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September 26, 1807. His parents were John and Lydia (Morse) Palmer, and he was one of the eldest of a family of nine children. His father died when comparatively a young man. At the age of nineteen Isaac left home to seek an education, and by hard work and close economy he was enabled to meet his ex- penses at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary and at college. He was graduated at Bowdoin College in 1833, took the degree of Master of Arts in course, and received his medical diploma from Berkshire Medical Institute in 1837. Some years later he studied in Lon- don and Paris. His first year of medical practice was in Augusta, Me. He removed to North Anson in 1839.
Dr. Palmer was a physician of rare ability, and was especially noted for his skill in sur- gery. While cautious in the use of new methods, he was yet a most progressive thinker. In 1846 he went abroad, and spent a year in the study of clinical surgery in the best medical institutions of Europe. On his return he gave the benefit of his added knowl- edge to his own town and county, instead of seeking a more lucrative city practice. He was for several years chairman of the School Board, two years first Selectman of the town, and was State Senator in 1873 and 1874. In private life Dr. Palmer was a kindly Christian gentleman, with a heart and hand always re- sponsive to the calls of public and private charity. Wide-spread sorrow was expressed at his death, which occurred February 28, 1881. His wife, Sarah Blossom, was a daughter of General Alden Blossom, of
Turner, Me. She died April 1, 1894. Her father, General Alden Blossom, sometime High Sheriff, was a son of Silvanus, Jr., and Martha (Alden) Blossom, of South Bridge- water, Mass., and was of the fifth generation in lineal descent from Thomas Blossom, who was first Deacon of the church at Plymouth. General Blossom's mother was a daughter of Eleazer, Jr., and Sarah (Whitman) Alden, grand-daughter of Eleazer, Sr., and Martha (Shaw) Alden, and great-grand-daughter of Deacon Joseph Alden, of South Bridgewater, who was a son of Joseph Alden, Sr., and grandson of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden.
Dr. Isaac and Mrs. Sarah Palmer were the parents of four children : Harriet E. ; Albert De F .; Gustavus S. ; and Mary L., who died in childhood. Harriet E. Palmer, married to Albert H. Ware, resides in North Anson. The Rev. Albert De F. Palmer, graduate of Bowdoin College, 1861, is now a Baptist min- ister in Plaistow, N. H. Gustavus S. Palmer, graduate of Bowdoin College, 1861, was a dentist in Waterville, Me. He died October 16, 1888.
ETH WEBB, senior member of the firm of Seth & C. H. S. Webb, general merchants and outfitters at Oceanville, Deer Isle, Hancock County, was born on this island, August 24, 1822, son of William and Eliza (Smith) Webb. The great- grandfather was Seth Webb, who moved his family from Massachusetts to Deer Isle, and was killed at Isle au Haut. Samuel Webb,
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the grandfather, who came here with his par- ents from Massachusetts, settling upon a tract of land, located near Webb's Cove in what is now the town of Stonington. He followed general farming until his death, which occurred at the age of about sixty-seven years. He was a prominent man of this locality in his day, and served one term in the legislature. His wife, Hannah Eaton Webb, was a descendant of the first settler of the island.
William Webb, who was a native of Deer Isle and acquired a good education for his op- portunities, taught school for many terms upon the island, and was also engaged in seafaring. For some time he resided at Sunset. Later he was in business at Winter Harbor, Me. His last days were spent in South Deer Isle, near the present home of his son. For twenty years he served as a member of the Board of Selectmen ; and he was Town Treas- urer and a Representative in the legislature. At his death he was eighty-three years old .. His wife, Eliza, who was a native of Deer Isle, became the mother of eight children, namely: Seth, the subject of this sketch ; Jason, who was lost at sea; Hannah, who re- sides in Massachusetts; Samuel, who was drowned at sea when eighteen years old; Smith, who died on the coast of Africa; Me- hitable, who married Seth Hatch, and resides on Deer Isle; and Eliza and William, both of whom are residents of Portland.
Seth Webb was educated in the district school. Like many of the young men of his neighborhood, he began to follow the sea at an early age, and when twenty years old became
a ship-master. He was engaged in the foreign trade during the greater part of the twenty- four years he spent on shipboard, and he vis- ited many of the principal ports of the world. He owned a number of vessels hailing from Gloucester, Mass., where he resided some nine years. Abandoning the sea in 1860, he returned to his native island, built a store at South Deer Isle, and there engaged in busi- ness. He has occupied his present location at Oceanville some thirty-five years, and is still actively engaged in carrying one of the largest stores on the island, dealing in general mer- chandise, fishermen's supplies, and lumber. Some years ago he admitted to partnership his son-in-law, C. H. S. Webb. The firm are quite extensively engaged in the canning busi- ness, being the packers of Webb's Peerless Brand of Clams and Mackerel.
Mr. Webb first married Deborah Babbadge, whose children by him are: Kate, Velzora, Arthur, Seth A., George, Hattie M., and Viola. Kate is the wife of C. H. S. Webb, and has eight children; namely, Fred, Susie, Seth, Leonora, Clara, Charles, Lillian, and Frank. Velzora married Lewis Fernald. Arthur first married Lucy Whitmore, who bore him one daughter, Lucy, now Mrs. Blood. His second wife, in maidenhood Louise Hatch, is the mother of four children - Deborah, Harold, Georgie, and Geneva. Seth A. Webb, who was lost on the Grand Banks, married Emma Torrey, and left one son, Seth A. Webb. George is no longer living. Hat- tie M. married Ralph Hendrick, and has two children - Elmer R. and Celeste Hendrick.
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Viola is the widow of Bentley Barber, and has two sons - Arthur and Bentley L. Barber. In November, 1877, Mr. Webb married for his second wife Adriana Bullock, who died No- vember 7, 1896. In politics a Democrat, Mr. Webb, Sr., is a member of Hancock County Democratic Committee. His first Presiden- tial vote was given to James K. Polk in 1844, and he represented his district in the Maine legislature for three terms. He is an es- teemed member of the Masonic order.
ON. DANIEL J. SAWYER, a prom- inent resident of Jonesport, Wash- ington County, and an ex-member of the Maine Senate, was born in this town April 2, 1824, son of Daniel and Mary (Bag- ley) Sawyer. The paternal grandfather, John Sawyer, who came here from Limington, Me., was the first permanent settler of the town. He followed farming and fishing during his active years, and lived to be over eighty years old. The maiden name of his wife, a lady of Cape Elizabeth, was Mary Jordan. His chil- dren were: John, Eben, Daniel, Rebecca, Mary, Betsey, Margaret, Hannah, and Sally. Each lived to a good old age, and all married in this town except one.
Daniel Sawyer, the father, was born in Jonesport, June 1, 1791. He followed farm- ing and lumbering, and was also a boat- builder. In public affairs he took a promi- nent part, serving as Selectman, Assessor, and Collector. With the majority of the Whigs, he joined the Republican party at its forma-
tion. In religious belief he was a Universal- ist. He lived to be eighty-nine years old. Mary Bagley Sawyer, his wife, who was born in Liberty, Waldo County, May 10, 1801, be- came the mother of nine children, namely : Mrs. Annie B. Johnson and Levi D. Sawyer, who are no longer living; Mrs. Lois W. Mansfield, of this town; Daniel J., the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Rebecca Hall, Mrs. Lydia B. Kelley, Mrs. Mary A. Dobbins, and Edward M. Sawyer, all of Jonesport ; and Mrs. Francis E. Brown, of Addison, Me. The mother died at the age of sixty-five years.
Daniel J. Sawyer made good use of his lim- ited opportunities for obtaining an education. When twenty-one years old he engaged in boat-building on his own account, and in 1854 he established himself as a ship-builder. He continued in that business until 1890, con- structing during those years about twenty vessels. He is still interested in shipping. Since 1849 he has kept a store here. In 1880 he admitted his brother, Edward M. Sawyer, who had formerly been his clerk, to partner- ship. A fine business block of modern design was erected by them in 1896. At the present time the firm is one of the solid business houses in this section. In June, 1858, Mr. Sawyer was joined in marriage with Emeline P. Glover. Born in York County, April 14, 1836, she is a daughter of the Rev. Willard Glover. No offspring have come of the mar- riage, but Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer have reared and educated three or four children, and en- abled them to make a good start in life.
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the age of twenty-one. Since that time he has been closely identified with the town's affairs. He is the Town Treasurer, and has been first Selectnian for many years. In 1871 and 1872 he was a State Senator. In September, 1898, he was again elected to the Senate. In the Congregational church, of which Mrs. Sawyer is a member, he is both a member and a Dea- con. He built the present church edifice, and also the new school-house in the village. Ever ready to aid all measures designed for the benefit of the town, he is a generous, pub- lic-spirited citizen. The family residence is a substantial and sightly house, commanding an extensive view of the surrounding country and of many of the islands along the coast.
EWIS Y. MARSHALL, a venerable and respected resident of Trenton, Hancock County, was born here, August 9, 1816. His father, David Marshall, who was born in Boothbay, Me., lived there until the death of his father, William Mar- shall, who was lost at sea. Then, a lad of seven years, he came with his widowed mother to Trenton. As soon as he was old enough to be of any use on board ship, he went to sea, and from that time until his forty-sixth year he earned his living on the waters. At the age of seventeen he was cap- tain of a coaster, and on his vessel carried the first load of lumber from the Ellsworth River. After his retirement from seafaring he settled on his farm in Trenton, where he continued his residence until his death at the
advanced age of ninety-six years. For a time he was a member of the Trenton Board of Se- lectmen and Collector of Taxes. He married Lydia Saulsbury, of Trenton, with whom he reared three children, as follows: Lydia, now eighty-four years old, who is the widow of Thomas Holmes, and has two children living - Thomas and Robert; Jane, now deceased ; and Lewis Y., the subject of this biography.
Lewis Y. Marshall obtained a limited edu- cation in the district schools, and has devoted his life to farming. Ambitious, industrious, and prudent, he labored hard in his youthful days to save money enough to purchase a home, and in a comparatively short space of time his desires were realized. He has now a fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres, on which he erected some forty years ago a sub- stantial set of buildings. He has been iden- tified in politics with the Democratic party since 1840, when he cast his Presidential vote for Martin Van Buren. For many years he has been a faithful member of the Metli- odist church.
Mr. Marshall first married Eleanor New- man, who died a few years later, leaving one child, David. David married Harriet Alley, and has five children - Georgie, Lena, Grace, Morris, and David. After the death of his first wife Mr. Marshall married Phœbe, daugh- ter of Samuel and Betsey (Leland) Hopkins, of Cooper, Me. Of her children thirteen have been reared ; namely, Howard W., Eleanor V., Mary J:, Lydia, Lewis W., Elizabeth, Arno, Celia, George, Carrie, Albertina, Almenia, and Melvin L. Lewis died at the age of nine-
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teen years. Howard W., a resident of Bar Harbor, married Amanda Bartlett, and has five children - Ethel, Ruth, Minah and Menah (twins), and Phœbe. Eleanor, the wife of John Connors, has one child, Minnie G. Mary J., the wife of James E. Berry, of La- moine, has three children - Anna, Howard, and Ralph. Lydia married Sewall T. Royal, of Ellsworth, Me. Elizabeth, the wife of Herbert E. Hepworth, of Bar Harbor, has three sons - Frederick, Lewis, and Leslie. Arno, who lives in Trenton, married Agnes Remick, and has had seven children - Alfred, Bernice, Ray, Lewis, Ulah, Rosetta, and Mary Anna. Celia, the wife of Charles Davis, of Trenton, has four children - Charles, John, George, and Blaine. George, who lives in West Virginia, married Leonora Davis, and has one child, Ruby G. Carrie, the wife of Jefferson Smith, of North La- moine, has seven children - Leander, Howe, Clarence, Vida, Wesley, Earl, and Carl Dewey. Albertina married Ernest L. Cole. The two younger children, Almenia and Mel- vin L., are unmarried, and live with their parents.
UGUSTINE SIMMONS, of North Anson, a leading attorney of Somer- set County, was born February 20, 1849, in Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Me., son of James D. and Ann C. (Rogers) Sim- mons.
James D. Simmons was born and reared in Canton, Oxford County, Me., and, having fitted himself for a professional career, prac-
tised law for many years both in Brunswick and Bath. Being well versed in legal lore, and devoting his entire time and energies to the interests of his clients, he secured a large patronage, and was eminently successful as a lawyer. He spent his last years with his son Augustine, dying in 1884. His wife sur- vived him some years, her death occurring in 1892. They were the parents of two children : a daughter, Frances, who lived but two years; and Augustine, whose name appears at the head of this sketch.
Augustine Simmons grew to manhood in the village of Brunswick, receiving his ele- mentary education in its public schools, and afterward attending the private school of the Rev. A. D. Wheeler. He subsequently en- tered Bowdoin College, at which he was grad- uated in 1871. From 1870 to 1874 he was principal of the academy at North Anson, Me., and subsequently, for a year in each institution, at Oak Grove Seminary and Frye- burg Academy successively. For the suc- ceeding three years Mr. Simmons had charge of the Fairfield High School, and for one year he edited the Fairfield Journal. While teach- ing he read law with E. W. & F. E. McFad- den, and made such progress in his legal studies that he was admitted to the bar in 1877. In November, 1880, he began the practice of his profession in North Anson, and since then he has won a high position among the leading members of the legal fraternity of Somerset and Franklin Counties, his clien- tage being large in both counties.
On November 22, 1872, Mr. Simmons was
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united in marriage with Miss Alice P. Gahan, daughter of James S. and Maria (Moore) Ga- han, of Anson, Me. Mr. Simmons is a sound Republican in politics, but has never held public office, his business affairs engrossing the greater part of his time. He is a member of the United States District and Circuit Courts for the State of Maine. He is a Mason, belonging to Northern Star Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 28, of North Anson. In private life he is genial and hospitable, and has a host of friends in the community in which he has so long resided.
ILLARD HEINRICH PIKE, of the firm Hill, Pike & Co., Calais, Washington County, was born in this city, October 2, 1858, son of Charles R. and Ve- lona L. (King) Pike. The grandfather, Sam- uel Dean Pike, a blacksmith, died in early manhood. At Falmouth, Me., in July, 1802, he married Mary Webb, who was born Sep- tember 26, 1784. A daughter of Jonathan Webb, who resided in Westbrook, Me., and was an extensive lumberman on the Presump- scot River, she was a descendant of Samuel Webb, a lifelong resident of Redfelt, Eng- land. Samuel's son, Samuel (second), emi- grated to Tiverton, R.I., and married Mary McIntire. She died in 1723, leaving two sons - Samuel and Thomas - who settled in Hingham and Weymouth, Mass., respectively. Thomas Webb married Bertha Spear, and had a family of eight children, of whom David, the next in line, was the eldest. David Webb
came to Maine, and on November 6, 1749, was married in Windham to Dorothy Peabody, of Falmouth, Me., a descendant of Cornet Farrer. Jonathan Webb, second son of David, born in Gorham, Me., November 26, 1755, passed the greater part of his life in what is now the city of Westbrook, and died April 18, 1810. He first married Mary Carver, who died in 1801. His eldest child by this union was Mary, who, as already stated, became the wife of Samuel Dean Pike. Samuel D. and Mary Pike were the parents of eight children; namely, Evelyn, David W., Mary W., Joshua W., Samuel G., William W., Nancy, and Charles R.
Charles R. Pike, Willard H. Pike's father, was born in Saccarappa, Me., December 28, 1822. At the age of fourteen he came to Calais, where he entered the high school. After completing his studies in the Maine Wesleyan Seminary at Kent's Hill, he be- came a clerk in a general store kept by his brother-in-law, with whom he remained about ten years. He then established himself in the business that he has successfully con- ducted up to the present time, and is now the oldest grocer in point of experience in the city. He is a member of the Second Baptist Church, and has been a Deacon for many years. Velona L. Pike, his wife, now de- ceased, who was a daughter of Gilman D. King, of Baring, became the mother of five children - Charles G., Etta V., Willard H., Walter P., and Evelyn. Etta V. is now the wife of George E. Rideout, and Evelyn is the wife of Willis E. McAllister.
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Having completed his education at the Gorham (Me.) Academy, Willard Heinrich Pike began his business career as a clerk in St. Stephen's, N.B. Later he became a travelling salesman for the Boston wholesale grocery house of Winslow Rand & Watson. He left this employment when appointed Post- master in Calais by President Harrison, March 25, 1890. Three months before his term expired he resigned the Postmastership in order to enter the firm of Hill, Pike & Co., which succeeded C. D. Hill & Co. in 1894. An enterprising business man, he is interested in other ventures, including the Calais Street Railway, of which he is a di- rector. On March 12, 1898, he was again appointed Postmaster by President Mckinley. He married Helen H. Harmon, a daughter of Daniel Harmon, of Milltown, N.B. An es- teemed Mason, he is a member of St. Croix Lodge, F. & A. M .; of St. Croix Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of Hugh de Payens Commandery, Knights Templar ; and of Delta Lodge of Perfection. He also belongs to the Knights of Pythias. In politics he is a Re- publican, and he attends the Universalist church.
ARTSON C. GOWER, a well-known resident of Canaan, Somerset County, and a veteran of the Civil War, was born in this town, January 23, 1835, son of Samuel and Lucinda (Chandler) Gower. The father, born in Farmington, Me., August 16, 1783, was reared upon a farm in his native town. When a young man he taught school
for a time, and later went to sea. Subse- quently he learned the trade of a wool-carder, and plied that calling in various places until 1848. Then he settled permanently in Canaan, and was there employed in a woollen- mill for the rest of his life, which terminated July 16, 1862. His wife, Lucinda Chand- ler Gower, who was born in Winthrop, Me., December 9, 1796, died November 22, 1878. They were the parents of nine children, of whom Hartson C., the subject of this sketch, is the only one living. The others were: Anna M., born May 5, 1818, who was the wife of John Tuttle, of Canaan; John W., born February 6, 1820, who married Angeline Chandler; David C., born May 8, 1822, who married Mary Ann Edes, of Guilford, Me., was a blacksmith by trade, and died while serving in the Civil War; Samuel H., born September 24, 1824, who successively mar- ried Azubah Shaw and Lucinda Chandler, and was a machinist by trade; Lydia C., born Oc- tober 28, 1826, who became the wife of John Tuttle; Clara P., born February 7, 1829, who married C. E. Moshier, of Lawrence, Mass. ; Esther L., born June 18, 1831, who married Charles Barnes, of Lawrence; and James Gower, born December 19, 1839, who died at the age of nine years.
After passing through the common schools Hartson C. Gower completed his studies with a short course at the academy in Athens, Me. He learned the blacksmith's trade with his brother David; and after following it for three years in Marengo, Ia., he conducted business for himself in Kansas until the
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breaking out of the Rebellion. In 1861 he enlisted at Lawrence as a private in Company A, Twelfth Regiment, Massachusetts Volun- teers, and for some time was detailed as a teamster and blacksmith. On May 5, 1864, he was shot through the right thigh. He was subsequently transferred to Company A, Ninth Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps, with which he served until discharged at Washington in July, 1865. For the ensuing two years he worked in Lawrence. Later he was employed in Foxcroft and Sangerville, Me., and other places until 1875. Then he returned to Canaan, and has since been en- gaged in blacksmithing and farming in this town. His three elder brothers also served in the Civil War.
At Lawrence, in July, 1867, Mr. Gower was married to Mary Jane Bullis, of Rouse's Point, N. Y. Her parents, John and Esther (Oliver) Bullis, both now deceased, were na- tives respectively of Vermont and New York State. Their children were: Amelia, now the widow of Silas Weeks, late of Rouse's Point; Nelson, now deceased, who was a horse dealer in Fond du Lac, Wis .; Esther, who married Thaxter Herrick, of Lawrence, Mass., and who is no longer living; Mary Jane, who is now Mrs. Gower; Lucinda, now deceased; Harrison, who resides in the West ; Alice, now deceased, who married Robert Seaton, and resided in Lowell; Leslie, who was drowned in the Ohio River; and two others who died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Gower have one daughter, Alice Gertrude, born April 3, 1869, who is now the wife of
George Waymouth, and has one daughter, Muriel S., born in Canaan, October 19, 1890. Mr. Waymouth is a native of Canaan and a merchant of Shawmut, Me. Another child of Mr. and Mrs. Gower's, Leslie, died in in- fancy.
Mr. Gower is a Past Master of the Masonic lodge in Canaan, a member of the I. O. O. F. in Dover, and a comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic in Skowhegan. In politics he is a Republican.
AVID GREELEY, an enterprising lumber manufacturer of Foxcroft, Piscataquis County, and a veteran of the Civil War, was born in Hampden, Pe- nobscot County, November 4, 1845, son of James and Sophronia (Dow) Greeley. The paternal grandfather, Philip Greeley, who was an early settler in Penobscot County, kept a hotel in Garland for some years. An ener- getic business man, he took a leading part in public affairs, and at one time served as Sheriff of the county. He was accidentally killed at the age of sixty years by being thrown from his horse.
James Greeley, David Greeley's father, born in Exeter, Me., August 14, 1812, followed general farming during his active period, and resided in Dover for a number of years. His last days were spent in Michigan, and he died in 1896. In politics he was a Democrat. His wife, Sophronia, who was born in Hamp- den, resides in St. Louis, Mich. She became the mother of seven children, four of whom
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are living, namely : Mary, the wife of M. R. Weeks; and David, Amos, and Charles S. Grecley, all of whom, except David, reside in St. Louis. The others were: Henry, Sophronia, and Lucy. Mrs. Sophronia Gree- ley attends the Congregational church.
David Greeley was educated in the common schools of Kenduskeag, and for a part of his youth assisted his father in farming. In 1863 he enlisted as a private in Company D, First District of Columbia Cavalry, from which he was transferred to the First Maine Cavalry. He served in the Civil War until its close, and was present at Lee's surrender. After his discharge he settled in Foxcroft, where he has since been engaged in the manu- facture of long and short lumber. Owning and conducting two saw-mills, which are oper- ated by steam power, he cuts and hauls an average of one million feet of spool stock annually. He also owns and cultivates a farm of three hundred acres, situated upon the shore of Sebee Lake, and was one of the first to bring this locality into notice as a fishing and hunting resort. The lake, twelve miles long, is surrounded by primeval forests broken by well-kept farms, with rugged mountain scenery in the distance. Its waters are stocked with landlocked salmon, of which as many as two hundred were caught in a single day of the last season, weighing from three to six pounds each. At the head of Sebec Lake is a summer hotel for the accommodation of sportsmen. Wild game - among other kinds deer, caribou, moose-is very abundant. Mr. Greeley entertains tourists desiring to
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