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JOHN M. GALLISON set'd at N. Woodstock and was the 1 P. M. there. Also conducted a public house for travelers. Jefferson Cush- ing his 2 ch b N. Aug 8, 1841 a journeyman printer and was employed for a period in Col. Geo. W. Millett's Advertiser office. He later wrote several interesting sketches for the local paper, one of which is reproduced in a chapter in this history. He d a short time ago in Franklin, Mass.
GAMMON
JOSEPH GAMMON, son of Philip the English emigrant ancestor who with his bro Joseph had come to N. E. before 1750 was b in Gorham in July or Aug 1758, and m Drusilla Reed b 1769. He was a Rev Sol in the disastrous Penobscot Expedition of 1779 and with
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John Lombard who was a sol also from Gorham made their way home through the wilderness. Gammon and Lombard were among the early settlers in Norway. These two lived to a great age. Joseph Gammon d Dec 28, 1852. John Lombard d July 31, 1853 "aged 89." The ch of Joseph and Drusilla Gammon were: Charles, Harriet, Seba, Maria, Pamelia and Joseph.
SEBA GAMMON son of Jospeh the Rev Sol b Otisfield Jan 30, 1807, came to Norway in 1827 and m 1836 Sarah Jane dau of Peter Frost b 1822. He d Apr 1889. Wid d Sept 21, 1903. 14 ch-4 of whom d young: 1, Frank S., b Sept 6, 1837, d Dec 4, 1913; 3, Seba H., and 4, Cromby M., b Jan 22, 1841, d unm May 10, 1915 and June 11, 1918. 6, Elbridge G., b Dec 12, 1844 m 1 Alice L. Heald. She d Dec 2, 1889; m 2 Dec 1893 Alice H. Gray. 1 ch Mary L. b abt 1897 m June 1920 Leon G. Newcomb; 7, Martha M., b Sept 25, 1846 m David Flood Jr .; 8, Mary, b July 14, 1848 m Orin Everett; 9, Etta E., b Aug 14, 1850 m Emil J. Brackett; 10, Charles E., b July 31, 1852 m 1880 Louisa F. Bumpus of Hebron-2 ch Alice D. b Aug 17, 1885 m Rev Charles Brooks, a Methodist preacher, son of Rev Charles A. Brooks of Madison; and Frank Elbridge b Dec 17, 1896 m June 1922 H. Alice dau of Fremont H. and Isabel (Dean) Field of Paris; 11, Hannah E., b May 30, 1854 m A. Kinsman Hill; 13, Lizzie E., b Dec 25, 1857 lives unm with her bro, Elbridge G .; 14, Ida E., b July 11, 1861 m Elden Hall, d July 13, 1884.
EDWIN OSGOOD GAMMON of another family, son of Weeman and Sarah (McAllister) Gammon of No. Lovell b 1850, m Mary E. Hobson b Oct 18, 1850. He d Mar 15, 1891 aged 41, and the family removed from Stoneham to Norway and purchased a home on Beal St. Wid now (Jan. 1923) resides with her dau Mrs. Merline Hayden. 6 ch- 1, George Weeman, b Oct 14, 1871 d Dec 1, 1900; 2, Merline, b Apr 28, 1874 m 1 1897 David C. Jordan. He d Oct 15, 1900 and she m 2 Eugene F. Hayden, 1 ch by 2 hus. Madelyn b Oct 6, 1903; 3, Clara Mildreth, b Mar 18, 1878 d Mar 22, 1914; 4, Inez Myrtle, b Oct 24, 1880 m George E. Richards, 1 ch Charles Sumner b Mar 1, 1907,-res in Mass; 5, Jessie Hobson, b June 16, 1882 d Aug 1884; 6, Urshal Clyde, b Apr 14, 1886 m Mary E. Drew-4 ch, Urshal Edwin b Mar 1, 1915, Lawrence Drew b May 14, 1917, Eileen M. b Apr 27, 1920 and Alan b April 1922.
GARDNER
JOHN 1 GARDNER was the first of the name to come to New England from old England about 1650. His wife Mary he m at Bos- ton the next year and they set'd in Hingham, Mass. He d Nov 24, 1668. His wid remarried-10 ch: John Jr., 2, the oldest of them, bap July 17, 1651 m 1683 Mary, dau of Samuel and Mary (Farrar) Stowell. He d Dec 16, 1700; wid d Oct 22, 1714 "aged 61." John 3 the oldest of six children, b Jan 4, 1684, w Rebecca, had 7 ch; he d Apr 20, 1742 and his wid remarried Samuel Whiton. John 4, the 4th ch and 1st son, b Feb 5, 1720 m 1742 Joanna Farrar bap June 19, 1720; he d Apr 19, 1802 "aged 82"-8 ch. The 5th ch and 1st son was named John 5-an unbroken line of Johns for five generations.
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He was b Nov 30, 1751. Luther the bro of the last John b Sept 29, 1754 m 1788 Jane Mayo of Scituate but had no ch.
JONATHAN, another bro, b Hingham, Jan 29, 1764 m Sarah Gard- ner, b Aug 26, 1757. Her ancestral line was John 1, Stephen 2, 3, 4. All these brothers were Sols in the Rev. Jonathan and Luther were settlers in Buckfield prior to the taking of the census there in 1800. Jonathan d in 1836. His widow lived until about 1846. They had 10 ch. Huldah b about 1800 m John Brown of Canton. They were the grandparents of Hannibal G. Brown, a prominent citizen of West Paris, who passed away a few years ago at a great age. Of the ch of Jonathan, Ira the 4th child-the only one to settle in Buckfield, b Feb 19, 1795 m Naomi Gray of Paris b Oct 21, 1798. She was a woman of literary tastes and abilities. He was a man of great busi- ness capacity, firm of purpose and puritanic in his ideas and prin- ciples. He was regarded as one of the wealthiest men of his day in Buckfield. He d Sept 3, 1870. His wife had d several years before. 6 ch: 1, Columbia, b Sept 28, 1820-was one of the most talented and literary of the women who have been born in Buckfield. She in- herited her father's firmness of purpose and her mother's amiable characteristics. She went South as a teacher and at the time of her death June 16, 1856 at Mt. Vernon, Ala., where she was visiting a friend, she was at the head of an English and French Seminary at New Orleans, La. 2, Hannibal, b Apr 26, 1822 d young. 3, Brittania, b Nov 2, 1823 m Samuel Thomes. 4, Oscar Fitz-Allan, b Sept 14, 1825 m Jennette T. Thomes. He was in the naval service of the U. S. during the Mexican War; prominent in B town affairs for many years and town clerk there at the time of his death Apr 24, 1875. His wid, a very estimable lady d in Norway Oct 16, 1902-3 ch: 1, Eugene L., b June 25, 1856 m Lizzie Jones of South Paris. They have several ch and gr. ch .; 2, Jennie Columbia, b Apr 25, 1858 m 1. William Gregg of Buckfield, 2. Chas. A. Young of Norway. He d several years ago; wid resides in Norway; one ch by each hus- band: Hortense Gardner, b Jan 5, 1879 m Chester P. Gates a soldier in the Great World War. They have one child, Roger Gardner, b Feb 16, 1911. Charlotte J. Young, b July 27, 1887 m 1905 Fred S. Moore-2 ch: Queenie, b Dec 2, 1905 d in infancy and Frances, b Jan 29, 1907. 3, Gertrude O., b May 18, 1875-has taught with re- markable success in the Norway Village schools for over 25 years.
GIBSON
The GIBSONS of Norway are descended from John 1 Gibson, the English emigrant, who came to this country and settled in Newtown now Cambridge, Mass. abt 1633. He was b abt 1601. There is a tradition that his wife's name was Rebecca Gleason of Billerica and if so they were probably married soon after he arrived in N. E. He was made free in 1637, and was of course a church member. He and his wife Rebecca were members of the First Church organized there Feb 1, 1636. Some claim that he was of Scottish origin but the weight of authority seems to establish the fact that he was English. There is no doubt that both he and his wife Rebecca were worthy
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and respectable people. The wife of "Goodman Gibson" d in 1661. He d at Cambridge in 1694, "in ye 93 year of his age." They had five ch: Rebecca, Mary, Martha, John and Samuel.
JOHN 2 GIBSON, b Cambridge abt 1641 m 1668 Rebecca Erring- ton or Arrington, b abt 1643. He was a soldier, in King Philip's war of 1675-6 and possibly was the John Gibson who served in Capt. Joshua Scottow's Co. at Black Point now Scarboro, Me., where he was captured by the Indians under their chief Mogg in Oct 1677. He d of the small-pox Oct 15, 1679 "in ye 38 year of his age." His wid d Dec 4, 1713. They had four ch: Rebecca, Martha, Mary and Timothy.
DEA. TIMOTHY 3 GIBSON b abt 1679 was taken into the family of Abraham Holman of Cambridge soon after his father's death and went with him to Stow, Mass. about 1690. Mr. Holman treated him as his own child and made him executor of his will. In 1703 he set- tled in Sudbury, Mass., joined the church and was a deacon for many years. He m 1700, Rebecca Gates of Stow, b 1682 d 1754 "in ye 73 year of her age." He d at Stow July 14, 1757 "in ye 79 year of his age." They had twelve ch-nine boys and three girls. It was a stalwart race of men. Four of the sons who settled in Lunenburg, Mass., were known as "The Gibson brothers," and "were men of such great size, strength and courage that the Indians did not dare to attack them.'
CAPT. TIMOTHY 4 GIBSON the second son and child b Stow, Jan 20, 1703 m 1725 Persis Rice b Sudbury Jan 10, 1707. He d at Hen- niker, N. H. Jan 18, 1782. She d Mar 22, 1781. They had 9 ch- seven boys and two girls.
CAPT. TIMOTHY 5 GIBSON third son and child, b Stow, Dec 17, 1738 m Feb 20, 1773 Margaret Whitman b Stow Jan 14, 1755. She was a dau of Zachariah 4, John 3, Rev Zachariah 2, Dea John 1 of Weymouth, Mass., the English emigrant. Capt. Gibson served in the old French and Indian war and was a member of the Provincial Con- gress of N. H. In 1798 he settled in Brownfield, Me. on a tract of 900 acres. He was noted as "a man of sound judgment, excellent executive ability and one of the ablest citizens of the State." He d in Brownfield-bur. at East Brownfield-Jan 16, 1814. She d June 29, 1838-12 ch: eight boys and four girls.
HON. SAMUEL 6 GIBSON the youngest child b Henniker, N. H., Feb 22, 1797, m Nov 25, 1818 Rebecca dau of Hon. Joseph and Re- becca (Gleason) Howard of Brownfield, b May 1, 1793. He settled in Denmark. He was sheriff of the county and held many other im- portant positions. He d at Norway, Sept 11, 1865. She d Sept 20, 1879. They had 6 ch, all b in D .: 1, Izah B. P., b Aug 13, 1819 m Apr 9, 1840 Rev. Timothy J. Tenney, d Sept 22, 1899. 2, Rebecca Glea- son, b Nov 23, 1821 m Oct 4, 1843, Dr. Jesse Howe, d Feb 25, 1875. 3, Samuel Freeman, b Apr 9, 1823 m 1851 Abb Pattee b Sept 24, 1831 d Mar 4, 1861, 2. 1864 Agnes M. Ayer b May 10, 1832; he d Bethel Oct 6, 1889-5 ch. 4, William Henry, b Nov 15, 1825 d Oct
GEO. R. GIBSON
J. FRANK GIBSON
FRED H. GIBSON
GEO. E. GIBSON
MARY E. GIBSON
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HARRY E. GIBSON
GUY R. GIBSON
WM. H. GIBSON
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19, 1828. 5, George Edwin, b July 28, 1828, m Oct 13, 1853 Mary Eliza Randall of Bryant Pond b Apr 2, 1835. 6, Charles b Apr 9, 1830 d Jan 31, 1831.
GEORGE E. GIBSON was in trade for several years with his father at Bryant Pond. While there he became acquainted with Mary E. Randall a school teacher and married her. She was b in Freeport. Mr. Gibson soon after his marriage moved to Norway where he lived for many years on the David Noyes farm, near Norway Center, which he purchased. Here his children were born. He was one of the lead- ing men of the town, when the writer first became acquainted with its citizens. He is remembered as moderator at the town meetings and no one ever presided better or more fairly and efficiently. He d in Cal. Mar 18, 1901. His w d there Nov 3, 1900-8 ch: 1, Fred H., b June 4, 1855 m Mollie Christensen, res Cloverdale, Cal., teacher and School Supt in Norway, and is now Judge of the Cloverdale Mun Court. At one time he had financial interests in the Philippine Islands. Has been around the world. Lived in San Francisco at the time of the great earthquake and fire there in 1906; 3 ch-two d young, Mary C. m Robert Foster, res Cloverdale, Cal. 2, John Frank, b Feb 28, 1857 m 1. Charlotte S., dau of Henry H. and Sarah (Moul- ton) Hobbs b Jan 20, 1859. She d July 8, 1893-m 2. Bessie M. George b in Ills; ch all by 1. w: 1, Addie m Paschal Bequette, 3 ch: Paschal Jr., Charlotte and Margaret; 2, Ora m Earl Lipscomb, 2 ch, John and Frank; 3, George m and lives at Visalia; 4, Jack m and lives at Visalia.
J. FRANK GIBSON settled in Tulare, Cal., but later removed to Visalia the county seat, where he has large financial interests and is prominent in the business affairs of the city. He is one of the prin- cipal leaders of his party in his section of the state and was a dele- gate from Cal. to the republican national convention at Chicago in 1916. He is one of the most successful business men who ever went away from Norway.
3, George E. Jr., b Feb 11, 1859 m Marguerite Miller, res San Francisco. Real Est Agt and stock broker; 2 ch: Ruby and Geo. E. Jr. 4, Abb E., b Jan 2, 1861 m M. Mitchell, res Visalia, Cal. He d abt 1909-no issue. She was Post-mistress in Norway for several years before going West, and was popular with all classes. 5, Harry E., b May 5, 1863 m Emma L. dau of N. Bradley Frost. He was in business in Norway for many years. Removed to Visalia, Cal. in 1922; 4 ch: Annie E., m Ralph Harriman; Marian, Leslie, a grad of Bowdoin, and Mary. 6, Mary L., b Apr 16, 1866, lives at Visalia, unm. 7, Wm. Howard, b May 22, 1868 m Frances M. Rechels, res Newman, Cal. He is an inn-keeper; 2 ch: Frank and Harold. 8, Guy Randall, b Nov 22, 1877 m Alice Anderson. He is a Supt at Roseville near Sacramento, Cal. on Southern Pacific R. R .; 2 ch: Randall and Howard.
GODWIN
DAVID A. GODWIN m Abigail Bessey of Woodstock, dau of Caleb and Abigail (Packard) Bessey. She was the dau of the Rev Sol, Daniel Packard and his wife Elizabeth Connelly, who were two of the principal characters in "The Spy" written by Fenimore Cooper.
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David A. Godwin had 9 ch: Charles O., the 3 ch b Oct 26, 1833 m Vesta G., dau of Daniel and Vesta Austin of Buckfield. He was prominent in the temperance movement, a good speaker, P. M. at E. Waterford, etc. They d in Woodstock-he, Dec 5, 1905 and she, July 17, 1919- bur in Pine Grove. 4 ch: 1, Frank L., b Sept 28, 1855 m Martha A. Greene of Norway, d Apr 1, 1898-2 ch, Charles F. and Lillian G .; she m Ernest Ross and had Frank, res Boston. 2, Julia, b Jan 25, 1857 m Elwin S. Russell b Jan 6, 1859, no ch, res Norway. 3, Ellen Josephine, b Jan 1, 1859 m 1. Edward C. Hilton of Waterford, 2. Wm. E. Sanborn, 3. Elmer S. Hammon; res Norway, 6 ch: all by 1. hus: 1, Vesta, b May 31, 1881 m Wm. R. Jenkins, res Norway, ch, Jane, b Oct 9, 1917; 2, Lyman L., b Nov 13, 1883, m 1. Ina Gammon, 2. Pearl Weeks; no ch, res No. Conway, N. H .; 3, Melvina A., b Apr 7, 1866 m Irving Stanley, 3 ch: Wendell, b Oct 6, 1903, Evelyn, b Aug 27, 1906 and Dorothy, b May 2, 1908; res So. Paris. 4, Clar- ence P., b Dec 5, 1891 m Grace Tuttle, no ch; res Canaan; 5, Anna E., b May 18, 1895 m 1. Willis H. Warren, 2. Herman C. Lewis; one ch by each hus: Carla Frances b Apr 2, 1914, and Walter C., b Apr 25, 1920, res Norway; 6, Hattie Frances, b Apr 8, 1897 m Ev- erett C. Normandie, a sol in the World War, res Boston, Mass., 1 ch b 1923. 4, Abbie A., b Aug 31, 1861 m Charles A. Mixer of Paris. She d Mar 26, 1889. He d Apr 15, 1889-3 ch: Daniel A., Ethel F., and Nelson I.
GOODWIN
WILLIAM GOODWIN, elder of the church at Newtown, now Cam- bridge, Mass., was probably the first of the name to settle in New England. He came from England in 1632 on the Lion's last voyage, Capt. Pierce master. Two years after he was chosen as the first reg- ular representative to the Gen. Court at Boston. His name was spelled Goodwyne. He d in 1674.
EPHRAIM GOODWIN, b July 13, 1779 lived in St. Albans. He m Olive McCausland, b Oct 10, 1787. He d there June 17, 1861. She d June 18, 1866-12 ch: Wm. H., 4th ch b Nov 10, 1810 m Huldah K. Wing, b Nov 10, 1817. He d Aug 12, 1874; she d Sept 29, 1892; 2 ch : 1, Hon. Stuart H., b Sept 5, 1849 m Myra Finson, b Dec 27, 1850; he was a county official in Somerset for many years, served in the legis- lature from St. Albans, was prominent in town affairs and an ener- getic and capable business man. He d Nov 14, 1914; 4 ch : Stuart W., 2d ch b St. Albans Apr 2, 1884, came to Norway Sept 4, 1906 and entered the office of Freeland Howe, Ins Agt as clerk. After the death of Mr. Howe he succeeded him in the business in April 1912. He m Margaret, dau of Austin P. and Mary (Thayer) Stearns. They have two ch: 1, Norman S., b Mar 4, 1911; 2, Robert W., b Mar 31, 1914.
DANIEL W. GOODWIN of a different family, though distantly con- nected, is a farmer living in the south part of thee town, near the old county road from Greenwood into Oxford. He m Ava L. Pin- gree-ch: Donnie M., Webster C., Eva G., Harry M., Archie G., and Cecil C. Webster C. m 1903, Nellie M. Wheeler; ch: Cedric, d young,
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a dau b Oct 16, 1907 and a son b Jan 21, 1910. Harry M. m 1912 Anna S. Frost. Archie Gibbs m 1916, Mildred Hersey; ch: Norman Archie, Natalie, and Gordon C.
GRANT
JAMES GRANT, a painter and musician, b May 12, 1834 m Char- lotte En Earl, b Dec 19, 1837. He d Oct 9, 1884; wid survived many years dying May 30, 1904; ch: Mary E., m James C. True; Harriet J., m 1900 Dr. Edward E. Twombly of Colebrook, N. H .; Wilbur V., d Oct 2, 1918; Jennie S., m 1892, Harley H. Danforth who d in 1905; James H., d June 20, 1919; Morris S .; and Charlotte M., m 1902 George B. Bennett of South Paris.
GREENE
CAPT. WM. M. GREENE, JR., came to Norway shortly after 1850. He had been for many years in command of a merchant vessel; was b in Portland in 1819. His father, who m Hannah R. Gould had also been a sea captain as had his grandfather, Capt. Josiah Greene of Gorham who m Eunice Newcomb. The 3d Capt. Greene m 1848 Abiah S. Frost. He d July 21, 1892; wid d Apr 11, 1902-4 ch: 1, Frank T., b 1849 m 1874 Mary A. Parker and had Merton P. Mr. G. is a carpenter and resides at Norway Lake village; 2, Herbert W., b 1855 m 1883 Alfaretta L. Keith; 3, Edmund F. C., b 1859 m Violetta A. Buker. He lives on the old homestead-the original Nathaniel Stevens place at Norway Center; 4, Elfanah A., b 1868, unm.
GREENLAW
NORMAN U. GREENLAW, son of Hiram U. and Annie (Stevens) Greenlaw of Auburn, b May 13, 1895, m Bernice Hood, b Feb 7, 1895. 2 ch: David Sutton, b Dec 6, 1919; Mary, b Mar 14, 1923. He grad- uated at Pratt Tech Inst. Teacher for several years. Came to Norway in 1919 and engaged in the auto business. In 1921 formed partnership in the grocery and meat business with Ernest B. Jackson.
GREENLEAF
STEPHEN GREENLEAF, b Boston, Mass., Jan 27, 1779 m Jan 24, 1804 Mary, dau of James and Mercy (Burbank) Savery of Plymouth, b May 22, 1784. He came to Norway in 1805 and engaged in the cabi- net making business which he followed through life. He was an ex- emplary citizen. He d July 4, 1854. His wid d Nov 18, 1858. Stephen Greenleaf was 6th in descent from Edmund Greenleaf, the English emigrant ancestor bap Jan 2, 1594. He was twice married, 1. to Sarah Dole and 2. to Sarah (Jardine) Hill. Both he and his 2. w din 1671. First w d in 1663-11 ch by 1. w: John, 2, b abt 1632 m 1665 Hannah dau of Wm. Veazie of Braintree. Was a shipwright and lived in Boston; d Dec 16, 1712. Of their 9 ch was Stephen 3, b Mar 5, 1677. He had a son Stephen 4, and a g son Stephen 5 b abt 1737 m Emma Blowers b 1740; he d 1782; she d Jan 1786. They were the parents of Stephen Greenleaf who settled in Norway-10 ch: 1, Fanny O., b Aug 4, 1804 m J. Wellington Hobbs; 2, Sally E., b June 24, 1806 d Sept 2, 1828; 3, Mary, b Aug 24, 1807 m Cyrus S. Cush-
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man b 1802. She d July 30, 1836-4 ch: Cyrus Francis; Sarah E., m Alfred Noyes of Mass; Louisa and Jane. 4, Stephen, b May 16, 1809 m Jane H. Hill b May 7, 1809 d Nov 19, 1846. He d in Mass, Apr 1884-ch: Mark Hill, b 1840 m Annie Sawyer of Brighton, Mass .; no ch. 5, Emma Blowers, b May 11, 1811 m April 3, 1831 John Hatch of New Gloucester b Sept 16, 1800 d in Norway Feb 9, 1869. 6, James Savery, b Feb 5, 1814 m 1838 Jane T., dau of Wm. C. Whitney. Removed to So. Abington, Mass., in 1864 and d there. 7, Priscilla C., b Dec 30, 1817 m 1842 Jacob S. Cushman b July 13, 1819; res Wake- field, Mass. 8, Martha Bartlett, b July 17, 1819 m William Mills; res Lawrence, Mass. 9, Mercy E., b May 23, 1823 d Sept 5, 1825. 10, George Washington, b Oct 10, 1825 m 1855 Ruth A. Glines; d in Portland Oct 9, 1864. He d Oct 15, 1868-5 ch: Iva Jane m Fred Everett, Emma F., b Mar 17, 1859, d in infancy, Edward Ivan, b July 16, 1860 d Aug 8, 1864, Emma Frances, b Dec 31, 1862 d Aug 8, 1880, and Oscar, b Aug 23, 1864 d Mar 11, 1880.
James Savery who m Jane T. Whitney, was a carpenter and builder, and one of the enterprising citizens who purchased the Joshua Smith tavern in the village, which was named the Elm House. He re- moved to Mass. in 1864-6 ch: 1, Charles F., b Sept 20, 1839 m 1864 Euphemia J. Bradbury b Mar 10, 1837, 2. Cora M. Whitman; a Civil War sol, and d in Oxford. 2, Helen, b Oct 28, 1841 m Nov 5, 1859 Philo S. Cherry, a Civil War sol; res Red Creek, N. Y .; wid resides (1923) in Norway, 6 ch: Charles H., b Sept 5, 1860 m Viola Ardie; George, b Oct 10, 1862 d Jan 27, 1866; Fanny, b Mar 17, 1864 d 1879; Nellie, b June 29, 1865 m Nelson W. Smith, Montreal; Myron, b May 13, 1878, and Willard res. at Red Creek. 3, Solomon Cushman, b Jan 17, 1846 m 1871 Savannah, Ga., Susan Compton b 1844; he d there 1882; 2 ch: George Henry and James Savery. 4, Mary Jane, b Apr 25, 1848 m Odillon Linnell; no ch. He d Nov 1, 1905 aged 56. She d Mar 3, 1918 abt 70. 5, Flora, b Oct 15, 1850 res Sedalia, Mo. 6, James, b Mar 23, 1853 d Boston, May 20, 1884.
ANDREW PETERSON GREENLEAF (James B., Daniel, David, Daniel, John, Stephen, Edmund), b Rumford, Apr 16, 1825 m 1. Betsey Ward- well of Otisfield d 1852, 2. Betsey Washburn Faunce b Dec 31, 1828. He was dept sheriff for many years. Enlisted in Co. A, 29th Me., and was k at Cedar Creek, W. Va., Oct 19, 1864-his first battle. She d June 10, 1908; 4 ch, 1 by 1. w; Ella B., b Mar 15, 1852 m Clarence Holmes; she d Dec 1, 1889. 2, Elgin A., b Hebron Oct 18, 1853 m 1883, Hattie Jaques b 1858. Has been a R. R. employee and runs (1920) a summer camp at Moosehead Lake; w d Aug 3, 1920 aged 64; no ch. 3, Alma W., b Feb 17, 1855 m Clem Bailey; she d July 25, 1914-no ch. 4, Frank F., b Norway Feb 26, 1857 d Feb 7, 1865.
GEORGE BARTON, son of James B. Greenleaf, b Rumford Feb 3, 1833 m 1857 Eliza W. Faunce of Hebron. He d Bethel Mar 18, 1876. She m 2. Freeman Hutchinson. He d many years ago; 2 ch by 1. hus: 1, George Herbert b July 20, 1860; and 2, Harry Faunce b Au- burn, May 10, 1868 m 1892 Edith L. Abbott of Albany; 4 ch: George L., b Oct 26, 1893 m Edith G. Millett of Waterford; 1 ch-Florence; Elgin A., b Feb 12, 1896 m Ruth Noble b Aug 29, 1897; Carroll Ray- mond m Esther Gladys Abbott and Carlton S., b Jan 30, 1910.
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ROBERT H. bro of George Barton b Mar 6, 1834 m Olivia Gray of Paris, set'd in Albuquerque, N. M .; 2 ch: 1, Victor m Susan Blake of Oxford. Read law with Judge Wilson-ad Oxford Bar, setl'd in Albuquerque, N. M .; 2, John, set'd in Mass.
MARIAH P., sister of Robert H., b Feb 11, 1843 m Henry Davis of Milton Pl. She d July 1889-4 ch: George, Cora, Frank and Lizzie.
ELBRIDGE MILLETT GREENLEAF (Samuel, William, Jonathan, Gard- ner, Stephen, Samuel, Stephen, Edmund), b Otisfield Sept 19, 1856 m 1883 Ellen F., dau of Benj. S. and Margaret Farrar of Norway b Dec 28, 1858, con. and builder, res Auburn-4 ch: Margaret F., b July 23, 1884; Virginia G., b July 18, 1886; Mabel, b Aug 11, 1887, and Florence E., b Mar 27, 1893.
CHARLES EDWARD, bro of Elbridge M., b Otisfield Feb 28, 1854 m Nellie A., dau of Hiram Dinsmore of Auburn. He was a con. and builder like his father-in-law. He d several years ago-2 ch: Edna C., deceased, and Elmer D.
HATCH
THOMAS HATCH, the English emigrant ancestor, came to N. E. in 1634 and settled first at Dorchester, but removed to Scituate. He d abt 1646. Of his ch were Thomas Jr., and William. William was a sol in King Philip's War of 1675 and received therefor a grant of land by the colony. He had no male issue.
THOMAS JR., m 1662 Sarah Elms and had 11 ch. John Hatch who came to Norway from New Gloucester in the fifties is said to be a descendant of Thomas Jr., but may possibly trace his line to Samuel Hatch, who was a vol sol in the Pequot War of 1637. John was b Oct 16, 1800 and mı Emma B., dau of Stephen Greenleaf, the early cabinet maker in Norway. He d Feb 9, 1869. She d July 17, 1876 --- 6 ch: 1, James L., b Feb 13, 1832, grad at Bowdoin class of 1854 m Mary J. Cushman of Brunswick, setl'd in Charleston, S. C., where he was owner and editor of a journal. He was a very able young man, d in 1858; 1 ch, John Edwin, b Jan 19, 1854. 2, Isabel Bennett, b Mar 1834 m H. A. Whitney of Portland, d Montreal 1866. 3, Olive C., b Jan 6, 1836, was an artist. Lived 23 yrs in the South. Was in Columbia, S. C. when Gen. Wm. T. Sherman's Army passed through the city; d unm Feb 2, 1917. 4, Stephen Greenleaf b July 12, 1839 m Ida E. Bradbury; 1 ch, John Osgood, b. Apr 1, 1869 drowned Oct 6, 1887. He d Sept. 17, 1920. 5, Iva Tenney, b Aug 18, 1842 m Wm. H. Whitcomb. She d Sept 1, 1895; 1 sur ch, Isabel Hatch, b July 27, 1866, res Oconto, Wis., unm, 1922. 6, Izah Tenney, b Aug 18, 1842 m Prof. Ozias Whitman.
HASKELL
CHARLES HENRY HASKELL came to Norway from Otisfield in the seventies. He was a "knight of the road," and was in the employ of Huston & Co. of Auburn for many years. He was one of the most respected of our citizens. Mr. Haskell was b Mar 20, 1827 and m Diantha Laura, dau of William and g dau of David Frost, the pioneer, on Frost Hill. She was b July 17, 1830 and was a twin of Nathaniel G. Frost, a Civil War sol who lost a leg and was taken prisoner at the famous mine explosion at Petersburg, Va. Charles H.
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