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one son - Edward Waldo, born February 12, 1873. Mr. Stone has voted the Democratic ticket ever since he was qualified to cast a ballot. He is a member of Mount Tir'em Lodge, No. 132, A. F. & A. M., of Waterford.
UGENE H. ANDREWS, M. D., a graduate of Bowdoin University Medi- cal School, now practising his pro-
fession with success in Sumner, Oxford County, is a native of Paris, Me., born July 30, 1862. He is a son of the late Alfred P. and Eunice M. (Hersey) Andrews, the former of whom was born in Paris, September 15, 1837, and the latter in Sumner, July 18, 1835. Dr. Andrews's great- grandfather was Edmund Andrews, and his grandfather was Sullivan Andrews. (A more extended account of the family will be found in the sketch of America Andrews. )
Alfred P. Andrews was an able business man, who for many years was engaged in trade at North and West Paris. He acted in the capacity of a Justice of the Peace, was several times nominated for town offices, and was highly regarded by his fellow-townsmen. He died in Groveton, N. H., June 26, 1882. His religious belief was that of the Universalists. He was three times married. His first wife, Eunice, who was a daughter of Samuel and Polly (Bradbury) Hersey, of Sumner, died August 25, 1862. His last wife survives him, and is now residing at West Paris. Alfred P. Andrews had two sons, namely : Eugene H., the subject of this sketch, by his first wife; and Sullivan L., who is living at West Paris, by another.
Eugene H. Andrews acquired his early edu- cation in the common schools of Paris and at the North Bridgton Academy. After leaving school he took up the study of painting and general decorative art, and pursued it for nine years. In this period he also taught school for a while, and served for several years on the School Board of Paris. In 1890 he began the study of medicine with Dr. O. K. Yates. Later he attended the Maine General Hospital and the Portland School of Medical Instruction for two years. He then entered the Medical Department of Bowdoin College, from which
he graduated in June, 1894. He first located in Paris, where he practised one year. In 1895 he came to Sumner, where he is fast establishing a reputation as a skilful physician.
On September 26, 1888, Dr. Andrews was united in marriage to Annie Bartlett Burgess, daughter of Charles G. Burgess, of Brunswick, Me. They have one daughter - Ruth Bur- gess, who was born September 20, 1893. In politics Dr. Andrews is a Democrat. He has declined solicitations to serve in town offices. He is a charter member of the Oxford County Medical Society, which was recently organ- ized; and he is connected with the Masonic fraternity, being a member of Granite Lodge, No. 182, of West Paris, and of the Chapter, Council, and Commandery. He has already laid the foundation of a brilliant future as a professional man.
ON. OTIS HAYFORD, an influen- tial citizen of Canton, Me., now a member of the State Board of As- sessors, was born in this town, May 10, 1834. His parents, Otis and Alvira (Hayford) Hayford, were cousins, his father being a son of Zeri Hayford, and his mother a daughter of Gustavus Hayford, brother of Zeri. These two grandfathers, Zeri and Gus- tavus Hayford, were the first settlers of Canton village, coming here in 1814 or 1815. Their father, Captain William B. Hayford, was the eighteenth settler of Turner, Me., to which place he came from Pembroke, Mass. Later on he removed to Hartford, Me., where his remains lie buried, he having died there at a good age. He served in the Revolutionary War, and was a member of the Massachusetts State militia. . Gustavus Hayford was a miller and built the mills at Canton. Zeri followed farming. Both were active and prominent citizens, and spent the remainder of their lives in Canton, where they died at about seventy years of age.
Reared to habits of thrift and industry, Otis Hayford, Sr., son of Zeri, passed a useful and prosperous life, assisting materially in the building up of the village of Canton, where for many years he was successfully engaged in the manufacture of lumber and farming imple-
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ments, and was the owner and manager of an iron foundry and potash works. He was also a merchant, dealing in dry goods and groceries. In his early days he was a Whig; and he sup- ported the Republican party from its forma- tion. In the thirties he served as a Repre- sentative to the Lower House of the State legislature, and for a number of years was a Justice of the Peace. He died in 1871, aged sixty-eight years, Alvira, his wife, surviving him until 1882, and reaching the age of seventy-seven years. In religious belief they were Universalists. Five children were born to them, as follows: Adela F., Adela F., and George O., all three dying in infancy ; Celes- tia, who died at eighteen years of age; and Otis Hayford, Jr., the subject of this sketch.
Otis Hayford, the only surviving child, was educated in the common schools of Canton, Lewiston Academy, and Westbrook Seminary, and then went to Portland, where he held a position as clerk until twenty years of age. On attaining his majority he started in trade for himself in a general variety store in Can- ton ; and until 1878, or about twenty-five years, he did a successful business in this line, having for many years several different partners, con- ducting it alone the rest of the time. During those years he was also largely interested in buying and selling general farm produce, in- cluding also wool and hops. In 1878, in com- pany with Governor Washburn, S. C. Andrews, and others, he purchased the bonds of the Rumford Falls & Buckfield Railroad, and rebuilt the road from McFalls to Canton, after which he was superintendent of the road four years, a Director ten years, and Vice-President several years.
In 1855 Mr. Hayford married Amanda M. F. Phinney, who was born in Turner, Me., a daughter of Leonard Phinney. Mr. and Mrs. Hayford have three children living, namely : Herbert F., born in Canton, now Station Agent at McFalls, who is married and has three children - Percy G., Jessamine A., and Josephine A. ; Wilder O., an accountant for the Poland Paper Company in Canton village, who is married and has four children - R. Mildred, Herbert O., Dorothy S., and Celes- tia M. ; and Mary E. Hayford, who lives at the parental home. One daughter, Celestia,
died at fifteen; and a son, Percy G., died at four years of age.
Hon. Otis Hayford, who is a Republican, has always taken a very active interest in political matters. He has served as Select- man, Town Clerk, Treasurer, and in minor offices of his town. During the war he was Captain of the militia company of Canton, and in 1871 and 1872 was a member of the State Senate. Since 1891 he has been on the State Board of Assessors. Fraternally, he has been a Mason since 1858, when he joined Oriental Star Lodge, No. 28, of which he was Master a few years later; and at the institution of Whitney Lodge, at Canton, he was one of the charter members and its first Master. He is also charter member and first High Priest of Androscoggin Royal Arch Chapter, and a member of Lewiston Commandery, Knights Templars. In religious belief Mr. and Mrs. Hayford are Universalists.
OBIAS L. EASTMAN, a well-known public man of Oxford County, and the proprietor of the Eastman Canning fac- tory in Fryeburg, was born in the town of Stow, this county, December 30, 1844. His parents were Daniel and Rebecca (Smart) Eastman, the former of Fryeburg, the latter of Lovell. Daniel Eastman was engaged for a number of years in farming and lumbering and conducting a hotel in Lovell; and his death occurred in that town, October 25, 1877. He was twice married. His first marriage was contracted with Miss Lucy Walker, of Frye- burg, who died in Lovell, April 10, 1835. She was the mother of seven children, all now deceased ; namely, James W., Abigail W., Hall C., Horace D., Horace, Mary Ann, and Samuel W. The second wife, Rebecca, after her husband's death went to live with her son, Tobias L., and died at his home, December 7, 1885. She was the mother of six children, namely : Seth and Tobias L., deceased; Lucy W., now residing in Standish, Me., the widow of Jere H. Lord; Tobias L. (second), the sub- ject of this sketch; Susan S., deceased; and Emma E., the widow of Tobias Lord, and now residing in Standish, this State.
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Tobias I. Eastman were limited to those offered by the common schools. Although but a boy of sixteen when the Rebellion began, he, on October 1, 1861, offered his ser- vices for the war, wishing to enlist in the Twelfth Maine Regiment of Volunteer Infan- try. He was refused on account of his youth ; but, being determined to fight for the Union, he followed the regiment to New Orleans, and there, on May 1, 1862, was enrolled in Com- pany E, under Colonel George F. Shepley and Captain Knight. He remained with the regi- ment until the last year of the war, participat- ing in the engagements at Ponchatoula, La., and Irish Bend, La. ; the siege of Port Hud- son ; the engagement at Deep Bottom; and, under Sheridan, in the battles of Winchester and Cedar Creek. In all this time he escaped injury ; and, though he spent two weeks in the hospital on account of illness contracted in the malarial districts of the South, he was in com- paratively good health when, in August, 1865, he received his discharge at Hilton Head, S. C. Returning home after this he was engaged for one year each as clerk in a grocery store of Lovell and in a hardware store of East Cam- bridge, and for four years in a general mer- chandise store at Steep Falls, Me. Subse- quently, he was railroad Station Agent at Steep Falls for two years, and then he was employed in the United States Mail Service on the Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad until 1881. He was next appointed Postmaster of Fryeburg, and served four years, until Febru- ary, 1886. After leaving this position he established a factory for canning corn at Fryeburg. This proved successful, and within a short time he took measures to incorporate the T. L. Eastman Company, which now man- ages a factory in Fryeburg village and has an extensive business, most of their canned goods being shipped to New York City.
In 1876 Mr. Eastman was united in mar- riage with Mary M. Hobson, of Standish, Me., daughter of the late Rev. P. M. Hobson. She died in 1880, leaving two children, namely : James W., who is with his father; and Reba M., who makes her home with her aunt in Standish, Me. In May, 1884, Mr. Eastman entered a second marriage, contracted with Miss Adelia S. Walker, of Fryeburg. She is
a daughter of Henry and Caroline (Frye) Walker, residents of this town. Mr. Walker is a well-to-do farmer. By his second union Mr. Eastman has one child, Edna. He is one of the leading Republicans of the district, which he represented in 1891 in the legisla- ture. He is a popular and influential member of several social organizations. As a Mason he belongs to Pythagorean Lodge, No. 1I, of Fryeburg ; Aurora Chapter, No. 17, of Cor- nish, Me. ; Portland Council, of Portland; and Portland Commandery, No. 2, of the same city. As a Knight of Pythias he has passed all the chairs in Pequawket Lodge, No. 34, of Frye- burg ; and as an Odd Fellow he is a member of Pequawket Lodge, No. 46, of Brownfield, Me. He belongs to Lovell Colony, No. 63, Pilgrim Fathers of Fryeburg; to Grover Post, No. 126, Grand Army of the Republic, of the same town; and he is Secretary of the West Oxford Agricultural Society. Mr. and Mrs. Eastman are members of the Congregational church at Fryeburg. They occupy a handsome residence on Main Street, Fryeburg.
LIAS A. TUCKER is a representative citizen of Sumner, Me., a prosperous farmer, and an old resident of the town. He was born in Sumner, April 9, 1 820. He is a grandson of William Tucker, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolu- tion, and who died in Burlington, Vt.
Elias A. Tucker has resided in Sumner from the time of his birth, and acquired his educa- tion in the schools of this town. His farm, which has been in the family for many years, comprises sixty acres of good land ; and he has made many improvements upon it, erecting convenient and substantial farm buildings. He has worked very hard to attain his present prosperity, and has the respect of all who know him. Mr. Tucker was married January 18, 1852, to Betsey B. Davis, a native of Lewiston, Me., born May 3, 1824. She died May 21, 1885. She was the mother of two children, one of whom is with her in the other world. The other, Willie D., who was born January 4, 1857, lives with his father and now manages the home farm. He is a man of ability, who keeps in step with the progress of
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the times, and as a farmer has achieved marked success. He married Miss Richie F. Downs, and has a family of five charming chil- dren -- Harold E., Willie E., Elias E., Alice 1 .. , and Philip A. He has lost one child, Jennie.
Mr. Tucker and his son vote the Republi- can ticket. The elder man is a member of the Baptist church at East Sumner. His son and wife are liberal in religious matters. Willie D. Tucker is prominent in social circles, belonging to a number of fraternal bodies, including the Mason's Lodge and the Odd Fellows Lodge at Buckfield, Me., Both father and son are highly esteemed in Sumner, and they are well known throughout the locality.
VERETT BLANCHARD NORTON, a member of the School Board of Farm- ington, Me., and one of the trus- tees of the village cemetery and the Common or Court Square, is the only son of Sylvanus R. and Mary (Butler) Norton. He was born in this place in the month of June, 1861. He. traces his ancestry to Nicholas Norton, who was a resident of Duke's County, Mass., as early as 1669.
The line is thus continued : Joseph Norton, son of Nicholas, the father of Ebenezer Nor- ton; and Ebenezer and his wife, Deborah Mayhew, the parents of Peter Norton, who was born in Edgartown, Mass., September 9, 1718. He inherited large estates from his father in his native town, and became a large farmer there, and a man of prominence. He married Sarah Bassett, and reared a family of thirteen children.
Peter Norton's first son was born August 29, 1741, and was named after his grandfather, Ebenezer. He married Elizabeth Smith, and in 1791 removed to Farmington township and bought River lot No. 32, and a part of No. 31. He had ample means of subsistence, so that he had not, luckily for him perhaps, con- sidering his large family, to depend on what he could grind out from a new and almost un- inhabited country. The year before he came to Maine he had sent his two elder sons ahead to clear some of the land, and to erect
a dwelling-house and other buildings for the family.
Ebenezer Norton, son of Peter, had, like his father, a family of thirteen children. He be- came a very prominent figure in the town in which he had chosen to establish himself and his family, and was one of the wealthiest and best-known men here. He served one year as a Selectman, and was a Representative to the Massachusetts legislature in 1804. He as- sisted in the building of the Centre Church, and was the second on the list of original pew owners, paying at the time one hundred dol- lars for his pew. He died August 26, 1805 ; and his wife, Elizabeth, who was born in 1743, died in 1811.
His sixth son was George W., who was born on February 16, 1787. He spent his life on the old homestead, making many improve- nients on the property, and establishing a rep- utation for industry, sound common sense, and ability in more than one direction. Like his grandfather Peter, who was a brave Revolu- tionary soldier, he also served his country well in time of need, fighting as a private soldier through the War of 1812. He married Ruth, the daughter of Richard and Abbie (Rolfe) Rice; and they became the parents of six chil- dren, namely: Jeremiah R., born September 19, 1817; Sylvanus R., who was born October 7, 1823, and is the father of Everett Blanchard Norton ; George W., Jr., born August 6, 1825, who died in Wisconsin in 1859; Philinda, born in 1828; Richard R., born February 3, 1833; and Martha L., born September 6, 1835. George W. Norton, the father of these six children, was a Calvinist Baptist in his religious belief. He died April 27, 1870; and his wife, born in 1791, died in 1872.
Sylvanus R. Norton, their second son, bought the old homestead in Farmington, and, later, adding more land, became possessed of quite a large estate, which he has always run as a farm, living in the plain and simple way that his forefathers did. He has devoted a part of his time to the lumber business, en- gaging in this with considerable profit. In 1860 he built a new house and barn on the old place, where he has resided ever since. It was on September 25 of the same year that he was married to Mary C. Butler, who was
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born July 25, 1823, daughter of Edward and Mehitabel (Norton) Butler. Three children were the fruit of this marriage, Everett Blan- chard being the only one now living. The others were: Isabella B., born on the 8th of May, 1863, who died on the 15th of the same month, 1891 ; and Helen B., who was born on the 10th of May, 1868, and died January 29, 1 869. Sylvanus R. Norton has been inti- mately connected with the interests of the town where he has lived for a long time. He is a stanch Republican in politics. For thirty years previous to 1890 he was one of the trus- tees of the old village cemetery, and of the Common or Court Square. He is at present enjoying the best of health, although nearly seventy-four.
Everett Blanchard Norton received his edu- cation in various institutions, among them being the high school of his native town, the State Normal School, and Derby Academy. After completing his course of study he worked on the home farm with his father, but at the same time did other things outside. He has been a reporter for the Lewiston Jour- mal for twenty years, dating from the time he left school. He has now been on the School Board of Farmington for four years. In 1890 he was appointed one of the twelve Inspectors of Revenue, his term expiring on the 15th of July, 1893. Mr. Norton has also held many minor offices in the town of Farmington, where he is very popular.
A® BRAHAM NORWOOD, a well-known and respected resident of Waterford township, and one of its energetic and enterprising farmers, was born in Biddeford, York County, August 30, 1852, a son of the late Albert Norwood. His an- cestors lived in Massachusetts. The paternal grandfather, also named Abraham, who was born and reared in Cape Ann, like the ma- jority of his neighbors followed the sea for a living. In his later years he moved to Biddeford, Me., where he spent his remaining days.
Albert Norwood was born in Biddeford, which he always called home, although he was engaged as a fisherman or a sailor throughout
the most of his life. When his savings had increased sufficiently, he bought a good farm, which his sons managed, and on which his widow and some of his children are now liv- ing. He was a light-house keeper from 1874 until his death, which occurred August II, 1888. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary Mitchell, was born in Saco, Me. They became the parents of eleven children, as fol- lows: George, now a resident of Biddeford; Abbie, now deceased; Ida, the wife of John Wentworth, of Saco, Me .; Abraham, the sub- ject of this sketch; Lorenzo, who lives on the homestead in Biddeford; Nancy, also de- ceased; Estelle, who is the wife of Captain William Tuttle, of Cape Cod, Mass .; Albert, who lives on the old homestead; James, living in Biddeford, who married Kate Tarbox; Mary, who is also at home; and Nelson, who married Stella Whitney, and resides at Bidde- ford. The mother also resides at the home farm.
Abraham Norwood received a practical edu- cation in the public schools of his native town. He remained at home, assisting his father in sailing and fishing until he was twenty-two years old. Then he was engaged in the manufacture of fine cigars in Dover, N.H., for two years. In 1879, shortly after his first marriage, Mr. Norwood went to Colo- rado, and from there travelled throughout the West, engaging in all kinds of business, from mail carrying to mining. In the spring of 1887 he returned to the place of his nativity, and was there employed in the hatter's trade for some time. In 1890 he came to this county, settling in the town of Waterford, where he bought his present farm, which was the first homestead cleared in Waterford, and was long known as the McWain farm. Mr. Norwood owns about one hundred and thirty acres of land, on which he raises hay, corn, and the smaller grains, and also carries on dairying and stock growing. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party. He is a member of the Norway Grange, and is now serving as Road Surveyor in Waterford township.
Mr. Norwood was first married November 14, 1874, to Miss Carrie Thistle, who was born in Biddeford. She was a daughter of John and Loisa Thistle, of Nova Scotia, the
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former of whom died when she was a little girl. On March 8, 1890, he entered a second marriage, contracted with Fannie S. Libby, who was born October 26, 1846, in the town of Scarboro, Me., daughter of Cyrus and Sarah (Dyer) Libby, neither of whom is living. The only child of Mr. and Mrs. Norwood is a daughter, Ruth, who was born July 6, 1891. Mrs. Norwood is a member of the Waterford Congregational Church.
RANK J. TOOTHAKER, a prominent farmer of Phillips, Me ., was born here September 30, 1856, his parents being William B. and Emma P. (Hervey) Toothaker, the former of whom was a native of Bowdoin- ham, Me., and the latter of Phillips. The Toothaker family are descended from sturdy Scotch stock, and the first settler of the name in this country established a home in Bruns- wick, Me .; but little, however, is recorded of him or his immediate family. Ephraim Toothaker, the father of William B., followed the vocation of a farmer. He lived to be nearly a century old. During the struggle for independence he was in active service, and after his death his widow received a pension.
William B. Toothaker spent his life in agri- cultural pursuits. He was twice married, his first wife being Abigail Content, who bore him five children, the only survivor being a son, Morrill. By his second wife, Emma P. I Iervey, he had seven children, the five now living being Andrew J., Frank J., Alfred B., Weston U., and I. T., all of whom live in Phillips. Their father died in 1891, aged seventy-six years.
Frank J. Toothaker, the second son, re- ceived a practical common-school education, after which he took up farming, in which he has been very successful. He has a farm of somewhat over two hundred acres, about seventy of which are under cultivation. He raises some live stock. The place is what is known as the Smith farm, and, since becom- ing its owner, he has made many repairs and improvements, remodelling the house and out- buildings, and increasing the productiveness of the land. Like his father, he is a Repub- lican in political affiliation.
On December 30, 1883, Mr. Toothaker married Rosa G. Hunter, and they have a son and a daughter; namely, Howard R. and Lizzic S., both at home. The family are at- tendants of the Free Will Baptist church.
OHN L. HORNE, a retired tanner of Norway, Oxford County, was born in Milton, N.H., November 8, 1824, son of Daniel and Jane (Lennon) Horne. Daniel Horne, Sr., the paternal grandfather, a blacksmith by trade, was born on Roger's Hill, Rochester, N.H. He bought and cleared a farm in Wakefield, N.H., where he also carried on his trade, becoming a prosper- ous man. He died at the age of eighty, leav- ing three children - Daniel, Jr., William, and Charity Horne. Daniel, Jr., worked at the blacksmith trade with his father for a time. He then bought a farm, and thereafter spent the most of his life in agricultural pur- suits. At a later date he purchased a smaller farm in Rochester, where he resided until the infirmities of age compelled him to retire and take up his home with his son Daniel. In politics he was a Republican, and in religion he affiliated with the Congregationalists. He formed two matrimonial alliances. His first wife, Jane, the mother of John L., died aged about forty, leaving five children - Luther, John L., Daniel P., Horace, and Jane E. His second wife, Hannah Burroughs in maiden - hood, had two children - Horace and Page. He died at the age of eighty-five years.
After completing his education in the com- mon school, John L. Horne started out at the age of seventeen to make his fortune. In Berwick, Me., he was apprenticed to Oliver Hill, for the purpose of learning the tanning trade. Here he worked so faithfully, and comprehended the details of the business so readily, that, one year prior to the expiration of his apprenticeship, Mr. Oliver sent him to take charge of a tannery in Rochester. After serving one year in this capacity, he bought the tannery of his employer, and continued the business on his own account for the fol- lowing two years. He then purchased another plant in Wolfboro, N.H., which he conducted in company with Moses Varner for three
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