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AARON, JR., b. June 27, 1776; married Lucy Hobbs of Topsfield and lived there. He died Dec. 6, 1854.
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MARY, b. Mar. 24, 1778; married George Hobbs of Tops- field; died July 1, 1886.
JOHN, b. Nov. 28, 1780; married Rhoda Hobbs of Tops- field; lived and died there, June 23, 1855.
MOSES, b. Nov. 16, 1782; married Priscilla Peabody and settled in Harrison. He had a large family. His de- scendants have long lived here and in nearby towns, but no records are available.
EZRA, b. Oct. 6, 1784; married Polly Hezleton, and settled in this town. He died in Albany, May 30, 1858.
NEHEMIAH, b. Feb. 24, 1787; died in infancy.
NEHEMIAH, b. May 5, 1789; married Polly Goodhue ; lived here ten years; moved to Lincoln, Me .; from there he went into the woods and carved out a farm from the dense forest; and aided by his growing, stalwart sons, he built lumber mills, secured an incorporation for a town which he caused to be named Topsfield, for his Massachusetts birthplace. He lived to see five sons and two daughters all married and settled around him and his town a flourishing community. He died June 28, 1867.
ASA, b. Jan. 20, 1791, married Sally Kneeland; lived sev- eral years in Harrison. He afterward moved East and died there.
SIMEON, b. Feb. 25, 1793; married Hannah, daughter of Elijah Richardson of Waterford, and settled in this town in the Senter district. He lived in several other places in town. He died in the family of George H., his son, Jan. I, 1873. His widow died in the same family, Sept. 23, 1876. Their children :
I. Daniel, b. July 27, 1820; married Mary E., daughter of John Kneeland, his uncle. Their children were: Mary, Osgood, Esther, Osborn, Harriet, Emily, Amanda, Charles H., and Freeman. This family was mostly born and lived in Massachusetts. Dan- iel Kneeland died in Waterford, Me.
2. Charlotte, b. Oct. 21, 1821; married Charles Angier of Worcester, Mass .; 2d, George H. Hamlin of Waterford. Mr Hamlin is deceased. Mrs. Hamlin lives with her unmarried daughter in Worcester.
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3. Esther R., b. Jan. 29, 1823; married Otis Bean of Worcester, Mass .; both deceased.
4. Oliver P., b. Sept., 1824; died in infancy, Aug. 24, 1825.
5. Oliver Peirce, b. Aug. II, 1824; married Frances Barker of Stoneham; settled in Waterford. Chil- dren: Zenas and Ella; and by 2d wife, Caroline Richardson of Denmark: Sidney O., Cora and Lil- lian. He died in South Waterford, Nov. 26, 1887.
6. Elizabeth E., b. Sept. 23, 1829; married J. Wales Brown of Worcester, Mass. She died May II, 1881.
7. Thomas Franklin, b. Feb. 1, 1831 ; married Jane S., daughter of Joshua and Sally (Boothby) Hamblen . of Lovell. They settled and have always lived in town. Their children: Herbert Oscar, b. Apr. 20, 1860; married Abbie, daughter of William and Es- ther Needham of Harrison. They reside in Harri- son Village where Mr. Kneeland has been salesman in a large store for nearly twenty years past. Albert S., b. Mar. 17, 1866; married Jennie, daughter of Amos and Eunice (Burnell) Libby of North Bridg- ton. Mr. Kneeland is a prosperous farmer and busi- ness man. He resides in Harrison Village, in one of the oldest houses in the town, repaired, remodeled, and rejuvenated, in the midst of a handsome lawn. No children. Delano B., died in infancy.
8. Haskell P., b. Oct. 14, 1832 ; married Marietta, daugh- ter of Tasker and Mehitable (Harmon) Seavey of Harrison. They lived in Worcester, Mass., several years, Mr. Kneeland being employed in the Wash- burn wire factory; afterward lived in Harrison on a farm. Mr. and Mrs. Kneeland were a number of years in charge of the Harrison town farm, and cus- todians of the property and inmates of the poor house. Their service for the town was performed very faithfully and with satisfaction to the public authorities. They had one daughter, Myrtie Bell, b. in June, 1867; married Frank T. McCann of Bridgton; they have a son, b. Apr. - , 1907, named Haskell Sumner. Mr. Kneeland died in Bridgton, Nov., 1891. Mrs. Kneeland died in Bridgton.
REV. GEORGE EDGAR KNEELAND
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9. George Henry, b. July 16, 1835 ; married Jane, daugh- ter of John and Sophia (Hamlin) Brown of Water- ford, Me., Aug. 20, 1863; settled in Harrison. They had one son, George Edgar, b. in Harrison, July 23, 1864. He was graduated from Bridgton High school, class of 1882, and from Cobb Divinity School, a department of Bates College in 1892. He was ordained in Lewiston on the day of his gradua- tion. He has held pastorates in Free Baptist churches in Fort Fairfield, West Bowdoin, East Cor- inth, North Lebanon, Candia, N. H., and is now hold- ing the charge of the Ist and 2d churches in George- town, Me.
IO. Grinfill Blake, b. July 30, 1838; married Mary Whit- ney of Worcester, Mass. Their children: Harry and Frederick G.
II. Charles B., b. Aug. 20, 1841 ; married May 9, 1871, Sarah Elizabeth Griswold of Meriden, Conn., b. Jan. 30, 1842, at Rocky Hill, Conn. They have a beautiful homestead in Bridgton Center, Me., the fine old residence of the late Dr. Nathaniel Pease. Their family consists of three daughters, all born in Bridgton and graduates from Bridgton High School. They are as follows: Lillie Julia, b. Apr. 12, 1873; married Byron E. Harnden, Nov. 5, 1892. Florence Lucy, b. Oct. 9, 1876; married Alfred T. Keen, Nov. 17, 1895. Amy Morris Bradley, b. May 26, 1888. These daughters all possessed excellent musical gifts and have been under competent in- structors. Amy, the third daughter, is a graduate in the music course from the N. E. Conservatory, Boston, and has taken a post graduate course in the same school. She is an accomplished vocalist and teacher of theory and practice of singing. She is now serving her third year as teacher and super- visor of music in the public schools of Presque Isle. Me., and is a popular singer and choir leader in one of the churches of that town.
DAVID POTTER, b. May 24, 1798; married Mercy, daughter of James Watson, of Harrison, Jan. 21, 1817, and set- tled here. Mr. Kneeland lived on several farms and was a successful farmer. He was all his life of pure
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and honorable character, and adorned his religious pro- fession in words and deeds. At the time of his decease, Jan. 19, 1858, he was the last surviving member of his father's family. Mrs. Mercy Kneeland died Oct. 12, 1880. Their children were:
I. Almon, b. June 23, 1817; married May 9, 1841, Dorcas, daughter of John and Sarah (Ridlon) Sands, b. Apr. II, 1821, in Standish. Mr. Kneeland was bred a farmer, and followed that vocation many years. In 1857, he left the farm and moved to Harrison Village, and engaged in the hotel business, at first occupying the old stand kept previously by Lewis Smith, Reuben Ingalls and others. In July 15, 1860, he purchased the house and other property formerly the residence of Francis Blake, and under the name of the Elm House, kept it as a public house of entertainment until his decease. As his principal helpmate and assistant, his good wife was entitled to much of the credit for the good name and popularity of the Elm House, with the traveling public, and in the estimation of the many summer guests who each summer sought rest and refresh- ment in this healthful retreat. Mr. Kneeland died Nov. 19, 1883. Mrs. Dorcas Kneeland, the widow, survives her husband at the age of 88 years and re- sides with her only daughter, a widow, Mrs. S. H. Ricker. Their children: Amelia Maria, b. June 10, 1842; married Sherburn H. Ricker (See Ricker family). David P., b. Aug. 21, 1846; married Car- oline, daughter of Isaac and Anstice Walker of Har- rison, b. in Chatham, N. H., Apr. 15, 1844. David P. is the popular owner and manager of "The Elms." Children: Jennie B., b. Mar. 12, 1861 ; married Ralph Burnham of Bridgton; they reside in Har- rison ; they have one child, Leon, b. Oct. 21, 1886. Grace, b. July 23, 1870; married Fred Lamb. (See Lamb family.) James Theodore, b. Dec. 3, 1872; married Hattie, daughter of Lewis and Alfreda Ab- bott Green; he is a prosperous merchant in his na- tive village. Herman Velzoa, b. June 29, 1877 ; mar- rie Nov. - , Evelyn Marcque of Harrison; he has been a carrier of the U. S. mail, under the system of "Rural Free Delivery, No. 1," Harrison, since Mar.,
ALMON KNEELAND
MRS. DORCAS (SANDS) KNEELAND
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1900. Orlando A., b. Feb. 8, 1849; married Mary, daughter of Hosea and Eliza (Estes) Huntress of Harrison; he was bred to the general business of hotel keeping for which he had much aptitude, and had a successful career for many years as landlord of popular hostelries in Harrison, Sebago Lake, Nor- way, Fryeburg and Hallowell, Me .; died in Hallo- well, Aug. 2, 1904. His widow resides in Harrison. Evans, b. Jan. 9, 1851 ; he was a prominent business man in town; of strict integrity and much respected by his fellow citizens. He died July 14, 1880; un- married.
2. Eunice, b. Nov. 28, 1819; married in Harrison, Oct. 18, 1842, Asa P. Whitney of Bridgton (b. July 10, 1819). They lived in Bridgton, Waltham, Mass., and many years in Harrison, and in Marshall, Minn. Mr. Whitney was the son of Rev. George W. Whit- ney of Bridgton, a minister of the Free Baptist church. He was well educated and in early life was a teacher in the common schools. He was em- ployed for years in a cotton factory at Waltham and Salmon Falls, N. H., but afterward moved to Har- rison with his family and engaged in farming, living with the father of his wife. He was a deacon in the Free Baptist church of Harrison while he re- sided here, and was the clerk of the Otisfield quar- terly meeting. Their children: Edward P., b. Nov. 25, 1843; married Carrie Whiting in Waltham, Mass .; they had a son, Edward G. Mr. Whitney died in Harrison, Jan. 25, 1874. Charles C., b. in Salmon Falls, N. H .; married Ist, Mattie M. Boyle, 2d, Millie A. Johnson of Bethel, Me .; he resides in Marshall, Minn., and is a printer and newspaper publisher. Mrs. Eunice (Kneeland) Whitney died in Marshall, Minn., Feb. 12, 1897. Deacon Asa P. Whitney died there Oct. 4, 1907, aged 88 years, 21/2 months.
3. Seth, b. June 24, 1821 ; married Mary I., daughter of Simeon and Mary Whitney of Harrison (b. Apr. 13, 1827), always lived in Harrison, was a good farmer, and an upright Christian citizen. He died Sept. 23, 1898. His widow died Mar. 4, 1905. Their chil- dren were: Silas Kendall, b. Mar. 7, 1854; married
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Lizzie Hewey; resides in Lewiston or Auburn, Me. Walter Willis, b. June II, 1856. Mary Addie, b. Aug. 18, 1858. Ernest Scott, b. Dec. 1, 1861. Ar- thur Bean, b. May 20, 1867. Zula Augusta, b. Sept. 20, 1869; resides in Harrison, Me.
4. Mercy, b. Dec., 1823; married Benjamin Emerson, of Worcester, Mass.
5. Christiana, b. Sept. 19, 1827; died July 19, 1871.
6. Sabrina, married Horatio Johnson of Bethel, Me. She died in Bethel, June, 1877.
7. Sarah, b. Mar. 4, 1830; married Newton Emerson of Worcester, Mass .; lives in Saco.
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LAKIN FAMILY.
JOSEPH LAKIN, the ancestor of the Lakin families in Harrison came from Groton, Massachusetts, very early in the last century and settled as a farmer. He was a man of much intelligence and business capacity. He married : Ist, Polly Simonds; 2d, Mrs. Cole, a widow. His chil- dren were:
JONATHAN, b. in Mass., in 1780. He married Jane Loring, and settled in Harrison. He was a good business man, a prosperous farmer, and a leading citizen in town and district affairs, serving the town repeatedly in public affairs. He died Jan. 10, 1873. Mrs. Lakin died Dec. 6, 1861. Children were :
I. John B., b. July 15, 1806; married Charlotte, daugh- ter of Daniel and Elizabeth Witham of Harrison. He settled in the south part of the town as a farmer. Children : Randall F., b. Sept. 2, 1841. George A., b. July 27, 1846. Annie M., b. Sept. 30, 1847. Em- ily E., b. Apr. 18, 1853; died Aug. 20, 1905. Mr. J. B. Lakin died Nov. 25, 1887. Mrs. Charlotte Lakin died
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2. David Loring, b. Jan. 24, 1808; married Sophia H. Adams of Sebago, July 10, 1843, and settled near his birth-place as a farmer. He died Feb., 1882.
3. Jane, b. Jan. 3, 1810; married Capt. James Ross. (See Ross family.)
4. Jerusha A., b. Mar. 25, 1812; died Feb. 10, 1892.
5. Thomas P., b. Apr. 12, 1814; married Isabel M., daughter of William Ridlon of Sebago; resided in South Harrison as a farmer. Children: Almedia, b. Apr. 4, 1848; married Jan. 1, 1870, John S. Went- worth of Harrison. (See John Stanley family.) Ezekiel, b. Feb. 10, 1850; married Sept. 25, 1884, Cynthia Frye; they have four children: Thomas Bradford, Bessie Pearl, Isabel C., and Charles H .; they reside in Cunningham, Kansas. Josiah S., b. Aug. 28, 1852; married Nov. 15, 1884, Mary A. Drew ; children : Edgerton D., Jessie I., and Ruth C. They reside in Palo Alto, Cal. He has had a successful business career in Utah and California in the mining trade and dealing in mining properties. He is president of a real estate company in Palo Alto, Cal., and has accumulated a handsome fortune. James R., b. Dec. 28, 1855. Clara, b. May II, 1858; married James D. Spaulding, May 12, 1886; one daughter, Isabel T. L., who is a teacher in the public schools in Salmon Falls, N. H. Annie B., b. Aug. 18, 1861; married Sept. 18, 1887, Silas M. Stevens of Salmon Falls, N. H. Mr. Stevens died Aug. 18, 1905. George L., b. June 26, 1867. Bradford O., b. Oct. 14, 1872. Mr. Thomas P. Lakin died June 24, 1891.
6. George W., b. Mar. 29, 1816; married Statira Clark. He went West and became distinguished as a law- yer. They had three children : Fannie, Mildred, and Charles. Mr. Lakin died Sept. 13, 1894.
7. Elizabeth A., b. Apr. 18, 1818; married William Loring of Lynn, Mass., and resided there. She died in 1897.
8. Ezekiel, b. Apr. 27, 1820. He was noted for his in- tellectual gifts and became a scholar. He died May 15, 1846; unmarried.
9. Eleanor M., b. July 15, 1822; died Oct. 1, 1852.
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IO. Charles Henry, b. Dec. 16, 1824; married Virene Merrow of Harrison, and settled on the parental homestead. Mr. C. H. Lakin died Aug. 12, 1905.
II. Susan J., b. Mar., 1827; died Sept. II, 1879.
GEORGE P., b. in Sebago, Apr. 24, 1819, son of 2d wife of Joseph; married Philina Hannaford (b. Oct. 17, 1836), in Sebago, Dec. 22, 1854. He settled in Harrison at the head of Anonymous Pond. He was a mason, carpenter and farmer. Their children were:
I. William Fred, b. July 29, 1856; married Sept. 6, 1885, in Boston, Mary L. Sutton of that city. Chil- dren: Henry W., b. Oct. 6, 1886. Arthur E., b. Dec. 14, 1887. Ernest W., b. May, 1889. Grace M., b. Dec. 26, 1891. Arnold W., b. June 20, 1893. Francis L., b. Oct. 2, 1894. Ralph E., b. June 4, 1899.
2. Ada May, b. Oct. 23, 1870; married Dec. 18, 1889, Herbert S. Wood of Norway. Children: Bertha M., b. May 29, 18 -. Alton M., b. Nov. 5, 1891. Arthur H. Fitzgerald, b. June 17, 1899. George L., b. Feb. 26, 1903. Walter V., b. June 16, 1906.
3. Maurice, b. June 16, 1874; married June 5, 1907, Lucia Barnard of North Bridgton. They reside on the homestead of his father. They are prominent members of Lakeside Grange, P. of H.
LAMB FAMILY.
ROBERT LAMB, born in Windham, May 26, 1779; married April 25, 1807, Fanny Caswell, born December 2, 1787, daughter of Simeon and Rachel (Staples) Caswell of Harrison. Robert Lamb died in Harrison, April II, I851. Mrs. Fanny (Caswell) Lamb died May 14, 1882. Children :
JOHN PORTERFIELD, b. in Harrison, Feb. 25, 1808; married Elizabeth Stiles, b. in Harrison, Jan. 5, 1805; Mr. Lamb died May 12, 1879. Mrs. Elizabeth (Stiles) Lamb died in Harrison, July 9, 1887. Children of John P. and Elizabeth S. Lamb:
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I. Stephen Alfred, b. in Harrison, Nov. 2, 1831; mar- ried Sarah P., daughter of Enoch and Mary (Cas- well) Haskell of Harrison. They reside in Oxford, Me. Their children : James B., b. in Harrison, Nov. 30, 1856; married Almira Blaisdell of Harrison in 1881 ; their son, Leo St. Clair, b. in Oxford, Feb. 22, 1884; they reside in South Portland, Me. Fred S., b. in Harrison, July 13, 1866; married Grace D. Kneeland of Harrison, in 1889; their son, Ray Har- old, b. in Harrison, Apr. 25, 1890; they reside in Har- rison. John P., b. in Oxford, Mar. 26, 1874; mar- ried Alice F. Sanborn in 1901 ; their daughter, Grace Lubell, b. in Oxford, Apr. 16, 1902; they reside in Oxford, Me. Bertrand S., b. in Oxford, Sept. 21, 1875 ; married Virginia A. Wight, daughter of Sam- uel K. and Martha Elizabeth (Hayes) Wight of Har- rison in 1901; their daughter, Lillian Annis, b. in Harrison, Apr. 23, 1903; they reside in South Port- land, Me.
2. Robert S., second son of John Porterfield and Eliza- beth (Stiles) Lamb, b. in Harrison, Oct. 22, 1835, married Sophronia, daughter of Walker and Calista (Wight) Brackett. He died Apr. 13, 1864.
3. Charles B., third son of John P. Lamb, b. in Harri- son, Apr. 8, 1841, married in Harrison, Jan. 30, 1867, Atala Ann, daughter of Enoch and Mary Haskell of Harrison; Charles B. Lamb died Sept. 17, 1906. Their children : Ralph L., b. in Harrison, May 27, 1871, married Vesta O. Washburn, May 26, 1894; settled in Mechanic Falls, Me .; they have one child, Glenroy Irvin, b. Nov. 23, 1896. Irvin A., b. in Harrison, May 9, 1873, married Etta M. Pulsi- fer of -, Apr. 11, 1900; settled in Harrison.
ROBERT, JR., b. May 27, 1810; died Sept. 10, 1832, un- married.
HANNAH, b. Dec. 28, 1811; married William Haskell of Harrison, May 29, 1836. Mrs. Hannah (Lamb) Has- kell died May 6, 1884.
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LEWIS FAMILY.
Perhaps no name familiar to Americans has been so widely disseminated through the English speaking countries as the name of Lewis. It is from Wales and was originally spelled' Llewis. Many branches of the family have scat- tered through England, Scotland and the British Isles, and through the British Provinces and the United States. The Lewis family of Harrison was directly descended from William Lewis, who came from Wales to Boston in 1636, through Isaac, Isaac 2d, Abijah of Buxton, York County, Thomas of Bonny Eagle in Hollis and ABIJAH LEWIS, who married Betsy Eldridge of Buxton, February 24, 1785, and settled in the south part of Harrison. He had a large family, some of whom lived here.
ABIJAH, son of Abijah last named, married -; his children were:
I. Joseph; married Hannah Mason.
2. George.
3. Henry; married Elizabeth Jordan.
4. Maria ; married Thomas H. Jordan.
5. Harriet ; lived many years in the family of Hon. Marshall Cram in Bridgton and Brunswick, Me., where she died unmarried.
6. Royal, married -, and lived in Bridgton.
7. Mary, b. Sept. 19, 1809; married Elkana A. Little- field of Bridgton; they have one daughter: Ger- trude, married Rev. Wm. Nickerson, a Free Baptist clergyman, who is deceased. Mrs. Gertrude Nick- erson resides in Bridgton in her parental home.
8. Clarke; married in 1884, Ellen Hamlen; they had a daughter, Jennie May who married Clarence Penley of Bridgton. Wilfred, b. - -- , 1890. Florence, b. -- , 1893. Ada, b. 1895.
9. Jennie.
EDWARD, son of Abijah 2nd, brother of Abijah 3d, married -; lived in the "Lewis neighborhood," as a farmer. He had nine children:
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I. Charles.
2. Edward, Jr.
3. Mary.
4. Sally.
5. Marcia.
6. Hosea.
7. Mehitable.
8. Alpheus.
9. James.
It is a matter for regret that no more particular record of that worthy family is conveniently obtainable.
The following record of the family of Edward Lewis, Jr., is presented in incomplete form :
EDWARD, JR., b. Apr. 4, 1819; married Nancy Sylvester of Bridgton, b. - - , 1853. Their children :
I. Dustin, b. - 1853; died in infancy.
2. Clara Ellen, b. May 4, 1854; married Clarence Bur- gess. Their children: Howard, Minta Melissa, Ada Belle, Bertha, Herbert, Cora.
3. Austin Wheeler, b. Jan. 25, 1858.
4. Melissa Dresser, b. Oct. 19, 1860; married Quincy M. Chute. (See Chute family.)
5. Robert, b. - -; died in infancy.
6. Oscar Warren, b. Mar. 10, 1864; married Mary Dil- lon ; lives in Mass. Their children: Helen, Lizzie, James, Margaret.
7. Henrietta, b. Aug. 25, 1866; married Eldridge San- born. Their children: Gertrude, b. Nov. 7, 1884; married George Roberts, Nov. 26, 1908. Luella, Maud C., Perley, Ernest, Ruby, Greta.
8. Jesse Gay, b. - .-; married Mabel Kimball ; their children: William, Georgie, Ruth, Earle, Mary, Clara, Oscar W.
The family of Mary, daughter of Edward Lewis, Senior, and sister of Edward, Jr., whose genealogy is given above, is here shown by names in order of birth, but incomplete :
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MARY, 3d child of Edward, Sr., b. - , 1842; married Abraham Gray of Lovell in' 1842; he died Nov. 23, 1882. She died Sept. II, 1880. Children :
I. Arthur M.
2. Zilpha.
3. Mehitable.
4. Mary Agnes, b. in 1848.
5. Abram E., b. Feb. II, 1850.
6. Edward F., b. Apr. 8, 1853.
7. Curtis, b. Nov. 16, 1855.
8. Willie, b. Aug. 23, 1859.
LIBBY FAMILY.
This family has been represented in Harrison by migra- tion from other parts of the country at various times. The first family settling here is believed to have been that of CAPT. JETHRO LIBBY, who was born in Gor- ham, March 19, 1796. He was of stalwart frame and in- herited, through a number of generations, the vigorous mental and physical characteristics of his prime ancestor, John Libby, who came from England about 1630, and set- tled near Black Point in Scarborough. Tradition says that Capt. Libby was of almost gigantic size, and was en- dowed with wonderful physical strength. He married December 26, 1819, Olive Flood, daughter of Morris and Lydia (Roberts) Flood of Gorham. His occupation, best known to the people of this town, was as a canal boatman on the Cumberland and Oxford canal and the Sebago sys- tem of lakes from Harrison to Portland. Previous to that time he had been employed in the construction of the canal. He died in Harrison, August 26, 1840. His widow survived him many years, and died in Harrison, February 14, 1872. The children of Jethro and Olive Flood Libby were:
CAPT. ELLIOTT LIBBY
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ELLIOT, b. in Gorham, Sept. 23, 1820, married Frances Jane Tuttle.
LYDIA ANN, b. in Raymond, July 20, 1822, married George W. Walker of Harrison.
MARY JANE, b. Nov. 19, 1824, died June 14, 1846, un- married.
ELIZA FLOOD, b. Nov. 17, 1826, married Thos. Francis of New Market, N. H.
JULIETTE, b. May 16, 1830, married Albion Kimball of Harrison; died June 26, 1888.
ALBERT, b. April 27, 1832, in Naples, died June 19, 1846.
LUCINDA, b. June 13, 1834, died Dec. 19, 1843.
PHILENA, b. Oct. 19, 1836, married May 9, 1854, Charles A. Cates.
JETHRO, b. Oct. 29, 1837, died Nov. 22, 1840.
ALFRED, b. May II, 1839; married Aug. 10, 1865, Rosena, daughter of John and Olive (Plummer ) Fields of Bridg- ton. He was formerly identified many years, from boy- hood, with the business of navigation of the lake and canal line from Harrison to Portland, and has worked at the shook making trade. He served honorably as a private in Company B., 23d Regiment Volunteer Infan- try in the Civil War. His first wife deceased Apr. 19, 1888. He married for second wife, Elsie Corser of Har- rison, who died June 12, 1904. For third wife he mar- ried Apr. 25, 1907, Mrs. Mary C. Ball of Harrison.
The most conspicuous member of the family of Capt. Jethro Libby, was his eldest son, Elliot, who very early in life (he was working on a canal boat from eight years of age to twenty-five) succeeded to the business of his father, and soon became an owner and operator of several canal boats. For many years before and after 1850, trans- portation of the products of farm and forest by canal boats to the city markets, and on return trips, bringing great supplies of foreign and domestic merchandise to the traders
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in the several towns on this busy water route, was a fa- mous method of interior commerce. Capt. Libby was also largely concerned for a number of years in shook making for the West India trade, and in other lines of the lumber- ing business. He was noted for his energy and faithful execution of all business intrusted to him. His most ac- tive career was in the middle of the nineteenth century, just previous and up to the era of the civil war. At that time his dealings in shook, hoop poles, etc., extended from Harrison to Mechanic Falls, and to Island Pond, Vt. The civil war of 1861-5, caused great advancement in the prices of the agricultural products of the country, particularly of those grown in the South, and many men were induced to visit the border States of that section and engage in the raising of cotton, the most valuable staple for do- mestic manufacture and foreign commerce. Among the adventurous and ambitious men from New England to try his fortune in that business, was Capt. Libby, who in 1864, went to North Carolina for the purpose of raising cotton on an extensive scale, as the world's market was then at its highest point, but his bright anticipations of suc- cess were destined to be destroyed by an unexpected cause and in November, 1864, only a few months after his ar- rival on the scene of operations, he was stricken by sick- ness, and died at Newbern, N. C. He married, November 18, 1840, Frances Jane, daughter of Henry and Pauline Tuttle of Portland. They had children :
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