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Nathan5 Chandler, the third child of his parents, was born in Andover in January, 1708. He was Lieutenant and commander of the Andover company, in Colonel John Os- good's regiment, and marched with his com- pany, August 15, 1757, for the relief of Fort William Henry. On reaching Leicester they were ordered to return, which they did, arriv- ing home after an absence of ten days. He was in 1746 a tithing-man, in 1747 a surveyor, in 1750 constable. On May 14, 1729, he mar- ried Priscilla Holt, of Andover, a daughter of Sergeant Oliver and Hannah (Russell) Holt. He died July 31, 1784.
Nathan6 Chandler, born in Andover, Mass., February 19, 1730, died April 30, 1786. He was out for a day and a half in Captain Joshua
Holt's company on the Lexington alarm. April 18, 1754, he married Phebe Abbot, of Andover, who was born April 25, 1733, and died July 26, 1812. They lived in the West Parish of Andover, and were the parents of nine children.
Nathan Chandler, second child of his parents, was born June 16, 1756, in Andover. On April 19, 1775, he held the rank of Corporal in Captain John Foster's company of militia in Andover, his father being then Lieutenant of the company. Like the latter, he was out a day and a half on the Lexington alarm. His wife, Lucy Ballard, whom he married Noven- ber 27, 1782, was a daughter of Deacon Heze- kiah and Lydia (Chandler) Ballard, of Andover, Mass. They were the parents of seven chil- dren, four of whom were born in Andover, and three in Concord, N.H., whither they re- moved in January, 1794. He was a farmer.
Ezra$ Chandler, fifth child of Nathan and Lucy (Ballard) Chandler, was born in Concord, N.H., October S, 1794. He died in Lowell, Mass., April 11, 1872, at the age of seventy- seven years, six months, and three days. He was married March 22, 1824, to Charlotte Wood, who was born July 16, 1803, daughter of James and Olive (Sherburn) Wood, of Epsom, N.H. She died at Lowell, Dec. 27, 1890. They had five children, of whom the secondborn was James Nelson, whose name begins this sketch.
James Nelson Chandler passed his early years in his parents' home in Lowell, and was educated in that city. Going thence to Boston in 1841, he entered the employ of P. R. South- wick, hide and leather business, with whom he remained nine years. On February 12, 1852, he came to Bangor, and began work as an accountant for E. S. Coe, who was then agent for David Pingree, of Salem; and he has since remained with the same firm, being one of its most trusted and valued employees. He was married August 15, 1854, to Addie M. Price, who was born March 28, 1833, daughter of John and Susan (Fillebrown) Price, of Salem. Mrs. Chandler died April 27, 1898. She had borne her husband two children, Thurlow Savoy and James Abbot.
Thurlow Savoy Chandler, born in Bangor,
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October 28, 1857, married January 27, 1883, Kate B. Howland, of Miller's Falls, Mass. He resides in Boston, Mass.
Janes Abbot Chandler, born in Bangor, June 7, 1862, married June 24, 1896, Louise, daugh- ter of Henry MeLaughlin, of Bangor. They have had two children-a daughter, Elizabeth Priee Chandler, who was born February 19, 1903; and a son, James Henry Chandler, born December 4, 1899, who died in infancy.
ARLAN PAGE SARGENT, one of the leading citizens of Brewer, was born in Amesbury, Mass., June 22. 1$3S. He is a deseendant in the eighth generation of William Sargent, of Ipwich, New- bury, Hampton, Salisbury, and Amesbury, New England, the line being: William,1 Thomas,2 Thomas,3 Moses, + Orlando5, lehabod B.," Daniel,7 Harlan P.8
According to the record given by Jonathan B. Sargent in the Amesbury Villager in 1875, "William Sargent was born in London, England, in 1602, son of Richard Sargent, barrister-at- law, who married a daughter of Sir Richard Saltonstall. He was appointed midshipman in the Royal Navy, and sailed in 1614 with Captain John Smith to Jamestown, Va., stopping at Agawam, Mass., en route." A later genealogist, Edwin Everett Sargent, compiler of the "Sargent Record," published at St. Johnsbury, Vt., in 1899, after extensive research in England, was unable to substantiate the foregoing statements, and found much to disprove those regarding the father and mother.
As shown by the records of the General Court of Massachusetts, William Sargent was one of the grantees of land in Agawam, now Ipswich, in April, 1633. He was one of the first settlers of Newbury in 1635, was of Winnacumet (now Hampton), N.H., in 163S. A year or two later he was in Salisbury, where he first received land in 1640. He moved early aeross the Powow, and was one of the original settlers of Ames- bury, where he received land in 1654-68. He (lied about 1674, his will being proved in April, 1675. He took the oath of freeman in 1639. He married, first, Elizabeth Perkins, daughter of Jolin1 Perkins, and a sister of Mrs. Mary
Bradbury, of Salisbury, who was tried for witch- eraft and convieted, but not executed. He married, seeond, September 18, 1670, a widow, Mrs. Joanna. Rowell, who survived him, and married for her third husband Richard Currier.
Thomas2 Sargent, born in 1643, married March 2, 1668, Rachel Barnes. Thomas3 Sar- gent, born November 15, 1676, died May 1, 1719. He married December 17, 1702, Mary Stevens; and she married, secondly, Nathan Webster, of Chester, N.H. (Hoyt's "Salisbury"). Moses+ Sargent, born August 21, 1707, married August 14, 1727, Sarah Bagley, and died July 24, 1756. Orlando5 Sargent, born April 21, 1728, died April 3, 1803. On December 26, 1751, he married, at Bradford, Sarah Baleh, who was born in 1733, and died in 1753. He mar- ried in 1755 Betsy Barnard. She was born in 1732, and died November 3, 1SOS.
Iehabod Barnard6 Sargent, born in Amesbury, December 27, 1766, son of Orlando and his wife Betsy, died September 2, 1836. On June 24, 1790, he married Ruth Patten, of Amesbury, who was born September 21, 1769, and died May 1, 1849.
Daniel Sargent was born in Amesbury, Mass., February 3, 1811. Acquiring an exeellent edu- cation in his youth, he began teaching school in his native town when but eighteen years old, and taught a number of terms. He was also aetive in town affairs, and served in various official capacities, including that of superin- tendent of sehools. Coming to Maine in 1838, he beeame identified with the industrial interests of Bangor and Brewer. Embarking first in mereantile business, he dealt in general mer- chandise, being alone until 1846, when he took in George O. Goodwin as a partner. The busi- ness was continued the following two years under the firm name of Sargent & Goodwin. Pur- chasing an interest in the saw-mill of Charles G. Stearns in 1848, Mr. Sargent, became head of the firm of Sargent, Stearns & Co., and built up a large and profitable business. In 1864 the firm of Sargent & Stearns was dissolved, Mr. - Sargent taking the Brewer mills, and Mr. Stearns the mills in Hamden. In 1872 Mr. Sargent admitted his two sons, Harlan P. and D. Allston, to the firm, and in 1SS1 the father retired from the business. His sons, who carry it on unter
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the name of Sargent Lumber Co., are among the most extensive lumber manufacturers and dealers of this section of the State. Engaging also in the harvesting of ice for shipment, they have built up the largest ice business on the Penobscot River. Daniel Sargent was one of the original members and Deacon of the Con- gregational Church of Brewer, which was founded in 1843, and he contributed generously toward its support. He died in Brewer, August 23, 1885. On February 19; 1835, he married Susan H. Patten, who was born in Amesbury, Mass., February 4, 1811, and died in Brewer, Me., January 9, 1890. They were the parents of four children, namely-Susan P., Harlan P., D. Allston, and Albert P.
Harlan P.8 Sargent is one of the foremost busi- ness men of Brewer, being identified with its leading industries, and is held in high regard throughout the community. Public-spirited and enterprising, he is ever a warm advocate of those measures that promise to be of lasting benefit to the town and the State. He is a Re- publican in his political affiliations, and for two years represented Brewer in the State Legis- lature. He was also the first Mayor of the city 'of Brewer, and held the office for two terms, being elected without a dissenting vote.
Mr. Sargent married July 10, 1862, Ellen Bragg. She was born in Bangor, December 11, 1840, a daughter of Carleton and Amelia (Willey) Bragg. She is a descendant in the seventh gen- eration of Thomas Bragg. who, accompanied by his wife Mary, emigrated from England to Amer- ica at an early day, settling in Massachusetts. Her line is: Thomas,1 John,2 Nathaniel,3 Moses,+ Jeremiah,5 Carleton," Ellen. Mr. and Mrs. Sargent have had five children, namely-Ellen Frances, William Henry, Susan A., Frank Carle- ton, and Annie Porter. Ellen F.º Sargent, born April 2, 1865, died January 30, 18SO. William Henry9 Sargent, born March 6, 1869, died June 18, 1902. Susan A.º Sargent, born May 2, 1871, died January 20, 1900. Frank Carleton9 Sar- gent, electrical engineer, was born February 3, 1873, and lives in Malden, Mass. He married on July 18, 1894, Emily S. Horn, by whom he has two children, Dorothea and Harlan P. Annie Porter9 Sargent, born November 15, 1876, died April 13, 1877.
RANK ALBERT GARNSEY was born in the city of Bangor, August 17, 1839. His father, John Ware Garnsey, was a native of Effingham, N.H. His mother, in maidenhood Susan Kendall Roberts, was born in Bangor, Me., being a daughter of Thomas and Ruth (Russell) Roberts. She died at the age of seventy-two years.
John Ware Garnsey (or Guernsey, as the name was sometimes spelled) came to Maine with his brother Samuel and settled in Bangor when they were both young men. John W. was for some years steamboat agent for the Portland & - Boston Steamboat Company, whose beats plied between Boston and Bangor. He subsequently became proprietor of the Bangor House, which he conducted until his death in 1853. His wife Susan, left a widow, died in 1SS6, at the age of seventy-two years. They were the parents of four children-Ar- thur Kendall, Frank Albert, Frederick Russell, and a daughter who died in infancy. Arthur Kendall Garnsey, born December 22, 1836, enlisted February S, 1862, at Ellensburg, Ore., in the first Oregon Cavalry, Company F, as first lieutenant. He died while in service at Fort Lapwai, Ida. He was unmarried. Fred- erick Russell Garnsey, born February 17, 1846, married April 7, 1875, Hattie Alma Maies, and has three children -- Louisa Alma, Alicia Russell, and Carman Ventura.
Frank Albert Garnsey acquired his educa- tion in the schools of his native city of Bangor. He began industrial life as a dry-goods clerk, and continued in that position until the break- ing out of the Civil War. In 1861 he enlisted in Company H. in the Second Maine Volunteer Infantry, the first regiment to leave the State for the front. Going out as second lieutenant, he later became captain of his company, serv- ing in all two years. His experience of actual warfare included participation in the first battle of Bull Run, the siege of Yorktown and Penin- sula campaign, and the battle of Chancellors- ville. After the war, returning to Bangor, he became purser for the Bangor & Boston Steam- ship Company, holding that office for twenty years, or up to 1895. He was then appointed as a member of the Board of Assessors, which office he still holds (1903). In politics he is
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a Republican. His fraternal society affilia- tions connect him with the Loyal Legion (Maine Commandery), Saint Andrews' Lodge, F. & A. M., and B. H. Beales Post, No. 12, G. A. R.
Mr. Garnsey married in 1864 Elizabeth P. Gay, who was born in Castine, Me., daughter of Captain Leonard and Abbie S. (Wilcox) Gay. He has no living children.
R. GEORGE MORRIS TWITCHELL, of Augusta, managing editor of the Maine Farmer and lecturer on ag- ricultural science, is a native of Maine, having been born in Bethel, Oxford County, September 17, 1847, son of Dr. Almon and Phoebe M. (Buxton) Twitchell. His paternal grandfather, Joseph Twitchell, was the first white child born in that town, of which Joseph's father and uncle were pioneer settlers. Joseph Twitchell's wife belonged to the Abbott family of Bethel. The first Twitchells to settle in Maine came here from Sudbury, Mass.
Dr. Almon Twitchell, father of George M., was a practising physician of Bethel, having taken his degree of Doctor of Medicine at Bowdoin Medical College. He died in 1859. His wife, Phoebe M. Buxton, was a daughter of Captain Jeremiah Buxton, a seafaring man and merchant skipper of North Yarmouth.
George Morris Twitchell, having at the age of twelve years the misfortune to lose his father, commenced work on the farms in the vicinity of his home. Casting about for a suitable oc- cupation, he decided upon dentistry; and at an early age began the study of that profession. By the time he was nineteen he felt justified in beginning independent practice, which he accordingly did at Dixfield. Thence after a short time lie removed to Yarmouth, afterward practising successfully at Bethel and Fairfield. Here his health, which had been poor for some tine, began to fail so rapidly that in 1SS4 he was forced to give up his professional work and seek a more active and healthful occupation. In the following year he settled in Readfield, where he remained for several years, engaged in farming. This occupation was not to him the irksome drudgery that it usually is when fol- lowed in a mechanical and unscientific manner.
Accustomed from a boy to take an intelli- gent interest in the work he had to do, he had learned quickly and thoroughly both the theory and practical application of agricultural sci- ence, and at an early age had been a frequent contributor of acceptable articles on agricultural subjects to the Farmer and other papers. His connection with this particular paper had been continued during the period that he was en- gaged in dental practice. In 1873 he was one of its regular attachés, and in 1878 took charge of some of its departments. In 1897 he, in company with others, purchased the paper, and formed a corporation for conducting the business, he sbeing the managing editor. This position he still retains, and in addition he is well known as a lecturer on agricultural and educational topics, his lectures being delivered chiefly before the breeders' associations' insti- tutes and the various granges of the order of Patrons of Husbandry, of which organization he is a member, holding the honorable position of State Lecturer during the years 1890-91. In his capacity of lecturer he has appeared before audiences scattered through the New England States, the adjoining Canadian Provinces, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. During the past twenty years he has spoken at institutes, grange and educational gatherings twelve hundred times. In politics a Republi- can, he has neither held nor sought office, but is an active worker for his party.
Dr. Twitchell was married in 1870 to Miss Florence Allen, daughter of Matthias and Eliz- abeth (Gooding) Allen, of Yarmouth, Me., her father having been a well-known ship-builder of that place. Dr. and Mrs. Twitchell have no children.
RANK H. HOLYOKE, of Bangor, was p born in Brewer, Me., October 14, 1843, son of Caleb and Abby Young (Parker) Holyoke. He is a descendant in the eighth generation of Edward Holyoke, a man of prom- * inence in the early settlement of the Massachu- setts Bay Colony. The line is Edward1, Elizur,2 Elizur,3 Jacob,+ John," John," Caleb, Frank H.8
Edward1 Holyoke emigrated from Tam- worth, England, to Massachusetts, and was re-
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siding in Lynn in 1636-37. In 1638 he was made a freeman, and in the same year the town of Lynn granted him five hundred acres of land, both upland and meadow. He subsequently settled in Rumney Marsh, now Chelsea. "He was a member of the Quarterly Court from 1639 to 1643, also in 1647-48, and was a representa- tive in ten sessions of the General Court." His death occurred May 4, 1660. In June, 1612, he married Prudence, daughter of the Rev. John Stockton, of Kinhalt, England. Edward Hol- yoke left one son, Elizur, and five daughters.
Elizur2 Holyoke settled in Springfield, Mass., where he was captain of a company of militia and a citizen of much influence. In 1656, 1667, 1670, 1673, and 1675 he was a representative to the General Court. He died in 1676. He married, first, in 1640, Mary, daughter of Will- iam Pynchon. She died October 26, 1657, leaving, among other children, a son Elizur.3 Captain Holyoke afterward married "a Mrs. John Maynard, already twice a widow."
Elizur3 Holyoke, born in 1651, died August 11, 1711. For many years he was a resident of Boston, which he represented in the General Court 1704-07. He married January 2, 1678, Mary Eliot, daughter of Jacob Eliot, Jr., and a niece of the Rev. John Eliot, the Apostle to the Indians. She died February 2. 1720-1. Their son Edward, who at one time was settled as a minister in Marblehead, Mass .. was presi- dent of Harvard College, 1737-69.
Jacob+ Holyoke, born in 1697, died in Sep- tember, 1769. He was engaged in mercantile pursuits during his active life. His wife, whose maiden name was Susanna Martin, died in 1784.
John5 Holyoke was born in Boston, Mass., August 27, 1743, and is said to have been one of the "Boston tea party." His name is not on the lists printed in Drake's "Tea Leaves," but these lists are not supposed to be complete. About the year 1777 he removed to Maine, set- tling at Orrington, now Brewer, his lot being near the end of the toll-bridge. He was a pe- titioner in 1783 and a grantee in 1786. In 1788 he built the first frame house in what is now the town of Brewer. He was active in public life, serving in 178S as the first Treas- urer of Orrington, and in 1791 as Selectman,
also holding many other town offices. He was a cooper by trade. He died April 24, 1807. aged sixty-four years. In 1768 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Far- mer) Treat. She was born in Boston, Mass. May 31, 1745, and died in Brewer, Me., Decem- ber 4, 1830.
John" Holyoke was born in Boston, Mass .. March 10, 1773, and came to Brewer, Me., with his parents when about four years old. Reared in Brewer, he became actively identified with the business interests of the town, being a very prominent ship-builder in his day, and reside ! here until his deathi, October 3, 1831. Oz November 27, 1800, he married Miriam, dauch- ter of John and Lydia Tibbetts. She was born in Boothbay, Me., June 1, 1779, and died in Brewer, April 20, 1850. In 1832 she was bar- tized, and became a member of the Brewer church.
Caleb Holyoke was born in Brewer. Me .. March 24, 1811, being the seventh in a family of twelve children. He learned the ship car- penter's trade and was very handy with tools of all kinds. In his younger days he helped build the old toll-bridge between Bangor and Brewer. Toiling at times beyond his strength. his health became impaired, and, hoping to be benefited by a sea voyage, he shipped as cook on board a brig built by his brothers Edward and John Holyoke, sailing for New Orleans. When the vessel stopped at New York, he re- signed his position as cook, but continued on board as a passenger. Arriving at New Orleans. he met a brother that he had not seen for several years, and went with him to Algiers, near New Orleans. There he secured work in the ship- yards, but left soon after on account of the breaking out of the cholera. Going to New Albany, Ind., he invested in a stock of mer- chandise, which he sold at an advantage. Starting then for home, he came across the Alleghany Mountains to Baltimore, thence to New York by canal, by steamer to Providence. R.I., and from that city to Boston across the country. In Boston he bought a stock of mer- chandise, which he shipped on a packet to Brewer, Me., where he stored it for a while in a barn. He subsequently built a small store near the present toll-bridge, and for several
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years carried on a substantial business as a general merchant. At a later period he dealt extensively in lumber and in timber lands. He was successful in his operations, acquiring a handsome property.
He was public-spirited and patriotic, and during the Civil War gave generously, both of time and money, toward the support of his country's cause. He took a deep interest in town affairs, but held no local office, although he was at one time a Representative in the State Legislature. IIe lived to the age of eighty- seven years. He married, first, December 9, 1843, Abby Young Parker, who died October 29, 1880, at the age of fifty-eight years and four months. He married, second, a Mrs. Rogers. His children, all by his first wife, were three in number. Of these, one, a daughter, born in 1847, died in 1861. The two now living are Frank H.8 and Caleb.8 Caleb Holyoke was born in Brewer, Me., in 1864. He married Margaret Harmon, and they have two children, Madeline and Marjorie, twins.
Frank H.8 Holyoke began working with his father when but a lad while out of school, being of great assistance. On reaching man's estate, he continued with his father, and he eventually succeeded him as a merchant. At the present time Mr. Holyoke is carrying on a profitable business in buying and selling timber lands. Since the death of his father, however, much of his time has necessarily been devoted to the care of the parental estate, which he has very materially increased, and in looking after his own private property. Politically he is a Re- publican, but has never aspired to official posi- tions.
ILLIARD TILTON DUNNING, one of the representative men of Winslow, Kennebec County, a citizen who has taken a useful part in public life, was born in Charleston, Me., January 25, 1836, son of Reuben and Luey (Holden) Dunning. Both his parents were natives of Maine, the father born in Penobscot County and the mother in Hancock County. Mr. Dunning's maternal grandfather, Samuel Holden, and his great- grandfather Holden were both Revolutionary
soldiers. The name of Samuel Holden, of Men- don, occurs in various records in "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolu- tion," vol. viii., the first showing that he was in "Capt. Daniel's co., Col. Nixon's regt .; mus- tered Ap. 21, 1777; term 3 years; also Drun- mer, Capt. John Holden's (4th) co., Col. Thomas Nixon's (6th) regt .; reported serving 11 mos. 10 days as Drummer, 21 mos. 1 day as pri- vate; .. . discharged Feb. 20, 1780." Again, in "Capt. Ammidonn's co., Col. Tyler's regt .: age 17 years, complexion dark, occupation farmer; engaged Feb. S, 1781, term 3 years; also private in Capt. Peter Clayes' co., . . . later Sergeant, Capt. Japhet Daniels' co., Lieut. Col. Calvin Smith's regt."
As shown by the family records, Samuel Holden was born July 26, 1762. After the war he settled in Hancock County, Maine, and some time later on removed to Penobscot County.
The list of United States pensioners for 1835 contains the name and record of Samuel Hol- den, of Penobscot County, Maine, placed on the pension list April 10, 1819. "Commencement of pension April 10, 1818; age seventy-two" (that is, aged seventy-two early in 1835).
The subject of this sketch acquired his edu- cation in the public schools and at Charleston Academy, and remained a resident of his native town until his twentieth year. Going to Cali- fornia in 1855 by way of the Isthmus of Pan- ama, he subsequently resided in that State for twelve years, spending also a similar length of time in Nevada. In both regions he was chiefly concerned in the lumber industry, although he also tried his luck at gold mining. From 1874 to 1878 he was a member of the Board of Trustees of Carson City, Nev. Re- turning East in 1880, Mr. Dunning lived for a short time thereafter in Boston, Mass. In 1882 he settled in Winslow, Me., having purchased the farm which he still occupies, devoting him- self with good success to agricultural pursuits. His farm contains the locally famous spring from which is obtained the now well-known "Ticonic Mineral Spring Water." The sale of this water Mr. Dunning began in 1SS6, and still continues, finding a good and increasing market for it in Waterville and vicinity. A
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Republican politically, Mr. Dunning has a record . of nine years' faithful and efficient service as a Selectman of Winslow, eight years as chairman and for four years elected unanimously. In 1899 he represented the town of Winslow in the Maine Legislature (sixty-ninth session) at Au- gusta; and in 1900, when the twelfth United States census was taken, he was census enum- erator for Winslow.
He was married in Omaha, Neb., October 21, 1875, to Lucy Annie Wing, of Boston, Mass., a native of Waterville, Me., and daughter of Winthrop M. and Charlotte (Runnells) Wing. Mrs. Dunning's father died of yellow fever in Mexico at the age of twenty-eight years, in 1846, when he was a soldier in the American army of invasion under General Taylor. His father, Allen Wing, was an early settler in Water- ville, Me. Mrs. Dunning's maternal grandfather, Washington Runnells, who was born in Winslow in 1800, was a son of Benjamin+ and Lydia (Priest) Runnells. His grandfather, Benja- min3 Runnells, a blacksmith by trade, while serving in the Revolutionary army assisted in forging the chain that was stretched across the Hudson at West Point in order to pre- vent the British ships from ascending the river.
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