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ELZEAR bro of Asa, b 1761 m Jane Bryant and set. in Paris. They had 12 ch .- the 6th ch being named Alanson Mellen b Nov 29, 1805.
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He m 1. Christina Bent. 2. Mary A. Denison, an adopted ch in the Denison family. Mr. Dunham set in Norway on the east side of the lake. By his 2. w he had one ch, Alanson Mellen, b July 29, 1853 in 1875, Emma F. Richardson. They had one ch, Pearl, b 1877 m Nathan A. Noble.
DUNN
CHAS. EDWIN DUNN, son of Elbridge Dunn, a Methodist preacher, b Oxford, Apr 3, 1838, m Rose A. Pingree, of Norway, b Feb 25, 1838. He was a sol. from Oxford in Co. M. Me. H. A. and was wounded in the Wilderness campaign of 1864 and discharged for disability. He was lame for the rest of his life. After the war he set. in Norway near the Chapel. For many years he was a nurse and very useful in caring for the seriously sick. His wife d Dec 1, 1897. He d Mar 24, 1912. 9 ch .- Chester, Fred W., and Myrtie R., d in infancy. II, Ada R., b July 5, 1861 m Chas. E. Howe, set. W. Medford. He d June 16, 1918. No ch. III, Virgil E., b Aug 10, 1864 m 1. Edith W. Marston, 2. 1915, Ethel F. Upton. Ser. on bd. of sel. ch. James Owen; IV, Charles H., b June 29, 1866; m Clara Brooks. Prosperous farmer. Ser. on bd of sel. 2 ch .:- Virgil C. and Edwin B .; VII, Fred G., b. Apr 23, 1876 m 1907, Rose M. Sidelinger, of Union. 4 ch. (3 boys, 1 girl). On present bd. Sel .; VIII, Willie E., b Jan 18, 1879, m and has a family in Ipswich, Mass. d Mar 16, 1908; IX, Rose, b Mar 13, 1881 m 1900 Frank W. Noyes.
GEORGE H. DUNN, son of Wm. H. of another family, is a prosper- ous farmer and business man. He has served in town office and is one of our best citizens. For many years he owned and carried on what was formerly known as the Bradbury farm, which he sold in recent years and moved into the village. He built (1922) a fine residence on the corner of Pleasant and Maple Sts. His wife was Grace L. Woodsum. 2 ch .- George E. and Gertrude d young, greatly lamented by all who knew them.
ELMER T. DUNN m Sarah E. Cunningham. 7 ch .- Clara G .; Winifred E .; Bertram T .; Lottie S .; Martha E .; Elmer W .; and Helen H.
EASTON
DR. ARTHUR W. EASTON, grad No Bridgton Acad and Sch of Dentistry, came here from Bridgton during the World War and entered into partnership with Dr. Fred E. Drake, dentist. He en- listed in 1917 but did not go over to France as the conflict closed in Nov 1918. He received an honorable discharge and resumed his partnership with Dr. Drake. He is a very skillful dentist. He m May 27, 1917 Miss Edith S. Parker of Norway. They have Eleanor b Jan 20, 1920, Elizabeth b Nov 11, 1921 and Robert B. b in 1923.
EASTMAN
ROGER W. EASTMAN, the ancestor of the race in N. E. b in Wales, in 1611, set. in Salisbury, Mass, in 1640. Thomas 2 b 1646, m Deborah Corliss and set in Haverhill. Jonathan 3 their only son, b 1683, m Hannah Green. Dea Richard 4 their 5th ch b Aug 1712, m
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Sara Abbott, and set in Fryeburg. He was ch of the first bd of sel and many years dea of the Cong Ch there. From Fryeburg the Eastmans spread into the adjoining towns and into N. H.
RAYMOND H. presumed to be of this branch of the race, was son of Alfred A. and Olive P. (Chandler) Eastman and grandson of Moses and Abby (Dresser) Eastman, of Stow, b there June 18, 1879. He came to Norway in 1899, employed by his brother-in-law, Capt J. Waldo Nash, in the taxidermist business for many years,- teller in Nat Bk Corp Assn, can for Regr. of Probate, Dec 1922, prop of furniture store. Alice L. Eastman, sister of Raymond H. b Stow, Jan 11, 1864 m 1884, Capt J. Waldo Nash, an officer of the Me. Mil. and Lieut in the Spanish War, b Sweden, July 18, 1862, d Aug 26, 1919-1 ch: Bernice, a sweet singer, b Dec. 18, 1893, m 1918 Arthur W. Hill of Gray.
EDWARDS
JESSE P. EDWARDS clerk and business man m Edith E. Ripley of Paris. For a period he had a position in the mail service in the vill .- ch. Gladys Irene b Apr 22, 1896 m 1916 Henry A. Russell, ch. Gleason E. b May 24, 1919.
EVANS
RICHARD EVANS, a contractor and builder b Portland Oct 1, 1805 m 1829 Mary W. Hill b Aug 19, 1810 and came to Norway shortly afterwards. He lived first in the Nash place on Pleasant St and later in the Fred H. Cummings residence on Main St., he having, it is believed, built both the original dwellings on these lots. He was an upright citizen and a thoroughly good man. He d Oct 23, 1871. Wid d Aug 11, 1878-9 ch: 1, Charles H., b July 5, 1830 m 1864 Alice E. Leighton; 2, Mary W. b Feb. 8, 1832 m 1854 Chas. L. Webb; 3, Josiah H., b Aug 25, 1833 m 1861 Georgia Hale, d Nov 4, 1861; 4, Dr. Warren R., b Sept. 15, 1835 m 1866 Louisa D. Stetson, set'd in Portland in practice of dentistry. He invented the Evans repeating rifle; 5, Lizzie O., b Jan 26, 1839 d Aug 10, 1856; 6, G. Frank, b Mar 10, 1842 m Elizabeth Jewett. Invented a plane for circular surfaces. Lived at Mechanic Falls, removed to Mass .; 7, Wm. Alfred, b Jan 16, 1845, enlisted from Mass, and was killed at Spott- sylvania C. H. May 1864. Buried in family lot in Pine Grove; 8, Ella M., b July 12, 1850 m Dr. Marcus F. Brooks. Living (1923) a widow in Melrose, Mass .; 9, Winifred L., b Feb 6, 1853. Living unm with sister in Melrose, Mass.
EVERETT
PETER EVERETT, b in France, emigrated to N. E. during the war of the Rev. and on the way over the vessel he was on, was attacked by a British war vessel and in the fight that ensued, Everett lost a part of one arm. The French craft escaped. It has been said that Everett had a pension, but if so, the writer ascertained that it was not from the U. S. and must have been from France. He is said to have come to Norway in 1789 and settled on a lot on the Cummings Purchase near Jeremiah Hobbs' at what was later Norway Center, thinking it was on the Rust tract. Also that his wife, widow Susan
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Burns, taught the first woman's school in the little settlement and several summer schools thereafter in her own house, in Jonathan Cummings' barn and in the first schoolhouse built on Amos Hobbs' lot. Everett's house was afterwards moved to a lot west of the Millett Hill which he cleared, doing a great amount of work with one hand and stump of an arm. He planted medicinal herbs which flour- ished more or less abundantly for very many years after his death. The census list for Rustfield in 1790 does not contain his name, but that of 1800, does. His name was on neither of the tax lists of 1794 or 1798. He received his deed from Capt. Rust abt 1800. He d March 27, 1821.
PETER JR., b May 27, 1786 m Charlotte Parker. He d Apr 13, 1863. She d Jan 30, 1856-11 ch. Only the families of three of their ch were living in Norway when the census was taken in 1850.
ALPHA BONNEY b Feb 1812 m Susan Burns. He d Apr 30, 1885. Wife d July 16, 1877-6 ch: 1, Peter, b Apr 10, 1836 m Catherine Campbell; 2, John Burns, b Dec 29, 1839; 3, Alfred Augustus, b Feb 24, 1841 m Abbie A. Holden; 4, Susanna, b Jan 1, 1844 m Sewell Austin; 5, Elbridge G., b Mar 18, 1850; 6, Cornelia L., b July 12, 1852 m Geo. F. Sprague.
Alfred A. Everett who m Abbie A. Holden b Apr 16, 1850, had 10 ch: 1, Alfred A., b Mar 18, 1867 m Laura A. Smith-1 ch, Jessie H .; 2, Eliza A., b June 20, 1869 m Clarence W. Merrill. They have Geo. C., Ella H., and Ida E .; 3, Addie M., b Jan 14, 1872; 4, Almore A., b Aug 29, 1874 m 1. Hattie Coyne; 2. Alice Crockett; 5, Hattie A., b Apr 16, 1878 m Edwin S. Gammon; 6, Walter Eugene, b June 18, 1880 m Ida Mattor and has a family of children; 7, James E., b May 15, 1883 m Rosie A. Green and has a family of children; 8, Lucinda M., b Dec 17, 1885 m Crockett Record; 9, Philip M., b May 1, 1889 m 1910 Gladys Fay Stone-3 ch; 10, Erdine, b Dec 9, 1890 d in infancy.
George W., son of Peter Jr., b Apr 15, 1814 m Elizabeth Burns. He was a farmer and lived in the s w part of the town near the Crooked River. He d Sept 29, 1877-9 ch. Nearly all removed elsewhere. Edwin M. Everett, b Feb 3, 1855 m 1879 Mary E. dau of Abner F. Jackson, b Feb 24, 1856 d Mar 24, 1888. He m 2. 1899 Evelyn B. Allen.
FAUNCE
The family name in the olden times was called Fance and may have been derived from Vance.
JOHN 1, came to N. E. in the Anne or Little James, in 1623, and was considered one of the Pilgrims. He m 1634 Patience, dau of George Morton, who came with his family at the same time. She was b 1615 and was only eight at the time of coming. John Faunce d 1654, leaving a pitiful group of little orphans in poverty. Thomas Southworth, while they stood weeping at the grave, took Thomas, then seven years old, by the hand and leading him home brought him up as his own son, as Gov. Bradford had done by him. He after- wards became a dea. and the ruling elder of the Pilgrim Church. He d Feb 27, 1745 in his 99th year. He was the "discoverer" of Ply-
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mouth Rock. In 1741, he learned that Plymouth Rock-of whose history and associations the community seemed to know but little --- was about to be covered by a new wharf, and thereupon rode from his home three miles to the village, and having been reverently borne to the spot in a large chair followed by a number of the people, identified the rock, and proceeded to relate the account of the landing upon it, as it had been told to him by the forefathers themselves; then bedewing the relic with his tears he bade it a formal farewell.
The youngest child of John Faunce appears to have been Joseph, 2, b 1653; John 3, m 1705, Abigail, dau of John Bryant; Benjamin, 4 m Lydia Trufant of Marshfield; Benjamin 5, b 1764 m Sabra dau of Ezekiel Washburn; Benjamin, 6, b Dec 19, 1795, m Nancy dau of Bildad and Lucy (Adams) Washburn b Kingston Feb 20, 1798. They removed to Paris in 1821 into the vicinity of Streaked Mt. and after- wards to Norway. Benjamin Faunce was a devout member of the Baptist Church and a respected citizen of the village. He had a neighbor here who was a Univ., opinionated and inclined to contro- versy and argument. Faunce did not like it. It is related that on a certain occasion the neighbor made some pointed statement about the Bapt. faith and those who accepted its doctrine which Faunce re- sented and took. to heart. A little time after the neighbor called at his house on some errand that he wished to see him about. Faunce happened to be at his devotions and when his wife went to inform him who it was that had called, he exclaimed: "Let him wait, I can pray better when the devil is at the door." He d before 1886. His wid survived him several years .- 8 ch: 1, Ellen Maria, b Dec 27, 1821 m Lysander Dunham of Minot; 2, Benjamin Franklin, b Nov 4, 1823 m 1845 Abigail S. Atkinson of Minot; 3, Lyman, b Jan 24, 1827 d Nov 1855; 4, Betsey Washburn b Dec 31, 1828.m Andrew P. Green- leaf; 5, Azel Wood, b Nov 12, 1831 m Abby F. Rowe; 6, Nancy Wash- burn, b June 24, 1834, m James Drew of Auburn; 7, Eliza Wood, b Feb 12, 1837 m 1. George Greenleaf, 2. Freeman Hutchinson; 8, Clara Thomas, b Aug 21, 1839 m Geo P. Rowe; 1 ch, Eugene G., b May 18, 1878, res Auburn.
AZEL W. FAUNCE m Abby F. Rowe b Poland, Apr 5, 1832. He d Mar 17, 1899. Wid survived her husband many years-4 ch: Florence L., b Feb 18, 1857 m George Millett; Elmer A., b Feb 27, 1861 m Rachel C. Denning; Edgar E., b May 24, 1863 m Abbie M. Thayer; B. Perley, b Mar 7, 1874 m Florence Maxim.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FAUNCE lived and died in Minot-2 ch: I Lucy A., b Apr 26, 1846 m 1866 Frank A. Millett, P. M. at Mechanic Falls, Co. treas., etc. They have John F., Mildred F., Arthur A. and Harold L. II Franklin W., b Minot Sept 16, 1849 m Maria P. Shackley-3 ch: 1, Helen M., b Jan 13, 1875 m Nov 1897 Hugh Pendexter, author. They have Hugh, Jr., b Phillips, May 27, 1899 and Faunce b N. Jan 7, 1915; 2, Benjamin F., b Dec 18, 1878 m Emily Davies of Steelton, Pa .- 3 ch: Benj. Jr., b July 30, 1903, David D., b June 10, 1905, and John H., b May 27, 1911. 3, Grace L., b June 30, 1880 m 1904 Walter C. Leavitt-2 ch: John Faunce, b Lynn, Mar 10, 1905 and Syrena L., b June 2, 1913.
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FAVOR
SAMUEL FAVOR, b Feb 9, 1816 m Mary dau of Daniel Holt, the blacksmith, b Oct 10, 1819. As a young girl she was called the belle of the village. He came to Norway from Paris and went into business as a merchant, which he followed for many years. He was tax collector and town treasurer. His parents were Reuben, b Ware, N. H., and Mary (York) Favor, b Falmouth June 5, 1783. They settled in Paris on Elm Hill. He d in 1851. Samuel Favor d Mar 17, 1892; wid d Dec 25, 1892-3 ch: I, James Madison, b Apr 4, 1838 m 1860 Angelia Tucker. He d June 11, 1881. She d Sept 25, 1910-3 ch: 1, Elsie Angelia, b Oct 4, 1863, unm-compositor in Ox- ford Democrat office (1923); 2, Henry Ferdinand, b Aug 7, 1870 m 1894, Lilla M. Meserve; setl'd in Mass. She d Nov 21, 1912; 3, James Nelson, b Apr 11, 1876 m Annie Hayes of Oxford-3 ch: Henry Hayes, b Mar 27, 1909, Mary Elizabeth, b Nov 26, 1910, and Samuel Tucker, b Mar 31, 1913. II Claudius Marcellus, b Oct 29, 1839 m L. Margaret Humphrey. He was an officer in Capt. Cobb's Co. H. Me. Coast Guards in the Civil War-d Dec 8, 1876; wid survived him many years. III Samuel Eugene, b July 5, 1848 d Dec 9, 1861.
FITZ
EBEN P. FITZ came to Norway from the vicinity of Boston a few years before 1850. He was born Oct 1813. The name of his first wife was Harriet. She d and he m her sister Hannah D., b 1818. He was a glazier, painter and paper hanger. He was, too, some- thing of a character for Sylvanus Cobb, Jr., the author, personated him in many of his tales of adventure. He d about 1880. Wid d Sept 8, 1891, aged 73, bur in Otisfield Gore Cem-2 ch by 2. w .:
1, John Foster, b Sept 27, 1836 m Martha E. McKeen b Jan 18, 1838. He was a Sol in the Civil War in the 1st, 10th and 29th Me. d Aug 5, 1883; wid d Mar 22, 1894; 2 ch-Ellen M., b Sept 7, 1858 m Geo. W. Horne; and Francis H., b Oct 5, 1860, d Sept 27, 1867; 2, Harriet A., b 1844 d young.
FLETCHER
JOHN H. FLETCHER has been in business in Norway for about 20 years. He makes much of the confectionery with which his store is supplied. He has a summer cottage on the shore of Sand Pond in the S. W. portion of the town. His wife was Bella Lloyd and they have two promising sons: Lloyd and Leroy H.
FLINT
BENJAMIN FLINT, JR., b Reading, Mass., Sept 1769 m Elizabeth, dau of Enoch Merrill. They setl'd on the Waterford tract annexed to Norway. She d Oct 11, 1836 aged 68 years. He d Oct 4, 1858, aged 88 yrs 11 mos. ISAAC FLINT, son of Benjamin, Sr., b 1784 m Lydia dau of Jacob Frost, the Rev Sol. He settled at Greenwood City and held a commission as justice of the peace for many years.
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ELIJAH FLINT of Manchester, N. H., b 1772 m Dolly Baker dau of Stephen Baker Pingree, the Rev Sol, b 1774. They settled in the western part of the town. She d Sept 14, 1823. He d Aug 3, 1853. Their ch were Samuel, Elijah, Dolly and Ruth. Dolly m Daniel Holt, the blacksmith; Ruth m Rev John Paine; Elijah m Mary Brown of Waterford, d Aug 3, 1853; Samuel m Hannah Frost. Wife d Feb 15, 1862 aged 60 yrs, 6 mos; m 2d Emily Cole. He d Aug 17, 1878 aged 73. Wid d Aug 2, 1893.
SAMUEL HARLAN, youngest ch of Samuel and Hannah (Frost) Fint b Nov 14, 1844 m 1871 Mary E. dau of Wm. S. Pingree b July 2, 1854. They lived on a farm northwest of the Chapel on the Al- bany road. He was one of the substantial citizens of Norway, noted as a good farmer and great wood chopper, probably the best since the early settlement of the town. He d June 22, 1910-7 ch: 1, Hannah Belle, b Oct 7, 1872 d July 2, 1874; 2, Della May, b Oct 11, 1874 m Andrew J. Haskell of Waterford; 3, Leslie Harlan, b Mar 27, 1877 m Angie L. French; 4, Asa Pool, b Apr 16, 1880 m Nina M. Skillings of Whitefield, N. H .; 5, Guy Irving, b Jan 2, 1885 m Maud E. Went- worth, d June 25, 1911; 6, Kate L., b Dec 30, 1893; 7, Ethelyn Lois, b June 22, 1896 m Roy N. Fowler of Millinocket.
LEONARD FLINT, son of Joseph of Albany b May 5, 1840 m Melinda F. Holt. They lived on the Waterford stage road. He d Dec 9, 1916. She d Mar 21, 1922-6 ch: 1, Leonas L., m Edith Skillings; 2, Sylvan d young; 3, Chester A. m Emma Titcomb and has a family of ch; 4, Velma L., b abt 1872 m Herbert Hobbs; 5, Eda L., b Jan 15, 1874 m Thaxter B. Doughty; 6, Sophronia, b June 10, 1876 m Wm. H. Haskell.
FLOOD
CAPT. DAVID FLOOD came to Norway from Portland before the Civil War. He had two sons in that conflict, David Jr., and Edward J. Another son, James, d Aug 19, 1857 "aged 17 yrs 5 mos 18 das." Capt. David d May 24, 1877 "aged 73 yrs 2 mos." His wife, Sarah d Sept 19, 1872 in her 57th year; Edward was 18 years old when he enlisted in Capt. Amos F. Noyes' Co. B 32d Me., Mar 10, 1864. He was in several battles from the Wilderness to Petersburg, Va. David Jr., b in Portland was 19 when he enlisted in Co G 14th Me. in the autumn of 1861 and was in the battles of Baton Rouge, La. 2nd Win- chester and Cedar Creek, Va. He m Martha M. dau of Seba Gam- mon-6 ch: 1, Edith A., b Mar 25, 1866, m Asa D. Frost; 2, Winnie M., b Oct 19, 1868 m Elden Hall (2. w) ; 3, Eugene E., b Jan 5, 1870, m Lillian P. Frost, res Farmington; 4, Ralph E., b Oct 1, 1873 m Ida Packard, and has Grace G., b Feb 24, 1897, m Oct 1913 Clarence S. Dunham, and they have a son and two daughters; 5, Virgil Fran- cis, marble cutter, unm b Aug 8, 1875; 6, Willie R., b Oct 5, 1886 m Ida M. Marston, recently d at Farmington.
FOGG
SAMUEL FOGG, the first of the name to settle in New England came from Wales to Hampton, N. H. There were several families of Foggs in Kittery very early in the beginning of the 18th century. Some of their descendants setl'd in Gorham. Moses was a Lieut. in
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the War of the Rev. His grandson, Capt. Almon L. Fogg of the 17th Me. in the Civil War was mortally wounded at Gettysburg. Richard Fogg m Achsa Stuart about 1815.
BENJAMIN STUART FOGG and his wife Mary Elizabeth Barrows came here from Harrison. Of his children was GEORGE O. FOGG, b Harrison Nov 1, 1850. He m Eva L. Noyes, dau of Henry L. and Mary P. (Cordwell) Noyes of Greenwood, b June 20, 1857-5 ch: 1, Lena A., b Greenwood July 30, 1879 d July 21, 1898; 2, Lewis W., b Nov 25, 1887 m Agnes G. Rose of So. Paris, 1 ch, Constance Rose, b Oct 15, 1920. In business with Leroy Spiller, undertaker; 3, Albert C., b Mar 18, 1890 m Bertha M. Cash. He d at Bath at work in ship yard June 29, 1918-2 ch: Mabel S., b Apr 23, 1912, and Albert E., b Apr 25, 1914; 4, Percy G., b May 12, 1892; 5, Lin- wood E., b Dec 16, 1896 m Alice Maria Tucker, 2 ch: Wendell Earl, b Oct 4, 1920, and Irene Doris, b May 25, 1922. He is a clerk in the Nat. Bank. Lewis W., Percy G., and Linwood E. were soldiers in the Great World War.
FOSTER
The FOSTERS of N. E. trace their line of descent from Charle- magne of France, and King Alfred the Great of England, who saved the English nation and the English tongue from perishing from the earth. These lines coalesced in Baldwin, IV of Flanders, whose dau Matilda was the wife of William the Conqueror. Her brother Rich- ard came from Normandy to England in William's army at sixteen years of age, and won his spurs and baronet at the battle of Hast- ings. He was later given charge of the king's forest and was called The Forester from whence has come the names of Foster and Forest. The coat of arms was emblazoned on a shield with hunting horns. The crest a deer. Though somewhat modified from Sir Richard's time (1066-1100) the hunting horn has been the distinguishing feat- ure of the coat of arms in all branches of the race to the present day. The writer has not been able to trace his mother's line beyond Rev. Thomas Foster of Ipswich, England, whose sons, Sergt. Thomas "Gunner of the Castle" in Boston harbor, and Richard Foster, emi- grated to Mass. and settled at Dorchester and their descendants are called the Dorchester branch of the Fosters. John Foster, a grand- son of Richard, published an almanac in 1675 and designed the Mass. coat of arms. Capt. James Foster his brother, had the Foster coat of arms cut on his grave stone, which shows three hunting horns on the represented shield. A friend living near the old grave yard by request went there and verified the fact. This is better evidence than tradition that the Dorchester branch belonged to the general race.
The Fosters of Norway are descended from Reginald, who was b at Brunton, England, and came to Ipswich, Mass. in 1638, where he settled. His descendants are called the Ipswich branch. The English Privy Council stopped the sailing of eight ships in the Thames with emigrants for N. E. in Apr 1638. On petition of the passengers and chief owners King Charles allowed them to sail and during the summer, "20 ships with 3000 persons at least, left old for New England." The line of descent from Reginald to Nathan, the first of
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the name in Norway, is as follows: Abraham 2, Benjamin 3, Amos 4, and Amos 5. Nathan 6, b Tewksbury, Mass., May 14, 1762 m 1791 (1. m in N) Miriam Hobbs b July 17, 1772; she d Dec 24, 1804 and he m 2. Sarah Hobbs, her sister, b Jan 8, 1782. He was one of the first settlers on the Cummings tract, near Norway Center. He served a period in the Rev. War. His bro, Lieut. Amos was in the battle of Bunker Hill. The following is from a letter he wrote about the battle and Gen. Joseph Warren:
"I knew Dr. Warren before that day (June 17, 1775) ; had seen him among the troops at Cambridge and am certain of the fact. His words made a lasting impression on my mind and I have repeated them a thousand times. I was then a private in Capt. Walker's company in Col. Bridges' Regt, and was on the ground all the night before building up the works. After the old engineer had fixed his stakes three of us moved one of them to square it up. The day of the battle I was near the redoubt. We did all we could, but were obliged to give up at last. The last time the British came up we were moving off, all of a hurry, to the rear of the redoubt to stop them as they came up, and there it was that I saw Gen. Warren, his clothes bloody and he cried out to us, "I am a dead man, but fight on, my brave fellows, for the salvation of your country." We had no time to do much, but got off as quickly as we could. I never saw Gen. Warren afterwards. I knew Gen. Putnam and Col. Prescott well, saw Putnam on the field one time at least."
Nathan Foster dropped dead in a fit of apoplexy on the way to his barn, Feb 5, 1836. Wid d June 6, 1870, aged 88 yrs, 5 mos-6 ch by 1. w, and 11 by 2. Several d young. III Nathan, b Apr 8, 1794 m Sarah (Gibson) Wheelock, b Dunstable, Mass., Dec 30, 1791 d Nashua, N. H., July 13, 1882. He d Jan 20, 1837. Of their 6 ch was Calvin B., b 1825, drowned in mill pond at Greenwood City, July 4, 1837.
V Capt. Jeremiah Hobbs, b Sept 23, 1797 m Mary ·He d Dec 27, 1881. She d July 2, 1866-ch: 1, Jeremiah, b 1817 m Nancy 1864. Sol in the Civil War. Served three enlistments. His son, Nathan, b 1841, Pt. Co. B, 29th Me. d at New Orleans, 1864; 2, Wm. Henry, b 1822. He was a sol in the Norway Co. of the 29th Me .; d leaving wid and 2 ch. VI William, b Apr 5, 1799 m Calista Wood of Waterford. He learned the trade of a blacksmith which he followed for many years. In later years he carried on the old home- stead farm near Norway Center. Had good judgment and excellent capacity and accumulated a handsome property. He d Jan 26, 1884 in his 85th year. Wife d Oct 19, 1881 aged 72 yrs-4 ch, 1, Olive Stevens, b Dec 7, 1830 m Theo Lyman Lasselle, b Oct 26, 1826. She d Mar 24, 1867; 2, Wm. Franklin, b Jan 14, 1833 m 1868 Almira H. Smith. He d Nov 11, 1833. She d Aug 24; 1916-4 ch, 2 d in in- fancy. Dr. Winnie, b Sept 6, 1870, coll and med sch grad; successful practitioner of medicine in California, unm, and Henry B., b Aug 30, 1872 m Jennie M. Cole; 1 ch, Laurestine, b Jan 10, 1903. For many years Mr. Foster was a ready-made clothing merchant. Now (1923)
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he is engaged in the shoe manufacturing business. Mod. at the town meetings for many years.
Nathan A., son of William, b Jan 14, 1835 m Hattie N. Grover. He was a thrifty farmer and a good citizen. He passed the last years of his life on the old Foster homstead. He d Apr 15, 1891. Wid d Dec 24, 1915-1 ch, Fred A., b June 23, 1865 d young. Miriam Hobbs, dau of William, b July 23, 1839 m Leon M. Pierce of Spring- field, Mass. IX, Sarah, b Apr 17, 1807 m King David Frost. X Samuel, b Jan 27, 1809 m Sarah-, d June 25, 1851; 2, 1852 Caroline Cross. He d Sept 3, 1904 aged 96 yrs., 7 mos., 7 days. 2 w d Aug 9, 1861-8 ch, two of whom d young: 1, George Samuel, b July 29, 1839 was a sol of Co. G 14th Me. Was in the battle of Baton Rouge, La .; d from dis, Dec 2, 1862; 2, Lydia S., b Nov 28, 1841; 3, Amos H., b 1848, lives on the old homestead; 4, David F., m Dorothy L. Hatch and resides in Oxford-ch: Mary V., Arthur F., Fred A. and Charles S .; 5, Charles A. unm lives on the old homestead; 6, Carrie M., unm.
XI Serena, b Dec 11, 1810 m Simeon Frost.
XIII Luther Farrar, b Mar 3, 1815 m Eunice B. Millett, dau of Nathaniel, b Apr 15, 1817. He d May 14, 1853. She d Dec 2, 1665- 7 ch: 1, Wallace Valentine, b Jan 13, 1840 m Abby Thomas of Har- rison. He was a Sol. in the Civil War; 2, Helen Augusta, b Jan 1, 1842 m Silas Andrews of Dry Mills; 3, Marquis J., b Mar 24, 1845 d young; 4, Martha J., b Mar 24, 1845 m Jason F. Rowe, 1 ch, Bessie M., b May 31, 1871 m Eugene L. Hatch of Rochester, N. H .; 5, Eunice Etta, b Feb 1, 1847 m J. W. Bacon of Cumberland Mills; 6, Lizzie E., b June 5, 1849 d Apr 3, 1861; 7, Sarah Hannah, b Jan 29, 1853 m G. A. Morse.
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