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United Workmen; and a member of the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows. Politically, he is a Republican.
Mr. Record was married in 1870 to Melvina S. Dunn, who was born in Hallowell. Me., a daughter of Samnel and Abijial (Haines) Dunn, of that place. Of this union there has been one child, Charles D., now a resident of Bos- ton, Mass., who married Ruby Weston, of Read- field, Me.
TILLMAN H. J. BERRY, one of the leading citizens of Fayette. Ken- nebec County, was born in the ad- joining town of Wayne, in the same county, June 20, 1840. His parents were Elias and Harriet (Erskine) Berry, the father a native of Scarboro, Me., and the mother of Wayne. Mr. Berry's paternal grandfather. Richard Berry, settled in Wayne nearly a century ago. Elias Berry, who died in 1562. was one of the foremost citizens of Wayne in his day. He was twice married. His first wife, Sally, died in 1823. His secon l wife, Harriet, was a daughter of Robert E"- skine, an early settler of Wayne. By his first marriage he had two children, Julia A. and Oren C., and by his second, eight, namely: Laura A .; Lucinda E .; Gardner M .: Asbury W .: Mary A .; Joseph S .; Stillman H. J .; and Benjamin F., of St. Joseph, Mo. Of these ten children the two last named are the only sur- vivors.
Stillman H. J. Berry was educated in the public schools of his native town and at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary at Kent's Hill. Reared on his father's farm, he early acquired a competent knowledge of agriculture, and at the age of twenty-one became foreman of the farm connected with the State Reform School at Cape Elizabeth. This position he filled for three years. He then spent a few months in the Western States. In 1869. the year of his marriage, he removed from Wayne to Fayette, of which town he has since been a resident. Here he has a well-improved from of one hundred and fifty acres, and is engaged in general agriculture and dairying. He also raises Jersey and Durham cattle.
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all graded stock. Industrious and thrifty, his success has been well marked, and he is now one of the most prosperous agriculturists in the town. He belongs to Norland Grange, No. 119, P. of H., at East Livermore, Me., and to Pocasset Lodge, A. O. U. W., of Wayne. Mr. Berry's sound views on business and pub- lic questions and his intelligent interest in the affairs of the town have not escaped the notice `of his fellow-citizens, and he has been fre- quently called on to take office. Has served on the Board of Seleetmen, and for eight years he was Town Treasurer and Collector of Fay- ette. In politics he is a Republican.
October 17, 1869, Mr. Berry married Mary F. Pike, a daughter of the Hon. . Peleg F. Pike, of Wayne, of whom a separate sketch appears on another page. Of this union have been born nine children, namely-Emma D., Howard P., Elias Rockwood, Joseph B., Eva L., Kate M., Isaac C., Alice L., and Marcia F. Emma D. is the wife of Frank B: Gordon, of Livermore Falls, Me. Howard P. resides in Livermore. Elias Rockwood is a resident of Ridgway, Pa.
LMON BURTON DONNELL, a pros- perous agriculturist of Monmouth and a Grand Army veteran, was born in Webster, Androscoggin County, Me., October 3, 1845, son of Jesse D. and Sarah (Thompson) Donnell. His father, Jesse D. Donnell, came to Monmouth from Webster more than fifty years ago, and settled near what is now known as Monmouth Centre. The last few years of his life, which ended in 1892, were spent in North Monmouth. His chief occupation was that of farming, to which he added the manufacture of vinegar. He was a member of the Republican party, and for several years he served the town of Mon- mouth as Tax Collector. Jesse D. Donnell and his wife Sarah were the parents of three children, namely-Edwin L., Almon B., and Winfield Scott.
Almon B. Donnell was but a child when he accompanied his parents to Monmouth, and his education was acquired in the public schools of the town and at Monmouth Academy. In
February, 1864, at the age of eighteen years, he enlisted in Company I, First District of Column- bia Cavalry, with which he served for about six months. His regiment was then consoli- dated with the First Maine Regiment, of which he consequently became a member. Figlit- ing under Generals Custer and Sheridan, he took part in some hotly contested engage- ments, besides numerous skirmishes and raids, among them the battle of Bull Run, Va., and Wilson's raid; a as a member of Sheridan's horse he witnes .ed the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. He was honorably discharged in August, 1865, after a service of somewhat less than two years. Returning to Maine, Mr. Donnell settled in Lewiston, where for several years he was "ngaged in business as a contracting carpenter and builder. He then went to Dakota, and spent a year at Devil's Lake in the employ of the United States gov- ernment, superintending the construction of the carpenter work of Fort Totten. Return- ing East after its completion, Mr. Donnell took up his residence for a time in Hyde Park, Mass., whence he removed shortly to Greene, Me. Here he engaged in agriculture and the manufacture of vinegar, and also did rather an extensive. business in shipping apples to Liverpool, England. Subsequently he re- moved to Auburn, Me., where he resided for several years. From Auburn he came in 1900 to Monmouth, and settled on his pres- ent place, known as "Highmoor Farm," con- taining about two hundred and fifty acres of land. The estate includes a splendid orchard of five thousand apple-trees, and it can be truthfully said that it is one of the finest and most attractive farms and rural homes to be found in the Pine Tree State. In addition to general farming and fruit-growing Mr. Donnell deals largely in live stock. He is a public- spirited citizen, having at heart the best in- terests of the town, and in local affairs his vote and influence are always cast on the side of improved conditions and the moral and ma- terial advancement of the community.
Mr. Donnell was married December 1, 1868, in Greene, Me., to Miss Anna Mower, a daugh- ter of Calvin and Lydia (Thompson) Mower, of Greene, Me. Her mother is now living at
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the age of ninety-seven. Mr. and Mrs. Donnell have three children: Burton C., now a resident of Portland, Me .; Alice M., wife of George Fogg, of Auburn, Me .; and Leslie M., who re- sides at home with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Fogg have one son, Elmer Donnell Fogg, born June 3, 1894.
A LFRED G. RICKER. farmer, is a citizen of prominence in the prosperous agri- cultural and manufacturing town of Oakland, in the northern part of Kennebec County. He is a native of the town, which at the time of his birth, April 22, 1839, and for thirty-four years after, was a part of Water- ville. In 1873 it was incorporated as West Waterville, and in 1882 its name was changed to Oakland,
Mr. Ricker's parents were Levi and Mary A. (Ferson) Ricker, the father born in Hope, Knox County, Me., in 1802, and the mother in Brewer, Me., both being of early colonial stock of Eng- lish origin.
Levi Ricker was about six years old when he came with his father, Reuben Ricker, to West Waterville (now Oakland). Reared to farm life, he continued to devote his energies to farming and lumbering, also for a time deal- ing in real estate. He served as Selectman of the town of Waterville and for many years as a Deacon of the Free Will Baptist church. Politically, he was a Republican. His death took place in 1861, when he was fifty-nine years old. Of the nine children born to him and his wife, two only, Eliza J. and Alfred G., are now living. Eliza J. is the widow of the late Charles F. Stevens, of Oakland.
Alfred G. Ricker was educated in the public schools and brought up to habits of industry, being accustomed to take part in the varied labors of the farm. In 1859 he went South, and engaged in railroad work as a brakeman, but returned home in 1861, on the breaking out of the Civil War. On the death of his father he succeeded to the management of the home farm, which he has since occupied, and of which he is the owner. This farm, on which he was born, consists of one hundred and fifty acres of tillage, mowing land, pasturage and
wood land, with good buildings. It is an estate that was purchased by his father at a somewhat early period, and where the family resided for a number of years. Mr. Ricker's principal crops are hay and grain, and the estate is well stocked with horses, sheep, and cattle.
Mr. Ricker is not married. In addition to the business of carrying on his farm and mar- keting his produce, he devotes considerable time to town affairs, having been annually elected for a number of years in succession as one of the Board of Selectmen of Oakland. A Republican in politics, he cast his first presi- dential vote for Abraham Lincoln. He is a member of Messalonskec Lodge of Free Masons and Cascade Range, No. 92, Patrons of Hus- bandry.
LBERT WING RIGGS, a well-known agriculturalist of Wayne, Kennebec County, is a native of Chesterville, Me., born September 27, 1847, son of Jason and Martha J. (Wing) Riggs. Jason Riggs, who was born in New Sharon, Franklin County, Me., was for a number of years a resi- dent of Vienna, Me., from which town he re- moved with his family in 1875 to Wayne, set- tling on the farm now occupied by the subject of this sketch. He died in the spring of 1894. His wife, who was born in Chesterville, and who is now in her eightieth year, resides with her son, Albert W., in Wayne. Their children were: Albert W., Viola A., and George L.
Albert W. Riggs resided with his parents in Vienna, Me., until reaching his fifteenth year, at which early age he began industrial life for himself. For several years he was employed as farm hand in Fayette. In 1871 he went to Waltham, Mass., where for four years he worked as a house carpenter for Charles Reed, a well- known contractor of that place. In 1875 he purchased his present farm of one hundred acres, and, settling thereon the same year, has since cultivated it with profit. For six years Mr. Riggs served as a member of the Board of Se- leetmen of the town of Wayne, for one year being chairman of the board. He belongs to Leeds Grange, P. of H., and also to Asylum
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Lodge, No. 133, F. & A. M., of Wayne, in which he has several times held office. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party. Successful as a farmer and with all the quali- ties of a good citizen and agreeable neighbor, Mr. Riggs enjoys in a high degree the confidence and esteem of his fellow-townsmen.
He was married April 4, 1875, to Luella Valen- tine, a native of Hallowell, Me., and daughter of Samuel and Mary D. (Atkinson) Valentine, formerly of Winthrop, Me. Mrs. Riggs's father is now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Riggs have had three children-Edith M., Harry E., and Charles S.
ENRY WINSLOW, an esteemed and prosperous citizen of Winthrop Centre, Kennebec County, was born in Fal- mouth, Cumberland County, Me., September 6, 1828, his parents being Joseph and Hannah (Briggs) Winslow. His paternal grandfather was William Winslow. Joseph Winslow was a native of Falmouth. His wife Hannah was born in Kennebec County.
The subject of the sketch came to Winthrop with his parents in 1841, when a boy of thirteen years, they settling on a farm in the locality now known as Winthrop Centre. Here they both died, the father in 1871 and the mother in.1873.
Young Winslow acquired the elements of book learning in the schools of Winthrop, and pursued more advanced studies in the Friends' Boarding School at Providence, R.I., which he attended during the winter of 1847-48. In the fall of 1849 he began to learn the trade of cutting blocks for printing carpets in the shop of Reuben T. Jones, of Winthrop, and here he remained for some six months. Sub- sequently he followed the trade as a journey- man till 1855, in which year he began business for himself at Winthrop Centre. For many years he cut blocks for Moses Bailey (now de- ceased) and also for C. M. Bailey, the well- known oil-cloth manufacturer of Winthrop, Me. His business has grown, until he is now one of the best known carpet block cutters in this section of the State of Maine.
Mr. Winslow was first married in November,
1861, to Mary Rogers, of Hallowell, Me., daugh- ter of Isaiah Rogers. She died in 1864. In 1869 he married for his second wife a Mrs. Mary G. Maxfield, of Vassalboro, Me. She was the widow of Thomas A. Maxfield, formerly of Albion, Me., to whom she was united April 12, 1855. Mr. Maxfield died in Vassalboro, where and he his wife had lived from the time of their marriage. Her parents were Albert and Sarah (Gifford) Hussey, of Vassalboro. Her paternal grandfather, Daniel Hussey, was among the early settlers of Albion, Me. He was a member of the Society of Friends, to which religious body Mr. and Mrs. Winslow also belong.
AP® OSES C. FOSTER, of Waterville, was born on the Foster homestead in Newry, Oxford County, Me., in 1827, his parents being the Rev. Benjamin and Lovisa (Coburn) Foster. His paternal grandfather, Asa Foster, took up land on Sandy River, in what is now the town of Newry, where he cleared a farm. He married a Miss Bartlett, of Newry, and they had a family of thirteen children. Asa Foster died in Newry at the age of sixty-six years. His wife lived to the age of eighty.
The Rev. Benjamin Foster was born in Newry in 1805. He married Lovisa Coburn, a native of Tyngsboro, Mass. They were the parents of four children, one of whom died in infancy. The two now living are: Moses Coburn, of Water- ville, the year of whose birth is mentioned above; and Nellie, who is the wife of Sullivan Rowe, of Foxcroft, Me. Benjamin Foster spent more than fifty years of his life in the Meth- odist ministry. His latter years were passed in Bethel, Me., his death occurring in 1891. His wife Lovisa died in 1902.
Moses Coburn Foster was educated in the common and high schools of Rumford and Bethel, Me., at Bridgeton Academy, and in Otisfield, Me. While a young man he went to Hanover, Me., and served an apprenticeship to the carpenter's trade, which he has since fol- lowed, at first as a journeyman and later on his own account. For four years, 1849 to 1853, he followed his trade in Portland. In 1854
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he went to Bethel, where he remained for twenty years, working as a carpenter and acquiring that thorough knowledge and practical skill in the art of building that have since served him in good stead. In 1874, in company with his father-in-law, he took a contract to build the depot for the Grand Trunk Railroad at Island Pond. This job led to other building contracts, and he soon began to make a repu- tation for himself as a skilled and reliable builder, which he has since maintained. His industrial operations have covered a wide extent of ter- ritory, reaching from the banks of the Potomac to St. John, N.B. In Washington, D.C., he built two large churches, the Calvary Baptist and the Rev. Dr. Sunderland's church; in Au- gusta, Me., he built the addition to the State House and post-office building; at Houlton, Me., the court-house, the custom-house, and post-office; at Belfast, the custom-house; at Farmington, Me., the court-house. He also built the Maine Central Railroad offices in Portland, additions to several court-houses, other than those mentioned above, in Penob- scot and Somerset Counties, the Williston Con- gregational Church of Portland, two churches in Bethel, Me., one in Andover, one in Rumford, and one in Houlton. By the time this work is published he will have completed the erection of the new court-house at Bangor. He is also now engaged in building the East Maine Insane Asylum and Maine Central Station at Bruns- wick.
In politics a Republican, Mr. Foster at one time represented his district (that of Bethel) in the lower house of the State Legislature. His fraternal society affiliations are with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The num- ber and extent of Mr. Foster's building opera- tions are ample evidence of his ability in his chosen line of work. As a man of honor and integrity he is widely esteemed, and his personal characteristics have gained him many friends throughout the State, wherever he has sojourned.
Mr. Foster married in 1849 Miss Francina Smith, who was born in Bethel, Me., a daughter of Peter G. and Polly (Brown) Smith. She was the fifth-born of a family of six children.
Mr. and Mrs. Foster have been the parents of six children, of whom the following is a record:
Humbert G., born 1861, died in August, 1899, at the age of thirty-eight years. He was mar- ried, and had three children-Helen, Philip, and Donald. Eva, the wife of Dr. Stevens, of Bridgton, Me., has no children. Ada M., wife of Warren C. Philbrook, of Waterville, Me., has no children. Angie L., who married Dr. J. F. Hill, of Waterville, has two living children, Frederick Thayer and Howard Foster. Alleen married Fred Arnold, of Waterville, and has two children, Margaret and Willard. Carrie MI. is the wife of Frank Redington, of Waterville.
JDWARD HANSON COOK, A.B., of Vassal- boro, Kennebec County, former principal of Oak Grove Seminary, was born in the town of Milo, Piscataquis County, Me., June 10, 1844, son of Elijah and Judith (Meader) Cook. His father and his paternal grandfather, whose name was John, were both natives of the western part of Maine.
According to certain ancient records, or copies of records, supposed to have been those of the Windham, Me., Quaker meeting, Mr. Cook, of Vassalboro, is descended from Daniel. Cook, who came from Ireland and settled in Dedham, Mass., in 1640, the direct male line being Daniel1; John,2 who resided in Dover, N.H .: Daniel,3 of Dover, N.H., who was born February 22, 1732, and died in 1800; John,+ born May 25, 1765, who married Sarah Pope, October 30, 1793; Elijah,5 born in 1796; Edward Hanson,6 born, as above stated, in 1844.
Mr. Cook's great-grandfather, Daniel3 Cook, had ten children and a hundred grandchildren; and his grandfather, John+ Cook, who made what is now the Lewis farm near East Vassal- boro, had seventeen children, all by one wife. For this large family, it is said that he never bought any bread material except in 1817, when he swapped haekmatack knees for barley. Sarah Pope, the wife of John+ Cook, was a daughter of Elijah and Phebe (Winslow) Pope. Elijah Pope, her father, was born in Boston, December 23, 1742. Her mother, Phebe, was born in 1753, the daughter of Nathan and Charity (Hall) Winslow. Nathan+ Winslow, Sarah Pope's maternal grandfather, was born in 1713, son of James3 Winslow, who removed
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from Freetown, Mass., to Falmouth, Me., in 1728, and was the first Quaker to reside in Fal- mouth. James3 Winslow was son of Job2 and grandson of Kenelm,1 the founder of this branch of the Winslow family in New England.
Kenelm1 Winslow was born in Droitwich, England, in 1599. He came to Plymouth about nine years after the arrival of his elder brother, Governor Edward Winslow, who was one of the "Mayflower" Pilgrims of 1620. They were sons of Edward Winslow, Sr., of Droitwich, England, whose father bore the name Kenelm, and doubtless spent his life in England. Ken- elm1 Winslow, the immigrant, married, in 1634, Eleanor Newton, widow of Jolin Adams, of Plymouth, and about 1641 settled in Marsh- field, Mass.
In 1796, when Elijah Cook was born, his parents, John and Sarah (Pope) Cook, lived in Windham, Me. They removed with their family to Vassalboro in 1803. Elijah Cook was a sch. olmaster, teaching in different towns in Maine. He was also engaged in farming to sonie extent, and for a number of years was an overseer in the woollen mills at North Vassal- boro. He died in Iowa in 1880. His wife Judith, who was a daughter of Micajah Meader, lied in 1875. One of her ancestors was a soldier, serving under General Wolfe at Quebec.
Elijah Cook and his wife Judith removed from Milo to Vassalboro when their son, Edward Hanson, the youngest of their children, was an infant. He was educated in the Vassalboro public schools, at Oak Grove Seminary, and at Haverford College in Philadelphia, Pa., where he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 186S. During the next fifteen years he was a teacher, for two years serving as principal of Oak Grove Seminary, Vassalboro, Me .; one year as principal of Oakwood Semi- nary, Union Springs, N.Y .; two years as prin- cipal of the Friends' Institute, East Hamburg, Erie County, N.Y .; and, lastly, for seven con- secutive years again as principal of Oak Grove Seminary, Vassalboro, Me., resigning the last named position in 1883. He now devotes him- self to the care of his farm and orchard, devoting especial attention to the exportation of apples, which he carries on on a large scale. He has fifty acres set out with apple-trees, producing a
number of choice varieties, the fruit finding a ready sale in European markets.
Mr. Cook retains his interest in educational affairs, and for several years has been a member of the board of managers of Oak Grove Semi- nary. He served in the State Legislature as a member of the House of Representatives in the session of 1901, and is now (1903) a member of the Republican Town Committee. In religion he is a Quaker. He belongs to Vassalboro Grange, P. of H., which he has served as Master.
Mr. Cook married, in 1868, Miss Annie L. Hamblin, of Falmouth, Mass., daughter of Zenas Hamblin. She died in 1899, leaving four ehil- dren: Edward C. Cook, M.D., of York, Me .: IIarriet H., who resides at home with her father; Edith M., a teacher in the high school in South- bridge, Mass .; and Annie E., who is attending Colby College, Waterville, Me.
APTAIN ANDREW JACKSON HALL, of Rockland, who followed the sea for upward of half a century, and is now living retired from active pur- suits, was born in St. George, Knox County, Me., January 20, 1831, a son of Captain Archibald and Clarissa (Linnekin) Hall. His grandfather Hall, a life-long resident of St. George, married Elizabeth Robinson, who was born in the same town. He was successfully engaged in agri- cultural pursuits, and was numbered among the more prominent citizens of St. George. He served in the various offices within the gift of his fellow-townsmen, and for a time was con- nected with the Custom House.
Captain Archibald Hall was born in St. George, Me., November 13, 1792, and died February 10, 1863. He was a seafaring man, engaged mostly in the coast trade, and made his home in the town of his birth. His wife, Clarissa Linnekin, who was born July 6, 1800, died November 23, 1884. They were the par- ents of fourteen children, two of whom died in infancy, while twelve, eight girls and four boys, grew to years of maturity. Six of these chil- dren are now living, namely-Lydia, Andrew Jackson, Caroline, Freeman C., Sylvester, and Melissa. Lydia is the widow of the late Captain Ward Gilchrist, and has three children-Almeda,
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Paris, and Ethel. Caroline married George T. Torrey, of St. George, and has two children: Clara, wife of Frank Brown: and Eva, who is unmarried. Freeman C. married Nancy Rob- inson, of St. George; they have no children. Sylvester married Jennie Simmons, of Waldo- boro, Me .. and has two children, Mertland and Ralph. Mertland, who married Mary Wooley, has one child, Reta. Melissa married Captain Matthew K. Willey, of St. George, who died in October, 1899, leaving two children, Jennie F. and Pearl G. Jennie F. Willey married Hanson G. Bird, and has three children-William Case, Madeline P., and Dorothy. Pearl G. Willey married Carrie Thorndike, of Hudson, Mass., has two children, Neritta and Matthew.
Captain Andrew Jackson Hall began life as a sailor when but thirteen years old, going first as cook, afterward as a common seaman before the mast. 'He was subsequently made second mate, then promoted to first mate, and during the last twenty years .that he was connected with the marine service was master of a vessel. He retired in 1895, having acquired a compe- tency, and is living in Rockland, which has been his home for nearly three decades. He sailed on the ocean for fifty-two consecutive years, made many voyages to foreign ports, and twice circumnavigated the globe. The schooner "Olive Packard," which was built for him in Belfast, Me., in 1SS9, he sent to Buenos Ayres, where the crew mutinied and burned her. Some of the crew were subsequently tried at Norfolk, Va .; and the steward, who was the ringleader, was hanged for the crime. Captain Hall sup- ports the Democratic tieket in national elections, but in regard to local matters is independent, voting for such men and measures as will in his estimation promote the interests of city and county.
On September 21, 1851, at St. George, Captain Hall married Louisa S. Keen, daughter of Ephraim and Mary (Simmons) Keen. They are the parents of five children, namely-Arinida, Clarence, Alice, Walter T., and Maynard F. Armida Hall, who was born in St. George, Me., married December 24, 1873, Clarence A. Pack- ard. Their only child, Marion Hills Packard, was born in Rockland, August 15, 1883. Clar- ence A. Packard is a son of the late Merrick
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