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(I) Thomas Hanscom, the immigrant, was born in the parish of Sutton, Bedfordshire, England, about 1623, according to a deposition made by him. Savage says he came to New England in 1629. He married, May 16, 1664, Ann, her surname not being on record. Ann Hanscom survived her husband and as his widow married James Tobey, who went to Kittery, Maine, in 1657, and she was living there in 1720. The children of Thomas and Ann Hanscom were probably all born in Kit- tery, Maine, as follows: Thomas, October 17, 1666; John, September 15, 1668; Olive, March 12, 1671 ; Samuel, April 10, 1675; Moses, who married Hannah, daughter of William and Hannah (Nelson) Rockliff and was in Scar- borough, Maine, in 1738; Job, who married Mary Gowell.
(II) Thomas (2), eldest child of Thomas (I) and Ann Hanscom, was born in Kittery, Maine, October 17, 1666. He married as his
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first wife Alice, daughter of Richard Rogers, at whose house, known as No. 23, nine other families were assigned for protection in case of Indian attacks threatened in 1720. She died between 1696 and 1698, and he mar- ried as his second wife, Tamsen, daughter of Richard Gowell, who administered her hus- band's estate November II, 1713. In the threatened Indian attacks of 1720, the family of Widow Hanscom were assigned to the house No. 12, owned by David Libby Jr., where the family of James Staples was also ordered to take refuge. Thomas Hanscom died intestate about 1712. His first five chil- dren by his first wife were: Thomas, born in December, 1690; Hester, November 20, 1692, married David Libby Jr .; Ann, August 16, 1694, married Daniel Fogg Jr., June 30, 1715; John, October 26, 1696, died November I, 1697; Pricilla, October 26, 1796, died Jan- uary, 1697. His children by his second wife were six in number, as follows: Samuel, born July 25, 1698; Mary, July 28, 1700, married John Merrill Jr., December 16, 1721; Martha, September 27, 1702, married Solomon Libby, March 4, 1724-25; John, April 15, 1705, mar- ried Mary Brooks; Joseph, July 13, 1708, mar- ried Lydia Spinney, March 18, 1723-24; Mo- ses, see forward.
(III) Moses, youngest child of Thomas (2) and Tamsen (Gowell) Hanscom, was born March 2, 1713, in Kittery, and resided in that part of the town which is now Eliot, where he died February 26, 1793, in his eightieth year. He married (first) Mary, daughter of Ste- phen and Mary (King) Bailey, of Kittery. She was born September 14, 1720, in that town and died about 1739. The intention of his second marriage was published August 2, 1740, the bride being Abigail, widow of John Shapleigh, a daughter of Nathan and Shuah (Heard) Bartlett. She was the mother of his children, namely: Susanna, Abigail, Anne, Nathaniel, Moses and Molly.
(IV) Nathaniel, elder son of Moses and Abigail (Bartlett) (Shapleigh) Hanscom, was born October 19, 1756, in Kittery, and resided on the paternal homestead in Eliot, where his life was spent in agriculture, and he died Feb- ruary 29, 1812. He married (first) 1785, Molly Moody, of York, and (second) Jan- uary 12, 1791, Sally, daughter of Timothy and Miriam (Furnald) Furnald, born Decem- ber 13, 1764. Children of first marriage were : Moses, Mary and Abigail; of the second : Nathaniel, Timothy, Benning, John, Roger, Oliver and Susannah.
(V) Moses (2), eldest child of Nathaniel
and Mary (Molly) (Moody) Hanscom, was born about 1786 in Eliot, and settled in Dan- ville, Maine, where he had a wife, Mary, and reared a family.
(VI) Rev. Moses (3), son of Moses (2) and Mary Hanscom, was born May 10, 1808, in Danville, and early decided on preparation for the ministry. He was ordained at Dan- ville, April 12, 1842, and was settled as a pastor at Durham in the same year. He built a house there in 1843, and continued as pastor of the church until 1847, when he removed to Bowdoinham. He also preached at Brook- lyn, Nobleboro and Friendship, and was a very successful pastor, much beloved by his people and was elevated to the position of elder in the Baptist church. He was very active in temperance work. He married (first) Mary Vickery, who was the mother of: Will- iam Allen, Ruel W., Moses C. and Sarah. He married ( second) Alina Snow, of Brunswick, whose children were: Rebecca S., Ella, Mary Louise, Edwin W., Frank B., Elvira D. and Eliza G. Some of these died in infancy. The third daughter is the wife of Fred Eve- leth, a school principal in Jersey City. Ed- win W. is an organist and composer of music, living in Auburn, Maine. Frank B. is in business in Los Angeles, California. The youngest daughter is the wife of Hon. George L. Record (q. v.), a prominent attorney of Jersey City.
(VII) Ruel Williams, second son of Rev. Moses (3) and Mary (Vickery) Hanscom, was born January 22, 1837, in Durham, and died in New York City, September 17, 1905. He was reared of a family in Durham and attended the public schools of his native town. When a young man he went to Abington, Massachusetts, and thence to Boston, where he was engaged in the drygoods business. He enlisted as a soldier in 1863 and went out as a corporal in the Forty-third Massachusetts Volunteers. He was with General Foster in North Carolina, where he received an injury in his knee and after several months' service was brought home to Bowdoinham, where his father was then living. After his recovery he went into business in Lewiston, Maine, which he conducted for two years from a sick bed, with the able aid of his wife. He con- tinued actively in the wholesale fancy goods business in Lewiston and Auburn till failing health compelled him to retire in 1891, as the result of the injury received in the military service. He was a prominent member of the Baptist church, of the Grand Army of the Republic, and a consistent Republican in poli-
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tics, He married Charlotte Moulton, daugh- ter of John Henry Jackson, of Lee, Maine, where she was born May 6, 1836. She was also an active worker in the Baptist church and died June 17, 1905. They were the par- ents of three sons: Warren Whitmore, who is in the home office of the Equitable Assur- ance Society of New York. Walter Allen, a contractor in the same city. Howard C., men- tioned below.
(VIII) Howard Chapin, youngest son of Ruel Williams and Charlotte Moulton (Jack- son) Hanscom, was born June 12, 1875, in Auburn, Maine, where he attended the public schools and was prepared for college. He matriculated from Colby College in 1892 and was graduated with the degree of A. B. in 1896. Subsequently he became a student in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York City, and affiliated with the Col- umbia University, from which he received the degree of M. D. in 1900. After the experience gained in the hospitals of New York, he be- gan the active practice of his profession in that city, with an office at 231 West Ninety- sixth street, where he has ever since con- tinued. While in college he affiliated with the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, and is now a member of the New York State Medical Association and of the American Medical As- sociation. He is a medical officer of the Na- tional Guard of New York, and is assistant surgeon of the Twelfth Regiment, with the grade of captain, and a member of the Army and Navy Club of New York. He keeps in close touch with the affairs of his native city and state, and with the fortunes of the Re- publican party in that state, in which he gained his early political experience.
(For early generations see Thomas Hanscom I.)
HANSCOM (IV) Aaron Hanscom was at least a great-grandson of the immigrant Thomas, and might have been a brother of John Hanscom, born in Elliott in 1748, who married Sarah Stacy, and whose son William was the famous shipwright and the progenitor of a numer- ous family of ship builders. Aaron was among the first pioneers in Machias, Wash- ington county, Maine, which was settled from Kittery, Scarboro and Elliott. In 1769 he was among the petitioners to the general court of Massachusetts to have Machias set off as an independent township. He married Sally, daughter of Joseph Seavery; children: Na- than, Aaron, Abigail, Sally, Isaac, Joseph, Lois, Sylvanus, Daniel, Thomas and Moses.
(V) Sylvanus, fifth son of Aaron and Sally ( Scavery ) Hanscom, married Eda Averill; children : James, Luther Pike, Phebe, Eliza, Alfred and Mary Ann.
(VI) Luther Pike, second son of Sylvanus and Eda (Averill) Ilanscom, was born in Machias, Maine, March 5, 1808. Ile was a lumberman and an old Hickory Democrat. He married Mary A. Bedell; children : Lucinda F., Elizabeth E., Elsie E., Loring Louis, Mary A., Sylvanus L., Albara H., James A., Frank P. and Sarah E.
(VII) The Rev. Loring Louis, eldest son of Luther Pike and Mary A. (Bedell) Hans- com, was born in Crawford, Washington county, Maine, September 19, 1839, died Sep- tember 19, 1904. He received a classical edu- cation at Washington Academy, and was or- dained to the Methodist ministry. Elder Han- scom was stationed at Robbinston, Pembroke, Dexter, Bath, Rockland, Thomaston, all with- in the state of Maine, and in Minnesota. He was a devoted worker in the Master's vine- yard, bringing many souls into the fold dur- ing a lifetime of Christian endeavor. He mar- ried Sarah Brigham, of Plantation No. 14, Maine. Children: I. The Rev. Dr. George L., pastor of the Congregational church in Jacksonville, Florida, a man of great pulpit eloquence, who has had pastorates in Roches- ter, New York, and Newark, New Jersey. 2. William H. 3. Dr. Walter Vose. 4. Rev. Fred L., of Pittsfield, Illinois.
(VIII) Dr. Walter Vose, third son of Rev. Loring L. and Sarah ( Brigham) Hanscom, was born in Orington, Penobscot county, Maine, April 25, 1868. Walter obtained such schooling as the local schools permitted, and at the high school at Orono, Bucksport Semi- nary, and the University of Maine completed his education. He graduated from the Hahne- mann Medical College of Philadelphia, in 1890, coming directly to Rockland, Maine, to prac- tice. He has achieved a remarkable success in his specialty of surgery, performing per- haps more surgical operations than any other surgeon in the county. He conducts a private hospital in connection with his practice. Dr. Hanscom has read papers on surgical subjects before learned medical societies. He belongs to the National Homoeopathic Society, and the Maine State Homoeopathic Society. Of fra- ternal organization he is of membership in Aurora Lodge, No. 50, Ancient Free and Ac- cepted Masons; King Solomon's Temple, No. 8, Royal Arch Chapter; King Hiram Coun- cil, No. 6, Royal and Select Masters; Clare- mont Commandery of Knights Templar; the
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Consistory at Portland, of Kora Temple, Mys- tic Shrine, at Lewiston, and of Rockland Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, No. 1008. Dr. Hanscom married Abbie Fessenden, daughter of Dr. Nathan Wiggin, of Rockland, in 1888; one child, Harold N.
The word Blanchard was BLANCHARD applied to an order of Friars who used to go about ordinarily clothed in white sheets ( French word blanche, meaning white), but a wider application of the word followed, and any person affecting white raiment was called a blanchard. The surname was derived doubt- less from the application of the name to dis- tinguish the progenitor from others of the same personal name. The family in England is ancient but not extensive. The only coat- of-arms is borne by the family in Wiltshire and Somersetshire, and slightly varied by the family at Grimmsargh Hall, Lancaster, Eng- land. Arms: Gules a chevron or in chief two bezants in base a griffin's head erased of the second. Crest: On the point of a sword in pale a mullet.
(I) Thomas Blanchard, immigrant ancestor, said to have come from Hampshire, Eng- land, sailed from London in 1639, in the ship "Jonathan," with several children. There is good authority for the statement that he lived at Penton, Hampshire, during his youth. He settled first in Braintree, Massachusetts, where he was living from 1646 to 1650. He bought of Rev. John Wilson and his son John Wil- son Jr. two hundred acres of land with build- ings on the south and west sides of the Mystic river, in February, 1651, and removed to Charlestown in 1651. His first wife died in England. He married (second) in England, Agnes (Bent) Barnes, died in 1639, on the passage, sister of John Bent, who settled in Sudbury, Massachusetts. He married (third) Mary -, of Noddle's Island, in 1663. She died in Charlestown. During the religious controversy in Malden she sided with the or- thodox Mr. Marmaduke Mathews. The Blan- chards lived at what is now Malden. He died May 21, 1654. His will, dated May 16, proved June 20, 1654, bequeathed to wife Mary and children George, Thomas, Samuel, Nathaniel ; grandchild Joseph, and to the church at Mal- den, and provided that Benjamin Thompson should be fitted for the university (Harvard) if his parents should consent. His widow died in 1656 and her administrator was appointed June 3, 1656. Children : I. Joseph, married Mary - -. 2. George, born 1622; married
a Hills; (second ) Mary - -; died at Medford, March 18, 1700 (gravestone), aged eighty-four years. 3. Thomas Jr., born 1625; married Ann -; died February, 1651, and his widow married Richard Gardner. 4. Sam- tel, mentioned below. 5. Nathaniel, born 1636; married December 16, 1658, Susanna Bates ; removed to Weymouth, Massachusetts. 6. Mary, born 1639, mentioned in will.
(II) Samuel, son of Thomas Blanchard, was born in Hampshire, England, August 6, 1629, and died in Charlestown, Massachusetts, April 22, 1707. He came to New England at the age of ten, with his parents in the ship "Jona- than." He was a prominent citizen of Charles- town and Malden, and of Andover, Massachu- setts, whither he removed June 10, 1686. He was collector of taxes and constable of An- dover, and owned large tracts of land. He married, January 3, 1654-55, Mary Sweetser, who died February 20, 1668, daughter of Seth Sweetser, of Charlestown. He married (sec- ond) June 24, 1673, Hannah Doggett, who died July 10, 1725, daughter of Thomas Dog- gett, of Marshfield, Massachusetts. Children of first wife: I. Jonathan, born May 25, 1764; resided in Andover; married May 26, 1685, Anna, daughter of John Lovejoy, of Andover; sons Jonathan, David, Jacob and Benjamin. 2. Joseph, resided in Andover. Children of second wife: 3. Thomas (q. v.), born April 28, 1674. 4. John, mentioned be- low. 5. Hannah, married May 24, 1699, Stephen Osgood.
(III) John, son of Samuel Blanchard, was born in Andover, Massachusetts, July 3, 1677, and died April 10, 1750. He resided in An- dover, probably near the Dr. Noyes place. He married, August 7, 1701, Mary, daughter of Simon Crosby. She died in 1748. Children : I. Mary, born August 18, 1702. 2. Hannah, October 24, 1704. 3. Rachel, February 2, 1706-07. 4. Abigail, January 23, 1708-09. 5. Sarah, June 5, 17II; died June 8, 1711. 6. Sarah, May 23, 1712; died April 16, 1713. 7. John, March 15, 1713-14, died March 18, 1713-14. 8. John, February 15, 1714-15 ; mar- ried November 29, 1739, Elizabeth Richard- son ; died July 27, 1756. 9. Samuel, August 17, 1717; mentioned below. 10. David, March 20, 1719-20. II. Benjamin, July 5, 1722. 12. Simon, March 16, 1725-26.
(IV) Samuel (2), son of John Blanchard, was born August 17, 1717, and died March 26, 1807. He married, July 14, 1747, Mary, daughter of William Brown. She died March 5, 18II. Children: I. Mary, born January 26, 1747-48. 2. Samuel, March 6, 1748-49.
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3. William, March 21, 1750. 4. Sarah, Jan- uary 31, 1754; married Benjamin Lewis. 5. Timothy, October 16, 1755; mentioned below. 6. Martha (record of baptism says Nathan), August 2, 1757 ; married Benjamin Blanchard, of Wilton. 7. Rhoda, November 17, 1762; married January 26, 1786, Samuel Abbott. 8. Jeremiah, July 10, 1764; married June 17, 1795, Mary Going; died May 22, 1819. 9. Ahimaaz, April 26, 1767. 10. Jonathan, Feb- ruary 20, 1769.
(V) Timothy, son of Samuel (2) Blanchard, was born October 16, 1755. He was a sol- dier in the revolution in Captain Jonathan Stickney's company, Colonel Ebenezer Bridge's regiment, and was wounded in the battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775. Later in the same year he was in Captain John Harnden's com- pany, Colonel Bridge's 27th regiment. In 1780 he enlisted in the Continental army, and gave his age as twenty-four years, light com- plexion, residence, Billerica. He was assigned to Lieutenant Taylor's company, Second Mas- sachusetts Line, and was honorably discharged December II, 1780. He removed from Bil- lerica to Litchfield, New Hampshire, and from there to Wilton, Maine, where he died, and was buried at East Wilton. He married Mercy Kidder. Children: I. Cyrus B., born in Billerica, mentioned below, and others.
(VI) Cyrus, son of Timothy Blanchard, was born in Billerica, Massachusetts, April 29, 1783, and died July 4, 1847. He removed to Wilton, Maine, and bought what has since been known as the Blanchard farm, where he died. He married (first) Chloe Felch, of Wil- ton; (second) Elizabeth Floyd, of Augusta, Maine. 'Children of first wife: I. Rhoda, born June 8, 1812. 2. Cyrus, March II, 1814. Three children died young. Children of sec- ond wife: 6. Child, died young. 7. Jesse, born April 12, 1819; mentioned below. 8. James, January 21, 1825. 9. John, August 1, 1826.
(VII) Jesse, son of Cyrus Blanchard, was born in Wilton, Maine, April 12, 1819, and died August 25, 1894, on the farm where he was born and always lived. He was educated in the public schools. He was a man of strong character and great influence in the commun- ity. He was a Republican in politics, and an active and useful member of the Free Bap- tist Church of East Wilton. He married, No- vember 17, 1853, Phebe Holt, born in Weld, Maine, January 26, 1829, died May 7, 1896, daughter of Nathan and Phoebe (Severy-) Holt. Children: 1. Twin child, born Decem- ber 20, 1856; died in infancy. 2. Luetta (twin with former), married C. R. Pease, dealer in
house furnishings, Nashua, New Hampshire. 3. Edgar F., born May 19, 1862; Congrega- tional minister, settled at Hudson, New Hamp- shire; graduate of Bates College and Yale Divinity School. 4. Albert E., born August 16, 1864; graduate of Bates College, now a professor at the National College in Buenos Ayres, South America; married Mary L. Harding, of New Sharon; children: i. Euser E., born July 4, 1893; ii. Everard E., born December 16, 1896, both born at Buenos Ayres. 5. Cyrus Nathan, mentioned below.
(VIII) Cyrus Nathan, son of Jesse Blan- chard, was born in Wilton, Maine, October 6, 1869. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, at the Farmington ( Maine) Normal School, the North Anson Academy and Bates College, from which he was grad- uated in the class of 1892. He taught for two years in the Dexter ( Maine) high school, and immediately thereafter began to read law with Hon. J. C. Holman, of Farmington, and after two years study was admitted to the bar, in September, 1896. He opened an office in Wilton in November following, and began to practice his profession. He has achieved a leading position in public life, as well as in his profession. He was elected represen- tative to the state legislature for 1897-98, and was state senator in 1899-1900. From 1903 to 1907 inclusive he served on the Republican state committee. In 1906 and 1907 he was a member of the governor's council. He is at present county attorney. He has also held various town offices in Wilton. As a lawyer Mr. Blanchard has been entrusted with many important cases and he has shown signal abil- ity as prosecuting attorney. He is a member of Wilton Lodge of Free Masons; of St. John's Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of Jephtha Council, Royal and Select Masters, of Farmington ; of Pilgrim Commandery, Knights Templar ; and of Kora Temple, Mys- tic Shrine, of Lewiston, Maine. He is also a member of Franklin Lodge, Knights of Pythias, No. 94, of North Jay, and of Farm- ington Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. He is a member of the Congregational church. He married, September 19, 1901, Florence E. Noyes, born December 14, 1870, daughter of Philander and Elvira (Small) Noyes, of Wil- 'ton. They have no children.
(For preceding generations see Thomas Blanchard I.)
(III) Thomas (2), son of
BLANCHARD Samuel and Hannah (Doggett) Blanchard, was born April 28, 1674, in Charlestown, and lived
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in Andover, where he died March 17, 1759. His estate was inventoried at two hundred and ninety-nine pounds, fifteen shillings and two pence. He married, March 12, 1699, Rose Holmes. daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth (Arnold) Holmes, of Marshfield. She died in Andover, August 27, 1714, and he married (second) September 21, 1715, Hannah Going, a widow, of Lynn, who died June 25, 1724. He married (third) February 21, 1726, Judith (Buckman) Hills, widow of Zachary Hills, of Malden. He died December 1, 1767.
(IV) Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2) and Rose (Holmes) Blanchard, was born Febru- ary 15, 1701, in Andover, and was a farmer in that town. He married, October 7, 1731, Elizabeth Johnson, probably a daughter of Francis and Sarah (Hawks) Johnson. He died November 25, 1779; she died April 22, 1783.
(V) Thomas (4), son of Thomas (3) and Elizabeth (Johnson) Blanchard, was probably born about 1770 in Andover, and died (ac- cording to a family letter) when eighty years of age. The name of his wife is not learned, and the only child mentioned in the family records available is Thomas Shute Blanchard, born in 1800, which is the only clue to the approximate birth date of the father.
(VI) Thomas Shute, son of Thomas (4) Blanchard, was born at Stockton ( Prospect), Maine, August, 1800, and died September 21, 1841. He was a merchant mariner of Stock- ton. He married, December 22, 1825, Har- riett, daughter of James and Lydia (Parker) Treat, who was born at Prospect, June 28, 1807, died at St. Paul, Minnesota, January 10, 1889. She was the great-great-great-grand- daughter of Governor Robert Treat, of Con- necticut. Her mother, the daughter of Oliver and Lydia ( Bicknell) Parker, died at Sears- port at the advanced age of ninety-six years. Her father was the son of Lieutenant Joshua Treat, who moved from St. George to Pros- pect. He served as armourer 1759-74, and probably after the revolution, as he was so mentioned in important documents. He was the first permanent white settler on the Penob- scot in 1759, paddling up the river in a canoe with Governor Pownall and acting as inter- preter with Indians. The children of Thomas S. and Harriett Blanchard were: I. Orella, born December 8, 1826, died February 3, 1852; married Rev. Jerome Harris. 2. Maria Treat, December 22, 1828, married, November 5, 1855, Josiah French Hitchborn. 3. James Treat, January 28, 1831, died July 18, 1857, at Havanna, Cuba ; was a sea captain. 4. Lydia
Levena, March 8, 1833, died January 10, 1852. 5. Alvah Parker, mentioned below. 6. Susan J., July 23, 1837. 7. Sarah A., October 23, 1839.
(VII) Alvah Parker, second son of Thomas Shute and Harriett (Treat) Blanchard, was born in Stockton, Maine, April 12, 1835. He married, October 9, 1859, Elizabeth D., daugh- ter of John and Elizabeth (Dickey) Griffin, who was born July- 3, 1836. He was a sea captain and ship owner. Was active in Re- publican politics and served a term in the state legislature. He was one of the organiz- ers of the Union League Club of Brooklyn, New York, and a member of the Grand Army, Grant Post, Brooklyn, an honorary member- ship. Children of Captain Alvah P. and Eliza- beth D. Blanchard were: I. James Alvah, born November 13, 1862. 2. Mildred, September 14, 1866, married, February 5, 1896, John William Mitchell, of Port Washington, Long Island, of the Sir Humphrey Mitchell family of England, to whose descendants King George made a grant of lands on Long Island, the homestead being built about 1679. 3. Thom- as, July 24, 1870, died March 4, 1878.
(VIII) James Alvah, son of Captain Alvah P. and Elizabeth D. (Griffin) Blanchard, was born in Stockton, November 13, 1862. He was educated at the public schools and at times went to sea with his father. After re- moval to Brooklyn, New York, he attended the schools there and later was a student at Bryant and Stratton's Business College. He entered business life as a clerk in a ship broker's office. He was next employed by Legett & Brother, 301 Pearl street, New York, paint manufacturers, etc., where he remained several years, until 1889, when he established himself in business. In 1904 the business was incorporated under the name of "The James A. Blanchard Company, manufacturers of In- secticides, Drugs and Grocers' Specialties," at the Cortland Terminal building, 30 Church street, New York City. Mr. Blanchard is active in Republican politics in Mount Ver- non, where he resides, and has been a mem- ber of the city committee for twelve years. He has served as delegate to conventions and police commissions for two and a half years. He is also president of the Mount Vernon Public Park Association ; vice-president of the East Side Improvement Association; chair- man of the board of trustees of the Universal- ist church and of the building committee. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum, Maine Society, and with his father was one of the organizers of the Union League Club of
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