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P. P. Larrabee, )
J. C. Babb, Selectmen.
O. A. Douglass, J
John P. Fitch, Treasurer.
Fred L. Meserve, Constable.
Fred L. Meserve, Collector.
Fred W. Hill, Supt. of Schools.
1897 Geo. W. McKenney, Moderator. Loren Bacheldor, Clerk.
C. H. McKenney, Arthur Dyer, Selectmcn.
H. L. Clough,
T. H. Jackson, Treasurer.
H. C. White, Constable.
Fred L. Meserve, Collector. Alphons White, Supt. of Schools.
1898
L. A. Poor, Moderator. Peter Sawyer, Clerk.
W. H. McKenney, Supt. of Sch.
1907
A. L. Brackett, Moderator. M. P. Fitch, Clerk.
T. H. Jackson,
O. A. Douglass, Selectmen.
H. E. Irish,
H. W. Blake, Treasurer.
Fred L. Meserve, Constable.
James F. Williams, Collector.
E. F. Larrabee, Road Commr.
W. H. McKenney, Supt. of Sch.
1908
A. L. Brackett, Moderator. M. P. Fitch, Clerk.
H. E. Irish,
O. A. Douglass, Selectmen. Fred Fitch,
H. W. Blake, Treasurer.
Fred L. Meserve, Constable.
Fred L. Meserve, Collector.
A. E. Dyer, Road Commr.
C. S. Poor, Supt. of Schools. Resigned in September.
Sara G. Fitch, elected to fill the vacancy.
1909
A. L. Brackett, Moderator.
M. P. Fitch, Clerk.
T. H. Jackson,
Geo. H. Whitten, Selectmen.
F. C. Sawyer,
A. L. Brackett. Treasurer.
O. B. Shaw, Constable.
Fred L. Meserve, Collector.
A. F. Ward, Road Commr.
Sara G. Fitch, Supt. of Schools.
1910
A. L. Brackett, Moderator.
M. P. Fitch, Clerk. E. S. Douglass, Geo. Thombs, Selectmen.
Chas. E. Hunt, 1
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C. H. McKenney, G. W. McKenney, Selectmen. H. L. Clough,
T. H. Jackson, Treasurer.
O. B. Shaw, Constable. A. L. Brackett, Collector.
WV. H. McDonald, Road Commr. Alphons White, Supt. of Schools. 1899 Fred W. Hill, Moderator.
P. W. Sawyer, Clerk.
C. H. McKenney,
T. H. Jackson, Selectmen.
H. L. Clough,
J. H. Bacheldor, Treasurer.
O. B. Shaw, Constable.
Fred L. Meserve, Collector.
A. B. Jewell, Road Commr. B. M. Clough, Supt. of Schools. 1900
G. W. McKenney, Moderator.
P. W. Sawyer, Clerk.
P. P. Larrabee, )
O. A. Douglass, Selectmen. C. E. Fitch, John P. Fitch, Treasurer.
Frank L. Brown, Constable.
Fred L. Meserve, Collector.
A. B. Jewell, Road Commr. WV. H. McKenney, Supt. of Sch.
1901 William C. Poor, Moderator.
T. H. Jackson, Clerk. William C. Poor,
E. N. McKenney, Selectmen.
O. M. Douglass, J. H. Bacheldor, Treasurer.
O. B. Shaw, Constable.
C. D. Martin, Collector.
W. E. Weymouth, Road Commr.
C. E. Sanborn, Supt. of Schools. 1902
Fred W. Hill, Moderator. M. P. Fitch, Clerk.
A. L. Brackett, Treasurer.
Fred L. Meserve, Constable. H. E. Poor, Collector. Mrs. Ervin L. McKenney, Supt. of Schools.
1911
A. L. Brackett, Moderator.
M. P. Fitch, Clerk.
Chas. E. Hunt,
B. W. Douglass,
Selectmen.
George A. Thombs, J
A. L. Brackett, Treasurer.
Fred L. Meserve, Constable.
T. H. Jackson, Collector.
A. E. Dyer, Road Commr.
Mrs. Ervin L. McKenney, Supt. of Schools.
1912
A. L. Brackett, Moderator.
M. P. Fitch, Clerk.
P. P. Larrabee,
E. N. McKenney, Selectmen.
Benj. W. Douglass, J
H. H. Fitch, Treasurer.
Fred L. Meserve, Constable.
Fred Fitch, Collector.
E. F. Larrabee and L. A. Dolloff, Road Commrs.
Sara G. Fitch, Supt. of Schools.
1913
A. L. Brackett, Moderator.
M. P. Fitch, Clerk.
Howard E. Irish,
Jas. L. Chadbourn, Selectmen. Benj. W. Douglass, J
H. H. Fitch, Treasurer.
Fred L. Meserve, Constable.
Fred L. Meserve, Collector.
A. E. Dyer and Fred D. McKen- ney. Road Commrs.
Sara G. Fitch, Supt. of Schools.
1914
A. L. Brackett, Moderator. M. P. Fitch, Clerk.
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P. P. Larrabee, )
O. A. Douglass, Selectmen.
H. E. Irish,
John P. Fitch, Treasurer.
R. M. Dyer, Constable.
L. C. Burnell, Collector.
John Douglass. Road Commr.
A. L. Brackett, Supt. of Schools.
1903
G. W. McKenney, Moderator.
Loren Bacheldor, Clerk.
T. H. Jackson,
G. W. McKenney, Selectmen. H. C. White.
J. H. Bacheldor, Treasurer.
O. B. Shaw, Constable.
Fred L. Meserve, Collector.
W. E. Weymouth, Road Commr.
WV. H. McKenney, Supt. of Sch.
1916
A. L. Brackett, Moderator.
L. W. Dyer, Clerk.
E. F. Larrabee,
H. C. White.
Selectmen.
B. W. Douglass,
James F. Williams, Constable.
C. E. Hunt, Collector.
Leon White and B. W. Douglass, Road Commrs. Sara G. Fitch, Supt. of Schools. H. H. Fitch, Treasurer.
1917
A. L. Brackett, Moderator.
L. W. Dyer. Clerk.
E. F. Larrabee,
G. H. Babb, - Selectmen.
A. L. Brackett,
H. H. Fitch, Treasurer.
Jas. F. Williams, Constable.
Fred L. Meserve, Collector.
Fred L. Meserve and W. O. Nason, Road Commrs. C. H. Sanborn, Supt. of Schools.
Howard E. Irish, -
B. W. Douglass, Selectmen. E. F. Larrabee,
H. H. Fitch, Treasurer. Fred L. Meserve, Constable.
Fred L. Meserve, Collector.
J. W. Hamlin, Supt. of Schools.
1915
A. L. Brackett, Moderator.
L. W. Dyer, Clerk.
Howard E. Irish,
E. F. Larrabee, -Selectmen.
H. C. White.
H. H. Fitch, Treasurer.
Fred L. Meserve, Constable.
H. E. Poor, Collector.
Fred Fitch and Lawson Rowe, Road Commrs.
Sara G. Fitch. Supt. of Schools.
H. H. Fitch, Treasurer.
Fred L. Meserve, Constable.
Fred L. Meserve, Collector.
A. E. Dyer and L. W. Rowe, Road Commrs.
C. H. Sanborn, Supt. of Schools.
1922
A. L. Brackett, Moderator.
L. W. Dyer, Clerk.
E. F. Larrabee,
A. L. Brackett, Selectmen.
W. H. McDonald,,
HI. H. Fitch, Treasurer.
Fred L. Meserve. Constable.
Silas Edwards, Collector.
C. E. Wight and B. W. Douglass, Road Commrs. C. H. Sanborn. Supt. of Schools.
1923
A. L. Brackett, Moderator.
L. W. Dyer. Clerk.
E. F. Larrabee, A. L. Brackett, Selectmen.
J. F. Williams,
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1918
A. L. Brackett, Moderator.
L. W. Dyer, Clerk.
E. F. Larrabee, )
A. L. Brackett, ¿Selectmen. Geo. H. Babb,
H. H. Fitch, Treasurer. James F. Williams, Constable.
Fred L. Meserve, Collector.
C. E. Wight and Samuel Ches- sey, Road Commrs. C. H. Sanborn, Supt. of Schools.
1919
H. E. Poor, Moderator.
D. H. Jackson, Clerk.
H. C. White,
B. W. Douglass,
Selectmen.
W. F. Bacheldor,
H. H. Fitch, Treasurer.
Jas. F. Williams, Constable.
Fred L. Meserve, Collector
A. E. Dyer and A. F. Ward, Road Commrs. C. H. Sanborn, Supt. of Schools.
1920
A. L. Brackett, Moderator. D. H. Jackson, Clerk. Howard E. Irish,
Benj. W. Douglass, ¿ Selectmen.
W. R. Thompson, Fred L. Meserve, Constable. Fred L. Meserve, Collector. H. H. Fitch, Treasurer.
Fred L. Meserve and Frank Thorne, Road Commrs. C. H. Sanborn, Supt. of Schools.
1921
A. L. Brackett, Moderator.
W. L. Dyer, Clerk. E. F. Larrabee, John Douglass, Selectmen.
W. H. McDonald,
H. H. Fitch, Treasurer.
Fred L. Meserve, Constable. C. E. Wight and Fred L. Me- serve, Road Commrs.
Fred L. Meserve, Collector. C. H. Sanborn, Supt. of Schools.
1924
A. L. Brackett, Moderator.
L. W. Dyer, Clerk.
H. C. White,
B. W. Douglass, Selectmen.
H. W. Irish,
H. H. Fitch, Treasurer. Fred Fitch, Constable.
Fred L. Meserve, Collector.
Fred Fitch and C. E. Wight. Road Commrs.
C. H. Sanborn, Supt. of Schools.
1925
A. L. Brackett, Moderator.
L. W. Dyer, Clerk.
H. C. White,
H. W. Irish,
Selectmen.
E. C. Martin. J
H. H. Fitch, Treasurer.
Fred L. Meserve, Constable.
O. G. Hanson and L. W. Rowe, Road Commrs.
Fred L. Meserve, Collector.
C. H. Sanborn, Supt. of Schools.
1926
A. L. Brackett, Moderator. Sara G. Fitch, Clerk.
H. W. Irish,
E. C. Martin, Selectmen. Jas. L. Chadbourne,
H. C. White, Treasurer.
Fred Fitch, Constable.
E. F. Larrabee, Collector.
W. L. Warren and C. W. Ward, Road Commrs. C. H. Sanborn, Supt. of Schools.
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A FEW RAMBLING REMARKS
As Sebago lost her records for the first forty years of her existence, it has been somewhat hard to get some of the data which I am pre- senting to you. Sebago's County Tax for 1826, was $50.85; 1827 County Tax, $71.30 ; State Tax, $50.86. Raised for schools, $200.00. 1828 State Tax, $50.86: 1829, amount committed to Collector, $663.31; State Tax, $50.86; County Tax, $66.54; 1831, State Tax, $55.52. In 1832, committed to Collector, $693.12. Raised for schools, $235.00. 1833, committed to Collector, $740.40. Raised for schools, $300.00. Scholars on "Beach Hill" in 1832, Alfred Farnum had six ; Abraham York, five; Samuel York, three.
District No. 5, at a meeting, August 27, 1830, voted to repair John Davis' cooper shop to teach school in and the district agrees to find boards and nails to repair said building, and at the close of the school leave the boards and nails for the use of the building.
"Beach Hill", 1834, Alfred Farnum furnished a room in his house for a school.
"Folly", 1837, James Gray furnished a room in his house for a school.
"New Limington", now known as Convene, 1839, William Haley furnished a room in his house for a school.
In looking over the Baldwin Records I find the first list of jurors chosen in Baldwin for the year, 1813, has the following names : Joseph Fitch; William Fitch; Col. David Potter who lived in the northern part of Baldwin, which afterwards became Sebago. Col. David Potter was a delegate to the Convention at Brunswick, the last Tuesday of September, 1816, to see if the Province of Maine be set off from Massachusetts.
The fifth district, in 1822, of Baldwin, included the following lots : Nos. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 in the first range East ; Nos. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 in the second range East ; Nos. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 in the third range East ; Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 in the fourth range East, which is now the Sebago Center District.
In 1823, at the Annual Town Meeting, Baldwin voted that the next Town Meeting be held at the new school-house in the fifth district in said Baldwin.
Sebago's first Town Meeting was held in this school-house.
At a Town Meeting held in Baldwin, September 9, 1822, it was voted that the following lots of land together with the inhabitants thereon, which are calculated to be a school district at "Sandy Beach" so called, should be recorded as the rest part of the town has been all districted so that it becomes a school district when the town may judge it proper and expedient, viz ; Nos. 24, 28, 29, 36, 43, 44, 51, 52, 25,
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30, 33, 37, 42, 45, 50, 53, 26, 31, 34, 38, 41, 46, 49, 54, 27, 32, 35, 39, 40, 47, 48, 55, 54, 61, 104, 105, 108, 109, 111, 115, 63, 62, 100, 106, 107, 110, 96, 97, 98, 99, 114, 120, pond lots and gores.
At a Town Meeting held at Baldwin, September 6, 1802, at the dwelling house of Richard Fitch, it was voted to hold the next Town Meeting at William Fitch's grist mill. This mill was at the out-let of Marriner pond.
At the Annual Town Meeting of Baldwin, March 1, 1824, it was voted : "To purchase two palls for the use of the town inhabitants and to be kept one at the dwelling house of Josiah Pierce in said town, and the other at the dwelling house of William Fitch in said town, and the selectmen to procure them as soon as may be." The "Cook house" now owned by Montford P. Fitch was one of the first houses built at East Sebago in 1795. Intentions of marriages found in Baldwin Town Records of people who lived in the northern part of Baldwin, which later became Sebago, are as follows :
July 25, 1805-Henry Hobbs and Jerusha Lakin.
December 23, 1811-David Martin and Eunice Ridlon.
February 10, 1820-James Babb and Sarah Potter.
January 17, 1823-George Douglass and Nancy Pease of Cornish. June 20, 1823-Scolly G. Usher and Sarah M. Ramwell.
November 1, 1823-John Potter and Huldah Symonds.
February 14, 1824-Daniel Young and Ann Babb.
July 9, 1824-Robert Martin and Sally Sanborn.
I found in the Records of Marriages of the Town of Bridgton the following : November 20, 1795 - James Lowell with Mary Sanborn of Flint's Town.
November 20, 1795-William Bickford with Priscilla Sanborn, both of Flint's Town, by Enoch Perley, Justice of the Peace.
February 26, 1799-Daniel Hill of Lowell's Grant-with Polly Lakin of Flint's Town, by Enoch Perley, Justice of the Peace.
March 17, 1799-Joseph Fitch with Sally Knapp of Bridgton.
September 2, 1824-Robert Martin with Sally Sanborn, both of Baldwin.
In the Marriage Record of David Potter, Justice of the Peace, are the following :
May 17, 1829-Daniel McKenney with Eliza Sanborn, both of Sebago.
March 2, 1831-John Weeman with Tryphena York, both of Sebago.
November 17, 1834-William Sanborn with Meranda Carle, both of Sebago.
July 25, 1841-Stephen B. McKenney with Harriet Robinson, both of Sebago.
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RESIDENCE OF ADA M. DYER, FORMERLY THE "SEBAGO HOUSE"
July 5, 1842, John Hill with Rosanna Martin, both of Sebago.
November 6, 1842-William J. Hill of Denmark with Alvira Mar- tin of Sebago.
April 28, 1843-Josiah Stone with Margaret Ridlon, both of Sebago.
April 30, 1848-Stephen Wentworth 2nd, with Jane L. Pugsley, both of Sebago.
May 25, 1848-Alfred Whitney of Standish with Elizabeth P. Wentworth of Sebago.
March 9, 1850-John D. Martin with Caroline Jewell, both of Sebago.
December 21, 1854-George Lakin with Philenca Hannaford, both of Sebago.
May 16, 1858-Joseph Wiggin with Hannah Pendexter, both of Sebago.
The first piece of land sold by one settler to another was undoubt- edly a pond lot No. 2, sold by Joseph Lakin, Plantation of Flints- town, Massachusetts, to Joseph Fitch, deed given October 16, 1793.
The only public house or tavern as they were known in "ye olden days" was at McDonald's Corner and was called the Sebago House ; and the sign is in existence now and can be seen in the old store now owned by Ada M. Dyer; and she is also owner of the "Sebago House."
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