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Mr. Larrabee is identified with many busi- ness and social organizations, being President of the Washington Casualty Insurance Com- pany of Portland; Treasurer of the State En- graving and Manufacturing Company, with , quarry and factory at Monson and Portland ; and one of the Directors and Clerk of the Lakeside Press, which is the best-equipped printing and binding establishment in the State. He likewise belongs to the Falmouth Club, which is devoted to the interests of the
Democratic party, and to the Knights of Pythias.
The pleasant home of Mr. Larrabee at 102 Emery Street is presided over by his wife, whose maiden name was Sara L. Ballard. She is a native of Buxton, this State, where she was bred and educated. They are the par- ents of three children -- Frank P., a graduate of Tufts College; Emily D. ; and Helen. In religious matters Mr. Larrabee has always attended and supported the Universalist church, but is a free thinker and entirely inde- pendent in his views of faith and doctrine.
ILLIAM WALLACE ANDREWS, a wealthy farmer and highly re- spected citizen of Otisfield, Mc., was born in this town on June 18, 1839, son of Asa and Alazander S. (Stubbs) Andrews.
The paternal grandparents of Mr. Andrews were among the pioncer settlers of Norway, Oxford County. They died there, and when a small boy Asa Andrews went to live with an uncle who resided in that town. In his new home he became familiar with practical farm- ing, and on starting for himself he took up that vocation in Otisfield. Here he purchased a farm that he continued to carry on with profit until his death in 1894. He was a prominent citizen of this town, and was called upon to fill official positions, the duties of which he performed in a creditable manner.
His wife's maiden name was Alazander Stubbs. Left an orphan at an early age, she came to Otisfield to live with an uncle, re- maining with him until her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Asa Andrews had five children - Henry L., William Wallace, Abner L., Ellen R., and Julia A. Henry L. Andrews, born June 18, 1837, died September 19, 1859. Abner L., born September 14, 1844, died in California, May 4, 1873, survived by his wife, formerly Maria Millett, who is again married, and lives in Portland, Me. Ellen R. An- drews, born May 6, 1851, who became the wife of Albert L. F. Pike, of Norway, died July 29, 1889. He still resides in Norway, where he is Manager of the Norway Medicine Com- pany and Secretary of the Odd Fellows' Graded Mutual Relief Association of Maine.
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The youngest child, Julia A., born August 2, 1853, died January 5, 1888. All of the chil- dren were well educated, and some of them en- gaged in teaching in this county. Their mother is still living, occupying a house near that of her son William.
Until some time after the outbreak of the Civil War, William Wallace Andrews was a member of the paternal household. On August 25, 1862, he enlisted as a recruit in Company G of the Tenth Maine Infantry, commanded by Colonel Beal. This regiment had but eight months to serve, but Mr. An- drews together with some three hundred other men, having been mustered into the service for three years, were retained in the field; and these few men served for a time as a dis- tinct organization, known as the Tenth Maine Battalion, but were finally consolidated with the Twenty-ninth Maine Regiment.
Mr. Andrews was at the battles of Chan- cellorsville and Gettysburg, and took part in three of the battles in the Shenandoah Valley, the second battle of Winchester, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek. In the last-named engagement, fought October 19, 1864, he re- ceived a bullet wound in the left leg, and on account of disability thus caused he was honorably discharged while in the hospital at Augusta, Me., April 28, 1865. About two years later he was married, and he subse- quently purchased one-half of his father's farm. He has since purchased other land, in- cluding the old homestead, so that he now owns about three hundred and twenty acres. He devotes considerable attention to general farming, but makes a specialty of fruit and dairying. He keeps on an average about eighteen milch cows, from which he sells the cream.
On October 26, 1867, Mr. Andrews was married at Norway, Me., to Miss Addie Au- gusta Pike, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. P. B. Wilcox. Mrs. Andrews was born in Norway, April 5, 1844, daughter of Luther F. and Adaline A. (Millett) Pike, her parents being natives of the town of Norway. Throughout his active years her father was profitably engaged in farming. He is still living in Norway at the advanced age of ninety-one years. Her mother died May 21,
1886. Mr. and Mrs. Andrews have two chil- dren now living - Lillian May and Henry Asa. Lillian May Andrews, born October 2, 1870, who has been a very successful teacher, is now attending the State Normal School at Farmington, Me., where she will be graduated a few weeks hence, June 11, 1896; Henry Asa Andrews, born October 29, 1878, is now being educated at Norway Liberal Institute, Norway, Mc. Their elder son, Luther Abner, born April 17, 1875, died October 26, 1876.
Mr. Andrews takes an active interest in political matters, and has always been a sup- porter of the Republican party. He has served acceptably as Selectman and for sev- eral terms as a member of the School Board. He is a member of the following fraternal organizations: Norway Lodge, No. 16, Indc- pendent Order of Odd Fellows; Harry Rust Post, No. 54, Grand Army of the Republic, of Norway: and Frederick Robie Grange, of which he was Master. He was a member of the Crooked River Grange, of which he was Master fifteen years; and he was Master of Oxford County, Pomona, Grange for two years. Mr. Andrews is a communicant of the Congre- gational church, in which he holds the posi- tion of Treasurer. He is an ardent believer in the progressive development of Christian- ity, has devoted much attention to the relig- ious thought of the day, and in 1891 pub- lished a pamphlet of his own production, which is regarded by those of like faith as "a logical, careful, well-written work, with the positions taken well sustained."
ON. SEWALL GROSS, a prominent Justice of the Peace and an ex-Rep- resentative of the State legislat- ure, now living in retirement in Upper Gloucester, was born in New Glouces- ter May 21, 1809. His parents were Isaac and Sarah (Woodman) Gross. The father, a shoemaker by trade, was born in Hingham, Mass., on August 27, 1763. He came to New Gloucester when he was seventeen years of age, and there remained, being engaged in farming until his death in 1827. The mother died in 1814. They had seven children,
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namely: Betsey, born March 10, 1793, who married Henry R. Parsons, now deceased; Isaac, born December 5, 1795, who succes- sively married Percis N. Davis and Maria Bearcc, of Turner, Me., and died on January 12, 1891, leaving a widow, now residing in Auburn, Me. ; Sallie, born December 7, 1798, who died on October 30, 1815; Otis C., born September 21, 1800, who married Sallie Nel- son, both now deceased, his death having oc- curred July 18, 1849; Annie, born June 12, 1803, who died May 21, 1821; Abigail, born October 5, 1805, who successively married Isaac Curtis, of Richmond, Me., and Joseph Frecman, and died July 5, 1879; and Sewall, the subject of this sketch.
The Hon. Sewall Gross, after completing his school education, was engaged in the mer- cantile business in New Gloucester, associated with Joseph Cross as partner for about twenty years. His interest in the enterprise there- after continued for the balance of sixty years, during thirty of which he was Postmaster. He was Selectman and Collector for a number of years; and in 1857 he was a Representative to the State legislature. Mr. Gross was Jus- tice of the Peace for thirty-five years. In politics he has been a stanch Republican since the organization of the party. He is also actively interested in the temperance cause, being a member of the Society of Good Tem- plars in this town.
Mr. Gross was twicc married. His first wife, whom he led to the altar on November 14, 1836, was Louisa N. (Parsons) Gross, a native of North Yarmouth, Me., born August 22, 1815, daughter of David and Mary (Bacon) Parsons. Her father belonged in Poland, Me., where he was engaged in farming until his death. The mother belonged in North Yarmouth, Me. Mrs. Gross had four chil- dren. These wcre: David S., born August 13, 1837, who dicd in infancy; Charles S., born May 5, 1839, who married Cornelia J. Cook, and is living in Auburn, N. Y. ; George P., born December 20, 1840, who marricd Georgiana M. Harlow, and resides in Newton, Mass. ; Jabez Henry Cushman, born August 27, 1842, who married Mary J. Boonc, of Chicago, and died June 15, 1886, leaving a widow, since a resident of Chicago. On No-
vember 10, 1844, Mr. Gross married his first wife's sister, Caroline E. Parsons, also a na- tive of North Yarmouth, born August 7, 1822. Mr. Gross and his present wifc are the parents of three children -- Grenville M., Frank Les- lie, and Otis Crosby. Grenville M., who was born May 24, 1846, was twice married, Ella G. Ross being the first wife, and Miss Eu- genia Schofield the second; hc now lives with the latter in Chicago, Ill. Frank Leslie, born November 30, 1847, entered matrimony with Mary Ellen Woodard; and they live in Newton, Mass. Otis Crosby Gross, born in January 18, 1852, died on August 4, 1854. The surviving children of Mr. Gross had the advantage of a high-school education. Both parents are highly esteemed members of the Baptist church. In the retirement Mr. Gross now enjoys, having done his duty well, he must find much pleasure in retrospcction.
OSES MELVIN BAILEY, of the firm of H. J. Bailey & Co., dealers in carpetings and upholstery, Portland, Mc., was born in
Winthrop, Me., September 30, 1869, son of Moses and Hannah C. (Johnston) Bailey. His great-grandfather, Jacob Bailey, settlcd in Mainc about 1786, locating in the town of Leeds. His son Ezekiel, the grandfather of our subject, was a manufacturer of oil-cloth, when that industry was in its infancy. He spent the last fifty years of his life at Bailey- ville, Winthrop, dying without sickness at the age of eighty. He was twice married, his first wife being Hannah Robbins, of Win- throp. She died July 28, 1828, leaving four sons, whom their maternal grandmother took charge of to the time of her death, which took place in 1847. Ezekiel Bailey subsequently marricd Mary Robbins, the sister of his first wife, and by this union had threc sons.
Moses Bailey, the first of the name, was the sccond son of Ezekiel and Hannah (Robbins) Bailey, and was ten years of age when his mother passed to the world beyond. At the age of sixteen he entered the Friends' Board- ing School at Providence, R. I., where he studied during part of 1834, 1835, and 1836, and while there developed a literary talent of
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no mean order, writing several essays of merit, some of which have been preserved in a volume entitled "Reminiscences of a Christian Life." This book was edited and published by his wife, Mrs. H. J. Bailey, and contains essays on "The Ocean," "The Character of Man," "The Ruins of Time," "Education," "The Works of Nature," "Virtue," "The Existence of God," and a poem entitled "Man," dated 1837.
At the age of eighteen Moses Bailey en- tered on his business carcer, engaging in the manufacture of oil-cloth with his father; and when he reached his majority he and his brother Charles purchased the business. They prospered increasingly from year to year, en- larging their manufacturing capacity and im- proving on the crude modes of labor until their trade grew to vast proportions. Moses Bailey threw all his energy into his work, hesitating not to do the most humble service, peddling goods from place to place, laboring with his hands in any department of the factory, and working mentally for the promotion of all interests concerned. He eventually sold his share in this business to his brother, and erected a new factory consisting of many sepa- rate buildings for the different departments. This was located at Baileyville; and there he conducted a thriving business until the sum- mer of 1870, when his buildings were de- stroyed by fire. His health being impaired at this time, he decided not to rebuild immedi- ately; but, not desiring to retire from busi- ness altogether, he formed a partnership with J. S. Marrett, of Portland, purchasing the store of Marrett, Poor & Co. of that city, and on January 1, 1871, they opened for business under the style of Marrett, Bailey & Co. The elder Mr. Bailey retained his interest in this establishment during the rest of his life. In 1871 he rebuilt his factories at Winthrop with enlarged capacities. The plant was afterward sold to his brother, Charles M. Bailey; and a thriving business is still carried on there. Moses Bailey was a birthright member of the religious Society of Friends, his ancestors for several generations having been believers in the Quaker doctrine. He was a prominent member of the local community of Friends, serving as clerk of the Fairfield quarterly
meeting thirteen years and of the Winthrop monthly meeting twenty-two years. He died June 6, 1882.
Moses Bailey was twice married. In his twenty-third year he was united to Betsey Jones, daughter of Reuben Jones, of Win- throp; and they began housekeeping in a prudent way in a modest residence, which they occupied for fourteen years. In 1856 he erected a larger and more convenient house, which was his home during the rest of his life; and there the partner of his joys and sorrows, who had shared with him the trials and privations of early life, died March 21, 1867, having attained the age of fifty-two years, five months, and thirteen days. On October 13, 1868, Mr. Bailey married Hannah C. Johnston, daughter of David Johnston, of Plattekill, Ulster County, N. Y. Mrs. Han- nah C. Bailey, who is still living at the old homestead at Winthrop, is a most estimable : lady, well educated and capable.
Moses Melvin Bailey received a good educa- tion, attending the common schools of Win- throp, and taking a three years' course at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary at Kent's Hill, Me. In 1890 he engaged in the carpet busi- ness in Portland, succeeding to his father's in- terest in the firm of H. J. Bailey & Co. This firm has a large establishment, and conducts a very prosperous business. Mr. Bailey is the owner of considerable real estate, including a farm of three hundred acres, of which he is manager. He has a fine herd of some thirty cows on this farm, and other valuable stock. He is also the owner of the estate at ISI Forest Avenue, Woodford's, which was for- merly owned and occupied by Captain Coyle, a well-known steamboat officer. Mr. Bailey purchased this property since engaging in business in Portland, and makes it his perma- nent home.
In 1891 Mr. Bailey was united in marriage with Miss Lettie M. Smith, daughter of An- drew J. and Matilda (Record) Smith, of Fair- field, Me. One child brightens their home, a little son named Moses, who is now (1896) two years old.
In politics Mr. Bailey is independent, vot- ing for the men whom he thinks will carry out the principles in which he believes. He and
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his wife are members of the Friends' Church of Portland, and are highly esteemed in the community.
AMUEL S. LATHAM, a leading farmer of Pownal, was born in Gray, Me., April 8, 1825, son of Galen and Betsey (Soper) Latham. Mr. Latham's grandfather, Eliab Latham, who was probably a native of Bridgewater, Mass., beeame an early settler in Gray, where he followed the trade of a blacksmith. He resided in Gray for many years, and died March 18, 1818, his death having been eaused by a eonflagration, which destroyed his residenee. He reared five children, all of whom grew to maturity, and became heads of families.
Galen Latham, who was born in Gray in 1790, learned the trade of a ship earpenter, which he followed as an occupation eonjointly with farming An industrious and worthy citi- zen, he was a lifelong resident of Gray, where his death oeeurred February 22, 1831, at the age of forty-one years. His wife, Betsey, also a native of Gray, born in 1793, beeame the mother of six children, three of whom are living. These are: Samuel S., the subjeet 'of this sketch; Luey F., who was born August 13, 1828, and is now the wife of Edwin B. Madden, of Old Town, Me. ; and William W., born March 17, 1830, and now residing in Portland, Me. The others were: Eliab, born April 5, 1819, who died September 29, 1844; Mary, born April 28, 1821, who died Oetober 12, 1858; and Artemas, born October 6, 1817, who died December 2, 1880. The mother lived to the age of eighty years. She was a member of the Free Will Baptist ehureh.
Samuel S. Latham received his edueation in the sehools of East Gray. As he was left fatherless at a very early age, he was obliged to begin to work for the support of his mother and himself when quite young. He accepted any suitable employment that presented itself, and resided at home until he reached the age of twenty-seven years. Then he moved to Pownal, where he loeated upon the farm he now owns and oeeupies. His property, which is desirably situated, consists of one hundred aeres of fertile land. He has brought it into
a high state of eultivation, and has made vari- ous improvements upon the buildings. He devotes his time and energies to general farm- ing, produeing large erops of a superior quality. In polities he has always supported the principles of the Democratie party. He has been conspicuous in town affairs for many years. He served with ability and good judgment as a member of the Board of Select- men for five years, and he has also held other offiees of responsibility and trust.
On June 9, 1852, Mr. Latham was united in marriage to Harriet E. Starbird, who was born in Gray, May 28, 1831. They have had two children, namely: Aliee Jeanette, who, born September 22, 1853, married Jabez True, and died November 28, 1872; and Fannie C., born June 6, 1860, who married George A. Mars- ton, and died April 24, 1893. Mrs. Latham died May 22, 1894. She was a member of the Congregational ehureh. Mr. Latham pos- sesses the keen intelligence eharaeteristie of the New England farmer. He is well in- formed upon the important issues of the day, and has long been recognized as an active leader of the Democratie party in his locality.
APTAIN EBEN RING YORK, a retired ship-master residing at Yar- mouthville, Me., who died on April 2, 1896, and was buried with Ma- sonic honors, was born in Falmouth, Me., April 20, 1822. He was a son of Captain William Ring and Mary (Sanborn) York, and came of a line of seafaring men, his aneestors for at least two generations having been mar- iners. His - grandfather, Joseph York, was among the early settlers of Falmouth. He died in comparatively young manhood, leaving a family; and his widow, Hannah York, who lived to reach the advaneed age of over ninety, died in Falmouth.
William Ring York, son of Joseph and Hannah, was born in Falmouth. He served under General Washington in the Revolution- ary War, and assisted in the defenee of Bos- ton at Dorchester Heights. His sea life dated from an early age; and he became a pioneer sea eaptain and a well-known ship-master in the early merchant marine service, well versed
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in the details of foreign trade. He was a sturdy mariner of the old school, strong, able, fearless, and independent; and he was above all a strictly temperate man. He finally re- tired from. a prosperous career on the ocean wave, and settled at the homestead in Fal- mouth, where he passed the rest of his life, and died at the ripe old age of ninety-one years. In politics Captain William R. York was a Whig, and his record is one of honor and of loyalty to the country which gave him birth. He was twice married ; and he reared a family of twenty-one children, fourteen by his first wife, and seven by his second. His second wife, Mary Sanborn, who was a native of Cumberland, Me., died at the age of ninety ; and of his large family there is now but one survivor - namely, John F. York, of Califor- nia. Captain York's parents were members of the First Congregational Church of Yar- mouth.
Eben Ring York passed his early boyhood in Falmouth, and was educated in the schools of that town. At the age of fourteen he began his seafaring life by shipping before the mast on board the brig "General Scott," which was commanded by Captain Charles Littlejohn ; and he received sixteen dollars per month during his first voyage. He became an able seaman, passing rapidly upward through the different grades in the merchant service; and at the age of twenty-one he was given the command of the schooner "Independence," a vessel of ninety tons' register, which was engaged in the West India trade. He next became master and part owner of the brig "Finan- cier," of one hundred and twenty tons, in which he continued in the West India trade for three years; and at the expiration of that time he took command of the "S. C. Blanch- ard," a ship of twelve hundred and fifty tons' register, which was built at Yarmouth. He was master of the "S. C. Blanchard " for three years, during which time he was engaged wholly in the foreign trade; and later for sev- eral years he commanded other vessels built by the same company. He followed the sea for nearly fifty years, over forty of which he was a successful ship-master ; and, finally retir- ing in 1879, from that time till his death, only a few weeks since, he resided at his
pleasant and comfortable home at Yarmouth- ville. He enjoyed a long and successful career in the merchant service, during which `time he visited and traded in nearly all of the principal ports of America and Europe, win- ning a high reputation as a skilful commander and an able business man, and his undertaking being productive of good financial results.
In 1846 Captain York was united in már- riage with Sarah T. True, daughter of Samuel and Mary T. True, the former of whom was an early settler and a prosperous farmer of Yar- mouth. Captain and Mrs. York had four chil- dren, as follows: William F., who was lost at sea at the age of twenty-seven ycars and six months; Ada G., wife of John P'. Carswell, who resides in Yarmouthville, and is ticket agent for the Grand Trunk Railway; Charles B., who is now a ship-chandler of San Fran- cisco, Cal. ; and Samuel T., a merchant of Yarmouthville.
Mrs. York attends the Baptist church. Captain York was liberal in his religious- views. In Yarmouth he occupied a prominent position among the well-to-do residents of the town; and he was socially very popular, being a member of Casco Lodge, A. F. & A. M. He was a Republican in politics, and always supported the principles of that party. A true-hearted, whole-souled man, he made many acquaintances in his adventurous life; and he left a host of friends to mourn his loss.
An excellent likeness of the late Captain York on an adjoining page adds greatly to the interest and value of the foregoing biographi- cal notice of that worthy ship-master.
AVID F. CARSLEY, a representa- tive farmer of Harrison, was born upon the farm he now owns and occupies, October 26, 1829, son of William C. and Esther (Cotton) Carsley. Mr. Carsley's grandfather, who was a native of Gor- ham, Me., settled in Harrison when a young man, and for the rest of his life carried on a farm in the vicinity of his grandson's present property.
William C. Carsley, Mr. Carsley's father, born in Harrison, was reared to agricultural pursuits. In early manhood he cleared the
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farm now occupied by his son David F., and cultivated it successfully during his active period. He was an intelligent, well-informed man, was especially familiar with the history of his locality, and was held in high esteem by his neighbors. He resided upon the farm until his death, which took place in Septem- ber, 1867. His wife, Esther, who was a native of Gorham, became the mother of five children, as follows: Nathan, now deceased, who mar- ried Mary E. Newcomb, the latter being now ' a resident of Bridgton; Bethiah D., the wife of Clark Chase, of Lynn, Mass. ; Valentine, a carpenter residing in Harrison, who married Augusta Smith; David F., the subject of this sketch ; and Mary J., who successively married Peter Hodgdon, of Gorham, and Seth Moore, of North Bridgton. The mother died December 7, 1882.
David F. Carsley received his education in the common schools of his native town. At an early age he commenced to assist in carry- ing on the farm, and had full charge of it dur- ing his father's declining years. He suc- ceeded to its possession when his father died, and has resided upon it since. The property, which is well-improved and finely located, con- tains one hundred and twenty-five acres of land, with good substantial buildings. The proprietor makes a specialty of raising corn and hay, of which he obtains very superior crops.
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