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Mr. Parsons became early a leading wholesale dry goods merchant in Boston. His career was one of success, and he is remembered by the older business men, as a man of kindness, integrity and prompti-
Geo. H.Walker & Co. Lith. Boston .
SAMUEL PARSONS .
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tude during his long business life. His place of business was on Kilby street ; here he carried on a large and profitable trade. He was mirth- ful, witty, hospitable, generous, magnanimous, and honest. He en- joyed a joke, and could relate an anecdote to perfection. In the Boston Budget of November, 1883, a writer, unknown, under the caption of "The Dry Goods Trade, its History for Fifty Years and More," says :
" By the way, Sam Parsons was an original character, and very pop- ular with the dry goods fraternity. He was a great tobacco chewer, and it was rather an interesting sight to see Parsons, Aaron Hobart, and George Blackburn, meet on the sidewalk between Water and Milk streets, on Kilby, to discuss political and business matters, and take a 'chaw' all around. Charles Merriam, of Sayles & Merriam, usually joined the ruminating crowd, which was sometimes disturbed in its dis- cussions by the advent of that irrepressible money borrower, Charles A. White, who was always ' short a few hundred.'"
Mr. Parsons was a democrat, but a war democrat, and a great ad- mirer of President Lincoln, Another anecdote is related by a writer in the Sunday Herald of November 23, 1883, relative to an old time merchant, Johnny Lepeau, in which Mr. Parsons bore a part. The writer says :
" The following anecdote of Johnny Lepeau was often related by Sam. Parsons, of whom I have already told you as being a large dry goods jobbing merchant on Kilby street. When a young man, Sam. was a clerk with Johnny, and one Monday morning, having drummed up a good customer from Wilde's tavern and brought him to the store, and sold him a large bill of goods, he was gratified at the glee mani- fested by his employer, who ended in saying, 'You have done very well, Sam ; and Sam, you may go to Higgins', get one new hat, and have it charged to me, by gar.' But Sam did not at once avail him- self of his employer's generosity. He thought it would be in better taste to wait a few days, and while waiting, it slipped his memory where he was to go for the hat. On Saturday, however, with bright visions of the sensation he would create on Sunday with his new hat, Sam approached Johnny with a reminder of his kindness, saying, 'I have forgotten who it was you told me to go to for that hat.' 'So have I, by gar, so have I,' quickly responded Johnny, who was not in
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particularly good humor over some loss he had met with, which was aggravated by a bad day's business. This furnished Mr. Parsons with a moral for young men. 'Never neglect to avail yourself at once of a generous offer, as delays make donors forgetful.'"
Of this large and mentally strong family, Samuel Parsons, the latest born, was an honored success.
The following sketch and portrait are furnished for this volume as a tribute of respect to the memory of the departed brother, by George Parsons, Esq., of New York City.
Joseph Parsons, who died in Kennebunk, Maine, September 11th, 1887, was born in Alfred, December 6th, 1816.
He was the great-grandson of Thomas Parsons, the grantee of Parsonsfield, the grandson of Col. Joseph Parsons of Parsonsfield, and a son of his daughter Mary (whom he strikingly resembled) and William Parsons of Alfred, being on his father's side, the seventh generation, and on his mother's, the eighth from his first ancestor in this country - Cornet Joseph Parsons of Northampton, Massachusetts.
He married Mary Jane Cram of Merideth, N. H.
The accompanying engraving shows he was no ordinary man, and his character proved that he inherited the sterling traits of his ancestors. He passed his youth in Alfred, and like most New England boys of his time, worked on his father's farm in summer and went to school in winter.
He spent many winters South looking after affairs for himself and brother. Being a close observer of landscape scenery, of the manners and habits of people, a social and ready talker, it was a great pleasure to accompany him on those trips. He had a vigorous constitution, kept so through life by simple habits of living. He was upright and reliable in his dealings with others. He was not profuse in promises, but always making good, and more than good, those he did make. Once get him to say he would do a specific thing, and you did not need paper and ink for it. He was a resident of Kennebunk the last thirty-two years of his life.
He was trusted by his fellow-citizens and represented them in the State Legis- lature. He maintained his own rights and respected the rights of others, which kept him from being either servile or arrogant. This was the basis of his courtesy.
Having a thoroughly democratic spirit, he met on a footing of delightful equality any man, however limited in capacity or humble in position. He was acquisitive, but not avaricious. A favorite expression of his was " Live and let live." He exemplified it. He was accommodating and ready to respond to the needs of others. His was a social turn pervaded by a decided vein of pleasantry. He
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immensely enjoyed a good story, and laughed heartily in hearing and telling one. His hospitality was sincere, unobtrusive; it had a largeness and freeness delight- fully suggestive of the olden time. The ties of relationship and friendship were peculiarly strong, and struck their roots through every fibre of his being. He · was powerfully drawn toward old scenes, ways and customs, and most of all to old friends.
Mr. Parsons had an active mind and a mature judgment which enabled him readily and wisely to perfect plans. He was especially strong in will power; having once undertaken an enterprise he carried it through with persistent vigor, certitude and dispatch. To this power of planning and willing, he added con- stancy in effort. He worked hard and was among the busiest of mortals. He did not say go, but come, and thus was well-fitted to lead and spur others on in the line of practical work and enterprise. Thus his individuality asserted itself. When he said a thing, he meant it. He had a way of saying a thing with so much quiet decision that it became evident to the most obtuse that he meant it. Though not a large man in physical stature, yet there was something indefinable about him which assured one that he was not to be trifled with or imposed upon. He had latent capacity which would doubtless have enabled him to reap marked success in a wider sphere in business enterprises. He was a true son of the soil - he loved his mother earth. Land and plenty of it was his delight. He reveled in open spaces of which he was proprietor. "Four acres enough " was not in accordance with his ideas. He enjoyed seeing things grow and causing them to grow. He facetiously said of his well-stored barn, that "it was the pleasantest room in the house." There, looking out upon a fine prospect, in a vicinage his own, and off upon the Sanford and Lebanon hills, he loved to sit and chat with his friends. Many an acre is the more productive because of him. He bettered everything he had to do with. He was not content unless he saw marked improvements, and he was ever on the alert in contributing toward them. He had a passion for trees. If all men were like him the forestry question would be settled. He did more than any one else to adorn and beautify the village of his residence with ornamental trees. The Centennial tree, near the Town Hall, will always be associated with his name.
The elm was Mr. Parsons' favorite tree. He spent much time in setting them out on his own land, the lands of others, and along the highways. These same trees are monuments to his public spirit, his taste and benevolence.
During the summer, a few months previous to his death, he took special inter- est in the building of a fine substantial beach cottage, that he might increase the pleasure of his children and grandchildren in their annual visits to their old home. This proving to be his last work, will serve as a parting expression of his strong attachment to them.
It was a felicity that he lived to round the three-score years and ten, his eye not dim, his natural force not materially abated; a felicity that he enjoyed
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such good health through the full course of the achieving years allotted unto man; a felicity that he saw his own large and unbroken family of nine children established in life, and that he had in his many grandchildren so large and bright a promise of ample transmission in the line of family descent.
Thus passed away at three-score years and ten, a man of the most approved New England type in thrift and achievement.
DR. JEREMIAH W. DEARBORN.
The following sketch is from the pen of a friend long known and highly appreciated, Judge David H. Hill of Sandwich, N. H. It was received after the entire work was prepared for the press, and all save the few last pages in type. In compliance with his expressed desire we give it place here .- [J. W. D.]
Among the notices of Parsonsfield physicians (which town has been greatly distinguished, as well in the eminence as numbers of that hon- orable profession,) an observer in Carroll County desires to mention briefly Dr. Jeremiah W. Dearborn. After fifteen or twenty years of successful practice in Parsonsfield, Me., and Effingham, N. H., his practice began to extend and his reputation became much more than local. He has enjoyed in a very high degree the personal friendship of his medical rivals, and in matters of surgery and in the crises of dan- gerous diseases he has been much employed as a consulting physician and surgeon, meeting his brother physicians in hardly less than thirty , towns in York, Oxford, Carroll and Strafford counties. His valuable judgment and experience, as well as his pleasant personal relations with such distinguished physicians as his eminent townsman, Dr. Moses Sweat, Dr. Augustus D. Merrow, of Freedom, Dr. W. H. H. Mason, of Moultonborough, Dr. W. H. Bragdon, of Conway, and Dr. S. O. Clark, of Limerick, and the kindly aid rendered to the younger physicians, have necessarily led to this result. He is yet in the prime of life, and few men who are so incessantly engaged can so, keep in abeyance all corroding care, and enjoy so well the sunshine and poetry of life.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
In the brief preface we have made mention of some of those who have by their efforts greatly aided us in the performance of the task of pre- paring this volume; but we feel that a duty will be left undone, and our obligations not discharged, if we fail to emphasize in some manner the great helpfulness of those, without whose ready response to our needy call it could not have been issued.
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First and foremost in pecuniary aid came Geo. I. Doe, of Wilton, N. H., son of Hon. Alvah Doe. His thought was, that the centennial of the town was not only worthy of being observed, but that in all particulars it should be accomplished properly, and that could not be done without money ; accordingly he volunteered his donation, and and urged that others should do likewise. He is a man of much busi- ness enterprise and of sterling worth, circumspect and successful as a financier, social and frank in his intercourse, quick in his perceptions, accurate and honest in his judgments, generous and genuine in his friendships, and kind and liberal in his charities. Three of his uncles each bestowed upon us a like sum with him. These were followed by similar donations from others, among whom, besides their gifts in cash, has come sustaining power, such as men like Hon. James W. Brad- bury, Dr. Joseph Ricker, Horace Piper, A.M., and Dr. S. K. Towle, know how to bestow.
Especially must we here mention a dear friend of our early and later years, Prof. C. F. Brackett, of Princeton, N. J., who, although weighed down with sadness at the recent loss of his amiable and accomplished wife, as well as crowded with labor beyond the endurance of most minds, has furnished the admirable paper on the " Progress of Physics for a Century." The article does not need any commendation.
Then we wish to express our great obligations to Rev. R. H. Con- well for the valuable services he rendered, supplying for the day the place of Prof. Brackett, who was unable to attend, and furnishing us a rich treat on the Sabbath following, a digest of which appears.
John Bennett has ever been ready to assist and to counsel, has per- formed his full share in the revision of papers, and has furnished sketches of Bartlett and Alvah Doe, Samuel Merrill and Rev. L. T. Staples.
Of those who have never been residents of Parsonsfield, several have been very helpful. George Parsons, of New York City, a descendant of the fourth generation from Thomas Parsons, the proprietor, has been extremely generous and kind. He has furnished no less than three engravings for the work, besides bestowing upon us a liberal sum to assist in carrying out the programme for the centennial. It is with pleasure we acknowledge our great obligations, and at the same time
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our regrets that we are not allowed by him to present his portrait in our history, with some facts and data relative to his career, which would be of interest to his many friends. We have at several times urged him to allow this, and we take the liberty to quote from several of his letters to show that, although he refuses to grant the request, it is not from want of interest for us, nor lack of generosity of spirit.
Alluding to this subject, under date of December 2, 1887, he says : " Your esteemed favors of October and of last week were duly re- ceived. I fully appreciate your kindness and good will in offering to insert a portrait and a sketch of myself in the history of your town. I should regard it an honor to be associated with the people of Par- sonsfield. Her long list of doctors, lawyers, ministers, teachers, &c., have made their impress at home and abroad. They are worthy of honor and commendation, and I congratulate you that it has fallen to your lot to contribute so largely toward this result." "But I am of the present, and hope to remain so for a long time."
Under date of January 5, 1888, he writes : "I have written Prof. L. O. Emerson, enquiring if a portrait and sketch of his uncle, Samuel Parsons, would appear, and offering any pecuniary aid therefor, or for any other person he might desire."
January 10, in a letter to Prof. Emerson, which was forwarded to me, he writes: "I notice that Dr. Dearborn is intent on carrying me ' down the ages ' in his history. I certainly think it good company to glide along with. * * * I contribute most cheerfully for Uncle Addison's [Dr. Jos. A. Parsons] picture and sketch. Enclosed, you will find a check for $75.
Therefore, we deem it but simple justice that reference should thus be made to his unselfish generosity and great kindness and helpful- ness.
EXPENSES OF CENTENNIAL.
The following is a list of the contributors and contributions, and a statement of the aggregate expenses incurred, not including the expenses of publication of the volume :
George I. Doe, Wilton, N. H., -
$100.00
Bartlett Doe, San Francisco, Cal., 100.00
John Doe,
66
100.00
Charles Doe, " 66 66
100.00
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Hon. James W. Bradbury, Augusta, Me., 100.00
Edward Tuck, New York City, 50.00
James W. Cook, Boston, - 50.00
Hon. G. M. Wentworth, Calais, 50.00
E. L. Sanborn, Boston, 50.00 .
J. H. Sanborn, Newton Centre, 50.00
George Parsons, New York City, 50.00
Hon. L. D. M. Sweat, Portland, - 50.00
Burleigh Pease, Esq., Bangor, Me., - 25.00
Dr. S. K. Towle, Hampton, Va., - 25.00
Ira Moore, Los Angeles, Cal., - 20.00
Dr. Isaiah Pray, New York City, - 20.00
Rev. Joseph Ricker, D.D., Augusta, Me., - 15.00
C. D. Moore, Lynn, Mass., 10.00
Charles Moore, " 10.00
Dr. A. R. Moulton, Worcester, Mass., - 10.00
Hon. C. K. Lord, La Crosse, Wis., 10.00
10.00
James Edgcomb, Hiram, Me., -
10.00
L. G. Lougee, Portland, Me., 10.00
Mrs. A. A. Fessenden, Gorham, Me.,
10.00
C. B. Parsons, Burlington, Iowa, -
10.00
John J. Merrill, Roxbury, - 10.00
Horace Piper, A. M., Washington, D. C., 10.00
*Henry Whitten, - 10.00
Mrs. Sarah Googins, Saco, 10.00
Anson J. Wedgwood, Boston, 7.00
Mrs. Dr. Parsons, Windham, 5.00
A. S. Pennock, Boston, 5.00
Capt. A. S. Libby, Wolfborough, N. H., 5.00
Rev. Asa Dalton, Portland, 5.00
Samuel Garland, Gorham, Me., 5.00
Edward Sanborn, Boston, - 5.00
*E. S. Ridlon, Esq., Portland, 5.00
J. M. Brown, Esq., Boston, 5.00
Hon. W. D. Knapp, Great Falls, N. H., 5.00
Lorenzo D. Piper, -, Wis., 1.00
Town of Parsonsfield, $500 on 5 months, 487.50
Total, - $1,625.50
Total amount expenditures,
$1,664.38
Total amount of relays, - -
$295.13
Balance to apply toward expenses of preparing and publishing history, -
$256.25
January, 1888.
J. W. DEARBORN.
*Deceased.
Dr. S. H. Durgin, Boston, -
INDEX.
INDEX.
A
Acknowledgments, 470
Act of Incorporation,
416
Ames John M.,
2, 8, 258, 421, 431
Marston,
257, 365
Marston jr.,
2, 8, 258 57
Brothers,
Daniel, 257
258
Daniel jr.,
365 John,
185, 232, 257
Address of Welcome,
13
H. G. O. Smith,
182
Andrews Leonard, .
12
Allen John,
185, 190, 238
Allen Samuel,
·
238, 459
Avery Jeremiah,
. 184, 185, 190, 350, 418, 457
Joseph H., 350
. 350
Walter,
350, 457
Altitude of Parsonsfield,
175
Alcohol,
208
B
Banks Jacob,
211, 330
Israel,
2,8
Family,
326, 365
Moses, . 239
Barker Nathaniel,
261
Lewis,
261
David,
. 261, 437, 439
Bailey John, Henry,
349, 420, 430, 432
.
130
Nancy, · 31
46
Zimri,
.
258
Family,
Family,
·
478
INDEX.
Bennett John, . v, 1, 2, 3, 8, 57, 236, 321, 415, 423, 428, 432, 471 John P., 320, 421, 422, 423, 431 155
Dr. John L.,
Family, . 320
Charles,
239
Dr. Gilman L.,
57, 141, 234, 420, 421, 422, 423, 430, 432
Bennett John, 16,320 237
Bean Cyrus E.,
206, 453
Geo. W.,
65, 297, 423
Family,
453
John,
453
Benton Albion P., 256,450
Berry James,
190, 206, 458
Bickford Geo,
185, 191, 233, 452
Geo. W.,
43,423
Dr. Stephen E.,
155, 424
Benjamin,
190, 238
John,
453
Biddeford Journal,
9
Billings Hiram,
234
Blazo Robert T.,
2, 8, 12, 129, 341, 421, 424
Amos,
134, 184, 185, 187, 205, 238 3 .
Daniel Otis,
..
366, 423, 424
Dr. Charles,
156
Family,
341, 366
John,
220, 366
William, 420, 429
Eben, ·
12, 424
Blaisdell Dr. John J.,
.
Dr. Cyrus, 142, 424
Dr. Irvan, . 142
148
Boothby Joseph,
236 ·
Chase,
2, 8, 43, 236, 421, 422
Family,
342, 366
Henry,
205, 206, 239
Samuel,
342
John,
342
Bolton Friend,
453
.
Bounties paid soldiers, 229
1
Bonney Dr. C. F.,
134
Mrs. Daniel O.,
.
Benson James,
479
INDEX.
Brackett Prof. C. F., Hon. John, John, James, · James Jr.,
vi, 7, 45, 67, 73, 154, 424, 471 2, 8, 287, 288, 420, 421, 430, 432 287
287
287,421, 431
John W.,
288, 424 237 237
Isaac,
Nathaniel,
237,422
Joseph, .
451
Bradbury James, 57, 134, 205, 206, 234, 428, 429 Hon. James W. frontispiece, . v, 7, 14, 58, 240, 250, 422, 424, 433, 471, 473 Bion,
47,129
Dr. Samuel M.,
142, 287, 301, 424
Bragdon Dr. W. H.,
· 470
Brown John M.,
132, 281, 424, 473 235, 277, 424 367
Family, .
185, 190
John,
. 190, 234 190
Burbank Samuel,
204, 205, 424, 451
Caleb,
205, 235
John,
238
Dr. Eleazer,
137, 424
Dr. Oscar,
150, 424
Dr. Silas, 155 ·
Family, .
367, 451, 454
Deacon David,
454
454 Rufus,
Burnham Paul,
205, 206, 233, 335, 436
Thatcher W.,
2, 8, 335
Asa, 42,424
Geo. O.,
44, 424
Family, 335, 368 21
Burleigh William,
2,8, 237,260
Miss Margaret, .
3
Elder Christopher,
219
Jeremiah,
221
Rev. Wescott,
224
Simon,
Robert,
Robert jr.,
·
Bullock Jeremiah,
Moses R.,
480
INDEX.
Buzzell Dr. John D.,
137
Family,
369
Rev. John, 16, 161, 206, 216, 217, 218, 238, 339, 428, 429, 430
Dr. James M., 7, 145, 424
Dr. Aaron, 146, 424 .
Business, town,
·
199
Cartland Silas H.,
2, 8, 223, 424
Family,
369
Carriages, early, 211
Captains, 436
Census,
206
Centennial Poem,
126
Hymn, ·
7
Committee,
1, 2, 8
Cedar Mountain,
. 175, 263
Chandler's Band,
4, 7, 11, 13
Chase David M.,
2,8
Moses,
190, 206, 458
Edmund,
185, 190, 235, 418
David,
458 ·
John,
458
Chapman Samuel,
206, 239, 458
Andrew Mc.,
205, 206, 237
George F.,
237, 421, 428
Rev. Elias,
216
Chadbourn Hon. William G.,
131
Champion James, 185, 235
Changes in production,
. 434
Chamberlin Edward C.,
296
Cheney Horace R.,
68, 292, 293, 424
Daniel,
455
Chellis Seth,
363 ·
Chick Daniel,
206, 239, 455
Church, Old School F. Baptist,
220
So. Parsonsfield F. Baptist,
219
No.
. 220
East 66
219
Free Baptist,
213, 217
First Baptist,
216
Baptist,
213, 216, 221
·
INDEX.
481
Church, Congregational,
Second Baptist,
213, 214, 215, 216 222 222
Christian Advent, Universalist, Friends,
222
223
Churches and Ministers, Churchill Ichabod,
205, 206, 239
Maj. Thomas,
239
Nath. H.,
31, 239, 342, 457 342, 369 2, 8, 239, 240, 452 2, 8, 260, 343
Mrs. O. B.,
3
Clifford Hon. Nathan,
23
Clark Dr. D. W. C.,
135, 235
Dr. S. O.,
470
Colcord Josiah,
185, 190, 205, 235 185, 190, 234
Family, .
370
Rev. E. J.,
424, 445
Henry W.,
2,8
Conditions of Settlement,
.
189
Conwell Rev. Russell H.,
vi, 7, 12, 165, 307, 471
Sermon by, .
165 to 173
County Commissioners,
432
Treasurers, .
432
Committee on Vocal Music,
3
Programme,
2
Contributors list of,
472, 473
College Graduates,
57
Colonels,
436
Cook James W.,
4, 232, 249, 421, 473
Dr. Richard L.,
157,424
Mrs. J. W.,
3
Cole J. W., .
237
Conner family,
372
Crouch Miss Alice, 6,11
Cows,
. 210
Crops,
198, 206, 434
Cram Joseph,
178, 188, 189
Edwin J.,
69, 424
John A.,.
69,42
.
213
Family,
Otis B., ·
Thomas S., .
Job, .
482
INDEX.
Cram Family, James,
336
. 236
Cushman Samuel, Robert,
. 19
Job,
19
D
Dalton Samuel, . 190, 234, 236, 238
Benjamin, 17, 234, 330
Rev. Asa,
. vi, 268, 473 372
Family, .
Davis William B., 2, 8, 421, 451
George P.,
2, 8, 425, 455
George,
. 455
Malcolm,
154
Moses, 343
343
Family,
373
Wm. G.,
450
Fulton B.,
. 450
Dearborn and Leavitt,
204
Joseph of,
205
Dearborn Dr. J. W.,
v, 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 13, 158, 425, 432, 470
Jeremiah,
205, 206, 310 310
Joseph S.,
. 315, 421, 436 237, 316, 423, 432
Simon F.,
317
Jacob,
237, 421, 436
Samuel G.,
2, 8, 310, 421, 423
Family,
. 309, 374
312, 379, 421, 425, 436 Joseph,
Dedication, .
iii.
Deed of Capt. Sandy to Francis Small, 416
Delegates chosen for Separation from Mass., 428
Devereux Richard, 239, 351
Thomas,
351
John,
2, 8, 332, 351, 454
Jonathan,
237, 351
Dr. Frank G., 157,351
Family, . · 351, 376
Dittrick Mrs. S. L., 3, 348
·
John,
Joseph F.,
Davis Alvah M.,
·
19, 234
483
INDEX.
Dixon William D.,
Doe Jeremy,
. 211, 259 . 205
Family,
352, 376
Charles,
. 57, 355, 472
William K.,
1, 8, 240, 352, 423
Hon. Alvah, 2, 4, 5, 8, 57, 358, 421, 423, 427, 431, 432, 436
Ira C., ·
43, 57, 423
Bartlett jr., . 57, 355, 472 John, · 57, 355, 472 140
Dr. Theophilus,
Gideon,
184, 185, 187, 190, 203 184, 185, 187, 189, 190 185
Levi,
185
Col. Bartlett,
354, 436
George I.,
v, 471, 472
Downs Benjamin,
460
Drown Dr. T. A.,
147 190
Samuel,
233, 423
Family,
378
Henry, 423
153, 473
Family, 378
Dye-pot law,
194
E
Eastman A. J., .
69
Edgcomb Thomas,
239
Edgerley Daniel,
451
Electricity,
· 73, 464
Elliot Daniel,
206, 239, 458
Emerson Prof. L. O.,
v, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 163, 246, 423, 445, 471
Rev. Thomas P.,
61, 423
Rev. Charles H.,
65, 423
Capt. Luther,
245
Joseph P.,
4, 163, 245
Elizabeth U.,
6,11
Family,
245, 378
Homestead,
246, 249
Emėry Isaac,
233, 456
Nicholas,
18, 206, 234
Dr. Melville A.,
155, 424
John,
John jr.,
.
Dutch Stephen,
Durgin Prof. S. H.,
484
INDEX.
Emigration,
209
Executive Committee,
3
Expenses of Centennial, Evans Hiram,
450
Edgcomb James, .
473
Fairfield Gov.,
22
Farmers, prominent,
35
Felch Isaac N.,
64, 238
Fenderson Ivory,
1, 2, 8, 240, 344, 421, 432
John,
236
William,
236, 344
Family,
344, 379
Fernald Elliot,
. 311, 420
Elliot Jr.,
310, 312, 421
Family,
311, 379
Fessenden Mrs. A. A.,
473
First white male child born in town,
233, 350, 457
Flanders James N.,
450
Floyd Michael,
185 .
Fluellen, .
177, 178, 182
Folsom Simeon,
237
Fogg James,
235
Family,
·
38
Food, Early, .
195
Foss Eben,
1, 8, 240, 334
Samuel, .
237, 335
Levi,
. 335
Ebenezer,
239
John H.,
237
Family, .
334
Fowler G. A. S.,
450
Fox Samuel,
205, 239, 430
John,
185, 237
Edward,
. 185, 237
Thomas E., .
451
Frost William,
236
French Woodman,
450
.
Fruit,
35, 435
.
472
485
INDEX.
G
Garland Jonathan,
186
Samuel, .
17, 186, 205, 206, 215, 233, 301, 429, 430 473
David,
57,301, 424
John, 43, 301, 422, 424, 431
Edmund,
60,283
Joseph,
. 65, 314, 424
Edmund,2
424
Daniel S.,
424 ·
Family, .
301,380 .
Gammon John,
458
Garner Allen,
332, 450
Generals,
436
General Muster,
228
Index,
vii
Geography of Parsonsfield,
174
Gilman Dr. Sumner, Dr. Woodbury,
144
Goodwin Aaron,
233, 456
Googins Mrs. Sarah,
473
Goddard John,
237
Gould Mrs. Jesse,
3
Eben,
187, 205, 206, 239, 458
Gore,
187, 225, 238
Grace Francis S.,
234
Graves Dr., .
42
Granville Joseph, Family, .
185, 190, 197, 235, 460
381
Haines Ira,
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