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Nathan Carsley married in 1791, Susie, daughter of William and Elizabeth Cotton of Gorham, born April 17, 1766. Together the brothers constructed the first camp. It was located a few rods to the south of the residence of George H. Cummings, on the west side of the road, nearly opposite the site of the dwelling house afterward built by Nathan, long known as the "Roby place." It was de- stroyed by fire a few years ago, and a new, modern dwell- ing occupies the site of the original structure, and is the home of William Smith. The first house erected by John Carsley was located on the east side of the road about half way between the residence of Mr. Cummings and that of James Thomes. This description of the locations of these first dwelling houses and the first camp of 1792, is given the writer by a lady now living, born in 1834, in the im- mediate vicinity of the spot made memorable by the resi- dence for many years, and long within her recollection of her grandfather, Nathan Carsley, after moving from his own home, in her father's family.
NOTE .- Mrs. Susie (Cotton) Carsley lived one year without seeing one of her own sex.
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It is always interesting to read of the personal char- acteristics of eminent men and women, whose acts show the motives and designs by which they were impelled. Of such incidents attending the advent to our town of Nathan Carsley and his young wife, in the early spring of 1793, is the story, well authenticated, of the arduous, and in those days, decidedly perilous journey from Gorham to Otis- field, over the deep, untrodden snow, through the dense wilderness most of the way, of Mr. and Mrs. Carsley.
It was in the month of March. Mr. Carsley was very anxious to be at the place where he and his brother John had built their camp in the previous autumn. There, John was waiting for his arrival. The season for tapping the sugar maple trees was at hand and the freezing nights afforded a good, strong crust on the surface of the snow. The situation is clearly apparent to any reader. It was a case of maple sugar in the new camp on Maple Ridge, and the transportation of a person who was to be also, an element of cheer and domestic sweetness in the solitude of that secluded rustic abode. The heroine of the occa- sion, in common with her ambitious husband, having lively expectations in the near future of one of the most inter- esting events of early married life, is imagined seated on a long, broad hand sled, well wrapped and protected from the cold winds of March, and being drawn over the path- less way by her intrepid husband. This is a story of a true happening, as has been, doubtless, many times related by the actors in the adventures of that historic journey.
It had been announced by the proprietors of the township of Otisfield, that a lot of land in the plantation would be given as a prize to the parents of the first-born male child in the new settlement. That fact is said to have been the paramount inducement for undertaking the remarkable journey from Gorham, away thirty miles beyond Sebago Lake. By what route did they come? By the east shore of the lake through Windham and Raymond town, or by
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the west shore by way of Standish and Sebago woods? A lively imagination might see them crossing from the south shore during the hours of a bright March day on the ice-covered lake to the further shore of the long Ray- mond Cape. Who can tell?
But the long, weary journey is ended and we witness a new scene at the settlement. The first woman of the invading pioneer host is installed as mistress of the rude habitation of logs. It was not a very inviting place, we fancy. It was a case of many inconveniences and depriva- tions, and protracted trials of patience and pretty much all of the better human qualities. But the dove of peace and conjugal happiness had alighted there, and discontent would find no lodgement in the hearts of the devoted pio- neers; for hardly had they got well settled in their house- keeping in the little sheltering camp, than the stork, bird of happy omen, had nested there, and one day in the mid- dle of April, 1793, there was heard in that sequestered home, the cry of a child, a boy baby, a candidate for the honor of being the prize baby of the town.
But it had been previously ordered that the prize lot of land should be awarded to a son of Mr. Benjamin Patch, and already the sunny rays of spring were bathing a sizeable opening on the southern slope of Otisfield Hill, the site of the location of the prize lot, and where has exist- ed for more than a hundred years, a beautiful homestead distinguished as the home of a gentle family, noted for their hospitality and many generous qualities. But we have not forgotten the happy scene of the joyful visitation on this side of the river, compared to which all other con- siderations were of little value. It was the first-born baby of the pioneer couple, and the first child born on the west side of the river, in only a few years thereafter to be an incorporated town. The birth of the first child of Nathan and Susie (Cotton) Carsley occurred April 14, 1793. It is recorded that Mr. Carsley and wife returned to Gorham,
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and remained there until after the birth of their second child. The name of the first child was William. The second son of Nathan was born in Gorham in 1796, and was named Seth.
The lot of our first settlers was full of hard work and called for great exercise of self-denial. The bare neces- sities of life were scarce and hard to obtain. Mr. Carsley was compelled for years to carry his corn on his shoulders in a bag to Dr. Ray's grist mill at the outlet of Saturday Pond in Otisfield, at least four miles away. The growing crops were destroyed by the bears, coons, and other pred- atory animals and birds. It was the general experience of the new settler.
Of the ten children of JOHN CARSLEY, all born in Gorham, but five of them have ever lived in Harrison.
Our genealogy begins with-
WILLIAM, b. Apr. 14, 1793; married Esther, daughter of David Fogg of Gorham, b. Nov. 4, 1794. They were married July 2, 1823. Mr. Carsley settled on a lot near that of his father, the same homestead now owned and occupied by George P., son of the late David F. Cars- ley. In after years, when his father and mother became unable, by reason of age, to remain in their old first home, William built a comfortable cottage right near his own house, for the occupancy of the aged parents, and later still, when the old people needed very careful and tender attentions, they were removed to the residence of a grandson, where they ended their days. The chil- dren of William were:
I. Nathan, b. Jan. 8, 1825; married Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Newcomb of Harrison. He was a farmer and carpenter, a kind hearted and public spirited man. They had one daughter, Lizzie May Newcomb, who married Forest H. Abbott in Waterford. (See Abbott family.) Nathan Cars- ley died Nov. 1, 1886. Mrs. Elizabeth Carsley re- sides with her daughter, Mrs. Lizzie May Abbott, in Bridgton.
WILLIAM COTTON CARSLEY
MRS. ESTHER (FOGG) CARSLEY
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2. Bethia, b. Feb. 15, 1826; married Oct. 21, 1861, Andrew Chase of Lynn, Mass.
3. William V., b. Sept. 12, 1827; married Augusta, daughter of Samuel Smith of Bridgton, b. Sept. 27, 1834. He was a man of education and in early life was a school teacher. He served his town as su- perintending school committee and took much in- terest in public affairs. He was a very ingenious mechanic, and adopted the trade of carpenter and builder, in which he was very successful, being the builder of many of the best dwellings and other structures in the town and vicinity. Mr. Carsley died May 3, 1899. Mrs. Augusta Carsley died Dec. 20, 1902.
4. David F., b. Oct. 26, 1829; married Dorcas Ann, daughter of Jonas and Nancy Cummings of Harri- son, Oct. 16, 1868, and settled on the homestead farm of his father. Mrs. Carsley was born May 10, 1831. Their children: Willis E., b. Feb. 28, 1867; married Ist, Lida Belle, daughter of John C. and Laura (New- begin ) Frost of Harrison, b. May 16, 1870; died Dec. 26, 1897. married 2d, Ida Louisa Phillips, Nov. 15, 1906. Children: Alice Esther, b. June 3, 1907. Geraldine Dorcas, b. April 14, 1908. An- nie Louise, b. June 13, 1868; married James H. Wise of Mass., Apr. 28, 1897. George P., b. Sept. 23, 1869; married Mar. 24, 1897, Mabel Flor- ence Chandler of Harrison, b. Mar. 27, 1872; chil- dren: Lida Gertrude, b. Nov. 17, 1902. Infant, died Apr. 23, 1905. Ellis William, b. June 3, 1906.
5. Mary Jane, b. Mar. 15, 1834; married Sept. 6, 1869, Peter Hodgdon of Gorham. They resided in Gor- ham a number of years and moved to Harrison Village in 1876 and lived there until the death of Mr. Hodgdon, which occurred July 2, 1891. Mrs. Hodgdon subsequently married for second husband, Seth Moore of Bridgton, Dec. 15, 1894, and resides in North Bridgton.
SETH, second son of Nathan, b. in Gorham, Mar. 12, 1796; married Asenath, daughter of Thomas Cummings of Harrison, b. Mar. 23, 1803; married Oct. 15, 1822; died Sept. 14, 1825. Mr. Carsley married 2d, Polly Pitts of
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Harrison. They lived once in Harrison Village, where Mr. Carsley was a noted maker of old fashioned wooden plows, before cast iron plows were invented and generally known. He was an ingenious mechanic and invented a machine for making shoe lasts and hat blocks, and made a journey to Washington in a gig, to secure his patent, and returned home with his papers, bearing the autograph of Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. (The document, bearing date of Apr. 2, 1830, is extant, and in the possession of Mr. Carsley's descendants. ) Mr. Carsley emigrated to Deerfield, Warren Co., Pa., in 1838, where he erected saw mills in that part of the country for other parties in the lumbering business. Mr. Carsley always displayed his ingenious faculties for over- coming serious difficulties in many cases, and is supposed to be the inventor of the first ferry boat to be propelled by an oblique current in crossing the Alleghany River, on the banks of which his home was located. He died in May, 1852, and was buried at Tidioute, Pa. He had children :
I. Betsy, b. Jan. 5, 1823; married James G. Whitney (See Whitney family).
2. Sybil Ann, b. Aug. 25, 1828; died young.
3. Infant daughter, b. Jan. 29, 1830; deceased.
4. David C., b. Mar. 20, 1832.
5. Silas R., b. Feb. 20, 1836.
6. Samuel H., b. Aug. 3, 1837.
BETSY, b. Nov. 7, 1797; married Apr. 25, 1824, Morrill Hobbs, Jr., of Harrison. After Mr. Hobbs' death, July 31, 1829, his widow married Almon Packard. She died
BETHIA, b. Oct. 25, 1802; married May 31, 1827, John Dawes of Harrison.' She died Apr. 7, 1881.
BENJAMIN CARSLEY, son of John, b. in Gorham, Sept. 23, 1769, settled in Harrison and lived on the farm now owned by Henry Packard, in the old Johnson neighbor- hood. He was married twice; had one daughter, Har- riet, lived over 100 years, died in Old Ladies' Home in Portland ; another daughter, Mercy, also died in Port- land. He was a carpenter and renowned for his physi- cal powers and endurance. He moved to Pownal, Me.,
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where he raised a large family. His children were prom- inent citizens in Pownal and in other towns in Maine and elsewhere, but none of them ever had any extended resi- dence in Harrison.
The Boston Post of November 19, 1908, records the death in Auburn, Maine, on November 18, of Ai L. Cars- ley, born in Harrison in 1818, son of Benjamin and Rebecca Carsley. He was a member of the North Pownal Method- ist Church. He is survived by a son, John W. Carsley of Farmington, and three daughters, Mrs. Soule, Mrs. Willis W. Skillin of Auburn, and Dr. Margaret (Carsley) Babab- anoff of Tacoma, Washington.
BETHIA, daughter of John, b. in Gorham, Feb. 6, 1772; died same year.
ISAAC, son of John, b. in Gorham, Feb. 17, 1773; married Jan. 18, 1797, Jennie Mosier of Gorham. He was a carpenter and builder, and resided in Harrison a short time and moved to the eastern part of the State. He had four children, most of whom married and settled in Farmington and vicinity.
JOSIAH, son of John, b. in Gorham, Oct. 7, 1774; no further information.
DORCAS, daughter of John, b. in Gorham, Jan. 26, 1781 ; married
DEA. SETH, son of John, b. in Gorham, July 18, 1782; mar- ried Jan. 22, 1809, Susanna, daughter of Moses Whitney of Gorham, and settled in Harrison, then a part of Bridg- ton. He subsequently settled on the eastern or Otisfield side of the road and lived there all the rest of his life. It is the same homestead now owned by Charles Roberts. Deacon Carsley was one of the original members of the Free Will Baptist Church and as the first deacon with his noble coadjutors, deacons Bray and Walker, was in- strumental in building up a large and flourishing religious community of that denomination. He was greatly es- teemed and honored for his piety and firmness as a Christian citizen. His children were:
I. Maria, b. Feb. 2, 1810; died July 29, 1839; unmar- ried.
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2. Susanna, b. Dec. II, 18II; married June 13, 1833, Stephen Blake, and died Oct. 9, 1848.
3. Edmund P., b. Mar. 25, 1815; lived at home; never married. He was, by trade, a brick mason and plas- terer, but worked mostly at farming. He died Feb. 13, 1883.
4. Nathan, b. Apr. 20, 1817; married Elizabeth Whit- ney; settled in town, working as a carpenter and farmer. He lived for years on the farm known as the Brackett Woodsum place; now owned and oc- cupied by Maurice Lakin. They had three children : Emily A., b. July 16, 1843; died young. George F., b. Nov. 20, 1845; now living in Aroostook County. John E., b. Oct. 18, 1848; deceased.
5. John, b. July 16, 1820; married in 1842, Adaline, daughter of Timothy Blake of Gorham. He died in Harrison, July 19, 1847, leaving one son, Charles B., b. Oct. 18, 1845; died Jan. 23, 1846.
6. Mary Ann, b. Feb. 21, 1823; married Stephen Blake for 2d wife. She died Mar. 19, 1867.
7. Richard Page, b. Apr. 13, 1823; married Oct. 7, 1851, Caroline M. Hayes. He died in Newton, Mass., also his wife. Mr. Carsley was a carpenter. He had two children: Edmund and Harriet; the latter, the only living member of the family, now residing in Newton, Mass.
EUNICE, daughter of John, b. in Gorham, Apr. 30, 1784; married
CASWELL FAMILY.
One of the first families to settle in Otisfield, west of Crooked River, was that of SIMEON CASWELL; born in Taunton, Massachusetts, in March, 1763. He was a son of Stephen Caswell of Taunton. His wife was Rachel Staples, born in Taunton, August 16, 1766. They moved to Minot, Maine, and lived there several years, changing their resi- dence to Otisfield in 1800. They had four children
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when they came here, the other children being all born in Harrison.
Mr. Caswell was a soldier in the War of the American Revolution, and a pensioner at the rate of eight dollars per month. He died October 20, 1844. His widow died September 6, 1851.
A letter still extant, written at Raynham, Massachusetts, adjoining Taunton, "October ye 5, 1799," is a curious relic of those times in possession of the descendants of Simeon, the pioneer. It is by Silas Shaw and Betsy Shaw, and ad- dressed "To Mr. Simeon Caswel, In Turner or near by." The language shows the affectionate style of addressing near relatives in those times : "Most Loveing Sister and brother." In a letter dated "Augt. ye 20, 1792," the same relatives, evidently a brother-in-law and wife, say, "We have a little dafter (daughter), which we named Rachel after her ant. Your loveing brother and sister tal death." In an old Bible about one hundred years old - published in Bos- ton in 1809, inscribed on back of title page, "The property of Philena Bray," appears the family record.
PHILIP, b. in Taunton, Mar. 16, 1786, died Feb. 4, 1874. Philena Bray, his wife, was born June 28, 1789; died Sept. 30, 1868. They were married in 1811, in Harrison. Their first born child was christened :
I. Polly, afterward called Mary. She was married to Enoch Haskell, Jr. (See Haskell family.)
2. Marquis De Pomeroy, b. Aug. 29, 1815; mar- ried, Jan. 4, 1843, Lucinda Cilley of Gorham. He died -- , 1889. Their children: David Eras- tus, b. June 7, 1844; married Harriet Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel and Phebe Haskell of Harrison. They have one son, Harold Guy, b. May 9, 1881. Mr. Caswell is a good farmer and possesses a good share of the family genius for mechanics. He is a practical carpenter in lines related to the building trade. Marquis E., b. May 17, 1846; died July 14, 1849. Cynthia H., b. Dec. 14, 1847; married Ed- mond E. Holt, and resides in Bethel, Me. Millard
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Marcellus, b. May 12, 1850; married Hattie Fran- ces, daughter of Isaac and Jane (Fogg) Webb of Bridgton. Mr. Caswell was endowed with a fine genius for mechanics, and early in life, when quite young, he worked for the Saco Water Power and Machine Co., of Biddeford. Next he was in the axle and general jobbing works of Samuel A. Mil- ler at South Waterford. Then with Miller & Bailey, Bridgton Machine Works, all which experience and practice has been the means of giving him a wide and varied knowledge of practical machine construc- tion; a term of employment in the Hickley Loco- motive Works, Boston, fitted him especially for the responsible position which he has filled since the Bridgton & Saco Valley R. R. Co., was organized and commenced active business. Mr. Caswell has filled the position of Master Mechanic and Purchas- ing Agent for said company and has a record of performing the duties of his office with great effi- ciency and faithfulness. Children : Wilfred Harold, b. Sept. 8, 1876, in Bridgton. Clara Irene, b. Sept. 19, 1893, in Bridgton. Wilfred Harold Caswell has had to this time a very promising career as a student and worker in several responsible posi- tions. He graduated from Bridgton High School in class of 1895, entered University of Maine in 1896; graduated, 1900, in Mechanical Engineering and Electricity. He was appointed Teacher of Physics in 1901. He was in the same year appointed Assistant Engineer and Assistant Supt. in the en- gineering department of the Portland Company. In 1906, he was electrical engineer in the International Paper Company of , and in 1908, is filling a high position in the Bath, Me., Iron Works, a ship building company, contractors for the building of war ships for the U. S. Navy. Albert B., b. Feb. 13, 1855. Cornelia F., b. Feb. 26, 1857. Clara, b. May 12, 1859; died June 20, 1896. Mrs. Lucinda (Cilley) Caswell died Apr. 30, 1904.
3. Ebenezer S., b. Mar. 15, 1817; married Emily L. Baron of Albany, in 1846; they resided in Harrison and Bridgton. Mr. Caswell was a man of excellent character and agreeable personal traits. He was a
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gifted musician and for many years cultivated his talents by much practice on the violin, upon which he was a skillful performer of the old time dance music. He was an excellent fifer of the old time stirring airs, to which his brother Marquis, played accompaniments on the snare drum at the ancient militia trainings. He was an excellent mechanic, and worked in several trades, being a good carpenter and painter. Mr. Caswell died in Bridgton. Their chil- dren: Melissa, b. Nov. 3, 1847; married Ansel Harmon of Bridgton, July 28, 1867; she died May 8, 1873. Ellen M., b. Dec., 1849; married Albert C. Bangs, July 29, 1869. James F., b. July 7, 1852. Edgar M., b. Aug. 9, 1854; married Emma Hayden, Sept. 7, 1875. Atley M., b. Apr. I, 1857. Ida E., b. June 22, 1859. Lillian, b. Aug. 2, 1862.
4. Araminta, b. Feb. 9, 1818; married Thomas Haskell of Harrison. (See Haskell family).
5. Fietta, b. July 10, 1819; married Jan. II, 1844, James M. Edwards of Otisfield, b. Dec. 5, 1817. Their children, born at Bolster's Mills, were: James Dana, b. Jan. 27, 1848; died May 4, 1851. Lu- cinda, b. Aug. 2, 1849; married William A. Drink- water of Portland; they have had children: Ar- thur, Howard, Annie E., and Harold; two are de- ceased. Orlando L., b. Apr. 16, 1852. Edgar F., b. Mar. 9, 1855; married Flora Jordan of Sabattus, Me. Frank Dana, b. Sept. 16, 1858.
6. Rosilla, b. June 7, 1825; married Henry Haskell of Harrison in Jan., 1850. (See Haskell family.)
7. Abel A., b. Jan. 18, 1822; died July 14, 1824.
8. Alfred, b. Jan. 18, 1828; died Aug. 1, 1831. Philip Caswell had thirty-two grandchildren.
FANNY, b. Dec. 2, 1788; married Robert Lamb of Harrison. (See Lamb family.)
SIMEON, b. Feb. 1, 1790; married Lydia Whitney, and set- tled in North Bridgton on the Sweden road. He and his wife died there and were buried in a rural cemetery, near their home. Their children were: Rachel, Abigail, and Simeon; no further record.
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MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE, b. in Minot, Oct. 30, 1791 ; mar- ried in 1818, Sally, daughter of Peter and Mary (Bald- win) Nutting of Otisfield; they settled in Harrison about a mile easterly from Harrison Village. Mr. Caswell and his wife were of most amiable and lovable character. They were earnest in their Christian profession and in their devotedness to the church and its institutions. They were members of the Congregational Church of Harrison and brought up their family to love the church and Sun- day-school. They had four sons and two daughters. The sons were all endowed, in common, with every other branch of the Caswell family, with remarkable mechani .. cal abilities and were destined to serve their generation in various spheres of usefulness, and were everywhere es- teemed for their high religious and pure character. Mr. Caswell died Sept. 2, 1888. Mrs. Sally (Nutting) Cas- well died Oct. 12, 1858. Children of Marquis D. and Sally Caswell :
I. Newell Nutting, b. May 13, 1819; married Elizabeth Gathercole of Colebrook, N. H., b. Oct. 27, 1825, at Northwold, Norfolk Co., England. Mr. Caswell, early in life, learned the cabinet making trade, but afterward, having a strong predilection for machin- ery and its construction, he was always thereafter a builder and user of all kinds of machinery for ordi- nary use in wood working, and had much practice in his favorite trade in fitting up mills and facto- ries in Harrison ; eventually becoming a proprietor of a shop and mill fitted with circular saws, planing machine, lathes for wood and iron turning, and later a grist mill for grinding the corn and grain of the farmers. He was, for several years, engaged in purchasing oak timber and sawing it into staves for making shook. He was an exceedingly industrious man and possessed the unlimited confidence and sin- cere regards of the whole public. He attended close- ly to his business affairs until he was compelled by sickness and the infirmities of increasing years, to resign his property and its care and management to his son and successor. He built the first planing machine ever used in Harrison. Mr. Caswell died May 22, 1896. Mrs. Caswell died Mar. 26, 1883. Their children: Emily E., b. Mar. 24, 1849; she ac-
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quired a good education in the common schools and at Bridgton Academy; also at Gorham Normal School; and was for a number of years a successful and popular teacher in the public schools. She re- tired from her profession a few years since and re- sides in the home of her brother. Hollis, b. Mar. 22, 1860; he succeeded to the estate and business of his father, and has greatly extended it to include a store containing a vast quantity and variety of useful merchandise. He is a close attendant on his varied business concerns and applies his energies to the con- stant extension of his trade. He married, Ist, Mary A. Rodick of Freeport, Me, Nov. 1, 1883; she died Aug. 3, 1888. He married 2d, Feb. 22, 1890, Edith L. Rodick of Freeport, sister of his first wife. Chil- dren by first wife: Bessie G., b. Aug. 3, 1888. By 2d wife, Martha Elizabeth, b. Jan. 22, 1904.
2. Francis Blake, b. Mar. 28, 1821; married Eunice Mason Russell of Bethel, Me. He was a skilled wire maker for years in the first Harrison wire fac- tory before 1850. After that he settled in Bethel, and in Bridgton, where he was a proprietor of a successful watch making and jewelry trade. He lived in the house which he sold to Maj. H. A. Shorey, when he left Bridgton for Lewiston in 1873. He was in the jewelry business in Auburn till near his death. By his first wife he had one son, Frank Emery, b. June 12, 1855; he married Addie E. Groves (b. Nov. 3, 1855 ; died Nov. 8, 1896). Frank was a dentist, and practiced his profession in Lew- iston and in Harrisburg, Pa., where he died Aug. 22, 1892. Mrs. Eunice Caswell died in Lewiston, Dec. 15, 1873. Mr. Caswell married 2d, Abbie, daughter of Samuel and Betsy Scribner of Lewiston. Mr. Caswell died in Lewiston, Aug. 11, 1803. Mrs. Abbie S. Caswell died Sept. 26, 1899.
3. Lyman, b. Sept. 29, 1824; married Mary, daughter of John and Meredith Hancock of Otisfield. He was an excellent mechanic, devoting his energies to the making of superior carriages of the "Concord wag- on" style. He was a fine workman and had a repu- tation for turning out the best quality of work. He was compelled to retire from active business by
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