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I. Henry Eugene, b. June 24, 1862; d. same year.
II. Mary Emma, b. October 15, 1864; d. September 24, 1865.
III. Isabelle Hatch, b. July 27, 1866.
WHITEHOUSE.
BENJAMIN WHITEHOUSE, born in Middleton, New Hampshire, January 14, 1790, married Sarah Pike Buzzell, of the same town, and settled in Oxford in 1812, and died there August 19, 1871.
JONATHAN WHITEHOUSE, son of the preceding, born in Hebron (now Oxford) April 9, 1813, married, March 8, 1835, Harriet, daughter of Benjamin Herring, of Norway, who was born June 23, 1804, and moved to this town from Oxford in 1834. He is a farmer. His wife died December 10, 1882. Children : -
I. Sarah M., b. July 5, 1842; m., November 23, 1866, Frank T. Pike.
II. Esther H., b. October 15, 1844.
BENJAMIN WHITEHOUSE JR., brother of the preceding, born in Oxford, June 22, 1820, married first, January 26, 1841, Susan (Cobb) Putnam, who was born in Rumford, January 16, 1819. He died in Norway, September 14, 1880, and she died in Cambridgeport, Massachu- setts, November 6, 1870. Children : -
I. George H., b. Oxford, February 26, 1842; m,Clara F. Towle.
II. Eunice E., b. December 12, 1843; m. Ist, Osmond Town, 2d, Frank P. Putnam.
III. Francis C., b. September 18, 1845; m. Lizzie Pattee.
IV. Alice M., b. October 6, 1847; m. B. W. Marston.
V. Alfred W., b. February 7, 1850; m. Ida B. Walker.
VI. Edwin B., b. Norway, January 7, 1856; m. Hattie Hayes.
The first wife died, and in August, 1869, he married Ellen Durgin, and had :
VII. Freeland E., b. January 19, 1877.
GEORGE H. WHITEHOUSE, son of the preceding, born in Oxford, February 26, 1842, is a truckman and farmer; came to Norway from Oxford in 1856. He married, December 7, 1865, Clara F. Towle, born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, February 26, 1842. Children : -
I. Charles W., b. March 21, 1868.
II. Izah f., b. September 2, 1870.
ALFRED WALLACE WHITEHOUSE, brother of the preceding, born in Oxford, February 7, 1850, married, September 29, 1881, Ida Bell Walker, who was born November 13, 1856.
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WHITMAN.
LEVI WHITMAN, EsQ. (see Personal Notice), born in Wellfleet Massachusetts, January 16, 1789, married Mercy A., widow of Luther Farrar, Esq., whose maiden name was Whitney, born in New Ipswich, New Hampshire, September 5, 1784, and came here from Portland in 18II. Children : -
I. Francis H., b. December 25, 1823; m. Martha B. Maybury.
FRANCIS H. WHITMAN, only child of Esquire Levi Whitman, married, October 15, 1844, Martha B. Maybury, who was born April 8, 1823. He lived many years in Norway, where he was a farmer and man of business. He was often entrusted with town business, is genial and popular with all. He has a keen appreciation of the ludicrous and is perhaps the best story teller that ever lived in town. He moved from Norway to Harrison some years ago. He has a large farm, and is also proprietor of the famous Summit Springs, one of the best saline springs in the State. Children : -
I. Mercy Adams, b. August 16, 1845; m., January 13, 1870, Napoleon Gray.
II. Mary Eliza, b. April 23, 1851 ; m., December 25. 1873, Albert Gray.
CHARLES FOSTER WHITMAN (see Personal Notice), born in Buckfield, February 6, 1848, is the son of Joshua E. Whitman, born in Buckfield, March 15, 1819, and of Phebe Foster, his wife, born in Buckfield, July 21, 1822, grandson of Joshua and Catherine (Davee) Whit- man, and great-grandson of Jacob and Abigail (Packard) Whitman, who came from Easton, Massachusetts, and settled in Buckfield. Charles F. Whitman married, August 7, 1867, Mary A., daughter of Ansel Dinsmore, of Norway. Children : -
I. Victor M., b. June 21, 1869; d. November 17, 1876.
II. Verner M., b. March 14, 1871.
III. Victor M., b. September 22, 1877.
WHITMARSH.
EBENEZAR WHITMARSH was among the early settlers. His wife was Mary Humphrey, of Gray. He came here from Abington or Bridgewater, and was among the early comers. He married 2d, Mary Rich. Children : -
I. Betsey, b. April 4, 1789; m. Amos Noble.
II. Fohn, b. August 23, 1793; m. Charlotte Stevens.
III. Thomas, b. . He resided in Gray.
IV. Polly.
V. Lydia.
JOHN WHITMARSH, son of the preceding, married Charlotte Stevens, who was born July II, 1795. He died January 2, 1880. Children : -
I. Martha Stevens, b. July 29, 1821; d. October 26, 1844.
II. Olive Hobbs, b. April 22, 1824; m., September 10, 1852, Samuel Carter.
III. William Whitman, b. May 27, 1835; m. Martha C. Blake.
IV. Victoria Almeda, b. November 29, 1837.
WILLIAM W. WHITMARSH (see his military record) married, September 22, 1868, Martha C., daughter of Jonathan Blake, who was born in Bethel, August 29, 1846. Children : -
I. Lizzie C., b. November 9, 1872.
II. Charles, b. May 20, 1878; d. June 10, 1878.
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WHITNEY.
WILLIAM CLARK WHITNEY, son of Joshua Whitney, was born in Worcester, Massachu- setts, October 19, 1765. He and his brother Daniel were among the early settlers of Paris, but William C. moved from there to Topsham, and then to Hebron, where, for thirty-seven years, he was the agent of Dr. Andrew Cragie, who was one of the proprietors of the town. While there, he was elected councillor to the first Governor of Maine, and subsequently sheriff of Oxford County. He was a very capable and successful business man, and amassed one of the largest estates ever accumulated in the county. . He married first, Sophia, daughter of Nathaniel Fuller, of Hebron, born March 23, 1779, and second, December 6, 1816, Deborah Patch, of Otisfield. He died in Norway, October 6, 1859, and his second wife died December 26, 1873, aged eighty six and one-half years. He came to Norway in 1832. Chil- dren by first marriage : -
I. Mary C., b. March 7, 1800; d. August 25, 1801.
II. Harriet, b. April 9, 1801 ; m. Solomon P. Cushman, M.D .; s. Brunswick.
III. Fanny, b. January 6, 1803; m. Stephen Cummings.
IV. Sophia F., b. October 10, 1806; m. William Goddard; s. Bethel.
V. William C., b. November 21, 1809; d. March, 1861.
VI. Fane F., b. October 25, 1812; m. James S. Greenleaf, of Norway. By second marriage : -
VII. George P., b. August 13, 1819; m. Ermina P. Packard, of Blanchard; r. Oxford, Maine.
VIII. Deborah P., b. March 22, 1822; d. May 27, 1822.
IX. Sarah P., b. March 22, 1822; d. April 3, 1822.
X. Sarah, b. June 2, 1824; d. July, 1863.
XI. Edwin, b. September 8, 1829; d. June 19, 1832.
WILKINS.
DARIUS WILKINS was born in Middleton, Massachusetts, April 25, 1774. He married first, Abigail Merrill, of New Gloucester, who died February 8, 1810. Children : -
I. Olive, b. March 15, 1802; m. Jonathan Swift,
II. David, b. December 9, 1803; m. Lucy R. Stevens, of Greenwood.
III. Harriet, b. March 16, 1808; m. Dr. Thomas Roberts, of Rumford. For second wife, he married Amelia Wetherbee.
IV. Julia, b. August 31, 1816; m. Levi Bartlett.
V. Catherine, b. August 1, 1818; m. John Gledhill.
VI. Samuel Newell, b. January 7, 1823; went West.
VII. George, b. November 1, 1825; he was never married.
VIII. Henry, b. November 1, 1825.
His second wife, Amelia, died June 28, 1843, and he married third, in 1844, Mary Whit- comb, of Waterford. He died November 23, 1858.
DAVID WILKINS, son of the preceding, married Lucy R., daughter of Jonas Stevens, of Greenwood. Children : -
I. Abner Orrington, b. August 13, 1843; m., 1869, Ida J. Ames.
II. Harriet A., b. 1847.
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AARON WILKINS, brother of Darius, came from Middleton, Massachusetts, with his wife Maria, and lived and died here. He had no children. He was a Justice of the Peace, and much employed in making deeds, and other legal documents.
WITT.
BENJAMIN WITT, the first blacksmith in Norway, was of Lynn, Massachusetts, and a nephew of Henry Rust Esq., the proprietor of Rustfield. His first wife was Betsey, sister of William and John Parsons; the second, Lucy, a sister of Isaac Cobb; the third, Hannah Parsons, sister of the first; and the fourth, widow Patty House, a daughter of Lazarus Hatha- way, of Paris. He died October 28, 1842, aged seventy-six years and eight months. Chil- dren : --
I. John, b. September 27, 1792; m. Esther Parsons.
II. Henry, b. April 22, 1794; he left home when a young man, and was never heard from.
III. Daniel, b. March I, 1796; never married.
IV. Benjamin, b. December 10, 1797; m, Celia Churchill.
By second wife, Lucy Cobb: -
V. Lucy, b. October 20, 1801 ; m. William Frost.
VI. Betsey, b. February 11, 1802.
By third wife, Hannah Parsons : -
VII. Thomas, b. June 3, 1809.
VIII. William P., b. April 4, 1811; never married.
IX. Abigail, b. February 22, 1813.
JOHN WITT, who married Esther Parsons, lived in Norway. Children : -
I. Elizabeth, m. Hiram Lovejoy; r. Welchville.
II. Sarah Jane, m. Calvin Shedd.
III. Henry, b. October 23, 1828; never married.
THOMAS WITT, brother of the preceding (see Personal Notice), married Rachel, daughter of Charles Porter, of Paris, who survives him. Children : -
I. Mary Ellen, b. September 23, 1846; m. Hezekiah Brown, of Norway.
II. Charles Thomas, b. July 18, 1848; m. Ella F. Hathaway.
III. Elizabeth Porter, b. April 26, 1850; m. George W. Foster, of Norway.
IV. Sarah H., b. December 10, 1853.
V. George H., b. May 26, 1856; m. Mary T. Baker, of East Boston.
VI. Abbie Louisa, b. August II, 1858.
VII. Willie B., b. June 7, 1862; d. young.
VIII. Edward E., b. October 1, 1864.
BENJAMIN WITT JR. lived and died on the old homestead of his father. His wife was Celia Churchill. Children : -
I. Daniel. He was never married, and was killed on the Grand Trunk Railway.
II. George, d. unmarried.
III. Cyrus H., b. February 22, 1833; m. Angerone, daughter of John Jr. and Ann (Young) Bird. He lives on the old Witt homestead, and has one child, Annie, b. May 19, 1863.
IV. Betsey, d. unmarried.
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WOODBRIDGE.
DUDLEY WOODBRIDGE, born in Marblehead, Massachusetts, February 27, 1790, married Susannah, daughter of Nathaniel Stevens. He was a blacksmith, and came to Norway in 1816. Children : -
I. Mary Frances, b. November 22, 1818; d. April 10, 1849.
II. Edwin Converse, b. April 9, 1821; m., May 17, 1846, Eunice W. Folsom, of Wolf- borough, New Hampshire.
III. Guilford Dudley, b. March 13, 1825; d. September 20, 1874.
IV. Ann Maria, b. December 1, 1828; d. May 22, 1851.
V. Rebecca Cobb, b. May 22, 1833.
EDWIN CONVERSE WOODBRIDGE, son of the preceding, married Eunice W. Folsom, of Wolfborough, New Hampshire. He lives in New York City, and is a fancy carriage-maker. Two children: -
I. Edwin Frances, b. ; d. in infancy.
II. Eunice Converse, b. July 17, 1859.
WOODSUM.
CYRUS WOODSUM, carpenter, born in Lebanon, Maine, April 6, 1825, married, September 25, 1851, Vesta A., daughter of Aaron and Sally (Crooker) Shackley. Aaron Shackley was the son of John and Sarah (Nason) Shackley, and was born in Kennebunk, November 30, 1785, came to Norway in 1806. The only child of Cyrus Woodsum is : -
I. Olive Augusta, b. at Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts, April 12, 1858.
WRISLEY.
LOREN H. WRISLEY, born in Greenfield, Massachusetts, was an ingenious gunsmith, and carried on business long at the village. He married Almira Whitney, of Worcester, Massa- chusetts. He came to Norway in 1834. Children: -
I. Anna Maria, b. October 18, 1837; m. John L. Horne.
YOUNG.
NATHANIEL YOUNG JR., born in Gray, married Chloe, daughter of Daniel and Mary ( Williams) Cummings, of Gray, who was born in Topsfield, Massachusetts, July 24, 1764, and came to Norway about the year 1800. He served in the war for independence from the town of Dedham, Massachusetts. He died in Greenwood in 1838, and his wife died in Bethel. Children :
I. Charles, b. March, 1784; m. Mary, daughter of Peter Buck; s. Greenwood.
II. Amos, b. ; m. Sophia, daughter of Joseph Bradbury; d. Bethel.
III. Susan, b. ; m. James Buck.
IV. Anna, b. ; m. Elias Blake.
V. Jabez, b. ; he was in Captain Bodwell's Company at Plattsburg.
VI. Nathaniel, b. 1793; m. Lydia Briggs.
VII. William, b. April 2, 1795; m. Sally Briggs.
VIII. Hannah, b. March, 1797; m. John Noyes; s. Greenwood.
1X. Daniel, b. July 10, 1800; m. Elvira Brett; s. Paris.
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X. Mary, b. March, 1803; m. Levi Noyes.
XI. David F., m. Louisa, daughter of William Twombly, of Norway.
twins, b. November 24, 1804.
XII. Jared L., S m. Ist, Rachel Hathaway, of Paris, 2d, Mary W., daughter of John Millett, and widow of Daniel Cummings; s. Paris.
XIII. Henry, b. July, 1806; m. Charlotte Cummings.
WILLIAM YOUNG, son of the preceding, has always lived in Norway, and is still (1886) residing at the Falls with his son Frederic, aged over ninety years. He was married to Sally Briggs, December 3, 1818, by Job Eastman, Esquire. Children : -
I. Emily Jane, b. June II, 1819; m. Dudley Emerson; r. Manchester, N. H.
II. William Henry, b. November 15, 1821 ; m. Mary Brown; deceased.
III. Francis L., b. January 22, 1825; m. Susan Fay, of Fayville, Massachusetts; died.
IV. Frederick Lewis, b. April 8, 1828; m. Ist, Sarah Lane, 2d, Roxanna Lane, of Bidde- ford.
V. Sarah Susan, b. September 22, 1831; m. Lewis B. Weeks.
VI. Roxanna Augusta, b. October 20, 1833; m. Stephen E. Kimball, of Paris.
VII. Charles Alden, b. July II, 1837; m. Ist, Myrtilla Hammond, 2d, Rosina E. Ricker, and 3d, Carrie Jewett, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
FREDERICK LEWIS YOUNG, son of the preceding, married first, Sarah Lane. He resides at Steep Falls. Children : -
I. Eva W., b. June 5, 1855; m. William Blake; r. Fayville, Massachusetts.
By second wife, Roxanna Lane : -
II. Annie M., b. July 30, 1870.
FREELAND YOUNG, son of David F. and Louisa (Twombly) Young, born in Paris, February 8, 1844, came to Norway from Woodstock, and resides at the Village. He married, Novem- ber 17, 1869, Evelyn O., daughter of Colonel Perrin Dudley, of Woodstock, born December 20, 1849, and has : -
I. Walter P., b. Bryants' Pond, February 12, 1873.
DANIEL YOUNG, of no known connection to the other families of this name in town, was born in Falmouth, now Portland, in 1782. Losing his father at an early age, his early life struggles were quite severe. He learned the hatters' trade in New Gloucester, and when twenty-one years of age, he came to Norway and set up his trade in company with Joseph Gallison. After two years, they dissolved and each carried on the business here by himself for many years. He was an influential and much respected citizen of Norway, and his death from consumption in 1846, was much deplored. Mr. Young married Margaret Merrill, of New Gloucester. Children : -
I. Elvira, b. 1806; m., 1835, William Gallison ; d. 1883.
II. Josephine, b. 1807; d. 1841.
III. Daniel M., b. 1811 ; m., 1835, Abby Jewell.
IV. Moses A., b. 1815; m., 1840, Maria Cloudman.
Mrs. Young died in May, 1817, and for second wife, Mr. Young married Lydia, oldest daughter of Deacon Job Prince, of Buckfield, and sister of Hon. Job Prince, late of Turner.
C ldren : -
V. Louisa A. P., b. 1819; m., 1840, Isaac B. Gorham.
VI. Hannah A., b. 1824.
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VII. Martha M., b. 1827; d. March 12, 1827.
VIII. Rodolphus, b. 1830; m., 1866, Lizzie Barrows.
IX. Lydia M., b. 1832; d. 1861.
Mr. Young died in 1846, and his wife still survives at the great age of ninety-three years. She is infirm in strength, but remarkable for intellectual vigor. She is supposed to be a lineal descendant of Thomas Prence or Prince, who was a Mayflower Pilgrim and Governor of Plymouth Colony.
RODOLPHUS YOUNG, son of the preceding, married Lizzie Ellis Barrows. He was engaged in business at the village for many years. He died suddenly, 1885. Children : -
I. Philip Sheridan, b. July 27, 1866
II. Maggie Zilpha, b. January 30, 1868.
III. Arthur Rodolphus, b. 1870.
HISTORY OF NORWAY.
PART III.
STATISTICAL APPENDIX.
NORWAY TOWN OFFICERS.
SELECTMEN AND ASSESSORS.
1797 Job Eastman, Benjamin Witt, Joseph Stevens. 1798 Job Eastman, Benjamin Witt, Joseph Stevens.
1799 Job Eastman, Joshua Smith, Benjamin Witt.
1800 Job Eastman, Anthony Bennett, Jonathan Woodman.
1801 Job Eastman, Jonathan Woodman, Cad F. Jones.
1802 Job Eastman, Jonathan Woodman, Cad F. Jones.
1803 Benjamin Witt, Nathan Noble, Timothy Stone.
1804 Benjamin Witt, Nathan Noble, Timothy Stone.
1805 Henry Rust Jr., Nathan Noble, Aaron Wilkins.
1806 Joseph Rust, Anthony Bennett, Aaron Wilkins.
1807 Aaron Wilkins, William Parsons, Cad F. Jones.
1808 Aaron Wilkins, Joshua Smith, Cad F. Jones.
1809 Joshua Smith, Cad F. Jones, Nathan Noble.
1810 Aaron Wilkins, Cad F. Jones, Solomon Millett.
18II Nathan Noble, Solomon Millett, Henry Rust.
1812 Nathan Noble, Solomon Millett, Uriah Holt.
1813 Nathan Noble, Uriah Holt, Joshua Crockett.
1814 Nathan Noble, Uriah Holt, Joshua Crockett.
1815 Nathan Noble, Uriah Holt, Aaron Wilkins.
1816 Nathan Noble, Aaron Wilkins, William Hobbs.
1817 Nathan Noble, Aaron Wilkins, William Hobbs.
1818 Aaron Wilkins, Uriah Holt, Henry Rust.
1819 Uriah Holt, Henry Rust Jr., Jonathan Woodman.
1820 Uriah Holt, Henry Rust Jr., Jonathan Woodman.
1821 Uriah Holt, Henry Rust Jr., Jonathan Woodman.
1822 Uriah Holt, Nathan Noble, William Parsons Jr.
1823 Uriah Holt, James Flint, Elijah Hall.
1824 William Hobbs, Simeon Noble, Job Eastman.
1825 Uriah Holt, William Hobbs, Levi Whitman,
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1826 Uriah Holt, William Hobbs, Levi Whitman.
1827 Uriah Holt, William Hobbs, David Noyes.
1828 Uriah Holt, David Noyes, Ezra F. Beal.
I829 David Noyes, Thompson Hall, Nathan Noble Jr.
David Noyes, Thompson Hall, Nathan Noble Jr.
1830 1831 Uriah Holt, Ichabod Bartlett, Nathan Noble. 1832 1833 Uriah Holt, Jonathan Swift, Elliot Smith. 1834 Jonathan Swift, Elliot Smith, John Millett Jr.
David Noyes, Ichabod Bartlett, Nathan Noble.
1835 Jonathan Swift, John Millett Jr., Henry W. Millett.
1836 John Millett Jr., Simon Stevens, Cyrus Cobb.
1837 Simon Stevens, Cyrus Cobb, Jonathan B. Smith.
1838 Simon Stevens, Jonathan B. Smith, John Whitmarsh,
1839 Simon Stevens, John Whitmarsh, Henry C. Reed.
1840 Simon Stevens, Henry C. Reed, Solomon Noble.
184I Henry C. Reed, Solomon Noble, Ichabod Bartlett.
1842 Henry C. Reed, Solomon Noble, Ichabod Bartlett.
1843
Jonathan Swift, John Parsons Jr., Benjamin Tucker Jr.
1844 Jonathan Swift, William Parsons Jr., Mark P. Smith.
1845 William Parsons Jr., Mark P. Smith, Henry W. Millett.
Mark P. Smith, Henry W. Millett, Simeon Noble.
1846 1847 Henry W. Millett, Henry C. Reed, Solomon Noble.
1848 Henry W. Millett, Henry C. Reed, Solomon Noble.
1849 Mark P. Smith, Henry W. Millett, Solomon Noble.
1850 Mark P. Smith, William Hall, Ichabod Bartlett.
Ichabod Bartlett, William Hall, Ansel Town.
Simon Stevens, Simeon Noble, Lee Mixer.
Mark P. Smith, John Millett, David Frost.
David Frost, Mark P. Smith, John Millett.
David Frost, Francis H. Whitman, Joel Millett. Francis H. Whitman, Joel Millett, William Frost 3d.
Francis H. Whitman, William Frost 3d, Hiram Millett.
Solomon Noble, William W. Hobbs, Richard Evans.
Henry C. Reed, Francis H. Whitman, Amos F. Noyes.
David Frost, Amos F. Noyes, Uriah H. Upton.
Amos F. Noyes, Uriah H. Upton, Granville L. Reed,
1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 Uriah H. Upton, G. L. Reed, Simon Stevens. Simon Stevens, Granville L. Reed, Samuel Saunders.
1863 1864 Simon Stevens, James H. Merrill, Moses Parsons.
I865 Simon Stevens, James H. Merrill, William Frost Jr.
I866 Simon Stevens, James H. Merrill, Benjamin H. Noble. B. H. Noble, L. H. Wrisley, F. A. Danforth.
1867 1868 L. H. Wrisley, F. A. Danforth, J. A. Bolster.
L. H. Wrisley, F. A. Danforth, J. A. Bolster.
1869 1870 A. F. Noyes, Mark P. Smith, C. F. Lord.
1871 Amos F. Noyes, Mark P. Smith, C. F. L'ord.
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1872 Amos F. Noyes, William Frost 2d, Charles W. Ryerson. 1873 Amos F. Noyes, William Frost 2d, Charles W. Ryerson.
1874 Charles W. Ryerson, William H. Whitcomb, Ansel Dinsmore.
1875 William H. Whitcomb, Ira Johnson Jr., John A. Bolster.
1876 William H. Whitcomb, Ira Johnson Jr., John A. Bolster.
1877 John A Bolster, J. O. Crooker, J. L. Partridge.
1878 J. O. Crooker, William H. Whitcomb, J. L. Partridge.
1879 J. O. Crooker, J. L. Partridge, F. A. Danforth.
1880 F. A. Danforth, E. H. Brown, Irving Frost.
1881 F. A. Danforth, E. H. Brown, Irving Frost.
1882 E. H. Brown, Frank A. Danforth, Irving Frost.
1883 Henry M. Bearce, H. C. Oxnard, F. M. Noble.
1884 Henry M. Bearce, H. C. Oxnard, F. M. Noble.
1885 Henry M. Bearce, H. C. Oxnard, F. M. Noble.
1886 D. S. Sanborn, George E. Gibson, Benjamin Tucker.
TOWN CLERKS.
1797,1798 Joshua Smith.
1855
Henry Upton.
1799-1802 Job Eastman.
1856-1859
Henry Rust Jr.
ISO3 Joseph Rust.
1860, 1861
George W. Millett,
1804-1842 Job Eastman.
1862-1865
Benjamin G. Barrows.
IS43-1851 Simon Stevens.
1866-1877 Ephraim H. Brown.
IS52, 1853 William W. Virgin.
1878-1885
William W. Whitmarsh.
185- C. L. Francis.
1886
Charles G. Mason.
TOWN TREASURERS.
1797-1805 Job Eastman.
1860, 1861 Samuel Gibson.
ISO6-ISO9
Henry Rust.
1862 Samuel Cobb.
ISIO Aaron Wilkins.
1863, 1864
Loren H. Wrisley.
1811-1837 Joshua Smith.
1865
Samuel Favor.
1838-1840 Henry Rust.
1866
Loren H. Wrisley.
1841-1543 Elliot Smith.
1867, 1868 Samuel Favor.
1844-1846 James Crockett.
1869-1871
Eben C. Shackley.
1847-1853 Eben C. Shackley.
1872, 1873 Lee Mixer.
1854.1555 Isaac A. Denison.
IS74-1878
A. Oscar Noyes.
1856, 1557 Mark P. Smith.
1879, 18So
F. S. Oxnard.
1555, 1859 Samuel Favor.
ISSI-1886
Cyrus S. Tucker.
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COLLECTORS AND CONSTABLES.
1797-1800 Ebenezer Whitmarsh.
1849
Ansel Ross.
1801-1803 William Hobbs.
1850
Jonathan Blake.
1804
Jonathan Swett.
1851
Jacob Bradbury.
1805 Aaron Wilkins.
1852-1855
Jonathan Blake.
1806-1808 James French.
1856, 1857
Horatio G. Cole.
1809, 1810 Joseph Bradbury.
1858
Henry Upton.
1811, 1812 William Hobbs.
1859, 1860
David F. Noyes.
1813, 1814 Jacob French.
1861-1863
A. Oscar Noyes.
.1815
Jeremiah Hobbs Jr.
1863
L. R. King and E. C. Shackley.
1816
Moses Ayer.
1864
Eben C. Shackley.
1817-1833 James Crockett.
1865, 1866
Samuel Favor.
1834
Henry W. Millett.
1867,1868
G. A. Cole.
1835
Jacob Bradbury.
1869
E. C. Shackley.
1836 Joseph Bennett.
1870
George A. Cole.
1837-1842 James Crockett.
1871-1876
George A. Cole.
1843-1845 George J. Ordway.
1877, 1878
C. F. Lord.
1846, 1847
Henry W. Millett.
1879-1886
C. F. Lord.
1848
Samuel Favor.
REPRESENTATIVES TO THE LEGISLATURE.
1805-1810
Luther Farrar.
1845
Mark P. Smith.
1811, 1812
Joshua Smith.
1847
Simeon Noble.
1813-1816
Levi Whitman.
1849
Henry C. Reed.
1817-1819
None chosen.
1851, 1852
Lee Mixer.
1820
Henry Rust Jr.
1853
Asa Danforth.
1821-1823
Aaron Wilkins.
1856
David Frost.
1825-1828
Uriah Holt.
1859
Henry W. Millett.
1829
Uriah Holt.
I862
Sumner Burnham.
1830, 1831
William Parsons Jr.
1865
William W. Hobbs.
1832-1834
Ichabod Bartlett.
1867
James H. Merrill.
1835
William Parsons Jr.
1870, 1871
George P. Jones.
1836
Henry W. Millett. .
1875
William H. Whitcomb.
1837
Jonathan B. Smith.
1877
John A. Bolster.
1838, 1839
Elliot Smith.
1880-1882
Albert F. Andrews.
1840, 1841
Simon Stevens.
1883, 1884
Henry M. Bearce.
1842
Benjamin Tucker Jr.
1884,1885
William W. Whitmarsh.
1844
Jonathan Swift.
SENATORS.
1836, 1837 Jonathan Swift.
1866
William W. Virgin, President.
1865
William W. Virgin.
1885
Henry M. Bearce.
EXECUTIVE COUNCILORS.
1867-1869 Henry C. Reed.
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HISTORY OF NORWAY.
CIVIL OFFICERS.
The following residents of Norway have been nominated by the Governor of Maine, to the offices set against their names, since the separation from Massachusetts in 1820. How many of these qualified by taking the oath of office cannot now be stated with absolute cer- tainty, but probably most of them did. Many of them were reappointed to the same office many times, but only the date of the first appointment, as it appears upon the State Archives is given here.
Job Eastman, Luther Farrar, Levi Whitman, Joshua Smith, Henry Rust, Aaron Wilkins, and per- haps others, had held Justice's commissions, prior to the separation.
Nathaniel Bennett, Justice of the Peace,
1823
Henry W. Millett, Sheriff,
1838
1830 Sam'l E. Merrill, Just. of Peace and Quorum, 1858
1×44 Mighill Mason, Trial Justice,
1879 1827
Moses B. Bartlett, Just. of Peace and Quorum,
1851
David Noyes, Justice of the Peace,
1828 1838
Joseph Bennett, Coroner,
Otho W. Burnham, Just. of Peace & Quorum,
1861
Sumner Burnham, Trial Justice,
1861
Benj. H. Noble, Just. of Peace and Quorum,
1844 1859
Harrison Blake, Just. of Peace and Quorum,
1862
Geo. J. Ordway, Just. of Peace and Quorum,
1853
Henry M. Bearce, Just. of Peace and Quorum,
1866
Joel Parkhurst, Just. of Peace and Quorum, H. nry Rust, Justice of the Peace, John Rust, Justice of the Peace,
1844 1831 1821 1821
James Crockett. Coroner,
1830
William Reed, Justice of the Peace,
Samuel Cobb, Justice of the Peace,
1835
Increase Robinson, Justice of the Peace,
1826
Cyrus Cobb, Justice of the Peace,
1836
Henry Rust, Just. Peace and Quorum,
1828
Horatio G. Cole, Justice of the Peace,
1836
Wm. Reed, Justice of Peace and Quorum,
1833
Henry M. Codman, Justice of the Peace,
1839
Henry C. Reed, Justice of the Peace,
1836 1842
Albert B. Davis, Just. of Peace and Quorum,
1849
Henry Rust jr., Justice of the Peace,
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