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Mr. and Mrs. Varney have had children : I. Louise B., born August 8, 1864. 2. Edward
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B., born January 10, 1869. 3. George, born January 10, 1869. 4. William R., born Feb- ruary 11, 1871, died June 23, 1898.
General George Varney, born
VARNEY in levant, Maine, July 30, 1834, is the son of Paul and Eliza ( Freethy ) Varney, the former of Dover, New Hampshire, the latter of York, Maine, grandson of Ebenezer Varney, and great- grandson of Zaccheus Varney. He attended the public schools of his native town, was for a time in the Chauncey Hall School of Boston, also in various schools in Bangor, and finally took a course in East Corinth Academy, Mainc. In 1853 he accepted a position as clerk with Charles Hayward & Company, wholesale grocers in Bangor, and in 1860 was admitted as a member of the firm. His labors for the company were interrupted by the civil war, but at the close of the contest he resumed his old relations with the con- cern, and as the older members of the firm had all died, the business was incorporated under the former name in 1902, and General Varney, to whose excellent management much of its prosperity was owing, was made presi- dent of the corporation. Their trade extends throughout that section of the country in which Bangor is located. General Varney was major in a regiment of state militia at the outbreak of the civil war, and this regiment was equipped and mustered into the United States service for a period of two years. He was advanced to the rank of lieutenant-colo- nel in August, 1861 ; upon the resignation of the colonel he was made colonel, having com- manded the regiment while Colonel Roberts was on furlough. He served in the Fifth Corps. Army of the Potomac, throughout the war, was a prisoner for several weeks in 1862 in Libby prison, and was wounded in the battle of Fredericksburg. At the conclusion of the contest he was made brevet brigadier- general. He is a supporter of Republican principles and served one term in the state legislature. General Varney is associated with a number of organizations, among them being : Maine Commandery of the Military Order Loyal Legion and the Grand Army of the Re- public ; Army and Navy Clubs of New York City and of Washington, District of Colum- bia : St. Andrews Lodge, No. 83, Free and Accepted Masons; Mount Moriah Chapter, No. 6, Royal Arch Masons; Bangor Council, Royal and Select Masters; St. Johns Com- mandery, No. 3 ; member and was commander of B. H. Beale Post, No. 12, Grand Army
of the Republic; Cumberland Club of Port- land, Maine; and Tarratine Club of Bangor. Ile was married in 1865 to Jane Moore, daughter of Franklin Smith, of Waterville, Maine, and had two children, one of whom died in youth. Mrs. Varney died in 1881. The surviving child, Helen, married John L. Cutler, a commission merchant of New York City. Their children are: Mary, Margaret Varney, Eleanor, Constance and George.
(For preceding generation see Percival Lowell J.) (II) Richard, second son of
LOWELL Percival and Rebecca Lowell,
was born in 1602 in England, and died August 5, 1682, at Newbury, Massa- chusetts. He came from Bristol, England, with his father, in the ship "Jonathan," landed at Boston, in 1639, and settled at Newbury, Massachusetts. In 1670, in a deed, he is called "gentleman." He married his first wife, Mar- garet, in England, and she died in Newbury, January 27, 1642. He married ( second) at Newbury, Margaret -, born November 27, 1604, who was living as his widow in 1685-86. By his first wife he had four chil- dren, all born at Newbury : Percival, Rebecca, born January 27, 1642, Samuel, 1644, and Thomas, September 28, 1649.
(III) Percival (2), eldest son of Richard and Margaret Lowell, was born in 1639-40, at Newbury, Massachusetts, and in the records is called "yeoman." He married, September 7, 1664, Mary, daughter of William and Mary (Fowler) Chandler, and she died February 5, 1708, at Newbury. They had six children, as follows: I. Richard, born December 25, 1668. 2. Captain Gideon. 3. Samuel, born January 13, 1675-76; he went to Falmouth, Maine, with his brother Gideon, where they were granted land. 4. Edmund, born September 24, 1684. 5. Margaret. 6. Johanna, born about 1690.
(IV) Captain Gideon, second son of Per- cival (2) and Mary (Chandler) Lowell, was born September 3, 1672, at Newbury, and died at Amesbury, Massachusetts, before 1753; in his will he calls himself "yeoman," and when his will is executed he is called "captain." In 1696 his name appears on the records as cord- wainer, and in 1706 as mariner and coaster. He removed to Amesbury about 1719, and be- came the owner of several vessels, which he also built. He took his wife Miriam with him on many of his voyages, and at least one of his children were born on such trips, and prob- ably more. In 1728-29 he and his brother Samuel purchased land in Falmouth (now
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Portland), Maine, and he was then voted free- man at that place, and had the ear-mark of his cattle recorded. He never resided in that town, but transferred his land to his son Ab- ner. In 1690 Captain Lowell was a soldier in the First Expedition to Canada. He had a wharf at the mouth of the Powow river, where he landed his "Rhum" and "Shugar" from the West Indies, and other cargoes. Captain Gideon was a good financier, and amassed a considerable fortune. He married (first) July 7, 1692, Miriam (Mary) Swett, by whom he had ten children, and (second) June 4, 1735, Widow Elizabeth Colby, by whom he had no children. His children were: Mary, born 1692-93 ; Lieutenant John, February 1, 1696- 97, in South Carolina, while on a voyage; Captain Samuel, about 1698; Gideon, about 1700; Stephen, February 19, 1703; Corporal Moses, about 1705; Hannah, April II, 1707; Joseph, about 1709; Abner ; Jonathan, March 24, 1714.
(V) Abner, seventh of the eight sons of Captain Gideon and Miriam (Swett) Lowell, was born November 29, 17II, and died in 1761. In 1737 he removed to Falmouth, Maine, and settled at Clarks Point, on land given him by his father; he lived there for the remainder of his life, being drowned there in sight of his home. He was one of a com- pany stationed in Fort Pemaquid in one of the Indian wars, and May 26, 1747, while out with a party of fifteen they were ambushed, ten of the party being killed and three cap- tured; he was badly wounded in the wrist, but escaped and saved the boy (Ezekiel) Webb, who was with him. By the good care and nursing of a neighbor woman his hand was saved, but was useless ever after. He mar- ried (first) September 26, 1737, at Hampton Falls, Lydia Purrington, and is supposed to have married (second) Joanna Richards, born March 16, 1719, of Boston, Massachusetts, though the record of this second marriage cannot be found. By his first wife he had five children : Mary, born July 30, 1738, at Fal- mouth; Captain Abner, December 28, 1740 (was a captain in the revolutionary war) ; Joshua, John and Lydia.
(VI) John, third and youngest son of Ab- ner and Lydia (Purrington) Lowell, was born August II, 1748, and died at Windham, Maine, in 1838. He was a joiner, lived first at Falmouth, Maine, then for a time at Harri- son and Westbrook, and about 1785 removed to Windham, Maine. He was accounted the best joiner of Old Falmouth, working much for Brigadier General Preble, and lived for
some time in his family. He and his brother Joshua worked in partnership. He married Mary Chapman or Chatman, of Westbrook, Maine, and had ten children, as follows: Sam- uel Waldo; Edward, born 1781, at Portland; Mary, who died unmarried in 1837-38, aged seventy-one; Simon C., born April 24, 1784; Alexander, 1788; James; Salome, died an in- fant; William, died of brain fever; Jane Moody, born March 25, 1804; John, died four years of age.
(VII) James, fifth son of John and Mary (Chapman) Lowell, was born March 20, 1789, and died February 23, 1884. He learned the tailor's trade at Portland, Maine, and settled at Westbrook, but removed to Windham. He was a farmer, and good Quaker, and at the age of eighty-eight years was in good health, bright and cheerful, and able to tell a good story. He married, August 20, 1814, in West- brook, Mercy Hawkes, and had three children : Jane, Nathaniel Hawkes and Edward Jones.
(VIII) Jane, only daughter of James and Mercy (Hawkes) Lowell, was born Novem- ber 26, 1815, and died at Brunswick, Maine, October 28, 1867. She married, September 25, 1836, Joel Varney. (See Varney, VII.)
"By ascending to an associ- BRADISH ation with our ancestors; by contemplating their example and studying their character; by partaking their sentiments and imbibing their spirit ; by accompanying them in their toils; by sympa- thizing in their sufferings, and rejoicing in their successes and their triumphs-we mingle our own existence with theirs and seem to be- long to their age. And in a like manner by contemplating the probable fortunes of those who are coming after us ; by attempting some- thing which may promote their happiness and leave some not dishonorable memorial of our- selves for their regard when we shall sleep with the fathers, we protract our own earthly being and seem to crowd whatever is future as well as all that is past, into the narrow compass of our earthly existence."-Daniel Webster.
(I) Robert Bradish embarked from Har- wich and came over in the ship "Defence," and was in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1635. He bought a house and lot of John Steel on the corner of Harvard and Holyoke streets, where the Holyoke house now stands, and owned tillage beyond the village. The first name of his wife was Mary and she died in childbirth. The next year he married Vashti Robert died in 1659, and after
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his death she kept the village ordinary. Mary Bradish had one child Joseph, and Vashti was the mother of Samuel, James, Hannah and Mary.
(11) Joseph, only son of Robert and Mary Bradish, was born in Cambridge, in May, 1638, dying in 1725. Ile lived in Sudbury, of Way- side Inn notoriety, also in Framingham, but returned to Cambridge to reside. The fore- name of his wife was Mary and by her he had Mary, Hannah, Joseph, James, Ruth and John.
(III) Deacon John, youngest son of Joseph and Mary Bradish, was born the year his father returned to Cambridge, and we are not sure whether he was a native of that college burg or of Framingham. Suffice it to say, the deacon was very prominent in church affairs and served on the committee to consult with the pastor respecting measures to promote a reformation. This important body continued to exist for fifty years. The wife who bore him all his children was Hepsibah Billings and the baptismal record follows: Hannah, John, James, Elizabeth, Jonathan, William, Ebenezer, Sarah, Rebecca, Mary and Isaac. Hepsibah died in 1735, and three years later he married Mrs. Abigail Tucker, who sur- vived him thirty years.
(IV) Jonathan, second son of Deacon John and Hepsibah ( Billings) Bradish, was born in Cambridge, September 16, 1713, and died in Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1788, hav- ing passed the three score mark and lived to see his country achieve its independence and start on its predestined course of national greatness and of empire. The old Bradish mansion in Charleston where Jonathan lived was on the opposite corner of Union and Maine streets and was a wooden house painted yellow and stood somewhat back from the street in a yard in which were lombardy, poplar, and balm of Gilead trees. Near it was the gunsmith shop of Abijah Moore. After her parent's death, Catherine, a maiden lady of refinement, resided in the house. It went out of the family in 1837 and Union block now stands on its former site. In 1735 Jona- than married Abigail Johnson, born in 1714, died in 1803. The birth record as given : Mary, Billings, Jonathan, Abigail, David, Susannah, Eleazer, Catherine and John.
(V) Major David, third son of Jonathan and Abigail (Johnson) Bradish, was born in Charlestown, and removed to Portland, Maine. He raised a company of minutemen and marched to Cambridge in 1774, was commis- sioned a major in Colonel Bigelow's regi-
ment and served throughout the war. The major was a brave officer, beloved by his men and respected by his superiors. In war he stood amid the din and smoke of battle; in peace he lived in the plaudits of his country- men and secure in the decorations he had won. He died at a serene old age, leaving to his posterity a name they can mention with par- donable pride. He married Abiah Merrill, July, 1776, a few days after our independence was declared, and his rejoicings were of a two- fold character, the freedom of his country in which he had taken a no inconspicuous part and his marriage. Their children were : Mary, Levi, Eunice, Elizabeth, Abigail, David and Sarah. Major Bradish died in 1818.
(VI) David (2), youngest son of Major David ( I) and Abiah ( Merrill) Bradish, was born in Portland. He had a son Martin.
(VII) Martin, son of David (2) Bradish, was born in Portland, May 2, 1815, the month before the battle of Waterloo. He removed to Eastport and conducted a bakery. He mar- ried Louisa, daughter of Calvin Gilson, of Buckfield, Maine, and had two boys, Martin, and Walter F., the subject of the next para- graph.
(VIII) Walter F., second son of Martin and Louisa (Gilson) Bradish, was born in Eastport, September 7, 1844. While still a pupil in the public schools, embued with the martial spirit of his great-grandfather, Walter F. enlisted in Company I, Twenty-Eighth Maine Regiment, and served in the Nineteenth Army Corps under General Banks in the siege of Port Hudson, and Fort Donaldson, Louisi- ana. Private Bradish was in General T. W. Sherman's division, General Nickerson's bri- gade. The battle was fought May 27, 1863, and the position of the Twenty-eighth was on the extreme left of the Union line. He par- ticipated in the charge of Nickerson's men at two o'clock in the afternoon in which the bri- gade was terribly cut up. It was at this battle that General Neal Dow was wounded. After his return from the front he engaged in the bakery business with his father and event- ually bought him out. Mr. Bradish is a mem- ber of the board of trade of Eastport ; Eastern Lodge, No. 7, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Eastport Royal Arch Chapter, No. IO; St. Bernard Commandery, Knights Tem- plar; of Kora Temple, Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine, and has been advanced eigh- teen degrees in the consistory of Scottish Rite Masonry. He was charter member of East- port Lodge, No. 880, Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks, and belongs to Meade
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Post, No. 40, Grand Army of the Republic. Mr. Bradish has served on the board of edu- cation and votes the Republican ticket. He is liberal in his religious belief and friendly to- ward all. He married Frances R. Swett, of Eastport, and she was killed in the railroad accident at Atlantic City, October 28, 1906. Mr. Bradish married (second) Rena Spoor, of Coxsackie, New York. The children of Walter F. and Frances R. (Swett) Bradish were christened and born as follows: I. Ar- thur Jefferson, May 4, 1871, died May 22, 1908. 2. Scott Philson, April 6, 1873, mar- ried Mary McCulloch, of Calais, Maine. 3. Frank Lester, January 20, 1875, married Ethel Calder, of Campobello, New Brunswick. 4. Ralph Walter, February 12, 1880, married Nancy Conklin, of Somerville, Massachusetts. 5. and 6. Murray Swett and Donald Dunbar (twins).
LARRABEE There are various traditions relative to the origin of the Larrabees of America, all resting upon inconclusive evidence. That the name is of French origin is little doubted, and that the family is of Huguenot extraction is generally credited, but nothing is definitely known as to who was the immigrant ancestor of any of the various families of Larrabee, or when the "settler" came to these shores. For a portion of the following account of the family, credit is due to G. T. Ridlon's "Saco Valley Settlements and Families."
(1) Stephen Larrabee is stated in a petition by Isaac Larrabee, of Lynn, Massachusetts, dated March 6, 1732, to be the father of sons named Stephen, William, John, Thomas, Sam- uel, Isaac, Benjamin, Ephraim, and a daugh- ter Jane. The same names, with the addition of the name of Hannah as the daughter of Jane, are mentioned in the will of William Larrabee, of Malden, Massachusetts, made October 24, 1692, in which they are men- tioned as "loving kinsmen and kinswomen."
(II) Thomas, evidently the fourth son of Stephen Larrabee, seems to have removed from Malden, Massachusetts, to North Yar- mouth, Maine. The year 1660 is given as the date of his birth. He owned land in Scar- borough in 1681, was a resident as early as 1683, but when the war with the Indians broke out in 1686 he fled with the other inhabitants of that district to Kittery or Portsmouth, and there some of his children were born and mar- ried. In 1720, soon after the second settle- ment of Scarborough, Thomas Larrabee re- turned to his plantation, was present at the
meeting for the organization of the town government in 1720, and resided in the town two years, next following, and April 19, 1723, with his son Anthony was killed by the In- dians while at work in a field at some dis- tance from his house. The place where they were at work was called the ten-acre home lot. They were buried on the west side of the Block Point road, not far from the scene of the tragedy. Thomas Larrabee was an in- dustrious citizen and highly esteemed. The names of seven persons supposed to be his children are given, as follows: Anthony, Eleanor, Thomas, Jane, Hannah, John and Benjamin.
(III) Benjamin, seventh child and fourth son of Thomas Larrabee, lived on Pleasant Hill in Scarborough. He died December 17, 1763, in the sixty-third year of his age, and was buried in Block Point cemetery. He mar- ried, December 4, 1724, Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Abigail Johnson, of Kittery. She died December 26, 1789, in the eighty-sixth year of her age. They had eight children : William, Sarah, Elizabeth, Hannah, Lydia, Benjamin, Miriam and Jonathan.
(IV) Benjamin (2), sixth child and sec- ond son of Benjamin ( I) and Sarah (John- son) Larrabee, was born May 23, 1740, and died April 17, 1829. He was a patriot sol- dier and the "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sail- ors in the War of the Revolution" contains the following record of him: "Captain; engaged July 1, 1775; service, 6 months 16 days, on seacoast in Cumberland County ; also, official record of a ballot by the House of Represen- tatives, dated February 5, 1776; said Larrabee chosen second major, Col. Jonathan Mitchell's (Second Cumberland County) regiment of Massachusetts Militia ; appointment concurred in by Council February 7, 1776; reported com- missioned Feb. 7, 1776." He was a man of action and a leader among his townsmen. He married, July 28, 1778, Hannah Skillings, who died September 26, 1828, aged eighty-one. The children were: Hannah, Benjamin and Joseph.
(V) Benjamin (3), the elder of the two sons of Benjamin (2) and Hannah (Skil- lings) Larrabee, was born June 24, 1781, and died February 25, 1823. He was a pros- perous farmer in Scarborough, a well in- formed and popular man, and served as select- man and represented his town in the legisla- ture. He married, October 10, 1805, Susanna Libby, who was born in Scarborough, Novem- ber 16, 1784, daughter of Seth and Lydia (Jordan) Libby. She died May 17, 1846,
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aged sixty-two years. They had seven chil- dren : Mary, John, Benjamin, Seth L., Han- nah, Jordan L. and Albion K. P.
(VI) Benjamin (4), second son of Ben- jamin (3) and Susanna ( Libby) Larrabee, was born in Scarborough, August 8, 1810, died in Portland, August 2, 1874. He was a car- penter and settled in Portland about 1834; he passed the remainder of his life there. He was a Democrat in political faith and was customs inspector at Portland from 1852 to 1860. He was a member of the Congrega- tional church, and is spoken of as a very worthy man. He married, October 4, 1836, Harriet Jane Pearson, born in 1817, died in Portland, July 22, 1841, daughter of' George H. and Harriet (Rice) Pearson. They had one child, George H. P., whose sketch fol- lows.
(VII) George Henry Pearson, only child of Benjamin (4) and Harriet Jane ( Pearson) Larrabee, was born in Portland, January 31, 1841. He is a farmer and lumber surveyor, and resides at Pride's Corner. He is a mem- ber of the Free Masons. He votes the Re- publican ticket, but has never held or sought public office. He married (first) July 30, 1862, Jane Boyes Phillips, born in Portland, August 18, 1841, died June 3, 1877, daughter of Warren and Mary ( Parker) Phillips, of Portland. He married (second) July 16, 1878, Ella Margaretta Everett, born in Bath, Maine, May 25, 1847, daughter of Timothy and Sarah L. (Hudson) Everett, of Bath. Mr. Everett followed the sea for many years, was a master mariner, and sailed principally to South America, Australia and India. The children of George H. P. and Jane Boyes (Phillips) Larrabee were: Harriet Jane and Elizabeth P. Harriet J., born May 17, 1863, graduated from the Portland high school in 1883, and married Frederick A. Tompson (see Tompson IX). Elizabeth P. died in in- fancy. Mr. Larrabee's children by his sec- ond wife are: 1. George P., born in Scarboro, June 23, 1881, is a druggist in Presque Isle, Maine; he married Mary Collins. 2. Winni- fred S., born Westbrook, July 8, 1885, mar- ried Harold V. Goodhue. 3. Sarah E., born Westbrook, September 21, 1886. 4. Lena, born Westbrook, April 3, 1888.
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(VI) Jordan L., sixth child and fourth son of Benjamin (3) and Susanna (Libby) Lar- rabee, was born in Scarborough, June 4, 1818, died April 8, 1884. He was a farmer and also engaged in carpentering. He was intel- ligent and honorable and served his towns- men several years as a member of the board
of selectmen. He married, November 9, 1849, Caroline F. Beals, born November 28, 1826, daughter of Benjamin and Francis (Leonard) Beals, of Leeds. She died July 2, 1907, aged eighty years. Two children were born of this union : Albion W. and Seth L. Albion W. was born August 20, 1852, took a course in medicine at Dartmouth Medical College, from which he graduated in 1873, practiced his profession in Saco and Scarborough, and died in the latter town September 29, 1892. He married, in Boston, October II, 1873, Susan Brown, of Portland, who survives him.
(VII) Seth L., second son of Jordan L. and Caroline F. (Beals) Larrabee, was born in Scarborough, January 22, 1855. His boy- hood was passed on the ancestral homestead, about equally divided between attending the district school and in the performance of the labor necessary on the farm. Later he fitted for college in Westbrook Seminary, from which he graduated in 1870. He entered Bowdoin College in 1871 and graduated from that institution with the class of 1875. He taught several terms in the common schools while pursuing his college course, and after his graduation was instructor of languages one year in Goddard Seminary at Barre, Ver- mont. In 1876 he entered the law office of Strout & Gage in Portland, where he studied until admitted to the Cumberland bar in Octo- ber, 1878. He immediately opened an office in Portland and soon built up a large prac- tice, having for his patrons many of the prominent business men of Portland and the surrounding territory. For nearly thirty years "his commanding figure and his masterly con- duct of cases have been well known in the Maine Courts." "Mr. Larrabee is a Repub- lican and his influence in political circles, his ability to win and keep friends, and his social popularity have combined," says the Bench and Bar of Maine, "to render him an im- portant factor in the party to which he has rendered important service." In 1880 he was elected register of probate for Cumberland county, and filled that place for nine years. In 1891 he was elected city solicitor for Port- land, and re-elected in 1893. In 1895 and again in 1897 he was chosen representative to the state legislature. On the assembling of that body after his second election he was its sole choice as a candidate for the speaker- ship, and was elected to that office without a dissenting vote, and filled it with dignity, ability and a charm of personal manner sel- dom equalled. His business qualifications and critical judgment have placed him in a num -.
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ber of responsible trusts. For many years past he has been an influential member of the Portland Board of Trade. He was one of the promoters and organizers of the Casco and of the Portland Loan and Building Associa- tions, in both of which he is a director, treasurer and attorney. He was also an origi- nal incorporator and president of the Port- land & Yarmouth Electric Railway Company ; and was one of the founders of the Chapman National Bank, of which he was vice-president and director until the death of Mr. Cullen C. Chapman, March 22, 1903, and was then elected to the presidency of that institution. He was instrumental in chartering and found- ing the Mercantile Trust Company, of which he is vice-president, trustee and attorney. The care of various estates has also been placed in Mr. Larrabee's hands, and in all these posi- tions he has proved himself to be conservative yet progressive, prudent yet active and alert. He is a Mason and a member of Atlantic Lodge, a Knight of Pythias and member of Bromhall Lodge, No. 3. He is a member of Cumberland Club and many other social and civic organizations. For two years he served as captain of the First Battery, Maine Na- tional Guard. Seth L. Larrabee married, Oc- tober 21, 1880, Lulu B. Sturtevant, of Scar- boro, who was born February 1, 1858, daugh- ter of Joseph and Harriet M. ( Bartels) Stur- tevant. They have two children: Sydney Bar- tels, born July, 1881; and Leon Sturtevant, December, 1882.
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