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DENNIS.
GEORGE DENNIS, from Yorkshire, England, came to Norway from Boston, in 1855. He is the son of George and Mary Dennis of Yorkshire, and was born May 25, 18IS. He mar- ried, May 1, 1853, Huldah P. Kilgore who was born January 24, 1820. Children : -
I. Mary Ann, b. August 7, 1856; d. October 7, 1857.
DEVINE.
JOHN FRANCIS DEVINE, born in Conway, New Hampshire, September 21, IS45, son of William Devine, born in Tyrone County, Ireland, March 20, 1817, and Eliza Jane Corson, born in the same county, March 17, 1827 (the former being the son of Dennis and Annie (Hacket) Devine, of the same Tyrone), married, September 16, 1871, Sarah M. Judkins, and came to Norway from Brownfield, July 21, 1867. He is by occupation a currier. Children : -
I. Nellie May, b. June 17, 1872.
II. George William, b. September 4, 1875.
DINSMORE.
ANSEL DINSMORE, a farmer, came here from Minot in 1839. He was the son of James and Betsey (Verrill) Dinsmore of Minot, and was born in that town, September 26, 1815. He married, October 21, 1837, Judith C. Morse who was born December 24, IS17. Children : -
I. Charles Wesley, b. February 23, 1839; m. 1867, Carrie Lee.
II. Mary Adelaide, b. May 18, 1848; m. August 27, 1867, Charles F. Whitman.
III. Horace Greeley, b. October 25, 1855 ; m. April 30, 1881, Fanny Town.
DOE.
STEPHEN DOE, born in New Market, New Hampshire, married Ruth Winslow, of Fal- mouth. She was a member of the Society of Friends. He settled first in Portland, moved to Falmouth, and finally to Sumner. Children : -
I. Amos Winslow, b. Portland, March 8, 1809; m. Mary Ann Pond.
II. Nancy, b. Portland, October 21, 1810; d. 1817.
III. Ruth, b. Falmouth, March 19, 1813; m. Nathan Fogg.
IV. Samuel, b. Falmouth, March 19, 1813; m. Nancy Stearns; d. August 19, 1843.
V. Benjamin, b. Sumner, July 10, 1815; m. Rhoda Durgin; s. Georgia.
VI. William, b. Sumner, October 16, 1816; m. Mary Ann Gill; s. Lexington, Mass. VII. Stephen, b. Sumner, April 15, 1820; m. Nancy Evans ; s. Paris.
VIII. Adaline, b. Sumner, March 28, 1822; m. Ethan Haskell ; s. Lewiston.
IX. Emeline, b. Sumner, January 8, 1825; m. Colby Hutchinson ; s. Hebron.
X. Hiram, b. Sumner, November 5, 1828; m. Betsey Noble; s. Hebron.
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AMOS WINSLOW DOE, son of the preceding, married Mary Ann, daughter of Daniel Pond. Children : -
I. Benjamin Sibley, b. April 14, 1836; m. Mary A. M. Ripley.
II. Freeland A., b. June 18, 1840; m. Julia Fernald, of Boston.
III. Amos W., b. August 2, 1843; drowned August 5, 1860, at Snow's Falls.
The mother died July 2, 1845, and he married second, October 19, 1845, Deborah, daughter of Morton Curtis, of Woodstock.
IV. Mary Ann, b. December 18, 1847 ; m. Henry Siberling, of Minot.
The mother died August 31, 1855, and he married third, 1857, Martha, daughter of Will- iam Merrill, and removed to Norway. He is by occupation a carpenter.
DOWNER.
HORATIO B. DOWNER was born in New Gloucester, Maine, graduated from the Edward Little Institute, at Auburn, learned at Auburn the trade of painter, in which he afterward was very proficient. He married Augusta C., daughter of Captain James Bowker, of Paris, who died November 11, 1865, and came to Norway in 1856, where he worked at his trade until 1863. He served in Company D, First Maine Heavy Artillery in the late war, and was killed in the engagement in front of Petersburgh, Virginia, June 17, 1864. His father, John Downer, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, married Miriam Raynes, of New Gloucester. The children of Horatio B. and Augusta C. Downer were : -
I. Grace H., b.
II. Lillian F., b.
III. John P., b.
; m. William C. Cole.
; m. Dr. Calvin E. Evans.
; m. Christiana S. Champion, of Lyme, Connecticut.
IV. George H., b. ; d. December 6, 1866.
DOWNING.
AMOS DOWNING, farmer, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Bailey) Downing, of Andover, Massachusetts, born in Minot, Maine, July 24, 1800, came to Norway, in 1874. He married Ist, September 23, 1828, Lura Wing, of Winthrop, born in 1805, and 2d, June 14, 1838, Lucy M. Orcutt, born February 19, 1807. Children : -
I. George H., b. in Winthrop, February 10, 1837.
II. Lura K., b. same, February 19, 1841 ; m. Apollos Hammond; d. June 10, 1860.
DRAKE.
SIMEON DRAKE (see Norway Newspapers) married Martha Elizabeth, daughter of William and Dorothy (Sanborn) Durgin, who was born March 14, 1831. He moved from Bridgton to Norway in 1872, and revived the Norway Advertiser, which had then been suspended for some years. He has been connected with the press of Norway since that time. Children : - I. Charles Mathews b. July 25, 1848; drowned at Laconia, New Hampshire, October 8, 1854.
II. William Abram, b. October 22, 1849; m. Rosalia Maria, daughter of John L. Horne, of Norway. He is a physician at North Weymouth, Massachusetts.
III. Fred Eugene, b. August 15, 1854; m. Clara Augusta, daughter of John J. Hayden, of Norway. He is a dentist in Manchester, Massachusetts.
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IV. Charles, b. January 10, 1858; d. March 24, 1862, in Augusta.
V. Anna Florence, b. April 29, 1864.
VI. Ernest Winfred, b. March 3, 1870.
DUNN.
CHARLES E. DUNN, a farmer, born in Oxford, April 3, 1838, married April 15, 1858, Rose Pingree who was born in Norway, February 25, 1838. He came here from Poland in 1856. Children :
I. Chester, b. February 25, 1859; d. July 28, 1860.
II. Ada R., b. July 5, 1861.
III. Virgil E., b. August 10, 1864.
IV. Charles H., b. June 29, 1866.
V. Fred W., b. April 6, 1870 ; d. October 25, 1872.
VI. Myrtie R., b. February 20, 1874 ; d. April 6, 1877.
VII. Fred G., b. April 23, 1876.
VIII. Willie E., b. January 18, 1879.
IX. Rose M., b. March 13, 1881.
DUNHAM.
ASA DUNHAM, born in 1759, was in Norway prior to 1794. He married Lydia Cobb, sister of Isaac Cobb, an early settler here. He enlisted in the company of Captain Bailey Bodwell, and was in the war of 1812, on the frontier, and died of disease while in the service. After- ward the family became residents of Paris and Woodstock. Children : -
I. Asa, b. 1790; m. Polly Cleaves.
II. Samuel, b. October 30, 1794; m. Maria Conant.
III. Sylvanus, b. July 8, 1797; m. Esther Benson.
IV. Daniel, b. September 19, 1803; m. first, Mary Durell; second, widow Smith.
V. Joseph, b. May 13, 1805; m. Pamelia Dow.
VI. Chloe, m. Antepas Durell.
VII. Susan, m. Alexander Hill.
VIII. Lydia, m. Captain Jesse Howe.
IX. Betsey, b. November 2, 1799;' m. Lewis Fuller.
X. Polly, b. November 2, 1799; m. Elder Gideon Perkins.
ELEAZER DUNHAM, supposed brother of the preceding, son of Sylvanus and Rebecca (Crocker) Dunham, of Carver, Massachusetts, born 1761, married Jane Bryant, of Plympton, came to Paris about 1798 or 1799, and settled near Snow's Falls, on the lot now the homestead of his heirs. Jane Bryant was the youngest daughter of Joseph and Zilpha (Sampson) Bry- ant, of Plympton. Children : -
I. Fane, b. Carver, Massachusetts, 1794 ; m. Joseph Merrill ; s. Portland.
II. Sebra, b. Carver, Massachusetts, April 21, 1796; m. Mehitable Russell, Bethel.
III. Zilpha, b. Carver, Massachusetts, 1798; m. Nathan Marshall.
IV. Hannah, b. Paris, 1801 ; m. Benjamin Holden.
V. Eleazer, b. Paris, November 6, 1803; m. Abigail Paine.
VI. Alanson M., b. Paris, November 29, 1805; m. Christiana Bent.
VII. Lucy, b. Paris, April, 1807 ; m. Peter Holden.
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VIII. Lucinda, b. Paris, August, 1809; d. 1858.
IX. Sampson, b. Paris, April 9, 1811; m. Avice Cummings.
X. Isaac, b. Paris, January 28, 1813; m. Mary Ann Swan.
XI. Mirinda, b. Paris, September 1, 1815; m. Jairus S. Cummings.
XII. Asa Thomas, b. Paris, June 18, 1817 ; m. Esther M. Gurney.
ALANSON M. DUNHAM, son of the preceding, came from Paris to Norway in 1832, and is a farmer. He married, in 1831, Christiana Bent, who was born in March in 1805, and second, Mary A. Denison, who was born in September, 1819. He died in 1886. Children : -
I. Alanson Mellen, b. July 29, 1853; m., October 3, 1875, Emma F. Richardson.
DUNNELL.
MARK H. DUNNELL, born in Buxton, graduate of Colby University, came here to take charge of the Norway Liberal Institute, in 1850. He was very successful as a teacher. He purchased the Norway Advertiser, and changed the name to Pine State News, which he pub- lished for a short time and abandoned the enterprise. He went West and has been a member of Congress. He married Miss Purington, and his children recorded here are : -
I. Warren T., b. August 23, 1851.
II. Fanny Forrester, b. January 19, 1853.
DUTTON.
JOSIAH DUTTON, a carpenter and builder, born in Norridgewock, July 13, 1825, married, September 11, 1856, Sylvia Smith, of Newry. He resided in Bethel and elsewhere and was engaged in building churches, school buildings, and other public edifices, and also private residences. He is a professional architect, and a builder of much experience. He is the son of Josiah Dutton, born in Starks, in 1794, and Nancy Collins, born in Martha's Vineyard, September 24, 1790, and grandson of Josiah Dutton, formerly of Wiscasset. Mr. Dutton came to Norway from Bethel, in 1877, and has since engaged in farming. Children : -
I. L. Stella, b. July 4, 1857 ; d. in Lewis, New York, July 17, 1858.
II. E. Webster, b. June 8, 1860.
III. Eliza Bell, b. May 24, 1864.
DENISON.
ISAAC DENISON, father of the three Denison brothers who did business in Norway, was born in Stonington, Connecticut, April 23, 1778, and married at Tinmouth, Vermont, October 21, 1798, Electa Newell who was born in Farmington, Connecticut, September 10, 1780. He died in Norway, January 9, 1867, and she in Burke, Vermont, August 22, 1870. Children : -
I. Nancy Curtis, b. September 25, 1799 ; m. Titus O. Brown Jr .; d. September, 1861.
II. Almira, b. January 14, 1802 ; d. March 14, 1871.
III. Lucius, b. July 27, 1803 ; d. June 26, 1882.
IV. Maria, b. October 13, 1806; d. May 31, 1813.
V. Nathan, b. April 2, 1809; d. November 30, 1854.
VI. Rebecca N., b. May 5, 1811.
VII. Minerva C., b. June 13, 1813.
VIII. Adna C., b. Novemer 15, 1815.
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IX. Oscar A., b. December 13, 1817.
X. Isaac A., b. June 18, 1820.
XI. Rosalia S., b. August 12, 1823.
LUCIUS DENISON, son of the preceding, married first, November 24, 1827, Catherine Bemis who died December 11, IS41. He married second, November 21, 1842, Adaline C. Hobart who was born January 23, 1823. Mr. Denison came from Boston to Norway in October, 1861, and engaged in trade with Isaac A. Denison for about ten years, when he sold out, and built a large pulp mill on Crooked River. He died in Norway, June 26, 1882. Children by first marriage : -
I. Caroline M., b. September 5. 1828; m. January 1, 1853, G. W. Higgins.
II. Elias B., b. February 6, 1831 ; m. May 23, 1871, Mary Thaxter.
III. William B., b. April 20, 1833; m. February 23, 1862, Eliza Kendall.
By second marriage : -
IV. Catherine S., b. October 7, 1843 ; m., October 10, 1866, Cyrus Tucker ; and d. March 14, 1875.
V. Ellen F., b. February 7, 1846; m., May, 1865, Amos L. Millett of Portland.
VI. Arthur E., b. December 5, 1847; m., October 22, 1875, Ida Wright.
VII. Alice E , b. November 8, 1849; m. Horace Cole of Norway; died.
VIII. Adaline M., b. June 27, 1853 ; m. Charles Blake.
IX. Emma M., b. November 21, 1856; m., September 3, 1880, William O. Collins.
X. Lucius H., b. July 7, 1858 ; m., February 18, 1885, Emma Buder.
XI. Herbert R., b. June 5, 1863.
XII. Nathan N., b. May 1, 1865.
ADNA C. DENISON, brother of the preceding (see Personal Notice), married, September 13, 1838, Hannah, daughter of Thomas and Mary True, of Sutton, Vermont. Her parents were the first settlers in Sutton. She died at Mechanic Falls, March 23, 1881. Children : -
I. Adna T., b. Sutton, September 19, 1839; m. first, December 21, 1862, Sarah Welch. who died April 21, 1864, leaving one child, F. Winn Denison, b. January 16, 1864. For second wife, he m., March 29, 1866, Sarah W. Gunnison, and had, Ansel T., b. May 30, 1869; Hannah A., b. May 12, 1873; and Adna C., b. April 12, 1875.
II. Frances Mary, b. January 15, 1847; m., October 1, 1866, C. M. Cram; now resides in New York City. They have Agnes D., b. September 3, 1870; Frances W., b. October 24, 1872.
ISAAC A. DENISON, brother of the preceding, was long an enterprising merchant in the village, and was one of the principal losers by the great fire of 1852. He married, at Lyn- don, Vermont, April 23, 1844, Lauristine L. Bemis, who was born at Lyndon, September 17, 1825. Mr. Denison came to Norway, from Lyndon, Vermont, November 1, 1849, and en- gaged in trade with his brother, Adna C. Denison, and Joseph A. Kendall. After two years, he bought out his brother's interest in the store, and continued in business here until 1875, when he sold the store to Amos Oscar Noyes, and moved to Mechanic Falls. Children : -
1. Huida E., b. January 22, 1845 ; m., September, 1868, Rev. Webster Woodbury.
II. Rosalie H., b. May 24, 1846; d. September 8, 1852.
III. Julia L., b. December 23, 1849; d. January 12, 1868.
IV. Clara R., b. July 14, 1854 ; m., August 8, 1885, Rev. F. E. Emrich.
V. Katie L., b. March 23, 1859. 32
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HISTORY OF NORWAY.
EASTMAN.
JOB EASTMAN, born in Pembroke, New Hampshire, August 6, 1750, for over forty years the efficient town clerk of Norway and a justice of the peace, was a brother-in-law of Jonathan Cummings of Andover, Massachusetts, the proprietor of Cummings Purchases of this town. He was married, but left no children. He died in 1845.
EVERETT.
PETER EVERETT, of French descent, came into Norway in 1789. His first clearing proved to be on the Cummings purchase and he subsequently moved his buildings across into Rust- field. His wife, widow Susan Burns, according to Mr. Noyes, taught the first school in town. She kept it in her own house. Children : -
I. John, m. Polly Green and died in Gilead.
II. Peter Fr., m. Charlotte Parker.
III. Susan, m. Samuel Jewell of Waterford.
IV. Joseph died young.
PETER EVERETT JR., son of the preceding, born May 27, 1786, married Charlotte Parker. Children : -
I. Thomas Jefferson, b. July 10, 1807 ; m. Mercy Frost and died April 15, 1844.
II. William Tucker, b. October 17, 1809; m. Abigail, daughter of Samuel Dunn.
III. Alpha Bonney, b. February 9, 1812; m. Susannah Burns.
IV. George W., b. April 15, 1814; m. Elizabeth F. Burns.
V. Simon Peter, b. July 11, 1816; m. Lydia P. Bartlett.
VI. Hiram Millett, b. November 3, 1818; m., 1844, Cordelia B. Marshall, of Hebron. VII. Betsey Bonneyy, b. Februar 7, 1821 ; m. Archibald Wood.
VIII. David Ramsdell, b. September 2, 1823; m. Ist, Salome Chandler, 2d, Harriet Cobb.
IX. Jonathan Millett, b. September 15, 1825; m. Nancy Fogg.
X. Henry Rust, b. November 6, 1828; m. Sarah Keene.
XI. Charles Sylvester, b. June 22, 1831 ; m. Augusta Irish.
THOMAS J. EVERETT, son of the preceding, married Mercy J. Frost. Children : ---
I. Elizabeth, b. March 23, 1831.
II. Solomon, b. February 18, 1833.
III. Rebecca T., b. November 30, 1835; d. July 27, 1849.
IV. Alonzo, b. October 13, 1837.
V. Thomas y., b. November 14, 1839; m. 1857, Anna J. Briggs.
VI. Orin, b. April 29, 1841 ; m. 1861, Mary Ellen Davis.
VII. Abel T., b. March 14, 1844.
ALPHA B. EVERETT, brother of the preceding, married Susannah Burns. Children : -
I. Peter, b. April 10, 1836; m. Catherine Campbell.
II. John Burns, b. December 29, 1839; m. Mary Warren.
III. Alfred Augustus. b. February 24, 1841 ; m. Abbie B. Holden.
IV. Susannah, b. January 1, 1844; m. Sewell Austin.
V. Elbridge G., r. Gardiner.
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HISTORY OF NORWAY.
GEORGE WASHINGTON EVERETT, brother of the preceding, married Elizabeth Burns, of Oxford; he and his wife both deceased some years ago. Children : -
I. Ferusha Ellen, b. April 18, 1839.
II. Ann Maria, b. December 18, 1840.
III. Elizabeth Jane, b. March 3, 1843.
IV. George Wallace, b. September 11, 1846.
V. Charles 7., b. December 1, 1848.
VI. Leroy F., b. May 5, 1851 ; m., 1878, Lucy J. Whittemore, of Paris.
VII. Edwin M., b. February 3, 1855; m., 1879, Mary E. Jackson.
VIII. Wallace, b. ; went out of the State.
IX. Ernest, b. ; went out of the State.
SIMON PETER EVERETT, brother of the preceding, married Lydia P. Bartlett, daughter of Rufus Bartlett Jr., of Greenwood. Children : -
I. Lucy, b. April 10, 1843.
ALFRED A. EVERETT, son of Alpha B. Everett, married Abbie A., daughter of David Ray and Louise Lovejoy Holden. Children: -
I. Alfred A., b. March 18, 1867.
II. Eliza L., b. June 20, 1869.
III. Addie M., b. January, 14, 1872.
IV. Almon A., b. August 29, 1874.
V. Hattie A., b. April 16, 1878.
VI. ' Eugene W., b. June 18, 1880.
VII. James E., b. May 15, 1883.
VIII. Lucinda M., b. December 17, 1885.
EVANS.
RICHARD EVANS, born in Portland, October 1, 1805, married, September 29, 1829, Mary W. Hill, who was born August 19, 1810. He came to Norway in 1833. He was a contractor and builder, and among the buildings which he erected were the academy building in Norway, and the passenger stations at South Paris and Island Pond. He died October 23, 1871, and his widow died August 11, 1878. Children : -
I. Charles H., b. July 5, 1830; m., June 16, 1864, Alice E. Leighton.
II. Mary W. H., b. February 8, 1832; m., November 21, 1854, Charles L. Webb.
III. Josiah H., b. August 25, 1833; m., October 21, 1861, Georgie Hale ; he d. Novem- ber 4, 1861.
IV. Warren R., b. September 15, 1835; m., November 28, 1866, Louisa A. Stetson. Dr. Evans is a natural mechanic, and the inventor of the Evans rifle. He resides and practices dentistry in Portland.
V. Lizzie O., b. January 26, 1839; d. August 10, 1856.
VI. George Frank, b. March 10, 1842; m., November 24, 1864, C. Elizabeth Jewett. He is the inventor of improved planes for irregular surfaces, and other use- ful implements.
VII. William Alfred, b. January 16, 1845; killed at Spottsylvania in June, 1864.
VIII. Ella M., b. July 12, 1850; m. Marcus F. Brooks ; r. Portland.
IX. Winnie L., b. February 6, 1853.
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HISTORY OF NORWAY.
FARNHAM.
ALBERT P. FARNHAM, son of Joel Farnham, of Albion, Maine, who was born January 6, 1818, and Lucy C. Phillips, of the same town, who was born February 1, 1823, came to Nor- way in 1867 to work in the woolen mill. He was born in Albion, January 4, 1844, and mar- ried first, January 4, 1868, Laura B. Penley, who was born in April, 1852, and second, January I, 1872, Sarah B. Penley, who was born May 13, 1857. Children : -
I. Edith L., b. January 16, 1875.
II. Ella C., b. January 6, 1878.
FARNUM.
CHARLES W. FARNUM, came here from Albany, in 1865. He is the son of Simon K. Farnum, of Rumford, who was born in 1813, and Mary J. McCrillis, his wife, who was born May 18, 1821. He was born May 18, 1841, in Rumford, and married, August 7, 1859, Susan E. Pingree, born in Albany, January 15, 1841. Children : -
I. George W., b. July 8, 1860; d. March 4, 1862.
II. Rose E., b. May 5, 1863; d. November 13, 1866.
III. Flora E., b. October 4, 1867.
IV. Viola E., b. July 9, 1869; d. November 7, 1876.
V. Ambrose B., b. April 2, 1871.
VI. Charles W., b. December 12, 1878.
VII. Ellsworth G., b. June 25, 1880.
FARRAR.
JOSIAH FARRAR from Guildhall, Vermont, by trade, a clothier, came to Norway about the year 1805, and remained here a few years working at his trade, and then moved to Waterford. He was a brother of Luther Farrar, Norway's first lawyer. Children: -
I. Charles Calvin, b. 1808; graduated at Bowdoin College, class of 1832; went to New Orleans, and died of consumption the following year.
II. Annette, b. 1811; m. Ist, Daniel G. Swan; 2d, John A. Briggs.
III. Josiah, b. 1814.
IV. Edward, b. 1816.
V. Harriet, b. 1818; m. John A. Briggs.
FAUNCE.
AZEL W. FAUNCE, son of Benjamin and Nancy (Washburn) Faunce, born in Paris, Novem- lber 12, 1831, married, January 1, 1856, Abby F. Rowe, who was born in Poland, April 5, 1832. Children : -
I. Florence L., b. February 18, 1857; m., 1881, George Millett.
II. Elmer A., b. February 27, 1861 ; m., 1880, Rachel C. Denning.
III. Edgar E., b. May 24, 1863.
IV. Benjamin P., b. March 7, 1874.
FAVOR.
REUBEN FAVOR, born in Ware, New Hampshire, married Mary, daughter of Deacon Samuel York, of Falmouth, who was born June 5, 1783. He settled in Paris, in the west part of the town, near Norway. He died March 9, 1851. Children : --
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I. Reuben fr., b. Yarmouth, 1806; m. Sarah Town, of Norway.
II. William, b. Paris, April 10, 1810; d. 1868.
III. Samuel, b. February 9, 1816; m. Mary Holt.
REUBEN FAVOR JR., son of the preceding, married Sarah, daughter of Peter Town, of Norway. Children : -
I. Ferdinand F., b. January 1, 1841; m. Fannie, daughter of Benjamin Greeley. He is a commission merchant in Boston.
II. Albert Ambrose, b. October 21, 1842.
III. Granville Marion, b. December 11, 1843; he was killed by a collision on the rail- road in 1844.
IV. George Irving, b. August 18, 1846.
V. Mary Adelaide, b. January 12, 1850.
VI. Herbert R., b. September 28, 1852.
VII. Anna F., b. February 4, 1855.
VIII. Ernest H., b. March 6, 1857.
SAMUEL FAVOR, brother of the preceding, married Mary, daughter of Daniel Holt, of Norway. Children : -
I. James Madison, b. April 4, 1838; m. Angelia Tucker; d. June 11, 1881.
II. Claudius Marcellus, b. October 29, 1839; m. Lydia M. Humphrey.
III. Samuel Eugene, b. July 5, 1848; d. December 9, 1861.
JAMES MADISON FAVOR, oldest son of Samuel, married, December 4, 1860, Angelia Tucker, of Norway, who was born December 17, 1838. He moved to Cambridgeport in May, 1869, and returned to Norway in December, 1877. He died June 11, 1881. Children : -
I. Elsie Angelia, b. October 4, 1863.
II. Henry Ferdinand, b. August 7, 1870.
III. James Nelson, b. April 11, 1876.
FLINT.
BENJAMIN FLINT, son of Ebenezer and Abigail (Sawyer) Flint, resided in Reading, Massachusetts. "He was noted for his great firmness of purpose, and determination of will, and was much respected for his blameless life and personal worth."* He married Olive, daughter of Rev. Isaac Richardson, of Woburn. Children : -
I. Benjamin, b. October 21, 1769; s. Norway; m. Elizabeth Merrill.
II. Olive, b. 1771.
III. Betsey, b. 1773; m., 1796, William Pratt.
IV. Sarah, b. 1775.
V. Thurza, b. 1778.
VI. Rutha, b. 1780.
VII. Addison, b. 1782; m. Ist Sally Upton, 2d, Widow Mary Burrill.
VIII. Isaac, b. 1784; m .. 1807, Lydia Frost, and settled in Greenwood. He was promi- nent in town affairs, and long a Justice of the Peace. "Squire Flint " was highly respected by his fellow-townsmen.
ยท History of Reading.
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HISTORY OF NORWAY.
BENJAMIN FLINT, son of the preceding, married Elizabeth Merrill, daughter of Enoch, of Andover and Norway. Children : -
I. Betsey, b. February 18, 1795.
II. Benjamin, b. January 27, 1797.
III. Olive, b. January 26, 1799.
ELIJAH FLINT, born in Manchester, New Hampshire in 1772, married Dolly Pingree, who was born in 1774. Children : -
I. Samuel, b. August 17, 1805.
II. Elijah.
III. Dolly.
IV. Ruth.
SAMUEL FLINT, son of the preceding, married Hannah Frost. She was born in Norway in 1808. Children : -
I. Susan E., b. June 2, 1832.
II. David F., b. May 4, 1834.
III. Mary A., b. April 5, 1836.
IV. Adelia L., b. February 7, 1838.
V. Hannah O., b. April 21, 1840.
VI. Harriet R., b. January 20, 1842.
VII. Gustavia, b. April 20, 1843.
VIII. Samuel Harlan, b. November 14, 1844.
DAVID FROST FLINT, son of the preceding, a farmer residing in Norway, married, Septem- ber 28, 1865, Ella Amanda Shaw, who was born in Waterford, December 5, 1841. No children.
SAMUEL HARLAN FLINT, brother of the preceding, farmer, residence Norway, married, July 23, 1871, Mary E. Pingree, who was born in Norway, July 2, 1854. Children : -
I. Hannah Belle, b. October 7, 1872.
II. Della May, b. October 11, 1874.
III. Leslie Harlan, b. March 27, 1877.
IV. Asa Pool, b. April 16, 1880.
FOSTER.
NATHAN FOSTER, the ancestor of the Fosters in this town, came from Tewksbury, Massa- chusetts, where he was born May 14, 1762. He married Miriam, second daughter of Jere- miah Hobbs. He died February 5, 1836. Children : -
I. Miriam, b. May 18, 1791.
II. Hannah, b. October 14, 1792; d. June 22, 1811.
III. Nathan, b. April 9, 1794; d. January 20, 1837.
IV. Amos, b. March 31, 1796; d. April 20, 1827.
V. Jeremiah, b. September 23, 1797.
VI. William, b. April 5, 1799.
His first wife died, and he married Sally Hobbs for second wife, and had : - VII. Samuel, b. February 15, 1804 ; d. July 6, 1806.
VIII. Sally, b. August 31, 1805; d. July 10, 1806.
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HISTORY OF NORWAY.
IX. Sally, b. April 17, 1807.
x. Samuel, b. January 27, 1809.
XI. Serena, b. December 11, 1810.
XII. Hannah, b. June 22, 1813.
XIII. Luther F., b. March 3, 1815.
XIV. David, b. May, 1818.
XV. Harriet, b. October 5, 1820; d. June 1, 1828.
XVI. Lydia, b. January 17, 1823.
XVII. Clarissa, b. January 27, 1826.
SAMUEL FOSTER, son of the preceding, married, first, Sarah , who died June 25, 1851 ; married second, Caroline Cross, of Bethel, in 1852. Children : -
I. George Samuel, b. July 29, 1839; d. December 2, 1862.
II. Mary Stearns, b. November 28, 1841.
WILLIAM FOSTER, brother of the preceding (see Personal Notice), married Calista Wood, of Waterford. Children : -
I. Olive, b. December 7, 1830.
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