Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume III, Part 103

Author: Little, George Thomas, 1857-1915, ed; Burrage, Henry Sweetser, 1837-1926; Stubbs, Albert Roscoe
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 818

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(II) John, second son of Matthew and Mary (Bradish) Gibbs, was born about 1657, died in Sudbury, April 2, 1718. He married (first), in Sudbury, April 27, 1688, Anna, daughter of Thomas Gleason, who survived but a short time; he married (second), May 31, 1694, Sarah Cutler. She survived him and died August 31, 1725. His children were: I. Thomas, who settled in Brookfield. 2. Mercy. 3. John, of Framingham. 4. Nathaniel, men- tioned below. 5. Isaac, who lived in Sudbury. 6. Sarah. 7. Jacob. 8. Israel. 9. Ephraim.

(III) Nathaniel, third son of John Gibbs and child of his second wife, Sarah Cutler, was born 1695, in Sudbury, and lived in that town. He married, May 26, 1726, Bathsheba, daugh- ter of Joseph and Mary (Gibbs) Parmenter. She was born January 28, 1705, in Sudbury, and died there October 25, 1746. So far as record is found, their children were: I. Eu- nice, married Abijah Moore. 2. Sybel. 3.

Bathsheba, died young. 4. William, mentioned below. 5. Jesse, married Ruth Hoyt and lived in Sudbury and in Greenwich, Massachusetts.

(IV) William, eldest son of Nathaniel and Bathsheba (Parmenter) Gibbs, was born March 18, 1740, in Sudbury, and resided in Princeton, Massachusetts, where he died April 25, 1770. He married, April 14, 1762, Joanna, daughter of Phineas and Elizabeth Gleason. She was born July 13, 1740, in Framingham, and died June 28, 1830. After the death of William Gibbs she married (sec- ond), in Princeton, April 27, 1783, Uriah Newton, and he died there April 25, 1805, and she survived him more than twenty-five years. The children of William Gibbs were: I. Ezra, born October 17, 1762, lived in Bridgton, Maine. 2. William, August 22, 1764, married, November 30, 1788, Martha Cobb. 3. Al- pheus, see forward. 4. Theodore, August I, 1768, married, 1791, Lucy Kendall. 5. Jo- anna, June 27, 1770.

(V) Alpheus, third son of William and Joanna (Gleason) Gibbs, was born June 20, 1766, in Princeton, Massachusetts, and was a pioneer settler in the town of Bridgton, Cum- berland county, Maine, removing there in the spring of 1814. He was married in Princeton, January 25, 1790, to Abigail Wheeler, who survived him and died in the southern part of the town of Bridgton.

(VI) Rufus, son of Alpheus and Abigail (Wheeler) Gibbs, was born August 26, 1800, in Bridgton, now Harrison, and attended the district schools during his boyhood. At the age of fourteen the death of his father com- pelled him to embark in active pursuits for his own maintenance, but though he was thus deprived largely of the benefit of schools, he attained to be a student, and by observation and reading became a well-informed man. For seven years he was employed by John Perley, being engaged chiefly in tanning, and the re- mainder of the time was employed upon the farm. On attaining his majority Mr. Gibbs established himself in business in the village of Bridgton as a tanner and leather merchant, and in this was quite successful. His profits were invested largely in land and he con- tinued in this business until about 1840. For the next fifteen years his entire attention was given to lumbering. In 1855 he commenced the construction of a large blanket, or woolen mill, which was completed and in operation in the spring of 1856. In the operation of this establishment he was aided by his sons, and continued in business successfully until 1877, when he retired. He died in 1892 at an ad-

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vanced age. From the time of its organization, Mr. Gibbs was a supporter of the Republican party, and never failed to vote on state and presidential elections, but never sought politi- cal honors for himself. He was frequently urged to serve in various official capacities, but preferred to give his attention to his private business. In 1878, having retired from busi- ness, he accepted the nomination for repre- sentative and was elected by a large majority. He was an active member of the Congrega- tional church and contributed largely to its benevolent and missionary undertakings. He was married, in 1825, to Adeline, daughter of Joseph Sears, of Bridgton. She was born in 1803 and died in 1874. Children : I. died in early childhood. 2. Horace I., de- ceased. 3. Edward A., see forward. 4. Ma- jor John S., resides in Baltimore, Maryland. 5. Ann Mariah, widow of William F. Perry, of Brookline, Massachusetts. 6. Charles E., see forward.

(VII) Edward A., son of Rufus and Ade- line (Sears) Gibbs, was born October 29, 1830, in Harrison, and now resides in Bridgton, Maine, where he is interested in the insurance business. He married, in 1853, Augusta In- galls, of Bridgton, and they were the parents of three children: I. Annette, deceased. 2. Mary B., wife of George Chapman, of Brook- line, Massachusetts. 3. Edward Everett, re- sided in Baltimore, Maryland.

(VII) Charles Edwin, son of Rufus and Adeline (Sears) Gibbs, was born August 7, 1835, in Harrison, died in 1899. He was in- terested with his father in the operation of a woolen mill. He was the owner of the Sebago Steamboat line from 1870 to 1892, when he sold out to the S. D. Waren Company, of Westbrook. In 1882-83 he built the pleasant Mountain House, of which he was owner until his death. He was an active Republican in politics, was postmaster of Bridgton from 1871 to 1885. He was a representative in the legis- lature in 1867 and a member of the state senate in 1869. He married, 1855, Augusta Bangs, of Bridgton, and they were the parents of a son and a daughter. The latter, Nellie, is the wife of J. Williams Dickens, residing in Rox- bury, Massachusetts.

(VIII) Rudolph Rufus, only son of Charles E. and Augusta (Bangs) Gibbs, was born Au- gust 10, 1857, in Bridgton, and attended the public schools of his home town, Bridgeton Academy, and the Little Blue school. He was employed by his father in the steamboat opera- tion, after leaving school, and was assistant postmaster at Floral Park, Long Island, New

York, whence he removed to Washington, D. C., in 1890. There he was first employed in the National capitol building, and in 1892 was appointed telegrapher in the United States treasury department, a position he still holds. Like his father and grandfather, he adheres to the Republican party. He has attained emi- nence in the Masonic order, being a member of Oriental Lodge, No. 13, A. F. and A. M., of Bridgton, and of Oriental Chapter, No. 30, R. A. M., of Bridgton. He is a sir knight of Columbia Commandery, K. T., of Washing- ton, and is a member of Kora Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Lewiston, Maine. Mr. Gibbs is also a member of Columbia Lodge, No. 30, I. O. O. F., of Bridgton. He is a liberal in religion and is not affiliated with any church organization. He married Alice, daughter of Everett Marean, of Washington, D. C.

HALL The tradition is that the now nu- merous families of the Hall sur- name in New England are de-

scended from three Hall brothers-John, Ralph and Richard-who came to this country from England and settled; John in Dover and Ralph in Exeter, New Hampshire, and Rich- ard in the vicinity of Boston. But there were still other Halls in New England during the early colonial period, and among them in the first two or three generations were no less than twenty who bore the baptismal name of John. The progenitor of the family purposed to be considered in this place was John Hall, first of Charlestown, Massachusetts, and afterward of Dover, and he has been confused by vari- ous chroniclers with the John Hall, of Charles- town, who in 1640 removed to the plantation at Barnstable, Massachusetts.

(I) John Hall, immigrant ancestor, was ac- cording to his own deposition born in 1617. He first appears in New England in Charles- town, where he was made a freeman May 6, 1635. He removed to Dover, New Hampshire, where his name appears on the tax list from 1648-49 until 1677, and often in land records. In 1652 he lived at Dover Neck, next to the meeting-house, the lot on the southwesterly side which reached to the river and embraced a spring, which is still flowing and is called Hall's spring. He was first deacon of the first church of Dover as early as 1655. He was lot layer as early as 1657 and as late as 1674. In 1658-59 he was one of three to lay out the town bounds between Lamprey and Newichawannock rivers, and to run the north boundary. In 1663 he was on a committee to

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lay out the highway from Lamprey river to the waterside. He was selectman in 1660 and was occasionally commissioner to end small causes ; grand juror in 1663-66 and '68; "clerk of ye writs" for the court in 1663-68-69; town clerk in 1670-75-79 and other years. In 1677 Deacon Hall received a lot of twenty acres on the west side of Back river, which had been laid out to George Webb in 1642. He gave to his son Ralph by deed, February 1, 1685-86, one-half the house and land, and the other half at his death ; this deed was proved as his will May 4, 1692, and recorded in February, 1694- 95. He married Elizabeth Children : I. Sheba, baptized January 9, 1639-40. 2. John, born in Charlestown, September 21, 1645, representative to the New Hampshire legislature in 1694-95-96; died 1697. 3. Eliza- beth, born September 4, 1647, died young. 4. Elizabeth, born November 2, 1648, died young. 5. Nathaniel, taxed in 1680. 6. Ralph, men- tioned below. 7. Grace, born May 16, 1663-64.

(II) Ralph, son of John Hall, was heir to his father's homestead at Dover Neck. He lost twenty acres of land July II, 1694, at Fresh creek in a law suit with Richard Wal- dron. Richard and Elizabeth Pinkham gave him a quit claim deed to land in consideration of the sum of ten pounds. He was auditor in 1702 and constable in 1705. He died No- vember 13, 1706. He married (second), May 26, 1701, Mary, daughter of Philip Chesley. In 1713 she, with her sister Esther, wife of John Hall, quit-claimed their father's planta- tion at Oyster River. She married ( second), February 25, 1717-18, John Fox, and quit- claimed her share in the estate of her first hus- band to John Hall, son of the first wife. Ralph, John and James Hall were administra- tors of the estate of their father Ralph, March 4, 1706-07. The estate was divided between seven sons, the eldest receiving a double por- tion, and fifteen pounds to Jonathan, who was "weak and sick." Children of first wife": I. John, born about 1685, settled in Somersworth, New Hampshire; married, August 9, 1705, Esther Chesley, sister of his step-mother. 2. James, died before 1735. 3. Jonathan. 4. Isaac, removed to Massachusetts. Children of second wife: 5. Benjamin, born June, 1702. 6. Ralph, mentioned below. 7. Joseph, born March 26, 1706, married, December 19, 1734, Peniel Bean ; died November 14, 1782.

(III) Ralph (2), son of Ralph (1) Hall, was born in Dover about 1704. He lived in Madbury until about 1753, when he removed to Barrington. He was one of the petitioners for the incorporation of Madbury in 1743. In

the latter part of his life he went to live with his son Joseph. He married Elizabeth Willey, of Lee. He died in Strafford, New Hampshire, and he and his wife are buried in the old or- chard on the farm. Children: I. Elizabeth, married Joseph Daniels, of Barrington. 2. Frances, married Samuel Foss, of Barrington. 3. Solomon, married Joanna Morrill. 4.

Ralph, married Davis and settled in Jackson, New Hampshire. 5. Lois, died young. 6. Joseph, born December II, 1741, mentioned below. 7. Deborah, born May I, 1744, married John, son of Benjamin Hall. 8. Abigail, married Samuel Berry, of Barrington. 9. Sobriety, married, June 19, 1777, Nicholas Brock, of Barrington.

(IV) Joseph, son of Ralph (2) Hall, born December, II, 1741, died in December, 1826. He resided in Strafford, New Hampshire, on a farm on Crown Point road, just below the Blue hill. The farm is or was lately owned by his great-great-grandson, John Hall. He was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian church, and is remembered for his estimable qualities. He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Jo- seph Parsons' company, October 12, 1775 ; also one year in the continental army from August 19, 1779 (P. 570, vol. 3, N. H. Rev. Rolls) ; in Colonel Stephen Evans's regiment also (p. 628, vol. XV). He married, April 4, 1764, Mary Foss, born March 25, 1745, died in May, 1822, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Dowse) Foss, of Barrington. Children : I. Mary, born February 17, 1765, married, February 6, 1783, Ephraim Holmes. 2. Joseph, born July 8, 1767. 3. Solomon, born June 25, 1769, died October 24, 1852; married Lydia 4. Betsey, born March 25, 1772, died September 4, 1845; married Samuel York. 5. Samuel, born August 8, 1774, mentioned below. 6. Abigail, born January 31, 1777, died unmar- ried. 7. Lois, born March 18, 1778, married William Sanders. 8. Sally, born December 13, 1782, married William Berry; died Sep- tember 8, 1815. 9. Israel, born March 17, 1785, married (first) Hannah Sanders; (sec- ond) Mary Sanders.

(V) Samuel, son of Joseph Hall, was born August 8, 1774. Children : I. Polly, married - Dow. 2. Mary, married Han-

son. 3. Ralph, born September 26, 1799. 4. Joseph, mentioned below. 5. Israel. 6. Sam- uel. 7. Tamsin, married Pierce. 8. Sally, married - Pierce.

(VI) Joseph (2), son of Samuel Hall, was born in Strafford, New Hampshire, about 1800. He was educated there in the public schools and worked on the homestead during

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his youth. He succeeded his father on the farm at Strafford and followed farming all his life. In politics he was a Democrat. In re- ligion he was a member of the Free Baptist church, of which for many years he was dea- con. He died aged seventy-two years. He married Betsey Brock, born in Barrington, New Hampshire. Children: Mary Dyer, Horace S., mentioned below ; Samuel D., Jo- seph, John.

(VII) Horace Stevens, son of Joseph (2) Hall, was born in Strafford, New Hampshire, January 15, 1833. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and in his youth worked at farming and shoemaking un- til nineteen years old. He went to Saco, Maine, at the age of nineteen, to work for the York Manufacturing Company and is still em- ployed by the same concern. He has worked for this company for fifty-six years, beginning in the spinning room, rising in three years to the rank of overseer. In 1870 he was made superintendent of the corporation and has filled that office with ability and to the utmost satisfaction of all concerned to the present time. It is doubtful if any mill superintendent has a longer or more honorable and faithful record. He is well known in the textile indus- tries of the whole country. Mr. Hall is a Re- publican in politics. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Saco. He is a prominent Mason, a member of Dunlap Lodge of Biddeford, of York Royal Arch Chapter, and also of Unity Lodge, Knights of Pythias. He married, November 21, 1860, Mary E., daughter of Jacob Huff, of Kenne- bunkport. They have one son, Frank, men- tioned below.

(VIII) Frank, son of Horace Stevens Hall, was born March 29, 1862, in Saco, and edu- cated in the public schools of that town. He learned the trade of machinist in the York Manufacturing Company mills, where he worked about three years. He is now his father's assistant in the duties of his personal business. He married Harriet Rattell. His only child, Horace Herbert, lives with his grandfather.

(For first generation see preceding sketch.)

(II) John (2), son of John (1) HALL and Elizabeth Hall, was baptized in Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1645, and was three years old when his father removed with his family to Dover. The rec- ords show that in 1683 he received a bounty with his father and thirteen other settlers for killing a wolf. In 1675 he bought lands of

the town committee and his name was still on the tax lists in 1680, but in December, 1693, he lived on Dover Neck and in that year gave bonds as tavern keeper. He probably had lands from his father, received grants of other lands from the town, and also came into pos- session of still other tracts through his wife's father. He represented Dover in the legis- lature in 1694-95-96, and died while he was still incumbent of that office. Under date of April 28, 1697, Pike's Journal says "John Hall, Sen., was drowned coming up the river in a little float, near Green-point." The in- ventory of his property was made by Ralph Hall and John Tuttle, and the estate was ap- praised at one hundred and four pounds eight- een shillings. His widow declined administra- tion of the estate and the letters therefore was granted to her sons, Thomas and Joseph. On: November 8, 1671, John Hall married Abigail, daughter of John and Abigail (Nutter) Rob- erts. John Roberts was a son of Thomas Roberts, immigrant, and his wife Abigail was a daughter of Hatevil Nutter. Abigail, widow of John Hall, married for her second hus- band, October 24, 1698, Thomas Down, of Cocheco, who was killed by Indians in 171I. The children of John and Abigail (Roberts) Hall were John, Thomas, Joseph, Hatevil, Sarah and Mary.

(III) Hatevil, fourth son of John (2) and Abigail (Roberts) Hall, was born in Dover, New Hampshire, and lived on the west side of Back river. The tradition among his de- scendants is that he was drowned in early manhood. He married, March 14, 1707, Mercy Cromwell, and left an only child, Hate- vil, whose Christian name, like that of his father, is written Hate Evil in some records, Hatevil being, it is supposed, a contraction of the original name.

(IV) Hatevil (2), only son and child of Hatevil (1) and Mercy (Cromwell) Hall, was born in Dover, New Hampshire, Febru- ary 15, 1708 (one account says 1707) and died November 28, 1797. He was a member of the Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers, a man of upright character and or- derly in his walk. On November 17, 1733, he sold to John Ham all the right and interest his father had in and to a tract of one hundred and twenty acres of land which was formerly owned by his grandfather, John Hall; and on April 20, 1734, Daniel Field, with the con- sent of his wife Sarah, sold and conveyed to Hatevil Hall, chairmaker, ten acres of land west of Back river "on the southward side of the country road from Dover to Durham."

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On May 6, 1738, he sold to William Hus- sey, of Dover, for the consideration of twenty pounds ten acres of common lands, and March 20, 1752, John Twombley conveyed to Hatevil Hall twenty-three and one-half acres on the east side of Salmon Falls River. About the time of this last conveyance Hatevil Hall re- moved from Dover to Falls River, and from thence, about 1753-54, to Falmouth, Maine, where he settled on a farm at the north end of the road called Shady Lane, which winds around the eastern base of Blackstrap hill. There he built his house and there he reared to maturity a goodly family of children, bring- ing them up in the way in which they should go, the way in which he himself had been taught to walk. He is remembered as a man of great physical and moral strength, and his influence in the community always was for good. He married, April 1, 1733, Sarah Fur- bish, of Kittery, Maine, and by her had thir- teen children. At the time of his death he left four hundred and ninety-five descendants, who in turn became progenitors of some of the most thrifty, respectable and influential citizens of western Maine. His children: I. Dorothy, married George Leighton, and had eight children : Pelatiah, Jedediah, Sarah, Hate Evil (Hatevil), Abigail, David, Paul and Silas Leighton. 2. Daniel, married Lo- rana Winslow, and had eight children: Win- slow, Mercy, William, Stephen, Rachel, Anna, Betsey and Simeon. 3. Hatevil (Hate Evil), married (first) Ruth Winslow, (second) Ann Jenkins, and had thirteen children : Job,

Ruth, Sarah, Hezekiah, Enoch, Submit, John, Hate Evil, Abigail, Nathan, Dorcas, Margaret and Shadrack. 4. Mercy, born October 6, 1738, married Joseph Leighton, of Dover, New Hampshire (see Leighton), and had eleven children : Susannah, Hannah, Andrew, Stephen, Mary, Ezekiel, Lydia, Daniel, Bet- sey, Robert and Sarah Leighton. 5. Eben- ezer, married Hannah Anderson, and had seven children: Abraham, Isaac, Dorothy, Israel, Bethshua, Ebenezer and Daniel. 6. Abigail, born February 12, 1740, died Febru- ary 12, 1825; she was a woman of much strength of character and was highly respected by all to whom she was known; she married Isaac Allen and had seven children: Cathar- ine, Sarah, Robert, Davis, Mary, Dorcas and Isaac Allen. 7. William, married (first) Bet- sey Cox, (second) Elizabeth Wilson, and had nine children: Elijah, Timothy, Trial, Rob- ert, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Betsey, Sarah and Mary. 8. John, married Grace Sprague, and had fif-

teen children : Sarah, Love, Abigail, Sylvina, Hate Evil, Lucy, Charity, John, Dorothy, Anna, William, Daniel, Grace, Simeon and Joel. 9. Jedediah, born January 21, 1748. 10. Andrew, married Jane Merrill, and had eight children : Jane, Edmund, Polly, Amos, George, Eunice, Josiah and Henry. II. Nich- olas, married (first) Experience Stone, (sec- ond) Emma Sawyer, and had ten children : Esther, Miriam, Noah, Lot, Greenfield, Ex- perience, Comfort, Solomon, Ephraim and Os- ney. 12. Paul, married (first) Sarah Neal, (second) Keziah Hanson, and had ten chil- dren : Johnson, Olive, Daniel, Neal, William, Sarah, Hannah, Patience, Betsey and James. 13. Silas, married (first) Mary Gould, (sec- ond) Hannah Neal, and had fifteen children : Samuel, Mary, Dorothy, James, Francis, Peace, Sarah, Andrew, John, Paul, Olive, Silas, Miltmore, Augusta and Hannah.

(V) Jedediah, son of Hatevil (2) and Sarah (Furbish) Hall, was born January 21, 1748, and moved down east. He married (first) March 1, 1773, Hannah, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth ( Hussey) Tibbetts, and married (second) Elizabeth Clough. He had eleven children : Peter, Joel, Elizabeth, Aaron, Mercy, Moses, Abigail, David, Jonathan, Ann and Dorcas.

(VI) Peter, son of Jedediah and Hannah (Tibbetts) Hall, was born in 1774, and died in Portland, Maine, in 1853. He married Anna Hunnewell, who was born in Windham in 1784 and died in Portland in 1856. They had eleven children : I. Louisa Ann, born Portland, December 14, 1809, died November 9, 1878; married Captain George B. Sturges, of Maryland, and had three children : i. George B., died single; ii. Henry B., married Emily Court, of New York, and had Emily L., Nellie D., Sidonie S., Ethel, Harry Louis and Martin V. H .; iii. Ellen Elizabeth, mar- ried Alvin H. Jacobs, of Portland. 2. Aaron, 1809, died at sea. 3. Stillman I., 1815, died young. 4. Harriet, 1815, died 1901 ; married Henry P. Drew, of Brunswick, Maine, and had George and Horace. 5. Joel, 1819, died at sea in 1837. 6. Stillman, 1821, died 1824. 7. Sumner C., 1825, died 1826. 8. Elizabeth Wood, married Daniel H. Stone, of Bruns- wick, and had a daughter Annie W., who be- came wife of Thomas William Stanwood. 9. Mary Porter, married John Swett, of Wind- ham, Maine, and had three children: i. Mary Louisa, died single; ii. Frank, married Eliza- beth Child; iii. Ellen M., married Rufus Stan- ley, of Portland, Maine, and Lawrence, Mas-

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sachusetts, and had three children: Grace, Harry and Helen. 10. George W., went to sea and died in California. 11. Charles H.

(VII) Charles H., youngest of the eleven children of Peter and Anna ( Ilunnewell) Hall, was born in Portland, Maine, and was a car- penter by trade and principal occupation. His first wife was Rachel Chase, who died in 1839, and he afterward married Caroline Page, who was born in Fryeburg, Maine, daughter of Philip Page, who moved from Conway, New Hampshire, to Burlington, Maine, and was one of the earliest settlers in the latter town. Charles H. and Caroline ( Page) Hall had three children : Charles B., Edward Irving and Albert B.

(VIII) Major General Charles B. Hall, U. S. A., eldest son of Charles H. and Caroline (Page) Hall, was born in Portland, Maine, April 29, 1844, and in 1862 was in the senior class in Portland high school. Master Han- son then was at the head of that school, and his first assistant was Thomas Benton Reed, who taught English, French, Latin and Greek, "and incidentally drummed into the boys a lot of practical truths that were not written in the text books." The following account of Gen- eral Hall's military career, for he is a soldier by profession, is taken from the August num- ber (1906) of "Pine Tree Magazine."

"Young Hall had from early boyhood de- lighted in playing soldier. He was a natural leader among his fellows, and when he en- tered the high school he enlisted in the cadets. From private he passed through the grades until he was captain of one of the companies in the school battalion. It was no surprise to his schoolmates or to his parents when he an- nounced in 1862 his intention to enlist in the army and go to the front. Many a chum of his shared his patriotic zeal. The Twenty- fifth Maine regiment was being mustered for nine months' service. His knowledge of the tactics gained during his career in the high school made him eligible to election as an offi- cer in Company A, to which he was assigned, and he was chosen its second lieutenant. Company A was composed largely of Port- land young men of high social standing, mem- bers of the boat club and athletic organiza- tions. The regiment was under command of Colonel Francis Fessenden of Portland, son of William Pitt Fessenden. It was assigned to service around Washington 'and didn't get a smell of burnt powder,' but when its sol- diers returned home at the expiration of their nine months' enlistment, and were veteranized as the Thirtieth Maine Infantry, it was a dif-

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Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume III, Part 103

Author: Little, George Thomas, 1857-1915, ed; Burrage, Henry Sweetser, 1837-1926; Stubbs, Albert Roscoe Publication date: 1909 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 818

Author: Little, George Thomas, 1857-1915, ed; Burrage, Henry Sweetser, 1837-1926; Stubbs, Albert Roscoe
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 818