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Children :
Eleanor P., b. June 4, 1823, m. Jason Billings of Saco ; m. 2d John Mitchell, and d. in Kansas, Mar. 31, 1890. Mary G., b. Nov. 19, 1824, m. 1850, William B. Bennett, and d. in Durham, Jan. 1887.
Rebecca C., b. April 5, 1827, m. 1848, Moses Smith.
Sarah O., b. Feb. 1, 1829, m. 1857, Wm. W. Quimby. Albert G., b. May 30, 1831, m. 1865, Hester J. Marshall. Amelia F., b. June 26, 1833, m. 1857, Henry M. Jordan. Benjamin G., b. Feb. 13, 1836, unm. killed at the battle of Middleburg, Va., June 19, 1863.
Nathaniel S., b. June 9, 1838, m. 1860, Frances Mitchell.
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SIMEON W. and ELIZABETH HAWKS, are credited in Hebron, with Elmer Aurelius, b. July 16, 1819: Amanda Elizabeth, b. Oct. 24, 1821, and George Mitchell, b. Jan. 11, 1825.
LAVES.
EDMUND HAYES, settled on farm (58), before the incor- poration of the town. He was b. Mar. 1796, d. Oct. 4, 1863 ; wife Pauline, b. Mar. 1790, d. Dec. 15, 1851.
Children :
Mary Elizabeth, b. Sept. 25, 1822, d. Feb. following. Jane Smith, b. April 30, 1824, m. June 27, 1840, Silas D. Tobie of Greenwood ; m. 2d, David McAllister of Oxf'd. George William, b. Oct. 23, 1826, seaman, m. - Pick- ering ; he d. Aug. 30, 1859.
Lucy Elizabeth, b. Sept. 26, 1829, d. unm. Dec. 3, 1850. Edmund Erastus, b. 1832, m. Sept. 27, 1853. Clementine N. Stuart of Harrison ; he s. in Chicago.
Martha Allen, b. Mar. 10, 1834, d. unm. Jan. 17, 1852. An infant, d. Jan. 18, 1837.
ISAAC HAYES, son of William of Barrington, N. H., m. Nov. 13, 1792, Alice, dau. of Richard Garland, and settled in his native town. About 1800, he removed to Poland, and in Nov. of that year, he bought of Richard and Lydia Garland, a farm that he thereafter cultivated. He d. Sep. 28, 1856, aged 86 years ; his wife was born at Barrington Sept. 13, 1773, and d. at Poland, Dec. 27, 1858.
Children, as reported :
Dennis, b. Jan. 6, 1795 ; see sketch, page 109.
Richard, b. Nov. 12, 1796; family, consisting of wife and
five children, were living in Oxford in 1840, but soon af- ter removed to Greenwood.
Joanna, b. 1801, m. Moses Judkins.
Isaac, b. Dec. 3, 1804, m. Martha Swett; s. Greenwood. William, b. June 27, 1808; blacksmith, at Frost's Corner. Hezekiah, b. Nov. 3, 1810 ; had the homestead. Sewall, b. May 3, 1813; s. in New Hampshire.
DENNIS HAYES, son of Isaac, m. Nov. 29, 1821, Mary, b. Mar. 27, 1803, dau. of Capt. William Johnson of Ray- mond. They lived in Poland until about 1830, when they moved to Harrison, where wife died, Feb. 11, 1835. He m. 2d, June 30, 1835, Mrs. Hannah (Keith), widow of Cyrus Shaw and, with his children, moved to Oxford, there-
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after making her house, his home. He died July 29, 1859; she died Oct. 18, 1888, in her 92d year.
Children :
Harriet, b. Nov. 29, 1823, d. Mar. 10, following.
Charles, b. Dec. 29, 1824, s. "out west".
Abby, b. Aug. 23, 1826.
Dennis, b. July 10, 1828, d. Nov. 10, 1829.
Martha, b. Dec. 9, 1829, d. Feb. 16, 1832.
Harriet, b. July 1, 1830, m. Jan. 1, 1850, Ira P. Farring- ton of Portland ; she d. Jan. 26, 1823.
Henry Sidney, b. Feb. 3, 1832, m. 1870, Florence, dau. of Hon. Lyman Rawson of Rumford; he now lives in New York City, shipmaster, retired.
Frances C., b. Dec. 27, 1833, m. Nov. 30, 1854, Sarah W. Garcelon, s. in Portland ; he d. April 25, 1893.
Mary Angelia, b. Dec. 29, 1836, m. Sept. 10, 1861, Rev. Thomas Long Ellis ; she lives in Portland, his widow.
Cyrus Shaw, b. Feb. 27, 1839, m. Jan. 10, 1866, Lizzie T. Jenkins, step-dau. of Capt. Nehemiah Manson, pro- prietor of the Craigie Farm. He is a prosperous farmer in Oxford (21), with children, as follows: Samuel H. T., b. Feb. 27, 1867 ; Fred S., b. Dec. 25, 1868; Ed- ward K., b. Dec. 26, 1870; Annie E., b. Jan. 30, 1873. Jennie P., b. Sep. II, 1875, and, Florence, b. Nov. 10, 1878.
Isabella Estella, b. Feb. 6, 1842, m. May 16, 1863, Geo. Roscoe Hersey ; she m. 2d, 1886, Nathaniel Fisher ; they live in the house lately occupied by her mother.
PER SED.
ARTEMAS LENDALL HERSEY, son of Samuel, was born in Livermore in 1826, came to Oxford, about 1850, to teach the village school, and to study medicine under the tutor- age of Dr. Mayberry. He received his doctorate from Bow- doin College, in 1853, and soon after commenced practice in this town, early winning for himself more than a local reputation for wisdom, and successful practice in his pro- fession ; he is a prominent member of the Maine Medical As- sociation, and has frequently been invited to lecture in its conventions. He bought the Carlton homestead, remodeled the buildings, beautified their surroundings, making it one of the most attractive residences in the village. June 26, 1854, he united in wedlock with Miss Heloise Helena. eld- est daughter of Esquire Keith, a woman affectionate and re-
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fined, making the doctor's home the center of the religious and social life of the town. Both are excellent musicians and they have happily continued the good work inaugu- rated by the "Beethoven Club".
Their only child, Miss Heloise Edwina Hersey, of Bos- ton, is winning fame and money, as a teacher, writer, and public speaker.
JOHN HICKS, of Hebron, had son Jeremiah, b. April 3, 1807 , and dau. Adaline Augusta, b. Jan. 10, 1809.
ISAAC HICKS and Mary Farris, both of Oxford, were married Jan. 1, 1834.
DILLBORN.
ROBERT HILBORN was b. in Burlington, N. J. April 6, 1740. He appears in Falmouth, now Portland, early in the Revolution, a private in Capt. Abner Lowell's company. June 6, 1777, he m. Lucy, widow of John Chadbourne, b. Mar, 5, 1751, dau. of Joseph and Ann (Barbour) Riggs. of Stroudwater ; she d. May 4, 1842 ; he d. Jan. 8, 1834,
They removed from Portland to Minot about 1787, (first settling in Hebron (147) near the Minot line).
Children :
Robert, b. Nov. 24, 1778, s. Oxford, (191).
Nancy, b. Mar. 27, 1780, m. Joseph Haskell; s. in Mon- mouth.
Polly, b. Feb. 18, 1782, m. Samuel Witham of New Gloucester.
Samuel, b. Aug. 16, 1784, m. Sally, dau. of Sam'l Shaw ; he m. 2d, Nancy, dau. of Nicholas Noyes. He lived in Minot. Samuel Greeley, his youngest son, was a Mem- ber of Congress, from California.
Thomas, b. Oct. 22, 1786, lived in Oxford.
Seth Bearce, b. Dec. 25, 1788, m. Betsey, dau. of Richard and Lydia (Waterhouse) Garland of Poland; he was a trader in Portland ; d. June 6, 1878.
Lucy, b. Oct. 4, 1790, m. ---- Hacker.
Ira, b. Dec. 4, 1793, m. Lorana W. Hall; he m. 2d, Nan- cy Trott ; lived in Portland.
Joseph Riggs, of Hebron, m. Nov. 12, 1826, Jane Web- ster of New Gloucester.
ROBERT HILBORN, Jr. and Elizabeth Stockman, both of
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Hebron, were m. Dec. 29, 1799; he m. a second wife, the widow Phoebe Lane.
Children :
Robert, b. June 7, 1801, s. in Oxford.
Hiram, b. July 21, 1803, and wife Esther, are credited on Oxford records with Charles Lewis, b. April 23, 1829, and Sarah Maria, b. April 25, 1832 ; family said to have "gone out west", but Charles R. was living with his grandfather in 1850, and June 19, 1853, m. Everline Augusta Lane, of Oxford.
Riggs, b. Dec. 5, 1805, s. in Chicago; by an error, his marriage has been printed on the preceeding page.
Nancy, b. June 18, 1807, m. Thomas Libby. Polly, b. Feb. 17, 1810, m. Jemerson Gammon.
Sally, b. July 22, 1813, m. Benjamin Sanborn, Jr.
Eliza, b. May 11, 1817, lived sixteen days. Staples, b. Nov. 10, 1822.
THOMAS HILBORN, son of Robert, m. May 10, 1814, Es- ther, dau. of Josiah Smith, of Paris; they had, born in Hebron, Eliza Ann, b. Jan. 9, 1815; Elliot Smith, born Jan. 6, 1816; Mary Jane, b. Jan. 2, 1818; Charles, b, Jan. 16, 1820, and others, b. in Paris; see Hist. of Paris.
ROBERT HILBORN, 3d, son of Robert, Jr. m. Feb. 1822, Lydia, dau. of Daniel Bullen.
Children :
Porter Osgood, b. May 30, 1824, m. Mary Stevens ; he m. 2d, Catherine Stevens ; s. in Boston.
Stephen D., m. Sarah A. B. Smith; s. in Boston.
Alpheus Jerome, b. Feb. 18, 1829, m. Almira Sweeney ; lives in Boston.
Lydia Jane, m. C. C. Sprague; lives in New York City.
THOMAS HILL had lot one in the 2d range of the first division ; he m. Nov. 29, 1788, Chloe Crooker.
WILLIAM and LUCINDA HILL are credited in Hebron, with William C., b. April 1, 1817, and Melzar T., b. Mar. 9, 1820. He d. Sept. 2, 1829.
ROBERT HILL, potter, b. 1786, in New Hampshire. s. near the Webber's, in Oxford, before 1830. His wife, Martha, probably his second wife, was b. in 1797, and his children, of record in Oxford, are as follows :
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Joseph, b. Aug. 29, 1808. John, b. June 10, 1810.
Anna, b. Nov. 22, 18II. Eliza Osgood, b. May 18, 1818.
Benjamin, b. Sept. 3, 1819. Mary, b. Dec. 26, 1820.
Emily Ann, b. Mar. 13, 1822, m. 1839, Prescott L. Pike. Harriet, b. Sept. 12, 1823.
Jane Dodge, b. July 9, 1825, m. Daniel Whitehouse.
Hannah, b. July 16, 1829. Phœbe, b. Dec. 18, 1832.
Alfred, b. May 25, 1835.
Sophronia R., b. May 9, 1837, m. April 17, 1854, Gen- nett H. Fuller, of Oxford.
George, b. 1841.
DOLBROOK.
HENRY HOLBROOK was born Sept. 1, 1786, son of Peter, a soldier of the Revolution, from the town of Mendon, Ms. He probably had brothers, Gennett, Benjamin, George and Peter ; the three last being mentioned by Mr Whitney, as holding, adjoining lots, 100 acres each, west of the river, in Hebron ; evidence of their occupying the land, however, has not been found. Henry, m. Feb. 19, 1815, Judith, dau. of Job Holmes, and settled on one of the lots, above nam- ed, being that made the northern boundary of land sold to Cyrus Shaw in 1816, his home place. Mr. Holbrook was the landlord of Dr. Craigie's tavern, and finally settled on Pigeon Hill (89), where he d. July 10, 1870; widow d. Dec. 11, 1873. Children :
Seth Taft, b. Dec. 17, 1818, s. in Oxford.
Henry H., b. June 20. 1820, m. Marcia A. Brown ; he d. in Minot, Mar. 20, 1881.
Gennett, b. Nov. 23, 1822, d. Aug. 29, 1826.
Twins, d. unnamed. Wm. Genett, d. Aug. 7, 1830, Æ 15m.
Edwin Augustus, b. May 25, 1831, m. Dec. 22, 1856, Sa- rah Whitmore; he d. in Otisfield, Mar. 14, 1897.
William Gennett, d. May 7, 1833, Æ 2m.
SETH T. HOLBROOK, son of Henry, m. Feb. 10, 1846, Lydia, dau. of Dea. Alden and Priscilla (Cushman) Chand- ler of Poland. He lived on Pleasant street, and conducted an extensive trade in horses and farm stock; his "Sale Days" attracted many visitors to the village. In partnership with Dr. S. H. Tewksbury, he established, upon a section of the Craigie Farm, a stock breeding establishment, which stimulated the surrounding farmers to an improvement of
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their herds, but was not a pecuniary success to the partners.
Mr. Holbrook had good ability and a cheerful disposition, he was deservedly popular, every body called him "Seth", and much of time was occupied for the benefit of others, without consideration of gain for himself. He represented the town in the Legislature, was President of the county Agricultural Society, and for several years, an officer and conspicuous member of the State Agricultural Society.
He rejoiced in the companionship of an amiable wife until Dec. 8, 1890, when she died, at Oxford; he d. at the res- idence of his daughter, Mrs. Jackson, in Otisfield, Jan. 29, 1893. Their children were :
Charles Henry, was drowned in the stream, rear of his home, Nov. 1853, aged six years.
A daughter, b. 1849, lived but a few days.
Alena Thompson, b. Mar. 19, 1855, m. 1878, John Clark Holmes, who was drowned, May 25, 1881, near the spot where her brother lost his life. She m. 2d, Dec. 22, 1885, Thomas Jackson, now lives in Portland.
DOLMES.
JOB HOLMES and Job Holmes, Jr. of Plympton, Mass. are credited with service in the Revolution. Nov. 13, 1786, Job Holmes bought of Mr. Shepard. lot 9 in the 6th range, 2d division ; he was evidently then in possession. In 1797, Thomas, probably his son, and his sons, Bartlett and James bought lots in the vicinity. No further record of Thomas but Bartlett was living in Oxford in 1830, then upwards of 50 years of age, apparently with no family, but on a previous date wife Polly joins in a conveyance of land. Mr. Holmes m. 2d, Dec. 24, 1788, Judith Tucker, of New Gloucester ; he died Oct. 4, 1800. Widow m. May 17, 1804, Richard Dole of Windham.
Children of Job and Judith Holmes :
Ebenezer, b. Feb. 21, 1790, lived in Hebron.
Judith, b. April 24, 1701, m. Henry Holbrook.
JAMES HOLMES, son of Job, had lot II in the 7th range, 2d division ; his wife was Jerusha, dau. of Ebenezer Raw- son of Paris ; he died April 13, 1827, aged about 70. Children :
James Stuart, b. Nov. 13, 1792, m. Jane S. Patten, settled in Foxcroft.
Salmon, b. Sep. 18, '95, m. Abigail Blake, s. in Fexcroft.
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Cyrus, b. May 12, 1798, m. Fayette Blake : s. Foxcroft. Job, b. Oct. 17, 1799, physician, m. Vesta, dau. of Dr. Cyrus Hamlin, of Paris ; he s. in Calais.
Ebenezer Rawson, b. Jan. 9, 1802, s. in Oxford.
Eleazer Austin, b. twin with E. R., s. in Paris.
Jerusha, b. Jan. 22, 1804, m. May 22, 1832, Lyman Rawson, of Rumford.
John Sullivan, b. Feb. 2, 1806, s. in Oxford.
Freeland, b. June 13, 1808, d. unm. in Oxford, 1870.
EBENEZER HOLMES, son of Job, m. May 26, 1814, Hepsebah Brown; they are credited in Hebron with :
Ebenezer Nelson, b. Oct. 3, 1815.
Louisa Ann, b. May 22, 1817.
Betsey Blake, b. Dec. 6, 1818.
Nancy Brown, b. Aug. 3, 1820.
Charles Franklin, b. June 22, 1822.
John Brown, b. Jan. 3, 1824.
Jacob Tewksbury, b. Sept. 19, 1825.
Lawson Medcalf, b. Sept. 13, 1827.
EBENEZER RAWSON HOLMES, son of James, m. Jan. 4, 1836, Louisa Abigail Fuller, dau. of Capt. Abner Rawson of Paris. In 1832, his sister and brothers sold their undivi- ded shares in the several lots of land owned by their late father, to him, the consideration being $2,000. He settled upon the homestead, (173) in Oxford, and being a man of business, he accumulated a large estate. He was the origin- ator of the device known as the "Holmes Note", that form of obligation which doubly secures the seller of property on credit, by incorporating an agreement, that the title shall shall remain with him until the conditions are fulfilled.
Mr. Holmes died Feb. 19, 1891.
Children :
Louisa S., b. Feb. 19, 1838, lives at Welchville.
Lyman R., b. July 14, 1840,
George Freeland, b. Nov. 5, 1844, m. 1875, Mrs. Joseph- ine (Van Antwerp) Newland; he was in the firm of Strout & Holmes, eminent lawyers in Portland, d. 1892. Walter E., b. July 31, 1846 ; a traveling salesman.
Florence Sabra, b. Dec. 10, 1851, m. Silas E. King, a trader at Welchville.
JOHN SULLIVAN HOLMES, son of James, m. Aug. 13, 1835, Sarah Ann Clark ; he was for a few years a trader in Portland, his brother Freeland, being there at the same
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time. Both, however, returned to Oxford, and settted on farm (170). Children ;
Mary Freeland, b. Jan. 9, 1838.
Royal Clark, b. July 16, 1840, d. Mar. 28, 1841.
Anna Clark, b. May 22, 1844, m. Julius F. Fuller, of O.
Sarah Frances, b. May 8, 1849.
John Clark, b. Oct. 28, 1852, m. Jan. 27, 1878, Alena T.
Holbrook; he was drowned, at Oxford, May 25, 1881.
LOOD.
ALFRED Hood is reported to have been born in Oxford, Mass. and was brought up in the family of a Mr. Smith, of Sturbridge, he having been left an orphan at the age of ten years. His wife was Hannah dau. of Jonathan Muzzy, of Ward, Mass., in which town his two eldest children were born. He came to Craigies Mills, before 1820, and contin- ued to live in the village until after 1840. He was a wheel- wright, permanently lamed by the accidental cutting of his knee-pan ; he served in town offices, was deputy-sheriff and a good citizen. He was one of the founders of the Congre- gational Church, the meeting for organization was held in his house. He d. May II, 1865, Æ 78 ; wife d. Feb. 27, '70. Children :
Melinda Clark, m. April 22, 1850, Oliver Stone; she d. in Worcester, Mass. April 3, 1875.
Alfred Hovey, b. May 8, 1815, m. Alice Vose.
Hiram, b. Jan. 14, 1820, lived nine days.
Julia Jane, b. July 22, 1821, m. 1845, Franklin H. Knight, she d. in Worcester, Mar. 1, 1846.
Sarah Edna, b. Sept. 8, 1823, m. Oct. 5, 1847, Franklir H. Knight, of Worcester.
Hannah Angeline, b. Nov. 22, 1825, m. Feb. 16, 1853, Simeon Morse ; she d. in Worcester, Dec. 19, 1872.
Edward Payson, b, Sept. 24, 1827, m. Lucy Goddard ; he had four wives.
William Alexander, b. May 16, 1830, m. Nettie Valentine. James Hamilton, b. Mar. 25, 1832, m. Ruth Norris.
Josephine Eugenia, b. Oct. 2, 1835, d. Mar. 18, 1839.
Frances Eliza Norton, b. Nov. 8, 1838, m. July 20, 1865,
Orrin S. Hopkins ; she d. Worcester, Mar. 12, 1885.
DORNE.
WILLIAM W. and SARAH F. HORNE, had b. June 29, 1829, in Oxford, Sarah Jane ; she d. Aug. I, same year.
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AARON HOUGHTON, son of Moses, was b. in Norway, Mar. 25, 1823, m. Betsey D. dau. of James Farris. They settled in Oxford and had Aaron O. b. 1845, and George C. b. 1848.
DOMARE.
WILLIAM and MARY HOWARD are credited, in Hebron, with children, as follows : -
Mary, b. Feb. 17, 1804. John, b. Jan. 31, 1806, m. June 18, 1838, Mary B. Sturtevant of Hebron.
William, b. Jan. 10, 1808. Leicester, b. Aug. 17, 1809.
Alvan, b. Sept. 28, 18II. Lucy Ann, b. May 27, 1816. Roswell, b. May 25, 1818, m. Dec. 9, 1841, Mary Ann Tubbs of Hebron.
Father d. Mar. 13, 1844; mother d. Dec. 11, 1848.
JOHN HOWE, b. 1801, m. Mary Walker, dau. of Gusta- vus A. Goss of Paris. He was settled on a farm in Oxford in 1850, wife Mary W. and seven children then living. He subsequently removed to Norway ; see Hist. of that town.
MATCHINSON.
JOSEPH HUTCHINSON, son of Stephen, was an early set- tler in Hebron. His father is credited with service in the Revolution, from Cape Elizabeth, and Windham, perhaps changing his residence during the war. He m. Rebecca Legrow of Windham, and probably continued to reside a time in that town, serving one enlistment in a Windham co.
He d. Feb. 24, 1801. Children, as per Hebron records : Joseph, b. Nov. 3, 1779, s. in Hebron.
Samuel, b. Aug. 9, 1781, m. Aug. 26, 1801, Mary Randall.
Lydia, b. July 13, 1785, m. Nathaniel Keene.
Stephen, b. Aug. 6, 1787, m. Asenath Gilbert.
Henry, b. Aug. 9, 1789, m. Apr. 2, 1812, Caroline Lander. Daniel, b. Aug. 13, 1791, m. Charlotte, dau. of Tobias Ricker of Buckfield.
Rebecca, b. Aug. 10, 1793.
Elizabeth, b. July 10, 1795.
Benjamin Randall, b. Nov. 17, 1799, d. July 7, 1802.
Rev. JOSEPH HUTCHINSON, son of Joseph, bought of Mr. Whitney, June 16, 1804, lot 4, in the 7th range, of the first division ; the consideration being, $95. and one yoke of ox-
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en. He m. July 9, 1801, Deborah, dau. of Jesse Fuller of Hebron, and died Jan. 21, 1840.
Children :
Joseph, b. April 19, 1807 : wife Lucy, d. July 2, 1836. wife Celia, d. May 26, 1845.
Ruth, b. June 13, 1809. Wealthy, b. Aug. 2, 18II. Nancy, b. Dec. 5, 1813. Lydia, b. May 7, 1816.
BUZZELL HUTCHINSON, b. 1810, and Harriet, his wife, b. 1817, came to Oxford before 1840.
Children :
Harriet E. b. 1837 ; George W. b. 1839; Eben F. b. 1840; Sopronia S, b. 1844, and Franklin M., b. 1847.
WILLIAM HUTCHINS and wife Hannah, dau. of Francis Lane of North Yarmouth, are credited in Hebron with : William, b. Dec. 18, 1820. John, b. Nov. 30, 1823.
Mary Lane, b. Oct. 21, 1824.
INGALLS.
SAMUEL INGALLS, m. Nov. 20, 1823, Anna, daughter of Samuel Crafts of Hebron ; he d. June 15, 1846. Children :
Patience, b. Mar. 30, 1825.
Samuel W., m. Harriet A. Allen ; lives in Auburn.
ELKANAH IRISH, of Buckfield, and Polly, dau. of Jacob Decoster of Hebron, were m. April 4, 1819. They had b. in Hebron, Henry, b. Oct. 1, 1820; Mary Ann, b. Sept. II, 1823, and Thomas A., b. Nov. 1, 1828.
JOSEPH IRISH, of Paris, and Miriam, dau. of David Mar- shall of Hebron, were m. May 4, 1820. They had, born in Hebron, Aaron Marshall, b. Feb. 29, 1821; Freeman, b. June 12, 1822 ; Mary, b. Aug. 27, 1824; Eliza Morse, b. Mar. 2, 1827, and David Marshall, b. July 20, 1828, died Mar. 19, 1832.
SIMEON IRISH and Abigail Ricker, both of Hebron, were m. Mar. 3, 1816, and had, Jennett, born October 1, 1817. Charles, b. July 1, 1819.
INODAM.
THOMAS and DORCAS J. INGHAM, came to Oxford with John Hall; they had Thomas Hall, b. May 2, 1858.
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JACKSON.
JOSIAH JACKSON, b. 1788, and wife Deborah, b. 1786, lived in that part of Hebron that became Oxford, and had : Harriet, b. May 17, 1815.
Hannah D., b. Nov. 7, 1816, m. Mar. 4, 1844, Ebenezer P. Fitz of Oxford.
Clarissa, b. Feb. 22, 1818. Joshua, b. Aug. 22, 1820.
George, b. April 19, 1822. Charles, b. Nov. 10, 1825.
In 1850, Charles was living at home, and in the family, were Caroline, aged 8, Mary, aged 6, and Rosetta, aged I.
LYMAN JACKSON, a mechanic, age, 35 ; wife Alvira, age 35, and children, Albion, age, 5, and Mary, age, 3, were living in Oxford, in 1850.
JENKINS.
SAMUEL, Jr. and REBECCA JENKINS are credited in He- bron, with Almira, b. Aug. 9, 1815; William, b. Feb. 8, 1817; Jennett, b. Dec. 6, 1819, and Cordelia, b. Jan. I, 1823.
JONES.
ABIEL M. JONES, son of Orrin and Thirsa (Adams), was born in Newport, Vt. in 1822. He joined his brother Orrin in the Wooling Manufacturing Company, at Oxford, where his wife Hannah E. died Aug. 31, 1848, leaving one child, Lizzie H. b. 1847. He m. 2d, June 2, 1849, Ellen Eliza- beth, dau. of Ambrose Allen, and soon after removed to Lewiston, where they now live.
Children, born in Lewiston :
John A., b. 1851 ; Nellie H., b. 1859; Fred A., b. 1861 ; Emma C., b. 1864, and Lucy W., b. 1866.
EMERY and HANNAH JONES are credited on Hebron re- cords, with Benjamin F., b. Mar. 19, 1823; Harriet, and Eliza, twins, b. Nov. 15. 1825 ; Charlotte, b. Oct. 18, 1827, and Hannah, b. Dec. 18, 1829.
ORRIN JONES, brother of Abiel, a machinist, assisted in setting up the woolen machinery in the first mill at Lewis- ton. He started a woolen mill at South Paris and later came to Oxford to run the factory here. He remodeled and mov- ed into the Capt. Carman house, where he usually had some of the mill hands as boarders. After Col. King's re- moval to Portland, Mr. Jones bought the portion of his farm
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laying between Mr. Chaffin's lot and Mr. Cleaveland's farm, which by constructing convenient streets, he was en- abled to divide into desirable house-lots, for which there was a call, at good prices. He was twice married, Ist with Phœbe Garcelon, of Lewiston, by whom he had six child- ren ; he m. 2d, Claramond, dau. of David Clifford of Paris, by whom he had Mary C., now living with her mother at Mechanic Falls. He d. Mar. 14, 1895, aged 84 years.
Children of Orrin and Phœbe :
'Thirza, b. 1839, m. Martin Van Buren Rawson; she m. 2d, Mr. - Otis, s. Somerville, Mass.
James, b. 1841, m. Lucinda H. Hanscome. He m. a 2d wife and died at Harrison, Dec. 13, 1901.
Alice, b. 1844, m. Charles Tewksbury, of Falmouth ; she m. 2d, Mr. - Schofield, lives in Lewiston.
Eliza T., b. June 25, 1846, m. George C. Houghton, s. Oxford.
George Henry, b. Feb. 2, 1849, m. Charlotte Augusta Chadbourne ; apothecary at Oxford.
Lorenzo Bennett, b. Oct. 4, 1857, m. Mrs. Emma (Roberts) Haskell, living in Lewiston.
JORDAN.
WILLIAM JORDAN, son of Joseph, b. 1776, m. 1809, Eunice, dau. of Ezekiel Rich of Otisfield. They s. near the Otis- field line, in Hebron. In 1830, the family consisted of 7 males and 6 females, names not reported ; he died Decem- ber 15, 1856.
TIMOTHY JORDAN, Jr. a cousin of William, was b. Aug. 18, 1799, m. Mercy, dau. of Dudley Pike of Norway, s. on farm (I) on Otisfield line, where he lived 35 years ; he died in Norway, Mar. 23, 1881. When over sixty years of age he enlisted in the 14th Maine Reg. and served until discharged for disability, caused by a sunstroke. His second wife was Abby E. Starbird of Freeport, and third, Nancy, dau. of John Brown of Boston.
Children :
Caroline Belinda, b. Dec. 25, 1820, m. Mar. 22, 1848, Thomas J. Whitehead of Paris.
William Henry, b. May 7, 1823, m. June 5, 1851, Mercy Caroline, dau. of Andrew Keen of Sumner. They are credited in Oxford, with, Anna E., b. Aug. 4, 1852.
Harriet E., b. June 16, 1855. William H., b. Apr. 30, '57.
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Sarah Jane, b. May 21, 1823, d. July 19, 1833. Lafayette, b. Sept. 23, 1825, d. Dec. 19, following. Granville P., b. Dec. 30, 1826, d. Aug. 19, 1862. Anna E., b. June 12, 1829, d. Mar. 7, 1851. Aurilla F. A., b. July 12, 1831, d. July 17, 1833.
Dudley Pike, b. April 25, 1833, m. Rachel A. Campbell, s. Chicago.
Cephas A., b. June 11, 1835, d. Feb. 20, following. Celia A., b. twin with C. A., m. Joseph H. Morse of Paris. Merritt Marion, b. Aug. 11, 1837, d. April 15, following. Elmer E. (by 2d wife), b. Nov. 26, 1861.
RAFANONGD.
BARTLET'T KAVANOUGH, a son of a British soldier, was born in Liverpool, Eng. Nov. 12, 1830. He came to Maine when a lad and assisted in the construction of the Atlantic and St. Lawrence railroad. While at work upon the Oxford section, he was disabled for a time, but with returning health, he was employed by Mr. Jones in the factory and boarded in his family. He continued a mill operative until a few years ago, when he removed to Portland, where he died in 1902. Nov, 4, 1852, he m. Emily Jane, dau. of Stephen Cobb of Poland ; she d. Sept. 30, 1859. He m. 2d Dec. 31, 1861, Emily A., dau. of Wm. W. Bumpus. Children :
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