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ii. HANNAII, b. Sept. 12, 1788; m. (pub. Aug. 15, 1813), Ephraim Cowan, of Farmington.
iii. ELISHA, b. in Shapleigh, Nov. 22, 1790. At the age of seventeen he was apprenticed to a blacksmith and served his indentures with John Church, Sr., of Farmington. At the age of twenty-two he enlisted in the American Army for one year, and on the expiration of his term of enlistment he re-enlisted until the close of the war. He participated in the memorable battle of Chateauguay Woods, as well as in several skirmishes. In 1815 he returned from the army, and soon after located at Norridgewock, where he remained a few years, working at his trade. From that place he removed to Farmington, and in the fall of 1820, to Strong, Me. At that time there were but two dwelling-houses in the village. He m. Oct. 20, 1816, Hannah S. Cowan, of Farming- ton. Mr. Jewett has held various offices, such as deputy sheriff, cen- sus enumerator in 1840, and was also constable and collector of taxes. Fle d. in Freeman, May 7, 1884, aged 93 years, 5 months and 15 days. Ilis wife d. in Freeman, Jan. 6, 1886, aged 91 years. Their child : MARY, b. April -, 1817; m. Isaac F. Whittier; d. at Lisbon Falls, Nov. 1, 1885.
iv. BENJAMIN, b. Nov. 30, 1796; m. - - Knox.
v. ABIGAIL, b. July 23, 1799; m. - Knox.
vi. NATHAN, b. in Industry, Jan. 28, 1802.
vii. CALVIN, b. in Industry, March 15, 1804; m. Rebecca --- , who d. in New Vineyard, Aug. 5, 1847, aged 37 years.
viii. LOVE, b. in Industry, Oct. 27, 1806.
JOHNSON.
HENRY JOHNSON,; who came to Industry in 1811, was born in Boston, Mass., Dec. 9, 1791. His father was Zebadiah Johnson (born March 25, 1768) ; his mother was Sarah Kneeland (born Feb. 4, 1 769), both natives of Boston. When Henry was two years old his father died. The mother survived her husband but two years, and died April 7, 1795.
* Farmington Town Records.
t It is said that the grandparents of Henry Johnson came to this country from England.
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Thus early left an orphan he went to live with an aunt who resided in Thomaston, Me. When he arrived at a suitable age he was apprenticed to a blockmaker, which trade he thoroughly mastered. In 1811 he came to Industry and bought of Jonathan Bunker a farm on the east side of Bannock Hill, where he spent his whole life and reared a large and highly respected family. His wife, whom he married July 12, 1812, was Catherine Sullivan, daughter of Daniel and Jane ( Paul) Sullivan. To Henry and Catherine Johnson were born fifteen children, nine sons and six daughters. The sons were all capable business men, active and energetic, and noted for their aptitude for acquiring property. Though thrown upon their own resources at an early age, they all earned a good living and some of them acquired quite large fortunes. Mr. Johnson, though possessing only an ordinary education in other branches, was a remarkable mathematician. He could easily solve long and intricate problems mentally, and students often came to him with knotty questions which he always promptly and correctly solved. He was a hard-work- ing man, gave his children as good an education as his circumstances would allow, and lived to good old age. He died June 24, 1870, in the seventy-ninth year of his age. His wife survived him but a few months over two years and died Sept. 13, 1872, aged 76 years, 7 months and 4 clays.
Children.
i. JOHN ELLIOTT, b. in Industry, Oct. 12, 1812. Ile was a school teacher of much promise; d. Dec. 19. 1835.
ii. IlENRY, b. in Industry, July 14, 1814; d. Dec. 10, 1842.
I. iii. ZEBADIALI, b. in Industry, Feb. IS, 1816; m. May 12, 1839, Clarissa T. Swift, dau. of Ebenezer and Nancy ( Hildreth) Swift, g. v.
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, dan. b. in Industry, Sept. 10, 1818; d. Sept. 18, ISIS.
2. V. DANIEL SULLIVAN, b. in Industry, Sept. 25, 1819; m. Mrs. Mary Stanford, of Gardiner, formerly of Litchfield.
3. vi. GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. in Industry, July 10, IS21; m. May IS,* 1856, Emily Weston (b. in Madison, April 12, 1836), dau. of Nathan and Almeda (Pooler) Weston, of Madison.
4. vii. NATHAN SMITH, b. in Industry, April 16, 1823; m. July 26, 1846, Mary C. Butler, dau. of Peter W. and Mary E. ( Robinson ) Butler, q. v.
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ELIZA JANE, b. in Industry, May IS, 1825; m. May 27, 1849, James Sanford Williams (b. in Litchfield, Jan. 9, 1824), son of James and Betsey ( Rogers) Williams. Settled in Litchfield, where all their chil- dren were born; now resides in Hallowell. Children :
i. JOHN R., b. Sept. 2, 1851; m. Hannah Seely. Resides in Ilallowell.
ii. GEORGE W., b. Feb. 16, 1853; m. Ilattie Butterfield. Resides in Augusta.
iii. KATE E., b. July 28, 1855; m. William Kennedy; d. May 5, IS78.
iv. WILLIAM, b. April 1, 1857; m. Sophronia Woodard. Resides in Gardiner.
* Another record furnished the author by a member of the family reads May 15.
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v. JAMES H., b. March 22, 1859; m. Eva Wyman. Resides in Skowhegan.
vi. ESTHIER M., b. Feb. 1, 1863; m. Charles Bailey. Resides in Hallowell.
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vii. MELVIN O., b. Jan. 23, 1865; unmd. Resides in Ilallowell. RICHARD J., b. July 28, 1866; m. Nellie Blither. Resides in Hallowell.
ix. CATHERINE SULLIVAN, b. in Industry, May 7, 1827; m. Oct. 18, 1846, Isaac S. Mitchell, of Litchfield. She d. Jan. 15, 1852, leaving one dau., Sarah Abbie, b. in Litchfield, Dec. - , 1847, who is a milliner in Augusta.
6. x. RICHARD ELLIOTT, b. in Industry, April 16, 1829; m. Oct. 5, 1854, Louisa A. Reed.
xi. ELIAS HUTCHINS, b. in Industry, April 7, 1831; d. in Hallowell, Oct. 22, 1883; unmd. Possessing a decided fondness for trading he traveled extensively for many years, in early life, with a stock of Yankee notions and such articles as usually find a ready sale in rural communities. Afterward he went to Lewiston, where he built a large tenement house. This proved a paying investment, but the building was un- fortunately destroyed by fire. After the loss of his property he resumed peddling, making his home principally in Litchfield and IIallowell. IIe continued in this business until failing health compelled him to abandon work.
xii. MARY PAUL, b. in Industry, Nov. 10, 1833; m. March 25, 1862, Harvey Jack, of Litchfield. He d. May 13, 1SS2, and she m. for second hus- band, Feb. 1, 1883, Samuel Williams, also of Litchfield, where they now reside, s. p.
7. xiii. JOHN ELLIOTT, b. in Industry, Feb. 9,* 1836; m. May 24, 1862, Ann Judith Roberts (b. in Rome, May 13, 1836).
xiv. SARAH ABBY, b. in Industry, May 21, 1838; d. Aug. 21, 1844.
XV. ANN IIUTCHINS, b. in Industry, Nov. 5, 1840; m. Nov. 23, 1862, Zebulon M. Emery, son of Josiah and Hannah C. ( Manter ) Emery, q. v. She d. in Litchfield, July, 1874.
I. ZEBADIAH JOHNSON, son of Henry and Catherine (Sullivan ) Johnson, married Clarissa T. Swift. Mr. Johnson was brought up as a farmer's son, working on his father's farm in the summer and attending the district school in the winter, until he was twenty years of age. He then apprenticed to William Lawery, a journeyman carpenter, thoroughly learned the trade, and eventually became a superior workman. He was very diligent and could accomplish a great amount of work in a given time. After his marriage he settled in Mercer, where he built a house which he subsequently sold to Moses P. True, and removed to Gardiner. He next moved to Valley Falls, R. I., and after a time returned to Industry. He was at one time a licensed local preacher of the M. E. Church. He now resides in Appleton, Wis.
Children.
1. EBENEZER SWIFT, b. in Mercer, June 26, 1840. Enlisted in Co. L, Ist Reg't, Me. Cavalry; mustered into the U. S. Service Nov. 1, 1861. Promoted to sergeant, Jan. 1, 1863, and subsequently to quarter-
* Industry Town Records (l'ol. I., p. 30). Mr. Johnson understands the date of his birth to have been February 12.
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master sergeant. Ile was discharged at the expiration of his term of enlistment, Nov. 25, 1864. While in the service he was wounded, for which he now (1892) receives a pension of four dollars per month. Studied medicine with Dr. John F. Moses, of Farmington, and settled as a practicing physician in that town. He m. Georgia F. Parsons, dau. of Peter P. and Elizabeth Parsons, of Chesterville. She d. in Holyoke, Mass., April 21, ISS5, aged 39 years, 10 months. Children :
i. CHARLES PARSONS, b. in Farmington, December 1871.
ii. HATTIE BERNICE, b. in Farmington, September 1873.
iii. FRANK HENRY, b. in Farmington, 1876; d. 1878.
ii. ZEBADIAN, b. in Mercer, March 19, 1842; learned his father's trade when young; m. May 10, 1863, Susan II. Dutton, dau. of Jefferson and Sibyl ( Fish) Dutton. She d. in Farmington in 1875. He m. for second wife, Lizzie Walker, of Litchfield. Resides in Gardiner. Children :
1. MINNIE BELLE, b. in Industry; dead.
ji. GENEVA WILDE, b. in Industry; dead.
iii. ORVILLE EUGENE, b. in Industry, Aug. - , 1870.
Child by second marriage.
iv. INEZ, b. in Chelsea, 1879.
iii. CAROLINE OREANA, b. in Gardiner, March 10, 1847; d. of scarlatina, Jan. 6, 1851.
iv. FRANCES ELIZABETH, b. in Valley Falls, R. I., June 6, 1849; d. of scar- latina, Jan. 6, IS51.
V. FRANK HENRY, b. in Industry, Oct. 30, 1852; m. in 1874, Mary Rich, of Bar Harbor. An overseer in the Bates Mills at Lewiston.
vi. ORVILLE GLEASON, b. in Industry, March 7, 1855; d. in Farmington, May 28, 1865.
vii. AUGUSTA CLARA, b. in New Sharon, Aug. 24, 1859. Teacher of music and painting. Resides in Chelsea, Mass., unmd.
2. DANIEL SULLIVAN JOHNSON, son of Henry and Catherine (Sullivan) Johnson, married Mrs. Mary Stanford. Engaged in teaching with a good degree of success when a young man. For a time was in trade at West's Mills with Isaac S. Mitchell. He afterward traded in Gardiner, Me., and Boston, Mass., carrying a good stock of merchan- dise. Later he became a contractor and builder, and was in successful business in Appleton, Wis., at the time of his death in 1878.
Children.
HENRY. DANIEL SULLIVAN.
3. GEORGE WASHINGTON JOHNSON, son of Henry and Catherine (Sullivan) Johnson, married Emily Weston. As a prominent citizen and business man whose whole life has been spent within a few rods of the spot where he was born. Mr. Johnson stands without a peer among those claiming Industry as their natal home. Endowed by nature with robust health and in manhood's prime possessed of great physical endurance, no task was deemed too severe and no hardship too great for him to endure.
George H. Johnson
Engraved by JOHNSON & THOMPSON, Boston. From a photograph made in IS91 by E. R. Starbird, Farmington, Me.
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His school life began when as a lad of four summers, he attended a school kept in a school-house located near the present residence of Alvin L. Chapman. As he grew up he developed a decided fondness for agricultural pursuits, and while still a boy the sole management of the farm work devolved on him while the father was away working at his trade. His career as a dealer in stock began when only sixteen years of age, at which time he sold two yoke of oxen to a drover named Josiah Hinkley. He was much elated over his success, and this induced him to buy more oxen and other cattle, which he invariably sold at a profit. After he was old enough to assist in the farm work his advan- tages for attending school were abridged to a winter term, usually of six or eight weeks' duration, and wholly ceased with the completion of his nineteenth year. At the age of twenty he was employed by Nathan Weston, of Madison, during the winter, and thereafter continued in his employ six consecutive winters and two summers. He always stipulated with his employer that he should have the autumnal months for buying stock. The fall after his twenty-first birthday he visited Brighton, Mass., the great cattle mart, three times, and thereafter for many years regularly drove stock to that market. At the age of thirty years he purchased seventy acres of land now comprising a portion of his valuable and extensive farm. The fine set of buildings now on his farm were all built by him, with the exception of one small barn. His farm now contains about 900 acres including woodland, and the owner ranks among the most successful and extensive farmers in Franklin County. He has held the office of selectman thirteen years, and has twice been a candidate for representative to the Legislature, in both instances receiving a handsome majority in his own town, although his party was largely in the minority in the district. He has also been a large dealer in wool, alone and in company with such men as Albert Shaw, John Willis, and Vernon Gil- man. He is one of Industry's most enterprising and public spirited citizens, and always contributes liberally for public and private charities.
Children.
i. VIOLA ALICE, b. in Industry, April 30, 1857; m. Sept. 25, 1887, Chas. E. Weston (b. June 25, 1857), son of Col. William and Marion S. (Hop- kins) Weston. Entering the Farmington State Normal School, she graduated in the second class of 1883. Upon the completion of her studies in this institution she was chosen, from among several appli- cants, Principal of its Model Department. She remained in that position two years, her connection with the school marking an era of continued posperity in its history. She subsequently taught one year in the Deering Grammar School, and in the same grade in Bartlett, N. H. Also one year in Boston, Mass., and Bradford, Pa. After graduating, she devoted much time to the study of special branches, and has also taken the Chautauqua Course. Resides at 228 Tenth Street, Milwaukee, Wis.
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ii. NATHAN WESTON, b. in Industry, May 25, 1861. Graduated from the public schools of Industry in 1883. Resides on the homestead in Industry, unmd.
iii. CLARA ALMEDA, b. in Industry, Nov. 23, 1862. Graduated from the Farmington State Normal School, first class of 1883. Her career as a teacher began at the age of thirteen when she was engaged to teach a summer term of school in Norridgewock. Since graduating, she has taught extensively in Maine and Massachusetts with gratifying success. She has also devoted considerable time to the study of paint- ing and drawing; unmd.
iv. BERTHA EMILY, b. in Industry, June 7, 1867; m. June 7, 1892, John Witham Nichols, M. D., son of Walter and Rosana (Witham) Nichols, of Farmington. She graduated from the Farmington High School, class of 1887. Engaged in teaching prior to and after graduating. Dr. Nichols is a graduate of Bowdoin College and the Maine Medical School. Resides in Montpelier, Vt.
V. GEORGIA FAUSTINA, b. in Industry, July 29, 1870. Graduated from the Farmington Iligh School, class of 1887. Engaged in teaching.
4. NATHAN SMITH JOHNSON, son of Henry and Catherine (Sullivan) Johnson, married Mary C. Butler. Was a farmer and spent his whole life in Industry. Bought and sold stock, kept store and engaged in other branches of trade and traffic. Acted as agent for the town in several important law suits. During the war he was a regularly com- missioned recruiting officer and through his efforts many enlistments were made. He died at West's Mills, June 30, 1874. His widow married for second husband, May 30, 1877, David Gilmore, of Stark. He died, and she returned to Industry where she now resides.
Children.
i. ADRIANCE REGAL, b. in Industry, Jan. 3, 1848. Member of the 2d Reg't, Me. Cavalry ( see p. 352). For the past twenty years he has made his home in various places on the Pacific Slope.
ii. OREANA FRANCES, b. in Industry, Feb. 7, 1852; d. April 13, 1864.
iii. KATE, b. in Industry, May 20, 1856; m. Jan. 23, 1875, Leonard M. Chap- man, son of Charles and Harriet ( Murch) Chapman, of Stark. Mr. Chapman is a farmer and resides in Industry. Children :
1. FRANK LADD, b. in Industry, June 14, 1876.
ii. LILLIAN EMMA, b. in Industry, May 4, 1878.
iii. HATTIE BLANCHE, b. in Stark, Dec. 13, 1879.
iv. FANNIE MAUD, b. in Industry, Oct. 27, 1882.
V. BERTHIA MARY, b. in Industry, Sept. 26, 1884.
vi. HENRY LEROY, b. in Industry, July 9, 1892.
iv. LILLIAN ELIZABETHI, b. in Industry, July 19, 1858; m. March 26, IS78, Daniel Wentworth, of Lewiston, s. p.
V. EMMA WESTON. b. in Industry, July 14, 1861; m. May -, 18SI, John Franklin Waugh (b. in Stark, Sept. 2, 1851), son of Jeremiah F. and Julia (Chapman) Waugh; divorced, s. p. Married for second hus- band, May 8, 1887, Charles A. Prescott, of Industry. She d. in Man- chester, June 20, 1890; one son :
JOSEPH SAYER, b. April 28, 1890.
vi. HENRY, b. in Industry, Feb. 8, 1866; m. (pub. April 17, 1891), Viola Gould, of Kingfield. One child.
6. RICHARD ELLIOTT JOHNSON, son of Henry and Catherine (Sulli- van) Johnson, married Louisa A. Reed. Went to Gardiner when a
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young man and there amassed an ample fortune in mercantile pursuits. He died in Farmingdale, Dec. 4, 1881. His widow died June 7, 188 -. Children.
i. IIENRY, b. in Gardiner, June 25, 1855; m. July 26, 1881, Fannie Maria Robinson (b. March 18, 1859), dau. of Geo. I. and Helen M. (Stack- pole ) Robinson, of Thomaston. Professor in Bowdoin College. Children : i. HIELEN, b. April 5, 1885.
ii. ANNIE LOUISE, b. April 30, 1889.
ii. -, dlau .; m. George H. Ray. Resides in La Crosse, Wis.
7. JOHN ELLIOTT JOHNSON, son of Henry and Catherine (Sullivan ) Johnson, married Ann J. Roberts. He has been a farmer in Industry, and after the death of his first wife, a merchant at Allen's Mills. He moved to Stark, March 18, 1879, and April 10, 1883, to New Sharon Village, where he is now engaged in trade, carrying a stock of gen- eral merchandise. As a salesman he has few if any equals in Franklin County. His wife died in Industry, Sept. 29, 1867, aged 34 years, 4 months, and 16 days. He married for second wife, Aug. 31, 1869, Mrs. Sarah E. Hall, relict of Lucius W. Hall, and daughter of Henry B. and Elizabeth (Oliver) Rackliff, q. v.
Children.
i. LURA MAY, b. in New Sharon, Aug. 18, 1863; d. in Stark, Nov. 1, ISS1.
ii. NATIE, b. in Industry, June 14, 1866; d. May 15, 1867.
iii. CHARLIE NATHAN, b. in Industry, Feb. 28, 1871; d. June 10, 1879.
iv. HARRY IlALL, b. in Industry, Aug. 6, 1873.
ICHABOD JOHNSON,* who came to Industry from Farmington, formerly of Vermont, was born June 5, 1738. On coming to Industry, he ex- changed farms with Thomas Johnson, letting him have the farm now owned by Benjamin M. Titcomb, and received the buildings and land now occupied by Augustus H. Swift. He had a wife, Malintha, but the author has not been able to learn her maiden name or the date of his marriage. He sold to Alfred Leathers, and went to live with a son in New York State, where he died.
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i. HANNAH, was a school teacher; married and settled in Stark.
ii. RHODA S., m. (pub. March 14, 1831), Elisha B. Neal, son of James and Sarah (Baker) Neal, of New Sharon. Children.
* Ichabod Johnson, Jr., was tythingman in Industry in IS11, also in 1S16 and 1817. From this circumstance it is believed that the above named Ichabod was the tythingman and was con- sequently a son of Ichabod. Some believe him to have been a brother of William Johnson, who married Polly Meader, q. v., but as there is a difference of forty-eight years in their ages this is hardly probable. May have been a son or nephew.
t Order of birth not known.
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iii. CYRUS, m. a Miss Thaxter, of Mercer, embraced the Mormon doctrine and removed to the State of New York, where he d. leaving several chil- dren.
iv. ElIJ.NII I)., in. Jan. 20, 1830, Love Goodridge, dau. of Jonathan and llannah (Moody) Goodridge, q. 7. Ile was a millwright by trade, settled first on the farm now owned by Mclaughlin Bros., but after- ward moved to Mercet and built mills on Sandy River, near Davis Ferry. His wife d. July 28, 1840, leaving several children. One son, Elijah D., Jr., b. probably in Industry in 1832, was captain of Co. C, 2d Me. Cavalry, in War of the Rebellion, also colonel of 21st Me. Reg't, Infantry. There were also two daus., Hattie and Emily. The former is married and resides in Lewiston. ' Elijah D., Sr., m. for his second wife Graffam, of Mercer, by whom he had four chil- dren. He dl. in Lewiston in 1871.
V. JOSHUA, m. (pub. Feb. 15, 1813), Esther Withee, dan. of Zoe and Sally (Bettis) Withee, q. v. Moved to New York State, where he d. leav- ing a large family of children.
vi. SARENUS, m. (pub. Jan. 1, 1816), Esther Moody, dau. of Ephraim and Dorcas Moody, q. v. Ile d. in Bingham leaving children .*
vii. MARCENUS, unmd., settled in Orono.
THOMAS JOHNSON, who settled on lot No. 8, on the Plymouth Patent, in 1794, was born Sept. 15, 1742, and is supposed to have been a native of North Carolina. Aside from date of birth, nothing is definitely known of his ancestry or family history. Tradition says he had the same num- ber of sons and daughters as there were in his father's family and gave them the same names. He served as a soldier in the Continental Army and was made prisoner and carried to Spithead on a prison ship. Availing himself of the first opportunity, he escaped and took passage on a whaleship, and at length reached Martha's Vineyard. He settled in Edgartown ; married, April 24, 1769, Thankful Smith (born Nov. 22, [752) .; He afterward learned the trade of tanner and shoemaker. Came to Farmington in 1793 and the next year settled in Industry. In the spring of 1809 he moved to Farmington and settled on a farm which is now owned by Benjamin M. Titcomb. Pensioned in 1818 and died soon afterward.
Children.
I. i. JAMES, b. March 16, 1773; m. (pub). Nov. 9, 1797), Sally Leeman, dau. of Jacob and Sarah # (Chapman) Leeman, of Mercer.
* Elijah D. Johnson, born in Bingham, March 24, 1837, was probably his son, lle married Harriet B. - and came to Industry as a workman in Amos S. Ilinkley's shovel-handle factory at Allen's Mills. Their daughter, Gertrude, was born in Industry, Oct. 27, 1864.
t Esq. Win. Allen says she was a daughter of Timothy Smith, and Mr. Butler (Hist. Farm- ington, p. 510) evidently takes him for authority and reiterates his statement. Mrs. Annic C. Pratt, the Island Genealogist, who is unable to verify this statement, questions its correctness.
# This name may have been Keziah. If so, Mrs. Johnson was a sister of Samuel C. Lee- man, who married Amy, daughter of Dea. Levi Greenleaf, o. v.
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ii. TIMOTHY, b. Dec. 14, 1774; m. March 7, 1802, Abigail H. Livermore. Farmer and merchant in Farmington, was also postmaster in that town for many years and an able minister of the F. W. B. Church. lle d. very suddenly in Berwick, Nov. 27, 1849, aged nearly 75 years. His wife d. May 19, 1856, aged 71 years. Eleven children.
iii. THOMAS, b. Dec. 28, 1776; m. Jan. 14, 1802, Katherine Luce, dau. of Solomon and Celia (Tilton) Luce, of New Vineyard; settled in Farm- ington. Farmer, merchant, colonel in the militia, deputy sheriff and town treasurer. Was probably selectman in Industry in 1805. IIe d. in New Vineyard, May 16, 1844. Ilis widow m. Nov. 1, 1847, Benjamin, son of Benjamin and Amy ( Daggett ) Butler; d. Nov. 4, 1854. Nine children.
iv. ABRAHAM, b. April 3, 1779 ;* m. Feb. 15, ISIO, Jane Morrison, dau. of William and Hannah (Benson) Morrison, of Farmington. Settled on lot No. 13, adjoining his father on the south, in 1796. Captain of the militia and selectman in Industry, in 1806-7. Went to Farmington with his father. Was the first captain of the Farmington Artillery. Owned and operated mills in Madison from 1820 to 1828. Returned to Farmington and again engaged in farming; d. July 11, 1866. Ilis wife (b. in Middleboro', Mass., Jan. 31, 1786) ; d. Aug. 5, 1868. Nine children.
V. SALLY, b. April 16, 1784;} m. (pub. Aug. 29, 1806), James Came, of Industry: farmer, Went to New York State. Four children.
vi. JOSEPH, b. March 31, 1786; m. (pub. May 31, 1809), Sally Daggett, dan. of Capt. Silas and Deborah (Butler) Daggett, q. v. First settled in Industry but soon moved to Farmington, where he became one of the leading business men; drover, merchant, lumberman and innholder, in the old Backus House, at Farmington Centre Village. Postmaster, sheriff, representative in the State Legislature, member of Governor's Council, etc. He d. in Reedsburg, Wis., March 18, 1867. She d. Nov. 17, 1869. Seven children.
vii. WILLIAM, b. Oct. - , 1787; m. June 20, 1813, Mary, dau. of Isaac Treby, of New London, Ct .; farmer, mill-owner in Madison, and merchant in New Orleans; d. 1823. His wife (b. Jan. 9, 1794) d. in Augusta, June 20, 1850. Three children.
viii. HENRY, b. Oct. 13, 1789; m. Jan. 30, 1812, Mirinda Blake. Merchant, deputy sheriff and postmaster, innkeeper, selectman, etc. His wife was b. in Mt. Vernon, April 26, 1791, and d. Nov. 6, 1850. He m. for second wife, March 26, 1854, Mrs. Millie Sanford, of Manchester. He d. July 31, 1861. His widow resides in Industry with her dau., Mrs. Joseph H. Sayer. Nine children by first marriage.
ix. BETSEY, b. Dec. 5, 1791;} m. Jan. 23, 1812, Christopher Atkinson; d. April 9, 1881. He d. in Baraboo, Wis., March 31, 1875. Several children.
I. JAMES JOHNSON, son of Thomas and Thankful (Smith ) Johnson, first came to Industry with his father in 1794. He afterward settled in Farmington and engaged in farming on land owned by the late John Henry Backus. While here his house was destroyed by fire early in the present century and he returned to Industry, where he spent the
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