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Appleton, Me., and a niece of President Me- servey of the New Hampton Literary Insti- tution. He is now the father of four children ; namely, Ethel M., Morris W., Charles C., and Hazel M.
ENRY HUDSON, an able lawyer and one of the leading citizens of Guil- ford, was born in this town, March 19, 1851, son of Henry and Emily F. (Mar- tin) Hudson. The father, born in Canaan, N. H., October 26, 1824, was admitted to the Piscataquis County bar in June, 1849. Hav- ing previously settled in Guilford, he was in active practice here until his death, which occurred June 24, 1877. For years he sus- tained the reputation of a leading lawyer in this county. He was active and industrious, displaying much energy and ambition. His extensive practice made him a well-known figure in the courts of Piscataquis and Penob- scot Counties, where he fought many hotly contested cases. The income of his business enabled him to acquire a large estate. A Democrat of the most pronounced type, he sincerely believed the fundamental principles of his party to be the most substantial basis of a liberal republic; and he made his influence felt in both the County and State organiza- tions. He was frequently chosen to attend district and State conventions, and was a dele- gate to the national convention held in New York in 1868. The community had the ad- vantage of his services in the capacity of Town Agent for several years. He married
Emily F. Martin, who was born in Guilford, May 13, 1831, daughter of the late Addison and Lydia (Otis) Martin. Her father, who was a pioneer merchant and a prominent citi- zen of Guilford, died in 1876. Her mother, who was a relative of General O. O. Howard of the United States Army, was killed by lightning, July 5, 1842. The children of Henry Hudson, Sr., and his wife were : Henry, the subject of this sketch; Micajah and James, born respectively in November, 1855, and on October 22, 1857, both of whom are merchants in this town; and a daughter who died young. The mother, surviving the father, resides with her son Henry.
Henry Hudson, the subject of this sketch, attended the Foxcroft Academy, completed his preparatory course at the Coburn Classical Institute in 1871, and graduated from Colby University with the Class of 1875. Having read law in his father's office from an early age, he was admitted to the bar in the Septem- ber following his college graduation. He had practised in court since 1872. Now he opened an office in Dover; but in 1877 he returned to Guilford in order to take charge of the large practice left by his father, to whom he has since proved himself a worthy successor. He is the president of the First National Bank of Guilford. Like his father, he acts with the Democratic party. One of the most active party leaders in the county, he was a delegate to his party's national convention held at St. Louis in 1888; and he has been a candidate for nearly every county office. Although his party is in the minority, he has served as a
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Selectman and superintendent of schools, was Town Agent from 1872 to 1897 with the exception of one year, Town Treasurer from 188 1 to 1897; and he was appointed a County Commissioner by Governor Plaisted in 1881, to serve for the year 1882.
On February 22, 1877, Mr. Hudson was united in marriage with Ada M. Lougee, who was born in Dover, daughter of James S. and Betsey (Lunden) Lougee. Mrs. Hudson is the mother of two sons: James H., born March 21, 1878, who is a student at Colby University, class of 1900; and Leslie E. Hudson, born October 25, 1882, who will enter the Coburn Classical Institute at Water- ville this fall. As one of the well-to-do resi- dents of this town Mr. Hudson takes a lively interest in its development and general pros- perity. He is a member of the Maine Bar Association. The family occupy a handsome residence in the village, and attend the Meth- odist Episcopal church.
ESSE M. RAY, a well-to-do and re- spected resident of Surry, Hancock County, was born in this town, August 17, 1824, son of Robert and Edith (Worm- wood) Ray. Robert Ray, who was born and reared in one of the coast towns of Maine, after his marriage settled in Surry, which was then in its earliest stage of development. Having bought a tract of unbroken land on the Shore Road, he cleared a part of it, and for a time tilled the soil. He subsequently sold that property, and purchased land on the
Bay Road, on which he was engaged in gen- eral farming and lumbering until his death, at the advanced age of seventy-nine years. His wife died at the homestead, in the sixty-sixth year of her age. Their family included four- teen children, namely : Susan and Henry, deceased; Mary, who first married the late Jacob Lord, and is now the wife of Philip Brown, of Surry; Phoebe, the wife of Philip Milliken, of Surry; Jane, Ingalls, Nathaniel, Almira, and Nancy, deceased; Jesse M., the subject of this sketch; Adeline, deceased ; Archibald, a resident of Massachusetts; and Frederick and Augustus, twins, who live in California.
Making the most of the educational advan- tages offered him at the district school, Jesse M. Ray obtained a good knowledge of the sub- jects there taught. Having a natural aptitude for mechanical pursuits, he afterward learned the trade of house and ship carpenter, and fol- lowed it in this locality for many years. Skilful in the use of tools, he was kept busily employed during his days of activity, and made carpentering and joining his chief occu- pation through life, although he was also engaged in trade for a time. A few years ago he built a fine residence in the village, where he and his family have since resided.
In politics Mr. Ray has been a faithful sup- porter of the Republican party since its for- mation. His first Presidential vote, cast in 1848, was given to Zachary Taylor. During one term he represented his district in the legislature, and he was Town Treasurer for nine years and Collector of Taxes for three
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years. His religious belief brings him into fellowship with the Methodist Episcopal church, with which he united several years ago. In 1848 he married Miss Jane H. Milli- ken, a daughter of the late James Milliken and a sister of Henry J. Milliken, of whom a brief sketch appears elsewhere in this work. The only child born of their union, Emily J., died at the age of eighteen years.
ROWELL C. HALL, M.D., a suc- cessful and popular physician of Dover, son of Aretus H. and Ann S. (White) Hall, is a native of St. Albans, Somerset County, Me., born November 16, 1853. His grandfather, James Hall, a de- scendant of one of three brothers who came from England, was an early settler of Athens, Me. A progressive and industrious man, James was actively engaged in the care of his farm until his death, in Athens, at a good age.
Aretus H. Hall also followed the occupa- tion of a farmer. In connection therewith he was likewise engaged in lumbering to a con- siderable extent. Up to 1861 or 1862 he lived in Athens or St. Albans. At that time he went to California, where he was engaged in lumbering for the remainder of his life, which closed in 1895. His wife, Ann S., who was born in Skowhegan, Me., died in Lowell, Mass., in 1879. They were both Congregationalists in religious belief. In politics he was a Republican. Of their six children Anna and Nellie E. have died. The living are : Clara A., the wife of W. N.
Baker, of Delano, Cal. ; Alfreda, the wife of William M. Trafton, of Malden, Mass. ; Crowell C., the subject of this sketch; and Albert S., an employee of the State of Califor- nia and a resident of Delano, Cal.
Crowell C. Hall grew to manhood in St. Albans, Me., receiving his early education in the common schools. He subsequently at- tended Foxcroft Academy for a time, and later entered the Maine Central Institute at Pittsfield. Still later he took up the study of medicine at the Portland School for Medical Instruction. He next entered Bowdoin Col- lege, and afterward became a student of Dart- mouth College, graduating from the latter in 1876. After practising medicine for five years in Monson, Me., he spent two winters in the New York hospitals. Returning again to Monson, he continued to work at his profes- sion until 1888, when he came to Dover. Here he has remained since, acquiring an extensive practice, frequently receiving calls from points several miles away, and making the reputation of one of the best physicians in Piscataquis County. His association with Dr. Thompson, of whom a sketch appears elsewhere in this work, makes this firm one of the most widely known in the county. Be- sides his medical practice Dr. Hall is quite largely interested in lumbering, being the owner of large tracts of timber land, from which the timber is being cut.
In May, 1876, Dr. Hall was married to Lizzie E. Dexter, a native of Dover and a daughter of Holman J. and Emily Dexter, of this place. Their children are: Robert E.,
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born in Monson, Me., March 19, 1883; Crow- ell C., born in Monson, November 21, 1885; and Margery, born in Dover, December 5, 1891. In politics the Doctor is a stanch Republican, and has served as the chairman of Piscataquis County Republican Committee. He is now County Treasurer, to which posi- tion he was elected in 1896. While a resident of Monson he served on the School Board for ten years, and was its chairman throughout the greater part of the time. He is a trustee of the Thompson Free Library at Dover; a di- rector of Kineo National Bank since it was established in 1887 ; a director and one of the largest stockholders in the H. J. Dexter Wood-working Company, a well-known enter- prise of Foxcroft; a trustee of the old Fox- croft Academy, one of the oldest institutions of learning in Piscataquis County, and of which he was a student, as noted above; and the president of the Dover and Foxcroft Light and Heat Company. Thus it is seen that Dr. Hall has found time outside his professional duties to interest himself quite largely in matters of public interest. He has a hand- some residence in Dover.
EORGE B. SAFFORD, the presi- dent and general manager of the Bloomfield Shoe Company in Skowhegan and a veteran of the Civil War, is a native of Yar- mouth, Cumberland County, Me., born in 1843. Through his father, John Derby Saf - ford, he is of English origin. His American ancestors resided in Salem, Mass., and were 1
seafaring men. Nine members of the Safford family served in the Revolutionary War, some in the navy and others in the army.
Nathaniel Safford, the grandfather, who was born in Salem, having learned the trade of a hatter, moved to Yarmouth, where he carried on business as a hat manufacturer for a num- ber of years, served in several important town offices, and was a Representative to the legis- lature. In religious belief he was a Baptist, and he acted as a Deacon of that church. He married Sarah Derby, who belonged to the Derby family of Salem, and whom he survived some years, she dying at about fifty, and he at eighty years. Of his four sons and three daughters, John D., the eldest, a native of Salem, learned the hatter's trade, and after- ward succeeded to his father's business in Yarmouth. Later he became superintendent of Charles Ingalls's hat factory in Methuen, Mass., in which town he died at the age of fifty-four years. He was connected with the Baptist church both as a member and Deacon, and in politics he became identified with the Free Soil party. Born of his marriage with a daughter of Samuel Fields, of Yarmouth, there were ten children, of whom George B., the subject of this sketch, was the youngest.
George B. Safford attended the common schools of Methuen, including the high school. His father's death made it necessary for him to support himself at an early age; and he was apprenticed to William Thomas, a tanner and shoemaker of Manchester, Me., where young Safford remained four years. Afterward he was employed by William
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Claflin Coburn & Co. in Hopkinton until August, 1861, when he enlisted as a musician in the Eleventh Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry. The Eleventh was attached to Gen- eral Case's division in the Peninsular Cam- paign under General McClellan, and partici- pated in the battles of Fair Oaks and Malvern Hill. Mr. Safford was detailed as hospital steward, having charge of the medical stores during the retreat from Fair Oaks to Harri- son's Landing, and remained with the Eleventh until musicians were dispensed with by act of Congress in the latter part of 1863. On receiving his discharge then, he re-en- listed as a private in Company C, Twenty- ninth Maine Regiment. During his ensuing term of service he accompanied Banks's expe- dition up Red River; served under General Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, being present at the battles of Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, and other engagements; and was slightly wounded in the leg at Cedar Creek. After participating in the Grand Re- view at Washington, he did garrison duty for some time in Charleston, S.C., and was sub- sequently mustered out as Corporal in Sep- tember, 1865. He then took a position as travelling salesman for a boot and shoe manu- factory, and was later superintendent of a shoe factory in Richmond, Me., where he re- mained until 1881. In that year he estab- lished a factory in Pittsfield, Mass., for Morgan Dore & Libby, in whose employment he remained one year. In 1882 he became associated with the Keene Brothers, of Lynn, Mass. That firm, being desirous of starting
a country factory, intrusted the selection of a suitable location to Mr. Safford, who chose Skowhegan, having been favorably impressed with the inducements offered to establish the enterprise in this town. Ground was broken in September, 1882; and the factory, which was erected under his personal supervision, was ready for occupancy on April I of the fol- lowing year. The Bloomfield Shoe Company was incorporated in 1893. After the death of Mr. Keene, the senior partner, Mr. Safford became the president and general manager. The company employs an average of two hun - dred and fifty operators, whose daily output of two thousand pairs of shoes is marketed in the United States, England, and Australia.
Politically, Mr. Safford is a Republican. He is Worshipful Master of Somerset Lodge, F. & A. M .; is connected with Somerset Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; and with Mount Moriah Council, Royal and Select Masters; and he is Senior Warden of De Molay Commandery, Knights Templar. He is also Past Commander of Russell Post, No. 96, G. A. R .; and the president of the Sol- diers' Home at Newport, Me. In 1868 Mr. Safford married a daughter of William Libby, of Gardiner, Me. His daughter, Agnes, is the wife of John W. Steward, of Skowhegan.
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EMAN WHIPPLE, Eso., the sub- ject of this sketch, was one of the best known business men and lum- bermen in Somerset County. He was born in Solon, Me., January 22, 1821.
HEMAN WHIPPLE.
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The Whipple ancestry can be traced back to 1634 or 1635, when two brothers, John and Matthew Whipple, settled at Ipswich, Mass. According to the best information now obtain- able, they were probably sons of Matthew Whipple, of Bocking, Essex County, England. (See Emmerton & Waters' "Gleanings from English Records.") Bishop Whipple is a de- scendant of David Whipple, who some years later settled at Providence; while William Whipple, the signer of the Declaration of Independence, was a descendant of John, of Ipswich. Eleazer Whipple, of Pepperell, Mass., the great-grandfather of Mr. Heman Whipple, was a great-grandson of John, of Ipswich. On April 19, 1759, Eleazer Whipple was married by the Rev. Joseph Emerson, great-great-grandfather of Ralph Waldo Emerson, to Abigail Chamberlin, of Pepperell. They had four children: Sarah, born March 28, 1760; John, born September 13, 1761; Eleazer, born 1765; Joseph, born September 9, 1769. Eleazer Whipple, Sr., joined Colonel Prescott's regiment, Captain Jonathan Nutting's company, and marched to Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775 ; and it is sup- posed he was killed, as he never returned after the battle.
Eleazer, Jr., came when a young man and settled in Solon, Me., on what is now called Bay View Farm, near Carretunk Falls. He married Alice, the only daughter of David and Sarah (Mainer) Pierce, of Norridgewock, Me., a descendant of Thomas Pierce, of Eng- land, who settled at Charlestown, Mass., in 1634, and who was the emigrant ancestor
of President Franklin Pierce. Eleazer and Alice (Pierce) Whipple, the grandparents of Mr. Heman Whipple, had six children, namely: John, born in 1791; David, born May 12, 1792; Betsy, born in 1796; Abi- gail, born in 1797; Cephas, the exact date of whose birth is not known, though it oc- curred between that of Abigail and Hepsi- beth; and Hepsibeth, born in 1803.
David Whipple, the second son, the father of Heman Whipple, married Mercy Jackman, daughter of Sergeant Enoch Jackman, of Salisbury, Mass., Mr. Jackman being one of the patriots of the Revolution. The first Jackman to immigrate to this country was James, born in 1611, in Exeter, County Devon, England. He settled in Newbury, Mass. Hs wife's name was Joanna. They had five children: Sarah, born in 1648; Esther, born 1651; James, born in 1655; Jo- anna, born in 1657; and Richard, born 1660, who died in 1694.
Richard Jackman married Eliza Plummer. They had four children: Richard, born in 1684; James, born in 1686; Eliza, 1689; and Joseph, born in 1698. James married Mary -; and Enoch, their son, was born in Salisbury, Mass., October 13, 1753. Enoch Jackman entered the American army in De- cember, 1775, and served during the siege of Boston. He again enlisted in 1776 for six months in a company commanded by Captain French, and served in the Lake Champlain region. He served three months, begin- ning August, 1777, under Captain Clarke, as Sergcant, in General Sullivan's command.
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When the expedition was organized for Penob- scot in 1779, he enlisted as a marine on board the "Vengeance." This expedition was under the command of Commodore Saltonstall and General Wadsworth. They were repulsed at Bragaduce, and forced to abandon the expedi- tion by burning their vessels and travelling through the wilderness to their homes, endur- ing great suffering and privations. He lived some time after the Revolution in Salisbury, then moved to New Gloucester, Me., whence he went to Garland; and later on for fourteen years he lived in Solon, where he died De- cember 20, 1833. Enoch Jackman married Hannah French, of Salisbury, March 13, 1781. They had ten children, namely : Betsy, born in October, 1782; John, born March, 1784; Molly, born in October, 1785; Hannah, born June, 1787; James, born July, 1789; Mercy, born March, 1791; Abigail, born July, 1792; Otis; Martha; and Sally - the last three born in Maine, he having re- moved to this State about the year 1792.
David Whipple was married to Mercy Jack- man in February, 1816. They had ten chil- dren : Sumner, born January 17, 1817; Emily S., born March 12, 1819; Heman, born Jan- uary 22, 1821; Hepsibeth, born August 20, 1822; David, Jr., born April 10, 1824; Mercy J., born September 21, 1826; Eleazer, born April 15, 1828; Elvira R., born May I, 1830; Josiah F., born April 14, 1832; and Enoch J., born March 17, 1835.
Mr. Heman Whipple was one of the best known men in Somerset County, and was an example of what a young man of integrity and
perseverance can accomplish. He worked on his father's farm, and attended school until he was seventeen years old, when he left home, agree- ing to pay his father one hundred and twenty- five dollars for the remainder of his time.
He went to work for Eleazer Coburn & Sons for ten dollars per month; but they set- tled with him for twelve and a half dollars a month, and he was thus enabled to pay his debt of freedom in ten months. He worked summers at carding rolls in a mill at East Madison. When he was eighteen years old, he was appointed master driver on Moose River, a position he held fifty-nine years. In those early days the Coburns carried on nearly all the lumbering business on Moose River. Later a corporation was formed, but Mr. Whipple still retained his position; and when Eleazer Coburn released his business to his sons, A. and P. Coburn, he continued their agent. Mr. Whipple and Philander Coburn explored all the lands the firm was interested in; and, when after Philander's death the whole responsibility fell upon him, it was as carefully handled as if it were his own. He sold stumpage, looked after the lumbering operations, and, in fact, represented the firm. He was often commissioned to go West and explore and sell large tracts of lands in dis- tant States. He continued his confidential relations with Governor Abner Coburn up to the time of the Governor's death. He was subsequently engaged in looking after his own extensive interests. He was also one of the directors and agent for the Moosehead Lake Navigation Company. He was also inter-
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ested in large tracts of land which he owned in North Dakota.
Mr. Whipple never had the time or inclina- tion to accept public office. He was Select- man of the town of Solon one year. For several years he was Assessor of Internal Revenue under Mr. Wilcox, and had charge of the ten northern towns of Somerset County. He had been Justice of the Peace over a quar- ter of a century. He was always an ardent Republican; and, coming from sturdy ances- tors and having the best of habits, his great activity only served to keep him in the best of health to the time of his death. Mr. Whipple was public-spirited, ever liberal in his con- tributions for public and individual needs. His family home was in Solon, but he owned and managed a large farm of four hundred acres, situated on Long Pond, near Jackman. On Tuesday, May 31, 1898, while looking after the interests of the Moose River Log Driving Company, he met a sudden and vio- lent death, on a trestle near Macamp station, by being struck by a special Northern Pacific Railroad train. A special train was placed at the disposal of his son to take his remains to Jackman, from which place they were taken to his home in Solon.
Mr. Whipple was married June 27, 1848, to Jane Lowell, daughter of Jacob and Grace (McFadden) Lowell, of Concord, Me. They had three children : William Lowell Whipple, born August 16, 1849; Eleazer Whipple, born September 7, 1851; and Jennie Whip- ple, born September 7, 1861. William L. Whipple was married September 3, 1871, to
Myrta Longley. They had five children : Lewis Grant Whipple, born January 15, 1873; Viola Augusta, January 9, 1875; Albert Lawrance, January 28, 1877; Inez Elona, August 6, 1879; and Elva Grace, born Sep- tember 3, 1881. Viola Augusta died May 14, 1876. Eleazer Whipple, second son of Heman and Jane Lowell Whipple, died April 15, 1858. Jennie Whipple was married Oc- tober 16, 1884, to Dr. Selden F. Greene, of Solon, Me. They had one child, born June 15, 1886, who died June 27, 1886. Mrs. Jane Whipple, widow of Heman Whipple, is still living in Solon.
RED G. GREENE, a prominent busi- ness man and farmer of Athens, Som-
erset County, Me., was born at Athens, June 17, 1833. He is a son of the Hon. Charles and Sarah (Sawtelle) Greene; grand- son of the Hon. Benjamin and Lydia (Clark) Greene; great-grandson of Benjamin and Martha (Brown) Greene; and great-great- grandson of Samuel Greene, who died in Lex- ington, Mass., August 10, 1759, aged sixty- three. Samuel Greene probably went to Lexington from Woburn, Mass., about 1718. He was son of a family that came to this country from England about the middle of the seventeenth century.
Benjamin Greene, son of Samuel Greene and his wife, Esther, was born in Lexington, Mass., December 2, 1732. He married Martha Brown, of Waltham, Mass., in 1756 and Eunice Smith in 1770.
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The Hon. Benjamin Greene, son of Ben- jamin and Martha (Brown) Greenc, was born at Waltham, Mass., May 5, 1764. He was graduated at Harvard College in the class of 1784, and settled in the ministry in Mcdway, Mass., in 1788. In 1797 he removed to South Berwick, Mc., to take charge of the academy in that place. Hc studied law with Dudley Hubbard, Esq., and entered the legal profession in 1801. He represented his town in the General Court in 1809, 1810, 1811, 1813, 1815, 1816, 1817, and 1819. He was a member of the convention which framed the constitution of Maine (see "Debates," by Jeremiah Perley, Esq.), and was one of a com- mittee to make application to Congress for the admission of this State to the Union. He was at one time County Attorney, and after- ward he was Chicf Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Eastern Cir- cuit. In 1824 he was elected to the legislat- ure, and was chosen Speaker of the House. In September of the same year he was ap- pointed by President Adams Marshal of Maine, which office he held until 1830. As Marshal of Maine he received General Lafay- ette on his last visit to this State. After the death of his wife he removed to Athens, Me., where he lived with his son, Dr. Ben- jamin F. Greene, until his death, which oc- curred October 15, 1837. On August 13, 1789, the Hon. Benjamin Greene was joined in marriage with Lydia Clark, daughter of the Rev. Jonas Clark, of Lexington, Mass., and grand-daughter of John Hancock. (For accounts of the Hancock and Clark families
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