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* New Vineyard Town Records. Ilistory of Nebraska says 1836.
Ina Emery Jr
Engraved by GEo. E. JOHNSON, Boston. From a photograph made in 1884 by Reed & Preble, Brunswick, Mc.
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ii. JOHN C., b. at Mt. Florence, Kansas, Dec. 23, 1862.
ii. REBECCA MANTER, b. in Industry, Dec. 26, 1836; m. Dec. 13, 1855, David H. Staples (b. in Temple, March IS, 1830), son of Samuel and Lydia ( Russell) Staples. Carpenter; d. in Norridgewock, Sept. 16, 1872. She resides in Norridgewock. Children :
1. CARROL N., b. March 7, 1858.
ii. IDA LOUISE, b. Nov. 23, 1863; d. Jan. 31, 1875.
iii. HIELEN A., b. Sept. 18, 1869; d. April S, ISSI.
iv. DAVID H., b. Feb. 7, 1873.
iii. ZEBULON MANTER, b. in New Vineyard, Dec. 20, 1838; m. (pub. Nov. 13, 1862), Ann H. Johnson, dau. of llenry and Catherine (Sullivan) Johnson, q. v. Soldier in War of Rebellion ( see p. 343); d. at Fort Kearney, Nebraska, in 1865,* aged 27 years, s. p.
iv. IRA, b. June 29, 1840; served three years in War of Rebellion, in the 23d Reg't, Mass. Inf. He m. in Topeka, Kansas. Now resides in Iowa.
V. CARLTON PARKER, b. Feb. 13, 1844; soldier in War of Rebellion ( see p. 342). lle was a brave, fearless fellow, and during his army life was for a time General Reynolds's orderly; was by the General's side when he was shot, and led his horse from the field. During the war he had three horses shot from under him. On one occasion, after a hard-fought battle, Mr. Emery, completely worn out, threw himself down on the field and soon fell asleep. As the detail for burying the dead came along, he was mistaken for one of the dead, carefully measured, and his grave dug. Only when a squad of men raised him to lay him in his grave did he awake; d. in Beatrice, Neb , in IS70.
vi. GEORGE CORNFORTH, b. Dec. 23, 1848; in. Oct. 19, 1872, Ella R. Viles, dau. of John H. and Mercy E. ( West) Viles, q. v. Soldier in War of Rebellion ( see p. 3-43). Divorced; painter, resides in Hallowell.
vii. SARAH E., b. Feb. 14, 1850; d. Feb. 4, 1862.
viii. ELLA H., m. (pub. May 18, 1874), Augustus D. Witherell, of Norridge- wock.
Children by second marriage.
ix. ANNIE M. - x. HATTIE.
Went to Beatrice, Neb.
xi. CHARLES.
xii. OSCAR.
3. IRA EMERY,S son of Dea. Ira and Sarah (Stanley) Emery, mar- ried Sophia A. Backus. His father, living within the limits of the village school district at West's Mills, afforded him an opportunity of attending what was considered one of the best schools in town. He also attended the several terms of high school taught in the village, and thus by diligence and perseverance he gained from the schools of his native town an education which eventually made him a popular and success- ful educator. At the age of nine years he began attending Sabbath- school, and with the exception of one year, has been a member of some similar organization ever since.
When seventeen years of age he made a public profession of religion
* Rev. Ira Emery writes : " I have been informed that the Stage Company in whose employ Zebulon M. Emery was at that time paid the bills of his last sickness, and that they placed a monument with a suitable inscription to mark his last resting place."
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and united with the Industry Baptist Church. His early religious life was one of constant struggle with convictions of duty in regard to enter- ing the christian ministry. From his twelfth year this conviction occupied his mind, and three times during his early life he resolved to educate himself for the work of the ministry. But circumstances beyond his control precluded the consummation of his plans. Naturally of a retired and timid disposition, and keenly realizing his innate weak - ness, he kept his convictions of duty locked for many years within his own bosom and remained with his parents, so long as they required his assistance, a helpful, dutiful son. He commenced teaching school at the age of nineteen years, and during the time thus engaged taught twenty-four terms averaging two and one-half months each, making a grand total of sixty months, or five years, spent as an instructor in the schoolroom. Almost one-half of this time was employed in teaching in his own native town. He also frequently served as school supervisor or as a member of the superintending school committee of Industry. On the 12th day of May, 1852, he married Sophia A. Backus, and settled on the Sylvanus Allen farm in Industry. In less than eight years he cleared himself from a heavy debt, which the purchase of this property had incurred, earning every dollar of the sum with his own hands. While serving in the diverse vocations of farmer, teacher and school officer, the conviction that he ought to engage in the work of his Master was ever present with him and the thought often troubled him greatly. At length being unable to longer suppress his convictions, he made known his feelings to his own family, his parents and a few of his more intimate friends. Receiving the approval and encouragement of relatives and friends, he resolved to devote the remainder of his life to the work of the ministry. He preached his first sermon at the Allen's Mills school- house in January, 1867. The following month he received a license to preach from the Baptist Church, of Industry.
The meeting called for this purpose was held in an upper room of his father's house. Shortly afterward he obtained a dismissal from the Baptist Church and assisted in re-organizing the Industry Free Will Bap- tist Church, of which he then became a member and was licensed as a preacher of that denomination immediately afterward. For a time he supplied churches in Madison, Stark and Industry, as occasion required, and in September, 1867, was ordained an evangelist by the Anson F. B. Quarterly Meeting, at the Centre Meeting-House. He subsequently studied for nearly a year at the Bangor Theological Seminary, and after- ward, in 1869, became pastor of the Free Baptist Church at Richmond, where he remained two years. He went to Deerfield, N. H., in June,
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1871, and there labored for five years as pastor of the Free Baptist Church. His next field of labor was in Littleton, N. H., where he likewise remained two years. In June, 1878, he returned to Maine and purchased a house in Lewiston, which he thoroughly remodeled and repaired. While living there he did not preach regularly, but supplied such churches as required his services.
His wife died July 29, 1879, and on the first day of January, 1880, he accepted a call from the Wolfborough, N. H., church to become its pastor. After a sojourn of three years in that place he returned to Maine and assumed the pastoral care of the Free Baptist Church at Brunswick. The Brunswick Herald of Feb. 21, 1883, thus introduces Mr. Emery to the townspeople :
" In relation to the new pastor of the F. W. Baptist Church in this town, we cannot give our citizens a better idea of the man than to extract from the Granite State News, of Wolfborough, N. H., an editorial notice, which is as follows: 'Sabbath, Jan. 28, Rev. Ira Emery, pastor of the F. Baptist Church in this town, preached his farewell sermon. Mr. Emery has been pastor of this church for three years, which position he has occupied to the full acceptance of that church and the people of that congregation, and it is with much reluctance that they part with him. Mr. Emery is a ready speaker, a diligent worker and of an amiable disposition. Not only will the people of his pastorate miss him, but the community at large, for his good works were not limited by denominational lines. He recognized the fact that ' the world is his field' and that there are important interests outside of those of a strictly pastoral character, that have claims on him as a citizen, if not as a minister. In fact, during his residence here he has shown a readiness to help in any work that had for its purpose the elevation of his fellows and the promotion of their welfare. He will be especially missed by the temperance workers of this region. He has been one of the principal supporters of the Wolf- borough Reform Club, where he has rendered efficient service as chaplain. He goes to Brunswick, Maine, among a people, who, while they cannot better appreciate his services, are probably able better to compensate his labors.'"
While at Wolfborough he married. Oct. 10, 1881, Mattie M. Coffin, of Lewiston, Me. On the ist of January, 1885, on closing a very pleasant and profitable pastorate of nearly two years with the Brunswick F. Baptist Church, he also withdrew from that denomination and very soon after united, by letter, with the Baptist Church in Brunswick, this change and return to the people of his early life associations having been a subject of earnest thought and of mature and prayerful delibera- tion. In April he received and accepted a call to the pastorate of the Baptist Church in China, Me., and immediately entered on his labors, and in July was publicly recognized and installed as pastor. On leaving
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Brunswick to accept the pastorate of the Baptist Church at China, the Brunswick Telegraph of May 29, 1885, gave him the following compli- mentary notice :
** Rev. Ira Emery left town on Saturday for his new field of labor at China, as pastor of the Baptist Church there. * . When Mr. Emery came to town he called upon us for some information which we were enabled to give him, and from that hour until the day of his departure we have always had the most pleasant relations with the gentleman. We have found him singu- larly discreet in conduct, well posted in matters of public interest, frank in speech, generous in his criticism of others who differed with him, though holding with determination his own opinions. Mr. Emery came here to do a good work, as pastor of the F. B. Church, and we believe that he strove to do it from first to last."
Mr. Emery closed up a three years' pastorate with the China Baptist Church in April, 1888, and in November, 1889, settled as pastor of the Chatham (Mass.) Baptist Church, but resigned ere he had been with the church a twelvemonth, to accept the pastorate of the Baptist Church in Meredith, N. H., where he still resides. He is a man of strictly temperate habits and an earnest worker in the cause, having joined his first temperance society at the age of eleven years. A gentleman of winning manners and pleasing address. he is loved and respected wherever he is known. In 1886 he was elected a member of the Board of Trustees of the Maine Baptist State Convention.
Children.
i. JOIN BACKUS, b. in Industry, May 20, 1853; m. July 1, 1879, Maria Tutt, of Lynn, Mass. Resides in Lynn. One dau.
ii. CHARLES, b. in Industry, March 17, 1856; d. in infancy.
iii. WILLIE, b. in Industry, Feb. 18, 1858; d. in infancy.
iv. HARRY YOUNG, b. in Industry, Oct. 6, 1861; m. Nov. 26, 1885, Hattie Burton. Resides in Lynn. One dau.
4. JAMES STANLEY EMERY,S son of Dea. Ira and Sarah (Stanley) Emery, married Mary Rice. At the age of sixteen Mr. Emery taught his first term of school, receiving for his services eleven dollars per month and board. He fitted for college at Farmington Academy and North Yarmouth Classical Academy. Entered Waterville College in 1847 and graduated in 1851, having the valedictory address at the commencement. After graduating he was principal of the Vermont Literary and Scientific Institution, at Brandon, for one year. Studied law at Troy and in New York City, and was admitted to the bar in the latter place in January. 1854. In September, 1854, he went to Kansas, where he has since made his home. Of his subsequent history the writer can give no bet-
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ter idea than by quoting from The Leading Industries of Lawrence, Kansas :
"James S. Emery came to Lawrence in 1854, at a time when the history and future of Kansas were in a state of rapid development. His ability was at once recognized, and he attained the position of a leader, being the first mag- istrate appointed by Kansas first Territorial Governor ( Reeder) under the pro- visions of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill. His various addresses before the State Historical Society in the State University Course of Lectures and in the lecture courses in many of the chief towns of Kansas, all attest his wide and varied scholarship. He was a member of two of the four constitutional conventions- the Topeka Constitutional Convention of 1855, and that held in Leavenworth in 1858. He has served two terms in the Legislature of the State, and was instrumental in securing the location of the State University in Lawrence. Judge Emery was appointed U. S. District Attorney for Kansas in 1863, and has twice served as a member of the Board of Regents of the State Univer- sity. He has at all times advocated progressive ideas, has favored the great- est freedom and broadest education possible, and all through the history of Kansas, from the year he became one of its citizens, his name has been asso- ciated with its political, educational and material advancement. He is one of the able writers for the Kansas City Times, and wields an influence, both by pen and voice, which makes itself felt whenever the interests of the public demand. While practicing his profession he won the confidence of a large clientage, and was recognized as a powerful opponent, combining a perfect understanding of law and practice with indomitable energy. He is largely identified with the city's material interests, and is recognized as one of its foremost citizens. He is now pursuing a scholarly life, giving much attention to questions of a public and social character."
Resides at 141 Massachusetts St., Lawrence, Kansas. Three chil- dren. Two now living.
HOSEA WASHBURN EMERY, who came to Industry in 1871, was born in New Sharon, Nov. 23, 1834. He traces his ancestry no further than to Nathaniel Emery, who came from Dracut, Mass., and settled in Stark. where he died May 7, 1824, aged 79 years. Daniel Emery,2 son of Nathaniel,1 married Mehitable, daughter of Nathaniel Davis, of Mercer. and settled in that town. The fifth child of Daniel and Mehitable Emery was Amos,3 born in Mercer, June 5, 1804, and died in Stark. Jan. 16, 1876. He married Martha, daughter of William and Rebecca (Dutton) Boyington. These were the parents of Hosea W. Emery.+ He married, Nov. 17, 1858, Huldah O. Spinney, daughter of Rev. John and Patience J. (Oliver) Spinney, q. v. Farmer : resides in Industry.
Children.
i. MARTHA LOUISA, b. in New Sharon, April 4, 1861; m. Nov. 29, 1883. Oliver D. Norton, son of James and Mary ( Davis) Norton, q. v.
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ii. ANDREW SPINNEY, b. in Stark, Sept. 6,* 1866; farmer, and supervisor of schools in Industry.
iii. PATIA MABEL, b. in Industry, Jan. 26, 1873.
EVELETH.
JAMES EVELETH,5 an early settler in Industry, traces his ancestry back to Sylvester Eveleth.t who appears first as a baker in Boston, in 1642, soon after, probably in 1644, removing to Gloucester, Mass., where he became a farmer and died Jan. 4, 1689. His son Joseph,2 by wife Susan or Susanna, was baptized at the First Church in Boston, "the 26th day of ye Ist month, 1643, aged about 1 yr., and 3 quarters," and died in Ipswich, Mass., Dec. 1, 1745, at the great age of nearly 105 years. He married Mary Bragg, of Ipswich, and had a family of eleven children, seven sons and four daughters. One of the sons, James,3 was born about 1690 ; died, 1773, in his native town of Ipswich. His family consisted of four daughters and a son, James,+ born 1715, and died 1802, who also resided at Ipswich. James+ was the father of thirteen children, among whom was James,5 born about 1752-3. James 5 was a carpenter and resided at Cape Porpoise (Kennebunkport) about the close of the Revolution, but remained there only a short time. He probably lived in Beverly and Salem, Mass., where his children Joseph and Nancy were born. It is supposed that he moved from Cape Por- poise to Wiscasset, and from thence to Industry. James Eveleth 5 was married three times, having children by each marriage. His first wife, whose name the author has not been able to learn, died leaving two children, and he married for second wife Betsey Williams, who died of " cold fever," April 25, 1814. On coming to Industry Mr. Eveleth settled on land now owned and occupied by Davis Look. His log- house stood some seventy-five rods southeast of Mr. Look's house. His third wife, whom he married June 7, 1814, was Mrs. Sarah Connor (nee Blackstone), of New Sharon. He resided in Berlin for a time and died in New Sharon about 1832, aged 80 years. His widow married for third husband, Ebenezer Rollins, of Richmond.
Children by first marriage.
i. , SON. , dau.#
Children by second marriage.
I. iii. JOSEPH, b. in Beverly, Mass., April 4, 1782; m. (pub. March 30, 1813),
* September 12, on Stark Town Records.
t This name was spelled Eveleigh on the earliest records in Massachusetts.
# A memorandum in the possession of the family says, " Two daughters by first marriage, one of whom married in Salem, Mass."
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Eunice Gennings * (b. Nov. 7, 1789), dau. of Benjamin and Mary (Lawrence) Gennings, of Farmington.
iv. NANCY, b. in Salem, Mass., Jan. 14, 1783; f m. July 12, 1801, Sprowel Norton, son of Jabez and Phebe (Luce) Norton, q. v.
V. POLLY, b. March 31, 1786; m. Feb. 12, 1807, Daniel Beede, son of Daniel and Dolly (Hackett) Beede, q. v.
2. vi. JAMES, b. July 14, 1788; m. March 15, 1810, Judith Meader, dau. of Francis and Mary ( 1Tolley) Meader, q. v.
3. vii. FREDERICK HAMMOND, b. in 1790; m. (pub. Oct. 20, 1813), Eunice Pratt (b. March 18, 1787), dau. of Paul and Jael (Bennett) Pratt, of New Vineyard.
viii. BENJAMIN. He served in company with James Sherburne, also of Industry, as a soldier in the War of 1812. Both were taken prisoners by the British and carried to Halifax, N. S. Here Mr. Eveleth's health gave way, under the hardships incident to prison life, and he fell a victim to consumption. He d. at Halifax, Dec. - , IS13, far from his kindred and friends, with no one to care for him save his kind-hearted comrade, Mr. Sherburne, who did what he could to make his last days comfortable.
ix. SALLY, m. June 7, 1814, Thomas Lovejoy, son of Thomas and Nancy (Burgess) Lovejoy, of Stark. Seven children.
x. HARRIET; d. at age of 19 years.
Children by third marriage.
xi. BENJAMIN, b. April 12, 1815; drowned at the age of 19 years, by break- ing through the ice while skating on Clear Water Pond.
xii. DANIEL, b. April 13, 1816.
xiii. JOHN.
xiv. HORACE.
xV. FRANK.
xvi. HARRIET.
xvii. HENRY.
I. JOSEPH EVELETH," son of James and Betsey (Williams) Eveleth, married Eunice Gennings. He bought of Samuel Mason, June 9, 1812, the farm near Tibbetts's Corner, on which his whole life was spent. Soldier in 1812 War ( see p. 159). Farmer ; died Jan. 22, 1861, aged 78 years, 9 months, 18 days. His widow died Aug. 28, 1887, aged 97 years, 9 months, 21 days.
Children.
i. MARY GENNINGS, b. in Industry, Oct. 14, 1814; m. March 10, 1836, James Kerr Commings (b. in Greenock, Scotland, July 4, ISI3), son of Israel W. and Susan (Kerr) Commings. Mr. Commings learned the carpenter's trade of Colonel Lancaster, of New Sharon. Resides in Kirkwood, Ill., where he is in the insurance business. She d. April 5, 1878. Four children, two of whom d. young. 4. ii. BENJAMIN GENNINGS, b. in Industry, July 5, 1816; m. Nov. 16, 1852, Tamson C. Luce, dau. of Leonard and Susan B. ( West) Luce, q. 7.
* Since the date of her marriage the family have changed the orthography of their name, substituting J for the initial G formerly used.
t Town Records (Births, l'ol. I, p. 44). The headstone at her grave says : " Died April IS, 1816, aged 63 years." Here the age corresponds with date of birth. Notwithstanding this, the author is inclined to regard the birth-date incorrect. A record among her descendants has it, Jan. 14, 1785.
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iii. EMELINE, b. in Industry, Sept. 4, 1820; resides at West's Mills, unmd.
iv. JOSEPH, b. in Industry, Jan. 9, 1822; resides at West's Mills; unmd.
V. CAROLINE MARIA, b. in Industry, April 17, 1828; m. June 18, 1854, Nelson Fogg, son of Asa and Mary (Knowlton) Fogg, of Industry; s. p.
2. JAMES EVELETH," son of James and Betsey ( Williams) Eveleth, married Judith Meader. Resided in Industry up to 1834, afterward in Crono. Carpenter and stage-route contractor. Builder of the Centre Meeting-House in Industry. Died of cancer in Orono, April -, 1841, aged nearly 53 years. His widow died in Lawrence, Mass., Jan. 4, 1852.
Children.
i. ABIGAIL. BUTLER, b. in Industry, Aug. 6, 1811: m. May 21, 1832, Charles L. Allen, son of Rufus and Abigail ( Fairbanks) Allen, q. v. She d. in 1856. Four children.
ii. JARED FISHER, b. in Industry, May 17, 1814; m. in Orono, Sept. 12, IS41, Olive Lunt (b. in Orono, June 10, 18IS), dau. of Joshua and Abigail ( Freeze) Lunt. Converted, baptized and joined the Baptist Church, at the age of 14 years. Educated at Farmington Academy and Kent's Hill. School teacher, carpenter and builder. Began to preach in 1858, and has since been a successful clergyman of the Baptist denomination. Resides in Bluehill. Children :
1. DANA BOARDMAN, b. Aug. 27, 1842; d. Jan. 8, 1846.
ii. ABBIE FRANCES, b. March 4, 1846; m. Octavius M. Storer. Resides in Bluehill.
iii. EDWARD MARDEN, b. MAY, 17, 1848; d. Feb. 9, 1855.
iv. MARY ELI.A, b. May 13, 1850; m. Austin T. Stevens; resides in Bluehill.
v. MARTHA HOWARD, b. June 26, 1852; m. Fred H. Eveleth, Missionary to Burmah. Resides in Somerville, Mass.
vi. NELLIE MARIA, b. July 23, 1854. Resides in Massachusetts.
vii. CHARLES ALLEN, b. July 4, 1856; m. Rosie Prairie; resides in Lowell, Mass.
viii. EMMA AUGUSTA, b. Oct. 17, 1858; d. Oct. 9, 1859.
iii. ANGELINE, b. in Industry, Oct. 18, 1818; m. April 12, 1855, William Storer Lufkin (b. Paris, Me., March 28, 1830), son of Seth S. and Deborah (Marshall) Lufkin. Merchant; resides in Yarmouth. Two children.
iv. GEORGE 11., b. in Industry, Feb. 15, 1822; d. April 3, 1824.
V. GEORGE H., b. in Industry, Oct. 12, 1826; m. Mary Robinson; d. in Chicago, July 22, 1867.
vi. PULIDORA SHERWOOD, b. in Industry, April 19, 1831; m. April 5, 1851, Samuel, son of William Lowder, of Bangor. He d. in 1873, and she m. at Fairport, N. Y., Nov. 13, 1873, Charles W. Pawling .* Resides at Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Three children by first marriage.
3. FREDERICK HAMMOND EVELETH,6 son of James and Betsey ( Williams) Eveleth, married Eunice Pratt, who probably died young. He married for second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Phineas Whitney, of
* Local usage has changed the orthography to " Pauline."
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of Phillips. She died in Phillips in 1863. He was a farmer ; died in Phillips, April 2, 1854.
Children by first marriage.
i. GEORGE W., resides at 275S Welton St., Denver, Colorado.
ii. ELVIRA S.
Children by second marriage.
iii. -, b. April, 1831; d. in infancy.
iv. FRANCIS MARION, b. in Phillips, May 22, 1832; m. in 1857, Ellen Ange- line Sanborn (b. in Chesterville, May 10, 1836), dau. of Dr. Amazi and Julia A. (Pierce) Sanborn, of Phillips. Teacher and farmer in early life. Graduated from the Ohio Medical College in 1856. Practiced in Phillips, Presque Isle and Waldoboro, where he now resides. Served four years in War of Rebellion, as Surgeon of the 7th Me. Reg't; s. p.
MARTHA C., b. in Phillips, Oct. 6, 1834; m. Charles Strout; resides in Phillips.
vi. FERNANDO CORTEZ, b. in Phillips, 1836; d. in Presque Isle, 1861; unmd. vii. CHARLES LEROY, b. in Phillips, 1838; d. in Illinois, 1878.
viii. MARY WHITNEY, b. in 1840; m. Ist, Charles Reed; 2d, Charles Moore. Resides in Madrid.
4. BENJAMIN GENNINGS EVELETH,7 son of Joseph and Eunice (Gennings) Eveleth, married Tamson C. Luce. Mr. Eveleth was a successful farmer and spent his whole life in Industry. His wife died Nov. 7, 1882, aged 54 years, 2 months, 22 days. He died in Industry, July 27, 1891, aged 75 years.
Children.
i. CHARLES ALBERT, b. in Industry, Aug. 23, 1853; m. Aug. 9, 1874, Clara M. Young. Mr. Eveleth is a farmer, and resides in Farmington. Children :
i. BERTIE L., b. July 8, 1875.
ii. ALTON C., b. Aug. 7, 1879.
iii. FRANK E., b. Dec. 17, ISSI.
ii. ELLEN SUSAN, b. in Industry, March 30, 1862; d. Oct. 7, 1865.
iii. FRANK BENJAMIN, b. in Industry, Nov. 25, 1866; m March 25, 1886, Mary M. Trask, of Stark. One child, d. in infancy. Resides at West's Mills.
iv. GEORGE LEONARD, b. in Industry, Oct. 9, 1868; d. July 1, 1879.
FISH.
ELISHA FISH, who settled in Industry in the fall of 1853, was born in Stark, Feb. 15, 1805, and was the son of Elisha and Mary ( Kincaid) Fish, and a grandson of Nathan and Betsey ( Kinney ) Fish, of Wiscasset. He married, March 1, 1827, Mary Robinson (born in Bath, Aug. 26, 1809), daughter of Bryant and Patience (Oliver) Robinson. He settled in his native town where he lived until his removal to Industry. On coming to Industry he purchased of Maj. James Cutts, a small tract of
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land adjoining the farm on which Eli N. Oliver now (1892) lives, on which he erected buildings. Here he lived until a short time previous to his death. when he went to live with his sons, Asa Q. and Calvin B. Fish, on the Esq. Boardman farm. He died in Industry, March 24, 1888, aged 83 years. His wife died June 19, 1892, aged nearly 83 years.
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