Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume IV, Part 112

Author: Little, George Thomas, 1857-1915, ed; Burrage, Henry Sweetser, 1837-1926; Stubbs, Albert Roscoe
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 896

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Ogier, of Camden, Maine, and they made their home in St. George, where their sons Dudley Stone and Frederick William were born, the latter November 27, 1853.

(VII) Dudley Stone, son of Richard and Mary Ann (Ogier) Martin, was born in St. George, Maine, about 1851. He married Helen Louise Thorndike, 1880, and they removed to Camden, Maine, where their children, George Dudley (q. v.) and Frederick William, were born in 1881 and 1883 respectively.

(VIII) George Dudley, eldest son of Dudley Stone and Helen Louise (Thorndike) Martin, was born in Camden, Maine, September I, 1881. He was graduated at the Camden high school in 1900, and at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, A. B., 1904, and during his college course was a member and served as treasurer and president of the Beta Sigma Chapter, Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He re- moved to New York City in 1904 to take up the brokerage business in the office of W. B. Franklin & Company, III Broadway, and in 1905 went with A. H. Bickmore & Company, bankers, 30 Pine street. He also became treasurer of the National Light, Heat & Power Company, with offices at No. 30 Pine street. He was made a director and assistant treasurer of the Bennington Electric Com- pany, Bennington, Vermont; of the City Gas & Electric Company of Paris, Illinois; of the Marshall Light, Heat & Power Company, Marshall, Missouri; of the Hoosick Falls Il- luminating Company, Hoosick Falls, New York; treasurer and director of the Twin State Gas & Electric Company; treasurer of the Pana Gas & Electric Company, Pana, Illi- nois; treasurer of the Lexington Gas & Elec- tric Company, Lexington, Missouri; and di- rector of the Taylorville Gas & Electric Com- pany, Taylorville, Illinois. His club affilia- tions include the Beta Theta Pi Club of New York, the Maine Club of New York and the St. Nicholas Club and Golf Club of Glen Ridge. He married, June 19, 1907, Mary Grinnell, of Camden, Maine.

Huse Dow was a Methodist cler- DOW gyman. He died at Jay Bridge, Franklin county, Maine. The chil- dren of Rev. Huse Dow were: I. Lorenzo, born in Jay, Franklin county, Maine; was one of the first settlers of Kansas territory and a leader among the Free-State settlers. He in- vented the Dow gun cartridge used in the federal army in the civil war; was made mayor of Topeka, Kansas; a lawyer; one of the first members of the supreme court of the

state of Kansas. 2. William Mitchell (q. v.). 3. Simon, a captain in the federal army in the civil war, and in 1908 was a citizen of Kan- sas. 4. Edwin C., settled in Connecticut, from which state he entered the service of the fed- eral government in the civil war as captain of a company of infantry, settled after the war in New Haven, Connecticut, was a lawyer and for many years a judge of the city court of New Haven.

(II) William Mitchell, son of Rev. Huse Dow, was born in the town of Jay, Franklin county, Maine, July 1, 1827, died in 1902. He received a good education and became a far- mer. He served as deputy sheriff of Frank- lin county, and during the civil war was United States deputy collector at the custom house in Portland, Maine, when General An- derson was collector. He married, January 8, 1854, Mehitable Thayer, born in Gray, June 21, 1827, daughter of James and Betsey H. (Thayer) Libby, of Gray, Maine, and a de- scendant of Daniel Libby, born in Berwick, Maine, February 21, 1715, the first settler at Gray, Maine. It is of considerable historic in- terest that in 1908 she was still living in her eighty-first year in the Muchmore house at Gray, which was built with prize money gained in the war of the American revolution ; the builder and first owner of so substantial a house being John Muchmore, great-uncle of William Mitchell Dow, a ship carpenter living in Scarborough, Maine, who helped to capture a British ship off Scarborough and took her into Falmouth harbor as a prize, and in 1787 he built the house. Mrs. Dow has a diary kept by this same great-uncle of her husband wherein it is recorded that he hired John Paul Jones, a ship's carpenter (and who afterwards became the first American ad- miral) to do three day's work for him as ship's carpenter.

(III) Lorenzo Everett, son of William Mitchell and Mehitable Thayer (Libby) Dow, was born in Gray, Cumberland county, Maine, December 1I, 1858. He was a pupil in the public school of his native town and Graham Normal school, where he was graduated with a first grade certificate in 1881. He went to Montclair, New Jersey, where he became part owner and one of the instructors in the Montclair School for Boys, a private institu- tion, and later was a teacher in the Brooklyn high school for boys, Brooklyn, New York, and while in that city took a post graduate course in pedagogics in the University of New York. He removed to Homer, Michigan, where he taught school and was superintend-

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daughter of Stephen and Mary (Low) Libby (see Libby VII). Mrs. McAllister resides at 737 Congress street, Portland.

(II) Henry Franklin, second son of Ste- phen and Mary Jane ( Moulton) McAllister, born Portland, Maine, October 26, 1835, died Portland, May 4, 1905. He was educated in the public schools of Portland, and when a youth entered the employ of Darius White, manufacturer of brushes, in whose service he was engaged until 1861. He was industrious, careful and economical, and by good manage- ment had saved enough capital to form a part- nership with John F. Randall, under the firm name of Randall & McAllister. They pur- chase :! the Sawyer & Whitney wharf property and engaged in the coal business, then in its infancy in Portland. The partners had all the qualifications necessary to carrying on a good business and make money, and that they did. They not only made money and saved it, but they put it into their business to make more money, and in time built up a large and lucra- tive trade. In 1883, after devoting twenty- two years to this industry, Mr. McAllister, realizing that he had amassed sufficient prop- erty, disposed of his commercial interests and devoted the remainder of his life to the care of his investments and the enjoyment of his leisure. He was a thoroughly reliable man who never made a promise he did not intend to keep, and prided himself upon his business integrity. Socially he was an agreeable com- panion, and had many friends. He was an Odd Fellow, and high in the councils of that order. In politics he was a staunch and active Democrat. Though not a professional Chris- tian, he attended the Baptist church. Mr. McAllister married, in 1867, Margaret Bart- lett Twitchell, born in Somersworth, New Hampshire, widow of William F. Twitchell, and daughter of Charles E. Bartlett, of Som- ersworth.

(IT) William H., fifth child and third son of Stephen and Mary Jane ( Moulton) McAllis- ter, was born in Portland. He was educated in the public schools. He entered upon busi- ness as a manufacturer of brushes in Port- land, and later followed the same occupation in Boston, Massachusetts, where he has lived retired for some years. He is a leading Ma- son, affiliated with the various Masonic bodies in Somerville. He married Sarah J. Robin- son. Their only child, Florence L., graduated from the Somerville Latin School and Tuft's College, and is now a teacher of languages in Ludlow, Vermont.

(II) Ella F., youngest child of Stephen and

Mary Jane (Moulton) McAllister, began her education in the public schools of Portland, Maine, and graduated from the Portland high school in 1869. She became a teacher in the schools of Portland, and later was principal of the Monument street school for some five years. While serving in the capacity of teacher she became greatly interested in for- eign missionary work, and became a member of the American Baptist Missionary Society. In 1877 she went to Burmah, India, as a mis- sionary, and for more than twenty-seven years served as a missionary and teacher in that country, learned the language and became ac- quainted with the people; she was thoroughly familiar with them in every way, in their homes, social life, habits and customs, and made many faithful friends among them. Miss McAllister, who is highly respected and be- loved for her admirable traits of character, is now living at the home of her sister, Mrs. Haggett, at No. 1319 Washington avenue, Portland.

FISH The family of Fish, in proportion to its size, boasts an unusually large number of distinguished represen- tatives, especially in the legal profession. Among those now living (1908) are Daniel Fish, of Minneapolis, and Frederick P. Fish, of Boston, both lawyers of note; Williston Fish, lawyer and author, of Chicago; and Judge William Hansell Fish, of Atlanta, chief justice of Georgia. Stuyvesant Fish, of New York, son of Governor Hamilton Fish, is emi- nent in banking and railroad circles. The name is one of the most ancient in the coun- try, and is found among the early settlers of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecti- cut. John Fish, of Lynn, Massachusetts, re- moved to Sandwich in 1637, where his brother Jonathan also lived. The latter moved to Newtown, Long Island, in 1659, and be- came the ancestor of Governor Hamilton Fish. Nathaniel Fish also lived at Sandwich, Massachusetts, in 1643. Portsmouth, Rhode Island, is another early home of the family, for Thomas and John Fish were living there in 1655; and Robert Fish, of Portsmouth, married Mary Hall, in 1686. Gabriel Fish was living in Boston before 1638, and William Fish lived at Windsor, Connecticut, from 1647 to 1675.

The family is associated with many towns in Maine. Captain William Fish, who mar- ried Mary Sprague, moved from Duxbury, Massachusetts, to Waldoboro, Maine, in 1780. They had several children, whose descendants

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are living in that neighborhood. Deacon Abel Fish, eldest son, born in 1772, married three times and had ten children. Another town where the name of Fish is numerous at the present time is Industry ; but none of the name settled there earlier than the beginning of the eighteenth century. The town of Winthrop is associated with the tragic death of Major Thomas Fish, which occurred during a blind- ing snow-storm in January, 1782. Major Fish, who was a famous explorer of that time, was making a journey to Winthrop, where his sweetheart, Betsey Morrow, lived; but he lost his way in the blinding storm and perished from the cold. Many years ago the tale was embalmed in verse by Elizabeth Akers Allen, at that time a resident of Portland. But of greater historical value than the poem, though that gives a vivid picture of the last struggle of the brave pioneer, is the diary that he kept of one of his early journeys to Livermore, Maine, from April 26 to June 26, 1773. Major Thomas Fish lived at Oxford, Massachusetts, before the revolution. Some of the inhabit- ants of that town had received a grant of land in Maine for services rendered during the French and Indian wars; and they engaged Major Fish, who, though a, shoemaker by trade, seems to have been endowed with the exploring instinct, to make a journey into the wilderness, and lay out the claims. The whole journey is intensely interesting, full of adven- tures with bear and moose and other denizens of the forest; but the smaller beasts of prey appear to have been fully as troublesome as the larger. We quote one quaint extract un- der date of May 28, 1773: "thar come a Scout of Gnats Down upon us this Day the first we have Sean and we expect thousands Directly, the Black flyes Seam to abate, but the muscatoes are Vary Numer's among us and a grait many of them will weigh half a pound-not apeace tho'". That last saving clause shows Major Fish to have been some- thing of a humorist as well as a man of "Varassatay." He made other journeys to that part of the country, laid out roads and estab- lished claims : but not the least of his services consisted in the accurate and detailed account that he kept of the same.

(I) Amos Fish died at Jefferson, Maine, about the middle of the nineteenth century. It is probable that he was a descendant of Cap- tain William Fish, of Waldoboro, as the two towns are adjoining; and it is known that Captain William Fish left a numerous pos- terity. Amos Fish married Patience Reeves ; children : David, William, Augusta, Elias H.,

mentioned below; Ruth, Ann, Isabelle and Elizabeth.

(II) Elias H., third son of Amos and Pa- tience (Reeves) Fish, was born at Jefferson, Maine, in 1830, and died at Newcastle, that state, in 1882. He married Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of Captain Stephen and Abigail (Anderson) Sawyer, who was born at East Boothbay, Maine, December 15, 1833 (see Sawyer II). Children. Annabelle, mentioned below ; Ella M., Eva, Maud, Daniel and Fred.

(III) Annabelle, eldest child of Elias H. and Sarah (Sawyer) Fish, was born at New- castle, Maine, about 1850, and in 1883 mar- ried John Medina, a hair manufacturer of . Boston, who was born in the Azores Islands. Their home is in Somerville, Massachusetts, and they have one child, John (2) Medina, born at Somerville, August 10, 1891, who is now a member of the Somerville schools.

MULLIKEN John Mulliken, father of Charles Henry Mulliken, was a descendant a Scotch-Irish ancestry, his father having emi- grated from the north of Ireland and settled in Salem, Massachusetts, from whence they removed to Lynn. John Mulliken had four brothers and one sister, all of whom resided in the latter named city. Shortly after Maine became a state. John Mulliken settled in Hal- lowell, on the Kennebec river, and there mar- ried, about the year 1825, Elizabeth Smart. Mr. Mulliken was a director in the Freeman's National Bank for more than fifty years.

Charles Henry Mulliken was born in Hal- lowell, Maine, March 18, 1831. He attended the public schools in Hallowell and Augusta, Maine, where his father's family lived for many years, and completed his education at the academy of Monmouth, Maine. At the age of fifteen he entered a merchandise brokerage office in Boston, remaining three years. He then returned to Augusta and es- tablished himself in the commission business, the firm name being Davis & Mulliken. In 1858 he moved to Boston and engaged in the southern commission business under the firm name of Means & Mulliken, which continued until the rebellion broke out in 1861 ; this de- stroyed his business, and the rebels confiscated all the property at San Antonio, Texas, where he had a large warehouse filled with merchan- dise. He then returned to Augusta, Maine, and remained there in business until he had paid all his debts, satisfying all his creditors. He then removed to Chicago, Illinois, where he formed a connection with the firm of Page

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& Sprague, dealers in paints, oils and glass, remaining with them until the "Big Fire" in 1871. Five years later he engaged in the real estate business and has continued until the present time (1909). While a resident of Au- gusta he became a Mason, was master of Bethlehem Lodge, and was advanced to the Royal Arch degree, but never united with any lodge in Chicago. He is a member of the Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago, in which he was an elder and treasurer for more than twenty years, and was identified with the Mission Sabbath school work at Christ Chapel as superintendent. He aided in the erection of a building, commencing the school with sixty scholars and increasing in numbers to twelve hundred scholars, when he resigned his connection with the school to go abroad. He is a member of the Chicago Club, South Shore Country Club and Homewood Country Club. Mr. Mulliken married Sarah, daughter of Weston F. Hallett, who served as president of the Freeman's National Bank of Augusta. Children, born in Augusta, Maine: I. Alfred Henry, removed to Chicago with his parents, and is now ( 1909) president of the large man- ufacturing concern of Pettibone, Mulliken & Company, manufacturers of railway supplies. He has a wife and one son and resides at 19 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago. 2. John Everett, died in childhood. 3. Charles, died in child- hood.

The Public Library Building, a new and WATERVILLE PUBLIC commodious structure, LIBRARY the gift of Mr. Andrew Carnegie, is charmingly located in the residential portion of the city, and forms one of the most beautiful and strik- ing features of picturesque Waterville. The building was completed and opened to the public in 1905.

The citizens of Waterville have always taken a keen interest in education-as Colby College, The Classical Institute and high grade of public schools amply testify, and their library history antedates the incorpora- tion of the town in 1802. As early as No- vember 28, 1801, a citizen of the then town of Winslow, bought a large bill of books which were put into circulation and marked "The Waterville Social Library," and this first of Waterville's many libraries has sur- vived until the present time and has found a fitting home in the Public Library Building in the rooms of the Waterville Historical So-

ciety. Prior to 1873 circulating libraries had been in the book stores, but at that date the Waterville Library Association was organ- ized and through the courtesy of the directors the library found accommodations in the Ticonic Bank, the cashier of the bank acting as librarian and secretary, where it remained for twenty-six years. The payment of an an- nual fee of three dollars constituted one a member and the money thus raised was ex- pended for books. The friends of the asso- ciation were loyal to it and all the services were given free. After the opening of the Free Public Library the list of subscribers was small, and in February, 1900, this library of fifteen hundred volumes passed into the hands of the Women's Association.

Early in 1896 the ladies of Waterville be- gan to interest themselves in a movement to secure a Free Public Library, and were so successful in arousing public interest that many substantial contributions were received and on the evening of March 25th the Wa- terville Free Library Association was organ- ized. Pledge cards were placed in banks, drug stores and the leading grocery stores, and every effort was made to raise funds for the purchase of books. By May 12, eleven hundred dollars had been raised by personal solicitation and pledge cards. This in addi- tion to the five hundred dollars appropriated by the city constituted the first working fund. The library opened in Plaisted Block with four hundred and thirty-three books, in- creased during the year to twelve hundred and fifty, while the output for the year was fifteen thousand five hundred four volumes. In 1898 the library was removed to Haines Building, where it remained until the com- pletion of the new building. In December, 1901, the superintendent of schools recogniz- ing the value of the library as an aid to the school system, wrote to Mr. Andrew Carnegie in an attempt to interest him in a public li- brary building, with the result that he prom- ised the city twenty thousand dollars, provided the site be secured and the city appropriate two thousand dollars each year for the support of the library. This offer was accepted, and thus through the generosity of Mr. Carnegie has been realized the dream of those who for so many years have had the interest of the library most at heart. The library now con- sists of about seven thousand volumes. The circulation for the year 1907 was thirty-four thousand one hundred eighty volumes, and the number is constantly increasing.

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This branch of the very numer-

BYRNE ous Irish family of Byrne has been for a century resident in Prince Edward Island.

(I) John Byrne, the first member of this family of whom there is any record, was born iu Ireland about 1740.

(II) John (2), son of John (1) Byrne, was born in Ireland, in 1773, and died in Prince Edward Island, in 1870. He was a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, and was a man of liberal education and broad views, and a faith- ful Roman Catholic. He landed in America, June 15, 1807, and settled near Charlotte Town, Prince Edward Island, where he was a successful farmer. His practical knowledge of business and good education made him a conspicuous figure in the community of his residence, and he held public office for many years. For over thirty years he was magis- trate at Charlotte Town. He married Ann Mooney, by whom he had fourteen children.

(III) John (3), thirteenth child of John (2) and Ann (Mooney) Byrne, was born in Prince Edward Island, 1829, and died there I861. He was educated in the public and parochial schools of the Island and in the Academy of Charlotte Town. He had deli- cate health and was always a quiet man. He took the farm his father had settled on, and lived on it until his death. He married Cath- erine Welch, and they had children: I. Law- rence, who lives on the old family homestead. 2. John, mentioned below. 3. James, a resi- dent of Waltham, Massachusetts. 4. Mary, married J. B. Connelly, and lives on a farm joining the old home place.

(IV) John (4), second son of John (3) and Catherine (Welch) Byrne, was born on the ancestral acres, April 8, 1848. When he was thirteen years old his father died, and he had to assist his grandfather in carrying on the farm; but this did not prevent his at- tending school to some extent. He had a natural love for books and study, and he furthered his education by studying and read- ing such useful books as came in his way, un- til he was twenty years of age. He then came to "the States" and resided in Portland. For a time he was a laborer in the work of con- structing the Portland waterworks, and later had a place in the engineering department. He removed to Westbrook, and in 1887 was made superintendent of the Westbrook divi- sion of the Portland waterworks system, and still holds that position. He is a student of political questions, is familiar with the poli- tics of the whole state, and especially with

the politics of Westbrook and Portland. He is a Democrat and a local leader of his party, but has never held or aspired to any political office. He has been a member of the West- brook fire department since its organization, and its chief engineer under every Democratic administration in that time, and fills that office now. He holds to the religious faith of his forefathers, and is a member of the Portland Commandery, Knights of Columbus. He mar- ried, 1879, Mary Whelan, who was born at Chatham, near Brunswick, daughter of Dan- iel Whelan. They have five children: John L., Mary S., Joseph A., Agnes M. and Will- iam T. John L. is employed in the meter de- partment of the Portland Water Company, is a Democrat, and alderman at large of West- brook; Mary S. is a teacher in the West- brook grammar school; Joseph A. resides in Westbrook; and the two youngest are at home.

Anderson as a surname is

ANDERSON common in the three divi- sions of Scandinavia and in

Great Britain. The family of this article has resided in America less than a century.

(I) James Henry Anderson was born in St. Johns, 1829. When he attained young man- hood he took up his residence in Portland, Maine, where for a number of years he served as engineer at the Portland Poor Farm, after which he engaged in real estate, retiring from active business in 1905. He has cast his vote for the candidates of the Republican party, and although active in political affairs has never sought or held public office. He re- sides on Wilmot street, Portland. He mar- ried Nancy Rogers; children: James, de- ceased; George ; William Henry, see forward ; Edith, deceased; Fred, a resident of Portland ; Walter, a resident of Portland.

(II) William Henry, son of James Henry and Nancy (Rogers) Anderson. was born in Portland, Maine. He attended the schools of Portland, including the high school, after which he served an apprenticeship at the trade of blacksmith, working as a journeyman for some time in the city of Portland. He sub- sequently removed to Amesbury, Massachu- setts, where he followed his trade, and later entered the employ of the Briggs Car Com- pany as an automobile blacksmith, in which capacity he is serving at the present time (1909). He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He married Ella M. Ellingwood ; children : Ernest William, a resident of

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Amesbury, Massachusetts; Ernestine May ; George James, see forward.

(III) George James, son of William Henry and Ella M. (Ellingwood) Anderson, was born in Portland, Maine, December 17, 1878. He attended the schools of Portland, Maine, and Amesbury, Massachusetts, his parents re- moving to the latter place when he was twelve years of age, and for two years was a student at Sanborn Seminary. He then entered the University of Maryland, graduating therefrom with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1902. For the two succeeding years he served as operator for Dr. C. R. Anderson, D.D.S., of Portland, and in 1905 located in Westbrook, Maine, where he has since prac- ticed his profession, his patronage increasing with each succeeding year. He is a member of Warren Phillip Lodge, No. 186, Free and Accepted Masons, of Westbrook, also of the chapter and council, and a candidate for Knights Templar degree. He also holds membership in Portland Lodge, No. 188, Ben- evolent and Protective Order of Elks and in the Knights of Pythias. He married Mildred H. Warren, of Westbrook.

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Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume IV, Part 112

Author: Little, George Thomas, 1857-1915, ed; Burrage, Henry Sweetser, 1837-1926; Stubbs, Albert Roscoe Publication date: 1909 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 896

Author: Little, George Thomas, 1857-1915, ed; Burrage, Henry Sweetser, 1837-1926; Stubbs, Albert Roscoe
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 896