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I. Charles A., b. July 19, 1789; m. Mary S. True.
II. Sophia, b. Nov. 9, 1790; m. Capt. Amos Young of Greenwood.
III. Ruth, b. Aug. 29, 1792; m. Joseph Stevens, Jr.
IV. Eleanor, b. Apr. 21, 1795; m. Asa Packard of Greenwood.
V. Betsey, b. Apr. 11, 1797; d. June 23, 1798.
VI. Jacob, b. June 25, 1799; m. Sally K. Ripley of Paris.
VII. Dr. Nathan A., b. June 20, 1801; m. Eliza Millett; set. in Sweden.
VIII.
Moses, b. July 12, 1803; m. Hannah Knight; set. in Green- wood.
IX. Nathaniel M., b. Dec. 18, 1806; m. Julia A. Foster.
JACOB 5, son of Joseph 4, had the homestead on which he lived and died. He was a noted school teacher. Taught 33 winters- 27 in succession. He d. Aug. 2, 1880. His wife d. Oct. 20, 1880. 12 ch.
I. Sabrina E., b. Dec. 15, 1822; m. Wm. P. Stevens; 2, James P. Shedd.
II. Matilda A., b. Sept. 15, 1824; m. Wm. A. Marston.
III. Nathan Osgood, b Oct. 4, 1826; d. Dec. 25, 1828.
IV. Dr. Osgood Nathan, b. Oct. 28, 1828; m. Ellen R. Scribner.
V. Henry A. M., b. Aug. 20, 1830; m. Persis Ripley.
VI. Harriet N., b. July 12, 1832; m. Wm. K. Ripley.
VII. Sarah A., b. Oct. 28, 1834; m. 1, Alden Woodbury; 2, Enoch N. Clement.
VIII. Euphemia J., b. Mar. 10, 1837; m. Wm. C. W. Cummings.
IX. J. Frank, b. June 10, 1839; m. Laura A. Merrow.
X. Nellie F., b. Aug. 20, 1841; m. Stephen Pottle.
XI. J. G. Birney, b Jan. 22, 1846; m. Harriet E. Towne. XII. Ida E., b. Sept. 12, 1849; m. Stephen G. Hatch.
DR. OSGOOD N. 6, b. Oct. 28, 1828; m. Ellen R. Scribner, b. Springfield, July 10, 1832. He d. Jan. 22, 1899; she survived him several years, and d. Mar. 11, 1913.
1. Dr. Bial Francisco 7, b. Springfield, Feb. 5, 1861; m. 1, Mabel F. Jones, d. Feb. 5, 1897; 2, Ava Phinney; d. May 4, 1915; 3, Annie Hayes.
2. Guy S., b. Mar. 24, 1872; d. May 17, 1876.
J. FRANK, b. June 10, 1839; m. Laura A. Merrow. He d. Oct. 14,
1901. She d. Apr. 5, 1900. 3 ch .:
1. Philip Kearney, b. Sept. 25, 1869; m. Katie M. Pike.
2. Blanche, b. June 21, 1872; m. Henry H. Burnham of Bridgton.
3. Louise C., b. Feb. 8, 1877; m. Walter P. Young.
MOSES 5, son of Joseph 4; m. Hannah Knight; set. in Green- wood on Young Hill. She was b. April 18, 1807. They lived and died in Greenwood. Two sons settled in Norway on the eastern slope of Pike's Hill.
JOSEPH AUGUSTUS, b. May 28, 1829; m. Sarah J. Mixer, b. Paris, July 21, 1842. He d. Feb. 18, 1911. She d. Oct. 22, 1896. 5 ch .: Algenora, b. July, 1863; m. Allen T. Crooker.
Elsie Flora, b. Feb. 11, 1865; d. Mar. 27, 1914.
Herbert, b. July 23, 1866; m. Lenora F. Annis.
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Ray, b. Dec. 24, 1871.
Inez May, b. June 12, 1878; m. 1, 1901, Chas. E. Freeman; 2, Edward E. Parker.
ROSCOE EMERY, b. July 23, 1843; m. Clara H. Bonney. He d. Dec. 12, 1911. No ch.
BRETT.
The Bretts of Norway, Paris and Otisfield, are descended from a very ancient race, dating back to the time of William the Conqueror, several of whom were in his army that fought at Hastings, and were rewarded with large tracts of land in different parts of England.
ELDER WILLIAM, the immigrant ancestor, came from Kent and first settled at Duxbury about 1639. He was born in 1618, and mar- ried Margaret Ford, a sister of Andrew Ford of Weymouth, whose daughter Mary married Sergt. Abiah Whitman, son of Dea. John, the English emigrant ancestor of the author of this history. The family removed to Bridgewater where Elder William Brett became the first citizen of the town and the leading member of the church there. He often preached in the absence of the pastor. His parents are supposed to have been John and Elizabeth (Andrews) Brett and the grandson of William and Joanna (Hayward) Brett. He died Dec. 17, 1681. He left three sons and four daughters, his widow sur- viving him several years.
JUDGE ELIHU, the second son, m. Ann, daughter of George and Mary (Robbins) Turner of Duxbury. He was b. about 1648 in Bridgewater and died suddenly in his chair, Jan. 13, 1712. He had been Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for a dozen years. Their oldest child, Mary, b. 1679, m. John Willis. They were ancestors of the author of this history.
NATHANIEL, the youngest son of Elder William, b. in 1661, m. Sarah Hayward. She was the daughter of John and Sarah (Mitchell) Hayward, and granddaughter of Experience and Jane (Cooke) Mitchell, who came in the Fortune.
Seth Brett, son of Nathaniel, b. Feb. 24, 1688, m. Sarah Alden, great-granddaughter of John and Priscilla (Mullens) Alden.
SIMEON BRETT, son of Seth, b. Jan. 8, 1720, m. Mehitable Packard. Their son, Rufus, b. Aug. 2, 1751, m. Susanna Cary. He was a Rev. soldier and settled after the War for American Independence, in Paris. His youngest child Seneca, b. Bridgewater, 1798, m. 1827, Sarah P. French. He d. Oct. 5, 1872, aged nearly 80. She d. Feb. 24, 1892, aged 91. Both buried at Otisfield Gore. They had seven ch. :
I Susanna, b. Aug. 31, 1828; d. May 15, 1830.
II Cyrus French, b .. Feb. 17, 1831; m. Cynthia- d. June 6, 1873.
III Sarah Augusta, b. Dec. 28, 1837; m. Freeman Merrill.
IV Daniel Lane, b. Jan. 22, 1838; m. Julia Ann Gorham.
V Elizabeth Jane, b. May 17, 1840; m. Albert F. Andrews.
VI Loren Thayer, b. Mar. 17, 1843; m. 1, Jennie M. Keen; 2, Mrs. Marian Evans.
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DANIEL L. BRETT, b. Paris, m. 1859, Julia A. Gorham of Norway. They settled in Otisfield and had three children. He d. Jan. 9, 1916. She d. Feb. 12, 1915. 3 ch .:
I Sarah Augusta, b. Mar. 11, 1861, m. Elmer D. Jillson.
II Charles Henry, b. Sept. 10, 1876; m. Mabel L. Dorman, set. at Welchville.
III
Eben Montelle, b June 7, 1878, m Gertrude M. Shackford of Harrison.
LOREN T. BRETT, b. Paris, m. Jennie M. Keen. She d. Jan. 30, 1882, and he m. 2, Mrs. Marian Evans. He d. July 12, 1900. Wid. d. May 3, 1915, aged nearly 61. ch-first two by first wife.
I Georgia Mae, b. July 29, 1868; m. 1893, Mark Pride. He d. in March, 1908-no ch.
II Walter Loren, b. May 13, 1873; m. Fannie Coleman.
III Willard Arthur, b. May 11, 1884; m. Ruth Buck.
IV Adeline Sarah, b. Jan. 22, 1887; m. Ralph W. Foster.
V Manley Emerson, b. July 22, 1890.
BROOKS
The Brooks family has long been established at Whitechurch in Hampshire, England. "The night of Oct. 18, 1644, the King (Charles I) lay at Whitechurch at Mr. Brooks' house." A monument was erected to Thomas Brooks of Whitechurch and his wife, Susan, daughter of Sir Thomas Foster.
Several persons by the name of Brooks came from England to Mass. in 163 -. Henry Brooks was a selectman of Woburn in 1649. His first wife's name was Susanna. Their son John m. Eunice, daughter of Dea. John Marshall. Their daughter, Sarah, married Ephraim Buck. They were ancestors of the Bucks of Buckfield and the Ameses of Norway.
Gov. JOHN BROOKS was a descendant of Thomas and his wife, Susan, who entertained the king at Whitechurch. They were un- doubtedly royalists. The Brookses of Norway were descendants of one of the English emigrants from Whitechurch or vicinity but the line so far as the writer knows has not been traced.
THOMAS G. BROOKS, son of Wm. C. and Hannah (Poland) Brooks and grandson of Jonas and Joanna (Cummings) Brooks, b. Sept. 7, 1812; m. 1837, Margery F. Bray of Ossipee, N. H., b. Oct. 16, 1817. They came from Paris to Norway in 1843 and settled in the Parsons neighborhood. He d. Jan. 18, 1887. Wife d. Aug. 31, 1885. 5 ch.
I Mary E., b. Mar. 10, 1838; m. Allan Smith Bartlett.
II William, b. Dec. 31, 1839; d. in infancy.
III George A., b. May 27, 1841; m. 1, Etta J. Houghton; 2, Alice E. Warren. He d. Apr. 11, 1920. No ch.
IV Dr. Marcus F., b. Nov. 17, 1846, m. Ella S. Evans. He d. Feb. 18, 1910.
V Mattie F., b. Nov. 17, 1846, a school teacher, d. unm. Mar. 16, 1889.
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GEORGE A. BROOKS
DR. MARCUS F. BROOKS
WM. MARK BROOKS, son of William and Dorcas (Rawson) and g. son of Wm. C. Brooks, b. Oct. 11, 1827, lived in Paris, Woodstock, Otisfield and Norway. He was a noted common school teacher of over one hundred terms service. He d. June 1, 1906.
DAVID P. BROOKS, bro. of Thomas G. and William, b. Paris, Apr. 25, 1837; m. 1866, Julia A. Bennett. Came here from Upton about 1875, and lived for many years near the school-house in the vicinity of Noble's Corner. He d. Feb. 26, 1892. Wid. m. John N. Saylor of Portland-ch:
I Lucretia G., b. Feb. 8, 1867; m. Herbert Pride of Auburn.
II Owen P., b. Apr. 4, 1868; m. Elvira C. Groves of Yarmouth. She d. Mar. 12, 1921. He lives in Oxford.
III Nina F., b. May 12, 1869; m. Geo. H. Hill of Yarmouuth. 4 ch.
IV Bertha J., b. Apr. 10, 1871; m. Fred Boothby. 2 ch.
V Edith M., b. Nov. 1, 1875; m. A. A. Chapman. 1 ch.
BROWN
EPHRAIM BROWN, whose father was a Revolutionary soldier, born Concord, Mass., Apr. 9, 1789, married Lucy Heald of Carlisle. They came to Norway in 1822 and settled near Fuller's Corner, but in 1833 he bought a mill at Steep Falls and removed to the village. He also engaged in the manufacture of shoe pegs. His mill and factory were carried away in a freshet in 1843. He died the next year. Widow died in 1855, aged 67. Only one of his children re- mained in Norway. The youngest son, Aaron Wilkins, enlisted from Mass. during the War of the Rebellion, died at Falmouth, Va., in 1864.
VI Dorcas Adams, b. June 29, 1826; m. John Shaw Sanborn. Ephraim H. Brown, b. Sept. 17, 1818; m. Silence J. Lander of
III Paris. He was a Sol. in the Civil War, iron foundryman, merchant, town clerk, selectman, prominent in temperance and moral reform movements. He d. June 11, 1903. His wife d. June 19, 1897. 6 ch., 4 of whom d. young.
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1 Luella Jane, b. Sept. 13, 1844; m. Osman B. Warren.
4 Gilbert Julian, b. Oct. 14, 1852; m. 1, Nellie Devine; 2, Laura F. (Knapp) Morton. 1 son, Osman Warren, editor and publisher of a newspaper in Lynn, Mass.
DAVID M. BROWN came to Norway from Freeport in 1838, and settled on a farm on the east side of the lake in the Crockett neigh- borhood. He was b. abt. 1812. His wife Sarah G. Hill was b. Oct. 27, 1821. He d. Nov. 26, 1866. She d. July 22, 1906. 8 ch.
I Phebe Ellen, b. Aug. 12, 1839; m. Thomas D. Knightly. She d. in 1881.
II Orin, b. Sept. 17, 1841, d. in infancy.
III Harlan Page, b. Nov 1, 1843; m Lydia Jane Kimball of Water- ford, b. June 6, 1845. 3 ch .:
.1. Cora Ella, b. Mar. 10, 1869; m. 1898 Alfred Lee Wyman.
2. Ava Florence, b. Nov. 18, 1870; d. May 23, 1888.
3. Irvin Elwood, b. Aug. 25, 1875; m. 1901, Annie C. Walker, b. Jan. 21, 1880. 7 ch .:
1. Eleanor Jane, b. July 6, 1902.
2. Mildred Evelyn, b. June 22, 1904; d. in infancy.
3. Lawrence Gerald, b. Aug. 4, 1906.
4. Evelyn Annie, b. June 4, 1911.
5. Merle Harlan, b. Aug. 8, 1913.
6. Alfred Irvin, b. Feb. 15, 1916, d. Jan. 10, 1917.
7. Miriam Agnes, b. Dec. 12, 1919.
IV Orin, b. Sept. 22, 1846; m. Eliza A. Anderson. He lived on a farm in the extreme western part of the town, d. June 16, 1912. 4 ch.
1. Edna J., m. Orin Holman of No. Stratford, N. H.
2. Dr. E. Linwood, dentist, m. a Richardson, res. Bethel.
3. Dr. Maurice V., dentist, m. and resides in Boston.
4. Grace, m. Hiram Caleff. 2 ch. Wilmer and Keith Roland.
V Alvin, b. June 25, 1850; m. 1, Ada M. Carle, b. Oct. 3, 1854, d. May 15, 1907; m. 2, Feb. 1909, Mrs. Eldora H. (Barker) Wyman. Mr. Brown is a prosperous farmer living on the former David Noyes-Geo. E. Gibson farm on the west side of the lake, and has served may years on the board of selectmen. 4 ch .- all by 1 wife.
(1). Fred S., b. Feb. 26, 1879, m. 1907, Grace, dau. of Joseph H. and Mary C. (Whitman) Stuart of So. Paris. He is a dry goods merchant in Portland, member of the firm of Brown & Buck in same business in Norway. 3 ch.
1. John Stuart, b. Sept. 14, 1909; d. abt. 4 years of age.
2. Wm. Alden, b. Mar. 22, 1911.
3. Alvin, b. 1912; d. in infancy.
(2). Viola, b. May 25, 1881; m. U. Grant Abbott-no issue.
(3). Elon L., b. Oct. 8, 1883, m. Sept. 4, 1907, Harriet C. Oxnard. He is in the automobile business. Has a fine voice for singing, inherited from his mother. 3 ch. Marian Ada, b. Mar. 21, 1909, d. in infancy; Horace Alvin, b. Apr. 28, 1910, and Paul Lewis, b. Aug. 30, 1912.
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(4). Carle L., b. Aug. 5, 1887; m. Dec. 1910, Rachael C. Cutts. 4 ch.
1. Alice M., b. Sept. 21, 1911.
2. Carle L., Jr., b. Feb. 22, 1913.
3. Viola May, b. May 22, 1915.
4. Alvin, b. May 25, 1917.
VI Mary L., b. May 1, 1854; m. Ezra B. Hersey of No. Water- ford. 3 ch. Charles Alvin, Clara A. m. Dea. Harold Bean, and Fannie.
VII Lizzie E., b. Oct. 2, 1856; d. Apr. 5, 1863.
VIII Lucy Etta, b. Nov. 18, 1859; m. Wm. S. Pierce, d. Oct. 1922. 2 ch. A boy, d. in infancy, and Leona Maude, d. Jan. 27, 1907, "aged 18."
TITUS OLCOTT BROWN who came here from Gray in 1833 and opened a public house in the village, was b. Tolland, Conn., Aug. 25, 1764. He m. Susanna (Johnson) Bundy of Walpole, N. H., b. Dec. 19, 1771. He was a descendant of Thomas 1 Brown of Lynn (1628), whose wife was the dau. of Thomas Newhall. John 2, one of the children of Thomas, m. 1692, Elizabeth Miner. They had 10 children: Ichabod 3, b Nov. 12, 1704, m 1731, Sarah Chapman, b. Nov. 25, 1710. 9 ch. Elias 4, b Feb. 1, 1784, m. 1757, Abigail Olcott of Bolton. Lived in Tolland, Conn. and Alstead, N. H. 4 ch. Titus Olcott 5 Brown had a large experience as an inn-keeper-first at Lancaster, N. H., 2d at Gray Corner, and 3d at Norway. He d. in N. Feb. 23, 1855, aged 90 yrs. 6 mos. 10 ch.
III Abigail Hatch, b. Apr. 18, 1798; m. 1828, Amos Purington of Portland. He was associated with his father-in-law here in the hotel business.
VI John Bundy, b. May 31, 1805; m. 1830, Ann Matilda, dau. of Philip and Dorcas (Blanchard) Greeley. He settled in Port- land and was a very successful merchant and banker. He d. Jan. 10, 1881, and his sons, Gen. John Marshall and Philip H. Brown, continued the business under the old firm name of John B. Brown & Sons.
IV Titus Olcott, Jr., b. Lancaster, N. H., Feb. 18, 1800; m. 1, Sophia Furbish of Gray; 2, Nancy C. Denison of Burke, Vt .; 3, Mrs. Harriet P. Whitcomb of Norway. He d. April 2, 1878. 1st wife d. May 14, 1827. 2nd wife d. Sept. 6, 1867; 3d w. after 1885. 8 ch. by 2d w.
4. Rosalia Denison, b. 1832; m. 1853, Hannibal I. Kimball men- tioned elsewhere. She d. in New Haven, Conn., Mar. 11, 1858.
5. Charles Denison, b. Norway, Feb. 16, 1836; m. Abbie F., dau. of Alva Shurtleff of So. Paris. Resided in Portland and was very succesful in business there.
HEZEKIAH E. BROWN, son of Amos of Windham and a descendant of Ezra Brown, killed by the Indians near the Windham block-house, May 14, 1756, when the Indian Chief Poland was slain by Stephen Mancheseter, was b. Paris, Feb. 11, 1841; m. 1870, Mary E. Witt. He was a Civil War soldier in Capt. Amos F. Noyes' Co. B, 32d Me. He d. May 17, 1885. His wid. d. May 31, 1887. 2 ch .:
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I. Rachel Porter, b. May 20, 1871; m. 1894, Frank A. Richardson of Leominster, Mass., b. Mar. 30, 1866; res. Leominster; 5 ch .: Maurice Willard, b June 10, 1896; m. 1919, Cecil Flewelling of Bellaire. Res. Wallingford, Conn. 1 ch., Jane, b. Mar. 5, 1922. Marion, b. May 29, 1898.
Rachel, b. May 31, 1905.
Frank Adams, b. Mar. 4, 1909.
Fred Brown, b. June 26, 1910.
II. Willard E., b. July 26, 1873; m. 1901, Agnes Parkhurst, b. Gardiner, Aug. 21, 1876. Res. Hartford, Conn .- no ch.
H. WALTER BROWN, b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 22, 1884; m., 1911, Iona M. Moore of Toronto, Canada. His parents were Walter C. and Carrie E. (Howarth) Brown of Milford, Conn., and his grand- parents, James and Hannah (Benchley) Brown. She was the sister of Lieut. Gov. Benchley of Mass. He came to Norway in 1905, and engaged in business and is known over this country and Canada as "Buyof" Brown. He resides at Steep Falls. 3 ch .:
1. Bruce Kirkwood, b. June 15, 1913.
2. H. Walter
3. Howath Allen
b. May 19, 1916.
BUCK.
The Bucks of Norway are descended from Peter Banyott, a French Huguenot, who came to Massachusetts and changed his name to Buck. His son, Peter Jr., b. Worcester about 1748, m. Sarah Fay of Framingham. They came from Paris in 1791 and settled on what is now the Judge Wm. F. Jones place on Pleasant street in the village. He was the first shoemaker here. His wife d. Sept. 10, 1839, aged 80. He d. Nov. 6, 1842, aged 94. Of their seven children was James, b. Worcester, Sept. 18, 1781, m. Susanna Young. He settled on a farm near Norway Lake village, where his son Albion lived and died, and where his grandson, Willard H., now resides. His wife d. Nov. 25, 1829, and he m. 2, Irene Crooker, who died about 1852. He died Jan. 22, 1871.
ALBION BUCK, b. Apr. 27, 1824; m. Lucia A. Stevens. He d. Aug. 5, 1915. She d. Apr. 27, 1894. 4 ch .:
I. Prentiss F., b. Oct. 2, 1851; d. unm.
II. Walter S., b. Oct. 10, 1853; m. Jennie E. Holt. He d. July 1, 1919. 9 ch .:
1. Oliver Coy, b. Mar. 24, 1883; m. Violet May Gammon, and re- sides in Hebron.
2. Albion L., b. Nov. 30, 1884; m. Emma Abbott. He is a dry goods merchant in Norway.
3. Lucia Ella, b. Feb. 24, 1886; m. Everett W. York; set. in Otisfield.
4. Walter P., b. Aug. 29, 1887.
5. Elsie M., b. July 27, 1889.
6. Lena M., b. Aug. 13, 1891.
7. Clifford M., b. July 18, 1893; d. June 15, 1921.
8. Fannie F., b. June 25, 1896.
9. Adna, b May 22, 1899. Killed in auto accident, Dec., 1923.
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III. Willard Henry, b. Feb. 4, 1856; m. Jessie M. Hodgdon of . Waterford .- ch :
1. Charles Lemont, b. Oct. 29, 1889; m. Mildred E. McDuffie; ch. Edwin L., b. July 15,1922.
2. Harriet Viola, b. Sept. 21, 1891; m. Arthur C. Buck.
3. Frank Warren, b. July 20, 1893; m. Edith E. Davis of Mechanic Falls.
4. Willard H. Jr.
WHITNEY BUCK, from Buckfield, m. Eleanor O. Chandler and set. in the Dinsmore neighborhood. He d. July 20, 1904, aged 63. 3 ch .:
1. Arthur C., m. Harriet V. Buck.
2. Clarence W.
3. Florence E.
PETER BUCK, son of Daniel and Eunice (Coy) Buck, and grand- son of Peter, Jr., b. Greenwood, Oct. 24, 1819, m. Sarah Bacon. He came to Norway about 1872, and settled on the corner of Whitman and Maple streets. He was a very well informed and intelligent man. His wife d. June 14, 1866. He d. June 2, 1911-the oldest person in town. Held Boston Post cane at time of his death. 2 ch .:
Frances R .; m. Clarence M. Smith.
Sarah E., d. 1923, unm.
BURNELL.
DR. ALFRED P. BURNELL, b. 1814, m. Nancy J. Barrows. He was a respected citizen and a good man. He treated his patients with medicinal roots and herbs. He d. Feb. 21, 1895. Wid. d. Sept. 28, 1900, aged nearly 80. 4 ch .:
I. Calvin Bridgham, b. Dec. 18, 1845; drowned in N. Y. harbor, June 2, 1864, in steamboat collision while on his way home from service in the Norway Company of the 29th Me., in the Civil War.
II. Mary Eliza, b. Mar. 16, 1847; d. young.
III. Edward Gray, b Oct. 28, 1850; m. Fanny G., dau of Lewis B. Weeks, a hotel keeper. He d. May 13, 1920. 2 ch.
1. Mary A., died in infancy.
2. Edward Lewis, b. Dec. 25, 1885; m. Jan. 1914, Christena (Dawson) Nickerson, b. Loch Lomond, Cape Breton, May 31, 1884. She is the dau. of John and Annie (McLeod) Dawson, and m. 1, Edward W. Nickerson of Halifax, N. S. He d. in 1910. She is (1923) one of the principal clerks in the dry goods store of Brown and Buck. He is a clerk in the office of the Buick Company. 1 ch., Burnelle Dawson, b. Nov. 21, 1914.
IV. Charles F., b. Feb. 23, 1853; d. Dec. 26, 1877.
BURNHAM.
NATHANIEL BURNHAM, son of Reuben, b. at Bolton, Mass., Dec. 22, 1769, with his older brother, Abraham, settled about 1800, on Summit Spring Hill-once called Burnham Hill-in Harrison. Nathaniel m. Abigail Scribner of Waterboro, and Abraham her sister Alice. Abraham was the grandfather of A. Hall Burnham, widely known as connected with the corn packing industry. Summit Spring
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now owned by Mr. Don C. Seitz of Connecticut, was on Nathaniel Burnham's farm. He was a leading citizen of Harrison for many years. His wife d. in 1819, and he m. Nancy Marshall of Alfred. He d. in 1837, having had seven ch. by 1st. w. and two by the 2d.
HON. SUMNER BURNHAM, the 5th ch. by first wife, b. Nov. 16, 1809, m., 1833, Christina Washburn of Hebron. They had nine ch., all b. in Harrison. In 1858, Mr. Burnham moved to what has in later years been known as the Benjamin Tucker farm near Norway Lake, exchanging property with Francis H. Whitman. Shortly after he removed to Norway village, where he took a prominent part in the affairs of the village and town. In 1861, he was elected representa- tive to the legislature. He was one of the organizers of the Norway National Bank, and served as its President till his death from apo- plexy, June 22, 1878. For many years he had served as a deputy sheriff and detective, in which latter position he rendered invaluable service to the government during the War of the Rebellion. Mr. Burnham was one of the pillars of the Congregational church, a staunch republican and an exemplary citizen. His wife survived him many years and d. July 14, 1908 at 98 years of age. They are buried in Pine Grove Cemetery. They had nine children, all born in Harrison.
I. M. Greenleaf, b. Sept. 12, 1834; m. Christina Stedman of Harrison. Their dau. Annie Cordelia, m. Edwin M. Rowe. He d. July 15, 1871. His wife d. in 1889.
II. Francis A., b Mar. 20, 1836; m 1856, Wm. Evans of Portland; 3 ch. Harry, 2d ch., a cashier in First National Bank of Lincoln, Neb.
III. Otho W., b Feb. 27, 1838; m. 1865, Mabel Bates of Waterville. He served as First Lieut. in Co. C, 17th Me .. He d. Aug. 19, 1868.
IV. Mary C., b Dec. 10, 1839; m. Henry C. Robie. They settled in Lincoln, Neb. in 1887.
V. Sumner W., b Apr. 22, 1842; d. Apr. 3, 1844.
VI. Lt. Sumner W., b. Oct. 15, 1845; m. 1876, Sarah Dieppe of Glasgow, Ky. He was a soldier in the Civil War, serving in Co. C, 17th Me. This was one of the fighting regiments of the Potomac Army. It displayed great gallantry at Gettys- burg in the wheatfield on the second day of the battle, where for many hours it held the line near the famous stone wall. For several weeks in the Wilderness campaign it was under fire almost daily. For gallantry at Chancellorsville, Sum- ner was presented with the Kearney medal of honor, and for daring and bravery during the siege of Petersburg he was commissioned Sec. Lieut. He was one of the real heroes of the war. The writer attended the Academy at Hebron with him after the war. There he learned to appre- ciate his manly and splendid qualities. No truer friend or finer young man ever lived, and to this day I look back to my school days at Hebron with Sumner W. Burnham, Clar- ence M. Smith and Marcus F. Brooks with great pride and satisfaction. Sumner W. Burnham after marriage settled on
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a stock farm near the city of Lincoln, Neb., where he was en- gaged in stock raising. He founded the town of Burnham, Neb., which has the most extensive brick manufactory in all that section of the country, of which he was the principal owner. For four years he served in the legislature of his adopted state-two years in the House of Representatives and two in the Senate. For four years also he served as county treasurer. He d. a few years ago, lamented by all who ever knew him.
VII. Silas H., b. Apr. 12, 1848; m. 1878, Eliza Lewis of Glasgow, Ky. They settled in Lincoln, Neb., where he has been very successful in business. Mr. Burnham is a graduate of Dart- mouth College, class of '74. After graduation he practiced law for a period in partnership with Henry M. Bearce in Norway. On going West he organized the First National Bank of Broken Bow, Neb., of which he was chosen presi- dent. He is now President and Manager of the First Na- tional Bank of Lincoln, in that state-one of the very largest institutions of the kind in the Middle West, with deposits rising $5,000,000. He and his accomplished wife have a family of children of two boys and two girls.
VIII. Alice S., b. Oct. 12, 1850; m. 1875, Eugene F. Fuller of Oxford. They settled in Lincoln, Neb., and had two chil- dren, Otho and Alice. This boy and his father d. in 1879. The mother d. in Norway in 1889. The dau., Alice, m. in Lincoln and resides there.
IX. Horace A., b. Oct. 1852; m. 1873, Lizzie Frost of Norway. They set. in Lincoln, Neb., in 1877. His wife d. in Westville, Neb. in 1889, leaving five sons, now all grown up and living in that State. In 1891, Mr. B. m. 2, Anna Noble of West- ville. He d. in March, 1903, leaving two daughters and a son by his 2d wife.
CARTER.
ROBERT CARTER came to New England in the Mayflower in 1620, in the family of William Mullens, the trader of the colony, and d. the following winter. The English emigrant ancestor of the Carters of Bethel and Paris was Rev. Thomas Carter 1. The line from him to Hon. Timothy Jarvis Carter, Congressman from the Oxford dis- trict of Maine, who died at Washington in 1838, is as follows: Timothy 2, Benjamin 3, Timothy 4, and Dr. Timothy 5.
LEONARD A. CARTER, connected with this line, was a son of Still- man Carter who settled in Hebron from Wrentham, Mass., and g. son of Stanley Carter-a farmer and drover for the Brighton, Mass. market. He lived in the north part of the town near the Greenwood town line on the Fuller's Corner road. He was b. in Hebron, Dec. 1, 1831, and m. Lucy E. Moody, a relative of Prof. John F. Moody, the noted teacher of high schools and academies, b. Turner, Nov. 1, 1830. Mr. Carter was a well-informed man and a natural orator. He d. Nov. 3, 1907, wid. d. Apr. 11, 1908. 11 ch.
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