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Your petitioners beg leave to remonstrate that from the ex- pressions and reservations in the proprietors deed it is evident that the said tracts of land was intended for two townships and they were allways considered as such untill they were blended together in the matter of taxation that all the settlers have had the same held up to their view which they have considered as a valueable privilege : for if they are incorporated together it will by reason of ponds and bogs subject some of the settlers to more then eight miles travel to reach the center of the town- that the proprietors have ever considered them as such and have divided them and layed-out a publick right in each town what ever they may hold up to view in the matter of incorpora- tions .
Therefore that friendship and good order may pervade all our publick affairs and that the inhabitants of each plantation when incorporated may lay out and make roads and build houses for publick uses in those parts of the towns where they shall be most beneficial to the inhabitants in future-
- without being harafsed with a party spirit and to prevent any disputes arising in future as to the time and manner of a seper- ation Your petitioners in behalf of ourselves and our constitu- ants pray the Hon legislature to take this our petition with the papers that accompany it into their wise consideration and re- move their embarrassments by incorporating them into two distinct towns by the names of --- - By the boundaries sett forth in one of the aforesaid papers as in duty Bound your pe- titioners will ever pray-
Increase Robinson Wm Hayford John Elwell
Micah Allen Ifaac Bonney
James Irifh
Ifaac Sturtivant Elisha Bifbee
Benjamin Heald
Jofeph Robinfon John Briggs
Hezekiah Stetson
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M. Act of Incorporation by General Court of Massachusetts.
. An Act to incorporate the Plantation called Weft Butterfield, in the county of Cumberland, into a town by the name of Sumner. 1 SECT. I. RE it enacted by the Senate and Houfe of Repre- fentatives in General Court affembled, and by the authority of the fame,
That the plantation of Weft Butterfield, in the county of Cum- - berland, bounded as follows, viz. Beginning at the north- weft corner of Buckfield on Paris line; thence running north thirteen degrees weft four miles and one hundred and eighty- four rods ; thence north one mile and two hundred and twenty rods ; thence north eighty degrees eaft four miles and forty rods; thence fouth fifty-five degrees eaft two hundred and twelve rods to the middle of the eaft branch of Twenty-miles- river; thence down the middle of faid river, until it comes to Buckfield north line : thence north eighty-one degrees weft on Buckfield north line four miles and two hundred fifty four rods to the bounds firft mentioned, with the inhabitants thereon. be, and they hereby are incorporated into a town by the name of Sumner. And the faid town is hereby vefted with all the powers, privileges and immunities which other towns in this Commonwealth do or may by law enjoy.
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SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That ISAAC STURDIVANT. Efq. be, and he hereby is empowered to iffue his warrant directed to fome fuitable inhabitant within faid town, requiring him to warn a meeting of the inhabitants thereof at fuch time and place as fhall be expreiled in faid warrant for the purpose of choofing fuch town officers as other towns are empowered to choofe in the month of March or April annually.
[This Act paffed June 13, 1798.]
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Division into School Districts. N.
Butterfield Jenuary 16 1795
this Day met at mr John Bridgs the sade Commeta Chosen By sade plantaon to Destrickt sade plantaon and agred as folars
fust Districkt
Simon parlin
John Fletcher
Solomon Bisbee
Thomos Fletcher
John Bisbee
Josha Ford
Alover Coming
John Keen
Enoch hole
John Croket
, Semeen Baret John Croket jur Levi Croket
Joel Croket
William Croket
Bengemon Hald
Timethe Cobb James Folett
Isaac Stettefant
Increase Roberson Alven Roberson
Increase Roberson Jur
Asaph Roberson Will hayford
Hezekiah Stetson Seth Alen
Meshek Keen
Joseph Roberson Noah Bozworth Noah Bozworth Jur Lisher Bisbee Wiliam Tucker
Stephen Bozworth
Third Destrick
Isaac Bonney
Charls ford
John Banks
D miker Alen
Lemehel Keen
Danel olham Calvin Bisbee
Rous Bisbee
James Bonney Juder Keene forth Dest
John Bartelet
Frem Ales
Nathanel Bartlet
. Bezer Sold
Arvidia hayford Joseph Sold Fifth Dest
Ansen Soul Bengemon genes gustavus hayford Jonothan Bozworth
Wm Soul
Samuel Alley
Davis Parsons
Philomon Parsons John Elwill W'in Beard Edmond Smith
Eliser Parsons Berzillah Hollis
Ebenezer done
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John Briggs James Keen
Chals Bisbee
Ephrem Tinkam Bengemon Ales
Moses Book
Joseph Croket Sekent Dest
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the Sixth dest
Begining at burch point and runing thence to Livermore Town and from thence on the town line to Raged Afs and from thence to the first mentioned bounds
Given under our hands this 16 day of January 1795
Isaac Bonnoy Wm Hayford Jr John Briggs
Simeon Barrett Ephraim Tinkham
o. SUMNER'S SOLDIERS.
IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
Micah Allen
John Fletcher
Increase Robinson
Seth Allen
Charles Ford
Joseph Robinson
John Bartlett
Joshua Ford
Elisha Bisbee
Enoch Hall
Isaac Ronney
Benj. Heald
John Briggs
James Hersey
Levi Bryant
James Keen
Joshua Churchill
Lemuel Keen
William Tucker
Oliver Cummings Isaiah Cushman
Meshack Keen
Abijah Warren
Asa Robinson
IN THE WAR OF 1812.
Daniel Abbott
John Cox
Andrew Keen
David Cox
James Keen
Joseph Barrett Leonard Benson Asa Bonney Isaac Bonney
Joseph Crockett
John Moore
John Crocket
Enoch Morrill
Levi Cushman
Thaddeus Oldham
John Bonney
David Dutton
Almon Parlin Asa Robinson, 2d
John Briggs Levi Bryant
Jonathan Frye Joseph Gowell
Stephen Spaulding
Stephen Cobb Asa Coburn
Lot Hall
Hezekiah Stetson. Jr. William Tucker
Israel Heald
Jonas Coburn
James Hersey
.Sylvanus Stephens Hezekiah Stetson Isaac Sturtevant Seth Sturtevant Oliver Turner
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IN THE CIVIL WAR.
Ist Maine Infantry.
William A. Barrows
Samuel C. Irish
Eliab Bisbee Roscoe J. Kidder
James M.Buck
4th Maine Infantry.
L. B. Bisbee -
5th Maine Infantry.
Cyrus B. Lawrence Charles H. Ryerson
W. Scott Robinson
8th Maine Infantry.
Charles G. Abbott Henry C. Barrett
Luther C. Abbott Joseph A. Noyes 9th Maine Infantry.
George W. Abbott Oscar F. Heald
James J. Abbott LaForest Howe
William G. Abbott · Ira F. Murch
Alonzo F. Barrows
Harlan C. Barrows
James D. Murch Martin L. Page Addison G. Parlin
. Thomas H. Barrows
William A. Barrows Levi L. Proctor
William D. Berry Zeri Berry
Lucius L. Proctor
Hiram H. Bisbee
William H. Proctor Richard R. Robbins G. D. B. Robinson
Isaac Bonney
Daniel A. Rowe
Isaiah Cushman George W. Ryerson
Byron Ford - Gustavus H. Ryerson
Charles Gowell Roscoe G. Stephens
Willard Hall
Edmund Thorne
Albert H. Heald Benj. F. Heald
roth Maine Infantry.
Elisha T. Bisbee Roscoe J. Kidder Elbridge Murch
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Charles B. Bonney
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IIth Maine Infantry.
J. Bradbury Damon
12th Maine Infantry. Henry H. Maxim Wellington McCorrison 16th Maine Infantry.
Almerin A. Foye
17th Maine Infantry.
William H. Downs Barnet Thorn 19th Maine Infantry.
Greenleaf G. Russell
20th Maine Infantry.
Adroy E. Barker Lewellyn B. Heald
Charles A. Bucknam Hannibal H. McAlister
Charles T. Buck
Thomas B. Morrill
Benj. F. Chase Thomas G. Morrill
Elliot L. Fogg
Albion W. Robinson
Benj. F. Heald, 2d.
A. Jack Roberts
23d Maine Infantry.
George H. Barrows Daniel R. Palmer
, James M. Buck
Mark L. Richardson
George V. Childs Sharon Robinson
: Stephen C. Heald Wm. R. Sewall
Henry Milner Freelon Starbird
Sidney S. Monk S. F. Stetson
John L. Noyes Jacob M. Willey
29th Maine Infantry.
George Canwell Henry Milner
Freeman Farrar Oliver Redding
Henry Houghton Amasa B.'Robbins
James F. Houghton George G. Russell
Benj. R. Irish Almond T. Starbird
30th Maine Infantry.
Alpheus A. Abbott Samuel Thorn
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32d Maine Infantry.
Freeland Q. Andrews David Sewell, Jr.
Leroy A. Gowell
Henry W. Tucker
Samuel N. Stetson
Ist Maine Cavalry.
Edmond C. Bowker Daniel G. Irish
Winfield S. Bucknam Benj. F. Stetson *
James Canwell · Hezekiah Stetson
Hanson S. Fields
Coast Guards.
John Murch
U. S. Navy.
J. Blake Robinson
Names of soldiers who have moved into town since the war and who are at present residents in town :-
David Andrews L. L. Gardiner
James A. Barrows Chase M. Harris
S. Weston Briggs -
Josiah S. Hodgdon
Frank Brown Dan Jack
W. H. Brown Alonzo Pomeroy
E. G. Doble
Capt. G. M. Small
Hacker Davis R. O. Saunders
Sidney A. Farrar William Whitman
Names of former Sumner men who served in
regiments not included in the Maine list :-
Joel E. Barrows Freeman Keen
Benj. Barrett
Melzar Keen
Levi Bonney
Samuel Keen
Ansel S. Briggs John Keen
Frank W. Briggs Horace Mathews
John Briggs Francis McAlister
James A. Canwell D. Winslow Morrill
Hiram S. Coburn
S. Eugene Morrill
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David R. Coles
Robert W. Morrill
Amaziah Cox
Calvin B. Parlin
Chandler Cox
Edward Ryerson
Nelson Cox
Jefferson Ryerson
Jason Crockett
Dummer Sewall
Daniel Dunn
Andrew J. Stetson
Milton Dunn
Benj. F. Thompson
Ezekiel F. Fogg Leander Thompson
Abner Heald
George Thompson
Lysander Heald
Horatio Turner
James H. Heald
James R. Tucker
IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
Light Battery M. 7th U. S. Artillery. William J. Slattery
P. List of Voters in West Butterfield, May 24, 1797.
Noah Bozworth
William Tucker
Joseph Robinson
Mesach Keen Timothy Cobb
Isaiah Cushman
Isaac Sturtavant
Enoch Hall
Levi Crocket
Oliver Cummings Calvin Bisbee
Joel Crocket
- Zadock Keen Seth Sturtavant
Jonas Coburn James Keen Benjamin Heald Joshua Foord
Moses Buck
Simon Parlin
Reuben Proctor
? Noah Bozworth, Jr.
Judah Keen Jaccob Bradbury
John Flitcher Elisha Bisbee Hezekiah Stutson Joseph Crocket Solomon Bisbee Jonas Coburn, Jr. Seth Allen John Crocket
€ John Briggs Simeon Barrett John Bisbee
John Keen John Crocket, Jr.
William Double
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POSTMASTERS.
Office.
Postmaster.
Date of appointment.
Sumner,
Simeon Barrett
Oct. 1, 18II
Abel W. Bisbee
Jan. 28, 1840
Antipass Bisbee
May 5, 1862
Solomon Bisbee
Oct. 13, 1863
Enoch Morrill
July 2, 1867
Gilbert Tilton
July 7, 1870
Columbus Heald
May 26, 1874
Eliphalet Morrill
Mar. 24, 1884
William F. Bonney
May 26, 1884
East Sumner.
Bethuel Cary
Jan. 12, 1832
Roswell Briggs Jan. 4, 1859
William Packard
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Roswell Briggs
Oct. 25, 1859
Newell M. Varney
Apr. 16, 1866
David Sewall
May 23, 1867
Hiram H. Berry
Feb. 25, 1872
Roswell Briggs
Sept. 3, 1879
Wellington H. Eastman
Feb. 1, 1886
West Sumner.
Henry Howe Apr. 6, 1833
Whitney Cummings
Apr. 15, 1837
Jacob F. Howe
Aug. 17, 1855
Hiram B. Chandler
Nov. 16, 1859
George A. Chandler Apr. 1, 1889
Henry A. Young
June 13, 1893
George A. Chandler
June 4, 1897
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R. TOWN OFFICERS 1798-1898.
SELECTMEN.
1798.
Benjamin Heald Dea. Increase Robinson
Simeon Barrett 1800. Isaac Bonney Simeon Barrett Elisha Bisbee 1802. Elisha Bisbee Hezekiah Stetson
James Hersey 1804. `James Hersey Increase Robinson John Briggs 1806. " Isaac Sturtevant Benjamin Heald Stephen Ellis 1808.
· Benjamin Heald Stephen Ellis Timothy Cobb 1810. Benjamin Heald Calvin Bisbee Simeon Barrett, Jr.
1799. Benjamin Heald
Simeon Barrett Isaac Bonney 1801. Simeon Barrett
Isaac Sturtevant Elisha Bisbee
1803.
James Hersey Elisha Bisbee Simeon Barrett 1805. Isaac Sturtevant Elisha Bisbee Simeon Barrett 1807. Benjamin Heald Stephen Ellis Simeon Barrett 1809. Benjamin Heald Stephen Ellis Calvin Bisbee 18II. James Hersey, Jun. Calvin Bisbee Simeon Barrett, Jr.
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1812. Simeon Barrett Calvin Bisbee Mases Buck . 1814. Simeon Barrett Calvin Bisbee
1813. Calvin Bisbee Simeon Barrett
Jesse Howe
1815. Simeon Barrett Calvin Bisbee
Jesse Howe 1816-18.
Calvin Bisbee Stephen Ellis
James Hersey 1821. Calvin Bisbee Joseph Robinson, Jr.
Stephen Ellis 1823.
Increase Robinson
Stephen Ellis
James Hersey, Jr. 1825. Calvin Bisbee
James Hersey, Jr.
David Morrill 1827.
Calvin Bisbee
James Hersey, Jr.
Hezekiah Stetson, Jr. 1829. Calvin Bisbee Jesse Howe David Morrill
Stephen Ellis 1819-20. Capt. Jesse Howe Abel Stetson Joseph Robinson, Jr. 1822.
· Calvin Bisbee Abel Stetson David Morrill 1824: Calvin Bisbee David Morrill Abel Stetson 1826.
John Briggs James Hersey, Jr. Simcon Barrett. Jr. 1828. Calvin Bisbee James Hersey, Jr. Joseph Robinson 1830. Jesse Howe Elisha Bisbee John Briggs, [r.
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1831.
Elisha Bisbee Joseph Robinson Stephen Ellis 1833. Abel Stetson Obadiah Field
Bethuel Cary 1835.
John Briggs Obadiah Field
Leonard Benson 1837.
Levi Bryant Joseph Robinson John Briggs
1839 Abel W. Bisbee Levi Bryant
Jesse Howe
1841. Benjamin Heald, Jr. Zacheus Stephens Samuel Coburn 1843. Timothy Crockett Abel W. Bisbee
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Freman Keene 1846-47. Abel W. Bisbee Reuben Chandler Rolan Crocker
1832. Elisha Bisbee Joseph Robinson Calvin Bisbee 1834.
John Briggs Jeremiah Howe
Joseph Robinson 1836. Leonard Benson Levi Bryant
Hiram Heald 1838.
Levi Bryant Abel Stetson Abel W. Bisbee 1840. Zury Robinson James Hersey, 3rd. Nathaniel O. Ryerson 1842. Benjamin Heald Zacheus Stephens Timothy Crockett I844-45. Joseph Robinson Alaxander Libby Benjamin W. Briggs 1848-49. James Hersey Bejamin Y. Tuell Hiram Heald
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1850.
1851.
John M. Lane
Benjamin W. Briggs
Rolan Crocker 1853.
' Charles Y. Tuell
America Bonney David Morrill, Jr. 1855.
America Bonney
David Morrill, Jr.
Whitney Cummings
Wm. H. Drake 1857:
Gilbert Barrett
James S. Benson Joseph Field
Gilbert Barrett
Joseph Field
Ira W. Coburn
Eliphalet Morrill
1861.
Eleazer Ellis
Eleazer Ellis
Eliphalet Morrill
Nahum Barnes
Nathaniel Gerrish , 1864-65. Eliphalet Morrill S. G. Cushman Lewis Bisbee 1868.
C. Y. Tuell S. C. Heald Lewis Bisbee
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Benjamin Y. Tuell John M. Lane Benjamin W. Briggs 1852. Rolan Crocker
· Benjamin W. Briggs Charles Y. Tuell 1854- America Bonney
Whitney Cummings 1856. Benjamin W. Briggs David Morrill
Cyrus H. Howe 1858.
1859. Éleazer Ellis
Lewis G. Hersey 1860.
Nahum Barnes 1862-63. Benjamin Y. Tuell
Benjamin W. Briggs
Eliphalet Morrill I 866-67. Lewis Bisbee Charles Y. Tuell
S. C. Heald
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~ 1869.
Lewis Bisbee B. W. Briggs Asia Ricker 1871-72. Eliphalet Morrill
B. Y. Tuell
B. W. Briggs 1875. Eliphalet Morrill J. H. Robinson
H. B. Hersey 1877.
C. Y. Tuell Eliphalet Morrill J. H. Robinson 1879. S. F. Stetson
N. H. Stowe
M. D. Dow 1882.
M. D. Dow
J. J. Abbott
S. C. Heald 1885.
J. H. Robinson
G. M. Small
L. R. Heald 1887. S. F. Stetson L. B. Heald
N. M. Varney
1870.
B. W. Briggs Asia Ricker
B. Y. Tuell 1873-74. Eliphalet Morrill J. J. Abbott
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1878.
C. Y. Tuell
L. L. Gardner
S. F. Stetson 1880-81.
S. F. Stetson M. D. Dow
H. B. Hersey 1883-84. Eliphalet Morrill J. H. Robinson G. M. Small 1886.
S. F. Stetson M. D. Dow
S. I. Crockett 1888-89.
S. F. Stetson
L. B. Heald
G. H. Barrows
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C. Y. Tuell
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1890.
1891.
S. F. Stetson
J. H. Robinson
1 G. H. Barrows
O. L. Newell
J. E. Berry
Oscar Newell 1892. S. F. Stetson
1893.
S. F. Stetson
J. E. Berry
L. H. Bisbee
L. H. Bisbee
1894.
G. H. Barrows 1895-
S. F. Stetson
L. H. Bisbee
G. H. Barrows
C. W. Field
W. E. Bowker 1896.
R. N. Stetson
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S. F. Stetson
S. F. Stetson
G. H. Barrows.
W. E. Bowker
R. N. Stetson 1898. S, F. Stetson
W. E. Bowker
O. L. Varney
TOWN CLERKS ..
1798.
1799.
Alvan Robinson 1800. 1801-03.
Isaiah Cushman 1804. Timothy Cobb E807. Simeon Barrett Stephen Ellis
Isaac Sturtevant 1.808-10.
1811-12.
1813-16.
Capt. John Barrett Stephen Ellis.
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Timothy Cobb,
Isaac Sturtevant 1805-06.
R. N. Stetson
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1817-21. Simeon Barrett 1831-36. Zenas Stetson 1844-51. Abel Fletcher 1853-55.
1822-30.
Bethuel Cary 1837-43.
Bethuel Cary 1852. Nathaniel Foster 1856-57.
B. B. Freeman 1859-64.
J. T. Stetson 1869.
H. S. Coburn 1870.
G. S. Davenport 1871-77.
H. S. Coburn 1878-79.
H. S. Coburn
L. B. Heald
1883-92. 1893-98.
G. A. Chandler
L. B. Heald
TREASURERS.
1799-1801.
1798. Joseph Robinson John Briggs 1802-03. 1804.
John Briggs
ISII-12.
Timothy Cobb
1816-17.
Simeon Barrett 1805-10. Benjamin Heald I£13-15. John Barrett 1818. John Briggs 1822. Timothy Cobb
1824. John Briggs, Jr.
Timothy Cobb 1819-21. Simeon Barrett 1823. John Briggs 1825-26.
Timothy Cobb
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N. H. Stowe 1880-82.
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1827-29. John Briggs 1831-36. Zury Robinson 1840. Simeon Barrett
1830. John Briggs, Jr. 1837-39.
Elisha Bisbee
1841-42.
Abel W. Bisbee 1844-51.
1843.
Elisha Bisbee
Abel Fletcher
1852-56.
1857-58.
Hiram B. Chandler
Sharon Robinson
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1859-62.
1863-87. .
Jotham S. Davenport 1888-98. W. H. Eastman
H. B. Chandler
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CONTENTS.
SUMNER CENTENNIAL.
Page.
Address of Welcome. .7
Centennial Hymn. 49
Centennial Ode
14 Centennial Poem 45
Historical Address
15
Program of Sumner Centennial
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Response.
8
Toasts, The
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PERSONAL SKETCHES.
Page.
Page.
Bisbee Family, The
III Maxim, Henry H.
80
Bisbee, Elisha, Jr.
McAlister, Hannibal H.
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and Family. 198 Noyes Family, The. .72
Bisbee, Capt. Hopestill . 196 Osgood, Cleon S ... 175
Chandler, Alanson M.
Pulsifer Family in Sumner. . 60
and Descendants. 178 Pulsifer, George E. .71
Revolutioner, A. .91
and Descendants 103 Robinson, Dea. Increase and Descendants SI
Colby Family, The.
109
Cummings, Oliver Robinson, Henry R. . 75
and Descendants. . 53 Small, Capt. Gilbert M. .79
Eastman Family, The.
.87 Stetson Family, The. SS
Gowell Family. The.
Handy, Chas. E., Jr.
. 83 Swift, I. O.
Hay ford, Gad.
176 Tuell, Gilbert
Heald, Benjamin and Descendants. . 190
and Descendants. 165 Turner Family, The. 183
Hersey Family, The
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HISTORICAL SKETCH 145
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CONTENTS-Continued. .
PORTRAITS.
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Andrews, Dr. Eugene H .. 95 Heald, Rebekah. .169
Bisbee, Capt. Lewis.
. 133 McAlister, Hannibal H .IOI
Bisbee, Elizabeth . 132 Pulsifer, Moses. 65
Bisbee, Elisha, Jr. 113 Pulsifer, Jonathan .61
Bisbee, George W. ·I17 Pulsifer, William E 69
Bisbee, Capt. Hopestill. 123 Pulsifer, George E .70
Chandler, Edwin Wallace .. 179 Sumner, Increase. 143
Cummings, Prentiss.
.51 Sumner's First Church
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Drake, George R. 107 Sturtevant, Seth 37
Eastman, Wellington H .86 Turner, John. I 86
Handy, Charles E., Jr. 2 Turner, Horatio G 187
Hersey, Samuel
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