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land in 1621, later settling in Marshfield, Mass. (The Shermans trace their ancestory to William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy) ; and also from Morris Somes, born in 1614. He came to Cape Ann when a young man, settling at Riverdale. Thus it will be observed that both Mr. and Mrs. Joseph O. Buzzell are descendants of the early settlers of New England. Their children, (1) Linnie Winifred, born Nov. 3, 1907 in Edgecomb, married John Rouse Marshall of Baltimore, Md., July 1, 1933, and they have twin sons, John Rouse and Charles Albert, born in New York City, June 23, 1939. (2) Emma Christine, born in Peabody, Mass., Jan. 14, 1909; married Henry Lloyd Andrews of Brownville, Apr. 4, 1928, and they have four sons, Joseph C., born Guilford, Sept. 7, 1929, Conway L., born Guilford, Dec. 5, 1934; Henry L., born Guilford, Apr. 4, 1936; Craig Morgan, born Sangerville, Apr. 5, 1939. (3) Martha Kath- leen, born at Guilford, Feb. 26, 1915. She married Alcuin Carr of New York City July 19, 1942.
SIDNEY OSHEA BUZZELL, proprietor of Socony Filling Station, Guilford, was born at Abbot, May 3, 1902, son of James and Lillian Buzzell. June 30, 1928 he married Miss Leta B. Lewis of Canaan, born to Benjamin and Clara Lewis, Apr. 21, 1905. Mr. Buzzell graduated from Abbot High in 1920, and Mrs. Buzzell from Lawrence High School at Fairfield in 1924. Children, Mary Louise and Arnold E.
RILEY M. CAMPBELL, son of Rufus and Hannah Campbell, born at Kingsbury, Jan. 1, 1887. On Oct. 30, 1909 married Miss Edna P. Rollins, daughter of Frank L. and Lorinda Littlefield Rollins and born at Shirley, Jan. 5, 1892. Mrs. Campbell attended Guilford High school. Mr. Campbell conducts a large farm at North Guilford and operates a milk route to the village. He is serving his ninth year as Select- man. Children, Beatrice Lorinda, now Mrs. Walter Seavey of Lansing, Mich .; Maxine Mae, now Mrs. Kenneth Tripp of Guilford; Barbara Jane, now Mrs. Robert Steward of Guilford; Hilda Beth, now Mrs. Robert Clugsten of St. Petersburg, Fla .; Stanley Adelbert, now serving his second year in the U. S. Army; Donald Lloyd, student in Guilford High school.
CLAUDE L. CANWELL, woolen mill weaver, born at Costi- gan, Oct. 15, 1900. son of Irving and Mae Canwell. Sept. 29, 1923 married Miss Leona M. Page, daughter of Charles and Eva Page, and was born at Guilford, Dec. 13, 1906. Children, Barbara N., now Mrs. Murray Greeley, and Wayne L.
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MRS. FLORENCE CROCKETT CHADBOURNE, daughter of Hiram D. and Emma J. Cass Crockett, was born at Guil- ford, Dec. 1, 1870. March 11, 1891 she was married to Plummer E. Chadbourne, son of Hiram and Julia Libby Chadbourne, and born at Harmony, Apr. 3, 1871. Mr. Chadbourne was quite active in the interests of the Demo- cratic party in this section. He was the very first man to drive a mail route out of Guilford postoffice. He died at Guilford, Aug. 4, 1939. They had four children, Jessie, now Mrs. George Emery; Cleon; Alma, at home, and Erma, a twin, died in infancy.
HUBERT S. CHADBOURNE, former rural mail carrier, was born at Harmony, Jan. 16, 1877, son of the late Hiram and Julia A. Libby Chadbourne. He was married Feb. 4, 1899 to Marie H. Dore, daughter of Orrin and Hattie Stafford Dore and born at Harmony, Feb. 5, 1879. There were no children.
WALTER GUY CHASE, son of Thomas J. and Addie Rich- ards Chase, was born at Guilford, June 10, 1884. In January, 1910, he left Guilford and went to Boston. On July 3, 1910 he went to work for the Boston Elevated Rail- way as a motorman, and later was transferred to the Signal Division and is now an electrician in that Division. He is a life member of King Solomon's Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and also Fraternal Chapter O. E. S. June 15, 1929, he mar- ried Alice R. Barclay of Somerville, Mass., daughter of Oscar R. and Jessie P. Barclay, formerly of Lowell, Mass. They have no children.
CHARLES CIMPHER, son of Jacob and Magdalene Cimpher, born at Baden, Germany, Sept. 3, 1853. June 25, 1885 he married Miss Cora Estelle Lovett of Lincoln Center. Chil- dren, Marjorie, now Mrs. Theodore E. Kloss of Bucksport. Mr. Cimpher was a member of the (general store) firm of J. F. Kimball Co., Medway ; later moved to the newly organ- ized town of Millinocket. He came to Guilford in 1898 and was associated with the late Charles F. Scales in the clothing business. Later, he became a member of the old established firm of H. Douglass Co. After a long and honorable busi- ness career, he died in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, on Aug. 28, 1928. For a few years before he died, he and Mrs. Cimpher had made their home in Sault Ste. Marie, and after Mr. Cimpher's death, she moved to Liverpool, Nova Scotia, and later went to Bucksport with her daughter, where she died Nov. 1, 1936.
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MEDA E. CIMPHER, was born at Sangerville, Jan. 13, 1865, daughter of Martin H. and Cordelia E. Carsley Jackson. She was married to George A. Cimpher, a harness maker, July 21, 1894 and he died at Guilford, Mar. 22, 1929. He was born in 1861. They had no children.
HORACE B. CLARK, son of Thaxter and Sarah Blakemore Clark, born at Mattawamkeag, Apr. 10, 1875. June 26, 1924 he married Woodsie Grace Davis, daughter of Atwell S. and Hattie M. Spooner Davis, and born at Dexter, Oct. 23, 1889. Mr. Clark was in the train service of the Bangor & Aroostook R. R. for eight years. They came to Guilford from Millinocket in 1936 and have operated a hospital and rest-home with success ever since. By a former marriage Mrs. Clark has a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Morrison Shields, and Mr. Clark has two daughters, now Mrs. Hazel Bragdon and Mrs. Ruth Bouchard.
PHILIP G. CLARK, Principal of Guilford High school, was born at Portland, Dec. 26, 1913, the son of Fred and Ethel Gray Clark. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1936. Sept. 10, 1939 he married Miss Roberta Brown, a graduate of Gould Academy. She was born to Sylvanus and Eva Smith Brown at Bethel, Dec. 15, 1916. They have no children. Mr. Clark plays professional baseball during the summer vacation.
PAUL E. CLUKEY, born to Delphis and Marion Clukey at Dexter, Aug. 30, 1915. Graduated from the N. H. Fay High school in 1933. Married Miss Rebecca Salisbury of Dexter, Jan. 9, 1938. Children, Paul Jr. and Susan Rebecca. Mr. Clukey has been employed in the Guilford Great Atlan- tic & Pacific store since August 1938.
FRED E. COBB, carpenter and lumber surveyor, was born at Bangor, Oct. 30, 1883, son of the late William H. and Sarah J. Rose Cobb. He married Miss Eva B. Hanson, Oct. 5, 1907, who was born at Atkinson, June 11, 1889. They have one son, Winton E., born May 28, 1912, and he married Miss Evelyn G. Chamberlain of Howland, born to Foster and Cora Chamberlain, Nov. 16, 1909.
FRED W. COLE, born at Parkman, Nov. 29, 1875, son of Solomon Leonard and Amanda Roberts Cole. June 20, 1903 married Miss Myrtle P. Butler of Blanchard, who was born at Sangerville, Feb. 6, 1882. They have two sons, Walter B., a woolen mill employee, and Alton R., an employee
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of the Register Publishing Co. Mr. Cole purchased the machine shop in Guilford on Feb. 24, 1902, and was con- nected with the same until the Piscataquis Woolen mill was leased to other parties in 1941.
HERMAN W. COLE, lumberman, son of William and Emily Race Cole, born at Abbot, Apr. 5, 1874. March 5, 1898 married Miss Jennie Hussey of Cambridge, daughter of Freeman A. and Flora A. Hussey and born May 23, 1878. Children, Audrey, married Harold Crockett; Ray H., is assistant cashier in an Auburn bank; Marguerite H., mar- ried Joseph Downey, and Ruth E. married Edward Snow.
ALONZO C. COLLINS, millman, was born at Strong, son of Alonzo and Rena Dodge Collins, Dec. 22, 1913. Jan. 30, 1936 he married Miss Courtney Crabtree of Abbot, daughter of Harry G. and Louise Look Crabtree, and born Jan. 2, 1919. Children, June M .. Harry A., and Judith May.
ORMAN E. COLSON, formerly a stone-cutter, now a millman, was born at Guilford, June 7, 1890, the son of Lewis H. and Dora A. Hammond Colson. Nov. 21, 1914 he married Beatrice N. Eames of Searsport, daughter of Frederick and Abbie Keene Eames, and born Sept. 11, 1895. Children, Iris E., now Mrs. Erlon Leathers of Vassalboro; Anton W. now in military servcie, and Blair E., at home. Three grand- children, Jeannine L., Sylvia A., and Warner I. Leathers.
MRS. BERNICE HERRING CONNER, oldest daughter of Edwin J. and Evelyn R. Maxfield Herring was born at Guil- ford, Aug. 22, 1882. Oct. 5, 1900 she was married to Ernest A., son of Levi B. and Cynthia Page Conner and he was born Oct. 20, 1878. Mr. Conner graduated from Guilford High in 1898, and was engaged in farming until his death at Guilford, July 14, 1937. Mrs. Conner is a great grand- daughter of Rev. Thomas Macomber the first Baptist min- ister to preach in Guilford. They had five children, Manley Emerson, died Aug. 29, 1922; Everett Howard, Ruth Evelyn, Viola Frances, married Merwin Lander, and Vivi- enne Dorothea, married Elden Reardon.
LESLIE M. CONNER, son of the late Frank W. and Cora B. Maxfield Conner, born at Guilford, Oct. 18, 1891. June 29, 1921 married Miss Marion H. Doyle, a school teacher from Yarmouth. Mr. Conner, a millman, served in World War One, and is Master of Valley Grange. He has the honor of
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having been a brother to the late Frank R. Conner for whom the local Legion Post 119 was named. Mrs. Conner is one of the most active leaders in the Center church. Children, Emily M., born at Guilford, Sept. 18, 1926, John D., born at Guilford, Dec. 16, 1930. Both attend the village schools.
WILLIS D. COOKSON, son of the late Daniel and Hattie Cookson, born at Dyer Brook, May 20, 1903. He attended the schools at Milo, then went to work for the New England Tel. & Tel. Co., and came to Guilford in 1935. He has served as Past Noble Grand of the I. O. O. F. Lodge. On June 29, 1935 he married Miss Charlotte L. Stevens, only daughter of James B. and Cora Herring Stevens. Mrs. Cookson is Past Noble Grand of the Rebekah Lodge, a mem- ber of the D. A. R., and both belong to the Universalist church. They have one son, James Willis Cookson, born May 21, 1939.
CHARLOTTE TIBBETTS COUSINS, born at Monson, June 10, 1878, daughter of Charles H. and Henrietta Mansell Tibbetts. Mar. 18, 1899 married to Leon Bert Cousins, woolen mill weaver, son of Isaac and Eliza King Cousins of Dexter, and born Apr. 18, 1866. He died at Guilford, Aug. 13, 1938. Mr. Cousins left a son, Harold, by a previous marriage.
EDWIN J. COUSINS, oldest son of Everett E. and Hattie Jackson Cousins, born at Guilford, Mar. 22, 1890. Married Miss Georgia N. Gilman of Abbot. They have one son, Gordon, born Dec. 11, 1916. Mr. Cousins has operated Cousins Garage the past two years, after doing a house-finish manufacturing business for twenty years.
DR. FORREST A. COUSINS, son of Isaac and Eliza King Cousins, born at Dexter, March 29, 1869. On March 8, 1896 he married Miss Edith M. Drew of Dexter, born Nov. 21, 1871, daughter of Cyrus S. and Georgiana Swan- ton Drew. Dr. Cousins attended the public schools in Dexter and graduated from Philadelphia Dental College in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1899. After a few years practice in Philadelphia, he came to Guilford, where he has always enjoyed a large practice. Mrs. Cousins received her edu- cation in the public schools of Dexter, and Normal School in Framingham, Mass. They have one son, Forrest Erwin Cousins who graduated from Guilford High in 1919, and from Bowdoin College in 1924. He immediately accepted
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a position in the editorial department of the Portland Press Herald at Portland, and at present is City Editor and Assistant Managing Editor of that paper. In 1929 he married Miss Alice Flaherty of Portland.
ARCHIE LEROY CRAFTS, older son of Herbert L. and Effie Perceus Howard Crafts, was born at Guilford, Aug. 19, 1896. June 25, 1921 he married Miss Phyllis Knowlton, born to Sanger A. and Lulu M. Colson Knowlton of Sangerville, May 14, 1901. She graduated from Foxcroft Academy in 1919. They have three daughters, Audrey Lulu, a freshman in Wheaton College, Illinois; J. Beverly and Aylmer E. in Guil- ford High school. Mr. Crafts is a veteran of the First World War, and lives on the farm that was occupied by his parents for many years.
HERBERT LEROY CRAFTS, son of Samuel Read Crafts, was born in Guilford, Nov. 4, 1865. He married Effie Per- ceus Howard, daughter of Stillman H. and Perceus Bursley Howard on Nov. 24, 1886, and lived in Guilford until Mrs. Crafts died Dec. 12, 1911, and Mr. Crafts died Jan. 3, 1940. He was engaged in farming all his married life on the farm where his oldest son, Archie, now lives. They had eight children, all born in Guilford, Edith Maude, married Leroy McDermott, Mildred Alzalda, married Hanson A. Barney, a carpenter, Archie Leroy Crafts, Helen Frances, married Christopher E. Nelson, Clair Read Crafts, Beulah Ferne, married Thor Stromback, Blandine Pearl, married Blair Pyne, and Margaret Rae, married Carroll Pingree. The first two and the last three graduated from Guilford High school, and Mildred A. graduated from Castine Normal School June 24, 1913. She was married to Mr. Barney June 6, 1917, and they have one son, Wayne, born at Guilford, Feb. 20, 1926 and a sophomore in Guilford High school. The family are active workers in the Guilford Center Baptist church.
SAMUEL READ CRAFTS, son of John and Mercy Whitney Crafts, was born at Monson, July 21, 1828. He married Helen Frances Pillsbury of Foxcroft, and they went from Monson to Springfield, Mass., where they lived about ten years, then returned to Maine for his health. He owned a fine farm on the North side of the Piscataquis river in Guil- ford on the road between Guilford and Foxcroft. Of their six children, three were born in Massachusetts and the fol- lowing three in Guilford, Lottie Pillsbury Crafts (Herring), Herbert Leroy Crafts and Samuel Pillsbury Crafts.
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ALTON G. CROCKETT, born at Parkman, June 5, 1868. On Sept. 2, 1892 he married Miss Carrie E. Kirk of Abbot, who was born June 10, 1872, and died at Guilford, Apr. 18, 1929. Children, Louise, born Sept. 15, 1895, and died Nov. 28, 1916. Charlotte, now Mrs. Harold Thornton of Lincoln, born Nov. 18, 1903. Mr. Crockett learned the plumbing and sheet-metal business with the late Ed. H. Page, and has followed that line for over fifty years. He has been through the Chair in the K. of P. Lodge, and has been at the head of the now extinct Maccabee Lodge.
GUY M. CROCKETT, (P. O. Guilford,) the eldest son of William D. and Netta Crockett, was born at Abbot, Sept. 3, 1878. Mr. Crockett graduated from Guilford High school in the class of 1898. Aug. 16, 1902 he married Miss Ada Tyler of Blanchard, and she died Aug. 31, 1913, leaving three children, a daughter and two sons. Sadie Gertrude was born Oct. 20, 1903; Maurice T., Oct. 19, 1904, and John Gordon, Aug. 28, 1913; all at Guilford. Sadie died at Guilford, Aug. 8, 1924; Maurice T. has a fine position with the General Ice Cream Corp., at Bridgeport, Conn., and John Gordon was adopted by his uncle John in infancy. Sept. 21, 1927, Mr. Crockett married Mrs. Clara (Rand) Cowie, widow of the late Dr. William Cowie. There are no children by this union. Mr. Crockett has conducted a far-reaching real estate and insurance business for many years, and has just been elected to the office of County Commissioner.
JOHN G. CROCKETT, was born at Abbot, May 3, 1886, son of the late William D. and Nettie (Segar) Crockett. In his early teens he learned the bakery business with the late Will- iam M. Howard at Guilford. In 1906 he bought out Mr. Howard and has maintained an increasing business through the years. He married Henrietta Morris of Carratunk on Dec. 31, 1919. They have no children of their own, but early in life adopted a brother's motherless son, and he now fills an important place in the business.
JOHN GORDON CROCKETT, son of Guy M. and Ada Tyler Crockett was born at Guilford, Aug. 28, 1913. His mother died when he was an infant and he was adopted by his uncle, John G. Crockett. On May 9, 1937 he married Miss Ruth Labree of Guilford. Mrs. Crockett graduated from Guil- ford High school in 1931 and Mr. Crockett in 1932. Mr. Crockett is assistant baker in the Crockett Bakery, and Mrs. Crockett is an efficient clerk in the office of the Guilford Trust Company.
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DONALD H. CROSS, younger son of the late Harvey J. and Florence M. Cross, born at Sebec, May 19, 1900. He grad- uated from the University of Maine in 1922. Aug. 8, 1927 married Miss Iva Wood of Greenville. Children, Nelson A. and Marilyn J. Mr. Cross taught school three years; was in the grocery business fifteen years, and is now teaching again.
HUGO SILAS CROSS, older son of Florence (Pratt) and Harvey Joy Cross, born at Sebec, Sept. 7, 1896. Schools : Foxcroft Academy 1915, University of Maine 1919. Aug. 25, 1920 he married Miss Eveline Foster Snow, born Aug. 6, 1893, eldest daughter of May (Munroe) and Israel Snow of Rockland. Schools: Rockland High 1911, Nasson College 1915, University of Maine 1920. Mr. Cross is owner-man- ager of H. Douglass Co., Guilford. Children, Florence May, born July 8, 1921; Frances Jane, born Nov. 24, 1923; Hugo Harvey, born Feb. 12, 1925; Ruel Parkman, born Sept. 27, 1926. Florence was married July 13, 1941 to Julius E. Underwood Jr., of Wallingford, Penn.
DANIEL G. CURRIE, learned telegraphy on the Intercolonial railroad, and commenced work on the Bangor & Aroostook R. R. July 6, 1906. He has held positions at various points on the road, and came to Guilford as Station Agent April 10, 1939. Mr. Currie was born at Jacquet River, N. B., Oct. 20, 1882, and married Miss Josephine Dickensen of Lower Woodstock in Nov. 1915. They have five children. Margaret Elaine, employed at Greenville; Gilbert Lloyd, tele- graph operator on the B & A. R. R .; Bessie Evelyn, employed at Guilford; Minerva Gail and Daniel Phillip in the Guil- ford schools.
ADELBERT E. CURTIS, was born at Parkman, Mar. 3, 1871 and died at Guilford, Dec. 22, 1941. He was the only child of the late Henry E. and Leucretia Chenery Curtis. His father died when he was a young man, and after teaching school for a short time, he took over the operation of the farm and milk- route. May 15, 1907 he married Miss Marcia E. Walden of Greenville, daughter of Edwin O. and Abbie Varney Walden. They are members of the Methodist church. They had one son, Henry E., born May 31, 1909, unmarried. He grad- uated from Guilford High in 1925 and from Colby College in 1929. Has been bookkeeper and office manager for J. E. French & Son since 1932, and having outstanding ability as a sports writer, has done considerable of it during the past twelve years.
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JOSEPH T. DAVIDSON, was born to James and Jane David- son at Steetsville, Ontario, Feb. 11, 1869. He came to Guil- ford to take a supervisory position with the Piscataquis Woolen Co. in 1895. Later went to Franklin, N. H. in a similar capacity, and in 1914 returned to Guilford to become Treasurer of the Guilford Trust Company. On May 18, 1898 Mr. Davidson married Ida Hussey, daughter of the late Howard and Margaret Bates Hussey. They have two chil- dren, James, an engineer with the Minnesota & Ontario Paper Co., in Minneapolis, and Phyllis, a teacher in the South Port- land High School.
ALTON P. DAVIS, a machinist, was born in Guilford, Sept. 2, 1891, son of Edwin W. and Zelda Edes Davis, Past Master of Dawn of Hope Grange at North Guilford. Married Miss Gladys S. Foss, daughter of Alvin L. and Helen Deane Foss, Aug. 27, 1913, a graduate of Guilford High in 1912, and born Apr. 14, 1894. She is a Past President of the Frank R. Con- ner Post 119, American Legion Auxiliary. `Children, Thyrl E., now Mrs. Oscar A. Partinen of Monson; Webber H., now in foreign service at Trinidad, and Beth Helen, a graduate nurse from Massachusetts General Hospital, now Mrs. Wel- don Haley.
HARRY W. DAVIS, was born at Guilford, April 24, 1862, son of Seth Nelson and Amanda Morgan Davis. Attended what was then the Maine State College at Orono. January 1, 1887 he married Miss Clara E. Webber, older daughter of Samuel and Lydia Davis Webber, and she was born at Guil- ford, Feb. 9, 1864. They had four children, Raymond W., now President of the Guilford Trust Co., Nell, now Mrs. Robert Houston, Manley W., partner of manufacturing con- cern in Sherbrooke, Que., and Pauline L., now Mrs. Holland Knowlton. In early manhood Mr. Davis went to Churches Ferry, North Dakota and founded the First National Bank of Churches Ferry, North Dakota. He and Mr. A. W. Ellis returned to Guilford in 1891 and in 1892 organized the First National Bank of Guilford (now the Guilford Trust Co.), and Mr. Davis was the first Cashier, and later its President. He was Town Treasurer in 1898-1903, and a member of the State Legislatures of 1905-1906 and 1911-1912. He was a member of the Universalist Church and the Masonic Lodge. He died at Guilford, Nov. 4, 1928.
RAYMOND WEBBER DAVIS, banker, son of Harry W. and Clara E. Webber Davis, born at Churches Ferry, No. Dakota,
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Oct. 15, 1887. Graduated from Guilford High in 1907, and University of Maine, B.S., 1911. Married Miss Hazel B. Small of Guilford, Feb. 2, 1918. Children, Donald Edw., born July 31, 1924, Dorothy Ann, born June 29, 1927. Universal- ist; Republican; Secretary Guilford Trust Co., 1912-1916. President Guilford Trust Co. 1928 up; Director Guilford Trust Co., Eastern Trust and Banking Co., Bangor, and Guil- ford Memorial Library. President Guilford Memorial Library. Was President Maine Bankers Assn., 1936-1937. Trustee and Chairman Executive Board of Trustees University of Maine 1936-up. President, Davis & Adams Inc., Partner Davis & Bearce, timber, pulpwood and timberlands.
WALLACE E. DEAN, saw-mill proprietor was born at North Guilford, July 31, 1877, son of Harrison and Nancy Glover Dean. Aug. 31, 1912 he married Helen M. Ward, daugh- ter of Charles A. and Inez Ellis Ward and she was born at Topsham, Oct. 30, 1889. They have six children, Virginia, married George Melia and lives at North Guilford. They have Malcolm G. born May 20, 1937, and Gerald W. born July 22, 1939. Sylvia, married Floyd Dean, and they have Sandra Lee, born June 20, 1942 and they reside at Englewood, Calif. Dorothy, married Russell Olson and lives at Quincy, Mass. Wallace Jr., Harrison W. and David E. are at home.
ERNEST W. DODGE, employed by the Oldtown Woolen mill, son of Charles W. and Fannie Palmer Dodge, born at Guilford in 1891. Oct. 12, 1931 married Mary Parker Kelley, widow of the late Swazey Kelley. She was born at Parkman. There are no children by this union. Mr. Dodge has two children, Mrs. Elmer Sands, Dover-Foxcroft, and Charles N. Dodge of the 24th Arm'd Engr. Battalion, by a former mar- riage. Mr. Dodge is Special Policeman, and at present is Chief Aircraft Observer.
DR. GUY E. DORE, born at Monson, Oct. 12, 1887, son of Everlyn and Rose H. Smith Dore. A graduate of Monson Academy, also from the University of Vermont Medical Col- lege in 1911. Spent one year Internment at Eastern Maine General Hospital-1911. Began his medical practice at Cam- bridge, and came to Guilford in August, 1912. Served the Government one year during World War One at Port of Embarkment, Hoboken, N. J. Was at Chicago for six weeks in 1923 and again in 1926 doing post-graduate work, besides shorter periods at other places. Served as first President of the former Lion's Club, past chairman of the Country Club
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and Chamber of Commerce, and present chairman of the town Budget Committee. Married Miss Barbara Steward of Mon- son in Jan., 1912 and she died at Guilford in March, 1936. There were four children by this union ; all dying in infancy. April 1937 the doctor married Miss Doris Ladd, an R. N., and they have one son, Craig L., born in August, 1938.
IDELLA F. HERRING DOUGLAS, daughter of the late Ed- win J. and Evelyn R. Maxfield Herring, was born at Guilford, July 18, 1887. Graduated from Guilford High in 1904, and from Salem Commercial School, Salem, Mass., in 1905. At- tended Maine Normal summer sessions. July 21, 1915 was married to Rev. Alexander Douglas of Gloversville, N. Y., and they served Baptist churches in Maine and New York state. Mr. Douglas died at Gloversville, N. Y., Aug. 22, 1933. Mrs. Douglas returned to Guilford and is a teacher in our village schools.
ANDREW B. DOW, a woolen mill employee, son of the late Alexander (born July, 1833) and Mary Michie Dow (born May 20, 1833) was born at Alva, Scotland, Feb. 25, 1860. He married Miss Adrianna Edes, born at Abbot, Oct. 26, 1863, younger daughter of Joseph H. (1830-Sept. 29, 1891) and Lizzie Jewell Edes (1833-1918). They had one daugh- ter, Annie Aubury, born at Guilford, July 6, 1890 and died, Apr. 29, 1893. One son, Walter S., born at Abbot July 1, 1888. Walter S. graduated from the N. H. Fay High School, Dexter ; the Shaw Business College, Bangor, and took a posi- tion in the engineering department of the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad, and was with them two and one-half years. He then became connected with the St. Croix Paper Co. at Wood- land, and has been with them ever since. Mr. Andrew B. Dow died at Guilford, Apr. 11, 1922, and Mrs. Dow died at Dexter, June 29, 1911.
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