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(VIII) Ephraim Albert, second son and fourth child of Ephraim (3) and Rebecca (Symms) Frost, was born in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, April 22, 1833. He married, about 1855, Eunice M., daughter of Orrin and Thirza (Adams) Jones, of Newport, Vermont. She was born February 7, 1831, and died in Lewiston, Maine, July 17, 1902. They re- moved to Lewiston, Maine, immediately after their marriage, and their five children were born there, as follows: I. Charles Sumner (q. v.), May 31, 1856. 2. Frank Lester, July 31, 1858, married (first), September 26, 1888, Helen M. Young, and had child Marion born 1890; (second) April 4, 1900, Carrie Z. Lang, home Lewiston, Maine. 3. Walter Albert, De- cember 19, 1861, married, December 31, 1890, Julia, daughter of Chauncey Seaton, of Chi- cago, which city they made their home. 4. Woodbury Gilman, January 28, 1868, married, October 2, 1905, Edith Lillian de Graff, of Athens, Pennsylvania, where they reside. 5. Wilfred Percy, February 12, 1875, made his home in Chicago, Illinois. 'Ephraim Frost, the father, died in Lewiston, March 7, 1897.
(IX) Charles Sumner, eldest child of Eph- raim Albert and Eunice M. (Jones) Frost, was born in Lewiston, Maine, May 31, 1856. He was graduated at the Lewiston high school ; was a student at an architect's office in Lewiston for three years and took a special course of study in architecture at the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mas- sachusetts, followed by three years' practical application of the profession in the office of a Boston architect. He removed to Chicago, Illinois, in 1881, and January 1, 1882, he, with a partner, commenced the practice of archi- tecture in that city. In 1889 the partnership was dissolved by mutual consent and Mr. Frost continued to practice alone up to Jan-
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uary 1, 1898, when he formed a business con- nection with Alfred H. Granger and the firm of Frost & Granger came into existence with offices at 806 Temple La Salle and Monroe streets, Chicago, which firm is still in active business in 1909. His skill as an architect is seen in the Chicago Home for the Friendless; George Smith Memorial for St. Luke's Hos- pital; Union Club House; Calumet Club House ; Northern Trust Company, bank build- ing; Chicago & Northwestern Railway Com- pany, general office building ; Terminal Station building for Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company and Terminal Station build- ing for Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company. Mr. Frost was elected a fellow of the American Institute of Architects, a mem- ber of the Union League Club and of the Cliff Dwellers' Club and an elder in the Presby- terian church. He married, January 7, 1885, Mary, daughter of Marvin and Belle ( Bar- rett) Hughitt, of Chicago, Illinois, and they made their home in Chicago up to May 31, 1897, when they established a suburban home at Lake Forest, Illinois. Children of Charles Sumner and Mary (Hughitt) Frost were born in Chicago and Lake Forest, as follows: I. Margaret, November 22, 1890. 2. Marvin Hughitt, January 12, 1893. 3. Virginia, Lake Forest, May 14, 1901.
FORBES-FOBES The origin of the name Forbes, like that of most family names, is surrounded in mystery. It is of Scotch origin and has been spelled in the pub- lic records of New England Ffarrabas, Fere- bas, Farrowbush, Fforbus, Forbes, Forbus, Forbush, Furbush, Fforbes, Farabas, Fobes, Farebush, and Fawbush. is stated in Burke's Heraldry that the surname Forbes was assumed from the lands of Forbes in the county Aberdeen, Scotland, granted by Alex- ander II (A. D. 1249) to the progenitor of this noble family. John De Forbes, the first upon record, was a man of rank and impor- tance in the reign of King William the Lion (A. D. 1214). Following him was a long line of descendants of whom William Forbes, of Tullickerne, Scotland, wrote in A. D. 1580: "In all ages since our first aryse, we might compair with neighbors, for greater loyalty and valor for pietie (which we think truly ennobles all families) ; Witness the many bishops and doctors att home and renowned divines abroad. Like as the root has ever done, so the several branches of the house thought it their greatest honour to honour God
in their generations. As to their loyaltie, it was never stained."
(I) John Forbes, immigrant, whose name is often spelled Fobes and Vobes, a native of Scotland, was according to tradition a son of Rev. John Forbes, who was moderator in 1605 at Aberdeen of the general assembly of the Church of Scotland. He came to Ply- mouth, Massachusetts, in 1636, and early in the same year was a resident of Duxbury, and had land at Powder Point in 1637. He was one of the original proprietors of Bridgewater where he settled, and there he died in 1661. He was a member of the Duxbury Military Company under Captain Myles Standish, 1643. He made a nuncupative will before William .Brett and Arthur Harris. He mar- ried Constant, sister of Experience Mitchell, who survived him, and married (second), 1662, John Briggs, of Providence, Rhode Island. The children of John and Constant were: John, Edward, Mary, Caleb, William, Joshua and Elizabeth.
(II) Deacon Edward, second son of John and Constant (Mitchell) Forbes, was born in Bridgewater, 1651, where he died about 1732. He was a leader among the people of the town, a deacon in the church, a magistrate, representative to the general court in 1702-08- II-15-22, and owner of large landed interests. He married, probably in 1676, Elizabeth, daughter of Lieutenant John and Martha (Hayward) Howard, of Bridgewater. Lieu- tenant Howard was a prominent colonist, commander of military forces, and many years deputy to the general court. The children of Edward and Elizabeth were: Elizabeth, John, Mary, Bethiah, Hannah, Ephraim, Joshua, Benjamin and William.
(III) Joshua, third son of Deacon Edward and Elizabeth (Howard) Fobes, was born in Bridgewater, in 1689, and died in 1767. He was a lifelong and respected resident of Bridgewater. He served in Captain Jonathan Howard's military company. He married, 1711, Abigail Dunbar, daughter of Peter Dun- bar, and they had Bethiah, Hannah, Joshua, Mary, Leah, Betty and Abigail. It may be that Joshua married (second), 1754, Mercy Churchill.
(IV) Joshua (2), third son of Joshua (1) and Abigail (Dunbar) Fobes, was born in 1715. He married, March 29, 1740, Esther Porter, born June 20, 1716, at Abington, Mas- sachusetts, daughter of Nicholas and Bath- sheba (Reed) Porter, the latter a daughter of William and Esther (Thompson) Reed, granddaughter of Lieutenant John and Mary
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(Cooke) Thompson, and great-granddaughter of Francis Cooke of the "Mayflower," 1620. The children of Joshua and Esther ( Porter) Fobes were: Azariah, Daniel, Ruth, Joshua, Caleb, Robert and Solomon.
(V) Deacon Daniel, second son of Joshua (2) and Esther (Porter ) Fobes, was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, February 12, 1742, and died in Paris, Maine, in 1814. He moved to Maine with his family, most of whom were grown up, in company with the family of Lazarus Hathaway, and reached Paris, where he settled November 2, 1802. He bought a large farm adjoining Elder Hoop- er's. In 1806 he was elected a deacon 'of the First Baptist Church. "He died leaving a good name and the example of a good and faithful life." He married, 1769, Hannah Standish, who was born at Captain's Hill, Dux- bury, Massachusetts, April 27, 1746, and died in Paris, Maine. January 10, 1839, daughter of Myles and Mehitable (Robbins) Standish, granddaughter of Myles and Experience (Sherman) Standish, great-granddaughter of Alexander and Sarah (Alden) Standish, and great-great-granddaughter of the famous Cap- tain Myles Standish and of Deputy-Governor John Alden, both of "Mayflower" fame. The children of Deacon Daniel and Hannah were: Azariah, Daniel, Sarah, Amasa, Seth, Hannah, Luin, Beza, Mehitable and Billings.
(VI) Amasa, third son of Deacon Daniel and Hannah (Standish) Fobes, was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, September 21, 1777, and died in Portland, Maine, February 17, 1858. He came with his father's family to Paris, Maine, in 1802, bringing with him his bride of a year, and took an active and leading part in the town's affairs. With his father he moved all their goods in an ox team from Bridgewater to Paris. He was a blacksmith and had a shop at Paris Cape, now South Paris, where he continued until he moved to Allen's Corner, where he continued the same business and where he made a specialty of shoeing oxen. His substantial mansion at Allen's Corner. Deering district, is still stand- ing. He was a man of superior mentality, very active physically and an ardent politician. Many incidents are recalled of his activity and energy; and his advanced thought along religious lines is particularly well remembered. He married, in 1801, Anne Eames, born in Framingham, Massachusetts, in 1772, and died in Portland, September 5, 1862, daughter of Nathaniel and Katherine (Rice) Eames, of Framingham, and granddaughter of Nathan- iel Eames Sr., and of Jonathan Rice, both of
whom served in the revolutionary war. For years after the death of her husband she was a beloved member of the family of her son Charles. The children of Amasa and Anne, all born in Paris were: I. Charles, mentioned below. 2. Horace, born February 18, 1804, was a master painter for the old Portland, Saco & Portsmouth railroad at Portland, when his health failed him and he moved to Boston about 1855. 3. Nancy, August 10, 1806, married Josiah Field, of Portland. 4. Albert Gallatin, January 16, 1809, was cashier of the Westbrook Bank and later private sec- retary to Hon. Asa W. H. Clapp, who repre- sented the Portland district in congress. He died in early manhood.
(VII) Charles, eldest child of Amasa and Anne (Eames) Fobes, was born in Paris, No- vember 26, 1802, and died in Portland, July 4, 1889. He went to 'Allen's Corner, Westbrook, with his parents at ten years of age, and when seventeen years of age removed to Portland. In business, social and religious circles he became one of the best-known and most in- fluential citizens in the municipality. In early manhood he served his time as an apprentice to Marcus Quincy, who was engaged in the business of painter and dealer in paints, and soon became his employer's partner, and later sole proprietor of a flourishing business which he conducted with great success and profit till the holocaust of 1866, when his place of busi- ness was destroyed. Having acquired a hand- some competency he made no attempt to con- tinue in trade, but gave his attention to vari- ous other business projects. He was largely interested in the Portland Steam Packet Com- pany, and was at the time of his death .the last of the original proprietors. He was a di- rector of this company from 1834 to 1889; president from 1850 to 1868; and treasurer from 1868 to 1874. when he resigned. For more than twenty years he was a director of the Merchants' National Bank and vice-presi- dent of the Maine Savings Bank. He was a director of the Portland Railroad Company, a trustee and treasurer of Westbrook Seminary, and a trustee of the Mechanics' Associa- tion. He was also president of the Franklin Wharf Company for many years and a mem- ber of its board of directors at the time of his death, having resigned the presidency on ac- count of advancing years. Charles Fobes was thoroughly identified with Free Masonry and was alive to all that pertained to its welfare. For more than fifty years he was treasurer of Ancient Landmark Lodge; he was also treas- urer of Mt. Vernon Royal Arch Chapter, Port-
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land Council, Royal and Select Masters, Port- land Commandery, Knights Templar, the Grand Commandery and the Grand Council. He was a Universalist from childhood, and was a valued and prominent member of the Congress Square Church and did much for the society during his long and faithful con- nection with it. A beautiful window in the church, the gift of his sons to the memory of an honored father, speaks lovingly of him. Mr. Fobes' home was at No. 55 Chapel street, and is to-day a fine specimen of the dignified and substantial residences of over half a cen- tury ago, though the once attractive and well- kept grounds have been sacrificed to the de- mands of a growing commercial metropolis. Mr. Fobes was an old-school Democrat and was often urged to become a candidate for office, but he had no taste for political office- holding and refused absolutely. He was a most kindly gentleman, and possessing a hu- morous vein which made his society most charming. In his death Portland lost one of its most prominent and substantial citizens and an honest and chivalrous gentleman of the old school. Charles Fobes married (first), 1832, Louisa Keating, daughter of Walter and Sally Keating, of Portland, by whom he had one daughter, Louisa, who married Jacob Flagg. He married (second) December 25, 1838, Hannah Webster, who was born in 1810, and died March 28, 1880. She was the daugh- ter of Captain Benjamin and Lydia (Soule) Webster, of Yarmouth. Captain Benjamin Webster, the father of the late Captain Ben- jamin Webster, of Portland, was the son of John Webster, who was born in Cold Kirby, England, September 15, 1749, and came to this country early in life, marrying, in Yarmouth, Patience Winslow, daughter of Dr. Gilbert and Patience (Seabury) Winslow, and a di- rect descendant of Kenelen Winslow and of Richard Warren of the "Mayflower." Cap- tain Webster's wife, Lydia (Soule) Webster, was born in Yarmouth, Maine, September 24, 1783 ; married, April 9, 1803, and died April 26, 1811. She was the daughter of Samuel and Eunice ( Davis) Soule, and granddaughter of Barnabas and Jane ( Bradbury) Soule. The children of Charles and Hannah who grew to maturity are : Charles Scott, George Clinton, Leander Webster and Lamartine Julian.
The Bradbury ancestry appears on another page. (IX) William, youngest child of Cap- tain Thomas and Mary (Perkins) Bradbury, was born in Salisbury, Massachusetts, July 15, 1649, and died December 4, 1678. He mar- ried, March 12, 1671, Mrs. Rebecca (Wheel-
wright) Maverick, widow of Samuel Maver- ick, daughter of the famous founder of Ex- eter, the Rev. John Wheelwright, A. M., and Mary Hutchinson Wheelwright, who was the daughter of Edward Hutchinson and grand- daughter of Hon. John Hutchinson, mayor of Lincoln, England. (X) Jacob, son of Will- iam and Rebecca (Wheelwright) (Maverick) Bradbury, was born at Salisbury, Massachu- setts, September 1, 1677, and died May 4, 1718. He married, July 26, 1698, Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. John Stockman and Sarah his wife, daughter of the Worshipful Major Robert Pike. (XI) Jane, the young- est child of Jacob and Elizabeth (Stockman) Bradbury, was born in 1718, after the death of her father, and married, 1737, Barnabas Soule, of North Yarmouth, Maine, born 1705, and died 1780. (See Fobes VII.)
(VIII) Leander Webster, third son of Charles and Hannah (Webster) Fobes, was born in Portland, August 16, 1843, and edu- cated in the common schools and at West- brook Seminary. In 1863 he went to Shang- hai, China, where for three years he was a "Compradore," or commission merchant, where he dealt in exports from the United States. In 1866 he returned to Portland and soon after became a partner in the firm of Burgess, Fobes & Company, with which he has ever since been identified. As a mer- chant he has been very successful, and on ac- count of this success he has been offered very advantageous connections with leading enter- prises in Portland, some of which he has ac- cepted. He is president of the National Traders' Bank, vice-president of the Maine Savings Bank, a director of the Fidelity Trust Company, and president of the Consolidated Electric Light Company. In all of these his keen foresightedness and excellent business ability have helped in a marked degree to in- sure success and large profits. Mr. Fobes is a man of high character and his name is never connected with anything but square dealing. He is charitable, but his giving is never os- tentatious, and he assures himself of the worthiness of the object before making dona- tions. In politics he is a Democrat and in- fluential in the councils of the party. At the age of twenty-one years he was made a Mason in Ancient Landmark Lodge, of Shanghai, China, Free and Accepted Masons, and has since become a member of Mt. Vernon Royal Arch Chapter. No. 4: Council, No. I, Royal and Select Masters : Portland Commandery, No. 2, Knights Templar: and Maine Consis- tory, Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret, and
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of the Supreme Council of the United States, thirty-third degree.
Leander W. Fobes married, in Freeport, October 23, 1867, E. Adelaide Melcher, who was born in Freeport, March 21, 1846, second daughter of Edward Harding Melcher, a much respected and well-known ship builder of Freeport, and granddaughter of the Hon. Rufus Soule, of Freeport, one of the most eminent shipping merchants and ship builders of Maine in his day, who built during his career eighty-five vessels. He was a gentle- man of wealth, and influence, often a repre- sentative in the Maine legislature, and a state senator in 1837-38. The Melcher family in Maine were early residents of Brunswick, and for generations were ship builders. The fam- ily name, the true spelling of which is claimed to be Melchoir, meaning "the kingly one," or "royal one," is of remote Hebrew origin and indicates a long ancestral line. Through her mother, Harriet Ellen (Soule ) Melcher, daughter of Hon. Rufus Soule, Mrs. Fobes is descended from George Soule of the "May- flower" (see Soule), General Constant South- worth, Deputy-Governor John Alden, Hon. William Collier of Plymouth, the Rev. Robert Jordan of Maine (see Jordan), and other dis- tinguished colonial worthies. The children of Leander W. and E. Adelaide (Melcher) Fobes are Leon M. and H. Marion. Leon M., born March 29, 1869, graduated from Bowdoin in the class of 1892, and is now connected with the firm of Burgess, Fobes & Company. He married, August 15, 1894, Anne Prince, daughter of the late Henry H. Burgess, of Portland. They have had two children : Theo- dore Burgess, and Richard Standish, deceased.
This family is of Scotch- GETCHELL Irish descent. Two brothers, John and Dennis Getchell, came from England to Cape Cod, Massachu- setts, and subsequently settled at Vassalbor- ough, Maine. One of these brothers is the ancestor of the family here described. His descendants have been progressive and enter- prising citizens. The name is sometimes spelled "Gatchell."
(I) George Getchell, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, married Mercy, daughter of Joseph and Phebe (Taber) Howland. (See Howland, VI.)
(II) Henry Franklin, son of George and Mercy (Howland) Getchell, was born in April, 1813, at Vassalborough, Maine. He married Fannie A. Burr, of Mercer, Maine, who was born in 1817. In 1858 he moved
west with his family, going first to Missouri.
(III) Edwin Franklin, son of Henry Franklin and Fannie A. (Burr) Getchell, was born February 14, 1850, at North Anson, Somerset county, Maine. He came with his parents to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1858, and later they settled at Des Moines, Iowa. He was educated at Iowa College, Grinnell, Iowa. In 1872 he moved to Chicago, and he spent the year of 1873 in a tour of observation and pleasure through Europe. In 1874 he became a member of the firm of H. F. Getchell and Sons, lumber dealers, with headquarters in Chicago. This firm conducted an extensive system of lumber yards in Iowa, chiefly along the line of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pa- cific railway. In 1877 the entire management of the Chicago branch was placed upon his shoulders by the death of his father. In 1880 he organized the firm of Getchell, Armour & Company, wholesale lumber dealers, the firm comprising himself, his brother Charles H. Getchell, of Des Moines, Iowa, and the late William Armour, of Chicago. In addition to their Chicago yard, they established a branch yard at Fargo, Dakota, during the booming period of the great New Northwest. Upon the expiration of the co-partnership of Getch- ell, Armour & Company, May 1, 1883, Mr. Getchell embarked in the real estate business, and has since been very successful in that line. He has negotiated many transactions which have been historic because of their mag- nitude, and his clients include the most prom- inent capitalists of his city. Mr. Getchell has filled many offices and served on many com- mittees of the Chicago real estate board, and is now its president. He is ex-president of the Sons and Daughters of Maine, and presi- dent of the New England Society of Chicago, of which he is a charter member. He served three years on the political action committee of the Union League Club. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, and during the pastorate of John Henry Bur- rows served as elder of the church. Mr. Getchell is a member of the Real Estate Com- mission of The Sanitary District of Chicago. He was one of the promoters of the merger of the Abstract Companies in Chicago, is also one of the promoters of the Chicago Subway, Arcade & Traction Company, which company now has an ordinance before the city council to construct a system of underground railways for the city, and is one of the chief promoters for the building of a railroad in Alberta, Can- ada, from the interboundary line of Montana, through Medicine Hat and Edmonton, into
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the Peace River valley; a charter for this road has already been secured, and plans for financing and constructing same are in pro- cess of negotiation. At the time Mr. L. Z. Leiter negotiated loans on his Chicago real estate for the settlement of his son Joseph's losses in the famous wheat corner, Mr. Getch- ell and Colonel Luther H. Pierce, of Chicago, were employed by him as his exclusive bro- kers in the matter ; they appraised the various real estate holdings of Mr. Leiter in the busi- ness center, and negotiated the sale of the fee to Marshall Field, of the southeast corner of State and Madison streets, which was one of the largest transactions ever made in Chicago by an individual owner to an individual buyer of one piece of property, the consideration being $2,135,000. Mr. Getchell married Metta May Barney, of Toledo, Ohio, September 8, 1880, which union has been blessed with the birth of three children, two daughters and one son, the latter being deceased at the age of four years. The surviving children are Lucille Getchell Green, born January 18, 1883, Metta Mona Getchell, born June 7, 1896.
HOWLAND
Among the early members of Plymouth Colony were John, Arthur and Henry
Howland, and it is supposed they were brothers. John came in the "Mayflower," and the others appeared in the colony soon after, although it has not been ascertained from what place. The name Howland is a very old one in England.
(I) Arthur Howland, progenitor of the family here described, lived a few years in the Plymouth Colony, then became a settler and landholder at Marshfield, Massachusetts. In 1647 he purchased three hundred acres of the land formerly belonging to John Alden and Myles Standish, for which he paid twenty-one pounds sterling, thirteen pounds in money and the remainder in "Corne and Cattle," the or- dinary pay of the colony at that time. This land lay on the north side of South river, bounded on the east by Beaver pond, and on the west by a brook. Arthur lived and died on his Marshfield estate, and five generations after him lived and were buried there. He was greatly respected and loved for his good qualities and sterling worth. His house was the headquarters of the persecuted Friends, of which society he was an earnest member. He married Margaret Reed, a widow, and their children were: Arthur, Deborah, Mary, Martha and Elizabeth.
(II) Arthur (2), eldest son of Arthur (1)
and Margaret (Reed) Howland, was born at Marshfield, September 12, 1667. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Governor Thomas and Mary Prence. Their children were: A daugh- ter born 1668, Ebenezer, Thomas, Arthur and Prince.
(III) Thomas, second son of Arthur (2) and Elizabeth (Prence) Howland, was born at Marshfield. The christian name of his first wife was Mary, and they had children as fol- lows: Mercy, Rebecca, Ebenezer, John, Re- becca, Thomas, William and Samuel. His second wife was Deborah -- , and they had children : Hannah and Prince.
(IV) William, fourth son of Thomas and Mary Howland, was born February 2, 1708. His wife's christian name was Mercy, and their children were: Rebecca and William.
(V) William (2), son of William (I) and Mercy Howland, was born February II, 1742. He married Dorothy Wing, and they had ten children : Thomas, Joseph, Mercy, Daniel, Elizabeth, Phebe, Ebenezer, Mary, Anna and Becca.
(VI) Joseph, second son of William (2) and Dorothy (Wing) Howland, was born September 5, 1765. It is related of him that when a young man he sold his silver knee- buckles and with the proceeds made his way to Kennebec county, Maine. He was one of the early settlers of the town of Vassalbor- ough, and it appears from the Pembroke fam- ily record that his sister Phebe, also another sister, went to live with or near him. He was an honored member of the Society of Friends. He married (first) Phebe Taber, by whom he had children as follows: Phebe, Rebecca and Mercy. The last-named married George Getchell. (See Getchell, I.) He married (second) Sarah Purrington, and they had four children : Mary, Ann, William and David.
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