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(For Arst generation sce Roger Eastman I.)
(II) Thomas, fourth son and
EASTMAN child of Roger Eastman, was born in Salisbury, Massa- chusetts, September 11, 1646, married, Janu- ary 20, 1679, in Haverhill, Massachusetts, De- borah, daughter of George and Joannah (Davis) Corlis. He took the oath of allegiance in 1675. Thomas was a soldier in King Philip's war, and was killed by the Indians. The issue of this marriage was Jonathan, Sarah, Joanna (twins), and Joannah, 2d.
(III) Jonathan, eldest son of Thomas East- man, was born on the shores of the musical Merrimack, in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and took to wife Hannah Green, April 8, 1701. Having spent some years of married life in Haverhill, Jonathan is reported to have re- moved to Andover, Massachusetts, and thence to Concord, New Hampshire, then Rumford, and purchased the land whereon St. Paul's school now stands. Jonathan executed a will March 2, 1747, and appointed his son Amos executor, and the will was admitted to probate at Exeter, May 30, 1758. He was a man of powerful frame and stood six feet and four inches. In 1759 Amos removed with his mother to Hollis, New Hampshire. The dates of the deaths of Jonathan and Hannah are not given in the records. Hannah was taken in captivity by the Indians during Queen Anne's war. Haverhill was then a small town of thirty houses, and it was imperfectly protected from the ferocious assaults of the hidden, sav- age foe. The men went armed everywhere. At church the settlers carried their guns in one hand and the Bible in the other. The musket lay beside them when they worked in the field, and they slept within reach of it at night. During the absence of Jonathan the Indians appeared, dashed out the brains of his infant child, and carried Hannah a captive to Canada. She suffered immensely and en- dured incredible hardship. Weary from long marches, chilled from exposure, emaciated from fasting, grieved at being separated from her husband and the loss of her child, expect- ing every moment to be tomahawked, she at length reached the end of the perilous journey through the wilderness. After three years of imprisonment, Jonathan, who had followed in search of her, luckily one day passed the house of a friendly French woman, in whose home she had sought shelter from the Indians. Thus were husband and wife again reunited. The story reads more like a romance than of actual reality.
(IV) Richard, fifth child and third son of
Jonathan and Hannah (Green) Eastman, was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, August 9; 1712, died in Lovell, Maine, December, 1807. Married, in Andover, Massachusetts, by Rev. Mr. Philips, November 15, 1737, Molly Love- joy, born December 17, 1718, baptized Decem- ber 24, 1718, daughter of Henry and Sarah (Farnum) Lovejoy. She died in Pembroke, New Hampshire, June 14, 1764. He married (second) Sarah Abbott, daughter of James and Abigail (Farnum) Abbott, of West Par- ish, Concord, New Hampshire, born August 17, 1730. Sarah was the widow of Job Ab- bott. Richard set up his lares and penates in Pembroke, New Hampshire. Like the custom of the day, he followed the river in seeking a new home. In 1768 he is recorded as living in Conway, New Hampshire. He took title to the mill property of Thomas Chadbourne there. He next removed to Lovell, Maine, and ran a ferry across the Saco river, and later was toll gatherer at the bridge thrown across the stream. He was the first man to hold the office of selectman in Fryeburg, and was a pil- lar in the church. His descendants abound very numerously in the Saco valley. The children of Richard and Molly (Lovejoy) Eastman, all born in Pembroke, New Hamp- shire, were Caleb, Jonathan (2), Mary, Ab- iathar, Richard (2), Sarah, Job, Noah, Han- nah, Martha, Abiah, Esther. Children by the second wife were Daniel, Cyrus, Susannah, Jeremy and Jonas.
(V) Daniel, child of Richard and Sarah (Abbott) Eastman, was born in Pembroke, New Hampshire, April 21, 1766, died in Lov- ell, Maine, January 16, 1844. Married Sarah Whiting ; she died January 19, 1806. He was town clerk of Lovell, and a very fine penman. He served in the revolutionary war under Lieutenant Farrington, of Fryeburg, Maine. The last years of his eminently useful life were clouded with the misfortune of blindness. He had issue born to him as follows: Phineas, James, Sally, Solomon, Cyrus, Asa, Daniel (2), Jonas and Isaac.
(VI) Daniel (2), son of Daniel (1) and Sarah (Whiting) Eastman, was born in Lov- ell, Maine, 1799, died 1878. He was educated in the public schools, was a farmer, speculated in timber and timber lots, was justice of the peace and trial justice. A Republican in poli- tics, and a member of the Congegational church. He married (first) Lucy Walker. Their children were James W., Hall C., Ho- race, Abigail and Mary Ann. He married (second) Rebecca Smart, of Prospect, Maine, born 1808, died 1884. Their children were
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Andrew J., Seth S., Lucy W., Tobias Lord, Susan I. and Emma J.
(VII) Tobias Lord, fourth child of Daniel (2) and Rebecca (Smart) Eastman, was born in Stowe, Maine, December 30, 1844. He was educated in the schools of Lovell. When thir- teen years old he clerked in store and attended school until seventeen years of age. He joined the army when seventeen years old, but on account of youth was not permitted to enlist. He followed the company to New Orleans and was enlisted there May 1, 1862, in Company E, Twelfth Maine Regiment, and was there mustered out August 20, 1865. He served under Generals Butler, Banks, and Phil Sheri- dan, was orderly and did clerical work when not in the field. He saw a great deal of active service, was one of the volunteers to go into the action of Ponchatula, Mississippi, July, 1862, was at Port Hudson, and at the stubborn siege at Petersburg, was in Washington in 1864, and was in the engagements at Cedar Creek and Fisher's Hill. At the close of the war he returned to Lovell, Maine, and worked in the store of A. H. Price as clerk, remained one year, went to East Cambridge, Massachu- setts, where he was employed in the store of J. M. Price, brother of A. H. Price, of Lovell, remained there one year, went then to Steep Falls, Maine, and was engaged as clerk in a country store, remained there four years, went into the railway mail service in 1874, running from Portland, Maine, to Swanton, Vermont, continuing in the service for six years, health failed him and he laid off duty for six months ; was appointed postmaster of Fryeburg, Maine, by President Garfield, which position he held four years. He then embarked in the corn packing business in Fryeburg in 1886, and continued in the same until 1902. He did a sixty-thousand-dollar-a-year business. In 1902 a corporation was formed of the business, and it is now known as The Eastman Canning Company, of which Mr. Eastman is president. In 1902 the Eastman and Warren Company, general store, of Fryeburg, was incorporated, in which Mr. Eastman is a stockholder, and is manager and assistant treasurer. Mr. East- man is interested in the lumber business, and is a director in the United States Trust Com- pany of Portland, Maine, with a branch office in Fryeburg. He is also a trustee of Frye- burg Academy, and a member of the Eastman Association of New Hampshire. He is a lead- ing Republican, and represented his town in the legislature in 1891-02. While in the house he served on the agricultural, military, and other committees, on which he acted as secre-
tary. He is a member of the Pythagorean Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of Fryeburg ; Aurora Chapter, R. A. M., Cornish ; Portland Council, of Portland; Portland Commandery, Kora Temple, of Lewiston ; the Consistory of Port- land, and is a thirty-second degree Mason. He is a member of Pequawket Lodge, K. of P., of Fryeburg ; of Pequawket Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Brownfield, Maine; Kezar Valley Encampment, of Lovell, Maine; of Grover Post, No. 126, G. A. R., of Fryeburg, Maine; and of the Pilgrim Fathers. He is active in the Congregational church, moderator and chairman of the prudential committee.
He married (first), in 1876, Mary M., daughter of Rev. P. M. Hobson, of Standish, Maine. Their children were: I. James W., born April 11, 1878, educated at Fryeburg Academy, and is now treasurer of the East- man and Warren Company, general store, Fryeburg. Since the formation of the com- pany, in 1902, Mr. Warren has retired, and the store is now owned by Tobias, Lord, and James W. Eastman. James W. married Ina W. Sawtelle, and has three children: Tobias Clifford, Harold and Robert. 2. Reba, born 1880, was educated in the schools of Standish, New Gloucester, Maine, and the Conservatory of Music, Boston, also in a private school in Portland. She was stenographer to Mr. Brad- ley, of Portland, and subsequently to Mr. Hastings, attorney, in Fryeburg. She married Dr. Joseph M. Thompson, of New Gloucester, Maine, now located in Walpole, New Hamp- shire. Tobias L. Eastman's wife died Febru- ary 28, 1880. He married (second), May 20, 1884, Adelia S., daughter of Henry Walker, of Fryeburg. They have one daughter Edna, born 1888; she graduated from Fryeburg Academy in 1906, and is now a student at Simmons College.
Edmund Bridges, the im- BRIDGES migrant ancestor, was born in England in 1612. He came in the ship "James," in July, 1635, giving his age as twenty-three. He settled at Lynn and fol- lowed his trade as blacksmith. He was ad- mitted a freeman September 7, 1639, and was one of the proprietors of the town. He re- moved to Rowley, and was living there in 1641, when he had a suit at law at Ipswich.
He was a proprietor of Rowley. The general court, May 26, 1647, ordered him "to answer at Essex Court for neglect to further public service by delaying to shoe Mr. Symond's horse when he was about to come to the Gen- eral Court." That was before the days of
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labor unions and strikes in America. He de- posed in 1658 that he was aged about forty- six years. He removed to Ipswich, Massachu- setts. He was a subscriber to the Denison fund in 1648; was a commoner of Ipswich as early as 1664, and a voter in 1679. He ad- ministered the estate of his third wife's son, John Littlehale, November 25, 1675. He re- moved finally to Topsfield. He died January 13, 1684. His will is dated January 6, 1694, and proved March 31, 1695. The inventory amounts to 235 pounds. He married (first) Alice - -; (second) Elizabeth , who died December, 1664, and (third) April 6, 1665, Mary Littlehale, who died October 21, 1691, widow of Richard Littlehale. Children : I. Edmund Jr., born 1637; died 1682; lived at Topsfield and Salem; married, January II, 1659-60, Sarah Towne, daughter of William; she married (second) Peter Clayes. 2. Hachaliah, lost at sea, 1671-2. 3. Obadiah, born about 1646; died about 1677; married, October 25, 1671, Mary Smith; ( second) Elizabethı , who married (second) Jo- seph Parker. 4. John, married Sarah How, daughter of James and Elizabeth; (second) Mary Post, widow, March I, 1677-8. 5. Josiah, mentioned below. 6. Mehitable, born at Rowley, March 26, 1641-2. 7. Faith, mar- ried Daniel Black, who settled at York, Maine. 8. Bethia, married, October 26, 1663, Joseph Peabody. 9. Mary.
(II) Josiah, fifth son of Edmund (I) Bridges, was born about 1650. He lived at Ipswich, Boxford and Topsfield, Massachu- setts. He married (first), November 13, 1676, Elizabeth Norton, and (second), September 19, 1677, Ruth Greenslip. Children, born at Topsfield : 1. Josiah Jr., born May 29, 1680; mentioned below. 2. Daughter born May, 1695-6. Perhaps others.
(III) Josiah (2), son of Josiah (I) Bridges, was born at Topsfield, May 29, 1680. He re- moved to York, Maine, where his father's sister settled (Mrs. Daniel Black), and prob- ably other neighbors and relatives from Box- ford and Topsfield. He was in York before 1719. He bought a quarter-interest in the lands of John Hoy (Hoyt?), of York, eighty- four acres, in the section called Brickson, or Bricksum, September 6, 1719. He bought an- other quarter of the same land August 14, 1723. He bought of John and Tabitha Lins- cott, in exchange for some of his York prop- erty, a small house and land, March 23, 1719, showing that he had land at York by grant or inheritance not mentioned in York Deeds. Bridges sold land to. Linscott December 15,
1719, located at Bricksum, York; also to Peter Nowell, on the highway to York Bridge, March 3, 1721, and to Joseph Moulton thir- teen acres on the highway at the southeast end of York Bridge, January 10, 1721. He bought land also of David Robertson, mariner, of Boston, and September 18, 1732, sixty acres in Kittery, Maine, of Charles Frost. He sold land near the bridge in York, September 19, 1732, to Charles McIntire. The will of Josiah Bridges was dated January 10, 1753, and proved January 6, 1755. He died, there- fore, in 1754. He bequeathed all his movables, except money at interest, to his widow Eliza- beth; to his granddaughter, Ruth Hamilton (Hambelton), to his four sons-Josiah, John, Edmund and Daniel-two-thirds of his money at interest, the remainder to be divided after his wife's death. He seems to have divided his property by deed. His son John was executor. Children : 1. Edmund, baptized at Boxford, June, 1703; mentioned below. 2. Hepzibah. 3. Mercy. 4. Josiah. 5. John. 6. Daniel.
(IV) Edmund (2), son of Josiah (2) Bridges, was born at Boxford, and baptized there June 17, 1703. He married Sarah Beede, daughter of Henry Beede, of York, Maine. He settled in York, Maine, probably on the homestead. Children, born at York. I. Daniel, born November 24, 1735. 2. Ruth, born November 17, 1737. 3. Edmund, born November 17, 1739. 4. Sarah, born May 17, 1744-5. 5. Martha, born January 17, 1744-5. 6. Thomas, born October 19, 1747. 7. Joshua, born March 7, 1749-50, mentioned below.
(V) Joshua, son of Edmund (2) Bridges, was born March 7, 1749-50, at York, and died there August 25, 1826. He settled in York, and married there, in 1777, Elizabeth Grant, who died January 17, 1831. He was a soldier in the revolution, a private in Captain Johnson Moulton's company of minute-men on the Lexington call, April 19, 1775; also in Captain Samuel Darby's company, Colonel James Scammon's regiment, in August, 1775, at Cambridge, Massachusetts ; also in Captain Philip Hubbard's company at Kittery Point and York in 1776. Children, born at York : I. Stephen, born January 1, 1778; died Au- gust, 1778. 2. Lucy, born August 1, 1779, died February, 1825; married Samuel Par- sons. 3. Stephen, born October 20, 1781, mar- ried Mary Donnell. 4. John, born May 25, 1783, mentioned below. 5. Daniel, born June 3, 1787, married Hannah Seavey; children : i. Mary Jane, born August 5, 1814, married, June 3, 1839, William Preble ; ii. Eliakim, born
Joseph Coburn Bridges Www. Jos. Colum Prudgen
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May 5, 1816; iii. Abigail, born July 23, 1818, married, February 10, 1741, Theodore Don- nell, and she died April 2, 1845; iv. William, born March 22, 1841, married Theda Jellison ; v. Lucy Ann, born August 12, 1827, married, February 2, 1846, Theodore Donnell; vi. George, born November 27, 1832, married, January 28, 1855, Martha Jellison.
(VI) John, son of Joshua Bridges, was born in York, May 25, 1783. He settled in York, and married Betsey Winn, of Wells, Maine. Children : I. Aurilla. 2. Ann. 3. Benjamin, mentioned below. 4. John. 5. Sally. 6. Edmund. 7. Jeremiah.
(VII) Benjamin, son of John Bridges, was born in York, October 19, 1811, and died there July 6, 1864. He was educated in the public schools of York, and for many years was head light-keeper for the government at the Boon Island lighthouse, York. He mar- ried, December 1, 1836, Clarissa Philbrook, born August 22, 1816, died April 2, 1877, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Todd) Phil- brook, of Rye, New Hampshire. (See Phil- brook below.) Children, born at York : I.
George, born March 16, 1838, died March 13, 1839. 2. Sarah Elizabeth, born February 3, 1841, married, December 21, 1862, John Glenn; children : i. Abbie E. Glenn, born Jan- uary 15, 1866; ii. Elsie M. Glenn, born Sep- tember 24, 1867. 3. George E., born May 16, 1844; died September 26, 1870. 4. Mary C., born October 30, 1846, died June 4, 1850. 5. Benjamin F., born June 5, 1850, married, Feb- ruary II, 1867; children : i. Rosealtha, born September 24, 1867; ii. Bernice C., born May 12, 1870; iii. George E., born February 5, 1872. 6. Joseph Coburn, born October 15, 1852, mentioned below. 7. Mary S., born May 18, 1856, married, December 31, 1885, George N. Thompson ; no children.
(VIII) Joseph Coburn, son of Benjamin Bridges, was born in York, October 15, 1852. He was educated in the public schools of York, and learned the mason's trade. He worked for some years as journeyman in Bos- ton, Providence and elsewhere. He then en- gaged in business as a contractor and house- painter for a number of years. For the past twenty-five years he has been in the real estate business in York. Mr. Bridges is a Republican in politics. He is a member of Riverside Lodge of Odd Fellows, of Kittery, Maine; of St. Aspinquid Lodge of Free Masons, of York; of Unity Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of South Berwick; of Bradford Command- ery, Knights Templar, Biddeford; of Maine Council, Royal and Select Masters, of Saco;
of Kora Temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine, Lewiston, Maine; of the Consistory, Scottish Rite Masonry, Portland. He is also a mem- ber of the Knights of Constantine. He mar- ried, January 26, 1897, Lillian Armine Moul- ton, born January 8, 1866, daughter of Charles and Theodosia Jenette (Langton) Moulton, granddaughter of John Moulton and great- granddaughter of John Moulton.
Clarissa (Philbrook) Bridges, wife of Ben- jamin Bridges (VII), was a descendant of Thomas Philbrick (I), through James (II), and Joseph (III), which see elsewhere in this work.
(IV) Joses, son of Joseph Philbrook ( Phil- brick), was born at Hampton, New Hampshire, November 5, 1703, and died at Rye, New Hampshire, March 24, 1757. He moved to Rye with his parents when a child. He was a blacksmith by trade, an active and useful citizen and large land owner. He married, January 4, 1727, Abigail, daughter of William Locke. Children, born in Rye: I. Hannah, November 27, 1727; married Reuben Moulton. 2. Tri- phena, April 24, 1729; married, 1760, John Sanders; (second) Jonathan Berry. 3. Abi- gail, November 11, 1730. 4. Sarah, November 9, 1732; married Robert Moulton. 5. Joseph, August 10, 1735 ; lived at Hampton and Rye ; married, December 2, 1760, Ann Towle. 6. Deacon Reuben, February 27, 1737 ; married Hannah Locke; (second) Mary Wedgwood, widow ; (third) Mary Dalton; ( fourth) Mary Bell. 7. Daniel, February 2, 1740; married Abigail Marden. 8. Jonathan (see forward). 9. Mary, born April 12, 1749; died November 15, 1834.
(V) Jonathan, son of Joses Philbrook, was born in Rye, New Hampshire, November 26, 1745 ; died April 2, 1822. He was a black- smith by trade. There was a Jonathan Phil- brook in the revolution, but the writer lacks positive proof that he was this Jonathan. He married. December 8, 1768, Mary, born Feb- ruary 12, 1749, daughter of Ebenezer Marden. Children, born in Rye: I. Daniel, July, 1769; mentioned below. 2. Jonathan, September 29, 1772; married June 1, 1797, Sarah Wells. 3. Abigail, October 30, 1776; married December 10, 1801, James Chapman. 4. Elder Ephraim, September 9, 1780; married Sally Webster. 5. Elizabeth, November 2, 1783 ; married Lieu- tenant Joseph Jenness. 6. Joseph, May 27, 1788; married Betsey Page.
(VI) Daniel Philbrook, son of Jonathan Philbrook, born in Rye, 1769; died in York, May 14, 1840. He married (first) Betsey Wells; (second) Mary Todd, of Kittery, De-
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cember 25, 1795. She was born November 28, 1776; died August 30, 1867. Children : I. John, born 1797 (no record of death). 2. Mary, born 1799; died November, 1870; mar- ried William Taylor, of Gloucester, Massa- chusetts. 3. George, born 1801; died 1857. 4. Daniel, born 1805; died January 14; 1852; married Almira Leach, of York. 5. Sally, born 1807; died 1838. 6. William, born 1810; died July 30, 1879; married Olivia Varrell, of York. 7. James, born 1812; died November 23, 1891 ; married Eliza Ayers, of York. 8. Clarissa, born August 22, 1816; died April 2, 1877 ; married Benjamin Bridges, of York. 9. Samuel, born February 8, 1822; died August 27, 1874 ; married Rosalthea Peters, of Alton, Illinois.
(For first generation see preceding sketch.) (II) John, son of Edmund (1)
BRIDGES Bridges, resided in Andover, Massachusetts. He married (first) Sarah, daughter of James and Eliza- beth How, December 6, 1666. He married (second), March 1, 1677-78, Mary Post, widow. Children of first wife: I. James, men- tioned below. 2. Sarah, married (first), April 2, 1694, Samuel Preston; (second) William Price, of Ashford, Connecticut. Chil- dren of second wife: 3. Mary, born January 27, 1678-79. 4. Samuel, July 19, 1861. 5. Elizabeth, June 5, 1683. 6. Mehitable, April 29, 1688.
(III) James (1), son of John Bridges, was born in 1671 and died April 24, 1739. He married, May 24, 1692, Sarah, who died Sep- tember 18, 1736, daughter of John and Martha Marston. Children: 1. Sarah, born February 25, 1693-94, married Nathan Frye. 2. James, February 16, 1695-96, mentioned below. 3. Bertha, August 9, 1696, married, July 15, 1720, Philemon Dalton; married (second) Samuel Morse. 4. Hannah, married, April, 1728, Samuel Preston.
(IV) James (2), son of James (1) Bridges, was born February 16, 1695-96, died July 17, 1747. He married (first), December 28, 1721, Eleanor, born October 17, 1700, died May 5, 1736, daughter of Caleb Moody. He married (second) Mary Abbot, born March 24, 1700, died 1774. Children, born at Andover: I. Moody, mentioned below. 2. Mary, born Oc- tober 29, 1724. 3. James, June 2, 1729, mar- ried, September 4, 1755, Mary Twitchell. 4. Sarah, March 4, 1733, died October 1, 1738. 5. Abigail. 6. Eleanor. 7. Sarah, December 21, 1739. 8. John, September 5, 1741. 9. Chloe, December 28, 1743.
(V) Moody, son of James (2) Bridges, was a grantce of Bridgeton, Maine, which is said to have been named for him. He married, November 5, 1747, Naomi, daughter of Isaac Frye, of Andover. Children, born at An- dover : 1. Naomi, September 7, 1748, married Jedediah Sweet, of Pittston. 2. Sarah, June 14, 1750, died February 16, 1754. 3. James, November 4, 1751, died November 23, 1789. 4. Isaac, February 3, 1753, mentioned below. 5. Sarah, 1754, died at Readfield, Maine, March 6, 1809; married John Dean, of Exe- ter, New Hampshire. 6. Abigail, September 25, 1756. 7. Eleanor, October 8, 175-, died February 22, 1801 ; married James Varnum. 8. Susanna, May 3, 1760. 9. Enoch, August 23, 1762, died June 7, 1764. IO. Hannah, September 17, 1764, died 1843. 11. Martha, April 30, 1767, died young. 12. Dorcas, May 23, 1769, died August 26, 1839; married James Tyler. 13. Ruby, April 30, 1771, mar- ried James Jewett.
(VI) Isaac, son of Moody Bridges, was born February 3, 1753, and is thought to be the Isaac Bridges who settled at Penobscot, Maine. Children, born at Penobscot : Bizer, February 5, 1786, mentioned below; Molly, Isaac, Aaron, Jesse, Hannah, John.
(VII) Bizer, son of Isaac Bridges, was born in Penobscot, Maine, February 5, 1786, died in 1869. He married Deborah Stover. Children : Otis, Robert, Jeremiah, mentioned below; Phebe, Willis, Lucy, George, William, Eliza, Infant, died young.
(VIII) Jeremiah, son of Bizer Bridges, was born in Penobscot, Maine, about 1815, died in Newport, Maine. He was a blacksmith by trade. He was fond of music, and had a fine voice. He had a singing-school in Stetson, Maine, and also made carriages there. He married Lucinda Snow. Children : Humphrey Atkins, Otis, Willis, Robert Adams, mentioned below ; Charles.
(IX) Robert Adams, son of Jeremiah Bridges, was born in Stetson, Maine, October 18, 1854, died May 10, 1901. He was edu- cated in the district schools of his native town. At the age of about sixteen he went to Bangor, Maine, and began his business career as clerk in the hardware store of Rice & Skinner. He became the junior partner of the firm which succeeded his employers, under the firm name of Fogg & Bridges. The business was sold several years later to the firm of Rice & Mil- ler, and from that time to his death he was associated with the firm of Haynes & Chalm- ers, hardware dealers. He was a member of the Odd Fellows. He married Mary E.,
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daughter of William Holden. Children: I. Harry, living in St. John, New Brunswick. 2. Grace S., living at Bangor, Maine. 3. Ralph Emerson, mentioned below. 4. Mabel L., married Jones and lives at Portland, Maine. (X) Ralph Emerson, son of Robert Adams Bridges, was born in Bangor, May 29, 1879. He was educated in the public schools of Bangor, and graduated from the high school in that city. He began February 1, 1898, as clerk for the Eastern Trust and Banking Company, and continued until March 1, 1905, when he became treasurer of the Merchants Trust and Banking Company, a position he filled with ability and credit until June 1, 1907, when he became the treasurer of the Carter- Corey Company, wholesale dealers in potatoes and fertilizers, his present position. He and his wife attend the Protestant Episcopal church. He married, June 5, 1905, Edith Gordon, daughter of Edward B. and Willa (Gordon) Cummings. They have no chil- dren.
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