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HENRY W. MILLETT.
Henry W. Millett was born in Norway, July 25, 1796. He married Sarah, daughter of Capt. Henry Rust, the proprietor of Rustfield. In his day he was one of the shrewdest political managers, but his chief fame rests upon his engineering through the legislature, of which he was a member, in 1859, the project of annexing a tract to
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Norway from Paris. In politics, he was first a national republican, next a whig and later a republican. He served as a deputy sheriff for eighteen years and as high sheriff for one term. In the militia, he rose to the rank of Major and late in life was generally called "Old Major Millett." He was appointed by President Lincoln, village postmaster, a position he held for nearly eight years. His residence was in the corner formed by Main and Paris streets where he died Feb. 28, 1869, while holding the position of postmaster.
DAVID NOYES.
David Noyes was born in Winchendon, Mass., June 16, 1788. He came to Norway in 1804, when not quite sixteen years old. His elder brother, Ward Noyes, had been here four yeras. David Noyes began teaching soon after his coming, which he followed till 1815, when he bought and cleared what was later known as the George E. Gibson farm near Norway Center. He assisted Uriah Holt in surveying and lotting tracts of land, and run out and lotted Hamlin's Grant, after- wards a part of Woodstock, which that town had annexed in 1873 to get rid of a great nuisance in the shape of a liquor agency. David Noyes served five years on the board of selectmen, and one or two terms as county commissioner. On the opening of the new road from Bethel through Locke's Mills, Greenwod City and Noble's Corner in . 1823, Mr. Noyes fitted up his dwelling for a public house, which he conducted till the Atlantic & St. Lawrence R. R., now the Grand Trunk, was built through South Paris, which closed the travel over this old stage line. In 1852, Mr. Noyes published his history of the town. It had been not only written by a citizen of Norway, but was printed on paper made at Asa Danforth's mill, by a Norway printer, Col. Geo. W. Millett, editor and proprietor of the Norway Advertiser, and bound by Robert Noyes, a Norway book-binder. David Noyes sold his farm about 1854 and removed to Massachusetts to live with a son. He died Sept. 12, 1871, "aged 83 yrs. 2 mos. and 26 ds." His wife, Hannah S. (Needham) Noyes, had died Feb. 5, 1859, "aged 69 yrs. 7 ds." Both are buried in Norway Center in the family lot.
DR. ALBERT THOMPSON.
Albert Thompson, born in Berlin, N. H., Feb. 28, 1839, graduated at Gould's Academy, Bethel, and afterwards took a course of instruc- tion in dentistry in Portland, later coming to Norway and opening an office for the practice of his profession. He married, June 20, 1861, Miss Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. Jonathan and Elizabeth (Crockett) Blake. Dr. Thompson was clerk for Captain Blake while the latter served as sutler of the 29th Me. in the War of the Re- bellion. But for an injury received when seventeen years old, which incapacitated him from military service, Dr. Thompson would have been a volunteer in the War for the preservation of the Union, which he ardently sustained. His forceful character and marked ability would no doubt have placed him in the foremost rank of those of his community, who distinguished themselves in the service of their country. Shortly after the war he resided at Stark, N. H., but soor removed to Philadelphia, where he became financially interested with
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S. MAUDE KAEMMERLING
ADM'L KAEMMERLING
DR. ALBERT THOMPSON
MRS. MARY E. THOMPSON
FRANK E. THOMPSON
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his son, Frank E., in coal mining and lumber operations in West Vir- ginia. In 1881 he made Ridgeway, Pa., his home. Ten years after he removed to Davis, West Virginia, where he lived for seven years. There they operated a large lumber plant. This was sold in 1907, and thereafter they were chiefly interested in bituminous and anthra- cite coal lands in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. He afterwards returned to Philadelphia where he lived the remainder of his life. Dr. Thompson always maintained a summer home at Stark, N. H., where he lived for a time before going to Pennsylvania, and while there represented that town in the Legislature. He had great natural ability, was one of the best informed men of his time, and a worthy citizen of every community in which he ever lived. He started out in life with nothing to aid him but his determined purpose to succeed, his ability, his integrity and his moral worth. He deserved financial success, and attained it far beyond any man who ever at any time claimed Norway for his home. He died in Philadelphia following an operation at a hospital, April 24, 1921. Dr. Thompson constructed a beautiful mausoleum in Pine Grove Cemetery in which his ashes repose with those of his lamented son. He donated the bell for the Universalist church here, and would have given instead a chime of bells, which we think a great mistake of the parish officers, and vol- untarily gave such encouragement and aid, for the production of this work as to make its publication possible and free from obligations of any kind.
WILLIAM H. WHITCOMB.
William H. Whitcomb was born in Bethel, April 24, 1840. He mar- ried Iva Tenney Hatch. He was a student at Gould's Academy and came to Norway when he was thirteen and completed his academical education at the Norway Liberal Institute. He was in business here for many years and one of the leading citizens of the village and town. For several years he was chairman of the board of selectmen and served a term in the Legislature. Mainly through his efforts, the Norway Water Works was built. He was president of the company from its organization in 1887 to his death. He was the chief pro- moter and largest stockholder in the Norway Building Association, which built the Opera House block. He died at Philadelphia, the re- sult of a surgical operation, March 13, 1907.
The following is a partial list (all the author can recall) of the young men and women not otherwise sketched, who have gone away from Norway and acquired in other towns and states, noteworthy if not eminent success :
HENRY H. ANDREWS, son of David S. Andrews. Banker and business man, Callaway, Neb.
MARY D. BEAL, daughter of D. Webster Beal. Teacher of shorthand and typewriting. Owner and manager of Beal's Business Col- lege in Bangor. Retired, 1922.
WASHINGTON ALLAN BARTLETT, grandson of William Bartlett the Rev. soldier. Admiral in U. S. Navy .*
*Deceased.
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FRED E. BOOTHBY, Mayor of Portland and Waterville, and long con- nected with Maine Central Railroad Co .*
DR. MARCUS F. BROOKS, dentist, Portland. He had the poetic fac- ulty in a marked degree .*
LT. SUMNER W. BURNHAM, Civil War soldier. Farmer and business man, and founder of Burnham; Co. treasurer. Member of the Legislature at Lincoln, Neb .*
RICHARD E. CLEMENT, teacher and educator. Candidate for Congress, Elizabeth, N. J .*
DR. CHARLES E. CRAGIN, physician and surgeon, Portland. WM. H. DEERING, eminent lawyer of New Orleans, La .*
ARTHUR E. DENISON, lawyer, banker and business man, Mass .*
GEO. F. EVANS, inventor and manufacturer, Mechanic Falls and Mass. DR. WARREN R. EVANS, dentist and inventor, Portland .* DR. WINNIE FOSTER, physician, Oakland, Cal.
JEFF C. GALLISON, printer and writer, Franklin, Mass .*
J. FRANK GIBSON, banker and business man, Visalia, Cal.
FRED H. GIBSON, teacher, traveler. and Mun. Court Judge, Cloverdale, Cal.
DEXTER A. HAWKINS, eminent lawyer, New York City .* JAMES LEWIS HATCH, printer and editorial writer, Charleston, S. C .* FRANK H. HOWE, business man. Member of Legislature, Mass. DORA KERWIN, teacher and educator, Honolulu, Sand. Is.
HANNIBAL I. KIMBALL, promoter and great business manager, At- lanta, Ga .*
BERTRAND G. MCINTIRE, business man, sheriff, ch. State Board Valua- tion, candidate for Governor and member of Congress; Vice- President Federal Land Bank. Waterford and Norway.
LESLIE E. MCINTIRE, high grade farmer, member of Legislature; Pres- ident Oxford Co. Agricultural Society. Waterford.
ROBERT N. MILLETT, college graduate, teacher, Vermont.
GEN. BENJ. B. MURRAY, Civil War Sol .; Adjt. General of Maine; Com'r to Great Britain to sell U. S. bonds. Pembroke .*
DR. HARRY H. NEVERS, physician and surgeon, Lawrence, Mass.
LUTHER F. PINGREE, inventor, Mexican War veteran, prominent in the old militia. Cape Elizabeth .*
HERBERT L. RUSSELL, college graduate and teacher, New York .* WALTER L. SANBORN, college graduate, printer and editor. Penn. DR. GEO. H. SHEDD, physician and surgeon, North Conway, N. H .* EZRA T. SHEDD, successful merchant, Chicago, Ill .*
SIDNEY I. SMITH, distinguished educator in Yale College .* J. ORIN SMITH, lawyer, Presque Isle, Auburn .*
*Deceased.
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DR. WARREN R. EVANS
HARRY H. ANDREWS
GEO. F. EVANS
VERNE M. WHITMAN
ARTHUR E. DENISON
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REV. CHAS. R. TENNEY, D.D., Universalist clergyman, Mass. He re- cently had conferred upon him by Tufts College the degree of Doctor of Divinity-an honor only one other son of Norway has attained.
FRANK ELMER THOMPSON, son of Dr. Albert Thompson, developed great capacity as a business manager, lumber dealer and mine operator, Davis, W. Va .*
FRANK T. TRUE, city treasurer and member city government for many years, Council Bluffs, Ia. By his management that city had paid up all its indebtedness before he died .*
ELIJAH UPTON, printer and editor, Bath .*
HARRY RUST VIRGIN, lawyer, member of Legislature, President Maine Senate. Portland.
VERNE M. WHITMAN, college graduate, teacher, singer. Laconia, N. H. FRANK C. WHITEHOUSE, paper manufacturer and great business man- ager, Topsham .*
CHARLES T. WITT, successful business man, member of Legislature. East Boston, Mass .*
*Deceased. "
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CHAPTER XXXIV.
NORWAY LAWYERS.
LUTHER FARRAR.
Luther Farrar from Guildhall, Vt., born about 1778, was the first lawyer to practice his profession in Norway. He came in 1804, and purchased the lot, on the northeast side of Main Street, on which Wil- liam Gardner had built a dwelling house but did not long occupy, reconstructed the house and built an office near it, which he and his successor used for a law office for sixty years. The next year he married Miss Mercy A. Whiting of New Ipswich, N. H., who was about six years his junior. Mr. Farrar was a young man of pleasing address and winning ways. Both were very popular with the citizens of the town. They had two children who died in infancy. Mr. Farrar was the first Norway citizen to represent the town in the Mass. Legis- lature. He was re-elected several times. He was the ideal village lawyer. Unfortunately he contracted consumption and died March 28, 1812, "aged 34."
LEVI WHITMAN.
The successor of the lamented Luther Farrar was Levi Whitman, a cousin of Ezekiel Whitman the first Chief Justice of the Common Pleas Court and the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. Mr. Whitman was a graduate of Harvard, class of 1808, read law in the office of his cousin in Portland, and settled in Norway in 1811. His father was Rev. Levi Whitman of Bridgewater, Mass., and he was born at Wellfleet, Jan. 16, 1789, where his father was then preaching. On first coming here he went into the office of Luther Farrar as assistant on account of the poor health of Mr. Far- rar, and on his death, the next year, succeeded him in the practice of the law, and afterwards married his widow. He was first a fed- eralist, later a national republican and still later a free soiler. In 1813 he was elected as representative to the Mass. Legislature and three times re-elected. He was at one time a candidate for Congress but was beaten by a very small majority. Mr. Whitman was ap- pointed County Attorney in 1815 and served with distinction in that office for eighteen years. He was a large-sized man of imposing bearing and agreeable manners and of universal respect. Judge Wm. Wirt Virgin in his centennial address paid him a great tribute as a lawyer, citizen and good man. He died in Harrison at his son's, Francis H. Whitman's, Oct. 2, 1872, and was buried in Rustfield ceme- tery beside his wife, who had died ten years previously.
WM. WIRT VIRGIN.
William Wirt Virgin, son of Peter C. Virgin, a practicing lawyer at Rumford, where he was born Sept. 18, 1823. He graduated at Bowdoin, class of 1844, read law with his father, admitted to the Ox- ford Bar in 1847 and the next year settled in Norway in the practice of the law. He served afterwards as County Attorney, member of the State Senate of which he was President, Captain of the Norway Light Infantry, Major-General in the State militia, Colonel of the 23rd Me.,
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ALFRED S. KIMBALL
LEVI WHITMAN
in the War of the Rebellion, Reporter of Decisions and Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court from 1873 to his death during his 3rd term, Jan. 28, 1893. He married in 1851, Sarah H., daughter of Horatio G. Cole. They had one son, Harry Rust Virgin, born Aug. 25, 1854, who is a practicing attorney in Portland. He has served in the Sen- ate of Maine and has been its President. Mrs. Virgin died in Portland after 1915. For nearly a score of years while living in Norway, he was the most influential citizen in town. Judge Virgin was by far the ablest lawyer who has ever practiced in Norway.
HENRY UPTON.
Henry Upton is the only man born in the town of Norway who practiced the law business here. He was the son of Amos Upton and grandson of Amos Upton, Sen., the pioneer at Fuller's Corner and Soldier of the Revolution. He was born Feb. 6, 1813, and married Harriet F. Baker of Waterford. He was an old school teacher for many years in his section and adjoining towns. When well advanced in life he read law and was admitted to the Bar, and for several years was a partner of Judge Virgin under the law title of Virgin & Upton. He conducted no cases in court, but took charge of probate matters, obtaining pensions, collecting small debts and conveyancing. He died Sept. 5, 1892.
MOSES B. BARTLETT.
Moses Barbour Bartlett, son of Barbour, and grandson of Moses Bartlett, was born in Bethel, July 12, 1818. He married Sarah E. Thompson of Brunswick. They had a son, Edward L., two years old when the census of 1850 in Norway was taken. He settled here in the practice of the law in 1847 or 1848. He acquired also an interest in the local newspaper plant in 1851 and began publishing the paper under the old name of The Norway Advertiser, but soon sold out to Col. George W. Millett and removed to Waterford. From there he went to Kansas and finally to Florida, where we lose track of him.
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CHAS. C. SANDERSON.
Charles C. Sanderson was a native of Sweden. He married Al- meda McWaine of Waterford. He was in Norway in the practice of the law in the early sixties and may have settled here in the fifties. Mr. Sanderson was connected with the woolen mill industry and was one of the chief promoters of the Norway Savings Bank and one of its trustees. He was the principal factor in bringing the robbers of this bank to justice as elsewhere related. Some years later he re- moved to Massachusetts and died at Dedham, Aug. 23, 1905. His daughter, Ella A., b. about 1853, was a great favorite with all classes while the family lived here. She marrid Edwin A. Chase of Paris Hill, b. May 26, 1851. They settled in Dedham.
HENRY M. BEARCE.
Henry Merrill Bearce, youngest child of Daniel and grandson of Gideon, a Rev. Soldier, and Lucy (Bucknam) Bearce of Halifax, Mass., and Hebron, Me., was born in the latter town, April 30, 1838. He married Francis F., daughter of Gen. Wm. K. Kimball, b. Paris Hill, Mar. 11, 1844. He was an officer in the Civil War and was taken prisoner at the Mine Explosion in front of Petersburg, Va., in the summer of 1864. He settled in Norway in the practice of the law in 1866 in company with Charles C. Sanderson. Mr. Bearce was hon- ored with town office, postmaster, treasurer of the Norway Savings Bank and member of both branches of the Legislature. He died in the summer of 1894. His wife had died several years previously and his only daughter, Frances Henry, born Feb. 11, 1875-shortly before he did, while a student at Colby University.
CHARLES F. WHITMAN.
Charles F. Whitman was born in Buckfield, February 6, 1848. He married M. Addie Dinsmore of Norway. Fitted for college at Hebron Academy and Bates Latin School, Lewiston; taught school, read law in office of Sullivan C. Andrews; admitted to practice in 1868. Settled first at Mechanic Falls in 1869. Removed to Buckfield in 1871. Set- tled in Norway in 1873. School Supervisor, Trial Justice, first Judge of the Norway Municipal Court, 10 years, Clerk of the Courts for 20 years, memorial speaker, originator of Norway Public Library and Municipal Court. Story and local history writer; one of authors of the Buckfield History and author of this work.
SILAS H. BURNHAM.
Silas H. Burnham, son of Sumner Burnham, born in Harrison, formed a partnership with Henry M. Bearce about 1873, under the title of Bearce & Burnham. He was here in business a few years when he went West and settled in Lincoln, Nebraska, where for many years he has been connected with one of the National Banks of that city and other financial institutions and has become one of the leading moneyed men of the place. He married a Southern lady and they have one or more children.
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SEWARD S. STEARNS.
Seward S. Stearns was born in Lovell, March 11, 1856. He was a graduate of Bowdoin, class of '79, read law with Judge A. Hall Walker of Bridgton, admitted to practice in 1882 and settled first at Water- ford but came to Norway the next year and formed a partnership with Henry M. Bearce under the firm name of Bearce & Stearns. He married, 1, Miss Nellie B. Russell; 2, Mary Jordan. He was one of the promoters of the Norway Public Library. Was Sec .- Treas. of the Norway Savings Bank and was Judge of Probate for this county at the time of his death, Aug. 9, 1899.
CHARLES E. HOLT.
Charles E. Holt was born in Fryeburg, March 11, 1835. He mar- ried Lavinia B. Ames. He was educated at the Fryeburg and Bridg- ton Academies, read law in the office of Maj. David R. Hastings, was admitted to the Bar in 1861, and began practice at Denmark. In 1873 he moved to Bethel where he was in practice with Samuel F. Gibson for two years. In 1877 he moved to Norway, where he later formed partnerships with Alvah Black, Alfred S. Kimball and Charles P. Barnes. He served one year as chairman of the board of selectmen. He died March 9, 1911.
ALFRED S. KIMBALL.
Born in Waterford Dec. 20, 1842, Alfred S. Kimball received his higher education at North Bridgton Academy. He read law with Thomas J. Bridgham. On being admitted to practice in 1864, he opened an office at Waterford Flat. At once he took high rank in his profession. He held all the principal offices in his town, served three years in the Legislature of the State, and was a member of the com- mission in 1878 to investigate charges of fraudulent voting in Aroos- took county. He served awhile as Deputy Collector of Internal Reve- nue and afterwards as Appraiser in the Portland Custom House for one term. For several years he was the representative from Maine in the U. S. Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows. For a period before his death he was President of the Board of Trustees of the Norway Savings Bank. In capacity as a lawyer he ranks next to Judge Virgin, among those who have practiced in Norway. He married in 1866, Miss Florence A. Houghton of Waterford. He died April 12, 1915, highly respected by all classes of citizens.
MERTON L. KIMBALL.
Merton L. Kimball was born in Waterford, March 18, 1867; fitted for Bowdoin at North Bridgton Academy and graduated there in 1887. He read law in his father's office, and being admitted to practice formed a partnership with his father under the name and style of Kimball & Son. He was Supt. of Schools from 1889 to 1891. He served in Co. D, 1st Me. in War with Spain, and held an important office under the U. S. Government for several years in the Portland Custom House.
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EUGENE F. SMITH.
Eugene F. Smith was born in Fryeburg, Jan. 7, 1859. Fitted for college at South Paris High School, entered Bates but did not stay long enough to graduate. Graduated from the Albany, N. Y. School of Law with the degree of LL.B. in 1886. Admitted to practice in 1887, and settled in Norway. Member of S. S. Committee, Chairman Board of Selectmen for three years, Trustee of Public Library, Cen- sus Enumerator 1900, County Attorney for two terms, Lieut. Colonel in the National Guard of Maine, and Aide de Camp on Governor's Staff in Spanish War.
ALBERT J. STEARNS.
Albert J. Stearns was born in Lovell, Oct. 8, 1873. Graduated at North Bridgton Academy in 1893. Special course at Boston Uni- versity School of Law. Married Miss Alice M. Wheeler in 1900. Read law in the office of Judge Stearns and was admitted to practice
COL. A. J. STEARNS
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in 1897. Served in Co. D in War with Spain. Promoted Lieutenant. Appointed Colonel on Governor Fernald's staff. Chairman of Board of Selectmen three years. Appointed State Prison Inspector. Served in both branches of the Legislature. Delegate to Rep. Nat. convention of 1920. Member Rep. State Committee, 1922.
HERRICK C. DAVIS.
Herrick C. Davis was born in Woodstock. He married Lucy M. Felt. Admitted to the Bar in 1862 at Auburn, he opened an office at Bryant Pond where he was in practice for ten years, during which time he was elected to the principal town offices. In 1872 he was elected Register of Probate, a position he held for twenty years, and resided on Paris Hill. On the resignation, in 1894, of Judge Whitman of the Norway Municipal Court to fill the office of Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court to which he had been elected, Mr. Davis was appointed to fill the vacancy. He held the office by successive ap- pointments for 12 years. The duties of his office precluded the gen- eral practice of the law. He was seriously injured in 1902 by being knocked down and run over by a frightened horse. He died, Feb. 13, 1910, "aged 84."
WM. F. JONES
WM. F. JONES.
William Frost Jones, born at Boston, Mass., April 5, 1871. Eldest son of Otis N. Jones and Katherine H. (Frost) Jones. A graduate of the Boston Latin School, class of 1888, and Harvard College, A.B., 1892. Located in Norway, Maine, in 1894, and was admitted to the Bar here in 1898. Practiced in Norway since admission. In 1895-6 member of School Board and Superintendent of Schools. Is now
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(1922) Chairman of the Norway School Committee and of the Union School Board of Norway, Waterford and Oxford. In 1906 was ap- pointed Judge of Norway Municipal Court and has been reappointed three times. Is Vice-President and Counsel of Norway Savings Bank. President and Manager of the Norway Building Association. Is Treasurer of Norway Pine Grove Cemetery Corporation and Treas- urer of Norway Public Library. Is a member of the Portland Club of Portland, Me., and of the Harvard Club of Boston, Mass.
WILFRED G. CONARY.
Wilfred G. Conary, b. Sept. 10, 1889, at Bluehill, Hancock County, Me. Graduate of Bluehill Academy, 1906. Principal, Baring High School, 1906-7. LL.B. Univ. of Maine, 1911. Admitted at Penobscot Co. Bar, 1911. Practiced law at Bucksport and Millinocket, 1911-17. U. S. Army, 1917. 2d Lieut. Field Art. 1919. Capt. 103d Infy., Nor- way, 1921. Came to Norway, January, 1920. Town clerk, 1921-3. Married, 1912, Hazel E. Butters of Millinocket; ch., Elizabeth Hazel, b. Mar. 22, 1914; Wilfred G., Jr., b. February 22, 1916.
Other lawyers who have practiced here for short periods are William A. Evans, Asa Barton, Jesse Warren, Wm. W. Gallagher and Charles P. Barnes. The latter served two terms as County Attorney. The first law student to be admitted to practice in the Court of Com-
COL. E. F. SMITH
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mon Pleas, was Henry Farwell, in 1807. He had read law in the office of Luther Farrar. He married Sarah, daughter of the first Henry Rust to settle in Norway. Farwell rose to be Brig .- General in the old militia. He began the practice of the law at Buckfield but later removed . to Dixfield.
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CHAPTER XXXV.
NORWAY PHYSICIANS.
The list of physicians who have practiced medicine in Norway is a very long one, and the greater number of them, having stayed here but a short time, and left no posterity or remarkable deeds to dis- tingunsh them, have today but little interest for the general reader.
MORRIS SHANNON.
A physician by the name of Shannon is said to have been the first of the medical profession to settle in Norway. When he came, where he located, how long he remained and what became of him, are all matters for conjecture. No person by the name of Shannon was on any tax list which has survived the lapse of time, but on the petition for the formation of the Universalist Society at Norway, March, 1799, is the name of Morris Shannon-probably the physician.
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