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Mr. Ingalls married Miss Abbie Stimpson of Gray, Maine, and they have a family of four sons and one daughter, one daughter having died. The oldest son, christened Edward M., is now known as M. E., Jr., and is a successful lawyer in New York, and his youngest brother, Fay, is with him. George H. is a railroad man in high position in Chicago, and the other son is in Cin- cinnati, where he is now in the position of Superintendent of the Cleveland-Indianapolis Division of the Big Four Railroad. Of these sons it has been said that "he has started the sons on the same roads which the father has traveled so successfully, having given them college edu- cations and put them into the railroad business, seeing to it that they started at the bottom and earned the pro- motions which they received." It was said of them a few years ago: "They promise when older, to rank with the best railroad talent in the country;" and it can also be truthfully said that they entered into the business under very much different circumstances than did the father. He
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pushed ahead unaided and succeeded wholly by his own indomitable energy and perseverance - an example of a "self-made man" that can hardly be equalled in the United States.
Politically, Mr. Ingalls has always been a Democrat, hav- ing been nurtured in that belief in his boyhood. But he is fearless and independent, steadfastly refusing to worship some of the strange gods to which the party at times sees fit to bow down. In the days of the "silver craze" he stood unflinchingly for "sound money," though the stand for a time estranged him from a majority of his party as- sociates. He is an exponent of the old style "Jeffersonian Democracy," and seldom gives his endorsement to the "new fangled" ideas that sometimes creep into the party plat- forms. So prominent a man in politics is Mr. Ingalls that he has been seriously spoken of in his adopted State as a candidate for the Presidency, and it is saying none too much, nor more than is acknowledged to be the truth by those who know him well, to say that men have been in the presidential chair whose equipment for the position in all ways was far below that of Harrison's honored son, Melville E. Ingalls.
Mrs. Ingalls is said to be equally as public spirited and generous as is her husband, and the citizens of Gray can testify to the fact that she has remembered her native town in a very substantial manner.
Of course much appears in the papers in regard to so distinguished a citizen as Mr. Ingalls, among which are many anecdotes which are worthy of a place in a sketch of his life. Below are two that are "good readings :"
President Ingalls, of the "Big Four" execrable hand, and a farmer living near Springfield, Ohio, is glad of it. One day Mr. Ingalls was riding over a division of the road, and came within smelling distance of a particularly emphatic hog-pen owned by the farmer. Next day he wrote an autograph letter to the agriculturist complaining
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of the hog-pen. The farmer could not read a word of it, and showed it to a "Big Four" agent. The latter could not make anything out of it, either, but said it looked like the passes sometimes issued by President Ingalls. This was a suggestion to the farmer, who declares that he made several trips over the road, using the illegible scrawl as a pass, before the conductors discovered that it was a pro- test instead.
President Ingalls was out in his special car one day on his road, and stopped near St. Paul, Ind., for the purpose of inspecting a gravel pit which he anticipated purchasing. He had several minor officials of the road with him. A section gang was at work near by, and a switch ran up into the gravel pit, half a mile distant. The day was very hot, and an almost tropical sun threatened to warp the rails out of position. Naturally Mr. Ingalls did not choose to walk half a mile under such circumstances, so he called to the section boss and ordered him to bring his hand-car and crew, and carry the party up to the pit.
"Not on your life," was the surprising reply. "Sure I have me orders from the Superintendent to do the work beyond, and not lave till its finished."
Mr. Ingalls smiled, colored, and was about to reply, when one of the party tried to help him out by saying:
"Oh, that's all right, Mike. This is Mr. Ingalls; get your car and come along."
But Mike was not moved in the least by this appeal, and promptly replied: "Mr. Ingalls, is it? Niver a bit do I care who he is. I wouldn't lave this job for the paymaster himself, and that's all there is about it. Yez can walk to the gravel pit."
Mr. Ingalls is a thorough believer in railroads, not only as furnishing business opening for young men, but as being closely connected with, and necessary to, the com- fort and happiness of the people. The following extracts from an address on "Success" delivered before a body
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of young men a few years ago, will serve to show the practical nature of his speeches, and also his views on railroads :
"There is no business or industry in the world that enters so largely into the comforts and happiness of the people as that of the railroads. Without transportation we should drift back into barbarism. With it we are in the forefront of civilization, and the historian who writes the history of the American people will undoubtedly find that their great progress and their great advancement in education and everything that pertains to the comforts and delights of civilization are due more than anything else to their facilities for transportation. In the cen- turies that have gone, the youth of the country sought fame and preferment in war and its accompaniments. We live in better days and in a higher civilization, but the ser- vice of our railways offers a wider field for advancement than anything of old. The road to success in this line is not through carnage and suffering, but it is none the less sure, and requires equally moral courage and intelli- gence. The great end is to get rid of what I call the dollar-a-day man, or the man who does the drudgery and never gets above it. Collegiate education enables its students to start above that, and all they have to do is to improve their opportunities and the fortunes of the world are within their grasp."
"In olden times - a hundred years ago, and for centu- ries before, the road to fame was sought in war, in strife, in blood and sorrow. Today a different spirit is abroad. Wars are less frequent. Civilization is more extended and more refined. But there are still just as many roads to success to the young man, just as many paths to fame and preferment. But they do not lie over the destruction and suffering of his fellow man. It is a higher and nobler life, but just as strenuous, just as noble, and more satis- factory than that of the warrior or crusader of olden time."
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The success of Mr. Ingalls has been phenomenal, and he is today one of the foremost railroad men in the whole country, being at the head of one of the most extensive of our railroad systems - one of the Vanderbilt proper- ties; and it is said that of all the able lieutenants in the administration of their widespread interests, no one enjoys more of the confidence of the Vanderbilts, or is allowed more individual power than Mr. Ingalls. Not only does he have the full confidence of his employers, but he enjoys the confidence of the public as well, for he is believed to be a clean man, and one that is an honor to any occupa- tion. Notwithstanding the great amount that is said at the present time in condemnation of the railroads the oc- cupation of railroading is just as honorable as any if the business is controlled by honorable men. We believe that if all of our railroads were under the control of such men as Mr. Ingalls there would be little cause of any contest between them and the people.
Another branch of the Ingalls Family had representa- tives in Harrison for a time, though they were never very prominent in town affairs, and the statistics in regard to them that we have been able to obtain are very unsatisfac- tory, as there are conflicting dates and statements. We have the following which we believe to be substantially correct :
Asa Ingalls, brother to Isaiah, the ancestor of the South Harrison family, married Mehitable Loring of Yarmouth, a sister to the wife of Jonathan Lakin, one of Harrison's old settlers. Asa and Mehitable Ingalls lived in Bridgton, and had five children, Polly, Sally, Spofford, Belinda, and Levi.
Spofford Ingalls, oldest son of Asa and Mehitable (Lor- ing) Ingalls was born July 7, 1796, married, and lived in Bridgton until after the death of his wife. They had ยท
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seven children, Davis L., Sarah J., Theodore, Aaron H., Lucy M., Charles H., and Robert M. He later moved to Harrison, where he married Sophronia, daughter of Daniel Witham, June 25, 1848, and settled on the farm now owned by his grandson, Reuben Gilkey. Mr. and Mrs. Ingalls had one daughter, Sophronia, who married Smith Gilkey, and had three children, Lillian, Reuben, and Carrie.
Theodore Ingalls, second son of Spofford Ingalls, born in Bridgton, August 26, 1827, lived for a time in Bridgton, then moved to Harrison, living for many years on the Norway road about a half mile from the village, in the house so picturesquely located on the shore of Crystal Lake, and which has lately been purchased by D. H. Cas- well, Esq., of Austin, Texas, and fitted up for a summer residence. He was a quiet, industrious farmer, who was much respected by all. He took quite an interest in agri- cultural matters, and his name frequently appears on the records of the Harrison Farmers' Club, and he was a prom- inent member of the first Lakeside Grange. He and his wife both died some years ago, leaving one daughter, Mary, who is living in Bridgton, unmarried.
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JOHNSON FAMILY.
There are two branches of this family that originated in Gorham and came early to Harrison. They were sons of JOHN JOHNSON, who lived near Fort Hill in Gorham.
DAVID, married Harriet Gilkey of Gorham, and settled a while on the Zebulon Johnson place, but went after- ward elsewhere to live.
JOHN, better known as "Jack," was born in Gorham, Feb. 8, 1792; married Mehitable, daughter of George and Lydia Thomes of Gorham, b. Dec. 7, 1792; sister of Col.
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Amos Thomes. He settled in the south part of the town in the neighborhood of his brother-in-law, Col. Thomes, where his children were born:
I. Susan, b. Sept. 2, 1823; deceased.
2. Bethia J., b. Nov. 6, 1825; deceased.
3. John, Jr., b. Dec. 23, 1827; married Lovica, daughter of Lewis Rogers of Casco, Feb. 24, 1856. He is by occupation a farmer, residing for many years as suc- cessor to his father, on the paternal homestead. He was a good farmer and a breeder of superior grades of stock, until within a few years. He has now retired from the farm and resides at Bridgton Cen- ter. Children: Nellie Maria, b. July 31, 1858. George Irving, b. July 21, 1865. Harriet Frances, b. Sept. 10, 1875.
4. David, b. Oct. 29, 1829; went to California in the 50's and was a large ranch owner.
5. Susan J., b. April 10, 1832; married Joseph B. Hath- away and lived in California.
JORDAN FAMILY.
MARSHALL JORDAN was born in Raymond in 1830. In 1850, he went to California, where he remained eight years engaged in mining and mercantile business and was successful in all. He then returned to Maine, farmed a while, then entered into trade at Minot Corner. In 1880, he came to Harrison and bought J. H. Illsley's house, store and stock of goods, and did a large and profitable business until his death. His son, Victor, was his partner the last few years of his life.
While at Minot he served two terms in the Legislature, was for many years one of the selectmen. He has been a selectman in Harrison, and was Chairman of the board in both towns. He was a devoted Democrat. He was post - master at Harrison under both Cleveland administrations.
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Though leaning strongly towards Universalism, he affiliated with the Free Baptists at Harrison. He was an Odd Fel- low and Mason. He married Rosina Rowe of Danville, in 1854, who died March 28, 1891. The children were: Charles M., Andrew B., Albert G., Victor L., and Walter C., all living ; and Alice M., wife of Walter Smith, who died May 4, 1894. Mr. Jordan married for 2d wife, Jennie L., born May 21, 1866, daughter of John K. Chaplin, who died August 13, 1899. He died March 29, 1898.
Marshall Jordan was the last surviving member of his family.
KILBORN FAMILY.
The name of Kilborn was early and well known in Har- rison. CAPT. WILLIAM KILBORN, born in Rowley, Massachusetts, January 21, 1787, settled on a lot between the residence of Adelbert C. Buck and the home of the late Thomas Lakin. He was a son of Col. John Kilborn, one of the early settlers in Bridgton, a soldier in the War of the Revolution. The site of the Kilborn homestead has been long obliterated from sight. Mr. Kilborn married first, Elizabeth Senter, born in Rowley, Massachusetts, January 19, 1786; second, Hannah Martin of Bridgton ; she died in 1875. His children by his first wife, all born in Harrison, were:
HELENA, b. Apr. 8, 1805; died unmarried.
ENOS L. W., b. Jan. 30, 1808; married Rhoda Shaw of Standish. He died Oct. 18, 1846. The family of Enos Kilborn lived near the Senter schoolhouse, where James Edson now resides. Their children were:
I. Harriette Favoretta, b. June 5, 1834. "She was a suc- cessful teacher in the public schools and was a con- tributor to various periodicals. She was married
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Jan. 6, 1855, to Charles W. Farwell of West Bethel, Me., by Rev. David Allen, pastor of the Free Bap- tist Church of that place, where they resided several years, but finally settled on a farm in North Bridg- ton, Me., near the Highlands. They remained here over thirty years when ill health compelled Mr. Far- well to relinquish farming (an occupation in whichi he took great delight) and in 1896, they removed to Bethel. Mr. Farwell passed away on the last day of the year, much regretted by a large circle of friends by whom he was held in high esteem on account of his sterling integrity and attractive so- cial qualities."-(From Shaw Records). Mrs. Har- riette F. Farwell, besides her various literary con- tributions to the periodical press, is the author and compiler of a notable book published in 1904, en- titled "Shaw Records," being a genealogical memorial of Roger Shaw, the pioneer of Hampton, N. H. (1638), and of his numerous descendants. Mrs. Farwell's poetical productions have been widely known through the columns of the Boston Culti- vator, Zion's Herald, Bridgton News, Bethel News, Oxford Democrat, The Word and Work, and other leading publications. She is the author of the Cen- tennial Ode, sung at the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Incorporation of Harrison, on Aug. 3, 1905. She is a resident of West Bethel, Me., at the age of seventy-four years.
2. Helen Ann, b. June 17, 1835; died in Harrison, Apr. 15, 1843.
3. William Henry, b. May 25, 1838; married Ist, Sarah Jane Bryant of Poland, Me. He removed to Put- nam, Conn., and is the progenitor of a large family of sons and daughters. Mrs. Sarah J. Kilborn died in 1882. Mr. Kilborn married 2d, Agnes Hennesey of Boston. He lives in East Hartford, Conn., and is a carpenter in the employ of the N. Y., N. H. & Hartford R. R. "He is noted for his mechanical skill, and is wont to declare he can make anything from a wooden nutmeg to a railroad bridge." (From Shaw Records.)
4. Mary Elizabeth, b. Sept. 15, 1842; died in Harrison, Sept. 29, 1848.
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5. Eben Shaw, b. July 1, 1846; married, Feb. 10, 1904, Joan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. Porter Stearns of South Paris. Mr. Kilborn is a resident of Bethel, Me., where he is extensively engaged in milling and lumbering; also in real estate operations. He has served his town for five consecutive years in the board of Selectmen, and represented his district in the State Legislature in 1898. He is a Trustee of Gould's Academy ; one of the directors of Bethel Savings Bank; is prominent in the ranks of Odd Fellowship and high up in Free Masonry. He has travelled much in his own country and in Europe. He is a liberal benefactor of churches and many enterprises for the benefit of his town and commu- nity. "Mrs. Rhoda Kilborn married 2d, Jonathan Peabody of Gilead, Me., who died in Nov., 1853. She afterward married Melvin Farwell of West Bethel. He died Aug. 20, 1866. She soon removed to Harrison Village, where she resided nearly twenty years. Her last days were spent with her daugh- ter, at North Bridgton, where she died Aug. 20, 1866, just twenty years to a day, after the death of Mr. Farwell, at the same hour of the forenoon, at the age of eighty-one years. She lived a life of usefulness, and died lamented by a wide circle of friends."-(From Shaw Records.)
THOMAS D., b. Jan. 30, 1808; married - Richardson, and settled in Sweden.
JACOB V. R., b. Aug. 4, 1812; married, Nov. 13, 1845, Es- ther H., daughter of Rev. Joseph H. Phinney of Har- rison. She was born July 16, 1813; died in Harrison, Apr. 28, 1862. Mr. Kilborn died in Oakland, Cal., July I, 1907. Their children :
I. Sarah E., b. Mar. 5, 1836; married Charles Glines of Bridgton, Oct. 21, 1852; they resided in North Bridgton, where she died Feb. 9, 1902. Their chil - dren, two sons: Freeman B., b. Dec. 25, 1857 ; mar- ried Rose Hezelton of Naples; they have a son and daughter. William M., b. July 17, 1861 ; married Maude Anderson of Chatham, N. H .; children : Louise, Charlie, Ruth, Mildren, Melvin.
WILLIAM THOMES KILBORN
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2. Frances E., b. Apr. 17, 1838; married Isaac Bur- kett of Thomaston, Me., May 1, 1859; she lives in Thomaston; their children are: Alice, married Os -. car M. Kelden of Boston; they live in New York. Tillie, married Oxten of Mass. Jessie, mar- ried Ist, Blackington; 2d. Tibbetts ; lives in Rockland, Me. Fanny, married; lives in Thomaston.
3. Emily P., b. Jan. 23, 1843; died Sept. 12, 1858.
4. Eliza A., b. May 31, 1846; died in Boston, Jan. 15, 1891.
5. Rensellaer C., b. Jan. 24, 1853; married Lib- by of Windham, Me .; had a son and daughter ; they live at Morrill's Corner, Portland.
WILLIAM T., b. Dec. 20, 1814; died Nov. 22, 1818.
JESSE G., b. May 8, 1817; no further record.
WILLIAM THOMES, b. May 17, 1819; he moved with his parents to Bridgton when he was 12 years old. He apprenticed himself to Deacon Nathaniel Potter, a car- penter, with the understanding that he might attend Bridgton Academy. Mr. Kilborn is, at 89, one of the oldest alumni of that school. After getting his trade, he was, for years, a leading builder in Bridgton. He also was proprietor of a furniture store, and had a well- equipped mill for manufacturing fine furniture for his own trade. In the last years of his residence in Bridg- ton, about 1845, he built for his own residence, the hand- some dwelling house opposite the Cumberland House, which was purchased and occupied many years as the home of Hon. Charles E. Gibbs. Mr. Kilborn moved to Portland in 1846 and built a house on Middle Street. He was a notable factor of mercantile business from his first residence in the city. In 1857, he was in the flour business on Commercial street. In 1860, he sold out and purchased the Bergen carpet business on Free Street. In the great fire of 1866, he was burned out, and removed to the store now occupied by himself at 24 Free Street. He has the only strictly carpet store in Maine, and carries on a large business, requiring the services of sixteen men and women, salesmen and clerks. Mr. Kilborn at his advanced age is yet active in promoting and managing
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4 the interests of the business, he has, by intelligence and application, spent the best years of his life in establishing. Mr. Kilborn married Ist, Mary Foster Walker, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Walker of Bridgton, Me., Dec. 4, 1846. She was born in Westbrook, Mar. 17, 1823, and died in Portland, Sept. 30, 1863. Children :
I. Ann Walker, b. in Bridgton, May 31, 1849; mar- ried June 21, 1868, William Henry Jewett, b. in Sweden, Me., Sept. 8, 1845; died in Portland, Me., Feb. 22, 1903. Children: William Walker, b. in Bridgton, Mar. 30, 1869; married, Jan. 30, 1891, Mary Jane McGowen, (b. June 27, 1869, in St. Johns, Newfoundland). Children: Annie May, b. Feb. 15, 1892, in Portland. Caroline Walker, b. in Portland, Feb. 8, 1895. William Kilborn, b. in Portland, June 8, 1900. Frederick Joseph, b. in Bridgton, Sept. 9, 1873; married Etta Breitten, b. in Maine, Mar. 12, 1868; children: Fred Lewis, b. in Portland, July 5, 1894. Alice K., b. in Portland, Mar. 31, 1899. Philip Henry, b. in Portland, Nov. 27, 1882; married, Jan. 25, 1906, Florence Marion Leith, b. in England, Dec. 12, 1886; children: An- nie Francis, b. in Portland, May 31, 1907. Gladys Shootall, b. in Portland, Feb. 1, 1908.
2. Lilla May, b. in Bridgton, Sept. 3, 1856; married Walter Weston Sabin, June 30, 1878, (b. in Put- nam, Vt., Nov. 28, 1853). Children: George Shaw, b. in Portland, Oct. 9, 1881; married Tulla Ellis Bowman, Jan. 8, 1907, (b. in Springfield, Mass., Oct. 30, 1879). Children: Henry Bowman, b. in Portland, Jan. 28, 1908.
William Thomes Kilborn married second, Lucietta Sweet- sir Libby, October 4, 1864 (born July 26, 1842, daughter of Alvah Libby, born in Parsonsfield, Maine, November 6, 1805, and Eunice Burnham Stuart, born in Scarboro, Maine, March 5, 1806). Children :
3. Carrie Harward, b. in Portland, Aug. 21, 1865; mar- ried in Portland, Feb. 23, 1888, Augustus Champlin, b. in Waterville, Me., Mar. 8, 1842, and died in Portland, Sept. 12, 1897. Augustus Champlin was
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the son of Dr. James Tuft Champlin (b. in Lebanon, Conn., June 9, 1811), and Mary Ann Pierce Champ- lin (b. in Providence, R. I., Sept. 7, 1815). Children : Mary, b. in Portland, Apr. 23, 1889.
4. William Senter, and Alvah Stuart, twin sons, b. Sept. I, 1867. William Senter died Sept. 19, 1868. Al- vah Stuart married May Seavey (b. in Bangor, Mar. 17, 1877), Apr. 5, 190I.
5. Philip Carlisle, b. Apr. 7, 1869; married Alice Dil- lingham Clark (b. in Bangor, Jan. 22, 1877), on June 5, 1898. She was the daughter of Charles Davis Clark (b. in Bangor, Feb. 25, 1842), and Catherine Dillingham Clark, (b. in Freeport, Me., July 5, 1848). Children: John Barstow, b. in Port- land, June 3, 1899. Edna Webb, b. in Portland, Dec. 31, 1900; died May 8, 1901. Helen, b. in Portland, Feb. 19, 1902. Ruth, b. in Portland, Sept. 27, 1906.
6. James Edward, b. in Portland, Aug. 13, 1871 ; mar. ried Oct. 4, 1893, Carrie May Goss, b. in Marble- head, Mass., May I, 1872, daughter of William Pier- point Goss (b. in Marblehead, Mass., July 7, 1850), and Annie Augusta Bartlett Goss (b. in Marblehead, Mass., Oct. 26, 1853). Children: William Thomes, b. in Portland, Sept. 23, 1897.
7. Gertrude Libby, b. in Portland, Sept. 21, 1873; mar- ried Harry Badger Coe, Sept. 10, 1895 (b. Mar. II, 1866, son of Henry Hersey Coe (b. Dec. 15, 1835), and Francis Ellen Todd Coe (b. Apr. 9, 1839). Children : Philip Kilborn, b. in Portland, Sept. 3, 1896. Kilborn Bray, b. in Portland, Mar. 25, 1898.
8. Joseph Walker, b. in Portland, Nov. 26, 1875; mar - ried Mary Liscomb, (b. in Boston, Oct. 10, 1876), Dec. 19, 1900, daughter of John F. Liscomb (b. in Portland, Dec. 10, 1841), and Henrietta Ingram Lis- comb (b. in Aug., 1841). Children: Henrietta, b. in Portland, Nov. 29, 1901. Mary, b. in Portland, Apr. 10, 1904.
9. William Thomes, Jr., b. in Portland, Sept. 19, 1879; married, May 29, 1907, Carlotta Mackinnon, b. in Portland, Sept. 24, 1882, daughter of Roderick Mac-
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Kinnon (b. in Glasgow, Scotland, Feb. 2, 1845), and Rosella Stiles Mackinnon (b. in Elgin, N. B., Oct. 31, 1847).
IO. Karl Bray, b. in Portland, Apr. 16, 1886; graduated from Bowdoin College in June, 1908; entered school of Technology in Boston, Mass., Oct., 1908.
SAMUEL F., b. June 3, 1821; married Mary, daughter of Rev. Nathaniel Strout of Casco; settled in Bridgton, and had three children.
ELIZA A., b. Feb. 25, 1824; married Theophilus Towne, and resided in Lawrence, Mass.
DEBORAH S., b. Apr. 21, 1826; died Mar. 25, 1829.
BENJAMIN F., b. Apr. 20, 1828; died Aug. 15, 1828.
DEBORAH S., b. July 25, 1829; died Aug. 20, 1829. G. F.
KNEELAND FAMILY.
AARON KNEELAND of Topsfield, Massachusetts, came to Harrison in 1808. He married Hannah Ramsdell, probably of Topsfield. He was a brother of David Knee- land who came first to Bridgton, removing afterward to Otisfield. He had two sons, Asa and Ephraim. Aaron, the Harrison pioneer, located near the present town farm, on the farm many years the home of the late Deacon James G. Whitney. He died October 4, 1833, aged eighty-four. His widow died June 10, 1844, aged eighty-eight. Their children, all born in Massachusetts :
DANIEL, b. Oct. 23, 1774; lived in Ipswich, Mass .; had a daughter who married Joseph Andrews of Harrison. She died May 23, 1861.
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