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Edwin Chapin Milliken received a good practical education in the common schools of Bridgton, Me. On March 25, 1864, when but thirteen years of age, he enlisted in Company H, Thirty-second Maine Volunteer Infantry. His father enlisted at the same time and in
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the same company and regiment. Shortly after, the regiment joined the Army of the Po- tomac, as a part of the Second Brigade, Second Division of the Ninth Army Corps. Mr. Mil- liken served in the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Gaines Mill, and Totopotomy Creek. On July 30 his regiment led the charge into the crater of the exploded mine, where the larger part of the men lost their lives. His next engagement, fought September 30 at Pegram farm near Peters- burg, was followed by that of Hatcher's Run and the South Side Railway combats. After that he was engaged in garrison duty at Fort Welch and Fort Davis, the latter being next in line to Fort Hell in front of Petersburg. On December 12, 1864, his regiment was united with the Thirty-first Maine, both being greatly reduced in numbers, and was thereafter known by the latter name. On April 2, 1865, he took part in the final capture of Petersburg, passing through that place in pursuit of Gen- eral Lee. On arriving at Nottoway Court- house, his regiment, with two others from their brigade, was detailed as guard escort to Sutherland Station for General Ewell, General DeHoe, and other rebel officers, besides eight thousand troops, all of whom General Sheri- dan had captured a few days previously. After doing this it started for the front and marched to Berksville Junction, twelve miles from Ap- pomattox, covering the entire distance in a surprisingly short time, and was present at the surrender of General Lee, and also at the re- ception of the news of the assassination of President Lincoln. Soon after, it returned to City Point and went thence by steamer to Alexandria, where it remained until the Grand Review at Washington, in which it partici- pated. On July 15, 1865, Mr. Milliken re- ceived his honorable discharge after seventeen months of service, much of which was spent in the thickest of the fight, and during which he carried the regular equipment, although at the time of his discharge he was but fourteen years and four months old. His father served by his side through it all. Soon after his return to Bridgton he began to learn the trade of loom fixer in a woollen-mill. In 1869 he accepted a position in Portland with F. & C. B. Nash, in the capacities of salesman and
book-keeper, continuing in their employ until January, 1893, or but little less than a quarter- century. He was then appointed to the posi- tion he now holds, in which he has charge of the State pensions and has an office at Au- gusta.
Mr. Milliken, always a supporter of Repub- lican principles, was elected Warden of Ward 3 on the Republican ticket. The record of his connection with various fraternal organiza- tions is of much interest. Since 1869 he has held a membership in Bosworth Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of which he was chosen Sergeant Major in 1874, holding that position for four years. He then became Adjutant of the Post, and held that continuously till Janu- ary 1, 1896, when he was elected Commander. In February, 1887, he was appointed Assistant Adjutant-general of the Department of Maine, and held that office up to and including the year 1891. He was also a member of the National Council of Administration and Assistant Inspector - general, attending the National Encampments for many years. He is one of the few men who are members of Shepley Camp, Sons of Veterans, who are also veteran soldiers. For many years he was con- nected with the National Guard of the State as Second Lieutenant of Company B in the First Regiment, afterward with the rank of First Lieutenant and still later as Adjutant of the regiment, serving in that capacity until 1887, when the pressure of other work forced him to resign. He is a member of Haddattah Lodge and Una Encampment, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The Machigonne Tribe of Red Men also claims him as a member. In the Knights of Pythias, Bramhall Lodge, he is Past Chancellor, obtaining that rank by a ser- vice of five and a half years as Keeper of Records and Seal. He is Grand Master of Exchequer, or Grand Treasurer, for the ninth consecutive term ; while during the past seven- teen years he has acted as Secretary and Treas- urer of the Endowment Rank.
Mr. Milliken has been twice married. His first union was contracted with Miss Frances M. Furlong, of Portland, who bore him three children, of whom the only survivor is Alice G. Milliken, now residing at home. Mrs. Frances M. Milliken died in 1878. On the
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second occasion Mr. Milliken was joined in marriage with Mrs. Phinelia H. (True) Sweet- ser, a daughter of Erastus and Olive True, of Portland, where the ceremony was performed March 4, 1885. Mr. Milliken and his wife are attendants of West Congregational Church. They reside in the pleasant home at 1033 Con- gress Street, purchased by him in September, 1 889.
ELSON M. SHAW, a thrifty and enter- prising farmer of the town of Cumber- land, was born upon his present farm, September 1, 1836, son of John and Martha (Wilson) Shaw. His grand- father, Daniel Shaw, came to the town as a pioneer, before the advent of county roads, when the paths of communication between the settlements were indicated by blazed trees. He acquired a tract of wild land, which he cleared and improved into a good farm, estab- lishing a comfortable home for himself and family. He died upon the farm at the age of seventy-seven years, after being twice married and rearing a family of nine children.
John Shaw, father of Nelson M., was born on the homestead, and early trained to farm work. He succeeded to the ownership of the property, which he cultivated and further im- proved, and was known as a kind-hearted neighbor and a useful citizen. He died at the age of fifty-two years. His wife, Martha Wilson, who was a native of Falmouth, be- came the mother of two sons, who reached maturity, namely: Nelson M., the subject of this sketch; and Wilson, who died at the age of twenty-eight years. Mrs. John Shaw lived to the age of eighty-two. Both she and her husband were members of the Congregational church, and Mr. Shaw was a Republican in politics.
Nelson M. Shaw received his education in the common and high schools of Cumberland, and adopted farming as his occupation. At his father's death he inherited the farm, which he has since cultivated with prosperous results. He has seventy-five acres of fruitful land; and he has devoted much time and energy to improving both the land and farm buildings, his present residence having been
erected under his personal supervision. He has always supported the Republican party, and is prominent in local public affairs. He was a Selectman for ten years, during eight of which he presided as Chairman of the Board ; and he has also been Auditor of Accounts for several years.
On March 19, 1864, Mr. Shaw was united in marriage to A. Caroline Leighton, who was born in Cumberland, March 9, 1843, and has had seven children, namely: Iloward L .; John M .; Herbert N .; Emma S .; Ethel C .; Martha E .; and Angie M., who died at the age of twenty-two years. Mrs. Nelson M. Shaw died November 27, 1886. Mr. Shaw occupies a leading position among the well- to-do farmers of his locality, and is highly es- teemed both for his manly personal qualities and his useful public services. He is a Con- gregationalist in his religious views, and in fraternal associations is a member of the Order of Red Mcn.
ERBERT FRANCIS TWITCHELL, M. D., one of the prominent younger physicians of Portland, was born in Bethel, Oxford County, November 16, 1869, son of Alphin and Roxanna (Twitchell) Twitchell. He comes of an old New England family, the history of which is given at length in Lapham's "History of Bethel, Me.," published in 1880. His great- great-grandfather was Joseph Twitchell, of Sherborn, Mass .; and his great-grandfather was Deacon Ezra Twitchell, one of the pioneer settlers of Bethel, Me. Dr. Twitchell's pa- ternal and maternal grandfathers were brothers, his father's father being Ezra Twitchell, Jr., who was born November 24, 1781, and his mother's father Thaddeus Twitchell, born January 4, 1788. They were both well-to-do farmers in Bethel.
Alphin Twitchell was born in Bethel, De- cember 27, 1804. He was a prosperous drover and cattle dealer, and occupied a prominent position in the community, holding many local offices, and acting as Selectman for a number of years. He died in 1887, the day before his eighty-third birthday. Mrs. Twitchell's demise occurred in August, 1872. They were
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stanch Congregationalists, and reared their seven children in that creed.
Herbert Francis Twitchell received his early education in the common schools of Bethel and at Gould's Academy. When twenty years of age, he went to work in a retail dry-goods store in Portland. He remained one year in this position, and then took up the study of medicine at the Portland School for Medical Instruction. He attended lectures at the Maine Medical School at Brunswick, main- taining a good rank in his classes. He re- ceived his diploma in 1883, and was shortly afterward appointed House Physician for the Maine General Hospital in Portland. In 1884 he opened an office at Freeport, Cumberland County, and in course of time established a successful practice. In the fall of 1892 he located at 10 Pine Street, Portland, where he still resides. Dr. Twitchell is especially in- terested in surgery, and is at present Adjunct Surgeon at the Maine General Hospital and Assistant Surgeon to the out-clinic of the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary. He is a mem- ber of the Maine State Medical Society, which he has represented as a delegate at different medical gatherings, and before which he has read several papers; President of the Portland Medical Club; and Treasurer of the Portland Academy of Medicine and Science.
On May 14, 1885, Dr. Twitchell was mar- ried to Alice J., daughter of the Rev. Samuel L. Gould, a Congregational clergyman, of Bethel. He votes in the ranks of the Repub- lican party. He is not an aspirant for office, having no time to spare from the work of his profession, although he was Supervisor of Schools for two years while in Freeport. He is a Mason, belonging to Freeport Lodge, No. 25, A. F. & A. M. Dr. Twitchell and his wife attend and support the Congregational church. The Doctor is esteemed by all who know him, his generous nature and ready sympathy winning hosts of well-wishers.
MOS H. NEVINS, a well-known and equally respected citizen of New Gloucester, Me., was born in this town, January 21, 1824, being a son of Zedekiah and Lydia (Harris) Nevins. His
great-grandfather on the paternal side was Hugh Nevins, who came to this country from England, and directly after landing at Boston went to Gloucester, Mass. After a short resi- dence there he united with a colony that was being formed to settle the town of New Gloucester, Me. Here he purchased a large tract of land, and established a home. He was an enterprising citizen and well-to-do in the world, and took an active part in building the first church in New Gloucester. He died in this town, leaving a family of children, of whom the youngest son was Samuel. Samuel Nevins, after living in New Gloucester for a time, removed to Lewiston, Me., where he took up farming. Subsequently he returned to New Gloucester, and purchased the farm on which his grandson, Amos H., now resides, the last years of his life being spent here. He married Susanna Haskell, of New Glouces- ter, and was the father of ten children, none of whom are now living. Their names were re- spectively as follows: Samuel, Davis, Robert, Joel, Amaziah, Zedekiah, Amos, Eliza, Lovina, and Susan.
Zedekiah Nevins, father of the subject of this sketch, followed the vocation of a farmer during his entire active life. His wife, Lydia Harris by maiden name, was born in Minot,. Me. She was a daughter of Amos Harris, who married Isabel Parsons, of New Gloucester, a descendant of Captain William Harris, a pa- triot soldier of the Revolution. She bore her husband four children, namely: Samuel, who died in 1873; Amos H., whose name prefaces this article; Adam Wilson, who died in 1860; and Olive, who became the wife of George Rose, and resides in Falmouth, Me. Mrs. Zedekiah Nevins, who made her home with her son Amos H., died in 1871, at the ad- vanced age of eighty years.
Amos H. Nevins acquired a good practical education in the common schools and at Auburn Academy, Auburn, Me. At the age of eighteen years he began teaching in the schools of Orange, N.J., and subsequently continued the same occupation in Pennsyl- vania for about three years. He then returned to Cumberland County, and settled in the town of Brunswick, where he taught school a portion of the time during his residence there.
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From Brunswick he came to New Gloucester, and followed school-teaching from his second advent in this town until 1862. Since then he has had charge of the old home farm, with the exception of a period of two years, during which he conducted the town farm. His farm contains one hundred and fifteen acres of good land ; and here, besides carrying on general farming, he gives special attention to butter- making. In October, 1848, Mr. Nevins was united in marriage with Miss Mary A. Suth- erland, who was born in Lisbon, Mc., March 2, 1827, a daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Whitney) Sutherland. Her father was a na- tive of Lisbon, Me., and her mother of Gor- ham, this State. Mrs. Nevins's grandfather, Alexander Sutherland, was born in Scotland, whence he emigrated to America. He espoused the cause of the colonists in their struggle with Great Britain, and fought bravely in the patriot army. His last days were spent in the town of Lisbon, Mc.
The union of Mr. and Mrs. Nevins has been blessed by the birth of six children, five sons and a daughter, as follows: Wilson, born in 1849, was a graduate of Bowdoin College, and married Josephine Stone, daughter of Captain William Stone, of Falmouth, Mc., in which place he and his wife reside. Winfield Scott, born in 1851, graduated from Gorham Semi- nary, and married Mary E. Leavitt, of Salem, Mass., daughter of Israel P. and Elizabeth Leavitt. After an apprenticeship to news- paper work on the Lewiston Journal of Lewis- ton, Me., in 1873 he obtained the position of reporter and correspondent for the Boston Herald, in the towns of Lynn and Salem, Mass., which he has since retained, and is besides a correspondent for the New York Tribune. Helen L., the only daughter, who makes her home with her parents, was born
February 3, 1862. She is a successful teacher, having followed that vocation in Hardwick, Vt., and in Auburn, Me. Eben, born May 2, 1863, married Alice Noyes, of Pownal, Me., and resides in Lynn, Mass., where he is engaged as Chief Engineer at the Electric Station of the Lynn & Boston Elec- tric Railroad. Amos Harris, born in Janu- ary, 1865, died at the age of seven years. John P., born in June, 1869, is an electrical
engineer, being employed in that capacity in the Electric Railway Station in Chelsea, Mass. He has twice married, his first wife being Miss Ida May Holland, of Prince Ed- ward's Island, who died in 1893. After her death he formed a second union with Miss Alice Johnson, of Newburyport, Mass. Mr. Nevins has given all his children the advan- tages of a high and normal school education.
In politics Mr. Nevins is a Republican. He is well and favorably known throughout the county, and his services in public life have been of material advantage to his town. In 1868, 1880, and 1881 he was Selectman, and in 1870 and 1871 a member of the School Committee. In 1868, when first elected to the office of Selectman, New Gloucester was deeply in debt ; and during his period of office, with the aid of several other leading citizens, this debt was raised, and in addition a suffi- cient sum was obtained for the erection of the town poor farm buildings. He also took the leading steps toward the establishment of the Public Library at New Gloucester, and the erection of a fine class of new school- houses. Both he and Mrs. Nevins are attend- ants of the Baptist church of New Gloucester, and the family is one that has attained well- deserved prominence as representative of a useful and desirable class of citizenship.
EWIS ALDEN GOUDY, President of the Goudy & Kent Corporation, and a resident of Portland since 1869, was born at Boothbay, Me., June 10, 1849, son of Alden and Augusta P. (Soule) Goudy. His mother, a daughter of David Soule, of Woolwich, Me., is lineally de- scended from George Soule, who came over in the "Mayflower," and was afterward promi- nent in the early history of the Plymouth Colony. He was one of the men sent out to gather food for the first Thanksgiving dinner, and one of the seven men selected by Miles Standish to make the first reconnoisance for Indians. On the paternal side Mr. Goudy's great-grandfather, who was a pioneer of York County, held a commission from the Massachu- setts General Court as Sheriff of the Province of Maine, and executed the first criminal con-
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victed and sentenced in the Province. Sheriff Goudy's son Amos, who was the grandfather of Lewis Alden, followed the occupations of farmer and miller, resided in Bristol, and married a Miss Church, a member of the noted Church family of New England. One of the paternal ancestors of his wife was commander of a privateer put in commission by the gov- ernor of the colonies; and a mahogany table, made from a portion of a cargo captured by him, is preserved as an heirloom by Mr. Goudy's mother.
Alden Goudy was born in 1821 at Bristol, this State, where he passed his earlier years in farming and milling. He subsequently fitted himself for the profession of a teacher at the old Lincoln Academy, New Castle. After engaging in that calling for a few years, he entered a mercantile business at Boothbay. A man of intelligence and of strong individ- uality, he became prominent in town and county affairs, and served as Selectman and Justice of the Peace for many years. He was an active temperance leader, and during the agitation preceding the adoption of the Maine Prohibitory Law assisted in destroying a large quantity of liquor. He was a total abstainer from both liquor and tobacco, his son Lewis following in his footsteps. Of his union with Miss Soule, six children were born, Lewis Alden being the first-born.
Lewis Alden Goudy acquired his early edu- cation in the schools of Boothbay and Bath. In 1869, after completing his education, he came to this city, leaving his position as clerk of the Maine Central Railway Company at Bath to accept another with a wholesale grain and flour house. He remained with this firm for twelve consecutive years, having had but one week's vacation, but becoming chief clerk and accountant of the establishment. In 1881 Mr. Goudy formed a partnership with Winthrop C. Cobb, and carried on a general baking business for the following year, under the firm name of W. C. Cobb & Co. Then the senior partner retired ; and Mr. Goudy continued the business alone until 1886, when the plant was consolidated with that of R. Kent & Son, under the name of Goudy & Kent. The new firm carried on the manufacture of crackers and biscuits, making a specialty of pilot
bread, which had been manufactured and sold throughout New England by the Kents for upward of sixty years. The partnership lasted until January, 1891, when Mr. Kent retired, owing to failing health. Mr. Goudy, having acquired all the rights of the old firm, has since conducted the business under the same style. In February, 1893, the firm was incor- porated with an authorized capital of two hun- dred thousand dollars, Mr. Goudy being made President. On September 30, 1892, the entire plant was destroyed by fire, causing a very heavy loss. The confectionery plant having been left intact, Mr. Goudy continued the business without intermission, buying the requisite supplies from friendly competitors. The plant had an area of thirty thousand square feet, and gave employment to from seventy-five to a hundred people. On rebuild- ing, its capacity was greatly increased, and the latest modern conveniences, in both the bis- cuit and confectionery departments, were added. The factory is now the largest of the kind east of Boston, giving employment to six travelling salesmen in addition to five local wagon salesmen.
Mr. Goudy is Treasurer of the Lakeside Press, a Director of the Casco Box Company, and Vice-President of the Portland Board of Trade.
On February 23, 1873, Mr. Goudy was united in wedlock with Annie J. Ayers, daughter of Joseph and Harriet Ayers. The union has been blessed by the birth of four children ; namely, Annie Louise, Isabelle A., Ellen C., and Alice D. Mr. Goudy is broad and liberal in his religious views, and regu- larly attends the Williston Church. Mrs. Goudy, who is an accomplished musician, has sung in the choir of the State Street Church for the past twenty years.
Politically, Mr. Goudy is a stanch Republi- can, serving his party frequently as a delegate to different conventions, but always declining official position. He is identified with the Masonic fraternity, being a member of Ancient Landmark Lodge, Mt. Vernon Chapter, Port- land Council, and Portland Commandery. He has membership, in Beacon Lodge, Indepen- dent Order of Odd Fellows; in Ivanhoe Lodge, Knights of Pythias; in the Portland Club, the
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Young Men's Republican Club, and the Me- chanic Association.
TEAM EMPLE H. SNOW, a dealer in stoves, hardware, and plumbers' supplies, and one of the old and reliable business men of Westbrook, was born in Rumford, Ox- ford County, July 8, 1834, son of Samuel Stillman and Mary (Hoyt) Snow. Mr. Snow is of English descent. His paternal grand- father, a New Hampshire man, was a civil en- gineer, who made many surveys in his native State when settlements were few and far apart.
Samuel Stillman Snow was a native of Beth- leliem, N. H. Reared in an agricultural dis- trict, he engaged in farming as a means of earn- ing a livelihood, and devoted his life to tliat pursuit. He spent some years in Rumford, and in 1848 removed to Westbrook, where he remained about ten years. He then located in Skowhegan, Me., and in 1867 removed to Worcester, Mass., where he died and is buried. His span of life embraced seventy-four years. Mr. Snow took an ardent interest in politics, belonging first to the Whig party and then to its outgrowth, the Republican party. He was an enthusiastic temperance man and a zealous Abolitionist. His wife, who was born in Concord, N. H., and lived seventy-four years, followed her husband to the grave one year after his demise, and is buried in Worcester. Both were members of the Congregational church. They were the parents of five sons and four daughters, all born in Rumford, Me. Of these the following are living: Benjamin P., Principal of the Yarmouth (Me.) Acad- emy; Temple H., the subject of this sketch ; Mary A., the widow of the late Captain How- ell Drinkwater and a resident of Oakland, Cal. ; Ellen A., the wife of Hiram Stratton, a broker in Worcester, Mass .; and Ezra H., a dealer in toys and games, of which he has in- vented many, residing in Orange, N.J. Har- riet N. married Andrew Partridge, and died, leaving two sons and one daughter; Edward Payson died unmarried at the age of thirty-two; and Samuel S. lived but twenty-three years.
Temple H. Snow learned the tinsmith's trade under the tuition of an old-time tinsmith, Sewell Brackett, and became a most careful
and thorough workman. He was with Mr. Brackett seven years, and then for ten years worked for canning companies, being employed by Rumrey & Burnham, Plummer & Marr, and the J. W. Jones Company. In 1873, at the same time that D. N. McCann retired from the firm, he purchased a share in the business of the McCann Brothers at 42 Main Street, Westbrook ; and for two years business was con- ducted under the name of McCann & Snow. In 1875 Mr. Snow became sole proprietor, and since that time he has carried on the store very prosperously. The establishment is well stocked with a variety of tinware, hardware, stoves, and plumbers' supplies. Estimates for plumbing are furnished, and repairing of all kinds is done. Mr. Snow is firmly estab- lished, and is regarded as one of the most re- liable business men of the town.
In 1864 he was married in Brunswick, Me., to Ellen A. Mariner, a native of Brunswick, and a daughter of George and Abigail (Moore) Mariner. Mr. and Mrs. Mariner were lifelong residents of Brunswick, and are buried in that town. Mr. and Mrs. Snow have one son, George Payson, who is train despatcher at South Framingham, Mass., on the Northern Division of the New York & New Haven Rail- road. He married Alice M. Fletcher, a native of Portsmouth, N. H., who was reared in Somerville, Mass., and has two sons- George Temple and Edward Harmon. Mr. Snow takes an active part in local politics as a Republican. He was a member of the first Board of Aldermen in Westbrook, and served efficiently during the difficult year devoted to the changing of the town government to the more complicated city organization, acting as Chairman of the Committee on Accounts and as a member of the Committees on Highways and Streets, Fire Department, Street Lights, Salaries, and Laying out of New Streets. He belongs to Temple Lodge, No. 86, A. F. & A. M., in which he has filled all the chairs to the West; to Saccarappa Lodge, No. 11, In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows; and to the Order of the Eastern Star. Mr. and Mrs. Snow are members of the Westbrook Congre- gational church, in the choir of which he has been leader for a quarter of a century. He is an accomplished musician, and has done much
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