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Angeline Chase, b. June 18, 1824; m. Alvin R. Parlin, Sumner. David A., b. Aug. 20, 1830; m. Fanny Young.
ALMON RECORD, son of the preceding, b. Jan. 6, 1822, m. Eliza J. Washburn. He d. Jan. 7, 1889. She d. Jan. 28, 1897. Children :
Roscoe L., b. Jan. 25, 1852; m. Viola Jordan. Clara E., b. Jan. 20, 1856; m. Frank Haskell.
Hattic R., b. June 6, 1858; m. John Davis.
Herbert A., b. Aug. 20, 1861 ; m. Jennie S. Hodsdon. Mertie I., b. June 6, 1869.
DAVID A. RECORD, youngest son of David Record, Jr., m. Fanny Young, b. Hartford in 1835. He d. in Mass., Nov. 27, 1898. Children :
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William A., b. Aug. 9, 1858.
Ernest A., b. Apr. 24, 1861; d. Oct. 16, 1879.
Llewellyn R., b. Mar. 11, 1865. Caroline B., b. Aug. 3, 1868.
EZEKIEL RECORD, son of David, sen., b. Feb. 22, 1786, m. Al- mira Milliken. He d. May 17, 1881. She d. Aug. II, 1877. Children :
Esekiel C., b. May 2, 1814; m. Miriam Irish.
Dana M., b. Nov. 15, 1815; m. Lucy H. Reed.
Viraenne, b. Aug. 26, 1817; m. Samuel Reed.
Benj. Harrison, b. Nov. 20, 1818; m. Phebe R. Irish. Samuel, b. Sept. 18, 1820; m. Maria Manning. Dorcas Jane, b. May 18, 1822; m. William Chick.
Jennette, b. Mar. 6, 1824; m. Dr. John R. Lord of Orono. Amanda, b. July 19, 1825; m. Silas Shaw.
Clark, b. May 18, 1827 ; m. Henrietta M. Bunker; d. July 25, 1892.
Susan, b. July 27, 1828; m. Addison Shaw.
Mary, b. May 8, 1830; m. Francis E. Spaulding.
David, b. Feb. 9, 1833; m. Mary Record.
Jonathan, b. Dec. 13, 1834; m. Susie ---; s. in Mass.
BENJAMIN HARRISON RECORD, son of the preceding, b. Nov. 20, 1818, m. Phebe R. Irish. He d. May 13, 1883. She d. Apr. 19, 1866. Children:
Sylvia A., b. Aug. 8, 1849; d. May 29, 1866.
Herbert W., b. Aug. 6, 1853; m. Abbie Fogg; s. in Paris.
William H., b. May 18, 1855; m. Ella M. Record.
Cora R., b. Feb. 26, 1859; m. Ellis Whitman.
Flora M., b. Feb. 26, 1859; resides at Mechanic Falls; unm.
LEWIS RECORD, son of David, sen., b. Mar. 28, 1788, m. Sarah T. Pompilly. He d. about 1863. She d. in 1830. Children :
Sarah, b. July 9, 1824; m. Calvin Robbins.
Lewis, Jr., b. Aug. 11, 1827.
Morris, b. Apr. 29, 1830; m. -- Lothrop and s. in the West. His wife died and he m. 2d, in 1832, Phebe Spaulding. Children :
Melissa, b. July 23, 1833, d. July 5, 1850; Lucius, b. Feb. 4, 1835, never married ; Mary, b. July 6, 1837, m. David Record; Charlotte, b. May 26, 1839, m. Cyrus Snell; Aurelia, b. July 30, 1841, m. Solon Tuttle ; Sophronia, b. Oct. 5, 1843, m. Moses Brown; Fostina, b. Feb. 13, 1846, m. Sanford Conant; Benjamin S., b. Dec. 18, 1848; George IV., b. May 24, 1851, m. Annie V. Merrill.
THOMAS RECORD, youngest son of David, sen., b. Apr. 14, 1791, m. Abigail Philbrick. Children :
Otis Franklin, b. Feb. 9, 1822; m. Deliverance D. Damon.
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Annis P., b. Aug. 12, 1827; m. Hubbard Lowell.
Betsey, b. Aug. 17, 1829; m. R. B. Jennings.
Lucy, b. Sept. 4, 1835; m. Cyrus Chase. John P., b. July 29, 1837; m. Adelaide Cole. George B., b. Apr. 7, 1840, m. Margaret E. Packard.
JOHN P. RECORD, son of the preceding, b. July 29, 1837, m. Adelaide Cole. Children :
Louisa M., b. Oct. 11, 1863.
Thomas, b. Aug. 4, 1866.
George B., b. Sept. 20, 1869.
Abigail, b. Feb. 18, 1874; m. Walter M. Briggs.
Carrie C., b. June 15, 1880.
John P., b. Apr. 20, 1887.
GEORGE B. RECORD, bro. of the preceding, b. Apr. 7, 1840, m. Margaret E. Packard. Children :
Ella M., b. June 19, 1871, m. William H. Record.
Wl'arren L., b. Apr. 25, 1876. Addison G., b. Mar. 8, 1877. Joseph C., b. abt. 1879.
SIMON RECORD b. about 1756, m. Bethiah Packard, b. 1758. She d. June 8, 1829, aged 71 years. He d. Oct. 5, 1843, aged 87. Children :
Cynthia, b. Aug. 20, 1779; m. Clark Young.
Simeon, b. May 15, 1781 ; m. Eliza Strout.
Bethiah, b. July 20, 1783; m. Stephen Spaulding.
Joanna, b. Apr. 3, 1786; m. Eliphalet Noyes.
Ebeneser, b. May 18, 1788; m. Nancy Manley.
Charles, b. May 18, 1788; m. Sally Noyes.
Cyrus, b. Sept. 19, 1790; m. Arvilla Spaulding.
Simon, Jr., b. Dec. 19, 1792; m. Catharine Fernald.
EBENEZER RECORD, son of Simon. b. May 18, 1788, m. Nancy Manley. He d. about 1871. She d. about 1885. Children :
Diantha, b. July 3, 1824; m. Charles Hutchinson.
Delphina, b. Jan. 13, 1828; m. Jonathan Damon.
Diana, b. June 6, 1831; died young.
Alonso N., b. Feb. 1I, 1833; m. Ist, Lara Lowell; 2d, Mrs. Davie; d. Nov. 17, 1895.
Lorenzo, b. Sept. 13, 1837; m. and s. in Pembroke.
CHIARLES RECORD, bro. of the preceding, b. May 18. 1788, m. Sarah Noyes. Children :
Cyrus B., Clara, John, Columbus, Charles, Elbridge, Elnathan, b. 1825; s. in Minot.
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CYRUS RECORD, son of Simon, sen .. b. Sept. 19, 1790, m. . \r- villa Spaulding. He d. Dec. 12, 1876. She d. at Mechanic Falls in August, 1896. Children :
Asa S., b. Nov. 2, 1820; m. Sarah Bartlett.
Mary L., b. Mar., 1822; d. Nov. 13, 1828.
Angelia, b. May 26, 1825; m. David L. Farrar.
Fostina S. b. May 26, 1825; m. Jason Mitchell.
Abel A., b. May II, 1828; m. Harriet Woodman and s. in Brunswick. Bennett B., b. Aug. 24, 1834; m. Lucy A. Cushman.
Julius A., b. Jan. 7, 1844; m. Hannah C. Marston.
Julia A., b. Jan. 7, 1844; m. Zadoc A. Buck.
ASA S. RECORD, son of the preceding. b. Nov. 2, 1820, m. Sarah Bartlett. He d. Nov. 23. 1876. She d. in 1901. Chil- dren :
Phebe Z., b. Sept. 19, 1842; d. Feb. 3, 1844.
Edgar T., b. Oct. 8, 1843; m. Mittie A. Foster.
Martha M., b. June 20, 1846; m. Pearl Swallow.
William Chase, b. Sept. 2, 1848; m. Julia Smith ; s. in Poland.
Frederick F., b. June 9, 1856; died young.
EDGAR T. RECORD, son of the preceding, b. Oct. 8, 1843, m. Mittie A. Foster. Settled at So. Paris. He was a soldier in the Civil War. Child :
Cora, b. Sept. 15, 1870; m. John E. Everett; (she was killed with youngest child by R. R. train running into auto while crossing track in summer of 1915) ; 3 c .: Marion, b. March, 1895; Lena C., b. May, 1898, and Iva, b. Jan. 1, 1903.
BENNETT B. RECORD, son of Cyrus, b. Aug. 24, 1834, m. Lucy A. Cushman. Children :
Arvilla E., b. Oct. 23, 1855; m. Newell Estey of Boston.
Lissie F., b. Apr. 14, 1864; in. and set. in Mass.
Anna B., b. June 27, 1865; m. Wm. Pitt Putnam of Waterville.
Charles, b. Sept. 30, 1867; m. Frances Walter of Portand.
JULIUS A. RECORD, bro. of the preceding. b. Jan. 7, 1844. m. Mrs. Hannah ( Buck ) Marston. They reside at South Paris. Children :
Chester, b. May 21, 1866; m. Eva Howard; s. in Portland. Roscoe, b. Mar. 24, 1868; died young.
Angelia, b. July 13, 1870; m. Ist, Thos. Keough; 2d, Charles Ed- munds.
James S., b. Nov. 1I, 1876; m. Emma Wheeler; s. at South Paris. Amy A., b. Sept. 11, 1878.
Augustus J., b. June 26, 1881.
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SIMON RECORD, JR., son of Simon, sen., b. Dec. 19, 1792, m. Catharine Fernald. Children :
Freeman, b. Apr. 19, 1818.
Stephen, b. Nov. 1, 1819; d. Sept., 1844.
Samuel, b. Jan. 1, 1822.
W'illiam, b. Dec. 17, 1823; m. Harriet Mitchell.
Levi, b. Aug. 13, 1825; m. Lydia Ludden; s. at So. Paris.
Philo, b. Mar. 5, 1829; d. unm. Apr. 5, 1886.
Henry, b. May 21, 1831 ; d. June 23, 1862.
Elisa Ann, b. Feb. 2, 1833.
WILLIAM RECORD. son of the preceding, b. Dec. 17, 1823, m. Harriet Mitchell. Children :
Lola K., b. July 12, 1856; m. Edwin Maxim.
Chas. A., b. July 8, 1859; m. Ruth A. Thomes.
William, Jr., b. Aug. 26, 1861; m. Dora Cobb.
Eugene, b. Sept. 6, 1863; m. Arvilla Jordan.
Geo. H., b. Aug. 20, 1866; m. - Jordan.
Jennie A., b. Aug. 8, 1870.
Vernie, b. Dec. 20, 1874.
Harry A., b. Oct. 21, 1879.
CHARLES A. RI.CORD, son of the preceding, b. July 8, 1859, m. Ruth A. Thomes. Child :
Lottie J., b. Aug. 24, 1866.
EUGENE RECORD, bro. of the preceding, b. Sept. 6, 1863, m. Arvilla Jordan. Child :
Maud E., b. Feb. 17, 1890; m. Oscar Casey.
RICHARDSON.
JOHN RICHARDSON, the first of the name we have any record of in Buckfield, was descended from Samuel, who came from England with two brothers and settled at Woburn, Mass., about 1630. Samuel1 was born about 1610. The line of descent is given as follows: Samuel, Joseph, Stephen. Adam, Stephen.
JOHN RICHARDSON, son of Stephen, m. Lydia Crooker and settled in Buckfield, but after residing here a number of years, he moved to Turner where he passed the remainder of his days. Children recorded on our records :
Abigail, b. July 16, 1797. Polly, b. Nov. 18, 1799; m. Jotham Roberts. Benjamin, b. Apr. 13, 1802. Ruth, b. Aug. 26, 1805; m. Jabez Pratt. Lyman, b. Nov. 19, 1807; m. Mercy Buck. John and Giles.
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RICKER.
TOBIAS RICKER, b. May 12, 1764, was the first of the name to settle in Backfield. He was a Revolutionary soldier and came here from Berwick, Me., before 1790. His wife's name was Abigail Warren. He d. Dec. 20, 1847. Children :
Eleanor, b. Mar. 25, 1785; d. Mar. 19, 1794.
John, b. Feb. 27, 1787; m. Charlotte Hayward.
Tobias, Jr., b. Mar. 15, 1789; m. Sally Berry; 2d, Keziah Jackson ; 3d, Abigail Ellis.
Abigail, b. Nov. 22, 1791; m. Obadiah Berry.
Ephraim, b. Jan. 29, 1794; m. Margaret Swett.
Isaiah, b. May 15, 1796; m. Hannah Mason.
Charlotte, b. Nov. 15, 1798; m. Daniel Hutchinson; 2d, Levi Berry. Andrew, b. Mar. 17, 1802.
Nancy, b. July 4, 1804; m. Edmund Irish.
Lysander, b. Aug. 28, 1807; m. Cordelia Cushman.
TOBIAS RICKER, JR., son of the preceding, b. Mar. 15, 1789, m. Sally Berry. She d. and he m. 2d Keziah Jackson, 3d Abi- gail Ellis. He d. in Illinois, June 2, 1868. Children :
Danville A., b. Sept. 9, 1815; m. Lucinda Mason.
By second wife:
Sarah Ann, b. Mar. 10, 1823; m. James S. Benson; 2d, Thomas Benson.
Flora Janc, b. Jan. 1, 1827; m. Wm. F. Berry.
Algernon O., b. Nov. 28, 1833; m. Julia M. Ricker.
Cyrus S., b. Apr. 26, 1830; m. Lizzie H. Barrelle.
EPHRAIM RICKER, bro. of the preceding, b. Jan. 29. 1794. m. Margaret Swett. He d. Oct. 23, 1875. She d. ---. Children :
Horace, b. Jan. 17, 1819.
Ephraim, Jr., b. -; m. Sarah Prince.
ISAIAH RICKER, bro. of the preceding, b. May 15, 1796, m. Hannah Mason. Children :
Elestia Abigail, b. Apr. 20, 1828. Amanda Malvina, b. Nov. 4, 1830. Silas Mason, b. Aug. 30, 1832. Miles Mason, b. Oct. 12, 1834.
REV. GEORGE RICKER, a Baptist preacher, b. Dec. 14, 1771, bro. of Tobias, sen., in. Dorcas Philbrick. He d. in Auburn, Me., in 1854. Children :
Hiram, b. June 6, 1799; m. --; s. in Auburn. Elmira, b. Feb. 2, 1801 ; m. David W. Swett.
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Sarah, b. June 5, 1802; m. - Keith.
George, Jr., b. Jan .15, 1804; m. -
Delana, b. Oct. 5, 1805; died young. Luten, b. Sept. 25, 1807; settled in the West.
Jones, b. Feb. 20, 1812; went to sea and was drowned first night out.
RIDER.
CAPT. JOHN RIDER, a Revolutionary soldier, who settled in the township before 1800, in. Ruth -. He was from Ply- mouth County, Mass. We have no record when they died. Children :
John, Jr., b. May 7, 1789.
Lucy, b. Sept. 7, 1792. Elisabeth, b. Oct. 16, 1794. Laura, b. Dec. 22, 1796.
George, b. Aug. 3, 1799.
SAMUEL RIDER, prob. a bro. of John, sen., m. Abigail
No mention is made of their deaths on our records. Children :
Enoch Frost b. Mar. 29, 1803. Bela Morse, b. Jan. 24, 1805. Polly, b. May 21, 1808.
ROBERTS.
Joseph Roberts was probably a descendant of Thomas Rob- erts and his wife, Rebecca, who came from England in 1633 and settled in Dover, N. H., where or in the vicinity of which Joseph was born about 1727. He m. Hannah Young. They settled in Windham. In July, 1778, he exchanged farms with Theophilus Bradbury of Pearsonstown (Standish). In August, 1787, he sold his farm in Standish for 18of to Peter White of Bucktown, who went there to live and appears to have passed the remainder of his days there. In June, 1795, Peter White sold his settling lot in Buckfield for £200 to Jonathan Roberts, Jr.
Joseph Roberts appears to have come to Bucktown soon after selling his place to Peter White. He was here with his family when the census was taken in 1790 and also in 1800. In March, 1803, he purchased one-half of the settling lot of Jonathan Rob- erts near Federal Corner. In 1804 he was living in Washington Pl., now Brooks.
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The trad tion is that he died in Buckfield about 1805. His , wife died at the home of her daughter, Elizabeth Irish, about 1815.
JOSEPH ROBERTS was a patriot, a worthy man and a good cit- izen. He is said to have served awhile in the War for Inde- pendence. Children :
Joseph, Jr., b. Feb. 6, 1756; m. Esther Hamlin ; 2d, Margaret Hall.
Hannah, b. abt. 1762; m. James Jordan, Jr .; s. in B.
Sarah, b. Windham, 1764; m. Jotham Shaw; s. in B.
Jonathan, 2d, b. abt. 1766; m. Prudence Willard.
Elisabeth, b. -, 1769; m. Thomas Irish; s. in B.
Mary, b. -, 1773; m. Richard Taylor; s. in B.
John, b. -, 1777; m. Miriam Irish; s. in O.
JOSEPH ROBERTS, JR. (see sketch). b. Feb. 6, 1756, in. Esther Hamlin, b. June 30, 1758, one of the first 47 settlers in Bucktown. First settler in Washington Pl., now Brooks, Me., where he d. Jan. 10, 1843. His wife d. in Buckfield, Feb. 21, 1801 and he m. 2d Mrs. Margaret Forbes, widow of Zadoc Forbes, daughter of Hatevil an Ruth (Winslow) Hall. He was the father of 24 children-12 by each wife. Nearly all of them lived to raise up families of their own. All of this family settled in Eastern Me. Children by Ist wife, all but two first probably b. in Buckfield :
Hannah, b. Feb. 20, 1778; m. 1799, John Young; 10 c .; d. in 1844.
Tabitha, b. Jan. 11, 1780; m. 1799, James Roberts; 4 ch .; d. in 1868. She killed a British soldier with a pitchfork while he was attempting to carry off her last cow.
Sarah, b. May 6, 1782; m. Shadrack Hall; 10 c .; d. in 1859.
Isaac, b. May 10, 1784; m. Ist, Abigail Merrill; 2d, Sarah Cobb; 9 ch .; d. in 1862.
Dr. Jacob, b. May 10, 1784; m. Ist, Huldah Myrick; 2d, Abby Jenkins ; II c .; d. in 1856.
Elizabeth, b. Feb. 2, 1786; m. John Cates; 9 c .; d. in 1832.
Gilman, b. Oct. 28, 1788; m. Ist, Ann Leathers; 2d, Susan Bachelder ;
12 c .; d. in 1877.
Enoch, b. Mar. 27, 1791; m. Ist Eleanor Leathers; 2d, Eliza Aborn ; II c .; d. in 1855.
Infant, b. 1793; d. 1793.
Esther, b. Mar. 20, 1795; m. Daniel Hamilton; 13 c .; d. in 1877. Lovina, b. Aug. - , 1797; m. Levi Bowen ; 12 c .; d. in 1856.
Joseph, b. Nov. 2, 1799; m. Lydia Knight; 3 c .; d. in 1885.
Children by 2d wife, all but first born in Brooks :
Nathan, b. Feb. 5, 1802; died young.
Benj., b. Feb. - , 1804; in. Nancy Cilley ; 5 ch .; d. in Rebel Prison in 1864.
Barnabas M. Roberts Hamlin M. Roberts Dr. Jacob Roberts Capt. Cassius C. Roberts Amorena Roberts Grant
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John, b. Jan. - , 1806; m. Harriet Jackson ; 8 c .; d. in Minn. in 1886. Alfred, Jr., 1. Oct. 21, 1807; m. Ist Caroline Davis; 2d, Sarah Rob- erts; I4 c .; d. in 1868.
Ruth, b. 1809; d. young.
Mary, b. 1811; d. young.
Timothy T., b. July 31, 1812; m. Nancy Gardner; + c .; d. in 1868.
Dr. Charles, b. Jan. 1814; m. Clarinda Havener; d. in 1840.
Hon. Nathan H., b. June 9, 1815; m., ist, Elvira Irish; 2d, Mary Langham; 5 c .; d. in Minn. in 1892.
Mary, b. 1818; m. Calvin Fogg; 4 ch .; d. in 1893.
Il'inslow, b. Mar. 8, 1821; m. Ist, Amelia Putnam; 2d, Cornelia Rand ; 3d, Maria Bangs; 7 c .; d. in 1879.
Rufus, b. Apr. 14, 1823; m. Adeline Files; 6 c .; d. in Minn. 1900.
DR. JACOB ROBERTS, son of the preceding, b. in Buckfield, May 10, 1784, died at North Vassalboro, Me., Mar. 15, 1856. He was a self-made man. He acquired his education and fitted himself for a physician by working on the farm and teaching. In 1810 he married Miss Huldah M. Myrick of Hebron. Me., b. in North Yarmouth in 1793, and settled in Brooks where he practiced liis profession for nearly 40 years with great success. For many years he was the most eminent physician in all that section of the state and became noted for his skill in the treat- ment of serious cases. He became a convert to the Quaker faith in religion and the homeopathic system of medicine. In politics he was a whig and his influence among his patients was so great that he carried his town which was democratic by a large ma- jority for Gen. Harrison for President in 1840 by over 100 ma- jority. Doctor Roberts was noted for his benevolence and pub- lic spirit and had great tenacity of faith and purpose which char- acterizes the family. His wife died Apr. 6, 1845. They left several sons who rose to eminence in professional and political life. Children all but first born in Brooks, Me. :
Hamlin M., b. Buckfield, 1811; m. Mary A. Rich; s. in Brooks, Me.
Jacob WV., Esq., b. Nov. 29, 1813; m. Ist, Phebe S. Abbott; 2d, Jane Lippincott.
Amorena D., b. Sept. 2, 1815; m. Dr. Ezra Manter.
Hon. Barnabas M., b. Oct. 17, 1818; m. Emeline Richi.
Charles L., Esq., b. Apr. 14, 1821; m. Caroline P. Metcalf; s. in I11. Prof. Porteous B., b. July 27, 1823; m. Mary A. Preckett. Emily E., b. in 1825; d. 1834.
Phebe Y., b. April 5, 1828; m. William P. Miller.
Huldah J., b. Dec. 19, 1830; m. Dr. J. H. Barrows; s. in Gardiner.
Ellen C., b. May 27, 1833; m. Dr. Erza Manter.
Dr. William P. Roberts, b. Jan. 25, 1836; m. Ist, Susan D. Weeks ; 2d, Cora B. Ferris; s. in Wisconsin.
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HAMLIN MYRICK ROBERTS, son of the preceding, born in Buckfield in 1811, m. in 1835, Mary A. Rich. He was an early abolitionist and was one of the three in Jackson, Me., who voted for James G. Birney for President in 1840. He was a highly respected citizen and took a deep interest in political and public affairs but refused all efforts of his fellow townsmen to elect him to office. He died in Brooks, June, 1856. His widow m. Rev. Dexter Waterman in 1859 and d. in East Dixfield in 1877. Children all born in Jackson, Me. :
Allen H. Roberts, b. Feb. 22, 1836; m. 1863, Kate Weatherbee; re- sides in Chicago, Ill.
Dr. Francis A. Roberts, b. Aug. 9, 1838; m. Mary F. Hazzy.
Emily, b. 1840; died 1848.
Nelson Roberts, b. 1842; died 1848.
Hon. Cassius C. Roberts, b. Mar. 5, 1845; m. Pauline E. Colcord ; resides in Chicago, Il1.
HON. CASSIUS CLAY ROBERTS b. in Jackson, Me., Mar. 5. 1845, m. 1868, Pauline E. Colcord. Two children were born of this union : Parepa R. Aug. 7. 1869 and Pauline E., Aug. 15. 1875. The latter married Feb. 13, 1897. James J. Lawler of Winsted, Conn., assistant superintendent of Winsted Silk Co., Chicago, where they reside. His wife d. Nov. 30, 1875 and he m. 2d Jan. 5, 1898, Margaret Bennett, who d. Aug. 28, 1899. Their child, a promising son, named Cassius Philip Roberts, b. July 29, 1899, d. June 22, 1901 from the effects of gasoline ad- ministered by an insane nurse.
Mr. Roberts acquired his education in the common schools and at the Maine State Seminary and Bethany College, West Virginia. On the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion, he enlisted in the Ist Maine Regiment but was rejected. When Col. Beal's roth Maine was recruited he enlisted in Co. I and served till the regiment was mustered out of the service May 3, 1863. At Cedar Mt., he was wounded in battle, but soon recovered and was promoted to corporal. After his discharge he again entered the service as a commissioned officer in the U. S. Colored troops and was in command of his company at the siege and capture of Port Hudson. He returned to Maine having re- signed after the opening of the Mississippi and almost immedi- ately re-enlisted in the First Me. H. A. and was promoted to First Lieutenant and Captain by brevet for gallantry and faith-
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full service. He was wounded at the battle of Spottsylvania, Va. After the war, he became connected with a ship-building firm at Stockton, Me., and for several years run a general store at that place. For four years he was the political reporter and corre- spondent for the Boston Globe. He heartily entered into the Liberal Republican movement of 1872 and was a member of the National convention which nominated Horace Greeley for Presi- dent. He was first selectman of Stockton. Me., 1876-1878 and state senator from Waldo County in 1879. In 1884 he moved to Chicago, Ill., where he has since resided. Mr. Roberts re- turned to the Republican party in 1897. In 1888 he was con- nected with the Chicago post office but resigned the next year to begin the publication of the "South West Chicagoan," to which was added the "Chicago Opinion" and six other weekly papers published by the West Chicago Press Association, of which he was editor. Captain Roberts is now ( 1915) living in compara- tive retirement at his pleasant home at Hollywood, Chicago. He has married a beautiful and accomplished Southern lady, who is devotedly attached to her worthy husband.
JACOB WELLINGTON ROBERTS, second son of Dr. Jacob. b. in Brooks, Me., Nov. 29, 1813. m. Phebe S. Abbott. He was a man of literary tastes and a writer of merit of both prose and poetry. He was well informed on all public questions of his time and was deeply interested in politics. Mr. Roberts for many years was the leader of his party in his section. He was a strong anti-slavery man. His wife d. in 1844 and in 1849 he m. 2d Jane Lippincott. He contracted consumption while travelling in the West from which he d. Dec. 18, 1849. Children :
Edward Junius, b. Feb. 8, 1837; d. Jan. 4, 1838.
Dr. Eaward Junius, b. Feb. 10, 1839; m. Emma Evans.
Freeman Myrick, b. Dec. 21, 18440; m. Aurelia J. York.
Amorena, b. Nov. 5, 1842; m. Lemuel C. Grant.
Mrs. Amorena Grant lives in Boston. Her husband served in the Civil War in several Maine regiments. After the war he followed the sea and was mate of the bark "Warren," when it went down in a storm with all on board. Mrs. Grant is the author of a book on the descendants of Joseph Roberts. (She died suddenly at her home in Boston Sept. 3, 1915.)
HON. BARNABAS MYRICK ROBERTS, the 4th child of Dr. Jacob, was b. Oct. 17, 1818, in Brooks. He began teaching school at 16.
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Soon after reaching his majority he went to Kentucky where he taught school with much success. At the urgent request of his parents he returned home and settled on a farm in Jackson. He married Miss Emeline Rich, a sister to his brother Hamlin's wife. In 1853 he opened a store at Brooks village and two years later became a partner with Hon. N. G. Hichborn, afterwards the temperance candidate for governor of the state at Stockton which partnership continued till Mr. Hichborn's death in 1875, after which he conducted the business alone. Originally a whig, Mr. Roberts became an abolitionist in 1844. He was one of the founders of the republican party in Maine and was always one of its trusted leaders. He was state senator from Waldo County. For four years was collector of customs at Belfast, Me., during the war and a candidate for Congress in 1866. He was a ready debater, well informed and of unimpeachable integrity. He d. in 1896. His wife d. Dec. 19, 1893. They had seven children.
DR. WILLIAM PINKNEY ROBERTS of Janesville, Wisconsin, the youngest child of Doctor Jacob Roberts, was born in Brooks, Me., Jan. 25, 1836. When eighteen years of age having been given up to die as a hopeless consumptive, he went West where he regained his health. He graduated from the Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago and began the practice of his pro- fession in Newaygo, Michigan. He adopted some original methods of treating the sick with great success. Some years later he settled in Janesville, Wisconsin, where he has become eminent. In 1890 he originated and helped organize the Amer- ican Invalid Aid Society of Boston. He has become one of the highest authorities in the United States on consumption. He was the originator of the custom of flying the stars and stripes over schoolhouses. The doctor has been twice married. His first wife was Susan A. Weeks of Vassalboro, Me. She d. and he m. in 1888 Cora B. Ferris of Janesville.
JONATHAN ROBERTS, 2d, son of Joseph, sen., b. in Windham about 1766, m. in 1786, Prudence Willard. He served awhile on the coast of Maine during the latter part of the War of the Revolution. He was one of the early settlers of Bucktown, but after living here several years, moved to the eastern part of the state. Children recorded here :
Jotham, b. Dec. 28, 1787; m. Polly Richardson.
Lydia, b. Oct. 26, 1789; m. William Haskell.
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Daniel, b. Dec. 30, 1791 ; m. Mary Haskell.
Hannah, b. Dec. 22, 1794; m. Libbeus Jones.
W'illiam, b. Mar. 17, 1796; m. Ruth Edwards.
Cyrus, b. Apr. 21, 1803; went to sea; never returned .
JONATHAN ROBERTS (see sketch), brother of Joseph, sen., b. about 1746 in N. H., m. in 1768, Elizabeth Webb at Windham and from there came to Bucktown in time to acquire a settling lot. He d. after 1815. We have no record of his wife's death. Children recorded on B. records :
Samuel, b. Windham, Feb. 5, 1769; s. in Eastern Me.
Susannah, b. Windham Apr. 28, 1771.
George, b. Windham Apr. 26, 1773; m. Mary Brown.
Jonathan, b. Windham July 17, 1775; moved from B. before 1820. James, b. Windham Sept. 15, 1777; m. Tabitha Roberts; s. in E. Me. Bethiah, b. Windham Sept. 17, 1779.
Judith, b. Windham Oct. 6, 1781.
Betsey, b. Dec. 10, 1783; m. Going Knight.
Seth, b. May 5, 1786, moved away before 1820.
Rebecca, b. Dec. 9, 1788; m. Arza Forbes.
GEORGE ROBERTS, son of the preceding, b. Apr. 26, 1773. m. Mary Brown. He settled after 1815 in Eastern Maine. Chil- dren recorded here :
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