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for Mr. Weston here for many years. After- ward he worked in a sash and blind factory in Augusta up to the time of his death, which took place in that city. He superintended as foreman the building of many fine resi- dences in Augusta, and after the great fire of 1875 in that city he rebuilt many of the business blocks on Water Street.
He married August 10, 1848, Clarissa Ann Richardson, who was born in Belgrade. Me .. a daughter of Jason and Clarissa (Ellis) Rich- ardson. They were the parents of three chil- dren, two sons and a daughter, of whom the last-named, Eliza A., born May 9, 1854, died in infancy. The sons were Horace A., the subject of this sketch, and Joseph Ellis. The latter, born in Augusta, Me., February S, 1852, married Martha Maloon, of Richmond, Me .: has no children.
Horace A. Hallett, the direct subject of this sketch, in early manhood learned the carpen- ter's trade under his father, and followed it for some years in Augusta. In 1871, coming to Portland, he entered the employ of the E. C. Allen Publishing Company as cashier. and remained with that firm as manager of the Portland branch until the death of its leading member, Mr. Allen, after which he worked for some time for O. Hooper & Son, house furnish- ers, as salesman. In 1SS2 and 1883 he served the city as Councilman from Ward 1, and in 1854 was elected Alderman of his ward. In August. 1896, on the death of Mr. York, he succeeded that gentleman as City Assessor. This position he has since held, his services therein having given general satisfaction. In politics he is a Republican, as was his father. His secret soci- ety affiliations are with Harmony Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Portland, and with Longfellow Lodge. Knights of Pythias, in which he has passed all the chairs.
Mr. Hallett married in Augusta in 1871 Alice Reed Clark, who was born in Augusta, Me .. a daughter of Charles and Louisa Clark. She died in Portland, June, 189S, having been the mother of three children, namely: Eugene A., born in Portland, Me., July 3, 1874: Florence Mabel. born in Portland, June 22, 1879; and Charles Crowell, born July 26, 1876, died aged five years. Eugene married Melissa Dunn, a na-
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tive of Nova Scotia, and has one child, Alice Clark, born in Portland in May, 1900. Flor -. ence M., who is the wife of Boardman T. Skil- lings, has no children. In December, 1899, Mr. Hallett married Mrs. Mary Allison Stevens, of Portland.
APTAIN DAVID H. INGRAHAM AND CAPTAIN OTIS INGRAHAM, master mariners, of Rockland. are sons of Coit and Betsey (Haskell) Ingraham, former residents of this town, and come from Massachusetts colonial stock.
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Joseph Ingraham, their paternal grandfather, was born July 1, 1759, in Gloucester, Mass. He and his brothers Job and Josiah and their sister Nancy were among the early settlers of Old Thomaston, Me. Joseph Ingraham died in Rock- land, October 23, 184S. On July 1, 1783, he married Bradbury Keen, who was born in 1757, and died July 8, 1848. She was a daughter of Jacob Keen, and a descendant of Josiah Keen (sometimes spelled Kien or Kean), who was born in London, England, and emigrated to Boston, Mass., about 1640, subsequently residing in different towns in Plymouth County. Jacob Keen was born in Pembroke, Mass., November 21, 1731. He married his second cousin Deb- orah, daughter of Isaac Keen, of Pembroke, Mass. Coming to Maine, he purchased Hog Island, lying near the shores of what is now Bremen, and resided there a number of years. His ownership of the island being disputed, he employed a lawyer by the name of Bradbury to look after his interests, and became so much attached to him that he named his eldest daugh- ter for him. The lawyer dying before the affair was settled, Mr. Keen lost his suit, and was forced to give up his island home, which he left in a flat-boat, having on board his family, cow, and all his worldly possessions. After spending a few months in Bremen, he sailed along the coast of the State until he came to that part now incorporated as Rockland, and took up his permanent residence on the west side of Tol- man's or Chickanauka Lake. Mr. Keen was an expert hunter as well as an able seaman, in the latter capacity being capable of navigating a ship to any part of the world. He was a man
of a sandy complexion, blue eyes, and six feet in height. He was noted for his intelligence, his muscular strength and endurance, and a few eccentricities of character. He accepted the teachings of the New Testament, rejecting the Old Testament, and professed the Quaker faith, although not a member of the society. He was injured while at sea by the falling upon him of a companion door, and died from the effects about eight years afterward, October 10, 17SS.
Coit Ingraham was born August 4, 1787, and died in Rockland, August 27, 1857. He married first, October 6, 1810, Betsey Haskell, who was the mother of all his children. She was born August 15, 1787, and died April 16, 1843. Her father, Francis Haskell, born in 1749, who came, it is supposed, from Deer Isle, resided on a farm at Ash Point in Old Thomaston until his death, July 14, 1843. His first wife was Lydia Crockett ; and his second wife, the mother of Betsey Haskell, was Jane Stimson. Coit Ingraham married for his second wife Mrs. Sally (Whitham) Thomas, widow of John Thomas, Jr., of Searsmont, Me. She was born November 25, 1795. Her father, Benjamin Whitham, removed from Blue Hill, Me., to South Thomaston, where he died May 7, 1848. On May 16, 1789, he married Sarah Philbrook, whose death occurred. May 15, 1838. Coit Ingraham and his wife Betsey were the par- ents of eight children-Eliza, Charles, Joseph C., David H. and Mark L. (twins), Harriet B., and Otis and Orris R. (twins). Eliza Ingraham, deceased, was born November 20, 1811. Charles Ingraham, deceased, was born April 26, 1814. On October 17, 1841, he married Eleanor Brown.
Captain Joseph C. Ingraham, the third child, was born September 3, 1818. He married Octo- ber 17, 1843, Mary Eleanor Palmer, who was born March 7, 1826. Her paternal grandfather, Daniel Palmer, Sr., married a Miss Goudy, and removed from Bristol, Me., to South Thomaston. Daniel Palmer, Jr., was born in Bristol, Me., in 1774, and died in Thomaston, January 18, 1856. On October 4, 1804, he married Rebecca Black- ington, who was born in June, 1781, and died in Thomaston, January 9, 1853. Benjamin Black- ington, father of Rebecca, was born January 28, 1750, in Attleboro, Mass .; is said to have been of Italian descent. As early as 1777 he came with his family to Thomaston, and took up three
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adjoining lots west of the meadows, on which he and his sons settled. He died on his homestead, September 6, 1812. His wife, Eunice Woodcock, was born March 28, 1743, and died June 19, 1815. She was a sister of Nathaniel Woodcock, who married Rebecca Healy, and came from Attle- boro, Mass., to Thomaston, Me., where he bought land in 1780. Captain Joseph C. and Mary Eleanor (Palmer) Ingraham were the parents of five children, namely: Ellen F., born in 1847, who married William Brewer; Adelaide C., who was born June 16, 1852, and died February 5, 1856; Idella (not living), born in 1856, who married Orville Brown, and had one child, Edgar Brown; Lizzie M., who was born March 31, 1859, and died April 27, 1863; and Orris, who was born March 16, 1863, and died De- cember 3, 1863.
Captain David H. Ingraham, fourth son of Coit Ingraham, was born April 29, 1824. At the age of fourteen years, having obtained a common school education, he shipped before the mast, and was subsequently engaged in seafaring pur- suits for twenty-six years, for twenty years being master of a vessel. In 1864 he removed to Bos- ton, where he remained for nineteen years as an agent for the Rockland and Thomaston Lime Manufacturing Company. Since his retirement from active business, Captain Ingraham has re- sided in Rockland, and has been prominently identified with municipal affairs. For two years he served as Alderman, and for five years was a member of the Board of Assessors, serving as its chairman a part of the time. This position he resigned to accept the office of Valuation Com- missioner, which he held from 1889 until 1891. Politieally he is a faithful supporter of the prin- ciples of the Republican party.
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On June 13, 1844, Captain Ingraham married Catherine P. Van Stone, who was born Septem- ber 26, 1821. Her father, James Van Stone, was born in England in 1784, and there learned the wheelwright's trade. He came from Bristol, England, to America in the ship "Bristol Trader," and settled in Thomaston. For awhile he kept a tavern at Prison Corner, Thomaston, but subsequently settled in Rockland, where he spent his last years. He married February 14, 1818, Harriet Robinson, who had previously been employed as a domestic in the family of
General Knox. Captain David H. and Mrs. Ingraham have one child, Harriet M., who was born in 1845. She married Edward Nixon, of Portland, Me. They have one child, Kate I. She is the wife of Walter H. Tapley, and the mother of two children-Walter H., Jr., and Otis.
Captain Mark L. Ingraham, twin brother of Captain David H., was born April 29, 1824. On December 26, 1845, he married Julia A. Snow, who was born June 21, 1826, and died in January. 1903. She was a daughter of Captain Elisha Snow, who married (published April 28, 1821) Mary Sawtelle, of Camden, Me. Her paternal grandfather, Captain Isaac Snow, was a son of the Rev. Elisha Snow, a native of Brunswick, Me., who married at Cape Elizabeth in 1750 Betsey Jordan, settled in South Thomaston, and died January 30, 1832. Their son, Captain Isaac Snow, was born November 19, 1773, in South Thomaston, and died in Philadelphia, Pa., March 28, 1820. He married Ruth Hayden. being published June 25, 1795. She was born October 6, 1770, and died October 3, 1832. She was a daughter of William and Sarah (Wade) Hayden, residents of Scituate, Mass. Captain Mark L. and Julia A. (Snow) Ingraham had three children: Albert F., born in 1847; Annie C., born in 1855; and Frank W., born in 1861.
Harriet B. Ingraham was born February 26, 1827. On July 7, 1846, she married Henry Harwood, by whom she had one child, Ange- nette H. Harwood.
Captain Otis Ingraham, one of the special subjects of this sketch, was born April 21, 1831. He has passed most of his life on the ocean, having made his first voyage, when a boy of eight years, on the schooner "Clement" from Rockland to Boston. Pleased with this experi- . ence, he shortly secured a position as cook on the same schooner, receiving a dollar a trip for his services. When old enough for the service, he went before the mast as a common seaman, subsequently becoming mate, and at the age of eighteen years was made captain of the schooner "Two Sons," which carried lime from Rockland to Saco, Me. He was afterward master of the " Ache," which he ran between Boston and Rockland for two years. In 1853 he went as quartermaster on the "Daniel Webster," run-
STEPHEN HART MANNING.
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ning between Bangor and Portland, and con- necting with the trains for Boston. Becoming mate on the "Daniel Webster" at the age of twenty years, he continued in that position until 1861, when the United States government took the boat for use in the Civil War, and he went to New York as mate. During the same year he was appointed captain of the steamer "Rockland," and for two years thereafter ear- ried despatches for the government. He was subsequently captain of the steamer "Helen Getts" of Philadelphia, a blockade runner, and carried passengers on her until she was seized by the United States government Retaining command, he continued with her until 1867, running between Savannah, Ga., and Palatka, Fla., until 1867. Returning then to Rockland, Captain Ingraham remained at home but a short time before going as mate on the "Katahdin," . running between Bangor and Rockland. When the steamer "Cambridge" was completed, he went on her as mate until the death of Captain Johnson, whom he succeeded as master. He was afterward master of various steamers on the James T. Sanford line, continuing until his in- terest, with that of the remaining owners, was purchased by the Eastern Steamship Company. Ile has since been in the employ of various steamship companies, and is now captain of the steamer "Penobscot," running between Boston and Bangor. He is recognized as an officer of superior ability and as an expert navi- gator. He is a strong Republican in politics, and belongs to Rockland Lodge, A. F. & A. M.
Captain Otis Ingraham married, in 1851, Lucy M. Stearns, daughter of Isaac and Lucy (Goss) Stearns. Her father was a lineal deseendant in the sixth generation of Charles1 Stearns, who was made a freeman at Cambridge, Mass., in 1646. They have had four children, namely: William Otis, who was born November 9, 1855, died May 1, 1868; Blanche B., born May 6, 1871; Mary Stinson, born June 20, 1875; and Ed- ward Cushing, who was born November 20, 1872.
Captain Orris R. Ingraham, twin brother of Captain Otis Ingraham, was born April 21, 1831. He began life as a sailor in boyhood, and from the age of seventeen years until his death was captain of a vessel. He sailed on various Boston Harbor steamers, including among others the
"Emeline," the "Rose Standish," the "John Romer," the "Daniel Webster," and the "City of Rockland." On November 27, 1898, during the memorable storm in which the steamer "City of Portland" was lost, he went down on a freight boat sailing from New York to Bangor. On December 22, 1850, Captain Orris R. In- graham married Arlette H. Robbins, who was born March 11, 1833. She was a daughter of Stacy Robbins and his wife, Demaris Hall. daughter of Elijah and Jorusha (Palmer) Hall. Her paternal grandfather was Anthony Robbins. Captain Orris R. and Arlette H. (Robbins) In- graham had two children, Lester A. and Fred- eriek H. Lester A. Ingraham (deceased) was born in 1852. Frederiek H. Ingraham, who was born in 1857, married Lueretia Skinner, and has one child, Maud H. Ingraham.
NOTE. The death of Captain Otis Ingraham occurred August 1, 1903, since the preparation of the above article. ED.
TEPHEN HART MANNING, Brevet Brigadier-general, a veteran of the Civil War and ex-Sheriff of New Han- over County, North Carolina, is now living retired from public service at his birth- place, the Manning homestead in Lewiston, Me. Born July 24, 1834, son of Samuel and Susanna (Hart) Manning and the eighth of a family of twelve children, he is of the third generation of his branch of the Manning family in Maine.
Charles Henry Manning, his grandfather, a native of England, was a sea captain, and commanded his own vessel. He came to Amer- ica when a young man, and settled in Bruns- wick, Me. He there married Naney Stanwood. daughter of Samuel, Jr., and Ann (Chase) Stanwood, of Brunswiek. Her father, born at North Yarmouth, Me., in 1746, was son of Samuel+ Stanwood (a sea captain, who was born at Brunswick in 1719) and his first wife. Jean or Janet Lithgow. Samuel+ Stanwood served as chaplain at the siege of Louisburg. He was a Deacon of the first church of Bruns- wick, a Selectman many years, a Represen- tative to the Legislature, and in the Revolu- tionary period was a member of the Committee of Correspondence and Safety for the town of Brunswick. His father was Lieutenant Eben-
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ezer3 Stanwood, a native of Gloucester, Mass., son of Samuel2 Stanwood and his wife, Hannah Pressee, of Amesbury, and grandson of the immigrant, Philip1 Stainwood, the founder of the family in New England. It may be added that Mrs. James G. Blaine, daughter of Jacob" Stanwood, is a descendant of Philip1 Stain- wood through his son Jonathan.2 Captain Charles H. Manning was lost at sea with his vessel and all on board. He was survived by his wife and two children, Mary and Sam- uel. Mary Manning married Adam Lamont, of Brunswick, and had five daughters. Of these the last survivor was Joanna, wife of Joseph Dunning.
Samuel Manning, born at Brunswick in 1801, was left fatherless at an early age. After learning the blacksmith's trade under his uncle, Ebenezer Stanwood, he settled in Auburn, and later went to Lewiston. His smithy was for some time the only one in the village, and he did a good business, employing several men. Ebenezer Stanwood, who, with his brother William, was engaged in the War of 1812, spent his last years with this nephew. Samuel Man- ning died at Lewiston, Me., July 22, 1863.
His wife Susanna died July 10, 1887, at the age of eighty-seven. She was the daughter of Stephen Hart and his wife Mary, and was born in Lewiston. Her aunt Susanna, daughter of Stephen Hart, Sr., was the wife of Daniel Read, and her sister Mary the wife of his brother, Lemuel Read, both natives of Attle- boro, Mass., who became residents of Lewis- ton, Me.
According to the History of Durham, by E. S. Stackpole, Stephen Hart, Sr., was one of the original purchasers, November 12, 1770, of land for a homestead in the township of Royalsborough (so named by the proprietors in 1765), earlier called Royalston and in 1789 incorporated as Durham. The records printed in "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution," vol. vii., show that the elder Stephen Hart was "Captain of the (Royalsborough) Company, Cumberland County regiment, Massachusetts Militia, commissioned June 5, 1776, his name being also in return, dated December 6, 1777, made by said Hart, Captain, of men raised for the second Cuniber-
land County regiment, to serve in the Conti- nental army to the credit of town of Royals- borough."
In the tax list of Falmouth, Me., for 1766, Stephen Hart (evidently the same person named above) is charged with a poll-tax of five shillings, sixpence. Stephen Hart and Betty Thomes were married in Falmouth by Rev. Dr. Deane, June 4, 1767. There is reason to believe that Stephen Hart of Falmouth and Royalsborough was the Stephen born in Ded- ham, Mass., March 21, 1735-6, "ye son of Jacob and Susanna Hart." All the evidence points that way, but full proof has not yet been found.
Stephen Hart, son of Stephen Hart, Sr., and father of Mrs. Samuel Manning, is thought to have been a native of Falmouth (now Port- land), Me. He married the widow of John Goody. Her maiden name was Mary Robin- son. She was from Gloucester, Mass., there- fore was probably a descendant of Andrew1 Robinson, an early inhabitant of that town, who died in 1645. Stephen Hart died in Lew- iston, October 27, 1844, aged seventy-two years, nine months. His wife Mary departed this life October 15, 1828, aged fifty-three years and two months.
Samuel and Susanna (Hart) Manning were the parents of twelve children, four sons and eight daughters. Three of the sons, including the subject of this sket h, served in the Union army during the great Civ" War.
Stephen Hart Manning fitted for college at the old Lewiston Falls Academy, matriculated at Bowdoin, and pursued his classical course till after the fall of Fort Sur ter, in April, 1861, which aroused peace-loving patriots to fight for the Union. On the 3d of May, 1861, he en- listed for three months in the First Maine Regi- ment of Volunteers, Company E, Captain Jack- son, to defend the Union: Captain Jackson became Colonel of the regiment, and Mr. Manning was appointed Quartermaster's Ser- geant. At the end of three months he returned to Brunswick just in time to receive his Bache- lor's degree. In September directly following lie was commissioned by Governor Cony First Lieutenant and Quartermaster of the Fifth Maine Regiment. From this time till after
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the close of the war he was engaged in the military service of his country, being commis- sioned successively: Quartermaster Second Brigade, First Division, Sixth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac; Captain and Assistant Quartermaster by President Lincoln; Chief Quartermaster, First Division, Sixth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac; and Lieutenant Colonel and Chief Quartermaster of the Sixth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac; Colonel and Chief Quartermaster of the Department of Texas. He was in succession Brevet Major, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, Brevet Colonel, and Brevet Brigadier-General, being mustered out October 5, 1866. One of his commissions he received from the Governor of Maine and seven from the President. After the war he was engaged for a few years in mercantile busi- ness, selling dry goods and groceries in Wil- mington, N.C .; and subsequently for sixteen years (1874 to 1890) he held the office of Sheriff of New Hanover County, that State, his home being in the city of Wilmington. In 1875 he was a delegate from New Hanover County to the State Constitutional Convention held in Raleigh, N.C.
He was married in 1864 in Boston, Mass., to Sarah Walker, daughter of the Hon. Tim- othy and Luna (Abbot) Walker. Her father was son of Charles and Hannah (Pickering) Walker, of Concord. Her grandfather, Charles Walker (Harvard College, 1789), was son of Colo- nel Timothy Walker (Harvard College, 1756), of Concord, N.H., who was a member of the first Provincial Congress, and of the Continental Congress in 177S, 1782, and 1784. Colonel Timothy was the only son of the Rev. Timothy Walker, a native c, Woburn, Mass., who was graduated at Harvard in 1725, and was settled as the first minister of Concord, N.H. He was a lineal descendant in the fourth generation of Samuel Walker, of Woburn, "presumed to have been the son of Captain Richard1 Walker, of Lynn, who accompanied his father to New England in 1630." Sarah, daughter of Deacon Samuel Walker, married Benjamin Thompson Rumford (Count Rumford), of Massachusetts (1753-1814), who at the breaking out of the Revolutionary War had his patriotic sympa- thies alienated by the jealousy of fellow-officers
in the New Hampshire regiments, and joined the British service, raising the "King's American Dragoons" in 1781. He afterward became prime minister to the Eleetor of Bavaria, and was made a count in 1790. Subsequently he became noted for his valuable scientific discoveries in the departments of heat and chemistry, of which latter science he was one of the founders. Professor S. F. B. Morse, LL.D., married Lucretia Pickering, daughter of Charles Walker, son of Colonel Timothy Walker.
Mrs. Manning's mother was a daughter of David Abbot, of Rumford, Me. David was son of Nathaniel+ and grandson of Captain Nathaniel Abbot, one of the original proprie- tors of Concord, N.H. Nathaniel" was son of Nathaniel2 and grandson of George1 Abbot, one of the first settlers of Andover, Mass. Mrs. Manning was born in Rumford, Me., in 1835. She died in Lyn, Mass., April 30, 1897. Gen- eral Manning has no children. In 1890 he re- turned to the old home farm in Lewiston, where he now lives retired from public cares. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Custer Post, of Lewiston, and of the Loyal Legion.
OHN P. CLARK, a representative busi- ness man and well-known citizen of Skowhegan, has been a resident of this city for the last seven years. He was born in New Portland, Me., January 17, 1846, a son of Charles B. and Mary B. (Butler) Clark. His paternal grandfather, Jacob Clark, a native of Massachusetts, was a Revolutionary soldier and a Captain of militia. At least two other an- cestors of the subject of this sketch bore arms in the cause of American independence, the maternal great-grandfather Butler and another maternal great-grandfather whose name was. Norton.
Charles B. Clark was a successful agricultu- rist in New Portland. He served the town as Selectman, and represented his district in the Maine Legislature in 1862. Taking a strong interest in military matters, perhaps awak- ened in early life by the stories that he heard from his father of the latter's campaigns under
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Washington or other Revolutionary heroes, he joined the militia, in which he became one of the most active members, attaining the rank of Captain, by which title he was generally addressed.
Brought up on his father's farin in New Port- land, John P. Clark attended the district school, and subsequently pursued more advanced studies at the Edward Little Institute in Auburn, Me. Going West at the age of nineteen, he settled in Hudson, Wis., where for some three years he was engaged in the dry goods business. For the next four and a half years he was con- nected with the civil engineering department of the Northern Pacific Railroad, for two and a half years of that time his sphere of duty lying in Minnesota and North Dakota. Subsequently returning to New Portland, he engaged in gen- eral mercantile business and in the lumber industry as a member of the firm of Clark Brothers, thus continuing for eighteen years. Afterward he resided for a time at North Anson, whence in 1896 he came to Skowhegan. He is a director in the First National Bank, Madison, Me. A capable business man, conservative yet not lacking in enterprise, he has the confidence of the business community and the esteem of a large circle of friends. In politics he is a Democrat.
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