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II. William Franklin, b. January 14, 1833; m. Almira H. Smith.
III. Nathan Albert, b. January 14, 1835; m. Harriet N. Grover.
IV. Miriam Hobbs, b. July 23, 1839.
LUTHER F. FOSTER, brother of the preceding, married Eunice B. Millett, who was born April 15, 1817. Children : -
I. Wallace Valentine, b. January 13, 1840. He married, July 20, 1879, Abbie Thomas, of Harrison, Maine.
II. Helen Augusta, b. January 1, 1842.
WILLIAM FRANKLIN FOSTER, son of William and Calista, married, February 25, 1868, Almira H., daughter of Mark P. Smith. He died in November, 1883. Children : -
I. Effie T., b. August 10, 1869; d. December following.
II. Winnie, b. September 6, 1870.
III. Henry B., b., August 30, 1872.
IV. Fanny, b. June 26, 1879; d. April 5, 1880.
NATHAN ABBOTT FOSTER, brother of the preceding, married, May 22, 1859, Hattie N. Grover, who was born December 20, 1845. He is a farmer. Children : -
I. Fred A., b. June 23, 1865.
FRANK.
LEVI FRANK, son of Francis Frank, said to have come from England, was born in Gray, Maine, in 1766. He married Charity Doughty, of Gray, and came to Norway in 1812. He lived for a time, on a place known as the Rust farm near Nathaniel Young's, but about the year 1815, he purchased a lot of Edward Little on the Lee Grant and built him a log house which was subsequently succeeded by a frame house. The farm has since had several owners, one of which was Joseph Churchill. Mr. Frank was killed by falling into a cellar when moving a house for John Parsons Jr., April 18, 1829. He had ten children, only two or three of the youngest born in Norway. Children: -
I. Clara, d. in Norway in 1871, unmarried.
II. Lois, d. in Norway, unmarried.
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III. Eliza, m. Benjamin Barrows, of Norway.
IV. Salome, m. James Blake, of Westbrook.
V. Nancy, m. Benjamin Sturtefant, of Hebron ; s. Portland.
VI. Amos went from Norway a young man and never returned.
VII. Nehemiah went away with his brother Amos.
VIII. Harriet, m. John Andrews, of Otisfield.
IX. Levi fr., b. 1807 ; m. Permelia Churchill and lived in Norway.
X. Ellen, m. John Townsend, of Portland.
LEVI FRANK JR., son of the preceding, married Permelia, daughter of Joseph Churchill of Paris, and was a farmer in Norway. After his death, which occurred at Quincy, Massa- chusetts, in 1866, his widow married Benjamin Bacon, of West Paris. Children : -
I. Levi Francis, b. October 8, 1829; m. Mary Briggs; r. Bangor.
II. Salome, b. November 17, 1832 ; m., in 1850, Sewall J., son of Ephraim and Sarah (Wentworth) Crockett, and had Rose E. and Mary J. He died in 1853, and his. widow married Nathan Buck, of Greenwood.
III. Mary Amanda, b. June 21, 1837; m. Asa Danforth Briggs, of Otisfield; r. in Norway.
IV. George H., b. ; m. Nora Martin, of Indianapolis, Indiana.
FREEMAN.
SAMUEL. FREEMAN, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Bradford) Freeman, was born in Minot, Maine, August 11, 1814, and married, in Portland, Michigan, September 17, 1840, Miss Rebecca, daughter of Samuel and Ann Maria (Kellogg) Northam. She was born in Will- iamstown, Massachusetts, September 12, 1819. They lived in Michigan about nine years after marriage, then moved to Hebron, Maine, and finally, in June, 1854, to Norway, Maine. He is a carpenter. Children : -
I. Mary, b. in Portland, Michigan, June 20, 1841 ; d. June 24, 1841.
II. Annie E., b. September 12, 1843; m., in Coaticook, Canada, Hollis Allen Jenne, of Derby Center, Vermont; had one child, Burton Jenne, b. in Stewartstown, New Hampshire, June 18, 1867; d. in Claremont, New Hampshire, February 23, 1875. He is a machinist, and lives in Claremont, New Hampshire.
III. Edward G., b. in Portland, Michigan, June 1, 1846; m., in Newport, Maine, August 3, 1871, Miss Millie Cooke, b. in Plymouth, Maine. He is a carpenter.
IV. George F., b. in Portland, Michigan, August 1, 1848; d. January 25, 1849.
V. John S., b. in Hebron, Maine, August 20, 1850. He is a carpenter, and lives in Norway; unmarried.
VI. Francis C., b. in Norway, Maine, February 5, 1855; d. in Lewiston, Maine, October 27, 1869.
VII. Mary A., b. in Norway, April 19, 1860; d. in Lewiston, March 13, 1872.
RALPH S. FREEMAN, son of Samuel Freeman, born in Minot, December 17, 1817, is a farmer and resides on the Joshua Crockett farm. He married Sarah, daughter of Joshua Crockett Jr. Children : -
I. Harriet, b. Hebron, October 17, 1850; m. Isaac W. Merrill.
II. S. Alice, b. January 18, 1854; m. Clarence R. Merrill.
III. Charles E., b. August 19, 1857 ; r. Norway.
IV. Henry W., b. May 9, 1862; r. Norway.
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FRENCH.
JAMES FRENCH, of Andover, Massachusetts, born in 1768, married Abigail Fletcher, who was born in Ipswich in 1765. He came to Norway in 1798. Children : -
I. James, b. December 19, 1785; m. Annis Whitney, b. February 13, 1785.
II. Jacob.
III. Abigail.
IV. Esther, b. August 13, 1792; m. Solomon Leonard; d. October 2, 1865.
V. Sarah.
VI. Charles.
VII. George.
VIII. Alice, m. Timothy Smith, of Paris.
IX. Clarissa.
JAMES FRENCH JR., son of the preceding, married Annis, daughter of Phineas Whitney, of Norway. Children : -
I. George, b. August 28, 1809; m. Louisa Lovejoy; d. in Albany, 1883.
II. James, b. May 26, 1811; m. Sarah Brown; d. 1883.
III. Washington, b. May 16, 1813; m. Mary Henley; r. Albany.
IV. Perley, b. August 22, 1815; m. Betsey Wardwell ; r. Albany.
V. Martha, b. November 2, 1817; d. March 16, 1821.
VI. John A., b. July 12, 1819; m. Aurilla P. Chase; r. Norway.
VII. Martha A., b. December, 1821; m. Ist, Clark Knight, 2d, Joseph Perkins.
VIII. Moses Osgood, b. March 30. 1824; m. Betsey Pierce; r. Norway.
IX. William P., b. May 26, 1826; m. Emeline Stevens, of Norway.
X. Amos, b. September 24, 1828; m. Lavina Dunn; r. Norway.
JOHN A. FRENCH, son of the preceding, married Aurilla P. Chase, born Brunswick, Maine. Children : -
I. John H., b., Boston, October 14, 1838; m., September 7, 1877. Ellen G. Stevens, of Norway.
II. George A., b., Boston, October 12, 1841; m., September 7, 1877, Arvilla Rich, of Boston.
III. James K., b., Boston, November 10, 1844; m., March 3, 1875, Ida E. Hayes, of Norway, who died October 27, 1878.
IV. Charles E., b., Boston, May 25, 1851 ; d. November 30, 1869.
V. Betsey I., b., Boston, November 12, 1855; d. September 10, 1857.
VI. Aurilla I., b., Norway, May 8, 1859.
MOSES OSGOOD FRENCH, brother of the preceding, married Betsey, daughter of William and Betsey (Wells) Pierce. Children : -
I. Orrington Leroy, b. June 2, 1850. He was killed by the accidental discharge of a gun, June 6, 1863.
II. Addie Ella, b April 12, 1852.
III. Viola Arrietta, b. October 24, 1854; d. in Boston, April 15, 1879.
WILLIAM P. FRENCH, brother of the preceding, married, April 18, 1852, Emeline A. Stevens, who was born in Greenwood, April 28, 1833. He is a farmer, but has taught school twenty winters. Children : -
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I. William A., b. May 5, 1853.
II. Eugene O., b. July 28, 1854.
III. Augusta H., b. December 28, 1859.
IV. Arthur F., b. September 4, 1860.
AMOS FRENCH, farmer, brother of the preceding, was born at North Norway, September 24, 1828. He married, November 5, 1857, Lovina Dunn, who was born December 3, 1841. Children : -
I. Gerry D., b. October 7, 1858; d. September, 1860.
II. Carrie E., b. June 30, 1861.
III. Chester G., b. May 24, 1868.
IV. Aldro A., b. July 1, 1874.
V. Angie L., b. May 3, 1879.
JOHN S. FRENCH, from New Hampshire, was living in Norway in 1825, and moved from here to Oxford. He married, April 5, 1802, Polly, daughter of Benjamin Libby, who form- erly lived on Frenchman's Bay, and with one Clark, built the first wharf on that Bay; was driven away by the English during the Revolutionary War, and escaped in an open boat in which he sailed three hundred miles; he died in Tuftonborough, New Hampshire, in 1805. John S. French had the following children : -
I. Abigail, b. January, 1802; m. Nathaniel Millett, of Greenwood.
II. Enoch, b. February 15, 1804; m Harriet, daughter of Benjamin Rowe, of Norway.
III. Clarissa L., b. December 16, 1806; m. Gen. George W. Cushman, of Woodstock.
IV. Joseph, b. December 12, 1809; m. Lorania Edwards, of Poland.
V. Mary, b. September 10, 1812; m. Gen. George W. Cushman, of Woodstock.
VI. John S. Fr., b. October 8, 1814.
VII. Sarah A., b. October 30, 1817 ; m. John M. Gallison, of Norway.
VIII. Hannah L., b. June 4, 1820; m. Thaddeus R., son of Enoch Knight, of Norway.
BENJAMIN FRENCH JR., son of Benjamin and Alice (Foster) French, was born in Tewks- bury, Massachusetts, February 14, 1794, married Anna Jones, who was born in Reading, Massachusetts, April 23, 1828, and died in Norway, July 31, 1836. Children: -
I. Catherine H., b. May 4, 1817 ; m. James Merrill; r. Manchester, New Hampshire.
II. Ford f., b. October 4, 1818; m. Charlotte C. Hanes, of Frederick, Maryland; d. June 22, 1855.
III. Mary Ann, b. September 6, 1820; m. Henry C. Moore, of Limington, Maine; d. December 20, 1847.
IV. Nathaniel Grant, b. March 17, 1831; m. Mary L. Stevens, of China, Maine; d. in Norway, January 19, 1861.
NATHANIEL GRANT FRENCH, son of Benjamin and Anna French, married Mary L. Stevens, daughter of Daniel Stevens M.D., of China, Maine. Children : -
I. Augustus Ford, b. May II, 1859; d. October 2, 1878. He was a member of the class of 1881, in Bowdoin College.
II. Nathaniel Grant, b. March 12, 1861. He graduated from the Newton Theological Institution, and was ordained pastor of the Baptist Church in Harpswell; he is now a Maine State Baptist missionary. He married Fannie R., daughter of Albion Buck, of Norway, and has Arthur Ford, b. March 19, 1885.
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FROST.
The name of Frost has been prominent in this town ever since its incorporation. Two, so far as we know, distinct families came here quite early, the one from Gorham, Maine, and the other from Tewksbury, Massachusetts, and their posterity has been and still is numerous.
JOEL FROST, born August 1, 1773, came to Norway from Tewksbury in 1796. He settled on the Waterford three tiers. His wife was Susannah Fowler, born June 20, 1800. Chil- dren : -
I. Moses, b. July 13, 1801.
II. William, b. November 8, 1802; m. Mary K. Wheelock.
III. Joseph, b. March 8, 1804.
IV. Joel, b. November 7, 1805.
V. Mary A., b. January 20, 1807; m. Francis Cummings.
VI. Hannah, b. August 14, 1808.
VII. David, b. March 14, 1810.
VIII. Louisa, b. May 12, 1812 ; m. Ward Noyes.
IX. Harriet, b. June 30, 1813.
X. Laurana, b. June 17, 1815.
XI. Joshua, b. March 13, 1817.
XII. Lewis, b. March 21, 1819; m. Abiah Town.
JACOB FROST came here from Tewksbury, Massachusetts, in 1800. His wife's name was Lydia Shedd. Children, all but the youngest, born in Tewksbury : -
I. Jacob, b. December 21, 1777; m. Deborah Covell.
II. Silas, b. June 19, 1780.
III. Zephaniah, b. December 7, 1782.
IV. Lydia, b. November 5, 1786.
V. Anna, b. August 31, 1788.
VI. Josiah, b. August 5, 1791.
VII. Ziba, b. September 15, 1793.
VIII. Edmond, b. October 1, 1795; m., June, 1823. Anna P., daughter of Isaac and Mary (Morse) Lovejoy, of Andover, Massachusetts, b. January 19, 1796.
IX. Joel, b. August 18, 1798.
X. George, b., Norway, January 24, 1801.
ZEPHANIAH FROST, son of Jacob and Lydia Frost, born December 7, 1782, married Mary Children : -
I. Mary. b. February 2, 1812.
II. Lydia, b. October 28, 1813.
III. Phebe Lovejoy, b. July 17, 1816.
IV. Henry, b. June 22, 1818. V. David, b. August 21, 1820.
VI. Hannah, b. March 20, 1823.
VII. William, b. September 19, 1825.
ZIBA FROST, brother of the preceding, married Phebe Lovejoy, who was born in Andover, Massachusetts, December 5, 1790. Children : -
I. Samuel 7., b. October 26, 1823; m. Elizabeth Beckler.
II. Rebecca, b. December 22, 1825; m. George Shedd; d. August 24, 1869.
III. Benjamin F., b. June 13, 1835; d. September 25, 1836.
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GEORGE FROST, brother of Ziba, preceding, married Orpha Stevens. Children : -
I. George Albert, b. May 17, 1827.
II. Nathaniel Stevens, b. August 8, 1830.
EDMUND FROST, brother of the preceding, married Anna P. Lovejoy, of Andover, Massa- chusetts. Children : -
I. Edmund, b. August 16, 1824.
II. Anna M., b. June 1, 1826.
III. Abia, b. January 26, 1829.
IV. Amanda T., b. August 16, 1831.
V. Abba I., b. January 22, 1834.
VI. Jacob T., b. April 30, 1836.
JACOB FROST JR., son of Jacob and Deborah (Covell) Frost, was born in Norway, May 6, 1802, and November 1, 1827, he married Olive H. Simmons, who was born November I, 1806. Children : -
I. Diana S., b. August 4, 1829; m., 1846, John Dickson ; d. April 13, 1885.
II. John S., b. January 28, 1832; m., January 1, 1859, Vevie M. Merrill.
III. Jacob R., b. October 6, 1834; m., February 12, 1863, Mary E. Bates.
IV. Josiah, b. May 22, 1837; d. March 1, 1858.
V. Amanda H., b. May 2, 1839; m. Ist, August 28, 1864, John L. Flagg; 2d, Charles E. Loud.
VI. Emeline P., b. December 7, 1842.
VII. Eugene, b. July 13, 1845; d. July 11, 1853.
VIII. Leander S., b. May 15, 1847 ; m., January 28, 1869, Mary C. Strout.
IX. Horatio R., b. November 15, 1851; m., 1872, Eliza Hayden.
WILLIAM FROST, second son of Joel, who married Mary J. Wheelock, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, had children : -
I. Joseph, b. April 5, 1832.
II. Emma Jane, b. January 29, 1834.
III. Henrietta Catherine, b. June 20, 1835.
IV. Henry Clinton, b. September 20, 1839.
V. Susannah, b. May 8, 1840.
VI. Elizabeth Walton, b. June 26, 1842.
VII. George Walter, b. April 4, 1844.
VIII. Charles A., b. September 14, 1848; m., April 20, 1874, Martha A. Merrill, born April 3, 1851. He is a carpenter and farmer. No children.
SAMUEL J. FROST, son of Ziba, married, October 8, 1854, Elizabeth M. Beckler, born June 12, 1832. Children : -
I. Lizzie M., b. July 22, 1855; m., December 3, 1877, Horace Burnham.
II. Isabel A., b. June 10, 1857 ; m. Azel H. Kinsley, September 10, 1882.
III. Lillian V., b. November 2, 1864.
JOHN FROST, son of David,* was born in Gorham, Maine, December 28, 1769, came to
* DAVID FROST, father of the four brothers who settled on Frost's Hill, also came to Norway when quite old, and lived in the vicinity of his sons. He married Mary Johnson, of Gorham, and had eleven children. Four sons came to Norway, David Jr. moved to East Machias, Charles to Portland, and Nathan- iel lived in Gorham, Eunice, his daughter, married Samuel Andrews and settled in Norway, and Nancy married Zachariah Weston, also of Norway. Polly, another daughter, married Joseph Hamblin, of Gor- ham, and Jennie married a Mr. Webster, of that vicinity.
Geo. H. Walker & Co. Lith. Boston.
Davide Grosh
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Norway in 1801, and settled upon Frost's Hill. His wife was Jane Richmond, born in Hebron, Maine, in 1780, married in 1802. Children : -
I. Johnson, b. May 31, 1803; m. Ist, Eunice Weston, who died September 15, 1854; and he married 2d, Nancy Blackwell.
II. Mary y., b. July 12, 1806; m., 1837, David Weston ; d. March 16, 1842.
III. Hannah, b. September 14, 1807; d. July 20, 1877, unmarried.
IV. David, b. December 12, 1809; m. Sarah Foster, who died September 3, 1844. He resides in Norway.
V. Simcon, b. November 28, 1811; m Serena Foster, November 13, 1838. She died December, 1842, and he married, 2d, Hannah Hobbs, who died in 1868. For third wife, he married Hannah Foster, who now resides in Lawrence, Massachu- setts. He died September 12, 1882.
VI. John, b. February 6, 1814; m. Emeline Foster, May 13, 1846; resides in Otisfield. VII. Jane, b. August 28, 1817; m. Seba Gammon; r. Norway.
VIII. Eliab R., b. March 12, 1820; m. Mary J. Martin. He died from. the effect of wounds received in battle, July 23, 1864.
IX. Martha C., b. May 28, 1825; m. Sumner Stone; resides Waterford.
JOHNSON FROST, son of the preceding, had by first wife, Eunice Weston: -
I. Weston, b. in Smyrna, Maine, December 4, 1836; m. Mary A. Merrill.
II. John Colby, b. August 4, 1838; m. Laura Gammon; r. Harrison.
III. Mary Francina, b. July 13, 1840; d. July 5, 1854.
IV. Joseph Elbridge, b. August 29, 1843; d. February 29, 1844.
V. Jane Louisa, b. August 4, 1847; m. Frank Libby, of Standish. By second wife, Nancy Blackwell : -
VI. James B., b. February 24, 1857; m. Alice V. Reed.
VII. Simon, b. September 16, 1859; r. New Mexico.
VIII. Oscar I., b. April 4, 1861 ; r. New Mexico.
DAVID FROST, EsQ., brother of the preceding, was a school teacher, justice of the peace, 28 years, selectman, 4 years, and representative to the Legislature in 1856. He married, April 11, 1842, Sarah Foster, born in Norway, April 7, 1807. Children : -
I. Irving, b. May 23, 1842; m. December 15, 1872, Jennie A. Richardson, b. May 28, 1850. He is a farmer and stone cutter.
II. Serena, b. August 13, 1844; m. Alvin R. Frost.
WILLIAM FROST, son of David, and brother of John, etc., born in Gorham, October 24, 1790, married first, July 2, 1815, Polly Stevens, born May 2, 1790; second, February 26, 1836, Sally Haskell, born May 2, 1796; third, June 3, 1839, Mary Files, born Gorham ; fourth, Eliza Hamblin, of Gorham, and fifth, November 9, 1855, Lucy Witt, who was born in Norway, October 20, 1801. Children : -
I. Joel S., b. April 8, 1816.
II. Charlotte S., b. November 28, 1817.
III. Harriet, b. December 31, 1819.
IV. Henry W., b. August 31, 1821.
V. Levi, b. April 1, 1824.
VI. William H., b. November 4, 1826.
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VII. Nathaniel G., ( Twins, b. July 17, 1830.
VIII. Diantha L.,
IX. Polly, b. February 3, 1834.
SIMEON FROST, brother of the preceding, married Ist, Serena Foster. Children : -
I. David Francis, b. August 18, 1839.
II. William Edwin, b. December 6, 1842.
ELIAB R. FROST, married Mary J. Martin, and died from wounds as stated elsewhere. Children : -
I. Alvin R., b. August 21, 1848.
II. Arthur W., b. September 4, 1850.
III. Angeline, b. October 5, 1852.
IV. Mason, b. March 9, 1855.
V. Lillian, b. April 22, 1856.
VI. Merritt, b. July 2, 1857.
VII. Mary, b. July 16, 1859.
PETER FROST, son of David, and brother of John, etc., married Sarah, daughter of Samuel Perkins. Children : -
I. Samuel Perkins, b. October 31, 1817.
II. Eunice Andrews, b. December 3, 1819.
III. Sarah Jane, b. March 9, 1822.
IV. Miranda, b. April 2, 1824.
V. Peter, b. June 28, 1826.
VI. Mary Perkins, b. August 23, 1828.
VII. Nancy Weston, b. July 17, 1831.
VIII. Isabella Drayton, b. March 25, 1835.
IX. Sabrina Hamlin, b. August 23, 1839.
ROBERT FROST, son of David, and brother of the preceding, was born in Gorham, March 26, 1782. He married Betsey Jordan, born in Otisfield, February 26, 1789 .. He came from Gorham to Norway in 1803. Children : -
I. Mercy, b. November 8, 1807; m. Ist, Thos. J. Everett, 2d, Jacob Parsons.
II. Charles, b. December 13, 1809; m. Hannah Foster ; d. July 12, 1880.
III. William, b. January 9, 1812; m. Ist, Lydia E. Foster ; they had two children; m. 2d, Mrs. M. A. Whitcomb; he died March 18, 1882. (See Personal Notice.)
IV. Robert, b. June 9, 1814; d. March 1, 1816.
V. Timothy y., b. April 17, 1816; m. Mary A. Goss.
VI. Eliza, b. July 8, 1818 ; m. Simon Lewis ; dead.
VII. Polly, b. October 22, 1820 ; m. John Davis ; dead.
VIII. Robert F., b. February 25, 1823; m. April 30, 1856, Alice N. Shedd, b. July 27, 1829. They had Belle F., b. November 4, 1861 ; d. July 9, 1877.
IX. David W., b. July 12, 1825; m. Vesta, daughter of Ephraim Briggs.
X. Esther, b. June 12, 1827; m. Joshua Crockett ; dead.
XI. Aaron, b. Sept. 8, 1829; d. April 23, 1832.
XII. Catherine H., b. May 26, 1833; d. May 1, 1840.
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ROSWELL FROST, son of William Frost and his third wife, Mary Files, born in 1841, married, in 1868, Annie L. Webb, who was born in 1850. He is a farmer. Children : -
I. Gertie N., b. 1869.
II. Lucy M., b. 1871.
III. Lillie P., b.
IV. A. Maud, b. 1875.
V. Hattie T., b. 1877.
VI. Walter W., b. 1880.
VII. Roy W., b. 1882.
VIII. Guy, b. 1884.
WESTON FROST, son of Johnson and Eunice Weston Frost, born in Smyrna, Maine, Decem- ber 4, 1837, married, April 23 1864, Mary A. Merrill, born in Waterford, June 25, 1841. He is a farmer and resides in Norway. Children : -
I. Herbert P., b. November 12, 1870.
CHARLES F. FROST, son of Daniel W. and Vesta (Briggs) Frost, and grandson of Robert, born in Norway, February 4, 1858, married, April 17, 1881, Eliza F. Bean, born February I, 1861. Children : -
I. Alice I., b. August 13, 1882.
JAMES B. FROST, son of Johnson and Nancy (Blackwell) Frost, born in Norway, February 24, 1857, married, February 18, 1878, Alice V. Reed, born in Waltham, Massachusetts, April 25, 1862. Children : -
I. Roscoe C., b. January 7, 1880.
II. Mabel L., b. March 27, 1883.
N. BRADLEY FROST, farmer, was born in Norway, March 2, 1839. He was the son of Charles, and grandson of Robert Frost. He married March 2, IS63, Ann M. Everett, who died April 11, 1871. Children :-
I. Emma L., b. Dec. 10, 1864.
II. Perley C., b. January, 1867 ; d. July, 1875.
FULLER.
MORRILL. M. FULLER, carpenter, son of Benjamin G. Fuller, of Oxford, who was born in Oxford, May 5, 1808, and of Myra Cushman, his wife, who was born in Oxford, June 21, 1808, born in Andover, Me., August 24, 1842, married in Norway, December 25, 1870, Hattie E. Pike, who was born in Norway, September 2, 1845. He came to Norway, from Oxford, in the spring of 1865. Children : -
I. Nettie M., b. August 27, 1872.
II. Lizzie M., b. May 28, 1876.
GALLISON.
JOSEPH GALLISON, born in 1777, was in Norway quite early, and carried on the business of a hatter. He was a charter member of Oxford Lodge of Masons, and much attached to the fraternity. His wife was Hannah Atwood. He spent his last years with his son in Wood" stock, and lived to be over ninety years of age. He came from Cumberland County to Nor- way. Children : -
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I. Henry, d. in childhood.
II. Hannah A., m. Cyrus Coy.
III. Abby W., m. Richard Lombard, who for second wife married Lucy A. (Perham) Whitman.
IV. Sophia, m. Jefferson Cushing.
V. William, m. Elvira Young. He was one of the old stage drivers.
VI. Joseph H., m. Lavina Hammond.
VII. Charlotte L., m. Richard Buzzell.
VIII. John M., m. Sarah A., daughter of John S. French, of Norway. He resides in Woodstock.
IX. Edward A., m. Belinda Pierce.
X. Amanda M., m. George R. Tourtillott.
GAMMON.
SEBA GAMMON, son of Joseph Gammon, born in Gorham, August, 1758, and Drusilla Reed, his wife, born in Groton, Massachusetts, in 1769, was born in Otisfield, January 30, 1807, and came to Norway in 1817. He married, July 18, 1836, Jane Frost, who was born in Norway, August 28, 1817. Children : -
I. Frank S., b. September 6, 1837.
II. John F., b. January 30, 1839; d. April 16, 1842.
III. Seba H., b. January 22, 1841.
IV. Cromby M., b. January 22, 184I.
V. J. Eugene, b. March 22, 1843; d. December 22, 1844.
VI. Elbridge G., b. December 12, 1844 ; m., November 26, 1873, Alice L. Heald.
VII. Martha M., b. September 25, 1846; m., March 22, 1864, David Flood.
VIII. Mary y., b. July 14, 1848; m., March 17, 1881, Orrin Everett.
IX. Etta E., b. August 14, 1850; m., June 7, 1878, Emil J. Brackett.
x. Charles E., b. July 31, 1852; m., November 4, 1880, Louisa F. Bumpus.
XI. Hannah E., b. May 30, 1854; m., June 18, 1878, A. Kinsman Hill.
XII. Hattie E., b. June 28, 1856; d. December 20, 1857.
XIII. Lizzie E., b. December 25, 1857.
XIV. Ida E., b. July 11, 1861 ; m., September 28, 1878; d. July 13, 1884.
CHARLES E. GAMMON, farmer, son of the preceding, born in Norway, July 31, 1852, mar- ried, November 3, 1880, Louisa F. Bumpus, of Hebron, born July 27, 1856. Children : -
I. Herbert Tilton, b. December 21, 1882 ; d. May 27, 1883.
GARY.
WILLIAM W. GARY, son of Jeremiah and Roxanna (Andrews) Gary, of York, Me., was born in Lovell, February 6, 1820, and September II, 1842, married Nancy C. Farnham, of Hiram, Maine. He came from Lovell to Norway in 1865. He served in Company F, 23d Maine. Children : -
I. Roxanna, b. in Lovell, June 3, 1845; m., July 4, 1868, Adna D. Rowe, of Norway; d. October 3, 1872.
II. Elison F., b. November 14, 1846; m., November 16, 1871, Maria H. Merrill.
III. Oscar F., b. October 12, 1848 ; m., August 16, 1880, Hattie B. Kilgore, of Lewiston.
IV. Joseph F., b. January 20, 1852; d. July 18, 1874.
v. Willie, b. October 26, 1851.
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HISTORY OF NORWAY.
GIBSON.
SAMUEL GIBSON, son of Timothy Gibson, born in Henniker, New Hampshire, February 22, 1798, resided many years in Denmark, Maine. He was a member of the Legislature and sheriff of Oxford County. He married Rebecca, daughter of Joseph Howard, of Brownfield, who was born there May 1, 1793. Timothy Gibson is said to have come from Scotland and married Rebecca Gleason, of Billerica, Massachusetts. Joseph Howard was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, and married Margaret Whitman. Samuel Gibson moved from Denmark to Norway in 1851, subsequently moved to Bryants Pond, and after a few years returned to Norway and died here. Children : -
I. Izah B. P., b. Denmark, August 13, 1819; m., April 9, 1840, Rev. T. J. Tenney ; resides a widow in Stoughton, Massachusetts.
II. Rebecca G., b. November 23, 1821 ; m. Dr. Jesse Howe; d. October, 1884. .
III. Samuel F., b. April 9, 1823; m. Ist, Abb Pattee, of Bethel, 2d, Agnes M. Ayer, of Bethel ; he is an attorney-at-law in Bethel.
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