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MILTON G. SHAW.
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formerly Miss Mary Ella Mitchell, of Green- ville, died in 1894, leaving one daughter, Nellie A., born June 9, 1877, who resides in Greenville.
Charles D. Shaw was born in Greenville, April 5, 1852. He was educated in the schools of this town, at Monson Academy, and at Waitt's Business College, Augusta. He early began to take an active interest in the lumber business, and his energy and enter- prise have contributed largely toward the suc- cess of the company of which he is the assist- ant treasurer. He was married in 1874 to Clara F. Norcross, of Bangor, Me., and has one son, Henry M., now a member of the firm of Bigney & Shaw, manufacturers of lumber, who was born in Greenville, September 10, 1876. In politics Mr. Charles D. Shaw is a Democrat. He has served on the Greenville Board of Selectmen, and has filled other town offices. He is a member of Columbia Lodge, No. 200, F. & A. M., of Greenville; St. John's Commandery, No. 3, of Bangor, Me., Aleppo Temple, N. M. S .; New England Lodge, No. 125, I. O. O. F., of Greenville; K. of P., of Bangor, Consistory of Port- land; and Moosehead Lake Lodge, No. 46, A. O. U. W., of Greenville.
Albert H. Shaw was born April 21, 1857. He received his education at the schools in Greenville, Norridgewock, and Westbrook. After completing his education he was em- ployed in the store of David T. Sanders & Co., of Greenville, of which his father was a mem- ber. In 1878 the old firm was dissolved, and the new firm was called M. G. Shaw & Sons.
Albert H. then assumed the business manage- ment. In 1883 he removed to Bath, where he with his father superintended the con- struction of the company's mill, which they have since managed. He belongs to the Co- lumbia Lodge, Piscataquis Chapter, Dunlap Commandery, Aleppo Temple, and K. of P., of Bath. He was married August 19, 1879, to Mattie E. Mansell, of Greenville. They have one child, Madelyn, who was born Feb- ruary 4, 1889.
William M. Shaw was born March 3, 1861. His education was obtained in the public schools of Greenville and in the academy at Norridgewock. Returning to Greenville in the fall of 1879, he entered the store, where he remained a year. In January, 1881, he went to Dead River to the township of Chain of Ponds, which had been purchased by his father, taking charge of that branch of the business until May, 1896. At the end of that time the company disposed of the township to Lawrence Newhall & Co .; and William M. Shaw returned to Greenville, where he has since been attending to the woods end of the business, having charge of the operations in Squaw Mountain township, which was pur- chased by the company in 1896. He belongs to Columbia Lodge, F. & A. M., of Green- ville; Dunlap Commandery, Aleppo Temple; New England Lodge, I. O. O. F .; and Moosehead Lake Lodge, A. O. U. W., of Greenville. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, of Bangor; Piscataquis Chapter, No. 21, of Dover; Dunlap Com- mandery, No. 5, of Bath; Aleppo Temple, of
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Boston ; Bangor Chapter, Rose Croix, Valley of Bangor, and Consistory of Portland. He was married on October 24, 1884, to Miss Ida J. Mansell, of Greenville, and has one son, Hugh E., who was born in 1885.
Mary E. Shaw is the wife of F. H. Kim- ball, of Bath. Their union has been blessed by two children: Priscilla, born March 13, 1895; and Milton G. S., born September 24, 1 896.
EORGE W. PATTEN, a prosper- ous farmer of Pittsfield, Somerset County, Me., and a veteran of the Civil War, was born in this town, May 20, 1841, son of Moody T. and Hannah F. (Homestead) Patten. His father was born in Skowhegan in 1805, and his mother was born in the same town in 1810. His paternal grandfather was Joseph C. Patten, a farmer of Skowhegan, whose wife was Betsey Southards. His ma- ternal grandfather was Abel Homestead, also of Skowhegan, who married Miss Sibyl Oaks.
Immediately after his marriage, in 1830, Moody T. Patten settled upon a farm in West Pittsfield, where he resided until his death, which occurred March 7, 1880. His wife died August 31, 1893. They were the par- ents of ten children; namely, Seth H., Ben- jamin F., Joshua A., Sibyl H., Harriet H., Frances A., Abel H., Oscar, Josiah, and George W. Seth H., born July 4, 1831, married Rilla Mayo, and for many years has resided upon a farm in North Chelmsford, Mass. Benjamin F., born January 30, 1835, died December 22, 1886. He married
Laurinda W. Richardson, and his widow is now residing in Boston. Joshua A. Patten, born August 16, 1836, resides at the old homestead in Pittsfield. Sibyl H. was born in 1838, and died November 24, 1859. Har- riet H., who was born in 1842 and died No- vember 5, 1867, was the wife of George W. Wright, who resides in Lewiston. Frances A. Patten, who was born in 1844, married Hazen McNalley, and died November 16, 1870; and he is no longer living. Abel H. Patten, born December 10, 1845, married Mary H. Tuttle, and is a farmer in Skow- hegan. Oscar Patten, born in 1850, died January 1, 1861. Josiah, born in 1852, died October 5, 1863.
George W. Patten, the subject of this sketch, acquired a common-school education, and at an early age he began to assist his father upon the farm. When seventeen years old he became a saw-mill operative, and worked in Lewiston, Vassalboro, and Old Town, Me., for some years. On August 14, 1862, he enlisted in Company H, Sixteenth Maine Volunteers, and participated in all the battles of the regiment from Antietam to Gettysburg. He was slightly wounded in the last named engagement and taken prisoner. He was mustered out with his regiment at Augusta, June 5, 1865. For two years after leaving the army he worked in the mills in Old Town; and in 1867 he returned to Pitts- field, where he engaged in farming. He now owns one hundred and fifty acres of excellent tillage and pasture land, which he devotes to general farming and the raising of sheep.
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He has erected a new stable, besides making many other improvements in his property.
On August 20, 1870, Mr. Patten married Ellen H. Jewett, born at Corinna, Me., March 17, 1844, daughter of Shepard S. and Mary (Pooler) Jewett, the former of whom was an industrious farmer, and resided in Mayfield and Corinna the major part of his life. Mr. and Mrs. Patten have four children, namely : Arthur L., born June 20, 1871, who lives at the parental home; Minnie Blanche, born Oc- tober 25, 1875, now a teacher in the public schools of this town; Leila M., born May 10, 1878, now a clerk in a dry-goods store here; and Kate E., born October 8, 1880, who also is a school teacher.
In politics Mr. Patten is Republican. He has served the town with ability as Selectman and Road Commissioner, and is now serving his sixth year on the School Board. He is a member and Past Commander of Stephen Davis Post, No. II, of Pittsfield; also a mem- ber and Past Master of Pittsfield Grange, No. IO2. Mr. and Mrs. Patten attend the Uni- versalist church.
OHN F. HESCOCK, who for many years carried on general farming in Abbot, was born in Wilton, Me., Au- gust 1, 1832, son of Samuel and Polly (Learn- ard) Hescock. His parents were among the earliest settlers in Abbot, coming here pre- vious to the construction of county roads. They located upon a large tract of land in the north-eastern part of the town. Samuel Hes-
cock cleared and improved a good farm, upon which he resided for the rest of his life. Both he and his wife lived to a good old age. They were the parents of seven children, three of whom are living; namely, Joseph L., Rinda, and Gustavus B. Hescock. The others were: John F., Melvina, Samuel T., and Jesse.
John F. Hescock was reared and educated in Abbot. When a young man he bought a farm of one hundred acres, situated in the vicinity of his father's property. Prosperous in general farming, he enlarged his farm to double its original size, and he was actively engaged in its cultivation until his death, which occurred July 30, 1889. Prominent in public affairs, he served as a member of the Board of Selectmen for several years, and was highly esteemed for his upright character and other commendable qualities. In politics he supported the Republican party. In relig- ious belief he was a Universalist.
On October 18, 1863, Mr. Hescock was joined in marriage with Jennie O. S. Faunce, who was born in Abbot, October 1, 1842, daughter of Ira and Sally (Holmes) Faunce. Mrs. Hescock's parents, both natives of Ox- ford County, were pioneer settlers in Abbot, where her father cleared and improved the large farm that is still known as the Faunce homestead. He was for years one of the pros- perous farmers of Abbot, respected for his natural ability and amiable disposition. While he favored the liberal doctrines of the Universalists, he was ever ready to aid all other religious denominations. His home
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was the favorite abiding-place of visiting clergymen. In politics he was a Republican. He died in 1861. His wife, Sally, became the mother of twelve children, five of whom are living, namely: Mrs. Mary Cleaves, Mrs. Orinda Brown, and Mrs. Hescock, all of Abbot; Mrs. Eliza Cleaves, of East Sanger- ville; and Granville Faunce, who resides ;in the State of Washington. The others were: Hannah, Polly, Ira, Edwin, Sarah, and two others who died in infancy. The mother died in 1879. She was a Calvinist Baptist.
Since the death of her husband Mrs. Hes- cock has ably managed the farm with the as- sistance of her children. Besides raising the customary crops, she keeps twelve head of cattle - Jerseys, Holsteins, and Durhams - twenty-five sheep, and two horses. Formerly she sent her milk to the creamery in Guil- ford, but since the discontinuance of that establishment she makes her own butter and cheese. She has had eleven children, of whom four are deceased, namely : Samuel T., who died April 13, 1881 ; an infant, who died October 31, 1885; Chester N., who died Jan- uary 26, 1887; and Minnie P., who married Seldon D. Rice, and died March 12, 1888. The others are: Ulysses G., born March 4, 1869; Charles H., born June 16, 1870; Ever- ett E., born November 8, 1872; Frank L., born June 15, 1874; Harry A., born Febru- ary 6. 1877; Maud E., born August 26, 1878; and Isabelle M., born March 6, 1884. These all reside in Abbot except Charles H. Hes- cock, who is engaged in farming in Foxcroft. Mrs. Hescock possesses the energy and busi-
ness ability necessary to meet the emergency in which she was placed by the unexpected death of her husband, and the capable manner in which she is fulfilling her duties has won the sincere admiration of her neighbors and acquaintances. She attends the Universalist church.
AMUEL W. LAWTON, of Skow- hegan, Somerset County, formerly one of the most extensive manufact- urers of barrel hoops in Maine, was born in Windsor, Kennebec County, January 4, 1823. It is related of his father, Jonathan Lawton, that, when sailing on his own vessel from Nantucket to the coast of Maine, a privateer attacked and destroyed his ship, though he managed to escape. The father afterward be- came one of the first settlers of Windsor, where he followed the blacksmith's trade, cul- tivated a farm, and was engaged in lumber- ing, the principal business of the place. Also active in public affairs, he served as a Select- man; and he was a Deacon of the Baptist church. He died at the age of fifty-nine years. His second wife, a daughter of Stephen Truss, of Windsor, became the mother of three sons and five daughters, of whom the sons are living.
Samuel W. Lawton attended school in Windsor. After completing his studies he was engaged in lumbering until failing health cause him to withdraw from that business. Afterward for about three years he was em- ployed in a general store at Augusta. On July 5, 1847, he engaged in a general mer-
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chandise business in Chelsea, Me. At that time he owned a portion of the present gov- ernment reservation at Togus, occupied by the Soldiers' Home. While residing in Chelsea he started in the cooperage business, which has since been his chief occupation. After selling his store in that town he conducted a store, and continued the manufacture of hoops in Belgrade, Me., until 1859. Then he re- moved to Skowhegan, purchased a general store, and thereafter gave his main attention to the manufacture of hoops. It is claimed that for fifty years he was the largest manu- facturer of hoops in the State of Maine, find- ing a ready market in Portland and Boston. To Boston alone he sent an average of two hundred thousand annually for use on dry-goods
cases. In 1865 he and E. S. Prescott, in the firm of Lawton & Prescott, engaged in a mer- cantile business, which was carried on until 1878. Then Mr. Lawton retired from the
. firm. He still conducts his hoop factory solely for the purpose of furnishing cmploy- ment to his men, but expects soon to close it up. He has been a director of both the Som- erset Fire Insurance Company and the Coburn Woollen Mill Company in Skowhegan, and he was an incorporator of the Skowhegan Savings Bank.
Originally a Whig in politics, Mr. Law- ton later supported the Republican party for a time. He now takes an independent course, invariably declining public office. Although the damage sustained by his father at the hands of the French privateersman furnished excellent ground for claiming a share of the
French Spoliation award, he has never taken any action in the matter. He is a member of Somerset Lodge, No. 34, F. & A. M .; of Somerset Chapter, No. 15, Royal Arch Masons; of Mount Moriah Council, No. 10, Royal and Select Masters; and of De Molay Commandery, Knights Templar. In August, 1849, he was united in marriage with Sarah Laribec, a daughter of Eben Laribee, of Unity, Me. She died in March, 1885, lcav- ing two children: a daughter who residcs at home; and a son, who is a musician in Charleston, S.C. Mr. Lawton's religious views are liberal.
RU USSELL BENNETT, a wealthy lum- berman of Danforth, Washington County, and an ex-member of the legislature, son of Samuel and Nancy (Getch- ell) Bennett, was born in Pittsfield, Somerset County, May 31, 1823. The paternal grand- father, also named Samuel, who was a Revo- lutionary soldier, went from Massachusetts to Oxford County, Maine, settling upon a farm in the town of Paris. After residing there for many years, he spent his last days in Pittsfield, attaining the age of eighty years. The father, a native of Massachusetts, accom- panied his father to Maine, and there became connected with the lumbering industry. He resided in Pittsfield, where he was one of the most active business men of his day. His untimely death, which occurred when he was thirty-five years old, cut short an unusually bright and promising career. His wife,
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Nancy, who was a native of Kennebec County, had four children, namely: Emily, who be- came the wife of Isaac Simons, and died at the age of seventy-four years; Eliza, now Mrs. Wyman, of Palmyra, Mc .; Russell, the subject of this sketch; and S. Allen Bennett, also of Palmyra. The mother died at the age of thirty years.
Left an orphan at the age of four years, Russell Bennett had but little schooling. He had been working for his support in the family of one William Trask when at the age of eighteen he became a river driver upon the Penobscot. This occupation, together with working in the woods and in the saw-mills, constituted his employment for some years. At the age of twenty-one he had saved a suf- ficient amount of his earnings to purchase a seventy-four-acre farm in Pittsfield, which he cultivated summers, while his winters were devoted to lumbering operations. Later he moved to a larger farm, and in 1868 to Pal- myra, where he resided at Lambert Lake, and was occupied in manufacturing lumber. Since 1886 he has resided in Danforth. He formerly conducted a general store in this town, but withdrew from mercantile business some time since, preferring to give his entire energy to the lumber manufacturing industry. He is also a member of the firm of Hathorn, Foss & Co., which owns three mills, one at Danforth, and two on the line of the Bangor & Aroostook Railway, devoted to the manufact- ure of orange and lemon boxes for the Medi- terranean trade. This firm, which is one of the largest concerns engaged in what is known
as the shook industry, employs about one hun- dred men the year around, and ships several large cargoes of boxes annually from Bangor to Sorrento, Palermo, and Messina.
In 1844 Mr. Bennett was joined in marriage with Lucy Rogers, of Pittsfield, who died in 1891. Of their three children, the only one living is Horace A., who was born in Pitts- field, March 18, 1861. Mrs. Bennett died in 1891. He is interested in the firm of Hathorn & Foss, and is one of the leading business men of Danforth. At the present time he is a member of the School Commit- tee, and he represented the "Wild Cat " dis- trict in the State legislature in 1888 and 1889. For some time he has been affiliated with the I. O. O. F. On February 23, 1884, he married Mae Farnham, a daughter of Sam- uel Farnham, of Palmyra, and now has one daughter, Addie I., who was born May 4, 1888. Russell Bennett is a Republican in politics. During the years 1865 and 1866 he was a Representative to the legislature from Somerset County. His religious opinions are liberal. He is unquestionably a self-made man, as his success in life is wholly the re- sult of his own ability and perseverance.
B ENJAMIN LAKE NOYES, M.D., a successful physician of Stoning- ton, Deer Island, was born in Lis- bon Falls, Me., May 31, 1870, son of Dr. George B. and Sarah E. (Lake) Noyes. His paternal great-grandfather was Joshua Noyes, of Rowley, Mass., which was the birthplace
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of David J. Noyes, the grandfather, who was born in Rowley, when a young man located as a pioneer in Atkinson, Piscataquis County, Me., and also prevailed upon his parents to join the early settlers of that town. Joshua and David J. bought a large tract of land, which they cleared and cultivated into a good farm. David married Nancy Barney, a daugh- ter of Charles and Susan (Hanson) Barney, of Atkinson, Me.
George B. Noyes, father of Benjamin L., was born in Atkinson. After finishing his general school education, he decided to enter the medical profession. Prior to the comple- tion of his studies, however, he enlisted in Company K, Eleventh Regiment, Maine Vol- unteer Infantry, going to the front as Ser- geant. He was honorably discharged, Sep- tember 21, 1862, on account of illness. On February 25, 1864, he re-enlisted as hospital steward, and, being made acting assistant sur- geon, served in that capacity until being mus- tered out in 1865. He then resumed his studies, and was graduated at Bowdoin Medi- cal School in 1866. Locating at Lisbon Falls, Me., he resided there until 1871. He then removed to the Island of Grand Manan, N.B., where he practised his profession for over twenty years. During that time he spent several winters in Florida, where also he en- gaged in practice. Since 1893 he has resided in Charleston, Penobscot County, Me. He is known as an able physician and surgeon and a citizen of much worth to the community in which he lives. He is a comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic. His wife,
Sarah E. Noyes, bore him nine children, namely: Benjamin L., the subject of this sketch; David J .; Abbie V .; Florence M .; George B., Jr .; Galen C. Noyes; and three other sons who died in youth. Abbie V. married Walter G. Tompkins, of New York, and has one son, Percival N. Tompkins. David J. married Leonora Webb, daughter of Charles Webb, of Stonington, and has one son, Reginald Webb Noyes.
Benjamin Lake Noyes obtained his element- ary education in the district schools of Can - ada. He subsequently studied medicine under the direction of his father. After pursuing a course of study at a college of pharmacy he became a registered druggist in Florida in 1892, and in the following year he passed a successful examination before the Massachu- setts Board of Pharmacy. He attended med- ical lectures at Bowdoin College, and was a member of the staff at the Baron Hirsch Hos- pital, Boston, in the summer of 1894, and availed himself of every opportunity to in- crease his knowledge of his profession. Since locating in Stonington he has established a high reputation as a physician and surgeon, and is to a certain extent a specialist in the sciences of obstetrics and gynecology. He is a member of the Eastern Maine Medical Association and the Florida State Pharmaceu - tical Association, and he is local medical ex- aminer for the Ancient Order of United Workmen, as well as for many other insurance companies. While residing in Florida he served as first officer of the Davenport Expedi- tion, 1890-91, throughout tropical America,
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for zoological rescarch and investigation of the ctiological factors in the production of miasmatic diseases. During this period and the years following he became well versed in the ornithology and oology of Eastern Amer- ica, and also from practice an adept in tax- idermy as well.
Dr. Noyes inherits in a large degrce the mechanical ingenuity, artistic taste, and musi- cal talent characteristic of his family. A clever banjoist, he also plays well upon the violin, mandolin, piano, flutc, piccolo, fife, harmonica, tenor drum, and other minor in- struments, and his skill is frequently a source of pleasure to friends or guests whom he en- tertains at his hospitable home.
A connoisseur in art, his talent has been cultivated from childhood, when at the age of fourteen years he made his own water-colors, and applied them without a tutor. To be an artist by profession was his first ambition; but, not having the means sufficient to pay the expenses of travelling abroad in order to study under the great foreign masters, he applied himself to his second choice, medical science, though spending many hours as pastime in the painting in oil of a number of original studies that have been seen and admired by many with very favorable comments. Though for several years the brush has been laid aside, Dr. Noyes has indulged his artistic tastes largely by the skilful use of a camera, and his home contains many fine photographs of sce- nery taken by himself, both in the United States and Canada. When from sixteen to eighteen years old he learned the printer's
trade, his father being the owner of a print- ing establishment situated over his drug storc. The Doctor also possesses a good knowledge of mechanics, and can turn his hand successfully to almost anything in that line, from the repairing of a watch to the de- signing of a mansion or the management of a Corliss-valved cngine. These stores of varied knowledge he has acquired by indefatigable ap- plication and the employment of all his wak- ing hours in self-improvement. No time has ever been lost by him in idleness or dissipa- tion. Dr. Noyes allied himself with the Masonic order by becoming a member of Re- liance Lodge in his own town. Politically, he is an independent thinker, believing that the national government needs purification, and that all things intended for the benefit of the public at large - as telegraph and tele- phone lines and express business - should be owncd and controlled by the government, as the post-office system is. He has allied him- self to no particular church, being amply sat- isfied with that Protestant organization that can furnish the most able and interesting ex- ponent of the gospel, no matter to what de- nomination he belongs. He is an earnest ad- vocate of temperance.
OSIAH P. LONGLEY, one of the able farmers of Palmyra, Somerset County, was born in this town, March 2, 1830, son of Ithamar and Louisa (Parkman) Longley. The paternal grandfather, Asa Longley, who came from Massachusetts to Maine, locating
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first in Norridgewock, later settled in Pal- myra, and resided on what is known as the Osborn farm for the rest of his life.
Ithamar Longley, born in Norridgewock in 1802, came with his father to Palmyra, where he was engaged in general farming during his active years. He died in 1890. Louisa, his first wife, who was a native of this town, born in 1805, died in 1865. His second marriage was contracted with Pamelia Pollard, who sur- vives him, and resides in Palmyra. Ithamar and Louisa Longley were the parents of seven children, namely: Adeline Osborn, now the wife of the Rev. B. P. Reed, who is the pastor of the Christian church in Benton, Me. ; Jo- siah P., the subject of this sketch; David R., who married Eliza French, and is a prosperous farmer in St. Albans, Me .; Roscoe G., who married Mary Smith, and is a lumberman in Felton, Cal. ; Victoria, who died at the age of twenty-one; Avadana, who died at twenty- two; and Martha Ann Longley, who died at the age of twenty years.
Josiah P. Longley attended school in his native town, and remained at home until he was twenty-one years old. In 1851 he went to California, and he worked in the mining dis- tricts of Sonora for three years. Shortly after his return to Palmyra he settled upon the Blaisdell farm, in the northern part of the town. In 1878 he purchased and moved to his present farm of two hundred acres, which he has greatly improved; and he has replaced the old buildings, which were destroyed by fire in 1893, with substantial ones of modern construction.
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