whose 
efforts  have  raised  themselves  from  humble  to 
exalted  positions  among  their  fellow  citizens  and 
have  at  the  same  time  advantaged  the  commun- 
ity in  which  they  lived,  so  that  the  very  name 
of  the  city  has  come  to  suggest  distinction  in 
the  various  departments  of  activity  that  go  to 
make  up  the  life  of  the  normal  community,  is  an 
imposing  list,  made  up  of  the  large-minded  and 
liberal  merchants  of  the  city  whose  services  to 
it  have  not  been  confined  to  the  development  of 
any  particular  business  or  mercantile  interest, 
but  have  been  most  inclusive  and  public-spirited 
in  their  scope  and  have  contributed  to  the  ad- 
vancement of  many  departments  of  the  city's 
life  and  affairs,  and  to  the  general  well  being  of 


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its  inhabitants.    In  such  a  list  would  figure  prom- 
inently the  name  of  Frank  Orin  Palmer. 


CHARLES  OLIN  FILES,  M.D.— For  a  long 
period  Dr.  Files  has  been  active  and  a  leader 
in  the  medical  profession  of  his  native  city. 
Among  his  ancestors  are  counted  many  of  the 
earliest  American  colonists,  on  the  paternal  side 
John  Rogers,  and  on  the  maternal  side  Francis 
Cook,  both  of  whom  came  over  in  the  Mayflower 
and  he  partakes  strongly  of  the  essential  elements 
of  New  England  character. 

The  first  of  his  paternal  line  was  Willfam  File 
or  Files,  born  1727-28,  in  England.  His  father 
died  when  he  was  an  infant,  and  after  his 
mother's  second  marriage  he  found  life  at  home 
not  to  his  liking,  and  at  the  early  age  of  nine 
years  ran  away  and  hid  himself  in  the  hold  of  a 
sailing  vessel  bound  for  America.  On  arrival 
at  Cape  Cod  the  captain  sold  his  time,  accord- 
ing to  the  custom  of  those  days,  and  in  due  time 
the  lad,  by  his  energy  and  industry,  paid  up  the 
claim,  and  came  into  possession  of  considerable 
property.  He  removed  to  York,  Maine,  and 
about  1760  to  Gorham,  same  State,  where  he 
purchased  thirty-eight  acres  of  land,  cleared  up 
a  farm,  was  one  of  the  first  members  of  the 
Congregational  church,  and  died  March  21,  1823. 
He  was  a  soldier  of  the  Colonial  army,  and  was 
among  those  surrendered  to  the  French  and 
Indians  at  Fort  William  Henry.  For  sometime 
he  was  kept  by  the  Indians,  but  managed  to  es- 
cape, and  eluded  his  pursuers  by  hiding  in  a 
hollow  log.  The  Indians  built  fires  at  either  end 
of  the  log,  thinking  to  smoke  him  out,  with  a 
companion,  but  they  were  able  to  withstand  the 
ordeal,  and  the  Indians  finally  went  away,  be- 
lieving they  had  mistaken  the  location  of  the 
fugitives.  William  Files  married,  in  1756,  Mrs. 
Joanna  (Gordon)  Moore,  born  about  1738-9,  died 
January,  1816. 

Their  second  son  was  Samuel  Files,  born  Au- 
gust 4,  1759,  who  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution. 
He  enlisted,  December  1 1,  1775,  as  a  private  in 
Captain  Hart  Williams'  company,  Colonel  Ed- 
mund Pinney's  regiment,  muster  roll  dated  in 
garrison,  at  Fort  George,  December  8,  1776.  He 
was  subsequently  a  corporal  in  Captain  Alex- 
ander McClellan's  company,  Colonel  Jonathan 
Mitchell's  regiment,  from  July  7  to  September  25, 
1779,  two  months  and  eighteen  days,  in  the  Pe- 
nobscot  Expedition,  roll  dated  Gorham.  He 
married,  September  28,  1780,  Esther  Thomas, 
probably  a  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Sarah  (Pick- 
ering) Thomas,  of  Gorham,  who  were  married 
in  I7S9- 


Their  second  son,  Thomas  Files,  born  1783, 
lived  much  of  his  life  in  Raymond,  Maine,  and 
died  in  Portland.  He  married,  June  II,  1807, 
Statira  Phinney,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Sarah 
P.  (Stuart)  Phinney,  of  Standish,  Maine. 

Their  oldest  son  was  Wentworth  Phinney 
Files,  born  June  27,  1809,  in  Gorham,  died  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1881,  in  Portland.  He  marrie3  March 
2Si  1837,  Ann  Lombard,  born  October  31,  1809, 
in  Gorham,  daughter  of  Rev.  Ebenezer  and  Jen- 
nie (Freeman)  Lombard,  descended  from  Thomas 
Lombard,  who  was  born  about  1610,  at  Tender- 
don,  Kent,  England,  and  was  the  first  innkeeper 
in  Barnstable,  Massachusetts,  license  dated  De- 
cember 3,  1639.  His  fifth  son,  Jedediah  Lombard, 
married  July  20,  1668,  Hannah  Wing,  born  July 
28,  1644,  in  Sandwich,  daughter  of  Daniel  and 
Hannah  (Swift)  Wing,  granddaughter  of  Rev. 
John  Wing,  a  non-conformist  preacher  in  the 
island  of  Walcheron,  in  Flushing,  Province  of 
Zealand,  Holland,  and  London,  England.  His 
wife,  Deborah  Batchellor,  born  1592,  was  a 
daughter  of  Rev.  Stephen  Batchellor,  very  promi- 
nent in  the  early  settlement  of  North-eastern 
Massachusetts,  and  South-eastern  New  Hamp- 
shire. Rev.  John  Wing  was  a  son  of  Matthew 
Wing,  born  about  1560,  a  tailor,  residing  in  Ban- 
bury,  Oxfordshire,  England,  a  son  of  Godfriedus 
Wynge,  a  native  of  Liege,  Belgium,  who  was 
among  the  early  Protestants  that  sought  refuge 
in  England,  a  learned  man  and  a  prominent 
preacher.  Jedediah  and  Hannah  (Wing)  Lom- 
bard were  the  parents  of  Jedediah  Lombard,  born 
December  25,  1669,  married,  November  8,  1699, 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Lieutenant  James  and  Han- 
nah (Cobb)  Lewis,  of  Barnstable,  granddaughter 
of  George  Lewis,  a  clothier  of  East  Greenwich, 
Kent,  England,  and  his  wife,  Sarah  Jenkins,  who 
came  to  Plymouth  in  1633.  Jedediah  Lombard 
lived  in  Truro,  where  he  was  engaged  in  fishing 
and  farming,  and  became  quite  wealthy.  His 
eldest  son,  Solomon  Lombard,  born  April  5,  1705, 
in  Truro,  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1723, 
and  became  the  first  settled  minister  in  Gorham, 
Maine.  He  married,  June  13,  1724,  Sarah  Pur- 
inton,  and  they  joined  the  church  in  Truro,  Jan- 
uary 30,  1735.  They  were  dismissed  to  the 
church  in  Gorham,  July  7,  1751,  and  there  the 
town  granted  Mr.  Lombard  a  thirty-acre  lot, 
No.  57.  His  third  son  was  Richard  Lombard, 
born  February  23,  1740,  who  married  Lydia 
Bangs,  born  October  5,  1741,  in  Harwich,  Massa- 
chusetts, daughter  of  Joseph  and  Thankful 
(Hamblen)  Bangs.  Their  fourth  son  was  Ebe- 
nezer Lombard,  born  January  3,  1773,  in  Gorham, 
and  became  a  Methodist  Episcopal  minister.  He 


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married,  November  12,  1794,  Jennie  Freeman, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Mary  (Chase)  Free- 
man, born  November  5,  1775,  in  Gorham,  great- 
granddaughter  of  Major  John  Freeman,  a  soldier 
of  King  Philip's  war.  He  was  a  son  of  Edmond 
Freeman,  born  1590,  in  England,  who  came  in  the 
ship  Abigail,  in  1635,  with  his  wife  Elizabeth, 
and  settled  in  Lynn,  later  in  the  Plymouth  Col- 
ony, was  admitted  a  freeman  of  the  colony,  Jan- 
uary 2,  1637,  and  was  one  of  the  grantees  of  the 
town  of  Sandwich,  a  man  very  conspicuous  in  the 
early  days  of  the  colony.  His  son,  Major  John 
Freeman,  was  born  about  1627,  in  England,  and 
died  October  28,  1719,  at  his  home  in  Eastham, 
Massachusetts.  He  was  among  the  earliest  set- 
tlers of  that  town,  and  conspicuous  in  the  Indian 
War,  a  large  landholder,  filling  many  offices, 
being  several  years  assistant  to  the  governor,  be- 
ginning with  1666.  In  1692  he  was  appointed 
judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  was  long  a 
deacon  of  the  church,  and  regarded  as  one  of 
the  fathers  of  Eastham.  He  married,  February 
3,  1650,  Mercy,  daughter  of  Governor  Prince, 
born  1631.  Rev.  Ebenezer  and  Jennie  (Freeman) 
Lombard  were  the  parents  of  Ann  Lombard,  who 
became  the  wife  of  Wentworth  P.  Files,  as  above 
noted. 

Charles  Olin  Files,  son  of  Wentworth  P.  and 
Ann  (Lombard)  Files,  was  born  February  12, 
1847,  in  Portland,  and  received  his  primary  edu- 
cational training  in  the  public  schools  of  that 
city,  and  in  the  Dwight  School  at  Boston,  while 
the  family  resided  in  that  city,  1858-9.  In  the 
fall  of  1859,  the  family  returned  to  Portland, 
when  the  son  immediately  entered  the  Portland 
High  School,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1863. 
During  one  year  of  this  time,  Thomas  B.  Reed, 
afterwards  a  member  of  Congress,  from  1877  to 
1899,  and  Speaker  of  the  House  for  six  years, 
was  assistant  master  of  the  school.  Mr.  Files 
entered  Harvard  College  in  the  class  of  1867,  but 
the  breaking  down  of  his  health  in  the  freshman 
year  compelled  him  to  abandon  his  studies  tem- 
porarily. After  rest  he  began  the  study  of  medi- 
cine, and  had  planned  to  reenter  college,  when 
he  was  urged  to  become  principal  of  the  Portland 
Academy.  This  position  he  accepted  before  he 
was  quite  nineteen  years  old,  and  continued 
through  the  two  school  years,  from  the  fall  of 
1865  to  the  summer  of  1867.  In  the  meantime 
he  kept  up  his  studies  with  the  Harvard  class 
of  1868,  and  in  the  fall  of  1867  entered  the  senior 
year  of  college,  graduating  the  next  year.  Dur- 
ing the  summer  he  pursued  his  medical  studies  in 
the  Portland  School  for  Medical  Instruction,  and 


in  the  fall  entered  the  medical  department  of  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania.  The  following  au- 
tumn he  entered  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons  of  New  York,  from  which  he  was  grad- 
uated in  March,  1870.  In  the  following  month 
he  opened  an  office  for  practice  in  Portland,  and 
has  there  continued  over  forty  years,  to  the  pres- 
ent time,  with  the  exception  of  two  years,  when 
feeble  health  required  the  abandonment  of  pro- 
fessional labor.  Dr.  Files  has  made  a  specialty 
of  nervous  diseases,  and  has  attained  a  very 
high  reputation  as  a  skillful  healer.  He  is  a 
member  of  and  vice-president  of  the  American 
Electro-Therapeutic  Society.  He  is  also  highly 
esteemed  by  the  people  of  Portland  as  a  citizen. 

He  is  a  regular  attendant  of  the  Chestnut 
Street  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  of  Portland, 
of  which  he  was  many  years  organist.  While  not 
a  politician  he  maintains  an  intelligent  interest 
in  the  course  of  events  and  casts  his  political  in- 
fluence with  the  Republican  party.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  school  board  for  many  years,  a 
portion  of  the  time  with  Thomas  B.  Reed  and 
Judge  Hale,  and  was  secretary  of  the  board  of 
twenty-one  members  when  the  number  was  re- 
duced to  three.  Dr.  Files  was  made  a  Mason  in 
1868,  and  is  a  member  of  Atlantic  Lodge,  Anci- 
ent Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Portland; 
Greenleaf  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons;  St.  Albin 
Commandery,  Knights  Templar;  and  received  the 
thirty-second  degree  in  Masonry  in  February, 
1872.  For  a  number  of  years  he  was  organist  for 
all  Masonic  bodies,  and  grand  organist  for  the 
Grand  Lodge. 

Dr.  Files  was  married,  October  12,  1871,  to 
Julia  E.  Coyle,  youngest  daughter  of  Captain 
John  Brown  and  Sabrina  (Merrill)  Coyle.  Cap- 
tain Coyle  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Inter- 
national Steamship  Company,  of  the  Maine 
Steamship  Company,  and  founder  and  manager 
of  the  Portland  Steam  Packet  Company.  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  Files  had  two  children:  Nina  N.p  born 
October  n,  1872,  died  December  24,  1896;  Charles 
Edwin,  born  August  30,  1874.  The  family  occu- 
pies a  handsome  home  on  High  street,  Portland, 
and  its  members  are  valued  constituents  of  the 
society  of  that  city. 


EDWIN  CHAPIN  MILLIKEN— Among  pub- 
lic spirited  citizens  of  which  Portland,  Maine,  may 
boast,  there  is  none  more  worthy  of  comment  and 
respect  than  Edwin  Chapin  Milliken,  whose  name 
is  intimately  associated  with  the  development  of 
this  city  of  Portland.  Indeed,  there  is  scarcely  a 
department  in  the  life  of  the  community  that  he 


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has  not  been  instrumental  in  moulding  for  the  bet- 
ter, from  the  purely  industrial  and  financial  interests 
to  those  of  general  enlightenment  and  culture.  The 
city  owes  him  a  profound  debt  of  gratitude,  not 
only  for  the  business  enterprise  that  must  of  neces- 
sity react  upon  the  general  prosperity  in  a  favorable 
manner,  but  also  because  during  his  entire  career 
he  has  always  kept  its  best  interests  at  heart  an'! 
worked  quite  as  much  for  this  impersonal  object 
as  he  has  for  his  own  private  success.  Such  dis- 
interestedness is  the  more  noteworthy  because  in 
this  day  and  generation  it  is  none  too  common. 

Born  February  28,  1851,  at  Bridgton,  Maine,  Ed- 
win Chapin  Miljiken  comes  of  good  old  Maine 
stock,  and  is  a  son  of  Benjamin  Foster  and  Rebec- 
ca (Richardson)  Milliken.  The  father  was  a  native 
of  Scarboro,  Maine,  who  passed  most  of  his  life 
in  Bridgton,  where  he  was  engaged  in  the  leather 
manufacturing  business  and  where  he  died  in  ipio 
at  the  age  of  eighty-one  years.  Mr.  Milliken,  Sr., 
was  a  member  of  the  same  company  and  the  same 
regiment  in  which  his  son  served,  both  enlisting  at 
the  same  time  and  both  experiencing  a  similar  period 
of  service  in  the  Civil  War  and  receiving  their 
honorable  discharge  at  the  same  time.  He  married 
Rebecca  Richardson,  a  native  of  Denmark,  Maine, 
who  died  when  her  son,  Edwin  C.,  was  an  infant. 
Edwin  Chapin  Milliken  passed  his  childhood  in  his 
native  Bridgton  and  was  there  educated  in  t!:o  local 
public  schools.  On  March  25.  i86a.  when  barely  past 
his  thirteenth  year,  he  enlisted  in  Company  H,  Thir- 
ty-second Regiment,  Maine  Volunteer  Infantry,  and 
the  following  April  marched  south  with  Washington 
as  his  destination.  As  has  already  been  said,  hi- 
father  enlisted  at  the  same  time  and  the  two  mei' 
were  quick  to  see  active  service.  The  Thirty- 
second  Maine  became  a  part  of  the  Army  of  the 
Potomac  and  first  saw  action  at  the  battle  of  the 
Wilderness.  The  regiment  was  also  present  at 
Spottsylvania,  Cold  Harbor,  Gaines  Mill  and  Peters- 
burg, and  in  all  of  these  engagements  distinguished 
itself  for  gallant  behavior.  On  July  15,  1865,  he 
received  his  honorable  discharge  and  at  once  re- 
turned to  the  North  and  to  Bridgton,  where  he 
resumed  civil  life.  Here  he  secured  work  in  a 
woolen  mill  in  which  he  continued  until  1869, 
and  on  February  22,  1869,  left  Bridgton  alto- 
gether and  came  to  Portland,  which  has  re- 
mained his  home  ever  since.  Here  he  secured 
a  position  with  the  Nash  Stove  Company,  with 
which  he  remained  until  January,  1893,  when  he 
received  an  appointment  from  the  Governor  as 
State  pension  agent,  an  office  he  continued  to  hold 
until  1911.  In  that  year  he  entered  the  forestry 
service,  where  he  remained  until  1914,  when  he 


received  his  present  office  of  assessor  in  the  month 
of  December.  Colonel  Milliken  has  for  many  years 
been  a  prominent  figure  in  the  general  life  of  the 
community  and  has  been  associated  with  many 
prominent  organizations  here.  He  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  local  lodge,  Knights  of  Pythias,  for 
thirty-three  years  and  held  the  position  of  grand 
master  of  the  Exchequer  until  July  10,  1917, 
when  he  resigned.  He  is  also  affiliated  with 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  In  his 
religious  belief  he  is  a  Congregationalist,  attends 
the  Stevens  Avenue  Church  of  that  denomination 
in  Portland  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  parish 
committee  for  many  years. 

On  March  25,  1872,  Colonel  Milliken  married 
(first)  Frances  M.  Furlong,  whose  death  occurred 
three  years  later.  They  were  the  parents  of  one 
child,  Alice  Gertrude,  who  at  present  makes  her 
home  with  her  father.  Colonel  Milliken  married 
(second),  March  4,  1887,  Phinelia  H.  True,  who 
died  November  27,  1915.  There  were  no  children 
of  this  second  union. 

It  might  be  said  that  Colonel  Milliken's  hobby  is 
his  interest  in  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  of 
which  he  is  a  very  prominent  member  in  the  State 
of  Maine  and  has  sat  at  the  adjutant's  desk  for 
forty-three  years.  He  held  the  office  of  senior  vice- 
commander-in-chief  in  the  year  1900  and  has  been 
active  in  its  affairs  for  a  long  period.  He  has 
indeed  been  prominent  in  city  public  affairs  gener- 
ally and  has  served  on  the  City  Council  and  the 
Board  of  Aldermen  on  different  occasions.  Colonel 
Milliken  is  without  doubt  an  unusually  strong  per- 
sonality, and  is  an  influence  wherever  he  goes 
upon  all  that  he  comes  in  contact  with.  His  tastes 
are  normal,  wholesome  ones,  and  such  as  are  grati- 
fied to  one's  advantage  rather  than  the  reverse.  He 
is  fond  of  outdoor  life  and  all  that  is  connected 
with  it,  and  has  an  especial  love  of  horses.  He  is 
a  good  judge  of  horse-flesh  and  takes  great  pleas- 
ure in  driving  horses  for  his  pleasure.  The  success 
that  Colonel  Milliken  has  achieved  is  entirely  due 
to  his  own  efforts,  to  his  strict  application  to  busi- 
ness in  youth,  and  his  indefatigable  patience  and 
industry.  He  has  won  an  enviable  and  well  de- 
served reputation  among  his  associates  for  the  most 
complete  integrity  in  all  his  dealings,  and  his  name 
well  merits  the  high  place  that  it  holds  among  the 
representative  men  of  his  city. 


JOHN  LESLIE  READE— John  Leslie  Reade, 
the  prominent  and  successful  lawyer  of  Lewiston, 
has  been  identified  with  this  State  practically  all 
his  life.  He  is  descended  from  an  old  pioneer 
family,  one  Dan  Read  coming  to  Lewiston  from 


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Attleboro,  Massachusetts,  in  the  month  of  Novem- 
ber, 1788.  Dan  Read  was  a  school  teacher  in  the 
district  schools,  was  selectman  for  twenty-six  years, 
and  a  very  prominent  figure  in  the  community.  He 
was  the  first  postmaster  of  Lewiston,  having  been 
appointed  to  this  position  in  1799,  toward  the  close 
of  the  Washington  administration,  when  our  coun- 
try was  still  in  its  infancy  as  a  free  nation,  and  he 
held  the  postmastership  for  forty-three  years  in 
Lewiston.  He  served  in  the  first  State  Legislature 
and  held  a  number  of  other  important  offices. 

His  son,  Stephen  H.  Read,  was  born  in  Lewiston, 
Maine,  and  upon  reaching  manhood  followed  the 
occupation  of  farmer  and  lumberman,  and  died 
here  in  his  sixty-first  year.  He  married  and  was 
the  father  of  three  children,  all  of  whom  are  now 
deceased. 

One  of  his  children  was  John  Read,  born  at  Rich- 
mond, Maine,  in  the  month  of  December,  1820,  and 
died  in  Lewiston,  in  1893.  He  was  a  civil  engineer 
and  railroad  contractor  all  his  life,  and  was  one  of 
those  who  constructed  the  Boston  &  Maine  Rail- 
road. He  came  from  Richmond  to  Lewiston  at  a 
very  early  age  and  made  his  home  in  this  city 
during  the  remainder  of  his  life,  and  was  promin- 
ent in  the  affairs  of  the  community,  for  twelve  years 
holding  the  office  of  county  commissioner,  and  he 
was  also  street  commissioner  for  Lewiston  for  a 
considerable  period.  Mr.  Read  married  Mary  Ann 
Bonney,  a  native  of  Turner,  Maine,  born  in  the 
month  of  February,  1826,  and  died  in  Lewiston,  in 
September,  1903.  They  were  the  parents  of  two 
children,  as  follows:  Charles  Bonney,  born  August 
8,  1852,  and  died  August  4,  1894,  and  John  Leslie, 
with  whose  career  we  are  here  especially  concerned. 
Charles  Bonney  Reade  was  a  practicing  lawyer 
for  a  time  at  Lewiston,  Maine,  and  later  at  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. ;  he  was  also  clerk  for  the  Senate 
Committee  on  Rules;  he  married  Estella  Hall,  of 
Lewiston,  who  survives  him. 

Born  September  29,  1861,  at  Quincy,  Illinois, 
John  Leslie  Reade,  son  of  John  and  Mary  Ann 
(Bonney)  Read,  did  not  remain  in  the  West  save 
for  a  very  short  period.  His  parents  at  that  time 
returned  to  the  East,  bringing  him  with  them,  and 
settled  at  Lewiston,  Maine,  so  that  it  was  with  this 
city  that  his  earliest  associations  were  formed.  With 
the  exception  of  about  four  years  spent  in  New 
York  and  Washington  as  a  news  correspondent, 
Mr.  Reade  has  made  Lewiston  his  home  ever  since. 
It  was  in  Lewiston  also  that  he  received  his  edu- 
cation, attending  the  public  schools  and  Bates  Col- 
lege, being  graduated  from  Bates  in  1883.  Upon 
completing  his  studies  in  these  institutions,  he  went 
to  New  York  and  secured  a  position  as  reporter  on 


the  New  York  Tribune.  Mr.  Reade  was  also  in 
Washington  for  a  time  and  represented  a  number 
of  papers  there.  Eventually,  however,  he  returned 
to  Lewiston,  but  although  he  has  been  taken  up 
with  other  activities,  has  never  entirely  abandoned 
newspaper  work  and  since  1889  has  been  local  cor- 
respondent of  the  Boston  Globe.  Mr.  Reade  was 
the  editor-in-chief  of  the  Daily  Gazette,  1891,  1892 
and  1893.  His  ambitions,  however,  were  for  the 
profession  of  law,  and  he  studied  law  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  1897,  and  was  later  elected 
clerk  of  courts,  in  1903,  serving  in  this  office  to 
1906  inclusive.  In  1898  he  was  city  solicitor,  and 
again  in  1900,  and  was  a  member  of  the  School 
Board  for  a  number  of  years.  Mr.  Reade  is  the 
possessor  of  a  charming  country  home  at  North 
Livermore,  Maine,  where  his  family  spends  the 
summer  months,  and  he  himself,  the  week  ends,  his 
business  keeping  him  in  Lewiston  during  the  re- 
mainder of  the  time.  Mr.  Reade  is  a  great  en- 
thusiast of  all  sorts  of  out-door  sports  and  past- 
times  and  is  especially  fond  of  the  two  games, 
baseball  and  football,  and  he  characterizes  him- 
self as  a  "fan."  He  is  also  affiliated  with  the 
Masonic  Order,  and  is  prominent  in  social 
and  fraternal  circles  generally.  In  his  religious 
belief  Mr.  Reade  is  a  Congregationalist  and  attends 
the  Pine  Street  Church  of  that  denomination  at 
Lewiston,  always  taking  an  active  part  in  the  work 
of  the  church,  having  been  treasurer  of  the  parish 
from  1906  to  1915.  One  of  the  organizations  in 
Lewiston  with  which  Mr.  Reade  has  been  most 
active  is  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  of  which  he 
is  the  secretary,  and  in  this  capacity  has  done 
much  to  advance  the  interests  of  the  community. 
Mr.  Reade  is  also  a  member  of  the  Knights  of 
the  Golden  Eagle  and  is  past  grand  chief  of  this 
Order  for  the  State  of  Maine. 

John  Leslie  Reade  was  united  in  marriage,  June 
14,  1899,  with  Lillian  Harris,  a  native  of  Lewiston, 
whose  parents,  now  both  dead,  were  life-long  resi- 
dents here.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Reade  one  child 
has  been  born,  John  Leslie,  Jr.,  August  u,  1900. 

A  resident  of  Lewiston,  Maine,  from  his  earliest 
infancy,  Mr.  Reade  has  demonstrated  through  the 
years  of  his  career  here  an  ability  as  a  business  man 
and  a  disinterestedness  as  a  citizen  that  has  won 
him  universal  respect.  He  is  public-spirited,  and 
in  both  his  public  and  private  life  an  example  of  in- 
tegrity and  sterling  manhood  worthy  of  emulation. 
He  is  a  vital  force  for  good  in  his  community,  and 
aids  where  he  does  not  lead  in  all  efforts  to  pro- 
mote the  spiritual  and  temporal  welfare  of  his  fel- 
lowmen.  His  value  as  a  citizen  is  generally  felt 
and  recognized,  and  there  is  no  more  highly  respect- 


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cd   figure  in  tlic  life  of  the  community  today  than 
that  of  John  Leslie  Rcade. 


HON.  ARCHIE  LEE  TALBOT,  man  of  af- 
fairs and  public-spirited  citizen,  and  at  the  present 
Cine  one  of  the  most  conspicuous  figures  in  the 
public  life  of  Maine,  comes  of  a  prominent  Colon- 
ial family  in  New  England,  and  in  the  motherland 
of  England  can  claim  great  and  distinguished  an- 
tiquity. The  Talbot  family  is  of  Norman  origin. 
As  early  as  1035,  A.  D.,  Hugh  Talebot,  Comte 
d'Eu,  granted  a  charter  to  Trinite  de  Mont,  Rouen, 
Normandy;  and  in  1057,  A.  D.,  the  name  of  \Yil- 
liam  Talebot  appears  in  the  foundation  charter,  by 
Robert,  Comte  d'Eu,  of  the  Abbey  of  Treport  near 
Eu,  Normandy.  The  Talebot  name  is  first  found 
on  records  in  connection  with  Eu,  and  it  is  claimed 
by  good  authority  that  through  the  Comte  d'Eu  in 
Normandy,  it  can  be  traced  back  to  the  ducal  house 
of  Normandy. 

Le  Sire*  Talebot,  a  Norman  Knight,  of  the 
Comte  d'Eu,  accompanied  William  the  Conquerer, 
Duke  of  Normandy,  in  his  invasion  of  England, 
1066,  A.  D.,  fought  in  the  battle  of  Hastings,  or 
Senlac,  shared  in  the  spoils  of  the  conquest,  and  was 
the  founder  of  a  distinguished  house.  The  name 
of  this  warrior  is  inscribed  on  the  Roll  of  Battle 
Abbey.  (See  "The  Battle  Abbey  Roll,"  by  the 
Duchess  of  Cleveland,  Vol.  i,  p.  5,  and  Vol  3, 
p.  164). 

Mr.  Talbot  has  taken  a  deep  interest  in  the 
English  Talbots,  and  in  a  work  entitled  the  "Lineage 
of  the  Talbot  Family,"  published  by  him  in  1914,  he 
traces  his  direct  descent  from  this  worthy  progenitor, 
generation  by  generation,  in  the  male  line,  down  to 
the  first  American  ancestor,  who  was  of  the  twenty- 
third  generation  of  his  descendants.  This  ancestor, 
the  founder  of  this  branch  of  the  family  in  America, 
was  Roger  Talhot.  son  of  Ambrose  Talbot  of  Lon- 
don, England,  and  his  wife  Jane  Metcalf;  grandson 
of  Rogert  Talbot,  member  of  Parliament  from 
Thornton.  Yorkshire,  who  married  Elizabeth  Pud- 
s.ey,  daughter  of  Ambrose  Pudsey,  of  Boland.  in 
Yorkshire.  Roger  (i)  Talbot,  the  American  progen- 
itor, was  a  mariner,  and  came  from  his  native  city 
of  London,  England,  to  the  New  England  colonies  in 
a  government  ship.  His  father's  first  cousin,  Jane 

•  "Le  Sire,"  answers  to  the  title  Lord. 

t  The  ancient  armorial  family  of  Roger  Talbot  M  P 
from  Thornton,  Yorkshire,  England,  bore  arms:  "Ar- 
gent, three  lions  rampant,  purpure."  Crest:  "A  talbot 
passant,  sable."  Motto:  "Touts  jours  flrtele,"  the  old 
Norman-French  motto,  of  the  Talbota  of  Bnshall.  The 
dog  Is  a  black  long-eared  hound,  walking  toward  the 
left;  the  wreath  alternate  white  snd  purple;  the  shield 
white,  and  rampant  lions  Jumping  toward  the  left 
purple. 


Pudscy,  was  the  wife  of  Sir  Hovcnden  Wkiker, 
a  re;  r  ;!i'miral  of  the  British  navy,  who  was  sent 
to  Boston  in  the  summer  of  1711,  in  command  of 
a  naval  expedition  which  had  for  its  object  the 
taking  of  Quebec,  and  it  seems  probable  that  Roger 
Talhot  came  to  America  with  this  fleet.  The  ex- 
pedition terminated  disastrously,  and  Roger  Tal- 
bot remained  in  the  colony.  Later  he  occupied  the 
position  of  first  mate  of  the  armed  sloop  George 
(four  guns)  in  the  navy  of  the  Province  of 
Massachusetts  Bay.  He  saw  active  service  during 
the  Abenaki  War  in  1722-23,  and  acted  as  captain 
of  his  vessel  when  the  commanding  officer  had  been 
mortally  wounded.  His  wife  was  Hannah  Trarise 
(Tre  rice)  whom  he  married  July  10,  1713,  at 
Boston,  Massachusetts.  They  had  two  sons  and 
one  daughter,  and  probably  a  larger  family  of 
children.  The  line  of  descent  to  the  present  Mr. 
Talbot  can  be  traced  through  their  son  Deacon 
Ambrose  Talbot,  (II),  his  son  Asa  Talbot,  (III), 
and  his  son  Rev.  Archibald  Talbot,  (IV),  to  the 
Hon.  Charles  Johnson  Talbot  (V),  his  father. 
Among  these  ancestors  were  many  distinguished 
men,  who  took  active  and  prominent  part  in  the 
affairs  of  their  respective  periods  and  communities. 
Members  of  the  Talbot  family  in  England  have 
been  peers  of  the  realm  for  centuries. 

(II)  Deacon  Ambrose  Talbot,  of  the  second 
generation  in  America,  was  a  pioneer  settler  in 
North  Yarmouth,  Maine,  in  that  part  of  the  town 
that  later  became  Freeport,  a  veteran  of  the  French 
and  Indian  Wars,  and  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution. 
He  was  the  first  deacon  of  the  First  Church  in 
Freeport,  Maine,  the  founder  of  the  family  in  Maine, 
and  the  earliest  of  the  Talbot  name  in  Maine.  He 
married,  November  28,  1754,  at  North  Yarmouth, 
Mary  Clark  Bayley,  daughter  of  Robert  Bayley, 
and  Martha  (Millett),  his  wife.  Robert  Bayley  was 
the  first  school-master  in  Falmouth  (Portland), 
Maine.  She  was  a  lineal  descendant  of  the  Inger- 
solls,  the  Coes,  and  the  Wakleys,  among  the  earli- 
est settlers  of  Falmouth,  the  present  city  of  Port- 
land, Maine,  her  most  noted  ancestor  (her  mater- 
nal great-great-grandfather)  Lieutenant  George 
Ingersoll,  was  a  land  owner  in  Falmouth,  as  early 
as  1658,  and  was  in  command  of  the  military  forces 
there  in  1675,  in  King  Philip's  War. 

Deacon  Ambrose  Talbot  and  Mary  Clark  Bayley 
his  wife,  had  a  good  colonial  family  of  six  sons, 
and  five  daughters.  Three  of  his  eldest  sons  were 
soldiers  of  the  Revolution.  The  original  farm  of 
one  hundred  and  fifty  acres,  at  South  Freeport, 
Maine,  that  he  purchased  in  1759,  has  never  passed 
from  the  Talbot  name,  and  after  a  period  of  one 
hundred  and  fifty-nine  years  to  the  present  time 


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(1918)   is  owned  and  occupied  by  a  lineal  descend- 
ant of  the  Talbot  family. 

(III)  Asa  Talbot,  Esq.,  son  of  Deacon  Ambrose 
Talbot,  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  in  Avon,  Frank- 
lin County,  Maine,  and  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church  in  that  section  of  Maine, 
and  his  house  was  for  many  years  the  place  of  pub- 
lic worship.    It  is  related  that  he  was  a  good  singer, 
and    always    led    in    the    singing.      His    wife    was 
Abigail   Johnson,   whom  he  married   September  27, 
1792,  at  Freeport,  Maine,  daughter  of  Jacob  John- 
son of  Harpswell,   Maine.     They  had  three  sons. 

(IV)  Rev.    Archibald    Talbot,    son    of   Asa    Tal- 
bot, was  one  of  the  early  preachers  of  the  Method- 
ist   Episcopal   church    and   was    also   magistrate    in 
Avon.      Later    he    became    a    resident    of    Wilton, 
Maine,  and  was  a  Methodist  class  leader  for  more 
than    forty    years,    and    at    one    time    chaplain    of 
Maine    Lodge    of    Free    and    Accepted    Masons    at 
Farmington,  Maine.     He  was  County  Commissioner 
of   Franklin   County,   Maine,   and   a  trustee   of   the 
Maine  Insane  Asylum  at  Augusta.     He  had  a  clear 
distinct   voice,   and  was   "the   reader"   of   the   news 
from  the  army,  to  the  people  of  Wilton  village,  in 
the   War   for   the   Union.     He   married,    September 
27,    1819,  at  Avon,   Maine,   Sophia   Smith,   daughter 
of  Captain  Samuel  Smith  of  Avon,  a  soldier  of  the 
War  of  1812.     They  had  one  son  and  three  daugh- 
ters. 

(V)  Hon.    Charles    Johnson    Talbot    of    Wilton, 
Maine,  the  father  of  Mr.  Talbot  of  this  report,  was 
very  prominent  in  Maine  during  the  great  issues  in 
connection    with    the    anti-slavery   movement   which 
William    H.    Seward   called   "the   irrepressible   con- 
flict,"   which    proceeded    the    Civil    War.      He    was 
an  able  attorney  and   for  thirty  years  was   a  con- 
spicuous leader  of  the  Republican  party  in  the  State. 
As  president  of  the  Anti-slavery   and  Temperance 
State    Convention   he   played   an   important   part   in 
the  nomination  of  the  Hon.  Anson   P.  Morrill   for 
Governor,  who  was  the  first  Republican  to  occupy 
that  position  in  Maine.     In  the  Portland  Advertiser 
it  is  recorded  that  "Mr.  Talbot  on  taking  the  chair, 
eloquently  denounced  the  supporters  of  the  Kansas- 
Nebraska  Bill  in  Congress,  repealing  the  Missouri 
Compromise    Act,    for   the   purpose   of    opening   to 
slavery  that  vast  and   fertile  portion  of  our  terri- 
tory lying  in  the  very  heart  of  our  country  reserved 
for  free  labor,  and  earnestly  appealed  to  the  friends 
of  freedom  and  temperance  of  every  party,  to  act 
together   in    solid   column    in    support   of   the   non- 
extension  of   slavery,  and  the  maintenance  and  ad- 
vancement   of    the    cause   of    temperance."      Before 
the  formation  of  the  Republican  party  he  was  an 
anti-slavery  Democrat,  and  was  a  leader  and  organ- 


izer of  the  movement  which  united  the  Whigs,  Free 
Soilers  and  Anti-slavery  Democrats  in  one  conven- 
tion at  Strong,  Maine,  August  7,  1854,  which  was 
the  first  delegate  nominating  convention  of  the  Re- 
publican party,  chosen  under  an  apportionment  of 
delegates,  held  in  the  United  States,  and  where,  it 
is  stoutly  claimed  that  the  Republican  party  was 
born  and  christened.  The  thirtieth  anniversary  of 
this  famous  convention  was  celebrated  at  Strong, 
Maine,  in  1884,  when  Honorable  James  G.  Elaine, 
was  the  candidate  of  the  Republican  party  for 
President  of  the  United  States,  and  such  a  throng 
of  people  the  town  of  Strong  never  knew  before 
or  since.  Many  distinguished  statesmen  were  there 
from  all  parts  of  the  country;  among  these  Mr. 
Blaine;  the  War  Vice-president,  Hannibal  Hamlin; 
Senator  William  P.  Frye,  Congressman  Nelson 
Dingley,  Jr.  and  many  others.  Mr.  Dingley  pre- 
sided. Among  the  distinguished  men  from  out  of 
the  State  was  Hon.  Julius  C.  Burrows,  United 
States  Senator  for  Michigan.  All  agreed  then,  with- 
out a  dissenting  voice,  that  Maine  had  the  best 
claim  for  the  place  of 'birth  of  the  Republican  party. 
One  of  the  earliest  appointments  made  by  President 
Lincoln,  for  Maine,  was  that  of  Charles  J.  Talbot 
to  be  Surveyor  of  the  Customs  for  the  district  of 
Portland  and  Falmouth,  in  the  State  of  Maine,  dur- 
ing the  term  of  four  years  from  the  27th  day  of 
July,  1861.  He  held  this  high  office,  next  to  the 
highest  federal  office  in  the  State  of  Maine,  during 
President  Lincoln's  administrations,  and  on  July 
18,  1865,  he  was  re-commissioned  by  President  An- 
drew Johnson,  but  as  President  Johnson  soon  com- 
menced "swinging  round  the  circle"  and  advocated 
?.  policy  that  he  could  not  support,  even  passively 
his  successor  was  soon  appointed.  On  April  19, 
1869,  Charles  J.  Talbot  was  by  President  Grant 
commissioned  to  be  collector  of  internal  revenue 
for  the  second  collection  district  of  Maine.  On  the 
election  of  General  Selden  Connor,  for  Governor 
of  Maine,  requiring  him  to  resign  the  office  of 
collector  of  internal  revenue  for  the  third  collec- 
tion district,  Charles  J.  Talbot,  November  12,  1875, 
was  by  President  Grant  commissioned  to  be  "Col- 
lector of  Internal  Revenue  for  the  district  formed 
by  annexing  the  Second  and  Third  Collection  Dis- 
tiicts  of  the  State  of  Maine,  to  take  effect  Janu- 
ary i,  1876."  He  held  these  United  States  col- 
lectorships  eight  years.  On  April  19,  1877,  he  was 
by  Governor  Selden  Connor,  commissioned  to  be 
Railroad  Commissioner  for  the  State  of  Maine,  and 
on  April  30,  1880,  he  was  by  Governor  Daniel  F. 
Davis,  re-commissioned  Railroad  Commissioner  for 
the  State  of  Maine,  which  state  office  he  held  two 
terms  (six  years).  He  was  for  a  long  time  prom- 


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inently  mentioned,  and  in  1868,  was  strongly  sup- 
ported for  Representative  in  Congress  from  his 
district,  but  finally  withdrew  and  appealed  to  his 
friends  to  support  his  rival  in  Franklin  county  in 
order  to  secure  the  nomination  of  a  resident  of 
that  county,  which  object  was  accomplished.  Al- 
though a  lawyer  with  a  large  practice,  he  owned 
a  large  and  productive  farm  at  East  Wilton,  Maine. 
He  was  a  promoter  of  Wilton  Academy,  and  for 
several  years  president  of  its  board  of  trustees; 
one  of  the  founders  of  Franklin  County  Savings 
Bank  at  Farmington,  Maine,  and  a  member  of  its 
board  of  trustees,  always  active  in  the  educational 
and  business  interests  of  his  town  and  county. 

Charles  Johnson  Talbot  married,  first,  at  the  age 
of  twenty-three  years,  on  March  23,  1843,  at  Phil- 
lips, Maine,  Delphinia  Shaw  Robbins;  he  married 
second,  December  16,  1861,  at  Portland,  Maine,  Mrs. 
Myra  Ann  (Colby)  Smith.  He  had  two  sons  by 
his  first  wife,  and  one  son  and  one  daughter  by  his 
second  wife.  His  first  wife,  the  mother  of  our 
subject,  was  a  daughter  of  Asa  Robbins,  Jr.,  Esq., 
of  Phillips,  Maine,  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  1812 
(for  more  than  twenty  years  selectman  and  town 
clerk)  and  Hannah  Shaw  his  wife ;  granddaughter 
of  Asa  Robbins,  Sr.,  of  Winthrop  Maine,  a  corporal 
in  the  Massachusetts  line  in  the  Continental  army 
in  the  War  of  the  Revolution,  and  a  granddaughter 
of  Captain  Abraham  Shaw,  of  Winthrop,  Maine,  a 
soldier  in  Colonel  Theophilus  Cotton's  Plymouth 
County,  Massachusetts  regiment,  in  the  Battle  of 
Bunker  Hill.  She  was  through  the  Shaws,  the 
Millers,  the  Tinkhams  and  the  Howlands  of  Mid- 
dleborough,  Massachusetts,  a  direct  descendant  of 
six  of  the  Pilgrims  of  the  Mayflower,  viz.:  John 
Howland,  and  Elizabeth  Tilley  his  wife,  her  father 
John  Tilley,  Francis  Cooke,  Degory  Priest,  and 
Peter  Brown. 

Archie  Lee  Talbot,  eldest  son  of  Charles  J.  Tal- 
bot, was  born  September  14,  1846  at  Phillips,  Maine, 
but  while  a  child,  removed  to  Farmington,  Maine, 
his  father  having  been  elected  Registrar  of  Deeds 
for  Franklin  county,  and  in  1848,  removed  to  Farm- 
ington, the  shire  town  of  the  county.  It  was  in 
the  public  schools  of  Farmington,  Maine,  and  of 
Wilton,  Maine  (where  in  1857,  his  father  settled 
and  ever  after  made  his  home)  that  he  received 
the  elementary  portion  of  his  education,  and  he 
afterward  attended  the  Maine  Wesleyan  Seminary 
at  Kent's  Hill,  Maine,  from  which  he  graduated  in 
the  class  of  1867.  After  completing  his  studies  at 
the  last  named  institution  he  contemplated  making 
the  law  his  career  in  life,  and  read  law  under  the 
preceptorship  of  his  father,  becoming  proficient  in 
writing  legal  documents.  Later  he  was  for  seven 


years  the  chief  deputy  and  private  secretary  to  his 
father,  having  charge  of  his  offiicial  United  States 
Internal  Revenue,  and  other  large  and  important 
office  work.  Although  he  engaged  in  another  oc- 
cupation he  has  never  regretted  the  time  he  gave 
to  the  study  of  the  law,  for  it  has  been  of  great 
benefit  to  him  in  his  business  life.  In  the  year  1877, 
he  was  appointed  deputy  collector  of  United  States 
Internal  Revenue  for  the  State  of  Maine,  with 
headquarters  at  Levviston.  This  position  obliged 
him  to  make  his  home  at  Lewiston,  and  he  has 
constantly  resided  there  ever  since.  He  continued 
to  hold  the  position  of  deputy  collector  during  the 
administrations  of  Presidents  Grant  and  Hayes,  and 
in  the  mean  time  began  his  long  and  close  asso- 
ciation with  the  insurance  interests  of  the  city  and 
the  entire  State.  It  was  in  1884  that  he  first  be- 
came agent  of  a  number  of  insurance  companies, 
and  commenced  a  successful  fire  insurance  agency 
in  Lewiston.  He  was  one  of  the  most  active  pro- 
moters and  later  an  incorporator  of  the  Central 
Maine  General  Hospital  in  Lewiston.  Indeed  he 
was  active  in  practically  every  important  depart- 
ment of  the  community's  life,  and  as  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Trade,  which  he  joined  at  the  time  of 
its  organization,  has  been  extremely  active  in  pro- 
moting industrial  and  business  enterprises  here. 
In  the  year  1888,  he  became  the  first  general  agent 
for  Maine,  for  the  Provident  Life  &  Trust  Com- 
pany of  Philadelphia,  and  continued  to  hold  this 
position  for  some  fifteen  years,  during  which 
time  he  successfully  established  the  business  in 
the  State. 

Mr.  Talbot  is,  however,  better  known  through  his 
connection  with  public  affairs,  than  for  any  other 
reason,  and  has  taken  an  extremely  prominent  part 
in  the  public  life  of  the  community.  He  was  elected 
to  the  Board  of  Aldermen  in  1883,  and  served  there- 
on in  that  and  the  following  year,  and  for  ten  years 
was  a  member  of  the  Lewiston  School  Board.  He 
was  sent  to  represent  the  city  in  the  State  Legis- 
lature in  1897,  and  while  a  member  of  this  body, 
served  on  a  number  of  important  joint  standing 
committees,  the  Mercantile  Affairs  and  Insurance 
Committee,  the  Committee  on  State  College  of 
Agriculture  and  Mechanical  Arts,  of  which  he  was 
house  chairman,  and  served  on  the  House  committees 
on  taxation,  and  on  that  of  ways  and  means. 
This  was  the  turning  point  and  vital  year  of  the 
Maine  State  College,  and  the  story  of  Mr.  Talbot's 
connection  with  its  enlargement  and  increased  use- 
fulness is  an  interesting  chapter  not  only  in  his  life, 
but  in  that  of  the  institution.  There  had  been  some 
discussion  at  about  this  time  relating  to  the  Land 
Grant  Act  of  Congress,  establishing  State  insti- 


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tutions  of  learning,  and  a  special  committee  of  the 
executive  council  of  the  preceding  State  administra- 
tion which  contained  in  its  membership  a  number  of 
prominent  alumni  of  other  colleges,  had  made  a  re- 
port to  the  Legislature  advising  that  the  State 
College  be  restricted  to  the  teaching  of  agriculture 
and  mechanical  arts  alone.  The  contention  of  this 
committee  was  that  the  original  intention  of  the 
land  grant  contemplated  nothing  further  than  this. 
Mr.  Talbot  took  sharp  issue  with  the  committee  on 
this  point  and  felt  that  this  was  a  narrow  construc- 
tion to  put  upon  the  law.  He  also  strongly  be- 
lieved that  the  usefulness  of  the  college  would  be 
increased  by  an  enlargement  and  enrichment  of  the 
curriculum  than  by  the  reverse  method  proposed 
by  these  gentlemen.  The  State  College  was  then 
and  had  been  for  some  time  in  the  past  in  great 
need  of  funds.  A  bill  to  appropriate  the  needed 
sum  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  a  year  for  a 
period  of  ten  years  to  follow,  led  up  to  a  debate  in 
the  House  when  Mr.  Talbot,  the  chairman  of  that 
body,  made  a  stirring  appeal  for  a  more  substan- 
tial maintenance  of  this  institution.  Referring  to 
the  Land  Grant  Act  of  Congress,  he  said,  "This 
act  was  signed  by  the  martyred  Lincoln,  but  its 
author,  Justin  S.  Morrill,  America's  Grand  Old  Man, 
has  been  spared  to  us,  and  has  lived  to  see  about 
forty  of  these  institutions  of  learning  established  in 
our  land,  where  the  flag  floats  on  the  campus  every 
day,  inspiring  love  of  country  in  the  breast  of  every 
student,  and  where  the  manual  of  arms  is  taught, 
fitting  its  graduates  to  be  ready  to  spring  to  arms 
from  civil  life  to  defend  and  uphold  the  honor  of 
our  flag  at  the  country's  call,  until  that  glorious  day 
shall  come,  when  swords  shall  be  beaten  into  plow- 
shares, spears  into  pruning  hooks,  and  when  nations 
shall  not  lift  up  its  sword  against  nation,  neither 
shall  they  learn  war  any  more."  (A  full  text  of  Mr. 
Talbot's  powerful  speech  in  behalf  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Maine  appears  in  the  Legislative  Record  of 
1897,  p.  260).  The  measure  passed  by  the  House 
on  this  occasion,  slightly  modified  by  the  Senate, 
was  finally  passed  by  both  House  and  Senate, 
and  was  signed  by  the  Governor.  The  committee 
of  which  Mr.  Talbot  was  house-chairman  recom- 
mended that  the  name  State  College  be  changed  to 
the  University  of  Maine,  and  this  became  law,  and 
thus  put  the  State  educational  institution  upon  the 
same  footing  as  those  in  other  States. 

Whatever  Mr.  Talbot  has  had  to  do  he  has  always 
been  efficient,  particularly  in  the  discharge  of  official 
duties,  notably  so  in  the  performance  of  his  duties 
as  special  agent  for  the  United  States  Census  in 
1910.  He  has  always  been  a  staunch  supporter  of 
the  Republican  party,  and  always  voted  for  that 


party's  ticket  since  he  became  of  age,  until  1912, 
when  in  an  "open  letter"  to  Woodrow  Wilson  he 
announced  his  purpose  to  support  him  for  the  presi- 
dency, clearly  stating  his  reasons  to  be  his  strong 
aversion  to  the  special  privilege  of  the  trusts,  and 
to  Federal  life  office  and  retired  pensions  in  the 
civil  service,  which  was  at  that  time  favored  by 
both  the  Republican  and  Progressive  parties.  This 
action  of  Mr.  Talbot  brought  him  into  conspicuous 
notice  from  Maine  to  California.  Maine  chose 
Democratic  presidential  electors  for  the  first  time 
since  the  organization  of  the  Republican  party  in 
1854.  He  had,  however,  been  deeply  interested  in 
the  work  of  Charles  E.  Hughes,  particularly  in  his 
prosecution  of  the  insurance  frauds,  and  he  be- 
lieved he  was  the  man  for  the  hour.  Accordingly, 
in  the  campaign  of  1916,  he  was  once  more  arrayed 
in  the  Republican  ranks,  and  did  his  best  to  bring 
about  victory  for  that  party,  making  election  ad- 
dresses in  many  places.  Maine  returned  to  the  Re- 
publican column.  Mr.  Talbot,  in  his  support  of 
Mr.  Wilson  in  1912,  and  in  his  support  of  Mr. 
Hughes  in  1916,  did  so  from  principal,  and  did  what 
he  believed  at  the  time  to  be  right.  He  is,  how- 
ever, at  the  present  time  (1918)  an  earnest  support- 
er of  the  President,  and  the  war  for  the  constitu- 
tional freedom  of  the  world. 

Mr.  Talbot  has  always  been  a  conspicuous  figure 
in  fraternal  patriotic  societies,  in  the  State  of  Maine. 
He  is  particularly  prominent  in  the  Masonic  fra- 
ternity in  which  he  has  taken  all  the  degrees  of  the 
York  Rite,  and  has  attained  the  Thirty-second  de- 
gree of  the  Scottish  Rite.  He  was  made  a  Mason 
at  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  in  Maine  Lodge  of 
Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  at  Farmington, 
Maine,  of  which  he  was  soon  the  Worshipful  Mas- 
ter. Wilton  Lodge  was  instituted  and  he  became 
a  member  and  Worshipful  Master.  Later  he  served 
two  terms  in  the  office  of  District  Deputy  Grand 
Master.  He  is  a  member  and  historian  of  Ashlar 
Lodge  at  Lewiston,  a  charter  member  of  Franklin 
Chapter  of  Royal  Arch  Masons  at  Farmington,  hold- 
ing the  position  of  senior  Past  High  Priest  of  that 
Chapter.  He  is  also  a  charter  member  and  a  Past 
Commander  of  Pilgrim  Commandery  of  Knights 
Templar  of  that  Commandery.  He  is  a  Past  Thrice 
Illustrious  Master  of  Dunlap  Council  of  Royal  and 
Select  Masters  at  Lewiston,  and  at  the  present  time 
is  the  Most  Puissant  Sovereign  of  Eusebius  Con- 
clave of  Knights  of  the  Red  Cross  of  Constantine 
at  Lewiston. 

Early  in  life  Mr.  Talbot  became  a  skilled  crafts- 
man, and  is  now  the  senior  permanent  (life") 
member  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Maine,  of  which 
he  is  a  past  junior  grand  warden;  a  permanent 


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member  of  the  Grand  Chapter  of  Royal  Arch 
Masons  of  Maine,  of  which  he  is  a  past  deputy 
grand  high  priest,  and  a  member  of  the  Grand 
Council  of  Royal  and  Select  Masters,  and  of  the 
Grand  Commandery  of  Knights  Templar  of  Maine. 
During  the  more  than  forty  years  with  which  he 
has  been  connected  with  the  Grand  Lodge  he  has 
misM-d  only  one  annual  communication,  on  v.-hich 
occasion  the  matter  that  detained  him  being  a  frac- 
tured ankle.  For  thirty-six  consecutive  years  he 
has  been  a  trustee  of  the  Charity  Fund  of  the 
Grand  Lodge,  re-elected  every  three  years  since 
1882,  and  for  more  than  twenty-five  years  a  member 
of  the  committee  on  dispensations  and  charters  of 
the  Grand  Lodge,  and  for  a  long  time  its  chairman. 
In  1893,  he  was  chairman  of  the  delegation  from  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Maine,  to  the  Congress  of  Masonic 
Grand  Lodges,  convened  in  Oriental  Consistory, 
Masonic  Temple,  Chicago,  from  .August  14  to  18, 
in  that  year.  This  Congress  which  took  place  dur- 
ing the  time  of  the  Columbian  Exposition  was  com- 
posed of  one  hundred  and  sixty  delegates,  all  of 
whom  were  leading  Masons,  conspicuous  for  their 
experience  and  ability.  Of  these  forty-six  were 
either  Grand  Masters  or  Past  Grand  Masters,  and 
represented  some  thirty-six  Grand  Lodges.  Mr. 
Talbot  was  a  very  conspicuous  figure  in  the  delibera- 
tions of  the  Congress  and  took  an  active  part  in  the 
discussion  of  the  question  of  "the  Creed  of  a 
Mason,"  offering  a  substitute  for  the  views  pre- 
sented, and  declaring  that  the  creed  of  a  Mason  is 
embraced  in  the  Ancient  Charges  of  1723,  in  which 
In  1893,  he  was  chairman  of  the  delegation  from  the 
the  only  requirement  is  "that  religion  in  which  all 
men  agree,  leaving  their  peculiar  opinions  to  them- 
selves ;  that  is  to  be  good  men  and  true,  men  of 
honor  and  honesty  by  whatsoever  denominations 
or  persuasions  they  may  be  distinguished."  These 
views  were  sustained  by  the  Congress,  and  a  full 
report  of  the  debates  appears  in  its  publications,  also 
in  the  Proceedings  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Maine,  in 
1894.  The  Grand  Lodge  of  Maine  in  1870,  severed 
fraternal  intercourse  with  the  Grand  Orient  of 
France.  Mr.  Talbot  offered  resolutions  in  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Maine,  in  1918,  rescinding  this,  and 
urged  that  the  Free  Masons  under  the  jurisdiction 
of  this  Grand  Lodge  have  permission  to  visit  the 
lodges  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand 
Orient  of  France,  or  any  other  regular  Grand 
Orient  or  Grand  Lodge  that  requires  its  members 
to  obey  the  moral  law,  and  to  fraternize  with  the 
Masonic  brethren  in  said  Lodges  in  camps,  trenches, 
and  on  the  field  of  battle. 

Mr.    Talbot    is    deeply    interested    in    patriotic 
hereditary  societies,  and  believes  there  could  be 


no  better  way  devised  of  preserving  the  record 
and  memory  of  the  founders  and  preservers  of 
our  country.  In  the  year  1803,  he  was  elected 
a  member  of  the  Society  of  Sons  of  the  American 
Revolution  in  the  State  of  Maine,  was  one  of 
the  early  presidents,  and  did  much  in  promoting 
the  interests  of  that  society  in  the  State  and  in 
the  nation.  He  was  a  delegate  from  the  Maine 
Society  to  the  Congress  of  the  National  Society 
of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution  which 
was  held  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  in  1895;  he 
also  went  as  a  delegate  to  the  Congress  of  the 
National  Society  at  Richmond,  Virginia,  in  1896; 
to  that  at  Morristown,  New  Jersey,  in  1898,- and 
to  that  at  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  in  1903.  He 
took  the  lead  in  having  the  color  butT  (officer's 
color)  added  to  the  colors  of  the  society,  and 
at  the  Congress  at  Morristown,  was  successful 
in  accomplishing  his  purpose.  In  1897,  he  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Society 
of  Mayflower  Descendants,  and  is  the  founder  of 
the  Maine  Society.  The  charter  of  the  Society 
of  Mayflower  Descendants  in  the  State  of  Maine 
is  dated  September  6,  1901,  and  his  name  is  the 
first  of  twenty  charter  members.  He  is  the 
senior  Past  Governor  of  the  Maine  Society,  and 
in  1906,  at  the  Triennial  Congress  of  the  Gen- 
eral Society  at  Plymouth,  Massachusetts,  he  was 
elected  Deputy  Governor  General;  re-elected  at 
the  Triennial  Congress  in  1909,  again  in  1912, 
again  in  1915,  and  again  in  1918,  and  holds  this 
office  of  the  General  Society  at  the  present  time. 

In  1911,  he  was  elected  a  companion  of  the 
Society  of  American  Wars  of  the  United  States, 
in  the  Commandery  of  the  State  of  New  York, 
and  is  the  founder  of  the  "Commandery  of  the 
State  of  Maine  of  the  Society  of  American  Wars 
of  the  United  States  of  America."  The  charter 
is  dated  February  14,  1912,  and  his  name  is  the 
first  of  twenty  charter  members.  He  is  the  first 
Commander  and  one  of  the  Vice-commander 
Generals  having  been  elected  at  Washington,  D. 
C,  by  the  Commandery-in-chief,  in  1913,  has  been 
annually  re-elected,  and  continues  to  hold  the 
office  of  Vice-commander  General  of  this  military 
society. 

In  1912,  he  was  elected  a  Companion  of  the 
Order  of  Washington,  and  at  the  annual  meeting 
of  this  patriotic  order  of  chivalry  held  in  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.,  in  1914,  he  was  elected  Vice-com- 
mander General,  a  post  to  which  he  has  been 
annually  re-elected  and  now  holds.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  Maine  Society  of  Colonial 
Wars,  and  of  the  Massachusetts  Society  of  the 
War  of  1812. 


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Mr.  Talbot  is  the  possessor  of  a  large  and 
valuable  library  which  can  claim  many  rare  his- 
torical works,  encyclopedias  and  other  books, 
particularly  works  on  Masonry,  and  the  Pro- 
ceedings of  various  organizations  which  have 
had  to  do  with  the  preservation  of  American 
records.  He  has  given  many  valuable  books  to 
public  libraries,  the  Public  Library  and  Masonic 
Lodge  in  his  old  home  town  of  Wilton,  being 
recipients  of  his  special  favor.  He  is  a  man 
of  the  broadest  culture  and  enlightenment,  and 
has  taken  a  keen  interest  in  historical  topics 
generally,  but  particularly  those  connected  with 
the  records  of  religious  development  in  this  and 
ancient  times.  He  has  also  a  strong  taste  for 
scientific  subjects. 

Mr.  Talbot  is  himself  an  author,  and  has  writ- 
ten many  articles  of  an  historical  character  for 
the  Maine  Historical  Society,  for  many  period- 
icals, and  for  the  press.  He  is  often  called  upon 
to  give  addresses  at  historical  and  patriotic 
gatherings,  and  perhaps  his  most  favorite  sub- 
ject is  "The  Pilgrim  Fathers."  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Maine  Historical  Society,  and  the  Maine 
Genealogical  Society. 

Archie  Lee  Talbot  was  united  in  marriage  on 
the  I3th  day  of  January,  1869,  at  Georgetown, 
Massachusetts,  with  Nina  Victoria  Adams,  a  na- 
tive of  Wilton,  Maine,  and  a  daughter  of  Jewett 
P.  and  Sovia  (Baker)  Adams  of  that  town,  and 
Georgetown,  Massachusetts,  to  which  they  re- 
moved. Mrs.  Talbot  is  a  lineal  descendent  of 
Philip  Adams  of  Georgeana,  York,  in  the'  Prov- 
ince of  Maine,  where  he  was  made  a  freeman  in 
1652.  Mrs.  Talbot  is  prominently  connected  with 
the  fraternal  and  literary  societies  of  the  State, 
and  is  an  active  member  of  the  women's  clubs 
at  Lewiston.  She  was  the  first  president  of 
the  Twin  City  Parliamentary  Club,  for  which 
she  is  well  qualified,  having  given  much  atten- 
tion to  the  study  of  parliamentary  law;  was  the 
founder  of  the  Lewiston  Reading  Circle,  and 
one  of  its  early  presidents.  She  is  a  past  presi- 
dent of  the  Woman's  Literary  Union  of  Andros- 
coggin  county,  Maine,  and  is  particularly  inter- 
ested in  the  work  of  caring  for  the  poor  and 
unfortunate.  In  this  connection  she  has  been 
associated  with  the  Woman's  Hospital  Associa- 
tion of  the  Central  Maine  General  Hospital  at 
Lewiston,  from  the  time  of  its  origin,  before  the 
hospital  buildings  were  erected,  was  its  presi- 
dent for  three  years,  always  active  in  its  service, 
and  holds  the  position  of  Committee  on  Charity 
Fund  of  the  Association  which  she  has  held  for 
m2uy  years.  She  is  a  leading  member  of  the 


Order  of  the  Eastern  Star;  a  charter  member  of 
Mount  Olivet  Chapter,  Order  of  the  Eastern 
Star,  instituted  at  Lewiston,  in  1895,  the  first 
Conductress,  and  Mr.  Talbot,  also  a  charter 
member,  the  first  Worthy  Patron;  she  was 
Worthy  Matron  of  the  chapter  for  two  years, 
and  was  Secretary  for  six  years.  In  1897-98  she 
was  Grand  Matron  of  the  Grand  Chapter  Order 
of  the  Eastern  Star  of  Maine,  and  in  1915,  was 
elected  the  first  president  of  the  Past  Grand 
Matrons'  and  Past  Grand  Patrons'  Association 
of  Maine,  re-elected  in  1916,  and  in  1917,  and 
again  in  1918,  and  is  at  the  present  time  holding 
this  post  of  honor. 

Like  her  husband,  she  is  an  author  of  many 
literary  and  historical  papers,  which  she  has 
often  been  called  to  give  at  literary  gatherings. 
She  is  a  member  of  the  Maine  Writers'  Research 
Club,  her  membership  having  been  gained 
through  winning  a  prize  in  the  woman's  literary 
contest  for  articles  of  history  and  romance,  which 
was  held  by  the  Lewistown  Journal  in  1916,  en- 
titled "The  Story  of  Ancient  Georgeana,"  pub- 
lished in  "The  Trail  of  the  Maine  Pioneer,"  by 
the  Maine  Federation  of  Woman's  Clubs,  in  1916. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Talbot  are  members  of  Auburn 
Grange,  No.  4,  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  at  East 
Auburn,  Maine.  Both  were  born  and  raised  on 
a  farm,  their  fathers  and  grandfathers  each 
owned  a  farm  in  Wilton,  Maine,  and  the  cher- 
ished memories  of  their  life  on  the  farm  are  kept 
fresh  and  green  by  the  associations  and  the 
beautiful  ritual  of  the  Grange. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Talbot  four  sons  have  been 
born,  as  follows:  Harlan  Adams,  deceased;  Wil- 
liam Wiggin;  Carlton  Baker;  and  Ralph  Lee,  the 
last  named  was  commissioned  first  lieutenant  of 
infantry,  at  the  second  training  camp  at  Platts- 
burg,  New  York,  November,  1917,  and  imme- 
diately assigned  to  duty  at  Camp  Dix,  New  Jer- 
sey, from  which  he  was  transferred  to  Camp 
Gordon,  Atlanta,  Georgia,  where  he  is  special 
bayonet  instructor  and  physical  director,  and  has 
been  commissioned  captain. 

Mr.  Talbot  and  his  family  are  among  the  most 
conspicuously  active  figures  in  the  general  life  of 
the  community. 


HON.  FRANK  DENNETT  MARSHALL— 
The  origin  of  the  name,  Marshall,  is  much  more 
obvious  than  that  of  most  of  the  surnames,  and 
comes  evidently  from  the  ancient  military  title 
of  Mareschal.  The  Maine  family  which  bears 
this  name  claims  descent  from  William  Le- 
Mareschal,  who  came  to  England  in  1066,  with 


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William  the  Conqueror,  and  who,  as  his  title 
suggests,  was  the  commander  of  an  army.  The 
family  has  well  maintained  its  family  line 
throughout  the  long  period  of  English  history. 
Captain  John  Marshall  was  severely  wounded  at 
the  fall  of  Calais,  in  1558,  when  that  city  was 
finally  taken  from  the  English  by  the  French.  He 
was  the  direct  ancestor  of  John  Marshall,  the 
immigrant  ancestor  of  the  Virginia  Marshalls. 
The  ancestor  of  the  Maine  Marshalls  was  Ben- 
jamin Marshall,  of  that  name,  whom  we  find  at 
Bridgewater,  Massachusetts,  as  early  as  1768,  and 
who  is  recorded  to  have  come  there  from  Stough- 
ton,  Massachusetts.  From  him  the  line  descends 
through  one  of  his  six  sons,  his  grandson,  John 
Marshall,  the  Hon.  Nathaniel  Grant  Marshall, 
and  Edward  S.  Marshall,  the  father  of  Frank 
Dennett  Marshall,  with  whom  this  notice  is  es- 
pecially concerned. 

Nathaniel  Grant  Marshall  was  a  native  of  York, 
Maine,  born  May  2,  1812.  He  was  left  an  orphan 
at  the  age  of  seven  years,  but  rapidly  rose  to  a 
position  of  responsibility  and  trust  in  his  com- 
munity and  held  many  public  offices,  including 
that  of  town  treasurer,  high  sheriff  of  York 
county  in  1854,  State  Senator  in  1861-62,  as- 
sessor of  internal  revenue  for  the  First  Dis- 
trict of  Maine,  stationed  in  Portland,  1863  to  1870, 
to  which  he  was  appointed  by  President  Lincoln. 
He  married,  April  18,  1841,  Sophia  Baker  Brag- 
don,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  eight  children, 
of  whom  the  eldest,  Edward  S.  Marshall,  was  the 
father  of  Frank  D.  Marshall.  Nathaniel  Grant 
Marshall  was  one  of  the  eminent  attorneys  of  the 
York  county  bar  during  his  day.  During  the  late 
years  of  life  he  devoted  much  time  to  early  York 
history,  and  the  manuscript  and  data  he  prepared 
are  widely  sought  and  referred  to.  He  died  in 
February,  1882. 

Hon.  Edward  S.  Marshall  was  born  Febru- 
ary 2,  1842,  educated  at  Berwick  Academy,  and 
served  as  assistant  assessor  for  internal  revenue 
under  his  father.  He  was  one  of  the  founders, 
and  for  some  time  president,  of  the  York  Har- 
bor &  Beach  Railroad,  and  was  an  active  figure  in 
the  business  interests  of  the  community,  being 
president  and  principal  owner  of  the  Agamenticus 
Light  &  Power  Company  of  York,  president  of 
the  Piscataqua  Navigation  Company  of  Ports- 
mouth, New  Hampshire,  and  incorporator  and 
director  in  the  York  County  National  Bank.  In 
1889  he  represented  the  town  of  York  in  the 
Maine  Legislature,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
Governor's  Council  for  four  years.  His  first  wife, 
who  died  in  1870,  was  Sarah  K.  Dennett,  daughter 

ME.— 1—22 


of  Hon.  Alexander  Dennett,  of  Kittery,  Maine, 
and  it  is  of  this  union  that  Frank  Dennett  Mar- 
shall was  born.  Mr.  Marshall,  Sr.f  married  (sec- 
ond) Georgia  V.  Main,  of  York.  The  main  life 
work  of  Mr.  Marshall  was  the  development  of  the 
Marshall  House  at  York  Harbor,  which  was  built 
by  his  father  in  1870,  but  with  which  he  was  as- 
sociated from  its  inception.  He  early  became  its 
sole  owner,  and  while  extensively  interested  in 
other  affairs  he  gave  this  his  first  attention  until 
his  death  in  January,  1915. 

Hon.  Frank  Dennett  Marshall  was  born  May 
29,  1870,  in  Portland.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Kittery,  and  later  Berwick  Academy, 
where  he  was  prepared  for  college.  In  1889  he 
entered  Harvard  College,  where  he  took  the  aca- 
demic course,  and  then  entered  Harvard  Law 
School  and  was  graduated  in  1896.  In  the  same 
year  he  was  admitted  to  practice  law  and  set- 
tled in  Portland,  where  he  has  since  been  in  ac- 
tive practice.  Mr.  Marshall  has  engaged  in  the 
public  affairs  of  the  city  and  served  as  councilman 
and  alderman.  In  1909  he  was  sent  by  the  city 
as  one  of  its  representatives  to  the  seventy- 
fourth  Legislature,  and  in  1916  was  elected  Sena- 
tor from  Cumberland  county.  On  the  death  of 
his  father  in  1915  Mr.  Marshall  succeeded  to  the 
ownership  of  the  Marshall  House  and  its  con- 
nected properties  at  York  Harbor.  This  hotel 
was  totally  destroyed  by  fire  in  the  winter  of 
1916.  The  same  year  work  was  begun  on  the  new 
Marshall  House,  which  was  opened  to  the  pub- 
lic in  June,  1917,  with  Mr.  Marshall  as  president 
and  controlling  factor.  Actively  affiliated  in  this 
enterprise  is  Hon.  Joseph  W.  Simpson,  as  treas- 
urer, and  Mr.  Gilman  L.  Moulton  as  manager. 
The  new  hotel  is  a  fire-proof  structure  of  brick 
and  cement,  and  the  finest  building  of  its  kind  on 
the  coast  north  of  Atlantic  City,  and  is  by  far  the 
most  notable  addition  to  the  great  summer  re- 
sort business  in  Maine  during  the  last  decade. 
Mr.  Marshall  is  also  vice-president  of  the  York 
County  National  Bank,  a  director  in  York  County 
Power  Company,  owner  of  The  Emerson,  another 
smaller  hotel  in  York  Harbor,  which  is  under  the 
Marshall  House  management,  and  is  identified 
with  other  business  interests  in  York  and  Cum- 
berland counties.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Cum- 
berland Club,  the  Portland  Club,  and  Country 
Club  of  Portland;  of  the  York  Country  Club  of 
York  Harbor,  the  Maine  Historical  Society,  and 
other  organizations.  In  religious  belief  Mr.  Mar- 
shall is  a  Congregationalist;  he  and  his'  family 
attend  State  Street  Church. 

On  October  7,  1897,  at  South  Berwick,  Maine, 


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Frank  D.  Marshall  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Helen  M.  Walker,  a  daughter  of  the  late  John  F. 
and  Mary  Elizabeth  (Hobbs)  Walker.  Mrs.  Mar- 
shall was  educated  at  Berwick  Academy  and 
Wellesley  College,  and  is  active  in  social  circles. 
To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Marshall  two  children  have 
been  born:  Elizabeth  Walker,  born  March  5, 
1902,  and  Edward  Walker,  April  14,  1905. 


MAJOR  WILLIAM  DICKEY.— There  is  no 
doubt  that  in  the  death  of  Major  William  Dickey, 
late  of  Fort  Kent,  Maine,  on  November  19,  1899, 
in  his  ninetieth  year,  one  of  the  most  notable  and 
picturesque  figures  in  the  life  of  this  State  was 
removed  from  his  earthly  sphere  of  action.  There 
were  few  aspects  of  the  life  of  the  community  in 
which  Major  Dickey  was  not  a  leader,  and  his 
strong  and  commanding  character,  ever  devoted 
to  the  highest  standard  of  ethics,  and  applying 
these  to  every  relation  of  life,  make  him  an  ex- 
ample to  be  remembered  among  his  fellow  citi- 
zens of  State  and  country,  of  all  that  citizen- 
ship and  manhood  to  represent. 

William  Dickey  came  of  the  best  Maine  stock, 
and  was  a  son  of  Captain  John  Dickey,  one  of 
the  famous  old  seamen  of  the  great  period  when 
our  clipper  ships  carried  the  American  flag  to 
every  port  of  the  world  and  dominated  com- 
merce. Captain  Dickey  was  associated  with  the 
Cavanaghs  and  Madigans,  two  prominent  families 
in  the  mercantile  life  of  Maine  during  that  early 
period  in  the  West  Indian  trade,  which  was  prob- 
ably the  most  important  factor  in  the  wealth  of 
the  State  for  many  years.  Captain  Dickey  was  in 
command  of  the  good  ship  Virginias  and  his  ad- 
ventures were  in  character  with  that  old  period. 
He  was  captured  on  one  occasion  by  a  British 
privateer,  during  the  War  of  1812,  and  a  prize 
crew  was  placed  on  board  his  vessel.  Captain 
Dickey  feigned  sickness  and  was  permitted  to  go 
on  deck,  where  he  rapidly  became  so  much  worse 
that  his  first  mate,  one  Mr.  Nichols,  was  permit- 
ted to  care  for  him.  The  two  men  managed  to 
open  the  hatches  and  liberate  their  crew,  and  it 
was  then  a  question  of  a  very  short  time  before 
the  prize  crew  were  overpowered  and  the  vessel 
brought  safe  into  port  with  the  British  as  pris- 
oners of  war.  With  all  his  skill  and  courage, 
however.  Captain  Dickey  was  finally  lost  at  sea 
with  his  ship  and  entire  crew,  in  1819,  leaving 
his  wife  with  a  family  of  four  boys  and  one  girl. 

Mrs.  Dickey,  knowing  well  that  the  seafaring 
life  would  hold  a  strong  fascination  for  her  sons, 
and  fearful  of  the  life  on  account  of  her  hus- 


band's death,  disposed  of  her  property,  and  in 
March,  1819,  went  to  the  town  of  Strong,  now  in 
Franklin  county,  but  then  a  pioneer  settlement 
well  within  the  wilderness.  Here  she  purchased 
a  tract  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land, 
which  was  entirely  covered  with  forest,  and 
through  the  instrumentality  of  her  sons  set  to 
work  to  clear  this  and  build  a  log  house  and  barn. 
Both  she  and  her  sons  were  exceedingly  deter- 
mined and  industrious,  and  as  the  wood  lot  be- 
gan gradually  to  assume  the  aspect  of  a  farm, 
they  also  built  a  log  school  house  for  the  use  of 
the  "few"  children  of  that  sparsely  settled  region. 
William  Dickey,  who  was  of  an  exceedingly 
ambitious  temperament,  was  not,  however,  con- 
tented with  the  very  meagre  education  that  he 
could  receive  here,  and  accordingly,  after  seeing 
things  were  in  good  running  order  on  the  farm,  he 
went  elsewhere  to  secure  a  better  education.  With 
a  small  sum  of  money  which  he  had  laid  by,  he 
made  the  journey  by  foot  from  his  home  in  the 
wilderness  to  Farmington,  there  to  enter  the 
well  known  academy  of  that  place,  having  pre- 
pared himself  for  entrance  by  the  most  devoted 
study,  much  of  which  had  been  accomplished  in 
the  evening  by  the  light  of  the  roaring  wood  fire 
in  his  mother's  home.  This  was  in  the  year  1824 
and  Major  Dickey,  in  speaking  of  the  experience 
in  later  life,  used  to  remark  that  "New  York  to- 
day does  not  seem  to  be  larger  than  Farming- 
ton  did  that  wintry  night  I  reached  it,  and  saw 
for  the  first  time  in  my  life  a  village  of  any  size." 
He  reached  the  town  late  in  the  evening,  having 
eaten  nothing  since  leaving  home  in  the  early 
morning  hours,  and  without  having  a  friend  or 
acquaintance  to  turn  to.  It  is  not  to  be  won- 
dered at  that  he  felt  dejected  and  that  he  leaned 
against  the  railing  of  the  park  without  any  idea 
of  where  to  turn.  But  Providence,  which  prov- 
erbially cares  for  boys  and  the  adventuress,  so 
ordered  it  that  a  kindly  old  man,  one  Thomas 
Hunter,  at  that  time  president  of  the  board  of 
trustees  of  the  academy,  happened  to  pass  by, 
and  seeing  the  pathetic  figure  paused  and  asked 
him  his  story.  Being  impressed  with  the  deter- 
mination and  ambition  of  the  young  man,  he 
secured  for  him  a  position  in  the  school,  which 
included  the  care  of  the  classrooms  and  the  ring- 
ing of  the  bell,  for  which  he  was  given  his  tuition. 
The  lad  spent  five  years  at  Farmington,  and  upon 
completing  his  studies  there  he  entered,  in  1829, 
the  store  of  Colonel  Eastman,  of  Strong,  at  the 
is  related  of  Major  Dickey  during  the  first  year 
and  twenty  dollars  for  the  second  year.  A  story 


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is  related  of  Major  Dickey  during  his  first  year 
of  his  life  at  the  Farmington  Academy,  which 
well  illustrates  the  pluck  and  resourcefulness  of 
the  lad.  The  vacations  at  the  academy  were  so 
arranged  as  to  allow  the  pupils  time  to  teach  in 
other  schools  if  they  so  desired,  and  a  position  of 
this  sort  was  offered  to  young  Dickey  in  a  school 
at  Wilton,  which  he  accepted.  When  he  reached 
that  place  he  discovered,  very  much  to  his  own 
alarm,  that  the  pupils  were  both  older  and 
stronger  than  he,  and  consisted  of  seven  or  eight 
rough-looking  lads,  who,  as  he  was  informed, 
had  recently  ridden  four  attempted  teachers  out 
of  the  town  on  a  rail.  "I  was  almost  frightened 
to  death  by  that  statement,"  said  Major  Dickey, 
"but  there  was  no  way  out  of  the  dilemma.  This 
same  evening,  in  the  house  of  the  man  who  had 
hired  me,  when  I  looked  around  and  saw  several 
great  rough  boys,  every  one  older  and  larger 
than  myself,  and  saw  the  looks  they  gave  each 
other,  indicative  of  the  easy  triumph  they  were 
sure  to  win,  my  heart  almost  stopped  beating, 
and  if  I  could  have  sunk  through  the  floor,  I 
would  have  done  so.  But  a  bright  idea  came  to 
me.  I  said:  'Come  boys,  let  us  go  out  for  a  slid- 
ing party  to-night.'  Go  out  we  did.  All  the 
young  folks  in  the  neighborhood  turned  out,  and 
such  a  gay  time  we  had!  I  got  acquainted  with 
all  the  boys  and  girls,  and  the  next  morning, 
when  we  went  into  school,  we  were  all  the  very 
best  of  friends.  I  did  not  have  a  particle  of 
trouble  with  any  pupil  in  that  school,  for  out  of 
study  hours  I  was  a  boy  with  them,  and  they  all 
liked  me.  Not  a  boy  in  that  school  but  what  could 
have  licked  me,  and  they  knew  it,  but  I  won 
their  hearts.  When  the  term  closed  I  was  paid 
double  the  wages  I  had  been  hired  for." 

After  spending  two  years  with  Colonel  East- 
man, Major  Dickey,  in  1831,  engaged  in  business 
on  his  own  account  and  had  a  successful  year  or 
two,  and  then  began  his  long  and  successful 
military  career.  In  1832  he  was  elected  captain 
of  the  Strong  Light  Infantry,  but  declined  on 
the  plea  that  he  was  yet  a  poor  man  and  could 
not  stand  the  outlay  which  was  necessary  to  keep 
up  his  position.  There  was,  however,  a  wealthy 
merchant  who  had  taken  a  strong  fancy  to  the 
young  man,  who  offered  to  pay  all  his  expenses 
if  he  would  accept  the  captaincy.  In  1834  Gov- 
ernor Dunlap  made  Captain  Dickey  brigade- 
major  of  the  Second  Brigade,  Eighth  Division, 
and  hence  for  sixty-five  years  his  title  as  "Major 
Dickey."  He  was  postmaster  of  Strong  in  1835, 
deputy  sheriff  and  coroner  in  1838,  and  elected 
representative  to  the  State  Legislature  in  1841. 


The  Iij.islaturc  of  184^,  in  which  he  served,  was 
concerned  with  the  question  of  the  northeast 
boundary  of  Maine,  or  the  Ashburton  treaty,  and 
Major  Dickey  was  appointed  a  member  of  the 
committee  to  deal  with  that  vexed  problem.  Lord 
Ashburton,  of  the  British  Parliament,  was  the 
English  representative  in  the  adjustment,  and 
Daniel  Webster,  the  American.  Mr.  Webster, 
however,  did  not  at  that  time  come  into  Maine, 
but  sent  as  his  representative  Mr.  Pelcg  Spraguc. 
An  exceedingly  amusing  story  is  told  of  the  meet- 
ing of  Mr.  Spraguc  and  Major  Dickey,  who,  it 
will  be  remembered,  was  yet  a  very  young  man 
at  that  time.  When  Mr.  Sprague  entered  the 
committee  room.  Major  Dickey  exclaimed,  "Why 
Mr.  Sprague,  where  is  Mr.  Webster?"  "He  did 
not  come,"  rejoined  Mr.  Sprague,  who  was  a 
member  of  Congress  and  an  acquaintance  of  Mr. 
Webster's,  "his  politics  do  not  quite  agree  with 
the  kind  you  have  down  here."  "Well,  Peleg,"  re- 
plied young  Dickey  sharply,  "I  guess  they  agree 
as  well  as  yours  do,"  which  was  regarded  as  a 
pretty  keen  shot  as  Sprague  had  but  recently 
resigned  from  Congress  because  he  did  not  like 
the  instructions  given  him  by  his  constituents. 
In  addition  to  Mr.  Sprague,  General  Scott  came 
as  a  representative  of  Mr.  Webster's,  and  the 
negotiations  were  carried  on  between  these  two 
gentlemen  and  Lord  Ashburton.  From  the  start 
Major  Dickey  felt  that  the  negotiations  were 
going  against  the  United  States,  and  opposed 
vigorously  the  signing  of  the  Ashburton  treaty, 
feeling  that  this  country  was  giving  up  to  Eng- 
land much  territory  to  which  it  had  a  just  claim. 
About  this  time  Major  Dickey's  health  suf- 
fered a  serious  impairment,  and  for  a  time  he 
was  so  weak  that  it  was  impossible  for  him  to 
walk  without  a  cane.  Hearing  of  the  splendid 
climate  in  the  region  of  Fort  Kent,  which  was 
considered  to  be  the  best  place  in  the  United 
States  for  lung  trouble,  the  young  man  deter- 
mined to  try  its  effect,  and  arrived  at  that  place 
with  his  death  apparently  staring  him  in  the  face 
His  active  mind,  however,  would  not  consent  to 
an  idle  life,  and  he  at  once  entered  the  lumber 
business,  having  brought  with  him  a  complete 
equipment  for  the  felling  of  the  timber  and  its 
transportation  to  the  St.  Croix  and  Aroostook 
rivers,  whence  it  could  be  conveyed  to  the  mar- 
ket. Major  Dickey  lived  the  life  of  a  pioneer 
for  about  five  years,  working  hard,  clearing  the 
land  for  his  own  house,  and,  incidentally,  taking 
his  mind  off  his  sickness.  The  result  was  that 
in  a  very  short  time  he  had  recovered  all  his  old 
strength  and  vigor  and  felt  himself  capable  of 


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taking  part  in  any  active  life  which  might  offer. 
At  the  time  of  the  Civil  War  Major  Dickey  went 
to  Governor  Washburn  to  ask  for  the  command 
of  the  regiment,  as  he  felt  that  his  former  ex- 
perience as  a  drill  master  well  fitted  him  for  that 
post.  He  was,  however,  refused  this  by  the  gov- 
ernor, who  felt  some  grudge  against  Major 
Dickey,  on  account  of  them  having  been  op- 
posed to  each  other  in  the  past  while  fellow  mem- 
bers of  the  Legislature.  He  was  more  fortu- 
mate,  however,  when  Governor  Coburn  assumed 
office,  who  at  once  sent  him  to  the  South  to 
care  for  the  sanitary  condition  of  the  Maine 
troops,  in  which  position  he  served  with  the  ut- 
most ability  to  the  end  of  the  war.  In  1868  he 
was  re-elected  representative  of  the  State  Legis- 
lature, and  also  served  on  that  body  in  1869  and 
1870.  In  1878  he  was  once  more  elected,  and  from 
that  time  he  was  sent  regularly  to  the  legisla- 
ture until  the  end  of  his  life.  His  electoral  dis- 
trict included  the  towns  of  Fort  Kent,  New  Can- 
ada, Wallagrass,  Eagle  Lake,  Winterville,  Port- 
age Lake,  St.  John,  St.  Francis,  Alagash  and 
others,  and  the  service  that  he  did  for  the  whole 
region  of  Madawaska  during  this  long  term  of 
years  was  an  invaluable  one.  So  great  was  his 
popularity  and  so  unanimous  his  elections,  that 
he  was  dubbed  "Duke  of  Fort  Kent,"  and  was 
rightfully  regarded  as  the  foremost  man  in  that 
section  of  country.  He  was  very  active  in  secur- 
ing the  benefit  of  good  roads,  schoolhouses  and 
other  modern  improvements  for  Aroostook 
county,  and  it  is  probable  that  the  development 
of  this  region  is  dependent  to  a  greater  extent 
upon  him  than  on  any  other  man  of  the  period. 
One  of  the  greatest  achievements  of  Major 
Dickey  was  the  founding  of  the  Madawaska 
Training  School  in  1881,  an  institution  which  has 
played  a  most  important  part  in  the  education 
and  cultural  development  of  this  region.  In 
speaking  of  it  before  the  Legislature,  Major 
Dickey  said: 

Gentlemen:  I  have  lived  In  Port  Kent  a  great  many 
years;  I  have  always  vividly  Interested  myself  in  the 
education  of  the  French  people  of  Iladawaska,  either 
of  Acadian  or  Canadian  origin;  during  a  long  time  I 
had  the  charge  and  superintendence  of  all  their  schools. 
Well.  I  have  to  tell  you  that  tho  want  of  teachers  con- 
stantly paralyzed  our  best  efforts.  We  felt  the  necessity 
of  having  a  number  of  students  specially  prepared 
to  be  teachers  in  the  common  schools.  Then  we 
founded  the  Madawaska  Training  School  for  this  pur- 
pose, the  effects  of  which  have  been  most  salutary  and 
most  admirable.  We  have  now  a  staff  of  teachers  as 
distinguished  as  any  one  In  any  part  of  the  State  of 
Maine.  No  other  normal  school  in  Maine  has  ever 
furnished  better  teachers  than  has  our  own  at  Fort 
Kent.  Remember  that  by  virtue  of  certain  treaties 
with  England,  we  have  received  a  population  of  at 
least  four  thousand  souls,  descending  from  those  old 


Aondiiuis  driven  out  from  tlieir  homesteads  and  vio- 
lently persecuted  by  their  ferocious  masters.  These 
unfortunate  outcasts  reached  the  valley  of  Madawaska 
and  settled  there,  as  early  as  1765,  ere  we  ourselves 
became  a  free  and  independent  nation ;  and  their  de- 
scendants are  now  a  part  of  our  own  people. 
We  found  this  population  in  a  state  of  wretched  ignor- 
ance. Mr.  James  Madigan  was  the  first  man  employed 
by  the  State  as  a  school  teacher  in  Madawaska.  At 
last,  we  founded  this  High  School  of  Fort  Kent,  which 
is  now  too  small  for  our  wants.  .  .  .  Scholars 
flock  to  it  from  seven  islands,  seventy-five  miles  up 
River  St.  John ;  others  from  Van  Buren,  forty-flv« 
miles  down  River  St.  John;  in  a  word,  from  all  neigh- 
boring towns.  The  advantage  of  our  school  is  not  pent 
up  in  Fort  Kent;  it  is  felt  in  the  whole  north  of 
Aroostook  county.  I  affirm  that  our  school  Is  more 
btneflcial  to  national  education  than  any  other  school 
in  the  State.  And  what  I  state  I  know.  At  this 
training  school  courses  were  taught  in  the  most  varied 
subjects,  both  in  the  English  and  French  languages,  so 
as  to  take  care  of  the  needs  of  the  large  French  popu- 
lation here,  and  meet  the  conditions  of  the  region. 
Major  Dickey  appeared  in  the  Legislature  of  his  State 
for  the  last  time,  when  eighty-eight  years  of  age,  a 
venerable  figure,  highly  honored  and  listened  to  with 
the  utmost  respect,  both  on  account  of  his  long  past 
record,  and  because  of  his  still  powerful  and  command- 
ing intellect.  He  took  part  in  the  discussions  and  con- 
troversies at  that  age  with  much  of  his  youthful  vigor, 
introduced  bills  and  opposed  others  with  the  same  keen 
enthusiasm  that  had  marked  him  from  the  first.  In 
]897  Mr.  Plummer,  In  presenting  to  Major  Dickey  an 
arm  chair  from  his  friends  and  associates  of  Fort  Kent, 
in  speaking  of  the  secret  of  his  great  and  long-lived 
popularity,  eaid:  "This  double  testimonial  is  ample 
evidence  that  Major  Dickey  has  no  enemies  in  the 
Legislature,  as  he  had  none  in  Madawaska,  and  none 
in  the  State.  He  had  but  friends,  respectful  friends, 
admiring  friends,  grateful  friends  everywhere.  What 
was  the  secret  of  so  great  a  popularity?  After  the 
gentleness  of  his  character  and  the  usefulness  of  his 
company,  the  secret  of  his  political  disinterestedness, 
he  was  reputed  a  Democrat.  But  Democratism  and 
Republicanism  left  him  rather  indifferent.  He  had  the 
confidence  and  love  of  both  Democrats  and  Republicans. 
Why?  Because  his  best  politics,  his  only  dear  politics, 
the  politics  which  entirely  engrossed  his  heart  and 
his  life,  was  the  public  welfare  and  specially  the  wel- 
fare of  the  people  of  Madawaska;  and  on  this  patriotic 
platform,  he  could  not  but  meet  with  the  unanimous 
approbation,  esteem  and  support  of  his  fellow  country- 
men. 

Major  William  Dickey  was  united  in  marriage 
in  the  year  1842  with  Lydia  F.  Bodfish,  of  Gar- 
diner, and  they  were  the  parents  of  five  children, 
as  follows:  I.  William,  who  became  a  captain  in 
the  Civil  War,  and  later  settled  in  Louisiana.  2. 
Calvin,  who  also  served  in  the  Civil  War,  and 
afterwards  took  up  his  abode  at  Fort  Kent.  3. 
Cyrus,  who  is  engaged  in  an  extensive  lumber 
business  at  Fort  Kent.  4.  Margaret,  who  became 
the  wife  of  A.  G.  Fenlason.  5.  Cora,  who  be- 
came the  wife  of  W.  H.  Cunliffe,  Jr. 


ROBERT  HALLOWELL  GARDINER.— Two 

ancient  towns  of  Maine  commemorate  the  activ- 
ities of  two  of  the  pioneer  families  of  New  Eng- 
land and  prominent  in  Maine  history,  Hallowell, 
named  for  Robert  Hallowell,  who  on  January  "j. 


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1772,  married  Hannah  Gardiner,  daughter  of  Dr. 
Silvester  Gardiner,  an  eminent  physician  and  sur- 
geon of  Boston,  who  became  the  owner  of  many 
thousands  of  acres  of  good  land  in  Maine,  part 
of  which  he  colonized,  founding  the  town  of 
Gardinerstown,  later  divided  into  Gardiner  and 
Pittston.  Mrs.  Hannah  (Gardiner)  Hallowell, 
great-grandmother  of  Robert  Hallowell  Gardiner, 
Harvard,  A.B.,  1876,  of  Gardiner,  Maine,  and 
Boston,  Massachusetts,  had  an  only  son,  Robert 
(2)  Hallowell,  who  by  the  wish  of  his  grand- 
father, Dr.  Silvester  Gardiner,  as  expressed  in  his 
will,  applied  to  the  General  Court  of  Massachu- 
setts to  have  his  name  changed  to  Robert  Hallo- 
well  Gardiner,  that  body  granting  his  request  in 
1803,  Robert  (2)  Hallowell  becoming  Robert  Hal- 
lowell Gardiner,  a  name  now  borne  by  his  grand- 
son. 

This  branch  of  the  family  derives  descent  from 
George  Gardiner,  born  in  England  in  1601,  and 
died  in  King's  county,  Rhode  Island,  in  1679. 
He  was  admitted  an  inhabitant  of  Aquidneck, 
September  i,  1638,  and  according  to  Austin  had 
fourteen  children.  Descent  in  this  branch  is 
traced  through  the  eldest  son,  Benoni  Gardiner, 
whose  life  passed  the  century  mark,  beginning  in 
England  about  1627,  ending  in  Kingston,  Rhode 
Island,  in  1731.  He  came  to  Narragansett,  Rhode 
Island,  with  his  father,  and  took  the  oath  of  alle- 
giance, May  19,  1671,  that  being  also  the  birth 
year  of  his  eldest  child,  William,  the  next  in  line. 

William  Gardiner,  son  of  Benoni  and  Mary 
Gardiner,  died  in  1732.  He  married  Abigail  Rem- 
ington, and  resided  in  a  colonial  mansion  on  Bos- 
ton Neck,  South  Kingston,  Rhode  Island,  where 
their  seven  children  were  born.  Mrs.  Gardiner 
survived  her  husband  and  married  (second)  Cap- 
tain Job  Almy.  The  next  in  line  is  Dr.  Silvester 
Gardiner,  head  of  the  fourth  generation  in  New 
England,  fourth  son  of  William  and  Abigail 
(Remington)  Gardiner. 

Dr.  Silvester  Gardiner  was  born  at  the  South 
Kingston,  Rhode  Island,  home  of  his  parents  in 
1708,  and  died  in  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  August 
8,  1786.  He  prepared  in  Boston  for  the  practice 
of  medicine,  then  spent  eight  years  in  England, 
Scotland  and  France,  returning  to  Boston  an 
accomplished  physician  and  surgeon.  He  prac- 
ticed his  profession  in  Boston,  and  was  consid- 
ered one  of  the  ablest  physicians  in  New  Eng- 
land. He  was  also  an  importer  of  drugs  and  be- 
came very  wealthy.  He  became  proprietor  of 
about  100,000  acres  of  land,  part  of  the  Plymouth 
purchase,  on  the  Kennebec  river  in  the  district 
of  Maine.  Part  of  this  tract  he  colonized  with 


Germans,  that  settlement  being  known  as  Pow- 
nalboro,  afterwards  Dresden.  Another  chief  town 
on  the  tract  was  Gardinerstown,  afterwards  divi- 
ded into  Gardiner  and  Pittston.  He  was  a  war- 
den of  Kings  Chapel,  Boston,  and  was  one  of 
the  founders  of  Christ  Church  in  Boston.  He 
endowed  Christ  Church,  Gardinerstown,  now 
Gardiner,  Maine,  with  ten  acres  for  a  glebe  and 
twenty-eight  pounds  sterling  annually  for  the 
salary  of  the  minister  forever.  Dr.  Gardiner  was 
a  loyalist,  and  when  the  British  evacuated  Boston 
he  was  obliged  to  leave  the  city  and  was  banished 
from  his  estate  in  Maine.  He  resided  in  Hali- 
fax, Nova  Scotia,  and  after  the  confiscation  of  his 
estates  in  Boston  went  to  England,  whe.re  he  re- 
mained until  1785.  He  then  returned  to  New 
England,  settled  in  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  and 
there  practiced  his  profession  until  his  death. 
Dr.  Gardiner  married  Anne,  daughter  of  Dr. 
John  Gibbons,  of  Boston,  and  they  were  the  par- 
ents of  six  children  including  a  daughter,  Hannah, 
through  whom  descent  is  traced  in  this  branch. 
Dr.  Gardiner  married  a  second  and  third  time 
without  issue. 

Hannah  Gardiner,  fourth  child  of  Dr.  Silvester 
and  Anne  (Gibbons)  Gardiner,  was  born  in  Bos- 
ton in  1744,  and  died  February  9,  1796.  She  mar- 
ried, January  7,  1772,  Robert  Hallowell,  for  whom 
the  town  of  Hallowell,  Maine,  was  named.  The 
line  continues  through  their  only  son,  Robert 
(2). 

Robert  (2)  Hallowell,  son  of  Robert  and  Han- 
nah (Gardiner)  Hallowell,  was  born  in  Bristol, 
England,  during  the  period  of  the  residence  of 
his  parents  and  maternal  grandparents  in  that 
county,  February  10,  1782.  In  1785  he  was 
brought  by  his  parents  to  Newport,  Rhode  Island, 
entered  Harvard  College  in  due  season,  receiv- 
ing his  A.B.  in  1801,  A.M.  in  1804.  As  stated, 
his  name  was  legally  changed,  and  by  act  of  the 
Massachusetts  General  Court  he  became  Robert 
Hallowell  Gardiner.  He  was  owner  of  the  large 
Gardiner  estate,  a  trustee  of  Bowdoin  College, 
1841-60,  honorary  member  of  the  Massachusetts 
Historical  Society;  deeply  interested  in  church 
and  educational  work,  a  Whig  in  politics;  and 
long  a  highly  respected,  influential  citizen  of  Gar- 
diner, Maine.  He  married  Emma  Jane  Tudor, 
and  their  nine  children  were  all  born  in  Gardiner. 

John  William  Tudor  Gardiner,  second  son  of 
Robert  Hallowell  and  Emma  Jane  (Tudor)  Gar- 
diner, was  born  in  Gardiner,  June  5,  1817,  and 
died  there  September  27,  1879.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  class  of  1836  at  Harvard,  but  did  not 
graduate,  and  was  appointed  a  cadet  at  the  United 


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HISTORY  OF  MAINE 


States  Military  Academy.  He  was  graduated  from 
West  Point,  class  of  1840,  ranking  twenty-sixth 
in  a  class  of  forty-two,  including  William  T. 
Sherman,  the  famous  Union  General.  Brevet 
Second  Lieutenant  Gardiner  was  assigned  to  the 
First  Dragoons,  July  I,  1840,  was  commissioned 
second  lieutenant,  December  31,  1840,  first  lieuten- 
ant, April  21,  1846,  captain,  October  19,  1851, 
major  of  Second  Cavalry,  October  26,  1861,  and 
on  November  14,  1861,  was  retired  from  active 
service  for  disability,  resulting  from  long  and 
faithful  service  and  from  disease  and  exposure 
in  the  line  of  duty.  After  retirement  from  active 
service  he  was  employed  in  the  mustering  and 
recruiting  service  in  Maine;  as  acting  assistant- 
adjutant  general;  as  provost  marshal  general,  and 
chief  mustering  and  disbursing  officer  at  Augusta, 
Maine,  1861-64.  On  March  13,  1865,  he  was  bre- 
vetted  lieutenant  colonel  "for  meritorious  services 
during  the  war." 

Captain  John  W.  T.  Gardiner  married  at  "The 
Woodyard,"  Maryland,  July  5,  1854,  Annie  Eliza- 
beth Hays,  born  October  25,  1821,  daughter  of 
John  and  Elizabeth  (Patterson)  Hays,  of  Car- 
lisle, Pennsylvania.  They  were  the  parents  of 
six  children:  Robert  Hallowell,  (3),  of  further 
mention;  Eleanor;  Annie,  died  in  infancy;  Fran- 
cis Richard,  born  in  1861,  died  in  1880;  John  Hays 
and  John  Tudor  Gardiner,  twins,  born  April 
6,  1863,  died  May  14,  1913,  and  March  13,  1915. 

Robert  Hallowell  (3)  Gardiner,  eldest  son  of 
Captain  John  W.  T.  and  Annie  Elizabeth  (Hays) 
Gardiner,  was  born  at  Fort  Tejon,  California, 
September  9,  1855.  He  was  graduated  at  Mon- 
treal High  School,  class  of  1871;  Roxbury  Latin 
School,  Boston,  1872;  Harvard  College,  A.B., 
1876;  a  student  at  Harvard  Law  School,  187880; 
admitted  to  the  Suffolk  county,  Massachusetts,  bar 
in  the  fall  of  1880;  and  a  law  practitioner  in 
Boston  from  that  year  until  the  present.  Before 
his  law  courses  he  taught  at  Niagara  Falls  and 
in  Roxbury  Latin  School,  and  was  for  a  time  in 
the  law  offices  of  Shattuck,  Holmes  &  Munroe 
in  Boston.  He  engaged  in  the  general  practice 
of  his  profession  for  a  few  years,  then  began 
specializing  in  the  duties  of  a  trustee,  continuing 
until  business  in  that  branch  of  the  law  became 
very  extensive.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Arling- 
ton Mills  and  the  Webster  and  Atlas  National 
Bank;  trustee  of  the  Gardiner  Real  Estate  As- 
sociation; Boston  &  Albany  Railroad,  Boston 
Real  Estate  Trust,  Gushing  Real  Estate  Trust, 
Nickerson  Land  Trust,  Perry  Real  Estate  Trust, 
and  the  William  Lawrence  Real  Estate  Trust. 

Mr.  Gardiner  was  one  of  the   founders   of  the 


Republican  Club  of  Massachusetts,  and  chairman 
of  the  executive  committee.  A  strict  churchman, 
he  has  served  his  diocese  in  both  Massachusetts 
and  Maine  as  a  member  of  the  standing  commit- 
tee, as  delegate  to  the  general  conventions  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  church  from  1904,  through 
1916;  president  of  the  Brotherhood  of  St.  An- 
drew, 1904-07-10-13,  and  has  served  on  many 
boards  and  societies  of  the  church.  He  was  presi- 
dent of  the  National  Convention  of  Church 
Clubs  in  1908,  and  is  secretary  of  the  committee 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  on  World 
Conference,  on  Faith  and  Order,  and  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  General  Board  of  Religious  Educa- 
tion of  that  church.  In  1900  he  made  Gardiner 
his  home  and  legal  residence,  his  winter  house 
being  in  Boston.  His  law  offices  are  in  Bar- 
risters Hall,  Pemberton  square,  Boston.  His 
clubs  are  the  Union  of  Boston  and  Harvard  of 
New  York  City.  He  is  president  of  the  trustees 
of  the  Roxbury  Latin  School. 

Mr.  Gardiner  married  at  Trinity  Church,  Bos- 
ton, June  23,  1881,  Alice  Bangs,  daughter  of  Ed- 
ward and  Anne  (Outram)  Bangs,  of  Wat'ertown, 
Massachusetts.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gardiner  are  the 
parents  of  three  sons  and  two  daughters:  i.  Rob- 
ert Hallowell  (4),  born  November  5,  1882;  a 
graduate  of  Roxbury  Latin  School,  1900;  Har- 
vard University  A.B.  and  A.M.,  1904;  Harvard 
Law  School,  LL.B.,  1907;  a  lawyer;  now  in  the 
service  of  the  United  States  as  major  in  the 
Three  Hundred  and  Third  Field  Artillery;  he 
married  Elizabeth  Denny,  and  they  arc  the  par- 
ents of,  Francis,  Robert  H.,  John  Hays  and 
Arthur  Denny  Gardiner.  2.  Alice,  born  Febru- 
ary 24,  1885;  married  Livingston  Davis,  a  gradu- 
ate of  Harvard,  A.B.,  1904.  3.  Sylvester,  born 
January  n,  1888,  died  May  15,  1889.  4.  Anna 
Lowell,  born  September  9,  1890;  married  Captain 
Roger  F.  Draper,  killed  at  Gallipoli  during  the 
attack  on  the  Turkish  fortification  during  the 
World  War,  1914-18;  he  left  a  son,  Roger  F. 
(2)  Draper,  who  resides  with  his  widowed  mother 
in  England.  5.  William  Tudor,  born  June  12, 
1892;  a  graduate  of  Groton  School,  1910,  Harvard, 
1914,  and  Harvard  Law  School;  an  attorney-at- 
law;  now  in  the  United  States  service  as  first 
lieutenant  in  the  Fifty-sixth  Pioneer  Infantry; 
he  married  Margaret  Thomas,  and  has  a  son, 
Tudor  Gardiner. 

The  family  home  in  Gardiner,  Maine,  in  which 
their  summers  are  spent  is  the  original  home  of 
Robert  Hallowell  (i)  Gardiner,  erected  on  the 
original  Dr.  Silvester  Gardiner  purchase. 


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JOSIAH    HINKLEY    THOMPSON.— In    the 

early  fifties  of  the  last  century  there  resided  in 
Mercer,  Franklin  county,  Maine,  a  fanner,  by 
name  Henry  Thompson,  and  his  wife,  Almira 
Hinkley  Thompson.  To  them  was  born  a  son, 
April  25,  1853,  to  whom  they  gave  the  name  of 
Josiah  Hinkley  Thompson.  This  boy  was  des- 
tined to  hold  many  positions  during  his  life  which 
placed  him  very  much  in  the  public  eye,  and  also 
brought  honor  to  the  father  and  mofher  who 
watched  his  advancement  with  parental  pride. 
The  son  was  sent  to  school  in  his  own  town 
first,  but  later,  wishing  to  extend  his  educa- 
tion, went  to  Norridgewock,  a  nearby  town  in 
the  same  county,  and  attended  school  there.  Not 
wishing  to  follow  the  same  line  of  work  as  his 
father,  the  young  man  decided  to  study  law,  and 
after  passing  through  the  various  steps  neces- 
sary for  such  a  profession,  he  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  March,  1877,  by  the  Supreme  Judicial 
Court  at  Skowhegan.  In  April,  1877,  he  began 
the  practice  of  law  at  Kingfield;  in  September, 
1882,  he  was  elected  clerk  of  courts  for  Frank- 
lin county,  then  moving  to  Farmington,  where 
he  has  since  resided,  and  he  held  that  office  for 
seven  years.  In  February,  1890,  he  became  post- 
master at  Farmington,  and  held  this  office  for 
three  years.  In  May,  1893,  'le  was  elected  cash- 
ier of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Farmington, 
which  position  he  now  holds  after  a  service  of 
twenty-five  years.  On  October  5,  1897,  he  was 
appointed  judge  of  the  Municipal  Court  of  the 
town  of  Farmington,  which  office  he  held  for 
three  years.  January  I,  1901,  he  became  judge  of 
probate  for  Franklin  county  and  has  held  that 
office  by  successive  re-elections  until  the  present 
day. 

On  January  22,  1879,  the  marriage  of  Josiah 
Hinkley  Thompson  and  Sabrina  K.  Walton  was 
solemnized  in  Mercer,  Mrs.  Thompson  being  the 
ter  of  Sylvanus  B.  and  Martha  Chapman 
Walton.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thompson  have  only  one 
child,  a  daughter,  married  to  Harold  D.  King, 
their  home  being  at  No.  2609  Chelsea  terrace, 
Baltimore,  Maryland.  The  Thompson  family  and 
its  branches  arc  all  members  of  the  Congre- 
gational church  of  Farmington. 


SCOTT  WILSON.— Undoubtedly  one  of  the 
oldest  families  in  Maine  is  that  which  bears  the 
name  of  Wilson,  and  which  was  founded  there  by 
one  Gowen  Wilson,  possibly  as  early  as  1635, 
when  only  a  few  pioneers  had  entered  the  State. 
Gowen  Wilson,  according  to  the  tradition  now 
current  in  the  family,  was  a  native  of  Scotland, 


where  it  is  said  that  he  lived  in  Paisley.  Al- 
though it  is  not  possible  to  verify  the  truth  of 
this  belief,  the  balance  of  evidence  is  in  favor 
of  it  and  we  are  reasonably  assured  that  his 
birth  occurred  in  1618.  In  Maine  he  made  his 
home  in  the  early  settlement  of  Kittery,  but  the 
records  concerning  him  are  very  rare  and  we 
know  but  little  of  his  way  of  life  or  in  what 
occupation  he  was  engaged.  He  was  a  member 
i'i  the  town  of  Kittery  in  1647,  and  a  daughter 
anil  son  of  his  were  born  there,  apparently  between 
1650  and  1660.  In  1658  there  is  record  of  land  in 
that  region  being  allotted  to  him  to  the  extent 
of  twenty-four  acres.  The  name  of  his  wife  is 
unknown,  as  are  also  all  the  facts  concerning  her 
life,  save  that  she  was  the  mother  of  three  chil- 
dren, who  are  mentioned  in  her  will.  From 
Gowen  Wilson  the  line  descends  through  his 
son,  Sergeant  Joseph;  Gowen  II;  Gowen  III; 
Nathaniel  I,  a  lieutenant  in  the  Revolution;  Na- 
thaniel II;  Nathaniel  III;  and  Nathaniel  Baker, 
father  of  Scott  Wilson. 

Nathaniel  Baker  Wilson,  as  he  was  named  for 
his  mothers'  family,  was  born  on  the  old  Wilson 
estate  in  Falsmouth,  which  has  been  in  the  fam- 
ily possession  since  the  earliest  times,  July  25, 
18^7.  He  continued  to  reside  on  the  old  home- 
stead, to  which  he  added  considerably  until  it 
was  one  of  the  largest  farms  in  that  section  of  the 
country.  He  was  also  active  in  cultivating  and 
improving  it  generally  until  it  was  regarded  as  a 
model  farm.  Here  he  resided,  and  in  addition  to 
his  farm  operations  was  a  carpenter  by  trade. 
At  the  time  of  the  outbreak  of  hostilities  in  the 
Civil  War,  Mr.  Wilson  enlisted  in  the  Union 
army,  becoming  a  member  of  Company  B,  of  the 
Twenty-fifth  Regiment,  Maine  Volunteer  Infantry, 
September  30,  1862.  The  Twenty-fifth  Regiment 
was  one  of  those  detailed  to  defend  the  National 
Capital,  and  was  stationed  on  duty  at  Arlington 
Heights,  near  Washington,  where  its  chief  work  was 
in  the  construction  of  fortifications  until  Ajiril  l. 
1863.  It  was  then  ordered  to  Chantilly,  where 
it  did  picket  duty  until  July  17,  1863,  when  it  was 
mustered  out  of  service.  Mr.  Wilson  returned  to 
the  North  and  resumed  civil  life,  spending  his 
last  thirteen  years  at  West  Cumberland,  where  he 
did  business  as  a  trader.  Nathaniel  B.  Wilson 
was  a  man  of  very  retiring  disposition  and  never 
look  any  part  in  public  life,  but  he  was  highly 
honored  for  the  high  standards  of  integrity  and 
honor  and  the  public  spirit  which  he  always  dis- 
played in  his  relations  with  his  fellows.  He  mar- 
ried, November  7,  1850,  Loruhamah  Pearson 
Lcighton,  a  native  of  Cumberland,  Maine,  born 


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May  15,  1831,  daughter  of  Moses  and  Hannah 
(Pearson)  Leighton,  of  that  place.  Mrs.  Wilson, 
who  survives  her  husband,  is  a  direct  descendant 
of  William  Brewster  and  Governor  Thomas 
Prince  of  the  Plymouth  Colony;  Rev.  John  Cot- 
ton of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony,  and  seve- 
ral other  of  the  leading  Massachusetts  families, 
including  the  Rossiters,  Sears,  Pearsons  and 
Bradburys.  She  is  a  most  charitable  woman,  who 
all  her  life  has  considered  the  welfare  of  others 
more  than  her  own,  and  had  done  much  to  alle- 
viate distress  of  all  kinds  in  her  neighborhood. 
She  has  always  been  keenly  alive  to  every  ele- 
ment in  her  environment,  and  to  this  day,  at  the 
age  of  eighty-eight,  takes  the  greatest  pleasure  in 
the  multitudinous  aspects  of  nature,  and  does  con- 
siderable work  in  her  garden;  cares  for  her  do- 
mestic animals,  and  also  finds  time  to  keep  her- 
self informed  on  the  various  questions  of  the 
day.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nathaniel  B.  Wilson  the 
following  children  were  born:  George  N.,  Alnah 
L.,  Orman  H.,  Herman  M.,  and  Scott,  mentioned 
below. 

Scott  Wilson,  youngest  child  of  Nathaniel 
Baker  and  Loruhamah  Pearson  (Leighton)  Wil- 
son, was  born  January  n,  1870,  at  Falmouth, 
Maine.  He  enjoyed  an  excellent  education,  at- 
tending first  the  local  schools  of  his  native  place. 
He  passed  the  first  thirteen  years  of  his  life  at 
Falmouth  and  then  accompanied  his  parents  to 
Cumberland,  where  he  continued  his  education  in 
the  district  schools  for  two  years  longer.  He 
then  entered  the  Greeley  Institute  at  Cumberland, 
where  he  spent  another  year.  It  was  his  father's 
and  his  own  intention  that  he  should  take  a  col- 
lege course,  and  for  this  purpose  he  entered  the 
Nichols  Latin  School  at  Lewiston,  where  he  pre- 
pared himself  therefor.  In  1888  he  matriculated 
at  Bates  College,  where  he  took  the  usual  aca- 
demic course,  and  was  graduated  with  honors 
with  the  class  of  1892;  was  selected  as  a  member 
of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  chapter  at  Bates.  His 
father's  circumstances  were  by  no  means  good 
at  this  time,  but  the  young  man's  ambition  did 
not  allow  this  to  stand  in  the  way,  and  such 
money  as  was  required  over  and  above  that 
which  his  father  could  conveniently  contribute 
he  earned  himself  as  a  teacher  in  the  local 
schools,  and  particularly  at  the  Nichols  Latin 
School,  where  he  had  shortly  before  been  a  pupil. 
His  unusual  precocity  and  scholarship  are  shown 
in  the  fact  that  he  began  this  work  when  only 
seventeen  years  of  age,  and  it  was  certainly 
to  his  credit  that  while  taking  the  difficult  cour- 
ses at  Bates  College  he  should  have  been  content 


to  work  at  this  additional  task.  Another  of 
his  teaching  experiences  was  at  the  Haverford 
School,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  remained  two 
years.  As  lie  grew  into  manhood  and  the  neces- 
sity arose  for  the  choice  of  a  profession  in  life, 
Mr.  Wilson's  mind  turned  strongly  to  the  law, 
and  by  the  time  he  had  completed  his  college 
course  he  had  determined  definitely  upon  it. 
Accordingly  he  entered  the  law  office  of  Sy- 
mondc.  Snow  &  Cook,  well  known  attorneys  of 
Portland,  and  here  he  studied  his  subject  during 
the  summer  months,  alternating  with  his  teaching 
during  the  winter  in  the  College  Grammar 
School  at  Haverford,  Pennsylvania,  besides  tak- 
ing a  special  course  in  the  law  department  of  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania.  In  April,  1895,  Mr- 
Wilson  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  CumBerland 
county,  and  at  once  engaged  in  the  active  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  at  Portland.  Five  years 
later  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Eugene  L. 
Bodge,  an  association  which  continued  up  to  his 
appointment  to  the  Supreme  Bench.  The  prac- 
tice built  up  by  these  two  men  was  a  very  large 
one  and  much  important  litigation  was  entrusted 
to  their  capable  hands.  Mr.  Wilson  was,  at  the 
time  of  his  appointment  to  the  Bench,  regarded 
as  one  of  the  leaders  of  the  bar  in  Cumberland 
county.  He  resides  in  the  Deering  district  of 
Portland,  and  before  that  region  had  been  an- 
nexed to  the  city  served  as  its  city  solicitor  for 
a  year.  Upon  its  becoming  a  part  of  Portland  in 
1899,  Mr.  Wilson  was  elected  to  the  Common 
Council  of  that  city,  and  in  1900  was  president  of 
that  body.  In  1901  and  1902  he  served  as  assistant 
county  attorney  for  Cumberland  county,  and  from 
1903  to  1905  was  city  solicitor  for  Portland.  In 
politics  Mr.  Wilson  is  a  staunch  Republican,  and 
takes  a  very  active  part  in  the  local  affairs  of  that 
party.  He  is  associated  as  a  director  of  and  the 
attorney  for  the  Deering  Building  &  Loan  Asso- 
ciation, and  is  a  director  of  the  Fidelity  Trust 
Company,  and  several  other  business  corporations 
of  Portland.  Mr.  Wilson  is  a  member  of  the 
board  of  overseers  of  Bates  College,  and  was 
president  of  the  board  in  1905  and  1906.  He  is  a 
prominent  figure  in  the  social  and  club  life  of 
the  city,  and  is  affiliated  with  the  Portland,  the 
Deering,  the  Lincoln,  Portland  Athletic,  the 
Fraternity  and  Economic  clubs,  but  is  not  a  mem- 
ber of  any  secret  or  fraternal  order.  He  has  es- 
tablished a  record  both  in  his  private  capacity  as 
an  attorney  and  as  a  public  official  for  the  most 
unimpeachable  integrity  and  probity,  and  for 
great  public  spirit  and  disinterestedness.  In  1913 
Mr.  Wilson  was  elected  attorney  for  the  State  of 


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Maine,  and  served  in  that  important  capacity  un- 
til the  close  of  1915,  during  which  time  he  did 
invaluable  work  for  the  State,  prosecuting  many 
important  homicide  cases,  and  conducting  several 
important  and  unusual  hearings  before  the  legis- 
lature, including  the  removal  by  address  of  seve- 
ral of  the  sheriffs  in  the  different  counties  for 
non-enforcement  of  the  prohibition  law.  For 
six  years  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  Port- 
land School  Board,  another  connection  in  which 
he  has  proved  a  beneficial  influence  in  the  af- 
fairs of  the  city.  He  was  appointed  an  associate 
justice  of  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court  of  Maine, 
August  4,  1918. 

Mr.  Wilson  married,  December  24,  1895,  at 
Windham,  Maine,  Elizabeth  M.  Bodge,  a  native 
of  that  town,  a  daughter  of  John  Jackson  and 
Martha  Maria  (Webb)  Bodge,  of  that  town,  both 
deceased.  Mrs.  Wilson  is  a  highly  educated 
woman,  a  graduate  of  Bates  College,  a  Phi  Beta 
Kappa  student,  pursuing  her  studies  at  Rad- 
cliffe  after  her  academic  course.  One  child  has 
been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wilson,  Nathaniel 
Webb,  June  29,  1000,  and  now  a  student  at  Am- 
herst  College,  class  of  1922;  enlisted  in  the  Stu- 
dents' Army  Training  Corps  at  Amherst  in  Sep- 
tember, 1918;  discharged  December  7,  1918. 

Mr.  Wilson  is  a  man  of  unusually  strong  per- 
sonality, and  makes  a  distinct  impression  for 
good  upon  the  community  of  which  he  is  a 
member.  In  all  his  career  in  public  life,  involv- 
ing the  discharge  of  so  many  responsible  duties, 
he  never  was  questioned  as  to  the  honesty  of  his 
motives,  however  much  his  political  adversar- 
ies might  disagree  with  him  on  points  of  policy. 
His  intentions  are  universally  regarded  as  sin- 
cere, and  he  is  universally  acknowledged  to 
have  filled  his  posts  with  a  single  eye  to  the 
common  weal  and  the  most  whole-souled  imparti- 
ality and  disinterestedness.  He  is  a  most  worthy 
successor  to  his  long  lines  of  virtuous  ances- 
tors and  the  inheritor  of  their  sterling  qualities. 


PHILIP  FREELAND  CHAPMAN.  —  The 
State  of  Maine  is  famous  for  a  great  many  good 
things,  but  for  none  quite  so  good  as  its  men.  It 
has  natural  advantages,  many  and  great,  but 
after  all  is  said,  it  is  its  sons  that  give  it  the 
distinctive  character  and  the  fine  traits  and 
qualities  which  we  consider  typical  of  the  "Pine 
Tree  State."  There  have  been  but  few  tasks 
that  the  people  of  Maine  have  not  undertaken  in 
the  course  of  its  eventful  history  and  in  none  of 
these  have  they  been  other  than  successful.  As 
pioneers  and  woodsmen,  as  soldiers,  statesmen, 


business  men  and  financiers,  they  have  proven 
themselves  without  superiors.  It  is  of  a  char- 
acteristic Maine  family  which  has  long  been 
identified  with  the  life  of  that  region  that  Philip 
Freeland  Chapman,  the  distinguished  citizen  of 
Portland,  is  a  member,  and  he  displays  in  his 
own  personality  the  qualities  inherited  from  a 
long  line  of  worthy  ancestors. 

He  was  born  November  31,  1884,  at  Portland, 
Maine,  and  has  made  his  home  continuously  in 
his  native  city  ever  since.  It  was  there  that  he 
attended  school  as  a  child,  graduating  from  the 
Portland  High  School  in  1902.  He  also  attended 
school  for  one  year  at  Phillips-Exeter  Academy 
at  Exeter,  New  Hampshire.  He  then  entered 
Bowdoin  College,  from  which  institution  he  was 
graduated  with  summa  cum  laucie  honors  in  1906. 
Having  made  up  his  mind  to  follow  the  law  as 
a  profession,  he  matriculated  at  the  Harvard  Law 
School,  and  after  establishing  an  excellent  record 
for  scholarship  at  that  institution  was  graduated 
with  the  class  of  1909.  A  few  weeks  later  he 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  began  at  once  the 
practice  of  his  profession  at  Portland.  In  1915 
he  formed  a  partnership  with  Mr.  Ralph  O.  Brew- 
ster,  who  had  come  to  Portland  from  Dexter, 
Maine,  under  the  firm  name  of  Chapman  & 
Brewster. 

From  the  outset  of  his  career,  Mr.  Chapman 
has  been  unusually  successful  and  is  now  regarded 
as  one  of  the  leaders  of  the  bar  in  Cumberland 
county.  He  has  also  won  for  himself  a  promi- 
nent place  in  the  financial  and  business  circles 
of  the  community,  being  connected  with  a  num- 
ber of  important  interests  in  Portland.  He  was 
made  a  director  of  the  Chapman  National  Bank 
in  1911,  became  its  vice-president  in  1915,  and  in 
1917  was  elected  to  its  presidency,  which  re- 
sponsible office  he  now  holds.  Among  the  other 
business  institutions  with  which  he  is  connected 
it  would  be  appropriate  to  mention  the  Portland 
&  Ogdensburg  Railway,  of  which  he  is  a  direc- 
tor and  treasurer,  the  United  States  Trust  Com- 
pany of  Portland,  of  which  he  is  a  director,  and 
the  Maine  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary,  of  which  he  is  a 
trustee. 

Mr.  Chapman's  activities  with  the  life  of  the 
community  are  not  confined  to  professional  and 
business  interests,  however.  On  the  cdntrary, 
there  are  few  aspects  of  the  city's  life  in  which 
he  is  not  active  and  in  many  he  is  a  recognized 
leader.  In  public  life  he  has  taken  a  prominent 
place,  and  at  the  present  time  is  chairman  of  the 
Board  of  Health  of  the  city  of  Portland.  He  is 
a  staunch  supporter  of  the  Republican  party,  and 


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is  already  looked  upon  as  one  of  its  coming 
leaders  in  county  and  State.  He  is  also  greatly 
interested  in  charities  and  in  church  work,  and 
is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Williston  Congre- 
gational Church  of  Portland,  of  which  he  has 
been  a  deacon  for  several  years.  He  is  also  a 
director  of  the  Army  and  Navy  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association,  director  of  the  Children's 
Protective  Society  of  Portland,  and  a  director 
of  the  Associated  Charities  of  the  city,  in  which 
capacity  he  has  done  much  to  improve  the  con- 
dition of  the  less  fortunate  among  his  fellow  citi- 
zens. He  is  a  conspicuous  figure  in  social  cir- 
cles in  Portland,  and  is  affiliated  with  a  number 
of  prominent  clubs,  among  which  should  be  men- 
tioned the  Portland  Club,  the  Cumberland  Club, 
the  Country  Club,  the  Portland  Yacht  Club,  the 
Kiwanis  Club,  and  the  Portland  Athletic  Club. 
He  is  also  a  Mason.  He  is  a  great  believer  in  the 
efficacy  of  exercise  in  the  open  air  and  is  a 
particularly  enthusiastic  yachtsman  and  tennis 
player.  With  the  entry  in  1917  of  the  United 
States  into  the  World  War,  Mr.  Chapman  joined 
the  Third  Maine  Infantry  in  the  summer  of  that 
year  and  became  a  first  lieutenant  in  Company  A 
of  that  regiment  in  November  of  the  same  year. 
He  was  raised  to  the  rank  of  major  of  its  first 
battalion  in  July,  1918. 

On  October  23,  1909,  in  the  city  of  Port- 
land, Mr.  Chapman  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Gladys  Doten,  a  native  of  Portland,  daughter  of 
Roswell  F.  and  Clara  (Stevens)  Doten,  old  and 
well  known  residents  of  that  city.  To  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Chapman  three  children  have  been 'born,  as 
follows:  Virginia,  September  15,  1910;  Marion 
Carter,  October  3,  1913;  and  Philip  Freeland, 
Jr.,  August  21,  1917. 

While  it  is  common  enough  to  find  men  whose 
lives  have  accomplished  conspicuous  results  in 
the  communities  where  they  have  lived,  it  is  by 
no  means  so  easy  to  find  those,  the  net  results  of 
whose  lives  can  be  placed  without  hesitation  on 
the  credit  side  of  the  balance,  whose  influence 
has  been  without  question  enlisted  on  the  side  of 
good.  Successful  men  there  are  plenty,  but  th'e 
vast  majority  of  these  have  labored  without  ceas- 
ing in  their  own  behalf,  and  without  a  special 
regard  for  the  welfare  of  the  community-at- 
large.  Not  so  in  the  case  of  Mr.  Chapman,  who 
never  forgets  his  city  or  his  fellows  in  any  sel- 
fish ambition  and  who  works  steadily  for  the  ad- 
vancement of  all.  It  is  his  distinction  that  in 
every  phase  of  life  his  influence  is  equally  felt — 
as  the  devoted  husband  and  father,  the  kindly 
neighbor,  the  faithful  friend,  the  public  spirited 
Christian  citizen. 


CALEB  JOSEPH  EMERY,  M.D.— This  an- 
cient personal  name  long  ago  became  a  surname. 
Some  of  the  original  spellings  in  England  were 
Americ,  Almeric,  Almaric,  and  Elmeric;  and  it  is 
the  same  to  which,  in  the  Italian  form  ot  Am- 
erigo, we  now  owe  the  title  of  our  own  country. 
It  is  a  name  which  has  been  honorably  borne 
by  many  citizens  of  the  United  States,  one  which 
was  very  early  in  New  England,  and  has  been 
from  that  cradle  of  American  citizenship  dis- 
tributed over  a  wide  area.  It  was  eariy  identi- 
fied with  Maine,  and  has  been  borne  by  pioneers 
of  numerous  towns  in  this  State. 

(I)  The  first  of  whom  positive  record  is  now 
obtained   was   John    Emery,    who   with    his   wife, 
Agnes,  resided  in  Romsey,  Hants,  England,  and 
probably  died  there. 

(II)  Anthony  Emery,  second  son  of  John  and 
Agnes    Emery,    was    born    in    Romsey,    Hants, 
England,  and  sailed  for  America  with  his  elder 
brother,  John,  from  Southampton,  April  3,   1635, 
in  the  ship  James,  of  London,  William  Cooper,  mas- 
ter,  their   wives   and   one    or   two   children   each 
probably   accompanying   them.     They   landed   in 
Boston,   Massachusetts,   June   3,    1635.     Anthony, 
it   seems,   was   in  .Ipswich,   in   August   following, 
and  not  long  after  settled  in  Newbury,  where  he 
lived  until  about  1640.     In  the  latter  year  he  re- 
moved to   Dover,   New   Hampshire,  and   on   Oc- 
tober 22  of  that  year  signed  the  "Dover  Combi- 
nation."    For   the   nine   years   following   he   was 
identified   with    the   interests   of   the   town.     His 
house  was  at  Dover  Neck,  about  a  mile  from  the 
present  railroad  station  at  Dover  Point,  and  three 
or    four    miles    from    Major    Richard    Waldern's 
(Waldron's)    settlement    on    the    Cocheco    river. 
There  he  kept  an  ordinary  or  inn,  which  was  de- 
stroyed by  fire.     In  1644  and  1648  he  was  one  of 
the    townsmen    (selectmen)    for    the    "prudential 
affairs"    of   Dover.      He   bought    of   John    White, 
November  15,  1648,  a  house,  a  field,  and  a  great 
barren  marsh  on  Sturgeon  creek,  in  Pischataqua, 
afterward    Kittery,   now    Eliot,    Maine,    and    two 
other  marshes.     He  served  on  the  grand  jury  in 
1649,  and  in  the  same  year  removed  to  Kittery, 
where   he   resided   until    1660.     He   was   juryman 
several   times,   selectman   in    1652   and    1659,   and 
constable.     He  was  one  of  the  forty-one  inhabi- 
tants   of   Kittery   who   acknowledged   themselves 
subject    to    the    government     of     Massachusetts 
Bay,   November    16,    1652.     He    received   at   four 
different  times  grants  of  land  from  the  town.    He 
also   bought    of   Joseph    Austin,    of    Pischataqua, 
July    15,    1650,    "a    little    Marsh    soe    Commonly 
called  above  sturgeon  Cricke,  with  a  little  house 
and  upland  yrunto  belonging,  as  also  one  thou- 


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sand  five  hundred  footc  of  boards,  for  &  in  Con- 
sideration of  Two  stears  Called  by  ye  name  of 
Draggon  and  Bcnbow,  with  a  weeks  worke  of 
himsclfe  &  other  two  oxen  wch  is  to  be  done  in 
Cutcheco."  In  1656  he  was  fined  five  pounds  for 
mutinous  courage  in  questioning  the  authority  of 
the  court  of  Kittery,  and  in  1660  he  was  fined  a 
second  time  for  entertaining  Quakers,  and  de- 
prived of  the  rights  and  privileges  of  a  freeman  in 
Kittery.  On  May  12,  of  this  year,  he  sold  to 
his  son  James  all  his  property  in  Kittery,  and 
sought  a  residence  where  he  could  enjoy  more 
liberty.  He  removed  to  Portsmouth,  Rhode  Is- 
land, and  was  there  received  as  a  free  inhabitant, 
September  29,  1660.  He  served  as  a  juryman  from 
Portsmouth  on  several  occasions,  was  chosen  con- 
stable, June  4,  1666,  and  deputy  to  the  General 
Court,  April  25,  1672.  The  last  evidence  of  his 
residence  at  Portsmouth  is  that  of  a  deed  of 
land  in  Portsmouth  to  Rebecca  Sadler,  his 
daughter,  dated  March  9,  1680.  An  Anthony  Em- 
ory was  representative  from  Kittery  at  York, 
Maine,  March  30,  1680,  but  it  does  not  seem  prob- 
able after  what  had  happened  to  that  time  that 
Anthony  Emery,  the  immigrant,  is  the  person 
referred  to.  He  was  a  man  of  good  business 
qualifications,  energetic,  independent,  resolute  in 
purpose,  bold  in  action,  severe  in  speech,  jeal- 
ous of  his  own  rights,  and  willing  to  suffer  for 
conscience  sake.  He  was  one  of  those  men  who 
did  their  own  thinking  and  would  rather  be 
right  than  be  president.  His  wife's  forename 
was  Frances.  His  children  were:  James,  a  son 
unknown,  and  Rebecca. 

(Ill)  James  Emery,  eldest  child  of  Anthony 
and  Frances  Emery,  was  born  in  England  about 
1630,  and  came  to  America  with  his  parents.  He 
was  the  grantee  of  lands  in  Kittery  in  1653-56- 
69-71;  was  selectman  of  Kittery,  1674- 76"- 77-84- 
85-92-93-95;  was  elected  representative  to  the 
General  Court,  1693-95;  and  was  grand  juror  and 
constable  in  1670.  He  seems  to  have  resided  in 
Dedham  after  he  was  elected  representative,  and 
later  to  have  lived  in  Berwick,  in  the  Province  of 
Maine.  He  weighed  over  three  hundred  and  fifty 
pounds,  and  is  said  to  have  made  the  journey 
from  his  home  to  Boston,  his  carriage  being  a 
chair  placed  in  an  ox  cart  drawn  by  a  yoke  of 
steers.  This  mode  of  conveyance  was  necessary 
as  there  was  not  in  Kittery  a  carriage  large 
enough  to  carry  him  over  the  rough  roads  safely. 
He  is  supposed  to  have  died  in  1714  or  earlier. 
He  married  (first)  Elizabeth  -  — ,  who  died 
after  1687;  and  (second)  December  28,  1695,  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  (Newcomb)  Pidge,  widow  and  second 


wife  of  John  Pidgc,  of  Dedham,  Massachusetts. 
His  children,  all  by  first  wife,  were:  James, 
Zachariah,  Noah,  Daniel,  Job,  Elizabeth  and 
Sarah. 

(IV)  Daniel  Emery,  fourth  son  of  James  Em- 
cry,  born   September    13,   1667,   died   October    15, 
1722.     He   resided   in    Kittery   and   Berwick,   and 
was  a  noted  surveyor.     He  was  surveyor  of  Kit- 
tery from  1706  to  1713;  selectman  several  years. 
In    1718   he    was    one    of    the    commissioners    to 
mark  the  line  between  Kittery  and  Berwick.     He 
was  moderator  in  1707  and  1718.     He  was  elected 
deacon  of  the  Berwick  church  in  May,  1703,  and 
elder,   November   21,    1720.     His   will   was   dated 
April   5,    1722,   and   proved   November   following. 
He   married,   March    17,    1695,   Margaret   Gowen, 
alias   Smith,  born   November   15,   1678,   died   No- 
vember   21,    1751.      Children    born    in    Berwick: 
Daniel,  June  25,  1697;  Noah,  December  n,  1699; 
Simmons,  January  6,  1702;  Zachariah,  March   12, 
1704-05;  Margaret,  March  3,  1707,  married  Stephen 
Tobey,  died  s.  p.,  1795;  Caleb,  mentioned  below; 
Ann,  born   March    19,    1712-13;   Joshua,  .June   30, 
1715;  Tirzah,  September  19,  1717;  Huldah,  August 
4.   1720- 

(V)  Caleb   Emery,  son  of  Daniel   Emery,  was 
born   in   Berwick,   Maine,   October   17,   1710.     He 
was  king's  attorney  in   1761.     He  was  a  lawyer, 
a    farmer    and    tanner.      He    read    law    with    his 
brother  Noah  and  was  admitted  to  the  Court  of 
Common    Pleas   in    1750.     He   was  a  lawyer   of 
ability    and    of    peaceful    character,    discouraging 
litigation  even  after  he  had  entered  the  legal  pro- 
fession.    He  married  Mary  Hambleton  and  had 
a    son,    Caleb,    mentioned    below.       Probably    other 
children. 

(VI)  Colonel   Caleb   (2)    Emery,   son  of   Caleb 
(i)   Emery,  born  April  6,   1741,  died  at  Sanford, 
Maine,  March  4,   1825.    At  seventeen  years  of  age 
he  was  a  soldier  in  the  French  and  Indian  War; 
at    Lake    George    in    1758;    probably    in    Captain 
James  Gowen's  company,  Colonel  Jedediah  Pre- 
ble's  regiment  from  April  to  September;   in   Sir 
William   Pepperill's   expedition  in   1759;   corporal 
in   Captain  Joshua   Moody's   company   from   No- 
vember, 1759,  to  January,  1761;  sergeant  in  Cap- 
tain   Simon   JcfTerd's    company    from    December, 
1761,  to  May,   1762.     He  removed  from   Berwick 
to   Sanford  about   1773,  where  he  resided   for  more 
than    fifty    years,    a    tanner,    shoemaker,    potash 
manufacturer,  trader,  innholder,  one  of  the  most 
prominent  men  of  the   town.     He  serve'd  in  the 
Revolution  from  May  19  to  July  18,  1777,  in  Cap- 
tain Abel  Moulton's  company,  Colonel  Jonathan 
Titcomb's  regiment;  was  a  member  of  the  com- 


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mittee  of  safety  in  1782;  was  captain  in  the  mili- 
tia in  1785,  major  in  1786,  colonel  in  1788.  He  was 
town  clerk  :n  1780,  selectman  several  years;  rep- 
resentative to  the  General  Court  in  1785-86;  dep- 
uty sheriff  in  1784-86;  justice  of  the  peace;  post- 
master. He  was  one  of  the  nine  original  mem- 
bers of  the  church  in  1786,  and  its  first  deacon. 
In  politics  he  was  a  radical  Federalist.  He  was 
one  of  the  original  grantees  of  Porter,  Maine,  and 
1793  built  the  first  saw  mill  in  that  town.  He 
married  (first)  in  1764,  Elizabeth  Gowen,  born 
September  15,  1743,  died  August  17,  1799.  He 
married  (second)  February  21,  1802,  Elizabeth 
Emery,  died  February  26,  1812,  daughter  of  Simon 
and  Elizabeth  (Bean)  Emery.  He  married 
(third)  in  1812  (published  November  14)  Mrs. 
Hannah  Gould,  born  1746,  daughter  of  Rev.  John 
and  Susanna  (Sweet)  Hovey,  and  widow  of  James 
Gould,  of  Kennebunkport,  Maine.  Children:  Wil- 
liam, mentioned  below;  Elizabeth,  born  October 
21,  1771.  Probably  others. 

(VII)  William  Emery,  son  of  Colonel  Caleb  (2) 
Emery,  born  March  23,  1765,  died  March  2,  1848. 
He    resided    in     Sanford,    Maine.      He    married 
in     1786,     Mary     Salter,     born     March     8,     1761, 
died  May  2,  1842,  daughter  of  Captain  Titus  Sal- 
ter,  of   Portsmouth,   New   Hampshire.     Children 
born     in     Sanford:     Caleb,     mentioned     below; 
Thomas   S.,  born   May   13,   1789;   William,   April 
10,    1791;   John   S.,   June    n,    1793;    Elizabeth   B., 
August  i,  1795,  married,  October  5,  1817,  Henry 
Hamilton,  Jr.,  died  April  2,   1818;  Mary  A.,  No- 
vember  3,    1797,    died    August    29,    1882,    unmar- 
ried; Hannah  B.,  September  16,  1799;  Sarah,  De- 
cember 10,  1801;  Abigail,  March  31,  1804,  died  Oc- 
tober i,   1825,  unmarried;  Samuel  B.,  August  29, 
1806. 

(VIII)  Dr.    Caleb    (3)    Emery,    eldest    son    of 
William   Emery,   born    in    Sanford,    Maine,    June 
17,  1787,  died  February  16,  1831.    He  married,  Oc- 
tober 14,  1813,  Mary  Ann  Chandler,  born  March 
19,   1794,  died  August  8,   1872,  daughter   of   Rev. 
Samuel  Chandler,  of  Eliot.     He  resided  at  Eliot, 
Maine,  where  he  was  a  practicing  physician.     He 
was  captain  of  the  militia  at  nineteen;  member  of 
the  Massachusetts  Medical  Society  in  1820;  mem- 
ber of  the  governor's   council  of  Maine  in   1830. 
His  death  was  sudden.     Children  born  in  Eliot, 
Maine:   Chandler  Spring,  mentioned  below;  Sarah 
S.,  born  September  16,  1816,  died  in  Maiden,  Mas- 
sachusetts, February  21,  1860;  Elizabeth  S.,  April 
9,   1818,   died  July   5,   1849;   Caleb,  April  3,   1820, 
died    in    Augusta,    Georgia,    December    16,    1872; 
Lydia  S.,  October  8,   1822;   William  H.,  November 
19,  1827,  draftsman  at  Kittery  Navy  Yard. 


(IX)  Chandler  Spring  Emery,  son  of  Dr.  Caleb 
(3)    Emery,   was   born   in   Eliot,    Maine,   July   25, 
1814.      He    attended    the    schools    of    Eliot,    and 
entered  the  Bowdoin  College,  but  on  account  of 
the  death  of  his  father  was  obliged  to  leave  be- 
fore   graduating.      He    removed    to    Florida    and 
settled    in    Mandarin,    where    he   practiced   his   pro- 
fession.     Later  he  removed  to  Jacksonville,  and 
was  judge  of  the  Municipal  Court  there  for  many 
years.      He  married  Elizabeth  Saunders,  born  in 
Jacksonville,    Florida.      He    died   suddenly,    July 
20,  1880.      Children:     Chandler  S.,  born  in  Jack- 
sonville, physician  in  Florida;  Caleb  J.,  mentioned 
below;   Alpheus   Spring,   resided   in   Jacksonville, 
Florida;  Anna  Maria,  born  in  Eliot,  Maine,  died 
in  Jacksonville,   1903;  William,  born  in  Jackson- 
ville,  Florida,  died  in  infancy;  Thomas,  born  in 
Jacksonville,  died  in  infancy. 

(X)  Dr.  Caleb  Joseph  Emery,  son  of  Chandler 
Spring   Emery,   was   born   in   Mandarin,    Florida, 
April   16,   1846.     He  was   educated   in   the   public 
schools  of  Mandarin  and  at  the  Lavilla  Institute 
at   Lavilla,   Florida.      In    1863   he   was  appointed 
surgeon  steward  of  the  United  States  steamship 
Yantic,  and  served  during  the  Civil  War  and  until 
1866,  when  he  came  north  and  took  up  the  study 
of   medicine   under   Dr.    Parsons,   of   Ayer   Junc- 
tion, Massachusetts.      In  the  fall  of  1869,  he  en- 
tered the  Brunswick  Medical  School,  from  which 
he   was   graduated   with   the   degree    of   M.D.    in 
1871;  attended  Harvard  Medical  College  in  1870. 
He   opened   an   office   in    Biddeford,   Maine,   and 
has   practiced   in   that   city   to   the   present   time. 
He   has   taken   high    rank   in  his   profession   and 
enjoys    a   large    practice.       In    politics    Dr.    Emery 
is  a  Democrat,  and  has   taken  an  active  part  in 
municipal   politics.      He   has  been  a   member   of 
the    Board    of    Health    for    several    years;    three 
years    a    member    of    the    school    board,    and    city 
physician  for  many  years.     He  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Common  Council  and  Board  of  Alder- 
men, two  years  in  each  body,  with  an  excellent 
record  as  a  city  official.      He  was  United  States 
pension    examiner    for    many    years,    director    of 
the  Biddeford  National  Bank.      He  was  director 
and  senior  surgeon  of  the  Webber  Hospital  for 
a  number  of  years.     He  is  a  prominent  and  pop- 
ular Free  Mason,  member  of  Dunlap  Lodge,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons;  York  Chapter,  Royal  Arch 
Masons;   Maine  Council,   Royal  and  Select  Mas- 
ters;   and    of    Bradford    Commandery,    Knights 
Templars.      In  religion  he  is  a  Universalist. 

Dr.  Emery  married,  August  6,  1876,  Luella  D. 
Bassick,  born  April  15,  1844,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Bassick,  of  Belfast,  Maine.  Children  born  at 


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Biddeford:  I.  Grace  Chandler,  born  April  14, 
1879;  a  student  at  Tufts  Dental  College;  married 
Fred  B.  Wheaton,  graduate  of  Tufts  Dental  Col- 
lege. 2.  Helen  B.,  born  August  10,  1886;  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  Biddeford,  St. 
(Gabriel's  School,  Peekskill,  New  York,  and  grad- 
uated from  the  Chicago  Musical  College  in  1905; 
married  Dr.  Fred  F.  Fair,  of  Chicago,  Illinois; 
one  son,  F.  Emery  Fair. 


HENRY  WALTER  OAKES— The  subject  of 
this  sketch  is  a  resident  of  Auburn,  Maine,  and 
at  present  the  judge  of  the  Superior  Court  for 
the  county  of  Androscoggin.  He  had  a  long 
record  of  successful  practice  at  the  bar  of  the 
State  before  his  appointment  to  the  bench  in 
July,  1917.  The  history  of  the  Oakes  family  in 
America  dates  from  the  arrival  of  two  emigrants, 
the  brothers,  Edward  and  Thomas  Oakes,  who 
first  appeared  in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  in 
1640,  and  in  May,  1642,  were  made  freemen  to- 
gether. The  elder  brother,  Edward  Oakes,  was 
born  about  1604,  in  England,  and  died  October 
13,  1689,  in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  leaving 
several  children,  of  whom  the  most  distinguished 
was  Urian  Oakes,  who  became  president  of  Har- 
vard College  in  1680.  Henry  Walter  Oakes  is 
descended  from  the  line  'of  Thomas  Oakes,  the 
second  brother  of  the  two  who  originally  came 
from  England.  Thomas  Oakes  was  a  farmer, 
his  house  standing  on  the  west  side  of  what  is 
now  Jarden  street,  near  Concord  avenue,  in  Cam- 
briege.  He  died  in  1658,  leaving  a  widow,  Eliza- 
beth. Thomas  (2)  Oakes,  his  son,  was  born  in 
Cambridge,  March  18,  1659,  and  married,  May  22, 
1689,  Sarah  Tufts.  Edward  Oakes,  the  second 
child  of  Thomas  (2)  Oakes,  was  born  in  1692. 
Nathan  Oakes,  the  fourth  son  of  Edward  Oakes, 
was  born  April  14,  1728,  in  Medford,  Massachu- 
setts. He  moved  to  North  Yarmouth,  Maine, 
about  1750;  married  October  7,  1751,  and  had,  by 
several  marriages,  ten  children,  of  whom  the 
third,  John,  was  born  May  24,  1759.  John 
Oakes  married  (first)  Patience  Mason,  and  re- 
moved to  Temple,  Maine,  in  1813.  He  married 
(second)  Susannah  P.  Staples,  and  there  were  in 
all  twenty-four  children  born  in  his  family. 

Silvester  Oakes,  son  of  John  and  Susannah  P. 
(Staples)  Oakes,  was  born  at  Temple,  Maine,  March 
31,  1820.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  place,  and  received  his  professional  train- 
ing at  the  medical  school  at  Dartmouth  College, 
from  which  he  graduated.  He  opened  an  of- 
fice in  Auburn,  and  in  the  course  of  years  built 
an  excellent  practice  in  that  town  and  its  vicin- 


ity, and  was  widely  known  and  esteemed.  He 
was  always  public-spirited  and  active  in  politics. 
He  was  a  Republican  of  wide  influence  and  strict 
loyalty  from  the  earliest  days  of  the  party  until 
his  death.  President  Lincoln  appointed  him  post- 
master at  Auburn,  and  he  retained  the  office  until 
President  Johnson' came  into  power.  In  1871  he 
was  a  member  of  the  board  of  aldermen,  and  in 
1873  declined  the  nomination  of  his  party  for 
mayor  of  the  city  of  Auburn.  In  1855  and  1885 
he  was  a  representative  in  the  State  Legislature. 
He  was  a  faithful  member  and  a  liberal  sup- 
porter of  the  Congregational  church  of  Auburn. 
Dr.  Oakes  married,  in  1848,  Hannah  Eliza  Kil- 
bournc,  daughter  of  Dr.  William  Kilbourne,  and 
they  became  the  parents  of  three  children:  Wal- 
lace K.,  of  further  mention;  Henry  Walter,  of 
further  mention;  and  Eliza  Belle,  born  December 
18,  1862,  now  of  Auburn.  Dr.  Oakes  died  March 
31,  1887,  at  the  age  of  sixty-seven.  His  record 
as  a  physician  is  incorporated  with  honor  in  the 
professional  annals,  and  the  narrative  of  his  ca- 
reer as  a  citizen  forms  a  worthy  chapter  in  the 
history  of  his  State.  Mrs.  Oakes  survived  her 
husband  many  years,  her  death  occurring  August 
8,  1910,  when  she  had  attained  the  advanced  age 
of  eighty-two. 

Wallace  K.  Oakes,  eldest  son  of  Silvester  and 
Hannah  Eliza  (Kilbourne)  Oakes,  was  born  No- 
vember 6,  1850.  He  was  a  physician  and  sur- 
geon of  great  skill,  whose  reputation  extended 
through  the  New  England  and  Middle  States. 
He  was  one  of  the  founders  and  leading  surgeons 
of  the  Central  Maine  General  Hospital  and  was 
for  many  years  the  physician  and  surgeon  at 
the  Poland  Spring  House,  where  he  had  the  care 
of  its  guests  from  all  parts  of  the  world.  He 
married  E.  Emma  Dyer,  daughter  of  Stephen  K. 
Dyer,  of  Portland,  and  two  children  were  born 
to  them:  Methyl,  wife  of  John  G.  Palfrey,  of 
Boston,  Massachusetts,  and  Herbert  H.,  a  banker 
of  New  York  City.  Dr.  Oakes  died  July  8,  1910. 

Henry  Walter  Oakes,  youngest  son  of  Sil- 
vester and  Hannah  Eliza  (Kilbourne)  Oakes, 
was  born  April  26,  1857,  in  Auburn,  Maine.  He 
received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
that  place,  and  was  graduated  from  Edward  Lit- 
tle High  School  and  afterwards  from  Bates  Col- 
lege in  1877,  receiving  from  the  latter  the  de- 
grees of  Bachelor  of  Arts  and  Master  of  Arts. 
For  a  year  after  graduation  Mr.  Oakes  taught 
in  the  Auburn  High  School  and  later  a  short  time 
in  the  Auburn  Grammar  School,  meanwhile  pur- 
suing the  study  of  law  with  the  firm  of  Frye, 
Cotton  &  White,  of  Lewiston,  Maine.  In  May, 


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1880,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  began  prac- 
tice shortly  afterwards  in  Auburn,  becoming  a 
partner  of  Nathan  W.  Harris.  In  1884  he  went 
into  partnership  with  Albert  R.  Savage,  later 
chief  justice  of  the  State  of  Maine,  the  connec- 
tion being  dissolved  in  1897,  when  the  latter  was 
elevated  to  the  bench.  Mr.  Oakes  then  prac- 
tised alone  until  1899,  when  he  became  senior 
member  of  the  firm  of  Oakes,  Pulsifer  &  Lud- 
den,  with  an  extensive  legal  business.  In  July, 
1917,  Mr.  Oakes  was  appointed  the  first  justice 
of  the  new  Superior  Court  of  Androscoggin 
county  for  the  term  of  seven  years. 

In  public  life  Judge  Oakes  has  borne  a  promi- 
nent part,  always  giving  his  allegiance  to  the  Re- 
publican party.  He  has  filled  a  number  of  of- 
fices, serving  in  the  city  government  and  on  the 
school  committee.  He  also  served  as  city  at- 
torney and  county  attorney,  and  in  the  sessions 
of  1903  and  1905  was  a  member  of  the  Legisla- 
ture. He  afterwards  served  for  several  years  as 
chairman  of  the  Enforcement  Commission.  His 
record  while  in  office  gave  thorough  satisfaction 
to  all  those  of  his  fellow-citizens  who  believed 
in  good  government  and  progressive  methods. 
For  fifteen  years  Judge  Oakes  has  been  a  di- 
rector in  the  Lewiston  Trust  Company,  and  has 
long  served  as  a  trustee  of  the  Public  Library 
of  Auburn,  and  as  a  trustee  of  Bates  College.  He 
is  a  Phi  Beta  Kappa  man.  He  is  a  thirty-sec- 
ond degree  Mason,  a  past  supreme  warden  of 
the  New  England  Order  of  Protection,  and  af- 
filiated with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows, Modern  Woodmen,  and  Independent  Order 
of  Foresters.  He  is  an  active  member  of  the 
Congregational  church. 

Judge  Oakes  married,  June  24,  1885,  at 
Phillips,  Maine,,  Thalia  R.  Toothaker,  a  native 
of  that  place,  and  a  daughter  of  Raymond  and 
Eliza  (Church)  Toothaker,  both  of  whom  are  de- 
ceased. Mrs.  Toothaker  was  a  descendant  of 
Major  Benjamin  Church,  a  prominent  figure  in 
the  Colonial  and  Indian  wars.  Two  sons  were 
born  to  Judge  and  Mrs.  Oakes:  I.  Raymond 
Silvester,  born  June  23,  1887,  graduated  from 
Bates  College  in  1909,  and  from  Georgetown  Uni- 
versity Law  School  in  1912,  and  has  since  prac- 
ticed law  in  Portland;  married  (first)  June  28, 
1910,  Fannie  P.  Jordan,  of  Auburn,  Maine, 
who  died  July  n,  1911.  Of  this  marriage  was 
born  a  son,  July  8,  1911,  Henry  Walter  (2).  He 
married  (second)  December  26,  1912,  Elizabeth  A. 
Taliaferro,  of  Washington,  District  of  Columbia, 
by  whom  he  has  one  son,  Granville  Wallace,  born 
January  19,  1916.  2.  Wallace  T.,  born  March  12, 
1890,  died  September  12,  1913. 


WILLIAM  HOWARD  GANNETT— A  list  of 
celebrities  in  the  State  of  Maine  would  be  in- 
complete without  the  name  of  William  Howard 
Gannett,  one  of  the  most  striking  figures  in  the 
business  and  social  world  of  Augusta.  No  so- 
ciety function  is  held  but  that  some  member  of 
his  family  is  present,  and  the  personnel  of  every 
public  enterprise  invariably  includes  him.  His 
temperament  is  extremely  optimistic,  sympathetic 
and  generous,  which  with  his  inborn  refinement 
and  genial  manner  makes  him  one  of  the  most 
popular  men  in  that  section. 

Born  in  Augusta,  February  10,  1854,  son  °f 
Joseph  Farley  and  Mary  E.  (Patterson)  Gannett, 
he  is  a  descendant  on  both  father's  and  mother's 
side  of  a  long  line  of  public  spirited  men  dis- 
tinguished for  their  keen  intelligence  and  pro- 
gressiveness.  From  them  he  has  inherited  his 
business  enterprise,  his  determination  to  over- 
come all  obstacles,  which  have  made  him  the  suc- 
cessful business  man  that  he  is.  The  story  of 
the  life  of  William  Howard  Gannett  is  almost 
like  a  fairy  tale,  telling  as  it  does  of  his  fight 
against  adverse  circumstances  in  the  founding 
and  upbuilding  of  a  large  and  prosperous  indus- 
try. In  his  early  boyhood  his  parents  were  in 
straightened  financial  conditions,  so  the  boy's 
early  advantages  were  meager,  his  school  life 
coming  to  an  end  when  he  was  only  eigtit  years 
old.  The  family  consisted  of  fourteen  children, 
of  whom  he  was  the  twelfth,  and  each  one  had 
to  give  his  or  her  quota  to  the  general  support 
and  assistance.  Fortunately  for  the  son,  William 
H.,  his  physical  strength  was  quite  sufficient  to 
withstand  the  strain  of  those  early  years,  while 
his  mental  qualities  enabled  him  to  grasp  every 
opportunity  to  gain  an  education.  By  study, 
reading  and  cultivated  associations  he  has  at- 
tained a  development  of  culture  and  mental  power 
that  many  graduates  of  college  might  well  envy 
— a  self-educated  and  a  self-made  man. 

Mr.  Gannett  acquired  his  first  business  experi- 
ence in  a  novelty  store  in  his  native  city;  begin- 
ning as  clerk  in  his  boyhood,  when  a  young  man 
he  formed  a  partnership  with  W.  W.  Morse  and 
bought  and  successfully  conducted  the  business 
of  his  former  employer.  In  1887,  they  began 
the  publication  of  a  small  monthly  magazine 
called  Comfort,  Mr.  Morse  giving  his  time  and  at- 
tention to  the  novelty  store  while  Mr.  Gannett 
conducted  the  publishing  end.  Though  handi- 
capped at  the  start  by  lack  of  sufficient  capital, 
through  the  untiring  efforts  of  Mr.  Gannett  the 
enterprise  grew  so  rapidly  that  in  three  years 
Comfort  had  attained  a  nation-wide  circulation  in 
excess  of  a  million  copies  monthly,  and  the  estab- 


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lishment  had  outgrown  its  quarters;  so  Mr.  Gan- 
nett decided  to  build  a  plant  of  his  own  suited 
to  the  requirements  of  his  publishing  business  of 
which  he  had  become  sole  proprietor.  He  pur- 
chased a  wooden  building  and  large  lot  of  land 
which  formerly  had  been  owned  by  Mr.  Gannctt's 
great-great-grandfather,  Captain  Howard,  and 
here  the  young  man  built  a  large,  brick,  fire- 
proof structure  adjoining  the  first  one,  installing 
one  of  the  largest  web  perfecting  presses  then 
in  existence. 

About  this  time  Mr.  Gannett  conceived  the  idea 
of  printing  some  pages  of  his  periodical  in  colors, 
though  there  was  no  color  press  at  the  time 
capable  of  running  off  his  edition  in  a  month; 
but  with  his  customary  quickness  of  perception, 
he  determined  upon  a  method,  and  gave  Hoe  & 
Company,  in  1892,  an  order  to  build  a  web-per- 
fecting color  press,  designed  expressly  for  his 
purpose,  the  first  web-perfecting  color  press  ever 
constructed.  The  cost  of  this  wonderful  mecha- 
nism was  fifty  thousand  dollars.  Mr.  Gannett 
may  properly  be  called  the  pioneer  in  the  color- 
page  supplement  business.  The  circulation  of 
Comfort  now  exceeds  one  million  two  hundred 
and  fifty  thousand,  the  largest  farm  circulation  in 
the  world,  and  the  growth  of  the  business  has 
necessitated  the  erection  of  of  other  buildings 
and  further  additions  to  the  equipment  of  the 
plant. 

While  devoting  most  of  his  life  to  the  upbuild- 
ing of  this  achievement  Mr.  Gannett  has  taken 
an  active  part  in  political  affairs,  he  having  rep- 
resented his  city  in  the  State  Legislature  for 
two  years,  1903-05.  He  is  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics. He  and  his  family  are  members  of  the 
Universalist  church.  Mr.  Gannett  is  a  director 
of  the  Augusta  Trust  Company;  a  trustee  of 
the  Kennebec  Savings  Bank,  and  in  addition  to 
these,  president  of  the  Augusta  City  Hall  Asso- 
ciation. He  is  greatly  interested  in  fraternal 
orders,  being  a  Free  Mason  of  some  note;  a. 
member  of  Bethlehem  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons;  of  Cushnoc  Chapter,  Royal  Arch 
Masons;  of  Alpha  Council,  Royal  and  Select 
Masters;  of  Trinity  Commandery,  Knights  Tem- 
plar, and  of  Kora  Temple,  Order  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine.  Also  of  Asylum  Lodge,  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Canton  Augusta,  Patri- 
archs Militant,  and  of  the  Abnaki  Club  of 
Augusta. 

A  few  years  ago  a  large  tract  of  timber  land 
of  about  six  hundred  acres,  known  as  "Nigger 
Hill,"  lay  in  a  wild,  uncultivated  state,  nearly 
resembling  "the  forest  primeval ;"  here  Nature 


had  lavished  beauties  never  considered  by  those 
who  carelessly  sauntered  through  its  wilds,  but 
Mr.  Gannett  realized  the  possibilities  of  the  sit- 
uation and  decided  to  make  this  spot  his  home. 
At  great  expense,  and  a  hardly  imagined  amount 
of  labor,  the  place  has  been  transformed  into  a 
beautiful  park,  which  the  owner  has  renamed 
"Ganeston  Park."  The  natural  beauties  are  left 
intact;  the  unsightly  portions  converted  into  rus- 
tic nooks  and  turns;  abrupt  declivities  being 
spanned  by  bridges  which  only  serve  to  add  to 
the  depth  of  the  chasms  thus  disclosed.  Some 
of  the  finest  roads  in  Maine  wind  around  the  hills, 
and  at  every  few  turns  the  little  Kennedy  brook 
may  be  met;  in  a  few  spots  it  has  been  con- 
verted into  miniature  lakes,  only  to  overflow  into 
the  brook  again.  He  has  further  enhanced  the 
magic  charm  of  this  paradise  of  improved  nature 
by  erecting  here  and  there  a  unique  building,  in- 
cluding the  house  in  the  trees  and  Philippine 
bungalow.  Howard  Hall,  another  conspicuous 
feature,  is  over  a  hundred  years  old  and  was 
originally  a  huge  barn  on  the  ancestral  estate  of 
the  Howards  of  whom  Mr.  Gannett  is  a  descend- 
ant. He  moved  this  ancient  structure  onto  his 
grounds  and  has  converted  it  into  a  beautiful 
dance  and  banquet  hall  and  museum  of  curios, 
many  of  them  treasured  heirlooms  of  his  and  his 
wife's  ancestors.  Here  has  been  built  one  of 
the  most  beautiful  homes  in  Augusta,  where 
William  Howard  Gannett  and  his  family  dis- 
pense lavish  hospitality  to  their  numerous  friends; 
among  them  may  be  counted  governors,  judges, 
statesmen,  men  high  in  the  arts  and  sciences, 
and  simple,  common  plain  friends,  all  alike  in  the 
reception  accorded  them  by  the  man  who  brought 
such  order  out  of  chaos. 

Among  the  notable  social  functions  that  have 
given  celebrity  to  Ganeston  Park  was  the  clam- 
bake and  reception  given  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gan- 
nett to  the  Governor's  Foot  Guard  in  the  sum- 
mer of  1912  on  the  occasion  of  the  visit  of  that 
famous  Connecticut  military  organization  to 
dedicate  a  monument  at  old  Fort  Western,  in 
Augusta,  to  commemorate  the  participation  of 
former  members  of  their  company  in  the  expedi- 
tion against  Quebec,  led  by  General  Benedict 
Arnold,  and  which  made  an  extended  halt  at  the 
fort  in  the  fall  of  1775.  It  was  a  large  and  distin- 
guished party  including,  besides  the  guests  of 
honor,  Governor  and  Mrs.  Plaisted  and  many 
other  gentlemen  and  ladies  prominent  in  of- 
ficial and  social  life.  A  peculiar  eclat  attached 
to  this  event  because,  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
seven  years  before,  Mr.  Gannett's  great-great- 


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grandfather  had  entertained  the  first  members  of 
the  Foot  Guards  together  with  Arnold's  entire 
force  and  the  garrison  of  the  fort  at  a  grand 
barbecue  at  which  a  bear  and  two  cubs  roasted 
whole  had  graced  the  feast. 

William  Howard  Gannett  married  Sarah  Neil 
Hill,  born  July  19,  1858,  daughter  of  James  Hill, 
of  New  Market,  New  Hampshire.  They  have 
three  children,  all  born  in  Augusta:  I.  Grace  B., 
born  June  13,  1880;  married,  February  20,  1909, 
Dr.  Donald  B.  Cragin,  of  Waterville,  Maine,  a 
prominent  physician  and  surgeon;  he  was  par- 
ticularly active  in  all  war  work.  They  have  three 
children:  William  Gannett,  born  August  22,  1911; 
Robert  Belcher,  born  March  24,  1913;  George 
Stephenson,  born  May  28,  1918.  2.  Guy  Patter- 
son of  whom  further.  3.  Florence  Lillian,  born 
June  23,  1890;  married,  September  28,  1916,  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel Francis  Hamilton  Farnum,  G.S.,  born 
in  Pennsylvania ;  they  have  one  child,  Henrietta, 
born  October  14,  1917.  Colonel  Farnum  is  a  West 
Point  graduate  and  in  the  World  War  saw  active 
service  on  the  firing  line.  Colonel  and  Mrs. 
Farnum's  wedding  was  one  of  the  most  beautiful 
seen  in  Augusta  for  many  years,  taking  place  in 
Ganeston  Park  and  conducted  with  full  military 
eclat. 

The  Gannett's  family  ancestry  embraces  many 
men  and  women  prominent  in  the  history  of 
America;  his  paternal  grandfather  was  Major 
Barsillai  Gannett,  a  graduate  of  Harvard  Uni- 
versity, class  of  1785,  when  that  college  was  in 
its  early  days.  He  was  later  a  member  of  Con- 
gress. The  great-grandfather  was  Joseph  Gan- 
nett, a  captain  in  the  Revolutionary  War. 
Among  Mr.  Gannett's  relatives  are  Dr.  George 
Gannett,  of  Boston,  founder  of  the  Gannett  In- 
stitution for  the  Liberal  Education  of  Women; 
Kate  (Gannett)  Wells,  the  well  known  authoress; 
and  Henry  Gannett,  of  Washington,  head  of  the 
United  States  Topographic  Survey  and  late 
president  of  the  United  States  Geographic  So- 
ciety, in  which  capacity  it  devolved  on  him  to 
investigate  and  decide  on  Peary's  claim  to  the 
discovery  of  the  North  Pole. 

William  H.  Gannett  is  a  member  of  the  Soci- 
ety of  Descendants  of  the  Mayflower,  claiming  his 
title  to  membership  through  descent  from  Mary 
Chilton,  the  maiden  who  was  the  first  to  set 
foot  on  Plymouth  Rock  in  1620.  On  his  mother's 
side  Mr.  Gannett  is  descended  from  the  Patter- 
sons and  Howards,  two  of  the  leading  families 
of  Augusta,  the  great-great-grandfather  being  the 
first  settler  in  that  spot  and  could  have  claimed 
the  honor  of  being  the  founder  of  the  present 


beautiful  city.  These  mentioned  are  only  a  few 
of  the  celebrities  whom  Mr.  Gannett  can  claim 
as  kin,  but  space  would  not  permit  a  more 
lengthy  chronicle;  sufficient  to  say  that  no  bluer 
blood  can  be  found  in  the  country  than  that 
flowing  through  the  veins  of  the  Gannett  family. 


GUY  PATTERSON  GANNETT— To  write  the 
life  history  of  the  illustrious  son  of  a  still  more 
prominent  father,  is  to  find  the  younger,  however 
successful,  much  over-shadowed  by  the  elder. 
Not  so  in  the  case  of  Guy  Patterson  Gannett, 
the  gifted  son  of  William  Howard  Gannett,  one 
of  the  leading  business  men  of  Augusta,  Maine, 
and  his  wife  Sarah  Neil  (Hill)  Gannett. 

Born  in  Augusta,  November  27,  1881,  the  boy- 
hood of  Guy  Patterson  Gannett  was  devoted  to 
gaining  an  education  which  would  fit  him  for  the 
part  he  would  be  called  upon  to  assume  when 
reaching  manhood.  He  first  attended  the  pub- 
lic school,  then  the  high  school  at  Augusta,  from 
which  he  graduated  to  enter  Phillips  Academy 
at  Andover,  Massachusetts.  After  completing 
his  preparations  for  a  collegiate  course  he  en- 
tered Yale  University,  but  at  the  conclusion  of 
his  freshman  year,  1902,  he  left  that  institution 
to  become  associated  with  his  father  in  the  pub- 
lishing business.  Although  connected  with  this 
flourishing  business,  Guy  P.  Gannett  has  wan- 
dered far  afield  in  his  various  affiliations,  for  in 
1911  he  was  elected  a  director  of  the  Spring- 
field, Missouri,  Railway  &  Light  Company;  and 
in  1912  vice-president  and  treasurer  of  the  United 
Water,  Gas  &  Electric  Company  of  Hutchinson, 
Kansas.  In  1912  he  was  made  president  of  the 
Salina  Light,  Power  &  Gas  Company,  of  Salina, 
Kansas.  In  addition  to  these  interests  Mr.  Gan- 
nett holds  the  following  offices  in  his  home  city: 
vice-president  of  the  First  National  Granite 
Bank,  the  Central  Maine  Power  Company,  the 
Augusta  Trust  Company,  and  Augusta  Board  of 
Trade.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Federal  Light  & 
Traction  Company  of  New  York,  and  of  the 
Augusta  Real  Estate  Association;  treasurer  of 
W.  H.  Gannett,  Publisher,  Inc.;  trustee  of  Au- 
gusta Young  Men's  Christian  Association;  presi- 
dent of  Augusta  Country  Club,  and  was  former 
commodore  of  Augusta  Yacht  Club.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Viles  &  Gannett,  which 
owns  an  extensive  tract  of  timber  land  in  the 
upper  Kennebec  region  and  carries  on  large  lum- 
bering operations.  In  every  line  of  work  he  has 
been  unusually  successful. 

Since  the  beginning  of  the  World  War,  Mr. 
Gannett  has  devoted  practically  all  his  time  to 


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war  work,  giving  generously  from  his  own  purse 
to  the  support  of  all  measures  in  connection  with 
it.  He  served  as  chairman  of  the  Permanent 
War  Fund  Committee;  chairman  of  the  Public 
Safety  Committee;  chairman  of  the  Liberty  Loan 
Committee,  and  during  1917  and  1918  was  chair- 
man of  Augusta  Chapter  of  the  American  Red 
Cross.  When  in  the  early  spring  of  1918  there 
was  sent  out  from  the  national  headquarters  of 
the  Red  Cross,  in  Washington,  an  appeal  for 
men  of  business  experience  who  were  willing  to 
go  to  France  and  not  only  serve  without  pay  but 
also  pay  their  own  expenses,  Mr.  Gannett  was 
one  of  the  first  to  volunteer.  Arriving  in  France 
early  in  June  he  was  assigned  to  a  responsible 
position  in  charge  of  ministering  to  the  needs 
of  our  soldiers  in  a  sector  that  was  fighting  its 
way  forward  against  stubborn  resistance.  From 
then  until  the  armistice  he  was  in  the  midst  of 
the  horrors  of  war  and  frequently  under  shell 
fire  while  performing  his  duties  with  our  advanc- 
ing troops.  He  returned  home  early  in  Jan- 
uary, 1919,  to  take  his  seat  in  the  Maine  State 
Senate  to  which  he  had  been  elected  during  his 
absence. 

Mr.  Gannett  is  a  Republican  and  has  been  ac- 
tive in  the  politics  of  his  State.  He  has  served 
in  both  branches  of  the  City  Council  of  Augusta, 
also  as  delegate  to  the  Republican  National  Con- 
vention, in  both  branches  of  the  Maine  Legislature 
where  he  has  taken  a  conspicuous  part  in  initiat- 
ing and  advocating  important  progressive  legis- 
lation, and  especially  measures  in  the  interest  of 
the  soldiers  and  their  dependents.  As  member 
of  the  House  in  the  session  of  1917  he  intro- 
duced and  carried  through  the  Mother's  pension 
bill,  and  as  Senator  in  the  1919  session  he  intro- 
duced and  procured  the  enactment  of  the  State 
Armory  bill  and  took  a  leading  part  in  support 
of  all  measures  designed  to  give  due  recognition 
and  compensation  to  Maine's  soldiers  whose 
splendid  service  under  most  trying  conditions 
he  has  witnessed. 

Guy  Patterson  Gannett  married,  June  16,  1905, 
Anne  J.  Macomber,  daughter  of  Hon.  George  E. 
Macomber,  of  Augusta.  They  have  one  child, 
Alice  Madeleine,  born  February  28,  1910. 

The  ancestry  of  the  Gannett  family  both  on 
the  maternal  as  well  as  the  paternal  side,  can 
be  traced  in  an  unbroken  line  back  to  the  first 
settlers  of  that  name  who  came  to  this  country 
in  1634,  locating  in  Massachusetts.  Among  them 
may  be  found  men  who  have  nobly  served  their 
country  in  various  walks  of  life,  conspicuous 
among  them  being  soldiers  and  statesmen.  On 

ME.— 1-23 


his  mother's  side  he  is  a  great-great-grandson  of 
General  James  Hill,  of  New  Market,  New  Hamp- 
shire, one  of  the  foremost  men  in  the  colony, 
being  the  builder  of  the  first  war  ship  at  Ports- 
mouth for  service  in  the  Revolutionary  War. 
General  Hill  served  as  representative  to  his 
State  Legislature  for  six  terms. 


JAMES  HOWARD  FARLEY— One  of  the 
most  successful  merchants  of  Bridgewater,  Maine, 
and  a  prominent  and  intellectual  citizen  of  this 
place,  with  the  business  life  of  which  he  has  been 
intimately  affiliated  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a 
century,  is  James  Howard  Farley,  a  son  of  Na- 
thaniel H.  and  Elizabeth  G.  (Chase)  Farley,  old 
and  highly  respected  residents  of  this  region, 
where  the  former  was  engaged  in  the  occupa- 
tion of  farming  for  many  years. 

James  Howard  Farley  was  born  August  24, 
1871,  at  his  father's  place  at  Bridgewater,  and  as 
a  lad  attended  the  local  public  schools,  finally 
graduating  at  the  Bridgewater  High  School. 
Upon  completing  his  studies  at  that  institution 
Mr.  Farley  engaged  in  a  mercantile  line  of  busi- 
ness at  his  native  place  and  for  twenty-six  years 
has  continued  in  this  line,  gradually  developing 
from  small  beginnings  to  what  is  now  one  of  the 
largest  establishments  of  its  kind  in  the  entire 
region.  At  the  present  time  he  owns  two  stores 
at  Bridgewater,  where  he  deals  in  men's  clothing, 
boots,  and  shoes,  ladies'  ready  made  clothing, 
and  a  large  stock  of  dry  and  fancy  goods.  Mr. 
Farley  is  also  associated  with  many  other  im- 
portant interests  in  the  community  here  and  he 
is  at  the  present  time  president  of  the  Bridge- 
water  Electric  Light  Company  and  a  director  of 
of  the  Mars  Hill  Trust  Company.  Mr.  Farley  is 
an  active  figure  in  public  affairs  and  has  held  a 
number  of  important  offices  hereabouts,  having 
served  as  selectman  of  the  township  for  several 
terms  and  as  justice  of  the  peace.  He  is  a  staunch 
supporter  of  the  Republican  principles  and  poli- 
cies, and  his  voice  carries  weight  in  the  councils 
of  his  party.  Mr.  Farley  has  been  very  promi- 
nent in  fraternal  circles  at  Bridgewater,  and  es- 
pecially so  in  connection  with  the  Masonic  order, 
being  affiliated  with  the  Ancient  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  Royal  and 
Select  Masters,  Knights  Templar,  and  Ancient 
Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  the  local  lodges  of  the  Benev- 
olent and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  the  Indepen- 
dent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  the  Elks  Club  of 
Houlton.  Mr.  Farley  attends  the  Baptist  and  Metho- 


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dist  churches  in  the  village.     He  has  no  religious 
preference. 

James  Howard  Farley  was  united  in  marriage, 
August  5,  1896,  at  Elaine,  Maine,  with  Anna  P. 
Barker,  a  daughter  of  Ziba  and  Henrietta  (Hoyt) 
Barker.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Farley  arc  the  parents  of 
the  following  children:  Albert  Chandler,  born  No- 
vember 22,  1899;  Harry  Clifford,  born  October 
13,  1902;  James  Howard,  born  August  20,  1905; 
Burtt  Barker,  born  March  18,  1908. 


ABNER  O  R  I  M  E  L  SHAW— Conspicuous 
among  the  successful  physicians  of  Portland, 
Maine,  is  Dr.  Abner  O.  Shaw,  who  for  many 
years  has  occupied  a  leading  place  in  his  profes- 
sion and  has  built  up  for  himself  one  of  the 
largest  practices  in  the  region.  He  is  a  son  of 
Eaton  Shaw,  a  native  of  Paris,  Maine,  born  in 
the  year  1803.  In  1825  he  came  to  Portland, 
Maine,  where  he  established  a  business  in  whole- 
sale groceries  and  importing  of  West  Indian 
goods.  During  this  time  he  was  preparing  for 
the  ministry,  and  in  1837  he  joined  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Conference;  held  pastorates  in  various 
parts  of  the  State  until  1850.  At  that  time  throat 
trouble  compelled  his  retirement,  and  in  1853  he 
bought  out  the  Joseph  Hay  wholesale  and  retail 
boot  and  shoe  business,  which  he  conducted  for 
nearly  twenty  years.  He  retired  from  active 
business  in  1873,  and  his  death  occurred  in  1886. 
He  married  Mary  Roberts,  a  native  of  Portland, 
born  in  1806,  and  who  during  her  childhood  was 
a  playmate  of  Longfellow.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Shaw  ten  children  were  born,  of  whom  three  are 
still  living,  as  follows:  Susan  C.,  who  resides 
in  Portland,  and  is  now  eighty-seven  years  of 
age;  Emcline  P.,  now  the  wife  of  George  H. 
Richardson,  of  Portland;  and  Dr.  Abner  O. 
Shaw,  of  further  mention.  This  family  is  of  the 
old  New  England  and  Pilgrim  ancestry.  Dr. 
Shaw  is  in  direct  line  from  seven  of  the  May- 
flower Pilgrims,  and  is  sixth  in  descent  from 
John  and  Priscilla  (Mullins)  Alden. 

Born  February  16,  1837,  at  Readfield,  Maine, 
Abner  O.  Shaw  spent  only  the  first  two  years  of 
his  life  in  his  native  town.  He  then  removed 
with  his  parents  to  various  towns  in  Maine,  where 
his  father  was  assigned  to  Methodist  pastorates. 
The  first  portion  of  his  education  was  received 
in  various  public  schools  in  Maine,  and  it  was 
while  still  a  youth  that  he  decided  upon  medicine 
as  a  profession.  With  this  end  in  view  he  went 
to  New  York  City,  where  he  entered  the  College 
of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  and  graduated  there- 
from with  the  class  of  1863,  taking  the  degree 


of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  The  Civil  War  was  in 
progress  at  this  time  and  Dr.  Shaw  enlisted  in 
the  Twentieth  Regiment,  Maine  Volunteer  In- 
fantry, and  was  appointed  surgeon  to  that  regi- 
ment. He  had  already  seen  service  as  a  private 
in  the  Seventh  New  York  Regiment,  and  he  now 
followed  this  up  with  two  years  at  the  front 
with  the  regiment  of  his  native  State.  He  saw 
active  service  with  this  regiment  in  at  least 
twelve  battles,  and  during  the  battle  of  Peters- 
burg saved  the  life  of  General  J.  L.  Chamberlain, 
who  had  been  pronounced  mortally  wounded  by 
the  surgeons  in  attendance  until  the  arrival  of 
his  own  surgeon,  Dr.  Shaw,  for  whom  he  had 
sent.  After  this  most  valuable  experience,  upon 
being  mustered  out  of  service  in  1865,  he  returned 
to  Portland  and  there  began  the  active  practice 
of  his  profession,  which  he  has  continued  unin- 
terruptedly to  the  present  time. 

While  Dr.  Shaw  has  never  sought  political  of- 
fice for  himself,  he  has  always  taken  a  strong 
and  active  interest  in  politics  and  always  has 
been  identified  with  the  Republican  party.  Dur- 
ing his  early  activities  in  this  line  he  recognized 
the  unusual  ability  of  Thomas  B.  Reed,  then  a 
young  attorney  in  Portland,  and  conceived  the 
idea  of  sending  him  to  Congress  to  represent  the 
First  Maine  District.  The  untiring  energy  of 
Dr.  Shaw  finally  secured  the  nomination  and  elec- 
tion of  Mr.  Reed,  whose  services  are  too  well 
known  to  need  further  mention  here.  Dr.  Shaw 
is  a  prominent  figure  in  the  social  and  fraternal 
life  of  Portland,  and  is  affiliated  with  the  local 
lodge  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows 
and  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  with  the  local 
post  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  He 
is  also  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason  and  an  ac- 
tive member  of  the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal 
Legion.  In  his  religious  belief  Dr.  Shaw  is  a 
Congregationalist  and  is  a  member  of  the  High 
Street  Church  of  this  denomination  in  Portland. 

On  December  27,  1865,  Dr.  Shaw  was  united 
in  marriage  in  New  York  City  with  Elizabeth 
Sanford,  a  native  of  New  York,  a  daughter  of 
Nichol  Sanford,  a  prominent  merchant  of  this 
city.  To  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Shaw  four  children  were 
born,  as  follows:  Louisa,  who  died  in  the  year 
1870,  when  only  three  years  of  age;  Edward  A., 
now  treasurer  of  the  firm,  Loring,  Short  &  Har- 
mon, married  Carrie  Starr  Harmon,  by  whom  he 
has  two  children,  Elizabeth  and  Alice;  Herbert, 
who  died  at  the  age  of  ten  years;  and  Florence 
M.,  who  became  the  wife  of  Frank  H.  Brad- 
ford, of  Portland,  Maine,  ar>ii  the  mother  of  one 
child,  Dura  Shaw  Bradf/^- ° 


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There  is  something  intrinsically  admirable  in 
the  profession  of  medicine  that  illumines  by  re- 
flected light  all  those  who  practice  it.  Something 
that  is  concerned  with  its  prime  object,  the  alle- 
viation of  human  suffering,  something  about  the 
self-sacrifice  that  it  must  necessarily  involve  that 
makes  us  regard,  and  rightly  so,  all  those  who 
chose  to  follow  its  difficult  way  and  devote 
themselves  to  its  great  aims,  with  a  certain 
amount  of  respect  and  reverence.  It  is  true  that 
today  there  has  been  a  certain  lowering  on  the 
average  of  the  standards  and  traditions  of  the 
profession,  and  that  there  are  many  within  its 
ranks  at  the  present  time  who  have  proposed  to 
themselves  selfish  or  unworthy  objects  instead 
of  those  identified  with  the  profession  itself, 
whose  eyes  are  centered  on  the  rewards  rather 
than  the  services,  yet  there  are  others  also  who 
have  preserved  the  purest  and  best  ideals  of  the 
calling  and  whose  self-sacrifice  is  as  disinter- 
ested as  that  of  any  who  have  preceded  them. 
To  such  men  we  turn  to  seek  the  hope  of  the 
great  profession  in  the  future,  to  the  men  who, 
forgetful  of  personal  considerations,  lose  them- 
selves either  in  the  interest  of  the  great  question 
with  which  they  have  concerned  themselves  or 
in  the  joy  of  rendering  a  deep  service  to  their 
fellowmen.  Dr.  Abner  O.  Shaw  is  a  man  of  this 
type,  whose  work  in  the  city  of  Portland,  Maine, 
in  the  interests  of  its  health,  both  as  a  private 
practitioner  and  in  the  capacity  as  a  health  of- 
ficer, has  done  the  public  an  invaluable  service. 


GEORGE  CURTIS  WEBBER,  the  distin- 
guished and  successful  attorney  of  Auburn,  Maine, 
is  a  member  of  the  old  "Pine  Tree"  State  family 
which  was  founded  by  his  great-grandfather, 
George  Webber,  at  an  early  date.  A  notice  of 
Mr.  Webber's  family  is  to  be  found  in  the  sketch 
of  his  brother,  Dr.  Wallace  Edgar  Webber,  which 
appears  elsewhere  in  this  work.  * 

George  Curtis  Webber  was  born  September  3, 
1875,  at  the  town  of  Lisbon,  Maine.  He  was 
about  eight  years  of  age  when  his  parents  re- 
moved to  Auburn,  and  of  course  accompanied 
them  there.  This  city  became  his  permanent 
home  and  the  scene  of  his  many  activities  thence- 
forth. He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Lis- 
bon, and  then  at  Auburn,  graduating  from  the 
grammar  school  there  at  the  age  of  eleven  years. 
Mr.  Webber  then  attended  the  Edward  Little 
High  School,  where  he  remained  four  years, 
graduating  at  the  age  of  fifteen.  He  immediately 
thereafter  matriculated  at  Bowdoin  College,  from 
which  he  graduated  with  the  class  of  1895,  when 


but  nineteen  years  of  age.  He  had  taken  the 
usual  academic  course  at  Bowdoin  and  had  been 
well  fitted  for  the  profession  of  teaching  which 
he  now  took  up,  continuing  for  a  short  time. 
In  this  line  he  met  with  success  and  taught  for 
a  time  when  a  mere  youth  at  the  Ridgevillc  Col- 
lege, .  Ridgeville,  Indiana.  From  this  he  was 
called  to  take  charge  of  the  Hampden  Academy 
at  Hampden,  Maine.  During  the  three  years  in 
which  he  had  charge  of  this  important  school, 
the  attention  of  Mr.  Webber  became  more  and 
more  strongly  directed  to  the  subject  of  the  law, 
and  in  course  of  time  he  became  convinced  that 
he  should  follow  that  profession,  as  he  believed 
that  the  greatest  opportunities  awaited  him  there- 
in. With  this  end  in  view  he  began  the  study 
of  the  law  at  Auburn,  Maine,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  on  February  14,  1900.  Beginning  the 
practice  of  his  profession  at  Auburn,  this  place 
has  remained  the  scene  of  his  work  ever  since. 
He  is  a  very  well  known  attorney,  and  well  re- 
garded among  the  leaders  of  the  bar  in  that  part 
of  the  State.  But  Mr.  Webber  has  not  confined 
his  attention  by  any  means  entirely  to  the  law, 
and  has  taken  a  keen  and  active  interest  in  the 
business  development  of  Auburn,  and  is  identi- 
fied with  a  number  of  important  concerns  of  va- 
rious kinds,  being  president  and  treasurer  of  the 
Turner  Light  &  Power  Company,  treasurer  of 
the  Monmouth  Electric  Company,  and  treasurer 
of  the  Wells  Sporting  Goods  Company.  He  is 
a  prominent  figure  in  the  fraternal  world  of  Au- 
burn, and  is  a  member  of  many  prominent  or- 
ders and  organizations  of  a  similar  kind  there. 
He  was  one  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  men  at  Bow- 
doin. Mr.  Webber  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
fraternity,  having  taken  his  thirty-second  degree 
in  Free  Masonry,  and  is  affiliated  with  Ancient 
Brothers  Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons;  King  Hiram  Chapter,  Royal  Arch 
Masons;  Lewiston  Commandery,  Knights  Tem- 
plar; and  Kora  Temple,  Ancient  Arabic  Order 
Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  Besides  these  Ma- 
sonic associations  Mr.  Webber  is  a  member  of 
the  local  lodge  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  Order  of  the 
Golden  Eagles,  the  Benevolent  and  Protective 
Order  of  Elks,  and  a  number  of  others.  In  his 
religious  belief  Mr.  Webber  is  a  Congregational- 
ist  and  attends  the  High  Street  Church  of  that 
denomination  in  Auburn.  Here  he  takes  a  very 
active  part  in  church  work  and  served  as  teacher 
of  the  Men's  class  in  the  Sunday  school  there. 
He  is  extremely  interested  in  the  work  of  the 
church  and  has  done  much  to  advance  its  cause 


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in  the  community.  He  enlisted  in  the  United 
States  army,  July,  1917,  became  major  of  the 
First  Maine  Heavy  Field  Artillery,  which  or- 
ganization later  became  the  Fifty-sixth  Pioneer 
Infantry.  On  July  4,  1918,  Major  Webber  was 
given  independent  command  of  the  Fifth  Anti- 
Air  Craft  Machine  Gun  Battalion  and  sailed  for 
France,  September,  1918,  where  he  remained 
until  January,  1919.  He  was  discharged  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1919. 

On  July  18,  1904,  at  Auburn,  Maine,  George 
Curtis  Webber  was  united  in  marriage  with  Fan- 
nie V.  Saunders,  a  native  of  Minot,  Maine,  and  a 
daughter  of  Kimball  and  Stella  M.  (Small) 
Saunders.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Webber  one  son  has 
been  born,  Donald  W.,  November  19,  1906. 


AUGUSTUS  HALL  WALKER— In  the  days 
of  old,  when  astrologers  were  consulted  at  the 
birth  of  a  child  to  ascertain  what  planets  were 
in  conjunction  because  of  their  influence  over 
the  child's  well-being  surely  they  would  have 
been  unable  to  foretell  what  a  wonderfully  varied 
life  Augustus  Hall  Walker  was  to  have  when  he 
opened  his  eyes  to  the  light  of  day  in  Fryeburg, 
Oxford  county,  Maine,  December  22,  1833.  Born 
upon  a  lonely  farm,  he  spent  only  a  little  of  his 
boyhood  there,  for  he  was  early  sent  from  home 
to  acquire  an  education. 

At  first  he  attended  the  town  school  for  small 
children,  then  after  that  the  regular  public  school 
of  Bridgeton,  leaving  it  to  enter  Bridgeton  Acad- 
emy at  the  age  of  fourteen,  remaining  there  for 
four  years.  After  graduating  from  the  acad- 
emy he  entered  Bowdoin  College,  the  Congrega- 
tional institution  at  Brunswick,  Maine,  only  re- 
maining there  for  two  years.  Not  feeling  that 
his  education  was  entirely  accomplished,  Augus- 
tus H.  Walker  entered  Yale  College,  as  it  was 
called  in  those  days,  now  Yale  University,  grad- 
uating in  the  class  of  1856.  He  now  began  to 
read  law  with  D.  R.  Hastings  in  Lovell,  later 
with  Moses  Butler,  and  the  well  known  William 
Pitt  Fessenden,  one  of  the  ablest  lawyers  in 
Maine  and  United  States  Senator  on  the  Repub- 
lican ticket  for  that  State  from  1854  to  1864,  when 
President  Lincoln  made  him  secretary  of  the 
treasury. 

After  this  very  comprehensive  course  of  train- 
ing, Mr.  Walker  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1858. 
He  went  West  for  a  time,  opening  an  office  in 
Minnesota,  but  home  ties  were  very  strong,  so 
after  remaining  in  Minnesota  for  one  year  he  re- 
turned to  Maine  and  opened  an  office  in  Frye- 
burg. Continuing  to  practice  here  for  some 


time,  he  then  went  to  Lovell  and  became  the 
partner  of  D.  R.  Hastings  with  whom  he  first 
started  the  study  of  law.  This  venture  was  so 
successful  that  at  the  end  of  two  years  he  bought 
out  Mr.  Hastings'  share,  and  succeeding  to  his 
practice  Mr.  Walker  carried  on  the  business  for 
twenty  years.  In  June,  1881,  he  went  to  Bridge- 
ton,  remaining  in  practice  there  ever  since. 
After  Mr.  Walker  returned  from  the  West  the 
first  public  office  which  he  filled  was  that  of 
judge  of  the  Probate  Court.  Judge  Walker,  as 
he  was  then  called,  was  chosen  president  of  the 
Bridgeton  Savings  Bank,  acting  in  the  capacity 
for  many  years. 

While  in  the  office  of  Senator  Fessenden,  Mr. 
Walker  enjoyed  the  great  advantage  of  listening 
to  and  coming  in  touch  with  men  who  stood 
high  in  the  councils  of  the  Nation,  so  in  course 
of  time  he  too  became  interested  in  politics,  and 
at  various  times  held  offices  in  the  Republican 
party,  serving  in  the  State  Legislature  for  a 
season,  and  for  two  years  as  State  Senator,  1879 
and  1880.  The  title  of  judge  was  not  the  only 
one  to  which  Augustus  Hall  Walker  could  lay 
claim,  for  he  served  at  one  time  on  the  staff  of 
General  William  Virgin  as  Major  Walker.  He 
was  one  of  the  men  who  were  instrumental  in 
organizing  the  State  Militia,  lending  valuable  aid 
to  that  cause.  The  lodge  of  Free  Masons  is 
proud  to  have  the  name  of  Hon.  Augustus  Hall 
Walker,  one  of  the  most  prominent  men  in  the 
community,  enrolled  as  one  of  its  members;  as 
is  characteristic  of  him  he  has  taken  quite  an  ac- 
tive part  in  the  conduct  of  the  local  branch,  filling 
all  the  chairs  from  the  Blue  Lodge  through  the 
commandery. 

Judge  Walker  was  married  twice,  the  first  time 
to  Mary  E.  Thurston,  of  Bangor,  the  marriage 
taking  place  in  that  city  on  October  I,  1863.  Only 
one  child  was  born  to  them  and  it  died  when 
eleven  years  old.  The  second  Mrs.  Walker  was 
formerly  Mrs.  Emma  (Thurston)  Wood,  a  sister 
of  the  first  wife.  There  were  no  children  by  this 
marriage.  The  father  of  these  two  sisters  was 
Samuel  Thurston,  born  in  Brewer,  Maine,  a  mer- 
chant of  that  place  for  some  years,  but  later  mov- 
ing to  Bangor,  where  he  continued  to  carry  on 
his  business  there  until  his  death. 

The  father  of  Judge  Walker,  born  in  Stow, 
Maine,  was  Captain  Isaac  Walker,  he  having 
been  connected  as  captain  with  military  affairs 
of  the  State.  He  was  a  farmer  on  an  extensive 
scale,  and  took  a  leading  part  in  the  affairs  of 
the  town  where  he  resided,  being  chosen  one  of 
the  Board  of  Selectmen.  He  was  a  firm  believer 


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in  the  old  Whig  party  in  politics  up  to  the  time 
of  his  death,  this  occurring  when  his  son,  Augus- 
tus H.,  was  only  eight  years  old.  Captain  Isaac 
Walkers'  wife  was  Eliza  (Colby)  Walker,  born  in 
Fryeburg,  Maine,  and  married  there.  When  her 
son,  Augustus  Hall,  was  a  small  boy,  she  was 
left  a  widow  and  it  fell  to  her  lot  to  bring  up  the 
lad;  this  she  did  in  a  manner  which  brought 
honor  to  both  mother  and  son.  She,  as  well  as 
her  husband,  were  very  devout  members  of  the 
Congregational  church,  and  she  early  instilled 
into  the  boy's  mind  a  reverence  for  that  body,  so 
that  from  his  boyhood  throughout  his  life  he 
has  attended  that  church.  The  Walker  family 
point  with  pride  to  their  descent  from  fine  old 
English  ancestry  which  can  be  traced  back  in  a 
straight  line  for  many  generations. 


BERTRAM   CHARLES   PERRY,  one  of  the 

most  enterprising  and  successful  agriculturists 
of  Millbridge,  Maine,  where  he  is  engaged  at  pres- 
ent in  the  business  of  breeding  silver  black  foxes 
and  Belgium  hares,  is  a  native  of  this  State,  and 
was  born  at  Harrington,  Maine,  December  17, 
1876.  He  is  a  son  of  Frank  H.  and  Helen  Perry, 
old  and  highly  respected  residents  of  Harrington, 
where  his  father  was  engaged  in  business  as  a 
painter  for  many  years.  As  a  lad,  Mr.  Perry  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  Harrington,  and 
later  took  a  short  course  at  the  University  of 
Maine.  Upon  completing  his  studies  he  went  to 
sea  and  worked  as  a  seaman  for  several  years. 
He  then  took  up  farming  for  a  time  and  later  be- 
came a  clerk  in  the  grocery  store  of  J.  C.  and 
G.  R.  Strout,  at  Millbridge.  His  next  venture 
was  in  the  automobile  business  at  Millbridge  in 
which  business  he  was  successful.  There  is,  of 
course,  a  great  demand  for  the  beautiful  fur  of  the 
silver  and  black  foxes,  and  he  has  been  exceed- 
ingly successful  in  the  breeding  of  these  valuable 
animals,  and  as  a  result  his  business  has  grown 
to  large  proportions  and  makes  a  handsome  re- 
turn. Later  he  took  up  the  breeding  of  the  Bel- 
gium hare,  and  this  line  also  promises  a  brilliant 
future.  Mr.  Perry  has  never  been  ambitious  for 
public  office  of  any  kind  and  has  consistently  re- 
mained outside  of  politics,  though  he  is  a  man  of 
wide  public  spirit,  and  interests  himself  actively 
in  the  general  welfare  of  the  community.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  local  lodge  of  the  Knights  of  Py- 
thias of  which  he  was  the  vice-chancellor. 

Bertram  Charles  Perry  was  united  in  marriage, 
February  20,  1004,  at  Millbridge,  Maine,  with  Josie 
Gay,  daughter  of  Joel  G.  and  Ellen  Gay,  old  and 
highly  respected  residents  of  that  place. 


WILLIAM  REED  PORTER.— This  branch  of 
the  Porter  family  springs  from  Richard  Porter, 
who  was  an  official  of  the  town  of  Weymouth, 
Massachusetts,  coming  from  Weymouth,  England, 
in  1635.  He  was  the  American  ancestor,  and  this 
branch  traces  descent  from  the  founder  through 
his  son,  "Sergeant"  John  Porter;  his  son,  John 
(2)  Porter,  a  selectman  of  Weymouth;  his  son, 
Joseph  Porter,  also  a  resident  of  Weymouth;  his 
son,  Nehemiah  Porter;  his  son,  Nehemiah  (2) 
Porter;  his  son,  Stephen  Porter;  his  son  William 
Reed  Porter,  to  whose  memory  this  review  is 
dedicated. 

Captain  Stephen  Porter  was  born  June  16,  1791, 
was  a  farmer,  and  resided  at  North  Yarmouth, 
Maine.  He  gained  his  military  title  "Captain" 
during  the  War  of  1812-1.).  commanding  a  com- 
pany of  Maine  troops  during  the  conflict.  He 
married  Rebecca  Cobb,  of  Gray,  Maine,  in  Janu- 
ary, 1816,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  seven 
children.  Captain  Stephen  Porter  died  December 
3,  1869,  aged  seventy-eight  years,  his  wife  dying 
in  August,  1855,  aged  sixty-eight. 

William  Reed  Porter,  son  of  Captain  Stephen 
and  Rebecca  (Cobb)  Porter,  was  born  in  North 
Yarmouth,  Maine,  May  20,  1825,  died  in  Camden, 
Maine,  November  28,  1908,  and  is  buried  in  Cam- 
den  cemetery.  Until  fourteen  years  of  age  he  at- 
tended North  Yarmouth  public  school,  but  in  that 
time  he  had  advanced  so  rapidly  that  he  was  able 
to  pass  the  examinations  at  Bowdoin  College, 
and  four  years  later,  in  1843,  at  the  age  of 
eighteen  years,  he  was  graduated  with  the  class 
of  that  year.  With  this  wonderful  record  he  had 
little  difficulty  in  securing  a  good  position  as  a 
teacher,  and  for  several  years  he  was  connected 
with  the  faculty  of  Fryeburg  Academy.  He  then 
spent  four  years  in  Portland,  Maine,  in  the 
United  States  custom's  service  as  collector.  He 
was  a  Democrat  all  his  active  life,  but  later  sup- 
ported Republican  candidates.  In  1851  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Maine  Senate,  elected  from  Cum- 
berland county,  and  for  thirteen  years  he  was  a 
member  of  the  State  Board  of  Education. 

The  rest  of  his  business  life  was  occupied  with 
banking.  He  was  a  charter  member  of  the  New 
England  Trust  Company  of  Boston,  acquired  a 
large  interest  in  the  West  and  South,  was  a  very 
successful  business  man  and  one  of  the  able 
financiers  of  his  day.  The  last  years  or  his  life 
he  was  located  in  Camden,  Maine,  but  spent  his 
winters  in  the  South.  He  lived  a  quiet,  retired 
life,  well  known  and  highly  respected.  He  was  a 
man  six  feet  in  height,  very  fond  of  mountain 
climbing  and  of  the  great  out-of-doors.  Nature 


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in  most  of  her  forms  appealed  to  him,  and  he 
loved  the  birds,  the  flowers,  the  deep  woods  and 
the  quiet  places.  He  traveled  extensively  in  his 
own  country,  seeing  the  beauties  and  wonders  of 
America.  He  was  an  attendant  upon  the  serv- 
ices of  the  Episcopal  church,  but  he  had  no  lodge 
or  club  affiliations. 

Mr.  Porter  married  at  South  Paris,  Maine,  May 
21,  1846,  Elizabeth  H.  Dcering,  daughter  of 
James  and  Eliza  (Morse)  Deering,  both  of  Maine; 
her  father  was  a  man  of  noted  progressive  pub- 
lic spirit.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Porter  are  the  parents 
of  five  children:  William  D.,  deceased;  Eliza- 
beth D.;  Francis  R.;  Abbie  W.  C.  Hcnke,  of 
Foxboro,  Massachusetts;  James,  deceased. 


JOHN  ADAMS  POPE  is  a  member  of  an  old 
and  distinguished  New  England  family,  having 
resided  there  from  the  very  earliest  Colonial 
period.  The  name  Pope  is  derived  from  the  an- 
cient Latin  word,  papa  or  popa,  meaning  a 
priest,  the  best  known  case  of  this  derivation 
being  that  which  remains  in  the  title  of  the  head 
of  the  Roman  Catholic  church.  It  is  probable, 
therefore,  that  among  the  early  ancestors  of  the 
present  family  there  was  one  who  was  in  some 
way  connected  with  the  church,  but  this,  if  it 
be  true,  is  far  back  of  the  earliest  records  that  we 
possess  of  the  family.  The  name  has  occupied 
a  distinguished  place  in  English  history,  the  most 
famous  man  who  bore  it,  of  course,  being  the 
poet  of  that  name.  It  has  also  given  a  number 
of  distinguished  men  to  America  since  coming 
here  and  one  of  the  most  prominent  members 
of  the  family  was  Major-General  John  Pope,  of 
the  United  States  army,  a  r.ative  of  Kentucky. 

(I)  The  founder  of  the  Pope  family  in  this  coun- 
try was  one  John  Pope,  of  whom  we  have  a  re- 
cord as  residing  in  Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  as 
early  as  1624,  so  that  he  must  have  come  over  with 
one  of  the  earliest  parties  of  Colonists.  He  was 
a  freeman  of  Dorchester  at  that  time,  a  title 
which  in  those  days  implied  considerable  stand- 
ing in  the  community.  He  was  a  weaver  by  trade, 
and  in  1634  was  granted  five  acres  of  land,  and 
the  following  year  was  granted  twenty  acres  on 
Captayne's  N'eck.  He  signed  the  Dorchester 
church  covenant  in  June,  1636,  and  from  1637  to 
1641  was  a  selectman  of  that  town  and  the  over- 
seer of  fences.  His  death  occurred  February  12, 
1646.  John  Pope  married  Jane  -  — ,  whose 
death  occurred  December  n,  1662,  and  they  were 
the  parents  of  two  children  whose  names  we  are 
acquainted  with,  and  probably  of  others.  The 
two  that  are  known  are  John  and  Rebecca,  of 


whom    the    latter   became    the    wife    of    Edmund 
Blake,  and  the  former  is  mentioned  below. 

(II)  John  (2)  Pope,  son  of  John  (i)  and  Jane 
Pope,   was   born   in    England,   and   evidently   ac- 
companied his  parents  to  the  colonies.    His  home, 
like  that  of  his  father,  was  made  in  Dorchester, 
and  he  died  there  October  18,  1686.     He  does  not 
appear  to  have  been  a  man  of  as  much  calibre  as 
his   father,  and  we   have   some   amusing   records 
of  him  as  of  being  summoned  before  the  select- 
men   for   neglecting   to   teach   his    children    their 
"catechism  and  book  learning."    He  appeared  and 
promised  to  amend  his  conduct.     He  was   three 
times  married,  but  we  do  not  know  the  last  names 
of  any  of  his  wives.     Their  Christian  names  were 
Jane,  by  whom  he  had  two  sons,  John  and  Na- 
than;   the   second   was   Alice,   by   whom   he   had 
Thomas  and  John;  and  the  third  Margaret,  who 
was  the  mother  of  the  following  children:  Mar- 
garet, John,  Susannah,  William,  Mary,  Ebenezer, 
Thankful,    Ralph,    who    is    mentioned    below ;    Jane 
and  Joseph.      According  to   the  old   records,  his 
wife   Margaret  joined  the  church  after  her  hus- 
band's death  and  "brought  up  her  children  in  the 
Love  of  the  Lord." 

(III)  Ralph  Pope,  third  son  of  John   (2)   and 
Margaret  Pope,  was  born  in  the  year  1673  at  Dor- 
chester, and  made  his  home  there  all  his  life,  his 
death  occurring  February  2,  1744.     He  was  only 
thirteen  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  his  father's 
death,  and  for  a  number  of  years  thereafter  lived 
at  home   with  his   mother.     He   devoted  himself 
to  agricultural  pursuits  and  was  a  very  successful 
farmer.  He  appears  to  have  taken  after  his  grand- 
father in  character  and  disposition,  and  gained  a 
position  of  prominence  in  the  town,  where  he  held 
a  number  of  positions.    He  married  Rachel  Neale, 
a  daughter  of  Henry  and  Hannah  (Pray)  Neale, 
being   one    of   a    family    of    twenty-one    children 
born    to    her    parents.      To    Ralph    and    Rachel 
(Neale)    Pope    the    following   children    were    born : 
Rachel,   Jerusha,   Jemimah,    Ralph,   who   is   men- 
tioned below;  John,  Elijah,  Hannah,  Lazarus  and 
Ebenezer. 

(IV)  Ralph    (2)    Pope,   son   of   Ralph    (i)   and 
Rachel    (Neale)    Pope,   was   born    November    n, 
1705,   at    Dorchester,    Massachusetts,    in    the    old 
Pope   homestead.        During   the    major   part   of   his 
life  he  resided  on  a  piece  of  property  given  him 
by  his  father,  situated  on  the  road  to  Dorchester 
swamps,  and  which  is  now  called  Summer  street. 
He  was  a  physician,  but  we  know  of  nothing  con- 
cerning his  practice  excepting  one  act  which  must 
have   commended   him    to   his   pious   fellow   citi- 
zens of  that  day,  namely,  that  he  refused  to  ac- 


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cept  fees  for  treatment  given  by  him  on  Sunday. 
He  seems  to  have  been  a  kind  and  benevolent 
man  and  very  much  beloved  in  the  community. 
In  addition  to  his  medical  practice  he  operated 
•a  farm  and  carried  on  a  successful  lumber  busi- 
ness. It  is  recorded  that  he  was  the  owner  of 
a  slave  (common  in  New  England  at  that  period), 
but  that  he  was  humane  in  his  treatment  of  him 
and  had  him  baptized  on  the  same  day  as  his 
first-born  child.  He  appears  to  have  been  called 
Captain  Pope  by  his  fellow  townsfolk,  but  there 
is  no  record  of  any  military  service  and  it  does 
not  seem  probable  that  he  was  ever  at  sea.  It  is 
also  doubtful  as  to  whether  he  removed  his 
home  to  Stoughton,  Massachusetts,  to\vard  the 
end  of  his  life,  or  whether  he  was  merely  on  a 
visit  to  that  place  at  the  time  of  his  death,  which 
occurred  there  January  I,  1750,  when  not  yet 
forty-five  years  of  age.  He  married,  November 
27,  1729,  Rebecca  Stubbs,  a  daughter  of  Richard 
and  Rebecca  (Lobdellj  Stubbs,  of  Hull,  Massa- 
chusetts. They  were  the  parents  of  the  following 
children:  Rebecca,  Frederick,  who  is  mentioned 
below ;  Samuel  V.'ard,  J.ucrctin,  V.'illiam,  Rachel, 
Hannah  and  James. 

(V)  Colonel  Frederick  Pope,  eldest  son  of 
Ralph  (2)  and  Rebecca  (Stubbs)  Pope,  was  born 
May  15,  1733,  at  Stoughton,  Massachusetts.  He 
was  seventeen  years  old  at  the  death  of  his 
father,  and  upon  him  fell  the  responsibility  of 
caring  for  his  younger  brothers  and  sisters,  and 
assisting  his  mother  in  the  management  of  affairs. 
He  is  reported  to  have  taken  these  obligations 
very  seriously  and  to  have  performed  them  with 
the  greatest  devotion  and  most  adequately.  He 
is  described  as  tall  and  lithe  in  person,  and  as 
being  always  calm  under  excitement,  and  with 
a  somewhat  reserved  manner.  It  is  also  said, 
however,  that  when  he  broke  through  this  re- 
serve and  spoke,  his  words  were  always  to  the 
point  and  carried  weight  with  his  hearers.  He 
gained  a  position  of  much  prominence  at  Stough- 
ton and  was  its  representative  at  the  General 
Court  of  Masaschusetts  in  1787-88-91  and  -96.  He 
was  still  a  young  man  at  the  outbreak  of  the 
Revolution  and  must  have  joined  the  company  of 
Captain  Talbot  in  the  early  days  of  the  war.  He 
was  a  private  at  that  time,  but  later,  in  June, 
'775.  raised  a  company  of  fifty-eight  men  on  his 
own  initiative  and  was  .appointed  their  captain. 
In  May.  1/77,  he  had  .i''-.-;\<ly  l>con  ;>:-i>mpted  tn 
the  office  of  colonel  of  a  battalion,  which  had 
formed  for  the  defense  of  Boston  Harbor.  His 
death  occurred  at  Stoughton,  August  20,  1812. 
He  married  Molly  Cole,  a  daughter  of  Joseph 


and  Mary  Cole,  who  were  residents  of  Bridge- 
water.  Mrs.  Pope  seems  to  have  been  a  woman 
of  great  capability,  and  was  a  most  excellent 
helpmate  to  her  husband.  They  were  the  parents 
of  the  following  children :  Ralph,  Rachel,  Samuel 
Ward,  mentioned  below;  Alexander,  Frederick,  \Yil- 
liam,  Marj'  and  Elijah. 

(VI)  Samuel  Ward  Pope,  second  son  of  Colonel 
Frederick  and  Molly    (Cole)   Pope,  was  born  in 
February,     1763,     at     Stoughton,     Massachusetts. 
His   childhood    and    early   youth   were   spent    in    his 
native  town,  but  upon  reaching  manhood  he  went 
South   to   Charleston,   South   Carolina,   where   he 
engaged  in  real  estate  investments  and  the  build- 
ing of  houses,  and  where  his  death  occurred  in 
April,    1797.     He    was   but    twelve    years    old   at 
the   time  of  the   outbreak  of  the   Revolution,   so 
that  his  manhood  was  laid  in  a  period  of  great 
growth  and  development  on  the  part  of  the  new 
Republic,  and  he  appears  to  have  been  very  pros- 
perous in   his  enterprise.     At  Charleston  he   fell 
in   love   with   a   beautiful   Southern    girl,   by   the 
name   of   Mary   Wood,   whom   he   later   married, 
and  they  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren:  William,  who  is   mentioned  below;    Eliza- 
beth and  John. 

(VII)  Hon.  William  Pope,  eldest  son  of  Sam- 
uel  Ward    and    Mary    (Wood)    Pope,    was   born 
March   30,    1787,   at    Charleston,   South    Carolina. 
He   was   a   small    child   at   the   time   of  his   par- 
ents' death  and  was  sent  forth  by  his  grandfather 
and  taken  to  Massachusetts,  where  he  was  brought 
up    in    the    family    of    his    grandparents.      After 
gaining  «  good  education,  he  was  trained  by  his 
uncles  in  the  lumber  business  in  which  they  were 
engaged,  and  being  an  apt  pupil  was  soon  some- 
thing of  an  expert  in  this  line.     He  removed  as 
a    young    man    to    Machias,    Maine,    and    there 
erected  a  saw  mill  and  engaged  in  the  lumber- 
ing business.     He  also  was  the  owner  of  a  farm 
which  he  operated.    In  1821  he  was  elected  select- 
man  in   Machias  and  also  became   a  member  of 
the  Council  of  Governor  Kent.     He  was  greatly 
interested  in  military  affairs  and  held  a  number 
of  important   commissions  with   the   Maine   mili- 
tia.    During  the  War  of  1812,  in  association  with 
a    number    of    other    men    from    that    district,    he 
went   to   sea  as   a   privateer   for   the   purpose   of 
capturing    and    destroying    British    vessels.      In 
the  year  1841  he  moved  to  Boston,  where  he  re- 
sided at  No.  2  Garland  street.     Here  also  he  be- 
came prominent  in  the  community  and  served  in 
a   number  of  public   offices   and   represented   the 
city  in  the  General  Court.      During  all  this  time 
he   continued   in   the   lumber  business   and,   after 


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359 


cept  fees  for  treatment  given  by  him  on  Sunday. 
He  seems  to  have  been  a  kind  and  benevolent 
man  and  very  much  beloved  in  the  community. 
In  addition  to  his  medical  practice  he  operated 
•a  farm  and  carried  on  a  successful  lumber  busi- 
ness. It  is  recorded  that  he  was  the  owner  of 
a  slave  (common  in  New  England  at  that  period), 
but  that  he  was  humane  in  his  treatment  of  him 
and  had  him  baptized  on  the  same  day  as  his 
first-born  child.  He  appears  to  have  been  called 
Captain  Pope  by  his  fellow  townsfolk,  but  there 
is  no  record  of  any  military  service  and  it  does 
not  seem  probable  that  he  was  ever  at  sea.  It  is 
also  doubtful  as  to  whether  he  removed  his 
home  to  Stoughton,  Massachusetts,  toward  the 
end  of  his  life,  or  whether  he  was  merely  on  a 
visit  to  that  place  at  the  time  of  his  death,  which 
occurred  there  January  i,  1750,  when  not  yet 
forty-five  years  of  age.  He  married,  November 
27,  1729,  Rebecca  Stubbs,  a  daughter  of  Richard 
and  Rebecca  (Lobdell)  Stubbs,  of  Hull,  Massa- 
chusetts. They  were  the  parents  of  the  following 
children:  Rebecca,  Frederick,  who  is  mentioned 
below ;  Samuel  V.'ard,  I.ucretia,  William,  Rachel, 
Hannah  and  James. 

(V)  Colonel  Frederick  Pope,  eldest  son  of 
Ralph  (2)  and  Rebecca  (Stubbs)  Pope,  was  born 
May  15,  1733,  at  Stoughton,  Massachusetts.  He 
was  seventeen  years  old  at  the  death  of  his 
father,  and  upon  him  fell  the  responsibility  of 
caring  for  his  younger  brothers  and  sisters,  and 
assisting  his  mother  in  the  management  of  affairs. 
He  is  reported  to  have  taken  these  obligations 
very  seriously  and  to  have  performed  them  with 
the  greatest  devotion  and  most  adequately.  He 
is  described  as  tall  and  lithe  in  person,  and  as 
being  always  calm  under  excitement,  and  with 
a  somewhat  reserved  manner.  It  is  also  saiO, 
however,  that  when  he  broke  through  this  re- 
serve and  spoke,  his  words  were  always  to  the 
point  and  carried  weight  with  his  hearers.  He 
gained  a  position  of  much  prominence  at  Stough- 
ton and  was  its  representative  at  the  General 
Court  of  Masaschusetts  in  1787-88-91  and  -96.  He 
was  still  a  young  man  at  the  outbreak  of  the 
Revolution  and  must  have  joined  the  company  of 
Captain  Talbot  in  the  early  days  of  the  war.  He 
was  a  private  at  that  time,  but  later,  in  June, 
1775,  raised  a  company  of  fifty-eight  men  on  his 
own  initiative  and  was  .appointed  their  captain. 
In  May.  1777,  he  had  already  been  promoter!  tn 
the  office  of  colonel  of  a  battalion,  which  had 
formed  for  the  defense  of  Boston  Harbor.  His 
death  occurred  at  Stoughton,  August  20,  1812. 
He  married  Molly  Cole,  a  daughter  of  Joseph 


and  Mary  Cole,  who  were  residents  of  Bridge- 
water.  Mrs.  Pope  seems  to  have  been  a  woman 
of  great  capability,  and  was  a  most  excellent 
helpmate  to  her  husband.  They  were  the  pa'rents 
of  the  following  children :  Ralph,  Rachel,  Samuel 
Ward,  mentioned  below;  Alexander,  Frederick,  Wil- 
liam, Mary  and  Elijah. 

(VI)  Samuel  Ward  Pope,  second  son  of  Colonel 
Frederick  and  Molly    (Cole)   Pope,  was  born  in 
February,     1763,     at     Stoughton,     Massachusetts. 
His;   childhood   and    c?.rly   youth   were   spent   in   his 
native  town,  but  upon  reaching  manhood  he  went 
South   to   Charleston,   South    Carolina,   where   he 
engaged  in  real  estate  investments  and  the  build- 
ing of  houses,  and  where  his  death   occurred  in 
April,    1797.     He    was    but    twelve    years    old   at 
the   time  of   the  outbreak  of  the   Revolution,  so 
that  his  manhood  was  laid  in  a  period  of  great 
growth  and  development  on  the  part  of  the  new 
Republic,  and  he  appears  to  have  been  very  pros- 
perous in  his  enterprise.     At  Charleston  he   fell 
in   love   with    a   beautiful   Southern    girl,   by    the 
name   of   Mary   Wood,   whom   he   later   married, 
and  they  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren:  William,  who  is  mentioned  below;    Eliza- 
beth and  John. 

(VII)  Hon.  William  Pope,  eldest  son  of  Sam- 
uel  Ward   and   Mary    (Wood)    Pope,   was  born 
March   30,    1787,   at    Charleston,    South    Carolina. 
He   was   a   small   child   at   the   time    of   his   par- 
ents' death  and  was  sent  forth  by  his  grandfather 
and  taken  to  Massachusetts,  where  he  was  lirnught 
up    in    the    family    of    his    grandparents.      After 
gaining  a  good  education,  he  was  trained  by  his 
uncles  in  the  lumber  business  in  which  they  were 
engaged,  and  being  an  apt  pupil  was  soon  some- 
thing of  an  expert  in  this  line.     He  removed  as 
a    young    man    to    Machias,    Maine,    and    there 
erected  a  saw  mill  and  engaged  in  the   lumber- 
ing business.     He  also  was  the  owner  of  a  farm 
which  he  operated.    In  1821  he  was  elected  select- 
man  in   Machias  and  also  became   a   member  of 
the  Council  of  Governor  Kent.     He  was  greatly 
interested  in  military  affairs  and  held  a  number 
of  important  commissions  with   the   Maine   mili- 
tia.    During  the  War  of  1812,  in  association  with 
a    number   of   other   men    from   that    district,   he 
went   to   sea   as   a   privateer   for   the   purpose   of 
capturing    and    destroying    British    vessels.      In 
the  year  1841  he  moved  to  Boston,  where  he  re- 
sided at  No.  2  Garland  street.     Here  also  he  be- 
came prominent  in  the  community  and  served  in 
a   number   of  public  offices   and   represented   the 
city  in  the  General  Court.      During  all  this  time 
!HJ    continued  in   the   lumber  business   and,   after 


360 


HISTORY  OF  MAINE 


the  discovery  of  gold  in  California,  established  a 
branch  of  his  concern  in  that  State.  He  also 
engaged  in  the  building  of  vessels  at  the  East 
Machias  shipyard  and  operated  his  own  ship  in 
the  China  and  Oriental  trade.  In  religion  he  was 
a  Universalist,  but  was  very  broad  in  his  views 
and  tolerant  of  those  of  other  people,  far  beyond 
the  average  man  of  his  period.  He  was  a  man  of 
very  unusual  character  and  the  following  ex- 
cerpt from  an  article  on  him  shows  what  he  was 
thought  of  in  his  own  community. 

Persistence  was  a  ruling  trait  of  his  character.  He 
insisted  on  carrying  his  point,  and  wind  and  tide 
turned  against  him  in  vain.  His  will  had  often  to  bend 
during  the  troublous  times  of  1812,  when  he  was  com- 
mencing in  life ;  it  never  broke.  It  rose  elastic  and 
turned  disaster  Into  victories.  He  outrode  many  a 
commercial  game  that  swept  down  and  ruined  the  less 
firm  in  purpose. 

He  was  a  man  of  great  moral  integrity,  and  confi- 
dence and  trade  came  naturally  to  his  counting  room. 
He  was  plain  and  true.  None  doubted  his  word.  He 
disdained  to  make  commerce  a  strategy,  but  sought 
rather  to  place  it  on  the  high  principles  of  industry 
and  justice; — not  a  narrow  and  legal,  but  a  broad  and 
magnanimous  justice.  Business  was  "life"  with  him,  and 
a  fit  theatre  for  the  exercise  of  the  noblest  virtues. 
He  gave  to  it  his  conscience  and  heart,  and  won  a 
name  from  the  midst  of  traffic  that  stands  untarnished 
by  stain  or  blot. 

He  was  an  ardent  patriot.  He  entered  heartily  into 
the  spirit  of  the  late  national  campaign,  and  saw  no 
honorable  course  to  be  pursued,  but  to  conquer  rebel- 
lion and  make  liberty  an  equal  right  universal,  having 
nothing  to  do  with  concession  and  compromise.  He 
was  equally  friendly  to  all  public  interests,  civil  or 
social,  or  religious,  and  gave  much  time  and  money 
for  their  promotion.  He  loved  his  race.  He  had  a 
humanitarian  heart. 

At  home  he  was  full  of  peace  and  sunshine.  He 
loved  his  family  with  a  constant  and  generous  love, 
which  was  gladly  and  tenderly  requited.  He  has  left 
them  the  treasure  of  a  name  that  shall  be  ever  fragrant 
In  their  memories — an  "inheritance  for  his  children's 
children." 

Colonel  William  Pope  married,  September  27, 
1810,  Peggy  Dawes  Billings,  daughter  of  William 
Billings,  of  Boston,  who  is  said  to  have  been  the 
first  musical  composer  in  the  United  States. 
They  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: William  Billings,  who  died  in  infancy;  Wil- 
liam Henry,  Samuel  Ward,  Lucy  Swan,  John 
Adams,  Andrew  Jackson,  James  Otis,  who  is 
mentioned  below;  Eliza  Otis,  Edwin,  Julia, 
George  Washington,  and  Harriet  Elizabeth. 

(VIII)  James  Otis  Pope,  sixth  son  of  Colonel 
William  and  Peggy  Dawes  (Billings)  Pope,  was 
born  February  17,  1822,  at  Machias,  Maine.  Upon 
reaching  manhood  he  was  admitted  into  the  firm 
of  William  Pope  &  Sons,  which  had  come  to  be 
one  of  the  most  prominent  commercial  houses 
engaged  in  the  East  India  trade  in  this  country, 
and  rapidly  rose  to  a  position  of  control.  Upon 
the  death  of  his  father,  his  elder  brother,  Samuel 
Ward  Pope,  became  the  head  of  the  firm,  the 
name  of  which  then  became  S.  W.  Pope  &  Com- 


pany, but  still  later  the  senior  partner  died  and 
left  James  Otis  Pope  as  chief  owner  of  the  con- 
cern. The  name  then  became  J.  O.  Pope  & 
Company  and  continued  thus  during  the  remain- 
der of  his  life.  The  six  sons  of  Colonel  Pope 
were  all  connected  with  this  great  business 
which  prospered  greatly  during  this  generation 
and  made  of  them  all  wealthy  men.  James  Otis 
Pope  married  Olive  Frances  Chase,  daughter  of 
Simeon  and  Louisa  (Foster)  Chase,  old  and  high- 
ly-respected residents  of  East  Machias,  their 
wedding  being  celebrated  June  9,  1857.  They 
were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  John 
Adams,  with  whose  career  we  are  here  especially 
concerned;  Warren  Foster,  Arthur  Ward,  Helen 
Augusta  and  Macy  Stanton. 

(IX)  John  Adams  Pope,  eldest  son  of  James 
Otis  and  Olive  Frances  (Chase)  Pope,  was  born 
May  8,  1858,  at  East  Machias.  As  a  lad  he  at- 
tended the  common  schools  of  his  native  region 
and  afterwards  the  Washington  Academy,  where 
he  completed  his  education.  Immediately  after 
leaving  school,  the  young  man  was  employed  by 
the  firm,  of  J.  O.  Pope  &  Company,  of  which  his 
father  was  the  head.  He  is  a  trustee"  of  the 
Machias  Savings  Bank,  and  has  taken  a  keen  in- 
terest in  politics  here.  He  is  a  staunch  Re- 
publican, but  he  is  quite  without  ambition  for 
public  office  or  honors  of  any  kind  and  prefers 
to  exert  his  influence  purely  in  the  capacity  of 
private  citizen.  In  conjunction  with  his  two 
brothers,  Warren  F.  and  Macy  S.  Pope,  he  pre- 
sented some  years  ago  a  handsome  stone  bridge 
to  the  town  of  East  Machias,  to  span  the  East 
Machias  river.  Upon  the  bridge  appears  the 
following  inscription:  "This  bridge  is  erected 
in  memory  of  William  Pope  and  his  sons,  Wil- 
liam Henry,  Samuel  Warren,  John  Adams,  An- 
drew Jackson,  James  Otis,  Edwin  and  George 
Washington,  founders  of  a  large  lumber  business 
which  began  near  this  site  and  extended  to 
neighboring  towns,  to  Boston  and  to  the  Pacific 
Coast,  and  which  was  conducted  by  these  men 
and  their  descendants  from  1807  to  1901."  In 
his  religious  belief  Mr.  Pope  is  a  Congrega- 
tionalist  and  attends  the  First  Congregationalist 
Church  of  that  denomination  at  East  Machias. 

John  Adams  Pope  was  united  in  marriage,  June 
20,  1909,  at  East  Machias,  Maine,  with  Alina  Bell 
Gardner,  a  daughter  of  William  Warren  and 
Sophia  Lydia  (Gooch)  Gardner,  highly-respected 
residents  of  this  State.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pope  are 
the  parents  of  the  following  children:  Macy 
Stanton,  born  March  12,  1911,  at  East  Machias; 
and  Gardner  Chase,  born  June  22,  1912,  at  East 
Machias. 


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361 


WILLIS    HARWOOD    SOULE,    one    of    the 

most  prominent  fire  insurance  men  of  Freeport, 
Maine,  is  a  native  of  this  city  and  a  member  of 
a  family  which  has  been  prominent  in  New  Eng- 
land from  the  very  earliest  Colonial  times.  The 
founder  of  the  Soule  family  here  was  George 
Soule,  who  was  one  of  the  warm,  personal 
friends  of  Miles  Standish  and  John  Alden,  and 
came  over  with  them  in  the  Mayflower.  Mr. 
Soule's  grandfather,  Andrew  Soule,  was  a  promi- 
nent man  at  Freeport,  which  was  then  a  town  in 
Massachusetts  before  Maine  had  been  separated 
from  that  colony.  His  father  was  Benjamin 
Porter  Soule,  who  was  born  at  Freeport  and 
spent  his  life  here.  He  was  an  old  time  ship  car- 
penter and  was  successful  in  his  business,  living 
retired  during  the  latter  portion  of  his  life.  He 
was  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  attended  the 
Congregational  church  here.  He  married  at  Free- 
port,  Almira  Brown,  also  a  native  of  this  place, 
and  they  were  the  parents  of  three  children,  two  of 
whom  were  daughters  and  the  other,  Willis  Har- 
wood  Soule,  of  this  sketch. 

Willis  Harwood  Soule  was  born  February  14, 
1859,  at  Freeport,  Maine,  and  attended  the  local 
public  schools  as  a  lad.  In  early  youth  he  went 
to  Bath,  Maine,  and  lived  for  a  time  in  that  city, 
but  eventually  came  back  to  Freeport  and  entered 
the  Freeport  High  School,  graduating  with  the 
class  of  1877.  He  was  a  bright  lad  and  made  the 
best  use  of  his  educational  opportunity.  Upon 
completing  his  studies  he  secured  a  position  as 
bookkeeper  with  a  grocery  firm  and  remained  as- 
sociated with  this  concern  for  eighteen  years. 
In  the  meantime  he  had  intended,  if  possible,  to 
engage  in  business  on  his  own  account,  and  when 
he  finally  had  accumulated  sufficient  capital  to 
make  this  possible,  he  opened  a  coal  business. 
About  the  same  time  Mr.  Soule  also  engaged  in 
the  fire  insurance  business  and  from  that  time  to 
this  has  so  been  occupied,  meeting  with  a  most 
gratifying  and  well  deserved  success.  For  over 
twenty  years  he  has  built  up  his  present  large 
enterprise  and  is  now  known  as  one  of  the  most 
successful  men  in  his  line  hereabouts.  In  addi- 
tion to  his  business  activities,  Mr.  Soule  is  very 
prominently  associated  with  public  affairs  in  this 
region  and  is  a  staunch  Republican  in  politics.  He 
is  at  the  present  time  treasurer  of  the  town  of 
Freeport  and  also  holds  a  position  on  the  school 
board.  In  both  of  these  capacities  he  has  per- 
formed a  very  material  service  to  the  com- 
munity, having  made  many  improvements  in  the 
financial  situation  here  and  also  aided  largely  in 
the  development  of  the  local  schools.  He  has  re- 


flected much  credit  upon  himself  in  his  conduct 
of  these  offices  and  established  a  just  reputation 
as  a  disinterested  and  efficient  public  servant.  Mr. 
Soule  is  a  prominent  member  of  several  frater- 
nities and  other  associations  here,  among  which 
should  be  mentioned  the  Masonic  order,  to  which 
he  has  belonged  for  many  years,  and  the  Knights 
of  Pythias. 

Willis  Harwood  Soule  was  united  in  marriage, 
in  March,  1884,  at  Freeport,  Maine,  with  Miss 
Ellen  Burham  Soule,  like  himself  a  native  of 
Freeport,  Maine,  and  a  daughter  of  Captain  Jo- 
siah  B.  and  Emily  S.  Soule.  Mrs.  Soule  was  one 
of  three  children,  and  her  death  occurred  No- 
vember 24,  1909.  Of  this  union  three  children 
were  born  as  follows:  Grace  E.,  who  became  the 
wife  of  Ralph  Waldrin,  a  machinist  employed  by 
the  Maine  Central  Railroad;  Beth  H.,  whose 
death  occurred  in  the  year  1914,  and  Lawrence 
Porter,  who  married  Mary  Allen,  and  is  now  in 
the  service  of  the  United  States. 


THOMAS  STONE  BURR,  M.D.— Burr  is  an 
ancient  name,  not  only  in  this  country  but  in 
England,  where  the  family  which  bears  it  was 
seated  in  Essex  county  at  an  early  date.  Repre- 
sentatives of  the  family  came  from  that  place  to 
the  New  England  Colonies  at  an  early  period  and 
settled  at  Hingham,  Massachusetts.  From  that 
time  to  the  present  they  have  always  held  a 
position  of  esteem  in  the  various  communities  in 
which  they  have  made  their  home,  and  are  at 
the  present  day  represented  at  Lisbon  Falls, 
Maine,  by  Dr.  Thomas  Stone  Burr,  one  of  the 
best  known  and  most  public  spirited  citizens  of 
that  place.  Dr.  Burr's  descent  on  the  maternal 
side  of  his  house  is  no  less  distinguished  than 
that  through  his  father,  as  it  may  be  traced  to 
the  old  Copeland  family,  whose  progenitor  came 
to  this  country  on  board  the  famous  Mayflower. 
On  this  side  also  he  can  trace  his  descent  from 
John  and  Priscilla  (Mullins)  Alden. 

The  family  came  to  Maine  at  an  early  date  and 
here,  in  the  town  of  Brewer,  Thomas  Warren 
Burr,  father  of  the  Dr.  Burr  of  this  sketch,  was 
born  in  the  year  1831.  Mr.  Burr,  Sr.,  was  a 
printer  and  engaged  most  sucessfully  in  this 
business  at  Bangor,  Maine,  where  his  death 
eventually  ocurred  in  1913,  at  the  age  of 
eighty-two  years.  He  was  a  very  prominent 
Mason  in  his  day  and  achieved  the  thirty-third 
degree  in  Free  Masonry.  He  married  Alice  Stone, 
like  himself  a  native  of  Brewer,  born  in  the  year 
1843.  Her  death  occurred  at  Bangor  in  1898,  at 
the  age  of  fifty-five  years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Burr 


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were  the  parents  of  three  children,  all  of  whom 
are  now  living,  as  follows:  i.  Thomas  Stone,  with 
whose  career  we  are  here  especially  concerned. 
2.  June  Alice,  who  became  the  wife  of  H.  P. 
Robinson;  Dr.  June  A.  Robinson  is  now  a  well 
known  dentist  of  Bangor.  3.  Lucy,  who  is 
now  Mrs.  John  P.  Webster,  of  Bangor.  Before 
his  marriage  to  Alice  Stone,  Mr.  Burr,  Sr.,  had 
been  married,  his  first  wife's  maiden  name  hav- 
ing been  Mary  Hammond.  She  was  a  native  of 
Old  Town,  Maine,  and  at  her  death  she  left  one 
child,  Mary  H.  Burr,  who  became  the  wife  of 
George  P.  Aiken,  of  Milo,  Maine. 

Born  March  14,  1870,  at  Bangor,  Maine, 
Thomas  Stone  Burr,  eldest  child  of  Thomas 
Warren  and  Alice  (Stone)  Burr,  passed  his  child- 
hood and  early  youth  in  his  native  town.  It 
was  there  that  he  gained  the  elementary  portion 
of  his  education,  attending  for  this  purpose  the 
local  public  schools  including  the  Bangor  High 
School,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the 
class  of  1887,  and  where  he  was  prepared  for 
college.  He  then  matriculated  at  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege, from  which  he  graduated  with  the  class  of 
1891.  He  had  in  the  meantime  decided  to  follow 
the  profession  of  teaching  and  actually  did  so 
for  four  years  as  principal  of  the  Patten  Acad- 
emy, from  1891  to  1893,  and  of  the  High  School 
at  Old  Town  in  the  latter  year  and  in  1894.  His 
attention  had  in  the  meantime,  however,  been 
turned  very  strongly  to  the  study  of  medicine, 
and  at  the  end  of  the  foregoing  period  he  had 
decided  to  make  this  his  career  in  life.  Accord- 
ingly he  entered  the  University  of  Michigan 
Medical  School,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
in  1898  with  the  degree  of  M.D.  After  his  gradu- 
ation from  this  institution,  he  became  an  instruc- 
tor there  and  served  for  six  years  on  the  post- 
graduate staff  as  teacher  of  general  surgery  and 
of  gynecology,  devoting  three  years  to  each.  After 
this  experience  Dr.  Burr  removed  to  Newfound- 
land, where  he  continued  in  practice  until  1913, 
among  the  fishermen,  an  experience  which  he 
always  considered  to  be  one  of  the  most  inter- 
esting and  valuable  of  his  life.  In  the  autumn 
of  that  year,  however,  he  came  to  Lisbon,  Maine, 
and  has  been  here  engaged  in  active  practice  ever 
since.  From  the  outset  he  was  successful  and  has 
now  a  very  large  and  high  class  clientele,  and  is 
recognized  as  one  of  the  leading  physicians  of 
this  region. 

Thomas  Stone  Burr  was  united  in  marriage, 
September  27,  1908,  in  Newfoundland,  at  the 
town  of  N'orris  Arm,  with  Mabel  Cunningham,  a 
native  of  Tilt  Cove,  Newfoundland,  and  a  daugh- 


ter of  William  and  Harriett  (Saucelier)  Cunning- 
ham. Mrs.  Cunningham  died  at  Tilt  Cove  in  the 
year  1897,  but  Mr.  Cunningham  still  resides  there. 
To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Burr  three  children  have  been 
born,  as  follows:  Lucy  Alice,  August  26,  1909; 
Phebe  Muriel,  .May  31,  1912;  and  Thomas  Y»'il- 
liam,  January  26,  1916.  Mrs.  Burr  died  of  influ- 
enza in  October,  1918. 

The  character  of  Dr.  Burr  is  one  in  which  the 
qualities  requisite  for  success  in  the  profession  of 
medicine  have  been  very  nicely  balanced,  for  there 
is  something  in  that  calling  that  requires  a  blend- 
ing of  the  sterner  and  gentler  characteristics.  No 
physician  can  succeed  who  has  not  the  power  to 
brace  himself  against  the  sorrowful  atmosphere 
in  which  he  must  so  consistently  work,  and  at 
the  same  time  the  converse  of  this  proposition  is 
true  and  no  success  that  is  really  worthy  of  the 
name  can  be  achieved  without  so  much  of  sym- 
pathy as  to  enable  him  to  enter  into  the  feel- 
ings and  hopes  of  the  patients  whom  he  treats. 
In  the  matter  of  those  fundamental  virtues  upon 
which  all  real  character  is  based,  honesty  and 
courage,  Dr.  Burr  is  almost  a  Puritan  in  his  de- 
mands, insofar  as  he  himself  is  concerned.  In 
his  relations  with  others,  however,  he  maintains 
a  wide  and  generous  tolerance  which  comes  from 
a  deep  understanding  of  the  motives  and  impul- 
ses of  his  fellows. 


SETH  DAVIS  WAKEFIELD— The  story  of 
the  life  of  the  late  Seth  Davis  Wakefield,  of 
Lewiston,  Maine,  where  his  death  occurred,  and 
who,  until  the  close  of  his  life,  was  one  of  the 
most  prominent  figures  in  the  business  and  mer- 
cantile affairs  of  this  city,  was  one  of  steady 
and  persistent  effort  towards  worthy  ambitions, 
and  the  success  which  came  step  by  step  was  the 
fruit  of  his  courage,  enterprise  and  indefatig- 
able industry.  Occupying  a  recognized  and  envi- 
able position  among  the  well  known  citizens  of 
Lewiston,  he  might  point  with  pride  to  the  fact 
that  he  had  gained  this  place  owing  to  no  favor 
or  mere  accident,  but  to  his  own  native  ability 
and  sound  judgment  and  to  the  wise  forethought 
with  which  he  had  carefully  fitted  himself  for 
the  work  towards  which  his  inclinations  urged 
him.  In  Mr.  Wakefield  high  ideals  were  coupled 
with  that  force  of  character  and  that  tenacity  of 
purpose  which  must  inevitably  result  in  a  well 
merited  success.  The  family  frpm  which  Mr. 
Wakefield  was  descended  was  unquestionably  of 
Anglo-Saxon  origin,  and  was  founded  in  America 
by  one  John  Wakefield,  who  came  from  England 
to  this  country  prior  to  January  I,  1637.  Some 


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time  afterwards  he  removed  to  Maine,  where 
great  numbers  of  his  descendants  have  made  their 
home  ever  since.  Seth  Davis  Wakefield  was  a 
son  of  Archibald  and  Sarah  (Davis)  Wakefield, 
the  former  a  native  of  Buxton,  Maine,  born 
August  23,  1811.  The  elder  Mr.  Wakefield  was 
reared  among  the  adherents  to  the  religious  sec'. 
known  as  Shakers  at  Poland,  Maine,  and  con- 
tinued to  reside  among  these  kindly  people  until 
he  had  reached  manhood.  Later  he  removed  from 
Poland  and  made  his  home  at  various  places  in- 
cluding Buxton,  Alfred  and  Lewiston  in  this 
State,  and  at  Boston,  Massachusetts. 

The  birth  of  Scth  Davis  Wakefield  occurred 
February  22,  1838,  at  Lewiston,  and  it  was  in  that 
city  that  his  childhood  was  passed.  As  a  lad  he 
attended  the  local  public  schools  and  later  be- 
came a  student  at  Lewiston  Falls  Academy.  He 
also  studied  at  the  Kent's  Hill  and  the  Litchfield 
Liberal  Institution,  and  completed  his  forma! 
schooling  at  the  latter.  He  was  but  eighteen 
years  of  age  when,  in  1856,  he  began  his  business 
career  by  taking  a  clerical  position  in  the  dry 
goods  company  of  Ambrose  &  Clark,  one  of  the 
oldest  establishments  of  the  kind  in  the  city,  and 
was  afterwards  admitted  into  partnership  with 
the  latter  gentleman,  the  name  of  the  firm  there- 
upon becoming  Clark  &  Wakefield.  Later  this 
association  was  dissolved  and  Mr.  Wakefield,  to- 
wards the  close  of  1857,  went  to  Dubuque,  Iowa, 
where  he  remained  about  a  year.  Returning  to 
the  East  in  1858,  when  twenty  years  of  age,  he 
settled  for  a  time  at  Auburn,  Maine.  Coming  to 
Lewiston  he  formed  a  partnership  with  a  Mr. 
Parcher,  and  the  two  gentlemen  conducted  a 
highly  successful  dry  goods  business  with  their 
store  situated  in  Central  block  for  a  period  of 
about  six  years.  Once  again  the  desire  to  see  the 
West  induced  Mr.  Wakefield  to  seek  that  region, 
and  this  time  he  went  to  California  and  remained 
a  year  traveling  in  various  parts  of  that  far  west- 
ern region.  In  1886  he  engaged  for  a  short  time 
in  the  boot  and  shoe  business,  and  shortly  after- 
wards formed  an  association  with  his  brother, 
Edwin  Wakefield,  and  the  two  opened  a  phar- 
macy in  this  city.  It  was  a  small  business  to 
begin  with,  but  the  reputation  of  the  two  young 
men  for  probity  and  square  dealing  soon  began 
to  attract  customers  to  their  shop  and  it  was  not 
very  long  before  Wakefield  became  the  leading 
drug  concern  in  Lewiston.  The  store  was  lo- 
cated on  Lisbon  street  and  for  forty-five  years 
remained  in  the  same  location  until  it  is  one  of 
the  most  familiar  landmarks  of  this  section  of 
the  city.  After  upwards  of  a  half  century  in  this 


business  Mr.  Wakefield  withdrew  from  active  life, 
and  from  that  time  until  his  death  enjoyed  a  well 
earned  leisure,  although  he  maintained  his  inter- 
est in  a  number  of  concerns  and  institutions  with 
which  he  was  connected.  He  was  for  many  years 
vice-president  and  director  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Lewiston,  and  a  director  of  the  Andros- 
coggin  Savings  Bank.  In  politics  he  was  a  staunch 
Democrat,  and  for  a  time  was  actively  associ- 
ated with  the  work  of  the  local  organization  of 
the  party,  and  held  a  number  of  offices  among 
uliich  was  that  of  assessor  and  city  In.;:  ;:;ir.  in 
the  latter  of  which  he  served  for  two  years.  Later 
he  withdrew  from  active  participation  in  politics 
and  refused  further  -advancement  and  office,  but 
he  always  remained  an  influential  figure  in  the 
councils  of  his  party  and  in  local  affairs  gener- 
ally. In  his  religious  belief  Mr.  Wakefield  was 
a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  as  his  family 
had  been  for  generations,  and  was  a  liberal  sup- 
porter of  that  religious  body  in  this  part  of  the 
State.  In  spite  of  his  avoidance  of  public  life, 
Mr.  Wakefield  found  it  impossible  to  resist  the 
popular  demand  for  his  candidacy  for  the  State 
Legislature  in  1875,  and  after  accepting  the  nomi- 
nation was  triumphantly  elected  to  that  office  by 
a  safe  majority.  He  proved  himself  a  most  cap- 
able and  disinterested  public  servant  and  made  a 
fine  record  for  himself  in  the  capacity  of  legis- 
lator. He  was  a  prominent  figure  in  the  social 
and  fraternal  circles  of  the  city  and  especially 
so  in  the  Masonic  order,  having  attained  the 
thirty-second  degree  in  Free  Masonry,  and  being 
affiliated  with  lodge,  chapter,  council,  comrnand- 
ery  and  temple.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Calu- 
met Club  and  for  a  number  of  years  its  president. 
In  his  general  life  Mr.  Wakefield  was  extremely 
public  spirited  and  did  a  great  deal  to  advance 
the  general  interests  of  the  community.  He  en- 
joyed a  wide  popularity  and  won  the  esteem  and 
affection  of  his  fellow  citizens  generally. 

Scth  Davis  Wakefield  was  united  in  marriage, 
August  25,  1859,  with  Mary  E.  Coffin,  a  native 
of  Harrington,  Maine,  where  her  birth  occurred, 
and  a  daughter  of  Aaron  and  Fear  (Driskoe) 
Coffin,  natives  of  Ccnterville  and  Addison,  Maine, 
respectively.  Two  children  were  born  of  this 
union  as  follows :  Archibald  C.,  of  \Yakelield  and 
Boston;  and  Frederick,  now  a  practicing  physi- 
cian at  Lewiston. 

Mr.  Wakefield  was  one  of  those  vivid,  strik- 
ing personalities  that  impress  powerfully  all  those 
about  them,  and  because  we  identify  them  so  dis- 
tinctly in  our  mind  with  verile,  active  life,  as- 
sume a  sort  of  immortality  in  conscientiousness. 


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This  was  borne  witness  to  in  a  remarkable  man- 
ner in  his  case  by  the  feelings  of  his  friends  at 
the  time  of  his  death  as  expressed  by  them.  In 
spite  of  the  many  cares  under  which  he  labored 
in  connection  with  the  discharge  of  his  public 
duties  and  the  management  of  his  private  inter- 
ests, he  never  carried  them  about  with  him  and 
never  obtruded  them  upon  the  notice  of  others, 
either  abroad  among  his  associates  or  in  the 
bosom  of  his  family  at  home.  To  the  very  close 
of  his  life  he  retained  the  buoyancy  of  youth,  the 
outward  expression  of  an  inward,  spiritual  good 
cheer  that  never  deserted  him.  Among  his  as- 
sociates, especially  among  those  who  were  fortu- 
nate enough  to  have  been  intimate  with  him,  the 
feeling  remained  many  years  after  his  death  that 
he  was  still  present  in  the  spirit.  His  was  one  of 
those  natures  that  no  small  taint  of  meanness 
appeared,  such  as  so  often  blights  the  strongest, 
and  he  had  the  virtue  of  simplicity  which  sinks 
personal  pettiness  in  wholesome  admiration,  the 
simplicity  of  hero  worship.  In  the  midst  of  all 
the  tasks  with  which  his  broad  and  willing  shoul- 
ders were  burdened,  Mr.  Wakefield's  feelings  and 
affections  all  urged  him  to  his  home  and  the  in- 
tercourse of  his  own  household  for  rest  and  re- 
laxation. Here  he  experienced  more  happiness  than 
he  could  extract  out  of  any  other  form  of  recre- 
ation, and  every  hour  that  he  felt  free  to  dispose 
of  to  his  own  pleasure  was  thus  spent  among 
those  he  loved  best.  Thus  did  he  round  out  his 
life,  and  to  his  fine  record  of  public  and  private 
achievement  he  added  that  highest  praise  of  a 
true  and  virtuous  manhood. 


CHARLES  EDWIN  GURNEY  is  a  son  of 
Charles  Edwin  Gurney,  ST.,  and  Jennie  S.  (Hun- 
newell)  Gurney;  he  is  descended  from  Lemuel 
Gurney,  who  came  from  Scotland  and  settled  in 
Cumberland,  where  he  married  Susan  Blanchard. 
Lemuel  Gurney  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution- 
ary War,  and  is  the  great-grandfather  of  Charles 
E.  Gurney,  Jr.  On  his  mother's  side  he  is  de- 
scended from  William  Hunnewell,  one  of  the 
old  time  shipbuilders  of  Maine,  whose  shipyard 
stood  in  Portland  and  on  the  present  location  of 
the  power  house  of  the  Cumberland  County 
Power  &  Light  Company,  near  Deering  Oaks. 
William  Hunnewell  married  Jane  Plummer. 

Charles  Edwin  Gurney,  Jr.,  was  born  in  Port- 
land, February  15,  1874.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  until  the  death  of  his  parents,  when  he 
entered  the  employ  of  the  late  Howard  E.  Soule, 
one  of  Portland's  well  known  and  highly  re- 
spected merchants.  While  so  employed  he  fitted 


himself  for  college  and  entered  Colby  College  in 
the  class  of  1898,  with  which  class  he  was  gradu- 
ated. He  then  taught  school  for  a  year  at  South 
Portland,  while  carrying  on  his  legal  studies  pre- 
paratory to  his  admission  to  the  bar.  He  pur- 
sued the  study  of  law  with  the  firm  of  Symonds, 
Snow,  Cook  &  Hutchinson,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1900.  In  1901  he  was  married  to  Eve- 
lyn Gertrude  Barton,  daughter  of  Russell  S.  and 
Vesta  A.  (Pierce)  Barton,  of  Waterville,  and  they 
have  two  children,  Marshall  Barton,  born  April 
23.  J9O3,  and  Barbara  Hope,  born  June  12,  1909. 

He  has  been  a  devoted  student  of  law  and  has 
established  a  substantial  practice.  While  in  col- 
lege he  was  a  member  of  the  Delta  Upsilon  fra- 
ternity, at  one  time  being  president  of  the  local 
chapter.  He  is  a  member  of  Portland  Lodge,  No.  i, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  which  he  is  a  past 
master;  Greenleaf  Chapter,  No.  13,  Royal  Arch 
Masons;  Portland  Council,  Royal  and  Select 
Masters;  Portland  Commandery,  No.  2,  Knights 
Templar;  Kora  Temple,  Ancient  Arabic  Order 
Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  is  affiliated  with 
the  Woodfords  and  Portland  clubs,  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Portland  Economic  Club.  He 
was  president  of  the  Deering  Republican  Club, 
and  was  one  of  the  four-minute  men  during  the 
recent  war,  and  upon  nomination  of  Governor 
Milliken  he  was  appointed  by  the  president  a 
permanent  member  of  the  Legal  Advisory  Board 
of  Portland.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  House 
of  Representatives  as  a  representative  from  Port- 
land in  the  seventy-eighth  Legislature,  and  is  at 
present  a  member  of  the  State  Senate  from  Cum- 
berland county. 


EZRA  HASKELL  WHITE,  D.D.S.,  one  of  the 

successful  and  popular  dentists  of  Lewiston, 
Maine,  is  a  native  of  the  "Pine  Tree  State,"  and 
intimately  identified  with  Lewiston  during  his 
active  career.  He  is  a  son  of  Albion  Paris  and 
Elizabeth  Mary  (Frank)  White,  his  father  hav- 
ing been  a  successful  shoe  manufacturer  at  Au- 
burn, Maine. 

Dr.  Ezra  H.  White  was  born  October  14,  1854, 
at  New  Gloucester,  Maine,  but  came  with  his  par- 
ents to  Lewiston  to  live  at  ten  years  of  age.  The 
elementary  portion  of  his  education  was  received 
in  the  public  schools  of  this  city,  and  he  gradu- 
ated from  the  Lewiston  High  School  in  1873.  He 
was  then  sent  by  his  father  to  that  famous  insti- 
tution, the  Bryant  &  Stratton  School  of  Boston, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  1875.  He  had  in  the 
meantime  determined  upon  dentistry  as  a  career 
in  life,  and  with  this  «nd  in  view  matriculated  at 


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the  Philadelphia  Dental  College  in  1876.  He  was 
graduated  from  this  institution  with  the  class  of 
1879,  taking  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Dental  Sur- 
gery. Dr.  White  at  once  returned  to  his  native 
State  and  made  his  home  in  Lewiston,  with  which 
city  he  had  become  familiar  in  early  youth.  Here 
he  at  once  established  himself  in  a  successful 
practice,  and  has  been  engaged  thus  since  the 
year  1880.  He  is  now  regarded  as  one  of  the 
leaders  in  his  profession  in  the  region,  and  is 
well  known  far  and  wide.  Dr.  White  has  inter- 
ested himself  in  many  other  things  besides  his 
profession,  and  has  been  particularly  prominent 
in  the  city's  local  affairs.  He  is  a  Republican  in 
his  political  belief,  and  has  been  actively  con- 
cerned in  advancing  the  interests  of  this  party. 
He  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Al- 
dermen and  has  in  the  past  served  on  the  City 
Council  there.  He  is  prominent  in  the  social 
and  fraternal  circles  of  the  city,  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Masonic  order,  in  which  he  has  taken 
the  thirty-second  degree.  He  is  affiliated  with 
Rabboni  Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Ma- 
sons, of  Lewiston;  King  Hiram  Chapter,  Royal 
Arch  Masons;  the  Council,  Royal  and  Select  Mas- 
ters; the  Commandery,  Knights  Templar;  Kora 
Temple,  Ancient  Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the 
Mystic  Shrine;  and  the  Consistory,  Sovereign 
Princes  of  the  Royal  Secret.  His  clubs  are 
the  Calumet  and  the  William  Tell  Hunting  of 
Lewiston.  In  his  religious  belief  he  is  a  Con- 
gregationalist,  and  attends  the  church  of  that  de- 
nomination at  Lewiston. 

Dr.  Ezra  Haskell  White  was  united  in  mar- 
riage, October  16,  1879,  at  Lewiston,  with  Anna 
Gertrude  Morse,  a  daughter  of  Alfred  Johnson 
and  Hulda  Brown  (Newell)  Morse,  highly  re- 
spected residents  of  Lewiston.  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
White  are  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
Carl  Warren,  born  September  3,  1880,  and  Shirley 
Elizabeth,  born  June  13,  1882. 


EDWARD  FRANCIS  FLAHERTY,  senior 
member  of  the  firm  of  Flaherty  &  Coyne,  was 
born  in  Portland,  and  acquired  his  early  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city.  He 
is  the  son  of  Irish  parents.  Mark,  the  father  of 
Edward  Francis  Flaherty,  came  from  County 
Galway,  Ireland,  and  on  arriving  in  this  country 
settled  in  Gorham,  Maine,  where  he  followed  the 
occupation  of  a  tanner,  and  from  there  he  moved 
to  Portland  where  his  death  occurred  in  the  year 
1889.  His  wife,  who  before  her  marriage  was 
Ann  O'Connor,  also  came  from  Galway,  but  lo- 


cated at  once  at  Portland,  Maine,  as  a  young  wo- 
man, and  it  was  here  that  her  death  occurred  in 
1895.  They  were  among  the  pioneer  Irish  set- 
tlers of  the  Forest  City,  and  were  blessed  with  a 
large  family  of  which  the  following  members  are 
now  living:  Coleman  A.,  Thomas  J.,  John  ].,  Ed- 
ward F.,  Peter  R.,  and  Delia  A. 

Edward  Francis  Flaherty  as  a  boy  attended  the 
West  School,  and  after  a  term  in  the  Portland 
High  School,  entered  the  employ  of  a  hat  manu- 
facturing concern  as  a  silk  hatter,  and  worked  at 
that  occupation  for  four  years.  His  next  position 
was  with  a  local  clothing  concern  with  which  he 
remained  fourteen  years.  Ambitious  to  be  some- 
thing more  than  a  salesman  he  engaged  in  busi- 
ness on  his  own  account  in  partnership  with 
John  A.  Coyne,  under  the  style  of  Flaherty  & 
Coyne,  clothiers,  hatters  and  furnishers.  The 
place  of  business  is  located  at  559  Congress 
Street,  Portland,  and  was  established  October 
2,  1909.  It  has  been  most  successfully  carried  on 
ever  since,  and  is  one  of  the  best  known  and  most 
thoroughly  trusted  firms  in  Portland,  the  result  of 
admirable  executive  ability  and  business  talent. 

Mr.  Flaherty  has  taken  an  active  part  in  poli- 
tics and  his  affiliations  have  always  been  with 
the  Democrats.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the 
State  Legislature  three  terms,  one  term  in  the 
House  of  Representatives  and  twice  in  the  Senate, 
and  re-elected  in  1918,  and  he  stands  high  in  the 
councils  of  his  party,  and  enjoys  the  confidence 
and  esteem  of  his  political  associates.  In  all 
political  contests  he  is  a  hard  fighter  but  a  fair 
one,  and  many  of  his  strongest  political  oppo- 
nents are  his  warmest  personal  friends.  He  was 
at  one  time  connected  with  the  National  Guard 
as  a  private  in  the  old  Sheridan  Rifles,  and  after- 
ward became  second  lieutenant  in  the  Eleventh 
Company,  C.  A.  C. 

Mr.  Flaherty  is  a  past  grand  knight  of  Portland 
Council,  No.  101,  Knights  of  Columbus,  and  is  now 
District  Deputy  of  that  society.  He  is  also  State 
president  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  Hibernians.  In 
his  religious  belief  Mr.  Flaherty  is  a  Roman  Cath- 
olic and  attends  Sacred  Heart  Church  in  Portland. 
He  is  an  active  member  of  the  parish  and  sup- 
ports ardently  its  various  activities  and  philan- 
thropic undertakings. 

On  the  fourteenth  day  of  September,  1910,  Ed- 
ward Francis  Flaherty  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Marie  T.  Coyne,  a  sister  of  his  partner  in 
business.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Flaherty  three  chil- 
dren have  been  born  as  follows:  Edward  Francis, 
Jr.,  Katherine  and  John  Coyne  Flaherty. 


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JOSEPH  WHITE  SYMONDS.— There  are 
few  professions  which  are  heir  to  such  a  splen- 
did body  of  tradition  as  is  that  of  the  law  in 
the  United  States,  and  to  this  great  tradition 
no  State  has  contributed  a  more  valuable  bequest 
than  has  Maine,  which,  during  the  past  century, 
has  been  represented  on  its  bench  and  at  its  bar 
by  many  of  the  most  brilliant  intellects  and  most 
powerful  minds  in  the  country.  Among  the  names 
of  this  great  group  of  jurists,  none  stands  higher 
than  that  of  ex-Associate  Justice  Joseph  W. 
Symonds,  whose  death  September  28,  1918,  has 
removed  from  the  legal  profession,  and  from  the 
community  in  general,  a  figure  of  the  utmost  dis- 
tinction, and  left  a  gap  which  it  will  be  difficult 
indeed  to  fill.  Judge  Symonds  was  a  man  of  un- 
usually profound  knowledge  in  his  profession, 
which,  coupled  with  a  broad  culture  in  the  more 
general  aspects  of  life,  and  an  extraordinarily 
trenchant  and  ready  mind,  gave  him  a  ranking 
in  the  profession  second  to  none  in  the  State, 
while  of  his  powers  as  an  orator,  his  friends,  the 
late  Thomas  B.  Reed,  thought  so  highly  of  him 
that  he  declared  that  he  did  not  have  his  equal 
as  an  orator,  even  in  the  national  Congress.  His 
writings  on  legal  subjects,  and  his  decisions  from 
the  benches  are  looked  upon  as  models  in  their 
respective  realms,  and,  in  addition,  he  was  gifted 
as  an  author  in  more  general  fields,  his  essay  on 
Nathaniel  Hawthorne  being  especially  regarded 
as  a  delightful  and  scholarly  piece  of  work. 

The  Symonds  family  is  an  ancient  and  distin- 
guished one  in  England,  where  it  can  be  definitely 
traced  back  to  the  time  of  William  the  Con- 
queror. The  Symonds  coat-of-arms  also  bears 
witness  to  their  antiquity,  consisting  of: 

Arms — Azure,  a  chevron  engrailed  between  three 
trefoils  slipped  or. 
Motto — Dum  v'mo  spero. 

The  name  has  been  traced  in  Lancashire 
through  twenty  generations,  six  of  which  are  re- 
corded by  Richard  Symonds,  antiquary  and  poet, 
who  fought  at  Naseby.  Richard  Symonds,  of  the 
third  generation,  was  the  ancestor  of  the  powerful 
family  of  this  name  in  Norfolk,  England,  while 
John,  of  the  eighth  generation,  was  the  founder 
of  the  House  of  Symonds,  in  Cambridgeshire. 

(I)  John  Symonds,  the  founder  of  the  family  in 
America,  and  ancestor  of  Judge  Symonds,  was 
closely  related  to  Samuel  Symonds,  afterwards 
of  Ipswich.  The  two  men  appeared  together  in 
Boston,  in  March,  1638,  and  took  the  freeman's 
oath  together.  About  1650  the  coat-of-arms  and, 
family  genealogy,  together  with  a  desk  and  table 
brought  over  by  John  Symonds  from  England 


to  this  country,  were  destroyed  by  fire,  but  the 
descendants  have  kept  alive  the  tradition  of  the 
arms  with  its  "three  trefoils  slipped  or"  and  have 
counted  themselves  of  the  same  stock  as  the  gov- 
ernor. The  names  of  estates  owned  in  England 
by  these  two  men  have  been  perpetuated  in  the 
names  of  towns  here,  and  we  find  Topsfield  and 
Middleton  associated  with  places  where  the  Sy- 
monds have  resided.  John  Symonds  brought 
with  him  from  England  his  wife  Elizabeth,  and 
a  family  of  three  children,  but  Samuel  Symonds, 
the  youngest  child  from  whom  the  Symonds  line 
with  which  we  are  especially  concerned  is  de- 
scended, and  who  is  named  in  honor  of  his  kins- 
man, Samuel  Symonds,  was  born  in  this  coun- 
try. John  Symonds  came  to  the  colonies  in  1637- 
38,  and  died  in  1671.  He  was  called  a  carpenter 
after  the  fashion  which  obtained  at  that  day,  al- 
though he  merely  kept  apprentices  and  did  not 
work  at  the  trade.  In  a  similar  manner  Sir  Rich- 
ard Saltonstall  is  called  a  miller,  though  it  also 
was  merely  a  nominal  classification. 

(II)  Samuel  Symonds,  youngest  child  of  John 
and   Elizabeth   Symonds,  was  born  November  4, 
1638,  at  Salem,  Massachusetts,  and  died  at  Box- 
ford,  August  14,  1722,  in  his  eighty-fifth  year.    He 
bought  land  in   1662,  and  built  his  homestead  in 
what   is   now    Boxford,   near   the    Topsfield   line. 
Samuel   Symonds  and  Captain   Baker,  son-in-law 
of    Deputy    Baker,    held    all    the    first    town    and 
church   offices.     It   is  a  remarkable   fact  and  an- 
other   indication    of    the     kinship    between    this 
Samuel  Symonds  and  the  deputy  governor  of  the 
same    name    that    their    signatures    are    so    much 
alike  that   they  might  well  be   thought  those   of 
the  same  man.     Samuel  Symonds  married  Eliza- 
beth Andrew,  a  daughter  of   Robert  Andrew,  of 
Topsfield,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  the  fol- 
lowing children:  Elizabeth,  Hannah,  Grace,  Mary, 
Samuel,   John,   who   died   young;    Ruth,   Rebecca, 
who  died  in  infancy;   Phebe,  who  was  called  Re- 
becca  after   her    sister's    death;    Phoebe,   Joseph, 
Nathaniel,  and  John,  who  is  mentioned  at  length 
below. 

(III)  John     (2)    Symonds,    youngest    child    of 
Samuel   and    Elizabeth    (Andrew)    Symonds,   was 
born    January    6.    1690,    in    what    is    now    Boxford. 
He  probably  died  in   1761.     He  married,  in   1708, 
Hannah   Hazen,   a   daughter   of   John   and   Mary 
(Bradstreet)    Hazen,    of    Topsfield,    her    mother 
being     the     daughter     of     John     Bradstreet     and 
grand-daughter    of     Governor     Simon    and     Ann 
(Dudley)    Bradstreet.      John    Symonds    and    his 
wife  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
John,    who    died    in    infancy;    Hannah,    Thomas, 


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Jacob,  Alice,  who  died  in  infancy;  Alice,  Sarah, 
Francis,  Lydia,  Phoebe,  and  John,  who  is  men- 
tioned below. 

(IV)  John    (3)    Symonds,    youngest    child    of 
John    (2)    and    Hannah    (Hazcn)    Symonds,    was 
born    March    n,    1725,   at    Boxford,   and    died   of 
smallpox  in  1778.     He  married  (first)  Ruth  Dor- 
man,   of.Topsficld,  who   died   after   bearing   him 
four  children.     He  married   (second)    Ruth    Met- 
calf,    by    whom    he    had    the    following    children: 
Ruth,  Thomas,   Francis,   Abigail,   Nathaniel,  who 
is  mentioned  below;  Hannah,  and  Huldah. 

(V)  Nathaniel  Symonds,  third  son  of  John  (3) 
and  Ruth  (Metcalf)  Symonds,  was  born  in  Octo- 
ber, 1764,  at  Danvers,  Massachusetts,  and  died  at 
Raymond,    Maine,    in    1823.      He    afterwards    re- 
moved to  Bridgeton,  and  still  later  to  Raymond, 
where   the   remainder  of  his   life   was  spent,  and 
where  he  was  engaged  in  farming.     He  married, 
in    1791,    Martha    Slarliird,    a    daughter    of    Moses 
Starbird,  and  they  were   the  parents  of  the   fol- 
lowing children:  Joseph,  mentioned  below;   Mar- 
tha, Hannah,  Huldah,  Sally,  Eliza  C.,  and  Henry 
A.     The   name   of   Moses   Starbird  appears   as   a 
private  on  the  Continental  army  payroll  of  Cap- 
tain   Smart's   company,    Colonel    Smith's    (Vv'iggles- 
worth)  regiment,  for  service  from  March  I,  1777, 
to  March  I,  1780,  and  he  is  credited  to  Bradford. 
Also  on  a  return,  dated  February  5,  1778,  at  Camp 
Valley  Forge.     After  the  Revolution  Moses  Star- 
bird  settled  in  Raymond,  where  he  built  a  large 
old-fashioned  farmhouse  at  Panther's  Pond,  near 
the  town,  which  afterwards  became  the  home  of 
his  daughter  and  son-in-law,  Nathaniel  Symonds. 

(VI)  Joseph     Symonds,     eldest     child     of     Na- 
thaniel   and    Martha    (Starbird)     Symonds,    was 
born    June    12,    1793,    at    Raymond,    and    died    in 
Portland,  in   1873.     He  was  engaged  in  mercan- 
tile pursuits,  and  the  latter  part  of  his  life  was 
spent  at  Portland.     He  married,  in  1819,  Isabella 
Jordan,     a     daughter     of     Samuel     and     Rachel 
(Humphrey)  Jordan,  of  Raymond,  Maine,  and  a 
descendant  in  the  eighth  generation  of  the   Rev. 
Robert  Jordan,  the  first   Episcopal  clergyman  in 
Maine.     They  were  the  parents  of  the  following 
children:    David   J.,   Lydia   M.,    Rachel   J.,   Elisa- 
beth C.,  William  Law,  who  is  mentioned  below; 
Cynthia    Isabel,   Joseph    W.,    with    whose    career 
we  are  here  especially  concerned;  and  Anson  Jor- 
dan, who  died  in  early  youth. 

(VII)  \Villiam    Law    Sunonds,    second    son    of 
Joseph     and     Isabella      (Jordan)      Symonds,     and 
brother  of  the  Hon.  Joseph  White  Symonds,  was 
born  in  1833,  and  died  in  1862.     He  was  educated 
at  the  Portland  High   School  and  Bowdoin   Col- 


lege, graduating  from  the  latter  in  the  year  1854 
with  the  highest  honors  of  his  class.  He  was  a 
man  of  great  purity  of  character,  intellectual  ma- 
turity and  scholarly  tastes.  He  pursued  theolo- 
gical studies  for  two  years,  and  preached  for  six 
months  at  Chicopee,  Maine.  He  then  became 
connected  with  the  staff  of  the  "New  American 
Encyclopedia,"  and  contributed  to  this  valuable 
work  an  immense  volume  of  material.  The  ex- 
tent and  variety  of  his  attainments  may  be 
judged  from  the  fact  that  he  contributed  twenty- 
six  hundred  articles  on  historical,  philosophical 
and  biographical  subjects  to  the  encyclopedia, 
all  of  them  marked  by  that  taste,  originality  ami 
erudition  for  which  he  was  remarkable.  Some  of 
the  most  important  of  these  articles  are  on  the 
subjects,  "History,"  "English  Literature,"  "Phil- 
osophy," etc.  He  was  also  a  contributor  to  the 
Atlantic  Monthly,  and  the  Knickerbocker,  and  was 
also  a  writer  of  brilliant  articles  for  the  newspaper 
press.  James  Russell  Lowell,  at  that  time  the  editor 
of  the  Atlantic  Monthly,  said  of  Mr.  Symonds'  essay, 
"The  Carnival  of  the  Romantic,"  which  appeared  in 
the  issue  of  his  magazine  for  August,  1860,  "that  it 
was  the  best  essay  that  had  ever  appeared  in  the 
magazine."  His  librarian  instinct  was  great,  and  Dr. 
CoRRswell,  chief  of  the  Astor  Library,  left  Mr.  Sy- 
monds in  charge  of  that  institution  during  his  absence 
for  a  summer  in  F.uropc.  Mr.  Symonds  would  have 
undoubtedly  enriched  the  world  with  further 
work  of  inestimable  value  had  he  not  been 
stricken  before  he  had  reached  his  prime,  and 
died  at  the  age  of  twenty-eight,  in  1862.  An  ap- 
propriate epitaph  for  Mr.  Symonds  would  be  that 
strange  saying  of  the  Greeks,  "that  those  whom 
the  gods  love  die  young."  He  belonged  by  blood 
and  tradition  to  that  early  New  England  school 
of  letters,  which  was  marked  at  one  and  the  same 
time  by  a  delicate  austerity  and  a  philosophic 
boldness.  His  death  before  his  thirtieth  year 
deprived  this  country  and  the  world  of  the  rich- 
est fruit  of  an  explicit,  hardy  and  original  genius. 
(VII)  The  Hon.  Joseph  White  Symonds,  sev- 
enth child  of  Joseph  and  Isabella  (Jordan) 
Symonds,  and  the  principal  subject  of  this  sketch, 
was  born  September  2,  1840,  at  Raymond,  Maine. 
He  was  a  small  child  when  his  parents  removed 
to  Portland,  and  it  was  in  this  city  that  most  of 
his  childhood  was  spent,  and  here  that  he  at- 
tended school.  He  was  a  pupil  in  the  grammar 
grades  and  high  school,  and  at  the  latter  insti- 
tution was  prepared  for  college.  He  exhibited, 
even  as  a  child,  the  extraordinary  gifts  of  his 
family  at  their  highest  pitch,  and  was  a  bril- 
liant student  at  an  age  when  most  boys  are 


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doing  their  best  to  avoid  such  work  altogether. 
After  graduating  from  the  high  school,  he  en- 
tered Bowdoin  College,  in  1856,  where  he  main- 
tained his  high  reputation  for  scholarship,  and 
where  he  graduated  with  the  class  of  1860,  tak- 
ing his  Bachelor's  degree.  From  early  life  his 
inclinations  were  towards  the  profession  of  law, 
and  he  began  the  study  of  his  chosen  subject 
in  the  office  of  Samuel  and  D.  W.  Fessenden. 
He  continued  it  later  in  that  of  Edward  Fox, 
afterwards  judge  of  the  United  States  District 
Court  for  Maine,  to  such  good  purpose  that  in 
1863  he  was  admitted  to  the  practice  of  law  in 
Cumberland  county,  and  at  once  opened  an  of- 
fice in  Portland.  In  the  same  year  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of  Master 
of  Arts.  Judge  Symonds  was  not  the  only  bril- 
liant member  of  the  class  of  1860  of  Bowdoin, 
which  indeed  was  famous  for  the  number  of  dis- 
tinguished men  which  it  included,  and  among 
which  should  be  mentioned  the  Hon.  W.  W. 
Thomas,  the  Hon.  Amos  L.  Allen,  Judge  Horace 
H.  Burbank,  Samuel  L.  Came,  A.  W.  Bradbury 
and  Thomas  Brackett  Reed,  with  the  last  of 
whom  he  was  a  close  friend  for  many  years. 
For  five  years  young  Mr.  Symonds  remained  in 
practice  by  himself  in  Portland  and  then,  in  1868, 
was  elected  to  the  post  of  city  solicitor,  which 
he  held  until  1872.  In  1869  he  formed  a  partner- 
ship with  the  Hon.  Charles  F.  Libby,  and  the 
firm  of  Symonds  &  Libby  became  well  known 
in  legal  circles  immediately.  The  association 
was  necessarily  broken  up  when,  in  1872,  Mr. 
Symonds  was  appointed  by  Governor  Perham  to 
the  bench  of  the  Superior  Court  of  Cumberland 
county,  Maine.  In  1878,  when  he  was  but  thirty- 
eight  years  of  age,  he  was  appointed  associate 
justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Maine,  where 
he  remained  six  years,  and  then  retired  to  pri- 
vate practice,  the  old  firm  of  Symonds  &  Libby 
being  reformed.  This  association  was  once 
more  dissolved,  in  1891,  and  two  years  later 
Judge  Symonds  became  the  senior  member  of 
the  firm  of  Symonds,  Snow  &  Cook.  This  firm, 
enlarged  a  few  years  later  by  the  addition  of  a 
new  partner,  Mr.  Hutchinson,  under  the  name 
of  Symonds,  Snow,  Cook  &  Hutchinson,  was  his 
final  association. 

In  addition  to  his  legal  activities,  Judge  Sym- 
onds held  at  various  times  a  number  of  offices. 
During  his  entire  life  he  was  a  staunch  Repub- 
lican, but  he  systematically  and  consistently 
avoided  public  honors,  and  often  retired  of  his 
own  free-will  upon  occasions  when  other  names 


as  well  as  his  had  been  mentioned  in  nomination. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Maine  Historical  So- 
ciety, and  a  member  of  the  board  of  overseers 
of  Bowdoin  College,  which  conferred  upon  him, 
in  1894,  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws.  He  was 
a  Unitarian  in  his  religious  belief  and  attended 
the  First  Parish  Church  of  that  denomination  in 
Portland.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Cum- 
berland Club  and  the  Fraternity  Club,  and  was 
a  conspicuous  figure  in  social  circles. 

Judge  Symonds  was  united  in  marriage,  in  May, 
1884,  with  Mary  Campbell  Stuart,  of  Huntington, 
New  York,  and  they  became  the  parents  of  one 
son,  Stuart  Oakley,  born  August  3,  1885,  a  grad- 
uate of  Bowdoin  College  of  the  class  of  1905,  and 
afterwards  associated  with  his  father  in  the  prac- 
tice of  the  law,  being  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Symonds,  Snow,  Cook  &  Hutchinson.  (See  follow- 
ing sketch). 

Judge  Symonds  was  one  of  those  rare  indi- 
viduals who  seem,  so  far  as  their  feelings  are 
concerned,  to  have  drunk  at  Ponce  de  Leon's 
fabled  fountain  and  gained  the  secret  of  eternal 
youth.  His  heart  never  grew  old,  and  to  the 
last  he  always  preserved  a  fresh,  optimistic, 
youthful  outlook  that  was  extremely  attractive. 
His  enthusiasm  was  youthful,  as  were  his  sym- 
pathies also,  and  his  heart  made  that  spontaneous 
and  warm  response  to  the  advance  of  others 
which  passes  with  most  men  with  the  destruc- 
tion of  their  illusions.  Another  point  in  which 
this  seemingly  perennial  spirit  manifested  itself 
was  in  the  keen  love  of  nature  and  out-door  life 
always  displayed  by  Judge  Symonds.  Notwith- 
standing his  youthful  heart  and  mind,  Judge  Sym- 
onds did  not  lack  those  qualities  of  mature  de- 
velopment which  are  essential  to  the  success  of 
a  man  upon  whose  shoulders  large  responsibil- 
ities and  the  conduct  of  important  affairs  rest. 
His  foresight  was  clear,  judgment  unclouded, 
and  he  never  allowed  personal  proclivities  and 
prepossessions  to  interfere  with  the  application 
of  those  principles  of  practical  life  which  he 
knew  perfectly  well  were  essential  to  its  proper 
conduct.  Given  this  saving  reservation,  the  spon- 
taneity and  enthusiasm  of  his  feelings  and  man- 
ners were  rather  a  strength  than  a  weakness, 
since  they  inevitably  called  forth  the  same  feel- 
ings in  those  he  dealt  with,  with  the  result  of 
placing  everything  on  a  frank  and  friendly  foot- 
ing which  greatly  facilitated  legal  decisions  of 
all  kinds.  His  manners  were  genial,  and  kindly, 
and  he  was  altogether  as  universally  liked  as  he 
was  respected  for  his  position  and  influence. 


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STUART  OAKLEY  SYMONDS  comes  of  a 
family  for  many  years  distinguished  for  its 
achievements  in  the  realms  of  literature  and  law 
and  which  can  claim  a  most  honorable  antiquity, 
both  in  this  country  and  in  the  Old  World.  It 
came  originally  to  England  among  the  followers 
of  William  the  Conqueror  as  is  attested  by  its 
ancient  arms,  which  at  a  very  early  age  con- 
tained a  chevron,  which  were  only  found  in  the 
arms  of  the  followers  of  the  great  Norman.  The 
bearings  of  the  family  were  as  follows:  Azure, 
a  chevron  engrailed  between  three  trefoils  slipped 
or,  with  the  motto  Dum  vivo  spiro.  It  settled  at 
a  remote  period  in  Lancashire,  where  it  can  be 
traced  through  twenty  generations,  six  of  which 
are  recorded  by  Richard  Symonds,  the  anti- 
quarian poet,  who  fought  at  the  battle  of 
Nasedy.  Richard  Symonds,  of  the  third  genera- 
tion, was  an  ancestor  of  the  Symonds  of  Nor- 
folk, and  John  Symonds,  of  the  eighth,  of  those 
of  Cambridgeshire.  The  coat-of-arms  of  Dep- 
uty-Governor Samuel  Symonds,  and  John  Sym- 
onds, the  founder  of  the  family  in  this  country, 
are  identical.  They  appear  to  have  been  brothers, 
as  they  arrived  together  in  Boston  in  the  month 
of  March,  1638,  but  unfortunately  the  coat-of- 
arms  which  they  brought  from  England,  together 
with  the  genealogy  of  the  family,  were  lost  by 
fire,  also  the  old  desk  in  which  they  were  con- 
tained. 

From  this  John  Symonds  the  line  runs  through 
Samuel,  John  (2),  John  (3),  Nathaniel,  Joseph, 
Joseph  White  Symonds,  the  father  of  the  Mr. 
Symonds  of  this  brief  notice.  William  Law 
Symonds,  the  distinguished  scholar  and  author, 
was  born  April  29,  1833,  at  Raymond,  Maine. 
He  was  the  elder  brother  of  the  Hon.  Joseph 
White  Symonds  and  the  uncle  of  Stuart  Oakley 
Symonds.  While  still  very  young,  he  began  to 
exhibit  those  tastes  and  abilities  which  were  so 
marked  a  characteristic  of  his  later  life  and  which 
won  for  him  so  distinguished  a  place  in  the 
literary  life  of  his  State.  A  graduate  of  Bowdoin 
College  with  the  class  of  1854,  he  later  studied 
theology  at  Cambridge  for  two  years  and  even- 
tually became  a  minister  at  Chicopec,  Massachu- 
setts. He  afterwards  became  connected  with  the 
staff  of  the  new  American  Cyclopedia  and  de- 
voted himself  with  great  energy  to  the  work  of 
compiling  this  valuable  collection,  a  large  num- 
ber of  the  articles  appearing  there  being  from 
his  pen,  among  which  should  certainly  be  men- 
tioned those  on  history,  English  literature  and 
philosophy.  He  also  contributed  largely  to 


periodicals,  especially  the  Atlantic  Monthly  and 
the  Knickerbocker,  and  his  essay  in  the  former 
magazine  earned  the  distinction  of  being  praised 
by  James  Russell  Lowell,  then  the  editor,  as 
the  best  essay  ever  printed  therein.  It  was  en- 
titled "The  Carnival  of  the  Romantic"  and  ap- 
peared in  the  issue  of  August,  1860. 

The  Hon.  Joseph  White  Symonds  was  born 
September  2,  1840,  at  Raymond,  Maine,  and  at 
the  age  of  four  years  accompanied  his  parents 
to  Portland,  whither  they  removed.  He  received 
his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  that 
city  and  was  prepared  for  college  at  the  Portland 
High  School.  He  entered  Bowdoin  College  in 
1856  and  was  graduated  therefrom  with  the  class 
of  1860.  He  studied  law  in  the  offices  of  such 
able  preceptors  as  Samuel  and  D.  W.  Fessenden 
and  the  Hon.  Edward  Fox,  who  afterwards  be- 
came judge  of  the  United  States  District  Court 
for  Maine.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Cum- 
berland county  in  1863,  and  at  once  began  the 
practice  of  law  in  Portland.  In  1869  he  formed 
a  partnership  with  Charles  F.  Libby  and  the 
well  known  firm  of  Symonds  &  Libby  was  or- 
ganized. In  1872  Governor  Perham  appointed 
Mr.  Symonds  judge  of  the  Superior  Court  of 
Maine.  In  1878  he  was  appointed  by  Governor 
Selden  Connor  to  a  seat  on  the  Supreme  Bench 
of  the  State.  This  office  he  held  until  1884, 
when  he  resigned  to  resume  his  private  practice. 
In  1863  he  received  from  Bowdoin  College  the 
honorary  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  and  in  1894 
that  of  Doctor  of  Laws.  He  enjoys  at  the  pres- 
ent time  the  distinction  of  being  the  oldest  mem- 
ber of  the  bar  of  Maine,  and  is  now  the  senior 
partner  of  the  famous  firm  of  Symonds,  Snow, 
Cook  &  Hutchinson. 

There  is  a  certain  quality  about  the  duties  and 
functions  connected  with  the  meting  of  justice, 
the  giving  of  judgments  between  men  and  the 
pronouncing  of  dooms  upon  them  that  appeals, 
and  rightly  appeals,  to  the  imagination  as  of 
especial  gravity  and  import,  so  that  it  is  the 
popular  notion  that  the  office  of  judge  above 
all  others  should  be  filled  by  men  of  unimpeach- 
able integrity,  of  a  disinterestedness  beyond  the 
reach  of  any  ulterior  motive,  and  a  balance  of 
mind  which  will  admit  no  prejudice.  In  this,  as 
in  so  many  cases,  the  popular  instinct  is  entirely 
correct,  feeling  intuitively  that  nowhere  else  do 
these  personal  rights,  the  very  basis  of  a  free 
society,  pass  so  completely  under  the  control  of 
individual  authority  as  in  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
court.  It  is  thus  that  we  have  come  to  regard 


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as  the  most  despicable  of  men  a  judge  who  is 
unfaithful  to  his  solemn  responsibilities,  while  a 
just  judge  is  one  of  the  proudest  titles  to  which 
one  can  aspire.  It  is  the  proud  distinction  of 
Judge  Symonds  that  he  well  deserves  this  title, 
displaying  throughout  his  long  career  all  those 
qualifications  which  are  of  the  essence  of  justice, 
and  fit  a  man  for  the  performance  of  duties  so 
nearly  touching  the  foundations  of  social  life. 

Stuart  Oakley  Symonds,  only  son  of  Judge 
Joseph  White  Symonds,  was  born  August  3,  1885, 
at  Huntington,  New  York.  While  still  a  very 
young  child,  he  accompanied  his  parents  to  Port- 
land, and  it  is  with  this  city  that  his  youthful 
associations  have  been  formed.  Here  he  was 
educated,  attending  both  the  private  and  public 
schools  of  the  city  for  this  purpose  and  prepar- 
ing himself  for  college.  He  was  an  unusually 
apt  and  precocious  student,  and  when  but  six- 
teen years  of  age  entered  Bowdoin  College. 
Here  he  maintained  his  reputation  for  good 
scholarship  and  was  graduated  with  the  class  of 
1905.  He  had  in  the  meantime  determined  defi- 
nitely upon  the  law  as  a  career  in  life  and  at 
once  took  up  the  study  of  his  subject,  reading 
law  in  the  firm  of  Symonds,  Snow,  Cook  & 
Hutchinson,  of  which  his  father  is  the  senior 
member.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  February 
29,  1912,  and  at  once  began  the  active  practice 
of  his  profession.  He  has  already  come  to  oc- 
cupy a  prominent  position  in  the  affairs  of  the 
city  and  was  elected  to  the  Common  Council  of 
Portland  from  the  Sixth  Ward  in  101.5,  and  office 
which  he  continues  to  hold.  The  career  of  Mr. 
Symonds,  which  has  opened  so  brilliantly,  holds 
out  great  promise  for  the  future  of  distinguished 
achievement  and  noteworthy  public  service.  Mr. 
Symonds  does  not  confine  his  activities,  however, 
to  his  profession  but  is  well  known  in  many  de- 
partments of  the  city's  life.  He  is  very  fond  of 
the  wholesome  pastimes  of  the  open  air,  and 
automobiling  is  his  favorite  recreatipn.  He  is 
also  very  much  of  a  yachtsman,  and  is  a  member 
of  the  Portland  Yacht  Club  and  the  Portland 
Athletic  Club  of  this  city.  He  is  also  affiliated 
with  the  Economic  Club,  the  Portland  Society  of 
Arts  and  the  Bramhall  League.  In  his  relig- 
ious belief  Mr.  Symonds  is  a  Unitarian  and  is  a 
member  of  the  First  Unitarian  Parish  of  Port- 
land. He  is  unmarried. 

The  law  is  an  exacting  mistress  to  those  who 
would  follow  her  but,  though  exacting,  she  brings 
her  rewards.  Of  her  votaries  she  demands  from 
first  to  last  that  they  make  themselves  students, 
nor  will  she  excuse  them  from  this  necessity, 


howsoever  far  they  may  progress  in  knowledge. 
Of  them,  too,  she  will  have  the  strictest  ad- 
herence to  her  standards,  the  closest  observation 
of  the  etiquette  she  has  approved,  so  that  one 
should  not  inconsiderately  pledge  himself  to  her 
cause.  If,  however,  after  learning  all  these  things, 
he  still  feels  a  devotion  to  her  strong  enough 
for  him  to  brave  them  for,  then  let  him  under- 
take her  adventure,  satisfied  that,  pursued  boldly 
and  diligently,  it  will  lead  him  eventually  to  some 
fair  port,  to  some  well-favored  place  in  her's 
and  the  world's  esteem.  Indeed,  although  there 
is  no  royal  road  to  public  office  and  political 
preferment,  the  palm  must  certainly  be  given  to 
the  law  as  the  best  way  to  these  desirable  alti- 
tudes, the  way  along  which  the  majority  of  our 
higher  public  officers  have  traveled.  It  is  per- 
haps this,  as  much  as  any  other  matter,  that 
makes  it  the  choice  of  so  many  of  our  young 
men  as  a  career  in  life,  a  throng  so  great  that 
all  complain  of  its  overcrowding,  and  yet  a 
throng  that  continues  to  increase.  It  is  this,  this 
not  unwarrantable  imagination,  that  it  eventually 
leads  somewhere  more  than  the  pure  love  of  the 
subject  itself  that  makes  this  road  so  well  trav- 
eled. Yet  there  are  some  who  possess  a  pure 
love  of  the  law  for  its  own  sake,  even  in  this 
day  and  generation,  some  who  would  regard  it 
as  well  worth  their  best  efforts  even  thougli  it 
were  an  end  and  not  a  means,  a  road  that  existed 
for  its  own  sake  and  led  nowhithcr.  Such  is 
undoubtedly  true  in  the  case  of  Stuart  Oakley 
Symonds,  a  profound  student  of  the  law  and  an 
ardent  lover  of  its  traditions  and  its  methods. 


WILLIAM  HENRY  BILLING— Born  on  a 
farm  in  the  town  of  Houlton,  Maine,  July  4,  1858, 
William  Henry  Dilling  is  a  son  of  John  and  Mary 
(White)  Dilling,  his  father  having  been  brought 
here  from  Ireland  by  his  father,  James  Dilling. 
William  H.  Dilling  moved  to  Easton  when  he  was 
ten  years  of  age  and  there  he  has  since  resided, 
tilling  one  of  the  best  and  most  modern  of  the 
Aroostook  farms.  In  addition  to  his  farming  in- 
terests he  has  also  interests  in  the  fertilizer,  po- 
tato and  hay  business,  and  has  also  real  estate 
connections. 

He  has  been  a  member  of  the  board  of  select- 
men, board  of  assesors  and  board  of  overseers  of 
the  poor  for  twenty-three  years,  serving  as  chair- 
man for  twenty-two  years.  He  is  an  Odd  Felluvv, 
and  has  passed  through  the  several  chairs ;  he  lias 
been  master  of  his  Grange,  and  has  always  been 
interested  in  everything  that  looked  towards  the 
improvement  of  conditions  of  every  kind  in  the 


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community.  He  has  served  two  terms  as  Rep- 
resentative in  the  Legislature  and  served  on  many 
important  committees,  winning  a  reputation  for 
levelheadedness  and  sound  business  judgment. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Free  Baptist  church. 

Mr.  Dilling  married,  at  Easton,  March  24,  1888, 
Mary  Esma  Towle,  born  in  Penobscot  county, 
January  I,  1863,  and  died  January  15,  1918.  She 
was  the  daughter  of  Josiah  and  Eliza  (Wood) 
Towle. 


GEORGE  A.  DEARBORN— There  is  probably 
no  people  in  the  world  so  famous  for  their 
prowess  as  sailors  of  the  open  main  as  the  hardy 
maritime  folk  developed  in  our  New  England 
States  during  the  old  romantic  days  when  a  sea 
voyage  was  a  very  real  peril  which  only  strong 
cause  would  drive  a  man  to  embark  upon,  be- 
fore the  advent  of  steam  had  given  it  more  the 
aspect  of  holiday  pastime,  so  far,  at  least,  as  the 
passenger  is  concerned.  These  sturdy  "old 
salts"  who  feared  no  weather  nor  any  of  the 
thousand  forms  in  which  danger  threatened,  have, 
indeed,  made  their  names  and  the  names  of  their 
home  region  famous  throughout  the  seven  seas, 
carrying,  as  they  did,  our  flag  and  our  com- 
merce to  every  known  port  of  the  world.  It  was 
of  this  strong  race  and  class  that  the  late  Cap- 
tain George  A.  Dearborn,  of  Portland,  Maine, 
was  sprung,  of  a  family  that  had  long  been  as- 
sociated with  the  very  calling  to  which  he  de- 
voted so  much  of  his  life,  and  in  which  he  had 
taken  so  prominent  a  part.  For  there  were  very 
few  New  England  skippers  of  the  generation  just 
passed  better  known  than  Captain  Dearborn,  who 
commanded  many  of  the  great  ships  upon  whicli 
the  fame  of  this  region  rests,  and  whose  death, 
November  14,  1915,  was  felt  as  a  severe  loss  to 
the  whole  city.  His  death  occurred  towards  the 
close  of  his  ninety-third  year,  yet  he  maintained 
to  the  last  his  faculties,  mental  and  physical,  and 
his  interest  in  all  that  occurred  about  him  was 
that  of  a  man  in  the  prime  of  life. 

George  A.  Dearborn  was  a  native  of  the  "Pine 
Tree  State,"  and  was  born  January  10,  1823,  at 
Pittston,  Maine.  The  first  sixteen  years  of  his 
life  were  spent  in  the  fashion  of  most  of  the 
lads  of  that  day  in  one  of  the  seaboard  towns  of 
Maine,  the  most  important  of  his  tasks  being 
that  of  acquiring  an  education  at  the  local 
schools.  At  sixteen,  however,  having  already 
gained  an  intense  fondness  for  the  seafaring  life, 
as  much  from  the  stories  he  heard  from  some  of 
his  older  relatives  as  from  his  own  childish  ex- 
periences with  boats,  he  shipped  with  the  brig 


Margaret  for  a  trip  from  Gardiner  to  Bath.  This 
was  not  exactly  an  ocean  voyage,  yet,  in  those 
days,  in  the  absence  of  tow  boats,  the  passage 
down  the  Kenncbec  river  took  approximately  a 
week.  The  crew  of  the  Margaret  were  mostly 
lads  from  Gardiner,  Pittston  and  Hallowell.  The 
lad  did  not  complete  this  voyage,  but  next  spring, 
May  12,  1841,  he  began  his  seafaring  life  in 
earnest,  by  shipping  as  cabin  boy  on  the  ship 
Orient,  commanded  by  his  uncle,  Captain  James 
Bailey.  The  Orient  sailed  to  New  Orleans  and 
from  thence  across  the  ocean  to  Havre,  France. 
Captain  Dearborn,  speaking  years  afterwards  a» 
an  old  man,  admitted  that  the  discipline  on  the 
vessel  was  pretty  severe,  and  that  the  mates  were 
decidedly  hard  on  "us  boys,"  but  added  that  he 
thought  it  probably  did  him  good.  Certainly  it 
did  not  discourage  him  and  he  continued  to  fol- 
low the  life,  joining,  in  1843,  the  packet  ship 
Yorkshire,  of  the  Black  Ball  Line,  commanded  by 
another  uncle,  Captain  David  G.  Bailey.  On  his 
first  voyage  on  the  Yorkshire  that  vessel  carried 
fifty  passengers  from  this  country  to  England, 
among  whom  were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stratton  and 
their  son,  the  famous  "Tom  Thumb."  The  youth 
rose  rapidly  in  the  service,  and  in  1847,  although 
but  twenty-four  years  of  age,  was  placed  in  com- 
mand of  the  Trident,  and  on  his  first  voyage  es- 
tablished a  record  from  Antwerp  to  Newcastle 
and  thence  to  New  York.  For  many  years  he 
was  engaged  in  the  southern  trade  between  New 
York  and  New  Orleans,  and  at  a  later  date  car- 
ried tobacco  to  Spain  and  cotton  to  France.  He 
sailed,  indeed,  to  practically  every  region  of  the 
globe  and  several  times  made  trips  around  the 
world,  upon  which  he  took  his  daughter,  and  al- 
together led  a  most  eventful  life  and  one  greatly 
to  his  own  taste.  Among  the  famous  ships  com- 
manded by  him  during  his  long  career  should  be 
mentioned  the  Callao,  the  Emma  Watts,  the  Henry 
Reed,  the  Kitty  Floyd,  the  Yorkshire,  and  the 
Emily  F.  Whitney,  as  well  as  a  number  of  others 
only  less  well  known.  When  steam  had  finally 
displaced  sails,  Captain  Dearborn  did  not  by  any 
means  give  up  his  -career,  but  adapted  himself  to 
the  changed  conditions  and  commanded  the 
steamships  Leo  and  New  Orleans.  A  man  of  great 
courage,  he  was  nevertheless  prudent,  especially 
in  the  matter  of  the  lives  of  others,  and  during 
the  whole  of  his  career  as  captain  lost  only  two 
men  from  accident  and  not  a  single  ship,  al- 
though he  once  had  to  put  into  the  port  of  Rio 
de  Janeiro  for  repairs,  having  had  his  masts 
taken  out  by  a  hurricane.  His  crews,  also,  were 
devoted  to  him  and  he  never  had  a  mutiny,  but 


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once  had  to  put  a  number  of  steerage  passengers 
in  irons  who  threatened  to  become  violent.  Cap- 
tain Dearborn  was  a  member  of  the  Marine  So- 
ciety of  New  York,  an  organization  founded  by 
George  IV  when  the  city  was  yet  British.  Dur- 
ing the  Revolution  a  crew  selected  from  mem- 
bers of  the  society  rowed  General  Washington 
across  the  New  York  bay,  and  one  hundred  years 
later,  during  celebrations  marking  the  one  hun- 
dredth anniversary  of  Washington's  inauguration, 
another  crew  selected  from  the  same  society, 
rowed  President  Harrison  across  the  same  place. 
This  crew,  formed  of  the  oldest  members  of  the 
society,  numbered  thirteen,  to  represent  the  orig- 
inal States,  and  Captain  Dearborn  was  of  the 
number.  He  always  felt  a  great  pride  in  his 
selection  for  this  purpose,  and  he  and  his  fellow 
members  were  guests  at  the  splendid  banquet 
given  the  President  and  other  distinguished  men 
at  the  Cafe  Savarin,  New  York.  About  1850  Cap- 
tain Dearborn  removed  from  his  home  in  Maine 
to  Brooklyn,  and  resided  at  Elliott  place  there, 
for  forty-five  years.  At  an  advanced  age,  however, 
he  returned  to  his  native  region  and  made  his 
home  at  Portland,  his  death  occurring  within  a 
quarter  of  a  mile  of  his  birthplace. 

Captain  Dearborn,  who  was  born  January  10, 
1823,  at  Pittston,  Maine,  was  united  in  marriage, 
September  3,  1851,  at  Trinity  Church,  Boston, 
with  Elizabeth  Treweek,  a  native  of  Callington, 
Cornwall  county,  England.  Mrs.  Dearborn's 
death  occurred  December  18,  1902,  at  Brooklyn. 
New  York.  Captain  Dearborn  died  November 
14,  1915.  Two  children  of  Captain  Dearborn  sur- 
vive him  as  follows:  \1arv  Francis,  who  became 
the  wife  of  Frederick  T.  Bradstreet,  of  Gardiner, 
Maine,  and  George  Augustus,  now  of  New  York 
City. 

Captain  Dearborn's  personal  appearance  was 
typical  of  his  nature.  He  was  large  physically, 
and  gave  the  impression  of  ample  power  and  re- 
served energy.  Such,  also,  was  his  mental  make- 
up. His  limbs  were  not  larger  than  his  heart, 
nor  stronger  than  his  will.  He  was  one  of  those 
who  inspire  confidence  at  first  sight  and  nevei 
disappoint  the  impression.  Once  a  friend  always 
a  friend,  if  not  his  motto,  was  his  practice,  nor 
was  there  any  other  relation  in  life  in  which  he 
was  less  trustworthy.  Those  who  dealt  with  him 
were  well  assured  that  whatsoever  he  engaged 
to  do  would  be  done  with  no  necessity  for  in- 
sistance  on  his  part.  Notwithstanding  his  great 
fondness  for  his  fellow-men  and  the  roving  life 
he  led,  he  was  strongly  domestic  in  his  instincts, 
and  of  all  social  intercourse  preferred  that  of  his 


own  household.     He  was  a  good  citizen,  a  faith- 
ful friend,  and  a  devoted  husband  and  father. 


FREDERICK    THEOBALD    BRADSTREET 

- — There  have  been  two  great  industries  connected 
with  Maine  almost  from  the  time  of  the  earliest 
settlement  of  that  country  to  the  present  day, 
and  both  of  these  have  been  dependent  upon  the 
presence  here  of  the  great  forests  of  pine  which 
have  given  it  its  popular  name  of  the  "Pine 
Tree  State."  These  have  been  the  great  lumber- 
ing industry  which  has  been  so  large  a  factor 
in  the  development  of  the  entire  region  and  the 
other  that  of  sailing  the  great  ships  whose  stout 
spars  and  tough  hulls  have  been  fashioned  out 
of  the  native  product.  It  would  be  hard  to  say 
which  we  more  closely  associate  in  our  minds 
with  Maine,  the  hardy  seaman  or  the  no  less 
rugged  lumberman,  but  perhaps  it  is  the  latter, 
since  in  the  case  of  her  mariners  she  must  at 
least  share  her  preeminence  with  her  sister  New 
England  States,  while  in  that  of  the  latter  she 
reigns  supreme.  One  of  the  names  most  closely 
identified  with  the  lumbering  interests  of  Maine 
in  the  generation  just  passed  has  been  that  of 
Frederick  Theobald  Bradstreet,  the  distinguished 
gentleman  whose  name  heads  this  brief  sketch, 
and  whose  death  at  his  home  in  the  town  of 
Gardiner  has  been  felt  by  the  community  as  a 
gap  not  to  be  filled.  His  death  occurred  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1916,  and  the  Express-Advertiser  had 
this  to  say  concerning  him: 

Few  men  taken  from  a  community  will  be  more  pro- 
foundly missed  than  F.  T.  Bradstreet,  whose  kindness 
and  charity  towards  his  fellowmen  is  known  the  length 
and  breadth  of  the  State  of  Maine. 

Frederick  Theobald  Bradstreet  was  a  member 
of  one  of  the  most  distinguished  and  oldest  of 
New  England  families,  and  was  a  direct  descend- 
ant of  Simon  Bradstreet,  the  second  Colonial 
governor  of  Massachusetts.  His  parents  were 
Joseph  and  Laura  (Stevens)  Bradstreet,  old  and 
highly-respected  residents  of  Gardiner,  and  it 
was  at  that  place  that  he  was  born,  October  28, 
1848.  His  childhood  was  spent  at  his  native 
place,  and  he  attended  there,  as  a  lad,  the  local 
schools,  and  afterwards  was  a  pupil  at  the  Bridg- 
ton  Academy.  Upon  completing  his  studies  he 
went  to  New  York  and  there  made  his  home  in 
the  city  of  Brooklyn,  where  he  secured  a  posi- 
tion with  the  firm  of  D.  B.  Dearborn.  Shortly 
after  his  marriage,  in  1874,  he  returned  to  Gardi- 
ner, Maine,  and  here  engaged  in  the  lumber  busi- 
ness with  great  success.  From  that  time  to 
within  a  few  years  before  his  death,  when  he  re- 
tired from  active  life,  he  was  actively  connected 


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with  this  line,  and  during  that  period  developed 
a  very  large  business  which  extended  over  the 
whole  State  and  beyond.  In  1876,  in  association 
with  his  brother,  Joseph  Bradstreet,  he  estab- 
lished the  large  plant  at  South  Gardiner  which, 
after  the  death  of  Joseph,  was  sold  to  the  South 
Gardiner  Lumber  Company.  This  was  only  a 
part  of  the  Bradstreet  operations,  however,  and 
these  were  continued  on  a  large  scale  through- 
out the  northern  part  of  the  State.  In  1006  Mr. 
Bradstreet  erected  the  Richmond  Mill  for  con- 
verting rough  timber  into  many  different  com- 
mercial forms  of  lumber,  and  this  he  continued 
to  operate  until  the  time  of  his  retirement.  In 
addition  to  his  private  interests,  Mr.  Bradstreet 
had  been  associated  with  the  general  develop- 
ment of  the  industry  from  an  impersonal  and 
altruistic  standpoint,  keeping  the  welfare  of  the 
community-at-large  ever  before  his  eyes,  and 
working  indefatigably  to  advance  it.  For  thirty- 
seven  years  he  had  been  president  of  the  Ken- 
nebec  Log  Driving  Association  and  continued  to 
hold  that  office  until  his  death.  Another  large 
enterprise  with  which  he  was  identified  was  that 
of  the  Oak  Grove  Cemetery  Association,  of  which 
he  was  the  president  for  twenty  years.  Mr. 
Bradstreet  was  not  in  any  sense  of  the  word  a 
politician,  although  always  greatly  interested  in 
public  affairs  and  the  issues  of  the  day,  and  he 
rather  avoided  than  sought  anything  like  political 
office.  One  position,  which  he  was  urged  to  take, 
he  did  accept  the  nomination  for,  and  was  suc- 
cessfully elected  trustee  of  the  Gardiner  water 
district,  and  was  still  holding  that  post  when  he 
died  not  long  after. 

Frederick  T.  Bradstreet  was  united  in  marriage 
March  16,  1874,  at  Brooklyn,  New  York,  with 
Mary  Francis  Dearborn,  daughter  of  Captain 
George  A.  Dearborn,  of  that  place  and  Gardiner. 
Two  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brad- 
street  as  follows:  ,  who  died  at  the  age 

of  seven  years,  and  Laura,  who  became  the  wife 
of  D.  H.  Darling,  to  whom  she  has  borne  four 
children:  Ann  Bradstreet,  Rachael  Dearborn, 
David  Lane,  and  John  Bradstreet. 

Although  prominent  in  business  life,  and  a  man 
who  had  won  for  himself  success  by  his  own  mas- 
terful handling  of  events,  it  is  as  a  philanthropic 
and  public-spirited  citizen,  as  a  kind  neighbor, 
and  as  a  man  of  many  virtues  that  he  will  live 
longest  in  the  memories  of  his  fellow-townsmen. 
His  charity  was  proverbial,  yet  always  carried 
on  in  the  most  unostentatious  manner,  for  he 
made  it  his  motto  never  to  let  his  right  hand 
know  what  his  left  hand  did.  It  thus  happened 


that  many  deeds  of  kindness,  whereby  he  aided 
those  less  fortunate  among  his  fellow-men,  were 
never  known  until  his  death,  when  the  recipients 
expressed  themselves,  and  doubtless  there  were 
many  others  that  will  never  in  this  world  come 
to  light.  He  was  a  man  of  great  cultivation  and 
enlightenment,  possessing  the  broad-minded  tol- 
erance and  wide  sympathies  which  are  acquired 
only  by  the  man  who  is  familiar  with  the  best 
thought  of  the  world.  His  fundamental  democ- 
racy of  outlook  made  him  an  easy  man  to  ap- 
proach, and  gained  the  sincere  respect  and  ad- 
miration of  those  with  whom  he  was  associated. 
There  are  few  men,  indeed,  who  have  not  some 
faults  to  their  discredit,  but  it  would  be  hard  to 
find  any  in  the  life  and  career  of  Mr.  Bradstreet, 
who  displayed  in  every  relation  of  life  the  funda- 
mental virtues  of  sincerity  and  justice.  His 
death  leaves  a  gap  in  the  community,  of  which  he, 
was  so  long  a  member,  that  it  will  be  difficult 
to  fill. 


JONES  EVERETT  WASS— The  sardine  pack- 
ing industry  of  Maine  furnished  the  vehicle  by 
which  Jones  Everett  Wass,  now  of  South  West 
Harbor,  reached  business  success  and  fortune. 
He  began  in  a  small  way  without  any  outside 
financial  assistance,  and  as  profits  accrued  re- 
invested again  and  again  until  he  was  head  of 
a  corporation,  The  Addison  Packing  Company, 
sardine  packers  of  Addison,  Maine.  He  is  still 
the  able  head  of  that  company  which  is  now 
operating  factories  at  South  West  Harbor,  a 
post  village  and  summer  resort  on  Mount  Desert 
Island,  Hancock  county,  Maine.  Mr.  Wass  is  a 
son  of  Captain  Moses  L.  and  Lydia  B.  Wass, 
his  father  a  sea  captain  from  the  age  of  eighteen, 
master  of  both  coastwise  and  deep  sea  vessels 
trading  with  foreign  ports.  Captain  Wass  was 
an  expert  navigator  and  master  mariner,  his 
many  years  of  seafaring  life  bringing  him  hon- 
orable rank  among  the  shipmasters  of  his  day. 

Jones  Everett  Wass  was  born  in  Addison, 
Washington  county,  Maine,  April  2,  1881,  and 
there  finished  public  school  courses,  followed  by 
two  years'  attendance  at  Kents  Hill  Seminary. 
He  was  variously  employed  until  1008,  then  be- 
gan boating  sardines,  a  branch  of  the  sardine 
packing  industry,  for  which  Eastern  Maine  is 
noted.  He  continued  in  that  branch  until  1910, 
then  organized  the  Addison  Packing  Company  at 
Addison,  Maine,  and  began  the  canning  of  sar- 
dines, clams  and  blueberries.  That  enterprise 
was  a  successful  one,  and  in  1913  Mr.  Wass  lo- 
cated at  South  West  Harbor,  and  there  con- 


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structed  a  modern  sardine  factory  which  he  oper- 
ates under  the  same  corporate  name  as  the  Ad- 
dison  plant,  The  Addison  Packing  Company. 
He  has  won  high  standing  in  the  business  com- 
munity in  which  he  moves,  and  is  one  of  the 
successful  men  of  the  sardine  business.  He  is 
a  man  of  great  energy,  and  the  success  which  he 
has  attained  has  been  won  by  close  and  intelli- 
gent effort.  Mr.  Wass  is  a  member  of  Tuscan 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  and  Mt.  Man- 
sel  Chapter,  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star;  and  in 
politics  is  a  Republican. 

Mr.  Wass  married  in  Harrington,  Maine,  Jan- 
uary 23,  1904,  Winifred  H.  Leighton,  daughter 
of  Herbert  M.  and  Velma  Leighton.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Wass  are  the  parents  of  two  sons,  Lester 
Leighton,  born  September  22,  1006;  Henry  Buck- 
man,  born  November  24,  1907. 


WINTHROP  ROBINSON.— As  a  musician 
serving  in  the  Ninth  Regiment,  Maine  Volunteer 
Infantry,  1861-63,  Samuel  E.  Robinson  settled  in 
Houlton,  Maine,  where  he  was  leader  of  the 
Houlton  band  for  several  years,  and  until  com- 
pelled to  retire  from  old  age  was  leader  of  Rob- 
inson's orchestra,  a  musical  organization  of  Houl- 
ton that  was  of  more  than  local  fame.  Samuel 
E.  Robinson  married  Henrietta  B.  Robinson,  and 
they  were  the  parents  of  Winthrop  Robinson, 
now  a  traveling  salesman  with  the  International 
Agricultural  Corporation  of  New  York. 

Winthrop  Robinson  was  born  in  Skowhegan, 
Somerset  county,  Maine,  but  has  since  early  youth 
been  principally  a  resident  of  Houlton,  Aroostook 
county,  Maine.  He  finished  grammar  school 
courses  in  Houlton  and  for  a  few  years  after 
leaving  school  was  employed  in  different  stores. 
In  1889  he  became  bonding  clerk  with  the  Maine 
Central  Railroad,  stationed  at  Vanceboro,  Maine, 
and  after  four  years  in  that  position  was  ap- 
pointed joint  freight  agent  for  the  Maine  Cen- 
tral and  Canadian  Pacific  Railroad  companies  at 
Vanceboro,  holding  that  position  until  he  re- 
signed to  become  cashier  of  the  Bangor  &  Aroos- 
took Railway  at  Houlton,  Maine.  He  continued 
in  that  position  until  1908,  then  resigned  to  ac- 
cept his  present  position,  salesman  with  the  In- 
ternational Agricultural  Corporation.  He  has 
now  been  with  the  last  company  about  eleven 
years,  and  has  won  high  standing  as  a  salesman 
of  great  ability  and  reliability. 

Mr.  Robinson  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and 
has  for  years  been  interested  and  active  in  party 
affairs.  He  was  a  selectman  of  Vanceboro  for 
two  years,  and  has  sat  many  times  as  a  delegate 


in  Washington  county  party  conventions.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Houl- 
ton Agricultural  Society  and  for  several  years 
has  been  a  member  of  the  society  committees.  His 
societies  are  the  Royal  Arcanum  and  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America,  both  of  which  he  has 
served  in  official  capacity;  also  a  member  of 
the  United  Commercial  and  Commercial  Travel- 
ers' associations.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
church. 

Mr.  Robinson  married,  at  Vanceboro,  Maine, 
Gertrude  S.  Manuel,  daughter  of  Sidney  A.  and 
Matilda  J.  Manuel.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robinson  are 
the  parents  of  eight  children:  Alice  Fern,  born 
March  17,  1895;  Joseph  S.,  born  April  27,  1896; 
Etta  M.,  born  June  12,  1901;  Ashton  M.,  born 
March  28,  1903;  Alden  M.,  born  November  14, 
1905;  Grace  W.,  twin  with  Alden  M.;  Mary  E., 
born  March  24,  1909;  Ruth  E.,  born  October  12, 
1918. 


HENRY  MELVILLE  KING,  M.D.— This  sur- 
name was  often  spelled  in  England,  Kynge,  and 
on  the  Rolls  of  Parliament  and  the  Hundred  Rolls 
are  recorded  Hamond  le  King,  Sayer  le  King 
and  Robert  le  Kynge.  It  is  an  uncommon  nam». 
north  of  Shropshire,  and  though  some  branches 
of  the  family  are  scattered  through  many  counties 
the  Kings  were  best  known  in  Gloucester,  Hamp- 
shire, Warwick,  and  especially  in  Somerset  and 
Wilts.  Many  of  this  name  came  to  America 
after  1634  whose  records  show  little  to  indicate 
a  relationship  between  them. 

(I)  The    immigrants    from    whom    Henry    M. 
King   is   descended   were   John   and    Mary    King, 
who    came    with   John    Humphrey,   afterwards    a 
deputy-governor  of  Massachusetts,  prior  to   1640 
to  Weymouth,  Massachusetts.      They  were  prob- 
ably from  the  Dorset  family  of  that  name. 

(II)  Philip  King,  son  of  John  and  Mary  King, 
with   his  brother   Cyrus   were   settlers   in   Brain- 
tree,  Massachusetts,  prior  to  1680.      At  that  date 
he    went    to    Taunton,    Massachusetts,    and    pur- 
chased land  in  that  part  of  the  town  that  is  now 
Raynham.      He  built  a  home  on  this  land  soon 
after  his  arrival,  and  married  Judith,  daughter  of 
John   Whitman,   of   Milton,   Massachusetts.      He 
became  a  favorite   with   the   Indians   and   he   and 
his   family   were   never   molested   by   them.      He 
was  known  as  Captain  Philip  and  his  descendants 
have  been   distinguished  for   their  intellectuality, 
industry,  patriotism,  love  of  order,  efforts  to  pro- 
mote education,  and  for  the  advancement  of  all 
civil  and  religious  institutions.      Each  generation 
has  successfully  laid  broader  foundations  for  their 


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descendants.  His  funeral  was  an  impressive  one, 
with  military  honors,  a  large  concourse  follow- 
ing to  his  grave  in  the  cemetery  at  the  Neck  of 
Land,  Taunton,  Massachusetts. 

(III)  John  King,  only  son  of  Philip  and  Judith 
(Whitman)   King,  was  born  in  Taunton,  Massa- 
chusetts.    He  married,  about  1700,  Alice  Dean,  of 
a  prominent  Taunton   family.      He   died  accord- 
ing to  his  gravestone  inscription,  in  1741,  "In  his 
sixtieth    year."       His    wife    died    in    1746.      John 
King,  like  his  father,  was  interested  in   Indians, 
and  educated  two,  Campbell  and  Occeun,  at  his 
own    expense    to    become    missionaries    to    their 
native  brethren.      Mr.  and   Mrs.   King  were   the 
parents  of  thirteen  children. 

(IV)  Benjamin   King,  youngest   son   and   child 
of   John    and    Alice    (Dean)    King,    was   born    in 
Raynham,  Massachusetts,  October  21,   1720.      He 
was   a   worthy   citizen,   possessed   a   large   estate 
bordering  on  the  river.     He  was  a  representative 
from   Raynham  to  the  General  Court  in   1774,  a 
delegate    to    the    Provincial    Congress    held    ,at 
Salem,  Massachusetts,  and  an  active  member  of 
Committee  of  Safety.    He  died  December  4,  1803, 
on  a   farm   in    Raynham,   that   has  been   the   old 
homestead  of  his  predecessors  and  successors  for 
seven  generations,  without  a  change  of  surname. 
He    married    (first)    Abiah,   daughter   of    Deacon 
Samuel  Leonard.     He  married  (second)  Deliver- 
ance Eddy.     He  married  (third)  a  widow  named 
Cobb.      He    had    five    sons    and    one    daughter: 
George,  William,  Asa,   Gaires,  Anna,  and  Haza- 
diah;  all  of  his  sons  were  soldiers  in  the  American 
Revolution. 

(V)  Sergeant  George   King,  the   eldest  son   of 
Benjamin  King,  was  born   in  Raynham,  Novem- 
ber  27,    1744.      He    is    described    as    a    powerful 
athletic    man    with    a    courageous    and    patriotic 
spirit.       On    the    first    call    for    soldiers    he    was 
amongst  the  first  to  respond  to  the  call  of  arms, 
spread  the  news  of  the  Concord  fight,  rode  through 
the  town  to  the  accompaniment  of  fife  and  drum, 
rallying  hip   townsmen   to  drive  out  of  the  coun- 
try  the   British   who  were   killing   Massachusetts 
men.      He  served  in  the   Revolutionary  War  for 
a   year   or   more,   under   Gem-nil    Washington    at 
Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  and   oilier  places.      He 
was  orderly  sergeant  and  clerk  of  the   Raynham 
company;   lie   was   in   the   siege   of    Boston,   also 
with  General  Sullivan  in  his   Rhode  Island  cam- 
paign.     Sergeant  George   King  died.  January   16, 
1827.     He  married  Betsey,  daughter  of  Nathaniel 
and  Elizabeth   (Hall)  Shaw.      She  was  born  Sep- 
tember 28,  1753,  died  in  June,  1820.     The  children 
of  George  and  Betsey  (Shaw)  King,  who  arrived 


to  maturity  were:  Samuel,  see  below;  George, 
born  August  9,  1779,  married  Sally  Hall;  and 
Betsey,  who  married  Enoch  Shaw.  The  two 
brothers  were  early  settlers  of  Maine. 

(VI)  Captain  Samuel   King,  the   eldest   son   of 
Sergeant  George  and   Betsey    (Shaw)    King,  was 
born  in  Raynham,  Massachusetts,  May    18,   1771. 
Hi'   was   a   carpenter  and  builder  by   trade,  also 
engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits.      He  moved  to 
Paris,  Maine,  with  his  uncle,  James  Shaw.      He 
was  a  captain  in  the  State  Militia  and  was  known 
as   Captain   Samuel    King.      A   Whig  in   politics, 
in  his  religious  belief  he  affiliated  with  the  Bap- 
tists.     He  married,  March  29,  1708,  Sally,  daugh- 
ter of  Jonathan  Hall.     By  his  marriage  with  Sally 
Hall  he  had  eleven  children:     Samuel  Hall,   see 
below;     Alonzo;     Sally     Hall,     married     Charles 
Durell,    of    Oxford,    Maine;    Polly,    married    Ira 
Brett,  of  Portland,  Maine;  Joseph  Haven;  Betsey 
Shaw,  died  in  infancy;  Horatio,  postmaster-gen- 
eral in  President  Buchanan's  cabinet;  Maria  M., 
married  Thomas  H.  Brown,  M.D.;  Jarius  Keith; 
Cyrus  S.  and  William  Otis.      Captain  King  died 
April  26,   1856;   his  widow's   death   occurred   De- 
ecmber  9,   1862. 

(VII)  Samuel    Hall   King,   eldest   son   of   Cap- 
tain Samuel  and  Sally  (Hall)   King,  was  born  at 
Paris,    Maine,    February    4,    1799.       He    married, 
October  31,  1824,  Eliza,  daughter  of  Gilbert  and 
Silence   (Cole)  Shaw,  born  in  Paris,  Maine,  Sep- 
tember 2,  1801.      She  was  a  descendant  of  FrarP- 
cis   Eaton,  also   of  John   and   Priscilla   (Mullins) 
Alden,    of    Mayflower   fame.      Several    of   her    an- 
cestors were  engaged  in  the  War  of  the  American 
Revolution.      The  name  of  her  grandfather,  Ab- 
ner  Shaw,  appears  on  the  roll  of  prisoners  on  the 
ship  Jersey  in   New   York   Harbor.      Colonel   King 
held  the  rank  of  colonel  in  the  State  Militia.     He 
was  engaged  in  mercantile  trade,  in  politics  was 
a  Whig,  and  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church.    Hi 
was  a  selectman  in  the  town  of  Oxford,  Maine. 

Of  the  ten  children  of  Samuel  Hall  and  Eliza 
(Shaw)  King,  the  six  eldest,  Samuel,  Columbus, 
Alonzo,  Charles  Carroll,  Polly,  Sarah  Jane,  Sam- 
uel Newton,  died  in  infancy;  Marquis  Fayette, 
born  in  Oxford,  Maine,  February  18,  1835,  was 
mayor  of  Portland,  Maine,  a  prominent  member 
of  Masonic  bodies,  was  actively  engaged  in 
genealogical  and  historical  research,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Maine  Historical  Society  and  other 
historical  and  genealogical  societies;  Martha,  died 
in  infancy;  Henry  Melville,  sec  below;  William 
Appleton,  died  in  childhood.  Colonel  King  died 
at  Portland,  Maine,  May  6,  1864;  his  widow's 
death  occurred  June  22,  1875. 


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(VIII)  Dr.  Henry  Melville  King,  son  of  Sam- 
uel Hall  and  Eliza  (Shaw)  King,  was  born  at 
Oxford,  Maine,  September  3,  1838.  His  father 
removed  to  Portland,  Maine,  when  he  was  six 
years  of  age,  and  he  attended  the  public  schools 
of  that  city,  and  Bowdoin  College,  graduating  in 
1859  with  the  degree  of  A.B.  His  alma  mater 
conferred  on  him  in  1862  the  degree  of  A.M. 
After  his  graduation  from  Bowdoin  College,  he 
became  a  student  at  the  N'ewton  Theological 
Institution,  where  he  graduated  in  1862.  He  was 
ordained  in  the  Baptist  ministry,  August  28,  1862. 
Dr.  King  was  assistant  instructor  in  Hebrew  at 
the  Newton  Theological  Institution  in  1862-63. 
In  the  latter  year  he  became  pastor  of  the  Dud- 
ley Street  Baptist  Church  in  Boston,  where  he 
remained  nineteen  years,  resigning  his  charge  to 
become  pastor  of  Emmanuel  Baptist  Church  of 
Albany,  New  York,  where  he  remained  until  1891. 
He  then  became  pastor  of  the  First  Baptist 
Chuch  of  Providence,  Rhode  Island;  he  was  in 
charge  of  this  congregation  until  1906,  and  since 
that  date  has  been  pastor  emeritus.  He  received 
the  degree  of  D.D.  from  Colby  University  in  1877 
and  from  Bowdoin  College  in  1899.  He  is  a 
trustee  of  the  Newton  Theological  Institution 
and  of  Brown  University,  and  has  been  a  trustee 
of  Vassar  College;  of  the  Hamilton  Theological 
Seminary;  of  the  Rochester  Theological  Semi- 
nary; of  the  Worcester  Academy;  and  of  the 
Hartshorn  Memorial  College. 

Dr.  King  was  president  of  the  Northern  Baptist 
Educational  Society  from  1875  to  1882,  also  of 
the  Rhode  Island  Baptist  State  Convention,  1891- 
95.  He  was  chairman  of  the  board  of  managers, 
1884-87;  member  of  the  executive  committee, 
1874-82;  1894-1901,  1906-09,  of  the  American  Bap- 
tist Missionary  Union.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Rhode  Island  Historical  Society;  and  honorary 
member  of  the  Vassar  Alumnae  Historical  So- 
ciety; the  Maine-Baptist  Historical  Society;  and 
a  member  of  the  Alpha  Delta  Phi  and  Phi  Beta 
Kappa. 

In  the  field  of  literature  Dr.  King  has  won  an 
enviable  position;  he  is  the  author  of  religious 
and  historical  works  besides  numerous  pamphlets 
and  contributions  to  the  "Baptist  Quarterly  Re- 
view" and  other  religious  periodicals.  Among 
his  books  we  mention:  "Early  Baptists  De- 
fended," 1880;  "Mary's  Albaster  Box,"  1883;  "Our 
Gospels,"  1895;  "Summer  Visit  of  Three  Rhode 
Islanders  to  Massachusetts  Bay,"  1896;  "The 
Mother  Church,"  1896;  "The  Baptism  of  Roger 
Williams,"  1897;  "The  Messiah  in  the  Psalms," 
1899;  "Why  We  Believe  the  Bible,"  1902;  "Re- 


ligious Liberty,"  1903;  "John  Myles  and  the 
Founding  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  in  Massa- 
chusetts," 1905;  "The  True  Roger  Williams," 
1907;  "Historical  Catalogue  of  the  First  Baptist 
Church  in  Providence,"  1908;  "Sir  Henry  Vane, 
Jr.,  1909;  "Christmas  Morn  and  Easter  Day," 
1911;  "Thinking  God's  Thoughts  After  Him," 
1914;  "Gathered  Fragments,"  1917. 

Dr.  King  married  at  Portland,  Maine,  Septem- 
ber 2,  1862,  Susan  Ellen  Fogg,  born  in  that  city, 
June  14,  1838.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Sum- 
ner  Fogg,  a  merchant,  and  Caroline  (Godding) 
Fogg.  Their  children  were:  I.  Susan  Hall,  born 
in  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  June  6,  1864;  grad- 
uated from  the  Albany  High  School,  died  at  Al- 
bany, New  York,  January  21,  1890.  2.  Lide  Shaw, 
born  in  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  September  15, 
1868;  graduated  from  Vassar  College  in  1890;  in- 
structor in  Vassar  College,  and  in  Parker  Col- 
legiate Institute;  Dean  of  the  Women's  College 
in  Brown  University  since  1905.  3.  Grace  How- 
ard, born  in  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  December 
9,  !87S;  graduated  at  the  Female  Academy,  Al- 
bany, New  York;  she  married  Daniel  O.  Earle. 

Dr.  King  resides  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island, 
where  his  wife's  death  occurred  October  21,  1901. 
A  Republican  in  politics,  he  has  never  taken  an 
active  interest  in  civil  and  State  affairs. 


PAUL  DUDLEY  SARGENT— It  is  not  often 
that  a  talent  for  public  affairs  goes  hand  in  hand 
with  a  high  degree  of  knowledge  of  technical  and 
scientific  matters,  but  when  it  does,  the  combina- 
tion results  in  a  type  of  man  who  is  capable  of 
becoming  a  most  valuable  public  servant.  An 
excellent  example  in  point,  is  Paul  Dudley  Sar- 
gent, this  efficient  chief  engineer  of  the  State 
Highway  Commission  of  Maine,  who  in  that  ca- 
pacity as  well  as  in  several  others  previously 
held  has  rendered  a  great  service  to  his  native 
State. 

Mr.  Sargent  is  a  son  of  Ignatius  M.  and  Helen 
(Campbell)  Sargent,  old  and  highly  respected 
residents  of  Machias,  Maine,  where  the  former 
was  engaged  in  a  successful  mercantile  business. 
It  was  at  that  town  that  Paul  Dudley  Sargent 
was  born  May  8,  1873,  and  there  he  gained  the 
elementary  portion  of  his  education  by  attending 
the  local  schools.  He  was  prepared  for  college 
at  these  institutions  and  afterwards  entered  the 
University  of  Maine,  where  he  took  the  usual 
engineering  course  and  was  graduated  with  the 
class  of  1896.  He  began  his  brilliant  career  in 
engineering  as  assistant  engineer  of  the  Wash- 
ington County  Railroad,  in  the  year  1897,  and 


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continued  thus  occupied  until  January,  1903.  He 
resigned  to  take  the  position  of  registrar  of 
deeds  of  Washington  county,  which  he  held  until 
1905.  In  that  year  he  became  State  commission- 
er of  highways,  a  position  in  which  his  engineer- 
ing knowledge  proved  most  valuable  to  him  and 
which  he  held  until  February  15,  1911.  On  that 
date  he  was  appointed  assistant  director  in  the 
office  of  public  roads,  United  States  Department 
of  Agriculture,  and  was  engaged  in  the  impor- 
tant work  of  this  bureau  for  a  number  of  years. 
On  August  15,  1913,  he  was  elected  to  his  pres- 
ent position  of  chief  engineer  of  the  State  High- 
way Commission  of  Maine,  and  has  discharged 
the  duties  of  that  responsible  post  with  the  high- 
est efficiency  and  with  a  degree  of  disinterested- 
ness which  has  reflected  credit  not  only  upon 
himself,  but  upon  the  entire  State  government. 
Mr.  Sargent  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a 
staunch  supporter  of  the  principles  and  policies 
of  his  party.  For  two  years,  from  1896  to  1898, 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Maine  National  Guard, 
and  is  now  a  prominent  member  of  the  Masonic 
order  and  several  other  fraternal  organizations 
and  clubs.  He  is  affiliated  with  St.  Croix  Lodge, 
Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  Washing- 
ton Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons;  St.  Elmo  Com- 
mandery,  Knights  Templar,  and  Kora  Temple, 
Ancient  Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Phi  Gamma 
Delta  college  fraternity,  Tau  Beta  Pi,  honorary 
college  fraternity,  the  Maine  Society  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution,  American  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers,  and  the  American  Society  for  Test- 
ing Materials.  Mr.  Sargent  is  past  president  and 
now  a  director  of  the  Maine  Society  of  Engi- 
neers. His  clubs  are  the  Abnaki  of  Augusta, 
Maine,  the  Augusta  Country  and  Cobbosseecon- 
tee  Yacht  Club  of  Manchester,  Maine.  During 
his  residence  in  Washington,  District  of  Colum- 
bia, he  was  a  member  of  the  Cosmos  Club. 

Paul  Dudley  Sargent  was  united  in  marriage, 
June  6,  1900,  at  Calais,  Maine,  with  Sara  Sawyer 
McAllister,  of  that  town,  a  daughter  of  Weston 
and  Sara  (Collins)  McAllister. 


HENRY  HERBERT  STURGIS— If  the  rec- 
ords of  the  financial  and  industrial  development 
of  Maine  should  ever  be  written  and  a  list  made 
of  the  families  who  have  in  any  way  been  promi- 
nently identified  therewith,  it  will  be  found  to 
contain  an  unusually  high  percentage  of  names 
associated  only  with  the  very  highest  and  most 
disinterested  motives  and  entirely  free  from  all 
selfish  and  corrupt  conduct.  Among  such  a  list 


and  well  deserving  to  stand  with  the  highest, 
both  in  the  point  of  ability  and  the  most  unim- 
peachable honor,  the  family  of  Sturgis  should 
appear.  There  are  not  many  American  fam- 
ilies who  can  claim  so  great  an  antiquity,  since 
its  forebears  may  be  traced  accurately  for  five 
generations  back  of  the  founder  of  the  family  in 
this  country,  although  he  made  his  appearance 
in  Massachusetts  as  early  as  1634.  The  earliest 
progenitor  of  the  family  of  which  we  have  di- 
rect knowledge  was  Roger  Sturges,  of  Clipston, 
England,  whose  will  was  dated  in  1530.  The 
name  was  at  that  period  spelled  in  various  ways, 
and  there  is  reason  to  believe  that  all  these  forms 
are  derivitives  of  the  name  De  Turges,  which 
we  find  in  a  remote  past.  There  is  evidence 
which  would  lead  us  to  believe  that  the  family 
draws  its  descent  from  one  Turgesius,  a  Scan- 
dinavian prince,  who  flourished  in  the  ninth  cen- 
tury, and  who  was  one  of  those  great  viking  chiefs 
which  for  a  long  time  held  Europe  in  terror  of 
their  prowess.  We  find  in  an  interesting  old 
French  book,  published  by  the  Abbe  MacGrog- 
hegan,  that  "about  the  year  815,  during  the  reign 
of  Conor,  who  reigned  fourteen  years,  Turgesius, 
a  son  of  a  King  of  Norway,  landed  a  formidable 
fleet  on  the  coast  of  Ireland;  and  again,  about 
the  year  835,  a  fleet  commanded  by  the  same 
man,  landed  on  the  west  side  of  Lough  Rea, 
where  he  fortified  himself  and  laid  waste  Con- 
naught,  Meath  and  Leinster,  and  the  greater  part 
of  Ulster,  and  was  declared  King.  He  reigned 
about  thirty  years.  Finally,  the  people  revolted, 
and,  under  the  lead  of  Malarlin,  Prince  of  Meath, 
he  was  defeated  by  a  stratagem  and  put  to  death." 

The  first  authentic  mention  of  the  name  occurs 
in  English  history  during  the  reign  of  Edward 
I,  when  one  William  de  Turges  held  grants  of 
land  from  the  King,  in  which  were  included  the 
village  of  Turges,  and  the  surrounding  region 
in  Northamptonshire.  Here  the  family  resided 
for  many  years,  Turges  afterwards  coming  to  be 
named  Northfield.  The  family  coat-of-arms  is  as 
follows:  Azure,  a  chevron  between  three  crosses 
crosslet  fitchee  or;  a  border  engrailed  of  the  last. 
Crest:  A  talbot's  head  or,  eared  sable.  Motto: 
Esse  quam  videri  (To  be  rather  than  to  seem). 
From  Roger  Sturges,  of  Clipston,  Northampton, 
England,  and  his  wife  Alice,  the  line  of  descent 
runs  through  Richard,  Roger,  Robert  and  Philip 
to  Edward,  who  was  the  founder  of  the  family 
in  the  New  England  colonies. 

Edward  Sturgis  was  born  in  Hannington,  Eng- 
land, and  emigrated  from  there  with  his  first  wife 
to  America,  in  the  year  1634.  He  died  at  Sand- 


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wich,  Massachusetts,  in  1695,  but  appears  to  have 
resided  most  of  his  life  at  Yarmouth,  on  Cape 
Cod.  Other  places  in  which  he  resided  were 
Sandwich  and  Ch(arlestown,  Massachusetts,  and 
in  all  of  them  he  played  a  prominent  part  in  local 
affairs.  From  him  the  line  descends  through 
Samuel,  Samuel  2,  Nathaniel,  Jonathan  and  James 
Gorham  to  William  R.  Sturgis,  the  grandfather 
of  the  Mr.  Sturgis  of  this  sketch. 

William  R.  Sturgis  was  one  of  a  family  of 
nine  children  born  to  his  parents  as  follows:  A 
son  who  died  in  infancy;  Susan,  born  December 
14,  1794,  and  became  the  wife  of  Solomon  Libby; 
Mary  W.,  born  August  19,  1796,  and  became  the 
wife  of  John  Littlefield,  of  Topsham;  Temper- 
ance G.,  born  August  4,  1798,  married  Joseph 
Cannell;  William  R.,  already  mentioned;  Abigail, 
born  April  23,  1803,  and  married  James  McDon- 
ald; John,  born  July  2,  1805;  Ebenezer  G.,  born 
December  3,  1807,  and  married  Mary  Ann  Babb; 
and  Benjamin  R.,  born  January  18,  1811.  William 
R.  Sturgis  was  born  February  4,  1801,  and  married 
Joan  McDonald,  a  descendant  of  Peletrah  Mc- 
Donald, who  built  the  first  mill  on  the  Saco 
river  at  Standish,  and  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revo- 
lution. 

Their  son,  William  Henry  Sturgis,  the  father 
of  Henry  Herbert  Sturgis,  of  this  sketch,  was 
born  in  the  month  of  November,  1838,  at  Stan- 
dish,  Maine.  He  made  that  place  his  home  con- 
tinuously until  his  death  there,  December  28, 
1895,  at  the  age  of  fifty-seven  years.  He  was  a 
farmer,  and  for  the  last  twelve  years  of  his  life 
postmaster  at  his  home,  the  village  of  Bonny 
Eagle  in  Standish,  also  engaged  in  the  grocery 
business.  He  made  a  name  for  himself  as  a  ca- 
pable and  substantial  man  of  business.  He  mar- 
ried Martha  A.  Sands,  who  was  born  at  Stan- 
dish,  Maine,  the  date  of  her  birth  .being  Decem- 
ber, 1842.  She  survives  her  husband  and  at  the 
present  time  (1917)  is  living  on  the  old  Sturgis 
homestead  at  Standish.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sturgis 
were  the  parents  of  seven  children  of  whom  three 
are  now  living  and  four  died  in  childhood;  the 
living  are  as  follows:  Henry  Herbert,  of  whom 
further;  James  Wendell,  who  is  president  of  the 
Standish  Land  &  Lumber  Company,  married 
Georgia  A.  Smith,  by  whom  he  has  had  four 
children:  Frank  O.,  Ralph  L.,  P.  Roy,  and 
Edythe;  Lizzie  Ethel,  born  February  23,  1888, 
who  makes  her  home  with  her  mother  at  the  old 
home  in  Standish.  William  Henry  Sturgis  en- 
listed as  a  young  man  as  private  in  Company  H, 
Seventeenth  Regiment  of  Maine  Volunteer  In- 
fantry, and  was  brevetted  captain  at  the  close  of 


the  war  for  brave  and  meritorious  service.  He 
saw  much  active  service  and  distinguished  him- 
self by  capturing  a  supply  train  of  the  Confed- 
erates at  Appomattox  and  took  part  in  every  ac- 
tion in  which  his  regiment  was  present.  His 
brother,  James  G.  Sturgis,  also  served  in  the 
Civil  War  and  was  surgeon  of  the  First  United 
States  Infantry  Regiment.  Mrs.  Sturgis  had  a 
brother,  Thomas  Sands,  who  also  served  in  the 
Civil  War. 

Henry  Herbert  Sturgis  was  born  October  27, 
1862,  at  Standish,  Maine.  He  remained  in  his 
native  town  until  he  had  reached  the  age  of 
seventeen  years,  and  in  the  meantime  had  gained 
his  education  in  the  local  public  schools.  On 
reaching  this  age,  he  went  to  Manchester,  New 
Hampshire,  where  he  secured  a  position  in  a 
drug  store  there  and  worked  in  a  clerical  ca- 
pacity for  three  years.  He  then  became  a  sub- 
marine diver  and  worked  in  this  profession  for 
some  twenty  years  on  various  parts  of  the  coast 
of  the  United  States.  He  is  a  man  of  great  en- 
terprise, and  in  1906  founded  with  his  brother  the 
Standish  Land  &  Lumber  Company,  which  manu- 
factures and  deals  in  pine,  spruce,  hemlock  and 
hardwood  lumber  of  all  kinds  and  also  acts  as 
real  estate  agent  for  farms  and  timber  lands. 
Of  this  concern  his  brother,  J.  W.  Sturgis,  is 
president,  while  he  himself  occupies  the  office 
of  treasurer.  Another  of  the  successful  enter- 
prises of  Mr.  Sturgis  is  the  Clark  Flexible  Metal- 
lic Packing  Company,  which  is  the  sole  manu- 
facturer of  Clark's  Flexible  Metallic  Packing  for 
piston  rods,  air  pumps,  slip  joints  and  similar 
parts  in  mechanisms  of  all  kind.  This  company 
was  established  in  1902,  and  Mr.  Sturgis  is  now 
the  president  thereof,  J.  H.  Rich  holding  tin 
position  of  treasurer. 

But  Mr.  Sturgis  is  perhaps  even  better  known 
in  his  connection  with  public  life  than  as  a  busi- 
ness man  to  the  community  in  general,  and  he 
has  held  a  number  of  important  offices  in  the 
community.  He  was  a  selectman  at  Standish 
for  three  different  terms,  and  while  staying  at 
Manchester,  New  Hampshire,  was  a  member  of 
Company  K,  First  Regiment,  New  Hampshire 
National  Guard,  and  held  the  position  of  second 
lieutenant  when  but  twenty  years  of  age.  He  is 
prominently  affiliated  with  fraternal  and  club 
circles  in  Portland,  and  is  a  member  of  the  local 
lodges  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows and  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Royal  Arch  Masons 
and  the  Royal  and  Select  Masters.  He  belongs 
to  the  Woodfords  Club,  and  is  a  well  known  fig- 


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ure  in  the  social  life  of  the  place.  In  1901  he 
was  elected  to  the  Maine  General  Assembly  and 
served  in  that  body  until  1903.  In  1905  Fie  was 
elected  to  the  State  Senate  and  was  the  author 
of  the  Sturgis  law,  a  liquor  enforcement  measure. 
Mr.  Sturgis  is  a  Methodist  in  his  religious  be- 
lief. 

Henry  Herbert  Sturgis  was  united  in  marriage 
on  Christmas  Day,  1880,  at  Standish,  Maine,  with 
Anna  Roberta  Norton,  like  himself  a  native  o 
that  place,  and  daughter  of  Simon  E.  and  Han- 
nah (McDonald)  Norton.  Both  the  parents  o 
Mrs.  Sturgis  are  now  deceased;  her  father  \\ . 
a  lifelong  resident  of  Standish. 

Circumstances  alter  cases,  and  it  often  happens 
that  what  may  be  perfectly  true  under  a  given 
set  of  conditions  is  quite  untrue  under  anotlu  : 
so  that  the  proverbs  and  sayings  that  have  grown 
up  in  an  inflexible  state  of  society  suc'i  as  has 
generally  prevailed  in  the  world  may  be  quite 
inapplicable  to  the  more  free  and  democratic 
social  arrangements  that  are  gradually  re- 
placing the  old  order.  Such,  for  example,  is  the 
often  expressed  notion  that  the  due  reward  of 
merit  is  generally  withheld  until  death  had  ren- 
dered its  payment  vain,  or  old  age  made  its  en 
joyment  abortive.  But,  although  at  one  time 
this  may  have  been  frequently,  or  even  quite 
universally  the  case,  it  is  certainly  less  true  in 
communities  such  as  are  typical  of  these  United 
States  and  the  ideals  that  they  stand  for  the  equal 
opportunity,  where  the  achievement  of  one's  an 
cestors  are  less  considered  and  the  members  are 
generally  on  the  outlook  for  ability  even  in  the 
most  unpromising  places,  and  where  talent  is 
regarded  as  the  most  marketable  of  commodities. 
It  has  surely  not  been  true  in  the  case  of  Mr. 
Sturgis,  who  from  early  youth  has  been  recog- 
nized as  possessing  capabilities  which  would  ren- 
der him  of  value  to  his  fellows,  and  who  has 
been  given  an  opportunity  to  exercise  them,  an 
opportunity  which  he  has  been  wise  enough  to 
improve.  While  still  a  mere  lad  he  conceived  an 
ambition  to  be  independent  and  all  his  energies 
and  efforts  were  bent  in  this  direction,  with  the 
success  which  we  have  described.  Mr.  Sturgis 
is  a  fine  example  of  that  sterling  type  of  char- 
acter which  has  so  potently  influenced  the  tone 
of  American  ideals  and  institutions.  Honesty 
and  sincerity  are  the  foundation  of  his  character, 
a  certain  austerity  of  conscience,  perhaps,  which 
is  never  exercised  fully,  however,  save  in  judg- 
ing himself,  and  tempered  in  its  action  towards 
all  others  with  a  wide  tolerance  of  human  frail- 
ties and  shortcomings.  A  strong  and  practical 


ctl'.ical  sense,  a  happy  union  of  idealism  with  a 
practical  knowledge  of  the  affairs  of  the  worhi 
and  strong  domestic  instincts,  these  are  the 
marks  of  the  best  type  of  New  Englander,  and 
these  are  an  accurate  description  of  the  character 
of  Mr.  Sturgis  as  his  friends  know  him  and  in 
his  dealings  with  all  men. 


GEORGE  HULL  BENN,  whose  career  is 
here  narrated,  was  born  at  Hodgdon,  Maine, 
January  13,  1877,  the  son  of  Moses  and  Anne  E. 
Benn,  his  father  being  a  prominent  farmer  and  a 
member  of  one  of  the  oldest  families  in  Aroos- 
took  county.  His  education  was  obtained  in  the 
common  schools  of  his  home  town,  supplemented 
by  a  more  liberal  one  acquired  by  well-chosen 
reading  and  contact  with  men  of  affairs.  From 
boyhood  he  gave  evidence  of  great  liking  of  farm 
life,  and  only  followed  his  natural  instincts  in 
choosing  agriculture  as  his  chief  occupation,  and 
his  entire  life  has  been  lived  upon  the  home- 
stead where  he  was  born.  Endowed  with  more 
than  average  business  ability,  his  tireless  energy 
has  made  for  him  a  most  prominent  place  in  the 
business  life  of  the  community  in  which  he  lives, 
as  well  as  the  whole  county.  He  has  been  for 
many  years  a  large  producer  and  shipper  of  fancy 
seed  and  table  potatoes.  A  successful  breeder 
and  dealer  in  pure  bred  horses  and  cattle,  it  is 
but  natural  that  he  should  be  active  in  his  in- 
terest in  the  Fair  Association  of  his  section. 
Among  his  other  business  connections,  mention 
is  made  of  the  firm  of  Berry  &  Benn,  distributors 
for  several  of  the  best  makes  of  automobiles;  and 
that  of  Benn  &  Burtt,  distributors  of  commercial 
fertilizers  for  a  large  section  of  Aroostook  county. 
An  ardent  Republican  in  politics,  he  has  never 
sought  public  office,  being  content  to  be  a  worker 
in  the  ranks.  A  member  of  an  old  Methodist 
family,  he  is  most  prominent  in  the  varied  activi- 
ties of  that  denomination,  with  which  he  is  offici- 
ally connected,  but  his  broad  views  have  made 
him  a  sincere  friend  and  supporter  of  the  other 
church  societies  of  the  community.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  Masonic  and  Odd  Fellow  fra- 
ternities. 

Mr.  Benn  married,  November  30,  1898,  Ruby 
E.  Hunter,  whose  parents  belonged  to  another 
of  the  older  families  of  the  community.  One 
daughter  has  blessed  the  union,  Mildred,  who  was 
born  April  9,  1906. 


ALBION  WOODBURY  SMALL— Small  is  an 
abbreviation  of  Smalley,  Smalle.  Smalls,  and 
Samlc,  and  was  originally  descriptive  of  the 


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stature  of  the  person  who  first  bore  it.  The 
family,  however,  has  always  been  noted  for  pro- 
ducing strong  men  and  handsome  women  who 
have  made  their  mark  on  the  stage  of  action. 
The  crest  of  the  family  is  a  chess  rook  argent, 
a  wren  proper. 

The  family  were  intimately  connected  with  the 
earliest  history  of  Maine  and  New  Hampshire. 
They  were  of  English  blood  and  brought  with 
them  the  traditions  of  a  valiant  ancestry.  In 
the  year  1330,  John  and  William  Small,  of  Dart- 
mouth, were  flatteringly  mentioned  in  an  act 
under  Edward  III,  and  some  of  their  descend- 
ants seemed  to  have  resided  in  that  location  con- 
tinuously to  this  day.  Just  three  hundred 
years  later,  one  or  more  of  the  Smalls  who  pre- 
sumably lived  in  Dartmouth  or  some  other  place 
in  Devonshire,  was  a  cavalier  of  high  social  po- 
sition and  a  kinsman  of  the  Champernownes, 
Sir  Ferdinando  Gorges,  Sir  John  and  Humphrey 
Gilbert,  and  Sir  Walter  Raleigh. 

The  Champernownes  were  the  most  powerful 
family  in  Devonshire,  one  of  the  daughters  of 
that  house  married  a  Gilbert  and  became  the 
mother  of  Sir  John  and  Sir  Humphrey  Gilbert. 
After  her  husband's  death  she  married  Raleigh 
and  became  the  mother  of  Sir  Walter  Raleigh, 
the  most  prominent  man  of  Queen  Elizabeth's 
reign.  These  noblemen  were  much  interested 
in  American  colonization.  Presumably  because 
of  kinship  and  the  social  influences  incidental 
therto,  between  1632  and  1640,  five  Smalls  came 
to  America.  Of  these,  William  was  unmarried 
and  went  immediately  to  Virginia.  Two  by  the 
name  of  John  were  in  humble  life,  a  third  John 
became  one  of  the  founders  of  Eastham  in  Cape 
Cod.  Edward,  the  presumptive  father  of  Fran- 
cis, came  to  Maine  under  auspices  of  his  kins- 
man, Sir  Ferdinando  Gorges,  about  1632.  He 
with  several  others  founded  Piscataqua  which  has 
since  been  divided  into  the  towns  of  Kittery, 
Eliot,  South  Berwick  and  Berwick.  After  several 
years'  residence  in  America  he  tired  of  the  rough 
life  of  the  wilderness  and  returned  to  England. 
Tradition  says  that  he  and  John,  the  father  of 
Eastham,  were  brothers  and  many  facts 
strengthen  that  tradition. 

Francis  Small,  who  may  be  regarded  as  the 
father  of  the  Small  family  in  America,  was  born 
in  England  in  1620,  and  came  to  this  country 
when  he  was  only  twelve  years  of  age.  He  re- 
sided in  Dover,  New  Hampshire,  in  1648,  but  in 
1657  bought  of  the  Indian  chief,  Scitterygusset, 
a  large  tract  of  land  near  Portland,  called  Capi- 
sic.  In  1663  he  was  attorney  for  Falmouth  in 


some  of  the  government  squabbles  of  the  times. 
He  was  at  Cape  Small  Point  for  a  time,  and  the 
place  took  its  name  from  him.  In  1668  he  re- 
sided in  Kittery  and  had  a  house  and  trading 
camp  where  the  village  of  Cornish  now  is,  and 
his  was  doubtless  the  first  house  built  in  that 
town,  or  in  any  part  of  the  Ossipee  lands.  In 
the  summer  of  1668  he  sold  goods  on  credit  to 
the  Newichwannoch  tribe  of  Indians  to  be  paid 
for  in  the  fall  with  furs.  The  red  men  deemed 
it  easier  to  liquidate  the  debt  by  killing  Small, 
and  hence  plotted  to  fire  his  home  and  shoot 
him  as  he  escaped  the  flames.  Captain  Sandy, 
the  chief  of  the  tribe,  was  friendly  to  Small  and 
he  advised  him  to  flee  for  his  life.  Deeming  the 
tale  a  cunningly  devised  fable,  Small  secreted 
himself  in  some  pines,  and  after  watching 
through  a  long  November  night,  at  the  first  ap- 
proach of  dawn,  beheld  his  burning  house.  He 
fled  to  the  settlement  at  Kittery,  where  he  was 
followed  by  the  Indian  chief  who,  to  reimburse 
him  for  his  loss,  deeded  to  him  for  a  nominal 
sum  all  the  land  between  the  Great  Ossipee,  the 
Saco,  the  Little  Ossipee  and  the  Neihewonoch 
rivers  known  as  Ossipee,  the  same  being  twenty 
miles  square,  that  is  two  hundred  and  fifty-six 
thousand  acres.  He  eventually  sold  all  the  land 
south  of  the  Little  Ossipee  and  reserved  for  him- 
self Ossipee  proper,  which  is  now  divided  into 
the  towns  of  Limington,  Limereck,  Newfield, 
Parsonfield  and  Cornish,  constituting  the  entire 
northern  part  of  York  county,  Maine.  Aside 
from  Capisac  and  Ossipee,  Francis  Small  bought 
other  large  tracts  of  land  in  Maine  and  was 
known  as  "the  great  land  owner."  At  the  time 
of  King  Philip's  War,  leaving  his  son  Samuel 
in  Kittery,  he  removed  with  the  remainder  of  his 
family  to  Truro,  Massachusetts,  which  strengthens 
the  belief  that  the  founder  of  Eastham  was  his 
uncle.  On  April  30,  1711,  he  deeded  Ossipee  to 
his  son  Samuel,  and  two  years  later  died  at  Truro 
or  Provincetown,  aged  about  ninety-three  years. 
Of  the  personal  appearance  of  Francis  Small, 
the  greatest  of  his  race  in  America,  nothing  is 
known.  He  was  active  and  alert,  and  Governor 
Sullivan  in  his  history  of  Maine  says  he  was  one 
of  the  most  enterprising  and  wealthy  men  of  his 
day. 

From  this  worthy  progenitor  Albion  W.  Small 
is  descended.  He  was  born  at  Buckfield,  Maine, 
May  ii,  1854,  the  son  of  Rev.  Albion  Keith  Parris 
and  Thankful  Lincoln  (Woodbury)  Small.  His 
father  was  a  noted  Baptist  minister,  and  for 
many  years  a  trustee  of  Colby  University,  where 
he  graduated  in  1849.  The  college  later  con- 


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ferred  upon  him  the  degree  of  D.D.  He  or- 
ganized a  Baptist  church  in  Buckfield,  Maine,  in 
1850,  of  which  he  had  the  charge  for  four  years. 
For  ten  years,  from  1858  to  1868,  he  was  pastor 
of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Bangor,  Maine, 
and  from  1868  to  1874  of  the  Free  St.  Baptist 
Church  of  Portland,  Maine.  He  had  pastoral 
charge  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Fall  River, 
Massachusetts,  from  1874  until  1884,  when  he  re- 
signed to  accept  a  call  from  the  First  Baptist 
Church  of  Portland,  Maine,  where  he  remained 
ten  years.  He  married  Thankful  Lincoln  Wood- 
bury. 

Albion  W.  Small  received  an  excellent  common 
school  training  in  the  public  schools  of  Bangor, 
Maine,  and  at  the  age  of  fourteen  entered  the 
high  school  of  Portland,  Maine,  where  he  com- 
pleted his  studies  as  a  medal  scholar.  He  was  a 
student  at  Colby  University  from  1872  to  1876, 
and  then  took  a  course  at  the  Newton  Theolog- 
ical Institution.  After  graduation  in  1879,  he 
went  to  Germany  for  the  purpose  of  studying 
history  and  philosophy,  spending  one  year  at  the 
University  of  Berlin  and  the  next  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Leipsic.  In  1881,  while  at  Leipsic,  he 
received  the  news  of  his  appointment  to  the 
chair  of  history  in  Colby  University,  which  he 
at  once  accepted,  but  devoted  an  additional  six 
months  to  study  of  sources  of  early  English  his- 
tory at  the  British  Museum. 

In  the  fall  of  1881  he  began  his  professional 
career  as  Professor  of  History  and  Economics, 
achieving  success  and  popularity  with  the  stu- 
dents by  his  original  methods  of  teaching,  and 
his  qualities  of  character  making  him  a  natural 
leader.  He  was  at  the  time  of  his  appointment 
the  youngest  member  of  the  faculty,  but  rapidly 
became  noted  as  one  of  the  most  active  and  ef- 
ficient, both  as  a  teacher  and  counselor.  His 
studies  in  Germany  having  been  interrupted  by 
the  unexpected  invitation  to  Colby  University  he 
obtained,  in  1888,  a  leave  of  absence,  and  for  : 
year  was  reader  in  history  and  sociology  in  Johns 
Hopkins  University,  Baltimore,  Maryland,  in  the 
meantime  instructing  advanced  classes  in  English 
and  American  Constitutional  History  in  the  un 
vcrsity,  and  preaching  and  lecturing  extensively. 
He  received  the  degree  of  Ph.D.  from  Johns  Hop- 
kins University  in  1889. 

The  Rev.  George  D.  B.  Pepper,  D.D.,  resigned 
in  1889  the  presidency  of  Colby  University,  and 
Dr.  Small  was  immediately  elected  his  successor, 
being  the  first  Alumnus  and  the  youngest  incum- 
bent of  the  office  to  that  time.  He  also  as- 
sumed the  Babcock  Professorship  of  Intellectual 
and  Moral  Philosophy,  at  the  same  time  writing 


and  lecturing  on  sociology  which  he  had  deter- 
mined to  adopt  as  a  life  study.  His  administra- 
tion of  three  years  was  successful,  and  under  his 
inspiring  leadership  the  number  of  students  rose 
rapidly.  The  young  men  and  the  young  women 
in  the  university  were  separated  into  co-ordinate 
colleges,  with  identical  standards  of  requirements, 
but  with  separate  instructions  as  far  as  prac- 
ticable. A  board  of  conference  was  established 
to  enable  the  students  to  co-operate  with  the 
faculty  in  the  government  of  the  college. 

At  the  opening  of  the  University  of  Chicago, 
in  1892,  Dr.  Small  became  head  of  the  department 
of  sociology  in  the  University  of  Chicago,  which 
position  (1919)  he  now  fills.  In  1895  he  became 
the  first  editor  of  the  American  Journal  of  So- 
ciology. He  is  a  notable  authority  on  sociolog- 
ical science,  his  numerous  contributions  to  peri- 
odicals, literature  and  lecture  forums  exhibiting 
great  grasp  and  comprehension  of  the  subject. 
In  1903  he  was  appointed  one  of  the  vice-presi- 
dents, and  one  of  the  organizing  committee  of 
three  of  the  World's  Congress  of  Arts  and  Sci- 
ences of  the  Louisiana  Purchase  Exposition. 
Colby  University  in  1900  conferred  upon  him  the 
honorary  degree  of  LL.D.  In  conjunction  with 
George  E.  Vincent,  now  president  of  the  Rocke- 
feller Foundation,  he  published  in  1804  "Intro- 
duction to  the  Study  of  Society,"  one  of  th« 
earliest  attempts  to  make  the  sociological  type 
of  study  intelligible  to  beginners.  Dr.  Small  is 
the  author  of  "General  Sociology,"  1905;  "Adam 
Smith  and  Modern  Sociology,"  1007;  "The  Cam- 
eralists,"  1909;  "The  Meaning  of  Social  Sciences," 
1910;  "Between  Eras,  from  Capitalism  to  Democ- 
racy," 1914. 

Dr.  Small  is  a  member  and  former  president 
of  the  American  Sociological  Society,  of  the  Delta 
Kappa  Epsilon  fraternity;  the  Quadrangle  Club; 
the  University  Club  of  Chicago;  and  other  or- 
ganizations and  learned  bodies.  Since  1905  he 
has  been  the  Dean  of  the  Graduate  School  of 
Arts  and  Literature  of  the  University  of  Chi- 
cago. He  and  his  family  are  members  of  the 
Baptist  church. 

Dr.  Small  married,  in  Berlin,  Germany,  Jun« 
26,  1881,  Valeria  von  Massow,  a  daughter  of 
Valerian  von  Massow,  a  lieutenant-colonel  in  the 
Prussian  army,  and  Lina  (Stoffregren)  von  Mas- 
sow.  Their  only  child  is  the  wife  of  Hayden  B. 
Harris. 


EDWARD  STANWOOD,  of  Brookline,  Mas- 
sachusetts, the  son  of  Daniel  Caldwell  and  Mary 
Augusta  (Webster)  Stanwood,  was  born  at  Au- 
gusta, Maine,  September  16,  1841. 


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His  preliminary  education  was  obtained  at  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  city,  and  he  then 
attended  the  Augusta  High  School,  from  which 
he  graduated  later,  entering  Bowdoin  College. 
At  the  end  of  this  collegiate  course  in  1861  he 
received  the  degree  of  A.B.  and  A.M.  in  1864. 
His  alma  mater  in  1894  conferred  on  him  the  de- 
gree of  Litt.D.  Mr.  Stanwood  was  employed, 
1867-87  as  assistant  editor  of  the  Kcnnebec  Journal 
at  Augusta;  in  1867  he  became  assistant  editor 
of  the  Boston  Daily  Advertiser,  which  position  he 
held  until  1882,  when  he  became  editor.  The  fol- 
lowing year  he  resigned  this  position,  and  joined 
the  staff  of  the  Youth's  Companion.  From  1886 
until  1911  he  was  managing  editor  of  the  Com- 
panion. He  was  special  agent  in  charge  of  the 
statistics  of  cotton  manufactures  for  the  eleventh 
United  States  Census,  and  of  the  manufacture  of 
all  for  the  twelfth  United  States  Census. 

In  the  fields  of  literature  Mr.  Stanwood  has 
gained  a  merited  prominence;  he  has  been  a  con- 
tributor to  the  Quarterly  Review,  the  Edinburgh 
Review,  the  Atlantic  Monthly,  the  North  Ameri- 
can Review,  and  many  other  standard  periodicals. 
He  is  the  author  of  the  "History  of  Presidential 
Elections,"  1884;  "History  of  the  Presidency," 
1898;  "History  of  the  Class  of  1867  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege," 1897;  "American  Tariff  Controversies," 
1903;  "James  Gillespie  Elaine"  (American  States- 
man, New  Series),  1905;  "History  of  the  Presi- 
dency" (1897-1909),  1912.  He  is  a  trustee  of 
Bowdoin  College;  member  and  recording  secre- 
tary of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society; 
since  1891  secretary  of  the  Arkwright  Club;  and 
a  member  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa.  A  Republican 
in  politics,  he  has  never  been  an  aspirant  for  pub- 
lic office.  He  is  a  member  and  warden  of  St. 
Paul's  Episcopal  Church,  Brookline,  Massachu- 
setts. 

Mr.  Stanwood  married,  November  10,  1870, 
Eliza  Maxwell  Topliff,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Jane  (Blackstone)  Topliff,  of  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts. They  are  the  parents  of  three  children: 
Ethel,  born  March  2,  1873,  the  wife  of  Charles 
Knowles  Bolton,  librarian  of  Boston  Athenaeum; 
Edward,  Jr.,  born  June  24,  1876;  and  Maxwell, 
born  March  10,  1883,  died  in  infancy. 


GEORGE  POPHAM  SEWALL,  late  of  Old 
Town,  Maine,  where  his  death  occurred  at  his 
home,  December  30,  1881,  Speaker  of  the  Maine 
House  of  Representatives  and  one  of  the  most 
eminent  members  of  the  bar  of  this  State,  was  a 
descendant  of  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  dis- 
tinguished families  of  Maine,  the  members  of. 


which  have  been  identified  with  many  important 
interests,  notably  that  of  shipbuilding  in  this 
State  for  many  years. 

The  name  Sewall  is  of  ancient  English  origin 
and  is  found  as  far  back  at  the  eleventh  century, 
under  a  number  of  different  spellings,  viz., 
Saswalo,  Scwald,  Sewall,  Sewalle,  Seawall,  Sea- 
wale  and  Sewell.  The  primitive  name  was  Ses- 
wald  or  Saswald,  indicating  Saxon  origin.  One 
Saswald,  before  the  Norman  conquest,  was  pos- 
sessed of  lands  in  Nether  Eatenden,  Warwick- 
shire, besides  other  extensive  tracts  in  the 
counties  of  Northampton,  Lincoln  and  Derby. 
At  the  conquest  these  lands  fell  into  the  hands 
of  Henry  de  Feriers,  a  Norman  knight,  who  al- 
lowed Saswald  to  retain  possession  at  Nether 
Eatenden.  These  lands  were  held  as  late  as  1730, 
a  period  of  nearly  seven  hundred  years,  by  direct 
descendants  of  Saswald,  "being,"  says  Dugdale, 
"the  only  place  in  the  country  that  glories  in  an 
uninterrupted  succession  of  its  owners  for  so 
long  a  tract  of  time." 

The  family  was  founded  in  America  by  Henry 
Sewall,  who  traced  his  descent  from  William 
Sewall,  of  Coventry,  Warwickshire,  as  follows: 
William  Sewall  married,  in  1540,  Matilda  Home, 
and  they  were  the  parents  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: William,  who  later  became  mayor  of 
Coventry;  and  Henry,  who  is  mentioned  be- 
low. William  Sewall  bore  the  same  coat-of-arms 
as  do  the  Sewalls  of  Maine:  "Sable  chevron  be- 
tween three  gadbees  argent." 

Henry  Sewall,  son  of  William  and  Matilda 
(Home)  Sewall,  was  born  at  Coventry,  in  1544. 
He  was  a  linen  draper  by  occupation,  "a  prudent 
man  who  acquired  a  great  estate,"  and  was  mayor 
of  Coventry  from  1589  to  1606.  He  married 
Margaret  Grazebrook,  and  they  were  the  parents 
of  the  following  children:  Henry,  born  April  8, 
1576,  and  mentioned  below;  Richard,  Anne,  and 
Margaret. 

Henry  Sewall,  son  of  Henry  and  Margaret 
(Grazebrook)  Sewall,  while  born  at  Coventry, 
lived  at  Manchester.  He  married  Anne  Hunt,  a 
widow,  and  had  but  one  son,  also  named  Henry, 
born  in  1614.  Disliking  the  English  hierarchy, 
he  sent  this  son  to  New  England  in  1634,  and 
soon  after  followed  him,  living  at  Newbury, 
Massachusetts,  and  then  at  Rowley,  where  he 
died  in  1657. 

Henry  Sewall,  "a  minister  of  the  Gospel,"  and 
son  of  Henry  and  Anne  (Hunt)  Sewall,  came  to 
New  England  at  the  age  of  twenty  years,  in  the 
ship  Elizabeth  and  Dorcas,  and  plentifully  pro- 
vided with  money,  provisions,  servants  and  cat- 


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tie.  After  spending  the  first  winter  at  Ipswich 
he  removed  in  1635  to  Newbury,  and  was  made 
a  freeman  of  the  Colony  in  1637.  He  married, 
March  25,  1646,  Jane  Dummer,  a  daughter  of 
Stephen  Dummer,  and  in  1647  returned  with  his 
wife  to  England,  living  at  Warwick  at  Bishop 
Stake  Baddesley,  where  five  of  his  children  were 
born.  He  returned  to  New  England,  however, 
in  1659,  with  a  letter  from  Richard  Cromwell, 
then  Lord  Protector,  to  the  governor  and  magis- 
trates of  Massachusetts,  in  which  he  is  spoken 
of  most  highly  and  is  recommended  to  the  good 
treatment  of  those  gentlemen.  It  seems  likely 
that  he  intended  eventually  to  make  his  home  in 
the  old  country,  but  the  restoration  of  the 
Stuarts  to  power  probably  caused  him  to  change 
his  mind.  He  died  May  16,  1700.  Among  the 
eight  children  of  Henry  and  Jane  (Dummer) 
Sewall  was  John  Sewall,  who  is  mentioned  be- 
low. 

John  Sewall,  son  of  Henry  and  Jane  (Dummer) 
Sewall,  was  born  at  Baddesley,  England,  October 
10,  1654,  and  brought  to  New  England  in  1661. 
He  was  a  farmer  at  Newbury,  and  the  ancestor 
of  all  the  Maine  Sewalls.  He  married,  October 
27,  1674,  Hannah  Fessenden,  of  Cambridge,  and 
they  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children: 
John,  Henry,  Hannah,  Samuel,  who  is  mentioned 
below;  Nicholas,  Thomas,  and  Stephen.  John 
Sewall  died  August  8,  1699. 

Samuel  Sewall,  son  of  John  and  Hannah  (Fes- 
senden) Sewall,  was  born  at  Newbury,  Massachu- 
setts, April  9,  1688.  He  settled  at  York,  Maine, 
in  1708.  He  married  (first)  Lydia  Storer,  and 
(second)  Sarah  Batchelder  Titcomb.  The  chil- 
dren of  the  first  marriage  were  as  follows:  John 
and  Dummer,  who  died  young;  Lydia,  Mercy, 
Mary,  Hannah.  The  children  of  the  second  wife 
were:  Major  Samuel,  who  was  the  inventor  of 
"a  method  for  sinking  the  piers  of  bridges  over 
deep  rivers";  Sarah  and  Jane,  twins;  John,  Jo- 
seph, Moses,  Judge  David,  Colonel  Dummer, 
who  is  mentioned  below;  and  Henry.  Samuel 
Sewall  died  on  April  28,  1769. 

Colonel  Dummer  Sewall,  son  of  Samuel  and 
Sarah  Batchelder  (Titcomb)  Sewall,  was  born 
December  12,  1737,  at  York,  Maine.  When 
eighteen  years  of  age  he  enlisted  in  the  Provin- 
cial army  and  served  at  the  reduction  of  Louis- 
burg,  where  he  was  commissioned  an  ensign.  He 
later,  as  a  lieutenant,  served  under  General  Am- 
herst,  in  Canada.  He  married,  December  16, 
1760,  at  York,  Mary  Dunning,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Dunning,  who  was  said  to  be  "the  hand- 
somest girl  in  Old  York,"  and  they  removed  to 


Georgetown,  which  afterwards  became  a  part  of 
the  town  of  Bath,  Maine.  At  the  time  that 
hostilities  with  Great  Britain  were  threatening, 
Colonel  Dummer  Sewall  was  elected  one  of  the 
Committee  of  Safety,  and  was  associated  with 
Brigadier-General  Samuel  Thompson  of  Tops- 
ham,  Maine.  He  was  also  a  delegate  to  the  Pro- 
vincial Congress  which  assembled  at  Watertown, 
and  was  appointed  by  them  lieutenant-colonel  of 
the  regiment  commanded  by  Colonel  Samuel  Mc- 
Cobb.  With  this  regiment  he  marched  to  Cam- 
bridge to  serve  in  the  Continental  army  under 
General  Washington.  Not  long  after  he  was  ap- 
pointed muster  master  of  the  District  of  Maine, 
and  performed  the  duties  of  that  office  during 
the  remainder  of  the  war.  He  also  held  many 
offices  of  trust  and  responsibility  in  the  civil  life 
of  Massachusetts  after  the  Revolution,  and  was 
elected  Senator  from  Lincoln  county.  He  was 
also  a  member  of  the  Convention  of  1788,  called 
by  the  State  to  ratify  the  Constitution  of  the 
United  States,  and  was  one  of  the  Committee  of 
Compromise  appointed  at  the  suggestion  of  Gen- 
eral Hancock  to  consider  and  report  such  amend- 
ment as  would  make  the  proposed  form  of  gov- 
ernment more  acceptable,  and  without  which  the 
Constitution  would  probably  have  failed  of  rati- 
fication by  the  convention.  His  death  occurred 
at  Georgetown,  Maine,  April  15,  1832,  at  the  ad- 
vanced age  of  ninety-four.  The  children  of  Col- 
onel Dummer  and  Mary  (Dunning)  Sewall  were 
as  follows:  Dummer,  Mary,  Sarah,  Lydia,  Han- 
nah, who  died  in  infancy;  Joseph,  who  is  men- 
tioned below;  Samuel,  Hannah,  Deborah,  and 
John.  Colonel  Dummer  Sewall  was  a  man  of 
great  ability  and  parts,  but  so  fervid  in  his  re- 
ligious views  that  he  practically  disinherited  his 
son  Joseph  for  marrying  outside  his  denomina- 
tion. 

Joseph  Sewall,  son  of  Colonel  Dummer  and 
Mary  (Dunning)  Sewall,  was  born  at  Bath, 
Maine,  December  17,  1770.  He  engaged  in  ship- 
building and  was  a  very  important  figure  in  the 
life  of  Bath.  In  1816,  after  losing  his  property  in 
the  embargo  and  War  of  1812,  he  removed  to 
Farmington,  Maine,  where  he  died,  November  4, 
1852.  Joseph  Sewall  married  (first)  Lydia  Marsh, 
of  Bath,  by  whom  he  had  two  sons:  General  Jo- 
seph Sewall,  adjutant  general  of  Maine,  and  Wil- 
liam Dunning,  and  two  daughters,  Clarissa  and 
Mary.  He  married  (second)  in  December,  1806, 
Hannah  Shaw,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  the 
following  children:  George  Popham,  with  whose 
career  we  are  especially  concerned;  Mary,  who 
became  the  wife  of  John  Randolph  Cony;  Ellen, 


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who  became  the  wife  of  David  Worcester,  of 
Bangor;  and  Mercy  Hannah,  who  married  Gov- 
ernor Samuel  Cony,  of  Augusta.  Joseph  Sewall 
married  (third)  Catharine  Shaw,  half-sister  of  his 
second  wife,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  three 
children  as  follows:  Emma  Catharine,  who  died 
in  childhood;  Bradford,  of  Farmington,  and  Ar- 
thur S.,  of  Dysart,  Iowa.  Joseph  Sewall  never 
recovered  his  fortune.  He  supported  himself 
by  farming  and  surveying  at  Farmington. 

George    Popham    Sewall,    son    of    Joseph    and 
Hannah  (Shaw)  Sewall,  was  born  at  Georgetown, 
Maine,  April  24,  1811.     He  accompanied  his  par- 
ents to  Farmington  as  a  child,  where  he  attended 
the  Farmington  Academy.      Being  unable  to  af- 
ford  a   college    course,   he   started   the   study   of 
medicine  with  his  uncle,  Moses  Shaw,  but  finding 
this   distasteful   to   him  he   determined  upon   the 
law  as  a  profession  and  entered  the  office  of  the 
Hon.  Hiram  Belcher,  where  he  studied  the  sub- 
ject to  such  good  purpose  that  he  was  admitted 
to  the  Maine  bar,  in  1833,  when  but  twenty-two 
years  of  age.     He  settled  for  a  time  at  Dexter, 
but  in  June,  1835,  removed  to  Old  Town,  which 
then   was   growing   rapidly   and   was    the   largest 
lumber  working  town  in  the  country.      Here  he 
engaged   in   the   practice    of   his   profession,   and 
rapidly  made  his  way  to  a  position  of  leadership 
therein.      In    1842  he   was  elected  to   the   Maine 
Legislature,  and  was  eight  times  returned  to  that 
body.     He  was  Speaker  of  the  House  in  1851-52. 
From   1853  until   1857  he  held  the  office  of  Col- 
lector of  Customs  at  Bangor.      In  1862,  although 
a  Democrat,  he  was  appointed  assessor  of  inter- 
nal revenue  by  Abraham  Lincoln  and  continued 
in  that  office  until  1869.      In  all  the  public  posts 
held  by  Mr.  Sewall  he  exhibited  a  capacity  and 
disinterestedness  which  gained  him  a  high  "place 
in   the   esteem  and   affection   of   the   community, 
and  there  were  few  figures  in  Maine  better  known 
or  better  loved  than  he.      During  the  Civil  Wai- 
he    performed    a   valuable    service    for   his    coun- 
try,   it   being   largely    through    his    influence    and 
exertions    that    two    full    companies    of    soldiers 
were  enlisted  principally  from  Old  Town  to  fight 
for  the  cause  of  the  Union.     In  spite  of  his  party 
affinity    he    was    returned    to    Augusta    as    Old 
Town's  representative  at  the  outbreak  of  the  war 
by  a  vote  of  381  to  17.      He  worked  incessantly 
during  the  four  years  of  that  tremendous  strug- 
gle   and    exerted    a    wide    influence    both    in    the 
State  and  in  the  Nation.     In  connection  with  his 
career   as   an   attorney   it   would   be   appropriate 
to  quote  here  from  the  words  of  the  late  Chief 
Justice  John   Appleton,   who   thus   spoke   of   Mr. 
Sewall  shortly  after  his  death: 


He  began  early  the  practice  of  law.  As  a  lawyer  he 
was  acute,  ingenious  and  Indefatigable  in  the  prepara- 
tion, and  adroit  and  able  in  the  management  of  causes 
entrusted  to  his  care.  He  at  once  commanded  a  large 
business.  But  the  law  is  a  jealous  mistress,  brooking 
no  rival.  He  was  early  somewhat  diverted  from  pro- 
fessional pursuits  by  his  deep  interest  in  the  political 
affairs  of  the  State  and  Nation.  The  honorable  positions 
that  he  held,  the  various  and  responsible  offices  he 
filled,  the  duties  of  which  were  so  faithfully  and  ably 
discharged,  are  the  best  evidence  of  the  respect  of  the 
community  in  which  he  lived,  as  well  as  of  the  public 
confidence.  He  was  a  decided  politician  but  he  never 
permitted  a  difference  of  conviction  as  to  public  affairs 
to  Interfere  with  the  claims  of  friendship  or  to  disturb 
the  kindly  relations  of  social  life. 

For  many  years  the  members  of  the  Sewall 
family  have  been,  almost  without  exception,  sup- 
porters of  the  Democratic  party,  the  loyalty  of 
their  adherence  to  the  unpopular  party  in  Maine 
being  ample  proof  of  the  purity  of  their  belief 
and  their  devotion  to  principle.  George  Popham 
Sewall  was  no  exception  to  this.  In  his  youth 
he  joined  the  Whig  party  and  cast  his  first  vote 
for  Andrew  Jackson,  and  after  the  new  align- 
ment of  parties  in  the  country  he  espoused  the 
Democratic  principles  and  was  recognized  as  one 
of  the  party  leaders  for  many  years.  It  is  elo- 
quent tribute  to  his  personal  popularity  and  the 
confidence  his  fellow-citizens  reposed  in  him,  that 
in  Republican  Maine  he  was  elected  to  a  num- 
ber of  important  political  offices.  In  all  these  re- 
sponsible posts  he  proved  his  disinterestedness 
and  ability,  and  was  recognized  alike  by  political 
friend  and  foe  as  an  invaluable  public  servant. 
Mr.  Sewall  was  a  Mason  and  an  Episcopalian. 

George  Popham  Sewall  married,  August  8,  1837, 
at  Windsor,  Maine,  Sydney  Ellen  Wingate,  of 
Bath,  Maine,  where  she  was  born,  May  10,  1815, 
a  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Margaret  Gay  (Tingey) 
Wingate.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sewall  were  the  parents 
of  six  children,  none  of  whom  are  living,  as  fol- 
lows: James  Bradbury,  Sydney  Margaret,  George 
Tingey,  Hannah  Virginia,  James  Wingate,  a 
sketch  of  whom  follows;  and  Joseph.  His  de- 
scendants now  living  are  the  children  of  James 
Wingate  Sewall. 

It  will  be  appropriate  to  close  this  brief  appre- 
ciation of  a  remarkable  man  with  the  resolutions 
passed  by  the  Penobscot  Bar  Association  at  the 
meeting  held  by  that  organization  to  do  honor 
to  his  memory,  and  which  were  as  follows: 

Resolved,  That  in  the  death  of  our  Brother,  George  P. 
Sewall,  we  recognize  the  removal  of  one  whose  long 
life  has  been  a  life  of  active  usefulness  and  employ- 
ment in  the  various  industries  of  society,  ever  exhibit- 
ing a  care  for  the  rights  of  others,  and  a  devotion  to 
the  general  welfare  of  the  community  at  large.  As  a 
husband  and  father,  neighbor  and  companion,  he  was 
especially  held  in  high  esteem  for  the  various  qualities 
which  those  relations  were  wont  to  call  forth  in  their 
best  forms.  In  social  life  he  was  an  agreeable  member, 
ever  making  his  society  pleasant  by  abounding  wit  and 
anecdote,  and  abundant  information.  As  a  lawyer  h« 


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took  a  high  stand  In  his  profession  an  a  safe  advisor 
and  able  advocate,  thereby  winning  tbe  confidence  of 
bis  HI.  nts  and  the  public.  In  public  station  he  was  a 
faithful  and  honest  holder  of  trust,  and  as  a  citizen  In 
the  trying  time  of  his  country  he  was  a  loyal  and  most 
devoted  patriot.  As  brothers  In  his  chosen  profession 
we  shall  ever  hold  dear  his  memory  as  one  to  be  re- 
membered for  his  many  social  characteristics,  his  pro- 
fessional courtesies,  and  his  long  agreeable  and  faith- 
ful service  at  the  Bar. 


JAMES  WINGATE  SEWALL,  }ate  of  Old 
Town.  Maine,  where  his  death  occurred  on  May  25. 
1905.  was  one  of  the  most  successful  business  men 
of  this  region,  and  a  recognized  authority  on  sani- 
tary and  forest  engineering,  as  well  as  one  of 
the  best  informed  men  on  Maine  timberlands  in 
that  State.  Mr.  Sewall  was  a  member  of  an  old 
New  England  family,  the  Sewalls  tracing  their 
descent  from  early  Anglo-Saxon  progenitors,  who 
appear  before  the  Norman  conquest.  A  brief 
account  of  this  ancient  family  is  given  in  con- 
nection with  the  sketch  of  George  Popham  Sew- 
all.  (See  preceding  sketch.) 

James  Wingate  Sewall  was  the  son  of  George 
Popham  and  Sydney  Ellen  (Wingate)  Sewall,  and 
was  born  at  Old  Town,  November  II,  1852.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town, 
and  his  scholastic  education  was  completed  at 
Bowdoin  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
as  a  civil  engineer  with  the  now  famous  class 
of  1877,  at  once  beginning  the  work  of  his  pro- 
fession. In  1880  he  was  assistant  engineer  in 
charge  of  the  installation  of  the  sewerage  system 
of  Memphis,  Tennessee,  when  that  city  set  out 
seriously  to  banish  malaria  and  yellow  fever  from 
its  bounds.  In  1881  he  was  assistant  superin- 
tendent of  sewerage  of  cities  to  the  late  George 
E.  Waring,  of  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  planning 
and  installing  the  sewerage  system  of  Norfolk, 
Virginia.  In  1882  he  accepted  the  responsible 
post  of  engineer  in  charge  of  the  Drainage  Con- 
struction Company,  of  New  York  City,  and  for 
that  concern  planned  and  carried  out  the  sewer- 
age works  at  Keene,  New  Hampshire.  His  work 
on  this  fine  example  of  sanitary  engineering  con- 
tinued until  the  year  1883,  and  at  the  close  of  it 
he  was  asked  to  give  special  instruction  on  sani- 
tary engineering  at  the  Massachusetts  Institute 
of  Technology.  The  offer  of  this  post  to  Mr. 
Sewall  by  an  institution  which  at  that  time  set 
the  standard  of  engineering  instruction  in  Amer- 
ica, bears  ample  witness  to  the  reputation  he  had 
made  in  his  especial  line,  and  indeed  he  was  at 
this  time  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  emi- 
nent authorities  on  the  subject  in  the  country. 
During  the  seasons  of  1884  and  1885,  he  was  at 
the  Massachusetts  Institute,  when  his  health,  im- 

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paired  seriously  by  his  southern  experience,  im- 
pelled him  to  seek  out-door  work  again. 

Mr.  Sewall's  passion  as  a  boy  and  young  man 
had  been  woodcraft,  so  that  he  naturally  gravi- 
tated to  work  in  the  woods  of  Maine,  both  from 
desire  and  from  the  need  of  recuperative  occu- 
pation, and  shortly  entered  the  employ  of  David 
Pingree  and  E.  S.  Coe,  of  Bangor,  owners  of 
great  tracts  of  timberlands  in  Maine  and  else- 
where. This  step  finally  formed  his  life.  With  a 
mind  of  more  than  the  ordinary  perceptive  pow- 
ers, trained  for  analysis  and  observation,  and  with 
woodcraft  attained  in  boyhood  already  ripe,  he 
was  able  rapidly  to  forge  to  the  very  front  of  his 
profession  as  timberland  engineer.  His  methods 
of  surveying  and  mapping  were  many  years  in 
advance  of  the  period,  and  he,  with  his  brother 
Joseph,  also  a  civil  engineer,  originated  and  car- 
ried out  work  in  their  line  which  has  since  not 
been  excelled  in  technique  or  accuracy.  Natur- 
ally an  executive  of  the  highest  order,  with  the 
gift  of  directing  men,  and  with  discerning  busi- 
ness insight  combined  with  the  ability  to  make 
decisive  and  correct  judgments,  he  soon  be- 
came the  right-hand  man  of  the  owners  in  the 
management  of  their  lands,  and  upon  the  death  of 
Mr.  Coe,  in  1899,  assumed  the  general  resident 
management  of  the  business,  with  headquarters  at 
Bangor.  This  work  continued  until  his  death,  in 
1905.  Mr.  Sewall,  like  most  of  the  members  of 
his  family,  was  a  staunch  Democrat  in  politics,  but 
his  interest  in  his  calling  and  his  private  activi- 
ties prevented  him  from  taking  any  active  part 
in  public  life,  and  he  was  never  in  any  degree 
ambitious  for  public  office.  He  was  a  Mason.  In 
his  religious  belief  Mr.  Sewall  was  an  Episco- 
palian and  an  active  member  of  St.  James'  Church 
at  Old  Town,  of  which  he  was  a  warden  and  ves- 
tryman for  many  years. 

James  Wingate  Sewall  was  married,  March  27, 
1883,  at  Waterville,  Maine,  to  Harriet  Sterling 
Moor,  daughter  of  Dudley  Watson  and  Ann 
(Hunt)  Moor,  a  member  of  an  old  and  distin- 
guished Maine  family.  Four  children  were  born 
of  this  marriage,  as  follows:  James  Wingate,  Jr., 
Katharine  Moor,  Virginia  Hannah  and  Harriet 
Sydney. 


FREDERICK  W.  BISHOP  is  one  of  the  most 
successful  and  energetic  farmers  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  the  progressive  town  of  Houlton,  Maine, 
where  he  is  the  owner  of  a  large  and  highly-de- 
veloped tract  of  land,  which  he  works  consist- 
ently, making  a  specialty  of  the  raising  of  pota- 
toes. Mr.  Bishop  is  the  son  of  Amos  and  Martha 


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J.  Putnam  (Ham)  Bishop,  old  and  highly-re- 
spected residents  of  Fort  Fairfield,  Aroostook 
county,  in  this  State,  where  the  former  was  en- 
gaged for  many  years  in  business  as  a  farmer 
and  mill  owner. 

The  birth  of  Frederick  W.  Bishop  occurred  at 
his  fathers'  home  at  Fort  Fairfield,  November  14, 
1864,  and  as  a  lad  he  attended  the  local  schools 
of  that  region.  He  did  not  possess  extended  edu- 
cational advantages,  however,  his  studies  being 
limited  to  the  common  schools  of  his  native  place, 
but  he  showed  even  as  a  lad  the  alert  mind  and 
industrious  disposition  which  have  subsequently 
characterized  him.  It  was  in  the  year  1916  that 
Mr.  Bishop  removed  to  Houlton,  where  he  be- 
came the  owner  of  a  farm  containing  three  hun- 
dred (300)  acres,  and  at  once  began  to  improve 
and  develop  this  tract.  As  already  stated  Mr. 
Bishop  has  turned  his  attention  to  the  raising  of 
potatoes  principally,  and  has  met  with  a  very 
marked  degree  of  success  in  this  line.  He  now 
ships  potatoes  extensively  to  various  outside  mar- 
kets, and  is  justly  regarded  as  among  the  most 
successful  agriculturists  of  the  region.  His  large 
place  is  always  kept  by  him  in  the  highest  state 
of  cultivation  and  may  be  called  one  of  the  show 
farms  of  the  section.  Mr.  Bishop  is  a  staunch 
Republican  in  politics,  but  although  keenly  inter- 
ested in  both  local  and  national  issues,  has  never 
entered  politics  nor  felt  any  ambition  for  public 
office.  He  is  a  conspicuous  figure  in  the  social 
and  fraternal  life  of  the  community,  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows. In  his  religious  belief  Mr.  Bishop  is  a 
Congregationalist  and  with  his  family  attends  the 
church  of  that  denomination  at  Houlton. 

Frederick  W.  Bishop  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Alforetta  M.  Tracey,  daughter  of  Daniel  and 
Abasha  (Giberson)  Tracey,  residents  of  that 
place.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bishop  the  following 
children  have  been  born:  Earl  W.,  born  Febru- 
ary 9,  1898;  Effie  M.,  born  May  12,  1899;  Edna 
Pearl,  born  September  28,  1900;  Paul  A.,  born 
August  28,  1908;  Laura  Jean,  born  March  6,  1910. 


FREDERIC  GARDINER  — The  Gardiner 
name  may  have  been  derived  from  two  Saxon 
words:  Gar,  signifying  a  weapon,  dart;  javelin, 
arms;  and  dyn,  sound,  alarm,  noise.  These  two 
Saxon  words  would  make  the  name  Gardyn  and 
with  the  er,  denoting  the  inhabitant  of  a  place, 
would  be  Gardyner,  and  by  transition  easily  and 
naturally  made  into  Gardiner.  Or  it  may  have 
come  from  the  occupation  of  gardener,  keeper  of 
a  garden. 


(I)  George  Gardiner,  said  to  have  been  a  son  of 
Sir  Thomas  Gardiner,  Knight,  was  admitted  as  an 
inhabitant  of  Aquidneck,  the  island  of  New  Port, 
September  I,   1638.     He  was  born  in  England  in 
1601.     He  had  land  recorded  in  1640,  was  made  a 
freeman   in   1641,  was   constable   and   senior   ser- 
geant   in    1642.      He    married    for    his    first    wife 
Herodias  Hicks,  a  Boston  Quakeress,  persecuted 
for  her  faith,  by  whom  he   had   eight   children: 
Benoni,  Henry,  George,  William,  Nicholas,  Dor- 
cas, Rebecca,  and  Samuel.     His  second  wife  was 
Lydia,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Susanna   Ballon. 
The    children    by    this    marriage    were:    Joseph, 
Lydia,    Mary,    Peregrine,    Robert    and    Jeremiah. 
George  Gardiner  died  in  Rhode  Island  in  1678. 

(II)  Benoni   Gardiner,   the  eldest   child  of  the 
immigrant,  George  Gardiner,  died  in  Kingstown, 
Rhode    Island,    in    1731.       There    seems    to    be 
amongst  historians  in  regard  to  the  date  and  place 
of  his  birth,  discrepancies,  some  claiming  he  was 
a    native    of    England   and    his   birth    took    place 
about  1627,  which  would  make  him  aged  one  hun- 
dred and   four   years   at   the   time   of   his   death, 
while  others  state  that  he  gave  evidence  in   1727 
that   he    was    ninety   years    and    upwards,   which 
would  make  his  birth  in  1637.    Thr  records  show 
that  he  came  to  Narragansett,  Rhode  Island,  with 
his  parents.    He  took  the  oath  of  allegiance,  May 
19,   1671,  with  forty-one  others  of  Narragansett; 
on  July  29,  1679,  he  signed  a  petition  to  the  King 
praying  that  he  would  put  an  end  to  their  difficul- 
ties  about   the   government   thereof,   which   hath 
been    so    fatal    to    the    prosperity    of    the    place; 
animosities  still  arising  in  public  minds  as  they 
stand  affected  to  this  or  that  government      His 
wife,  Mary,  died  November  16,  1729.     Their  chil- 
dren were:      William,  Nathaniel,  Stephen,  Isaac, 
and  Bridget. 

(III)  William    Gardiner,    son    of    Benoni    and 
Mary  Gardiner,  was  born  in  1671  at  Boston  Neck, 
Rhode  Island.    He  was  called  William,  Jr.,  to  dis- 
tinguish  him   from   his   uncle,   William   Gardiner. 
He   married   Abigail   (Richmond)    Remington,   of 
Newport,   Rhode  Island.      They  lived  at   Boston 
Neck,  South  Kingston,  Rhode  Island,  where  their 
seven   children  were  born.      After   the   death   of 
William  Gardiner,  December  14,  1732,  his  widow 
married  Captain  Joseph  Almy. 

(IV)  Dr.   Sylvester   Gardiner,   fourth   son   and 
child  of  William  and  Abigail  (Richmond-Reming- 
ton) Gardiner,  was  born  on  the  family's  estate  at 
South  Kingston,  Rhode  Island,  in  1708.     He  was 
sent  to  Boston,  Massachusetts,  to  attend  school 
and   prepare   for   the   practice   of   med'cinc      He 
spent    eight    years    in    England    and    returned    to 


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Boston  an  accomplished  physician  and  surgeon. 
He  practiced  his  profession  in  Boston  and  gained 
the  reputation  of  being  one  of  the  ablest  physi- 
cians in  the  country.  He  was  also  an  importer  of 
drugs  and  accumulated  a  large  fortune.  He  be- 
came proprietor  of  about  one  hundred  thousand 
acres  of  land,  part  of  the  Plymouth  purchase,  on 
the  Kennebec  river  in  the  district  of  Maine.  He 
colonized  with  Germans  a  part  of  this  tract  of  land, 
the  settlement  being  known  as  Pownalboro,  after- 
wards Dresden.  Another  colony  was  Gardiners- 
town,  afterwards  divided  into  Gardiner  and  Pitts- 
town.  He  was  a  warden  of  King's  Chapel,  Bos- 
ton, and  one  of  the  founders  of  Christ  Church  in 
that  city.  He  endowed  Christ  Church,  Gardin- 
erstown,  now  Gardiner,  Maine,  with  ten  acres  of 
land  for  a  glebe  and  twenty-eight  pounds  ster- 
ling for  the  salary  of  the  minister  forever.  Dr. 
Gardiner  remained  loyal  to  the  mother  country 
at  the  time  of  the  Revolution,  and  when  the  Brit- 
ish evacuated  Boston  he  left  that  ciy  and  was 
banished  from  his  estate  in  Maine.  He  took  ref- 
uge at  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  and  his  estate  in 
Boston  was  confiscated.  He  removed  from  Hali- 
fax to  England,  and  in  1785  returned  to  the 
United  States,  locating  at  Newport,  Rhode  Is- 
land, where  he  continued  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession up  to  the  time  of  his  death  in  Newport, 
August  8,  1786.  His  first  wife  was  Anne,  daugh- 
ter of  Dr.  John  Gibbons,  of  Boston,  by  whom  he 
had  six  children:  John,  James,  Anne,  Maria,  Lou- 
isa, Hannah  and  Rebecca.  Dr.  Gardiner  married 
(second)  Love  Eppes,  of  Salem,  Massachusetts. 
He  married  (third)  Catherine  Goldthwaite.  There 
were  no  children  of  these  marriages. 

(V)  Hannah  Gardiner,  fourth  child  and  second 
daughter  of  Dr.  Sylvester  and  Anne   (Gibbons) 
Gardiner,  was  born  in  1744.     She  married,  Janu- 
ary 7,  1772,  Robert  Hallowell,  for  whom  the  town 
of  Hallowell,  Maine,  was  named.    They  had  four 
daughters,  all  of  whom  died  unmarried,  and  one 
son  Robert,  who  by  the  wish  of  his  grandfather, 
Dr.  Sylvester  Gardiner,  as  expressed  in  his  will, 
applied  to  the  General  Court  of  Massachusetts  to 
have  his  name  changed  to  Robert  Hallowell  Gar- 
diner, and  the  Legislature  of  1803  passed  an  act 
to  that  effect. 

(VI)  Robert  Hallowell  Gardiner,  son  of  Robert 
and  Hannah   (Gardiner)   Hallowell,  was  born   in 
Bristol,    England,    February    10,    1782,   while    his 
parents  and  maternal  grandparents  were  tempor- 
arily resident  in  England.    He  came  with  them  to 
Newport,    Rhode    Island,   in    1785,   and   was   pre- 
pared for  matriculation  at  Harvard  College,  and 
was   graduated  A.B.   in   1801,  A.M.   in   1804.     He 


devoted  his  business  hours  to  the  care  of  the 
large  Gardiner  estate  and  to  educational  and 
church  work.  He  was  trustee  of  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege from  1840  to  1860.  An  honorary  member  of 
the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society;  a  charter 
member  of  the  Maine  Historical  Society,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Boston  Athenaeum,  etc.,  etc.  He  was  a 
Whig  in  politics  and  a  useful  and  respected  citi- 
zen of  Gardiner,  Maine,  which  town  he  guided 
and  assisted  from  its  infancy.  He  married  Emma 
Jane  Tudor,  and  they  made  their  home  at  Gardi- 
ner where  their  nine  children  were  born:  Emma 
Jane,  died  unmarried;  Anne  Hallowell,  married 
Francis  Richards;  Robert  Hallowell,  a  graduate 
of  Harvard  College,  class  of  1830,  married  Sarah 
Fenwick  Jones,  of  Augusta,  Georgia,  died  without 
issue;  Delia  Tudor,  married  George  Jones,  of 
Savannah,  Georgia,  and  died  without  issue;  Lucy 
Vaughan,  died  unmarried;  John  William  Tudor, 
a  graduate  of  West  Point,  and  a  distinguished 
army  officer,  married  and  had  six  children;  Hen- 
rietta, married  Richard  Sullivan,  of  Boston,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  died  without  issue;  Frederic,  see 
below;  and  Eleanor  Harriet,  now  (1919)  living  at 
an  advanced  age  as  a  sister  in  St.  Mary's  Con- 
vent, Peekskill-on-the-Hudson,  New  York. 

(VII)  Frederic  Gardiner,  third  son  and  eighth 
child  of  Robert  Hallowell  and  Emma  Jane  (Tu- 
dor) Gardiner,  was  born  at  Gardiner,  Maine,  Sep- 
tember ii,  1822.    He  graduated  in  1842  from  Bow- 
doin College  with  the  degree  of  A.B.;  in  1846  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  A.M.,  and  in  1869  D.D.  from 
that  institution.     After  leaving  Bowdoin  College 
he  became  a  student  at  the  General  Theological 
Seminary,  New  York,  where  he  received  the  de- 
gree of  D.D.       He  also  received  the  degree  of  D.D. 
from  Kenyon  College  in  1869  and  Trinity  College 
in  1870.     He  had  pastoral  charges  in  Saco,  Bath 
and   Gardiner,   Maine,  was   professor  at   Kenyon 
College,  Gambier,  Ohio,  and  the  Berkeley  Divin- 
ity School  at  Middletown,  Connecticut.    He  mar- 
ried    Caroline,     daughter     of     William     Oliver 
Vaughan.     She  was  a  native  of  Hallowell,  Maine, 
born  in   1826,   died  in   Hartford,   Connecticut,  in 
1905.     Their  children  were:  Tudor,  who  died  in 
childhood;  Emma  Jane;  Frederic,  see  below;  Hen- 
rietta;  Alfred,  who  was  drowned  when  he  was 
fifteen  years  of  age.     Professor  Gardiner  died  in 
Middletown,  Connecticut,  July  17,  1889. 

(VIII)  Rev.   Frederic    (2)    Gardiner,   second   son 
and  third  child  of  Frederic  and  Caroline  (Vaughan) 
Gardiner,    was    born    at    "Oaklands,"    Gardiner, 
Maine,  April   5,    1858.     His   early   education   was 
obtained  by  private  tutors  until  the  age  of  twelve, 
when   he   entered   the   public   schools   of  Middle- 


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HISTORY  OF  MAINE 


town,  Connecticut.  Five  years  later  he  became  a 
student  at  Phillips  Exeter  Academy,  where  he 
remained  two  years,  graduating  with  high  honors. 
In  1876  he  entered  Harvard  College,  graduating 
four  years  later  with  the  degree  A.B.  He  then 
took  a  post-graduate  three-year  course,  and  in  1883 
entered  the  Berkeley  Divinity  School,  graduating 
in  1885.  Harvard  College  in  1890  conferred  upon 
him  the  degree  of  A.M.  He  was  ordained  a 
deacon  in  1885  and  a  priest  in  1886.  He  was  a 
dean  of  the  Calvary  Cathedral,  Sioux  Falls,  South 
Dakota,  from  1885  to  1889,  and  rector  of  All 
Saints'  Church,  Pomfret,  Connecticut,  from  1889 
to  1899.  He  was  instructor  of  biology  and  ge- 
ology at  Trinity  College,  Hartford,  Connecti- 
cut, 1890  to  1893;  associate  head  master  from 
1893  to  1898;  and  head  master,  1898,  of  Pomfret 
School,  Pomfret,  Connecticut;  head  master  from 
1899  to  1914  of  the  Yeates  School,  Lancaster, 
Pennsylvania.  From  1915  to  the  time  of  his  death 
he  was  secretary  of  the  Board  of  Religious  Edu- 
cation, Province  of  Washington,  for  schools  and 
colleges,  his  headquarters  then  being  Church 
House,  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania.  Though  he 
was  never  actively  engaged  in  the  military  serv- 
ice nor  seafaring  he  possessed  a  certificate  as 
able  seaman  in  the  merchant  marine. 

Rev.  Dr.  Gardiner  was  a  member  of  the  Ma- 
sonic fraternity,  a  Shriner,  and  had  attained  the 
thirty-second  degree  of  the  Scottish  Rite.  He 
was  prelate  of  the  Cyrene  Commandery  of  Sioux 
Falls,  South  Dakota,  and  filled  the  office  of 
grand  prelate  in  the  grand  lodge  of  that  juris- 
diction. He  was  also  a  member  of  the  order  of 
the  Knights  of  Pythias;  a  fellow  of  the  American 
Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Sciences;  a 
member  of  the  American  Historical  Association; 
the  American  Society  of  Naturalists;  the  Society 
of  American  Morphologists  and  the  American 
Geographical  Society.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Hamilton  Club  of  Lancaster,  Pennsylvania;  the 
University  and  Harvard  clubs  of  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania.  The  degree  of  L.H.D.  was  con- 
ferred on  him  in  1911  by  St.  John's  College  of 
Annapolis,  Maryland. 

Rev.  Frederic  Gardiner  married,  September  29, 
1886,  Sallie,  daughter  of  William  Henry  and 
Maria  (Otis)  Merrick,  a  manufacturer  of  Phila- 
delphia, and  one  of  the  members  of  the  board  of 
the  Zoological  Gardens,  Art  Museum,  etc.,  of  that 
city.  Mrs.  Gardiner  was  born  in  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania,  September  4,  1859.  Her  father 
was  a  native  of  that  city,  born  in  1832,  her  mother 
was  born  at  Hallowell,  Maine,  in  1836.  The 
children  of  this  marriage  are:  I.  Frederic  Mer- 


rick, born  at  Sioux  Falls,  South  Dakota,  June  27, 
1887;  he  was  educated  at  the  Yeates  School,  Wil- 
liams and  Harvard  colleges,  graduating  in  1910; 
he  is  an  engineer  and  architect,  and  a  member 
of  the  firm,  Day  &  Zimmerman,  of  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania;  he  married,  in  1913,  Evelyn  Fos- 
ter, of  Concord,  New  Hampshire.  2.  William 
Henry,  born  May  5,  1890;  educated  at  the  Yeates 
School  and  Haverford  College,  class  of  1911;  is 
connected  with  the  banking  firm  of  Kurtz  Broth- 
ers, of  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania;  he  married, 
in  New  York  City  in  1910,  Margaret  Christian. 
3.  Frances  Vaughan,  born  September  16,  1892; 
educated  at  the  Bennett  School,  Milford,  New 
York,  and  the  School  of  Horticulture,  Ambler, 
Pennsylvania;  she  married,  in  1915,  Clement  Cres- 
son  Kite,  of  the  Central  National  Bank,  Phila- 
delphia, who  was  killed  in  action  near  Belleau 
Wood,  June  17,  1918;  he  was  a  sergeant  of  a 
machine  gun  battalion,  Eighty-first  Regiment, 
United  States  Marine  Corps.  Rev.  Dr.  Gardiner 
died  on  December  7,  1917,  of  heart  trouble. 


WILLIAM  BRADSTREET— The  Bradstreet 
family  of  whom  William  and  William  Walter 
Bradstreet,  and  Peter  Grant  were  typical  repre- 
sentatives were  men  of  that  iron  stock  that 
peopled  New  England  in  the  early  days  and 
carved  out  of  the  wilderness  through  their  lives 
of  courage  and  industry  a  commonwealth  that 
has  led  the  continent  in  the  development  of  re- 
cent generations.  They  were  strong  men  with 
wills  and  thews  of  iron,  undaunted  by  danger  or 
difficulty  and  inflexible  against  any  law  that  they 
considered  tyranny.  A  hardy  stock,  they  spent 
their  lives  wresting  from  the  wilderness  and 
from  the  chary  soil  a  living  which  only  in  re- 
cent times  afforded  any  commensurate  reward. 
Their  success  at  the  ship  building  industry  was 
testimony  to  the  thoroughness  and  excellence  of 
that  truly  American  product,  the  sailing  vessel  of 
the  best  days  of  the  country's  merchant  marine. 
In  these  days  of  the  country's  need  for  ships 
and  ever  more  ships  one  cannot  but  regret  that 
she  cannot  call  out  again  the  labors  of  such  men 
in  her  service.  The  tradition  that  they  upheld 
is,  however,  still  handed  down  and  it  should  be 
a  matter  of  pride  with  those  of  the  Bradstreet 
blood  that  the  ship-building  industry  in  which 
they  labored  so  successfully  and  honorably  owes 
much  to  the  memories  of  these  men. 

The  family  is  of  English  origin  as  were  so 
many  of  the  very  earliest  colonists  of  New  Eng- 
land. They  were  people  of  position  and  sub- 
stance in  England,  and  the  first  American  of  the 


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race  was  a  man  of  the  best  education   of  that 
day. 

(I)  Simon  Bradstreet,  the  immigrant  ancestor 
of  the   family   was   a   man   of   distinction   in    the 
early  days  and  served  as  governor  of  the  colony 
of  Massachusetts  Bay.     He  was  born  at  Hoob- 
ling,  England,  in   1603,  and  came  to  America  in 
1630.    in    the    ship    Arbela,    named    after    Alexan- 
der's famous  victory.     He   married  in   England, 
before  he  left,  Ann,  daughter  of  Thomas  Dudley. 

(II)  John   (l)    Bradstreet,   son   of   Simon   and 
Ann  (Dudley)  Bradstreet,  was  born  in  Andover. 
Massachusetts,  July  22,  1652.     He  married  Sarah, 
daughter  of  the  Rev.  William  Perkins. 

(III)  John    (2)    Bradstreet,   son   of  John    (i) 
and    Sarah    (Perkins)    Bradstreet,    was    born    in 
Topsfield,    January   30,    1693.     He    married    Re- 
becca, daughter  of  John  and  Sarah    (Dickinson) 
Andrews. 

(IV)  Andrew  Bradstreet,  son  of  John  (2)  and 
Sarah     (Aridrews)     Bradstreet,     was     born    at 
Windham,  Connecticut,  March  28,  1722.    He  mar- 
ried Mary  Hill,  who  died  in   1771.     He  married 
(second)  Johanna  Hill,  who  died  in  Gardiner,  in 
1664.    His  children  were:  Mary  Andrew,  Susanna, 
and  Joseph,  of  whom  further,  and  Simon.     An- 
drew Bradstreet  came  in   1780  to  Gardiner  with 
his  sons  Joseph  and   Simon,  and  with   the  most 
indomitable    energy    worked    his    way    up    from 
practically   nothing.     They  worked   in   the   mills 
until  they  were  able  to  buy  oxen,  and  with  their 
earnings  procured  a  few  logs.     Then  they  went 
up  the  stream  and  cut  more,  and  after  accumu- 
lating 2,500  logs  they  hired  a  mill  and  started  to 
saw.     At   this   business   they   grew   rich    rapidly, 
reaping  the  results  of  their  industry  and  courage. 

(V)  Joseph   Bradstreet,   son  of  Andrew   Brad- 
street,  was  born  at  Biddeford,  Maine,  January  21, 
1765,  and  married  Ruth  Moore,  in  1792,  and  died 
April  23,   1835.     His   children  were:   William,   of 
further  mention;  Mary  H.,  Harriett  and  Simon. 

(VI)  William   Bradstreet,   son   of   Joseph   and 
Ruth  (Moore)  Bradstreet,  was  born  in  Gardiner, 
Maine,  January  13,  1793.     He  was  a  ship-builder 
and  owner,  and  his  house-flag  was  known  on  all 
the  seas  of  the  world.     The  lumbering  industry 
which    had    been    the    occupation    of    his    grand- 
father and  father  formed  a  good  foundation  to  the 
ship-work  which  was  in  those  days  a  matter  of 
wooden  construction.     His  ships  were  known  for 
their  excellence  and  staunchness,  a  fact  that  made 
them  greatly  in  demand  by  those  who  were  pur- 
chasing a  vessel  which  would  stand  the  severest 
tests  of  the  marine  insurance  men.     This  was  in 
part  due  to  his  knowledge  of  the  timber  used  by 


each  of  his  ships,  and  still  more  to  his  unsparing 
vigilance  and  conscientiousness  in  the  superin- 
tendence of  their  construction.  He  might  have 
paraphrased  the  great  artist  who  gave  as  his  for- 
mula for  his  success  that  he  mixed  his  paints  with 
brains,  and  said  that  every  nail  in  his  ship  was 
driven  in  by  conscience — and  a  New  England 
conscience  at  that.  He  was  a  man  of  weight  and 
influence  in  that  section  of  the  State,  and  was 
active  in  the  affairs  of  the  community.  In  his 
political  views  he  was  a  Democrat,  and  he  served 
the  town  as  a  street  commissioner.  He  was  an 
Episcopalian  in  his  religious  beliefs.  He  mar- 
ried Abby  J.  Grant,  daughter  of  Major  Peter 
Grant,  of  Farmingdale,  also  a  noted  ship 
builder  and  owner.  Major  Grant  was  a  de- 
scendent  of  Captain  Samuel  Grant,  who  lived  at 
Berwick,  Maine,  previous  to  the  Revolution  and 
entered  the  Continental  army  as  a  lieutenant.  He 
fought  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  At  the  close 
of  the  Revolution  he  came  to  Gardiner.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Convention  held  in  Massachu- 
setts for  the  ratification  of  the  Constitution  of  the 
United  States.  He  afterwards  removed  to  Clin- 
ton and  entered  the  lumbering  business,  and  he 
furnished  the  masts  of  the  historic  frigate  Con- 
stitution. 


WILLIAM  WALTER  BRADSTREET— In 
following  the  traditions  of  the  family  of  his  fath- 
ers, William  Walter  Bradstreet  had  a  mighty  in- 
centive to  a  worthy  and  noble  life,  and  the  fact 
that  he  lived  up  to  their  stern  standards  proved 
him  a  true  representative  of  his  race.  In  the 
shipbuilding  industry  to  which  he  was  bred  both 
on  his  father's  and  his  mother's  side  of  the  house, 
he  showed  the  same  inflexible  rectitude  in  the 
smallest  detail  of  the  work  upon  which  the  lives 
of  so  many  men  would  depend  that  had  been 
shown  by  his  father  in  his  conduct  of  the  same 
work.  Their  ships  were  types  of  the  men  them- 
selves, and  in  a  certain  sense  were  works  of  art 
in  that  they  were  expressions  of  the  character  of 
their  builders.  The  day  of  such  men  and  such 
ships  is  past,  but  the  salvation  of  the  American 
idea  has  been  shown  in  the  last  few  months  of 
our  participation  in  the  World  War  to  depend  in 
no  small  measure  on  our  ability  to  turn  out  not 
only  men  of  their  type,  but  ships  of  the  same 
character. 

Born  in  Gardiner,  in  1817,  and  brought  up  to  the 
profession  of  the  builder,  the  boyhood  of  the  young 
William  Walter  Bradstreet  was  singularly  happy. 
He  knew  what  he  was  to  do  in  life  and  he  pre- 
pared himself  for  it  with  a  single-minded  industry 


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and  enthusiasm  which  was  a  characteristic  of 
him  throughout  his  whole  career.  His  life  was  un- 
eventful but  rich  in  results.  He  built  ships  which 
carried  his  name  to  all  the  ports  of  the  world 
and  contributed  no  small  share  to  the  importance 
of  the  American  merchant  marine  in  the  years 
following  the  second  war  with  England.  Those 
were  years  fruitful  in  the  development  of  that 
American  commerce  which  played  so  great  a 
part  in  the  phenomenal  growth  of  the  coun- 
try in  that  era  of  its  most  remarkable  expan- 
sion, and  those  who  can  point  to  ancestors  who 
have  taken  a  part  in  that  work  may  be  pardoned 
for  a  very  justifiable  pride.  Such  was  the  life 
and  work  of  William  Walter  Bradstreet,  a  man 
of  forceful  will,  stern  conscience,  and  inflexible 
rectitude,  but  withal,  of  a  nature  singularly  genial 
and  wholesome  on  its  social  side.  It  would  be 
well  for  his  country  if  there  were  more  of  his 
type. 

He  married  Julia  Stackpole,  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain James  Tarbox,  and  granddaughter  of  Eleazer 
Tarbox,  who  came  to  Gardiner  from  Biddeford. 
Their  only  surviving  child  is  Alice,  who  married 
Henry  Gardiner  White.  Julia  Stackpole  Tarbox 
was  a  great-granddaughter  of  Joseph  Tarbox, 
who  came  of  a  French  Huguenot  family  which 
spelled  its  name  Tabeaux.  Joseph  Tarbox  mar- 
ried in  Boston  about  1842,  Mary  Belcher  and 
moved  to  Biddeford,  and  settled  near  the  Pool 
on  the  River.  Eleazer  Tarbox,  born  at  Bidde- 
ford, in  1752,  one  of  his  sons,  left  for  Kennebec, 
and  arrived  at  Gardinerstown,  October  24,  1774, 
and  commenced  lumbering.  He  married,  March 
4,  1781,  Phebe,  daughter  of  James  Stackpole,  who 
emigrated  from  the  same  place  at  the  same 
time.  He  died  in  1832,  she,  April  2,  1851.  Their 
children  were;  Joseph;  James,  father  of  Julia 
Stackpole  (Tarbox)  Bradstreet;  Zachariah;  N'e- 
hemiah;  Samuel  B.;  Eleazer;  Mary;  Julia  and 
William. 


CHARLES  WENTWORTH  SPEAR  was  born 
at  Easton,  Maine,  January  8,  1869,  a  son  of  Reu- 
ben T.  and  Martha  S.  Spear,  his  mother's  maiden 
name  having  been  Ricker.  His  father  was  a  far- 
mer who  had  come  here  from  Somerset  county, 
Maine,  in  1864,  and  was  a  pioneer  in  Easton 
where  he  settled  when  the  region  was  still  more 
or  less  of  a  wilderness.  Mr.  Reuben  Spear  was  a 
much  respected  citizen  and  served  the  community 
as  selectman  for  a  period  of  years.  Born  on  a 
farm  Charles  W.  Spear  had  the  usual  education 
of  the  country  boy,  going  to  the  district  school 
and  helping  on  the  farm.  He  was  of  ambitious 


stuff  and  finished  the  course  not  only  of  the  High 
School  at  Easton,  but  also  took  the  course  lead- 
ing to  graduation  at  the  Kent's  Hill  Commercial 
College.  At  fourteen  years  of  age  he  obtained  a 
position  in  a  store  and  continued  at  this  double 
duty  until  he  was  nineteen  years  of  age.  When 
he  was  nineteen  years  old  he  had  had  already  five 
years'  experience  in  business  so  he  put  his  sav- 
ings into  a  venture  of  his  own,  going  into  part- 
nership with  his  brother  and  taking  as  the  firm 
name  that  of  F.  L.  Spear  &  Co.,  which  was  con- 
tinued until  1914  when  the  business  came  entirelj 
into  his  hands  and  has  been  continued  by  him 
ever  since.  Mr.  Spear  has  served  his  town  as 
postmaster  and  selectman  and  for  fifteen  years 
as  town  treasurer.  He  is  the  president  of  the 
Merchants'  Trust  &  Banking  Company,  of 
Presque  Isle,  Maine.  He  is  a  member  of  all 
branches  of  Odd  Fellows  and  has  held  all  elec- 
tive offices  in  the  subordinate  lodge  and  encamp- 
ment. Mr.  Spear  attends  the  Methodist  church. 
In  his  political  affiliations  he  is  a  Democrat. 

He  married  at  Presque  Isle,  Maine,  August  21, 
1890,  Lydia  F.  Marston,  daughter  of  George  W. 
and  Ruhammah  R.  (Biglow)  Marston. 


RICHARD  CONANT  PAYSON  was  a  well 
known  business  man  of  Portland.  He  was  treas- 
urer and  manager  of  the  Portland  Company.  He 
was  a  native  of  the  city  of  Portland,  born 
there  November  5,  1870,  the  son  of  Henry  Mar- 
tyn  and  Emma  (Conant)  Payson,  and  grandson 
of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Edward  Payson,  who  was  a  well 
known  divine.  Henry  Martyn  Payson,  father  of 
Richard  C,  was  the  founder  of  the  brokerage 
firm  of  H.  M.  Payson  &  Company,  of  Portland. 

Richard  Conant  Paysons'  early  education  was 
received  in  the  public  and  high  schools  of  Port- 
land from  which  he  graduated,  and  after  which 
he  entered  Bowdoin  College,  graduating  from 
that  institution  in  the  class  of  1893,  receiving  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  Returning  from 
college  he  took  up  a  business  life,  entering  the 
Green  Mountain  Packing  Company,  and  became 
treasurer  and  manager  of  that  corporation,  filling 
the  same  position  with  the  Portland  Company. 
He  was  also  treasurer  of  the  Chapman  Electric 
Neutralizer  Company  of  Portland.  He  filled  these 
positions  of  trust  and  responsibility  with  credit 
to  himself  and  satisfaction  to  all.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Home  Market  Club  of  Boston, 
the  Cumberland  Club  of  Portland,  the  Portland 
Country  Club,  the  Portland  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, the  Prouts  Neck  Country  Club,  and  the 
Economic  Club.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 


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Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  and  the  Portland  Athletic 
Club.  He  was  a  staunch  Republican  but  not  a 
politician.  He  took  a  deep  interest  in  his  native 
city  and  State  and  served  as  a  member  of  the 
commission  which  constructed  the  new  city  hall 
which  is  the  pride  of  Portland.  He  was  a  public 
spirited  man  and  although  fond  of  out  door  life, 
he  is  a  man  much  devoted  to  his  home  and  fam- 
ily. He  was  a  member  of  no  secret  organiza- 
tions or  societies.  He  died  at  the  Post-Graduate 
Hospital,  in  New  York  City,  from  the  effects  of 
an  operation,  February  27,  1917,  and  was  taken 
to  Portland  and  buried  in  Evergreen  Cemetery. 

He  died  while  still  in  the  prime  of  young  man- 
hood and  is  mourned  by  his  family  and  friends 
as  his  life  in  the  community  was  one  of  useful- 
ness and  high  ideals. 

The  following  beautiful  and  well  merited  trib- 
ute was  paid  to  him  by  one  of  his  many  friends 
and  published  in  one  of  the  Portland  papers  at 
the  time  of  his  death: 

The  denth  of  Richard  Con:int  Payson  which  occurred 
on  Tuesday  of  last  week,  came  as  a  distinct  shock  to 
Portland,  bringing  with  it  u  sincere  grief  and  a  deep 
sadness  to  his  large  circle  of  friends  and  acquaintances. 
Although  comparatively  u  young  man  Mr.  Payson  had 
long  occupied  a  prominent  position  in  the  more  Im- 
portant business  affairs  of  the  city  and  had  established 
a  firm  reputation  for  resourcefulness,  breadth  of  view 
and  administrative  ability. 

He  had  marked  mechanical  and  inventive  qualities  of 
mind  which,  with  his  stability  of  purpose  and  efficient 
executive  ability,  especially  fitted  him  for  his  position 
as  general  manager  of  the  Portland  Company  with  its 
varied  and  extensive  lines  of  manufacture.  To  his 
business  associates  he  gave  the  example  of  untiring 
enerpy,  cheerful  persisti-ncy  of  purpose  and  warm  per- 
sonal sympathy,  which  always  brought  him  a  large 
measure  of  their  co-operation  and  good  will.  He  was 
dominated  always  by  a  courageous  determination  to 
carry  to  a  successful  conclusion  the  work  which  be 
bad  undertaken. 

While  he  was  so  fully  occupied  with  the  heavy 
responsibility  of  his  private  business,  he  was  not  want- 
Ing  in  a  lively  Interest  in  the  welfare  of  his  native 
city.  The  old  saying  "If  you  want  a  thing  well  done, 
select  a  busy  man  to  do  it,"  was  well  exemplified  when 
h«  was  selected  as  one  of  the  commissioners  to  construct 
the  new  city  building.  With  his  characteristic  energy 
he  threw  himself  into  this  work.  His  judgment  was 
good,  his  mind  was  unprejudiced  and  his  clean-cut 
ideas  and  unfailing  good  nature  under  any  kind  and  all 
circumstances  endeared  him  to  his  associates.  He  was 
willing  to  assume  his  full  share  of  work  and  responsi- 
bility with  due  regard  to  the  ideas  and  convictions  of 
others. 

However  sustained  and  arduous  his  labors  and  re- 
sponsibilities he  always  possessed  an  elasticity  of  spirit 
and  an  almost  boyish  zest  that  enabled  him  to  take  a 
kirn  delight  with  his  family  and  friends  in  all  amuse- 
ments and  sports.  Imperially  was  he  fotul  of  all  out- 
door sports.  Kmliushistio  himself,  he  aroused  the  en- 
thusiasm of  others,  and  furnished  an  inspiration  to 
them  that  will  long  survive  him. 

He  was  strong  and  manly  and  although  for  some 
years  suffering  from  the  approaching  physical  infirmi- 
ties to  which  he  linally  succumbed,  he  scorned,  up  to 
the  very  last,  their  master  and  so  subordinated  them 
that,  with  his  friends,  he  danced  and  joked  and  dis- 


pensed a   generous  hospitality,  apparently   the   :ne: 
of  them   all.     Those  who  had  the  privilege  of  his  inti- 
mate acquaintance  knew  with  what  generous  and  ;. 
tionate   care   he  always   sought   to   lighten   the   burdens 
for    all   members   of   his   family,    and    to    inspire    them 
with  that  spontaneous  cheerfulness  and  geniality  which 
was  so  fully  typlflcd  in  himself. 

Always  wholly  without  ostentation,  he  yet  save  gen- 
erously for  many  charitable  and  benevolent  purposes 
and  was  especially  Interested  in  efforts  to  alleviate 
suffering  and  prevent  disease.  Mr.  Payson  was  a  man 
of  a  many-sided  but  well-balanced  mind.  His  judgment 
was  comprehensive  and  well  poised.  He  bad  firm  con- 
victions and  the  courage  to  accompany  them.  His 
attack  was  always  direct  but  delivered  with  a  pleasant- 
ness and  good  nature  that  never  left  a  scar.  To  his 
family  he  was  everything,  to  his  friends  he  was  always 
a  delight,  to  his  city  he  presented  the  example  of  an 
upright,  earnest  and  competent  business  man.  He  lived 
not  long  but  well.  Such  a  life,  however  brief,  Is  yet 
never  ending. 

On  January  I,  1901,  he  married  in  Portland, 
Helen  Brown  Thomas,  born  in  Portland,  the 
daughter  of  the  late  Elias  and  Helen  Maria 
(Brown)  Thomas,  a  full  sketch  of  whose  family 
will  be  found  elsewhere  in  these  volumes.  Four 
children  were  born  to  them:  Helen  Thomas,  Em- 
ma Conant,  Richard  Conant,  Jr.,  and  Thomas. 
The  family  attend  the  Congregational  church. 


WILLIAM  HENRY  NEWELL— Among  that 
group  of  attorneys  who  lend  distinction  to  the  Lewis- 
ton  bar  William  Henry  Newell  occupies  a  prominent 
place,  nor  has  his  connection  with  the  general  life  of 
the  community  in  which  he  has  elected  to  make  his 
home  been  less  notable  or  creditable.  He  comes 
of  old  Maine  stock,  and  is  the  son  of  William 
Brackctt  Newell,  a  native  of  Durham,  Maine,  and 
of  Susanna  K.  (Weeks)  Newell,  his  wife,  both  de- 
ceased, his  father  dying  at  Durham  at  the  age  of 
seventy-nine  years.  Mr.  Newell,  Sr.,  was  a  pro- 
gressive and  energetic  farmer  in  that  region 
of  the  State,  and  was  looked  up  to  and  regarded 
with  respect  by  his  fellow  citizens  generally.  To 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Newell  two  children  were  born, 
a  daughter,  Ida  E.,  who  at  the  present  time  re- 
sides in  Durham,  and  William  Henry. 

Born  April  16,  1854,  on  his  father's  farm  at 
Durham,  Maine,  William  Henry  Newell  passed 
his  childhood  amid  the  wholesome  environment 
which  is  a  part  of  farm  life.  As  a  boy  he  was 
trained  to  the  work  of  the  farm  and  at  the  same 
time  attended  the  public  schools  of  Durham.  He 
remained  at  these  institutions  until  he  had 
reached  the  age  of  fifteen  years  and  then,  as  he 
displayed  a  marked  ability  as  a  scholar,  his 
father  sent  him  to  the  State  normal  school,  from 
which  he  graduated.  He  then  took  a  course  in  a 
seminary  at  Reaclfield,  Maine,  from  which  he  also 
graduated.  This  training  fitted  him  for  the  work 
of  teaching,  which  he  had  decided  to  take  up, 


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and  accordingly,  upon  his  graduation,  he  secured 
a  position  as  teacher  in  the  public  school  at 
Brunswick,  Maine.  In  the  meantime,  however, 
his  attention  had  been  turned  to  the  subject  of  the 
law  and  he  began  its  study  while  still  a  teacher. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  the  year  1878, 
but  did  not  begin  the  active  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession until  four  years  later,  when  in  1882  he 
came  to  Lewistoh  and  there  opened  his  office. 
Since  that  time  Mr.  Newell  has  been  in  continu- 
ous practice  at  Lewiston  and  occupies  a  leading 
position  at  the  county  bar.  Much  of  the  im- 
portant litigation  of  that  section  finds  its  way  to 
his  office,  and  the  reputation  which  he  bears  with 
his  colleagues  is  held  equally  by  the  community 
at  large.  But  Mr.  Newell  has  not  confined  his 
activities  to  the  mere  practice  of  his  profession, 
but  on  the  contrary  has  taken  a  leading  part  in 
almost  every  aspect  of  the  city's  life,  and  is 
today  better  known  in  this  connection  than  even 
as  an  attorney  and  counsellor.  A  staunch  Demo- 
crat in  politics,  Mr.  Newell  has  always  been  a 
strong  influence  in  the  local  and  county  organiza- 
tions of  his  party  and  has  been  three  times 
elected  mayor  of  Lewiston.  In  each  of  these  ad- 
ministrations he  proved  a  particularly  effective 
and  disinterested  public  service  and  accomplished 
much  for  the  good  of  the  community.  Besides 
this  office  he  has  served  a  term  as  county  attor- 
ney, and  in  1909  was  elected  judge  of  probate,  an 
office  which  he  continues  to  hold.  Mr.  Newell 
is  a  prominent  figure  in  the  fraternal  life  of 
the  community,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  of  the  An- 
cient Free  and  Accepted  Masons.  In  his  religious 
belief  he  is  a  Congregationalist  and  attends  the 
Pine  Street  Church  of  that  denomination  in 
Lewiston. 

William  Henry  Newell  was  united  in  marriage 
at  Lewiston,  Maine,  in  1883,  with  Miss  Ida  F. 
Plummer,  a  native  of  Lisbon,  Maine,  a  daughter 
of  Edward  and  Augusta  Plummer.  old  and  highly 
respected  residents  of  that  town,  who  are  now 
deceased.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Newell  the  fol- 
lowing children  were  born:  Augusta  P.,  who  died 
at  the  age  of  sixteen  years;  Gladys  W.,  who  is 
now  the  widow  of  George  M.  Randell,  of  Bos- 
ton; and  Dorothy  Q.,  who  resides  with  her  par- 
ents. 

Those  who  approach  the  dignified  subject  of  the 
law  or  its  practice  from  the  inside,  as  it  were,  not 
as  the  litigant  but  as  the  attorney,  or  even  more 
as  the  student,  are  well  acquainted  with  the  ex- 
tremely characteristic  and  vivid  atmosphere  that 
adheres  to  it,  made  up  of  the  multitude  of  asso- 


ciations from  its  great  past,  which  gives  it  a 
tone  peculiar  to  itself,  intangible  but  none  the  less 
definite,  and  exercising  a  most  potent  charm  upon 
all  who  come  within  its  influence.  They  recog- 
nize this,  they  feel  the  influence  of  its  great  tra- 
dition as  descending  upon  it  from  the  wit  and 
wisdom  of  the  great  men  of  preceding  ages,  but 
they  are  also  aware,  if  they  stop  to  consider  the 
matter,  that  very  little  is  being  added  to  that 
tradition  today,  and  there  are  few  men  who  are 
making  associations  for  a  future  age  in  the 
present.  Occasionally,  however,  we  have  our  at- 
tention attracted  to  a  man,  often  a  man  in  one 
of  the  great  situations  of  the  bench  or  bar,  who 
we  feel  instinctively  is  adding  to  that  already 
mighty  current  of  tradition.  Their  names  are 
somewhat  more  frequent  of  occurrence  in  the 
generation  that  is  just  past,  men  whose  devotion 
to  the  law  was  greater  than  their  devotion  to 
themselves,  men  who  practiced  their  profession 
as  one  should  practice  his  religion,  with  an  eye 
to  impersonal  considerations,  the  priests  of  the 
law  who  dedicated  themselves  to  the  law's  ends, 
not  the  lav/  unto  their  own.  These  ideals  are  also 
upheld  in  the  person  of  the  Hon.  Judge  William 
Henry  Newell,  a  gentleman  and  a  lawyer  of  the 
old  school  where  ideals  were  placed  before  ex- 
pediency. 


FREEDOM  MOULTON  was  a  descendent  of 
one  of  the  oldest  Maine  families,  and  exempli- 
fied in  his  career  those  characteristics  developed 
by  the  environment  and  conditions  of  early  New 
England.  The  name  dates  to  great  antiquity  and 
in  England  from  the  time  of  William  the  Con- 
queror, or  one  of  his  Norman  followers.  Thomas 
de  Multon  participated  in  the  battle  of  Hastings, 
after  which  he  received  large  grants  of  land  in 
Lincolnshire.  Here  he  built  castles  and  reli- 
gious establishments,  and  founded  a  family  which 
has  been  conspicuous  in  the  history  of  England. 
Twenty-five  generations  have  descended  from 
him,  including  brave  knights  bearing  the  name  of 
Sir  Thomas.  One  of  these  of  the  fourth  genera- 
tion was  sheriff  in  the  days  of  King  John,  and 
attended  that  sovereign  in  military  expeditions 
abroad.  His  name  appears  upon  Magna  Charta 
as  one  of  those  who  gained  the  guaranty  of  lib- 
erties from  the  king.  The  fifth  Sir  Thomas  was 
a  leading  character  in  Sir  Walter  Scott's  roman- 
tic story,  "The  Talisman."  He  was  a  leading 
crusader  in  the  Holy  Land,  and  was  the  ruler  de 
facto  during  the  severe  illness  of  Richard  the 
king.  It  is  well  known  that  by  the  statutes  of 
England  the  eldest  son  inherited  the  title  and 


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property  of  the  ancestor,  and  this  accounts  for 
the  emigration  of  many  of  the  descendants  of 
younger  sons  to  America. 

The  founder  of  this  branch  of  the  family  in 
America  was  William  Moulton,  born  about  1617, 
in  Ormsby,  Norfolk  county,  England.  He  married 
Margaret,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Lucia  Page, 
with  whose  family  he  came  to  New  England.  His 
age  was  given  as  twenty  years  upon  examination, 
April  n,  1637,  previous  to  their  embarkation. 
After  a  short  tarry  at  Newbury,  he  participated  in 
the  founding  of  what  is  now  Hampton,  New 
Hampshire,  in  1639.  There  he  was  active  in 
public  service,  and  died  April  18,  1664. 

Their  youngest  son,  Jonathan  Moulton,  was 
1661,  in  Hampton,  died  there  October  II,  1732. 
He  married,  May  29,  1689,  Lucy  Smith. 

Their  youngest  son.  Jonathan  Moulton,  was 
born  June  5,  1702,  died  May  22,  1735.  He  mar- 
ried, December  21,  1727,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Benjamin  Lamprey,  a  lineal  descendant  of  Rev. 
Stephen  Bachilor,  one  of  the  founders  of  Hamp- 
ton. 

Their  second  son,  Daniel  Moulton,  was  born  in 
1731,  and  died  August  26,  1809.  The  early  death 
of  his  father  caused  him  to  be  apprenticed  to  a 
man  who  treated  him  with  great  unkindness. 
About  1745,  at  the  age  of  fourteen  years,  he  ran 
away  and  located  at  Saco,  Maine,  settling  on 
the  southeast  side  of  Nonsuch  river,  near  Rocky 
Hill.  He  learned  the  trade  of  blacksmith,  be- 
came the  owner  of  large  tracts  of  land,  including 
about  two  miles  of  Nonsuch  meadow.  To  each 
of  his  children  he  gave  a  farm,  with  a  large  square 
house.  After  he  became  prosperous  he  paid  a 
considerable  sum  for  his  time  to  the  man  to 
whom  he  had  been  apprenticed.  He  was  active 
in  Revolutionary  matters,  a  captain  of  militia, 
and  member  of  the  Committee  of  Correspondence 
and  Safety  for  Scarborough.  He  married,  April 
25.  I7SO,  Grace  Reynolds,  daughter  of  John  and 
Grace  (Pine)  Reynolds,  born  1729,  died  Decem- 
ber 19,  1787.  They  owned  the  covenant  in  the 
Second  Parish  Church,  October  9,  1753. 

Their  eldest  child,  Charles  Pine  Moulton,  was 
born  July  15,  1751,  died  June  4,  1807.  He  was  a 
blacksmith  and  farmer  on  the  northwest  side  of 
Nonsuch  river,  near  Rocky  Hill.  He  married, 
March  24,  1774,  Olive,  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Mary  (Brackett)  Fabyan,  of  Scarborough.  He 
was  baptized  October  26,  1755,  died  October  14, 
1840. 

Their  eldest  child,  Joshua  Moulton,  was  born 
August  5,  1775,  resided  in  Scarborough,  where  he 
was  a  large  landowner,  blacksmith,  innkeeper,  and 


interested  in  shipping  and  shipbuilding,  and  died 
February  1 1,  1855.  He  was  early  active  in  the 
Congregational  church,  and  later  he  became  a 
Universalist.  He  married,  October  16,  1800,  Ly- 
dia  Stone,  of  Beech  Ridge,  Scarborough,  daugh- 
ter of  Solomon  and  Mary  (Harmon)  Stone,  born 
June  16,  1780,  died  July  17,  1872. 

Freedom  Moulton,  third  son  of  Captain  Joshua 
and  Lydia  (Stone)  Moulton,  was  born  October 
31,  1808,  in  Scarborough,  and  died  July  31,  1857. 
He  began  preparation  for  college  at  Gorham 
Academy,  but  was  compelled  to  abandon  his  in- 
tentions by  difficulty  of  vision.  He  early  be- 
came a  school  teacher  and  for  some  years 
taught  school  in  Gorham  and  Scarborough  in  a 
school  of  academic  grade,  and  removed  to  Jay, 
Franklin  county,  in  1842.  Eleven  years  later  he 
returned  to  Scarborough,  and  purchased  the  Ezra 
Carter  tannery  and  homestead,  on  which  he  lived 
until  his  death,  discontinuing  the  tannery  and  giv- 
ing a  portion  of  each  year  to  teaching  while  he 
lived.  Always  prominent  in  educational  affairs, 
for  eleven  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  superin- 
tending school  committee  of  Jay,  and  later  filled 
a  similar  position  in  Scarborough.  He  was  a 
man  of  marked  ability,  of  high  integrity,  univer- 
sally esteemed,  and  was  town  clerk  at  the  time 
of  his  death. 

He  married,  June  13,  1842,  Shuah  Coffin  Carter, 
born  December  20,  1811,  died  June  19,  1905, 
daughter  of  Ezra  and  Sarah  (Fabyan)  Carter,  de- 
scendant of  a  very  old  New  England  family.  AH 
of  their  children  were  teachers.  Ezra  Carter, 
father  of  Mrs.  Moulton,  born  March  18,  1773,  re- 
moved, about  1800,  from  Concord,  New  Hamp- 
shire, to  Scarborough,  where  he  was  a  tanner. 
His  wife  was  a  daughter  of  Joshua  Fabyan,  judge 
of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  born  1743,  died 
June  20,  1799,  and  his  wife,  Sarah  (Brackett) 
Fabyan,  born  April  9,  1740,  died  August  29,  1820. 
Joshua  Fabyan  was  a  son  of  Joseph  Fabyan, 
grandson  of  Justice  John  Fabyan,  of  Newington, 
New  Hampshire,  and  his  wife,  Mary  (Pickering) 
Fabyan.  This  family  is  descended  from  George 
Cleeve,  the  first  settler  of  Portland,  and  deputy 
governor  of  Colonial  Maine. 


AUGUSTUS  FREEDOM  MOULTON,  only 
son  of  Freedom  and  Shuah  C.  (Carter)  Moulton, 
was  born  May  I,  1848,  in  Jay,  Franklin  county, 
Maine.  When  he  was  five  years  of  age  his  par- 
ents moved  to  Scarborough.  He  attended  the 
public  schools,  Gorham  Academy,  Saco  High 
School,  and  graduated  in  1869  from  Westbrook 
Seminary.  Four  years  later  he  was  graduated 


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from  Bowdoin  College,  the  first  of  his  class,  and 
was  elected  a  member  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa. 
For  one  year  he  was  a  tutor  in  the  college,  and 
in  1876  was  chosen  to  deliver  the  master's  ora- 
tion at  the  commencement,  receiving  from  his 
alma  mater  the  degree  of  A.M.  After  leaving  col- 
lege he  began  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of 
Judge  William  L.  Putnam,  of  Portland,  where 
he  continued  two  years,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  of  Cumberland  county  in  October,  1876.  For 
a  period  of  forty-two  years  Mr.  Moulton  has 
been  very  actively  engaged  in  the  labors  of  his 
profession  at  Portland,  where  he  has  been  em- 
ployed in  many  important  cases  in  both  State 
and  Federal  courts.  Among  these  may  be  men- 
tioned the  Libby  and  Chase  murder  trials,  the 
Aaron  McKenney  will  case,  in  which  he  was  coun- 
sel, and  the  Kansas  stockholders  liability  cases. 
Mr.  Moulton  enjoys  a  very  high  reputation  as 
a  lawyer,  and  is  held  in  high  esteem  in  political, 
historical  and  social  circles.  Until  1894  he  was 
identified  with  the  Democratic  party,  and  since 
that  time  has  been  an  active  Republican.  His  in- 
terest in  public  affairs  has  brought  him  into 
prominence,  and  on  several  occasions  he  has  been 
a  candidate  for  official  honor.  For  two  terms  in 
the  State  legislatures  of  1876  and  1879  he  served 
as  representative,  during  both  of  which  terms 
he  was  a  member  of  the  judiciary  commit- 
tee. For  fifteen  years  he  was  a  member  of  the 
school  board  of  Scarborough,  and  served  the 
town  twenty  years  as  solicitor.  In  1896  he  re- 
moved to  that  part  of  Portland  which  was  for- 
merly Deering,  and  was  mayor  of  Deering  in 
1898-99.  Upon  its  annexation  to  Portland  he 
became  president  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen  of 
the  latter  city,  serving  in  1899-1900.  A  warm 
friend  of  education,  he  is  a  member  of  the  board 
of  trustees  of  Westbrook  Seminary,  and  also  of 
Thornton  Academy.  His  ability  as  a  lawyer, 
his  upright  career  and  fidelity  to  every  trust  have 
brought  him  the  confidence  of  the  public,  and  he 
is  trustee  of  several  large  estates.  Mr.  Moulton 
is  a  member  of  the  American  Bar  Association, 
the  State  Bar  Association,  and  of  the  Portland 
Board  of  Trade.  He  has  long  been  deeply  in- 
terested in  historical  researches,  is  a  member  of 
the  American  Historical  Association,  the  Maine 
Historical  Society,  and  the  Maine  Genealogical 
Society.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Colo- 
nial Wars,  an  ex-president  of  the  Maine  Society 
of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,  and  ex- 
president  of  the  Bowdoin  Alumni  Asosciation  of 
Portland.  He  has  delivered  many  lectures  and 
public  addresses  on  historical  and  patriotic 


themes,  among  which  may  be  mentioned  his  ad- 
dress at  Valley  Forge  on  the  occasion  of  placing 
there  by  the  State  a  tablet  to  the  memory  of  the 
Maine  soldiers  who  passed  the  terrible  winter  of 
1777-78  at  that  point,  and  also  the  address  at  the 
dedication  of  the  privateer,  Ranger,  tablet  at 
Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  commemorative  of 
the  Revolutionary  War  services  of  John  Paul 
Jones.  Among  his  published  pamphlets  are 
"Some  Descendants  of  John  and  William  Moul- 
ton of  Hampton,"  "Trial  by  Ordeal,"  "Settle- 
ment of  Scarborough,"  'Church  and  State  in  New 
England,"  "Sir  Ferdinando  Gorges  and  his  Pal- 
atinate of  Maine." 

Mr.  Moulton  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of 
Pythias,  and  one  of  the  trustees  of  Bramhall 
Lodge;  is  also  a  member  of  Ancient  Landmark 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  Mount  Ver- 
non  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons;  Portland 
Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters;  Portland 
Commandery,  Knights  Templar,  of  which  he  has 
been  eminent  commander.  He  is  a  member  of 
State  Street  Congregational  Church  of  Port- 
land, and  of  the  Lincoln  Club,  the  Deering  Club, 
the  Portland  Club,  the  Cumberland  Club,  and  is 
president  of  the  distinguished  literary  society 
known  as  the  Fraternity  Club. 


GUY  C.  FLETCHER— One  of  the  prominent 
citizens  of  Monticello,  Maine,  where  his  dry 
goods  store  is  one  of  the  leading  business  enter- 
prises of  the  town  and  where  he  is  identified  in 
other  lines,  Guy  C.  Fletcher  is  a  native  of  the 
place  where  he  was  born  November  25,  1862.  He 
is  of  the  old  New  England  stock,  being  the  son 
of  Isaac  and  Susan  (Foster)  Fletcher,  and  his 
father  having  been  a  pioneer  in  this  region  and 
having  come  from  Kennebec  county,  where  he  was 
born.  Guy  C.  Fletcher  was  educated  in  the  dis- 
trict schools  of  this  locality  and  was  then  sent 
to  Houlton  Academy.  Always  a  man  of  energetic 
and  forceful  personality,  he  made  good  use  of 
every  opportunity  and  from  small  beginnings 
has  built  up  for  himself  a  position  of  independ- 
ence and  respect  in  the  community.  After 
leaving  school  he  taught  from  the  age  of  eighteen 
until  that  of  twenty-four.  At  that  year  he  started 
on  the  commercial  venture  which  has  since  then 
developed  into  the  successful  and  well-equipped 
business  in  dry  goods,  shoes,  cameras,  and  seve- 
ral other  lines  of  supplies.  He  was  also  appointed 
in  the  same  year,  1886,  postmaster  of  the  town 
under  President  Cleveland,  serving  the  commu- 
nity for  the  two  terms  of  that  president  with  effi- 
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Mr.  Fletcher  has  always  made  it  a  business 
principle  that  all  his  goods  should  not  only 
be  reliable  but  reasonable  in  price  and  the  re- 
sults have  given  him  a  popularity  and  place 
among  the  merchants  of  the  town  which  is  second 
to  none.  Notwithstanding  his  commercial  activi- 
ties, Mr.  Fletcher  also  engages  in  farming,  and 
has  two  well  operated  farms  aggregating  300 
acres  in  the  vicinity  of  Monticello,  largely  de- 
voted to  the  cultivation  of  potatoes  and  hay.  To 
market  the  crops  of  others  and  of  his  own,  Mr. 
Fletcher  maintains  two  large  potato  houses  at 
the  station,  each  having  a  storage  for  3,500  bar- 
rels. He  shipped  in  1918,  about  thirty-five  cars 
of  potatoes,  and  from  seventy-five  to  a  hundred 
tons  of  hay  to  the  New  England  and  New  York 
markets.  He  himself  has  planted  about  forty 
acres  in  potatoes  this  season. 

Personally  Mr.  Fletcher  is  one  of  the  most  ac- 
tive of  Monticello's  progressive  business  men. 
He  was  one  of  the  organizers  and  is  at  present 
the  president  of  the  Monticello  Electric  Light 
Company.  He  has  been  foremost  in  all  move- 
ments for  the  growth  and  development  of  the 
town,  and  for  a  period  of  ten  years  he  held  the 
office  of  first  selectman.  He  is  also  a  member 
of  the  Masonic  Order.  He  is  a  Democrat  in  his 
political  convictions.  He  has  also  served  the 
town  for  ten  years  as  superintendent  of  schools, 
and  for  a  similar  period  as  tax  collector.  He  is  in 
addition  a  member  of  the  Grange.  Mr.  Fletcher 
attends  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

Mr.  Fletcher  married  at  Presque  Isle,  Maine, 
December  17,  1887,  Mary  E.  Bird,  daughter  of 
William  H.  and  Cordelia  (Gove)  Bird,  and  they 
have  had  two  children,  Opal  and  Gertrude  C. 


ESTES  NICHOLS— Among  the  successful 
physicians  of  Portland,  Maine,  the  name  of  Estes 
Nichols  occupies  a  conspicuous  place  and  he  now 
is  a  well  known  and  recognized  authority  on  dis- 
eases of  the  chest,  with  a  very  large  practice  in 
his  specialty.  Dr.  Nichols  is  a  son  of  Austin  Le- 
Roy  and  Josephine  (Bond)  Nichols,  both  of 
whom  were  natives  of  Massachusetts. 

Dr.  Nichols  was  born  August  10,  1874,  >n  the 
city  of  Boston.  While  still  very  young  he  had 
decided  upon  medicine  for  his  career,  and  he  ma- 
triculated in  the  medical  department  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Vermont.  From  this  institution  he 
was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1900,  with  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  He  later  re- 
ceived the  honorary  degree  of  Master  of  Arts 
from  Bates  College,  Maine.  After  graduation 
from  the  University  of  Vermont,  he  entered  the 


Public  Health  and  Marine  Hospital  service  for  a 
period,  and  was  chief  inspector  for  the  State 
Board  of  Health  of  Maine  (1902-03).  In  1904  he 
came  to  Portland,  and  became  interested  in  the 
Maine  State  Sanitorium  Association,  and  for 
eleven  years  was  in  active  charge  of  its  work  as 
medical  director.  He  began  early  during  his  resi- 
dence in  Maine  to  specialize  in  diseases  of  the 
chest  and,  as  has  been  remarked  above,  is  now  a 
recognized  authority  on  this  subject.  Dr.  Nich- 
ols is  one  of  the  leaders  of  his  profession  in  the 
city,  and  enjoys  the  patronage  of  a  large  and  ex- 
clusive clientele.  He  is  a  prominent  figure  in  the 
social  and  club  life  of  Portland  and  is  particu- 
larly active  in  the  Masonic  order,  being  affiliated 
with  Hayden  Lodge,  Ancient  Free  and  Acepted 
Masons;  Somerset  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons; 
—  Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters;  St.  Al- 
bans  Commandery,  Knights  Templar;  Kora  Tem- 
ple, Anicent  Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the  Mys- 
tic Shrine;  and  Portland  Consistory.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  Portland  and  Cumberland  clubs, 
and  in  his  religious  belief  is  an  Episcopalian,  at- 
tending divine  services  at  St.  Luke's  Cathedral, 
Portland. 

On  October  27,  1909,  Dr.  Nichols  was  united 
in  marriage  at  Foxcraft,  Maine,  with  Charlotte 
Woodman  Flint,  a  native  of  that  place,  and  a 
daughter  of  Henry  B.  and  Cora  (Emery)  Flint, 
old  and  respected  residents  there. 

The  place  held  by  Dr.  Nichols  in  the  com- 
munity is  one  that  any  man  might  desire,  but  it 
is  one  that  he  deserves  in  every  particular,  one 
that  he  gained  by  no  chance  fortune,  but  by  hard 
and  industrious  work  and  a  most  liberal  treat- 
ment of  his  fellow-men.  He  served  throughout 
the  Spanish-American  War  in  the  hospital  service, 
and  again  entered  military  service  when  this 
country  declared  war  against  Germany,  receiving 
his  commission  as  captain  in  the  Medical  Re- 
serve Corps,  and  was  ordered  into  active  service 
at  once,  reporting  at  Department  Headquarters 
of  the  Northeast  to  take  charge  of  the  Board  of 
Lung  and  Cardio- Vascular  Examiners.  After 
completing  his  work  in  this  department  he  was 
ordered  to  Washington,  and  for  a  time  had 
charge  of  a  special  school  for  chest  examiners. 
He  was  later  ordered  to  Fort  Oglethorpe,  Geor- 
gia, to  establish  a  school  and  train  men  for  special 
chest  work  in  the  United  States  Army.  On  Sep- 
tember 20,  1917,  he  was  promoted  and  received 
the  commission  of  major  in  the  Medical  Reserve 
Corps,  and  he  continued  to  take  an  active  part 
in  military  work,  both  at  home  and  overseas' 
service.  In  August,  1918,  he  was  promoted  to 


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the  grade  of  lieutenant-colonel,  Medical  Corps, 
United  States  Army,  and  was  for  about  a  year 
in  command  of  one  of  the  large  United  States 
Army  general  hospitals. 


Powers,  daughter  of  James  H.  and  Angeline 
(Ober)  Powers,  of  Tremont,  Maine.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  McLean  are  the  parents  of  two  children: 
Angela  Lou,  born  June  4,  1911;  Powers,  March 
31,  I9I4- 


ERNEST  LLEWELLYN  McLEAN.  —  A 
graduate  of  Boston  University  Law  School,  J.B., 
1907,  Mr.  McLean  made  Augusta,  Maine,  the  seat 
of  his  practice,  and  there  he  is  firmly  established 
in  public  confidence  and  esteem.  He  is  one  of 
the  three  sons  born  to  Joseph  A.  and  Mary  Louise 
(Cottle)  McLean,  his  parents  at  the  time  of  his 
birth  being  residents  of  Alexander,  a  town  of 
Washington  county,  Maine,  fourteen  miles  south- 
west of  Calais.  Besides  his  three  sons,  Ernest 
L.,  C.  Sumner  and  Edward  A.,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mc- 
Lean are  the  parents  of  a  daughter,  Mary  Emma 
(McLean)  Hillman.  Joseph  A.  McLean  is  a  far- 
mer by  occupation,  a  Democrat  in  politics,  the 
family  being  supporters  and  attendants  of  the 
Baptist  church. 

Ernest  L.  McLean  was  born  in  Alexander, 
Maine,  March  30,  1880,  and  obtained  his  prepara- 
tory education  in  the  Augusta  schools,  finishing 
with  the  Cony  High  School,  graduating  with  the 
class  of  1898.  He  then  entered  Bates  College, 
Lewiston,  Maine,  whence  he  was  graduated,  A.B., 
class  of  1902.  For  two  years  after  leaving  Bates 
Mr.  McLean  was  instructor  in  mathematics  in 
the  Bulkeley  High  School,  New  London,  Con- 
necticut, closing  that  connection  in  1904,  and  be- 
coming a  student  at  Boston  University  Law 
School.  He  was  awarded  his  degree,  class  of 
1907,  was  at  once  admitted  to  the  bars  of  the 
Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  and  State  of 
Maine,  located  in  Augusta  the  same  year  and 
there  continues,  the  intervening  years  bringing 
him  the  rewards  of  a  profession  most  generous 
to  her  capable  sons.  His  practice  extends  to  the 
State  and  Federal  courts  of  the  district,  and  he 
has  won  the  respect  of  his  professional  breth- 
ren to  an  unusual  degree.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  City  and  State  Bar  associations,  and  ranks 
with  the  successful  lawyers  of  the  capital  city.  A 
Democrat  in  politics,  Mr.  McLean  early  in  his 
Augusta  career  became  prominent  in  city  affairs, 
and  for  five  years  was  city  solicitor.  In  1916 
he  was  a  candidate  for  the  Maine  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives. He  is  a  member  of  Augusta  Lodge, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  Trinity  Comman- 
dery,  Knights  Templar;  Kennebec  Lodge,  Loyal 
Order  of  Moose;  his  clubs  the  Abernaki  and 
Augusta  Country,  he  serving  the  last  named  as 
secretary. 

Mr.  McLean  married,  January  7,  1909,  Myra  H. 


HON.  FRANK  EDWARD  GUERNSEY— The 

present  member  of  Congress  from  the  Fourth 
Congressional  District,  the  Hon.  Frank  Edward 
Guernsey,  was  born  at  Dover,  in  Piscataquis 
county,  Maine,  and  is  the  son  of  Edward  Henry 
and  Hannah  (Thompson)  Guernsey.  The  Guern- 
sey family  is  of  old  Colonial  stock,  the  immigrant 
ancestor,  John  Guernsey,  having  come  to  America 
from  the  island  of  Guernsey,  and  settled  in  Mil- 
ford,  Connecticut,  in  1639.  In  Cutter's  "New 
England  Families"  the  statement  is  made  that  the 
original  locality  of  the  family  was  the  island 
of  Guernsey,  although  this  was  almost  lost  in 
the  various  old-time  spellings  in  which  it  was 
given  as  Guernsey,  Garnsey,  Gornsey  and 
Gornsy.  Of  equally  ancient  origin  was  the  fam- 
ily of  his  mother,  Hannah  Thompson,  the  daugh- 
ter of  James  Thompson,  born  in  1801  and  died 
in  1874,  who  married  Hannah  Hunt  Combs,  who 
was  born  in  1806  and  died  in  1891.  James 
Thompson,  the  grandfather  of  Hon.  Frank  E. 
Guernsey  was  a  descendant  in  the  eighth  genera- 
tion from  the  immigrant  ancestor  of  his  branch 
of  the  family,  James  Thompson,  who  was  born 
in  England  in  1593,  and  came  to  the  New  World 
with  Winthrop's  company  of  colonists  in  1630, 
and  afterwards  settled  at  Woburn,  Massachu- 
setts. James  Thompson  brought  with  him  at 
that  time  his  family  consisting  of  his  wife, 
Elizabeth,  and  three  sons  and  a  daughter.  Four 
brothers  of  James  Thompson,  Edward,  John, 
Archibald,  and  Benjamin  also  came  over  to  the 
colony  and  settled  in  different  parts  of  Massa- 
chusetts, Edward  Thompson  having  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Mayflower  company.  The  Thompsons 
were  substantial  county  people  in  the  old  coun- 
try, and  after  coming  here  took  a  leading  part 
in  the  affairs  of  the  new  community.  The  coat- 
of-arms  borne  by  James  Thompson  is  shown  in 
Little's  "Genealogy  of  Maine"  as  being  identical 
with  that  of  Sir  William  Thompson,  the  owner 
of  an  estate  in  the  vicinity  of  Boston,  and  prob- 
ably of  the  same  family.  Benjamin  Thompson, 
Count  Rumford,  statesman  and  savant,  who  was 
born  in  Woburn,  Massachusetts,  in  1753,  was 
also  a  descendant  of  James  Thompson. 

Mr.  Guernsey's  early  education  was  obtained  at 
the  common  schools,  after  which  he  attended 
Foxcroft  Academy,  at  Foxcroft,  Maine.  In  the 


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fall  of  1885,  he  entered  the  Bucksport  Seminary 
of  the  East  Maine  Conference  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  and  in  the  following  year  he 
became  a  student  in  the  Wesleyan  Seminary  at 
Kent's  Hill,  Maine,  and  remained  there  until 
June,  1887.  In  the  fall  of  1883  he  entered  the 
Eastman  Business  College,  at  Poughkeepsie,  New 
York,  and  after  finishing  there  in  the  spring  of 
1884  he  was  employed  in  the  hardware  store  of 
Sawyer  &  Gifford  at  Dover,  and  worked  as  a 
clerk  for  about  a  year.  In  1887  he  began  the 
study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  Willis  E.  Par- 
sons, of  Foxcroft,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  September,  1890.  He  established  himself  for 
the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Dover,  which  he 
has  ever  since  that  time  made  his  home.  He  is 
a  Republican  in  his  political  views.  In  Septem- 
ber, 1890,  he  was  elected  treasurer  of  Piscataquis 
county,  and  was  twice  re-elected  to  that  office, 
serving  for  six  years  to  the  end  of  1896.  For 
eighteen  he  was  the  town  agent  of  Dover,  serv- 
ing until  1908,  and  he  represented  the  towns  of 
Dover,  Sangerville,  and  Parkman  for  two  terms 
in  the  State  Legislature  for  the  years  1897  and 
1899.  In  1903  he  served  as  State  Senator. 

During  his  term  in  the  Maine  Legislature  he 
rendered  valuable  service  in  the  introduction  of 
the  first  bill  in  favor  of  the  establishment  of 
traveling  libraries.  This  was  a  modern  develop- 
ment of  the  library  idea  by  which  it  was  intended 
to  make  small  collections  of  books  available  to 
the  remote  country  districts.  He  reintroduced 
the  measure  in  1899,  at  which  time  it  became  a 
law  and  in  its  later  development  the  movement 
has  proved  its  wisdom  by  supplying  rural  com- 
munities with  many  thousands  of  volumes  an- 
nually. During  his  term  in  the  Maine  Senate 
he  served  on  the  Judiciary  Committee,  and  as 
one  of  its  members  voted  for  a  resolution  favor- 
ing the  election  of  United  States  Senators  by 
the  people.  While  a  member  of  the  Legislature 
he  voted  in  favor  of  woman  suffrage. 

He  was  chosen  as  a  delegate  to  the  Republican 
National  Convention  in  1908,  and  in  September 
of  that  year  he  was  elected  to  the  Sixtieth  Con- 
gress of  the  United  States  to  fill  the  vacancy 
occasioned  by  the  death  of  ex-Governor  Llewellyn 
Powers.  He  was  re-elected  and  served  in  the 
Sixty-first,  Sixty-second,  Sixty-third  and  Sixty- 
fourth  Congresses.  While  in  Congress  he  served 
on  two  important  committees.  Territories,  and 
Banking  and  Currency.  As  a  member  of  the 
Committee  on  Territories,  he  took  part  in  draft- 
ing the  statehood  bills  which  admitted  the  States 
of  Arizona  and  New  Mexico  to  the  Union  and 


helped  to  prepare  and  pass  the  legislation  au- 
thorizing the  expenditure  of  millions  of  dollars 
to  construct  government  railroads  in  Alaska  for 
the  development  of  that  great  neglected  domain. 
As  ranking  member  of  the  minority  on  the 
committee  he  was  appointed  by  the  Speaker  of 
the  House  as  one  of  the  conferees  to  adjust  the 
differences  between  the  House  and  the  Senate 
on  the  Alaska  railroad  legislation.  He  was  also 
appointed  by  the  National  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives as  a  member  of  the  special  committee 
to  investigate  the  so-called  money  trust.  For  a 
period  of  more  than  nine  months  this  committee 
held  its  sessions  in  Washington  and  New  York, 
and  its  report  and  recommendations  had  impor- 
tant bearing  on  subsequent  banking  laws.  As  a 
member  of  the  Committee  on  Banking  and  Cur- 
rency, he  took  an  active  part  in  the  preparation 
of  the  Federal  Reserve  Act,  the  most  important 
banking  legislation  enacted  in  fifty  years.  In 
1914  he  served  on  a  committee  appointed  by  the 
Republican  National  Congressional  Committee  to 
prepare  a  plan  to  reduce  the  southern  representa- 
tion in  Republican  National  Conventions,  the  re- 
port of  the  committee  being  presented  to  the 
Republican  National  Committee  and  adopted  in 
substance. 

Mr.  Guernsey  is  president  of  the  Piscatauquis 
Savings  Bank,  of  Dover,  Maine,  and  is  trustee 
of  the  Kineo  Trust  Company,  also  of  that  town. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Sons  of  the  American 
Revolution,  of  the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal 
Legion,  of  the  Maine  Historical  Society,  of  the 
Piscatauquis  Historical  Society,  of  the  Piscatau- 
quis Club  of  Dover  and  Foxcroft,  of  the  Tarratine, 
and  Modocawando  Clubs  of  Bangor,  of  the  Co- 
lumbia Country  Club  of  Washington,  District  of 
Columbia,  and  of  the  Portland  Club,  of  Portland 
Maine.  He  attends  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church. 

He  married,  June  16,  1897,  at  Vinal  Haven, 
Maine,  Josephine  Frances  Lyford.  She  attended  the 
Vinal  Haven  schools,  the  Bucksport  Seminary, 
and  the  Maine  Wesleyan  Seminary  at  Kent's 
Hill,  and  was  graduated  from  the  last  in  1887. 
She  is  a  member  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution.  Their  only  child  is  Thompson 
L.  Guernsey,  born  February  17,  1904. 


FRED  E.  RICHARDS— The  name  Richards 
bears  internal  evidence  of  its  origin  and  is  one 
of  that  vast  group  which  has  been  derived  from 
Christian  names,  to  which  has  been  added  the 
terminal  affix,  son,  or  its  equivalent.  In  this  par- 
ticular case  we  have  several  forms,  Richardson 


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in  England  and  Richards,  evidently  of  Welsh 
derivation.  Of  course,  in  the  long  period  which 
has  followed  that  in  which  surnames  became  per- 
manent, the  bearers  of  these  various  patronymics 
have  spread  to  all  parts  of  the  world,  so  that 
Richards  is  now  no  more  characteristically  Welsh 
than  English,  and  we  find  that  and  its  related 
form,  Richardson,  indifferently  spread  through- 
out all  quarters  of  the  United  States.  The  fre- 
quency with  which  we  find  names  of  this  charac- 
ter undoubtedly  indicate  to  some  extent  the  pop- 
ularity of  the  original  Christian  name  in  early 
days,  a  fact  obvious  enough  in  such  a  name  as 
Johnson  and  scarcely  less  so  in  that  which  we 
are  at  present  considering.  There  appear  to 
have  been  a  great  many  separate  lines  bearing 
the  name  Richardson,  among  the  nobility  of  Eng- 
land, for  we  find  no  less  than  seventeen  distinct 
coats-of-arms  Borne  by  their  members.  Of  the 
descent  of  Fred  E.  Richards  and  the  family  of 
which  he  is  a  representative  prior  to  the  Ameri- 
can migration,  we  have  but  vague  knowledge,  but 
there  seems  to  be  some  evidence  that  its  ancient 
progenitors  were  also  ancestors  of  the  late  Lord 
Chief  Baron  of  the  Court  of  Exchequer,  often 
president  of  the  House  of  Lords,  Sir  Richard 
Richards,  so  that  the  line  may  possibly  be  de- 
scended from  the  son-in-law  of  Edward  I, 
to  whom  that  monarch  assigned  Caerynwick, 
Marioneth,  an  ancient  stronghold  of  North 
Wales,  after  the  conquest  of  that  country  in  1277 
A.D.  However  this  may  be,  the  Richards  fam- 
ily has  been  a  distinguished  one  in  this  country  from 
very  early  Colonial  times,  when  it  was  founded 
here  by  one  Edward  Richards,  presumed  to  have 
been  a  nephew  of  Thomas  Richards,  Sr.,  and  to 
have  come  to  this  country  in  the  good  ship  Lyon 
in  the  year  1632.  He  became  a  proprietor  of 
Dedham  in  1636-37  and  was  the  sixty-second 
signer  of  its  social  compact.  From  this  worthy 
ancestor,  of  whom  we  have  very  extensive  rec- 
ords and  who  appears  to  have  taken  a  conspicu- 
ous part  in  the  affairs  of  that  early  settlement, 
the  line  is  descended  through  Nathaniel,  Captain 
Jeremiah,  Ensign  William,  Benjamin,  Benjamin 
(2),  and  Charles  Richards,  the  father  of  the  Mr. 
Richards  of  this  review. 

Charles  Richards  was  the  eldest  son  of  Ben- 
jamin (2)  and  Ruth  (Billings)  Richards,  and  was 
born  January  16,  1800,  at  Sharon,  Massachusetts, 
but  later  in  life  settled  first  in  Lincolnvillc  and 
then  in  Rockport,  Maine,  taking  up  his  abode  in 
the  latter  place  in  the  year  1856,  where  his 
death  finally  occurred  in  1881  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
one  years.  A  man  of  strong  convictions,  he  was 


a  member  of  the  Democratic  party  up  to  1856, 
when  upon  the  formation  of  the  Republican  party 
he  became  one  of  its  original  members.  In  the 
year  1882  he  was  married  to  Elizabeth  Pierce 
Smith,  of  Canton,  Massachusetts,  a  native  of 
Stoughton  in  that  State,  born  in  1799.  She  came 
with  her  husband  to  Rockport,  Maine,  in  1856, 
and  there  died  twenty-one  years  later,  in  the 
month  of  June,  1877.  They  were  the  parents  of 
six  children,  as  follows:  Charles  Francis,  Henry 
Augustus,  Benjamin  Franklin,  Caroline  E.,  Mary 
M.,  and  Fred  E.,  with  whose  career  this  sketch 
is  especially  concerned. 

Born  August  28,  1841,  at  Lincolnville,  Maine, 
Fred  E.  Richards,  sixth  and  youngest  child  of 
Charles  and  Elizabeth  Pierce  (Smith)  Richards, 
spent  the  first  fifteen  years  of  his  life  in  his 
native  town.  In  1856  he  accompanied  his  par- 
ents to  Rockport,  where  he  had  already  at- 
tended school,  and  it  was  in  these  institutions 
that  he  completed  his  education.  As  a  youth  he 
suffered  from  ill  health,  and  when  twenty  years 
of  age  was  advised  by  a  physician  to  take  a  long 
trip  somewhere.  Accordingly,  he  went  by  the 
way  of  Panama  to  California  and  spent  the  three 
succeeding  years  in  that  Western  State,  regain- 
ing in  that  time  his  lost  health  and  fitting  him- 
self both  in  this  way  and  through  the  acquisi- 
tion of  much  valuable  experience  for  the  serious 
activities  of  life.  He  returned  to  Maine  and 
at  once  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  lime  at 
the  town  of  Rockport,  where  he  had  lived  pre- 
viously and  where  his  parents  were  still  making 
their  home,  and  was  highly  successful  in  this  en- 
terprise. His  business  career  was,  however,  in- 
terrupted for  a  time  by  his  active  participation 
in  politics  and  public  affairs,  and  he  is  still  well 
known  for  the  part  he  played  in  this  department 
of  life.  A  staunch  Republican,  he  had  thrown 
himself  with  zeal  into  the  local  activities  of  his 
party  and  rapidly  became  a  leader  in  county  af- 
fairs. He  was  sent  in  1873  to  the  Maine  Legis- 
lature as  representative  of  Camden  and  did  some 
effective  work  as  a  member  of  that  body,  both 
in  that  year  and  the  next  following.  In  1875 
he  was  a  choice  of  the  State  Legislature  as 
member  of  the  Executive  Council  of  Governor 
Dingley  to  represent  the  district  composed  of 
the  counties  of  Waldo,  Knox  and  Lincoln.  In 
1876,  under  the  administration  of  Governor  Sel- 
den  Connor,  he  again  occupied  this  position,  and 
in  the  following  year  was  appointed  by  the  Ex- 
ecutive State  land  agent  to  fill  a  vacancy  left 
by  the  death  of  the  former  occupant  of  this  office. 
He  did  not  continue  in  this  capacity  for  more 


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than  a  few  months,  however,  but  was  appointed 
a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  State 
Hospital  for  the  Insane,  which  he  held  until  1879. 
In  1880  he  received  an  appointment  as  State  bank 
examiner  from  Governor  Davis,  and  upon  the 
expiration  of  this  term  was  reappointed  by  Gov; 
ernor  Robie  and  again  reappointed  by  him,  so 
that  he  served  three  terms,  altogether  a  period 
of  nine  years  in  this  office.  In  the  year  1888, 
however,  he  resigned  from  this  position  and 
once  more  resumed  his  business  career,  this  time 
in  the  city  of  Portland,  where  he  established  the 
banking  house  of  Fred  E.  Richards  at  No.  89 
Exchange  street,  which  became  the  fiscal  agent 
of  the  Maine  Central  Railroad  and  later  of  the 
Portland  &  Rumford  Falls  Railroad.  It  was 
while  acting  in  this  capacity  for  the  former  cor- 
poration that  he  refunded  the  Androscoggin  & 
Kennebec  loan  of  a  million  and  a  half  dollars 
of  six  per  cent,  bonds,  substituting  therefore 
Maine  Central  at  four  and  a  half,  and  he  sim- 
ilarly refunded  the  European  and  North  Ameri- 
can loan  of  a  million  and  purchased  the  Knox  & 
Lincoln  Railroad  for  the  Maine  Central  for 
which  he  paid  one  million  five  hundred  thousand 
dollars,  placing  and  disposing  of  bonds  secured 
by  mortgage  upon  this  property  for  one  million 
three  hundred  thousand  dollars  at  four  per  cent. 
Another  large  transaction  in  which  Mr.  Richards 
engaged  was  the  sale  of  bonds  issued  in  aid  of 
the  extension  of  the  Mountain  Division  of  the 
Maine  Central,  which  amounted  to  nearly  a  mil- 
lion dollars.  As  fiscal  agent  of  the  Portland  & 
Rumford  Falls  Railroad,  Mr.  Richards  was  ac- 
tive in  financing  the  extensions  of  this  system 
to  Rumford  Falls  and  from  Mechanic  Falls  to 
Rumford  Junction,  and  was  doubtless  one  of  the 
most  important  factors  in  directing  the  financial 
policy  of  the  road  which  led  to  its  later  period 
of  prosperity.  About  this  time  the  Union  Mutual 
Life  Insurance  Company  of  Portland,  one  of  the 
most  important  of  the  concerns  which  took  part 
in  the  development  of  this  great  business  there, 
was  left  without  a  head  by  the  death  of  its 
president,  John  E.  DeWitt,  and  in  the  month  of 
October,  1893,  Mr.  Richards  was  elected  to  fill 
this  position.  The  company  could  not  well  have 
made  a  better  choice,  for  as  its  president  he  car- 
ried out  a  remarkably  aggressive  policy,  which 
finds  its  justification  in  the  great  success  and 
prosperity  which  the  company  has  known.  Un- 
der his  capable  management,  the  business  has 
grown  in  a  remarkable  degree,  so  that  at  the 
present  day  it  occupies  a  position  of  great  in- 
fluence in  the  business  and  financial  life  of  the 


State.  In  the  year  1889,  Mr.  Richards  was 
chosen  president  of  the  Portland  National  Bank, 
then  newly  organized,  and  five  years  later,  in 
1894,  when  the  Union  Safe  Deposit  &  Trust 
Company  was  founded,  he  was  chosen  president 
of  that  institution  also.  Both  of  these  respon- 
sible posts  he  filled  most  effectively  and  re- 
tained until  the  year  1907.  In  addition  to  the 
many  important  financial  and  business  operations 
mentioned  above,  with  which  Mr.  Richards  was 
officially  connected,  there  were  many  others  in 
the  organization  of  which  he  was  the  greatest  in- 
dividual influence.  Among  these  should  be  men- 
tioned the  Camden-Rockland  Water  Company 
and  the  Electric  Railroad,  which  runs  through  the 
town  of  Camden.  Through  all  the  years  of  his 
success  in  finance,  Mr.  Richards  has  retained  as 
keen  an  interest  as  ever  in  political  questions  and 
issues  and  also,  though  he  has  of  necessity  de- 
clined to  hold  any  of  the  public  offices  for  which 
his  talents  so  eminently  fit  him,  he  has  neverthe- 
less been  and  still  is  a  recognized  factor  of  im- 
portance in  the  progress  of  public  affairs.  Such 
work  as  he  has  done  in  this  direction  has  been 
carried  on  very  quietly,  but  he  is  none  the  less 
felt  as  a  dominating  influence.  Mr.  Richards 
was  made  a  Mason,  receiving  the  first  three  de- 
grees at  Napa  City,  California,  the  winter  prior 
to  his  returning  from  that  State;  received  his 
chapter  degree  in  King  Solomon  Chapter,  Rock- 
land,  Maine.  Later  at  Camden,  he  was  charter 
member  of  the  chapter  and  served  for  two  years 
as  high  priest,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Ma- 
sonic Council  at  Rockland.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Cumberland,  Portland  and  Saturday  Evening 
clubs  of  Portland.  He  is  an  attendant  of  the 
Congregational  church. 

On  November  23,  1865,  Mr.  Richards  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Caroline  S.  Piper,  a  na- 
tive of  Rockport,  born  June  20,  1849,  a  daughter 
of  Captain  John  D.  and  Caroline  (Gardiner) 
Piper,  old  and  highly  respected  residents  of  that 
place.  Mrs.  Richards'  death  occurred  May  13, 
1903,  and  ended  a  career  as  valuable  in  its  own 
sphere  as  that  of  her  husband.  On  his  own 
admission,  she  proved  one  of  the  most  stimulat- 
ing forces  in  the  life  of  her  husband  and  was 
herself  active  in  many  important  movements  in 
the  city,  being  a  woman  of  remarkable  organiz- 
ing and  executive  ability. 

In  noting  the  rapid  and  almost  spectacular 
rise  to  prominence  of  such  men  as  Mr.  Richards, 
it  often  appears  to  the  casual  observer  as  though 
it  was  the  result  of  some  miraculous  power,  so 
easily  all  obstacles  seem  to  be  overcome,  and  so 


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completely  do  all  factors  bend  themselves  to  the 
apparently  foreordained  result.  To  reach  the 
presidency  and  leadership  of  so  many  great  in- 
terests is  indeed  something  to  give  us  pause,  yet 
in  his,  as  in  the  majority  of  cases,  the  casual 
judgment  is  inaccurate.  There  is  nothing,  as  a 
matter  of  fact,  in  the  least  magical  in  the  out- 
come, which  is  rather  the  result  of  events  as 
logical  and  orderly  as  any  in  our  most  humble 
experience.  However  rapid  his  rise  to  power 
and  influence,  it  was  accomplished  by  conscien- 
tious labor  and  consistent  effort,  labor  and  effort 
which  doubtless  felt  discouragement  and  grief  at 
their  own  limitations,  just  as  we  have  all  expe- 
rienced them  in  the  course  of  our  lives.  For 
thus  only  could  he  have  retained  that  large  out- 
look on  life,  that  noble  democracy  of  attitude 
towards  his  fellows  that  he  has,  which  is  an- 
other name  for  the  Christian  virtue  of  charity, 
and  which  may  only  be  gained  from  experiencing 
the  sorrows  and  tribulations  of  common  human- 
ity. Notwithstanding  the  immense  labors  of 
his  position,  he  is  never  too  busy  for  a  word 
with  an  old  friend,  or  to  hearken  to  the  troubles 
of  one  less  fortunate  than  himself,  or  yet  to 
lend  what  assistance  he  might  to  the  distressed. 
Nor  is  he  ever  too  much  occupied  with  his  pub- 
lic or  semi-public  duties  not  to  give  heed  to 
the  needs  of  his  own  home  circle  for  sympathy 
and  companionship. 


HON.  JOHN  ANDREW  PETERS,  at  one 
time  Chief  Justice  of  the  State  of  Maine,  and 
from  the  date  of  his  admittance  to  the  bar,  one 
of  the  conspicuous  figures  in  the  legal  profes- 
sion of  his  State,  was  born  at  Ellsworth,  Octo- 
ber 9,  1822,  and  died  at  Bangor,  Maine,  April  2, 
1904.  His  father,  Andrew  Peters,  was  a  well 
known  lumberman  and  shipbuilder  of  that  part 
of  the  State.  He  married  Sally  Jordan,  daugh- 
ter of  Colonel  Melatiah  and  Elizabeth  (Jellison) 
Jordan,  she  having  been  born  in  Ellsworth",  Maine, 
August  28,  1789,  and  having  died  in  the  place  of 
her  birth,  March  13,  1878.  Judge  Peters'  father, 
Andrew  Peters,  was  the  son  of  John  Peters,  who 
married  in  Bluehill,  Maine,  July  I,  1770,  Ivorj 
(Dyer)  dishing,  widow  of  Nathaniel  Gushing, 
and  daughter  of  James  Dyer,  of  Cape  Elizabeth, 
and  of  his  wife,  Mary  (Marriner)  Dyer,  born  in 
Cape  Elizabeth,  November  19,  1750,  and  died  at 
Bluehill,  June  23  1826.  The  children  of  this 
couple  were:  John,  Phoebe,  William,  James, 
Molly,  Sally,  Charlotte,  Andrew  Dyer,  Alphia, 
Lemuel,  and  Daniel.  Judge  Peters'  grandfather, 
this  John  Peters  of  Bluehill  was  a  noted  land 


surveyor  of  that  region  for  many  years,  and  for 
a  long  time  was  connected  with  the  Bingham 
estate.  He  was  also  a  shipbuilder  and  ship- 
owner, and  served  his  community  as  jushce  of 
the  peace.  He  held  the  office  of  town  clerk  and 
selectman,  and  in  1788  he  was  a  deputy  naval  of- 
ficer. His  great-grandfather,  another  John 
Peters,  married  Phoebe  Carleton. 

While  still  a  very  young  boy  Judge  Peters 
was  sent  to  the  Gorham  Academy,  and  here  he 
prepared  for  Yale  University,  at  that  time  known 
as  Yale  College.  From  this  institution  he  war- 
graduated  in  1842,  with  his  baccalaureate  de- 
gree, and  going  from  there  to  the  Harvard  Law 
School  at  which  he  studied  for  his  profession 
from  1843  to  1844.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1844,  and  settled  in  Bangor  for  the  practice 
of  his  profession.  In  his  term,  1862-63,  he 
served  as  a  member  of  the  Senate  of  the  State 
of  Maine,  and  two  years  later  was  a  member  of 
the  Legislature.  From  1864  to  1867  he  was  the 
attorney-general  of  the  State.  In  the  three 
terms  from  1867  to  1873  he  represented  his  Con- 
gressional District  in  Washington.  He  was  ap- 
pointed a  judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
State  of  Maine  in  1873,  and  from  1883  to  1900 
served  as  the  Chief  Justice,  resigning  in  that 
year.  He  was  a  director  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Bangor,  Maine,  and  in  political  views 
was  a  Republican.  He  was  an  attendant  of  the 
Unitarian  church. 

Chief  Justice  Peters  married  (first)  Mary  Anne 
Hathaway,  daughter  of  Hon.  Joshua  Hathaway. 
She  was  born  at  Ellsworth,  Maine,  January  21, 
1826,  and  died  in  Bangor,  Maine,  May  26,  1847, 
and  had  one  son  who  died  in  infancy.  Hon 
Joshua  Hathaway  became  later  a  justice  of  the 
Supreme  Court  of  the  State  of  Maine.  Chief 
Justice  Peters  married  (second)  September  23, 
1857,  Frances  Elizabeth  Roberts,  daughter  of 
Amos  Main  and  Charlotte  (Rich)  Roberts,  who 
was  born  in  Bangor,  Maine,  February  25,  1838, 
and  died  in  Bangor,  January  20,  1916.  Chief 
Justice  Peters  had  two  daughters,  both  by  his 
second  wife:  Frances  Roberts,  who  lives  in  the 
old  family  home  at  Bangor,  and  Annie  Charlotte, 
who  married  Prescott  Hale  Vose,  and  lives  in 
East  Eddington,  Maine. 


JERRE  F.  HACKER  was  born  at  Lee,  Maine, 
in  April,  1842,  the  son  of  Isaac  and  Violet  (East- 
man) Hacker.  His  father,  who  was  a  prominent 
lumberman  and  merchant  of  Northern  Maine, 
lost  his  life  in  a  railroad  accident  in  November, 
1878. 


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Jerre  F.  Hacker  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Bangor,  Maine,  where  the  family  re- 
sided until  they  moved  to  Aroostook,  where  he 
went  into  business  with  his  father  under  the  firm 
name  of  I.  Hacker  &  Son.  In  1871  Amos  B. 
Libby  went  into  the  firm,  which  then  took  the 
name  of  Hacker  &  Libby.  After  the  death  of 
Mr.  Libby,  Mr.  Hacker  continued  in  the  business. 
He  was  made  town  treasurer  in  1874,  and  was 
one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Fort  Fairfield  Na- 
tional Bank,  and  was  made  president  after  the 
bank  had  been  running  about  a  year.  He  held 
both  these  offices  until  his  death. 

Mr.  Hacker  married  (first)  Almeda  F.  Libby, 
October  I,  1867;  she  died  in  May,  1874.  March 
ii,  1878,  he  married  (second)  Elizabeth  E.  Traf- 
ton.  Two  children  of  this  marriage  are:  Tom 
E.,  who  is  a  prominent  business  man  of  Fort 
Fairfield;  and  Maria  Louise  (Hacker)  Putnam, 
who  now  resides  in  Houlton,  Maine. 


M.  MacFARLAND  JOHNSON— One  of  the 
most  brilliant  and  successful  figures  in  the  busi- 
ness life  of  Hallowell,  Main,  and  in  this  region 
generally,  is  M.  MacFarland  Johnson,  who  is  af- 
filiated with  a  number  of  the  most  important  in- 
dustrial and  financial  enterprises  in  Maine  and 
who  for  years  has  been  a  potent  factor  in  the 
development  of  industries  here  and  elsewhere. 
Mr.  Johnson  is  a  son  of  Stephen  Carlton  and 
Juliana  (Metcalf)  Johnson,  the  former  being  a 
native  of  Pittston,  Maine,  and  the  latter  of 
Franklin,  Massachusetts.  The  elder  Mr.  Johnson 
passed  his  childhood  and  early  youth  at  the  town 
of  Liberty,  in  this  State  and  later  moved  to  Ap- 
pleton,  where  he  became  a  successful  farmer 
and  continued  in  this  occupation  until  his  death. 

Born  November  21,  1862,  at  Appleton,  Maine, 
M.  MacFarland  Johnson  attended  the  common 
schools  of  that  region  and  later  the  high  school, 
after  which  he  became  a  student  at  the  Rock- 
land  Commercial  College  where  he  took  business 
and  academic  courses.  After  completing  his 
studies  Mr.  Johnson  taught  in  the  schools  of 
Appleton,  Montville  and  Searsmount.  for  three 
years;  he  then  entered  upon  a  business  career 
as  bookkeeper  in  the  shoe  factory  of  Creamer 
Brothers,  of  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  and  remained 
there  for  about  nine  months.  He  showed  so 
much  ability  that  his  employers  made  him  one 
of  their  traveling  agents  in  the  West.  He  re- 
mained with  this  house  until  it  was  succeeded 
by  the  firm  of  Johnson  Brothers,  the  princpals 
of  which  were  his  two  brothers.  In  1886  they 
moved  their  factory  to  Hallowell,  Maine,  and  he 

ME.— 1—26 


was  retained  as  their  western  salesman  until 
the  fall  of  1887  when  he  joined  the  selling  force 
of  the  W.  L.  Douglas  Shoe  Company,  represi 
ing  that  great  concern  in  the  Southern  States, 
where  he  remained  until  December,  1893.  Mr. 
Johnson  then  became  the  senior  partner  in  the 
firm  of  Johnson-Evans  &  Bell  and  established 
a  large  shoe  manufactory  at  Waldoboro,  Maine. 
He  did  not  remain  in  this  association  long,  but 
sold  his  interests  in  the  following  March,  and 
again  became  a  member  of  the  selling  force 
of  Johnson  Brothers  of  Hallowell,  traveling 
through  the  west  and  southwest  until  1898  when 
he  once  more  became  associated  with  the  W.  L. 
Douglas  Company,  which  placed  him  in  charge 
of  their  New  England  agencies.  He  continued 
in  this  highly  responsible  position  until  May, 
1914,  when  he  retired  on  account  of  ill  health. 
In  addition  to  the  shoe  business,  Mr.  Johnson 
has  been  actively  associated  with  a  large  number 
of  enterprises  of  various  kinds,  and  is  now  a 
director  and  the  vice-president  of  the  Augusta, 
Gardiner  &  Boothbay  Steamship  Company;  a  di- 
rector of  the  Boothbay  Harbor  Cold  Storage 
Company.  He  is  also  president  of  a  Cabinet 
Company  of  Portland,  and  has  been  president 
and  is  still  a  director  of  the  Hallowell  Trust  & 
Banking  Company.  Mr.  Johnson  has  not  taken 
an  active  part  in  politics,  but  has  been  a  member 
of  the  school  board  of  Hallowell  for  three  years, 
and  during  that  time  has  interested  himself  keen- 
ly in  the  development  of  local  educational  institu- 
tions. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  but  has 
never  cared  to  hold  office.  He  is  a  Knight 
Templar. 

Mr.  Johnson  has  always  been  exceedingly  in- 
terested in  the  fine  arts  and  is  considered  a  con- 
noisseur; and  his  beautiful  home  is  filled  with 
many  curios  and  rare  treasures  from  his  ex- 
tended travels  through  the  Orient  and  Occident. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Boston  Art  Club;  of  the 
Abnake  Club  of  Augusta;  of  the  Bombahook 
Club  of  Hallowell;  of  the  Los  Angeles,  Cali- 
fornia Athletic  Club  and  the  Brentwood  Golf 
Club  of  Santa  Monica,  California,  and  is  on  the 
board  of  governors  of  the  Augusta  Golf  Club. 
In  his  religious  belief  Mr.  Johnson  is  a  Univer- 
salist  and  has  been  exceedingly  active  in  his 
church  at  Hallowell,  and  has  served  as  its  treas- 
urer for  several  years. 

Mr.  Johnson  married  (first)  June  16,  1887,  at 
Hallowell.  Maine,  Gertrude  Merrill  Atkins,  a 
daughter  x>f  James  Atkins,  Jr.,  and  Ellen  H. 
(Merrill)  Atkins.  Mrs.  Johnson  died  April  26, 
1914,  and  on  October  25,  1915,  Mr.  Johnson  mar- 


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ried    (second)    Helen    B.    Wright,    at    Brewster, 

New  York,  a  daughter  of  Marshall  Webster  and 

Sarah  (King)  Wright,  of  Boston. 
A  word  here  concerning  Mr.  Johnson's  ancestry 

is  appropriate.  He  is  a  grandson  of  William 
Johnson,  a  gentleman  of  English  and  Scotch 
parentage.  His  paternal  grandmother,  Sarah 
Dunton,  was  of  a  distinguished  family  of  Scotch 
descent.  On  the  maternal  side  he  is  descended 
from  the  Metcalf  and  Richardson  families,  both 
of  English  origin.  Mr.  Johnson  is  genial  and 
courtly  in  his  manner  and  has  gained  from  his 
many  travels  and  his  fondness  for  art  that  cos- 
mopolitan and  tolerant  outlook  upon  life  which 
is  the  largest  factor  in  all  true  culture.  He  is  a 
delightful  companion  and  exceedingly  gracious, 
and  gives  one  the  impression  of  having  had  a 
wide  experience,  and  his  charming  personality  is 
based  upon  a  character  of  which  the  essentir 
elements  are  the  virtues  of  courage  and  sincerity. 


ALBERT  EDWARD  VERRILL,  the  well 
known  attorney  of  Auburn,  Maine,  is  a  member 
of  an  old  and  distinguished  New  England  family, 
which  was  founded  in  this  country  during  the 
early  part  of  the  eighteenth  century,  and  many 
members  of  which  have  distinguished  themselves 
in  various  departments  of  life.  The  name  is 
first  found  in  New  England  history,  in  Babson's 
"History  of  Gloucester,  Massachusetts,"  where 
we  find  it  stated  that  Richard,  Thomas  and 
Samuel  Variel,  settled  on  Cape  Ann,  between 
the  years  1701  and  1750.  It  is  also  stated  in  this 
work  that  the  family  removed  from  Ipswich, 
Massachusetts,  to  that  region  in  1727,  and  there 
on  January  12,  one  Richard  Variel  married 
Martha  Day. 

It  was  from  the  third  of  these  brothers,  Samuel 
Variel,  who  is  believed  to  have  come  from  Eng- 
land to  the  New  England  colonies,  that  the 
Maine  branch  with  which  we  are  here  con- 
cerned is  descended.  He  married,  May  7,  1731, 
Sarah  Stevens,  and  lived  at  various  times  in 
Gloucester  and  on  Cape  Cod.  It  was  during 
the  lifetime  of  his  son,  Samuel  Variel.  Jr.,  that 
the  family  came  to  Maine,  he  being  without 
doubt  the  Samuel  Variel  who  is  mentioned  in 
the  "History  of  Androscoggin  County,  Maine," 
as  having  come  there  from  Cape  Ann,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  settled  at  New  Gloucester,  Maine, 
about  the  year  1760,  but  afterwards  removed  to 
Bakerstown  near  Center  Minot.  Tradition  has 
it  that  he  was  in  some  ways  rather  eccentric, 
but  when  we  learn  that  he  was  regarded  in  this 
manner  because  he  kept  himself  "strictly  free 


from  debt,"  we  may  feel  justified  in  v.-isliins 
such  eccentricities  more  common.  His  death 
occurred  in  1821,  at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty- 
seven  years.  We  are  not  acquainted  with  the 
name  of  his  wife,  but  he  was  the  father  of 
four  sons,  of  whom  the  second,  Davis,  was  the 
great-grandfather  of  Albert  Edward  Verrill.  of 
this  brief  sketch. 

The  old  spelling  of  the  name  continued  down 
into  the  generation  of  Mr.  Verrill's  grandfather, 
Samuel  Variel.  his  father,  Charles  Verrill,  being 
the  first  one  to  spell  it  in  the  new  form.  Samuel 
Variel  was  a  man  of  considerable  prominence  at 
Center  Minot,  where  he  made  his  home  during 
a  large  portion  of  his  life,  and  where  he  was 
occupied,  in  all  probability,  as  a  farmer.  He 
married,  November  24,  1803,  Experience  Jackson, 
born  January  25,  1787,  and  died  in  Auburn,  Maine, 
September  27,  1871.  She  was  a  direct  descendent 
of  John  Alden  and  Priscilla  Mullins,  who  were 
of  the  famous  Mayflower  company.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Variel  were  the  parents  of  the  following  children : 
Lewis,  born  October  9,  1804;  Hannah,  born 
February  17,  1807,  and  became  the  wife  of 
George  Farwell,  of  Cumberland  Center,  Mn.ine: 
Emma,  born  November  26,  1809,  married  (first) 
Andrew  Mann  and  (second)  Nathan  Weston; 
Cyrus,  born  July  5,  1812;  Charles,  mentioned  be- 
low; Lucy,  born  July  6,  1817;  Lucretia,  the  twin 
of  Lucy;  Alden  J.,  born  November  29,  1820;  and 
Laura  A.,  who  died  in  infancy. 

Charles  Verrill  was  born  October  II,  1814,  at 
Minot,  Maine,  and  attended  school  in  his  native 
town.  He  continued  thus  engaged  until  he  w  :  -; 
eighteen  years  of  age  and  then  learned  the 
trade  of  carpenter,  which  he  followed  for  a 
number  of  years.  He  gave  up  this  trade  upon 
being  appointed  first  station  agent  of  the  Grand 
Trunk  Railroad  at  Empire  Road,  Poland,  Maine, 
immediately  after  the  construction  of  the  road, 
and  served  in  this  capacity  for  several  years, 
and  then  in  1870  removed  to  Auburn,  Maine, 
where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life  and 
there  his  death  eventually  occurred  September 
2,  1896.  He  married  Martha  Lord,  of  Lebanon, 
New  Hampshire,  a  daughter  of  John  Lord  and 
granddaughter  of  Ebenezer  Lord,  of  Lebanon, 
Maine.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Verrill  thirteen 
children  were  born,  as  follows:  Samuel  K., 
born  July  10,  1837,  now  deceased;  Emma  N., 
born  February  15,  1839,  died  January  23,  1907; 
John  L.,  born  October  23,  1840,  died  January  5, 
1904;  Horace  A.,  born  March  2,  1842,  died  April 
12,  1897;  Martha  A.,  born  January  7,  1844,  now  a 
resident  of  Auburn;  Ella  M.,  born  November  n, 


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1845,  also  resides  in  Auburn;  Charles  W.,  born 
September  13,  1847,  died  in  Andersonville  Prison, 
July  15,  1864;  William  W.,  born  November  13, 
1848,  died  in  infancy;  William  H.,  born  Decem- 
ber 4,  1849,  was  a  soldier  in  the  latter  part  of 
the  Civil  War,  and  is  now  engaged  in  the  restau- 
rant business  in  Oklahoma;  Abbie  E.,  born  Janu- 
ary 4,  1852,  now  resides  at  Auburn;  Mary  C, 
born  December  12,  1853,  died  in  infancy;  George 
W.,  born  June  5,  1855,  now  the  proprietor  of  the 
Ogunquit  Maine  Summer  Hotel;  and  Albert  Ed- 
ward, of  whom  further. 

Born  November  12,  1860,  at  Poland,  Maine, 
Albert  Edward  Verrill,  youngest  child  of  Charles 
and  Martha  (Lord)  Verrill,  came  to  Auburn  with 
his  parents  in  1869,  and  it  has  been  with  this 
community  that  Mr.  Verrill's  life  has  been  identi- 
field.  Here  it  was  that  the  young  man  attended 
the  public  schools,  and  at  the  age  of  fourteen, 
upon  completing  his  studies,  went  to  work  in 
a  shoe  shop,  and  in  1878  took  a  position  on  a 
farm  in  York  county,  and  worked  there  for  a 
time.  In  1879  Mr.  Verrill  once  more  resumed 
his  interrupted  schooling  and  studied  for  a  time 
at  the  Waterville  Classical  Institute  and  at- 
tended the  Nichols  Latin  School  at  Lewiston, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  1882  and  where  he 
received  a  preparation  for  college.  Immediately 
thereafter  Mr.  Verrill  matriculated  at  Bates  Col- 
lege, from  which  he  graduated  with  the  class  of 
1886  and  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts,  having 
taken  there  the  usual  classical  course.  Mr.  Ver- 
rill was  a  young  man  of  great  energy,  and  dur- 
ing his  junior  year  at  Bates  College  taught  in 
the  Latin  School.  In  the  meantime,  however,  he 
had  determined  upon  the  law  for  his  future 
career  and  accordingly,  upon  graduating  from 
Bates  College,  entered  the  law  office  of  Savage 
&  Oakes,  well  known  attorneys  in  Lewiston, 
where  the  young  man  pursued  his  studies  to 
such  good  purpose  that  in  1889  he  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  of  Androscoggin  county.  In  the  same 
year  Mr.  Verrill  was  made  chairman  of  the 
Board  of  Registration,  and  in  March,  1891,  be- 
came clerk  of  the  Municipal  Court.  Mr.  Verrill 
soon  built  up  a  large  legal  practice,  and  at  the 
present  time  (1917)  handles  much  of  the  important 
litigation  of  the  city.  He  is  also  a  prominent  figure 
in  social  and  fraternal  circles,  and  is  a  member 
of  the  local  lodges  of  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows  and  the  Knights  of  the  Golden 
Eagle,  and  is  particularly  prominent  in  the 
Masonic  Order,  having  taken  the  thirty-second 
degree  in  Masonry,  and  is  affiliated  with  the  fol- 
lowing bodies:  Tranquil  Lodge.  Ancient  Free 


and  Accepted  Masons;  Lewiston  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar;  Kora  Temple,  Ancient  Arabic 
Order  Nobles  of  the  Mystc  Shrine,  and  the 
Maine  Consistory,  Sovereign  Princes  of  the 
Royal  Secret. 

Albert  Edward  Verrill  was  united  in  marriage, 
June  i,  1896,  at  Auburn  with  Mabel  A.  Lord,  a 
native  of  that  place,  and  a  daughter  of  William 
Freeman  and  Josephine  (Daicy)  Lord,  old  and- 
well  known  residents  of  Auburn,  where  they  re- 
side at  the  present  time.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ver- 
rill one  child,  a  daughter,  Martha  Josephine,  has 
been  born,  October  17,  1909. 

The  life  of  Mr.  Verrill  has  not  been  in  any 
way  noteworthy  for  strange  and  startling  vicissi- 
tudes of  fortune,  nor  for  those  brilliant  achieve- 
ments over  which  the  pages  of  history  love  to 
linger.  It  is  the  record  of  a  simple  career  in 
which  the  distinguishing  marks  are  a  simple 
devotion  to  duty  and  a  broad  minded  affection 
for  his  fellows.  It  is  a  life  at  once  the  type 
and  the  model  of  the  class  of  successful  men 
upon  whom  the  strength  of  the  commitnity  is 
founded.  In  all  his  relations  with  his  fellows, 
he  exhibits  a  healthy  and  wholesome  manlinc«» 
which  wins  instant  good  feeling  and  respect,  so 
that  he  has  scarcely  an  enemy  but  a  great  host 
of  friends  and  well-wishers.  There  is  nothing 
that  makes  so  direct  an  appeal  to  men  as  a 
manly,  unfearful  outlook  on  life,  a  tongue  not 
afraid  to  speak  out  its  beliefs,  yet  shrinks  from 
hurting  unnecessarily.  These  are  the  qualities 
which  mark  Mr.  Verrill  in  his  dealings  with 
men,  and  which  account  for  his  wide  popularity. 

FREDERICK  L.  JERRIS  was  one  of  the  well 
known  business  men  of  Portland.  The  Jerrii 
family  is  of  Dutch  origin.  Mr.  Jerris'  paternal 
grandfather,  Peter  Jerris,  having  been  a  native 
of  Delft,  Holland.  While  still  a  young  man,  Peter 
Jerris  came  to  America,  and  settled  in  the  town 
of  Brunswick,  Maine.  He  married  a_  Miss  Rob- 
erts, by  whom  he  had  two  children,  William 
Henry,  the  father  of  Frederick  L.  Jerris,  and 
Peter,  Jr.,  both  of  whom  died  many  years  ago. 

William  Henry  Jerris  was  born  in  Brunswick, 
November  20,  1819,  but  came  to  Portland  at  a 
very  early  age  and  lived  here  until  his  death,  May 
31,  l88s.  Up  to  the  time  of  the  Portland  fire 
of  1866  he  was  engaged  in  the  printing  and  pub- 
lishing business,  being  at  one  time  owner  of  the 
Portland  Transcript.  Therafter  he  was  actively 
engaged  in  the  real  estate  business.  He  married 
Ellen  Goold  Larrabee,  a  native  of  Portland,  born 
February  12,  1832,  and  where  she  died,  July  28, 


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1907.  The    Larrabee    family    was    one    of    the 
earliest  to  settle  in  the  vicinity  of  Portland,  and 
the  name  Benjamin  Larrabee  was  continued  from 
father  to  son  for  many  generations.      One  of  the 
earliest    members    of    the    family,    Captain    Ben- 
jamin Larrabee,  who  was  the  second  in  command 
at  Port  Royal.      See  History. 

Frederick  Larrabee  Jerris  was  one  of  the  two 
children  of  William  Henry  and  Ellen  Goold 
(Larrabee)  Jerris,  and  was  born  in  Portland  De- 
cember 21,  1869.  He  attended  the  schools  there, 
graduating  from  the  High  School  in  1887,  and 
entered  Harvard  College  in  the  fall  of  that  year. 
After  graduating  from  Harvard  in  1891,  he  spent 
a  year  in  travel  abroad,  and  entered  the  Harvard 
Law  School  in  October,  1892,  graduating  in  1895. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  Suffolk  County  Bar  in 
April,  1895,  and  passed  about  a  year  and  a  half 
in  practice  in  Boston.  Returning  to  Portland, 
he  was  admitted  to  the  Cumberland  County  Bar 
in  1897  and  continued  the  practice  of  law  until 

1908,  when  he  decided  to  give  practically  his  en- 
tire  time   to   real   estate,  in   which   he   had  been 
more  or  less  engaged  while  practicing  law.      He 
continued  in  the   real  estate   business   up   to   the 
time  of  his  death. 

Mr.  Jerris  spent  four  years,  1900-04,  in  the 
City  Government  of  Portland,  the  first  two  in  the 
Common  Council,  and  the  last  two  in  the  Board 
of  Aldermen,  of  which  latter  board  he  was  chair- 
man in  1904. 

Mr.  Jerris  was  a  Mason,  but  he  was  not  ac- 
tive in  secret  organizations.  He  belonged  to  the 
Cumberland,  Portland,  Athletic  and  Art  clubs, 
and  was  for  many  years  one  of  the  enthusiastic 
golfers  at  the  Country  Club.  Fond  of  all  sports, 
he  was  also  an  excellent  tennis  player,  and  ac- 
customed to  walking  trips,  covering  many  miles 
at  a  rapid  pace. 

At  politics  Mr.  Jerris  was  usually  a  Republican, 
but  thought  that  blind  partisanship  was  both  un- 
intelligent and  vicious.  He  was  inclined  to  be 
somewhat  radical  in  his  ideas,  as  he  believed 
that  the  present  industry  system  was  altogether 
too  much  in  favor  of  wealth  as  against  labor. 

Mr.  Jerris  died  March  7,  1918.  He  was  known 
for  his  keen  judgment  of  men  and  affairs,  and 
because  of  his  genial  nature  made  and  held  many 
friends. 


JOHN  ANDERSON  NESS,  one  of  the  best 
known  figures  in  the  agricultural  world  of  Maine, 
where  he  has  been  highly  successful  in  breeding 
Clydesdale  horses  and  Ayrshire  cattle,  Is  a  na- 
tive of  Quebec,  Canada,  and  comes  of  a  line  of 


ancestors  who  have  long  been  expert  farmers  and 
tillers  of  the  soil.  He  is  a  son  of  Robert  Ness, 
of  Howick,  Quebec,  Canada,  who  for  many  years 
was  engaged  in  the  same  activity  as  is  now  fol- 
lowed by  the  son. 

The  following  notice  in  Hoard's  Dairyman  gives 
an  impression  of  how  well  known  as  a  breeder 
of  horses  and  cattle  in  his  native  country  Rob- 
ert Ness  has  been: 

Following  the  example  of  the  University  of  Wiscon- 
sin and  other  United  States  institutions,  Macdonald 
College,  Quebec,  Canada,  has  instituted  a  "Hall  of 
Fame,"  recognizing  its  foremost  agriculturalists  by 
presentation  of  honorary  diplomas,  and  afterwards  goes 
on  to  say:  "One  of  the  first  to  receive  this  recognition 
is  Mr.  Robert  Ness,  one  of  Canada's  great  stockmen. 
He  came  to  Canada  in  18T>3  as  a  boy,  and  settled  with 
his  parents  at  Howick,  Quebec.  lie  has  done  a  wonder- 
ful work  for  the  improvement  of  Clydesdale  horses  and 
Ayrshire  cattle  in  that  country,  and  in  connection  with 
his  importations  has  crossed  the  Atlantic  ocean  one 
hundred  and  ten  times.  His  greatest  services  have  been 
rendered  to  agriculture  by  his  work  on  his  own  farm. 
He  has  occupied  important  official  positions  as  well. 
He  has  been  a  member  of  the  Quebec  Council  of  Agricul- 
ture since  1899;  a  member  of  the  Canadian  Livestock 
Records;  the  Canadian  Livestock  Records  Board  since 
1905;  president  of  the  General  Animals'  Insurance  Com- 
pany of  Canada;  and  vice-president  of  the  Clydesdale 
Horse  Association  of  Canada.  As  an  exhibitor  and 
judge  of  livestock  he  is  known  to  all." 

Born  October  6,  1873,  at  Howick,  Quebec,  Can- 
ada, John  Anderson  Ness  passed  his  childhood 
and  early  youth  at  his  native  place.  He  there 
attended  the  local  schools  and  obtained  the  ele- 
mentary portion  of  his  education,  after  which  he 
matriculated  at  McGill  University  at  Montreal. 
He  graduated  from  this  institution  with  the  class 
of  1896,  and  in  the  following  year  came  to  the 
United  States,  locating  at  first  in  the  town  of 
Poland,  Maine.  His  interests  were  naturally  de- 
veloped along  the  line  of  his  father's  great  agri- 
cultural activities,  and  it  was  at  Poland  that  he 
became  manager  of  the  great  stock  farm  of  the 
late  James  S.  Sanborn,  which  was  located  at  that 
point.  He  remained  employed  in  this  capacity 
lor  some  seven  years,  and  was  eminently  success- 
ful in  the  conduct  of  this  handsome  estate.  In 
the  year  1904,  however,  he  severed  this  associa- 
tion, and  coming  to  Auburn,  Androsroggin 
county,  Maine,  purchased  in  the  immediate  neigh- 
borhood a  fine  farm  of  one  hundred  and  seventy- 
five  acres.  This  property,  which  is  situated  a 
mile  and  a  half  from  the  city,  continues  in  his 
possession  and  is  now  regarded  as  one  of  the 
finest  farms  in  that  entire  region.  After  first  be- 
coming its  owner,  Mr.  Ness  began  to  develop  it 
in  the  most  scientic  and  modern  manner,  and 
stocked  it  with  pure  Ayrshire  cattle  and  Clydes- 
dale horses,  the  same  animals  which  his  father 
had  made  a  specialty  of.  These  he  has  bred  with 


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scientific  care,  and  now  conducts  the  largest 
breeding  establishment  of  its  kind  in  Andros- 
coggin  county.  He  has  exhibited  his  stock  all 
over  the  State  of  Maine  at  the  various  fairs  and 
cattle  shows,  and  has  consistently  won  prizes  for 
his  animals  wherever  he  has  gone.  In  the 
autumn  of  1916  he  exhibited  at  the  National  Dairy 
Show,  at  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  and  won  a 
number  of  championships  and  grandchampion- 
ships  on  account  of  the  stock  shown  by  him.  He 
carried  off  the  honors  for  the  State  of  Maine,  a 
fact  of  which  he  is  justifiably  proud.  His  farm 
is  one  of  the  most  beautiful  and  thoroughly  mod- 
ern in  all  its  equipments  of  any  in  the  State,  and 
is  kept  at  the  very  highest  state  of  cultivation. 
It  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  show  places  in  the 
neighborhood  and  as  a  model  of  efficiency  and 
enterprise.  Mr.  Ness  is  interested  in  the  gen- 
eral subject  of  cattle  breeding  throughout  the 
country,  and  especially  in  Maine,  and  is  affiliated 
with  a  very  great  number  of  important  agricul- 
tural associations  in  the  State.  He  is  president 
of  the  New  England  Milk  Producers'  Associa- 
tion, secretary  for  the  Maine  Ayrshire  Breeders' 
Association,  and  in  1914-15  was  president  of  the 
National  Breeders'  Association,  and  a  member  of 
many  other  similar  associations.  He  is  a  promi- 
nent Free  Masons,  and  is  a  conspicuous  figure 
in  the  fraternal  and  social  circles  of  the  region. 
In  his  religious  belief  Mr.  Ness  is  a  Congre- 
gationalist,  and  attends  the  High  Street  Church 
of  that  denomination  at  Auburn.  He  is  inter- 
ested in  the  work  of  his  church,  and  liberally 
supports  it,  especially  in  connection  with  its 
philanthropic  undertakings. 

John  Anderson  Ness  married,  October  17,  1900, 
at  Chicago,  Jean  Borland  Ness,  a  young  lady, 
who  in  spite  of  her  name,  is  no  relation  of  his. 
Mrs.  Ness  is  a  native  of  New  Haven,  Connecti- 
cut, where  she  was  born,  November  6,  1876,  a 
daughter  of  Thomas  L.  and  Elizabeth  (MacAr- 
thur)  Ness.  Thomas  L.  Ness  is  a  native  of  Glas- 
gow, Scotland,  and  came  as  a  young  man  of 
twenty-one  years  of  age  to  America.  He  lo- 
cated for  a  time  at  Montreal,  and  afterwards  re- 
moved to  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  where  he  met  his 
death  in  an  accident  in  the  year  1879.  He  was  a 
lithographer  by  trade  and  followed  that  business 
while  living  in  this  country.  His  wife,  who  had 
been  a  Miss  MacArthur  before  her  marriage,  was 
born  at  Howick,  Quebec,  Canada,  and  now  makes 
her  home  at  Minneapolis,  Minnesota.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Ness  are  the  parents  of  four  sons,  as  fol- 
lows: John,  born  April  24,  1908;  Robert  Lawson, 
born  October  8,  191 1;  Norman  Renfrew,  born 


April  5,  1912;  and  Gordon  Borland,  born  May  5, 

1913. 

John  Anderson  Ness,  though  an  Auburn  man 
only  by  adoption,  is  one  of  the  community's  most 
energetic  and  interested  members.  He  is  very 
public-spirited,  and  gives  a  great  deal  of  time  and 
attention  to  the  manifold  movements  undertaken 
for  the  city's  welfare.  He  is  a  man  of  unim- 
peachable integrity,  and  a  hard  worker  in  all 
that  he  undertakes,  and  these  traits,  added  to  a 
mind  with  unusual  power  of  grasping  the  con- 
crete problems,  render  him  successful  in  his  agri- 
cultural career.  But  they  do  more  than  this, 
they  gain  for  him  in  a  high  degree  the  respect 
and  admiration  of  his  fellows,  which  his  truly 
democratic  outlook  on  life,  his  treatment  of  all 
men,  high  or  low,  rich  or  poor,  without  fear  or 
favor,  only  tend  to  confirm  and  deepen  into  af- 
fection. His  personality  has  gained  him  a  host 
of  warm  and  devoted  friends  and  he  is  extremely 
popular  amongst  them.  There  can  be  no  ques- 
tion as  to  the  truth  of  the  proposition  that  in 
the  life  of  the  farmer  the  conditions  are  such 
as  to  make  for  the  complete,  well-rounded  de- 
velopment of  character  in  a  degree  scarcely  to 
be  found  in  any  other  human  occupation.  It 
was  his  fortune  to  enjoy  in  his  youth  that  rural 
environment  so  highly  praised  and  his  virtue  to 
profit  to  the  full  by  the  experience.  Whether  it 
is  the  superb  physical  basis  induced  by  the  plenty 
of  wholesome  work  and  recreation  in  the  open 
air,  whether  it  is  in  the  quality  of  the  work  it- 
self, which  necessitates  patience  and  self-control, 
or  whether  there  is  something  in  the  intimate 
contact  with  the  bare,  unvarnished,  elemental 
facts  of  nature  which  tone  the  temperament  and 
balance  the  judgment,  it  would,  perhaps,  be  pre- 
sumptions to  say.  Perhaps  it  is  a  combination 
of  all  of  these,  but  certain  it  is  that  men  en- 
gaged in  this  primitive  industry  in  their  youth, 
display,  on  the  whole,  more  than  others,  those 
strong,  basic  virtues  that  we  associate  with  the 
idea  of  manliness  and  which  are  so  conspicuous- 
ly the  traits  and  qualities  of  Mr.  Ness,  the  suc- 
cessful agriculturalist  of  Maine. 


.  .WALTER  GRAHAM  HAY— It  is  not  so  much 
the  wealth  that  a  community  may  boast  itself 
possessed  of  that  constitutes  its  real  source  of 
strength,  it  is  not  even  the  brilliant  achievements 
of  its  remarkable  men,  past  and  present,  but 
rather  the  quality  of  manhood  found  among  the 
rank  and  file  of  its  members.  It  is  true,  of 
course,  that  occasionally  under  the  stimulus  of 
some  extraordinary  genius,  which  moulds  and  di- 


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reels  popular  energy,  even  weak  people  will  ac- 
complish great  things,  but  this  is  but  temporary 
and  with  the  withdrawal  of  the  external  spur 
the  unwonted  energy  at  once  subsides.  It  is 
only  when  such  virtues  and  energies  are  in  the 
blood  and  bone  of  the  people  themselves  that  they 
persevere  and  their  characteristic  effects  are 
made  permanent  and  nowhere  is  this  more  truly 
the  case  than  in  New  England.  Typical  of  the 
strong  and  worthy  qualities  of  this  region  is  Wal- 
ter Graham  Hay  who,  although  not  a  native 
thereof,  has  identified  himself  most  closel>  with 
the.  affairs  of  Portland,  Maine,  for  the  past  seven- 
teen years,  having  come  to  that  city,  September 
I,  1900.  He  is  a  son  of  William  Hay,  a  native 
o£  Nova  Scotia,  where  he  was  a  successful  mining 
engineer,  and  where  his  death  occurred  in  1900 
at  the  age  of  sixty-nine  years.  Mr.  Hay,  Sr., 
married  Mary  Reid,  like  himself  a  native  of  Nova 
Scotia,  whose  death  occurred  August  16,  1913,  in 
Danvers,  Massachusetts,  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
six  years.  They  were  the  parents  of  the  follow- 
ing children:  Lida  J.,  the  widow  of  Clayton  J. 
Bailey,  and  now  a  resident  of  Danvers,  Massa- 
chusetts; Jeanette,  who  became  the  wife  of  Wil- 
liam F.  Greeley;  Susie  C.,  who  resides  in  Dan- 
vers; Walter  Graham,  of  whom  further;  and 
Harry  F.  G.,  of  Westbrook,  Maine,  where  he  is 
engaged  in  a  successful  undertaking  business. 

Born  March  25,  1872,  at  Tangier,  Nova  Scotia, 
Walter  Graham  Hay  continued  to  live  in  his  na- 
tive region  until  he  had  reached  the  age  of 
eighteen  years,  receiving  in  the  meantime  his 
education  at  the  local  public  schools.  He  then 
came  to  the  United  States  and  resided  for  a  time 
in  the  city  of  Boston,  where  for  two  years  he 
studied  medicine  at  the  medical  department  of 
Dartmouth  College.  At  the  end  of  this  period 
he  was  taken  seriously  ill  and  relinquished  his 
studies  in  order  that  he  might  travel  in  an  effort 
to  regain  his  health,  combining  this  important 
task  with  business.  He  secured  a  position  with 
an  embalming  supply  company  and  traveled 
through  New  England  as  its  representative  for 
a  period  of  some  five  years.  In  the  year  1900, 
however,  he  severed  his  connection  with  this  con- 
cern and  established  an  undertaking  business  un- 
der the  name  of  Walter  G.  Hay,  and  in  1902  it 
became  the  firm  of  Hay  &  Peabody,  and  con- 
tinued up  to  this  time  (1917).  They  have  a  large 
undertaking  establishment  located  at  No.  756 
Congress  street,  Portland.  This  firm  manufac- 
turers on  a  large  scale  caskets  and  cement  burial 
vaults,  its  plant  being  located  at  Woodfords.  It 
is  one  of  the  growing  concerns  in  this  line  of 


business  and  conducts  a  very  large  trade  through- 
out the  region.  Mr.  Hay  is  prominent  in  Port- 
land, not  alone  as  a  business  man  but  in  well 
nigh  every  aspect  of  the  community's  life.  He 
is  a  staunch  Republican  and  is  a  very  prominent 
figure  in  the  local  organization  of  that  party. 
He  has  held  many  important  offices  in  the  civil 
life  of  Portland,  served  for  two  years  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  City  Common  Council  and  for  a  sim- 
ilar period  on  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  repre- 
senting Ward  Five  of  Portland.  In  the  year 
1912  he  ran  for  mayor  on  the  Republican  ticket 
against  the  present  Governor  Curtis  and  on  that 
occasion  polled  a  large  vote.  Mr.  Hay  is  a  promi- 
nent Mason  and  is  a  member  of  the  local  lodges 
of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Improved  Order  of 
Red  Men.  He  is  prominent  in  the  club  life  of 
the  city,  and  is  affiliated  with  the  Rotary  Club, 
Woodfords  Club,  and  the  Fern  Park  Club  and 
Portland  Athletic  Club,  being  especially  active 
in  encouraging  all  kinds  of  athletic  and  out-door 
sports  and  pastimes. 

On  April  5,  1896,  Mr.  Hay  was  united  in  mar- 
riage at  Boston,  Massachusetts,  with  Cora  E. 
Murdock,  like  himself  a  native  of  Nova  Scotia, 
having  been  born  in  the  town  of  Bridgetown,  in 
that  region.  Mrs.  Hay  is  a  daughter  of  John 
and  Cornelia  E.  (Bent)  Murdock,  both  of  whom 
are  now  deceased.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hay  two 
children  have  been  born,  as  follows:  Lloyd 
Graham,  May  16,  1899,  now  a  student  in  the  Port- 
land High  School,  and  Mary  C.,  May  12,  1907. 

We  have  a  term  which  has  originated  in  this 
country  to  express  a  particular  type  of  man  who, 
though  not  peculiar  to  ourselves,  is  probably  more 
common  here  than  anywhere  else  in  the  world. 
The  term  is  that  of  "self-made  man,"  which  ex- 
presses with  a  certain  pungent  precision  common 
to  popular  phrases  a  type  with  which  we  are  all 
familiar.  It  would  be  difficult  to  discover  a  bet- 
ter example  of  what  is  meant  by  the  term  than 
in  the  person  of  Mr.  Hay. 


WILLIAM  JAMES  KNOWLTON,  born  in 
Stark,  Maine,  June  9,  1851,  son  of  Hiram  and  Sa- 
brina  W.  (Chapman)  Knowlton,  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1872  in  Somerset  county,  formed  part- 
nership with  his  father,  and  practised  in  Skow- 
hegan  until  June,  1874,  then  both  moved  to  Port- 
land, Maine,  and  there  continued  in  practice 
until  the  decease  of  the  father,  April  6,  1915,  and 
since  then  the  son  has  practised  alone.  He  mar- 
ried Vetta  C.  Tibbetts,  of  Portland,  June  12,  1878. 


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RALPH  McCLINTOCK  LUNN,  one  of  the 
most  successful  manufacturers  of  New  England 
and  a  prominent  figure  in  the  business  and  social 
life  of  Auburn,  Maine,  died  in  that  city  on  the 
24th  of  March,  1916.  Mr.  Lunn  was  of  English 
stock.  His  grandfather,  Richard  Lunn,  came  to 
this  country  from  England  prior  to  the  Civil 
War  and  settled  in  the  State  of  Illinois.  Richard 
Lunn  was  a  physician  of  high  standing  in  his 
profession,  a  man  of  wide  education  and  culture. 
His  son,  John  Lunn,  was  also  a  man  of  scholarly 
habits  and  of  broad  and  enlightened  mind.  He 
was  an  admirer  and  acquaintance  of  Abraham 
Lincoln,  was  interested  in  public  affairs,  was  a 
public  speaker  of  power  and  a  prominent  figure 
in  the  Illinois  town  in  which  he  lived  for  many 
years.  He  married  Mrs.  Katharine  Bull  of 
Quincy,  Illinois,  daughter  of  Dr.  Asa  Barker 
Snow  of  Boston,  Massachusetts.  Two  children 
were  born  to  them,  John  Davis  Lunn  of  St. 
Louis,  Missouri,  and  Ralph  McClintock  Lunn, 
the  subject  of  this  ketch. 

Ralph  McClintock  Lunn  was  born  at  Mcndon, 
Illinois,  June  21,  1879.  While  still  a  small  child, 
his  parents  moved  to  Mankato,  Minnesota,  where 
he  received  a  common  school  education,  graduat- 
ing from  the  local  High  School  at  the  age  01 
seventeen  years.  During  the  vacations  of 
school  he  worked  in  a  local  shoe  store.  The 
summer  following  his  graduation  he  managed  a 
Chautauqua  Musical  Quartette  and  then  again 
became  clerk  in  a  Mankato  shoe  store.  He  was 
soon  made  manager  of  a  store  in  a  neighboring 
town,  then  became  a  shoe  salesman  and  continued 
as  a  salesman  until  his  father's  illness  obliged  him 
to  return  to  Mankato  to  carry  on  his  father's  busi- 
ness, which  occupied  his  time  until  1903. 

During  these  years  he  had  familiarized  him- 
self with  the  retail  shoe  trade  and  with  the  sci- 
ence of  salesmanship.  He  now  associated  him- 
self with  W.  R.  Lynn  and  Alfred  J.  Sweet  in  the 
formation  of  the  Lunn  &  Lynn  Shoe  Company 
of  Auburn,  Maine,  to  which  city  Mr.  Lunn  came 
in  July,  1903.  Mr.  Sweet  came  to  Auburn  a  few 
months  later.  Mr.  Lynn  soon  retired  from  the 
business  and  the  firm  became  the  Lunn  &  Sweet 
Shoe  Company.  The  company's  first  location 
was  in  a  store  in  Roak  Block,  where  it  employed 
about  fifty  men,  who  turned  out  from  two  hun- 
dred to  two  hundred  and  seventy-five  pairs  of 
shoes  a  day.  The  business  was  prosperous  from 
its  inception.  The  company  built  a  large  factory 
on  Minot  avenue  in  1908,  which  was  substantially 
enlarged  in  1912  and  again  in  1914..  At  the  time 
of  Mr.  Lunn's  death  in  1916,  the  employees  of 


the  company  numbered  about  twelve  hundred, 
and  its  output  was  approximately  six  thousand 
pairs  of  shoes  daily. 

Mr.  Lunn  was  a  master  of  detail  yet  he  could 
conceive  and  construct.  He  had  a  genius  for 
organization.  He  strove  for  efficiency  in  plant, 
in  methods,  in  men.  He  had  a  deep  and  gener- 
ous interest  in  the  well  being  of  every  employee, 
which  merited  and  which  earned  the  loyalty  and 
the  efficient  service  of  all  of  them.  These  char- 
acteristics and  these  efforts  were  described  in 
the  following  words,  spoken  of  him  to  his  em- 
ployees by  an  intimate  friend: 

lie  realized  tht>  mutuality  of  Interest  nnd  obligation 
between  bis  employees  and  this  company  and  lie  tried 
to  meet  In  equity  and  in  justice  the  obligation.-  resting 
on  him.  lie  believed  In  co-operative  effort.  Kn*ii-l<-ii<  y 
la  impossible  without  organization,  and  organization 
depen-ls  upon  co-operation  of  management  and  worker. 
Mr.  Lunn  had  a  clear  perception  of  this.  He  tried  to 
make  you  feel  your  responsibility.  He  appealed  not 
only  to  your  self-interest  but  especially  to  your  sense 
of  fairness  and  to  your  pride  in  the  growth  of  the 
business  of  which  you  were  a  part,  and  that  lie  was 
Justified  in  his  judgment  and  his  efforts,  your  faithful 
work  and  splendid  loyalty  attest.  He  sought  a  highly 
organized  and  efficient  factory,  and  to  this  end  he  asked 
of  you  intelligent  and  honest  service,  lint  he  aspired 
to  give  you  dependable  employment  under  sanitary  and 
healthful  conditions  and  to  further  In  practical  ways 
your  material,  your  social  and  your  moral  well  being. 
Toward  all  others  with  whom  be  came  In  business 
contact,  he  was  courteous,  kindly,  tenacious  of  his  own 
judgments,  but  respecting  the  opinions  and  observing 
the  rights  of  all.  Confidence  In  him  could  not  be  with- 
held, for  be  was  punctual,  precise,  meaning  what  he 
said,  performing  what  he  promised.  He  looked  onward 
and  upward,  and  never  downward  or  backward.  It  In 
this  spirit  which  accomplishes  results  In  this  world. 

And  this  estimate  of  a  friend  finds  confirmation 
in  the  action  of  the  employees  who  knew  him  so 
well.  Several  months  after  his  death  a  bronze 
tablet  to  his  memory  was  unveiled  by  them  upon 
which  was  inscribed  the  following  tribute  and 
expression  of  esteem: 

Large   was   his    bounty    and    his    soul    sincere. 

Erected  to  perpetuate  the  memory  of  our  beloved 
employer,  whose  keen  sense  of  justice  and  love  of  fair 
play  won  for  him  the  everlasting  admiration  of  his 
people. 

Mr.  Lunn  was  identified  with  other  interests  of 
the  community.  He  was  a  member  of  the  local 
school  board,  and  a  director  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Lewiston,  Maine,  the  youngest  man  ever 
elected  to  the  board.  Every  effort  for  civic 
improvement,  for  the  material  and  moral  better- 
ment of  the  community,  had  his  sympathy  and  as- 
sistance. He  was  a  Republican  in  politics,  active 
in  the  work  of  his  party  but  never  aspiring  to 
Hold  office.  In  his  religious  belief  he  was  a  Pres- 
byterian, attending  the  church  of  this  denomina- 
tion in  the  various  places  in  which  he  lived  from 
his  boyhood.  He  loved  the  great  outdoors.  He 


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was  an  ardent  fisherman,  and  sought  the  woods 
and  the  streams  for  his  rest  arid  recreation. 

Mr.  Lunn  was  united  in  marriage  on  the  first 
day  of  January,  1903,  with  Nina  E.  Lumbard, 
daughter  of  Dwight  A.  and  Mary  Griffith  Lum- 
bard, of  Fremont,  Nebraska,  and  two  children 
were  born  to  them,  Nina  Katherine,  on  November 
23,  1903,  and  Richard  Dwight  on  October  21,  1914. 


EDGAR  HOWARD  MINOT,  D.M.D.,  one  of 

the  prominent  dentists  of  Saco,  Maine,  is  a  son 
of  Augustus  O.  and  Augusta  L.  (Trask)  Minot  of 
Whitefield,  in  this  State,  where  he  was  himself  born. 
His  father  was  a  well  known  farmer  in  that  region 
and  also  conducted  a  successful  business  in  Cali- 
fornia as  a  building  contractor.  Edgar  Howard 
Minot  was  born  July  15,  1873,  but  did  not  live  for 
many  years  at  Whitefield,  his  parents  removing 
from  there  to  Gardiner,  when  he  was  a  small  child. 
It  was  at  the  latter  place  that  he  received  his  educa- 
tion, attending  the  public  schools  for  this  purpose 
and  being  prepared  for  college  at  the  high  school 
there.  He  then  entered  Tufts  Dental  College  at 
Boston  and  after  the  usual  course  at  that  institution, 
graduated  with  the  class  of  1900.  He  at  once  came 
to  Biddeford  and  has  been  practicing  there  ever 
since.  He  is  now  possessed  of  a  large  and  high 
class  clientele  and  no  dentist  in  the  region  is  more 
widely  known  or  highly  thought  of.  Dr.  Minot  has 
been  very  active  in  public  affairs  as  well  as  in  his 
profession  and  has  been  a  leader  here  for  a  number 
of  years.  He  was  elected  to  the  Saco  Board  of 
Aldermen  in  1915,  and  served  three  years  in  that  ca- 
pacity, and  on  March  4,  1918,  he  was  elected  mayor 
of  Saco,  an  office  that  he  still  holds  today.  He  is 
very  prominent  in  fraternal  circles  in  this  region, 
especially  so  in  connection  with  the  Masonic  Order. 
He  is  past  master  of  Dunlop  Lodge,  Ancient  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons ;  past  high  priest  of  the  York 
Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  and  past  commander, 
Bradford  Commandery,  Knights  Templar.  A  mem- 
ber of  the  Maine  Dental  Society,  Dr.  Minot  was 
elected  its  president  in  1918,  and  he  is  secretary  of 
the  York  Dental  Club.  In  his  religious  belief  Dr. 
Minot  is  a  Unitarian,  and  he  and  the  members  of  his 
family  attend  the  church  of  that  denomination  at 
Saco. 

Edgar  Howard  Minot  was  united  in  marriage  on 
the  twelfth  day  of  June,  1901,  at  Portland,  with 
Mary  L.  King,  a  daughter  of  William  D.  and  Nancy 
A.  (Hazleton)  King. 


HARRY  W.  DAVIS— That  this  is  the  name  of 
an  active  and  successful  man  of  affairs  his  fellow- 
citizens  of  Guilford  do  not  need  to  be  told.  For  up- 


ward of  a  quarter  of  a  century  Mr.  Davis  has  been 
identified  with  the  manufacturing  and  financial  in- 
terests of  his  home  town,  and  has  also  won  distinc- 
tion by  his  political  record,  having  most  creditably 
represented  his  district  in  both  branches  of  the  State 
Legislature. 

Harry  W!.  Davis  was  born  April  24,  1862,  in  Guil- 
ford, Maine,  and  is  a  son  of  Seth  Nelson  and 
Amanda  (Morgan)  Davis.  Mr.  Davis  was  a  mer- 
chant, and  for  seventeen  years  filled  the  office  of 
postmaster  of  Guilford.  The  education  of  Harry  \Y. 
Davis  was  received  at  Maine  State  College,  now  the 
University  of  Maine,  and  his  business  career  opened 
in  North  Dakota,  where  he  had  charge  of  a  general 
store  and  a  number  of  lumber  yards.  He  was  also 
engaged  there  in  the  banking  business,  the  firm  name 
being  Hanson  &  Davis,  and  their  bank  being  situated 
in  Buxton.  Later  Mr.  Davis  organized  the  North 
Dakota  State  Bank  at  Church's  Ferry,  North  Da- 
kota, and  from  1887  to  1892  served  as  its  cashier. 
In  the  latter  year  Mr.  Davis  returned  to  Guilford 
and  organized  the  First  National  Bank  of  Guilford, 
in  which  he  held  the  office  of  cashier  until  the  bank 
was  liquidated  and  the  Guilford  Trust  Company 
formed  as  its  successor.  Of  this  organization  Mr. 
Davis  became  treasurer,  and  in  1908  he  was  elected 
president,  an  office  which  he  still  retains.  Mr.  Da\  is 
is  also  prominently  associated  with  manufacturing 
interests,  having  served  for  several  years  as  treas- 
urer of  the  Guilford  Lumber  Company,  and  now 
holding  a  directorship  in  the  Guilford  Manufacturing 
Company.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the  Forest  City  Trust 
Company,  of  Portland,  Maine. 

Always  a  Republican,  Mr.  Davis  has  for  several 
years  mingled  actively  in  politics,  filling  the  offices 
of  town  treasurer  and  treasurer  of  the  Republican 
town  and  county  committees.  After  representing  his 
district  for  one  term  in  the  lower  house  of  the  State 
Legislature  he  received  the  tribute  of  a  re-election, 
and  in  1917  and  1918  he  was  the  choice  of  his  party 
for  State  Senator.  His  record,  both  as  Representa- 
tive and  Senator,  more  than  justified  his  fellow- 
citizens  in  their  selection.  In  local  affairs  Mr.  Davis 
has  borne  an  influential  part,  having  served  for 
the  last  twenty  years  as  secretary  of  the  Guilford 
Board  of  Trade.  For  the  last  eight  years  he  has 
been  president  of  the  Guilford  Memorial  Library. 
He  affiliates  with  Mount  Kineo  Lodge,  No.  106, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Guilford,  Maine,  and 
his  religious  membership  is  in  the  Univcrsalist 
church. 

Mr.  Davis  married,  January  i,  1887,  in  Guilford, 
Clara  E.  Webber,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Lydia  E. 
(Davis)  Webber,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  the  fol- 
lowing children:  Raymond  W.,  born  October  15, 


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1887,  at  Hillsboro,  North  Dakota ;  Nell  (now  the 
wife  of  Robert  Houston),  born  October  4,  1890,  at 
Church's  Ferry,  North  Dakota ;  Manley  W.,  born 
March  7,  1896,  at  Guilford,  Maine;  and  Pauline  L., 
born  May  26,  1901,  also  at  Guilford. 

Harry  W.  Davis  has  accomplished  much  in  widely 
differing  spheres  of  action,  and  as  he  is  still  in  the 
prime  of  life  his  record  justifies  the  belief  that  the 
future  holds  for  him  larger  opportunities  for 
service  and  distinction. 


REUEL  ROBINSON— In  1888,  Reuel  Robin- 
son came  to  the  Maine  bar  a  well-informed,  self- 
reliant  young  man  of  twenty-nine.  He  settled  in 
Camden,  Knox  county,  Maine,  where  he  is  still  en- 
gaged in  the  active  practise  of  his  profession  and  is 
highly  esteemed  by  his  brethren  of  the  bar  and 
the  people  of  his  community.  Camden,  a  favorite 
Penobscot  Bay  resort,  with  its  shipbuilding  industry 
and  manufactures,  has  offered  many  business  oppor- 
tunities, and  in  several  of  the  corporations  there  ex- 
isting Mr.  Robinson  has  long  been  interested  as  offi- 
cial and  counsel.  He  is  an  authority  on  local  history 
and  has  published,  "A  History  of  Camden  and  Rock- 
port,  Maine,''  and  histories  of  those  ancient  Ma- 
sonic bodies,  Amity  Lodge,  No.  6,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  Keystone  Chapter,  No.  24,  Royal  Arch 
Masons. 

Reuel  Robinson  was  born  in  Palmyra,  Somerset 
county,  Maine,  September  25,  1858.  His  parents 
were  Daniel  S.  and  Susan  A.  (Bruce)  Robinson.  He 
began  his  education  in  the  public  schools  and  later 
prepared  for  college  at  the  Maine  Central  Institute, 
Pittsfield,  Maine,  whence  he  was  graduated,  class 
orator,  A.B.,  1881;  A.M.,  1883.  After  graduating 
he  became  an  instructor  of  youth,  teaching  in  various 
high  schools  in  New  England,  finishing  that  phase 
of  his  career  in  Camden,  where  he  began  and  com- 
pleted his  law  study  in  the  office  of  the  late  Hon.  T. 
R.  Simonton  of  the  Knox  county  bar.  Since  his  ad- 
mission to  the  bar,  in  addition  to  the  successful  prac- 
tise of  his  profession,  he  has  taken  part  in  many  local 
activities.  For  three  years  he  was  editor  of  the 
Camden  Herald.  He  is  president  and  treasurer  of 
the  Camden  Woolen  Company,  president  of  the  Cam- 
den Yacht  Building  &  Railway  Company,  and  is  a 
director  of  several  other  local  corporations. 

Mr.  Robinson  has  been  a  lifelong  Republican  and 
has  been  prominent  in  State  politics  for  many  years, 
both  in  the  inner  circles  as  a  member  of  the  party 
organizations,  and  "on  the  stump,"  where  in  every 
campaign  he  has  rendered  valuable  services  to  the 
party  cause  and  the  party  candidates.  For  six  years 
he  served  on  the  Republican  State  Committee,  and 
for  many  years  he  was  chairman  of  the  Camden  Re- 


publican Town  Committee.  From  1889  to  1893  he- 
was  judge  of  probate  for  Knox  county. 

In  Free  Masonry  he  holds  all  the  degrees  of  the 
York  Rite  and  is  a  past  master  of  Amity  Loge,  No. 
6,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  past  high  priest  of 
Keystone  Chapter,  No.  24,  Royal  Arch  Masons;  and 
past  eminent  commander  of  Camden  Commandery, 
No.  23,  Knights  Templar.  He  is  also  prominent  in 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  being  a  past 
grand  of  Mt.  Battie  Lodge,  No.  102;  past  chief  pa- 
triarch of  Megunticook  Encampment,  Xo.  1 1  ;  past 
grand  master  and  past  grand  patriarch  of  Maine, 
and  has  several  times  been  elected  grand  representa- 
tive from  Maine  to  the  Sovereign  Grand  Lodge.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Camden  Business  Men's,  Associa- 
tion, Camden  Masonic  Club,  Camden  Yacht  Club, 
Megunticook  Golf  Club,  and  other  organizations.  He 
is  a  well  known  public  speaker,  and  in  addition  to 
his  political  activities  in  that  line  he  has  delivered 
many  addresses  on  other  topics.  During  the  late 
war  he  was  actively  engaged  in  all  the  war  work  of 
his  community  and  made  many  speeches  in  behalf  of 
the  same,  at  home  and  elsewhere.  As  a  Memorial 
Day  orator  his  services  are  every  year  demanded. 

At  Camden,  on  December  23,  1885,  Mr.  Robinson 
married  Blanche  G.  Atkins,  daughter  of  Charles  \V. 
and  Delia  S.  Atkins. 


SANFORD  LEROY  FOGG— Commanding  the 
respect  of  his  own  professional  brethren,  and  the 
confidence  of  the  public  at  large,  Sanford  L.  Fogg 
occupies  a  high  place  in  the  city  of  Augusta.  By 
dint  of  hard  work  and  fidelity  to  the  cause  of  his 
clients,  he  has  built  up  a  noteworthy  clientele,  and 
no  citizen  of  Augusta  has  attained  a  greater  degree 
of  honor  and  esteem. 

Mr.  Fogg  was  born  June  26,  1863,  at  Milan,  New 
Hampshire,  a  son  of  Simon  and  Lydia  (Fogg)  Fogg, 
the  former  a  farmer  and  lumberman.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  common  schools  of  Milan,  and  at  Gor- 
ham,  New  Hampshire.  He  later  attended  the  Maine 
Wesleyan  Seminary  at  Kents  Hill,  Maine,  and  was 
graduated  from  this  institution  in  1885.  He  then 
matriculated  at  Bowdoin  College,  and  received  from 
if  his  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  in  1889.  Having 
decided  upon  the  law  as  a  career  he  entered  the  office 
of  Judge  George  A.  Welson,  of  South  Paris,  Maine, 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1893.  He  opened  an 
office  for  practice  at  first  in  Rumford  Falls,  but  re- 
moved to  Bath  in  the  latter  part  of  the  same  year. 
1893,  and  here  continued  practice,  acting  during  part 
of  the  time  as  city  solicitor.  Two  years  after  this, 
in  1895,  he  was  appointed  judge  of  Bath  Municipal 
Court,  and  held  that  office  until  1904,  being  then  ap- 
pointed the  clerk  of  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court,  and 


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held  this  office  until  1910.  The  following  year  he 
moved  to  Augusta  and  since  that  time  he  has  be- 
come identified  with  the  various  activities  of  that 
city.  In  his  political  preferences  Mr.  Fogg  is  a  Re- 
publican. Pie  is  a  member  of  Lodge  No.  14,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  Montgomery  and  St.  Bernard 
Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  and  Dunlap  Command- 
ery,  of  Bath,  Maine.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Uni- 
tarian church. 

Mr.  Fogg  married,  at  Bath,  Maine,  June  22,  1898, 
Jessie  K.  Moody,  daughter  of  Elijah  and  Amanda 
(Jameson)  Moody,  the  former  a  ship  captain.  They 
have  two  sons,  Ralph  Harvey,  and  San  ford  Leroy, 
Jr. 


HERBERT  ALONZO  HARMON,  one  of  the 

successful  insurance  men  of  the  city  of  Portland, 
Maine,  is  a  member  of  an  old  New  England  family, 
his  father  having  been  Alonzo  Frank  Harmon,  a  na- 
tive of  Madison,  New  Hampshire,  who  at  an  early 
age  removed  to  the  "Pine  Tree  State,"  with  which 
his  long  and  prosperous  career  was  identified.  Mr. 
Harmon,  Sr.,  received  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  and  seminary  of  Madison,  and  was  eighteen 
years  of  age  when  he  accompanied  his  parents  to 
Scarboro,  Maine,  where  for  some  time  he  dwelt  and 
worked  on  his  father's  farm,  in  the  vicinity  of  that 
thriving  community.  After  his  marriage  he  came  to 
Portland,  where  for  thirty-eight  years  he  was  promi- 
nently connected  with  the  police  department.  Dur- 
ing the  last  fourteen  years  of  his  life,  he  lived  re- 
tired in  Portland,  where  his  death  occurred  August 
19,  1915,  at  the  age  of  seventy  nine  years.  He  mar- 
ried Cornelia  M.  Merrill,  a  native  of  Falmouth 
Maine,  who  survives  him  and  is  now  residing  in 
Portland  at  the  venerable  age  of  eighty-one  years. 
To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harmon,  Sr.  three  children  were 
born  as  follows :  Herbert  Alonzo,  with  whose  career 
\ve  are  especially  concerned;  Irving,  who  died  at  the 
age  of  two  years;  and  Evelyn  M.,  who  became  the 
wife  of  Merrill  S.  Jordan,  of  Portland,  to  whom  she 
has  borne  one  child,  a  daughter,  Marion  M. 

Born  February  29,  1864,  at  Scarboro,  Maine,  Her- 
bert Alonzo  Harmon  was  brought  as  an  infant  to 
Portland  by  his  parents  when  they  moved  to  that 
city.  It  was  consequently  with  Portland  that  his 
earliest  youthful  associations  were  formed  and  it 
was  here  also  that  he  obtained  his  education,  attend- 
ing the  local  public  schools  for  this  purpose.  He  was 
seventeen  years  of  age  when  he  had  completed  his 
studies  at  these  institutions,  and  he  at  once  secured 
a  position  in  a  clerical  capacity  in  a  gentlemen's 
furnishing  store.  Here  he  remained  for  one  year 
and  then,  October  2,  1881,  engaged  in  the  insurance 
business,  in  which  line  he  continues  at  the  present 


time  (1917).  On  February  i,  1886,  he  established  the 
present  business,  under  the  name  of  Herbert  A.  Har- 
mon, and  on  October  I,  1888,  he  removed  to  his  pres- 
ent address,  No.  57  Exchange  street.  From  that  time 
to  the  present  he  has  done  a  large  business  in  fire 
and  liability  insurance,  and  is  a  well  known  figure 
in  the  insurance  world  of  Portland.  He  is  very  well 
known  in  his  neighborhood  and  enjoys  a  well-de- 
served popularity  and  respect,  so  much  so  indeed 
that  the  Republican  party,  of  which  he  is  a  staunch 
supporter,  urged  him  to  accept  its  nomination  for 
alderman  from  the  Eighth  Ward.  This,  however,  he 
refused  to  consider  as  his  business  interests  demand 
so  large  a  percentage  of  his  time  that  he  felt  either 
they  or  the  public  interests  would  have  to  suffer 
should  he  attempt  to  undertake  them  both.  Mr.  Har- 
mon is,  however,  a  prominent  figure  in  social  and 
fraternal  circles  in  Portland  and  is  especially  active 
in  the  Masonic  order,  having  reached  the  thirty- 
second  degree  in  Free  Masonry.  He  is  a  member 
and  a  past  master  of  Deering  Lodge,  Ancient  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons ;  a  member  of  Mt.  Vernon 
Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons;  Portland  Council, 
Royal  and  Select  Masters;  Portland  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar;  and  Kora  Temple,  Ancient  Arabic 
Order  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  is  also  af- 
filiated with  the  local  lodges  of  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the 
Improved  Order  of  Redmen,  and  the  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Portland  Club,  a  member  and  one  of  the  original 
organizers  of  the  Woodfords  Club,  a  member  of  the 
Maine  Genealogical  Society  and  the  Maine  Chari- 
table Mechanics  Association.  In  his  religious  belief 
Mr.  Harmon  is  a  Congregationalist  and  attends  the 
church  of  that  denomination  in  Maine,  while  his 
wife  is  an  Episcopalian. 

Mr.  Harmon  was  united  in  marriage,  January  4, 
1915,  in  New  York  City,  with  Daisy  Dean  Watters, 
a  native  of  Bangor,  Maine. 

There  is  much  in  the  life  of  Mr.  Harmon  to  com- 
mand admiration,  but  it  is  not  more  his  strict  ad- 
herence to  the  principles  of  right  and  justice  that  at- 
tracts men  to  him  than  his  unfailing  kindness  and 
spirit  of  self-sacrifice.  On  the  latter  traits  his  great 
popularity  with  all  who  know  him  is  based,  while 
the  respect  of  the  business  world  is  the  outgrowth  of 
a  life  known  to  be  honorable,  upright  and  without 
guile.  "Good  business"  with  him  does  not  mean 
necessarily  volume,  but  quality  and  everything  he 
says  and  everything  he  sells  is  in  his  belief  exactly 
as  he  represents  it.  His  personality  is  most  pleasing; 
dignified  and  courtly,  he  is  the  personification  of 
kindness  and  no  sacrifice  is  too  great  docs  it  bring 
happiness  to  those  he  loves.  His  home  life  is  ideal 


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and  there  the  excellencies  of  his  character  shine  forth 
in  all  their  beauty.  He  is  a  gentleman  not  of  the 
"old  school"  but  of  every  school  and  nowhere  is  he 
more  appreciated  than  by  those  whose  lives  bring 
them  into  daily  contact  with  his  gentle,  kindly  spirit. 


HARRY  MANSER— Among  the  prominent  of 
the  younger  generation  of  Auburn  attorneys  is 
Harry  Manser,  former  judge  of  the  Auburn  Mu- 
nicipal Court.  Mr.  Manser  has  also  served  as  city 
solicitor  of  Auburn,  and  in  addition  to  his  profes- 
sional reputation  is  widely  known  and  very  influ- 
ential in  everything  to  the  Masonic  fraternity. 

William  Manser,  father  of  Harry  Manser,  was 
born  December  5,  1832,  in  England,  and  was  by 
profession  a  landscape  gardener.  He  married 
Eliza  Canham,  born  May  27,  1839,  in  England, 
and  their  children  were:  Annie  E.,  wife  of  George 
W.  Snow,  of  Somerville,  Masaschusetts;  Hattie 
M.,  wife  of  John  E.  Booth,  of  Lewiston,  Maine; 
and  Harry,  mentioned  below.  Mr.  Manser  died 
in  London  at  the  age  of  sixty-two,  and  his  widow 
resides  in  Somerville,  Massachusetts. 

Harry  Manser,  son  of  William  and  Eliza  (Can- 
ham)  Manser,  was  born  April  20,  1874,  in  Hever, 
County  of  Kent,  England,  and  at  the  age  of  thir- 
teen came  with  his  mother  and  two  sisters  to  the 
United  States.  They  settled  in  Lewiston,  Maine, 
where  the  boy  attended  the  public  schools,  mean- 
while earning  his  own  livelihood.  After  leaving 
school  Mr.  Manser  went  into  the  office  of  the  law 
firm  of  White  &  Carter,  holding  the  position  of 
stenographer  and  in  leisure  moments  pursuing  his 
legal  studies.  Such  good  use  did  he  make  of  his 
time  that  on  September  19,  1896,  he  was  admit- 
ted to  the  bar.  Immediately  thereafter  Mr.  Man- 
ser entered  upon  the  practice  of  his  profession, 
associating  himself  with  White  &  Carter.  In  1900 
he  moved  to  Auburn,  but  until  1902  maintained 
his  connection  with  the  firm,  building  up  for  him- 
self a  most  enviable  reputation  both  with  the  pro- 
fession and  the  general  public.  At  a  very  early 
age  Mr.  Manser  began  to  take  an  active  interest 
in  politics,  allying  himself  with  the  Republican 
party.  In  1897  he  was  elected  city  solicitor  of 
Lewiston,  retaining  the  office  for  one  year.  On 
moving  to  Auburn,  Mr.  Manser  came  rapidly  into 
prominence  in  political  affairs  and  in  1903  was 
appointed  judge  of  the  Auburn  Municipal  Court. 
For  eight  years  he  held  this  responsible  position, 
discharging  its  duties  in  a  manner  most  accept- 
able to  all  good  citizens,  and  on  his  retirement,  in 
1911,  was  made  city  solicitor  of  Auburn,  serving 
for  one  year.  For  the  last  five  years  Mr.  Manser 
has  devoted  himself  exclusively  to  the  practice  of 


his  profession,  having  a  large  and  lucrative  clien- 
tele and  proving  himself  posscsed  of  the  essential 
qualifications  of  a  successful  lawyer.  Since  1914 
he  has  been  a  member  of  the  State  Board  of  Bar 
Examiners.  In  fraternal  circles,  Mr.  Manser  is  a 
conspicuous  figure,  affiliating  with  the  Masonic 
order,  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Knights  of 
the  Golden  Eagle.  From  1903  to  1005  be  was 
grand  warden  of  Maine  in  the  New  England  Or- 
der of  Protection,  and  from  1905  to  1907  served 
as  supreme  warden  of  the  entire  jurisdiction.  He 
belongs  to  the  Waseca  Club,  and  is  a  member  of 
the  High  Street  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  A 
man  of  genial  disposition  and  attractive  person- 
ality, he  numbers  friends  in  all  classes  of  the  com- 
munity. 

Mr.  Manser  married  June  24,  1898,  in  Lewiston, 
Gladys  M.  Stover,  born  October  i,  1875,  in  that 
place,  daughter  of  James  T.  and  Ella  E.  (Hunt) 
Stover,  both  natives  of  Maine.  Mrs.  Stover  is 
now  deceased,  and  Mr.  Stover  resides  in  Califor- 
nia. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Manser  are  the  parents  of  three 
daughters:  Doris  E.,  born  March  2,  1900,  student 
in  the  Edward  Little  High  School,  class  of  1918; 
Marjorie  S.,  born  May  14,  1902;  and  Harriet,  born 
August  9,  1909. 

Harry  Manser  has  increased  the  local  prestige 
of  the  legal  profession,  and  at  the  call  of  his  fel- 
low citizens  has  served  them  with  distinterested 
and  public-spirited  zeal.  Greater  professional  ac- 
complishment and  further  political  honors  will 
undoubtedly  be  his  in  the  coming  years. 


THE  RT.  REV.  MICHAEL  C.  McDONOUGH, 
V.G.,  was  born  in  the  city  of  Portland,  Maine, 
July  16,  1860.  He  spent  his  childhood  and  early 
youth  in  his  native  city,  and  his  educational  train- 
ing was  received  in  its  public  schools,  graduating 
from  the  Portland  High  School  in  1877,  at  the  age 
of  seventeen  years.  After  his  graduation,  he 
matriculated  at  Holy  Cross  College,  from  which 
he  graduated  with  the  class  of  1881.  He  had  by 
this  time  definitely  made  up  his  mind  to  enter  the 
priestly  calling,  and  with  this  end  in  view  went 
to  Montreal,  Canada,  where  he  entered  the  Grand 
Seminary  and  there  pursued  theological  studies 
until  1884.  On  June  29,  1884,  he  was  ordained  a 
priest  in  the  Catholic  church  by  Bishop  Healey  at 
Portland,  and  shortly  afterwards  was  appointed 
chancellor  of  the  diocese  of  the  Cathedral  in  that 
city.  He  served  as  assistant  there  until  Novem- 
ber, 1887,  when  he  was  appointed  pastor  of  the 
Church  of  St.  Denis  at  North  Whitefield,  Maine, 
and  there  remained  something  under  three  years. 
In  June,  1890,  he  returned  to  Portland  to  assume 


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HISTORY  OF  MAINE 


the  duties  of  rector  of  the  Cathedra),  and  he  held 
that  important  charge  until  November,  1898,  and 
was  then  made  rector  of  the  Church  of  the  Im- 
maculate Conception  at  Bath,  Maine,  and  there 
remained  until  February,  1907.  His  next  charge 
was  St.  Mary's  Church  at  Bangor,  Maine,  but  ere 
the  expiration  of  a  year  he  was  appointed  to  his 
present  parish,  St.  Patrick's,  at  Lewiston.  In  1907 
he  was  appointed  vicar-general  of  his  diocese;  in 
1908  he  was  made  a  Domestic  Prelate  with  the 
title  of  Monsignor  by  His  Holiness  Pope  Pius  X, 
aid  two  years  later,  1910,  made  a  Prothonotary 
Apostolic  by  the  same  Pontiff. 


HARRY  FLOYD  THOMPSON— There  have 
been  few  figures  so  closely  associated  with  so 
many  different  aspects  of  the  life  of  Brunswick, 
Maine,  as  that  of  Harry  Floyd  Thompson,  judge, 
man-of-affairs,  financier,  business  man,  whose  in- 
fluence has  been  felt  throughout  the  community, 
and  has  been  exerted  uniformally  for  the  advan- 
tage of  his  fellow  citizens  and  the  development 
of  the  institutions  of  this  place.  Mr.  Thompson 
was  born  July  21,  1857,  on  a  farm  overlooking 
Merrymeeting  Bay,  in  Bowdoinham,  Maine,  a  son 
of  John  A.  and  Sarah  D.  (Stinson)  Thompson. 
The  first  eight  years  of  his  life  were  spent  in  his 
native  place,  and  then  in  the  winter  of  1865  he  re- 
moved with  his  father  and  the  rest  of  the  family 
to  Fairfield,  Somerset  county,  in  this  State.  It 
was  at  Fairfield  that  he  secured  the  elementary 
portion  of  his  education,  and  he  afterwards  en- 
tered the  Waterville  Classical  Institute,  where  his 
formal  schooling  was  completed.  He  was  a  young 
man  of  alert  mind  and  unusual  capabilities,  and 
when  only  twenty-two  years  of  age  served  as 
census  enumerator  for  the  district  comprising  the 
town  of  Fairfield.  About  the  same  time  he  was 
admitted  as  a  partner  to  the  firm  of  Thompson, 
Mariner  &  Company,  which  was  engaged  in  the 
dry  goods  business  in  Fairfield,  and  here  he  re- 
mained until  1887,  when  the  firm  finally  dissolved 
and  went  out  of  business.  Mr.  Thompson  then  re- 
moved to  Brunswick,  Maine,  where  he  was  en- 
gaged at  first  in  the  clothing  business.  His  abil- 
ity and  enterprise  attracted  the  attention  of  some 
of  the  most  influential  men  of  that  region,  and 
he  was  elected  a  director  and  the  treasurer  of  the 
Brunswick  Electric  Light  &  Power  Company. 
He  continued  to  be  asosciated  with  that  corpora- 
tion for  a  period  of  nineteen  years,  and  until  it 
passed  out  of  local  control,  when  he  resigned.  He 
became  associated  with  the  Lewiston,  Brunswick 
&  Bath  Street  Railway  Company  as  assistant  to 
the  treasurer,  a  position  which  he  continued  to  fill 


for  some  years.  Since  that  time  he  has  been  as- 
sociated with  the  town  government  and  with 
many  financial  and  business  institutions  here,  and 
has  served  as  auditor  of  the  town  of  Brunswick 
and  of  the  Brunswick  Village  Corporation  for 
more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century.  Mr.  Thompson 
also  served  the  town  for  a  number  of  years  as  a 
member  and  chairman  of  a  committee  of  twelve 
to  recommend  appropriations.  For  many  years, 
and  until  recently,  he  was  auditor  of  the  Bruns- 
wick Savings  Institution.  He  is  at  the  present 
time  secretary  and  director  of  the  Brunswick 
Loan  &  Building  Association,  an  office  that  he 
has  held  for  a  long  term  of  years;  secretary  of  the 
State  League  of  Loan  &  Building  Associations; 
director  of  the  Union  National  Bank  of  Bruns- 
wick, and  since  1900  has  been  engaged  in  the  fire 
insurance  business  here.  He  has  also  been  as- 
sociated with  many  estates  as  trustee  and  ad- 
ministrator, and  has  had  charge  of  a  large  amount 
of  real  estate  for  non-resident  owners.  For  eight 
years  he  served  as  judge  of  the  Municipal  Court 
of  the  town  of  Brunswick.  Mr.  Thompson  is  a 
Democrat  in  politics  and  has  served  on  Congres- 
sional, District  and  County  committees.  He  has 
been  a  particularly  ardent  advocate  of  free  trade 
and  peace,  and  when  the  Democratic  party  or- 
ganization declared  for  free  silver,  he  took  a  firm 
stand  for  sound  money,  and  was  appointed  secre- 
tary of  the  Palber  &  Bucknor  State  Committee. 


WILLIAM  JOSEPH  FAHEY,  M.D.,  one  of 
the  popular  and  widely-patronized  physicians  in 
Lewiston,  Maine,  is  a  member  of  a  family  which 
has  been  closely  identified  with  the  "Pine  Tree 
State"  for  three  generations.  The  family  is  of 
Irish  origin,  and  Mr.  Fahey's  grandfather,  who 
founded  it  in  this  country,  was  born  in  Galway, 
Ireland.  He  came  to  this  country  as  a  young 
man,  and  married  Bridget  Gahagan,  by  whom  he 
had  a  family  of  twelve  children,  four  of  whom  sur- 
vive at  the  present  time,  namely:  Mathew,  who  re- 
sides at  Durham,  Maine;  Sarah,  who  lives  at  Lew- 
iston; Delia,  who  also  resides  at  Lewiston;  and 
Edmond  Francis,  father  of  William  J.  Fahey,  who 
was  born  at  Gorham,  New  Hampshire,  June  26, 
1856,  and  now  lives  at  Lewiston.  He  married 
Catherine  Flynn,  a  native  of  Lewiston,  born  June 
25.  1857,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  five  chil- 
dren of  whom  only  one,  William  Joseph,  grew  to 
maturity. 

Born  January  20,  1886,  at  Auburn,  Maine,  Dr. 
William  Joseph  Fahey  attended  school  in  the 
neighboring  community  of  Lewiston,  whither  his 
parents  had  moved  while  he  was  an  infant  in  arms. 


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He  completed  his  studies  at  the  grammar  school 
here  in  1901  and  graduated  from  the  high  school 
in  1905.  At  the  latter  institution  he  was  pre- 
pared for  college,  and  immediately  afterward- 
matriculated  in  the  medical  department  of  Bow- 
doin  College.  From  this  institution  he  graduated 
with  the  class  of  1910  and  received  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Medicine.  His  theoretical  studies  he 
followed  up  by  a  period  of  practical  experience  as 
interne  at  the  Central  Maine  Hospital,  where  he 
remained  a  year,  prior  to  which  he  remained  for 
a  short  period  at  the  Lying-in  Hospital  in  New 
York  City.  In  1911  he  opened  his  office  at  No. 
137  Pine  street,  Lewiston,  Maine,  and  there  be- 
gan the  general  practice  of  his  profession,  in 
which  he  has  continued  with  a  high  degree  of  suc- 
cess ever  since,  and  is  now  regarded  as  one  of  the 
leaders  of  his  profession  in  that  part  of  the  State. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Androscoggin  County 
Medical  Society  and  the  State  Medical  Associ- 
ation, and  is  active  in  medical  circles.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  Hibernians 
and  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus.  Mr.  Fahey  and 
the  members  of  his  family  arc  Roman  Catholics 
in  their  religious  belief  and  attend  St.  Patrick's 
Church,  Lewiston. 

Dr.  Fahey  was  united  in  marriage,  July  17,  1911, 
with  Margaret  E.  McKenney,  like  himself  a  na- 
tive of  Auburn,  Maine,  and  a  daughter  of  Thomas 
N.  and  Honora  (O'Hare)  McKenney,  who  are 
now  living  at  Haverhill,  Massachusetts,  where  Dr. 
Fahey's  wedding  took  place.  They  are  the  par- 
ents of  three  children,  all  of  whom  are  now  living, 
as  follows:  William  Edmond,  born  August  20, 
1912;  Thomas  John,  born  May  5,  1914;  and  Walter 
Joseph,  born  July  5,  1916. 

Of  all  the  professions  there  is  none  more  al- 
truistic than  that  of  medicine  if  its  ideals  are  lived 
up  to;  certainly  none  other  makes  greater  calls 
upon  the  self  sacrifice  of  those  who  practice  it, 
nor  is  properly  undertaken  with  a  more  sincere 
intention  of  aiding  our  fellow  creatures  in  their 
distress  and  need.  The  number  of  these  that  it 
lies  within  the  reach  of  a  physician  to  relieve 
is  well  nigh  limitless,  his  province  being  by  no 
means  confined  to  the  physical  aches  and  pains 
that  wrack  us  but  to  those  no  less  excruciating 
ones  of  the  mind  and  spirit,  for  the  true  physician 
neglects  one-half  of  his  function  when  he  over- 
looks these.  There  is  perhaps  a  tendency  today 
on  the  part  of  the  medical  profession  to  regard 
this  second  realm  of  service  as  not  pertaining  to 
their  duties,  but  there  are  some  notable  excep- 
tions who  labor  under  no  such  misconception  of 
their  office.  Which  of  us  is  there  who  cannot  re- 


call some  cheerful  being  who  made  his  presence 
in  the  sick  room,  despite  the  sorrows  of  the  thou- 
sands in  which  he  must  participate,  an  ocacaion  of 
encouragement  and  good  cheer,  whose  appearance 
when  we  were  ill  was  as  effective  for  our  heal- 
ing as  the  drugs  he  administered.  Such  a  man 
is  Dr.  Fahey,  of  Lewiston,  Maine. 


JOHN  A.  SNOW,  one  of  the  prominent  attor- 
neys of  York  county,  Maine,  and  a  citizen  of  large 
public  spirit,  is  a  son  of  John  Swift  and  Anna  Abi- 
gail (Leavitt)  Snow,  and  comes  of  good  old  Maine 
stock.  He  was  born  September  16,  1871,  at  Scar- 
boro,  in  this  State,  and  attended  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town.  Later  he  attended  the  Bidde- 
ford,  Maine,  high  school,  and  in  1887  entered  the 
Portland  Latin  School  at  Portland,  Maine,  where  he 
completed  his  preparation  for  college.  He  received 
his  college  education  at  Bates  College  and  at  Wil- 
liams College.  He  then  studied  law  and  was  admit- 
ted to  the  York  county  bar  in  the  year  1895.  He 
thereupon  established  himself  in  practice  at  Bidde- 
lord  and  has  continued  there  most  successfully  for 
the  past  twenty-three  years.  He  has  handled  many 
large  estates  and  much  important  litigation,  and  is 
now  recognized  as  one  of  the  leaders  of  the  local 
bar. 

Mr.  Snow  is  also  interested  in  various  business 
and  financial  activities,  and  is  a  trustee  and  the  vice- 
president  of  the  York  County  Savings  Bank.  He  has 
also  been  active  in  public  affairs,  and  has  held  a 
number  of  offices  in  his  native  town,  including  that 
of  superintendent  of  Scarboro  schools,  and  also  rep- 
resented Scarboro  in  the  State  Legislature  in  loco. 

John  A.  Snow  married,  August  4,  1896,  Ella  K. 
Litchfield,  of  Portland,  Maine.  Of  this  union  the 
following  children  have  been  born:  Kathleyne  Swift, 
born  June  12,  1897,  now  a  senior  at  Tufts  College; 
John  Albert,  born  August  10,  1902,  now  a  student  at 
Thornton  Academy ;  Annabel  Kclsey,  born  August 
31.  1904;  Clarence  Lewis,  born  March  to,  1006;  Clara 
Ella,  born  March  18,  1907;  and  Eva  Leavitt,  born 
March  22,  1909. 


HARRY  MAXWELL  WILSON— Among  the 
successful  business  men  of  Portland,  the  name  of 
Henry  Maxwell  Wilson  stands  high.  Not  himself  a 
native  of  the  city,  nor  of  the  State,  he  has  neverthe- 
less identified  himself  most  closely  with  its  general 
life  and  business  affairs  and  now  is  regarded  as  one 
of  its  most  substantial  manufacturers.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  an  old  Massachusetts  family,  his  grandfather 
on  the  paternal  side  of  the  house,  Robert  G.  Wilson, 
having  been  born  at  Harvard  in  that  State,  Decem- 
ber 24,  1792.  He  was  married  there  to  Rebecca 


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HISTORY  OF  MAINE 


Conant  and  they  were  the  parents  of  five  children, 
none  of  whom  are  at  the  present  time  living.  Rob- 
ert G.  Wilson  died  at  Natick,  May  8,  1858,  when  only 
sixty-six  years  of  age.  His  son,  Charles  Oscar 
Wilson,  was  born  at  Harvard,  Massachusetts,  March 
21,  1838.  He  was  engaged  in  business  in  Natick  in 
association  with  the  John  O.  Wilson  Shoe  Com- 
pany. His  death  occurred  at  Natick,  January  24, 
1884.  Charles  Oscar  Wilson  was  married  to  Susan 
M.  Cobb,  who  died  at  Natick,  February  14,  1885, 
a  native  of  England,  born  in  1842.  They  were  the 
parents  of  four  children,  as  follows:  Harry  Max- 
well, of  whom  further;  Charles  E.,  who  now  re- 
sides at  Muskegon,  Michigan;  John,  who  died  at 
the  age  of  twenty-nine  years;  and  a  child  who 
died  in  infancy. 

Born  April  26,  1863,  at  Natick,  Massachusetts, 
Harry  Maxwell  Wilson,  eldest  child  of  Charles  Oscar 
and  Susan  M.  (Cobb)  Wilson,  spent  the  first  twenty- 
three  years  of  his  life  in  his  native  town.  At  Natick 
he  attended  the  local  public  schools  and  there  gained 
his  education.  At  the  age  of  nineteen,  upon  com- 
pleting his  studies  at  these  institutions,  he  became  a 
clerk  in  a  local  grocery  store  and  from  there  went 
into  the  shoe  manufacturing  plant  of  his  uncle. 
After  eighteen  months  spent  in  this  employ,  Mr. 
Wilson  went  to  Europe,  where  he  traveled  for  five 
months  with  the  purpose  of  regaining  his  health, 
which  had  been  impaired  by  hard  work.  In  the  year 
1886  he  came  to  Portland,  Maine,  which  has  since 
been  his  home  and  the  scene  of  his  busy  and  success- 
ful career.  After  coming  to  Portland,  Mr.  Wilson 
became  associated  with  W.  W.  Mansfield  &  Company, 
one  of  the  large  wholesale  jewelry  firms  in  the 
city,  and  there  remained  for  some  fifteen  years.  In 
the  meantime  he  had  become  thoroughly  conversant 
with  business  methods  generally  and  had  already 
gained  a  well  merited  reputation  for  probity  and 
business  capacity.  In  the  year  1901  he  was  offered 
the  position  of  treasurer  of  The  Maine  Electric 
Company,  an  offer  which  he  accepted,  thus  be- 
coming associated  with  the  enterprise  that  he  is 
best  known  in  connection  with.  From  that  time 
until  the  present  (1917),  Mr.  Wilson  has  held  the 
office  of  treasurer  and  is  now  one  of  the  most 
trusted  and  capable  members  on  the  staff  of  this 
important  establishment. 

Mr.  Wilson  has  always  been  keenly  interested  in 
the  general  life  of  the  various  communities  with 
which  he  has  been  identified,  and  is  of  that  energetic 
disposition  which  impells  him  to  take  an  active  part 
therein.  When  only  nineteen  years  of  age  and  while 
still  a  resident  of  Natick,  Massachusetts,  he  joined 
the  First  Regiment  of  Infantry  in  the  National 
Guard  of  that  State.  He  is  now  prominent  in  the 


social  and  club  world  of  Portland,  and  is  a  member 
of  the  Rotary,  the  Country  and  Athletic  clubs.  In- 
deed he  has  always  had  a  keen  interest  in  athletics 
and  other  kindred  sports  and  pastimes  of  the  great 
out-doors.  He  is  particularly  fond  of  fishing  and 
does  a  little  hunting  during  the  time  that  he  can 
spare  from  his  onerous  business  engagements.  In 
the  matter  of  his  religious  belief  Mr.  Wilson  is  an 
Episcopalian,  and  his  family  have  been  Congrega- 
tionalists  for  many  years.  He  attends  St.  Luke's 
Episcopal  Church  in  Portland,  and  is  a  prominent 
member  of  the  parish,  doing  his  best  to  advance  the 
interests  of  his  church  in  the  city. 

Mr.  Wilson  has  the  reputation  among  his  numer- 
ous associates  of  a  man  who  attends  most  strictly  to 
his  business  and  always  fulfills  his  obligations  of 
every  kind.  It  is  said  of  him  that  he  can  always  be 
found  either  in  his  office  or  at  home,  and  this  really 
expresses  the  truth  of  him  very  aptly,  his  interests 
being  centered  chiefly  about  these  two  things. 


MRS.   EVA   E.    (WATERHOUSE)    BEAN— 

The  story  of  Mrs.  Eva  E.  ( Waterhouse)  Bean  is  a 
record  of  a  gallant  fight  against  obstacles,  and  of  the 
success  that  comes  from  achievement  of  a  high  am- 
bition. Through  no  personal  influence  exerted  nor 
by  the  mere  chivalry  of  men,  but  by  grit  and  resolu- 
tion together  with  mental  powers  of  a  high  order, 
she  has  won  her  way  to  recognition  in  a  profession 
of  which  even  the  rank  and  file  are  men  of  unusual 
ability.  But  her  difficulties  were  the  greater  than 
those  of  her  male  compeers  because  she  blazed  a 
new  trail,  and  was  in  a  real  sense  a  path-finder. 
That  she  has  made  a  high  place  for  herself  in  the 
respect  of  her  own  professional  brethren  and  in  the 
confidence  of  the  public  is  a  matter  of  which  she 
may  be  justly  proud. 

Mrs.  Eva  E  (Waterhouse)  Bean,  youngest  daugh- 
ter of  the  late  Chester  and  Olive  H.  (Taylor) 
Waterhouse,  was  born  at  Saco,  September  14,  1869. 
On  her  father's  side  Mrs.  Bean  traces  back  to  Rich- 
ard Waterhouse,  who,  with  two  brothers,  came  from 
England  and  settled  at  Scarboro  in  1645.  On  her 
mother's  side  she  is  a  direct  descendant  of  John 
Burbank.  whose  service,  given  in  the  "Soldiers  and 
Sailors  of  Massachusetts  in  the  Revolution,"  is  as 
follows :  "He  enlisted  July  10,  1775,  in  Caotain 
Noah  Moulton  Littlefield's  Company ;  private  and 
later  corporal ;  service,  guarding  sea  coast  in  York 
county;  company  stationed  at  Wells  and  Arundel ; 
enlisted  November,  1775,  as  sergeant  in  Captain  Eli- 
phalet  Daniels'  Company  at  Portsmouth,  New  Hamp- 
shire, service  one  year;  enlisted  immediately  after 
December,  1776,  on  Privateer  Dalton,  was  taken 
prisoner  by  the  British  frigate  Reasonable;  commit- 


BIOGRAPHICAL 


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ted  to  Mill  Prison,  England,  kept  2  years  and  4 
mos.  then  was  exchanged  and  went  to  France;  en- 
listed in  the  spring  of  1779  as  master-at-arms  on 
board  the  Bonhotnmc  Richard,  and  was  in  the  action 
with  the  Serafis  and  Countess  of  Scarborough  in 
September  of  that  year,  under  John  Paul  Jones, 
and  was  censured  by  Jones  for  letting  loose  the 
prisoners  although  the  ship  was  known  to  be 
sinking;  service  two  years." 

Mrs.  Bean  received  her  early  education  in  the 
schools  of  Saco  and  Biddeford,  taking  high  rank 
as  a  student,  and  was  graduated  with  honors  from 
Biddeford  High  School  in  the  class  of  1886.  During 
the  years  immediately  after  graduation,  she  taught  in 
the  public  schools  of  Biddeford,  and  in  December, 
1890,  was  married  to  Berthier  Lennas  Bean,  only 
son  of  the  late  Leonard  and  Man-  (Locke)  Bean. 
After  the  termination  of  a  short  married  life  Mrs. 
Bean  entered  business  and  served  as  a  bookkeeper 
until  November,  1901,  when  she  entered  the  steno- 
graphic department  of  Gray's  Business  College, 
Portland,  completing  the  course  in  five  and  one-half 
months.  She  then  entered  a  law  office  in  Saco  as 
stenographer,  and  did  in  addition  to  the  work  of  one 
office  much  public  reporting.  In  1002  she  was  ap- 
pointed by  Governor  Hill  a  stenographic  commis- 
sioner to  take  depositions  in  all  cases  and  disclosures 
of  trustees  at  that  time,  being  one  of  five  women  in 
the  State  to  hold  such  a  commission. 

In  1905,  with  an  ambition  to  enter  the  professional 
field,  Mrs.  Bean  enrolled  as  a  student  with  the 
Sprague  Correspondence  School  of  Law  of  Detroit, 
Michigan,  and  for  three  years  burned  the  midnight 
oil  in  acquiring  a  knowledge  of  legal  principles  and 
theories,  the  course  being  supplemented  by  regular 
office  reading  and  practice.  In  June,  1008,  Mrs.  Bean 
was  graduated  from  this  school,  and  in  February, 
1509,  successfully  passed  the  Maine  State  bar  exam- 
ination. She  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  courts 
of  the  State  at  Alfred,  York  county,  May  4,  1909. 
On  July  19,  1910,  on  motion  of  Arthur  Chapman,  as- 
sistant district  attorney,  she  was  admitted  to  practice 
in  the  United  States  Circuit  Court,  at  Portland,  be- 
ing the  first  woman  in  Maine  admitted  in  this  court, 
and  on  March  6,  1914,  on  motion  of  Grant  Fellows, 
attorney  general  of  Michigan,  she  was  admitted  to 
practice  in  the  United  States  Supreme  Court,  at 
Washington,  D.  C. 

During  the  year  1915,  under  the  personal  super- 
vision of  Mr.  Charles  F.  Westward,  Mrs.  Bean  took 
a  post-graduate  course  with  the  Chicago  College  of 
Law,  and  on  October  9  received  the  degree  of  Bach- 
elor of  Laws  from  that  institution.  Since  1909  Mrs. 
Bean  has  constantly  followed  her  profession,  main- 
taining offices  at  Saco  and  Old  Orchard.  She  is  at 


present  located  at  No.  326  Main  street,  Saco,  and 
no  client  is  too  poor  nor  humble  to  receive  her  at- 
tention and  advice.  Mrs.  Bean  has  also  found  time 
to  respond  to  some  of  the  many  calls  which  come  to 
a  person  in  public  life.  As  a  public  speaker  she  is 
much  in  demand  on  account  of  her  ability  and  knowl- 
edge of  the  issues  of  the  day,  and  her  happy  faculty 
of  imparting  her  information  in  an  interesting  man- 
ner. In  August,  1915,  when  the  town  of  Kingsfield 
celebrated  its  centennial,  Mrs.  Bean  was  selected 
from  a  field  of  orators  covering  the  entire  State  to 
deliver  the  memorial  address  on  Governor  King,  a 
copy  of  which  has  been  preserved  in  the  archives  of 
the  Maine  Historical  Society. 

\Vhile  a  resident  of  Old  Orchard  from  1910  to 
1914,  Mrs.  Bean  served  most  acceptably  as  superin- 
tendent of  schools  of  that  town,  and  during  her  ad- 
ministration the  high  school  was  made  a  standard 
Class  A  school,  and  helpful  innovations  in  the  grades 
were  introduced.  Mrs.  Bean  has  long  been  affiliated 
with  club  work,  being  a  member  of  the  Womens'  Ed- 
ucational and  Industrial  Union  of  Saco,  the  Woman's 
Literary  Union  of  Portland,  a  charter  member  of  the 
Maine  Writers'  Research  Club,  serving  one  year  as 
secretary  and  treasurer.  Proud  of  her  ancestry,  she 
served  six  years  as  an  officer  of  the  Rebecca  Emery 
Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution,  of 
Biddeford,  represented  the  Chapter  at  State  coun- 
cils, and  also  at  the  National  Congress  of  the  Daugh- 
ters of  the  American  Revolution,  in  Washington, 
D.  C.,  in  1910  and  1914.  For  two  years  she  wa§ 
State  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Child  Welfare, 
and  a  member  of  the  National  Committee.  She  is 
also  a  member  of  Fred  S.  Gurney  Relief  Corps,  No. 
94,  of  Saco,  and  is  the  vice-president  for  Maine  of 
the  Women  Lawyers'  Association,  an  organiza- 
tion having  members  in  nearly  every  State  in  the 
Union  and  in  Canada.  She  is  also  a  member  of 
the  Maine  Historical  Society.  In  religion  she  is 
a  Methodist,  and  she  is  more  or  less  prominent 
in  Equal  Suffrage  work. 

Mrs.  Bean  is  the  last  of  her  family,  her  sifters, 
Mabel  E.  Waterhousc  and  Mrs.  Georgia  (\Vatcr- 
house)  Weeks,  having  died  in  1913  and  1915  re- 
spectively. 


JAMES  WIRT  WHITE,  the  well  known  and 
progessive  business  man  of  Lewiston,  Maine,  and 
president  and  treasurer  of  the  J.  W.  White  Company, 
is  a  son  of  James  White,  and  a  member  of  a  family 
which  has  resided  in  this  region  of  the  "Pine  Tree 
State"  for  many  years.  James  White  was  bom  at 
Auburn,  Maine,  in  the  year  1832,  and  made  that  city 
his  home  during  his  entire  life,  his  death  occurring 
there  in  1915,  at  the  age  of  eighty-three  years.  He 


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HISTORY  OF  MAINE 


was  engaged  in  the  building  and  contracting  busi- 
ness and  was  very  successful  therein.  He  married 
Martha  Flagg,  like  himself  a  native  of  Auburn,  who 
died  there  two  years  before  her  husband.  They 
were  the  parents  of  four  children,  as  follows:  Mary, 
who  became  the  wife  of  Sherman  Merrill,  of  Minot ; 
Grace,  who  married  W.  R.  Pickering,  of  Auburn ; 
Ada,  the  widow  of  Pearl  Drake;  and  James  Wirt, 
of  whom  further. 

Born  October  22,  1865,  at  Auburn,  Maine,  James 
Wirt  White,  son  of  James  and  Martha  (Flagg) 
White,  resided  in  the  city  of  his  birth  during  the  first 
forty-seven  years  of  his  life.  It  was  there  that  he 
received  his  education  and  there  that  he  was  engaged 
in  business  so  successfully  for  a  number  of  years. 
In  the  year  1912,  however,  he  removed  to  Lewiston, 
in  which  place  he  is  now  resident,  and  with  the  af- 
fairs of  which  he  has  become  closely  identified. 
Upon  coming  to  Lewiston,  he  purchased  the  inter- 
ests in  the  company  with  which  he  is  still  associated. 
This  concern  was  incorporated  in  the  year  1904,  and 
at  the  present  time  Mr.  White  occupies  the  double 
office  of  president  and  treasurer.  He  is  a  conspicu- 
ous figure  in  many  other  departments  of  the  com- 
munity's life,  notably  in  the  social  and  fraternal  cir- 
cles there,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  and  also  affiliated  with  the  U.  C.  T. 

James  Wirt  White  was  united  in  marriage,  Oc- 
tober 22,  1887,  at  Auburn,  Maine,  with  Lida  Thome, 
a  native  of  Lewiston,  and  a  member  of  -an  extremely 
old  Maine  family.  Mrs.  White  is  a  daughter  of 
Benjamin  Willard  Thorne,  also  a  native  of  Lewis- 
ton,  where  for  many  years  he  was  successfully  en- 
gaged in  business  as  a  contracting  mason,  and  resided 
in  this  city  all  his  life.  He  married  Marilla  M. 
Smith,  a  native  of  Litchfield,  Maine,  who  survives 
her  husband  and  is  now  living  with  her  daughter 
Lida.  She  will  have  reached  the  age  of  eighty-two 
years  in  August,  1917.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thorne  were 
the  parents  of  two  children,  Chessman  Wallace,  who 
resides  at  Greenport,  New  York,  and  Lida,  born  in 
1864.  Mrs.  White's  great-grandfather,  Elder  Thorne, 
was  a  prominent  man  in  this  region.  He  was  a  noted 
preacher  in  the  Baptist  church  and  was  the  man  who 
laid  the  cornerstone  of  Bates  College,  when  that 
famous  institution  was  founded.  His  death  occurred 
in  the  year  1864. 

Public-spirited  in  the  highest  degree  and  equally 
capable,  Mr.  White  has  mingled  in  the  events  and 
movements  of  his  city  with  an  enthusiasm  that  is  in- 
fectious and  insures  the  success  of  the  undertaking, 
whatever  it  might  be.  His  judgment  is  sound  and  he 
never  can  be  induced  to  take  part  in  what  seems  ill- 


judged  or  likely  to  prove  barren  of  fruits,  but  if  a 
business  proposition  appeals  to  his  sense  of  the  right 
and  appropriate,  his  heartiest  support  and  assistance 
are  given.  His  participation  in  the  social  life  of 
Lewiston  has  been  active,  and  he  is  the  happy 
possessor  of  many  friends. 


ROBERT  LONG  BEAN— At  Camden,  Maine, 
the  name  Bean  is  a  household. word,  for  there  the 
extensive  Bean  shipbuilding  plant  is  located,  and 
there  Robert  L.  Bean  has  become  equally  well 
known  as  a  ship  owner  and  banker.  He  is  a  son 
of  Holly  Marshall  and  Emmeline  (Potter)  Bean, 
who,  at  the  time  of  the  birth  of  their  son,  were  liv- 
ing at  Tenants  Harbor,  Maine.  Holly  Marshall 
Bean,  a  noted  shipbuilder,  has  perhaps  built  more 
wooden  vessels  than  any  man  in  the  State  of  Maine 
or  along  the  Atlantic  coast,  the  number  he 
launched  and  sent  out  having  reached  the  total  of 
seventy-six.  He  has  built  several  six-masted 
schooners,  and  although  now  eighty-two  years  of 
age,  he  is  hale  and  hearty. 

Robert  Long  Bean  was  born  at  Tenants  Harbor, 
Maine,  February  10,  1873.  He  was  educated  in 
Camden  (Maine)  public  schools,  then  completed  his 
studies  with  graduation  from  Eastman's  Business 
College,  Poughkepsie,  New  York.  He  began  his 
business  career  as  a  shipbuilder  with  his  father,  and 
has  never  been  engaged  in  any  other  connection.  At 
the  outbreak  of  the  general  European  War  in  1914, 
Mr.  Bean  was  said  have  had  more  wooden  vessels 
engaged  in  the  Atlantic  coastwise  trade  than  any 
other  man  in  the  country.  Father  and  son  have 
worked  in  harmony,  and  have  made  a  wonderful 
success  of  wooden  shipbuilding  in  spite  of  the  fact 
that  it  was  supposed  shipbuilding  was  a  "lost  art'' 
in  the  United  States.  Robert  L.  Bean  is  a  cashier 
of  the  Megunticook  National  Bank',  an  institution  of 
which  he  is  also  the  controlling  owner.  He  is  a  Re- 
publican in  politics,  member  of  the  Business  Men's 
Association  of  Camden,  and  affiliated  with  the  Con- 
gregational church. 

Mr.  Bean  married,  August  18,  1894,  Nellie  Shuck- 
row,  daughter  of  Patrick  and  Bridget  (Sullivan) 
Shuckrow,  of  Ackley,  Hardin  county,  Iowa.  Peter 
Shuckrow,  a  farmer  of  Iowa,  is  now  deceased,  as  is 
his  wife.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bean  are  the  parents  of  two 
children :  Myrtle  Ellen,  born  in  Denver,  Colorado, 
December  14,  1895 ;  Robert  Holly,  born  in  Canon 
City,  Colorado,  March  16,  1904.  The  family  home  is 
in  Camden,  Maine,  where  father  and  son  are  well 
known  and  highly  esteemed  as  builders,  business 
men  and  citizens. 


INDEX 


CORRECTIONS  AND  ADDITIONS 

\Yalker,  p.  37,  2nd  col.,  George  R.  Walker  was  elected  to  the  Board  of  Overseers  of  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege on  June  23,  1919. 


INDEX 


Abbott,  Alonzo,  257 

Edville  G.,  Dr.,  257 

Sara,  258 
Albee,  Benjamin,  187 

Ebenezer,   187 

F.  Huysen,  188 

Fred  H.,  Dr.,  187,  188 

Louella  M.,  188 

Sewall,  187 
Ames,  Nancy,  215 

Nathaniel,  215 
Andrews,  Ephraim  K.,  206 

Helen  D.,  207 

Melville  H.,  206 
Atkins,  Alice  M.,  296 

Edwin  H.,  295 

Will  C,  295 

Bartlett,  Ester  A.,  in 

Richard  L.,  in 

Samuel  C.,  Dr.,  108 

William  A.,  Rev.,  108 
Bass,  Joseph  P.,  7 

Mary  L.,  10 

Samuel,  7 
Bassett,  Josiah  W.,  139 

Lula  J.,  140 

Norman  L.,  139 

William,  139 

Williams,  139 
Bates,  Annie  E.,  235 

Benjamin  L.,  234 

Luther  M.,  234 

Samuel  L.,  234,  235 
Baxter,  Elihu,  Dr.,  70 

James  P.,  70 

Mehetable  C,  71 

Sarah  K.,  71 
Beach,  David  N.,  Rev.,  186 

Dora,  186 

Ellen  O.,  186 

Joseph  W.,  186 

Lilian,  186 
Bean,  Berthier  L.,  415 

Eva  E.,  414 

Holly  M.,  416 

Leonard,  415 

Nellie,  416 

Robert  L.,  416 
Benn,  George  H.,  379 

Moses,  379 

Ruby  E.,  379 


Benson,  Anna  L.,  153 

Charles  C,  151,  152 

George  B.,  152,  153 

Ichabod,  152 

John,  152 
Bickmore,  Albert  H.,  188,  189 

Myrtle  L.,  189 

William  H.,  189 
Bisbee,  Anna  L.,  144 

Charles,  142 

Elisha,  142,  143 

George  D.,  141,  143 

George  W.,  143 

John,  142 

Moses,  142 

Thomas,  141 
Bishop,  Alforctta  M.,  386 

Amos,  385 

Frederick  \\  .,  385,  386 
Blanchard,  Benjamin  W.,  277 

Gustavus  B.,  277 

Irma  L.,  277 
Bliss,  Frank  L.,  102 

Katherine.  105 

Olney  D.,  102,  103 
Bolster,  Maud  L.,  48 

William  W.,  47 

William  W.,  Jr.,  47 
Boody,  David.  190 

David  A.,  190 
Bradbury,  Charles,  29 

Cotton,  26 

Eliza  A.,  29 

Henry  W.,  29 

James,  26 

James  W.,  24,  27 

James  W.,  Jr.,  29 

John,  26 

Matthew,  25 

Robert,  24 

Thomas,  25 

William,  24,  25 

Wymond,  25,  26 
Bradstreet,  Abby  J.,  389 

Andrew,  389 

Frederick  T.,  372 

John,  389 

Joseph.  372.  389 

Julia  S.,  300 

Mary  F.,  373 

Simon,  372 

William,  388,  389 

William  W.,  389 


Brann,  Charles  A.,  285 

Louis  J.,  285 

Mattie  J.,  286 
Bray,  Charles  W.,  Dr.,  191 
Brewster,  Dorothy,  262 

Ralph  O..  261,  262 

William  E.,  261 
Bridges,  Edmund  M.,  283,  284 

Moses,  283 

Rose,  284 
Brooks,  Aldana,  243 

Gerry  L.,  243,  244 

Mildred  M.,  244 

William,  243 
Brunei,  Alphonso,  242 

Daniel  W.,  242 

M:tri;:irrt   H..  243 
Burnham.  Anna  E.,  168 

Clara  E.,  224 

Frank,  223 

George,  167 

Harold  C.,  167 

John,  166 

Josiah,  166 

Margaret  K.,  167 

Perez  B.,  165,  167 

Perez  B.,  Jr.,  167 

Ralph  F.,  223 

Zebulun,  223 
Burr,  Mabel.  362 

Thomas  S..  Dr.,  361.  362 

Thomas  W.,  361 

Carter,  Agnes,  321 

Jacob,  319 

John  W.  D.,  319,  321 

Thomas,  319 
Chadbournc.  Samuel  H.,  38 

Zebelan.  38 
Chapman,  Edward,  185 

Eiiphaz.  Rev.,  185 

Eliphaz.  Jr.,  185 

Frances,  185 

Gladys.  346 

Philip  F.,  345 

Robert  A.,  185 
Chase,  Emma  F..  13 

George  C.,  10,  n 

Hezekiah,  n 

Joseph,  i! 

Stephen,  n 

William,  10.  II 
Chatto,  Eben  C..  322 


420 


INDEX 


Georgia  M.,  323 

Harry  M.,  323 

Melvin  D.,  322 

Morris  H.,  323 
Chesley,  Annie  S.,  315 

Franklin  R.,  315 

Israel  F.,  315 
Chisholm,  Alexander,  20 

Henrietta,  23 

Hugh  J.,  19,  20 

Hugh  J.,  Jr.,  23 
Chittenden,  Albert  E.,  Dr.,  287 

Gertrude  E.,  288 

Thomas  C,  287 
Cobb,  Albion,  Dr.,  298 

Annie  L.,  298 

Anson  A.,  Dr.,  298 

Henry,  298 
Coburn,  Annie  L.,  253 

Joshua  L.,  250 

Lemuel  J.,  250 
Coe,  Curtis,  Rev.,  233 

Eben,  233 

Sada  L.,  234 

Thomas  U.,  Dr.,  232,  234 
Coffin,  Charles  A.,  261 

Christina,  261 

Edwin  V.,  261 

Frances  R.,  261 

John,  260 

Maude  F.,  261 

Richard,  260 

Simeon,  260 

Tristram,  259,  260 

Voranus  L.,  259,  260 
Conant,  Annie  C.,  215 

Abraham,  214 

Charles,  214 

Charles  M.,  213,  '215 

John,  214 

Lot,  214 

Oliver,  214 

Robert,  214 

Samuel,  214 
Connolly,  Joseph  E.  F.,  222 

Margaret  B.,  223 

Michael  H.,  222 
Coolidge,  Charles  A.,  Dr.,  286 

Charles  W.,  287 

Henry  E.,  286 

Joseph,  286 

Josephine  p.,  287 
Costello,  Louis  B.,  165 

Nicholas  H.,  165 

Sadie  M.,  165 
Cousins,  John,  162 

Maude,  164 

Stephen  H.,  163 

William  L.,  Dr.,  162,  163 
Cressey,  George  C.,  Rev.,  95,  96 

George  W.,   Rev.,  96 

John,  96 

Lilian  A.,  96 

Mighill,  95 
Crocker,  Almira,  45 

Augustus  L.,  45 

Clarissa,  45 

Roland,  44 


Thomas,  44 
Cummings,  Abraham  L.  T.,  69 

Angie  F.,  70  • 

John  G.,  69 
Curtis,   Benjamin,  32 

Cyrus  H.  K.,  32 

Cyrus  L.,  32 

Kate  S.,  34 

Louise,  34 

Reuben,  Rev.,  32 

Thomas,  32 

William,  32 

Cushman,  Benjamin  G.  W.,  Dr., 
302 

Carrie  L.,  303 

Levi,  302 

Samuel  G.,  302 

Dana,  Ephraim,  132 

Jacob,  132 

Luther,  133,  136 

Mary  L.  H.,  136 

Nathaniel,  132 

Philip,  136 

Richard,   132 

Samuel,  132 

Woodbury  K.,  131,  134 
Davis,  Abner  H.,  239 

Clara  E.,  408 

Ezra,  154 

Grace  R.,  240 

Harry  W.,  408 

John,  154 

Nicholas,  154 

Philip  W.,  Dr.,  239 

Rhoda  M.,  155 

Seth  N.,  408 

William,  155 

William  G..  154,  155 
Dearborn,  Elizabeth,  372 

George  A,  371 

George  A.,  Jr.,  372 
Dearth,  Charles  F.,  221 

Freeman  D.,  221 

Hattie  A.,  222 

Leonard,  221 
Deasy,  Daniel,  35 

Emma  M.,  35 

Louise,  35 

Luere  B.,  34,  35 
Dickey,  John,  338 

Lydia  F..  340 

William.  338 
Dike,  Miriam,  68 

Samuel.  66.  67 

Samuel  F..  Rev.,  66,  67 
Dilling,   Tames,  370 

John,  370 

Mary  E.,  371 

William  H..  370 
Dillingham,   Edward,  290 

Edwin  F.,  290,  291 

Edwin  L.,  291 

Frederick  H.,  291 

Julia,  291 

Nathaniel,  291 

Theodore  H.,  291 
Dodge,  Rebekah  L.,  314 


Rex  W.,  314 

Wilder  W.,  314 
Donham,  Albert  G.,  238 

Grenville  M.,  238 

Laura  M.,  239 
Drummond,  Alexander,  97,  126 

Clark,  42 

Elzada  R.,  43 

George  L.,  98 

Grace  E.,  99 

James,  98 

James  H.,  96,  98 

John,  42,  97 

Joseph  B.,  Dr.,  126 

Josiah  H.,  41,  43,  126 

Josiah  H.,  Jr.,  43 

Katherine  M.,  127 

Patrick,  42,  97 

Rutherford,  98 

Sallie  T.,  44 
Dyson,  Adam,  207 

Angie  M.,  208 

John,  207 

Wallace  W.,  Dr.,  207 
Eaton,  Elizabeth  W.,  182 

Emma  J.,  181 

George  H.,  181 

Henry  B.,  180,  181 

Henry  F.,  180,  181 

John,  180 

Jonas,  180,  181 
Emery,  Anne  S.,  56 

Anthony,  54,  346 

Caleb,  347 

Caleb,  Dr.,  348 

Caleb  J.,  Dr.,  346,  348 

Chandler  S.,  348 

Daniel,  347 

Daniel  S.,  241 

David,  241 

David  S.,  241 

Henry  C.,  56 

Hiram,  240,  241 

James,  55,  347 

James  S.,  55 

John,  54,  240,  346 

John  S.,  241 

Jonathan,  240 

Lucilius  A.,  54,  55 

Luella  D.,  348 

Rachel,  241 

Stephen,  241 

Thomas,  55 

William.  348 
Emmons,  Edith  C.,  310 

Harold  L.,  Dr.,  309,  310 

Willis  T.,  309 
Engel,  William,  229 

Fahey,  Edmond  F.,  412 

Margaret  E.,  413 

William  J.,  Dr., -412 
Farley,  Anna  P.,  354 

James  H.,  353 

Nathaniel  H.,  353 
Farnsworth,  Arthur  L.,  235,  236 

Chauncey,  236 

Georgia  M.,  237 


INDEX 


421 


Joseph,  235 

Joseph  S.,  236 
Farnum,  Florence  L.,  352 

Francis  H.,  352 

S.  Merritt,  288 

Samuel  M.,  288 
Farrington,  George,  299 

Henry,  299 

Susan  A.,  299 
Fay,  Ada  E.,  225 

Norman  H.,  224 

Winthrop  B.,  224 
Fellows,  Benjamin,  202 

Eva  M.,  203 

Frank,  203 

Milo,  202 

Oscar  F.,  202,  203 

Raymond,  203 
Fenn,  Hannah  T.,  187 

Joel,  187 

William  H.,  Rev.,  187 
Files,  Andrew  H.,  153 

Charles  E.t  328 

Charles  O.,  Dr.,  327,  328 

Edith,  154 

George  T.,  153 

Julia  E.,  328 

Samuel,  327 

Thomas,  327 

Wentworth  P.,  327 

William,  327 
Flagg,  Charles  A.,  19 

Ethel  M.,  19 

Samuel  B.,  19 
Flaherty,  Edward  F.,  365 

Marie  T.,  365 

Mark,  365 
Fletcher,  Guy  C,  394 

Isaac,  394 

Mary  E.,  395 
Fogg,  Jessie  K.,  410 

Sanford  L.,  409 

Simon,  409 
Foster,  Adeline  O.,  183 

Asa,  182 

Enoch,  182 

Reginald,  182 

Robert  C.,  184 

Sarah  W.,  183,  184 
Fox,  Frederick,  308 

John,  308 

Mary  C.,  309 
Frost.  Albert  E.,  160 

Charles  S.,  159,  161 

Edmund,  159 

Ephraim,  160 

James,  160 

John,  160 

Joseph,  160 

Mary,  161 

Samuel.  Dr.,  160 
Frye,  Edwin  M.,  244 

John  F.,  244 

Mabel  A.,  245 
Fuller,  Calista'O.,  4 

Frederick  A.,  3 

Mary  E.,  4 

Melville  W.,  3 


Gannett,  Anne  J.,  353 

Guy  P.,  352 

Joseph  F.,  350 

Sarah  N.,  352 

William    II.'.  350 
Gardiner,  Alice,  342 

Benoni,  341,  386 

Frederic,  386,  387 

Frederic,  Rev.,  387 

Frederic  M.,  388 

George,  341,  386 

John  W.  T.,  341 

Robert  H..  340,  341,  342,  387 

Robert  H.,  Jr.,  342 

Sallie,  388 

Silvester,  Dr.,  341 

Sylvester,  Dr.,  386 

William,  341,  386 

William  H.,  388 

William  T.,  342 
Gardner.  A;  r    i  L.  R.,  65 

Abel,  65 

Annie  E.,  66 

Ebenezer.  6.5 

George  R.,  65,  66 

Samuel,  65 

Thomas,  65 
Gehring,  Alice.  148 

August  H.,  147 

Carl  A.,  147 

Edwin  W.,  Dr.,  147 
Gerrish,  George  L.,  305,  306 

James,  305 

John  J.,  30.5 

Mary  E.,  307 

William,  305 
Gilbert,  Fred  A.,  40,  41 

Janet  G..   n 

Jean.  40 

Thomas,  40 
Gilman,  Charles  H.,  219 

John  L.,  219 

Mary  L..  219 

Nicholas.  219 

Tristram.  219 
Goodwin,  Albert  R.,  .268,  270 

Daniel,  268 

Edith  L..  270 

Ernest  A..  270 

Jonathan.  269 

Joseph  P.,  269 

Reuben,  269 

Thomas,  260 
Gordon.  Henry.  225 

John.  225 

Seth  C.'Dr.,  225 

Stephen,  225 
Gould,  Ed-.vin  W.,  Dr.,  281 

Elihu  H.,  281 

Mary  E..  281 
Gray,  Carrie  E.,  90 

Frank  L.,  89 

Levi  A..  89 

Lurien  E.  C..  oo 
Greenleaf,  Daniel,  94 

Edmund,  94 

John.  94 

Jonathan,  94 


\!    -   -    'i: 

Stephen,  94 
Guernsey,  Edward  H.,  396 

Frank  E.,  396 

Josephine  F.,  397 
Gulliver,  Agnes  M.,  201 

John,  201 

William  H.,  201 
Gurney,  Charles  E.,  364 

Charles  E.,  Jr.,  364 

Evelyn  G.,  364 

Lemuel,  364 

Hacker,  Almeda  F.,  401 

Elizabeth  E.,  401 

Isaac,  400 

Jerre  F.,  400,  401 

Tom  E.,  401 
Haines.  Albert  L.,  196,  107 

Daniel,  197 

John,  196 

Joseph  W.,  197 

Mary  L.,  197 

Matthias,  196 

Samuel,  196 
Hale,  Ambrose,  5 

Benjamin,  5 

Clarence,  315,  316 

David,  6 

Eugene,  4,  6 

Frederick,  7 

James  S.,  6,  316 

Joseph,  5 

Margaret,  317 

Mary  D.,  7 

Thomas,  5,  315,  316 
Hall,  Harriet  M.,  54 

James  H.,  53 

Jeremiah  P.,  53 

Julia  L..  54 
Hannaford,  Albert  F.,  262 

Edward  W..  262 

Sarah,  263 
Hanson.  Elijah.  258 

Henry  L.,  258 

Margaret  C.,  259 

Maynard  D.,  258,  259 
Harmon.  Alonzo  F.,  410 

Daisy  D.,  410 

Herbert  A.,  410 
Hay.  Cora  E.,  406 

Walter  G..  405,  406 

William,  406 
Haynes,  Anna  B.,  149 

Henry  A.,  148 

Roscoe  C.,  148 
Hewey,  Adelaide  M.,  313 

Andrew.  311 

James  E..  311 
Houghton.  Alice  J.,  293 

Charles  F..  294 

Cora  A..  10; 

Emmons  W..  197 

Frederick  M..  Rev..  292 

Moses,  202 

Thomas  E.,  107 
Houston.  Philip  H..  243 

Maude  A 


422 


INDEX 


Hubbard,  Cornet  R.,  56 

George,  56 

John,  56,  57 

Richard,  56 

Sarah  H.,   58 

Sibyl  A.,  59 

Thomas  H.,  58 

William,  56 
Hunt,  Agnes  M.,  311 

Augustus  M.,  257 

Enoch  W.,  310 

Frederick  E.,  256 

George  S.,  255 

John,  310 

Jonathan,  255 

Ralph  W.  E.,  310 
Huntington,  Mary  W.,  49 

Nellie  A.,  49 

Samuel  L.,  48 

Samuel  W.,  48 

Jack,  Albion  S.,  267 

Louis  A.,  267.  268 

Pamelia  B.,  268 
Jenks,  Eleazer  A.,  94 

Eleazer  A.,  Jr.,  94 

John,  94 

Joseph,  94 

William  R.,  94 
Jerris,  Frederick  L.,  403,  404 

Peter,  403 

William  H.,  403 
Johnson,  Carrie,  300 

Gertrude  M.,  401 

Helen  B.,  402 

M.  MacFarland,  401 

Richardson  M.,  300 

Stephen  C.,  300,  401 

William,  402 
Josselyn,  Alice  S.,  247 

Harrison  C.,  246,  247 

Theodore  A.,  247 

Kelley,  Fanny  R.,  117 

Henry  A.,  Dr.,  113 

James  S.,  113 
Kensell,  Dexter  W.,  298 

Mehitable  G.,  299 
Kimball,  Anna,  69 

Annie,  69 

Edward  H.,  69 

Elizabeth,  69 

John  H..  68 

Samuel  A.,  68 

Samuel  A,  Dr.,  69 
King,  Benjamin,  375 

George.  375 

Henry  M.,  Dr.,  374.  376 

John,  374,  375 

Lide  S.,  376 

Philip,  374 

Samuel,  375 

Samuel  H.,  375 

Susan  E.,  376 
Kite,  Clement  C,  388 

Frances  V.,  388 
Knight.  Charles  A.,  291,  292 

Charles  S.,  Dr.,  219,  220 


Edith  S.,  292 
Marion  E.,  221 
Storer  S.,  219 
William  B.,  291 
Knowlton,  Hiram,  406 
Vetta  C,  406 
William  J.,  406 

Ladd,  Caroline  D.,  63 

Daniel,  61 

Dudley,  62 

Harriet  V.,  64 

Henry  A.,  65 

Horatio  O.,  Rev.,  61,  64 

Maynard,  65 

Nathaniel,  61,  62 

Nathaniel,  Jr.,  62 

Samuel  G.,  63 
Lancaster,  Amy  E.,  190 

Fred  H.,  189 

Henry,  189 

Henry  K.,  189 
Leach,  Convers  E.,  324 

Convers  O.,  324 

Donald  C.,  325 

Gertrude  E.,  325 
Leavitt,  Gertrude,  216 

William,  216 
Leighton.  Adam,  249 

Adam  P.,  249 

Adam  P.,  Jr.,  250 

Carlton  B.,  250 

Hugh  C.,  250 

Isadore  M.,  250 
Lewis,  Carleton,  124 

Eleanor  W.,  123 

Elizabeth  S.,  124 

Warren  R.,  123 

Weston,  122.  123 
Libbey,  Annie  E.,  177 

Asa  M.,  177 

Harold  S..  177 

Helen  V.,  178 

W.  Scott,  175,  177 
Libby.  Alice,  86 

Andrew,  106 

Bion  B.,  86 

Charles  F..  84,  87 

Ella  W.,  108 

Emma  C..  305 

George  H.,  304 

Harold  T.,  93 

Helen  L.,  93 

Ivon%  ni 

James  B.,  84 

James  S.,  105,  107 

Jane  R.,  108 

John,  8j.  105 

John  W..  30.1 

Joseph  R.,  91 

Joshua,  106,  107 

Mabelle  J.,  305 

Mary  A.,  108 

Matthew,  106 

Ralph  G.,  93 
Lord.  Benjamin,  208 

Charles  V.,  209 

Evelyn  H.,  209 


Frances  E.,  210 

Frederick  F.,  208,  209 

Ivory,  208 

Ivory  F.,  208 

Nathaniel,  209 
Lunn,  John,  407 

Nina  E.,  408 

Ralph  McC,  407 

Richard,  Dr.,  407 
Lynch,  Abbie  E.,  206 

Curtis  L.,  206 

Jay  R.,  206 

John,  205 

John  F.,  205 

Mary  E.,  206 

McCann,  Ella  M.,  266 

Harrison  K.,  266,  267 

Joseph  H.,  266 

Nellie  L.,  267 

William,  266 
McDonough,  Michael  C.,  Rt.  Rev., 

411 
McGillicuddy,  Daniel  J.,  120 

John,  120 

Minnie  M.,  121 
McKenney,  Carlos  H.,  317,  318 

Elizabeth.  318 

Humphrey,  317 

Simeon  P.,  317 
McLean.  Ernest  L.,  396 

Joseph  A.,  396 

Myra  H.,  396 

Madigan,  James  C.,  282 

John  B.,  282 

Lucia  J.,  282 
Manser,  Gladys  M.,  411 

Harry,  411 

William,  411 
Manson.  John  C.,  299 

John  W.,  299 

Lelia  E.,  300 
Marshall.  Benjamin,  337 

Edward  S.,  337 

Frank  D.,  336.  337 

Helen  M.,  338 

John,  337 

Nathaniel  G.,  337 
Matthews,  Alfred.  124 

Annie  B.,  126 

Elbridge,  125 

Frederick  V.,  124,  125 

John,  124 

Vivian  H.,  126 
Mellen.  John,  Rev.,  35 

Prentiss,  35 

Sallie,  35 

Thomas,  35 
Merriam,  Henry  C.,  23 

Lewis,  23 

Una,  24 
Merrick,  Elizabeth  M.,  141 

Bertha  V.,  141 

John,  140 
Rebecca.  140 

Thomas  B.,  140 
Merrill,  Henry  F.,  303 


INDEX 


423 


Mabel  A.,  304 

Samuel  N.,  303,  304 
Milliken,  Alice  G.,  329 

Benjamin  F.,  329 

Edwin  C.,  328,  329 

Frances  M.,  329 

Hugh,  300 

Josiah,  301 

Mary,  302 

Phinelia  H.,  329 

Weston  F.,  300,  301 
Miner,  Estella,  238 

Nathan  D.,  237 

Sylvanus,  237 

Walter  N.,  Dr.,  237 
Minot,  Augustus  O.,  408 

Edgar  H.,  Dr.,  408 

Mary  L.,  408 
Mitchell,  Alfred,  Dr.,  245 

Alfred,  Jr.,  Dr.,  245,  246 

Emma  L.,  248 

Expereince,  248 

Henry  L.,  248 

Solomon  S.,  248 

Tristram  G.,  245 
Morey,  Andrew  J.,  137 

Frank  A.,  137 

Maude  M.,  138 
Morrill,  Abraham,  112 

Anna  D.,  112 

Isaac,  112 

Isabella  O.,  113 

John,  112 

John  A.,  in,  113 

Moses,  Rev.,  112 

Nahum,  in,  112 
Moses,  Ann  M.,  31 

Emma  P.,  32 

Frank  O.,  29,  31 

George,  30 

John,  30 

Lydia  C.,  32 

Lydia  H.,  31 

Nathaniel,  30 

Oliver,  29,  30,  12 
Moulton,  Alma  G.,  297 

Augustus  F.,  393 

Charles  P.,  393 

Daniel,  393 

Edward  B.,  297 

Freedom,  392,  393 

Gertrude  \V.,  308 

Jonathan,  393 

Joshua,  393 

Le  Roy  D.,  307 

Lorenzo  E.,  296,  297 

Lorenzo  H.,  297 

Ralph  C.,  297 

Shtiah  C.,  393 

William,  393 
Munsey,  Frank  A.,  45 

Neal,  John,  155 

Joseph,  156 
Nealley,  E.  S.  J.,  127 

Edward  B.,  127 

Mary  A.,  128 

Mary  D.,  129 


Ness,  Jean  D.,  405 

John  A.,  404 

Robert,  404 
Newcomb,  Anna  B.,  263 

Henry  W.,  263 

Lincoln  H.,  263 
Newell,  Dorothy  Q.,  392 

Ida  F.,  392 

William  B.,  391 

William  H.,  391 
Nichols,  Austin  L.  R.,  395 

Charlotte  W.,  395 

Estes,  Dr.,  395 

Oakes,  Edward,  349 
Henry  W.,  349 
John,  349 
Raymond  S.,  350 
Silvester,  349 
Thalia  R.,  350 
Thomas,  349 
Wallace  K.,  349 

Palmer,  Annie  L.,  102 

Asa,  loo 

Fannie,  102 

Florence,  326 

Frank  O.,  326 

Henry  E.,  99,  loo 

Nathan,  Dr.,  100 

Nehemiah,  100 

Orin  D.,  326 

Walter,  100 
Paul,  Ella  T.,  228 

Ether  S.,  227 

Hattie  H.,  228 

Samuel  M.,  228 

Walter  E.,  228 

William,  227 

William  A.,  228 
Payson,  Edward,  Dr.,  390 

Helen  B.,  391 

Henry  M.,  390 

Richard  C..  390 
Peables.  Andrew  M.,  Dr.,  87 

Elizabeth  H.,  88 

Elizabeth  M.,  88 

James,  87 
Peaks,  Annie  H.,  218 

Eliza,  218 

F.  \\  illiam,  218 

Francis  C.,  218 

Joseph  B.,  218 
Pennell,  Clement,  157 

Jennie  A.,   159 

Philip,  157 

Richard  C,  157 

Thomas,  157 

William  D.,  156,  157 
Perkins,  Charles  H.,  203 

De  Forest  H.,  203,  204 

Jennie  C.,  204 

Jeremiah,  203 
Perry,  Bertram  C.,  357 

Frank  H.,  357 

Josie,  357 
Peters.  Andrew,  400 

Frances  E..  400 


Frances  R.,  400 

John,  400 

John  A.,  400 

Mary  A.,  400 
Philoon,  livcrctt  L.,  121 

James,  121 

James  E.,  121,  122 

Wallace  C,  123 
Pope,  Alina  B.,  360 

Frederick,  359 

James  O.,  360 

John,  358 

John  A.,  358.  360 

Ralph,  358 

Samuel  W.,  359 

William,  359 
Porter,  Alice  B.,  202 

Elizabeth  H.,  358 

Hugh,  201 

Hugh  F.,  202 

Stephen,  357 

William  H.,  201,  202 

William  R.,  357 
Powers,  Arba,  75,  287 

Daniel,  75 

Frederick  A.,  287 

Jennie  C.,  77 

Llewellyn,  74,  75 

Martha  G.,  77 

May,  287 

Philip,  75 

Virginia  P.,  287 

Walter,  75 
Prentiss,  Henry  E.,  193 

John  W.,  193 

Marie  G.,  194 

Samuel  R.,  193 
Prescott,  Charles  H.,  281 

Ellen  S.,  282 

James  L.,  281 
Proctor,  Daniel  S.,  275 

Etta  M.,  276 

Joseph  W.,  275 
Ptilsifcr,  Ann  C.,  119 

David,  i  is 

John,  117 

Jonathan,  118 

Moses  R..  Dr.,  118 

Nathan  G.  H.,  Dr.,  117,  118 

Ralph  H.,  Dr.,  119 

Quimby,  Clarence  P.,  191,  192 
J.  Frank,  191 
Lillian  R.,  192 

Rand,  Edward  S.,  29 

Lila,  29 
Raync?.  Albert  J.,  52 

Joseph.  52 

Lisette  B.,  52 
Rend-!,  Dan,  329 

John,  330 

John  L.,  329,  330 

Lillian,  330 

Stephen  H.,  330 
Richards.  Benjamin,  398 

Caroline  S.,  399 

Charles,  398 


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Fred  E.,  397,  398 
Roberts,  Ebenezer,  271 

Ichabod,  271 

James  A.,  270,  271 

Jeremiah,  271 

John,  271 

Joseph,  271 

Joseph,  271 

Martha,  272 

Minerva,  272 

Thomas,  270 
Robinson,  Blanche  G.,  409 

Daniel  S.,  409 

Gertrude  S.,  374 

Reuel,  409 

Samuel  E.,  374 

Winthrop,  374 
Rounds,  Charles  F.,  231 

Elenora  W.,  231 

Harry  A.,  231 

Samuel,  231 
Rowe,  Ralph  E.,  130,  131 

William  A.,  130 
Russell,  Addie  E.,  319 

Blinn  W.,  Dr.,  318 

James,  318 

James  P.,  318 

Sale,  Edward,  174 

John,  174 

Lizzie  J.,  175 

Thomas  D.,  174 
Sanders,  Alden  N.,  232 

Marjorie  A.,  232 

Thomas,  232 

Thomas  A.,  232 
Sargent,  Ignatius  M.,  376 
.    Paul  D.,  376 

Sara  S.,  377 
Savage.  Albert  R.,  81 

Charles  H.,  82 

Charles  W.,  81 

Ella  A.,  130 

Frances  A.,  82 

James,  129 

Joseph,  129 

Maxwell,  130 

Minot  J.,  Rev.,  129 
Sawyer,  Edward,  145 

James,  145 

John,  145 

Joseph,  145 

Maria  L.,  146 

Whitman,  145 
Senter,  Grace,  196 

Timothy  G.,  195 

William,   194,   195 
Sewall,  Arthur,  13,  14 

Camila  L.,  19 

David,  14 

Dummer,  13,  14,  383 

Edward,  14 

Emma  D.,  18 

George  P.,  382,  384 

Hannah  V.,  384 

Harold  M.,  19 

Harriet  S.,  385 

Henry,  13,  382 


James  W.,  385 

John,  1.4,  383 

Jonathan,  13 

Joseph,  13,  383 

Samuel,  383 

Stephen,  14 

Syd-ney  E.,  384 

William,  382 

William  D.,  13,  18 
Shaw,  Abner  O.,  Dr.,  354 

Eaton,  354 

Edward  A.,  354 

Elizabeth,  354 
Shead,  Edward  E.,  168 

Edward  W.,  Dr.,  171 

Lucia,  169 

Oliver,  168 

Oliver  W.,  170 
Skillin,  Carroll  B.,  211 

Edwin  S.,  211 

Isaac,  211 

Martha  L.,  211 
Small,  Albion  K.  P.,  Rev.,  380 

Albion  W.,  379,  381 

Valeria,  381 
Smith,  Benjamin  F.,  199 

Daniel,  94 

Edgar  C.,  94,  95 

Effie  B.,  200 

Elmer  E..  200 

George,  321 

George  L.,  198 

Harold  L..  Dr.,  198 

Harriet  M.,  95 

Helen  J.,  322 

Leon  H.,  321 

Margelia  D.,  198 

Reuben,  199 

Samuel,  321 

Samuel  A.,  94 
Snow,  Alfred  D.,  264,  265 

Ambrose,  264,  265 

Elisha.  Rev.,  264 

Ella  K.,  413 

John  A.,  413 

John  S.,  413 

Lucy  B.,  265 

Mira  M.,  45 

Robert,  264 

T.  T.,  45 
Soule.  Andrew,  361 

Benjamin  P.,  361 

Ellen  B.,  361 

Lawrence  P..  361 

Willis  H..  361 
Spear.  Charles  W.,  390 

Lydia  F.,  300 

Reuben  T..  300 
Sprague,  Anthony,  60 

Edward,  60 

Elbridge  G.,  60 

James,  60 

Jeremiah,  60 

John  F.,  59,  60 

Knight.  60 

Ralph,  59 

Richard,  59 

William,  59,  60 


Spring,  Alma,  296 

Andrew,  296 
Kliza,  213 

Frances  E.,  213 

Fred  A.,  296 

Isaac,  296 

Josiah,  212 

Louisa,  296 

Samuel  E.,  212 

Susan,  296 

Zilphah  \\'.,  213 
Stalford.  Catherine,  290 

Tames,  289 

John  H.,  289 
Stanwood,  Daniel  C.,  381 

Edward,  381 

Eliza  M.,  382 
Staples,  Charlotte  S.,  275 

Clara  M.,  275 

Edward  W.,  273,  274 

Everett  M.,  275 

Harold  J.,  275 

Joseph,  274 

Lytton  E.,  275 
Stevens,  Lillian  M.  N.,  215,  216 

Michael,  216 
Strickland,  Frances  E.,  210 

Hastings,  210 

John,  Rev.,  210 

Ruth,  210 

Samuel  P.,  210 
Strout,  Charles  A.,  73 

Ebenezer,  72 

Enoch,  72 

Jennie  M.,  74 

Octavia  J.  P.,  73 

Sewall  C.,  71,  72,  74       .    • 
Sturgis.  Adelaide  V.,  324 

Anna  R.,  379 

Edna  L.,  324 

Edward,  377 

Guy  H.,  323 

Henry  H.,  377,  378 

John,  323 

John  I.,  323 

William  H.,  378 

William  R.,  378 
Sullivan,  Daniel,  240,  241 

John,  241 
Symonds.  John,  366,  367 

Joseph,  367 

Joseph  W.,  366,  367 

Mary  C.,  368 

Nathaniel.  367 

Samuel,  366 

Stuart  O..  369,  370 

William  L.,  367 

Talbot,  Ambrose,  331 

Archibald,  Rev.,  332 

Archie  L.,  331,  333 

Asa,  332 

Charles  B.,  336 

Charles  J.,  332 

Nina  V.,  336 

Ralph  L..  336 

William  W.,  336 
Thayer,  America,  248 


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Annie  L.,  249 

Augustus  S.,  Dr.,  248 

Charles  H.,  172 

Ferdinando,  172 

Frederick  C.,  Dr.,  171,  173 

Leonora  L.,  173 

Mary  H.,  249 

Samuel,  172 

Stephen,  Dr.,  172 

Thomas,  172 
Thomas,  Aina,  52 

Dagmar,  50 

Dorothea  B.,  179 

Eleanor  L.,  179 

Elias,  178 

Elias,  Jr.,  179 

Helen  M.,  179 

Oscar  P.,  52 

William  W.,  49,  178 

William  W.,  Jr.,  49,  50 
Thompson,  Arad,  277 

Benjamin,  45,  46 

Caleb,  279 

Charles  L.,  46 

Emma  S.,  47 

Harry  F.,  412 

Henry,  343 

Ira,  277,  280 

Jacob,  279 

John,  278 

John  A.,  412 

Josiah  H.,  343 

Louisa  M.,  277 

Margaret  L.,  277 

Nathan  W.,  47 

Sabrina  K.,  343 

Sarah  D.,  412 

William,  279 

Vernon,  Edward  Y.,  253 

Elsie  E.,  254 

Irving  E.,  253 
Verrill   (Variel),  Albert  E.,  402, 

403 

Charles,  402 
Mabel  A.,  403 
Samuel,  402 
Virgin,  Emma  F.,  81 
Harry  R.,  77,  80 
Peter  C.,  77 
William  W.,  78 

Wakefield,  Archibald,  363 
Archibald  C.,  363 
Frederick,  Dr.,  363 


Mary  E.,  363 

Seth  D.,  362,  363 
Walker,  Augustus  H.,  356 

Charlotte  R.,  40 

Emma,  356 

Frances  M.,  38,  39 

George  F.,  37,  39 

George  R.,  37 

George  R.,  Jr.,  40 

Isaac,  356 

Mary  E.,  356 

Millicent  G.,  40 
Wass,  Jones  E.,  373 

Moses  L.,  373 

Winifred  H..  374 
Waterhouse,  Chester,  414 

Olive  H.,  414 

Richard,  414 
Webb,  Eva,  194 

Mason  G  . 

Richard,  194 
Webber,  Arista,  161,  272 

Bertha  L.,  273 

Fannie  V.,  356 

George,  156,  272,  355 

George  C.,  355 

George  F.,  156 

George  F.,  Dr.,  156 

Grace  A.,  162 

Grace  D.,  294 

Harrie  L.,  161 

Henry  J.,  Dr.,  294 

John,  161 

John  P.,  294 

Martha  B.,  156 

Millard  C..  Dr.,  156 

Wallace  E.,  Dr.,  272 
Welch,  Francis  J.,  Dr.,  217 

Michael,  217 

Thomas  J.,  217 
White,  Albion  P.,  364 

Alice,  390 

Anna  G.,  365 

Darius,  137 

Donald  C.,  137 

Ezra  H.,  Dr.,  364 

Grace  A.,  283 

Harold  S.,  137 

Helen  E.,  137 

Henry  G._  300 

Henry  P.,  283 

James,  415 

James  W.,  415,  416 

John,  136 

John  H.,  137 

Lida,  416 


Robert,  283 

Robert  F..  283 

Thomas  C.,  137 

Wallace  H.,  136 

Wallace  H.,  Jr.,  137 

William  F.,  137 
Whitehouse,  Evelyn  M.,  37 

Florence,  37 

John  R.,  36 

Robert  T.,  37 

Thomas,  36 

U'illiam  P.,  36 
Whittier,  Albert  R..  278 

Louise  B.,  278 
Wilson,  Charles  O.,  414 

Elaine,  255 

Elizabeth  M.,  345 

Harry  M.,  413,  414 

Henry,  254 

Jennie,  255 

Nathaniel  B.,  343 

Nathaniel  W.,  345 

Robert  G.,  413 

Scott,  343,  344 

Vinal  B.,  254 
Winchester,  Delia  M.,  285 

John,  284 

John  H.,  284 

Sadie  B..  284 
Wing,  Emily  B.,  151 

George  C.,  150 

George  C.,  Jr.,  151 

Nahum  M.,  151 

Reuben,  150 

Samuel,  150 

Walter  W.,  150 
Wiseman,  George  A.,  276 

Robert  J.,  Dr.,  276 

Rose,  276 
Wood,  George  W.,  164 

James,  164 

Laura  N.,  165 
Woodbury,  Andrew,  264 

Clinton  A.,  264 

John,  263 

Malcolm  S.,  Dr.,  263,  264 

Stella,  264 

William,  264 
Wyman,  Gertrude  L.,  201 

James  S.,  201 

Jasper,  200 

Jasper  H.,  201 

John,  200 

Lucretia  D.,  201 

Philip  T.,  201 


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