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ALMON PAUL, M.D., a successful homœopathic physician of Solon, Somerset County, Me., was born in Parkman, Piscataquis County, January 27, 1852, son of Daniel and Mary (Hobart) Paul. The parents were born in Solon. Early in their married life they settled in Parkman, where they resided for some years, but event- ually returned to their native town. Daniel Paul died in 1887. His widow is still resid- ing here. They had six children, namely : George, a commission merchant in Boston ; Newell and Martha, who are no longer living ; C. Almon Paul, M.D., the subject of this sketch; Willard Paul, M. D., who is practis- ing in Boston; and Frank D. Paul, M.D., of Rock Island, Ill.
C. Almon Paul acquired his early education in the common schools of Solon, the Athens High School, and the Bloomfield Academy. He began his medical studies with his brother in Rock Island, and subsequently attended the Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, three terms, during which time he had good oppor- tunities for gaining much valuable experience. After graduating, in 1889 he settled in Solon,
where he has acquired an enviable reputation as a skilful and reliable physician. On April 29, 1891, Dr. Paul was joined in marriage with Nellie Morin, of Embden, Me., daughter of William Morin, a well-known farmer of that town. Dr. and Mrs. Paul have one child, Martha Louise, born March 19, 1898.
In politics the Doctor was formerly a Re- publican, but he now acts with the Democratic party. He is a member of various medical organizations, including the State Homœo- pathic, National Electric Society, and the Na- tional American Institute of Homeopathy, one of the oldest and most prominent societies of its kind in America. He is also connected with Keystone Lodge, F. & A. M., of Solon.
APTAIN SIMON H. PIKE,* a re- tired shipmaster of Lubec, Washing- ton County, a former commander of steamboats belonging to the International Steamship Line, was born in Eastport, Me., October 7, 1816, son of Elisha and Lydia (Harrington) Pike. His father was a native of Nova Scotia, and his mother was probably born in Eastport. In early life Elisha was a seafaring man and later a ship-rigger in Eastport, where he spent the greater part of his life. He died at the age of eighty-six years, and his wife lived to be eighty-seven. They were the parents of thirteen children, of whom Simon H. was the first-born, and four are living. The latter are: Captain Simon H., the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Abbie Potter, a widow residing in Eastport; Mrs.
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Bucknan, also of that city; and Mrs. Carrie M. Kempster, of East Boston. The father was a Free Will Baptist in religious belief, and the mother was a Calvinist.
Simon H. Pike attended the common schools of his native town. At the age of seventeen he began to follow the sea, shipping first as cook and later as a hand before the mast. When twenty-one years old he became master of a vessel, in which capacity he served for about sixteen years. Beginning in 1853 he suc- cessively became second pilot, pilot, and later captain of a steamboat. From 1867 to 1884 he was in the employ of the International Steamship Company, commanding at different times the well-known steamboats "New Brunswick," "City of Portland," "City of Falmouth," "State of Maine," and "City of New York." In 1884 he retired from the regular service. Since then, however, he has acted as captain of the last-named steamer on many excursion trips out of Boston, and also as pilot for yachts.
In 1843 Captain Pike was united in mar- riage with Mary Ann Robinson, who was born in Prince Edward Island in 1820, daughter of John and Annie (Amos) Robinson. Of his six children, Delia R. died at the age of thirty-two years. The others are: Llewellyn W., of Lubec; Ada, the wife of George Cush- ing, of Eastport; Lizzie, the wife of Captain Samuel Pike, of Lubec; and Milton F. and Albert F., both of whom reside in this town. The Captain has made Lubec his permanent home since 1847. He is one of the best known and most efficient commanders on the
eastern coast, never having met with any serious disaster during the long period in which he sailed as a master mariner. His religious opinions are liberal. 'In politics he has supported the Republican party since its formation.
AMUEL LEIGHTON was a vet- eran agriculturist of Parkman, Pis- cataquis County. A son of Samuel and Dorothy (Furbush) Leighton, he was born in Mount Vernon, Kennebec County, Novem- ber 17, 1816. His grandfather, Solomon Leighton, spent his life in Damariscotta and Mount Vernon, settling in the latter place in the early days of the town. He died on the farm where he first settled. Samuel Leigh- ton, Sr., was born in Damariscotta, but, as a boy, went with his parents to Mount Vernon. Inheriting the home place from his father, he carried it on throughout his active life, and died there at the age of eighty-seven years. He was liberal in his religious views and a Republican in politics. Dorothy, his wife, who was born in Rome, Me., lived to be be- tween seventy-five and eighty years of age. Of their five children all are now deceased except Emily H., the wife of Joseph Blas- land, of Boston, Mass. The others were: Samuel, the subject of this sketch; Hosea, who died in New Sharon, January 21, 1898; Dorothy F., who was the wife of George Worcester, and died October 21, 1897, on the old Leighton farm in Mount Vernon; and Solomon, who resided in Brockton, Mass., and died August 18, 1897. It was remarkable
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that four of the family should die so soon after the death of the youngest son, Solomon.
Samuel Leighton spent his early years on the old homestead in Mount Vernon, and re- ceived his education in the schools of that town. His chief occupation was general farming, and for over fifty years he was a resi- dent of Parkman. He came here in 1841, and bought this farm. Two years later he ook up his residence upon it, and it was his home for the rest of his life. But little of the farm had then been cleared, and he lived at first in a log house. The place contains one hundred acres. Mr. Leighton died No- vember 14, 1897. Although over eighty years old, he still carried on the farm.
Mr. Leighton married Silvina Leighton, who was born in Mount Vernon, April 9, 1822, daughter of David Leighton. Three of their four children are living. Their only daughter, Lydia E., died at the age of two years and four months. The sons are: Fred, Joseph Blasland, and Ira Gardner Leighton. Fred, born in Parkman, March 29, 1848, mar- ried Mary Nutting, and has three children - Bessie M., Stanley E., and Ernest V. He resides in Brockton, Mass. Joseph Blasland Leighton, born in Mount Vernon, July 8, 1855, married Lizzie E. Ring, of Cambridge, Me. They reside on the farm. Ira Gardner Leighton, born in Parkman, April 23, 1857, married Etta A. Rogers, and has one son, Charles Gardner Leighton. They reside in Dexter, Me. In politics Mr. Leighton was a Republican, and he served the town as Select- man for two years. He died November 14,
1897. Mrs. Leighton survives him, and re- sides on the farm with her son, Joseph.
USS A. SNOW,* a retired farmer of Atkinson, Piscataquis County, and an ex-member of the Maine legislature, was born in this town, October 10, 1818, son of Tileston and Nancy (Heath) Snow. His grandfather was Benjamin Snow, who came from New Hampshire to Atkinson about the year 1818. The maiden name of Benjamin's wife was Elizabeth Payson, and his children were: Henry, Tileston, Russ, and Eleazar Wheelock Snow, M. D. Henry and Russ died in Ohio; and Eleazar practised medicine in Atkinson until his death.
Tileston Snow, who was born in New Hampshire, accompanied his parents to At- kinson. He was engaged in farming until he was seventy years old. Then he went to Min- nesota, and passed the last ten years of his life with his children. His wife, Nancy, who survived him several years, became the mother of seven children; namely, Elizabeth M., Russ A., Charlotte, Albion P., B. Fla- vell, J. Milton, and George J. All are liv- ing, and the youngest is sixty years old. Elizabeth M. married Dana Hamlet, and re- sides in Minnesota; Charlotte, who resides in the same State, is the wife of Bradley Ham- let; Albion P. is a resident of Brownville, Me .; B. Flavell is a farmer in Minnesota; George J. and J. Milton formerly resided in that State, and the latter is now the owner of a vineyard in California.
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Russ A. Snow was educated at the acad- emies in Charleston and Foxcroft, Mc., and fitted himself for educational work. After- ward he was engaged in teaching school for twenty years. At the end of that time he turned his attention to agriculture, and for a period of thirty years cultivated a farm con- taining between three hundred and four hun- dred acrcs. Politically, Mr. Snow has been a Republican since the formation of the party, and at one time he was the chairman of the Republican Town Committee. He served as a Selectman for some twelve years, being the chairman of the board for the greater part of that time. For many years he was a member of the School Board and Supervisor of Schools. He has been Moderator at town meetings many times; was a County Commis- sioner for three years, being the chairman for one year; and he represented his district in the legislature of 1858. In the legislature he served on the Education Committee, and was instrumental in securing the passage of the bill providing for the establishment of normal schools. He was formerly connected with the Patrons of Husbandry, has been a Good Templar for many years, and is a regular at- tendant at church.
Mr. Snow married for his first wife Amanda P. Snow and for his second Mrs. Hannah W. Ramsdell Freeze, now deceased, who was the widow of Samuel Freeze. She had three children by her first marriage - Samuel, Frank J., and Fanny W. Mr. Snow has been the father of ten children, seven by his first union and three by his last. They
werc: Charles C., William A., Dorcas M., Annie E., Edwin W., Amanda, John M., Harry O., Charles C. (second), and Herbert P. Charles C. died young. Annic E., Edwin W., and Amanda are also deceased. Dorcas M. married G. D. Lyford, of this town. The homestead is now carried on jointly by Charles C. and Herbert P. Snow, who are engaged in general farming and dairy- ing. Herbert married Minnie E. Campbell, and has three children - Karl C., Lisle M., and Fanny F. Charles C. Snow married Nellie M. Freeze, and has two children - Maud E. and Russ A.
ON. SAMUEL N. CAMPBELL, of Cherryfield, Washington County, was born in this town, August 15, 1834. A son of Alexander and Caroline H. (Ricker) Campbell, he is a descendant of Alexander Campbell, a Scotchman, and Frances Drummond, a lady of Irish birth. Alexander Campbell, son of this couple, was born in Georgetown, Sagadahoc County. Some time between the years 1766 and 1768 he moved from Damariscotta to Steuben, this county, and built the first mill in that locality, on the east side of the river, in what is now Smithville. He was a Colonel in the Revo- lutionary army and a confidential adviser of Colonel John Allan, who did so much for this part of Maine at that time.
Samuel Campbell, son of Colonel Camp- bell, was one of the first settlers of Cherry- field, and owned a large portion of the land on
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which the village is built. Some time prior to 1800 he erected the Campbell homestead here, now occupied by Fred I. Campbell, Washington County Attorney, who is of the fifth generation of Campbells in this town. He was in the lumber business, and built the first saw-mill here. He died at the home- stead. His son Samuel, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in the old Campbell house. He, too, was engaged in manufacturing lumber; and he died in the house where he was born and where his father died, being then fifty-eight years of age. In politics he was a Whig. His wife, Rebecca Wass Campbell, born in Columbia, this county, lived to the advanced age of ninety years. Both were members of the Baptist church. They reared a family of five children - David W., Alexander, Francis C., Susan, and Nancy, all now deceased.
Alexander Campbell, the Hon. Samuel N. Campbell's father, born in Cherryfield in March, 1806, spent his life in this town. He was head of the firm of A. Campbell & Co., manufacturers of lumber and ship-builders, and a leading man of this locality. Promi- nent in politics as well as in business, he was in the State Senate for one year, and at one time he was a member of the electoral col- lege. First a Whig, he became a Republi- can when that party was organized. While liberal in his views on the subject of relig- ion, he attended divine worship with his wife at the Baptist church, and contributed to its support. His wife was also a na- tive of Cherryfield. They had a family of
eight children; namely, Frances S., Gleason R., Samuel N., D. S., Bartlett A., Susan M., Fred I., and David W. Bartlett A. died in 1884. Susan M. resides in Dorchester, Mass .; Gleason, in Allston, Mass .; and Frances S., Fred I., and David W., in Cherryfield. Both of the parents are now deceased.
Samuel N. Campbell was educated in the public schools of Cherryfield, finishing his studies at the academy. He began to earn his living when he was twenty-one years old, and was in the West in 1855 and 1856. On his return to the East he was associated with his father in the lumber business. Since 1865 he has been a member of the firm of G. R. Camp- bell & Co., successors to the old firm of A. Campbell & Co. This, the oldest lumber firm in the locality, is formed by G. R. Campbell,
Charles Campbell, and the subject of this biography. It manufactures and deals in long lumber, laths, shingles, and clapboards, and promptly fills "orders for spruce and pine shipping lumber for the foreign markets."
Mr. Campbell was married January 1, 1859, to Elizabeth S. Redmond, who was born in Cherryfield, daughter of Dr. Tristram Red- mond, of this town. He has two sons: Alex- ander, who is in the general insurance busi- ness at Minneapolis, Minn. ; and William F., residing in Cherryfield. A Republican in politics, he has served for a number of years as Town Clerk. In 1873-74 he was in the State legislature, and in 1875 he was in the State Senate. For one year, 1879-80, he was in Governor Davis's Council; for two years
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in Governor Plaisted's Council; and he was Commissary-general on Governor Robie's staff for four years. In 1888 he was a Presidential eleetor. He has been active in a number of public enterprises, and was on the Committee for the Eastern Maine Insane Hospital at Bangor. A thirty-second degree Mason, he belongs to the lodge in Cherryfield, Dirigo Chapter, St. Elmo Commandery at Machias, Portland Consistory, and Cora Temple of the Mystie Shrine at Lewiston. Liberal in relig- ious matters, he attends service at the Congre- gational church.
HARLES CAMPBELL,* the second member of the firm of G. R. Camp- bell & Co., was born in Cherry- field, March 2, 1833. He is a son of David W. Campbell, Samuel N. Campbell's unele. David W. Campbell was born in Cherryfield in 1804, and is now deceased. His wife, Margaret B. Nickels Campbell, also de- ceased, was born in Cherryfield in 1807. They had a family of eight children; namely, Rebecca W., Charles, Frank, Martha N., Emily D., Eliza N., Ida M., and Nancy. All but Nancy are living. Charles was edu- cated in this town, attending the academy. He has been a member of the firm of G. R. Campbell & Co. since 1865, and is one of the prominent business men of the place. The store owned by the company is the largest store in the town, and their lumber business is the leading industry, employing about one hundred and seventy-five men.
In 1857 Charles Campbell was married to
Abbie A., daughter of Nahum Hill, born in East Sullivan. Both of her parents are de- ecased. She has had eight children, namely : Helen, William, and Mary L., now deceased ; and Nahum, Grace, Albert, Alice, and David. In polities her husband is a Republican, and he is a member of Lodge No. 88, of Cherry- field. Both attend the Baptist church.
OTT E. RUSSELL,* an extensive fruit-grower and farmer of Corn- ville, Somerset County, Me., was born December 1, 1859, in the adjacent town of Madison, the native place of his parents, Edward and Julia (Harlow) Russell.
His paternal grandfather, whose name was Caleb, was born in St. Albans, Me. Caleb Russell spent the greater part of his married life in the town of Madison, but eventually removed to Illinois, and died there. His wife was Rhoda Loomis. They had two chil- dren : Edward, above mentioned; and Helen, wife of Joel Holbrook, a carpenter in Illinois.
Edward Russell has made farming his voca- tion through life, being owner of a good homestead in East Madison. Five children were born to him and his wife, Julia, namely : Mott E., whose personal history is given below; Frank and Frederick, twins; Herbert E., a trombone player; and Anson, who died in childhood. Frank Russell is employed in the Madison Woollen Mills, and lives at home. Fred, also an employee of the woollen-mills, married Miss Eva Freeman, of Cornville.
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Mott E. Russell acquired a common-school education, and at the age of twenty years learned the mason's trade in Skowhegan, where he worked six years. In 1883 he bought his present property in Cornville, the John Hilton farm, on which he has since been actively and profitably engaged, making a specialty of his hay and apple crop. He has made important improvements on the place, which contains two hundred and thirty acres of land. His orchard has sixteen hundred apple-trees, in the culture of which he is quite successful, their annual yield being very large. He is highly esteemed among his neighbors and friends as a man of sterling in- tegrity, and is a valued member of the com- munity. In politics he is a Republican.
Mr. Russell was married February 5, 1894, to Miss Daisy Bunker, of Athens, Me. They have one child, Fay Gertrude, born Novem- ber 26, 1896. Mrs. Russell's father, Frost Bunker, is one of the leading farmers of Athens. He and his wife, whose maiden name was Almeda Tibbetts, have had seven children, namely: Howard, deceased; John, who lives with his parents; Helen, wife of George Leavitt, of Athens; Daisy, now Mrs. Russell; Annie, wife of Frank Longley, of Solon, Me .; Chloe, who died in 1895; and Chester, living at home.
HARLES H. CUMMINGS,* a prom- inent resident of Jonesport, Washing- ton County, and a packer of smoked herring, was born in this town, May 15, 1834,
son of Francis and Mary (Kelley) Cummings. The paternal grandfather, an industrious man, who came from the Isle of Wight, was an early settler in Jonesport, where he passed the rest of his life. The maiden name of his wife was Mary Kelley.
Francis Cummings, the father, a lifelong resident of Jonesport, who served in a com- pany of minute-men during the War of 1812, was engaged in the coasting trade and fishing industry. He took an active interest in pub- lic affairs, serving as a Selectman, and in other town offices. In politics he was succes- sively a Whig and a Republican. He died August II, 1871. His wife, Mary, who was a native of Unity, Waldo County, became the 1 mother of thirteen children, of whom two are living, namely: Thomas, a seafaring man of Jonesport; and Charles H., the subject of this sketch. The mother died March 13, 1877.
Charles H. Cummings was educated in the common schools of his native town. Begin- ning at the age of thirteen he followed the sea for twenty years, rising to the position of mate, and visiting many foreign ports. After retiring from the merchant service he fol- lowed the carpenter's trade for several years. In 1894 he started in the smoked herring business, and is now packing from ten thou- sand to fifteen thousand boxes annually for Portland and New York dealers. He owns some valuable shore acres.
In 1862 Mr. Cummings married Rhoda Alley, a native of Jonesport and a daughter of Joseph Alley. Mr. and Mrs. Cummings
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have nine children living; namely, Charles W., Cordelia, Cora E., Sidney L., Cassius M., Bertha M., Velma E., Almeda, and Verne. In politics Mr. Cummings is a Rc- publican. Hc has taken much interest in ed- ucational matters, having served as Supervisor of Schools for fifteen ycars. Hc has also been a member of the Board of Selectmen, and ably represented this district in the leg- islature in 1881.
ORENZO D. HOLMES, a well-to-do farmer of Cornville township, Somer- set County, son of John W. Holmes, was born January 6, 1830, in Port- land, Me. The father, a native of Scarboro, Me., when a lad of ten ycars, removed with his parents to Portland, where he learned the trade of tanner and currier, and also worked at shoemaking for a time. In May, 1836, he came to Cornville, and, buying land not far from where his son Lorenzo now lives, was there engaged in farming until his death, which occurred in February, 1868. He mar- ried Susan Hooper, a native of Portland, who dicd in Cornville in July, 1856. They had ninc children, namely: Mary C., who married William H. Palmer, of Cornville; Lorenzo D., the subject of this biography; Nancy, who dicd in February, 1856; Henry, who dicd at the age of twenty years; John, Mar- cus, and Frederick, deceased ; Albion K. P., who dicd in October, 1896; and Orrin J., who married Julia M. Ricker, and lives on the old homestead in Cornville.
Lorenzo D. Holmes was reared and edu- cated in Cornville, continuing his residence with his parents until his marriage. Subse- quently in Dorchester, Mass., for two years he followed the carpenter's trade, which he had learned in Dedham, Mass. He then re- turned to Somersct County ; and, settling upon a farm which he owned in the town of Corn- ville, he lived there seven years, and during that time served as a soldier in the late Re- bellion. Having enlisted July 15, 1862, in Company F, Twentieth Maine Volunteer In- fantry, under Colonel Ames and Captain An- drews, of Harmony, he participated in many of the more important battles of the war, in- cluding the seven days' fight at South Moun- tain and the battles of Antietam and Gettys- burg. After Gettysburg, where he was not injured, he was taken sick, owing to the pri- vations and exposures he had undergone, and was carried to the hospital in Baltimore, where he was confined for three months. He has never fully recovered from the effects of his life in camp and on the field, and now draws a pension from the government. After receiving his discharge on December 18, 1862, he returned to his family in Cornville. Later he lived in Athens for eight years. Then he purchased his present fine property in Corn- ville, containing one hundred acres of land, which he successfully devotes to mixcd hus- bandry.
Mr. Holmes was married November 6, 1855, to Miss Clara Hall, who was born Sep- tember 30, 1831, in Dorchester, Mass. Her parents, Stephen and Elizabeth (Tolman)
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Hall, spent their entire lives in Dorchester. Mr. Hall, who was a wheelwright, died in 1846, and Mrs. Hall in 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Holmes have one child, George L., born De- cember 25, 1866, who assists in the care of the farm. He married Miss Carrie M. Knight, and now has two children : Alice G., born July 21, 1888; and George Leon, born October 4, 1894. Mr. Holmes formerly voted the Dem- ocratic ticket, but is now an earnest Republi- can. Though he takes no very active part in local affairs, he has held many of the minor offices of the town. He is a member of the William Morgan Post, G. A. R., of Athens, Me., and of the grange at East Madison. Many years ago he united with the Methodist Episcopal Church of Athens, and is still one of its most faithful adherents. Mrs. Holmes is an active member of the Athens Congrega- tional Church.
OSEPH R. CRANDAL,* locomotive foreman in the employ of the Cana- dian Pacific Railway at Henderson, in the town of Brownville, Piscataquis County, Me., was born in the Province of Quebec, March 5, 1852, son of Elisha and Cynthia (Perkins) Crandal.
Elisha Crandal is a native of Highgate, Vt. He has given his attention chiefly to farming, which he followed for some years in Vermont. At times, however, he has taken a hand at mason work and bridge building. He is now living in Frost Village, Shefford County, Quebec. His wife, whose maiden name was
Cynthia Perkins, was born in Vermont. They have had six children, of whom Chastina and Salina are now deceased. The living are: Albert E. Crandal, a lumberman and manu- facturer of Jonesville, Vt .; Joseph R., of Brownville; Elisha, an engineer of the Cana- dian Pacific Railroad and a resident of Hen- derson; and Ursula, who resides in the suburbs of Boston, Mass.
Joseph R. Crandal grew to manhood in Canada, where he received a common-school education. For eleven years he devoted him- self to the business of cheese-making, and in 1875-76 he engaged in railroading, which he has followed continuously since that time. He began working in a subordinate position on the old South-eastern at Waterloo in Can- ada, and from that he rose to be fireman and finally engineer. He held the last-named po- sition eighteen years. In 1888 he was made locomotive foreman at Henderson, Me., where he has charge of the shop and engine men, there being thirty-seven men in the shop and forty or more firemen and engineers. Mr. Crandal has risen to his present responsible position by his own persevering industry, hav- ing always given his attention strictly to his duties. He removed to Brownville when he received his appointment as foreman.
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