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Thomas B. Ayer married in 1823 Sybil Chase, daughter of Job and Jane (Potter) Chase, of Unity, Me. She was a cousin of the Rev.
Elijah P. Lovejoy, the martyred abolitionist, of Alton, Ill.
Thomas B. Ayer died in Oakland (then West Waterville) in 1864, his wife Sybil surviving him twenty years. They had nine children, all but two, the second and third, born in Unity. They were: Benjamin, John, Mary T., Parish L., Elsie P., B. Ellen, Sarah C., Augustus died in infancy), and Augusta.
John Ayer, born in 1825, was educated at the academy in his native place and at Maine Wesleyan Seminary, Kent's Hill, becoming a civ? engineer. In 1851 he had charge of the con- struction of the Penobscot Railroad from Waterville to Bangor, and till 1854 was acting superintendent. Going West in 1855, he was engaged for about three years in railroad sur- veys in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Returning to Maine in 1858, he settled in West Waterville. now Oakland. In 1860 he engaged as tray- elling salesman for the Dunn Edge Tool Com- pany, and shortly became treasurer and gen- oral manager. A director of the Somerset Railroad Company from the time of its organi- zation in 1868, he was elected president in 1572. and by his invincible determination and un- resting energy extended the road and managed it successfully in the face of powerful opposi- tion.
In 1869 he became a trustee of Maine We -- leyan Seminary. The Cascade Woollen Mill was built under his supervision in 1853. He was made a director of the company and in 1859 elected treasurer. This position he hel ! till his death, September 19, 1897.
John Ayer was first married in 1855 to Olive A. Furber, of Palmyra. He was married Ser- tember 12, 1880, to Annabel Holt, of New Sharon, Me. By his first wife he had two children: William Madison, the subject of this sketch: and Mary. By his second wife. who survives him, he had three: John, Jr .. born April 30, 1SS3; Benjamin, November. 17. ISS5; Paul, November 8, 1887. Mary Aver. the elder daughter, born in Oakland in 186S. was educated in Massachusetts and in Paris. France. She married in 1892 David K. Phil- lips, president of the National Grand Bank of Marblehead, Mass.
Jolin Ayer is remembered as a " man of strong
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individuality, of incorruptible integrity, reserved and reticent, tenacious of his opinions, yet most forbearing toward his enemies, and charitable to a fault." In politics he was a Republican.
William Madison, eldest child of John Ayer, had not completed his first year when his par- ents removed to West Waterville, now Oak- land. He received his elementary education in the public schools of the town, and afterward attended successively Maine Wesleyan Semi- nary, Westbrook Seminary, Dean Academy at Franklin, Mass., and for a brief term Tufts College, Medford, Mass. Fitting himself for his father's profession, civil engineering, he fol- lowed it more or less for a number of years, being in tlie engineering corps employed on the survey of the Somerset Railway. From Jan- uary, 1876, to March, 1877, he was a clerk in the general office of the railway; from March, 1877, to December, 1879, he was the general ticket agent; and since that date he has been the manager thereof, as above mentioned. The superintendency of the Dunn Edge Tool Company he has held continuously since 1897, being also a director in the same, and likewise a director in the Madison Woollen Company.
He was one of the originators and the first president of the Oakland Woollen Company, and since 1897 he has been vice-president and trustee of the Cascade Savings Bank of Oak- land.
A man of varied capability, Colonel Ayer illustrates the scriptural saying, "To whomso- ever much is given, of him shall much be re- quired; and to whom men have committed muchi, of him will they ask the more." Dur- ing the biennial term 1891-92, he was a member of the House of Representatives in the State Legislature. In November, 1892, he was a del- egate from the Third Maine Congressional District to the Republican National Conven- tion at Minneapolis that nominated Benjamin Harrison for President.
Colonel Ayer is a member of Messalonskee Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Oakland; of Drum- mond Chapter, R. A. M .; Mount Lebanon Council, R. S. M., and St. Omar Commandery, K. T., of Waterville, Me. He served as Grand Representative from Maine to the general Grand
Chapter held in Atlanta, Ga., in 1889, and is at present the Grand Representative of the Grand Chapter of Minnesota to the Grand Chapter of Maine.
He married October 3, 1883, Lizzie E. Otis, daughter of Benjamin F. Otis, late a well- known dry-goods merchant of Oakland, Me.
IDMUND DOLE NOYES, of Waterville, head of the well-known manufactur- ing concern, Noyes Stove Company, formerly Noyes & Goddard, is a native of Bangor. He was born October 22, 1853, son of Albert and Caroline Pillsbury (Dole) Noyes. His father was a native of Salem.
His maternal grandparents were Edmund Dole, of Bangor, a cabinet-maker, and his wife, Judith Thurston. Both were natives of Newbury, Mass., descendants of early set- tlers, and connected by ties of blood with several other old families of that ancient sea- port town.
From Richard Dole, immigrant, who came in 1639 to Newbury with Percival Lowle (founder of the Lowell family), the line de- scended through Abner and his first wife, Mary Jewett; Henry,3 born in 1695, and his second wife, Elizabeth Dole; Henry,4 born 1748, and his wife, Anna Poore, they being the parents of Edmund,5 born in 1784, who settled in Bangor, and whose daughter Caro- line6 married Albert Noyes, and was the mother of Edmund Dole Noyes, of Water- ville.
It is interesting to note that Anne Poore, wife of Henry+ Dole and mother of Edmund Dole, was the daughter of John+ Poore, of Newbury, and his wife Anne, who was a daugh- ter of Stephen2 and Abigail (Thompson) Long- fellow and grand-daughter of William1 and Anne (Sewell) Longfellow, William1 Long- fellow being the founder of the family of this name in New England, and his wife Anne a sister of Chief Justice Sewell of honored memory. John+ Poore was son of Jonathan,3 who was son of Johm2 and grandson of John,1 the immigrant progenitor of the family.
Judith Thurston, wife of Edmund Dole and mother of Caroline, was born in 1757,
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daughter of John+ and Eunice (Dole) Thurs- ton. Her paternal grandparents were John3 . and Dorothy (Woodman) Thurston. John,3 was born at Newbury in 1692, being son of Daniel2 and Mary (Dresser) Thurston and grandson of Daniel Thurston, immigrant, who married, in 1655, Ann Pell, and settled in Newbury.
Albert Noyes and his wife Caroline were the parents of seven children, six of whom - are now living, namely -- Frank Choate, Helen A., Arthur F., Caroline Augusta, Edmund ‘D., and Albert G.
Frank Choate Noyes married Mary Ann Burroughs, and has three children-Elizabeth, Mary, and Isabella. Mattie P. married Cap- tain Hadloek, and, dying some time after, left no children. Caroline Augusta is the wife of Alfred Webb, and has one child, John Cum- mings Webb. Albert G. married Mary Park- hurst, of Bangor.
Edmund Dole Noyes was educated in the public schools of Bangor. A youth of nine- teen in 1872, he went to Boston, and for the next four years was a clerk in the employ of Seavey & Co. on North Street, dealers in stamped ware. In 1576 he came to Water- ville to work for his father, who was here en- gaged in business as a manufacturer. In 1877, after the death of his father, Mr. Noyes bought an interest in the business, which was carried on for the next eleven years under the firm name of Goodell & Co., manufacturers of stoves.
The succeeding firm of Noyes & Goddard continued the business until January, 1902. Mr. Noyes then bought out his partner God- dard, and since that date has conducted it in his own name. His produet finds a market throughont northern New England.
Mr. Noyes married, in 1880, Annie Scott Keene, a native of the town of Leed, Me., being the daughter of Captain John C. and Josie (Gilbert) Keene. Mr. and Mrs. Noyes have two children-Virginia Gilbert and Caro- lyn Dole, both born in Lewiston, Me.
Mr. Noyes is a Free Mason of high rank, belonging to the St. Omar Commandery, K. T., of Waterville. Politically he is a Re- publican. .
TON. ALBERT G. ANDREWS, Judge of the . Municipal Court of Augusta, has-been a resident of that city over twenty-three years and of the State of Maine thirty-seven years, dating from the time when he began the study of law at Cornish in 1865. He was born July 11, 1841, in Free- dom, N.H., where his parents, Solomon and Martha (Towle) Andrews, were lifelong resi- dents, and where his paternal grandfather, John Andrews, had settled on a farm after the successful ending of the struggle for Amer- iean independence.
John Andrews is said to have enlisted three times from Scarboro, Me., for service in the Revolutionary War. Vol. i. of "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War" has these records: "Jonathan Andrews, Sear- borough, Capt. 2d (Scarborough) co., 3d Cumberland CO. regt .; list of officers of Mass. militia; commissioned May 10, 1776; also, Col. Joseph Prime's regt .; enlisted May 8, 1780; discharged Dec. 31, 1780; service seven mos. 24 days, at the Eastward, under Brig. Gen. Wadsworth. Roll sworn to in York Co. Andrews, John, Private. Capt. Jonathan An- drews' co., Col. Joseph Prime's regt .; enlisted May 8, 1780; discharged Dec. 31, 1780, served 7 mos. 24 days, at the Eastward under Brig Gen. Wadsworth. Roll sworn to in York Co."
A Jonathan Andrews is stated to have come to Scarboro from, Ipswich in 1732. In 1733 he and his wife Sarah were admitted to the church in Scarboro. His son Jonathan was probably the military officer above mentioned. What kinship, if any, existed between him and private John Andrews is not known.
John Andrews, grandfather of Judge Andrews, of Augusta, was married in Limington, Me., to Esther Gray. Nine children were born of this union.
Solomon, the seventh child, born in 1801 in Freedom, then North Effingham, N.II., sottled in that town, and followed his father's occupa- tion of farming. He died in 1880, at the age of seventy-nine. His wife Martha, surviving him, died in 1882, aged eighty-one. She was the daughter of Amos and Susan (Moulton) Towle, of Freedom, and probably on the pater- nal side a descendant of Philip' Towle, who
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'married in Hampton, N.H., in 1657, Isabella Asten. Solomon Andrews and his wife Martha were the parents of nine children. Of these five are now living (1903), namely: Mehitable; Levi W .; Ezekiel; Cyrus F .; and Albert G., the special subject of this sketch.
Albert G. Andrews was educated in the pub- lic schools of Freedom, the academy in North Parsonsfield, Me., and the academy in Effing- ham, N.H. Beginning the study of law in the office of Caleb R. Ayer, Esq., Cornish, Me., in 1865, 'he was admitted to the bar of York County in January, 1867, and thenceforth en- gaged in practice at Cornish till 1878. In 1879 he served as Representative of Cornish and Parsonsfield in the State Legislature. He then took up his abode in Augusta, and, as mentioned above, has sinced remained a resident of the city. He was first appointed Judge of the Augusta Municipal Court in March, 1882, by Governor Plaisted, was reappointed in 1886 by Governor Robie, in 1890 by Gov- ernor Burleigh, 1894 by Governor Cleaves, 189S by Governor Powers, and in 1902 by Governor Hill.
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This long tenure of office is sufficient evi- dence of the ability and faithfulness of the in- cumbent and of the popular confidence in his judicial integrity. As a Mason, Judge An- drews is a member of Bethlehem Lodge, of Augusta, and Trinity Commandery. He be- longs also to the Highland Lodge, A. O. of United Workmen, of Maine.
He was first married in August, 1866, to Mary E. Smart, of Freedom, N.H. Of this union were three children: Burt, Edith, and Maud S. Burt Andrews, M.D., medical de- partment, Bowdoin College, 1891, completed his professional studies at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York City, and engaged in the practice of medicine at Rochester, N.H. He was born in Cornish, Me., May 19, 1868, and died in January, 1901. He was married, but had no children. Edith Andrews is the wife of George II. Phinney, of Centreville, Mass., a representative of one of the old Cape Cod families - namely, that founded by John1 Phin- ney, who was of Plymouth as early as 1638, and some years later settled at Barnstable. Mr. and Mrs. Phinney have four children-
Harold, Margaret, Harriet, and Albert. Miss Maud S. Andrews is a teacher of music and elocution at the State Normal School in Gor- ham, Me. Mrs. Mary E. Smart Andrews died in May, . 1890. She was a daughter of John and Elizabeth Smart, of Freedom, N.H. Judge Andrews married, in 1892, Miss Maud B. Wilbur, of Pembroke, Me., daughter of David and Louisa (Gardner) Wilbur. she is the mother of one son, Robert Wilbur, born in October, 1893.
ANIEL HIRAM THING, of Mt. Ver- non, Kennebec County, is a promi- nent representative of the agricult- , ural interests of this section. He was born in this town, July 14, 1822, son of Major Daniel and Parthenia (Foster) Thing. His paternal grandfather, Jonathan Thing. of Brentwood, N.H., it is said, was of Welsh ex- traction.
Major Daniel Thing, who was born in 1775. came to Mt. Vernon, Me., near the close of the eighteenth century, and resided here until his death in 1854, when he was in his eightieth year. He gained his title in the State militia. Major Thing was one of the leading citizens of Mt. Vernon in his day. Besides serving the town as Selectman, he represented his district in the lower branch of the State Legislature. He was a member of the Baptist church, and for twenty-five years or more was Deacon. When he was an infant, he had an elder brother who joined the Continental army under Wash- ington, and who died of small-pox at Valley Forge. The children of Major Daniel Thing were as follows: Hannah and Hiram of his first wife; May W .; Hannah; Hannah; Daniel H .: George R .; Augustus H .; Winchill C. Of these only Daniel is now living.
Daniel H. Thing was reared' and educated in his native town of Mt. Vernon, of which he has remained a resident up to the present time. In early youth he received a thorough training' in practical agriculture, and has continued to follow farming. Since 1875 he has been con- nected with the Patrons of Husbandry, hav- ing been one of the organizers of Mt. Vernon Grange of that society, which is now consoli-
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dated with Starling Grange, No. 156, at North Fayette. He served as Master of each of these granges, and for four years also he was Master of the Maine State Grange, P. of H. In the public affairs of the town Mr. Thing has taken an active and useful part. A Selectman for twenty-one years, during a part of which time he was chairman of the board, he also served as Representative in the Maine Legislature of 1863 from the towns of Mt. Vernon, Readfield, Vienna, and Fayette. For two terms, or six years, he served as one of the County Commis- sioners, for two years of that time being chair- man of the board. He has been a justice of the peace since 1857. In all of these varied positions Mr. Thing has shown an ability and a devotion to the public interests that have earned for him the respect and esteem of his fellow-townsmen.
Mr. Thing was married June 27, 1847, to Marianne Kent, a native of Mt. Vernon, Me., and daughter of Nathaniel Kent, formerly a well-known citizen of that town, who died in his ninety-seventh year. Of this union there were two children: Millard F., a resident of New Sharon, Me .; and Kent, who is now de- ceased. Mrs. Thing died June 2, 1902, after a happy married life of nearly fifty-five years, leav- ing behind her the fragrant memory of a loving heart that lavished affection on her husband and children, and a kindly nature that rejoiced in promoting the happiness of those around her. She had a large circle of friends, which included practically all her acquaintances.
OHN F. GREGORY, a prosperous busi- ness man of Roekland, was born in this city, March 8, 1841, son of Captain John and Phebe M. (Young) Greg- ory. His great-grandfather, William Gregory, was a pioneer of Knox County. He was born in Massachusetts in 1731, and lived in Walpole until 1762, when he came to St. George's Fort. After residing in Thomaston seven years, he removed to Clam Cove, being the first man to settle at the cove and the second to locate himself in the town of Camden, Mr. Richards having been the first to bring his family to that place. Although more than seventy years
old when the War of 1812 was declared, William Gregory served as a soldier in the ranks. Ile lived to a venerable age, dying in 1824. His wife, whose maiden name was Experience Robbins, bore him twelve children, one of whom was the first white child born in Camden.
Captain John Gregory, son of William and grandfather of John F., was born in 1769, and died in September, 186S, aged ninety-nine years and three months. He married Eliza- beth Simonton, who bore him nine children, namely: Mary S., who married Ebenezer Cleveland; Frances A., who married Jeremiah Berry; William, who married Rebecca Damon; Clarissa, who married John Bird; Captain John, second, the father of John F .; Celinda, who married Michael Achorn; Hanson, who married Mary Barrows; Isaac, who married Merriel Ingraham; and Hiram, who married Mary Manning.
Captain John Gregory (second), born March 29, 1800, died in April, 1SSS. During his early life he was engaged in seafaring pursuits, and visited many foreign ports, in one or more of his voyages going around the world. He subsequently settled in Rockland, Me., where he was engaged for a number of years in the lime business and also as a trader. He mar- ried Phebe M. Young, who was born in 1815, and died in 1896. They had eight children, five of whom are deceased, namely: Joseph, Almeda, Ida, Weston, and Jane. Those living are Araminta, John F., and Emma. Araminta was the wife of George W. Sargent, of East Boston, Mass. Emma is the wife of Captain John Quincy Adams, now residing on the old John Gregory homestead.
John F. Gregory followed the sea for thirty years, for twenty-seven years of the time. being captain of a vessel. He visited the principal American and foreign ports, acquir- ing a good knowledge of the manners and customs of different nations. Settling. per- manently in Rockland, he embarked in mer- cantile business in 1889, taking as a partner his eldest son, Alvra W. Gregory, and has since been at the head of the firm of J. F. Gregory & Son, dealers in gentlemen's clothing and furnishing goods, who are suc- cessfully carrying on a large business. Polit-
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ically he is a Democrat, and fraternally he is a member of Aurora Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Rockland, in which he has held minor offices, including that of captain of the Host of King Solomon's Chapter.
On June 10, 1862, Mr. Gregory married Louisa F. Boynton, who was born Decem- ber 16, 1841, a daughter of Cyrus V. R. and Delia E. W. (Cochran) Boynton. Cyrus V. R. Boynton married, first, Delia E. W. Cochran, and married, second, Mary Jones. Delia E. W. Cochran was born November 15, 1820, and died in February, 1857. She was the youngest of the fourteen children of Dr. James Cochran, whose immigrant ancestor came over with the Scotch-Irish colony that settled in London- derry, N.H. Dr. Cochran was born in Wind- ham, N.H., about 1777. He studied medi- cine, and settled as a physician in Rockland, Me., where he resided until his death, October 7, 1860. He married Jane Moore, of Standish, Me.
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory have four children- Alvra Weston, Nettie L., Seabrook W., and Frank B .- all of whom were born in Roek- land. Alvra W. Gregory was born July 15, 1865, and is now in business with his father. He married Laura B. Rankin, of Rockland, and has one child, Marguerite, born October S, 1896. Nettie L. Gregory, who was born Jan- uary 2, 1870, married Fred B. Dow, and has one child, Hazel, born in May, 1895. Sea- brook W., born April 12, 1874, married Eva Theresa Wooster: their only child, Donald, was born August 17, 1899. Frank B. Gregory was born September 29, 1SSO.
ON. MARTIN BLAISDELL, of Water- ville, is a native of Kennebec County, having been born in the town of G Winthrop in 1845. His parents were Hosea and Nancy E. (Ladd) Blaisdell, and his paternal grandfather was David Blaisdell, a farmer long resident in the town of Sidney. The immigrant progenitor of the family in New England was Ralph Blaisdell, who was in York, Me., 1637-40, and later was in Salisbury, Mass Mr. Blaisdell's maternal grandparents were Jolin and Nancy (Woodcock) Ladd, of Sidney, |
Me., the grandfather a lineal descendant of Daniel Ladd, who was one of the original set- tlers of Haverhill, Mass.
Hosea Blaisdell was a tanner by trade, and he carried on the business for himself (in a small way, as it would now be considered) at different periods in Oakland, Kennebec County, and in the towns of Mechanic Falls and Minot, Andros- coggin County. Later in life he was engaged in farming in Waterville. While living in Sid- ney, his native place, he served for one or more terms as Selectman. Politically, he was a stanch Republican. He died in Waterville, August 28, 1891, aged eighty years. His wife, surviving him, attained the same length of years, dying April 4, 1SSS. They had three children, Martin being the only son. Mr. Blaisdell has one sister now living, Miss Lucinda Isabella Blaisdell. . The other sister, N. Roseltha, mar- ried John Mitchell, of Waterville. Both are now deceased. They left one child, Eva Belle. the wife of Frederic O. Hamlin, of Sidney.
Martin Blaisdell was educated in the common schools and at Waterville Academy. With the exception of two years in which he was in busi- ness at Waterville in company with Charles H. Redington, firm of Redington & Blaisdell, dealers in furniture and other merchandise, he has devoted himself to farming on the old homestead formerly owned and occupied by his father.
He married, in 1861, Annie A. Hitchings, (laughter of Samuel and Celia (Whitman) Hitchings, of Waterville. Ile has no children. In 1867 he was a Selectman of Waterville, and since the town became a city he has served on the Council and as Street Commissioner. In the spring of 1901 he was elected Mayor for one year, and in 1902 he was re-elected to that office. In public and in private life he is highly esteemed. He attends the Baptist church. He is a Free Mason, belonging to St. Omer Con- mandery, K. T., of Waterville.
OHN BARTLETT RIPLEY, a retired carpenter and builder of Pittston, was born in Rumford, Oxford County, Me., May 3, 1831, son of Joseph and Betsey (Barker) Ripley. His grandfather, Joshua
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Ripley, was a native of Massachusetts. Jo- seph Ripley served as a soldier in the War of 1812. He was born in Andover, Oxford County, Me., in 1793, and his wife, Betsey Barker, was born in Newry, in the same county.
Reared upon a farm in Rumford and edu- cated in the public schools, John B. Ripley, at the age of seventeen years, began an ap- prenticeship at the carpenter's trade, which he completed. About the year 1856 he went to reside in Bethel, Me., where he remained for a number of years, and in 1864 he settled upon a farm in Pittston. For over twenty- five years he followed his trade, being much of the time extensively engaged in carrying on building operations, and he became known as one of the most reliable master builders in his section of the county, having at times a large number of men in his employ. Since his retirement from the building business, some twelve years ago, he has given his ex- clusive attention to the cultivation of his farm.
Politically a Republican, Mr. Ripley was formerly quite active in the public affairs of Pittston, serving as a Selectman for six years, during five of which he was chairman of the board, and for two years officiating as Town Clerk. He is now serving his second term as justice of the peace. For the past fourteen years he has held the position of Secretary of Pittston Grange, No. 214, Patrons of Hus- bandry, of which he was one of the organizers and for six years Master. He is also a member of the Masonic order, belonging to the Blue Lodge in Gardiner. For ten years he was a trustee of the South Kennebec Agricultural So- ciety. His religious affiliations are with the First Congregational Church, of which he is a Deacon and chairman of the Board of Trus- tees.
On December 11, 1856, Mr. Ripley married Miss Mary F. Wentworth, who was born in Vassalboro, Me. Her parents were John and Harriet (Kenney) Wentworth, her father a native of Vassalboro, and her mother of Fari- ingdale, Me. Her grandfather, Ichabod Went- worth, was an early settler in Vassalboro.
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