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2. Dorothy Ellis, b. Feb. 14, 1833; m. Chas. H. Brown of Candia, N. H.
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ANDERSON.
JOHN ANDERSON, of Scottish-Irish ancestry, came to America about 1700. He married in Watertown, Mass., Rebecca Waite, July 16, 1706. Their son, Abraham, b. Aug. 18, 1708, settled in Windham. For his 2d wife he married Mrs. Anna Cloudman, whose first hus- band, Edward Cloudman, being taken prisoner by the Indians, in their attack on Gorham, Apr. 19, 1746, died in captivity. Their son, John Anderson, b. Nov. 7, 1755, married Anna Woodman. He was a soldier in the Revolution. Thomas, the oldest child, b. 1778, m. 1801, Hannah Hall. They resided in Standish and had seven chil- dren; Joseph, the 6th, b. Aug. 5, 1816, m. 1, Lucy Gordon; 2, Emeline Hall. He resided at Webb's Mills. T. Walter Anderson, by 2d wife, b. July 4, 1852; m. 1876, Martha Ella, dau. of Charles and Lucy (Sanborn) Robbins. Children :
I. Ida Maude, b. Sept. 22, 1827; m. J. Willard Hassan, Brockton, Mass. She d. May 28, 1902. She had one child, Irene M., b. Apr. 1, 1900.
II. Harold A., b. May 13, 1886; m. 1907, Esther L. Tower. They have four children.
1. W. Elliott, b. Sept. 29, 1907.
2. Dorothy A., b. July 24, 1910.
3. Margaret E., b. June 23, 1916.
4. Virginia T., b. July 19, 1918.
ANDREWS.
SAMUEL ANDREWS, b. Feb. 8, 1771, came here from Eastern Maine and married Eunice, daughter of David Frost, Sen., b. Dec. 25, 1779. He settled on Frost Hill, from which his descendants went into Otisfield and adjoining towns. He died in Feb., 1839, "aged 68." 11 children :
I. John, b. May 7, 1802; m. Harriet E .- -; set. in Otisfield. He d. Dec. 7, 1845. She d. Mar. 27, 1868, "aged 62 yrs. 10 mos."
II. David, b. Apr. 12, 1804; m. Harriet Sawyer, dau. of Capt. Jonathan Sawyer, b. Mar. 26, 1809; settled in Otisfield.
III. Samuel, b. June 14, 1806; d. Oct. 10, 1861, "aged 55 yrs. 4 mos."
V. Asa, b Mar. 15, 1809; m. Sally Alexander Stubbs, b Oct. 1818; set. in Otisfield. He d. Dec. 27, 1893; she d. Apr. 14, 1905. They were the parents of Wm. Wallace Andrews, a soldier in the Civil War who m. Addie A. Pike, dau. of Luther F. Pike of Norway.
VI. Molly J., b. July 5, 1811; m. Lothrop Edwards of Otisfield, b. Oct. 1806; he d. Mar. 19, 1847, and she remarried.
VII. Nathaniel, b. July 17, 1814; d. Sept. 26, 1853.
VIII. Robert, b. Apr. 12, 1817; m. Mary -; she d. Sept. 25, 1841, aged 23.
IX. Solomon L., b. Aug. 7, 1821; m. Sarah J .-; he d. Sept. 22, 1869; she d. Jan. 28, 1856, aged about 34.
X. Moses D., b. Nov. 16, 1822; d. Jan. 17, 1846, "aged 23 yrs. 6 mos."
XI. Eben C., b. July 5, 1825; m. Mary A. Haskell.
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DAVID S. ANDREWS
ALBERT F. ANDREWS
EBEN C. ANDREWS
SILAS D. ANDREWS
LT. GEO. F. ANDREWS
CHARLES ANDREWS
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DAVID ANDREWS, son of Samuel, b. 1804; m. Harriet Sawyer, b. 1809. He d. Apr. 7, 1851. She d. Apr. 2, 1880. Of their ten children, six died young.
I DAVID SAWYER b. Otisfield, Feb. 9, 1830, m. Mary E. Howe b. N. Aug. 2, 1882. The family lived for several years on lower Main St. in Norway village. Mr. Andrews before coming to Norway was prominent in the affairs of his town and represented it in the legis- lature. He was a very intelligent man, a kind father, a tender husband, a model citizen and a faithful friend. Three of his five children died in infancy. He d. Feb. 2, 1901. His wife d. Oct. 22, 1887.
3. HENRY H. b. Feb. 17, 1859, set. in Nebraska and is able and prominent in the business affairs of his section.
5. FLORENCE M. b. Mar. 10, 1864, m. 1887 Dr. Geo. B. Andrews of W. Paris. Set. in Auburn. He d. Aug. 31, 1912, aged 50. Prior to her marriage she was a successful teacher in the Norway village schools.
III LT. GEORGE F. b. Feb. 7, 1833, m. Emeline P. Shedd, b. Otisfield, Aug. 17, 1836. He was an officer in the Civil War (Co. C. 25th Me.) and re-enlisted from Otisfield. He was a cattle drover for several years for the Brighton, Mass. market with Colman F. Lord, John A. Bolster and others. He d. Dec. 1, 1897. Wife d. Oct. 7, 1884. 2 ch.
1. Effie b. Sept. 28, 1859; d. Feb. 16, 1880.
2. Georgia E. b. Sept. 7, 1862; m. John F. Swain-no issue.
IV ALBERT FRANCIS b. Oct. 17, 1835; m. Elizabeth J. Brett of Paris, b. May 17, 1840. He came to Norway with his brothers about 1875. He was one of the leading citizens of the village and town, representative to the legislature and built up with his sons a great business in Western horses, which is (1922) successfully conducted by his oldest son and his sons. His death, which occurred Aug. 28, 1903, was a great loss to the village and town. His widow survives, past 82 years of age. 4 ch.
1. Willard Melville, b. Sept. 12, 1860; d. Apr. 24, 1869.
2. Nellie L., b. July 13, 1863-was a teacher for many years in the village schools. Resides with her mother.
3. Herbert Francis, b. Dec. 4, 1865; m. 1891 Lena M. dau. of Chas. P. (a Civil War soldier) and Sarah F. (Eames) Jordan of Waterford; b. May, 7, 1867. She was a successful teacher in the Norway village schools. Mr. Andrews is one of the principal busi- ness men of the village and town and has served in the legislature. 3 ch. Donald Jordan, b May 17, 1896; m Apr 1919, Annie M. New- comb-1 ch: Francis Swain, b Apr 23, 1920. Lt. Franics Swain, b Aug 5, 1898, an officer in the World War. d. Jan 2, 1920. Glenn C., b Aug 6, 1906.
4. Eugene Elmer, b Apr 11, 1867; m 1893 Georgia M. Packard. Res. Watertown, Mass. Has a summer home on the lake here. For many years he was in business here with his father and brother.
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Was a member of the legislature of 1911. Mrs. Andrews was in the millinery business in the village prior to her marriage. Active in the D. A. R. and kindred societies; a very able and intelligent lady. Children :
1. Madeline Packard, b Jan 24, 1897; d Mar 9, 1910.
2. Roland E., b Oct 11, 1902.
V SILAS DEXTER, b. Sept 3, 1838, m. Katie T. Foster. For many years he was in successful business in the village and a prominent member of the Congregational Church. He d. March 2, 1916. Wife d. May 10, 1913. No issue.
VI CHARLES, b Dec 19, 1851; coll grad and teacher; d Apr 12, 1883.
EBEN C. ANDREWS, youngest son of Samuel, the pioneer on Phillips Gore, b. in Norway, July 5, 1825; m. 1846, Mary A. Haskell of Otisfield. He d. Sept. 26, 1882 from an injury received in a run- away accident on the fair grounds. His widow survived him many years, dying July 7, 1902 at 81 nearly. When about a dozen years old he went to Otisfield where he continued to reside till about the time the shoe factory was built here, when he returned to Norway and engaged in business with his nephew, Silas Dexter Andrews. While in Otisfield, he was much in town office and served on the board of the Cumberland County Commissioners as its chairman for three years. For the eight years he lived in Norway prior to his death, he took an active part in the building of the old town hall block and was president of the Norway Building Association that constructed it, in obtaining the street railway from Norway to South Paris, in every movement designed to benefit the village and town; and every movement for the betterment of society, like the tem- perance and moral reform causes, had his hearty co-operation and support. As an all-round, able, intelligent, upright and worthy citizen and faithful friend, he had no superior in our knowledge of public men and but very few who might be even considered his peers. When the writer came to Norway to live, Mr. Andrews was the one man he went to for counsel and assistance. He was like a father and regard and affection for him strengthened with every year he afterwards lived. In visiting the old graveyard in Otisfield a few years ago where he and his good wife with four of their child- ren sleep, I reverently bared my head beside his grave. Lizzie and Nellie died in infancy. W. Scott and Daniel G., both exemplary young men, were drowned the same day-June 29, 1867. Two daughters survive their parents.
1. Agnes M., m. 1877, John D. Wilson. On the death of his father-in-law, Mr. Wilson removed to Mass. and entered the prison service of that state at the State Reformatory at Concord as an official, and having ably and faithfully served over a third of a century has been retired on half pay for life. He is now (1922) in the real estate business. He and his good wife have three children who are residents of Mass.
2. Emma A., m. Gershom Files, a native of Otisfield who served over forty years as a police officer in Boston. He was one of the
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few who remained at his post of duty during the famous strike of the policergen there a few years ago (1919). He died in 1922. Their two children reside in Boston.
BAKER
EDWARD 1 BAKER came to this country in 1630. Settled in Saugus (now Lynn) on a hill still known as "Baker's Hill." Made a freeman March 14, 1638. Had wife Jane- -. Had five sons, perhaps other children. When he died in March, 1687, gave his es- tate to sons John of Dedham, Edward and Thomas of Lynn.
EDWARD 2, son of the preceding, m April 7, 1685, Mary, dau of Capt. Thomas Marshall. He was an ensign in the militia and free- man, 1691. Lived in Lynn.
EDWARD 3, son of Edward and Mary, b July 16, 1696, m Persis, dau. of Samuel and Eliza (Howe) Bridgham, Nov. 22, 1721. Had ten children, the oldest of which was Samuel. Was one of the earliest settlers of Westborough. Was Representative to Massa- chusetts House of Representatives in 1741.
SAMUEL 4, oldest son of the preceding, b Aug 27, 1722 (West- borough Records), m. Nov. 24, 1747, Susanna Taintor, b. Dec. 18, 1720, dau. of Simeon of Westborough. Susanna d. April 14, 1781, and he m. second, Mary Bigelow of Worcester, April 20, 1786, who survived him and died in Worcester in 1825.
EDWARD 5, son of Judge Samuel and Susanna Taintor, b June 15, 1755, married Hepzibah Fairbanks; settled in Waterford, Maine. Eleven children, all born in Waterford.
JOHN 6, the 4th child, m first, Nancy Shurtleff; second, Martha Stevens. Died Feb. 28, 1864. Children :
I Harriet F. b. 1817. m. Henry Upton, March 31, 1847.
II George b. May 16, 1819. m. Caroline (Gragg) Blanchard.
III Charles b. 1821. d. unm.
IV John N. b. Aug. 17, 1827. m. Jane M. Plummer.
V Elizabeth. d. at the age of 18, unm.
The last two were children of second marriage.
JOHN NEWTON 7, son of John Baker and Martha Stevens, m Jane M. Plummer, dau. of Samuel Plummer of Waterford, Dec. 3, 1858. He lived on the home place in Waterford until 1887 when he moved his family to Norway, having purchased the Sumner Burnham residence on Main Street which burned in the conflagration of 1894. He rebuilt on the same lot in 1894 where he lived until his death, Dec. 3, 1902. Mrs. Baker died April 20, 1900. Both buried in family lot in Norway Pine Grove Cemetery. They had three children, all born in Waterford, Maine :
I Agnes M., b. Feb. 19, 1861. d. unm. in Idaho Springs, Colorado, May 12, 1890.
Margaret A. b. March 24, 1867. Lives in Portland, Maine. II
III Jane P. b. Jan. 20, 1873. Lives in Portland, Maine.
MARGARET and JANE BAKER are descended from Revolutionary stock, having at least four ancestors who served in that war, namely, Samuel Baker, his son Edward, Thomas Stevens and Capt. Stephen
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Jewett, the last named on the Plummer side. They have been asso- ciated in the business affairs of the town for many years. Margaret taught school from 1885 to 1894, teaching district schools at first and finally taught in the Intermediate School in Norway Village. In 1892 she entered the insurance office of Freeland Howe where she worked for two years and where she learned the rudi- mentals of insurance. In April 1894 she entered the insurance office of W. J. Wheeler of South Paris, where she worked for 28 years. In 1897 she was admitted to the firm which is known as W. J. Wheeler & Co. and is still a member of that corporation. In May 1921 the home in Norway was sold and Miss Baker and her sister moved to Portland. She is now employed as stenographer by one of the leading Fire Ins. Cos.
Miss Margaret A. Baker has literary tastes and ability. The following little poem of her composition is worthy of reproduction here :
"TO MY MOTHER
The fog rises up from the ocean, And quickly the clear blue sky Is filled with cloudlets fantastic, As they swiftly soar on high, Phantoms of rarest beauty Sent up from the mighty deep
To the very gates of heaven, --- Carpets for angels' feet. My mother, do you see these pictures, From your heavenly home above? Can you lift the veil between us, And strengthen me with your love? Some days I so long for your presence, That my heart is filled with pain And I long to float up on the cloudlets And meet my dear mother again."
MISS JANE P. BAKER graduated from Norway High School in 1891, after which she was employed in the office of B. F. Spinney & Co. Later she was employed as clerk in the stores of Lewis Andrews and Merritt Welch, dry goods merchants. When Thomas Smiley bought the Welch store Miss Baker became his local manager, which position she held for about ten years. Under her efficient manage- ment the business grew and she aided very materially in building up the present business of Brown, Buck & Co., successors of .Thomas Smiley. She is at present employed at Rines Bros. Co., Portland.
BANCROFT
JOHN 1 BANCROFT and wife Jane emigrated from England to Lynnfield, Mass., in the James in 1632. He died in 1637. Thomas 2, m. there 1648 Elizabeth Metcalf of Dedham. Of their children was John 3, b Mar 3, 1656, m 1678 Elizabeth Eaton. He d 1739 aged 83. They had a son John (4) b. there who m. 1, Mary Clark; 2, Mrs. Mary Mansfield. He had one son John 5, who m. 1, Ruth Newhall,
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2, Eva Hawkes. His one son John 6, b April 18, 1740, m Mary Walton and came to Norway abt. 1800 and settled on Merrill Hill, about half a mile above the Jones school-house. He died in Norway in 1820. She died in Albany, 1838. They had eleven children:
I
John b. Nov 29, 1768, went to New Orleans, his fate unknown.
II Mary b. Sept. 4, 1770, m. Benj. Peabody, settled in N. 12 ch.
III Eunice b. Oct. 3, 1772, m. Zacheus Perkins. 8 ch.
IV Nathaniel b. July 22, 1774, came to Norway in 1798, m. and went East; d. on Isle of Grand Manan.
V Betty b. Oct. 18, 1777, m. Edmund Merrill of Norway. He d. March 1, 1830. She d. Feb. 2, 1855. 10 ch.
VI Jacob b. Feb. 27, 1779, m Lydia Shedd, dau. of Jona., 1809. Came to N. when father came, both d. in Albany, lived on shore of Songo Pond.
VII Rhoda b. May 7, 1761, m. an Evans (did not come here).
VIII Sally b. July 8, 1783, m. Francis Upton, d. in Albany.
IX Jane b. Oct. 1785, m. 1810 Stephen Pingree Jr.
X Eben b. Dec. 30, 1787, m. 1812, Mary dau. of Enoch Merrill; set. late in life in Waterford-bur. on Merrill Hill.
XI Lucy m. John Price; set. in Nova Scotia.
BARROWS
EPHRAIM BARROWS b. Carver, Mass., 1761. m. Charlotte Churchill, b. there in 1771. He served in the Continental Army in the Rev. Came to Hebron after the war, and removed to Norway about 1829 to live with his son, Benjamin, a mill man at Steep Falls. He died May 30, 1838, aged 77. His widow died Jan. 5, 1858, aged 90. Both bur. in Rustfield Cemetery.
BENJAMIN BARROWS, son of Ephraim, the Rev. Sol., b. Hebron, Sept. 2, 1792, m. Eliza, dau. of Levi Frank, b. Mar. 15, 1798. He d. in 1877. She d. May 10, 1866. Ch.
I Benj. G. b. Sept. 7, 1818, m. Dorcas D. Chamberlain, b. Apr. 23, 1830. He d. Mar. 9, 1895. She d. Feb. 2, 1908. 3 ch.
Frances R. b Mar. 29, 1852, m 1869 Winfield Scott Partridge. Jennie L. b. June 8, 1858.
Grace Ellen, b. Dec. 8, 1860.
II Nancy J. b. Oct 31, 1820, m. Dr. Alfred P. Burnell, d. Sept. 28, 1900.
III Miriam D. b. Dec. 27, 1823, m. Frank W. Perry, set. in N. G. IV Amos Frank b. Nov. 4, 1827, d. young.
V Harriet Eliza b. Oct. 23, 1835, m. Lt. Asa G. Charles, a sol. in the 17th Me. Set. in Mass.
VI Elizabeth E. b. July 24, 1840, m. Dr. Rodolphus Young, d. Nov. 5, 1898.
BARTON
ASA BARTON born in Hanover, then a part of Bethel, Oct. 13, 1793, married Lydia Chase of Livermore, b. in Martha's Vineyard, Mass. in 179 -. He was the son of Aaron Barton of Bethel who married Sally Smith, and had five children, the 2nd of whom was Asa. He came to Bethel in 1774, before he was twenty-one, with
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Nathaniel Segar and Jonathan Bartlett. Aaron's parents were Asa and Mercy (Bartlett) Barton of Needham and Newton, Mass. He was probably a Rev. Sol. Aaron was married, according to Bethel history, Jan. 29, 1793. 5 children:
I. Asa, b. Oct. 13, 1793; m. Lydia Chase.
II. Aaron Jr., b. abt. 1795; m. Pamelia Foster.
III. Sarah, b. Feb. 27, 1798; m. Elliott Smith.
IV. Lavinia .H., b. Dec. 20, 1805; m. Elliott Smith.
V. Mercy B. b. 1808; m. Thomas Chase. She d. in Nor- way, Sept. 28, 1836, aged 28; buried in Rustfield Cem. ASA BARTON d. N., Feb. 1, 1848; buried in Rustfield Cem .; wid. d. Minn., July 31, 1872; 8 ch .:
1. Lydia F., b. Hallowell, Mar. 24, 1819; m. John H. Tarbox of Garland; d. Apr. 9, 1855.
2. Asa Bowers, b. Portland, Apr. 9, 1821; m. Olive M. Francis; set. Minneapolis, Minn .; 1 ch. Florence C., b. Mar. 27, 1849.
3. Marian C., b. Paris, June 3, 1823; d. Jan. 12, 1828.
4. Melvina L., b. Paris, May 6, 1825; d. Somerville, Aug. 4, 1857.
5. Marian C., b. Norway, Dec. 9, 1829; m. Robert Tilson; d. at E. Cam., Apr. 1858.
6. George D., b. Jan. 1, 1830; m. Eunice H. Longley; d. Boston, Feb. 6, 1867.
7. Henrietta C., b. Apr. 17, 1832; d. July 18, 1902.
8. Emery L., b. June 18, 1835; d. Bangor, Oct. 8, 1836.
BARTLETT
CAPT. JOSIAH BARTLETT, born Plymouth, Mass. in 1753, served a short period in the army during the Revolution. He obtained his title of Captain as master of a sailing vessel. He may have been in the privateer service; at one time he entertained the project of enlisting a crew to hunt for sunken treasure in the West Indies.
Capt. Bartlett was 5th in descent from Robert Bartlett who came in the Ann in 1623 and m Mary, dau. of Richard Warren, a May- flower Pilgrim. Their son Joseph b. 1639 m. Hannah Farewell. Their son Robert b. 1663 m. Sarah Bartlett, his cousin, and had a son b. 1713, Robert, who m. 1733 Rebecca Wood. Their 7th child was Capt. Josiah who m. Martha Holmes. They were among the first settlers on the Lee's Grant about 1795. He was by far the ablest and best informed man in that section in his day. He d. before 1820 and was probably buried in the Pike's Hill Cem. 9 ch. Tilden, m. Elizabeth Buck, dau. of John of Buckfield, set. in Bethel and had 11 children. Josiah Jr., m. Hannah Tubbs, dau. of Jacob, sen., and lived in N. Paris and Albany. In latter town when U. S. census was taken in 1850. Malachi m. Joan Cobb, dau. of Isaac, the Rev. Sol. living in the neighborhood. He sold out about 1820 and moved to Abbott. Sylvanus m. Mary Noyes, dau. of Bela, the Rev. Sol. in Ham- lins' Grant (Woodstock), Lemuel m. Hannah, dau. of Joshua Crockett, and moved elsewhere. Martha m. John Cummings of Albany and Abigail m. Daniel Cummings of Paris. None of Capt. Bartlett's descendants so far as known are now (1922) living in Norway.
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WILLIAM BARTLETT, son of Lemuel and Mary (Doughty-Doty) Bartlett and grandson of Robert who m. Sarah Bartlett, was b. in 1744. He m. 1777 Mary Holmes and settled in N. near the foot of the Great Pond. He was a Sol. in the Rev. He d. Dec. 4, 1814, "aged 70 yrs." His wife d. May 8, 1822, "aged 63 yrs." They are buried in the Norway Center Cem. They had 9 children; Esther, the oldest, b. 1780, has come down to us as laboring through a long unm. life of over 78 years as a seamstress. She is buried beside her parents. Stephen went to sea, was wrecked and died from his injuries and exposure. Emily, b. 1785, m. John Perry. Allan m. Abigail Haskell, Flavel m. Hannah Norton, Jane b. 1800, m. Nathan- iel Stevens Jr.
ALLAN BARTLETT, son of William, the Rev. Sol. b. 1789, m. 1811 Abigail Haskell of Portland. They settled elsewhere. Of their nine children were, Washington Allan, a Lieut. Com'r in the U. S. Navy, who m. a New York lady, and Caroline S., who m. Lyman Daniels, son of Jere Hobbs, Jr. They settled in Boston.
REV. FLAVEL BARTLETT, bro. of Allan, b. April 12, 1792, m. Hannah Norton, b. Nov. 14, 1793. He was a Free Will Baptist preacher. He d. Mar. 22, 1873. Wid. d. Oct. 14, 1873. Their son, Allan Smith Bartlett, a merchant in Foxcroft, came here in the fifties, m. Mary E. Brooks and was in trade for many years with his bro .- in- law, Geo. A. Brooks, in what is known to this day as the Bartlett store building. He d. May 27, 1876. Wid. d. July 30, 1897. 3 ch. 1. Allan Flavel, b. Nov. 10, 1858; set. in Lynn, Mass., m. and d. Sept. 22, 1913.
2. Eugene W., b. Sept. 17, 1860, d. unm. May 24, 1913.
3. Warren E., b. Oct. 18, 1862, d. unm. Mar. 13, 1913.
LEVI BARTLETT, b. Plymouth, Mass., 1772 and supposedly a rel- ative of Capt. Josiah and William, m. 1, Mary Tinkham; 2, Abigail Gorham. He came to Rustfield in 1795 and engaged in blacksmith- ing and run a "trip-hammer" by water power. He appears to have superseded Benj. Witt in the business. His 1. wife d Sept 16, 1802. He d. July 13, 1818. 2 wife d. Aug. 12, 1854, aged 97 yrs. 1 mo; ch. 1, Ichabod b. Jan. 19, 1797, m. 1, Eunice Woodman of N. G. b. Mar. 29, 1797, d. June 28, 1835. 2, Lorana Woodman, b N. G. May 11, 1805, d. July 17, 1874. He d. Jan. 6, 1870. He began his business career as clerk in the store and P. O. of William Reed. Was promi- nent in town affairs, and was a member of the legislature. 7 ch. by 1 wife and 7 by 2.
IX Lucius Ichabod, b. Mar. 18, 1838, m. 1866, Sarah Shackley. He was a Civ. War Sol., served a term as P. M .; he d. May 22, 1914. His wife d. Apr. 28, 1912. 2 ch.
1. Capt. Frank T., b. Nov. 14, 1868; m. Linnie R. Swan. He d. at Chickamauga, Ga., in the Spanish War, July 3, 1898. Widow pensioned. 2 ch .:
Carroll Arthur, b July 8, 1894.
Frances T., b Jan. 22, 1899; m. Lt. Harry Twitchell; 2 ch., Harold Francis, b. Jan. 15, 1922; Stanley Robert, b. 1923.
2. Charles S., b. March 10, 1872; m. Bertha (Clay) Minard; she
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d. 1904; 2 ch. d. in infancy; m. 2, Grace L. Smith; 1 ch., Grace, b. 1913. He d. 1913.
X. Susan Emma, b. Oct. 13, 1839; m. David Gurney.
XI. Ellen Maria, b. May 4, 1841; m. Jed. Woodbury.
XII. Marcus Channing, b. Apr. 6, 1843; mort. wd. at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862; buried in the Nat. Cem. at Sharpsburg, Md.
XIII. Kenneth Lincoln, b. Dec. 19, 1844; mort. wd. at Cedar Mt.,
Va., Aug. 9, 1862; d. Aug. 20, '62; buried in Nat. Cem. at Culpepper C. H., Va.
XIV. Marion Smith, b. Oct. 13, 1846; m. and settled in Mass.
HON. JONATHAN BARTLETT, the leading citizen of Stoneham in his day, patron of the little village of East Stoneham, member of the legislature and county commissioner, was born in Newry, Jan. 27, 1838. He m., 1867, Fannie, daughter of Capt. John Ball of Portland. He was a descendant of Joseph Bartlett 1, of Newton, Mass., Eben- ezer 3, son of Joseph; m. 1, Ann Clark; 2, Anna Hall. Enoch 4, the 5th child by 1st w. b. Sept. 27, 1742; m. Elizabeth Segar, a sister of Nathaniel Segar, the noted Indian scout and Rev. Sol. He also was in that war and served, it is said, as a teamster. Enoch Bartlett was one of the early settlers in Bethel but later re- moved to Newry. He lived to be very old. His 2d w. lived to be 102 years old and died at her grandson's. Jonathan, one of her large family of children, lived in Newry as farmer and lumberman for forty years and removed to Stoneham. He was prominent in the affairs of the community in which he lived, and early espoused the anti-slavery cause and took a leading part in the conventions of that period. He m. 1, Annie Barker of Newry; 2, Triphenia Horr of Waterford. He d. Sept. 10, 1866. Jonathan Jr. was one of two children by the 2d marriage. On attaining his majority he engaged in farming and lumbering, and later in the manufacture of all kinds of dressed lumber, shingles and spools. He d. Jan. 15, 1916. 4 ch .:
I. Dr. Herman L., b. Oct. 17, 1867; m. Edith M. Stearns. He is a practising physician in Norway. 4 ch .:
Dr. Donald Stearns, b Fryeburg, Dec. 2, 1893; m. Aug., 1919, Edna Haynes of Methuen, Mass. They have one child, Barbara, b. July 31, 1920. He is a dentist in the U. S. Public Health Service, stationed at Perryville, Md. Served in the World War.
Albert Russell, b Norway, June 5, 1898; was a soldier in the World War.
Arthur Charles, b. May 22, 1901. Graduate of Bowdoin Coll. Alice Marian, b. July 27, 1904.
II. Charles L., b. Nov. 13, 1868; m. Elizabeth Stearns. Lumber manufacturer. Merchant and P. M. for many years at East Stoneham. Res. (1922) Norway, 2 ch:
Frances Ellen, b. Apr. 15, 1894. Died in Red Cross Hospital Service in France, Oct. 16, 1918.
Elizabeth, b June 5, 1903.
III. Fred H., b. Sept. 25, 1870. Supervisor of Schools, Selectman, and member of the legislature.
IV. Jonathan Melvin, b. Jan. 29, 1872. Sheriff of Oxford County.
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HISTORY OF NORWAY
BEAL.
William Beal and Elizabeth Benson were married in Kittery, Dec. 6, 1719. Two other Beals were married there a short time after.
WILLIAM BEAL, b. York, Me., 1770 was probably a descendant of one of Capt. Mason's colony which came from England and settled on the Piscataqua River in 1623. He m. Jerusha Fluent and came to Norway shortly before the incorporation of the town. He took charge of the sawmill which he conducted for many years. He d. Oct. 23, 1850, "at 81." His wid. d. May 29, 1865, aged 90. 7 ch .:
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