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prosperous and a good sample of our self- made men. With manly modesty, however, he does not take all the credit to himself, but gratefully acknowledges his indebtedness to the encouragement and wise counsels of Mr. Woodbury and his family.
NDREW ROGERS GILSON, archi- tect and builder of Machias, Me., was born in Perry, Me., on the 14th of July, 1840. He is the son of Henry and Margaret (Rogers) Gilson. His father, who is a native of Ireland and was a weaver by trade, came to this country at the age of twenty-two, and settled at Perry, where he engaged in farming.
Henry Gilson now owns a large farm, and makes a specialty of producing butter. In politics he has always been a Republican since first he came to America. He married Margaret, daughter of Andrew Rogers, of Perry. They have the following named chil- dren : Mary Ann, who is the wife of Stephen H. Johnson, of Pembroke, Me .; Rebecca, who is the wife of E. E. Stoddard, of Machias; Andrew R., the special subject of this sketch; Louise, now deceased, who was the wife of Wellington Frost, also deceased; Lucy, who is now Mrs. Wiggins, a widow, residing at Roxbury, Mass .; William, who lives in Taunton, Mass. ; Joseph, who resides at Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass .; and Mar- garet, now Mrs. Little, a widow, residing in Boston.
Andrew R. Gilson attended the common
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schools during his boyhood, and obtained the elements of a practical education. At the age of twenty he went to Whitneyville, where he served fifteen months as an apprentice at the carpenter's trade. Enlisting at the end of this time, early in the Civil War, in Com- pany F of the Sixth Maine Infantry, he was sent on with his regiment to defend the na- tional capital. At the close of his term of enlistment he returned to Machias, where he finished learning his trade, and subsequently engaged in business for himself. He has be- come the leading builder in this section of the State. He employs from twelve to fifty men, and has built all the large blocks in Machias, also the Universalist church and the public library. He had charge, too, of the work upon the court-house and the jail at the time these buildings were rendered fireproof. Besides this he has been the contractor for all the large blocks in Jonesport. Mr. Gilson makes his own plans and designs, and has won quite a reputation as an architect.
He married Corris Ann, daughter of Will- iam E. Pennell, of Machias. Of the five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Gilson, three are living, namely: Fred P .; Emery G., who resides at Hudson, N. Y. ; and Harry L. In politics Mr. Gilson is a Republican. For a number of years he served as Selectman of the town. Fraternally, he is a member of Har- vard Lodge, No. 91, Free and Accepted Masons; of Washington Chapter; of Bradbury Post, No. 15, G. A. R .; and of the local body of the American Order of United Work- men.
A® LEXANDER C. DOUGHERTY, a successful general merchant of Hen- derson, Piscataquis County, was born in Nelson, New Brunswick, August 31, 1847, son of Thomas and Jane Dougherty, both of whom were also natives of that place. Thomas Dougherty, a man of energy and en- terprise, was a successful farmer and lumber- man. He and his wife are now deceased. They had nine children, of whom John, Will- iam, Thomas, and Elsie have passed away.
The five now living are: Alexander C. and Charles H., residing in Minnesota; Frank R., in Kansas City, Mo .; Sarah, the wife of Frank A. Whittier, of Passadumkeag, Me .; and Abram G., of Fort Fairfield, Me.
When a small boy Alexander C. Dougherty came with his parents to Maine, and his boy- hood days were passed at Passadumkeag, Pe- nobscot County. He attended the district schools of that town, and then entered the business college at Bangor, Me., thus fitting himself for a mercantile career. After leav- ing school he followed different lines of busi- ness, and made his home in Passadumkeag up to 1889. He then came to Henderson, then Brownville Junction, and embarked in the business which he now conducts. By faithful attention to details and studying the needs of his customers he has built up a good trade, and has the largest store in Henderson village. He deals in dry and fancy goods, gentlemen's furnishings, footwear, groceries, and provisions.
In 1873 Mr. Dougherty was married to . Miss Mary McLain. She died in 1877, leav-
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ing two little daughters - Elsie M. and Eva B. He was again married in 1879 to Miss Etta M. McLain. By this union there are no children living. Mr. Dougherty votes the Republican ticket. It was largely through his instrumentality that the post-office was es- tablished here; and he served as Postmaster from 1889 to 1893. He now holds the office of Justice of the Peace. His religious views are liberal. Fraternally, he is a member of Horeb Lodge, No. 93, F. & A. M., of Lin- coln, Me .; and of Silver Lake Lodge, No. I14, K. of P., of Henderson, Me .; and of the Independent Order of Foresters, Court No. 857, at Henderson.
LBERT H. SAWYER, of Calais, Washington County, a representative lumber manufacturer of the city, son of Thomas and Maria (Dyer) Sawyer, was born here, August 15, 1835. The father, who was a native of Phillipston, Mass., born January 2, 1801, graduated from Middlebury (Vt.) College. About the year 1826 he came to Calais, where he was employed as a clerk in the general store of his brother Abner. Then he entered a mercantile business for himself, and at the time of his death, which occurred in 1862, he was one of the oldest merchants in the city. In politics he was a Whig, and he belonged to the faction that favored the candidacy of Daniel Webster for President. His religious creed was the Con- gregationalist. Maria Sawyer, his wife, was a native of Calais and a daughter of Jones
Dyer. Her father was born in 1775, and his birthplace was probably Machias. Having settled in Calais among the pioneers, he be- came one of the wealthiest residents of the town. His death occurred about 1860, in the city of Philadelphia, whither he had removed. An able and progressive business man, of up- right character, he was highly respected. His wife, Lydia, was a daughter of Captain Ephraim Knight, the Revolutionary patriot who is said to have fired the first gun in the " encounter that resulted in the capture of the British gunboat "Marguerite " off Machias Harbor. Thomas and Maria Sawyer were the parents of five children, three of whom lived to maturity, namely: Albert H., the subject of this sketch; Caroline and Mary, who are residing in Boston.
Albert H. Sawyer went from the public schools of Calais to the North Yarmouth Academy, and completed his studies at the academy in Hampden, Me. He commenced his business career in partnership with his father. Since 1873 he has given his atten- tion to the manufacture of lumber. At one time he owned and operated mills in Benton, Woodstock, and Hartland, N. B., sawing annu- ally about twelve million feet of long lumber and an equal amount of shingles, laths, etc. In 1897 he sold his plants in Benton and Woodstock. The Hartland mill, which he still retains, turns out about ten million feet of long and short lumber yearly, and employs two hundred men. He is also interested in the Jackson and Lakeview Mining Company, of California, of which he is the president,
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and in the Calais Towboat Company, of which he is a dircetor.
Mr. Sawyer is a Republican in politics. He served in the Common Couneil for a num- ber of terms, was the president of that body for two years, and was a Presidential eleetor in 1896. A Royal Areh Mason, he belongs to St. Croix Lodge and Chapter in this eity. His wife, Eliza McAdam Sawyer, is a daughter of the Hon. John MeAdam, who was formerly a prominent business man and poli- tieian of St. Stephens. They have one daughter, Mildred A. Sawyer.
ILLIAM KITTREDGE, a well- known resident of Mount Desert, Haneock County, son of Dr. Kendall and Sarah (Whiting) Kittredge, was born upon the farm he now owns and oeeupies, February 28, 1815. The father, who was a pioneer on the island, came from Billeriea, Mass., his native town, to Maine, when twenty-two years old, locating first in Castine and in Mount Desert in 1795. The island was at that time sparsely inhabited by pioneer families seat- tered over its surface, drawn hither by the plentiful supply of seafowl and fish to be found upon the shores and in the harbor. The Doetor purchased a traet of land in the pres- ent town of Mount Desert at three eents per aere. Besides clearing the land and visiting his patients, he was obliged to assist in the construction of roads. His professional duties ealled him to all parts of the island, sometimes travelling on horsebaek, fording
the bays at low tide, and not unfrequently being obliged to journey on foot and upon snow-shoes. During some of his long tramps he had to lie down in the woods from sheer exhaustion ; but his natural energy was sueh that, in spite of the fatigue and exposure en- dured by him, he lived to be eighty-four years old. He married Sarah Whiting, of Hollis, Mass., and reared a family of ten children, of whom Mary Ann and William are living. The family is noted for longevity. Eight members of it lived to be over seventy years old, six passed eighty, and one, Benjamin Kittredge, was ninety-three at his death. Calvin died at the age of fifty-four; Hosea, at seventy; Almena, at eighty-six; Martha, at eighty-seven; Nehemiah, at eighty-three; Edwin, at seventy-eight; and John, at sixty- four. Mary Ann resides in Olean, N. Y., and is now eighty-seven years old.
Having begun in the distriet sehools, Will- iam Kittredge completed his education at the Blue Hill Academy. He resided at home, assisting in the farm duties, until he was twenty-one. Then he went to Ellsworth, where he learned the wheelwright's trade. At the age of twenty-five he went to Long Island, N. Y., and worked at this trade there for five years. From Long Island he returned home in order to care for his parents during their last years; and, resuming his trade, he followed it in connection with farming and the manufacture of lumber. In 1845 he mar- ried Jane Young, of New York, and has since reared a family of six ehildren; namely, Sarah F., Ellen K., Mary E., Byron W., Ernest
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R., and Lizzie Kittredge. Sarah F. married Charles Bickford, and resides in West New- ton, Mass. ; Ellen K. is the wife of Frank C. Wiggin, and resides in Eden; Byron W. is married and lives in Hooker, Cal. ; Mary E. married William G. Kincade, and is residing in Derry, N.H; Ernest R. and Lizzie, who are not married, reside at the homestead. Mrs. Kittredge died in the fall of 1896. At one time Mr. Kittredge was Treasurer of the town of Mount Desert, and was more or less active in public affairs for many years. He cast his first Presidential vote for the Whig candidate who opposed Martin Van Buren in 1836; joined the Republican movement at its formation ; and, although he still upholds that party's principles, his pro- nounced views upon the temperance question compel him to support the Prohibition party at the polls. Since early manhood he has abstained from the use of intoxicants, is an earnest advocate for the temperance cause, and is a member of both the Independent Order of Good Templars and the Sons of Temperance.
AVID E. DINSMORE, a thriving dairy farmer and milk dealer of Dover, Piscataquis County, Me., was born in the adjacent town of Foxcroft, November 4, 1848, son of Sanford C. and Lucy (Gilman) Dinsmore. He bears the name of his immigrant progenitor, a native of Ireland, of Scottish descent, who came to this country in 1745, and settled in New Hamp- :
shire. In the History of Chester, N. H., David Dinsmore of that early day is spoken of as working at his occupation of tailor in Londonderry, N. H., and later as buying land in Chester.
Arthur Dinsmore, son of David, born in 1752, married Margaret Fulton, and in 1794, with his wife and nine children, removed to Anson, Me. Arthur, Jr., the youngest child, then an infant, was brought on horseback, there being at that time no carriage roads.
Arthur Dinsmore, Jr., grandfather of the subject of this sketch, became a substantial farmer, occupying the same farm till his death. On September 10, 1865, he and his wife celebrated their golden wedding, which was attended by their eleven children; and this couple lived to observe the sixtieth anni- versary of their marriage, which was attended by nine children, Abner and Susan having died. Seven of their children are now living; namely, Mrs. Betsey Hilton, Sumner, Sewall, and Zebina Dinsmore, Mrs. Clara Houghton, Austin and Thomas Dinsmore. The others were: Luke, Abner, Mrs. Susan Hale, and Sanford C. Dinsmore. Arthur Dinsmore, Jr., was in his later years a Republican in politics. He was a member of the Congrega- tional church, of which he officiated as Deacon several years ; and he acceptably filled several town offices.
Sanford C. Dinsmore, David E. Dinsmore's father, was born in Anson, August 20, 1822. The active period of his life was spent in Dover, where he was engaged in farming. He owned one hundred and thirty acres of the
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farm which is now occupied by his son. In- dustrious and progressive, he made various improvements in his property. He was a prominent and respected citizen. Politically, he acted with the Republican party, but had no aspirations for office. In his religious belief he was a Congregationalist. He died April 13, 1873, aged fifty-one years. Lucy B. Gilman, his wife, who was born in Nor- ridgewock, Me., April 4, 1827, became the mother of four children, namely: David E., the subject of this sketch; Clara; Martha E. ; and Arthur A. Clara is the wife of F. H. Brown, of Fairfield, Me .; and Martha E. is the wife of W. A. Hill, of Sangerville, Me. Arthur A. Dinsmore, who resides in Dover, has twice married. His first wife was Nellie Colcord, of Dover, Me., and after her death he married Elizabeth Barrows. Mrs. Lucy B. Dinsmore is still living, and resides in Sangerville.
David E. Dinsmore began his education in the common schools, and completed his studies at Foxcroft Academy. Adopting the teacher's profession, he taught twenty-seven terms; and then, relinquishing educational work, he turned his attention to farming. Since succeeding to the possession of the homestead property, he has added adjoining land, and, now owning two hundred and sixty acres, has a fine set of buildings, including a new barn, one hundred by forty feet. In 1890 he engaged in the milk business, having a large number of regular customers in Dover and Foxcroft. He keeps twenty-five Durham cows, several horses, and a herd of swine.
Ile is one of the best known and most pros- perous farmers of his neighborhood. His residence, which is .situated upon high ground, commands an extended view of the surrounding country. He acts with the Re- publican party in politics, has been superin- tendent of schools fifteen years and a member of the Board of Selectmen three years. He is a Past Master of the local Masonic Lodge; Past Grand of Kineo Lodge, I. O. O. F .; is connected with the Patrons of Husbandry, of Foxcroft; and the New England Order of Pro- tection, of Dover.
Mr. Dinsmore married Frances Lyford, of Dover, daughter of the late Eleazar and Mary (Harriman) Lyford. Mrs. Dinsmore is the mother of two children: Sanford C., born November 6, 1880; and Mary L., born No- vember 16, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Dinsmore attend the Free Will Baptist church. San- ford C. Dinsmore, their son, went to Augusta as a member of Company F, Second Maine Regiment, in answer to the call for volunteers in the Spanish-American War (1898) ; but, the quota being filled, he was with the rest of the company sent home after remaining there three weeks.
IRAM SWAIN STEWARD, a retired business man of Skowhegan, Me., was born in this town, August 7, 1827, son of Josiah and Nancy (Webb) Stew- ard. On both paternal and maternal sides he comes of long lines of New England ancestry. Solomon Steward, of Rowley, Mass., his great-
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great-grandfather, who was born about 1700 and died in 1788, is said to have served under Captain Harman at the taking of Norridge- wock. The children of Solomon Steward were : Benjamin; Solomon, Jr .; Phineas; Daniel; William; Jacob; and Mary.
Daniel Steward, the fourth son as here named, great-grandfather of Hiram S. Stew- ard, was born in Rowley, Mass., in 1735, and moved to Lunenburg, Mass., about 1750. He died in Fitchburg, Mass., in June, 1802. In 1756 he was married to Mary, daughter of Abraham Ireland. She died in Norridge- wock, Me., January 30, 1818. They had eleven children, namely: Daniel, Jr. ; Ben- jamin; John; Amasa; Amherst; Stephen ; Thomas; James; Mary; Sally; and Betsey.
Daniel, Jr., who was Hiram S. Steward's grandfather, was born in Lunenburg, Mass., October 3, 1758. He removed to Canaan, Me., in 1775, and in 1784 he located at Skow- hegan Falls in the town of Norridgewock. Both he and his father served in the Revolu- tionary Army. About 1780 he was married to Rachel Kemp. She was born August 21, 1761, and died October 18, 1839. He died September 15, 1840. The following is a brief record of their children: Polly, born March 8, 1782, died January 4, 1861 ; Daniel, born November 16, 1783, died May 7, 1858; Thomas P., born in February, 1787, died in February, 1837; Josiah, who was born Sep- tember 19, 1789, died October 16, 1865; Eli, born in May, 1792, died in May, 1842; Eber, who was born May 17, 1796; Benjamin, who was born December 28, 1801, died February
15, 1892; and Sally, born August 21, 1804, died April 7, 1886.
Josiah Steward, the third son and the father of the subject of this sketch, was a lifelong farmer of Skowhegan. He was a member of the Christian church. His wife, Nancy, was a daughter of Christopher Webb. She lived to be about fourscore years of age. Twelve chil- dren were born to Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Stew- ard, and eleven of them attained maturity. Four of these are now living: James, who is seventy-five years of age; Hiram Swain, whose personal history is given below; Sylvanus B., a retired farmer; and Franklin, a farmer of Skowhegan.
Hiram S. Steward acquired his early educa- tion in the common schools of Skowhegan. He learned carriage-making with Thomas C. Ross, of this town, and in 1849 went to Cali- fornia, making the voyage in a sailing-vessel, going around Cape Horn. During his stay of three years and a half in that State he worked at carriage-repairing and blacksmithing. He remained in Skowhegan for three years follow- ing his return, and was the pioneer in oilcloth manufacture here. A stock company was formed, in which the principal shareholders were A. and P. Coburn, S. D. Arnold, Benja- min W. Norris, and Osgood Sawyer; and business was conducted in the name of Norris, Coburn & Co. for five years. A factory was erected in 1854, and was in operation until 1863. Mr. Steward, however, returned to California about 1857, and was engaged there in sheep-raising for three years. He then travelled extensively for three months in Iowa,
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Minnesota, and Wisconsin. He finally lo- cated himself at Waterloo, the county-seat of Black Hawk County, Iowa, and, purchasing a lot of sheep in Michigan, let them out to the Iowa farmers. Wool at that time was selling at a dollar a pound. Mr. Steward also was en- gaged in milling at Waterloo, where he owned and managed a grain elevator, also a grist and flour mill. Here he remained some four years. In 1865, returning to his native State, he brought with him a quantity of flour, and started a wholesale business, which he man- aged successfully until 1872. It was a new enterprise in this part of the country, and Mr. Steward had little competition to contend with. In 1872 he built the Island Mills, which were under his management for twenty- two years, and which he still owns. Mr. Steward has a fine farm, and since his retire- ment he has found much pleasure in agricult- ural pursuits. He was a charter member of the Skowhegan Water Works Association.
Mr. Steward cast his first Presidential vote for Zachary Taylor in 1848. He was Select- man of Skowhegan a number of years, and was chairman of the board in 1880. Elected on the Republican ticket to the State legislature, he was in the House in 1879 and 1880, serv- ing on the Committees on Interior Waters, Legal Affairs, and Railroads. He was made a Mason in 1849 in Somerset Lodge, No. 34, but obtained a demit when he went West, with the intention of joining a Western lodge. This, however, he neglected to do, and he failed to renew his connection with the home lodge on his return,
Mr. Steward has been twice married. His first wife, who died after the birth of two chil- dren, was Caroline, daughter of Constantine and Cynthia White. The present Mrs. Stew- ard is her sister, Cynthia. Their father's grandfather, John White, Sr., was one of the early settlers of Skowhegan, coming here from Fitchburg, Mass., about 1773; and his wife, Mrs. Mary Whitney White, daughter of Sam- uel Whitney, was the first school teacher in this town. John White, Sr., of Fitchburg and Skowhegan, was a lineal descendant of the immigrant John White, who was at Salem, Mass., in 1638, and in 1653 was one of the planters of Lancaster, Mass.
John White, Jr., Mrs. Steward's grand- father, came to Skowhegan with his father, being at that time a boy of nine years. He was a farmer. Constantine White was en- gaged in manufacturing shoes and also in farming in this town for a number of years. Mrs. Steward's maternal grandmother, whose maiden name was Olive Moor, was the daugh- ter of Major John Moor by his wife, Peggy, daughter of Colonel John Goffe.
John Moor was the son of Samuel and Deb- orah (Butterfield) Moor, of Litchfield, N. H., then called Naticott. He served in the French and Indian War and in the Revolution. At the battle of Bunker Hill he was Captain of a company, and was promoted to the rank of Major.
By his first wife Mr. Steward has one son, Frank R., and one daughter, Alice; by the second he has a son and a daughter, John W. and Mary A. His sons carry on the business
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at the Island Mills. Frank R. Steward mar- ried Bertha Farrand. John W. Steward mar- ried first Nettie B. Frost; and after her death he married his present wife, whose maiden name was Agnes Safford. Alice Steward is the wife of Willard B. Steward, a dry-goods merchant of Skowhegan; and Mary A. is the wife of Edward W. Heath, of Waterville.
J OHN FRANKLIN KNOWLTON, of Ellsworth, Clerk of the Supreme Ju- dicial Court for Hancock County, has been a resident of this city since 1890. Born March 19, 1856, in Montville, Waldo County, he is a son of John Colby Knowlton. His paternal grandfather, the Rev. Ebenezer Knowlton, who was born in New Hampshire, until after his marriage lived in the Granite State. As a minister of the Baptist church he was settled in Montville in 1823, and preached there until 1850. Then he retired to the farm which he had previously bought, and there spent his last days. To him and his wife, whose maiden name was Abigail True, three children were born: John C., Ebenezer, and David.
John C. Knowlton, born in Pittsfield, N.H., was about a year old when his parents took him to Montville. Here he subse- quently resided until his demise in 1887 at the age of sixty-five years. A man of ability and energy, he was the owner of a saw and grist mill, and carried on an extensive busi- ness. Much interested in the welfare of the town, he rendered valuable service in all the
important local offices. He married Sarah A. Webb, a native of Albion, Me., and a relative of Judge Webb, of Waterville. They reared four children, as follows: Charles E., who died at the age of thirty-six years; Emma, who married Daniel Tarr, of Sutter Creek, Cal., and lives in Southern California; Caro, who is the wife of the late F. O. Keating, of Appleton, Me., and John F., the subject of this biography.
John F. Knowlton acquired his elementary education in the district and high schools of Montville. Afterward he attended the Bucks- port Seminary and an educational institution of note in Augusta. From 1876 to 1877 and from 1880 to 1890 he was a professor in the East Maine Seminary at Bucksport, Me. He resigned his position in the seminary to ac- cept the appointment of Clerk of the Supreme Court for Hancock County, an office which he has since satisfactorily filled. He is also Recorder of the Municipal Court of Ells- worth. Valuable service was rendered to the community by him in the capacity of superin- tendent of schools, a position which his for- mer experience as a teacher specially qualified him to fill. He is now the president of the local School Board. Fraternally, he is a Knight Templar, an Odd Fellow, and a member of several less extensive secret organ- izations. Politically, he is a straight Re- publican ; and in 1880 he cast his first Pres- idential vote for James A. Garfield, and has never missed an election since. On Decem- ber 4, 1878, he was married to Miss Jessie Meservey, a daughter of Albert Meservey, of
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