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1887, Jan. 9.
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1887, Feb. 14.
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1887, Nov. 30.
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1887, Dec. 30.
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1889, Apr. 19.
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* This year the pond froze over prior to Dec. Inth, but the ice was broken up by a strong wind on that day. It closed permanently for the winter on the date stated above.
MISCELLANY.
459
INDUSTRY'S GUBERNATORIAL VOTE.
The voters of Industry met to give in their votes for governor, the first time after Maine became an independent State, at the Centre school-house on April 3, 1820.
April 3. 1820. Whole vote, 52
Hon. Wm. King, Rep .. 40
Scattering, 12
Sept. 10, 1821. Whole vote, 73
Albion K. Parris, Rep., 36
Joshua Wingate. Jr., Rep.,
2
Ezekiel Whitman, Fed ..
27
Mark L. Hill,
8
Sept. 9, 1822.
Whole vote,
76
Albion K. Parris, Rep.,
49
Ezekiel Whitman, Fed ..
27
Sept. 8, 1823.
Whole vote,
63
All for Albion K. Parris.
Sept. 13. 1824.
Whole vote,
93
Albion K. Parris, Rep.,
92
Scattering,
1
Sept. 12, 1825.
Whole vote,
54
Albion K. Parris, Rep ..
53
Scattering,
I
Sept. 11, 1826.
Whole vote.
45
All for Enoch Lincoln, Rep.
Sept. 10, 1827.
Whole vote,
57
All for Enoch Lincoln, Rep.
Sept. 8, 1828.
Whole vote,
47
Enoch Lincoln, Rep.,
42
Scattering,
5
Sept. 14, 1829.
Whole vote,
100
Jona. Hunton, Nat. Rep.,
63
Samuel E. Smith, Dem. Rep., 37
Whole vote, 143
Jona. G. Hunton, Nat. Rep ..
91
Samuel E. Smith, Dem. Rep .. 52
Sept. 12. 1831.
Whole vote,
Daniel Goodenow, Nat. Rep ..
65
Samuel E. Smith, Dem. Rep., 46
Sept. 13, 1830.
460
HISTORY OF INDUSTRY.
Sept. 10, 1832. Whole vote, 156
Samuel E. Smith. Dem. Rep .. 71
Daniel Goodenow, Nat. Rep .. 83
Scattering.
2
Sept. 9, 1833-
Whole vote, 106
Robert P. Dunlap, Dem ..
58
Daniel Goodenow, Whig. 29
Thomas A. Hill, Anti-Mason,
Sept. 8, 1834.
Whole vote.
168
Robert P. Dunlap, Dem ..
86
Peleg Sprague, Whig.
81
Thos. A. Hill, Anti-Mason.
1
Sept. 14. 1835.
Whole vote, 100
Robert P. Dunlap, Dem ..
57
W'm. King, Whig.
9
Timothy Boutelle,
34
Sept. 12. 1836.
Whole vote,
130
Robert P. Dunlap, Dent ..
68
Edward Kent, Whig.
62
Sept. 11, 1837.
Whole vote,
133
Edward Kent, Whig.
80
Gorham Parks, Dem ..
53
Sept. 10, 1838.
Whole vote,
188
Edward Kent, Whig.
98
John Fairfield. Dem ..
90
Sept. 9, 1839.
Whole vote,
128
Edward Kent, Whig.
70
John Fairfield, Dem ..
58
Sept. 14, 1840 .*
Whole vote.
204
Edward Kent. Whig.
112
John Fairfield, Dem.,
92
Sept. 13, 1841.
Whole vote.
176
Edward Kent, Whig,
79
John Fairfield, Dem ..
88
Jeremiah Curtis, Liberty,
9
Sept. 12, 1842.
Whole vote,
160
John Fairfield, Dem.,
79
Edward Robinson, Whig,
57
James Appleton, Liberty, 24
* The total vote for presidential electors this year was 210.
MISCELLANY. 461
Sept. 11, 1843. Whole vote, 109
James Appleton, Liberty, 46
32
Sept. 9, 1844.
202
Hugh J. Anderson, Dem ..
77
James Appleton, Liberty.
41
Edward Robinson, Il'hig. Whole vote.
157
Freeman H. Morse. Whig,
56
Hugh J. Anderson, Dem ..
55
Samuel Fessenden, Liberty,
46
Sept. 14, 1846.
Whole vote.
150
John W. Dana, Dem.,
37
Samuel Fessenden, Liberty.
69
David Bronson, Whig,
44
Sept. 13, 1847.
Whole vote.
114
David Bronson. Il'hig,
26
Samuel Fessenden, Liberty,
49
John W. Dana, Dem ..
39
Sept. 11, 1848.
Whole vote,
155
John W. Dana, Dem.,
45
Elijah L. Hamlin, Whig.
48
Samuel Fessenden, Liberty,
62
Sept. 10, 1849.
Whole vote,
142
John Hubbard, Dem ..
54
Elijah L. Hamlin, Il'hig.
39
Geo. F. Talbot. Free Soil,
49
Sept. 9. 1850.
Whole vote,
127
John Hubbard, Dem.,
5 1
Wm. G. Crosby, Il'hig,
40
Geo. F. Talbot, Free Soil,
36
Sept. 13. 1852 .*
Whole vote,
146
John Hubbard, Dem.,
69
Wm. G. Crosby, Whig,
38
84
Sept. 8, 1845.
Hugh J. Anderson, Dem., Edward Robinson, Whig, Whole vote,
31
* By an act of the Legislature approved March 19, 1844, and ratified the follow- ing September by the people, the political year was made to begin on the 2d Wednes- day of May instead of the Ist Wednesday of January as heretofore. In 1850 the Constitution was amended so as to re-establish the commencement of the political year to the Ist Wednesday of January, and by an act of the Legislature the State Gov- ernment was continued over without an election in IS51.
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HISTORY OF INDUSTRY.
Ezekiel Holmes, Free Soil, 5
Anson G. Chandler, Anti-Me. Law, 34
Sept. 12. 1853.
Whole vote, 161
Albert Pillsbury, Dem., 66
Anson P. Morrill, Me. Law, 26
Wm. G. Crosby, Whig. 34
Ezekiel Holmes, Free Soil, 35
Sept. 11, 1854.
Whole vote, 127
Anson P. Morrill, Me. Law and Know- Nothing, 89
AAlbion K. Parris, Dem .. 28
Isaac Reed, Whig.
7
Shepard Carey. Opposition Dem.,
3
Sept. 10, 1855.
Whole vote, 181
Samuel Wells, Dem .. 79
Anson P. Morrill, Rep .. 85
Isaac Reed, Whig, 1 7
Sept. 8. 1856.
Whole vote. 200
Samuel Wells, Dem.,
55
Hannibal Hamlin, Rep ..
129
Geo. F. Patten, Whig. 10
190
Lot M. Morrill, Rep.,
105
Manasseh H. Smith, Dem ..
85
Sept. 13, 1858.
Whole vote,
178
Lot M. Morrill, Rep.,
108
Manasseh H. Smith, Dem.,
70
Sept. 13, 1859.
Whole vote,
193
Lot M. Morrill, Rep.,
109
Manasseh H. Smith. Dem ..
84
Sept. 10, 1860.
Whole vote.
194
Ephraim K. Smart, Dem ..
98
Israel Washburn, Jr., Rep ..
96
Sept. 9. 1861.
Whole vote,
169
Israel Washburn, Jr., Rep ..
84
Chas. ! ). Jameson, War Dem ..
70
John W. Dana, Dem .. 15
Whole vote, 149
Abner Coburn, Rep.,
73
Bion Bradbury, Dem ..
76
Sept. 14, 1863.
Whole vote,
174
Bion Bradbury, Dem ..
86
Sept. 14, 1857.
Whole vote,
Sept. 8, 1862.
MMISCELLANY. 463
Samuel Cony, Rep., 88
Sept. 12, 1864. Whole vote, 175
Samuel Cony, Rep.,
94
Joseph Howard, Dem.,
81
Sept. 11, 1865.
Whole vote,
139
Samuel Cony, Rep.,
77
Joseph Howard, 62
Sept. 10, 1866.
Whole vote, 161
Joshua L. Chamberlain, Rep., 92
Sept. 9. 1867.
Whole vote,
145
Joshua L. Chamberlain, Rep.,
78
Sept. 14, 1868.
Whole vote, 1 80
83
Sept. 13, 1869.
Whole vote.
144
Joshua L. Chamberlain, Rep.,
67
Franklin Smith, Dem.,
72
Nathan G. Hitchborn, Temp.,
5
Sept. 12, 1870.
Whole vote. 138
57
Chas. W. Roberts, Dem.,
ST
Sept. 11, 1871.
Whole vote,
158
Sidney Perham, Rep ..
62
Chas. P. Kimball, Dem.,
96
Sept. 9, 1872.
Whole vote,
159
Sidney Perham, Rep.,
66
Chas. P. Kimball, Dem.,
93
Sept. 8, 1873.
Whole vote, 107
Nelson Dingley, Jr., Rep ..
38
Joseph Titcomb, Dem.,
67
Joseph H. Williams, Lib. Rep ..
2
Sept. 14, 1874.
Whole vote,
Nelson Dingley, Jr., Rep.,
+
Joseph Titcomb, Dem.,
33
Joseph Williams. Lib. Rep.,
I 7
Sept. 13, 1875.
Whole vote, 150
Selden Connor, Rep.,
61
Chas. W. Roberts, Dem., 89
Sept. 11, 1876. Whole vote, 138
Eben F. Pillsbury, Dem .. 69
Eben F. Pillsbury, Dem., 67
Joshua L. Chamberlain, Rep.,
Eben F. Pillsbury, Dem., 97
Sidney Perham, Rep.,
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HISTORY OF INDUSTRY.
Selden Connor, Rep., 50
John C. Talbot. Dem.,
88
Sept. 10, 1877-
Whole vote, 98
Selden Connor, Rep ..
40
Joseph Williams, Dem ..
37
Henry C. Munson, G. B ..
21
Sept. 9, 1878.
Whole vote,
157
Selden Connor, Rep ..
39
Joseph L. Smith, G. B.,
111
Alonzo Garcelon, Dem.,
7
Sept. 8, 1879.
Whole vote,
184
Joseph L. Smith, G. B.,
130
Daniel F. Davis, Rep.,
49
Alonzo Garcelon, Dem.,
5
Sept. 13, 1880 .*
Whole vote,
174
Harris M. Plaisted, G. B.,
121
Daniel F. Davis, Rep.,
53
Sept. 11, 1882.
Whole vote,
170
Harris M. Plaisted, G. B.,
108
Frederick Robie, Rep.,
62
Sept. 1, 1884.
Whole vote,
137
Frederick Robie, Rep.,
57
John B. Redman, Dem ..
80
Sept. 13, 1886.
Whole vote,
114
Joseph R. Bodwell, Rep.,
50
Clark S. Edwards, Dem.,
55
Aaron Clark, Prohib.,
9
Sept. 10, 1888.
Whole vote,
[ 2]
Edwin C. Burleigh, Rep ..
62
Wm. L. Putnam, Dem.,
54
Volney B. Cushing, Prohib.,
5
Whole vote,
123
Edwin C. Burleigh, Rep.,
55
Wm. P. Thompson, Dem.,
66
Isaac C. Clark, Labor,
I
Sept. 8, 1890.
Aaron Clark, Prohib., I
* At this election the people ratified by their vote the constitutional amendment changing from annual to biennial gubernatorial elections.
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MISCELLANY.
A LIST OF VOTERS IN INDUSTRY, IN IS55.
Allen, Benjamin, Allen, Samuel R.,
Eveleth, Joseph, Eveleth, Joseph, Jr.,
Allen, Charles A., Allen, Datus T ..
Elliott, James,
Frost, John,
Allen, Ephraim N.,
Allen, Albert,
Fogg, Asa, Folsom, Daniel,
Ayers, Stephen,
Folsom, Daniel, Jr.,
Bradbury, John S.,
Folsom, William Q.,
Bradbury, Alfred,
Frederic, John W.,
Bradbury, Moses,
Fassett, Richard,
Boyden, Asaph,
Fish, Elisha, Goodwin, Reuel,
Bryant, James,
Goodwin, John H.,
Bryant, Gilman,
Greenwood, Thaddeus,
Bryant, William M.,
Greenwood, Hannibal,
Burce, Silas,
Gray, Obed W., George, Albert S.,
Coombs, Francis,
Gilmore, James, Gilmore, David,
Collins, Joseph, Jr.,
Gennings, Rufus,
Collins, Obed N.,
Goodridge, Nathan,
Cornforth, Bateman,
Goodridge, Charles, Goodwin, Alonzo,
Cornforth, William,
Cornforth, William, Jr ..
Hatch, David,
Cornforth, Warren,
Howes, John,
Caswell, Salmon,
Hayes, Charles,
Davis, Cornelius,
Higgins, Barnabas A.,
Doyen, Abbott,
Higgins, John C.,
Daggett, Isaac,
Hilton, Daniel, Howes, Lot M.,
Daggett. Francis.
Daggett, Samuel, 20,
Johnson, Henry, Johnson, George W.,
Daggett, William R.,
Johnson, Nathan S.,
Dutton, Josiah, Durrell, Hiram D.,
Johnson, Zebediah,
Emery, Ira, Emery, Ira, Jr.,
Knowles, Ezekiel,
Edwards, Brice S., Edgecomb, James,
Kennedy, Andrew, Luce, Rowland,
Eveleth, Benjamin G.,
Luce, Moses M.,
Daggett, John T.,
Johnson, William F.,
Jeffers, George,
Butler, Peter W.,
Brown, John,
Collins, Joseph,
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HISTORY OF INDUSTRY.
Luce, Elisha,
Luce. George W.,
Luce. Winthrop, Luce, Luther, Luce. Luther. Jr.,
Norton, Horatio G., Norton, Clifford B.,
Oliver, James, Oliver, Thomas M.,
Luce, David,
Luce, Newell P.,
Patterson, David,
Luce, Nelson C.,
Patterson, Wesley T.,
Luce, Jesse,
Pinkham, Curtis,
Luce, Wm. H.,
Perkins, John W.,
Palmer, Reuel,
Palmer, Daniel B.,
Rackliff, Henry B.,
Racklıff, J. Sumner,
Rackliff, Samuel.
Rogers, Thomas,
Rogers, Francis S.,
Lewis, William,
Shorey, Pelatiah,
Lewis, William G.,
Snell, James A.,
Lowe, Daniel C.,
Swift, Ebenezer,
Lowe, Herbert,
Swift, Ebenezer, Jr.,
Mclaughlin, Richard,
Storer, Philip A.,
Miller, George,
Storer, Peter M.,
Mosher, John,
Spinney, John,
Manter. John Wells,
Shaw, Samuel,
Manter, Elijah,
Shaw, Albert,
Smith, Ebenezer,
Manter, George,
Manter, Hiram,
Stevens, James,
Stevens, Oliver, Tolman, Moses,
Manter, Asa M.,
Tolman, John,
Manter, John C.,
Tolman, William,
Miller, Jacob,
Tolman, Aaron,
Merry, David, Norton, Obed, Norton, Obed W.,
Norton, Tristram. Norton, Benjamin W.,
Norton, James,
Norton, Wm. D.,
Norton, Hiram, Norton, Samuel H.,
Luce, Wm. H., Jr .. Luce, Wm. H., 2d, Luce, Warren,
Luce, Joseph, Look, Davis, Leaver, Joseph,
Leaver, John D.,
Manter, Henry,
Smith, Elijah B.,
Manter, Warren,
Manter, James,
True, J. Bartlett, Tibbetts, Andrew, Tibbetts, Benjamin, Taylor, Daniel H., Viles, Leonard, Viles, John H., Viles, Joseph B.,
MISCELLANY. 467
Viles, Dennis H.,
Welch, William.
Weeks, Vilander,
Welch, Philip,
Webster, Isaac,
Withee, Zachariah.
Whitten, Issachar.
Withee, Daniel,
Whitten, James,
Withee. William,
Willis, Peter W.,
Willard, Haskell.
Willis, Benjamin N ..
Whitney, Charles,
Willis, Warren N.,
Yeaton. James S ..
Watson, Simeon,
Yeaton, Jonathan,
Woodcock, Alexander,
[Total 18[.]
Given under our hands. August 9th, 1855.
[Signed]
C. B. NORTON, DAVID PATTERSON, ALBERT SHAW,
Selectmen of Industry.
PART SECOND.
GENEALOGICAL NOTES
INDUSTRY FAMILIES.
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| Throughout these Notes the following abbreviations are employed . b. for born; m. for married; unmd. for unmarried ; d. for died ; pub. for published; s. p., sine prole, without issue ; q. v., quod vide, which see. When the last-named abbreviation is placed after a name it refers the reader to the name of that person in his or her own family register. The raised figures, or supe- riors, following a person's name are used to indicate his generation from the immigrant or com- mon ancestor, who is invariably regarded as one, or of the first generation. The Roman numerals at the left of children's names are used to indicate the order of their birth. When this information could not be obtained these numbers have been omitted. The Arabic numerals at the extreme left of any child's name indicates that it has been carried forward, and will be found by its corresponding number further on in the work. ]
ALLEN.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM ALLEN,* the first of the name to settle in Industry, traces his ancestry back to George Allen,' who was born in England about 1568. "In 1635," as we learn from the Genealogy of the Allen Family, "when the Puritans were emigrating in great numbers from the old country to escape from the persecution of Archbishop Laud, under Charles I., George Allen and his family came to America and settled in Saugus, Lynn. In 1637, George Allen joined with Edmund Freeman and others in the purchase of the township of Sandwich, and the same year settled in that place. When the town of Sandwich was incorporated, he was chosen Deputy, the first office in the town, and served in that capacity for several years. He was a conscientious Puritan and a member of the Baptist Church. He had ten sons, some of whom came over from England before he emigrated to this country, and settled first in the vicinity of Boston ; but after the purchase of Sandwich, the most of them, with their families, removed to that town and settled in the vicinity of their father's residence. George Allen, Sr., died in Sandwich, Mass., May 2, 1648, aged about So. In his will he named his five sons. Matthew,2 Henry,2 Samuel,2 George 2 and Wil- liam ;2 and also made provision for his 'five least children,' without
* Mr. Allen gained the title of Captain from holding a commission in the State militia.
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naming them." The third son of George Allen,' was Samuel,2 born in England and came to Boston with the first settlers, in 1628. By his first wife, Ann, he had five children. The third child of this number was James,3 born 1636, and married Elizabeth Perkins. There were nine children born to James3 and Elizabeth Allen. the fifth being James,1 born 1674. He married Mary Bourne, and was the father of eight children, the eldest of whom was Sylvanus,5 born 1701. This Sylvanus married Jane Homes, daughter of Rev. William Homes, in 1725. He. was a blacksmith and farmer and lived in the east part of Chilmark, a town on the Island of Martha's Vineyard. Four children were born to Sylvanus5 and Jane Allen, the third of whom was James,6 born in 1732. He married Martha, daughter of Jethro Athearn, of Tisbury. He in- herited his father's farm, became a worthy deacon of the Congregational Church, and was esteemed as a man of sterling worth. This James" was the father of Captain William Allen7 (born in Chilmark, Mass., Jan. 5, 1756), who was his eldest son. Captain Allen came first to Farmington in the fall of 1792 (see p. 72), and settled on land now (1892) owned by Obed N. Collins, where he lived for nearly six years, and then removed to Industry. Having learned the trade of clothier. when a young man, Captain Allen, while a resident of Farmington, conceived the idea of erecting a fulling-mill, on a small stream flowing through his land. This enterprise proved a pecuniary failure and was soon aban- doned, presumably for want of sufficient water-power. Captain Allen was chosen clerk, upon the organization of Industry Plantation, and also town clerk for two years after the incorporation of the town. He was a worthy member of the Congregational Church in Industry, and its deacon for a period of thirty years. Of him an acquaintance* writes : " He was of good blood, a cousin of Enoch Lincoln, fourth governor of Maine, and likewise of Benjamin Lincoln, lieutenant-gov- ernor of Massachusetts ; also a nephew of the great Harrison Gray Otis. His wife, Love Coffin, was a niece of Charles Thompson, secretary of the first American Congress, and a descendant in a direct line from John Robinson, father of the Puritans." He married, March 10, 1779, Love Coffin, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Harlock) Coffin, of Edgar- town, Mass., by whom he had a family of eleven children, six sons and five daughters. Mrs. Allen was a lady of rich intellectual endowments and true moral worth, and it is said that from her " Campmeeting John" inherited his keen wit and fondness for repartee.t With one
* Captain John Mason. See page 23.1.
t C'apt. John Mason in a letter to the author, in speaking of the Collin family, many of whom were Quakers, relates the following anecdote illustrative of their ready wit : - " One of
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exception the children all grew to manhood and womanhood and filled important positions in the various walks of life. A notable fact respect- ing this family is that, although deprived of the excellent advantages now enjoyed for schooling, the ten children who grew up all became successful school teachers. He closed a long and useful life Nov. 5, 1842, aged 86 years and 10 months. His wife (born May 3, 1756) died June 5, 1831.
Children.
I. i. WILLIAM, b. in Chilmark, Mass., April 16, 1780; m. Sept. 3, 1807, Han- nah Titcomb, daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth ( Henry ) Titcomb, of Farmington.
2. ii. BARTLETT, b. in Chilmark, Mass., Aug. 25, 1781; m. Jan. 9, ISog, Lucy Fairbanks, daughter of Benjamin and Keturah (Luce) Fairbanks, of Winthrop. She was b. Nov. 29, 1785, and d. Aug. 25, 1820. lle m. for his second wife Priscilla Dexter, of Tisbury, Mass., Oct. 21, IS21.
3. iii. TRUMAN, b. June 19, 1783; m. (pub. Aug. 15, 1816) Hannah Sewall, of Bath, Me. He d. in ISIS, leaving one daughter, Sarah Ann, b. in 1817 and d. in 1851.
iv. DEBORAII, b. Feb. 13, 1785; m. Jan. 4, 1815, Rev. Thomas Merrill, q. v. V. JANE, } b. June 12, 1787; Love d. June 14, 1787. Jane m. John Rob-
vi. LOVE, } inson, son of Shadrach and Deborah ( Robinson) Robinson, of Chilmark, Mass., and d. in 1864. S children.
vii. LOVE, b. May 16, 1790; m. April 5, 1816, George Gower, son of Robert and Mary ( Henry ) Gower, of Farmington. 5 children.
viii. HARRISON, b. Apr. 26, 1792; m. Nancy W. Eames. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1824, and afterwards from the Andover Theologi- cal Seminary. Ile then went as a missionary among the Choctaw Indians, and d. at Eliot, Miss , in 1831, leaving two sons, who d. soon after their father.
+ IN.
JonN, b. in Farmington, March 7, 1795; m. Oct. 20, 1820, Annah Her- sey (b. Jan. 24, 1794) daughter of Capt. Nathaniel and Lucy ( White) Hersey. She d. June 24, 1875, and he subsequently m. Mrs. Sarah Ann Fellows, daughter of Enoch and Sarah (Cummings) Whittier, Jan. 9, 1876. She was b. in Athens, Me., Jan. 9, 1814, and d. April 20, ISSI. lle d. on the East Livermore camp-ground, Aug. 31, ISS7. JAMES, b. in Farmington, Dec. 2, 1796; m. (pub. Dec. 23, 1821) Naomi Sylvester, of Norridgewock He settled first in Industry, but in 1825 removed to Bangor, Me., where he became Surveyor-General of lumber. His wife d. Nov. 20, 1834, and he m. a second wife, Elizabeth B. Mills, in 1836. He d. Jan. 20, 1865, at which time he was deacon of the First Congregational Church in Bangor. Of his family of twelve children only four survived him, viz., two sons and two daughters.
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xi. CLEMENTINE, b. in Industry, March 15, 1800; m. (pub. Sept. 10, 1823) Dr. John Cook, of New Sharon; d. in 1853, leaving a family of five children.
I. WILLIAM ALLEN,S eldest son of Capt. William and Love (Coffin) Allen, was born in Chilmark, Dukes County, Mass., April 16, 1780. When but twelve years of age his father emigrated from Martha's Vine-
the young women used to address the sailors at the Bethel in Boston. She was addressing them one Sunday on 'The Doom of the Wicked,' and in illustrating her subject made the remark that every tub must stand on its own bottom! 'Supposing,' said a young ship-master who was present, ' it has no bottom?' ' Then it is no tub,' was the quick and witty rejoinder."
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yard and settled, as has already been stated. in what is now the town of Farmington. The events of his journey and subsequent pioneer life are so vividly described in his journal ( see p. 72 ) that the author forbears further mention of them here. Sufficient to say that, toiling early and late for his daily bread, bravely bearing the privations and hardships that fell to his lot. the industrious boy grew to an energetic, self-reliant man. He was studiously inclined, and notwithstanding numerous obstacles acquired an education which eminently fitted him for the many re- sponsible positions that he was called to fill. At the age of twenty he began to clear land on a lot numbered 28 in a subsequent survey of the township. His labors were rewarded by abundant harvests, and his wild land eventually became one of the most productive farms in town. When a company of militia was organized in 1799, he was elected com- pany clerk, but as the duties of his office were extremely arduous and unremunerative he resigned at the first convenient opportunity. No person was more largely instrumental in shaping the early town affairs in Industry than he. Upon the organization of Industry Plantation, in 1802, he was chosen one of the assessors and was re-elected the follow- ing year. He drew up the petition for the incorporation of the town and was elected chairman of its first board of selectmen. His hand- writing was beautiful, even resembling copper-plate engraving, as is shown by the early town records which he was employed to transcribe. He was a successful school-teacher, a practical land-surveyor, and a man well versed in legal lore. But much as he has benefited his fellowmen, he has rendered them no greater service than by the literary productions of his fluent pen. These form to his memory a monument more endur- ing than the whitest marble or the costliest bronze. His " History of Industry " has rescued from oblivion many valuable and interesting facts concerning the early settlement of the town. It is, in the second edition, a pamphlet volume of forty-eight pages, and though indifferently printed it is a work of much merit.# He also wrote a history of Nor-
* This edition was issued in 1869 and printed at Skowhegan by Smith & Emery. Only a very few copies of the first edition were printed, and the author is the owner of the only copy he has ever seen. The work, a izmo pamphlet volume of 4; pages, was issued in 1856 and printed by Moses Littlefield of Skowhegan. The story of its preparation told by Mr. Allen in the Introduction is as follows : "A sketch of the history of the town of Industry was originally drawn off some twenty years since, while the scenes described were fresh in my recollection, and deposited with the Town Clerk for the inspection of any one who wished to trace the prog. ress of the town affairs. The same was revised from time to time, and some statistics added till the spring of 1851, and again deposited: with a hope that it would furnish some data for a Lyceum Lecture that would be interesting to the inhabitants in a succeeding age. Since that time I have been importuned to have the same published : and although subject to some disad. vantages in detailing recent events arising from my non-residence in the town for many years, and from not having an opportunity to inspect, personally, the recent records of the town,
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ridgewock and a genealogy of the Allen family, beside frequently fur- nishing historical and other sketches for the public press. He was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and twice elected a repre- sentative to the State Legislature. He married. Sept. 3, 1807, Ilannah Titcomb, of Farmington, who was born in Topsham. Me., Nov. 15. 1780, and died in Norridgewock. Me., March 26, 1859. Mr. Allen was a worthy member of the Methodist church, and closed a long and event- ful life July 1. 1873, aged 93 years, 2 months and 15 days.
Children.
i. WILLIAM, b. in Industry, Sept. 2, 1808. Ile entered Bowdoin College, from which he graduated in 1828, with the first honor of his class. He taught school in Gardiner, Me., and subsequently studied law with Hiram Belcher, of l'armington. He gave promise of eminent success. Ile d. March 31, 1831.
ii. STEPHEN, b. in Industry, March 20, 1810; graduated at Bowdoin College in 1835 and received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from the same institution in 1869. Ile became a member of the Maine Methodist Conference, and in ISSO-2 was Presiding Eller of the Augusta District. He has also held the position of principal of the Maine Wesleyan Seminary. In company with Rev. Wm. II. Pillsbury, of the East Maine Conference, Dr. Allen wrote the "History of Methodism in Maine," which was issued in the fall of 1887. Ile m. in 1838 Rachel Sturdi- vant, by whom he had a family of five children. He d. at Winthrop, Me., very suddenly, July 3, ISSS.
iii. ELIZABETH TITCOMB, b. in Norridgewock, Sept. 25, ISI3; m. John S. Abbot. She d. in 1858, leaving a family of nine children.
iv. CHARLES F., b. in Norridgewock Jan 28, 1816. Fitted for college and graduated from Bowdoin in the class of IS39. Ile was elected Presi- dent of the Maine State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts at Orono, and filled that position for seven years. Ile received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Bowdoin College and the Wesleyan Uni- versity, and is at the present time (1892) an able minister of the Methodist Episcopal church. Dr. Allen m. Aug. 25, 1844, Ruth S. Morse, of Bath, Me. Four children.
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