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Mr. Brown. was twice married. On the first occasion he wedded Miss Alareda Fletcher, a sister of Mr. Hapgood, his first partner. His second marriage was contracted with Miss Villa H. Felker, a native of Concord, Me. Born September 4, 1853, she is a daughter of Eben and Mary (Bean) Felker. Mr. Felker, a farmer by occupation, resided successively in Dover, N. H., and Concord, Me. Both he and his wife died in Concord. Mr. Brown was a stanch Republican in politics. Al- though not an aspirant to public office, his town sent him to the legislature in 1870. He
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was a member of the Masonic lodge in North Anson. Both he and his wife were members of the Universalist church in that place. He died October 26, 1889. Beginning life as a poor boy, by energy and industry he won affluence and an honorable place in the com- munity. Kind-hearted and sympathetic, he was always ready to lend his influence to any worthy cause. He was especially fond of children. Mrs. Brown resides in a pleasant and tastefully furnished cottage with Mrs. Hilton.
ENRY B. EATON, a member of the enterprising and well-known firm of Henry F. Eaton & Sons, of Calais, Washington County, was born April 16, 1852, in Milltown, N.B. He is a lincal descendant of one of the oldest families of New England, the founder of which, Jonas Eaton, came from England to America in 1642, and from that time until his death lived in Reading, Mass. More details respecting the family's ancestors will be found in the biography of George H. Eaton.
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After leaving the district schools of Mill- town, Mr. Eaton took a course of study at the Farmington Academy in Maine, and was after- ward a student at Phillips Academy in An- dover, Mass. On returning to his home from the latter institution he became interested in the business which his father had established so many years before, and in 1872 was ad- mitted to the firm, which has since been known as Henry F. Eaton & Sons. This firm has been in some of the largest lumber enter-
prises in this section of the country. Besides owning two hundred and twenty thousand acres of timber lands on the St. Croix River, it is largely interested in various lines of shipping along the coast. The junior members of the firm, G. II. and H. B. Eaton, own two hun- dred and twenty square miles of timber limits in Quebec. Large though their undertakings are, the brothers are fully competent to man- age them.
Henry B. Eaton is a director of both the St. Croix Shoe Company and the Calais Tan- ning Company. He is likewise a trustee of the Calais Academy and the president of the Eaton Rifle Club. On February 8, 1883, he married Miss Emma J., daughter of James Murchie, of Calais. He attends and supports the Congregational church.
ENRY B. DARLING, a representa- tive man of Blue Hill, Hancock County, the only son living of Colonel Byron W. and Evelyn (Erskine) Darling, was born in this town, September 4, 1846. The great-grandfather, Jonathan Dar- ling, who was born in Andover, Mass., on July 14, 1741, was one of the first six settlers in Blue Hill, to which he came in 1762. He settled at "The Falls," all the land in that vicinity being then virgin territory. Later he moved to the east side of the bay. There he obtained a section of land, built a log house, and gradually cleared a sufficient acreage for a comfortable homestead, on which he spent the remaining years of his life. He
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fought at the siege of Louisburg in 1758, en- listing when only eighteen years of age, and also in the War of the Revolution. He died February 6, 1828. His wife, Hannah, was a daughter of Nicholas Holt, of Andover, Mass., who was one of the early settlers in Blue Hill. Jedidiah Darling, grandfather of Henry B., born at Blue Hill, lived here all his lifetime on the farm his father had cleared. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. His death oc- curred at the age of seventy-five. His wife, Lydia Stinson Darling, was a native of Deer Island.
Colonel Byron W. Darling, born in Blue Hill on September 23, 1813, was for many years a successful school teacher, much of his teaching being done during the winter. Be- ginning at the age of eighteen he taught for thirty-nine terms in the public + schools, besides being the master of several singing- schools. Taking an active interest in mili- tary affairs, he commanded the First Regi- ment of the old Maine militia, and at the time of the Aroostook War had charge of the Blue Hill militia. He, together with his father and brothers, was among the first to form a company for developing the granite industry at Blue Hill. After the death of his father the Colonel engaged in cemetery granite work. Fond of historical research and taking a par- ticular interest in this district, he contributed letters to the newspapers of this section for several years, containing many interesting facts regarding the early days of Blue Hill and - the family history of its settlers. The Colonel was a member of the Board of Selectmen and
for several terms a member of the School Com- mittee. He also represented the town in the legislature, and for eight years was the Cor- oner of Hancock County. For fourteen years, under Richard Tinker and John R. Redman, he was Deputy Sheriff; and for four years, during President Buchanan's administration, he was Deputy Collector of Customs at Cas- tine. He died in his seventy-eighth year, his clear intellect remaining with him to the last. His wife, Evelyn, bore him six children - Georgianna, Henry B., and four that died in infancy. Georgianna, who married Hiram G. Closson, is the mother of one daughter, Carrie G., who married a Mr. Barnard, now of Lan- pahoehoe, an island a few days' sail from Hon- olulu.
Henry B. Darling attended the district schools and later Blue Hill Academy. Sub- sequently he was employed as clerk in a gen- eral store for some six years. At the end of that time he became a member of the firm of Chase & Co. When this firm was dissolved five years after, he went into business alone, and conducted it for the ensuing five years. Then for the succeeding four years he was book-keeper for a firm in Bangor. From Ban- gor he returned to Blue Hill, where he has since resided. His first marriage was con- tracted with Louise B. Walker, whose only son by him, William W., is now married and resides in Roxbury, Mass. His second mar- riage united him with Lizzie Hibbard, of Union, Me. Mr. Darling has been Postmas- ter for five years and Selectman of the town for six years. He belongs to the order of the
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Knights of Pythias. In politics a Democrat, he cast his first Presidential vote in 1868 for HI. Seymour.
ILLIAM BUCK, M.D., a well- known physician of Foxcroft, a Civil War veteran, and an ex-member of the Maine legislature, was born in the place now called Hodgdon, Aroostook County, Me., Au- gust 15, 1833, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Quail) Buck. His great-grandfather, one of the first settlers in Buckfield, Oxford County, Me., which was named for the family, cleared a farm in that town. Nathaniel Buck, first, the grandfather, who was a native of Buckfield, came to Piscataquis County in 1810, settling in Township No. 5, now Foxcroft, and im- proved a farm situated about two and one-half miles from the present village. He tilled the soil the rest of his active years, and lived to an advanced age. The maiden name of his wife was Seabury.
Nathaniel Buck, second, Dr. Buck's father, born in Buckfield in 1807, was reared in Fox- croft. At the age of eighteen he went to Miramichi, N. B., where he was engaged in operating saw-mills for a number of years. Subsequently moving to Houlton, Me., he resumed the manufacture of lumber in that town. Influenced by flattering inducements, he returned to Miramichi, and once more engaged in the lumber business there, remain- ing until 1848. Then he returned to Fox- croft, where he passed the rest of his life in retirement. His business career was attended
with good financial results, which enabled him to pass his declining years in ease and com- fort; and he died January 30, 1894, in his eighty-seventh year .. His wife, Elizabeth, a native of Ireland, whom he married in Mira- michi, became the mother of seven children, two. of whom are living, namely: William, the subject of this sketch; and Mrs. Sarah Jardine, of Chicago, Ill. Mrs. Nathaniel Buck is no longer living. Dr. Buck's parents attended the Baptist church.
William Buck acquired
the primary branches of his education in Miramichi. He subsequently attended the public schools of Maine and the Foxcroft Academy. When twenty-three years old he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Josiah Jordan, of Fox- croft, and was later under the guidance of Dr. Holmes, also of this town. After graduating from the Maine Medical School in Brunswick with the class of 1859, he located for practice in Harmony, Somerset County, Me., remain- ing there for about two years. In 1861 he was commissioned assistant surgeon of the Sixth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry, which he accompanied to the front. On August 15, 1863, he was promoted to the rank of surgeon, thereafter serving in that capacity until the regiment was mustered out in 1864. The suc- ceeding winter was spent at the Bellevue Hos- pital College, New York City, where he ac- quired much valuable experience. Since 1865 he has resided in Foxcroft, where by diligent attention to his professional duties he has reached a high standing among the leading practitioners of the county. For the past
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twenty years he has been a member of the firm William Buck & Co., whose store is now the oldest apothecary establishment in Piscataquis County, and who carry a full line of medicines, chemicals, toilet goods, fancy articles, sta- tionery, etc. Dr. Buck is an earnest supporter of the Republican party, and has figured prom- inently in public affairs. At one time he was a member of the School Board. He has also served as chairman of the Board of Selectmen, has been County Treasurer and Representative to the legislature, and for the past twenty-five years he has held the position of United States Medical Examiner in pension cases. An esteemed Mason, he is connected with the local Blue Lodge and the Piscataquis Royal Arch Chapter. He is also a member of the Maine Medical Society, of the United States Veterans' Union, and of Doughty Post, G. A. R.
Dr. Buck married Evelyn D. Morse, who was born in Monson, Me., daughter of Orrin and Lucy Morse. Mrs. Buck has had six children, two of whom are living, namely : Guy M., who is first lieutenant on the United States steamship "Lebanon "; and Anna S. Buck, who resides in Foxcroft. The others were: Lizzie S., Emily D., Hattie, and Mary H.
EWIS ANDERSON, an extensive woollen manufacturer of Skowhegan, and president of the Lakeside Worsted Mills at East Madison, is a native of Menstrie, Scotland. He learned the woollen manufacturing business at Galashiels in his
native country. Coming to the United States in 1854, he first found employment here in Saugus, Mass., and subsequently in Lawrence. He later became master weaver in a mill at North Andover, and after working in other parts of New England was appointed superin- tendent of a large factory in West Troy, N. Y., where he remained for nine years. On Febru- ary I, 1875, he began business in Skowhegan upon a small scale, subsequently enlarging his plant as circumstances warranted. At the present time his factory contains ten sets of machinery, which operate fifty-two looms; and he manufactures a superior quality of cassi- meres, broadcloths, and other goods. Mr. Anderson is a director of the Madison Wool- len Company, of Madison; a director of the Somerset Traction Company ; president of the Skowhegan Water Power Company ; president of the Maine Woollen Manufacturers' Club ; and a director of the National Association of Woollen Manufacturers and of the Home Market Club. When the Mckinley Tariff Bill was in process of construction, he was selected by the Woollen Manufacturers' Club to go before the Ways and Means Committee at Washington for the purpose of securing satisfactory rates, and appeared before the committee for the same purpose in 1897. Upon both occasions his efforts were crowned with success. A member of the Masonic order, he belongs to Somerset Lodge, Somer- set Chapter, Mount Moriah Council, and De Molay Commandery, K. T. He attends the Island Avenue Congregational Church.
Mr. Anderson married Miss Martha Jane
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Whinery, of North Andover, Mass., a native of Barnet, Vt. He has a son, Thomas Henry Anderson, who is superintendent of the wool- len-mill in Skowhegan; and a daughter, Miss Sarah Jane, who is residing at home with her parents.
HELDON H. BEAL, third Select- man of Cornville, Somerset County, and one of the largest fruit-growers of this region, was born February 7, 1864, in Skowhegan, Me., the only son of Horace and Elvira (Horn) Beal.
Horace Beal was born March 13, 1832, in Avon, Me., where his father, Sheldon Beal, who removed thither from Shapleigh, York County, was a well-known farmer. Horace grew to manhood on the parental homestead, living there until 1851, when he started for California, hoping to find in the gold fields of the Sierra inexhaustible wealth. He worked in the mines three years, and then returned to his native State, fully persuaded that more satisfactory results could be obtained by care- fully cultivating its rocky soil. He subse- quently began his married life on a farm in Skowhegan, residing there until 1879, when, on October 10, he settled on what is known as Hilton Hill in Cornville, the present home of his widow and son. He was successfully en- gaged in farming until his decease, July 7, 1889. He held at that time the office of Se- lectman. His wife, formerly Elvira Horn, was born in Skowhegan, September 8, 1835, a daughter of Joseph and Rachel (Malborn) Horn, her father being a prominent farmer of
that town. Their union was blessed by the birth of two children, namely : Minnie, born May 3, 1862, now wife of William Lord, a clerk in the Fuller -drug store at Skowhegan ; and Sheldon H., whose personal history is given below.
Sheldon H. Beal has always lived at home, and since the death of his father has had the full control of the home farm of two hundred and sixty acres. In addition to raising the crops common to this part of the country, he does a good deal of dairy work, but makes fruit-raising his principal business. He has nearly two thousand apple-trees in a bearing condition, and in 1896 harvested nearly one thousand eight hundred bushels of apples, an average yield of this fruit. He is recognized as one of the leading farmers of Somerset County, and is now one of the trustees of the Somerset Central Agricultural Society of Skowhegan. He is at present third Select- man of the town, and has also served as Con- stable and Collector one year. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party. He is a member of Quinnebassett Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 34, of Skowhegan, and of the Skowhegan Grange; and he attends the Methodist Episco- pal church of that place. His aunt, Miss Sarah Jane Horn, now makes her home with him and his mother.
EORGE W. BRACY, a retired fisher- man of Mount Desert, Hancock County, was born in this town, January 31, 1826, son of John and Berila P. (Pendleton)
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Bracy. The paternal grandfather, John Bracy, was an early settler in Kittery, Me., and a Revolutionary patriot. It is told of him that he occupied a post of duty near the spot from which General Washington observed the evac- uation of Boston by the British. He received a pension from the government, and lived to the advanced age of ninety-eight years.
John Bracy, son of the preceding John, born in York, Me., January 22, 1761, was one of the first settlers on the front, or ocean side, of Mount Desert Island, which was then inhab- ited by friendly Indians. Having cleared a farm from the wilderness, he tilled the soil for the rest of his active life. He died on Feb- ruary I, 1852, in his ninety-second year. His wife, Berila, was a member of the Pendleton family, many of whose sons have been, and are still, master mariners, hailing from Islesboro and Searsport, Me. She became the mother of eight children, three of whom are living, namely : Priscilla, who has never married, and resides at the homestead, aged eighty-six years; David, a resident of Otter Creek; and George W., the subject of this sketch. The others were: John, Elsie, Eliza J., James, and William P., all of whom were lifelong residents of Mount Desert.
George W. Bracy attended school in Mount Desert. When old enough he engaged in the fishing industry, which he followed for many years. Retiring from that arduous calling in 1885, he erected a new and substantial set of buildings upon a part of his property on the west side of Seal Harbor, one hundred acres of which he has advantageously sold to summer
residents. He contracted the first of his two marriages with Susan Clement, of Bucksport, Me. She died leaving one daughter, Hattie M., who is now the wife of Captain C. L. Lynam. The second marriage was made with Mary T. Garland, of Castine, Me. Mr. Bracy is a member of the Masonic order. He cast his first Presidential vote for Zachary Taylor in 1848, and he has been a Republican since the formation of the party. The community has had his services in the capacity of Justice of the Peace for over thirty years.
OHN W. RUSSELL, one of the vet- eran farmers of Danforth, Washington County, son of James and Sarah (Decker) Russell, was born in Canaan, Me., May 13, 1818. His parents were both natives of this State. The paternal grandfather, Luther Russell, who was an early settler in Canaan, cleared from the wilderness a good farm, which he cultivated for the rest of his life.
James Russell was reared in Canaan. After his marriage he removed from that town, and settled as a pioneer at Lambert Lake. Here, locating upon one hundred acres of unimproved land, he cleared it for agricultural purposes. An industrious farmer in the other three sea- sons, he spent the winter season in lumbering. He served as a soldier in the War of 1812. In politics he was a Democrat. At his death he was seventy-four years old, and his wife died at sixty-four. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Of their eleven
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children, six are living, namely : Mrs. Abigail Tewksbury, of Minnesota; John W., the sub- ject of this sketch; Mrs. Harriet S. Killinger, Joshua, James L., and Mrs. Lucinda Smart, all of whom reside in Danforth.
John AV. Russell grew to manhood in Wash- ington County. As there was no organized school system at that time, he had little or no educational advantages. He resided at home until twenty-one years old. Then upon 'the St. Croix River he engaged in lumbering, which, together with farming, has been his chief occupation throughout the greater part of his active life. Some fifty years ago he settled upon one hundred acres of wild land, purchased of E. T. Prentiss. Since then without assistance he has not only cleared the entire tract for tillage purposes, but has kept it up to a high standard of fertility and made various other improvements. At the age of twenty-two years he married Mary Ann Jacobs, a native of Ireland. There being no offspring of their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Russell reared and educated three adopted children, and gave to each a good start in life. Mr. Russell is a Democrat in politics. Both he and Mrs. Rus- sell are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
I 'VORY LOWE, M.D., a well-known physician of Canaan, Somerset County, was born in Mercer, this county, March 2, 1836, son of Ephraim and Hannah (Kaime) Lowe. The father, who was a native of San- ford, Me., settled in Mercer about the year 1825, and was engaged in farming and carpen-
tering until his death, which occurred Febru- ary 1, 1859. The mother, who was born in Barnstead, N. H., had twelve children, namely : James K. Lowe, who died in December, 1882 ; William L., also deceased; Ephraim, who died in 1886; Abbie, who died June 22, 1862; John K., who died in Worcester, Mass., July 16, 1880; Timothy S., now a roadmaster for the Boston & Maine Railroad, residing in Ballardvale, Mass. ; Samuel K., who died Jan- uary 18, 1878; Joseph P., who died in Wil- ton, Ia., in 1870; Benjamin, who died in Stark, Me., in 1833, aged seventeen months; Benjamin, second, who resides in Oakland, Cal., and is a leader among the Spiritualists of that locality; Ivory Lowe, M. D., the sub- ject of this sketch; and Lucy H., who is the widow of Seth W. Holbrook, late of Norridge- wock, Me. The mother died May 20, 1869.
Having attended the common schools of Mercer for the usual period and completed a course in the academy at Waterville, Ivory Lowe began the study of medicine. He at- tended lectures at the Maine Medical School in Brunswick and at the Albany (N. Y.) Uni- versity, graduating from the latter in Decem- ber, 1862. Locating for practice in Stark, he remained there for three months. Early in 1863 he established himself in Canaan, where he has since resided. In this town he has found ample opportunity for the exercise of his skill as a physician, which is highly spoken of. Now his practice extends over a wide cir- cuit, including the towns of Canaan, Skowhe- gan, Pittsfield, Hartland, Cornville, and Clin- ton. On September 11, 1864, he married
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Philena K. Pattee, who was born in Mercer, July 14, 1843, daughter of Asa and Clarissa (Leathers) Pattee. Asa Pattee, a native of Norridgewock, was at one time a merchant in Smithfield, Me .; but the greater part of his life was spent in Mercer. He died in March, 1849, and his wife in August, 1863. Dr. Lowe keeps in touch with advanced ideas in medicine. What little time he has been able to spare from his practice has been devoted to travel with his wife, visiting the Pacific slope twice and spending two years in Pomona, Cal. He has served with ability on the School Board in the capacity of Supervisor of Schools, and is now chairman of the Board of Health. In politics he is a Democrat. He is a mem- ber of Carabasset Lodge, No. 161, F. & A. M.
HOMAS J. FITZMAURICE, M.D., a successful physician of Houlton, Aroostook County, Me., engaged in general practice, also of late years doing special work on diseases of the eye, ear, nose, and throat, is a native of New Brunswick. Son of John and Mary (Schools) Fitzmaurice, he was born on his father's farm on Tower Hill, St. David, Charlotte County, N. B., September 8, 1850. He is a representative of the third generation of his branch of the fam- ily in America.
The heads of the Fitzmaurice family, the Earls of Kerry, of the sixteenth and seven- teenth centuries, traced their origin to a com- mon ancestor in the direct line with the houses of Fitzgerald, Carew, Windsor, Mckenzie, and
others. Edward Fitzmaurice, the Doctor's grandfather, who was born in Kerry, Ireland, in or near 1780, was an officer in the British army. He died about the year 1848 at Roll- ing Dam, N. B., on a farm which was granted him by the government.
John Fitzmaurice, son of Edward and father of Dr. Fitzmaurice, was born in 1824 on the island of Jamaica, West Indies, where his father was stationed for some time. While yet quite young he came with his father to reside on the farm at Rolling Dam, remaining there until twenty-two years of age. This was in 1846. He then married Mary Schools, daughter of Thomas and Lydia (McAllister) Schools. She was born in 1826 on Tower Hill, St. David, N.B., and lived with her parents on the home farm till her marriage. Her father was a native of Londonderry, Ire- land, and her mother a native of Oak Bay, Charlotte County, N. B. John Fitzmaurice settled on a farm on Tower Hill, St. David, and there made his home until his death, which occurred on February 10, 1886. In politics he was a liberal, in religion Roman Catholic.
Thomas J. Fitzmaurice, after receiving his elementary education in the common schools of his native place, attended the high schools at St. Stephen, N. B., and at Calais, Me. He lived on the parental farm until 1874, when he left home to fit himself for the profession that he had chosen for his life work. Enter- ing Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, Pa., he pursued a three years' course of study, and was graduated a Doctor of Medicine in
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1877. Establishing himself in Houlton the same year, he has here been in active practice ever since, with the exception of two years that he spent in travelling extensively through- out the United States and Mexico. Aiming to keep step with the progress of medical science in this rapidly advancing age, in 1881 he attended a course of lectures at the Univer- sity of New York ; and since that time he has taken five courses of instruction at the New York Post-graduate Medical School, while for the past three years he has been doing special work on diseases of the ear, eye, and throat. Through his efforts a charter has been granted for a hospital to be located here, to be known as the Meduxnekeag Hospital. To carry out this philanthropic movement a company has been organized, of which Dr. Fitzmaurice, the prime mover, has been chosen president.
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