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Children of Nathaniel and Lydia (Briggs) Young: I. Jabez, see forward. 2. Lydia Jane, born December 4, 1820 (?) ; married, at Dover, in 1843, Luther Turner, of Atkinson, Maine. They moved to Lake Zurich, Lake county, Illinois, immediately after their mar- riage. 3. Erastus Grosvenor, born in Norway, May 26, 1822; married and moved west in early life. 4. Charles Henry, born in Fox- croft, Maine; died at the age of two years. 5. Lucinda Hamstead, born in Dover, Maine, September, 1828; married, in Linneus, Lever- ett E. Estabrooke; their eldest child was the late Professor H. M. Estabrooke, of the Maine State College. 6. Evelyn, born in Dover, September, 1828; married, in Linneus, July 12, 1851, Isaac Strout Bither, he born in Bradley, Maine, in March, 1826, moved to Linneus in his boyhood. 7. Eliza Ann, born in Dover, December 19, 1831; married, in
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Linneus, John Taylor. 8. Mary Matilda, born in Dover, April 17, 1834; married, June 17, 1852, John D. B. Clark. 9. Flora Eliza- beth, born in Dover, July 2, 1836; married George A. Hunter, a leading farmer of Hodg- don. 10. Sarah Frances, born in Dover, Jan- uary, 1838; married Frank Lunt. II. Charles Henry (2d), born in Dover, March 14, 1840; lives in Linneus. 12. Rufus Briggs, born in Linneus, September 29, 1842; married Phebe Mitchell; has always lived in the town of his birth, as a thrifty farmer and trader.
(V) Jabez, eldest child of Nathaniel (4) Young, was born in Norway, Maine, Novem- ber II, 1818. He was a child when his pa- rents removed to Piscataquis county, where he lived until he came of age. He then went to Linneus, Aroostook county, where he was a leading farmer and town official many years. In 1867 he moved to Ludlow, and two years later to Houlton, where he resided until 1893, when he removed to Augusta, to pass his re- maining days with his son, Dr. Albion G. Young. He died in Augusta, March 20, 1896. He married, in 1841, Nancy Spiller Burleigh, born in Palermo, Maine, February 21, 1815, died at Houlton, in May, 1887, daughter of Hon. Moses Burleigh, of Linneus. Children : I. Albion Gustavus; see forward. 2. Lydia Jennie; see forward. 3. Clara Augusta, born at Linneus, January 3, 1853, died at Linneus, September, 1853.
(VI) Albion Gustavus Young, M. D., eld- est child of Jabez Young, was born in Lin- neus, April 7, 1843. After leaving the dis- trict school he was a student in Houlton Acad- emy. He taught in early life, and studied for his profession in the Maine Medical School, from which he received his medical degree in 1867, and took a post-graduate course at Har- vard Medical School in 1868. He began the practice of his profession at Houlton, in the spring of 1869; spent eight months of 1877- 78 in professional study in Germany ; and re- moved in 1879 to Fort Fairfield, where he was engaged in the practice of medicine until called to Augusta as secretary of the State Board of Health, in 1885, an office which he has held to the present, giving up the practice of medicine and devoting his whole time to the duties of the office. Dr. Young was one of the prime movers in establishing the Maine Sanatorium for consumptives at Hebron, Maine, and he is secretary of the board of trustees.
Dr. Young married, in June, 1871, Mrs. Helen (Mansur) Rogers, born in 1846, died October, 1875; child : Beatrice Emma, born
May 1I, 1872. Dr. Young married (second) July 2, 1877, Martha Bray; children: I. Burt Linwood, born January 21, 1879; re- moved to California in 1901; married, May, 1905, Geraldine Harcourt, daughter of Dr. Luke Arthur Harcourt and Elizabeth S. Woodcock ; children : Blanche Beatrice, born February 15, 1906; Vernon Harcourt, March 7, 1908. 2. Alta Gertrude, born September 6, 1880, died August 19, 1881. 3. Gladys, born November 1, 1882, died May 27, 1883.
(VI) Lydia Jennie, daughter of Jabez Young, was born at Linneus ; married Charles W. G. Withee, at Houlton, and removed to St. Paul, Minnesota, December 25, 1885. She was commissioned as notary public under the law passed by the legislature of Minnesota in 1887 commissioning women to act as notaries public, she being the second woman in the state to take out such commission. She has pursued her business as stenographer and no- tary public in St. Paul since early in 1886, and was the official reporter of the first reciprocity convention convened at Grand Forks, North Dakota, September 1, 1892; and also of the second one held at St. Paul, in June, 1893. She removed to Washington, D. C., December I, 1895.
(For preceding generations see Richard Wescott I.) (III) William (2), nephew
WESCOTT of William (I) Wescott, was born at York, Maine, March
IO, 1743. He married, December 29, 1765, Elizabeth Perkins, and settled in North Cas- tine, Maine.
(IV) William (3), son of William (2) Wescott, was born October 8, 1764, and mar- ried, April 7, 1785, Margaret Harney. He resided in Penobscot, Maine.
(V) Archibald, son of William (3) Wes- cott, was born February 16, 1792. He settled in Blue Hill, Maine, where he married (first) December 31, 1812, Nancy Lymburner, who died June 19, 1844 ; (second) August 11, 1844, Edith W. Hinkley, who died November 13, 1866. At the time of his second marriage he removed to North Blue Hill. He owned a country general store, and was interested in ship building. He was a progressive and shrewd business man, and acquired a comfort- able fortune. Children, all by first wife: I. Joseph, born July 23, 1813; mentioned below. 2. Lovicey, born February 13, 1815; died young. 3. Betsey, born March 4, 1817; mar- ried, March 3, 1836, John Treworgy; chil- dren: i. Child, died young; ii. Pearl Tre- worgy, died and was buried at sea at age of
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nineteen ; iii. Alma Elizabeth Treworgy, born December 7, 1845, married Francis Morgan Gray, of Sedgwick, Maine, and had Pearle Treworgy Gray, born March 13, 1882 (now living in Portland, unmarried), and died Au- gust 6, 1906; iv. Clara S. Treworgy, married Edwin M. Brown, of Bangor, and had a son, Joseph Edwin Brown. 4. Amos, born Sep- tember 15, 1819. 5. Dorshes, born April 15, 1822; died August 28, 1827. 6. Nancy, born May 15, 1826; married Captain Parris Peters, who was lost at sea, son of Joseph Peters ; died May 12, 1867; had son Joseph W. Peters, who died 1898. 7. Mary Jane, born May 5, 1829.
(VI) Captain Joseph, son of Archibald Wescott, was born July 23, 1813. He settled in Blue Hill, and engaged in shipping, being captain and owner of a vessel. He also con- ducted a general store and had a granite quarry, which, notwithstanding its remoteness and his lack of capital at the beginning, proved a good source of income. He married Caro- line Brown, of Washington, D. C. Children : I. George Peters, mentioned below. 2. Ellen, married Hinkley. 3. Harriet B., men- tioned below.
(VII) George Peters, son of Joseph Wes- cott, was born in Blue Hill, Maine, December 24, 1842, and was educated there in the dis- trict school. He became associated with his father in the granite business, and at the age of seventeen was intrusted with the building of a wharf at what was then called Fort Nor- folk, Virginia, and had the work completed in six months. During the year following he was at school part of the time, and employed the rest of the time in the granite business. In 1861 he determined to seek his fortune in the gold fields of California, and with several friends sailed in the spring of that year, ar-
riving in San Francisco in June. After working three months in various positions he was employed in the United States navy yard, in the office of Calvin Brown, civil engineer. In two years he had risen to the position of assistant engineer, but in 1863 he carried out his original intention, resigning his position at the navy yard, and began to prospect for gold and silver in partnership with John Hinckley. They worked in the silver lodes of Nevada, but after a year found themselves disap- pointed, not only by lack of success in find- ing ore, but by the general decline in the value of mining property, the rioting, excitement and risks of mining camps, and the petty thieving and depredations of Indians. Mr. Wescott returned to San Francisco and en-
gaged in business, and soon afterward won a keen political fight for the postmastership of Vallejo, a town just opposite the navy yard. But, like most of the pioneers from the east, the desire to return home became too strong to resist, and he gave up promising prospects to return to his native place. His plan on re- turning was to engage in business with a friend, J. R. Bodwell, as commission mer- chants. On their arrival at Norfolk, however, they had the good fortune to secure a large contract for granite to be delivered in New York City, and immediately left for home to fill the order from the Wescott quarry of his father. After the contract had been filled the commission merchant and ship brokerage business was established. The main office of the new firm was at 166 Commercial street, Portland, leased of Hersey, Fletcher & Com- pany. After the great fire of July 4, 1866, the firm resumed business as dealers in lime and cement and achieved great success.
In Portland, Mr. Wescott was distinguished in public life, and had a brilliant career in business. In 1868 he was elected alderman from ward Five, and re-elected the following year, when his popularity was shown by his receiving both Republican and Democratic nominations, and 670 votes out of 671. He was chairman of the board of aldermen during the administration of Judge Putnam as mayor. Mr. Wescott was afterward elected mayor of Portland, and was an able and exceedingly efficient chief executive, and his administra- tion tended to increase his popularity and to give him an even larger share of the esteem and confidence of his townsmen. But outside of his political life and private business he was distinguished by his achievements in financial affairs and enterprises. In 1869 he became treasurer of the Portland & Rochester Railroad Company, and a few years later was elected president. When the financial crash of 1877 drove so many concerns to the wall, this railroad was placed in the hands of Mr. Wescott as receiver, and out of failure he brought prosperity. He succeeded in making the railroad a valuable property, paying the investors eight per cent. in dividends at the time it was purchased by the Boston & Maine Railroad Company and merged with the Bos- ton & Maine system. His good work not only saved the investments of hundreds of stock- holders, but benefited the state greatly, and contributed largely to its development and welfare. He repeated this triumph of good financial management in charge of the con- struction and perfecting of the water works of
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the city of Portland. At the time he was placed in charge the credit of the company was not good, the Bramhall reservoir had burst, and the fortunes of many good citizens who had gone into the venture too deeply, in order to insure a water supply for the city, hung in the balance. His good management and foresight provided the city with an excel- lent water supply and placed the business on a sound financial basis. He earned once more the gratitude of many citizens. Throughout his life he seemed to have a genius for pre- serving enterprises threatened with failure and disaster. Many business failures were avoided by his co-operation and good judgment, and he never hesitated to try to bring success out of threatening disaster. He was gifted with keen insight and remarkable executive ability ; his influence was great; men followed his lead with the utmost confidence. He created new enterprises, and contributed constantly to the establishment of new industries in his native state. The extent of his work as a pro- moter of industry and business is unknown; the knowledge of all he did in this way died with him. His death was looked upon as a calamity to the city and state, and he was mourned as few men have been. He was a director of the Casco National Bank of Port- land, and a member of Saint Botolph Club, Boston. In politics he was a Republican; in religion a Congregationalist. He died Octo- ber 23, 1904. He married, October 18, 1869, Sarah A. West. To her kindly influence and love, her advice and sympathy, he owed much of his success and most of the happiness of his busy life.
(VII) Harriet B. Wescott, sister of Hon. George Peters Wescott, married Henry G. Beyer, of Washington, D. C., and died at Portland, Maine, January 4, 1891. Children : I. George Wescott Beyer, born August 3, 1881, in Portland; was educated at St. Johns College, Annapolis, Maryland, the Worcester (Massachusetts) Academy, and Harvard Col- lege, where he was a student one year; in 1900 he entered the business established by his uncle at Portland, now known as West, Beyer & Beyer Company; he married Alice Gold- smith, of Detroit, Michigan ; child: Elizabeth Beyer, born January 30, 1907. 2. Henry G. Beyer Jr., born May 24, 1885, at Washing- ton ; educated at Milton Academy and Har- vard College; entered partnership in the firm of West, Beyer & Beyer Company; married Helen, daughter of Henry St. John Smith, an attorney of Portland, who died in 1896, of an old Cape Elizabeth family ; child: Henry
G. Beyer 3d, born May 3, 1908. Mr. Beyer is a member of the Signet and of the Hasty Pudding Clubs of Harvard, and the Cumber- land Club of Portland.
The Oakes family of Maine OAKES traces its. origin to the two broth- ers. Edward and Thomas, who became residents of Cambridge, Massachu- setts, in 1640. They were manifestly of a good Puritan family, and were made freemen of the colony soon after their arrival. It may be inferred from the occurrence of this sur- name with similar forenames, notably the un- usual one of Urian, in the registers of St. Antholin's parish. London, that they were from that city. The elder brother, moreover, acted in 1646 as attorney for Mrs. Elizabeth Poole, of Westminster, England. He became one of the prominent citizens of Cambridge, serving as selectman twenty-nine years, and as representative to the general court seventeen years. His son Urian was a distinguished clergyman, and fourth president of Harvard College, and his son Thomas an eminent physician "who, on first visiting a patient, per- suades him to put his trust in God, the foun- tain of health," and also prominent in political affairs, serving as speaker of the house of rep- resentatives in 1689.
(I) Thomas Oakes, the emigrant, was a farmer, and lived on the westerly side of Gar- den street, near Concord avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts. His name occurs frequently in the early records, and is occasionally spelled Okes. In 1648 he was granted a farm at "Shawshine," which appears to have included one hundred fifty acres; a wood lot of two acres. near Spy Pond was also assigned to him. He was "appointed to looke unto the fences about west feilde" in 1650, and in 1653 "to take notice of the breaches of the Towne order concerning destruction of timber on the Common and to present the names of such persons." He died prematurely in 1658, his children, besides two that died in infancy, be- ing Elizabeth, Hannah and Thomas. His widow Elizabeth married Samuel Hayward and removed with the children to Malden, Massachusetts, where she died about 1686.
(II) Thomas (2), posthumous son of Thomas (I) and Elizabeth Oakes, was born March 18, 1658-59; married, May 22, 1689, Sarah, daughter of Peter and Mary ( Pierce) Tufts, who survived him, dying in July, 1749 They lived in Malden, Massachusetts, where he was a freeholder and proprietor and was repeatedly chosen to serve upon town com-
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mittees. He died September 11, 1732. Chil- dren : Thomas, Edward, Sarah, Lydia, Urian, Mary, Hannah, Elizabeth, Jonathan and Abigail.
(III) Edward, son of Thomas (2) and Sa- rah (Tufts) Oakes, was born in 1692. He lived in Medford, where were born to him and his wife Joanna, children: Joanna, Ed- ward, John, Nathan, Samuel, Lydia, Mary, Simeon, Ruth, and Mary.
(IV) Nathan, son of Edward and Joanna Oakes, was born April 14, 1728, at Medford, Massachusetts. He moved to North Yar- mouth, Maine, about 1750, and married, Oc- tober 7, 1751, Amy, widow of Samuel Buck- nam, and daughter of Aaron and Elizabeth (Richardson) Wyman, who died July II, 1775. He married (second) Abigail, widow of John Mason, and daughter of John and Abigail Seabury, who died May 8, 1781. Mr. Oakes was a housewright, joined the First Church in 1776, and died May 7, 1781. His children by his first wife were Edward, Eliza- beth, Sarah, John, Lucretia, Mary, and Sam- uel.
(V) John, son of Nathan and Amy (Wy- man) Oakes, was baptized at North Yar- mouth, October 28, 1759. He was one of the early settlers in Temple, Maine, where he was prominent in the church, serving for many years as deacon. He reared a patri- archal family, having eight children by his first wife and sixteen by his second.
(VI) Silvester, twenty-second child of John Oakes, was born in Temple, Maine, Jan- uary 31, 1820. He attended the public schools of his native place, and studied his profession in the medical schools of Harvard, Bowdoin and Dartmouth Colleges, graduating from the latter in 1844. He also received the honor- ary degree of M. D. from the University of Vermont in 1856. He opened an office in Au- burn, and established an excellent practice in that town and vicinity. He took high rank in his profession. For several years he was a trustee of the Maine Insane Hospital, and was a charter member of the Maine Medical So- ciety. He was active in public life, a useful public-spirited citizen. He was a member of the board of aldermen in 1871 and representa- tive to the state legislature in 1855 and 1885. In 1873 he refused to accept the nomination of his party for mayor of the city of Auburn. He was a Republican of wide influence and strict loyalty from the earliest days of the party until his death. He was appointed post- master at Auburn by President Lincoln and continued until President Johnson came into
power. He was a faithful member and lib- eral supporter of the Congregational church of Auburn. He died March 30, 1887, one of the best beloved physicians and most highly esteemed citizens in the county. Dr. Oakes married Hannah Eliza, daughter of Dr. Will- iam Kilbourne, who survives. Children, born at Auburn: 1. Wallace Kilbourne, born No- vember 6, 1850; graduate of Bowdoin in 1870, of Columbia Medical School 1873, pres- ident of Maine Medical Society 1897, and a leading physician and surgeon in the state. 2. Henry Walter, mentioned below. 3. Eliza Belle.
(VII) Henry Walter, son of Dr. Silvester Oakes, was born in Auburn, April 26, 1857. He was prepared for college in the public schools of his native city, and graduated at Bates in 1877. He studied law in the office of Hon. William P. Frye, was admitted to the bar in 1880, and immediately began to prac- tice in Auburn, where he has continued with much success to the present time. He is now senior partner of the law firm of Oakes, Pul- sifer & Ludden. Mr. Oakes has been active in public life. He is a Republican in politics. He has repeatedly served in the common council, represented the city in the legislatures of 1903 and 1905, and since 1907 has been a member of the State Enforcements Commis- sion. He is one of the trustees of the Public Library and at present clerk of the board; a trustee of Bates College, of the Lewiston Trust and Safe Deposit Company, a past su- preme warden of the N. E. Order of Pro- tection, a Mason of the thirty-second degree and an active member of the Congregational Church. He married, June 24, 1885, Thalia R. Toothaker, of Phillips, Maine, daughter of Raymond and Eliza (Church) Toothaker. Children, born at Auburn: I. Raymond Sil- vester, a student in Bates College, class of 1909. 2. Wallace T.
FOSS The name of Foss appears to have been of Dutch or German origin and was originally Vos, a word signifying fox. It is probable that the first that took the name was so nicknamed because of his shrewdness or cunning, or because he used the fox as a sign at his place of busi- ness. The name has been given also as Foot, Foste and Faust. The name was early im- planted in New England and is still most nu- merously represented, especially in New Hampshire and Maine. John Foss, the an- cestor of those bearing the name, is said by tradition to have arrived at Boston on a Brit-
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ish war vessel on which he was employed as a calker. While the vessel was lying in Boston harbor, he jumped overboard and swam ashore. He soon settled in Dover, New Hampshire, where he first appears of record May 14, 1661, when he witnessed a deed. He married (first) Mary Chadburn; (second) Elizabeth, presumably the widow of John Locke and daughter of William and Jane Berry; she was appointed administratrix of his estate January 8, 1699. He received a deed of land in Rye in 1668. His children were: John, Humphrey, William, Hannah, Joshua, Hinckson, Mary, Benjamin, Thomas, Jemima, Elizabeth and Samuel. It has not been possible to trace the immediate anteced- ents of this branch, though it is probably an offshoot from the stock of John Foss, above named.
(I) Jeremiah Foss was born at Saco, Maine, May 4, 1785, died at Wayne, that state, July 13, 1863. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and settled at Wayne, where he spent most of his natural life. He married Mary Harmon, September 10, 1806; she was born at Saco, March 4, 1787, and died September 6, 1876. Children: I. Walter, born August 24, 1807, was a member of the Maine Rifle Company in 1828. 2. Lucy, March 6, 1809, married William Thornton. 3. Sally, August 21, 1810, married Josiah Norris (2). 4. Jere- miah (2), whose sketch follows. 5. Mary, January 4, 1815, died April 20, 1816. 6. Mary, June 24, 1817, married Oliver Norris. 7. Horatio Gates, December 28, 1818. 8. Oren, October 6, 1821, died October II, 1841. 9. Charles H., December 28, 1827.
(II) Jeremiah (2), second son of Jere- miah (I) and Mary (Harmon) Foss, was born at Wayne, Maine, March 5, 1813, and died there September 12, 1879. He was a business man of ability, honorable and up- right in all dealings, and an indulgent husband and father. Jeremiah Foss married Elizabeth N. Hankerson, born March 24, 1814, daughter of William and Thankful (White) Hanker- son, of Readfield, Maine. Their children: I. Lory Augustus, born November 15, 1834, died June 22, 1892. 2. Lucretia Ann, March 29, 1836, died April 29, 1888. 3. John Fairfield, March 6, 1838. 4. Euphratia Sutherland, March 3, 1840. 5. An infant daughter, July 9, 1842, died November 15, 1842. 6. Glor- ina Smith, September 20, 1843, died July 10, 1879. 7. Horatio Gates, whose sketch fol- lows. 8. Lizzie, March 25, 1848, died October 17, 1848. 9. Mary Elizabeth, August 22, 1849, died October 22, 1851. 10. Oscarnella,
May 26, 1852, died February 26, 1855. II. Ella Maria, April 10, 1856. 12. Celia Han- kerson, June 26, 1859, died May 7, 1863.
(III) Horatio Gates, son of Jeremiah (2) and Elizabeth N. (Hankerson) Foss, was born at Wayne, Maine, February 22, 1846. He was educated in the common and high schools of Wayne, Maine. In May, 1875, he entered the employ of Dingley, Strout & Company, Mr. Foss being the silent partner of this well-known shoe company until 1886, when the firm became Dingley, Foss & Com- pany upon the retirement of Mr. Strout. In 1888 the firm name was changed and in 1891 incorporated under the style of the Dingley- Foss Shoe Company. The company employ five hundred fifty people in the several depart- ments and manufactures men's, boys' and youths' leather and women's, misses' and chil- dren's canvass shoes. Mr. Foss is a director of the First National Bank of Auburn, Maine. He is a member of Asylum Lodge, A. F. and A. M., of Wayne; Bradford Chapter, R. A. M., of Auburn; Lewiston Commandery ; Maine Consistory; Kora Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S .; Lewiston Lodge, No. 371, B. P. O. E. He is a Democrat in politics, but not a politician, and a Unitarian in religious be- lief.
FOSS Benjamin Foss was probably a grandson of John Foss, the emi- grant, mentioned in the preceding
narrative. He was in Scarborough in 1700 upon the resettlement of the town after its evacuation in 1676 on account of the Indian delegations. His wife's name was Silence. They had Samuel, William, Susanna, Benja- min, Mary, John, Hannah, Peletiah and Thomas. His wife died in 1757. He removed to Machias in 1765 to help set up civilization in that sea-blown town.
(II) Thomas, son of Benjamin and Silence Foss, was born in Scarborough, Maine. The name of his wife was Sarah and they had Thomas, Sarah, Joseph, Hiram and Daniel.
(III) Hiram, third son of Thomas and Sarah Foss, lived in Wales, Maine, and was a farmer. He married Mary Jane Owen and the issue of this marriage was George W., Thomas J., Benjamin B., James Owen, Ansel, Julia, Anna.
(IV) James Owen, fourth son of Hiram and Mary J. (Owen) Foss, was born in Wales, Maine, June 30, 1827, died February 17, 1895. After receiving a common school education, he came to Auburn and settled in what is now known as Fossville. Mr. Foss
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