Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume IV, Part 115

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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(V) Sergeant Nathaniel, son of Hezekiah Sawtell, was born in Groton, October 6, 1743. He was a soldier in the revolution, a corporal

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in Captain Henry Farwell's company of min- ute-men, Colonel William Prescott's regiment, on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775; ser- geant in same company, 1775 ; also in Captain Joseph Boynton's company, Colonel Nathaniel Wade's regiment, 1778-9, and in Captain John Porter's company, Colonel Samuel Denny's regiment, 1779 (vol. xiii, Mass. Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution, pp. 824 and 1857). He went to Maine and began clearing a farm in the wilderness. He returned to Groton for his family. When they reached Minot, Maine, his wife decided that that was far enough for civilization, and he built a log house there, going ahead to his clearing. He set a line of sable traps from Minot to Otisfield, a distance of nine miles, and during the first winter his two eldest sons, aged eight and ten, cared for the traps. He built a shack at Otisfield, where they slept alternate nights alone, after removing the pelts from whatever game they found. They continued this lonesome and hazardous occupation until the middle of win- ter, when their father returned to Minot. He married, at Groton, June 9, 1763, Abigail Wy- man. Children: I. Alice, born at Groton, Oc- tober 26, 1765. 2. Henry, April 25, 1767, at Shirley. 3. Nehemiah, July 12, 1769; men- tioned below. 4. Nathaniel, September 19, 1771. 5. Benjamin, October II, 1773.

(VI) Lieutenant Nehemiah, son of Ser- geant Nathaniel Sawtell, was born in Groton, July 12, 1769. He was ten years old when he went to Maine with the family, and was the elder of the two young trappers men- tioned. He was a farmer at Minot, Maine, and lieutenant in the state militia. He mar- ried, about 1798, Polly Haskell. Children, born at Minot: Nathan H., mentioned below ; Polly, Abigail, Seth, Betsey, Henry, Jane, William, Nehemiah, Lorena, Susan.

(VII) Nathan Hale, son of Lieutenant Sawtell, was born at Minot, May 9, 1800, and died at Livermore, Maine, October 27, 1872. He was educated in the district schools of Minot. He removed when about twenty years old to Turner, Maine, where he was in business as a farmer. He was afterward a hotel proprietor at Paris and Poland, Maine. In 1847 he established himself in business as a tanner and currier of leather at Auburn, Maine, and also engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes. He moved to Livermore in 1860, and lived there the re- mainder of his life. He was a shrewd and successful business man, a popular host and well-known citizen. He married (first) Olive Whitman, of Turner; (second) Maria

Hinds, born March 24, 1807, daughter of Ebenezer and Anna (Hathaway) Hinds (see Hinds family). Children of first wife: I. Or- son H. 2. Lucy. Children of second wife: 3. Zephaniah, married, 1861, Frances Clark, of South Paris, Maine. 4. William Henry, men- tioned below. 5. Flora Sweet, married George C. Alden, of Marlborough, Massachusetts. 6. Clara Maria, married Charles Elwood Nash, now of Los Angeles, California.

(VIII) William Henry Sautelle, son of Nathan H., was born in Turner, Maine, July 26, 1845, and was educated there in the public schools. He left home at the age of eighteen, and followed farming in Massachusetts. Since 1901 he has made his home in Auburn, Maine, and is now retired from business. He en- listed in the civil war in Company G, Fifth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and served with credit. He is a member of Benjamin Stone Jr. Post, No. 88, G. A. R., of Dorches- ter, Massachusetts; and is a Mason, having attained to the Commandery degrees.

He married, October 30, 1873, Mary, daughter of John and Louisa (Smith) Casey, of Livermore. Children: I. Mary, born Oc- tober 25, 1879; married Edwin C. Goodwin, of Baie Verte, New Brunswick. 2. William H. F., born at Milton, Massachusetts, Jan- uary 10, 1889, graduate of Edward Little high school, class of 1907.

HINDS The surname Hyne, Hine, Hinds is variously spelled. It is derived from the trade or occupation, like many other English surnames. A hyne, hine or hind was a tiller of the soil-a peas- ant, farmer. The surnames Haynes, Haines, Hine and Hinds may have had different ori- gins, but for a long time the spellings were used interchangeably in England and America, and it is not possible to separate the families by the surnames. In fact, nine different ways of spelling their name is still found among the descendants of William Hinds, the im- migrant.

(I) William Hinds, immigrant ancestor, born in England, settled in Salem, Massa- chusetts, in 1644, or earlier. He came over with his sister Margaret, aged thirty, in the ship "Paul," of London. He was thirty-five years old at the time. He served as a sol- dier in Salem, November 14, 1647; gave a letter of attorney November 25, 1647, to Thomas Hines or Haynes (both doubtless pronounced Hynes), merchant of London, for collection at Danes Halle, Bedfordshire, Eng- land, his former home. He mortgaged land

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at Salem in 1647; the mortgage was dis- charged in 1660. He owned land in common with Richard Hinds at Salem. Both were re- lated, no doubt, to Robert Hines, who was in Salem in 1648. William Hinds removed to Marblehead, and married Sarah, daughter of Richard Ingersoll. Children : I. William, born about 1655; mentioned below. 2. Fran- cis, born about 1670.

(II) William (2), son of William (I) Hinds, was born about 1655, in Salem. He married Abigail, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Hubbard) Ward, granddaughter of Samuel and Frances Ward, of Hingham. Abi- gail joined the church May 19, 1684, at Sa- lem, and was one of the original members of the Marblehead church. She died in 1688, and he married (second) Elizabeth

He was a soldier in King Philip's war in 1675, and was present at the taking of the Narragansett fort. Over fifty years later, in 1728, he had a grant of land in payment for his services, in the Narragansett grant, at what is now Amherst, New Hampshire. Chil- dren of first wife: 1. John, born February 14, 1682. 2. Abigail, January, 1684. 3. Rebecca, April 7, 1686. 4. William, baptized July 22, 1688. Children of second wife, born at Marblehead: 5. Richard, baptized January 6, 1694-5. 6. Joseph, baptized March 21, 1696-7. 7. Elizabeth, born April 3, 1700. 8. Hannah, February 21, 1701. 9. Benjamin, September 3, 1705.

(III) John, nephew of William (2) Hinds, was born about 1685. John, son of William Hinds, of Marblehead, born February 14, 1682, remained in Marblehead; married there, November 25, 1700, Constance Bennett, who married (second) May 31, 1721, John Pick- worth; children, born at Marblehead: i. Abi- gail, baptized May 26, 1706; ii. John, bap- tized June 22, 1707 ; iii. Abigail, baptized June II, 1710; iv. Susanna, baptized November 8, 1713. Obviously the names are similar to those of the Bridgewater family given below, but John, of Marblehead, would not have been the same as John, of Bridgewater, as stated in the Hinds Genealogy. He was doubt- less a son of William Hind's brother, whose name is not known-probably Francis. John Hinds went to Bridgewater when a young man, married there, August 11, 1709, Han- nah Shaw, born April 26, 1787, daughter of John and Hannah Shaw, great-granddaughter of Abraham Shaw, the immigrant, of Ded- ham. Children, born at Bridgewater : I. Hannah, 1710. 2. Elizabeth, 1712. 3. Abi- gail, 1714; married, 1735, Stephen Cobb, of

Walpole, Massachusetts. 4. John, 1719; mar- ried, 1738, Hannah Lyon. 5. Ebenezer, June 29, 1719; mentioned below. 6. Susanna, 1722; married, 1740, Henry Chamberlain, of Bridge- water.

(IV) Rev. Ebenezer, son of John Hinds, was born in Bridgewater, July 29, 1719, and died at Fairhaven, Massachusetts, April 19, 1812. He was a farmer in Bridgewater until he was after thirty years old. He was bap- tized by immersion in 1749 by Rev. Ebenezer Moulton, pastor of the Baptist church at Brim- field, and the same year began to exercise his gifts in prayer and exhortation. In 1749 he was called to distant points to preach and baptize, above eighty miles, it is said, so his reputation must have extended rapidly. He baptized ten in Bridgewater and three in Raynham this first year. He joined the Sec- ond Baptist Church of Boston, March 3, 1751, then under the pastorate of Rev. Ephraim Bond. He preached at the house of Thomas Nelson, of Assawomsett Neck, in 1853, and afterward regularly. He was ordained first pastor of the Second Baptist Church of Middleborough, January 26, 1758. This church was organized November 16, 1757. A house and barn were bought for a parson- age at Lakeville, called Beech Woods. He continued pastor upwards of forty years, and spent the best part of his life in Middlebor- ough, and his church enjoyed a season of healthful growth and prosperity, and the de- nomination gaining strength rapidly. Mr. Hinds contributed greatly to the growth of his sect, and his pulpit was a stronghold. His pastorate closed when he was seventy, but he continued to preach from time to time, and retained his physical and mental vigor. Even after he was eighty years old he would mount his horse unaided and ride long distances to hold religious services or assist at ordinations. He went as chaplain with Captain Benjamin Pratt's company to Lake George in 1758, in the French and Indian war. Elder Hinds deeded his house to the church and society, November 2, 1805. He married (first) Su- sanna Keith, born 1727, daughter of John and Hannah (Washburn) Keith, granddaughter of Rev. James Keith. She was buried near the present Congregational church in Bridge- water. He married (second) in 1751, Lydia Bartlett, died May 12, 1801. Her brother Richard was a soldier at Annapolis Royal, 1775, under Colonel Winslow, in seizing and disposing of the neutral French. The epitaph of Elder Hinds on his tombstone in the old Middleborough graveyard reads : "In memory

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of Rev. Ebenezer Hinds, who died April 19, 1812, in his ninety-fourth year. I have fought a good fight. I have finished my course, I have kept the faith, henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness." That of his wife: "Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Lydia, wife of Rev. Ebenezer Hinds. She died May 12, 1801, in her sixty-seventh year. Give her of the fruits of her hands, and let her own works praise her."

Children of first wife: I. Keziah, born 1745. 2. Salome, 1747. 3. Child, died in in- fancy. 4. Child, died in infancy. Children of second wife: 5. Ebenezer, born January 25, 1753, mentioned below. 6. Bartlett, .born 1755. 7. Susannah, May 16, 1757. 8. John, September 19, 1759. 9. Leonard, August 19, 1701. IO. Lydia, August 1, 1763. II. Pre- served, February 27, 1766. 12. Abanoam, June 19, 1768. 13. Keziah, March 19, 1772; died August 12, 1774. 14. Hannah, May 12. 1775. 15. Richard, September II, 1775.

(V) Ebenezer (2) Hinds, son of Rev. Ebenezer (I) Hinds, was born at Bridge- water, January 25, 1753; died April 26, 1831. He was a soldier in the revolution, private in Captain Isaac Wood's company (second) on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775; also sergeant in Captain John Peirce's company, in Rhode Island campaign, December, 1776 ; ser- geant of Fourth Middleborough company, in second Rhode Island alarm, August, 1780. He married, at Middleborough, March 3, 1774, Charity Canedy, a direct descendant of Samuel Fuller, who came to Plymouth in the "Mayflower." She lived to the great age of ninety years. Children, born at Middlebor- ough: I. Hannah Canedy, December 3, 1772. 2. Ebenezer, October 14, 1775 ; mentioned be- low. 3. Charity Canedy, February 25, 1780. 4. Lydia Bartlett, May 18, 1782. 5. Salome, August 31, 1784. 6. Principal C., September 6, 1786. 7. Owen Hillman, June 21, 1788. 8. Clarissa W., July 8, 1790. 9. Tisdale Leon- ard, January 10, 1793. 10. Susannah Keith, January 5, 1795. II. Salome Ellen, October 20, 1802.

(VI) Ebenezer (3), son of Ebenezer (2) Hinds, was born in Middleborough, October 14, 1775; died January 6, 1857. He went from Freetown to Livermore, Maine, in July, 1801, and made his home there the rest of his life. He was a housewright and car- penter, and built many of the houses in Liver- more. When the Republican party was or- ganized, Mr. Hinds cast the first vote for the candidates of that party in Livermore. He was one of the prime movers in organizing

the Universalist church at the Norlands, in Livermore, dedicated in 1829. He married, at Freetown, Massachusetts, March 20, 1798, Anna Hathaway, borr at Middleborough, died in Livermore, August 10, 1859. Children : I. Ebenezer, born December 17, 1798; died in Livermore. 2. Salome, born December 15, 1800. 3. Gilbert, January 12, 1803. 4. Amy Weaver, December 6, 1804. 5. Maria, March 24, 1807; married Nathan H. Sawtell (see Sawtell family). 6. Hannah C., April 8, 1809. 7. Elkanah L., June 30, 1811. 8. Clarissa, July II, 1813. 9. Albert Gallatin, October 15, 1815. 10. Anne E., February 8, 1818. II. Elbridge P., November 24, 1821. 12. El- bridge Gerry, June 9, 1823.

YORK It is no exaggeration to say that state of Maine people are gen- erally at the head of the procession wherever they may be found. Her public men have ranked equally with those from other states. It furnished the running mate for Lincoln, the Abolitionist Hamlin, who had Indian blood in his veins. It gave to the nation the logician Reed, with his Casco Bay irony; to light literature, the edifying Arte- mus Ward and the veracious Bill Nye, who made the world laugh ; and to polite literature, the gentle Willis. Its hard-fisted yeomanry have gone down to the sea in ships, entering every harbor almost on the globe; they stood behind the guns with the embattled hosts that fought for liberty and freedom; they felled the forests, marketed the output in Massachu- setts, where it went to build towns; and state of Maine men, skilled craftsmen, there fash- ioned the raw material into the finished pro- duct. It is to the yeomanry class the York people belong. Some of Maine's children have been adopted citizens, and not to the manner born, and her draft from New Hamp- shire has been a notable one. Somebody asked Webster, with well-simulated anxiety : "What do you raise in New Hampshire?" His reply was: "We raise men. Merchants place before their stores a sign of the goods they have inside. We have a great stone face in New Hampshire and it is the sign of our best product." Ages before He made man, God carved out here amid the chaotic begin- nings of the infant world high above the clouds, the Franconia face, an antetype of the sturdy race he was about to create, an image of the upward, forward-looking man. As a sample of some of the men New Hampshire has sent to Maine, we might mention the great Fessenden, Judge Clifford, and in her guber-

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natorial succession Edward Kent, Samuel Wells and Harris M. Plaisted. The house of York with which this sketch has to do was a New Hampshire offshoot in the first instance, occupying a tide-water plantation, and it is only delayed justice that the state has come into her own after years of separation. Anti- quarians find a mine of lusty lore in studying the ancient city of York. It was the seat of the Brigantes, the most powerful tribe in Britain, long before the Roman conquest. The War of the Roses was fought over the suc- cession to the crown claimed by the house of York and the house of Lancaster, the Lan- castrians being finally victorious at Bosworth Field. As early as 1154 there was a ducal house by the name of York.

(I) Richard York, the common parent of all the name in New England, was at Oyster River, now Durham, New Hampshire, in 1648, where he was granted one hundred acres. He signed a petition to the general court in 1654, and bought fifty acres of Will- iam Hilton, on Littlejohn creek, August 7, 1661. He stood well in the church and the community, accumulating some little property. His name is on a church petition in 1669. He died in 1674. His will was executed April 23, 1672, and proved June 30, 1674. The name of his wife was Elizabeth. Children: John, Samuel, Elizabeth, Rachel, Benjamin and Grace.

(II) Samuel, second son of Richard and Elizabeth York, was born in Oyster River, then Durham. He bought land of the In- dians, July 20, 1670, in Pejepscot, now Tops- ham, Maine. He entered earnestly into the work of subduing the primeval forest, and to render it habitable for man. He lived at Fal- mouth Foresides on Casco bay, the site of his house is perpetuated by York ledge and York landing. The Indian war soon followed, with the destruction of Falmouth, and Samuel re- moved to Gloucester, Massachusetts, where more protection was afforded. His wife's name was Elizabeth. Children: Benjamin, . see forward; Samuel, born October 13, 1715, and others.

(III) Benjamin, son of Samuel and Eliza- beth York, was born in Falmouth Foresides in 1680. He went to Gloucester with his father after the destruction of the town. He re- turned to Falmouth after peace was restored and was given sixty acres. He entered his mark for cattle March 10, 1721. He joined the church August 13, 1727, and was later made a deacon. He built a grist mill at Law- rence creek, Cape Elizabeth, in 1727. He died

before 1764, and his will was burned in the great fire. . He married, December 7, 1704, Mary, daughter of Lieutenant John Giddings, of Chebacco. Children: Benjamin, John, Mary, Samuel, Sarah and Joseph.

(IV) Samuel, son of Benjamin and Mary (Giddings) York, was born October 13, 1715, at Falmouth, and lived to a very great age, dying at the home of his granddaughter, Mrs. Daniel Harmon, in Dunham, about 1808, aged over ninety years. He married, December 23, 1736, Joanna Skillings, of Falmouth, who survived him and reached the age of ninety- eight years, dying at the home of Mr. Har- mon. . Children : Joanna, born December 12, 1737; Samuel, mentioned below; Sarah, wife of Daniel Harmon ; Joseph, of Durham, Maine ; Susan, wife of Vincent Roberts; Deborah, married George Copson Roberts, of Cape Elizabeth.

(V) Samuel (2), eldest son of Samuel (I) and Joanna (Skillings) York, was born about 1718, in Falmouth, and died in 1798, in Dur- ham. As early as 1774 he removed to Royals- boro (now Durham) and resided near his brother Joseph, at York's Corner, on the back road to Brunswick. He married, in Cape Elizabeth, August 26, 1776, Hannah Hoyt. Children : Daniel, Lettice, Hannah, Submit, Zebulon, Elizabeth, and probably Eliot.

(VI) Daniel, eldest son of Samuel (2) and Hannah (Hoyt) York, was probably born about 1777, in Durham, and married in that town, 1797, Hannah Johnson. Soon after- ward he settled in Belfast, Maine, where the births of the following children are recorded : Ann, March 6, 1802; Harriet, November 7, 1809; Henry, mentioned below.

(VII) Henry, son of Daniel and Hannah (Johnson) York, was born May 16, 1813, in Belfast, Maine, and probably passed his life there. The records of the town give no men- tion of his marriage or children.

(VIII) Henry F., probably a son of Henry York, was born in Belfast, Maine, November 30, 1839, and died in Bangor, January 14, 1908. He removed to Bangor early in life, and was a teamster, a Baptist in religion until his latter years when he became an Adventist, and in politics a Republican. He belonged to Penobscot Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He married Mary E., daughter of Kimball Wood, of Bangor. She died and he married (second) Emma, daughter of Sam- uel and Bethsaida (Van Horn) Estabrooke. The Van Horns were a highly esteemed fam- ily from the Provinces, and undoubtedly re- lated to those around Springfield, Massachu-

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setts, and also to that Van Horn who is the great railroad magnate, and Harriman, of Canada. Children by first marriage : Ida E., deceased; Frank S., married Verna Field, of Searsport, Maine; and Jabez, died unmarried. (IX) Walter H., only son of Henry F. and Emma (Estabrooke) York, was born in Ban- gor, March II, 1877. He was graduated from the high school in 1896, and went imme- diately to Saginaw, Michigan, as general sec- retary of the Young Men's Christian Asso- ciation at that place. After a period of suc- cessful service there, he was transferred to Nashua, New Hampshire. His work in Nash- ua in this important auxiliary to church work, a work that has done so much toward saving inexperienced young men without home in- fluence, from the vice dens of a great city, was a counterpart of his western success. Mr. York now holds the responsible position of timekeeper in the superintendent's office of the Worcester, Nashua & Portland division of the Boston & Maine railway. He came from a state where there are nothing but Repub- licans, and of course was brought up in that political faith and still holds it. He worships with the Pilgrim Congregational Church. He married Mabel L., daughter of Edward L. and Abbie (Stone) Stafford, of Bangor. Her mother was the daughter of Miles and Abbie Stone, of Milford, Maine. Mrs. York was well educated in the Bangor schools, and was of great assistance to her husband in his secre- tarial work. She is an active member of the Nashua Women's Club. One daughter, Ruth E.

The name was originally BLAISDELL written Blasdale, Blesdale, Blasdell, as well as in the form here used, and others. The name. Blais- dell is derived from the Saxon words Blas- die-val, signifying a "blazed path through the vale," which could be followed through the forest by trees which had been blazed with an axe to guide the traveler. It came from Eng- land among the early emigrants, and has spread all over New England and the United States. It has been honorably connected with the settlement and development of the states of Maine and New Hampshire. The old Blaisdell homestead is the oldest house stand- ing on the banks of the Penobscot river to- day, having descended through several gen- erations, and is still owned by the heirs of Eben Ferren Blaisdell.

(I) Ebenezer Blaisdell, probably a descend- ant of Ralph Blaisdell, the emigrant ancestor,

was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He was by trade and occupation a tanner and farmer, conducting these operations in Frank- fort, now Winterport, Maine, where his chil- dren and grandchildren were born, removing there from Kennebunkport, Maine. He mar- ried Annie Ferren, of Kennebunkport, Maine, who was the daughter of a soldier in the revo- lutionary war, serving with Washington on Long Island, in New Jersey and at Valley Forge, and also in the French and Indian war. He was taken captive by the Indians and sold into Canada for twenty-five cents, later was taken to Quebec and finally returned home.

(II) Eben Ferren, son of Ebenezer and An- nie (Ferren) Blaisdell, was born at Frank- fort, Maine, January 30, 1823, died at Brad- ford, Pennsylvania, at the home of his son, April 29, 1901. As a boy he assisted in the cultivation of his father's farm, later learned the trade of tanner, and subsequently turned his attention to the cooperage business. He married Nancy Chase, born November 30, 1821, died in Brooklyn, New York, January 25, 1900, daughter of a mechanic and Uni- versalist minister who lived between Bald- hill Cove and Winterport, on the Maine coast. Children, born in Winterport, Maine: Walter Ferren, Mark Lester, Frank Lewis, Joseph William, Silas Canada, Philo Chase, Abraham Lincoln and Edward Kendall, all of whom are actively engaged in business in New York City and vicinity at the present time. Four of these eight brothers own and conduct The Standard Wood Company of New Jersey, which corporation has various branches in the state of Maine and consumes 175,000 cords of wood annually, which is cut up into kindling wood and sold in all the large cities of the eastern part of United States. They established the business in 1873. The broth- ers, in 1877, under the name of Blaisdell Brothers, engaged in the kindling wood busi- ness, making and patenting their own ma- chines and thoroughly systematizing the busi- ness, which now has an output of four million of dollars annually.

(III) Walter Ferren, son of Eben Ferren and Nancy (Chase) Blaisdell, was born in Frankfort (Winterport), Waldo county, Maine, November 5, 1848. He attended the public schools of Winterport, and when six- teen years of age enlisted in the United States navy as a volunteer for service in the civil war, and witnessed and participated in two of the most important and picturesque events that mark the eventful history of that war- the battles and capture of Fort Fisher, North

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Carolina, and the final surrender of the Con- federate army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. His service in the navy covered a period of one year from July, 1864, to July, 1865. On arriving in New York in the latter named year he shipped as an able seaman on a vessel engaged in the South American trade, and thus visited the principal parts of that in- teresting continent, as well as parts of the West Indies. After a service of four years he returned home and found employment on the Sanford line of steamers plying between Bangor and Boston, continuing in this service for three years. In 1873 he was a resident at Mount Waldo, Maine, and for one year was employed as a stone cutter. The follow- ing year he was employed on government work at Fox Island, where the stone for the United States Treasury building was prepared. He also worked on the contract for stone used in the New York State Capitol at Albany, and at Dix Island, near Rockland, where he worked on the stone used in building the United States Post Office in New York City. His brothers at this time were employed by the Havemeyer Sugar Refining Company in New York, where he joined them, and in 1876 they formed the firm of Blaisdell Brothers for the purpose of manufacturing bundled kindling wood. This led naturally into the allied occupation of dealing in coal. In 1886 Walter F. Blaisdell became superin- tendent of the Lowell M. Palmer Company, New York, and withdrew his personal service from the firm of Blaisdell Brothers, but kept his interest in the business. He joined with Gove D. Curtis, of Ohio, in the business of supplying coal to residences and business houses in New York City and vicinity under the firm name of Curtis & Blaisdell. They then had a ship tonnage of three thousand tons, and in 1908 the tonnage amounted to one million one hundred thousand tons, with coal pockets on the East river at 56th and 57th streets, where he devised and put into operation the first steam shovel and the first coal scow to hoist, load and unload coal used in America. The business grew to such pro- portions as to make it necessary to incor- porate the Curtis-Blaisdell Company, and the corporation now has its main office and depot at 56th and 57th streets and East river, with depots and offices at 119th street and East river, 96th street and North river, 337 Water street, 40th street and North river, 120 Lib- erty street, 100 Washington street, and 503 Grand street, Jersey City, New Jersey. The Blaisdell Brothers, in connection with the coal

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Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume IV, Part 115

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