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is a Free Mason, belonging to the lodge of that order at Pittsfield. His political principles affiliate him with the Democratic party.
HOMAS S. ANDREWS, a well-known merchant of Thomaston, was born in Warren, Me., January 12, 1833, son of John and Hannah (Spear) Andrews. He is a great-grandson of John Andrews, of Dedham, Mass., who married Sarah Lewis, November 26. 1766, and twenty years later settled in Warren. James Andrews, son of Jolm and his wife Sarah and grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Dedham, Mass., and accompanied his parents to Warren, Me., where he spent his life. He married Sarah Fitzgerald. John An- drews, second, father of Thomas S., also resided all his life in Warren, and at one time served as a Selectman of the town. Hannah Spear, whom he married in 1827, was a daughter of Thomas Spear, of Warren, by his first wife, Theodosia Vinal. Four of the children born to John An- drews and his wife Hannah are now living, namely: Elizabeth, now wife of a Mr. Palmer, of the State of Washington; Thomas S., of Thomaston; Lucy J., wife of Ansel Hastings, of Thomaston; and Frances, wife of Webster Spear, of Warren, Me.
Thomas S. Andrews was educated in the common schools of Warren. At the age of eighteen years he came to Thomaston, where he learned the trade of ship joiner, which he subsequently followed for some time. In 1864 he went to California, making the journey by the Panama route. On his arrival there he engaged in house carpenter work, also finding employment afterward in a sash and blind fac- tory near Sly Park and later in one at El Do- rado, Cal. After spending a year or two in the Golden State he returned by the Nicaragua route to Maine, and, settling in Thomaston, became associated with others in the construc- tion of the Levensaler Block. In 1872 he en- gaged in mercantile business, opening a store in tlie Levensaler Building, which he has carried on successfully up to the present time. Taking a lively interest in public affairs, Mr. Andrews has identified himself with the progress and welfare of the town, which he served for seven
years as Selectman and for two years also as Town Treasurer. He was also for several years Chief Engineer of the Fire Department of the town. He is a member of Orient Lodge, A. F. & A. M., at Thomaston, and is a Past District Deputy for the Ninth Masonic District of the Grand Lodge of Maine. He has been a Mason for nearly half a century, having joined the order in 1856.
Mr. Andrews married in November, 1863, Miss Mary Levensaler, a native of Thomaston, Me., and sister of Judge John C. Levensaler, of Thomaston. Mr. and Mrs. Andrews have one child, John A. Andrews, the well-known treas- urer of the Thomast on Savings Bank.
AMES M. CHALMERS, of Pittsfield, Somerset County, has been a resident of this town since 1SSS. He was born in Plymouth, Penobscot County, Me., July 20, 1840, son of Horatio and Sarah (Heald) Chalmers, his mother being a native of Plym- outh. The father, Horatio Chalmers, was born in Albion, Kennebec County, Me., being the son of a Scotchman who settled there at an early date.
When about thirteen years old James Chal- mers accompanied his parents in their removal to Troy, Waldo County. Already equipped with a common-school education acquired in his native town, he joined the industrial ranks shortly after going to Troy, and soon succeeded in becoming self-supporting. At the age of twenty he went into business for himself as a cattle broker. He continued to deal more or less in cattle for several years. He was also while in Troy a dealer in wool, and for some time he kept a store and dealt in general merchandise and country produce. In 1SSS Mr. Chalmers removed from Troy to Pittsfield, where he at first engaged in the dry-goods business. Shortly afterward, however, he gave that up to become a grain and coal merchant. He lias since continued his grain and coal busi- ness, in which he has been quite successful. He is president of the Pittsfield Trust Company, which was incorporated in March, 1903, and was opened for business on July 15 with a paid-up capital of fifty thousand dollars.
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Mr. Chalmers is a Democrat in politics, and while a resident of Troy served that town for two years in the office of Selectman. Pub- lic-spirited and progressive, he has the respect of his fellow-townsmen. He is a member of the Masonic lodge at Pittsfield.
On April S, 1869, Mr. Chalmers married Han- nah E. Barker, of Troy, Me., daughter of Stephen J. and Sarah (Knight) Barker, former residents of Troy, both now deceased. Of this union there is one child, Mabel E., who is now the wife of Elmer D. Smith, of Pittsfield, Me., and who has a daughter, Analaide C.
RED M. BROWN is a native resident of Benton, having been born in this town, January 18, 1848, son of Beriah and Charlotte (Gray) Benton. He is a grandson of Ezekiel. Brown, a native of Sheffield, England, who was in his day one of the prominent men of Clinton, of which town Benton was then a part, serving many years as Selectman, and also serving as Representative.
Beriah Brown was born and reared in Benton, where he followed agriculture for many years, his death occurring February 1, 1902. He married in February, 1843, Charlotte Gray, a daughter of David Gray and Nancy (Gerrel) Gray. She was born in that part of the old town of Clinton since known as Benton. Mrs. Charlotte Gray Brown is now living, in good health, at the age of eighty-six years, honored among the townspeople as a link connecting the present generation with that of the pioneers of this part of the State. Beriah Brown and his wife Charlotte were the parents of four children, namely: Abbie G., Wesley, Fred M., and Otis C. (see sketeli of Otis C. Brown on another page of this volume).
Brought up in his native town of Benton, Fred M. Brown was educated in the common schools, and was trained to farm work by his father on the home farm. At intervals during his early manhood years he found employment in the construction of dans and bridges. At this sort of engineering, which he afterward went into on his own account, and has since followed in connection with farming, he has gained a wide reputation as an expert, his oper-
ations extending beyond the borders of Maine into adjoining States and Canada. His farm contains one hundred and fifty acres of land. It is well managed and presents a thriving appearance. One of the substantial and re- liable citizens of the town, Mr. Brown is respected wherever known.
He married November 7, 1869, Mary Spearin, who was born in Sidney, Me., a daughter of Franklin and Sarah (Moor) Spearin, of that town. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have been the parents of two children: Abbie, who is the wife of John Eastman; and Frank, who died at the age of eighteen years. Mr. Brown is a Demo- crat in politics. He belongs to Clinton Grange, P. of H., and to the Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges in Clinton.
APTAIN THOMAS C. WILLIAMS, late a resident of Thomaston, was born in South Thomaston, Me., June 14, 1830, son of William and Margaret (Colley) Williams. His father was born in South Thom- aston, his mother in Thomaston. The boyhood days of Thomas C. Williams were spent in South Thomaston, where he attended the district school. At the age of fourteen lie went to sea, and, after acquiring a practical knowledge of the duties of a common seaman, he so mastered the science and art of navigation that by the time he was twenty-seven years old he was made captain of the ship "St. James." Sub- sequently he commanded at different times three other vessels, making voyages to European ports and to the western coast of South Amer- ica, rounding the Horn about forty times in all. After his retirement from the sea, in 1890, Cap- tain Williams resided in Thomaston until his decease, which occurred June 15, 1892. In polities he was a Republican. He was known as a public-spirited citizen, and was highly es- teemed.
Captain Williams was twice married, first in December, 1851, to Mary A. Copeland, of South Thomaston, Me. She bore him two sons: Thomas, who is now in San Francisco, Cal .; and Herbert H., now Captain Herbert H. Will- iams, of Thomaston. Captain Williams married for his second wife, February 22, 1SS7, Mrs.
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Clara M. Dunn, widow of Captain John G. Dunn, late of Thomaston. Of this union were born three children-Harriet R., Margaret C., and Theodore C. Mrs. Williams's parents were Ed- ward W. and Harriett (Watts) Robinson, of Thomaston. She continues to reside in the beautiful Williams homestead on Main Street, Thomaston, and is a popular member of the society of the town. She belongs to the Con- gregational church and to General Knox Chap- ter, D. A. R.
RTHUR B. CROCKETT, of Rockland, was born in this city, May 4, 1854, and was here bred and educated. His father, the late Captain Rob- ert Crockett, was a son of Robert J. Crockett and a grandson of Jonathan and Elioenai (Robbins) Crockett.
Mr. Crockett has always been a resident of Rockland, and has long been engaged in the manufacture of lime, one of the most promi- nent industries of this locality. He has also been successfully engaged in the livery business for the past twenty-one years, having one of the most finely equipped livery establishments in the city. He is a Republican in politics, and is held in high regard as a citizen of integ- rity.
On August 16, 1873, Mr. Crockett married Elizabeth Gregory, who was born in 1854. She is a daughter of Captain Hanson and Mary A. (Merrifield) Gregory and a descendant in the fifth generation of William Gregory, who was born in Massachusetts in 1731. In 1762 William Gregory removed from Walpole, Mass., to St. George, Me. In 1770 he took up land at Clam Cove, being the first settler in that part of Camden and the second settler in the town, Mr. Richards being the first. He died in 1824 at the venerable age of ninety-three years. He married Experience Robbins, who was born June 2, 1735. She was a daughter of Oliver Robbins and his second wife, who at the time of their marriage was the widow of Charles Blackington. Captain John Gregory, son of William, was born June 21, 1769, in Thomaston. He married Elizabeth Simonton, who was born January 13, 1772. She died
November 4, 1857, leaving eight children, fifty grandchildren, seventy-one great-grandehildren, and four great-great-grandchildren. She came to this county from Falmouth, following her brothers, one of whom, John, settled in South Thomaston, and the other, James, in Camden. Both reared large families, and have many. descendants living in this vicinity. P. Han- son Gregory, born in 1809, son of Captain John and his wife Elizabeth, married Mary Ann Barrows. Her father, Ichabod Barrows, a native of Cumberland, Me., settled in what is now Rockland in 1770, and lived here until his death, in 1823. On January 3, 1804, he married Mary Young, of Thomaston. Their son, Captain Hanson Gregory, born in 1832, married November 8, 1853, Mary A. Merrifield, and was the father of Elizabeth Gregory, now the wife of Arthur B. Crockett. Mr. and Mrs. Crockett have had two children, the elder, George E., born June 19, 1874, died February 10, 1SSS. The younger, Lucy Mabel, was born November 19, 1877.
ATHANIEL JAQUITH, a well-known and popular citizen of Clinton, Kenne- bec County, is a native of Skow- hegan, Me., having been born in that town, May 2, 1833, son of David and Sallie (Young) Jaquith. His paternal grandfather was Andrew Jaquith, who came to Maine from Massachusetts when a young man, and settled in Clinton at a time when this locality was prac- tically a wilderness. There being no roads, the settlers used to blaze trees to serve as indica- tions of the path from one settlement to another, sometimes, however, following the Indian trails. It is said that Andrew Jaquith drove the first wheeled vehicle in Clinton. Of a strong mili- tant patriotism, inherited perhaps from Revo- lutionary ancestors, he served in the War of 1812 against England.
David Jaquith was born in Clinton, and with the exception of a few years he resided in that town nearly all his life. His wife Sallie was a native of Madison, Me. Of their children the following sruvive: Hannah, widow of the late John Nichols, of Detroit, Me .; Charles, who re- sides in Clinton; Nathaniel, whose name begins
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this sketch; and Elvin, also a resident of Clinton. David Jaquith was an old-time Whig and after- ward a Republican. He was a member of the Christian Baptist church.
When in his fourth year the subject of this sketch accompanied his parents to Detroit, Somerset County, Me. There he resided until reaching the age of eleven, when the family came to the father's early home, Clinton, settling in the neighborhood of the old town house. Here young Nathaniel grew to man's estate, acquiring his education in the neighboring public school. Having reached his majority, he obtained em- ployment as a stone-mason, at which trade he worked for a number of years, and then took up carpentry. During the years 1864 and 1865 he was in California, engaged in business as a saw-mill operator and carpenter.
In 1878 he entered into mercantile business in company with Mr. H. W. Dodge, under the firm name of Dodge & Jaquith, the partnership lasting until 1898, when it was dissolved. For nine years, beginning in the eighties, Mr. Jaquith served as Deputy Sheriff of Kennebec County, receiving his first appointment from former Sheriff George R. Stevens, of Belgrade, Me. He had previously served as constable. In January, 1902, Mr. Jaquith on account of ill health re- signed his position as Deputy Sheriff, though appointed for another year. Since that time he has engaged in farming and lumbering. In politics he is a Republican. A man of thorough integrity, whose life has been one of useful activity, he is held in high repute wherever known. He is a member of the Christian church, and also of Sebasticook Lodge, F. & A. M.
He married May 9, 185S, Hannah J. Berry, of Burnham, Me., daughter of Eben Berry. She died May 15, 1901, having been the mother of one child, Carrie E., who is now the wife of the Rev. Thomas S. Weeks, of Fall River, Mass. On March 5, 1902, Mr. Jaquith married his second wife, then Mrs. Charlotte E. Brown, widow of Thomas B. Brown, a former citizen of Fairfield, Me. She having formerly been the wife · of C. W. Tuttle, of Canaan, Me. She has one child, born of this marriage, L. May, now the wife of A. M. Frazier, of Monticello, Me. Mrs. Jaquith was born in Benton, Me., November 28, 1841, a daughter of William and Sophia E. (Jaquith)
Roundy, her father being a native of Benton. Me .. and her mother of Clinton. She has three brothers and one sister now living, as follows: Bryant Roundy, who resides in Benton; Eras- tus P. Roundy, also of Benton; Martha E., wife of O. A. Stanley, of Monticello, Me .; and Abial B. Roundy, of Winslow, Me.
LEWELLYN GOODWIN, of Skowhegan, Registrar of Deeds for Somerset County, is a native of Fairfield, Me. He was born April 29, 1842, the younge-t son of Edward H. and Amy H. (Bowman) Goodwin. Edward H. Goodwin was a native of Dresden, Me. He was widely known as Major Goodwin, his title being derived from his rank in the State militia. He died in Fairfield in 1882. His father was Major Samuel Goodwin, a lifelong resident of Dresden. Ed- ward H. Goodwin's wife Amy was a daughter of William Bowman, of Dresden. They were the parents of eight children, namely-Fidelia, Allen C., William B., George E., Helen, Amy Elizabeth, Mary B., and Llewellyn Goodwin.
Llewellyn Goodwin, brought up on his father's farm, attended the district schools for the usual period, and was subsequently engaged in agri- cultural work until 1861. On November 5 of that year he enlisted as a private in Company H, First Maine Cavalry. Joining with his regiment the Army of the Potomac, he took part in, besides numerous skirmishes, the second battle of Bull Run, the battles of Antietam, Rappahannock Station, and Brandy Station, in Banks's retreat down the Shenandoah Valley, and in the fierce cavalry fight at Aldie. Va., June 17, 1863, where he was wounded in the left leg. After several months in the hospital at Alexandria, Va., he was transferred to the invalid corps, and did light guard duty in Alex- andria, acting for awhile as Corporal. Honor- ably discharged November 5, 1864, he returned to Skowhegan, where he engaged in the'manu- facture of brooms-an industry that he subse- quently carried on till 1891.
He was elected Registrar of Deeds of Somer- set County in September, 1891, taking office January 1, 1895, and has held that position down to the present time. Ile is now in his
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third consecutive torin, a term being four years. For two years he served the town of Skowhegan as Selectman. In politics he is a Republican. He belongs to Russell Post, No. 98, G. A. R., at Skowhegan; the association known as the Veterans' Union; and to the New England Order of Protection. He is a member, and for a number of years has served as a Deacon, of Bethany Baptist Church of Skowhegan.
Mr. Goodwin was married December 5, 1861, to Olive S. Parker, of Skowhegan, a daughter of William and Dorinda Parker. Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin have two children now living: Lola B .. who is Assistant Registrar of Deeds of Somerset County; and Mary H., wife of Ralph E. Leavett, of Purcell, Ind. Ter.
LBION P. McMASTER, of Pittsfield, Somerset County, was born in Etna, Penobscot County, Me., February 3, 1825, son of the Rev. Daniel and Elizabeth (Cushman) McMaster. His parents were both natives of Maine, the father having been born in Augusta, and the mother in Hebron, Oxford County. The latter, Elizabeth Cush- man, born in 1787, was a descendant in the seventh generation of Robert' Cushman, an English Separatist, who was an active member of the Leyden church and. the principal agent of the Pilgrims in making arrangements for their voyage across the Atlantic in the "May- flower." Robert1 Cushman came to Plymouth in the "Fortune" in November, 1621, and re- turned to England in the same vessel. He brought with him his son Thomas,“ subsequently an Eller in the church. From Thomas? the line continued through Thomas,3 Benjamin,+ Thomas," of Plympton, to the Rev. Job," of Hebron (now Oxford), Me., who by his second wife, Priscilla Ripley, was father of Elizabeth,7 born in 1787, who became Mrs. Daniel Mc- Master.
The Rev. Daniel McMaster was a pioneer Baptist minister in Maine, whose active service in the preaching and propagation of the gospel covered a period of sixty-four years. He died in 1868. Of his ten children the only survivor is Albion Parris, of Pittsfield.
Albion P. McMaster was reared in Pittsfield,
acquiring the elements of book knowledge in the common schools. Beginning industrial life on the farm, he has been connected during most of the time since more or less closely with agricultural interests. In those early years he also spent much time in lumbering. In 1865 he engaged in mercantile business in Pittsfield in company with F. D. Jenkins, under the firm name of Jenkins & McMaster. After this connection had lasted a short time, it was dis- solved, and Mr. McMaster went to Michigan, where he once more engaged in the lumber in- dustry, remaining there for some years. In 1SS1 he entered into a partnership with T. S. Dexter in the mercantile and lumber business at Pittsfield, Me., under the style of Dexter & McMaster. This firm had an existence of sev- eral years; and, since it was dissolved, Mr. McMaster has continued in mercantile business, being now and having been for some years a member of the firm of Hunter, McMaster & Co.
In the Maine Legislature of 1863 Mr. Mc- Master served as a member of the House, rep- resenting the towns of Pittsfield, Palmyra, and Detroit. For a number of years he was a Se- lectman of Pittsfield, during much of the time serving as chairman of the board. He was the first president of the Pittsfield National Bank, holding that office for several years, and having been originally one of the promoters and incorporators of the institution. He has also been a director in it since its organization. Mr. MeMaster was a promoter and is now president of the Waverley Woollen Company, of Pittsfield. In politics he is a Republican.
He was married June 28, 1846, to Nancy M. Pushor, who was born 'in Pittsfield, Me., a daughter of Captain David and Nancy (Chase) Pushor. Her father, one of the early settlers of Pittsfield, was a well-known and popular character in his day, deriving his title from his rank in the State militia. Mrs. McMaster died November 24, 1902. She had borne her husband two children, Hattie E. and Lacitne MI., both of whom are now deceased.
Mr. MeMaster is an Odd Fellow and Free Mason, belonging to De Molay Commandery of Skowhegan, Me. He is also a member of the Pittsfield Grange, P. of II. Active and enter- prising, and, withal, of strict integrity, his life
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and work have been of distinet advantage to the community in which his lot has been cast.
APTAIN THOMAS B. GLOVER,* of Rockland, was born in South Thom- aston, Me., December 18, 1829. ITis father, Charles Glover, a native of Duxbury, Mass., was born in 1796. Migrating to Maine in his early years, he probably set- tled first in Vinalhaven, afterward living for a time in South Thomaston, whence he removed in 1830 to Bangor. He was a joiner by trade. and followed that occupation throughout his active career. He lived to a good old age, dying in 1STS. On September 27, 1821, he married Almira W. Sayward, by whom he had eleven children, namely -- George S., Susan S., Bethiah B., Mary G., Captain Thomas B., Captain Charles, William II., Eliza T., Ed- ward K., Lucy A., and Abby A.
George S., born March 23, 1822, died July 6. 1845. Susan S., born October 9, 1823, died March 15, 1837. Bethiah B., deceased, was born October 2, 1825. She became the wife of Captain Alden T. Sherman. Mary G., who was born December 20, 1827, married William B. Staples. She is not living now. Captain Charles, born February 3, 1833, married Octo- ber 28, 1854, Jerusha A. Stetson. William H., born December 14, 1834, married, first, August 11, 1859, Emeline Fernald; he married, second, November 9. 1862, Julia F. Fernald. Eliza T., born November 13, 1836, married February 7, 1854, Samuel L. Clark. Edward KX., born No- vember 14, 1839, married April 14, 1863, Sarah A. Fernald. Luey A. was born March 11, 1842. Abby A., born in November, 1844, died in April, 1852.
Thomas B. Glover, taken by. his parents to Bangor when an infant of six months, lived in that city until he was seventeen years old. Returning then to Rockland, he worked with his father, learning the joiner's trade, which he followed eight years. Early in 1861, enlist- ing in Company D, Fourth Maine Volunteer Infantry, he went South as First Lieutenant of his company, and took an active part in both of the battles fought at Bull Run. Taken pris-
oner during the first engagement there, he was sent to Richmond, Va., where he was held in . confinement for seven months. After the close of the war he entered the merchant marine service, in which he continued until 1890. While thus engaged he visited all the important foreign ports, and rounded Cape Horn ton times, always sailing as master of his vessel. After leaving the sea, Captain Glover embarked in business as a contractor, builder, and lumber dealer, becoming a member of the firm of Sherman, Glover & Co., with which he con- tinued until the spring of 1902, when he retired with a competency.
On November S, 1851, Captain Glover mar- ried Elvira S. Wheeler, who was born February 21, 1835. Her father, Joseph S. Wheeler, born in 1813, married Martha Storer. Her paternal grandfather, David Wheeler, married Hannah Hart, and resided in St. George, Me .. where his death occurred December 10, 1843. Cap- tain and Mrs. Glover have but one child, a daughter, named Fannie A., who was born in 1852, and is now the wife of Gideon M. Smith. She has no children. Politically, Captain Glover is a stanch Democrat. Fraternally, he is a member of Edwin Libby Post, G. A. R., of Rockland, and of the Masonic lodge of Rockland, of which he is Past High Priest. He takes deep interest in Masonry, and is probably the oldest Mason in Knox County, if not in the State.
. LMER E. JAMESON,* a well-known hard- ware merchant of Warren, Me., and pres- ent chairman of the Board of Commis- sioners of Knox County, was born in Warren. Me., July 3, 1865. His parents were Augustus M. and Irene (Jones) Jameson, both natives of Knox County. The father is now deceased. but Mrs. Irene Jameson is living, and makes her home with her son, the subject of this sketch. Augustus M. Jameson, whose regular occupation was that of a farmer, served for a number of years as a County Commissioner of Knox County. He was a Democrat in politics and an active worker in the Masonie lodge at Warren. He died in June, 1893. Seven of his children are now living, namely: Elmer
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