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Joseph Pitts, though engaged in extensive farming op- erations for years as successor to his father on the farm now owned by J. Howard Randall, is also interested in the timber trade and developed unusual aptitudes and ca- pacity for managing large enterprises in purchasing exten- sive tracts of timber and buying oak and other hard wood of the farmers for making into staves for coopering and shook-making. He is a shrewd and prosperous citizen in all kinds of business which he undertakes.
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RANDALL FAMILY.
JOHN HOWARD RANDALL, son of John F. and El- vira Sargent Randall, born in Portland, June 12, 1867, pur- chased in 1895, the large farm in South Harrison, known as the Col. Thomes farm. In 1907, he sold a large part of said farm and bought the farm of Edward Jordan, known as the Ingalls farm, reserving a valuable portion of the Thomes place, by which he remains the owner of one of the finest situated and most valuable farms in northern Cumberland. Mr. Randall has been a citizen of Harrison since he became the owner of farm property here. He married Lida, daughter of Frank M. and Clara L. Trafton, of Harrison, and in 1907, he erected the costly and elegant group of buildings represented in connection herewith. He is a member of the well-known firm of Randall & McAl- lister, for many years past, leading wholesale dealers in coal, in Portland.
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RICKER FAMILY.
The history of the business operations and achievements in the wood and iron machine manufacturing of T. H. Ricker & Sons in Harrison, is given at length in another part of this volume. A history of the nativity and home and social life of this well-known family is, however, very necessary for a complete record of the older families of the village of Harrison during about sixty years to the present time.
TIMOTHY H. RICKER was born October 29, 1802, in Shapleigh, Maine. He was married to Drusilla, daugh- ter of Nathan and Olive Weymouth Wiggin of Parsons- field, born April 19, 1802. He died July 29, 1891. She died October 19, 1879. Mr. Ricker was a man of massive physical form and of unusual muscular powers. In early life he was a school teacher, but afterward learned the blacksmith's trade, at which he wrought in Otisfield, Ox . ford, Waterford, and finally in Harrison, where he realized during more than forty years of his prime and maturity of life, the fruition of his industrial dreams. His children were born before his removal to Harrison. Mr. Ricker's advent to Harrison village was in the spring of 1848, when he commenced work here as a blacksmith with his son, Sherburne, as partner and assistant. Their first work was in the old blacksmith shop of David R. Morse, located on the corner of Main and Mill streets, opposite the present shop of A. S. Pitts. He loved his trade as a skilled me- chanic, and as a wielder of the tools of his craft, and in after times, even many years after he became the pros- perous master of the Harrison machine works, he never shunned the exercise of his skill at the forge and anvil so long as his strength did not fail. His lively interest in the progress of the machine works of himself and sons never flagged until he became so feeble with the weight of years as to prevent his daily visits to the shop, as was his usual
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custom. He was noted for his kindness of heart and gen- tle manners toward others. It was his inflexible honesty, coupled with his energy and good judgment, that was at the bottom of all his triumphs in his business enterprises. It is proper and just to the sons of Mr. Ricker, who in his lifetime were bright and energetic factors of success in all his undertakings to say, they are all entitled to equal honor and praise in this brief review of the firm's history. Children of T. H. Ricker and wife:
NATHAN W., b. Apr. 1, 1828; he was in mercantile business in Portland, a few years, subsequently removing to New York and has been for many years a real estate broker in that city.
SHERBURNE H., b. Dec. 17, 1830, in Otisfield; he adopted the occupation of his father in early life, and was a skilled iron and wood worker and at the inception of the foundry and machine business of T. H. Ricker & Sons, he was a very leading factor of the many new models and designs of implements and machines em- ployed in the shop, as well as those constructed for their customers for improved machinery. He remained as superintendent of the machine shop more than thirty years. In 1881, he was compelled, by failing health, to retire from the business. In the spring of 1877, Mr. Ricker commenced the erection of the large and el- egant dwelling on one of the most eligible sites in the village opposite the new Free Baptist Church, the same residence in which he spent the residue of his life. It was his favorite occupation during the following years to beautify his residence by plant- ing shade trees along the street borders, and by other tasteful devices to make it one of the most inviting and attractive objects of residential art and beauty of that period of village improvement. It was his privilege to live a few years in the enjoyment of the beautiful things of his designing, but, the results of years of in- tense application and of enervation from overwork were telling upon his native constitutional vigor. He lived through the last years under circumstances of much suf- fering, and on Jan. 2, 1902, he suddenly expired from an
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attack of acute heart failure. Mr. Ricker married Ist, Amelia H. Marten of Bridgton, in 1854, b. Aug. 9, 1835, died in Harrison, May 7, 1861. He married 2d, July 31, 1862, Abby H. Merrow of Harrison, b. Aug. I, 1833; died Feb. 24, 1867. He married 3d, Aug. 26, 1871, Amelia M., daughter of Almon and Dorcas (Sands) Kneeland of Harrison. (See Kneeland family.)
HORATIO SWASEY, b. Jan. 10, 1832; went to California about 1850, and died there.
CHARLES FRANKLIN, b. Aug. 24, 1834, married Zilpha Bric- kett of Stow, Me., b. June, 1848; died June 12, 1870. They had a daughter: Anna Adelia, b. June 24, 1866; died Apr. 24, 1881 ; Mr. Ricker married 2d, Cora Fran- ces Burnham of Bridgton, daughter of Leonard M. and Matilda (Nevers) Burnham. Mr. Ricker is the senior member of the present firm of "T. H. Ricker & Sons." OLIVE JANE, b. Dec. 14, 1836; died Mar. 18, 1876; mar- ried Hartley Lewis; they had two daughters, Cora L., b. Aug. 12, 1858, and Carrie; Cora died Oct. 12, 1870; Car- rie married George Crockett and lives in Portland. They have one son.
FREELAND HOLMES, b. July 19, 1839; married Mary H. Weeden of Stafford Springs, Conn. They had one daughter, Lillian, b. June 16, 1870; married Fred W. Dudley of Harrison; they had one daughter, Florence Lillian, b. Jan. 31, 1895. Mrs. Lillian Holmes Dudley died Feb. 9, 1895, in Hollis, N. H. Mr. Dudley is prin- cipal of the Hollis (N. H.) high school. Mrs. Dudley was a graduate of Bridgton Academy, Class of '93. She was distinguished for literary culture, lived a beautiful life and was much lamented at her death.
ALVIN PARSONS, b. in Oxford, Aug. 13, 1841; married Fanny F. Tibbetts, daughter of Stephen and Lucy Tib- betts of Harrison, b. in Bridgton, Aug. 16, 1846. Their children :
I. Josephine Pearl, b. June 25, 1878.
2. Jessie Isabel, b. Oct. 30, 1880.
ELLEN K., b. Dec. - , 1843, in Oxford; married John Mer- rill Smith, b. in Deal, England, Jan. 5, 1840. They had children :
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I. Annie Louise, b. in Harrison, Sept. 16, 1861; died at two years old.
2. Olive Alice, b. in Montreal, Can., Mar. 12, 1864 ; died Sept. 1, 1864.
3. Walter Winfield, b. Nov. 25, 1866, in Boston; mar- ried Ist, Alice Jordan of Harrison; married 2d, Mrs. Mary (Proctor) Mills of Harrison; they reside in Springfield, Mass.
4. Mary Drusilla, b. July 21, 1869; married John C. Edgerly of Harrison.
5. Harry Elwood, b. in Portland, Jan. 16, 1879; lives in Harrison.
ROSS FAMILY.
JONATHAN ROSS, the father of the Ross family of Harrison was born in Berwick, June 3, 1781. His parents moved to Shapleigh when he was two years old. He came from Shapleigh to Harrison very early and settled on the main road leading through the town towards Edes's Falls. The house in which he lived is yet standing and in good repair. He married Mary, daughter of John and Mary (Plaisted) Goodwin, born in York, Maine, January 20, 1783. He died October 22, 1862. She died September 17, 1864. Children :
JOANNA RICKER, b. June 13, 1804; married Benjamin B. Holden of Sweden; she died Jan. 4, 1894.
JONATHAN, b. Dec. 8, 1805; died Dec. 8, 1829.
JAMES, b. Oct. 13, 1806; married Jane, daughter of Jon- athan and Jane (Loring) Lakin of Harrison. Married 2d, Mary A. Smith of Harrison. He died Oct. 25, 1866. Children by first wife:
I. Adelia M., b. in 1833; married Thomas Baker of Waterford. They had two children who died in infancy.
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2. Frances Olivia, b. Nov. 5, 1835; married Henry C. Packard of Harrison. She died Mar. 13, 1897.
3. Orin, died in youth.
4. Etta A., b. Aug. 16, 1848; married Alphonso Moul- ton of Harrison, Mar. 27, 1869.
BETSY STANLEY, b. June 28, 1809; married Ist, Jonathan Shaw of Standish; 2d, Henry Pendexter of Bridgton. She died Sept. 16, 1898.
MARY GOODWIN, b. June 13, 1812; married Henry B. Ruggles of Boston. They had two children: Henry S., who is married and has several children and resides in Wakefield, Mass .; and one daughter who died young.
SAMUEL GOODWIN, b. May 22, 1815; married Phebe Clem- mons ; died on the homestead.
JOSEPH PHINNEY, b. Jan. 30, 1820; married Elvira L. Snow of Porter, Me. (b. Aug. 16, 1818; died Mar. 13, 1904). He died Apr., 1896. Children :
I. James Orin, b. Aug. 2, 1846; married Catherine R. Arrington of Salem, Mass., Jan. 1, 1871; children : Walter Arrington, b. July, 1872; died Feb. 1I, 1906. Marion A., b. Nov. 9, 1875. Maud E., b. June I, 1878; married Harold O. Dyer of Portland, Me., Aug. 18, 1902. They have one son, Cecil Arrington.
2. Mary Abbie, b. May 19, 1848; married Simeon P. Pendexter of Bridgton, Nov. 1, 1871. Their chil- dren, all born in Harrison: Mary G. R., b. Oct. 15, 1872; married Eugene L. Johnson, July, 1892; died Jan. 15, 1893. Ethel E., b. Nov. 21, 1876; married Edward Watson of Naples; their children: Edna May, and Earl Bryan. Gertrude N., b. Dec. 18, 1879; married Eugene L. Johnson of Harrison; children: Gladys M., and Sidney L. Charles H., b. Feb. 6, 1882; married Flora Etta Harmon of Standish; children: Ruth E., Hazel A., and Dor- othy M. Albion W., b. Mar. 1, 1887; married Myrtle Bryant of Bridgton; one child: Doris Eloise.
SALLY PHINNEY, b. Oct. 13, 1821; married Joel Mason (b. July 25, 1817), of Standish, Apr. 28, 1843; died Dec. 17, 1904. Mr. Mason died Nov. 6, 1892. Children :
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I. Mary Jane, b. May 23, 1844; married Orrin G. Chip- man (b. Aug. 2, 1837), Nov. 26, 1864. Children : Frank Mason, b. Jan. 13, 1865; married Hattie F. Gregor. Lyman Beecher, b. May 13, 1871; married Helen Dennison Millit. They reside in Portland, Me.
2. Lizzie Ellen, b. in 1848; died in 1850.
3. Frank Peirce, b. Aug., 1852; died Sept., 1855.
4. Frances Ellen, b. Oct. 25, 1856; married Nov. 30, 1876, William H. Skillin of Raymond. They had two children : Harlon L., b. Nov. 15, 1882; mar- ried Bertha M. Leland of Princeton, Me .; they have two children, Gordan L., and a daughter. Maud, b. Oct. 15, 1882; they reside in Portland, Me.
5. Georgia Anna, b. Mar. 8, 1859; married Emery Har- mon of Harrison. She died Jan. 6, 1892.
6. Edward Mason, b. May 26, 1862; married Mabel Dingley of Casco. They have two children: Hattie and Helen; they reside in Raymond, Me.
RUSSELL FAMILY.
The ancestors of the Russell family, born in the last century in Harrison, were JOHN and SALLY RUSSELL, who came here from Alfred, Maine. Their children were: NANCY, b. Nov. 30, 1810; married Lewis Monk of Ox- ford.
ALPHONSO, b. Dec. 29, 1812; married Hannah Eaton of Alfred, Me. He died Dec. II, 1888. He was a farmer and settled on a farm on Crooked River, near Scribner's Mills. He had five daughters; no sons :
I. Harriet, b. Nov. 17, 1841; died Sept. 6, 1864.
2. Sarah, b. Mar. 27, 1845; died Apr. 10, 1872.
3. Julia, b. Nov. I, 1847 ; married Aug. 21, 1870, Jon- athan Smith of Otisfield. Mr. Smith died Feb. 26, 1905. Children : Hattie, b. June 21, 1872; died in infancy. William Henry, b. Aug. 13, 1878; married
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Oct. 28, 1903, Eva Odelle, daughter of John and Hannah Meserve; they have one son, George Alfred, b. June 3, 1904. Alfred Eaton, b. Sept. 8, 1884; graduated from Bridgton Academy in 1905; is clerk in a hotel in Portland.
4. Cynthia, b. July 30, 1849; married Benjamin Chand- ler of Bartlett, N. H. Children: Mabel Chandler, b. Mar. 26, 1872. Frank Alphonso, b. Apr. 1, 1880; lives in Portland.
5. Clara, b. May 18, 1854; married David Henry Ward of Sebago, May, 1875. Children : Alphonso Eaton, b. Dec. 16, 1876; married Mary Knight of Naples ; children : Olive. Earnest Everett, b. Dec. 30, 1900. Bernice Olive, b. Mar., 1902. Evelyn May, b. Aug., 1904. Doris Marie, b. Apr., 1906. They live in Naples. Dana Danish, b. Feb. 7, 1879; lives in Boston. Louis, b. Jan. 9, 1888; lives in Boston ; married Ella, daughter of Charles and Sophia Went- worth of Harrison ; have one daughter, Etta, b. Dec. 30, 1907.
CALVIN, b. Feb. 25, 1815; married Huldah, daughter of Henry Hobbs of Harrison; settled in south part of the town. He died
SALLY, b. Sept. 9, 1818; married Uriah K. Daily of East Cambridge, Mass.
JAMES SAMPSON, THE PIONEER.
Tracing the genealogy of the pioneer of Harrison Vil- lage to its source in America, it reads thus: James (5), Miles (4), Miles (3), Abraham (2), Abraham (I).
Abraham, ancestor of James, supposed to have been a brother of Henry, of the Mayflower company, came from England a few years after Henry - probably about 1629 or 1630, and settled in Duxbury, in the old Colony. He was on the list of persons in Duxbury "able to bear arms" in 1643, which included all able bodied males - sixteen to
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sixty. He was one of the fifty-four original grantees of Bridgewater, 1645, all of whom resided in Duxbury. Abra- ham did not remove. He was surveyor of highways in 1648; constable in 1653; admitted freeman of Plymouth colony, 1654. No record of him after 1686.
The wife of Abraham - no name - was of an hon- orable family; her father was Lieutenant Samuel Nash of Duxbury, Plymouth County. He was frequently en- gaged in military expeditions of the Colony, and was an officer in nearly all of them, and was frequently honored with civil trusts - sheriff or chief marshal of the Colony from 1652, more than twenty years.
FAMOUS FIGHTERS ON LAND AND SEA.
Captain Simeon Samson (name without the p - his name always thus - unquestionably the true method of writing the name) of the line of Abraham, was a seafaring man; was employed by merchants of Plymouth. In 1760, he was taken prisoner by the French from a Plymouth vessel. The French captain released the vessel on promise of pay- ment of money. Samson was left as hostage, but he es- caped in the dress of a female and returned to his family in Plymouth. He was appointed first naval Captain by the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts and commanded the Brigantine "Independence" months before the Declara- tion of Independence. She belonged to the province and was built at Kingston.
James, the Harrison pioneer, had a sister Asenath; and Deborah - "a very worthy woman." Deborah Bonney Sampson, mother of James, was a sister of Mrs. Eleazer Hamlin, grandmother of Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, Senator from Maine, and Vice-President of the United States. Abraham (2) married Sarah Standish, daughter of Alexan- der and Sarah (Alden) Standish, and granddaughter of Miles Standish and of John Alden, pilgrims of the May- flower, 1620, all of Duxbury. (The Sampsons in America. )
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THE SAMPSON FAMILY OF HARRISON.
Two branches of the Sampson family of New England, have lived in Harrison. The first settler of Harrison Vil- lage was James Sampson, sixth son of Miles Sampson of Duxbury in the old Plymouth Colony. He was born April IIth, 1764. He had a brother, Ahira, next older than him- self, who lived on the old homestead in Duxbury, was a soldier in Col. Josiah Whitney's Regiment in August, 1778, in the Rhode Island expedition. The name Ahira occurs often in the genealogy of the family.
James was a descendant in the fifth generation from Abra- ham Sampson, who came from England 1629 or 1630, and settled in Duxbury. He is believed to have been a brother to Henry, the paternal ancestor of Thomas R. Sampson, who came over in the Mayflower. But though James and his numerous descendants could not refer an- cestry to the first Pilgrim advent, they can truly claim, and with much pride, that they are of the "Seed of Abraham." James Sampson settled first in Turner, Maine, where he married Jemima Stetson, January 12, 1786. He removed to Harrison about 1800, purchased a tract of land on the site of the present village, including the water-power from Anonymous Pond to Long Pond. He built the first house ever erected here, and built mills on the stream, sawing lumber and grinding the grain and corn of the other set- tlers, some of whom came long distances. He also car- ried on the blacksmith's trade, and bred up his son, Ahira, to that business. He was possessed of much energy and public spirit and did a great deal to stimulate immigration to the new township, Otisfield, for it was not till five years later that Harrison was incorporated. He died in Otisfield in 1853. The children of James and Jemima (Stet- son) Sampson were :
JAMES, married Ist, Ruth Stiles. 2nd, Betsey Prince ; set- tled in Parkman, Me .; was a farmer; they had children.
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REUBEN, married Mary Smith of Harrison. She was a sister of Lewis Smith, known as "Deacon Smith," for many years a tavern-keeper and wheelwright, and father of Lewis Smith, Jr., and Aaron and Ezra Smith. Late in life James, the pioneer, made exchange of his Harri- son Village estate with Grinfill Blake, Esq., for his val- uable farm in Otisfield. This transaction occurred in 1821, and was an important event to the interests of the Harrison community. Mr. Sampson and wife, whose home was with the family of Reuben, lived to a good old age on the beautiful homestead in Otisfield, and he and his wife were both buried in that town. Reuben lived there and raised a large family, and in after years, removed to Worcester, Mass., and died there.
DEBORAH, married Isaac Watson of Waterford, Me. HANNAH, married Daniel Scribner of Otisfield.
JEMIMA, married Aaron Huntress of Lincoln, Me. OLIVE, married Thomas Mains of Otisfield.
ALICE, married William Twombly of Norway, who settled at Bolster's Mills and died there. (See sketch of Wm. Twombly.)
ASENATH, died in childhood.
AHIRA, b. March 4, 1793, married Polly Stiles of Bridg- ton, and settled in Harrison Village. He was a black- smith and miller; he was renowned for his physical strength, and possessed to a great degree the generosity of heart which characterized his family from much ear- lier times to the present day. He died from the effects of a fall in his mill in 1869, aged 77 years. His wife died before him, aged 63 years. They had seven children, all born in Harrison, as follows :
I. Asenath, b. Oct. 8, 1813. She resided many years in Worcester, Mass., and died there unmarried.
2. Ruth, b. in 1815, died young.
3. Susan, b. Aug. 25, 1818, never married.
4. Christopher Columbus Watson, b. June 22, 1819.
5. Maria, died unmarried at the age of forty.
6. Emeline, married Daniel Weltz of Mercer, Me.
7. Charles L., died young.
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Christopher C. W. Sampson, married Mary Ann Brown of Waterford. He always lived in Harrison Village. He was early inured to the life of a canal boatman, and was for many years, owner and manager of canal boats. He was first Captain of the steamer "Fawn," before 1850, the first steamboat ever on the Sebago system of navigation. He enjoyed the perfect confidence of his townsmen, and was repeatedly elected to the office of selectman. His public spirit and generosity of heart were unbounded, and he was a noted example of the big-hearted character for which his ancestors were for many generations before him, distinguished.
Ten children were born to this family: Sophia A., b. Sept. 10, 1841; married Charles D. Whittemore of Wor- cester, Mass .; died in Harrison, Dec. 8, 1869. Mary A. b. Dec. 5, 1842. Charles L., b. Jan. 5, 1845. Christopher H., b. Feb. 8, 1847; died in infancy. Asenath E., b. Nov. 5, 1849; married. (See Pitts family.) S. Nellie, b. July 19, 1851; died in infancy. George B., b. March 3, 1853; married Mary J. King of New Hampshire; lives in Wor- cester, Mass. Abbie C., b. June 21, 1858, married William Haskell of Harrison. Alice J., b. June 23, 1860, married. (See Pitts family.) Frank H., b. Aug. 12, 1862, married Vertie Brickett. They have one son, Fred.
THOMAS R. SAMPSON.
Most of the Sampsons in America, it is presumed, are descendants of Henry and Abraham Sampson of Duxbury, Massachusetts. The genealogical history of the family is clear and indisputable. Henry Sampson was one of the Pilgrims who came in the world-renowned Mayflower to Plymouth in 1620 - a member of the family of his uncle, Edward Tilley - and was too young to sign the immortal compact of November IIth, in the cabin of the vessel while at anchor in the harbor of Provincetown. He was enumerated in assignment of land in 1623, and was ad-
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mitted a freeman of Plymouth Colony in 1637. The resi- dence of the Sampsons of the line of Henry was in Dux- bury, for several generations. In 1710, Benjamin Sampson, son of Stephen, and grandson of Henry the emigrant, was living in Duxbury, and about that time removed to Kings- ton. He was the ancestor of the Sampsons of that town. He was a trader, and had a store of goods. In his will he is called a "merchant;" elsewhere he is called "gentle- man," indicating that he was a man of property and stand- ing in his town.
The will of Benjamin provided for his widow, for Micah and others of his children, and for Micah, a grandson, son of Micah. The grandson Micah, born in 1740, was in 1775 a Corporal in Capt. William Crocker's Company, sta- tioned at Falmouth (now Portland) for seacoast defence, from July 17th to December 31st of that year ; also through the months of March, April, May, September, October, and November, 1776; also in January, February, and March, 1777; and was in the expedition to the Penobscot in July, August, and September, 1779.
After the war, Micah Sampson, the soldier, settled in Portland. He was the first tinsmith who ever worked in that city, and when Mowatt bombarded and burned the city in the War of the Revolution, Mr. Sampson took his tinners' tools in a boat and rowed across Back Cove while the British shot were falling around him, thus saving his prop- erty from destruction. He raised a large family of chil- dren in Portland. John Sampson, his youngest son, born in 1788, kept a grocery and provision store on Congress Street, opposite Green Street. He married Abigail Roby, daughter of Rev. Thomas Roby of Otisfield, in 1809. She was born in 1792, and died in 1858. Mr. Sampson died in 1832.
The children of John and Abigail (Roby) Sampson were: Thomas R., born August 11, 18II; Micah, born in 1816; Lucretia S., born in 1821.
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THOMAS R. SAMPSON, son of John Sampson, married Amelia Horton of Portland in 1834. She died in July, 1840. Their children were as follows:
ELLEN A., b. in Portland, Jan. 6, 1836; married Henry Cary, and resides in Auburn, Me.
THOMAS P., b. in Portland, May 20, 1840; married Mrs. Nellie Lane, and resides at South Paris, Me.
Mr. Sampson married (for second wife) Harriet Cary. in October, 1841. She was born in Turner, Maine, August 24, 1814, and died in Harrison, September 27, 1906. The children of Thomas R. and Harriet (Cary) Sampson were as follows :
HOWARD L., b. in Portland, Aug. 18, 1842; married Helen L. Curtis of Freeport, Me. She was born Aug. 12, 1852, and died July 10, 1878.
HARRIET S., b. in Harrison in 1848, and died the next year. CASSANDER C., b. in Harrison, Sept. 2, 1850.
Thomas R. Sampson removed from Portland to Harrison in 1847, and was engaged in mercantile business until the date of his death, January 16, 1885. During his long residence in Harrison Village, he maintained an unblem- ished character as a citizen and business man, and was universally popular, and esteemed for his kind disposition and urbanity of manners. He was elected Town Clerk in 1851, and held the office for thirteen consecutive years. He was again elected in 1871, and held the office until his death in January, 1885, or for fifteen consecutive years. He was chairman of the Selectmen in 1853-54, and held the office of Town Treasurer for thirteen years. He was a devoted Christian, and an active member of the Con- gregational Church. He died at his home in Harrison Village, January 16, 1885. His widow continued to reside at the Sampson homestead until her death on September 27, 1906, at the advanced age of ninety-two years. She
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