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FRANK GORE, was born at Guilford, Nov. 3, 1870, son of Franklin D. and Betsey Lovejoy Gore. Apr. 1, 1893 married Miss Marie C. Hall Fogg, daughter of Giles M. and Louise C. Hall Fogg and born Apr. 16, 1873. Mr. Gore is a mill man ; and Mrs. Gore did nursing for many years. Children, Enola J., now Mrs. Rolfe Davis, and they have no children. Louise F., now Mrs. Samuel Willis of Waterville. They have one child, Glenwood. Mrs. Willis has two daughters, Laurine and Ruth by a previous marriage.
REV. JOSEPH GRIFFITHS, pastor of the local Methodist church was born in England, Feb. 16, 1885. Attended Cliff College, England ; Wesley College and Manitoba University, Winnipeg, Canada. June 24, 1914 he married Miss Pearle G. Sallans. They have three sons, Laurence A., Leslie O. and Joseph Raymon.
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GEORGE ADDISON EMERY HALEY, born Jan. 18, 1888, and Helen Augusta Judkins, born at Brunswick, Feb. 15, 1891, were married Dec. 13, 1910. Their children, Eliza- beth Emery, born Nov. 7, 1911 ; Charlotte Helen, born Dec. 24, 1812; George Emery, born May 30, 1914; Manley Arthur, born Aug. 11, 1917; Weldon Merritt, born Apr. 19, 1919; and Dorothy Mary, born May 5, 1927. Sherman Max- well Brewster, meteorologist and Elizabeth E. Haley, mar- ried Sept. 18, 1936. Child, Dale Loren, born July 11, 1938. Maurice J. Lander, born Aug. 6, 1911, and Charlotte Helen Haley were married June 24, 1936. Children, Galen Maurice, born Nov. 27, 1938; Duane Richard, born Aug. 15, 1941. Mr. Lander is RFD carrier at Cambridge. George Emery Haley and Jean Bigelow Libby, born June 22, 1921, were married Mar. 21, 1940. Child, Stephen Emery, born Feb. 15, 1942. George A. E. Haley is a farmer, and, assisted by the sons, has done considerable lumbering.
REV. J. FRANK HALEY, born July 26, 1851 at Kennebunk, and Charlotte J. Farnham, born at Bucksport, July 25, 1858, were married June 27, 1878. Children, Emma Jane, now Mrs. E. P. Bickford, Arthur B. F. and George A. E. Mr. Haley, a widely known Methodist minister and Presiding Elder, also a President of Bucksport Seminary, died at Saco, Dec. 19, 1914. Mrs. Haley died at Saco, Jan. 20, 1914. Arthur Benjamin Farnham Haley, born Oct. 26, 1884, mar- ried Jessamy Fountain of Carlisle, Ind., Dec. 25, 1921. Mr. Haley is a teacher and executive. They have three children, Patience Elaine and Priscilla Jane, twins, born June 22, 1926; Benjamin Farnham Fountain, born Feb. 19, 1928.
ERNEST A. HAM, born at Blanchard, Mar. 2, 1869, son of James and Arvera Sturtevant Ham. Feb. 2, 1897 he married Addie Harrington Gould of Parkman, and born to Jotham and Ruth M. Eastman Harrington, July 24, 1871. They have one son, Robert F. born at Guilford, Sept. 16, 1900, and now an electrical engineer at Kansas City, Mo. He married Miss Mabelle Benn of Middleboro, Mass., and they have two chil- dren, Roberta May and Robert Ernest. Mrs. Ernest A. Ham has a daughter, Marion, by a previous marriage, and she was born Jan. 11, 1891. She is now Mrs. Millage Cray of Richmond.
HIRA N. HAM, woolen mill employee, was born at Cambridge, Mar. 17, 1875, son of Newton and Clara Watson Ham. Feb.
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27, 1897 he married Miss Bertha E. Hussey, born to Richard and Betsey Drake Hussey, May 5, 1874. They have no children.
WYBERT L. HAMMOND, monumental worker, and for many years a monumental dealer, was born at Hurricane Island, Aug. 18, 1874, son of Will S. and Laura Brown Hammond. Dec. 4, 1896 he married Miss Cora H. Bearce, daughter of Calvin S. and Fannie Oakes Bearce, who was born Feb. 12, 1880. Children, Osmond C., Alfred W., and Bertel F.
HAROLD W. HARDING, was born at Etna, Oct. 12, 1916, son of Harry W. and June E. Tribou Harding. Graduated from Carmel High school in 1934, and from the Maine School of Commerce, Bangor, in 1936, and immediately came to Guil- ford to take a position in the office of the Hardwood Products Co. On June 18, 1938 Mr. Harding married Miss Evelyn Clukey of Sangerville.
AUGUSTUS ALLEN HARRIMAN, farmer-laborer, unmarried, lives on the same farm at Guilford Center where he was born July 13, 1876. His parents were Justis George, a Civil War veteran, and Nancy A. Gray Harriman. They had five chil- dren, Myrtle, deceased, first married Roscoe Cushman; he died and she then married George Babb; Charles E., married Alice Arnold; Minnie, married Wesley Stearns; Augustus Allen, unmarried; Lilla, married Freeland Bennett, later Ernest Hathaway.
ALVA LEE HARRINGTON, machinist for the Hardwood Products Company, was born at Parkman, July 18, 1900, son of Alcius and Abby Augustine Harrington. Aug. 15, 1927 he married Miss Laura Imogene Welts born to John A. and J. Maude Davis Welts at Guilford, Jan. 1, 1906. Mrs. Har- rington is one of the operators in the local telephone central. They have no children.
HERBERT L. HARRINGTON, youngest son of the late Jotham and Ruth M. Eastman Harrington, born at Abbot, May 3, 1877. Married Mertie Goodwin Holmes, widow of the late Alphonso Holmes, June 5, 1906. She died at Guilford, Mar. 13, 1932. On Oct. 27, 1932 Mr. Harrington married Miss Marian Curtis, a bookkeeper and stenographer, of Dexter. There have been no children of either union. Mr. Harrington came to Guilford in his early teens and immediately entered
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into the business activities of the town. He has been engaged in the wood, coal and trucking business for over forty years and has been Agent for the American Railway Express Co. for thirty-five years. At one time he had a hard wood mill employing thirty hands until the plant was destroyed by fire. Controls considerable wild lands and real estate, and has been a Selectman of the town for six years, now being chair- man. A Republican, a Mason, an Odd Fellow.
CARLTON C. HARVEY, fifth son of Cora (Coleman) and the late Ernest B. Harvey, born at Carmel, June 2, 1901. On June 2, 1924 he married Miss Philena Anderson of Harring- ton. Children, Gracia, born Apr. 13, 1929, and Carlton C. 2nd, born Oct. 3, 1930. Mr. Harvey is a graduate of the New England Institute of Anatomy, Sanitary Science and Embalm- ing, and has been a successful undertaker in Guilford since Feb. 1924. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Methodist church.
LEWIS ALLEN WHEELER HARVEY, son of Ralph N. and Lena Farnham Harvey, born at Foxcroft, Jan. 15, 1905. Graduated from Foxcroft Academy in the class of 1923. On June 30, 1929 married Miss Ruth Sands, daughter of Gran- ville M. and Martha Harmon Sands, also of Foxcroft. Mrs. Harvey graduated from Foxcroft Academy in 1917, and from Farmington Normal school in 1921, and taught school twelve years. She is a member of the Eastern Star, Miriam Chapter, and Wenonah Rebekah Lodge. Mr. Harvey is local manager of the Weatherbee Hardware and Plumbing Co., and is a Selectman of the town. They have two sons, Harmon David, born July 27, 1932, and Ralph Granville, born Oct. 19, 1937.
ALLEN W. HAYDEN, son of Edward Mariner and Laura Perkins Hayden was born at Brighton, May 9, 1872. June 1, 1898 he married Miss Mary Allen, born to Albert and Cordelia C. Irish Allen at Wellington, Apr. 17, 1868. No children. Mr. Hayden was in the livery business here ten years, six years of which was under the name of Hayden & Adams. During World War I he was inspector and buyer of airplane lumber for the U. S. Government. For four years was superintendent of a thousand acre farm at Lisbon, N. H. and then for seven years of the D. P. Rogers farm at Danvers, Mass., one of the largest Guernsey farms in New England. Recently Mr. Hayden and Bert Drew of Wellington have bought the W. M. Beal homestead for their permanent home.
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GUY K. HAYDEN, salesman for tractor parts, was born at Parkman, July 29, 1909, son of Ora G. and Bessie J. Welts Hayden. At Los Angeles, Calif., on Jan. 23, 1932 he married Miss Anne Myers, daughter of Herman and Ida Zinke Myers, of Sterling, Colo., and she was born June 21, 1906. They have two children, Harold Guy and Simone Anne.
FRED A. HEATH, son of William R. and Hattie Heath, and descendant of Eldad Heath who settled in Penobscot prior to 1750, was born at Penobscot, Aug. 24, 1864. He first married Miss Marion Briggs of Parkman and she died at Guilford, May 23, 1901. He then married Miss Grace Gould of Guil- ford, born at Barnard, Dec. 7, 1873. No children by either marriage. Mr. Heath is a paper-hanger and painter. A mem- ber of I. O. O. F., K. of P. and F. & A. M. Lodges; was deputy sheriff 1917-1920; served as tax collector ; a member of the 83rd and 84th Legislatures, and has served his 38th consecutive year as town-meeting moderator.
CHARLES H. HERRING, dealer in livestock and meats, son of Levi L. and Jennie Brawn Herring, was born at Guilford, May 18, 1879. June 2, 1915 he married Miss Alta Greeley, born to Howard L. and Sylvia Bennett Greeley at Guilford, May 14, 1896. They have three children, Loring C., recently enlisted in military service; Malcolm H., and Mary E., in Guilford High school.
CLINTON H. HERRING. third son of the late Harvey W. and Lottie P. Crafts Herring, born at Guilford, Feb. 11, 1894. He attended the public schools of Guilford. On Nov. 15, 1919, he married Miss Dorothy Whitman of Blanchard, who was born March 23, 1896. They have one son, Sherwood H., who held a government position in Washington until he en- listed in the Naval Reserve, Apr. 18, 1942. Mr. Herring is a direct descendant of the very earliest settlers of the town. He has a son, Wilson H., married, living in Westbrook; also a daughter, Gertrude, married, and also living in Westbrook, both by a former marriage.
RAYMOND S. HERRING, farmer, son of Harvey W. and Lottie Crafts Herring, was born at Guilford, Sept. 10, 1889. Nov. 28, 1910 he married Miss Melissa Johnson, daughter of William F. and Flora Z. Herrick Johnson, and born at Guil- ford, Oct. 10, 1894. They have four children, Erma M., born Nov. 8, 1914, and married Earl Priest; Marguerite B., born June 6, 1918; married Thornton Bennett; James W., born May 4, 1923; William R., born Nov. 9, 1928.
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JOHN I. HILL, boss spinner in the Oldtown Woolen Mill, Guilford, was born at Sangerville, Feb. 26, 1894, the son of John Amos Hill and B. Annie Ketch Hill. The names of Hill and Farnham figured in the early settlement of Sangerville, and our subject is a direct descendant of those families. May 5, 1917 he married Miss Nellie C. Jackson, daughter of Willis E. and Susan Harrington Jackson, and was born at Guilford, Mar. 23, 1891. They have no children, but Sidney Skiffing- ton, a nephew, has been cared for and had every advantage of an own son since he was five. Sidney is now a student at the University of Maine.
SELBY A. HILLYARD, carpenter and millman, was born at Hearts Delight, N. F., June 11, 1891, son of William and Jessie A. Hillyard. He came to Guilford in 1910, and mar- ried Miss Blanche Gertrude Huntington, daughter of Charles L. and Augusta Randall Huntington, and was born at Stetson, Oct. 19, 1888. They had one daughter, Virginia, who married Dwight Emery on Oct. 8, 1917. She died Jan. 27, 1938, leaving two children, Loretta and Galen.
WALTER CALVIN HILTON, son of James A. and Mary Isabel Hilton, born at Pittsfield, Apr. 14, 1874. Aug. 19, 1915 he married Miss Agnes French Cousins, a Guilford school teacher, and daughter of Everett E. and Hattie Cousins, and was born Feb. 20, 1885. He has been a woolen mill foreman (spinning room) for over thirty years, and Mrs. Hilton has taught for thirty-three years. He belongs to the Masons and she to the Eastern Star.
WALLACE ARTHUR HOLBROOK, guide, carpenter, son of John M. and Flora Libbey Holbrook was born at Newport, Sept. 3, 1880. Sept. 19, 1905 he was married to Florence Young, daughter of Isaac and Mary Buxton Young. She died at Guilford, May 14, 1938. No children. The Hol- brooks came to Guilford in 1916 and purchased the former David R. Straw estate. Mr. Holbrook organized the ball team here and they played three seasons on his grounds.
LEWIS A. HOLMES, soon after leaving school, learned teleg- raphy at the Bangor & Aroostook Station, Guilford, and followed that line of work for a time. Then he took employ- ment as foreman of the H. L. Harrington mill until June 1927. Since that time he has been superintendent of the Hardwood Products Co. plant. He was born at Guilford, Sept. 11, 1894 and married Miss Marcia E. Bragdon, a school
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teacher, born at Franklin, Apr. 2, 1895. They have two sons, Allan B., graduated from the University of Maine in 1941, and now with the General Electric Co. at Schenectady, N. Y., and Robert G., a graduate from the University of Maine this 1942.
ARVID HOLMQUIST, born to Lars and Alma Holmquist, at Monson, Sept. 1, 1901. On May 5, 1928 he married Miss Ethel Johnson, who was born Sept. 9, 1907. Mr. Holmquist has been manager of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Com- pany store at Guilford since Sept. 1930.
WINNIE STEVENS HOUSTON, a direct descendant of one of the very first families to settle in Guilford, was born to Zebulon G. and Sarah Huntington Stevens, Oct. 5, 1874, be- ing their older daughter. July 9, 1896 she was married to Lewis A. Houston, and he was born Sept. 24, 1872. Mr. Houston was a boss-dyer in the Piscataquis Woolen mill near- ly up to the time of his decease on Aug. 31, 1940. Children, Craig S. born in 1898, is a physician at Providence, R. I .; Miss Hilda, born in 1900, now a teacher in the schools at Westerly, R. I.
DR. GEORGE C. HOWARD, son of Annie C. and Alfred M. Howard. born at Monson, Sept. 18, 1908. Graduated from Mount Vernon, N. Y. High school in 1927, from Dartmouth College in 1931 and from Harvard Medical School in 1935. Served two years in Hartford, Conn. Hospital, three years in Central Maine Sanitorium, and opened an office for general practice in Guilford in Nov. 1940. On Sept. 22, 1934 he married Miss Katherine Drake, an R. N. of Guilford, born to Lettie H. and the late Arthur W. Drake, Apr. 15, 1910. They have two children, George C. Jr., and Letty-Ann.
STATE OF MAINE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT Augusta
James H. Hudson Associate Justice
June 24, 1942
Mr. Frank W. Keniston
Editor of "Guilford Biographies"
Guilford, Maine
Dear Mr. Keniston :
As requested, I am furnishing information in regard to the Hudson family in Guilford.
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Its founder, Henry Hudson, Sr., my grandfather, was born in Orange, New Hampshire, October 26, 1824, and, when 24 years old. came to Piscataquis County and, after remaining in Monson a few weeks, took up his residence in Guilford. He died on June 24, 1877 at the age of 52 years. On March 30, 1850, he married Emily Frances Martin, daughter of Addison Martin, Esq. of Guil- ford, and Lydia P. (Otis) Martin.
Addison Martin, born in New Gloucester, on March 3, 1797, settled in Guilford in 1824, and in 1825, erecting the building where the present office of Straw & Martin now is, became Guil- ford's first merchant. He was a trial justice, presided over many hearings, and became a leading citizen of the town. He died in Guilford August 29, 1876 at the age of 79 years. His wife. the mother of Emily, while lowering a window during a thunder shower, was killed by lightning July 5, 1842.
Henry Hudson, Sr. was admitted to the Piscataquis County Bar on June 12, 1849 by Shepley, C. J., and Justices Tenney and Howard. At first, being a stranger, his practice was limited and he dealt in real estate quite extensively, but soon he forged ahead as a lawyer and became eminent in his profession. In an obituary written by the late Hon. John F. Sprague of Monson, historian and editor of Sprague's Journal, Mr. Sprague said of him :
"Before many years had passed over his head, young Hudson was an acknowledged peer among the ablest lawyers who practiced at this bar.
"He soon identified himself with every public im- provement and enterprise in his own town and vicinity, and the present live village of Guilford owes much to his energy and persistency in inaugurating and carrying through successfully numerous plans for new business and for infusing life into many industries.
"He was always an active member of the demo- cratic party
"As a stump speaker he had few equals in this State. * * His integrity was never doubted among his friends, clients and associates.
"His 'word was as good as his bond.' "
His wife Emily was born in Guilford May 13, 1831 and died in Guilford March 5, 1911. She was an own cousin to Gen- eral Oliver Otis Howard. Her sister was Miss Martha Martin, who taught school in East Cambridge, Massachusetts for more than fifty years and who spent the latter part of her life in Guilford. Of Mrs. Hudson it was said: "Mrs. Hudson was in many ways a woman of remarkable ability and possessed many rare traits of
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character." She had a most retentive memory, particularly with regard to town events, in which she took great interest, and the citizenry of Guilford. She was frequently consulted by those in- terested in the local history of the town and county. She was also a half sister to Otis Martin, who for several terms was high sheriff of the county. She bore Mr. Hudson five children, an unnamed child who died at birth, Emma, born in 1853, who died the follow- ing year, and three sons, Henry Hudson, Jr., Micajah Hudson, and James Hudson.
Henry Hudson, Jr., my father, was born in the Hobart house on the north side of the Piscataquis River in Guilford Village. He was educated in the local schools, at Foxcroft Acad- emy, Coburn Classical Institute, and graduated from Colby College in 1875. His roommate at Colby was the late Chief Justice Leslie C. Cornish of Augusta. He was admitted to the Piscataquis County Bar by Justice John A. Peters on October 2, 1875. He practiced law in Dover for about a year and then moved to Guilford, where he practiced for the remainder of his life. He was born on March 19, 1851 and died in Guilford on October 25, 1927 when 76 years of age. His practice was statewide. Of him it was said :
"For over 40 years he appeared at every session of the court, often every day, and was counsel in some of the most important civil and criminal cases in the county's history. His office practice was extensive and his reputation enviable for sound judgment, good law and unquestioned integrity.
"He took a great interest in his native town, served long as town treasurer and town agent, was president of the Board of Trade, filled an unex- pired term as county commissioner and in other capacities and was a trustee of the Methodist Church."
He was largely instrumental in securing a bank for Guilford and was the first president of the First National Bank of Guilford. He was also a director of the Kineo National Bank at Dover. He was a staunch Democrat, as was his father, and was a delegate to the National Convention at St. Louis in 1888. He had a most remarkable memory, a vast knowledge of the law, and was pre- eminent as a trial lawyer.
On February 22, 1877 he married Ada M. Lougee of Dover, daughter of James S. Lougee, a merchant in Dover, and Betsey Lougee. Mr. Lougee was born in Parsonsfield, on April 20, 1826, and his wife Betsey, in New Brunswick. He came to Dover in 1848, where he resided until his death in 1880.
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Of my mother, Ada M. Hudson, I am pleased to insert herein what was said in the March 8, 1911 issue of Zion's Herald : "By nature Mrs. Hudson was gifted not only with the art of making friends, but with the power to hold them. In her sympathy she was always sincere and genuine. In her hospitality she was
kind and considerate. In her charity she was broad and unostentatious. In her purpose she was clear and definite. In her conviction she was deep and abiding. In her spirit she was tender and generous."
She was particularly gifted musically and for many years sang in the choir in the Methodist Church in Guilford. She was born in Dover on August 30, 1852 and died in Guilford on October 31, 1910.
Micajah Hudson, the second son of Henry Hudson, Sr. and his wife Emily, was born in Guilford on November 23, 1854. On January 22, 1876 he married Mabel N. Packard, born in Parkman on July 3, 1853, daughter of Levi and Deborah Packard. She died in Guilford on January 5, 1935. For many years Micajah Hudson lived on a farm in Abbot. In August, 1885 he bought the interest of George W. Pratt in the Pratt & Hudson partnership, whose members were George W. Pratt and James Hudson, and under the name of M. & J. Hudson, this business was operated for many years. They conducted a general store business of large magni- tude, with patronage not only from Guilford but from outlying towns. For years he bought and sold pulpwood. Micajah Hud- son, both while in Abbot and in Guilford, held town offices. For a great many years he was chairman of the Board of Selectmen of the town of Guilford and performed the duties of his office most efficiently. He served on the Executive Council of Governor Oakley C. Curtis. He was educated in the local schools of Guil- ford, Foxcroft Academy, and Coburn Classical Institute. He is the oldest living member of the Masonic Lodge in Guilford (raised in 1877), and the oldest living native citizen of Guilford.
James Hudson, the third son of Henry Hudson, Sr., was born in Guilford on October 22, 1857. On February 6, 1879 he married Ida M. Bennett, daughter of Dr. Charles B. Bennett of Guilford, the marriage being performed by Reverend W. T. Jewell. He died at Bangor November 20, 1927. His business, conducted with his brother Micajah, has already been mentioned. Later he had a clothing store in the Newbegin Block on the south side of the river. For many years he was town clerk and was postmaster in Guilford for eight years. He was educated in the local schools, Foxcroft Academy, and in a business college in Poughkeepsie, New York. He was a Mason, Knight Templar, and Shriner. His wife
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Ida was born in Guilford May 13, 1858 and died in Guilford November 30, 1940. Her brother, Charles Sumner Bennett, now conducts a jewelry store in Guilford Village. She was a woman possessed of a great many friends, a member of the Methodist Church, and one for whom all had great respect.
Henry Hudson, Jr. and his wife Ada had two sons, James Henry Hudson and Leslie Everett Hudson. Both were born in Guilford, James on March 21, 1878 and Leslie on October 25, 1882. Both were born in the residence now owned by James H. Hudson, in which John Powers White and his family now live.
James H. Hudson married Mary S. Mckown, daughter of Captain Flar M. Mckown and Sarah Kimball Mckown, at Booth- bay Harbor on November 11, 1903. Mrs. Hudson graduated from Boothbay Harbor High School and the Pierce Secretarial School in Boston. She also attended the New England Conservatory of Music. James H. Hudson was educated in the schools in Guil- ford, in 1896 graduated from Coburn Classical Institute, in 1900 from Colby College, and in 1903 from Harvard Law School. In 1932 Colby conferred the degree of LL.D. upon him. He was admitted to the Piscataquis County Bar on September 15, 1903 by Justice Albert R. Savage. He formed a law partnership with his father, Henry Hudson, Jr., which partnership (Hudson & Hudson) continued until his father's death, and then continued in practice in Guilford until, upon appointment by Governor William Tudor Gardiner, he assumed office on January 1, 1930 as a Justice of the Superior Court of the State of Maine. From this office he resigned upon his appointment by Governor Louis J. Brann to the Supreme Judicial Court of the State on November 20, 1933, which office he has since held. While his legal residence is still in Guilford, his official office is in the courthouse in Augusta.
In his earlier life he served the town as town agent, on the school board, and as chairman of the Board of Selectmen for three years. He served three terms as county attorney of Piscataquis County and part of another term, filling a vacancy. He was Judge of Probate in that county for one term. For many years he was a member of the Republican State Committee and a member of the State Board of Bar Examiners. He was instrumental in organiz- ing the Piscataquis Valley Country Club and served as its first president. He joined the Knights of Pythias and the Masons and is a Knights Templar. For many years he has been a trustee of the Guilford Trust Company. He has always taken a great inter- est in the town of Guilford and all of its activities and regards it and its inhabitants the best in the State.
The second son of Henry Hudson, Jr. and his wife Ada was Leslie Everett Hudson, who was educated in the local schools
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of Guilford and at Coburn Classical Institute. After a prolonged illness Leslie died in Guilford on June 15, 1930. On March 15, 1905 he married Aurelia Venner of Brunswick, a school teacher. He and his wife lived for many years on the Samuel Morgan farm about a mile and a half out of Guilford Village on the road lead- ing from Guilford Village to Foxcroft on the north side of the river. This farm he operated extensively and successfully and conducted a sales stable of draft horses under the name of H. Hudson & Sons, his father, Henry Hudson, being his partner. He was a man of strong character, pleasing personality, and made and held many friends. His widow Aurelia, a woman of excellent character, still resides in Guilford. They had no children.
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