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BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW
VOLUME XXIX
CONTAINING LIFE SKETCHES OF LEADING CITIZENS OF
SOMERSET, PISCATAQUIS, HANCOCK, WASHINGTON, AND AROOSTOOK COUNTIES, MAINE
Who among men art thou, and thy years how many, good friend ? - XENOPHANES.
BOSTON BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW PUBLISHING COMPANY
1898
ATLANTIC STATES SERIES OF BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEWS.
The volumes issued in this series up to date are the following : -
I. OTSEGO COUNTY, NEW YORK. XVIII. PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
II. MADISON COUNTY, NEW YORK.
III. BROOME COUNTY, NEW YORK.
IV. COLUMBIA COUNTY, NEW YORK. XX. SAGADAIIOC, LINCOLN, KNOX, AND WALDO COUNTIES, MAINE.
V. CAYUGA COUNTY, NEW YORK.
VI. DELAWARE COUNTY, NEW YORK. XXI. STRAFFORD AND BELKNAP COUNTIES, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
VII. LIVINGSTON AND WYOMING COUNTIES, NEW YORK. XXII. SULLIVAN AND MERRIMACK COUNTIES, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
VIII. CLINTON AND ESSEX COUNTIES, NEW YORK.
IX. HAMPDEN COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
X. FRANKLIN COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
XI. HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
XII. LITCHFIELD COUNTY, CONNECTICUT.
XIII. YORK COUNTY, MAINE.
XIV. CUMBERLAND COUNTY, MAINE.
XV. OXFORD AND FRANKLIN
COUNTIES, MAINE.
XXVIII. ESSEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
XXIX. SOMERSET, PISCATAQUIS, HANCOCK, WASHINGTON, AND AROOSTOOK
COUNTIES, MAINE.
NOTE .- All the biographical sketches published in this volume were submitted to their respective subjects or to the sub- scribers, from whom the facts were primarily obtained, for their approval or correction before going to press, and a reasonable time was allowed in each case for the return of the typewritten copies. Most of them were returned to us within the time allotted, or before the work was printed, after being corrected or revised; and these may therefore be regarded as reasonably accurate.
A few, however, were not returned to us; and, as we have no means of knowing whether they contain errors or not, we cannot vouch for their accuracy. In justice to our readers, and to render this work more valuable for reference purposes, we have indicated all uncorrected sketches by a small asterisk (*), placed immediately after the name of the subject. They will be found printed on the last pages of the book.
B. R. PUB. CO.
XXIII. HILLSBORO AND CHESHIRE COUNTIES, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
XXIV. PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.
XXV. NORFOLK COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
XXVI. NEW LONDON COUNTY, CONNECTICUT.
XXVII. MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
XVI. CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. XVII. ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
XIX. CAMDEN AND BURLINGTON COUNTIES, NEW JERSEY.
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PREFACE.
T HE present volume of the BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW, the XXIX. of our " Atlantic Series," is the fifth devoted to the Pine Tree State. It covers a wide field, comprising the border counties of Aroostook and Washington, Hancock of the southern coast, central Piscataquis, and far-reaching Somerset. With upward of four hundred and seventy names in the index, denoting that number of biographical sketches of prominent workers in various fields of useful activity, factors of progress and worthy of remembrance, this book may be considered, without undue assump- tion on our part, we trust, fairly representative of the industrial, the professional, and the public life of its locality in the closing years of the nineteenth century. Mindful of the growing interest in questions of descent and kinship, we have af- forded space, where desired, for the addition of genealogical to biographical lore, giving to personal details, in a number of cases, perhaps the majority, a setting in an epitome of family history. At the same time these pages bear witness that we have not forgotten that the special province of biography is to show the worth and importance of the individual in society, to emphasize the power of personality.
BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW PUBLISHING COMPANY. BOSTON, MASS., Nov. 1, 1898.
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ASA W. MOORE.
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ILLIAM H. MOORE, a prominent farmer and fruit- grower of Anson, Somerset County, was born in this town, March 30, 1840. A son of Colonel Asa Wyman Moore, he represents one of
the old families of the town. The grand- father, Major Joseph Moore, when but three years of age was brought by his parents to Somerset County from his birthplace, in the hills of New Hampshire. He was reared on a farm in Norridgewock, receiving such edu- cation as could be obtained in the pioneer district schools. In early manhood he served in the State militia as Major; and after his removal to Anson about a century ago he kept a hotel there for a few years, giving good en- tertainment to man and beast. He also con- tinued farming in Anson, built a saw-mill, and was one of the foremost men in the vicin- ity. His wife, whose maiden name was Hannah Fling, was born at Old Point, Me.
Colonel Asa W. Moore, who was born in Anson, May 7, 1806, on the old homestead, died November 6, 1895, in the house now oc- cupied by his son. Having succeeded to the
paternal acres, he carried on general farming and lumbering with signal success, and for many years was very conspicuous in public life. In the State militia he commanded a regiment, was a member of the State Senate for two terms, and filled the offices of Select- man and Town Clerk at various times. He was quite well educated, and in his younger days was a popular teacher in the district school. Colonel Moore married Eliza Smith, who, born in Norridgewock, April 24, 1807, died on the home farm, February 17, 1883. Their children were: George A., Emma F., William H., and Charles S. George A., born August 15, 1829, spent forty years of his life on a ranch in California, engaged in sheep- raising and fruit-growing, and died there, Au- gust 20, 1894. His widow, whose maiden name was Emma Carr, resides in Oakland, Cal. Emma F., born April 5, 1831, is now the widow of the late Dr. Alonzo P. Allen, who was a prominent physician in Anson for many years. Since Dr. Allen's death on February 26, 1882, Mrs. Allen has kept house for her brother, William H. Charles S., the youngest child, born April 24, 1844, is a journalist, and lives in San Francisco, Cal.
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William H. Moore received his education in an academy of Anson. From his earliest youth he worked on the farm, receiving an ex- cellent training in the various branches of agriculture. As he advanced in years he gradually assumed the management of the homestead property, sedulously caring for his parents in their declining years. He now owns one hundred and thirty acres of the home farm, besides a farm of a hundred and eighty acres adjoining, the whole being a val- uable and most desirable property. He car- ries on general farming, stock-raising, and dairying with success, making a specialty of fruit-growing, for which his land is especially adapted.
Mr. Moore has never married. He has been a member of the Board of Selectmen for one term, and has also given efficient service to his townsmen in less important public offices. Taking much interest in politics, he is a stanch supporter of the principles of the Republican party. An esteemed Odd Fellow, he belongs to Table Rock Lodge, No. 100, of North Anson village; and he is a member of the Grange. Both he and his sister, Mrs. Allen, attend the Methodist Episcopal church, of which their parents were active members.
jLBRIDGE A. THOMPSON, M.D., of Dover, Piscataquis County, a Civil War veteran, an ex-member of the legislat- ure and Executive Council, and the founder of the Thompson Free Library of Dover, was born in Sangerville, Me., January 4,
1828. A son of James and Hannah H. (Coombs) Thompson, he is a grandson of James Thompson, Sr., a native of London- derry, N. H., who was an early settler of Buckfield, Me., and a resident of that town for the rest of his life. Having spent his active years in general farming, Grandfather Thompson died, over eighty years old. By his three marriages he became the father of fifteen children, all of whom attained matu- rity. Two of the number are still living, namely: John Thompson, a resident of Pren- tiss, Me. ; and Elisha, a resident of Gray, Me.
James Thompson (second), Dr. Thompson's father, was born in Buckfield in 1801. In early life he was a farmer; but later, after he moved to Sangerville, he was engaged in lum- bering, and also kept a general store in that town from 1826 to 1850. The last twenty years of his life were spent as a merchant in Dover, and he died in 1871. In his later years he supported the Republican party, and he served in various town offices. His wife, who was born in Brunswick, Me., in 1806, became the mother of four children, all of whom are living, namely: Elbridge A., the subject of this sketch, who is the eldest; Amanda E., the widow of C. O. Palmer, late of Dover; Hannah M., the widow of Edward H. Guernsey, late of this town; and Dr. Edwin J. Thompson, of Lynn, Mass. The mother was eighty-four years old at her death. She attended the Methodist Episcopal church.
Elbridge A. Thompson attended the district schools of Sangerville and the Foxcroft Acad- emy. In 1848 he entered Bowdoin College,
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where he remained two years. Subsequently in 1852 he graduated from the Castleton (Vt.) Medical School. Having then located for practice in Charleston, Me., he resided there for ten years. In 1862 he was commissioned a surgeon in the United States service, and performed active duty in the Civil War until December, 1864. Afterward he was con- nected with the Provost Marshal's office in Bangor from January 1, 1865, until the close of the war, when he settled in Dover, and resumed his private practice. Dr. Thompson has been unusually successful as a physician and surgeon, being at the present time onc of the best known practitioners in Piscataquis County. Though still upon the active list, he is gradually relinquishing his large prac- tice, with the intention of permanently retir- ing in the near future. The financial returns from his professional work have been judi- ciously invested in local enterprises. He was the president of Piscataquis Savings Bank for twelve years, and is now a trustee; and he has been the president of Kinco National Bank for the past ten years. He is also the treasurer of the Dexter & Piscataquis Rail- road and of the Dover and Foxcroft Light and Heat Company.
In politics Dr. Thompson is a Republican. He has been honored with several important elective offices and executive appointments, all of which he filled with ability. His official duties brought him into close contact with the leading men of this and other States, his large list of personal friends including several political and professional men of note.
He was a member of the Board of Selectmen for four terms, has been connected with the School Board for fifteen years, represented this district in the legislature in 1871, was surgeon-general on the Governor's staff during the same year, a member of the Executive Council in 1873 and 1874, a member of the United States Board of Examiners in pension cases for twenty-eight years, alternate to the Republican National Convention in 1876, delegate to the Republican National Conven- tion in 1880, delegate-at-large to the Republi- can National Convention in 1896, and at the present time he is a trustee of the Foxcroft Academy. Liberal and public-spirited to a high degree, he started the Thompson Free Library by donating a building and a fund of ten thousand dollars. In 1854 he married for his first wife Marion Foss, who lived but one year after the ceremony. A second marriage was contracted in 1858 with Lucia A. Eddy, of Corinth, Me. The Doctor attends the Methodist Episcopal church. A thirty-scc- ond degree Mason, he is a member of the Blue Lodge and Chapter in Dover; of St. John's Commandery, Knights Templar, of Bangor; and of the Maine Consistory in Portland. He is also a comrade of C. S. Douty Post, G. A. R.
ATHANIEL H. VINING, chairman of the Board of Selectmen of St. Al- bans, Somerset County, was born in this town, July 13, 1839, son of Israel and Joan (Bigelow) Vining. The grandfather, Josiah Vining, moved from Litchfield, Me.,
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to St. Albans, settling upon a tract of land in the vicinity of the old Quaker meeting-house, and engaged in farming. He married Esther Clough, of Durham, Me., and had a family of eleven children, namely : Sarah, who married Hiram Hawes, of St. Albans, and is no longer living; Jeremiah, who died in California; Abbie, who is now a widow and resides in Amesbury, Mass. ; Jacob, at one time a min- ister and later a cashier of a bank, who mar- ried Lucy Dillingham, both being now de- ceased; Louisa Vining, a school teacher, who has taught in six different States; Israel, the father of Nathaniel H. ; Esther, a school teacher in Merrimac, Mass., now deceased; John and Josiah, both of whom died young; Ruth C., who taught in a Friends' school for several years, and is now the widow of Ephraim Huntington; and William Francis Vining, who married Rebecca Currier, of Amesbury, Mass., and is now a retired car- riage manufacturer of that town.
Israel Vining, who was born in Litchfield, came in childhood with his parents to St. Albans. When a young man he located where his son Nathaniel H. now resides, and cleared from the wilderness a good farm, which he occupied until his death. He was an industrious farmer and a useful citizen, who figured quite prominently in local public affairs; and he was highly esteemed for his many commendable qualities. He served as Deputy Sheriff of the county, and was Collec- tor of Taxes for several years. His wife, Joan, who was a native of Skowhegan, married for her first husband Nathaniel Hawes, of
Harmony, Me., by whom she had one daugh - ter, Rosetta, now deceased, who was the wife of John Hoyt. Her second union was with Isracl Vining, by whom she had five children, namely: Nathaniel H., the subject of this sketch; James Sclden, who died at the age of seven years; Henry C., born February 23, 1846, now a civil engineer in Seattle, Wash .; George W., born in February, 1848, who is now a retired business man of Seattle; and Joseph Cushman Vining, a cabinet-maker, who married Ella Whittemore, of Chelsea, Mass., and has two children - Frank C. and Albert. George W. Vining was formerly manager of the North-western Cracker and Confectionery Company of Seattle, and promi- nent in the business circles of that city. He married Mary Edna Lucas, and his children are: Ruth Winnifred and Harold Luther Vin- ing. The mother is no longer living.
Nathaniel H. Vining began his education in the .common schools, afterward attended the Oak Grove Academy, and completed his studies at a business college. He has always resided at the homestead, having had charge of the property during his father's declining years, and succeeding to its possession after the death of his parents. Besides the home farm, which contains one hundred and twenty acres, he owns some outlying land, and is en- gaged in general farming and the raising of hogs, sheep, cattle, and horses. On Septem- ber 20, 1864, he was joined in marriage with Annie L. Stone, who was born in Ripley, Me., February 23, 1846, daughter of Cyrus and Maria (Prescott) Stone. The former,
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born August 3, 1817, died January 3, 1876. The mother, who was born August 9, 1824, is now living with her daughter. Cyrus and Maria Stone reared four children: Jesse, a veteran of the Civil War, born March 24, 1844, who married Lizzie Rand, and is now a carpenter in Boston; Annie L., who is now Mrs. Vining; Harriet A., who died April 5, 1895; and Nora Belle, who is the widow of Willard Griffin, late of Cambridge, Mass., and is now living in Somerville, Mass. Mrs. Vining has had four children, namely: Carrie Mabel, born February 14, 1866, who was a school teacher in Seattle, and died in that city, November 28, 1887; Selden, a resident of Seattle, -born September 15, 1867, who is married and has one daughter, Marie T .; Frank Newell, born March 22, 1872, who is now a member of the School Board and resides at home; and Florence R. Vining, born De- cember 26, 1876, who resides principally in Massachusetts, where she is engaged in dress- making.
In politics Mr. Vining is a Republican and a member of the Town Committee. For twelve years he was Town Treasurer. He has served as Tax Collector and a member of the Board of Health, is a Justice of the Peace, has been a Selectman for several years, and is now the chairman of the board. He is con- nected with Hartland Lodge, No. 101, I. O. O. F .; and St. Albans Grange, No. 114, Patrons of Husbandry; and he attends the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Vin- ing was a member of the School Board from 1894 to 1896, being the first woman elected
to that body. Since 1891 she has been the secretary of the Somerset County organization of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
AMUEL R. BYRAM, the proprie- tor of the oldest established drug business in Eastport, was born in this city, September 8, 1818, son of Henry and Betsey (Ricker) Byram. The family's earliest ancestors of whom there is any au- thentic knowledge were Captain Nicholas and Mary Edson Byram, who were married in 1676 and died in 1727. They were the par- ents of ten children, namely: Bethiah, born in 1678; Margaret, born in 1680; Mehitable (first), born in 1683; Mehitable (second), born in 1685; Michael, born in 1687; Mary, born in 1690; Eleanor, born in 1692; Su- sanna, born in 1695; Josiah, born in 1698; and Joseph, born in 1701. Josiah Byram, the next in line, married Hannah Rickan in 1720, and their children were: Susanna, born in 1721; Jonah, born in 1723; Theophilus, born in 1725; Mehitable, born in 1730; and Re- lief, born in 1732. Theophilus Byram, great- grandfather of the subject of this sketch, set- tled in North Yarmouth, Me., where he died in 1812. In 1749 he married Mrs. Elizabeth, or Betsey, (Blackman) Beal, widow of Samuel Beal (second). Their children were: Josiah, born in 1750; Oliver, born in 1751; David, born in 1753; James, born in 1756; Melzar, born in 1759; and Susanna, the date of whose birth is not known. The grandfather, Oliver Byram, married Elizabeth Moxey.
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Henry Byram, son of Oliver, born in North Yarmouth, August 15, 1780, was a mason by trade. After moving to Eastport in 1813 or 1814, he was a master workman here until 1830. In that year he established the drug business now carried on by his son, and was actively interested in it for ten years, when failing health caused him to retire. He died February 15, 1848. In politics he supported the Democratic party. Betsey Ricker Byram, his wife, whom he married January 10, 1805, was born in Berwick, Me., June 24, 1781. She was a member of the Baptist church. Her children were born as follows: Alfred R., January 13, 1806; Henry O., February 6, 1808; Delano, September 29, 1809; Alfred R. (second), October 30, 1811; Jabez R., September 11, 1813; Samuel R., the subject of this sketch; and William P. Byram, Octo- ber 8, 1820. The first five were natives of North Yarmouth, and the others were natives of Eastport. The only survivors of the num- ber are: Alfred R. Byram, of Vineland, N.J. ; and Samuel R., the subject of this sketch. The mother died February 25, 1861.
Samuel R. Byram attended school regularly until he was thirteen years old, at which time he began to assist his father in business. Owing to the feeble state of the latter's health he found it necessary thereafter to de- vote the greater part of his time to the store. Succeeding to its ownership in 1840, he has for a period of fifty-seven years dispensed medicine to the people of Eastport, and is still actively engaged in his useful calling. He carries a full line of drugs, chemicals, pat-
ent medicines, fancy goods, stationery, etc. ; and his store is not only the oldest of its kind in the city, but is- also very liberally patron- ized. He has always taken an active part in public affairs. In all he served as Town and City Clerk for some thirty-eight years, first from 1848 to 1853 and then from 1862 to March, 1895. He is well informed upon all subjects of general interest to the community, and has acted as a Justice of the Peace since 1879. Politically, he is a Republican.
On November 16, 1854, Mr. Byram was united in marriage with Mary L. Hawkes. She was born in Eastport, October 24, 1832, daughter of Micajah and Sally (Wheeler) Hawkes, the former of whom served as assist- ant surgeon in the United States navy during the War of 1812, and was on board of the "Hornet " at the time of her engagement with the "Peacock." Mr. and Mrs. Byram have one daughter, Sally Wheeler, who assists her father in the store. Mr. Byram was made a Mason in Eastern Lodge, No. 7, in 1848, and is still a member of that body. He is also an esteemed member of the Central Congrega- tional Church.
AMES C. DILL, an enterprising woollen manufacturer of Abbot, Pis- cataquis County, was born in Gray, Cumberland County, Me., April 24, 1862, son of Captain James C. and Abigail (Douty) Dill. His father was a native of the British Provinces, and his mother was born in Gray. The paternal grandfather was James C. Dill, a
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bridge builder by occupation, who moved to the United States from the Provinces.
James C. Dill, second, father of the subject of this sketch, came to Maine when an infant, and resided in Yarmouth during his boyhood and youth. At an early age he began to fol- low the sea, and worked his way forward until he became a ship-master. Building a vessel at Yarmouth, he commanded her until his death, which occurred at the early age of thirty years. He had one son, his namesake, James C., whose name begins this sketch. Mrs. Dill married for her second husband Isaac Bagnall, and is now a resident of Houl- ton.
James C. Dill (third) attended the common schools of Gray, and supplemented his ele- mentary studies with a business course at a commercial college in Portland. Learning the wool carder's trade, he has since followed it, both as a journeyman and as a manufact- urer, in various places, including Hanover, Me. He located in Abbott in 1895. He has a good water-power, with steam in reserve, and, having completely remodelled his plant, is now the owner of one of the best equipped woollen-mills in this section. He employs six hands, and makes a specialty of fine yarns.
On October 25, 1888, Mr. Dill married Jennie L. Barker, who was born in Newry, Me., daughter of Ebenezer and Emma Barker. He has one son, James A., born in Hanover, September 28, 1889.
Politically, Mr. Dill is a Republican, and while residing in Hanover he served with ability as Tax Collector and Supervisor of
Schools. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge of Guilford, and of the Patrons of Husbandry of Abbott. His business ability and progressive tendencies have enabled him to advance rapidly in prosperity, and the success he has acquired is the result of his own energy and perseverance.
YRUS A. PACKARD, who was First Selectman of Blanchard, Piscataquis County, for twenty-five years and Town Clerk for sixteen years, was born in Hebron, Me., December 22, 1822. A son of Reuel K. and Patience (Bowker) Packard, he was a descendant of Samuel Packard, who came from England in the ship "Diligence" in 1638, and settled in what is now the city of Brockton, Mass. From Samuel Packard the line is traced through Zaccheus, who mar- ried Sarah Howard; James, who married Jemima Keith; Reuben, who married Anna Perkins; and Ichabod, Cyrus A. Packard's grandfather, who married Rachel Cole. Reu- ben Packard, of the fourth generation from Samuel, was Orderly Sergeant in Captain Jo- siah Hayden's company of minute-men, who took part in the battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775. Ichabod Packard was a private in Captain Elisha Mitchell's company, Colonel Simon Carey's regiment, which started for the front April 2, 1775. He served also in Abiel Pierce's company, Colonel Nicholas Dike's regiment, from August 3 to November 29, 1776. His wife was a member of the
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family of Joseph Cole, who had four sons and four grandsons in the Revolution.
Reuel K. Packard, born in Hebron, Me., January 26, 1792, who was a carpenter by trade, moved from Hebron to Monson soon after his marriage and from Monson to Blanch- ard in 1834. In Monson he was engaged in; trade and milling. He was one of the early merchants of Blanchard, and for a number of years was interested in a grist-mill here. A Whig in politics, he was Town Clerk for a number of years; and, an active member of the Congregational church, he was Deacon for several years. He died January 2, 1862. His wife, who was born in Hebron, March 28, 1791, died October 7, 1872. They had three children, namely: Augustus, who died in Hebron, aged about four years; Cyrus A., the subject of this sketch; and Henry M., born September 2, 1826, who was killed in Blanch- ard by the bursting of a saw, November 5, 1850.
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