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(III) George (2), second son of William and Hannah (Buss) Wheeler, was born in Concord, in 1674, and died July, 1737. He married (first ) August 16, 1695, Abigail Hosmer ; (second) December 3, 1719, Abigail Smith.
(IV) Peter, son of George (2) and Abi- gail (Hosmer) Wheeler, was born in Con- cord, October 23, 1704, and died in Hollis, New Hampshire, March 28, 1772. He mar- ried, 1731, Hannah, family name unknown, by whom he had: Lucy, Alice, Ebenezer, Leb- bens, Jemima, in Hollis, and others born earlier in Concord.
(V) Peter (2), son of Peter (I) and Han- nah Wheeler, was born in Concord, Massa- chusetts, December 22, 1732, and died in Temple, New Hampshire, where he resided for many years. He married Mehitable Jew- ett, of Bradford, Massachusetts, March 19, 1751, and had: Mehitable, Peter, Samuel, Esther, Hannah, Benjamin, Joseph, Jonathan and Nathan.
(VI) Joseph, seventh child and fourth son of Peter (2) and Mehitable (Jewett) Wheeler, was born in Hollis, New Hampshire, Novem- ber 15. 1766, and died in Bethel, Maine, April 29, 1829. He removed to Bethel in the fall of 1793. He had previously been there and made a small clearing upon lot 29 in the fifth range. He had a barn thirty-six by forty feet in dimensions built upon it, for which he paid one hundred silver dollars. He was an industrious man and cleared up a large farm which is still in possession of the family. He married, November 9, 1788, Naomi, daughter of Deacon James and Sarah ( Wellman) Gro- ver, pioneer settlers of Bethel, who was born in Mansfield, Massachusetts, September 28, 1770, and died September 2, 1829. The chil-
dren of Joseph and Naomi were: Joseph, James, Naomi (died young), Daniel, Benja- min, Jedediah, Peter, Sarah, Joel, Alvah, Eli- jah and Naomi.
(VII) Peter (3), seventh child and sixth son of Joseph and Naomi (Grover) Wheeler, was born in Bethel, Maine, August 27, 1797. He was a life occupant of the old homestead on Grover Hill. "He was an honest and painstaking farmer and a kind and accommo- dating neighbor." He married Phebe Has- kell, of Sweden. Their children were: Caro- line, William M., Peter, Galen and Rowena.
(VIII) Galen, fourth child and third son of Peter (3) and Phebe (Haskell) Wheeler, was born in Bethel, October 12, 1833. At the age of thirty-six years he removed to Milan, where he now resides. He has always been a farmer, and by industry and economy has laid by a competence which he has lived to enjoy after passing his three score and ten. He is a man of broad views, believes in the "square deal," is a Universalist and a Re- publican. He married Frances Ann Harden, who was born in Bethel, December 25, 1837, daughter of Elijah and Betsey S. (Bell) Har- den, or Harding, of Bethel, and is the sec- ond of ten children, named as follows: Han- nah Eliza, Frances Ann, Mary Ellen, George W., Orlando Evander, Cuvier Grover, Abbie M., Lizzie D., Victoria B. and Ella A. The children of Galen and Frances A. ( Harden) Wheeler are: 1. Elwin E., born January 20, 1857, married Donnie Phipps, and has four children : Ella, Harold, Florence and Herman. 2. Nellie E., November 4, 1860, married A. L. Austin, of Rumford, and has two children : Floyd and Lawrence. 3. Frank E., October 26, 1862, married Minnie , and has two children, Pearl and Ruby. 4. Ernest A., mentioned below.
(IX) Ernest Alberto, youngest child of Galen and Frances Ann ( Harden) Wheeler, was born in Bethel, Maine, April 6, 1866. At three years of age he was removed by his parents to Milan, New Hampshire, where he grew up. He was educated in the public schools of Milan, and graduated from the high school of that place in 1883, and later took a course in Shaw's Business College, Portland. He was a clerk in a general store in Milan for four years, and then removed to Portland, Maine, in 1886, and became as- sistant bookkeeper for Emery, Waterhouse & Company, and filled that place three years. In 1890 he went into the employ of F. and C. B. Nash as a bookkeeper, and in 1894 was made president of the corporation, a place in
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which he has displayed all the qualifications of a successful business man for fourteen con- secutive years. He votes the Republican ticket, and is a consistent member of the Frec Street Baptist Church. He is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution; An- cient Landmark Lodge, No. 17, Free and Ac- cepted Masons of Portland; Bramhall Lodge, No. 3, Knights of Pythias; the Portland Ath- letic and the Century clubs. Ernest A. Wheel- er married, in Portland, June 25, 1890, Lizzie Maria Nash, who was born in Portland, Au- gust 6, 1864, daughter of Charles B. and Julia Maria (Stuart) Nash. Charles B. Nash, born in Raymond, May 24, 1835, is a son of John Nash, whose six children were : Oliver M., Daniel Webster, Freedom, Charles B., Samuel and Mary. Charles B. learned the tinsmith and plumbing business, and in 1856 started in trade for himself at Ex- change and Fore streets, Portland, where he carried on business until 1889. Charles B. succeeded his uncle in trade, and the store now occupied by Mr. Wheeler has been oc- cupied by members of the Nash family for seventy-five years. Charles B. Nash was a member of the Free Street Baptist Church, the Veteran Firemen, the Masons, the Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. The chil- dren of Charles B. and Julia M. (Stuart) Nash are: Lizzie M., Maria J., Edward H .; the latter married Katherine Bradford. The children of Ernest A. and Lizzie M. (Nash) Wheeler are: Philip West, born January 28, 1894; Paul Stuart, December 12, 1900; Ruth Frances, July 14, 1902.
STUBBS Stubbs is an ancient English surname and the family has been prominent in Durham, Hert- fordshire, Lincolnshire and London. The coat-of-arms: Sable on a bend or between three pheons argent as many round buckles gules. Crest : A demi-eagle displayed argent holding in the beak an acorn slipped vert fructed or. The name is also spelled Stubs and Stubbes, even at the present time, in Eng- land. There were two early immigrants of the name, Richard, mentioned below, and Joshua, who settled in Watertown, was ad- mitted a freeman May 2, 1649; married Abi- gail; Benjamin died at Charlestown about 1655. .
(I) Richard Stubbs, immigrant ancestor, was born in England and was one of the first planters at Hull, Massachusetts. He was mentioned in the records of the general court, May 20, 1642. He married, March 3, 1659,
Margaret Reed. He married (second) Eliza- beth , who survived him. His will was dated May 22, 1677, and proved June 21, 1677, bequeathing to his wife during her life or until she should marry again, his four children, who were not mentioned by name, to have portions when they came of age. Chil- dren : Richard, mentioned below, and three other children, probably daughters.
(II) Richard (2), son of Richard (I) Stubbs, was born in Hull about 1660. He suc- ceeded to the homestead at Hull and appears to have lived there all his life. He married Rebecca Children, born at Hull: I. Richard, January 10, 1692, mentioned below. 2. William, March 30, 1694. 3. Luke, July 5, 1696. 4. Experience, April 6, 1698. 5. Mar- garet, January 22, 1700. 6. Benjamin, March 2, 1701-02. 7. James, March 2, 1701-02 (twin). 8. Samuel, November 22, 1704. 9. Rebecca, November 18, 1707. 10. John, May 12, 1710.
(III) Richard (3), son of Richard (2) Stubbs, was born at Hull, Massachusetts, Jan- uary 10, 1692, died there before 1751. He married, about 1716, Jael He mar- ried (second) 1748, Rhoda (Chandler) Rus- sell, widow of James Russell. He resided at Hull, but late in life removed to North Yar- mouth, Maine. Children, born at Hull: I. Richard, July 19, 1717, died July 5, 1785. 2. Mary, July 13, 1718, married Nathaniel Locke. 3. Jonathan, baptized July 16, 1732. 4. Han- nah, born October 21, 1722, died November 30, 1797 ; married, 1744, Philip Greeley ; mar- ried (second) June 22, 1749, Jonathan Under- wood. 5. Jael, December 26, 1724, died Octo- ber 9, 1809; married John Farrow. 6. Re- becca, married (intention dated September 14) 1751, Peter Dunbar. 7. Sarah, married (in- tention dated December 26, 1742) Joseph Brown, who died November 7, 1746.
(IV) Richard (4), son of Richard (3) Stubbs, was born in Hull, July 19, 1717, died July 5, 1785. He settled in North Yarmouth, Maine. He married (intention dated October 13, 1739) Mercy Brown, who died 1795. Chil- dren, born and baptized at Yarmouth, Maine : I. William, baptized October II, 1741. 2. Susannah, baptized January 23, 1743. 3. Richard, born October 21, 1744, soldier in the revolution. 4. Abner, born about 1748 or 1752, mentioned below. 5. Samuel, baptized April 15, 1750, soldier in the revolution. 6. John, baptized July 18, 1756. 7. Moses, bap- tized May 28, 1758, dismissed from the North Yarmouth to the Cumberland church, October I, 1795. 8. Mercy, baptized August 3, 1760.
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,9. Anna, baptized November 7, 1762. Per- haps others.
(V) Abner, son of Richard (4) Stubbs, was born about 1748 or 1752 in North Yarmouth, Maine. He was a soldier in the revolution, a corporal in Captain George Rogers' com- pany, transferred from the second Cumberland county company to work on the fort at Fal- mouth, November, 1775. He removed to Cum- berland (formerly part of Yarmouth) after the revolution. Children, born at North Yar- mouth and baptized there September 15, 1782 : William, mentioned below; Reuben, Ann.
(VI) William, son of Abner Stubbs, was born in Cumberland, then or formerly North Yarmouth, Maine, October 25, 1776, died in Fayette, Maine, September, 1813. He mar- ried Sarah Morse, September 19, 1802. Chil- dren, born at Cumberland or Fayette, Maine : Abner, Emily, Philip Morse, mentioned below ; Martha.
(VII) Philip Morse, son of William Stubbs, was born in Fayette, Maine, 1804, died Au- gust 26, 1876. His father died when he was seven years old, and he went to school winters and helped on the farm summers. He at- tended the Livermore and Farmington Acad- emy and then taught school. He studied law with Judge Washburn, of Livermore, and Judge Preston, of Norridgewock, and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1831. In 1832 he settled in Strong, Maine, and began the practice of his profession in the same building in which he retained his office the remainder of his life. He was a Whig in politics, later a Republican, and was judge of probate for Franklin county for fourteen years. He was one of the builders of the Leeds & Farming- ton railroad, and was also connected with the Androscoggin Railroad Company. He also was largely interested in real estate. He was a charter member of the Blue Mountain Lodge of Free Masons at Phillips, Maine, and was its second master. He married, 1835, Julia A. Eastman, born in Strong, April 2, 1815, died November 3, 1887; (see Eastman family herewith). Children: I. Emma J., born De- cember 7, 1836, died 1860. 2. Philip Henry, April 7, 1838, mentioned below. 3. Dr. George E., December 30, 1839, married Annie Bell and resides in Philadelphia. 4. John Francis, May 30, 1845, died at the age of three, Au- gust 20, 1848.
(VIII) Hon. Philip Henry, son of Judge Philip M. Stubbs, was born in Strong, April 7, 1838. He received his early education in the public schools and prepared for college at the Farmington Academy. He graduated
from Bowdoin College in 1860. He began the study of law in his father's office, and at- tended the Harvard Law School, graduating in 1863. He was admitted to the bar the same year, and began the practice of law soon after in the office with his father, and has continued in the same place ever since. He is justice of the peace and notary public, and has served as school superintendent of Strong. He is an active Republican, and has served two terms as county attorney, from 1870 to 1876, and two terms as state senator, 1883 to 1886, when he was chairman of the committee of legal affairs. Since 1884 he has held the office of treasurer of the Franklin & Megantic rail- road, and is one of the directors. He was also a director of the Sandy River railroad, built in 1878. He was instrumental in having the narrow guage railroad built from Farm- ington. He also has large real estate in- terests. He is a member of the Congregational church, and of the Blue Mountain Lodge of Free Masons at Phillips, Maine. He mar- ried, June 2, 1868, Julia Augusta Goff, born March 10, 1844, daughter of Dana and Abby (Baker) Goff, of Auburn, Maine. Her father was a railroad man. Her mother was a native of Yarmouth, and died January 6, 1846. Chil- dren of Philip H. and Julia A. Stubbs: I. Emma A., married Rev. Roscoe W. Peterson, of Cornish, Maine. 2. Philip D., graduated at Bowdoin in 1895; read law with his father ; admitted to bar in 1898; now practicing at Strong with his father. 3. Annie B., married Dr. C. W. Bell, of Strong. 4. Richard H., a physician in Augusta, Maine; married Ethe- lyn Hope Burleigh, youngest daughter of Hon. Edwin Chick Burleigh of Augusta (see Bur- leigh sketch). 5. Robert Goff, now attending Bowdoin College.
The surname Eastman i
EASTMAN synonymous with Easterling. A native of the Hanse towns or of the east of Germany was known as an
"easterling." In medieval times merchants trading with the English in that quarter were known as mercatores esternses. The surname Eastman is also synonymous with Eastmond, Estmond, Easemond, Easman and Esmond. A branch of this Eastman family came early to the Barbadoes. The only coat-of-arms of the Eastman family is: Gules the dexter chief point an escutcheon argent charged with a lion rampant. The Eastman genealogy gives the abstract of will of John Eastman, of Rom- sey, Southampton, England, dated September 24, 1602, and proved October 22, 1602, pro-
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viding for his burial there and bequeathing to sons Roger and John and daughters Elizabeth and Margaret, all minors.
(1) Roger Eastman, immigrant ancestor, was born in Wales in 1611, and died in Sims- bury, Massachusetts, December 16, 1694. He came from Langford, Wiltshire, England, sailing from Southampton in April, 1638, in the ship "Confidence," John Jobson, master, registered as servant of John Saunders. He was the ancestor of all the old families of New England bearing this surname. The name was often spelled Easman and Easmen. He settled in Salisbury, Massachusetts, where he received land in the first division, 1640- 43. He contributed to the minister's tax in 1650 eight shillings, three pence. The fam- ily became numerous in the second generation in southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts, and later extended to all parts of the country. Mr. Eastman was a house carpenter by trade. He was a proprietor of Salisbury in 1639. He deposed, April II, 1671, that he was aged sixty years, and his wife Sarah on the same day deposed that she was aged about fifty. He died December 16, 1694. His will was dated June 26, 1691, and proved March 27, 1695. His widow Sarah died March II, 1697-98. He married Sarah Smith, born 1621. Children, born at Salis- bury : 1. John, January 9, 1640. 2. Nathan- iel, March 18, 1643. 3. Philip, October 20, 1644. 4. Thomas, September 1I, 1646. 5. Timothy, September 29, 1648. 6. Joseph, No- vember 8, 1650. 7. Benjamin, December 12, 1652. 8. Sarah, July 25, 1655. 9. Samuel, September 20, 1657, mentioned below. 10. Ruth, January 21, 1661.
(II) Samuel, son of Roger Eastman, was born at Salisbury, September 20, 1657, died February 27, 1725. He was admitted a free- man in 1690 and took the oath of allegiance in 1677. He removed from Salisbury to Kingston about 1720, and was dismissed from the Salisbury church to the church in King- ston, September 26, 1725. He received a grant of land from the town. He married (first) November 4, 1686, Elizabeth Scriven, who was baptized and admitted to the church at Salisbury, October 8, 1690. He married (sec- ond) September 17, 1719, Sarah Fifield, who died at Kingston, August 3, 1726. Children, all by first wife: I. Ruth, born January 5, 1688. 2. Elizabeth, December 1, 1689, mar- ried, December 10, 1713, Thomas Fellows. 3. Mary, January 4, 1691, married, November 4, 1714, John Burley. 4. Sarah, April 3, 1694. 5. Samuel, January 5, 1695-96. 6. Joseph,
January 6, 1697, married Patience Smith. 7. Ann, May 22, 1700. 8. Ebenezer, January 11, 1701. 9. Thomas, January 21, 1703. 10. Tim- othy, March 29, 1706. 11. Edward, March 30, 1708, married, January 21, 1730, Deborah Graves. 12. Benjamin, July 13, 1710.
(III) Ebenezer, son of Samuel Eastman, was born at ,Salisbury, January 11, 1701, died at Kingston, February 16, 1746. He resided at Kingston. He married, May 5, 1726, Mary Sleeper, widow. Children, baptized at King- ston : I. Samuel, May 7, 1727, mentioned be- low. 2. Edward, February 25, 1732, married, May 12, 1758, Anna Judkins. 3. Mary, Au- gust 25, 1734. 4. Hannah, May 3, 1741.
(IV) Samuel (2), son of Ebenezer East- man, was baptized at Kingston, May 7, 1727, died in 1799. He was a town officer at King- ston, where he resided until 1761, when he removed to Pittston, Maine. He was the builder of the bridge at Togus, Maine. He married, September 8, 1748, Abigail Hubbard. Children : 1. Dolly, married Christopher Jack- son. 2. Elizabeth, died August 13, 1790; mar- ried David Lawrence. 3. Mary, born 1758, unmarried. 4. Benjamin, born October 27, 1761, mentioned below. 5. Hattie, born 1764, married Stephen Rowe, a Quaker. 6. Samuel, born 1767, married Sally Stevens and resided in Gardiner, Maine. 7. Hubbard, born 1770, died August, 1843.
(V) Benjamin, son of Samuel (2) East- man, was born at Kingston, New Hampshire, October 27, 1761, and died at Strong, Maine, July 14, 1831. He married, February 6, 1783, Ann Carr Barker, born at Fort Weston, Au- gusta, Maine, September 8, 1766, died at Strong, March 29, 1852, daughter of John and Grance ( Wright) Barker, formerly of Hanover, Massachusetts. Her father and grandfather owned and worked a foundry for casting bells, at Hanover, and during the revo- lution cast cannon for the army. The works were destroyed by fire and the family re- moved to Maine. Mrs. Eastman was grand- daughter of Ann Carr, daughter of Sir John Carr, who was son of Sir Robert Carr, ap- pointed one of the four commissioners to settle the controversy between Connecticut and Mas- sachusetts as to the ownership of Rhode Island. The decision was rendered by Charles Il at Warwick, April 4, 1665. Caleb Carr, probably son of Sir Robert Carr, was elected governor of Massachusetts in May, 1695, and died in office. Benjamin Eastman resided in Dresden, Mount Vernon and Avon, Maine. A Benjamin Eastman, given as of Hawkes, a nearby village, was in the revolution in 1775.
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Children, all born in Mount Vernon except the last, who was born at Avon: I. Samuel, October 27, 1784, mentioned below. 2. Su- sannah, January 18, 1786, died in Charleston, August 21, 1863 ; married David Stimson. 3. Nancy, February 6, 1788, died July 12, 1873 ; married Lemuel Deland. 4. Martha, April 20, 1790, died in Ohio, February 9, 1862; mar- ried Ephraim Stevens. 5. Violetta, July 31, 1792, died in Strong, May 11, 1881 ; married Benjamin Hitchcock. 6. Benjamin, March 23, 1794, died October 6, 1800. 7. John, April 2. 1796, died in Illinois, April 7, 1860; mar- ried Sibyl Stevens. 8. Edward, March 8, 1798, died at Mount Vernon, Maine, October 5. 1800. 9. Colonel Benjamin Franklin, No- vember 15, 1800, died February 10, 1894 ; mar- ried Elizabeth Dyer. 10. Eliza W., April 28, 1803 died at Haverhill, Massachusetts, March 29, 1872; married John Carr. II. Philip A., July 29, 1805, died in Illinois, April 18, 1863, married Mary Day.
(VI) Honorable Samuel (3), son of Benja- min Eastman, was born at Mount Vernon, Maine, October 27, 1784, and died at Strong, Maine, January 20, 1864. He resided at Strong, where he was local justice. He was also a state senator and a captain in the militia. He married, March 22, 1807, Jane Hitchcock, born September 29, 1786, died in Strong, July 10, 1865. Children: I. William H., born April 13, 1808, died at Green Bay, Wisconsin, January 10, 1887; married, February 20, 1832, Eliza A. Norris. 2. Hiram, September 10, 1809, died October 4, 1809. 3. Samuel, Octo- ber 19, 1810, died at New Orleans, Louisiana, October 2, 1732, unmarried. 4. Hon. Benja- min C., October 24, 1812, died at Plattville, Wisconsin ; married Charlotte S. Sewell, of Hallowell, Maine, no children; member of congress from Wisconsin. 5. Julia A., April 2, 1815, married Philip M. Stubbs. (See Stubbs family herewith.) 6. Dr. Ezekiel Porter, June 18, 1817, died at Lynn, February 18, 1860. 7. Colonel Harry Eugene, May 3, 1819, died at Benton Harbor, Michigan ; married, March 2, 1843, Elizabeth W. Arndt. 8. John Al- bert, March 4, 1821, died at Benton Harbor, Michigan, April 11, 1895 ; married, January 6, 1848; Helen M. Darling. 9. Mary, Jane, No- vember 24, 1822, died at sea June 14, 1848; married Captain Augustus Hitchcock, of Damariscotta, Maine. 10. George W., March 29, 1824, married Annie Monroe and resided at Plattville, Wisconsin. II. Frances A., July 10, 1826, died at Strong, October 31, 1845. 12. Henry Clay, December 14, 1830, died No- vember 14, 1832.
The surname Hughes is de- HUGHES rived from the ancient personal name Hugh and is found from ancient times in England. Many of the name have achieved distinction in America as well as England. The surname is spelled also Hewes and Hues.
(I) Captain John Hughes, immigrant an- cestor, was born in the Isle of Wight, Septem- ber 2, 1751. He came to Truro, Massachu- setts, when he was twelve years old and from that time till his death followed the sea. He rose to the rank of master mariner. It is not known that any others of his family ever came to Truro. He was lost in the bay at Pond Landing from a whale-boat while returning from his vessel with Captain Shubael Coan, aged thirty-four years, Paul Dyer Jr., aged twenty-nine years, Hutta Dyer, aged seventeen years, all of whom were lost. The inscription on his gravestone states that he died May 2, 1799, aged forty-seven years, eight months. He married, at Truro, Rachel, daughter of Fulk and Elizabeth Dyer. She died February 12, 1836, aged seventy-eight years (grave- stone). He was a member of the Truro church. Children, baptized at Truro: I. Emma, August 12, 1781. 2. Mary, July 20, 1783. 3. John, August 17, 1788, mentioned below. 4. Anna, January 9, 1791. 5. James, January 1, 1794. 6. Atkins, April 24, 1796, lost at sea April, 1828.
(II) John (2), son of Captain John (I) Hughes, was born at North Truro, Massa- chusetts, May 29, 1788, baptized in the Truro church, August 17, 1788. Like his father, he began early in life to follow the sea. He had a common school education. After his mar- riage he engaged in farming and market-gar- dening in Truro, and died there February 21, 1865. He married Hannah, born in North Truro, September 23, 1796, died July 2, 1874, daughter of Hezekiah Paine. ( See Paine VII.) Children, born at North Truro: John, March 6, 1814; Elizabeth P., June 6, 1817; Hezekiah P., October 24, 1819; Hannah, Oc- tober 19, 1821; Lydia S., August 3, 1824; Jedediah P., September 20, 1826; Emma, Sep- tember 29, 1828; Mary N., September 10, 1830 ; Phoebe A., October 27, 1832 ; Rachel F., September 17, 1834; Rebecca T., August 23, 1837; Hezekiah P., July 29, 1839.
(III) John (3), son of John (2) Hughes, was born at North Truro, March 6, 1814, died September 22, 1900. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. He was an especially skilful penman and in his younger days used to teach handwriting in the once
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popular "writing schools of a generation past." He began to follow the sea in carly youth and continued until he was forty-five years old, chiefly on fishing-vessels from Cape Cod. For many years he was a bookkeeper in a store in Provincetown, Massachusetts. During the last twenty-five years of his life he lived with his son, John Franklin Hughes, at Foxcroft, Maine. He was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge at Provincetown. He was a Methodist in religion and a Republican in politics. He married, January 14, 1839, Betsey Dyer, of New Sharon, Maine. She lived but a few years after their marriage. They had but one child, John Franklin, men- tioned below.
(IV) John Franklin, son of John (3) Hughes, was born in North Truro, May 17, 1841. His mother died when he was a small child and he went to live with his grand- parents, the Dyers, at New Sharon, Maine, when he was thirteen years old. He attended the public schools of his native town and of New Sharon, the Maine State Seminary at Lewiston and Bates College. In 1866 he en- gaged in the grocery business in Foxcroft, Maine, in partnership with T. F. Dyer. He added hardware to his business and later en- gaged in the manufacture of pianos. In 1880 he withdrew from his other enterprises and devoted himself exclusively to the manufac- ture of pianos, continuing in partnership with Mr. Dyer until 1895, when he bought out his partner, who was succeeded in the firm by R. W. Hughes, his son. The name of the firm was changed to Hughes & Son, and con- tinued until 1902, when the firm became a corporation, under the title of Hughes & Son Piano Manufacturing Company. The business is very prosperous and has grown to large proportions. The product of this company is held in high esteem by the musical world, and the standing of the firm and company in the business world has been of the best. Mr. Hughes is a prominent factor in the financial affairs of the community. He is a director and vice-president of the Kineo Trust Com- pany ; trustee of the Piscataquis County Sav- ings Bank for thirteen years past; trustee of the Foxcroft Academy and for a period of fourteen years was president of the Building & Loan Association of Foxcroft. He is a member of Mosaic Lodge of Free Masons of Foxcroft and of Kineo Lodge of Odd Fel- lows. In politics he is a Democrat. He is an active and influential member of the Congre- gational church of Foxcroft. He married, October 1, 1866, Josephine M., born June 29,
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