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Nathan Reynolds, son of William and Martha, settled in Lewiston when a young man, about the time of the close of the second war with
England, and, establishing himself as a dealer in dry goods, carried on the business in an enterprising and successful manner many years. He died October 24, 1859. His wife, Betsey Briggs, died November 4, 1856. She was a daughter of Daniel Briggs, Jr., and his first wife, Betsey Bradford. Her father was the son of Daniel Briggs, Sr., who came from Taun- ton, Mass., to Maine in 1777, and in the same year took up his abode in Turner, Androscoggin County. In Taunton, according to the His- tory of Turner, he had married Silence Hart. Daniel Briggs, Jr., came to Minot, now Auburn, Me., in 1785, probably about the time of his marriage. His wife, Betsey (or Elizabeth) Bradford, was a daughter of Ezekiel and Betsey (Chandler) Bradford, natives of Duxbury, Mass. Her paternal grandfather, Ephraim3 Bradford, was son of Major William? Bradford by his third wife, Mrs. Mary Wood Holmes, Major Will- iam being son of Governor Bradford by his second wife, Mrs. Alice Carpenter Southworth. The wife of Ephraim3 Bradford, married at Plymouth, February 13, 1709-10, was Eliza- beth Brewster (erroneously given in Plymouth records as Bartlett), daughter of Wrestling3 Brewster, of Duxbury. Her father was the youngest son of Love2 Brewster, who came over in the "Mayflower" in 1620 with his father, Elder William Brewster. Love2 married Sarah, daughter of William Collier, of Duxbury. (See "Early Generations of the Brewster Family," by Lucy Hall Greenlaw, in New England His- torical Genealogical Register, vol. liii.)
Nathan and Betsey (Briggs) Reynolds had two children, Nelson and Charles Horace (de- ceased). Nelson Reynolds married Harriet Chase, of Auburn. His children are: George: Nathan; and Harriet, who married George Harvey, of Lewiston.
Charles Horace Reynolds, whose name heads this article, married February 27, 1847, Jane M. Manning, daughter of Samuel and Susanna (Hart) Manning. She was born in Lewiston, November 28, 1828. Her father was a son of Charles Henry Manning, of English birth and parentage, who settled in Brunswick, Me., and married Nancy Stanwood. (For ancestry see sketch of Mrs. Reynold's brother, General Stephen HI. Manning.)
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The late Mr. Reynolds is survived by his wife and two sons, Daniel Briggs and Ed- ward. Elizabeth M. Reynolds, his only daugh- ter, born in Lewiston, Me., March 15, 1859, died in 1894. Daniel Briggs Reynolds, born April 7, 1851, married Clara I. Kent, and has two daughters, Caroline and Josephine E. Caro- line, the elder daughter, is the wife of Charles Butler, of St. Albans, Vt., and has two children: Julia Reynolds Butler, born April 18, 1901; and Jane Butler, born March 11. 1903. Jo- sephine E. married Charles Hammond, but is now legally separated from him and has re- sumed her maiden name. She has one child, Clara Kent Reynolds.
Edward Reynolds, born October 30, 1853, married Lucy Hathaway and has one child, Frank Arthur.
OHN HENRY BURLEIGH, civil en- gineer, a resident of Waterville, Ken- nebec County, Me., sinee 1897, is a worthy representative of an old New England family, being a lineal descendant in the eighth generation of Giles1 Burley, who was at Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony, as early as 1648. His lineage is Giles,1 James,2 William,3 John,4 Henry,5 John,6 Hall Chase,? John Henry.8 Little is known of Giles Bur- ley, the "planter," except that he was a com- moner at Ipswich in 1664, that he lived eight years on Brook Street, and that he owned land on Grant Hill, Hog Island. James? Burley, born at Ipswich in 1659, who died at Exeter, N.H., about 1721, was twice married. Will- iam3 was a son of James? by his second wife, Elizabeth (surname unknown). John,+ born at Ipswich, Mass., in 1717, died at New Market, N.H., in 1776. He was Selectman at New Market in 1765 and Representative to the State Legislature in 1765, 1767, and 1770. Thrice married, his first wife was Sarah, a daugh- ter of Joseph Hall, of Newfield, N.H .; his second, Elizabeth Chesley, of Durham; and his third, to whom he was united October 16, 1760, was Mehitable Sheafe, born in New- castle, N.H., in 1731, daughter of Sampson and Sarah (Walton) Sheafe, her parents being residents or natives of Portsmouth, N.H.
Henry5 Burley, or Burleigh, born- in 176S, married in 1789 Elizabeth Rogers, who was born in New Market, N.H., in 1769, daughter of the IIon. Nathaniel Rogers, of Exeter, and a descendant of the Rev. Nathaniel' Rogers, who was ordained as the pastor at Ipswich in February, 1638.
John," born in 1796, went to Waterville, Me., and thence to Kittanning, Pa., where he died. His wife, Anna, daughter of Joseph and Catherine (Lufkin) Atwood, of Haverhill, Mass., died in Mechanicsburg, Ia.
Hall Chase Burleigh, born December 13, 1826, son of John6 and Ann (Atwood) Burleigh, was for many years a merchant and Postmas- ter at Fairfield Centre, Somerset County, Me., where he owned a large stock farm. He mar- ried September 25, 1853, Clarissa K. Garland, who was born in Winslow, Kennebec County, Me., September 18, 1833, daughter of Thomas Leavitt and Sybil Potter (Drummond) Gar- land. Her mother, Sybil Potter Drummond, was sister to Clark Drummond, the father of the late Hon. Josiah H. Drummond, of Wins- low and Portland.
John Henry Burleigh was born at Fairfield Centre, Somerset County, Me., November 3, 1865, the seventh chill of his parents, whose family ultimately numbered thirteen chil- dren. He was educated in his native place, and at the Maine State College (now Uni- versity of Maine) at Orono, taking the course in civil engineering, in which he was graduated in 1887. During the next two years he was associated with E. W. Bowditch, of Boston, and after that for a while with Frederic Dan- forth, of Gardiner, Me. He was then for four years in the City Engineer's office at Newton, Mass., and during the two years following with the City Engineer of Medford. Mass. In 1897 he came to Waterville, Me., of which town he has since been a resident. Mr. Bur- leigh has done surveying for the Wiseasset, Waterville & Farmington Railroad, the Som- erset Railway, and for the Sebasticook & Moosehead Railway, of which he was chief engineer. Ile has done the city work for the last few years, has completed a mile or more of the new county road to Togus, and the cemetery and reservoir at that place, the Togus
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dam, and the Lakeview Cemetery at Oakland. He is at present chief engineer of the new Waterville & Oakland Street Railway.
He married March 3, 1892, Lizzie Rogers Taylor, a native of Fairfield, Me., and daugh- ter of Benjamin Bowman and Louisa Rogers Taylor, of Belgrade, Me. He has no children. In politics Mr. Burleigh affiliates with the Republican party. He is a Free Mason, be- longing to Waterville Lodge, No. 33. of which he is now Worshipful Master; Teconnet Chap- ter, No. 52; and Saint Omer Commandery.
REDERICK A. CHASE, one of the best- known and most widely respected. among the more elderly citizens of Fayette, was born in this town, April 9, 1819, a son of Israel and Betsey (Crane) Chase. His pater- nal grandfather was Simeon Chase, of Berke- ley, Mass .; and he is a lineal descendant of William Chase, who came from England in 1630, resided in Roxbury, Mass., and in the winter of 1637-38 removed to Yarmouth, Mass. Israel Chase, son of Simeon and Eliza- beth (Sanford) Chase, was born in Berkeley, Mass., in 1779. He came to Fayette about the year 1800, and died in 1843. He was one of the leading men of Fayette in his day, serving the town as Selectman, and for one term representing the district in the State Legislature. His wife Betsey, whom he mar- ried in Fayette in 1803, was a daughter of Abijah Crane, a revolutionary soldier.
Frederick A. Chase is the only one of their children now living. He was educated in the public schools of Fayette and Monmouth Academy. Of a studious inclination, he paid close attention to his books, and on ceasing to be a pupil became a teacher, following the pedagogic profession for some seven years. He also had a decided taste for music, which impelled him to seek competent instruction in that art; and at the age of twenty-two we find him in Boston, where for some time he studied under Professors Lowell, Mason, and George F. Root, then its leading exponents in the New England metropolis. On his re- turn to Maine he took up music teaching as a profession, and followed it here for about
fifty terms, also for a short time in the State of Ohio. Since 1839 he has resided on his farm in Fayette.
In 1870 Mr. Chase represented the towns of Fayette, Readfield, and Mount Vernon in the State Legislature. He also for a long period took an almost continuous part in town government, serving as Selectman for thirteen years, during a part of which time he was chairman of the board, and hol ling the office of supervisor of schools for two years. He has been a member of the school committee of Fayette for a number of years. His well-tilled farm of one hundred acres is in a flourishing condition, and, with the nest and comfortable residence and substantial outbuildings, forms an attractive part of the landscape in this vicinity.
Mr. Chase was married March 23. 1545. to Rachel L. Sturtevant, who was born in Fayette, Me., a daughter of Andrew and Rhoda (Packard) Sturtevant. Mrs. Chase's paternal grandfather, Andrew Sturtevant. S ... a revolutionary soldier, was an early settler in Fayette. His son Andrew, her father, served as Town Clerk and Selectman, and was a soldier in the American Army in the War of 1812. Mrs. Chase's mother was a native of Massa- chusetts.
Mr. and Mrs. Chase have three children. namely: Frederick V., who is now an attorney of Portland Me .; Mary A., who is the wife of the Rev. A. E. Woodsum, of Exeter, N.H .: and Ward B., who resides in Providence, R.I. Mr. Chase is a Republican in politics. He has had a successful career, has faithfully performed his share of public service. and is now spending his declining years in a com- fortable leisure, free from responsibility and care.
ILLIAM HARRISON WHEELER. a prominent member of the business community of Oakland, has resided in this town since 1867, at which time it was known as West Waterville. He is a native of the locality, born in Waterville, September 16. 1842, his parents being Erastus Osgood and Ruth (Marston) Wheeler. His paternal grand-
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father, Abel Wheeler, was a soldier in the War of 1812.
Erastus O. Wheeler was born in Templeton, Mass., and came to Waterville with his parents when a boy seven years old. Subsequently learning the trade of carriage building, he fol- lowed it for some years in early manhood. Later he became a millwright, in which occupa- tion he continued for a number of years, gaining a wide reputation as a skilful and conscientious workman. His last piece of work was a large flour mill intended for the Sandwich Islands, which he built in such a manner that it couldl be shipped in sections and put together on reaching the islands. His death occurred in 1854. A Republican in politics he represented his district in the Maine Legislature for one term. He and his wife . had five children, namely -Sarah Elizabeth, Abel Charles Thomas, Juliett Melissa, William Henry, and William Harrison. William Henry and Juliett M. are no longer living.
William H. Wheeler was twelve years-old at the death of his father. His mother about two years afterward married Howard B. Love- joy, of Fayette, Me., of whose household he then became a member. His education was gained in the public schools of Waterville and Fayette, at Maine Wesleyan Seminary. Kent's Hill, and at Professor Hamlin Eaton's boarding- school for boys, Kent's Hill. About the age of eighteen he began life on his own account, going to Providence, R.I., where for four years he was an attendant in the Butler Hospital. Then returning to Waterville. Me., he found employment for a short time in car building. In 1867 he came to West Waterville, now Oak- land, and here for a time conducted a grist-mill. Then he entered the employ of the Hubbard & Blake Manufacturing Company and after- ward the Dunn Edge Tool Company, remain- ing with these two concerns in all for a period of thirteen years. In 1883, taking as partner Mr. H. W. Wells, he engaged in the undertak- ing and furniture business, the style of the firm being Wells & Wheeler. This connection lasted for something over a year, when Mr. Wheeler purchased his partner's interest. Since then he has been sole proprietor of the business, which is in a prosperous and flourishing con-
dition. Mr. Wheeler was vice-president for some years of the Messalonskee National Bank of Oakland, and he has also been a director in that institution. In politics he is a Republican. He is superintendent of the Sunday-school connected with the Universalist church. A Free Mason, he belongs to the Blue Lodge of that order at Oakland and to St. Omar Com .- mandery of Waterville.
Mr. Wheeler married September 3. 1565. Eliza F. Winslow, of Oakland, Me., a daughter of Alfred and Eliza (Crewell) Winslow. H> lias had two children: Alfred W., a graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons vi New York City and a practising physician in Norfolk, N.Y .: and Dean E., who resides with his parents.
UGUSTUS T. CLIFFORD, of Winthrop. was born in Montville, Waldo County. Me., March 19, 1841, son of John and Rosilla (Thomas) Clifford. His paternal grandfather, John Clifford. was a native of New Hampshire. John Cliffor.i. second, also was born in New Hampshire, and accompanied his parents to Montville when. he was five years old. There he lived for many years, but in later life removed to Rockport. Me., where his death occurred. He and his wife Rosilla were the parents of seven children .. five sons-namely, Edwin T., George W .. Augustus T., Gershom, and John F .- and two daughters, Persis and Sarah Ellen.
The subject of this sketch in his youth at- tended the public schools of Montville and the high schools at Liberty and Levant, Me. Beginning at the age of nineteen, he taught school during the winters until he was forty- two years old, during the summers being engaged in agriculture. Since 1884 he has de- voted his attention entirely to the latter occu- pation. Always aiming to excel in whatever he undertook, he has been notably successful. His services as a teacher were always in do- mand. For six years he was superintendent of the public schools of Freedom, Me., and for one year of those of Benton. He removed to Freedom, and there engaged in farming and the manufacture of shingles, soon after bi-
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first marriage, which occurred April 2, 1863, to Rosalinda Fish, daughter of the late Eli Fish, of that town Of this union there were three children: Edwin T., who resides in Winthrop, Me ; Linnie E., wife of Loring Herrick, of Los Angeles, Cal ; and Eli B., who lives in Winthrop with his father. In 1879 Mr. Clifford removed to Benton, where he was engaged in agricult- ural pursuits for several years. In 1890 he came to Winthrop, where he has since resided, his present abode being located on Sturtevant Hill. Here he owns a well-improved farm of three hundred acres, and carries on general agriculture, including dairying, of which he makes a specialty.
His first wife, Mrs. Rosalinda Clifford, died April 7, 1897: and he married in 1901 Mrs. Flora M. Shattuck, widow of Fred H. Shat- tuck, of Mount Vernon. Mrs. Clifford's parents were Augustus and Adelia S. (Robbins) Thomas, of Mount Vernon, Me.
Mr. Clifford is a Republican in his political affiliations. A Free Mason, he belongs to Temple Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of Winthrop. He is also an active member of the society known as Patrons of Husbandry, the chief ob- ject of which is to advance agricultural, hor- ticultural, and pomological interests. While a resident of Leeds he took part in the reorgani- zation of the grange there, of which he served as Master for a while. He also assisted greatly in the agitation for and erection of three dif- ferent grange halls, at Freedom. Leeds, and Readfield, respectively. He has served the Kennebec Pomona Grange for four years as Lecturer, having been also for two years Over- seer, and for two years Master of the same grange. He is a member of Readfield Grange, No. 217, P. of H., which he has served as Master for seven consecutive years. With respect to public affairs Mr. Clifford is one of the most progressive citizens of his town Any prac- tical movement having for its object the moral or material welfare of the townspeople meets with his hearty endorsement and, if necessary, his personal assistance.
To such citizens town and county officials look for support in the making and enforce- ment of wise ordinances, the inauguration and carrying out of local improvements, and the
general advancement of the community. In domestic life he has a worthy helpmeet in Mrs. Clifford, whose capable management of house- hold affairs and pleasing social qualities unite to make their home a happy one, and the centre. on appropriate occasions, of. a generous hos- pitality.
ILLIAM H. H. WILLIAMS. of Mt. Vernon, was born in Readfield. Me .. February 21, 1844, son of Miles ani Abigail J. (Whittier) Williams. His parents were both natives of Maine, the father born in Woolwich and the mother in Readfield. Miles Williams, who was a son of John and Mary (Bailey) Williams, of Woolwich, came to Read- field with his parents when seventeen years ohi. at which time there were but fow settlers in the place. His wife Abigail was a daughter of Josiah and Mary A. (Shepard) Whittier. She bore her husband four children, namely .- William H. H., Miles E., Almyra, and Josiah W.
William H. H. Williams in his boyhood at- tended the public schools of Readfield. an : subsequently advanced in knowledge by a cor -- at the Union Wesleyan Seminary, Kent - Hill. His life since has been spent in agricult- ural pursuits, in which he has been quite suc- cessful. In March, 1866, he removed from Readfield to Mt. Vernon, where he now owns a fine and well-cultivated farm of two hun Ires and eleven acres. Here, besides general farm- ing, he breeds Holstein and Jersey cattle. ami carries on dairying quite extensively. His success, self-achieved, is due to his own prac- tical knowledge of agricultural science. his careful management and persistent industry. For many years he has been a valued member of the Kennebec County Agricultural Society. He belongs to Starling Grange. P. of H .. at North Fayette; also to the A. O. C. W. lodge at Mt. Vernon. Interested in the progress and development of the town, he keeps well informed on public affairs, and is always ready to do his part as a public-spirited citizen to promote the general welfare.
Mr. Williams was first married, in 1865. to Emma F. Cram, of Mt. Vernon. Me., whose parents were Thomas and Hannah (Abbott
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('ram. She bore him eight children, of whom five are now living, namely: Alice E., wife of Bert E. Farnham, of Rome, Me .: Miles, who resides in Mt. Vernon, Me .; Georgia, who is now the widow of William Gilman, of Belgrade, Me .: Louise L .; and William H. H., Jr.
Mr. Williams's first wife died in March, 1SS9, and he subsequently married his present wife, Lucinda A. Rundlett, a native of Mt. Vernon. and a daughter of Charles and Sarah (Robinson) Rundlett. Mrs. Williams, who was educated at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary at Kent's Hill, taught school for some eleven years before her marriage. Charles Rundlett. her father, was born in Cornish, Me., and came to Mt. Vernon with his parents when nine years old. Mrs. Williams's mother was a daughter of James and Phoebe (Sherburne) Robinson, who were among the pioneers of Mt. Vernon, coming here from New Hampshire. James Robinson, who was a justice of the peace for some years, was familiarly known as Squire Robinson, and was one of Mt. Vernon's most prominent citi- zens in his day. By his present wife Mr. Will- iams has one child, Sarah J.
R ANSOM C. PINGREE, who has for many years been one of the leading business men of Lewiston. was born in New London, N.H., on February 15, 1826. He is a descendant in the seventh generation of Moses Pengry, the first mention of whom in colonial records is found in a deed, dated the twelfth day of the first month, 1641. (O. S.), conveying to him certain real estate in Ipswich, Mass. It is thought probable that Moses Pengry and his brother Aaron were both in Ipswich as early as 1640, perhaps a few years earlier. In 1650 Moses Pengry received a grant of forty acres of land in Ipswich. In 1652 he established salt works. He served the town in the capacity of Selectman in 1654, and in 1665 was deputy to the General Court. He was a Deacon in the first church, and it was said of him that "he lived long and usefully on earth as one preparing for a heritage in heaven.' Aaron Pengry, the brother, left no children. Moses Pengry married Lydia Clement, daughter of Robert Clement, who came from London,
England, and was in Haverhill. Mass .. in 1642. (Hoyt's "Old Families of Salisbury and Ames- bury.") Robert Clement represented Haver- hill in the General Court 1647-53. Moses Pen- gry died January 2, 1696, aged eighty-six years: his wife Lydia died June 16, 1676. They had a family of eight children.
Of these, Aaron,2 the fourth child. who was the ancestor of Ransom C. Pingree. was born in 1652, and died September 14, 1714. His wife Ann, daughter of John and Jane Crosby Pickard, died February 3, 1740, at the age of eighty years. Her father, John Pickard. is known to have been in Rowley, Mass,, as early as 1645; he represented Rowley in the Legis- lature in 1661 and in 1695.
The third child of Aaron and Ann Pengry was Job,3 who was born in Ipswich on October 17. 168S, and died April 25, 1785, in the ninety-sev- enth year of his age. He was one of the eigh- teen original members, October 4. 1732. of the Second Parish Church in Georgetown. H- was three times married. His first wife. Eliz- abeth Brocklebank (marriage intentions pub- lished on November 1, 1717), is supposed to have been a daughter of Samuel Brocklebank, whose father, Captain Samuel Broeklebank, was killed on April 21, 1676, in King Philip's War. Mrs. Elizabeth B. Pengry died on February 12, 1747. aged fifty-two years. Job Pengry's secon i wife, Dorothy, whom he married on April 6. 1749, died January 31, 1771. at the age of ffey- four. His third wife was Mrs. Elizabeth Platts. to whom he was married on May 14. 1772. she died May 21, 1781, aged eighty-three. Job Pe !.- gry's ten children were all by his first wife.
The eighth of these was Asa,4 who was born April 6, 1732, and died October 11. 1511. I: was Asa who changed the spelling of the family name, making it Pingree instead of Pengry. Asa Pingree married on March 12, 1757. 3. his first wife, Elizabeth Kneeland of Topsfieldi. She died on September 23, 1803, aged sixty- seven. He married for his second wife. on November 3, 1804, Abigail Kimball of the same town. She died on October IS. 1505. His third wife was Mary Kenney of Middleton. their marriage taking place February 22. 1506. Asa' Pingree had six children by his first wife.
The second of these, Jeremiah' Pingree, who,
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was the grandfather of Mr. Ransom C. Pingree, was born on February 1, 1761. He settled in New London, N.H., near Pleasant Pond, and died there February 27, 1835. He married on July 15, 1784, Elizabeth Kimball, of Ipswich. She died on June 8, 1830.
Of their nine children, Jeremiah,6 father of Ransom C., was the eldest. He was born in New London, N.H., on December 19, 1784, and died August 28, 1851. On December 30, 1813, he married Sally Dole. She died at the advanced age of ninety years. The five children of Jere- miah and Sally Pingree were-Nathan D., Roxalana, Charles C., Ransom C., and Mary C. Nathan D. was born in New London. He mar- ried July 28, 1852, Mary E. Sargent: they had four children, viz .- Martha L., Francis S., John D., and Ransom. Roxalana was married on February 6, 1849, to Jacob Messer. She had no children. Charles C. married on September 18, 1860, Isabella Sargent. His only child, Ann Maria, who was born in New London on August 23, 1862. married James F. Hayes, and has two children, William and Herbert. Mary C. Pin- gree died unmarried.
Ransom C. Pingrec attended the common schools of New London, and subsequently stud- ied at the academy in that town and in Han- cock Academy. At the age of twenty-five he went to Oldtown, where he worked on the Penob- scot River boom as clerk. Subsequently, he made a trip West in the interests of David Pin- gree. A branch business was later started in Lewiston by David Pingree, S. R. Bearce and E. S. Coe, and when Ransom Pingree returned from the West he was placed in charge of it. Afterward he was achinitted as a partner, the firm being known as S. R. Bearce & Co., later be- coming the R. C. Pingree Company. Great prosperity has marked Mr. Pingree's business career, and he has made use of this financial success to increase his value as a public-spirited citizen. He has served his fellow-citizens as a member of the city government and in other capacities. He is a strong and consistent Re- publican, and has always at heart the best in- terests of his party. He is a member of Ashlar Lodge, F. & A. M.
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