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III. Horatio G., b. March 6, 1834; m. Lavinia P. Turner, of Lyme, New Hampshire.
IV. . Charles Carroll, b. November 23, 1835; m. Anna K. Goodridge ; d. August 12, 1873. V. Albert Henry, b. August 3, 1838; m. Mattie R. James, of Medford, Massachusetts. VI. Horace, b. October 4, 1830; m. Alice E. Denison ; r. Norway.
VII. George Arthur, b. March 17, 1843; m., September 25, 1870, Sarah E. Allen.
VIII. William Channing, b. October 19, 1846; m., 1867, Grace H. Downer.
IX. Frederick Augustus, b. August 30, 1849; m. Rose Weymouth, of Boston ; r. Springfield, Massachusetts.
X. Harriet Amelia, b. January 26, 1852; d. October 3, 1866.
CHARLES CARROL COLE, son of the preceding, married Anna K. Goodrich. Children : -
I. Charles C., b. July 12, 1861.
II. Benjamin G., b. February 3, 1863.
HORACE COLE, brother of the preceding, is a jeweler and watch-maker. He married Alice E. Denison, of Norway, who was born November 8, 1849. Children : -
I. Edward D., b. August 19, 1871.
II. Herbert D., b. August 20, 1873.
III. Annie May, b. July 12, 1875.
GEORGE ARTHUR COLE, brother of the preceding, carries on the business of wool-carding. He married, September 25, 1870, Sarah Elizabeth Allen, who was born in Norway, April 23, 1850. Children : -
I. Jennie May, b. May 13, 1872.
II. Lena, b. June 30, 1874; d. August 5, following.
WILLIAM C. COLE, brother of the preceding, is a carpenter and dealer in coal in Norway. He was a member of Company G of the Twenty-ninth Maine Regiment, in the late war. He married, November 13, 1866, Helen Grace, daughter of Horatio B. and Augusta (Bowker) Downer, who was born in Paris, October 2, 1841. Children : -
I. Horace H.
II. John D.
III. Hattie A.
IV. Lillian Amy.
V. Harry Virgin.
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COX.
WILLIAM Cox, of Plymouth, New Hampshire, b. September 7, 1774, married Elizabeth Phipps, born in Chatham, New Hampshire, August 31, 1784. He came to Norway in and was in trade with Increase Robinson. Children : -
I. Mary A., b. December 16, 1802; d. January 5, 1803.
II. Abraham }., b. November 4, 1804; m. ; r. Albany, New York; d. 1884.
III. Thomas y., b. June 25, 1806; m. Almira Millett ; s. Dixfield.
IV. William, b. August 23, 1808; m. Elizabeth S. Millett.
V. Caroline E., b. March 23, 1810; m. William Sweetser; r. Boston.
VI. Mary A., b. February 19, 1812; m. A. P. Sweetser; r. Bloomington, Illinois.
VII. Samuel P., b. November 23, 1813; m. Mary Turner; r. Bloomington, Illinois.
VIII. George W., b. October 22, 1815; m. Mary J. Lovering; s. Kappa, Ill. ; d. in 1875. IX. Louisa A., b. May 14, 1816; m. Dr. Augustus Harris; r. Colebrook, N. H .; d. 1874.
X. Abigail P., b. December 29, 1818; m. L. Brown; d. Bloomington, Illinois, 1853.
XI. Edwin S., b. August 31, 1820; d. February 17, 1846.
XII. James H., b. April 21, 1822; m. Mary Chadbourne; r. Hudson, Illinois.
XIII. Rowena, b. October 7, 1824; m. C. A. Noyes, of Norway; r. Boston.
XIV. Algernon P., b. September 4, 1826; d. September 15, 1832.
WILLIAM Cox JR., son of the preceding, married, September 5, 1839, Elizabeth S. Millett, who was born in Norway, August 30, 1819. He is a farmer, and resides in Norway. Chil- dren : -
I. Abby R., b. May II, 1842; m., March 19, 1874, Otis Bosworth, who committed suicide in 1877.
II. William F., b. November 28, 1843; m. Catherine H. Noyes.
III. Elizabeth y., b. January 4, 1846.
IV. Edwin A., b. September 10, 1848 ; m. Issie A. Hobbs.
V. Martha E., b. July 7, 1850.
VI. Minerva E., b. July 7, 1850.
VII. Charles F., b. December 31, 1857 ; d. January 5, 1858.
VIII. Arthur L., b. January 25, 1864 ; d. March 18, 1872.
WILLIAM F. Cox, farmer, resides at North Norway, married, October 5, 1868, Catherine H. Noyes, born in Norway, December 7, 1846. Children : -
I. Oscar N., b. October 9, 1870.
II. Wealthy M., b. March 28, 1876.
CROCKETT.
JOSHUA CROCKETT, born in Windham, June 4, 1765, married, November 29, 1787, Sarah Hamblen, who was born in Barnstable, March 31, 1767. He lived in Gorham, moved thence to Hebron, and subsequently came to Norway. He died October 11, 1819, and his wife died :September 8, 1844, aged 77. Children : -
I. James, b. Gorham, April 24, 1789; m. Martha Pike.
II. Joshua, b. January 14, 1791 ; m. Judith Pike.
III. Samuel, b. Hebron, November 26, 1792; m. Polly Herring.
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IV. Lewis, b. December 21, 1794; m. Betsey Bennett.
V. Solomon, b. Norway, February 7, 1797; m. Dorcas Sutton.
VI. Hannah, b. April 14, 1799; m. Lemuel Bartlett.
VII. Betsey, b. March 22, 1801 ; m. William Adams.
VIII. Sewall, b. October 4, 1803; m. Olive Hayford.
IX. Sally, b. February 15, 1806; d. March 17, 1837.
JAMES CROCKETT, son of the preceding, married Martha Pike. He was in trade in the Village for many years, and an honorable and upright man, Children : -
I. James, b. May 1, 1813; d. February 24, 1814.
II. Mary Pike, b. February 12, 1815; d. July 28, 1835.
III. Henry Lewis, b. March 15, 1817; m. Rosanna, daughter of Austin Buck; d. Sep- tember 15. 1845.
IV. Hannah Babb, b. April 30, 1819; m. Nathan K. Noble.
V. Elizabeth Sarah, b. August 17, 1821 ; m. Jonathan Blake.
VI. Abigail Danforth, b. April 29, 1824; m. Ist, Jonathan G. Town; 2d,, Isaac Hicks. VII. Sewall, b. December 7, 1826; d. May 25, 1827.
JOSHUA CROCKETT JR., brother of the preceding, married Judith Pike, of Norway. He died October 31, 1845. They lived on the place now occupied by Ralph Freeman. Children : -
I. Mahalon, b. September 3, 1815; m. Martha J. Chesley.
II. Joshua Babb, b. November 11, 1818; m. Ist, 1849, Columbia Curtis, 2d, Esther J. Frost.
III. Sarah, b. April 9, 1821; m. Ralph Partridge.
IV. Charles Gustavus, b. December 26, 1822; m. Sarah Oliver.
V. Harriet Bennett, b. September 10, 1825; d. September 21, 1843.
VI. Grosvenor, b. April 24, 1827; m., 1850, Cynthia J. Bolster.
VII. James, b. October 22, 1829; m., November 29, 1866, Ellen Hobbs.
VIII. Levi, b. December 11, 1831; d. December 8, 1855.
IX. Enoch, b. October 12, 1833; d. June 17, 1862.
LEWIS CROCKETT, son of Joshua, married Betsey, daughter of Anthony Bennett. He was in trade at the Village, and afterward in Andover. / He was afterward in business at Bryant's Pond. Children : -
I. Anthony B., b. 1820. He was in trade with his father at Andover, subsequently at Bryant's Pond, and for several years a photographer at Norway Village. He went to Massachusetts, and died there. He married Harriet Vining, and had one son, Fred, who became an eclectic physician, married a daughter of Dr. George, and is now practicing in Massachusetts.
II. Nathaniel B., b. October 31, 1822; m. Lydia, daughter of Joseph Wardwell, Esq., of Rumford, and resides in Boston.
III. Mary, b. May 17, 1824; m. Sylvanus Akers.
MAHALON CROCKETT, son of Joshua Jr., married Martha J. Chesley, of Lincoln, Maine. He died in Lincoln, June 6, 1860. Children given in the census of 1850 : -
I. Harriet P., b. 1844.
II. Cynthia }., b. 1846.
III. Mary A., b. 1848.
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GROSVENOR CROCKETT, son of Joshua Crockett Jr., married Cynthia J., daughter of Isaac Bolster. He was a stone-cutter and carpenter, and died July 31, 1874. Children : -
I. Willie L., b. January 29, 1859; d. July 19, 1863.
II. Mary y., b. January 13, 1861 ; d. August 4, 1863.
III. Georgie B., b. October 19, 1863; d. September 8, 1865.
IV. George Henry, b. March 12, 1868.
V. Henry G., an adopted child, b. in Bethel, November 21, 1851, d. in Norway, January 5, 1882.
EPHRAIM CROCKETT was born in Cape Elizabeth, July 12, 1755, and June 20, 1777, he married Rebecca Stanford, who was born in Kennebunk, July 20, 1760. He removed from Cape Elizabeth to Danville, and resided there many years. Children : -
I. Rebecca, b. December 16, 1778.
II. David, b. January 25, 1786; m. Esther Dingley.
III. Ephraim, b. February 17, 1788; m. Sally Bartlett Wentworth.
IV. Mary, b. April 21, 1790; m. Nathan Morse.
V. Sally, b. July 21, 1792; m. Joel Morse.
VI. Priscilla, b. September 21, 1794 ; m. John Stinchfield.
VII. Joseph, b. May 23, 1797; m. Elizabeth Jordan Wentworth.
VIII. James, b. February 22, 1799.
IX. Betsey, b. June 28, 1801 ; m. Asa Morrill.
X. Eliza, b. November 30, 1803.
EPHRAIM CROCKETT JR., son of the preceding, married in Danville, March 30, 1813, Sally Bartlett, daughter of Samuel Solley and Hepsibah (Hanscom) Wentworth, of Danville, and came to Norway in 1814 or 1815. He died here November 12, 1856, and she died May 6, I875. Children : -
I. Sarah Wentworth, b. Danville, November 11, 1813; m., 1834, Charles Penley ; d. in Portland.
II. Samuel Wentworth, b. Norway, January 15, 1815; m., 1839, Nancy Twombly ; went West.
III. Ephraim Stanford, b. July 20, 1817 ; m. Sally D. Penley ; d. January 17, 1874.
IV. Betsey Wentworth, b. February 7, 1819; m. Ist, John Penley Jr .; 2d, Albion P. Chapman, of Bethel; d. January 26, 1876.
V. Nathan Morse, b. September 18, 1821 ; m. Mary C. Stowell, of Paris.
VI. William Robinson, b. August 30, 1823; m. Lydia B. Stetson, of Sumner.
VII. David Bartlett, b. July 27, 1825; m. Laura A. Swift; was killed on the Grand Trunk Railway at Gilead.
VIII. James Sewall, b. August 15, 1827; m., December 8, 1850, Salome Frank; and d. December 9, 1855.
IX. Joseph Francis, b. December 9, 1829; m., May 16, 1864, Annette Stetson, of Sum- ner; r. Norway.
X. Hannah Jordan, b. August 7, 1831 ; m. Thomas H. Richardson.
XI. Mary Amanda, b. October 19, 1833 ; m., March, 1815, Isaiah V. Penley.
XII. Eliza Jane, b. August 27, 1835; m. Joseph M. Little, of Warren, New Hampshire.
XIII. Charles Alanson, b. June 12, 1837 ; m. Sarah B. Lague, of Richmond, Indiana.
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EPHRAIM S. CROCKETT, son of Ephraim and Sarah (Wentworth) Crockett, born July 29, 1817, married, 1845, Sarah D. Penley, who was born at Auburn, January 6, 1819, and died August 1, 1859. He died January 17, 1874. Children : -
I. John Freeland, b. October 23, 1844; d. April 25, 1875.
II. Abby Jane, b. December 20, 1845; m., June 24, 1874, Charles N. Tubbs.
III. Josiah Penley, b. June 22, 1845; d. May 22, 1881.
IV. Minerva Ella, b. January 14, 1847.
V. Sarah Alamanza, b. November 12, 1850.
VI. Edgar Little, b. December 21, 1852 ; m., January 6, 1881, Lizzie Allison.
VII. Louisa Frances, b. July 22, 1854.
VIII. Warren Ephraim, b. August 8, 1856.
IX. Oscar Rufus, b. December 31, 1857 ; d. January 25, 1884.
WILLIAM R. CROCKETT, brother of the preceding and son of Ephraim and Sarah B. Crockett, born August 20, 1823, married Lydia B. . Children : -
I. Abel S., b. September 14, 1850.
II. Josephine B., b. February 23, 1854.
CROOKER.
JOSHUA CROOKER, of Pembroke, Massachusetts, born April 6, 1755, married Ruth Joyce, who was born November 9, 1759, and moved to Minot, Maine. Children : -
I. Charles, b. October 23, 1780, married Betsey, daughter of Daniel Packard, of Buck- field, and had Charles, Joseph, John, Daniel, Sophronia, Attica, and perhaps others. He was an early settler in Woodstock, Maine, went thence to the Prov- inces, and was there about forty years, but returned and died soon after in Hebron. II. John, b. July 20, 1782.
III. Isaac, b. October 12, 1785, in Minot.
IV. Joshua, b. March 28, 1788.
V. William, b. June 10, 1791.
VI. Comfort, b. April 18, 1794.
VII. Ruth, b. September 4, 1796.
VIII. Alethea, b. March 17, 1800.
ISAAC CROOKER, son of the preceding, married Irene Coy, who was born May 31, 1792.
GEORGE CROOKER, son of the preceding, born in Portland, April 21, 1821, married, January 5. 1877, Elmira Churchill, who was born July, 1850. He came from Minot to Norway in 1835. He was a soldier in the Mexican war. He is a farmer. Children : -
I. George A., b. July 26, 1878.
ALLEN J. CROOKER, brother of the preceding, born in Portland, January 16, 1823, came to Norway from Paris in 1874, and is a farmer. He married, April 19, 1849, Hannah L. Mil- lett, born September 29, 1825. Children : -
I. Allen T., b. October 14, 1851.
JAMES O. CROOKER, our well-known hardware dealer and tin-plate worker, was born in Paris, December 4, 1841. He is the son of Calvin Crooker Jr., born in Paris in 1804, and of Lydia Thayer, his wife, born in Buckfield, in 1802. He came from Colebrook, New Hamp-
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shire, to Norway, in 1864, and married, May 12, 1866, Adelia A. Higgins, who was born in Norway, May 12, 1844, daughter of Thomas and Lucy Abbie (Bearce) Higgins. Children : -
I. Estelle A., b. February 21, 1867.
II. Ella M. H., b. May 1, 1868.
CUMMINGS.
DANIEL CUMMINGS was one of the first settlers of Gray. He was born December 4, 1724, and was the son of Joseph Cummings by Abigail Esty, his wife, both of Topsfield, Massachu- setts. He married Mary, daughter of George Williams, whose wife was Sarah Gilbert, of Cape Ann. Children : -
I. Lucy, b. August 4, 1747; d. young.
II. Molly, b. January 27, 1749.
III. Joseph, b. June 14, 1751; m. Polly Ingersol.
IV. Daniel, b. August 7, 1753; d. young.
V. Elisha, b. June 15, 1755; m. Mary Dolly ; s. Norway.
VI. Amos, b. September 12, 1756; d. September 17, 1761.
VII. Isaac, b. November 22, 1758; m. Elizabeth, oldest daughter of Solomon Bryant, of Paris.
VIII. Susannah, b. November 30, 1760.
IX. Ruth, b. August 9, 1762.
X. Chloe, b. July 24, 1764; m. Nathaniel Young; s. Norway.
XI. Daniel, b. October 6, 1766, the first white male child born in Gray. He was found dead in the road January 29, 1827.
XII. Amos, b. November 20, 1768.
XIII. Sarah, b. May 7, 1770.
ELISHA CUMMINGS, son of the preceding, came first to Paris, and in 1791, to Norway. He married Mary Dolly, of Gray. His farm was east of the Witt place. Children: -
I. Daniel, m. Abigail, daughter of Captain Josiah Bartlett, and died in Paris. His only daughter, Almira, married Alvin Swift.
II. John, m. Martha Bartlett, and moved to Albany.
III. Betsey, m. Luke Owens.
IV. Abigail, m. Noah Dean, of Paris.
V. Polly, m. Charles Dolbier, and settled in Kingfield. VI. Ruth, m. Soper, and settled in Freeman.
VII. Urania, m. Jacob Pike, of Norway.
VIII. Lucretia, m. Elijah Jordan Jr.
IX. Charlotte, m. Andrew Richardson, of Greenwood.
ISAAC CUMMINGS, brother of the preceding, came quite early to this town, and after a few years moved to Greenwood. He married Elizabeth Bryant, whose father, Solomon Bryant, formerly of Plympton, Massachusetts, was then of Gray, and afterward of Paris. Isaac Cummings died in Bethel, October 1, 1842. Children : -
I. Elizabeth, m. Consider Fuller.
II. George Williams, m. Lucy Pratt. He was a musician in Captain Bodwell's Com- pany from Norway.
III. Abigail, m. Azur Herrick, of Poland.
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IV. Moses, m. Lydia Pratt; he was also in Bodwell's company.
V. Mary, m. Timothy Wellcome.
VI. Solomon, m. Cindy Lapham, and died soon after.
VII. Lydia, m. Daniel Hussey, of Windham.
VIII. Hannah, m. John Buck, of Bethel.
IX. Lois, m. Joseph A. Herrick, of Poland.
X. Chloe, m. Dr. James Merrill, of Hebron.
XI. Daniel, m. Lydia, daughter of Samuel Bryant.
XII. Joseph, m. his brother Solomon's widow.
XIII. Ruth, m. Stephen Buck.
DANIEL CUMMINGS JR. married first, Nancy, daughter of John Bird, who was born Sep- tember 11, 1798. He was born in Gray, April 16, 1791, and his father, also Daniel Cummings Jr., was the first white male child born in Gray. Children : -
I. Louisa, b. January 6, 1818.
II. Elvira, b. April 20, 1820.
III. Samuel Fessenden, b. May 2, 1822.
IV. Polly Bird, b. March 21, 1824.
V. Nancy Bird, b. January 20, 1826; m. Ebenezer H. G. Marshall, of Paris.
VI. Edwin, b. April 15, 1828.
VII. Levi Lincoln, b. November 25, 1832; d. February 1, 1834.
The mother died November 16, 1834, and he married for second wife, Lydia Pratt, of Paris.
VIII. Daniel Lincoln, b. January 9, 1837 ; m. Amanda H. Merrill.
IX. Moses Orrington, b. February 7, 1839; m. Sarah S. Partridge.
X. Loren G., b. March 25, 1844.
JONATHAN CUMMINGS, the proprietor of Cummings Purchase and Gore was of Andover, Massachusetts, and a blacksmith. His wife was Mary Eastman, a sister of Job Eastman Jr., so long the clerk of Norway. His wife died July 26, 1801, and he then married, December 30, 1802, Mary Parker, He died in 1805, aged 67. Children : -
I. Sarah, b. May 21, 1767.
II. Mary, b. August 28, 1768; d. young.
III. Infant, b. July 20, 1769 ; died.
IV. Jonathan, b. February 5, 1771 ; m. Joanna Cobb, of Gray, and settled in Norway.
V. Stephen, b. January 12, 1773; m. Eleanor Hale ; he was a distinguished physician and surgeon in Waterford and Portland.
VI. Mary, b. November 1, 1774.
VII. Daniel, b. December 6, 1776.
VIII. Amos, b. July 2, 1781 ; m. Abigail Judkins; s. Norway and had Abiathar and Stephen.
IX. Betty, b. October 13, 1783.
X. Abiathar, b. September 22, 1786.
MAJOR JONATHAN CUMMINGS, son of the Proprietor, came quite early to his father's pur- chase, and was an active and enterprising citizen. He cleared land, built mills and made other improvements. He married Joanna, daughter of Colonel Jedediah Cobb, of Gray, and had : -
I. Mary Holt, b. March 20, 1804; m., September 2, 1822, Josiah Little, of Newbury- port. She died in Minot, Maine, October 6, 1829, aged 25 years, 6 months.
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II. Eliza, b. October 6, 1806; d. October 22, 1808.
III. Daniel, b. August 18, 1810. He moved to Tuscumbia, Missouri, married there, and reared a family, and died July 14, 1885. He was much respected in the commu- nity where he lived, was buried with Masonic honors, in the presence of a large crowd of people, who came to pay their last respects to " everybody's friend."
IV. Clarissa Ann, b. August 20, 1815; d. in Gray, December 4, 1832.
V. Lewis Ladd, b. January 30, 1818; d. in Winthrop, Maine, March 25, 1847. He was a civil engineer and was engaged in surveying the Androscoggin Railroad at the time of his death.
Major Jonathan Cummings died July 12, 1820, and his widow married, in 1823, Captain Charles Barbour, of Gray, by whom she had : -
VI. Martha Maria (Barbour), b. September 27, 1824; m., May 28, 1846, Rev. William Plaisted Merrill, of Gray, now of Falmouth, Maine.
VII. Abigail Reed (Barbour), b. June 13, 1827; m. William Deering, of South Paris, now of Chicago; d. January 10, 1856.
Mrs. Joanna Barbour, the mother, died June 30, 1844.
STEPHEN CUMMINGS JR., son of Dr. Stephen Cummings, of Portland, and grandson of the proprietor of the Cummings Purchases, married Frances, daughter of William Clark Whitney, of Norway. Children : -
I. William Clark Whitney, b. March 2, 1826; m., 1864, Elvira Judkins.
II. Sumner, b. April 10, 1828.
III. Frances Ellen, b. January 19, 1830; m. Otis True.
IV. Stephen Henry, b. January 2, 1832; m., 1868, Mary L. Loring.
V. Charles Bradley, b. December 18, 1834; m., 1861, Frances E. Staples.
VI. John M., b. October 15, 1840; he is a livery stable keeper at South Paris and Nor- way; is unmarried.
VII. Harriet, m. Charles H. Tibbets; s. Fryeburg.
CHARLES B. CUMMINGS, son of the preceding, born December, 1834, married Frances E. Staples, January, 1861. Children : -
I. Charles S., b. January 26, 1862; m., 1886, Ella Haskell.
II. Stephen B., b. April 27, 1863.
III. Fred H., b. September 24, 1865.
IV. George I., b. March 34, 1869.
V. Edwin S., b. October 7, 1873.
VI. Fannie W., b. May 19, 1878.
CUSHMAN.
THOMAS CUSHMAN, son of John, of North Yarmouth, was born in that town, February 24, 1783. He married Rachel Goud, of Dresden, and lived many years in Bethel, but died in Greenwood. Children : -
I. Charity, b. July 23, 1807 ; d. in infancy.
II. Washington, b. May 23, 1808; d. in infancy.
III. Atholinda, b. November 8, 1809; m. Ist, Benjamin Russell, of Newry; 2d, Micah Allen, of Paris.
IV. Samuel, b. February 23, 1812; m. Tabitha Baxter.
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V. Son, b. September 30, 1815; d. unnamed.
VI. Narcissa, b. November 23, 1816; m. Daniel P. Bennett.
VII. Lovina Howard, b. October 18, 1817; m. Augustus H. Beers.
VIII. Caroline, b. July 27, 1819; d. September 30, 1821.
IX. William Myrick, b. July 11, 1823; m. Mary E. Hobbs.
X. Charles Mason, b. October 11, 1825.
XI. Kendrick, b. May 31, 1829.
XII. Caroline, b. December 31, 1832; d. February 25, 1839.
WILLIAM MYRICK CUSHMAN, son of the preceding, married, March 4, 1848, Mary Eliza- beth, daughter of Eben and Jane (March) Hobbs, of Norway. He was a jeweler and watch repairer in the village for several years. He moved from here to Portland, and went into business with his wife's brother, Joseph Hobbs. He was not successful in business, and when the war broke out, he went into the army, and died soon after his return home. His wife resides in Portland with several children. (Since deceased.)
CALEB CUSHMAN JR., son of Caleb and Charlotte (Packard) Cushman, of Hebron, married Betsey E. Bumpus, of Hebron, and moved to Norway. Children : -
I. Charles, b. March 24, 1814; m. in 1849, Lydia Evans.
II. Salmon, b. March 2, 1817 ; m. in 1845, Abigail Hill.
III. Charlotte, b. March 2, 1820; m. Samuel Frost, 1844.
IV. Elvira, b. March 20, 1823 ; m. Wilson Hill, 1844.
V. Bezaleel, b. August 22, 1826.
VI. Ansel H., b. May 29, 1829 ; m. Esther M. Holden.
VII. Evelina, b. August 21, 1832.
ANSEL H. CUSHMAN, son of the preceding, married, May 13, 1860, Esther M. Holden, who was born June 20, 1841. He is a farmer and resides in Norway. Children : -
I. Etta F., b. May 16, 1862.
II. Emma F., b. February 27, 1864.
III. Harrison L., b. December 2, 1866.
IV. Lizzie M., b. November 2, 1874.
V. Ina I., b. February 23, 1881.
DANFORTH.
JOSIAH DANFORTH was the son of Lieutenant Joseph Danforth, of Dunstable, Massachu- setts, who was born in 1720, and died in 1795, grandson of Hon. Samuel Danforth, great- grandson of Jonathan and Rebecca (Parker) Danforth, and great-great-grandson of Jonathan Danforth, of Billerica, the noted land surveyor. Lieutenant Joseph Danforth married Mary Richardson, and had eight children. His son, Josiah, was born in 1757, and married Sarah Blodgett, of an old Dunstable family, who was born in 1755. They lived in Tyngsborough. Children : -
I. Sarah, b. February 22, 1778; d. same year.
II. Joseph,
III. Joseph, b. August 16, 1779.
IV. Sarah, b. May 15, 1782.
V. Hannah, b. October 22, 1784.
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VI. Josiah, b. 1785; graduated Harvard College, in 1811. VII. James, b. January 15, 1786.
VIII. Katy, b. November 22, 1787.
IX. John, b. May II, 1789.
X. Asa, b. August 18, 1795; m. Abigail C. Reed, of Norway.
XI. James, b. August 1, 1797.
DR. ASA DANFORTH, for so many years the highly esteemed physician of Norway (see his personal sketch in Norway Physicians), married Abigail C., daughter of William Reed, of Norway. Children : -
I. William Reed, b. June 9, 1826; m. Ist, Persis Bailey, 2d, Ellen T. May; r. North Stratford, New Hampshire.
II. Josiah, b. September 26, 1827; r. Council Bluffs, Iowa.
III. Joseph Henry, b. April 8, 1829; m. Drusilla Wiley; r. North Stratford, N. H.
IV. Sarah Elizabeth, b. February 27, 1831 ; m. Clark P. True, of Norway.
V. Frank A., b. April 14, 1833; m. S. Adnah, daughter of Rev. T. J. Tenney, of Nor- way, December 2, 1860; resides Norway.
VI. John, b. December 9, 1834; m. Minnie Kilday; r. Woodbine, Iowa.
VII. James, b. October 10, 1839; m. Mary F. Haskell ; r. Oxford, Maine.
VIII. Asa Fr., b. November 27, 1841 ; d. November 27, 1846.
DAVIS.
ALVAH B. DAVIS, son of Deacon John Davis, was born in Middleton, New Hampshire, February 20, 1803 and died in Norway, November 21, 1871. He married, November 14, 1825, Sarah B., daughter of Levi Young, of New Durham, New Hampshire; b. July 1, 1807 ; d. Norway, July 25, 1874. He came to Norway in 1845. Children : -
I. John, b. Middleton, October 8, 1827; d. March 5, 1828.
II. Sophia H., b. July 23, 1829; r. Norway.
III. Levi Y., b. October 27, 1832; d. Norway, April 2, 1872.
DEERING.
JOHN DEERING JR., was the oldest son of John and Mary (Jameson) Deering, and was born in Saco, in 1784. His father, John Deering Sen., died in Paris, July 22, 1845. John Deer- ing Jr., came to Paris when quite young and married Ann Newhall, of Sterling, Massachusetts. He was a carpenter and builder, and was much employed in the construction of buildings in the north part of Paris and Woodstock and was a conscientious and faithful mechanic. He was frequently in town office and performed his duties promptly and faithfully. In 1836, he moved to Norway, and Deering street, in the village, commemorates his name. About the year 1858, he moved to Portland and died there September 27, 1869, aged 85 years. His wife died May 31, 1870, aged 77. Children, all born in Paris : -
I. William H., b. Paris, October 25, 1811. He married Abigail Tolbert of Turner, was a lawyer, and died in Louisiana, in September, 1840.
II. Hiram W., b. April 5, 1813 ; m. Elizabeth C., daughter of William Reed, of Nor- way; is a trader in Portland.
III. Alvin, b. June 13, 1815; resides Portland, trader; m. Margaret D. Nason, of Hollis.
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IV. Cynthia, d. in infancy.
V. James, b. 1820; m. Kate L. Morrison, of Kentucky ; settled New Orleans, trader ; now resides in Texas.
VI. Elizabeth, d. in infancy.
VII. John Kendall, b. 1824; a preacher in Ohio ; m. Lydia P. Prescott of Chesterville.
VIII. Anne, b. 1826, now in Buchanan, Michigan.
IX. Susan N., b. 1828, now in Buchanan, Michigan.
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