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BARKER, a tanner.
Buck, borrowed from armorial bearings. The Bucks of Norway are of French origin, the French name being Banyott, which was changed to Buck.
BONNEY, genteel, spruce; from the French bon or bonne, good, hand- some.
BECKLEY, meadow or pasture by the brook.
BENNETT, a corruption of Benedict.
BAKER, a baker.
BANCROFT, ban, a hill, and croft, a small field near a house.
BARNES, Bearn, local; a city in France.
BROOK, a small river.
BIRD, Burd, local; a river in France.
BURNHAM, burn, a river, and ham, home; home by the river.
CROCKETT, Danish, bowed, bent, or crooked.
CHAPMAN, a trader.
CARY or Carey, local; probably the same as Carew, from the castle of Carew in Wales; the castle by the water.
CLIFFORD, local; the ford or way by the cliff.
CHANDLER, name of a trade; a maker and seller of various wares. originally candles.
CUMMINGS, corruption of Comeyn, anciently written, De Comminges; from Comminges, the place in France from whence they came.
CARTER, the name of a trade ; or from Cairtear, a tourist.
CHASE, evidently from the "chase," a favorite sport among English- men.
CURTIS, an abbreviation of courteous.
CRAWFORD, local; a Scotch name, and signifying, " the pass or ford of blood," from Cru, blood, and ford, a ford or pass -" Bloody Ford."
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COLE, an abbreviation of Nicholas, common among the Dutch.
CAMPBELL, Wry-mouth, an old Scotch family.
CASE, a hut or hovel, French.
CHUBB, great-headed, full-cheeked ; from Saxon Cob.
COBB, local; a harbor.
COOPER, name of an occupation or trade.
COLBURN, the dry well, or the well on the neck of the hill.
CROCKER, a maker of pottery. The word crock signifies a barrel- shaped jar.
COLLINS, a term of endearment; in Welsh, hazel.
COWAN, a smith.
Cox or Cock, little, small.
CROSS, local ; a place where two ways cross.
CHURCHILL, from church.
DALE, a bushy vale.
DANFORTH, local; a place in England.
DINSMORE, a fort or walled town; Welsh.
DUN or Dunn, from a parish in Scotland ; also a castle or tower.
DEAN, a church dignitary, subordinate to the bishop.
DERING or Deering, Saxon, from darrn, to dare; hence bold, daring.
DUDLEY, local ; a town in Worcestershire, England.
DAVIS, a corruption of Davids ; son of David.
DUNHAM, local; a small village in England; from dun, a hill, and ham, a village.
DRAKE, Gaelic, drak, a drake.
DOUGHTY, strong, brave.
DENNISON, son of Dennis.
DUTTON, local ; a village in England.
EASTMAN, man from the East.
ELLIOT, son of Elias ; a huntsman or pursuer.
EVANS, the Welsh for John ; the same as Johns.
EVERETT, a corruption of Everard.
FULLER, the name of a trade. FOSTER, a corruption of Forrester.
FARRAR, a corruption of farrier, name of a trade.
FRENCH, coming from France.
FARNHAM, fearn, fern, and ham, a house.
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FLINT, local; a market-town in Wales.
FRANK, free; a native of France. FROST, Welsh, a brag. FURLONG, a measure. GEORGE, Greek, a farmer.
Goss, Saxon, a goose; from gos, a goose.
GURNEY, from the town of Gournay in Normandy.
GROVER, Groover, name of a trade, or business; an engraver.
GOODENOW, perhaps from Gudenaw, a town in Germany.
GERRY, a corruption of Gerard.
GIBSON, the son of Gibb or Gilbert.
GORHAM, gour, round, and ham, house, home, or place. GRANT, crooked or bowed.
HAINES, independent ; needing not assistance.
HALL, a public room or building belonging to a collegiate institution.
HOWE or Hoo, a high place or hill ; it was formerly De La Howe, and the family came to England at the time of the Norman Conquest.
HOLT, local; a peaked hill covered with wood.
HOLME or Holmes, local; meadow lands nearly surrounded by water. HALE, Welsh, a moor.
HATHAWAY, local; from Port Hathwy in Wales.
HUTCHINSON, the son of Hutchins or Hitchins.
HERRING, a herring or fish. HOBBS, from Hob, the nickname for Robert.
HOLDEN, Danish ; safe, protected, defended.
HOUGHTON, from hoog or hoch, high, and ton, a hill, castle, or town. HUBBARD, a corruption of Hubert, signifying bright form, fair hope. HATCH, local; a kind of door. HENLEY, a market-town in Oxfordshire.
HERRICK, the same as Errecks. HICKS, the son of Hig or Hugh. HORR, local ; a ravine. JEWELL, a precious stone. JUDKINS, little Judd, or the son of Judd. JACKSON, the son of Jack or John.
JORDAN, Hebrew; the river of Judgment.
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JONES, the same as John or Johns; gracious.
KNIGHT, permitted to bear arms.
KIMBALL, the same as Campbell.
KNAPP, a lad, boy, or servant.
LANDER, glebe lands.
LOVEJOY, from love and joy ; meaning obvious.
LORD, master, ruler.
LESLIE, a noble Hungarian family.
LEE, a pasture, a meadow.
LEBY, or Libby, local ; a town in Denmark.
MORGAN, from mor, the sea, and gan, born ; born on or near the sea.
MORSE, a contraction of Morris, which means a hero, a warrior or brave man.
MORTON, Gaelic, from a Parish in Scotland.
MERRILL or Merle, from the French, and means blackbird. Merel is a town in Savoy.
MITCHELL, a corruption of Michael.
MARSHALL, name of an office, master of the horse.
MCARDLE, Gaelic, son of the high rock ; hence prowess, valor.
MIXER, name of an occupation.
McALLISTER, the son of Allister, the latter being the same as Alexander.
MANNING, contracted from Mannering, a farm.
MARCH, a boundary, a limit.
MAXWELL, from Mac, son and sual, small, little.
MILNER, a miller.
MURRAY and MORAY, from Moravii, a warlike people who came from Germany to Scotland.
MILLETT, name of a plant.
NOBLE, great, elevated, dignified.
NOYES, a corruption of Noah, of which Noy is an abbreviation.
NEEDHAM, local, from a market-town in England.
O'BRIEN, son of Brien.
PARSON or Parsons, the son of Parr ; or from the word parson.
PORTER, name of an occupation.
PENLEY, from Penn, the top of a hill, and ley, a field.
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POOL, a pool.
PERRY, from the French pierre, a stone ; a stony place.
PAINE, paon, a peacock ; Payne, a rustic.
PIERCE, the same as Percy ; name of a forest in England.
PERKINS, from Peir or Peter, and the diminutive termination kins - little Peter or the son of Peter.
PRATT, Latin, pratum, a meadow ; or it may be from the Dutch, Prat, proud, arrogant, cunning.
PAUL, little, small.
PIKE, a fish.
QUINBY, local ; from Quin, a village in Ireland.
RUST, probably the same as Russ, a Russian ; or from the word rust. REED or READ, Saxon, advice, counsel.
ROWE, a river that overflows its banks ; or it may mean red-haired. ROBINSON or Robertson, the son of Robin or Robert.
RODGERS or Rogers, one desirous of rest ; Teutonic.
RUSSELL, red-haired, or somewhat reddish.
ROBERTS, Rod, counsel, and bert, famous.
RICHARDSON, the son of Richard.
SHAW, Scotch ; a place surrounded by trees ; a lawn, or an open space between woods.
SNow, subtle, crafty ; from the Dutch snoo.
SHURTLIFF, the " short cliff ;" from the Saxon sceort, short, and cliff. SMITH, from the Anglo-Saxon, smitan, to strike ; a smith.
STOWELL or Stoyell; orthography not known.
STEVENS, the same as Steplien, from a Greek word signifying a crown. SWAN, a swan.
SWIFT, a river in England ; also, fleet of foot.
STONE, a town in England ; derivation obvious.
SOULE, local ; a territory in France. SHED or Shedd, a building or shelter.
TOBY, the Welsh for Thomas. TILTON, Saxon, Tilt, a tent. THOMPSON, the son of Tom. TUTHILL or Tuttle, local ; a town in Wales.
TWITCHELL or Tuchill; derivation not known.
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TRUE, from Trieu, a river in Betragne, France ; or perhaps from the word true.
UPTON, the high hill, or the town on the height.
VIRGIN, Virgo, a maid or damsel.
WHITNEY, from hwit, white, and ige, an island.
WINSLOW, the name of a town in Buckinghamshire, England.
WHITMARSH, from Whitemarsh.
WALTON, local ; the name of several villages in England.
WATSON and WATTS, son of Walter.
WOODBURY, same as Woodberry.
WISWALL, a town in Baden ; local.
WILSON, the son of William or Will.
WOODBRIDGE, meaning obvious.
WARREN, from Guarenna in Normandy whence the family came with William the Conqueror.
WILKINS, from Will, and the patronymic kins, son of William.
WHITCOMB, from hwit, white, and combe, a valley.
WHITMAN, the same as Wightman, a stout man.
WIT, meaning obvious.
WALKER, the same as Fuller. In the north of England, a fulling- mill is called a "walk-mill."
WHITEHOUSE, from white and house.
YATES, an old word for gate ; same as Gates.
YORK, a city in England ; from euere, a wild boar, and ryc, a refuge. YOUNG, with reference to age. 1
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CHAPTER XXV.
PUBLIC-HOUSES.
THE early taverns of Norway, as in all new places, were somewhat primitive in their make-up and appointments. They were small and cheaply furnished, but the good cheer and welcome made up for some of the other deficiencies. Good, wholesome food was provided, comfortable beds, and with the abundance of fuel in those days, no one need suffer from cold. Many of the early settlers put up travelers in their private houses, providing them the same fare as the family had, and charging only a small sum. A license was requisite to keeping a public-house, if strong liquors were to be kept and sold, but few if any licenses were taken out in this region prior to the erection of Oxford County. Joseph Stevens, the first settler of Norway, also kept the first public-house or tavern, and it was said to be above the average of that day. He began to put up travelers about the year 1800, and after Oxford County was organized, he took out a license. He continued in the business up to about 1820. The first public-house in the village was kept by Dr. Case, who came here about the year 1806. His tavern was the Samuel Smith house, on the site where William C. Whitney's house afterward stood. Joshua Smith opened a house of public entertainment at the village, which he kept until he died in 1843. Three years later the Smith stand was purchased by a company of gentlemen who remodeled it, added another story, and named it the Elm House, a name which it still bears. The first landlord under the new arrangement was James N. Hall. He was succeeded, after about a year, by S. T. Dutton, and he by Otis True, who kept it many years, much of the time as the only hotel in Norway Village.
James Bickford took the Samuel Smith house about the year 1813, but did not succeed in establishing a business. At the center of the town in 1806, William Hobbs built a large house, and in 1809, opened it as a tavern. He kept it going with indifferent success until 1820.
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The travel through the town in those days, was small, and the patron- age of the taverns was correspondingly limited. Hezekiah Pingree opened a house of entertainment at Fuller's, now Swift's Corner, in 1821, but the business was not remunerative, and he soon abandoned it. In 1823, the new county road was opened between Bethel and Norway, and the travel was largely increased. Most of the business between the upper Coos and Portland was done over this route, and large teams loaded with country produce or goods were constantly on the road. David Noyes opened a public-house that year, and on the first day of January, 1824, he took out a license as an inn-keeper, and continued the business until the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad was opened through the county in 1851, when the traveling suddenly fell off, and a public-house in that place was no longer needed. Increase Robinson built a large and convenient house on the site of the Samuel Smith house, and opened a tavern, but the place did not require a second one, and he soon gave up the business. William Reed kept a tavern a short time prior to, or about the year 1820.
In 1830, Ezra F. Beal fitted up a public-house near the center of the village, and kept it for a few years, giving good satisfaction. Whatever Mr. Beal undertook to do, he always did well. When he removed to Portland, he leased the house to his brother-in-law, Anthony Bennett, who subsequently was succeeded by his brother, Colonel Joseph Ben- nett. Mr. Beal sold the stand to Titus O. Brown, a veteran tavern- keeper, whose last previous place of business was Gray Corner. This was in 1833. Mr. Brown and his son-in-law, Amos Purinton, conducted the house until 1842, when they sold to Anthony Bennett. He made additions and improvements to house and stable, and occupied it until September 23d, 1851, when the buildings with their contents were con- sumed by fire. About the year 1846, William Hayes fitted up a tavern at the corner, one and three-fourths miles west of Norway Village, and continued to operate it for some four or five years.
For many years, the only public-houses in the village or town have been the Elm House and the Beal's Hotel. It was in 1846, according to Mr. Noyes, that a company of gentlemen bought the old tavern stand so long occupied by Joshua Smith, added a third story, and put the old portion in good repair. It was then named the Elm House, and James
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N. Hall was the first proprietor under the new ownership and name. He was succeeded by S. T. Dutton, and the latter by Otis True, who kept it for quite a number of years, until 1865, when he sold out to Joseph Carpenter. Mr. Carpenter remained a year, when he sold to William W. Whitmarsh and William P. Jordan. Mr. Jordan retired at the end of two years, and Mr. Whitmarsh has since that time been sole proprietor of the Elm House. This house has always been well man- aged, and has been well patronized by the traveling public.
The present Beals Hotel was fitted up as a first-class public-house, by Ezra F. Beal, and this was among the last business performances of his long, busy, and useful life. It was opened to the public July Ist, 1871, by General George L. Beal, who was succeeded in December, 1873, by Lewis B. Weeks. Henderson and Houston took charge of the house July Ist, 1874; Thomas Houston, November 12th, 1874; Frank Young, June Ist, 1878; Samuel Billings, January Ist, 1879; W. H. Warren, August Ist, 1881 ; and A. K. Paul, April Ist, 1883. The Beals Hotel is one of the best country hotels in the State, and an honor to the vil- lage and town.
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CHAPTER XXVI.
THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.
THERE have been comparatively few changes in the medical practi- tioners of Norway during its century, and until within a few years, the number in town at any one time, has been small. Norway has always been regarded as a healthy locality, not offering special inducements to the medical profession, and Norway physicians have always done a large part of their business in the surrounding towns. Some of the early physicians in this town made a very brief stay, and left scarcely any record. Dr. Shannon is said to have been the first physician, and Dr. Barrett the second. Whence they came, or whither they went, I have no means of ascertaining. They were here before the beginning of the present century. Dr. Swett, though which one of the Dr. Swetts, I am unable to state, came here about the year 1803, and remained two years. The next, and the first one who came to stay, was Dr. Moses Ayer, from Haverhill. Dr. French came to town about the year 1825, and remained a year or two. He is said to have been a good practitioner, and skilled in surgery, but his prices were too high for this community, and he did not stay. While here, he amputated a leg for Phineas Whitney, the old revolutionary soldier, who was then in the neighbor- hood of seventy-five years of age. The operation was a successful one, and the old veteran survived it several years. Dr. Thomas Roberts, a native of Bethel, and a student with Dr. Jonathan S. Millett, practiced for a short time in the north part of the town, and then moved to Rum- ford. About the time Dr. Roberts left, Dr. Nathaniel Grant came to the north part of the town with a view of settling there, and did remain a short time, and then moved to Wakefield, New Hampshire. He mar- ried the only daughter of William Hobbs, of this town. Dr. Leander Tripp settled in practice near Swift's Corner about the year 1838. He was the son of Elder John Tripp, of Hebron. He graduated at Water- ville in 1829, and at the Maine Medical School in 1834. He had previously practiced in Eden, East Dixfield, and North Paris. He
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remained at North Norway only two years. He soon after abandoned the medical profession, which had never been congenial to his taste, studied theology, and went to preaching. He is now living in Surry, Maine. A Thomasonian physician named Carsley was here from 1846 to 1848. At first he had considerable practice, but his methods were not successful, and he went away. Dr. Asa Danforth came here in 1820, and Dr. Jonathan S. Millett, a native of the town, graduated, and came here a few years later, and for many years they were the only physicians in town. They had a very large practice, extending throughout central Oxford County, and enjoyed the confi- dence of their numerous patrons to the fullest extent. Dr. Jesse Howe, son of Jesse Howe, and grandson of Jacob Howe, the post-rider, was the next physician to settle here. Mr. Noyes says of him, that he came a short time previous to 1852, and was successful.
Several physicians have settled in Norway in more recent years, who did not remain long, among whom were Daniel S. Tracy in 1858 ; Dr. Miles in 1860, who died here a year or two later; Dr. John Lord, who had some reputation as a surgeon ; Dr. L. A. Buck in 1866, who subse- quently settled at West Paris, and then went west; Dr. A. M. Peables in 1869, who went to Auburn in 1873; Dr. Fred E. Crockett, son of Anthony B. Crockett, in 1869, and moved to West Newton, Massachu- setts ; Dr. Osgood N. Bradbury, a native of the town, who moved here from Springfield, Maine, in 1873, and to Paris in 1881; Dr. F. C. Clark, 1877, moved to Waterford; Dr. George W. Brown in 1882, who is still here; Dr. O. A. Horr, of Waterford, moved to Lewiston; Dr. E. J. Noyes, of Greenwood, who is still here. The homeopathic school of medicine has been represented by Dr. T. S. Turner, Dr. Saw- telle, Dr. Brown and Dr. Green. Dr. B. F. Bradbury, a graduate of the Southern Medical College, came to Norway in 1882, and still remains. Brief sketches of the leading practitioners in town, those who remained here to establish a reputation, follow this general account.
MOSES AYER.
Dr. Moses Ayer was the second son of Moses and Patty ( Kimball ) Ayer, and was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, March 21st, 1785.
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He studied medicine under the instruction of Dr. James Brickett, a dis- tinguished physician and surgeon of that town, but where he graduated, the family records do not state. He married Lydia Hale, of Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1804, and in 1805, came to Norway and engaged in the practice of medicine. Mr. Noyes says he remained here until about the year 1824, when he moved to Sangerville. He was a good physi- cian, and was much liked and respected by the people of the town. He continued the practice of medicine at Sangerville, and also engaged in trade. In 1834, he moved to Bangor. In 1843, he became deranged, and the following year he was committed to the Insane Hospital in Augusta. The records of the institution show that for brief periods he would greatly improve, and hopes were sometimes entertained of his final recovery, but these periods of improvement were always followed by lapses into his former condition, his mind being despondent, and his thoughts running· much upon mesmeric influences, to which he attrib- uted his mental condition. He died at the Hospital in 1847. His family record will be found elsewhere.
ASA DANFORTH.
Dr. Asa Danforth (see Genealogical Registers) was born in Tyngs- borough, Massachusetts, August 18th, 1795. He received a good Eng- lish education, studied medicine under the tutorship of Dr. Thomas, of Tyngsborough, attended medical lectures at Dartmouth College, and at Harvard, and July 20th, 1820, was granted by the censors of the Massa- chusetts Medical Society, a certificate authorizing him to practice "physick and surgery." The document was signed by Aaron Dexter, James Judson, John Dixwell, and John G. Coffin, and was certified by Joseph Fisher, President, and by John Dixwell, Secretary. The follow- ing year he came to Norway, and commenced the practice of his pro- fession, and spent the remainder of his long and useful life here. No citizen of Norway was ever more highly or deservedly respected than Dr. Danforth. He was pre-eminently the good physician. Ever genial, sympathetic, and kind-hearted, his patients not only had confidence in him as a physician, but could safely regard him as a faithful friend. His practice was large in Norway, and in all the country round about, his name was a household word. He practiced medicine in town for more
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than half a century. He also engaged in paper manufacture at the Falls, and took a deep interest in everything pertaining to the welfare of the village and town. He served one term in the Maine Legislature. Dr. Danforth died June 16th, 1883.
CALVIN E. EVANS.
Dr. Calvin E. Evans was the son of James and Caroline (Eastman) Evans, and was born in Sweden, Maine, March 16th, 1841. He was edu- cated in the common schools and at Bridgton Academy, studied medi- cine with Dr. C. G. Adams, then of Island Pond, Vermont, now of Portland, and graduated from the Maine Medical School at Brunswick. He married at Norway in 1865, Angelia M. Richardson. He had set- tled here in practice a short time previous, and soon had a large and lucrative business. He was a very skillful practitioner, and was especi- ally proficient in surgery. His wife died June 15th, 1875, and Novem- ber 17th, 1877, he married Lillian J., daughter of Horatio B. Downer. Dr. Evans is still in practice here. Children-by first marriage : ---
I. Alice, b. Sept. 30, 1870.
By second marriage : -
II. Iva May, b. May 19, 1884; d. March 15, 1885.
AUGUSTUS N. FRENCH.
Dr. Augustus Noyes French, son of Washington and Mary (Hen- ley) French, was born at North Norway, June 21st, 1845. When two years of age, his father moved with his family to Albany. He re- ceived his education in the public schools and at Norway High School under the charge of George F. Leonard. He studied medicine with Dr. A. M. Peables, then of Norway and graduated from the Maine Medical School, in June, 1871. He then settled in Lovell in the prac- tice of his profession where he remained until September of 1885, when he located at Norway Village where he now resides. He married, first, January Ist, 1874, Belinda T. Bassett, of Lovell, who died October, 1876. He married, second, Nellie E. Fox, of Lovell, in June, 1878; his children are :
I. Lutie M., b. December 27, 1875, d. August 30, 1885.
II. Addie M., b. March 13, 1879.
III. Eva M., b. February 8, 1884.
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JESSE HOWE.
Dr. Jesse Howe was the son of Jesse and Lydia (Dunham) Howe, and was born April 11th, 1816. His mother was the daughter of Asa Dunham, an early settler of Norway who enlisted in Captain Bodwell's Company and died in the service in Northern New York. The grand- father of Dr. Jesse Howe was Jacob Howe, the first post-rider in Oxford County. Dr. Howe studied under the direction of Judge Cole, in Paris, attended at Westbrook Seminary, and studied medicine with Dr. Jonathan S. Millett, of Norway. He attended one course of medical lectures at Dartmouth College, and a second course at Brunswick, where he graduated in 1840. He commenced practice in Norway prior to 1850, coming here from Patten, and continued until failing- health obliged him to abandon it. He was successful in his practice, an ami- able and gentlemanly man, and highly respected by all. He was a leading member of the Universalist Society and interested in every movement for the promotion of morality and religion. He suffered from a long and painful sickness, and finally passed away February 25th, 1873. For particulars of his family, see Howe Records.
WILLARD C. GEORGE.
Dr. Willard C. George was the son of Thomas and Lucy (Cleaves) George, and was born in Norway, May 24th, 1812. His father, Thomas George, enlisted in the war of 1812, and was killed in the battle of Plattsburg. Dr. George early developed much energy of character, and had a great love for books, and while working hard to assist his mother who was left by the death of her husband in destitute circumstances, he read all the books he could obtain from friends and libraries. He learned the printer's art in Norway, Portland, and in Boston, and pub- lished a small paper in the latter city. In 1835, he became a Univer- salist, and commenced to study for the ministry. He was subsequently installed as pastor of the church in Dresden. Two years later, he moved to St. Stephens, N. B., and was pastor of the Universalist Church and society there, and was much beloved by his people. His parish embraced St. Stephens, N. B., and Calais, Maine. Here his health failed, and a chronic disease of the throat compelled him to abandon the ministry.
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Dr. George was very fond of scientific research and devoted several terms to the study of chemistry in the laboratory of the late Prof. Ben- jamin Silliman of Yale College. He then decided upon the study of medicine as a means of supporting his family. In pursuance of this object, he went to England in 1850, and during his year abroad he spent four months in the hospitals at Paris, France. Returning home, he at- tended medical lectures at Brunswick, Maine, and at Worcester, Mass., graduating from the Eclectic School in the latter place. He com- menced practice at St. Stevens, N. B., by special request of his friends there, and met with marked success. In 1865, broken down in health, he returned to his native town of Norway, and died here Oct. 3d, 1869. His remains repose in Pine Grove Cemetery.
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