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(VI) General Amos, youngest child of John and Rebecca ( Bailey) Hastings, was born at Haverhill, Massachusetts, February 3, 1757. He took an active part in the revolution, was at the battle of Lexington, helped to dig the in- trenchments at Bunker Hill, participating in the battle next day, came out of the army with a captain's commission, and was afterwards promoted to colonel and brigadier-general. General Amos Hastings was one of the first settlers of Bethel, Maine, coming there soon after his marriage. He was prominent in early affairs there, was a frequent town officer and a leading citizen. He married, September
10, 1778, Elizabeth Wiley, of Fryeburg, Maine. Children : 1. Jonas, married a Baker. 2. Amos, married Deborah Howe, and lived in Fryeburg. 3. Betsy, married Samuel Rus- sell, and moved to Michigan. 4. Susan, born May 31, 1788; married Jonas Gay, of Ray- mond, and moved to Saratoga, New York. 5. Timothy, October 31, 1791 ; married Hannah Bean, and died at Bethel, in 1844. 6. Lucinda, April 17, 1794; married Thomas Fletcher, of New Sharon. 7. John, mentioned below. 8. Huldah, April 17, 1798; married Nathaniel Barker, of Newry. There was no Sally in this family, as erroneously mentioned by Lap- ham, in Bethel history.
(VII) John (4), third and youngest son of General Amos and Elizabeth (Wiley) Hastings, was born at Bethel, Maine, May 6, 1796. He was the well-known village black- smith for many years at Bethel Hill. He was a progressive man, and had much to do with the upbuilding of the town, and held many offices. He was coroner several years, and treasurer and trustee of Gould's Academy. He was also quartermaster of the First Regi- ment, Second Brigade, Sixth Division, State Militia, being honorably discharged in 1831. He married, May 25, 1820, Abigail, daughter of Gideon and Mary (Robinson) Straw, of Newfield, Maine; children : I. Gideon Al- phonso; see forward. 2. David Robinson, born August 26, 1823; married Mary J. Ellis; lived in Fryeburg. 3. John Decatur, June II, 1825; married Emma Kimball. 4. Daniel Straw, August 12, 1828, died July 31, 1833. 5. Solon S., August 25, 1832, died June 2, 1833. 6. Moses Mason, December 2, 1834; married Louise Gould; lived in Bangor. 7. Agnes Straw, August 8, 1837; married Wil- liam O. Straw. 8. Daniel Straw, May 5, 1840; married Eugenia L. D. Roberts ; has a sheep ranch in the west. John Hastings died April 5, 1859, at Bethel.
(VIII) Gideon Alphonso, eldest child of John and Abigail (Straw) Hastings, was born February 18, 1821, at Bethel, Maine. He learned the blacksmith's trade with his father, but soon found that he needed a wider scope for his activities, and took up contracting, taking all kinds of work that could be done under contract. He soon accumulated con- siderable money, and with another man en- gaged in the lumber business in Berlin, New Hampshire. About the beginning of the civil war his partner disappeared, taking all the available funds, and when Mr. Hastings had paid the debts of the firm he found himself without property. Every interest at this time
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centered in the suppression of the rebellion, and all available men were enlisting. Gideon A. Hastings was mustered into service as cap- tain of Company A, Twelfth Maine Volun- teers, November 15, 1861, was promoted to major, transferred to the Twelfth Maine Bat- talion, and mustered out April 18, 1866. He was commissioned to the latter rank in June, 1863, was present at the capture of New Or- leans, and served in all the campaigns of the Gulf Department. He also served in the Shenandoah Valley under General Sheridan, and took part in the bloody battles of Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek, in the autumn of 1864. It is noteworthy that the Twelfth Maine Regi- ment was largely officered by the Hastings family-Major Hastings's brother, David B. Hastings, preceded him as major, October 5, 1861, an uncle went out as colonel, and a cousin as lieutenant. After the close of the war Major Hastings was appointed provost judge, and also served as provost marshal of West Georgia, with headquarters at Thomas- ville. Later he was detailed to serve in the Freedmen's Bureau for Southwestern Georgia, with headquarters at Albany. Here he held both civil and military command over that sec- tion of the country for ten months. These several positions were highly responsible, re- quiring tact, good judgment, firmness and de- cision. Major Hastings was a planter in the south about two years, and finding that he had recouped himself financially he returned to Bethel with about twelve thousand dollars which he invested in the lumber business. When he died he owned the Batchelder grant, a part of an undivided tract of Fryeburg Academy, part of the town of Gilead, and in connection with his sons seven-eighths of the town of Mason. The postoffice of Hastings is named for him. He was a Democrat in poli- tics, and served for many years as town clerk, selectman, county commissioner, and repre- sentative to the state legislature.
Major Gideon A. Hastings married, Octo- ber 3, 1847, Dolly Keyes, daughter of Moses F. and Mary (Bean) Kimball, of Rumford Point, Maine. Children : 1. Moses Alphonso, born December 31, 1848; married Annie F. Poor. 2. William Walter, February 15, 1851. 3. Frank Wallace, September 25, 1852, died July 2, 1872. 4. Florence Arabella, May II, 1854, died August 18 same year. 5. David Robinson ; see forward. 6. O'Neil W. R., March 28, 1859; died February, 1891. 7. Herbert Bryant, June 25, 1861. 8. Tom Fos- kett, January 14, 1871; was a member of Maine troops in the Madawaska war, caused
by a dispute over the boundary line between Maine and New Brunswick, and the com- pany to which he belonged was mustered out at Augusta without participating in any bat- tles.
(IX) David Robinson, fourth of the seven sons of Major Gideon Alphonso and Dolly (Kimball) Hastings, was born January 24, 1858, at Bethel, Maine. He was educated at Gould's Academy in his native town, and at the age of seventeen began work with a sur- veyor's party on the upper Maine Central railroad, where he was employed two years. He then returned to Bethel to attend and teach school. In 1879, at the age of twenty-one years, he closed his career as school teacher and entered upon what is known as a lumber operator's calling, confining his operations to cutting and hauling logs to the river, and sell- ing to down-river companies. In 1882 he be- came junior member of the mill company known as Locke & Hastings, for the purpose of manufacturing lumber of all kinds, the mill being located at what is now known as Hastings, succeeding Locke & Hastings, and for several years manufacturing under the name of D. R. Hastings, and in turn being succeeded in the manufacturing industry by the corporation known as the Hastings Chemical Company, for the joint purpose of manufac- turing lumber and extracting wood alcohol and its by-products, viz .: acetate of lime and soda, and charcoal, also dealing in pulp wood and timber lands. Mr. Hastings is president and general manager of the corporation, his associates being his brothers, W. W. and T. T. Hastings, of Bethel, and his son, Marshall R. Hastings, who lives in Hastings. Besides its manufacturing business, the corporation has large holdings of wild land in Albany, Green- wood, Gilead, Newry, Riley, Andover, Peru, Stowe, Stoneham, Mason and Batchelder's Grant.
Although Mr. Hastings is at the head of large lumbering and manufacturing industries, he has found time to do much public service, and has filled many offices. When twenty-six years of age he was made chairman of the school board of the town of Gilead, and the following year was made chairman of the board of selectmen, which position he filled until his removal to Hastings in 1886. In 1890 he returned to Gilead with his family. and was commissioned postmaster of the town, un- der President Cleveland's second administra- tion, and was also the nominee of his party as a representative to the state legislature, carried his own town, but failed of election,
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as his district was strongly Republican. For the purpose of giving his children the bene- fit of a higher education, Mr. Hastings moved to Auburn July 1, 1895, and became interested in the coal and wood business, being senior member of the firm of Hastings & Smith, of that town.
In 1900 he was elected alderman in Ward Two, and was re-elected in 1901. He was his party's candidate for mayor in 1902, and for representative to the legislature, but was de- feated, his party being in the minority. In March, 1906, he was again nominated for mayor, and was the only Democrat elected on the ticket from the four up-town wards. In September, 1906, he was his party's candidate for county sheriff, and was elected, and from January 1, 1907, to March 20 of same year was both mayor of the city of Auburn and sheriff of Androscoggin county, to which of- fice he was elected in September, 1908, and now holds. As mayor Mr. Hastings was a worker for good roads and good sewers, and, first in all school improvements, was instru- mental in having the salaries of the school- teachers increased, thereby securing the serv- ices of the best teachers. During his term of service as sheriff, he has effected marked changes that are beneficial to the interests of the county of Androscoggin and conducive to the better interests of the prisoners. He is a director in the Shoe and Leather Bank, and treasurer of the Skimauc Land and Lumber Company, both of Auburn.
Mr. Hastings married, May 19, 1881, Jo- sephine A. Sanderson, a daughter of Marshall and Hannah (McWain) Sanderson, of Water- ford. To them was born one child, Marshall Robinson, August 29, 1883. He was edu- cated at Edward Lillie high school and at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, and is now associated with his father in the Hastings Chemical Company and D. R. Hast- ings & Son.
David R. Hastings married, November, 1905, Norma Linscott, a native of Auburn, Maine. One child has been born to them: Ruth Ella, February 24, 1907. Mrs. Josephine ( Sander- son) Hastings died Tune 20, 1884, and Mr. David R. Hastings married ( second) Novem- ber 2, 1887, Ella J. Coffin, daughter of Solon A. and Selicia (Farwell) Coffin, of Gilead, Maine. One daughter, Florence O'Neil, was born to this union, June 2, 1888. She received her preliminary education in the public schools and Edward Lillie high school at Auburn, and is now a sophomore in Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts.
The early history of New Eng- GERRISH land shows no Gerrish except William Gerrish and those de- scended from him; and it is probable that all those of the name in America may trace de- scent from the same immigrant forebear. Twenty-four enlistments in the revolutionary rolls of Massachusetts are of men named Gerrish. The name is variously written and there are other enlistments under various or- thographies.
(I) Captain William Gerrish, immigrant, was born in Bristol, Somersetshire, England, August 20, 1617. He came to New England in 1638, probably with the family of Percival Lowle (Lowell), and lived in Newbury, Mas- sachusetts, until 1678, when he removed to Boston. He was the first captain of the mili- tary band in Newbury ; was confirmed as lieu- tenant of the troops of Essex county, March 27, 1649; was representative of Newbury 1650-1653. and of Hampton 1663-70; was chosen one of the commissioners for trying civil causes, March 25, 1651. He was owner of No. 3 Long Wharf, Boston, where he car- ried on business. He died in Salem, August 9, 1687, at the house of his son Benjamin, whither he had gone a few days before, in the hope of regaining his health. He married (first) April 17, 1644, Joanna, daughter of Percival Lowle, his former employer, and widow of John Oliver, of Newbury. She died June 14, 1677, aged fifty-eight years. He married (second) in Boston, Ann, widow of John Manning, and daughter of Richard Parker. He had ten children by his first wife and one child by his second wife: John, Abi- gail, William, Joseph, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Moses, Mary, Ann, Judith and Henry, the last child being by his second wife.
(II) Captain John, eldest son and child of Captain William and Joanna (Lowell) Ger- rish, was born in Newbury, Massachusetts, February 12, 1645, and died in 1714, aged sixty-nine years. In 1666 he settled in Dover, and was a merchant and farmer. In 1670 he was quartermaster of troops; captain of mili- tia in 1672; high constable in 1683 : member of the special assembly convened by Governor Canfield in 1684; representative from Dover to the general assembly under the administra- tion of Governor Andros in 1689-90. In 1692 he became a royal councillor of New Hamp- shire, and April 27, 1697, he was appointed by the assembly assistant justice of the su- perior court of pleas of New Hampshire, and this office he held until the time of his death. He married August 19, 1667, Elizabeth.
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daughter of Major Richard Waldron, of Dover. Children : Richard, John, Paul, Na- thaniel. Timothy, Joseph and Benjamin, and three daughters.
(III) Paul, third son and child of Captain John and Elizabeth ( Waldron) Gerrish, was born in 1674. lived in Dover, New Hamp- shire, and died there June 6, 1743. He mar- ried October 2, 1712, Mary Leighton, of Kit- tery, Maine. Children: Paul, born 1713; Elizabeth, 1714; Mary, 1614; Samuel, 1722, a distinguished captain of the old French and Italian wars; Jonathan, 1726; Lydia, 1730; Benjamin, 1732.
(IV) Jonathan, son of Paul and Mary (Leighton) Gerrish, was born May 24, 1726, and settled in Falmouth (now Portland). He was a lieutenant in the company commanded by his brother, Captain Samuel Gerrish, and served under General Abercrombie and Gen- eral Amherst. He participated in the battles at Crown Point, Ticonderoga and Fort Ni- agara. He married August 23, 1749, Eunice Tobey, of Kittery. Children : Nathaniel, born 1750; Mary, 1751 ; Martha, 1753, mar- ried Benjamin Frye, of Sumner, Maine; Eunice T., 1775, married Jedediah Leighton, of Falmouth.
(V) Nathaniel, son of Jonathan and Eunice (Tobey) Gerrish, was born in 1750, and died October 31, 1846. He settled in Fal- mouth, and taught school in that and neigh- boring towns during the greater part of his life. He was a man of education and a very successful teacher. He is remembered as hav- ing been a fine penman, and it is said that his chirography looked like copper-plate engrav- ing; and he also was an accomplished per- former on the violin. He married (first) March 25, 1787, Alice Abbott, of Berwick. She died in 1828, and he married (second) Hannah Ward, of Standish. He had nine children by his first wife, and one child by his second wife: Nathaniel, born 1787; Moses, 1789; Betsey, August 6, 1791, died June 21, 1849, married (first) James Frye, (second) Jonathan Frye, and had Eben, Benjamin, Jo- siah, Mary Ann, Nathaniel, and Daniel Frye ; Josiah, born December 1, 1793, died July 6, 1867, married (first) April 4, 1822, Eunice Leighton, of Falmouth, (second) December 25, 1844, Hannah Mayberry, and had Eunice L., Martha. Ann, Lorana. Caroline W. and Ephraim Marston; Stephen, born April 3, 1796, died March 13, 1879, married (first) May 25, 1832, Susan Elliott, ( second) No- vember 26, 1840, Melinda Elliott, and had Angelia : William, born February 26, 1798,
died November 4, 1865, married 1817, Sarah Hall, and had Louisa H., Alice Jane, Phoebe Ann, William, Horatio, Augustus and Augus- tine (twins), John Henry and Sarah Helen ; Nancy, born July 6, 1803, died October 7, 1859, married Asa Graham, and had three children, all now dead.
(VI) Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel ( I) and Alice (Abbott) Gerrish, was born April 26, 1787, and died May 27, 1863. He settled in the town of Sumner and spent his life there, a farmer and dealer in stock. He mar- ried February 23, 1809, Charlotte Morrill; children : Betsey Armstrong, born March 8, 1810, died August 6, 1845, married Levi Mor- rill, and had Lucinda, Levi W., Lucy Ann, Charlotte G. and Nancy E. Morrill; Nathaniel, born 1812; William A., born 1814; Alice J., born 1817; Nancy, born March 13, 1819, mar- ried (first) Charles Gowor, (second) Moses Frye; George M., born April 15, 1821, went west ; Leonard H., born September 25, 1825 ; William Armstrong, born January 20, 1830, married November 17, 1853, Elizabeth A. Emery, and had : Elizabeth L. (1855), Charles A. (1858), Benjamin F. (1863), John D. (1867), Matty S. (1872).
(VII) Captain Nathaniel (3), son of Na- thaniel (2) and Charlotte (Morrill) Gerrish, was born August 20, 1812, and died Decem- ber 15, 1878. During the earlier part of his business life he lived for a short time in West- brook, but spent the greater part of his life in Sumner, where he was a farmer and stock dealer, and afterward engaged in the business of packing beef. In 1843, during the admin- istration of Governor Kavanaugh, he was commissioned captain of militia and served in that capacity seven years. He married March 3, 1840, Sarah Jane Gowor, of New Glouces- ter ; children : Orville Knight, born April 27, 1841; Eliza E., born 1843; Caroline F., born August 6, 1844, died June 10, 1907, married June 10, 1865, Dr. A. H. Burroughs, for many years a respected and highly successful physi- cian of the city of Westbrook; Charles F., born 1850; Luella B., born October 16, 1863.
(VIII) Orville Knight, son of Captain Na- thaniel and Sarah Jane (Gowor) Gerrish, was born April 27, 1841. He lived for many years in Portland, and afterward became a very suc- cessful nurseryman in Lakeville, Massachu- setts. He married (first) July 27, 1870, Lydia B. Hoard, of Livermore, and ( second) Au- gust 8, 1884, Alice K., daughter of William Arad and Ella Mason (Williams) Thomp- son, of Middleboro, Massachusetts.
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Charlotte ( Morrill) Gerrish, was born Sep- tember 25, 1825, and died March 27, 1854. He married December 4, 1848, Mary Eliza Staples ; children : Emma, born 1849; Leon- ard II., born 1852; Franklin S., born 1854.
(VIII) Leonard H. (2), son of Leonard II. (1) and Mary Eliza ( Staples) Gerrish, was born in Sumner, April 11, 1852, and died Au- gust 1, 1908. He lived in Portland after he was about two years old. He married Sep- tember 20, 1876, Mary L. Stevens, of Port- land, and they had four children, two of whom grew to maturity : Leonard H., born 1878, and Harold D., born 1883. The elder of these sons died in July, 1908, and his father's death, which followed very soon afterward, was in a great measure caused by grief over the death of his son.
(III) Nathaniel, fourth son of Captain John and Elizabeth (Waldron) Gerrish, was born in 1672. He lived in Berwick, Maine, and afterward in Portsmouth, New Hamp- shire. He married Bridget, daughter of Hon. William Vaughn, of Portsmouth; children : Nathaniel, William, Charles, George, Richard and Bridget.
(IV) Major Charles, third son of Nathaniel and Bridget (Vaughn) Gerrish, was born in Berwick, Maine, in 1716, and removed to Fal- mouth ( Portland) in 1748, and afterward to Durham (then called Royalsborough), where he was the first settler. He was frequently moderator of the plantation meetings. He married Mary Frost, of Berwick; children : William, Charles, Nathaniel, George, James and Mary.
(V) William, eldest son of Major Charles and Mary ( Frost) Gerrish, was born in Ber- wick, Maine, June 27, 1744, and was known as Lieutenant Gerrish. He married April 3, 1766, Esther Parker ; children : 1. Nathaniel, born August 29, 1767, died January 8, 1856; see forward. 2. Betsey, born 1769. 3. Rich- ard, 1772. 4. Benjamin, April 22, 1774; died August 20, 1854, married November 28, 1788, Sallie True and bad Almira, born 1799, Ar- zilla 1801, Hannah 1803, Mary 1805, Sally, Abigail 1814, David T., 1815. 5. Caroline, date of birth unknown. 6. Jane, born 1776. 7. James, born September 16, 1778, died Octo- ber 8, 1865, married November 6, 1801, Su- sanna Roberts, and had: Mercy 1802, An- sel 1804, Sally 1806, Irena 1809, Susanna 1812, Angelina 1813, Salina 1816, Marcy 1819, James William 1820, John 1821. 8. Sarah, born 1781. 9. Molly, born 1783. 10. William, born Royalsborough, May 20, 1786, died Durham, 1862, married (first) 18II,
Mary Sydleman, (second) 1821, Sophia Thomas (third) 1849, Mrs. (Hoyt) Adams, and had Emily, born 1812, Jane M. 1813, Maria 1820, Jabez Woodman 1824, Charles 1826, Edwin 1820, Henry 1832, Sophia 1838.
(V) Charles (2), son of Major Charles (I) and Mary (Frost) Gerrish, was born in Ber- wick, Maine, October 18, 1746. He married August 7, 1770, Phoebe Blethen ; children : Huldah, born 1771; Betsey, born 1772; Jere- miah, born October 10, 1774, died 1822, mar- ried 1800, Mary Duvan, and had Hezekiah, born 1801; Matthew, 1804; Elsey, 1806; Sewall, 1809; Phebe Jane, 1810; Sally, 1810; Mary, 1778; Charles, 1780; William, 1782; Margaret, 1785 ; Sally, 1789.
(V) Nathaniel, son of Major Charles and Mary (Frost) Gerrish, was born April 7, 175I, and died November 28, 1799. He was a soldier of the revolution. He married, Oc- tober 30, 1777, Sarah Marriner ; children: I. George, born January 24, 1779; married, 1805, Esther Woodbury, and had: Angeline, born 1809; George Washington, 1811; Jo- seph Marriner, 1811; Priscilla, 1812; Rebecca, 1815; Abner Harris, 1817. "2. Joseph Mar- riner, 1783; see forward. 3. Loruhannah, 1785. 4. Sarah, 1788. 5. Abigail, 1790. 6. Thirza, 1792. 7. Moses, 1794. 8. Nathaniel, 1797.
(VI) Nathaniel, son of William and Esther (Parker) Gerrish, was born August 29, 1767, and died January 8, 1856. He married, in Harpswell, Maine, Mrs. Sarah Strout Mc- Gray; children: I. Elizabeth, born 1792. 2. Joshua S., born 1795. 3. Esther, born 1799, married a Jones. 4. Sophia, born 1803, mar- ried a Roberts. 5. Mary, born 1806, married David McFarland, of Lisbon. 6. Joseph, born 1806. Nathaniel Gerrish married (second) Phoebe Weymouth; children: 7. Charles William, born 1830, died 1879; served through the civil war, and was afterwards a success- ful hardware merchant in Lisbon; married, 1857, Hannah Hinkley; one daughter, Stella, now living in Boston. 8. Alpheus, born 1836, now deceased; removed to California, where his family reside.
(VII) Joshua Strout, eldest son of Na- thaniel and Sarah Strout (McGray) Gerrish, was born in Durham, Maine, May 27, 1795. He married Charlotte Sydleman, of Durham, and later moved to Lisbon, Maine. Children : I. Nathaniel, born 1818, died 1842, in Choc- taw, Mississippi. 2. Ann Elizabeth, born 1820, died 1824. 3. Charlotte A., born 1823, died 1895, married Dr. David B. Sawyer. 4. Mary Eliza, born 1826, died 1842. 5. Everett
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Munroe, see forward. 6. Edwin Hobart, born in Lisbon, 1840, died 1901 ; he was for many years a prominent druggist in Lisbon and Lewiston; he married Abbie Woodbury, of Bangor, Maine; children : Bessie, a graduate of Bates College, 1894, now a teacher in Lew- iston high school; Christine.
(VIII) Everett Munroe, second son of Joshua Strout Gerrish, born in 1835, died in 1901, was educated in the public schools, and after his graduation entered business with his father, and for half a century was a success- ful drygoods merchant. He was a public- spirited man, a staunch Republican, an active member of the Methodist church, and for twenty years superintendent of its Sunday school. For several years he was superintend- ent of public schools. He was a diligent reader, and a very scholarly man. He was a pleasing writer, with much newspaper ability, and for years was correspondent of the Lewis- ton Evening Journal. He married, in 1874, Georgia Pierpont, of Livermore Falls, Maine, and to them were born two sons, Lester Pier- pont and Harold Sydleman.
(IX) Lester Pierpont, eldest son of Everett Munroe Gerrish, was born in Lisbon, Maine, in 1875. He was educated in the public schools and Nichols's Latin School. In 1896 he was graduated from Bates College with honors. He was a prominent athlete during his years in college. For four years follow- ing his graduation he was principal of the South Paris high school. In 1900 he took up the study of medicine, and four years later was graduated from the Harvard Medical School, and then served two years as physi- cian and surgeon in the Boston City Hospital. At present he is practicing medicine in Lis- bon, Maine. He married, January 23, 1907, Anna Howard; they have one child, Everett Pierpont, born January 14, 1908.
(IX) Harold Sydleman, second son of Everett Munroe Gerrish, was born in Lisbon, Maine, in 1879. He was educated in the pub- lic schools and Hebron Academy, and is now continuing in his father's business. He mar- ried, 1902, Mary E. Locke, of West Paris, and has one child, Elva Louise.
(VI) Joseph Marriner, son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Marriner) Gerrish, was born March 24, 1783, and died in Portland, Maine, in 1853. He filled various offices of trust, and in all respects proved himself a capable officer. He was deputy sheriff for many years, treas- urer of the city of Portland, and representa- tive to the state legislature. He was pro- prietor of the Portland Advertiser, and held a
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