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White. After his death she married Colonel John Brewer, of Brewer, for whom the city is named. She is buried beside her first hus- band, Aaron, at North Bucksport. They had thirteen children, twelve of whom lived to marry : I. Aaron, born February 8, 1781, married - - Sparhawk. 2. Betsey, Novem- ber 2, 1782, married -- Fiske. 3. Abra- ham, May 28, 1784, died April 18, 1850; he married Elizabeth Hopkins. 4. William, March 6, 1785, died at Exeter, August 4, 1865 ; he married (first) Greely; (second)
Garland. 5. Abigail, June 6, 1786, married Joseph Buck, of Bucksport, Maine. 6. Francis, March 4, 1790, mentioned here- after. 7. Desire, married Thorndike. 8. Henry, March 5, 1793, died in Bangor, Maine; married (first) Hannah Tibbetts and (second) M. J. Howe. 9. Christopher, Jan- uary 26, 1797, died in Exeter about 1850; mar- ried Clarissa Southard. 10. Leonard, Novem- ber 4, 1797, died at Bradford, Maine, about 1892; married (first) Holyoke and (second) Tibbetts. II. Prudence, March 13, 1800, married (first) Joseph Tib- betts and (second) David Greely. 12. George W., October 28, 1801, died at Bradford, Maine, about 1898; married Bicknell, of Newport, Maine.
(VI) Colonel Francis, fourth son of Dr. Aaron and Abigail (Bell) Hill, was born at Oxford, Massachusetts, March 4, 1790, died in Exeter, Maine, December 8, 1881. He moved from Oxford, Massachusetts, to Buck- town, now Bucksport, Maine, with his father about 1799, where he lived until 1811, when he moved to Cape Rozier, in the town of
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Brooksville. Maine. He lived there until the fall of 1813, when he moved to Exeter, Maine, being one of the pioneers of that town. He purchased what is now known as the Hill Stock Farm, at Exeter Center, where he spent the remainder of his days. Colonel Hill was an industrious man, prosperous farmer and business man. He held numerous positions of trust and was for many years a director of the Merchants' Bank, of Bangor, Maine. On January 19. 1815, he married Elizabeth Was- son, of West Brooksville, Maine, who was born November 26, 1789, died October 4, 1870. In politics he was a Whig, later a Democrat. To Francis and Elizabeth (Was- son) Hill were born seven children, five of whom lived to marry: I. Abigail B., born December 6, 1815, died at Exeter, Maine, September 5, 1868 ; she married Nelson Whee- ler (see Wheeler), June 9, 1839; they had four children, Abby, Frances N., Roscoe L. and Rossie. Nelson Wheeler was a promi- nent farmer in Exeter and married for his second wife Mrs. Mary Butters. 2. Fran- cis W., born May 23, 1819, died at Exeter, Maine, June 15. 1900. He was a prosperous farmer and business man, a large owner of real estate, director of the Maine Central Railroad and at the time of death was the nominee of the Democratic party for governor of Maine. He often represented the town in the state legislature and held numerous offices of honor and trust in his town. On January 11, 1845, he married Sarah A. True, of Garland, Maine, born May 28, 1824, died in Exeter, Maine, June 24, 1904. They had four children : Emma, Mabel, Gertrude and Francis W. 3. Mary W., born January 5, 1822, died Jan- uary 8, 1845. 4. Elizabeth N., born June 10, 1824, died in Bangor, Maine, about 1893. August 2, 1840, she married Lewis Barker, of Stetson, Maine, who died in Bangor, October, 1890. Lewis Barker was a prominent attorney and a leader in the affairs of his state. At one time speaker of the house of representa- tives, several times one of the governor's coun- cillors. They had two children, Eva and Lewis A. 5. Cordelia A., August 19, 1827, married Joseph Bragdon Wheeler (see Wheeler VIII). 6. George S., December 6, 1829, died Febru- ary 29, 1832. 7. George S., born July 6, 1832, died in Exeter, Maine, August 26, 1886. He married Ellen E. Raines, of Bangor, October 26, 1854. She died in California about 1896. In politics he was a Republican, and in early life was a prominent merchant in Exeter and like other members of his family held numer- ous offices of honor and trust in his town.
On numerous occasions he represented his town in the state legislature. Later in life he disposed of his mercantile business and became an Episcopal clergyman. At the time of his death he was rector of the Episcopal church in Exeter and Dexter. They had one child, Lillian, who married and died in San Jose, California.
HILLS Joseph Hills, immigrant ancestor, was born at Great Burstead, Bil- lericay, county Essex, England, son of George and Mary Hills. His mother married (first) William Symonds. Joseph Hills married (first) July 22, 1624, at Great Burstead, Rose Clark. They removed with several children to Maldon, in Essex, where John, Steven and Sarah were born. In 1638 he became a stockholder or "undertaker" in the ship "Susan and Ellen," in which he and his family sailed for Boston, arriving there July 17, 1638. He settled at Charlestown, Massachusetts. In 1644 he was selectman of that town, in 1646 was in the general court, and the next year was elected speaker. He lived on the Mystic side of Charlestown in the part that became Malden, named for Mr. Hills' old home in England. He was captain of the train band. He represented Malden first in the general court and served continuously in that position until 1664, when he removed to Newbury. It is of interest to note that John Waite who succeeded him was representative for nineteen years, and that he was his son-in-law. In 1645 Joseph Hills was of a committee to set out lots to the settlers of the Nashaway plantation. In 1650 he was on the committee headed by the governor to draw up instructions for the Massachusetts dele- gates to a gathering where commissioners of all the colonies were to meet. In 1654, with Captains Hawthorne and Johnson and the treasurer of the colony, he served on a com- mittee to frame a reply to the home govern- ment which had demanded an explanation for certain acts. He was an auditor of treasury accounts in 1650-53-61. One of his most im- portant public services was on the committee to codify the laws of the colony in 1648 and later. He made this first code in his own handwriting and supervised the printing. In part payment for this work he received a grant of five hundred acres of land on the Nashua river in New Hampshire, and remission of taxes in his old age.
His wife Rose, whom he married in Eng- land before he came to America, died in Mal- den, March 24, 1650. He married (second)
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June 24, 1651, Hannah Smith, widow of Ed- ward Mellows. She died about 1655 and he married (third) in January, 1656, Helen (Ellina or Eleanor) Atkinson, daughter of Hugh Atkinson, of Kendall, Westmoreland, England. His marriage was attended with some unusual circumstances. In those days clergymen were not allowed to solemnize mar- riages. All marriages were performed by magistrates. In 1641 Governor Bellingham raised a storm of controversy in the colony by acting as magistrate at his own wedding. He married himself to Penelope Pelham. Public opinion was divided. When the gov- ernor was called upon to come down from the bench and plead to a complaint against him for what his opponents charged as an illegal act, he refused, and it was left for Joseph Hills, some years later, to put the law to a real test. He married himself to Miss Atkin- son, acting both as magistrate and bridegroom. He was called to account by the authorities and in the language of the general court, "he freely acknowledged his offence therein and his misunderstanding the grounds whereon he went which he now confesseth to be unwar- rantable-and was admonished by the Court." His third wife died January 6, 1663, and he married (fourth) March 8, 1665, at Newbury, Anne Lunt, widow of Henry Lunt, and lived at her house at Newbury the remainder of his life. She was born probably in England about 1621. His note book, containing business memoranda from 1627 to nearly the end of his life, is in the possession of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society. He became totally blind in 1678. He died at Newbury, February 5, 1688, aged about eighty-six years. Children of first wife: I. Mary, baptized at Great Burstead, England, November 13, 1625, died at Malden, November 25, 1674. 2. Eliza- beth, baptized at Great Burstead, October 21, 1627. 3. Joseph, baptized at Great Burstead, August 2, 1629, died April 19, 1674, at Mal- den. 4. James, baptized at Great Burstead, March 6, 1631, died young. 5. John, bap- tized at Great Burstead, March 21, 1632, died at Malden, July 28, 1652. 6. Rebecca, bap- tized at Malden, England, April 20, 1634, died at Malden, Massachusetts, June 16, 1674. 7. Steven, baptized at Malden, May 1, 1636, died at Malden before 1638. 8. Sarah, baptized at Malden, August 14, 1637, died there same day. 9. Gershom, born at Charlestown, Mas- sachusetts, July 27, 1639, died at Malden, 1710-1720. 10. Mehitable, born at Malden, July, 1643. Children of second wife, born at Malden, Massachusetts: II. Samuel, July,
1652, mentioned below. 12. Nathaniel, De- cember 19, 1653, died 1664. 13. Hannah. Children of third wife, born at Malden: 14. Deborah, March, 1657, died at Malden, Octo- ber I, 1662. 15. Abigail, October 6, 1658, died at Malden, October 9, 1662.
(II) Samuel, son of Joseph Hills, was born at Malden, Massachusetts, in July, 1652, died at Newbury, August 18, 1732. He was ser- geant in the Indian wars and was in the battle of Bloody Brook, September 18, 1675, and at Narragansett, December 19, 1675. He married, at Newbury, May 20, 1679, Abigail Wheeler, daughter of David and Sarah ( Wise) Wheeler, of Newbury. David was son of John Wheeler, who was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, in 1625, and came to New England in the ship "Confidence" in 1638; married Sarah Wise, May 11, 1650. Abigail Hills died April 13, 1742. Children, born at Newbury : I. Samuel, February 16, 1680, died at Rehoboth, July 27, 1732. 2. Joseph, July 21, 1681, died at Newbury, November 6, 1745. 3. Nathaniel, February 9, 1683, died at Hudson, New Hampshire, April 12, 1748. 4. Benjamin, mentioned below. 5. Abigail, September 2, 1686, died at Newbury, August II, 1688. 6. Henry, April 23, 1688, died at Hudson, New Hampshire, August 20, 1757. 6. William, October 8, 1689, died at Newbury, before January 20, 1724. 7. Josiah, July 27, 1691, died at Newbury, April 26, 1726. 7. John, September 20, 1693, died after 1734. 9. Abigail, June 27, 1695. 10. James (twin), February 25, 1697. II. Hannah (twin), Feb- ruary 25, 1697. 12. Daniel, December 8, 1700, died in the French and Indian war, October 28, 1756. 13. Smith, April 10, 1706, died at Leominster, August 23, 1786.
(III) Benjamin, son of Samuel Hills, was born at Newbury, October 2, 1684, died at Chester, New Hampshire, November 3, 1762. He was the first representative elected by the town of Chester in 1744 to the colonial assem- bly. He made sales and gifts of land from his Chester estate to his sons Samuel, Benjamin and Moses. He married, November 7, 1709, Rebecca Ordway, born December 22, 1690, died September 4, 1769, daughter of Hannan- iah and Abigail Ordway, and granddaughter of James Ordway. Children, born at New- bury : I. Samuel, August 10, 1710, mentioned below. 2. Abigail, November 30, 1713, mar- ried Isaac Bailey. 3. Rebecca, April 1, 1715, died at Newbury, July 1, 1795. 4. Joannah, March 15, 1717, married Thomas Haseltine. 5. Ruth, July 10, 1719, married Nathan Mason. 6. Benjamin, March 12, 1721, died at Chester,
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May 6, 1801. 7. Abner, February 13, 1723, died at Chester, October 3, 1794. 8. Hannah, November 10, 1724, died October 5, 1806. 9. Prudence, February 12, 1726, died May I, 1775. IO. Moses, February 9, 1728, died at Hopkinton, New Hampshire, 1799.
(IV) Samuel (2), son of Benjamin Hills, was born at Newbury, August 10, 1710, died at Chester, New Hampshire, February 2, 1762. He married (first) January 28, 1735, Rebecca Thurston, of Newbury, who died May 21, 1743. He married (second) November 18, 1743, Elizabeth Swain, of Newbury, who married (second) Lieutenant Ebenezer Dear- born and died at Chester, July 31, 1793. Chil- dren of first wife, all except the first born at Chester : I. Edmund, born at Newbury, De- cember 7, 1735. 2. John, March 25, 1738, died at Candia, February 27, 1818. 3. Parker, born about 1741, of Candia, in Captain Hut- chins' company, Colonel Reed's regiment, and was killed at the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. 4. Samuel, March 12, 1743, married Anne Morse. Children of second wife: 5. Isaac, August 31, 1744, died September 24, 1824. 6. Stephen, March 29, 1746, died at Chester, January 31, 1831. 7. Elizabeth, Jan- uary 4, 1747, died 1778. 8. Hannah, June 5, 1750, married Nathan Morton. 9. Reuben, August 14, 1752, mentioned below. 10. Rachel, August 6, 1754, died young. II. Rebecca, August 6, 1756, died May 20, 1857. 12. Jo- siah, October 30, 1758. 13. Dr. Ebenezer, September 30, 1760, died at Chester, Septem- ber 22, 1790. 14. Rachel, May 12, 1762.
(V) Reuben, son of Samuel (2) Hills, was born at Chester, New Hampshire, August 14, 1752, died at Union, Maine, September 28, 1828. He was at the battle of Bunker Hill, in Captain Hutchins' company, Colonel Reed's regiment, of which his brother John was ser- geant. He settled at Hawke (now Danville), New Hampshire. About 1784 he removed to Warren, Maine, and about 1802 to the ad- joining town of Union. He married, January 18, 1779, Sarah Currier, born December 10, 1758, died November 1, 1825, daughter of Gideon Currier, of Chester. Children : I. Samuel, born at Danville, November 18, 1779, died May 16, 1853. 2. Sarah, January 27, 1781, died May 3, 1862. 3. Nathan, War- ren, July 17, 1784, mentioned below. 4. Reu- ben, Warren, March 2, 1786, died October 3, 1874. 5. Josiah, April 2, 1788, died March 28, 1875. 6. Isaac, February 12, 1790, died January 7, 1840. 7. Nancy, January 29, 1793, died May 25, 1862. 8. Betsey, March 2, 1795, died May 8, 1796. 9. Cyrus, January
16, 1797, died October 26, 1860. 10. Alden, July 14, 1800, drowned July 17, 1807. II. Charlotte, Union, June 29, 1802, died 1804. 12. Louisa, Union, July 6, 1804, died June II, 1850.
(VI) Nathan, son of Reuben Hills, was born at Warren, Maine, July 17, 1784, died at Union, Maine, August 28, 1858. He mar- ried, July 9, 1807, Mary Ware, born at Union, July 8, 1787, died February 25, 1875. Chil- dren, all born at Union, Maine: I. Vinal, July 27, 1808, mentioned below. 2. Isaac, April 23, 18II, died October 20, 1886. 3. Mary, Oc- tober 30, 1813, died March 10, 1814. 4. Polly, March, 1815, died June 12, 1882. 5. Nancy, April 30, 1817, died April 8, 1903. - 6. Nathan, September 25, 1820, died November 2, 1881. 7. Caroline, July 11, 1823, died September 13, 1894. 8. Silas, March 29, 1826, died October 26, 1902. 9. Lavina, April 21, 1828, died De- cember 23, 1904. 10. Matilda, April 18, 1831, married William B. Lawrence.
(VII) Vinal, son of Nathan Hills, was born at Union, Maine, July 27, 1808, died at North- port, Maine, February 6, 1866. He was col- lector, selectman and treasurer of the town, and represented his town in the Maine legis- lature. He resided at Northport. He mar- ried Cordelia Robbins, born at Union, July 9, 1807, died November 20, 1890. Children, born at Northport: I. Spencer R., Decem- ber 25, 1833, died March 6, 1894. 2. Ade- laide, October 30, 1835, died April 16, 1836. 3. Oscar, September 10, 1837, died June 18, 1903. 4. Cyrus C., September 12, 1841, mar- ried Adella S. Fuller. 5. Isaac, mentioned below.
(VIII) Dr. Isaac, son of Vinal Hills, was born at Northport, Maine, April 15, 1843. He attended the public schools of his native town and the East Maine Conference Semi- nary at Bucksport for two terms. At the age of eighteen he enlisted in the Union army in the civil war, Company B, Nineteenth Maine Regiment. He took part in many engage- ments and was wounded at the battle of Get- tysburg. He returned home in December, 1863, and during the following year was clerk in the clothing store of E. C. Smart at Ban- gor. During the next nine years he was in the employ of the firm of . Philip & Morse, Boston, dealers in clothing. He was clerk in the store of Jordan Clark & Company, one year ; with Miner Beal & Company two years and with Knowles & Leland, clothing dealers, four years. He began to learn the art of dentistry in 1875 at Skowhegan, Maine, in the offices of Dr. Leavitt, and in 1876 started
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in business for himself. He had his office at Lincolnville two years. Since 1878 he has been located in the city of Belfast, Maine. For thirty years he has practiced in the same office in which he began. He is a leader in his profession, one of the veteran dentists of the state. Dr. Hills is independent in poli- tics; a member of Phoenix Lodge of Free Masons, Belfast, and of Seaside Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, Belfast. He is a mem- ber of the Unitarian church. He married, 1873, at Lawrence, Massachusetts, Catherine Josephine Welch, born in Canada, daughter of Robert and Alice Ann Welch, of Lawrence. Children : I. Cordelia, born at Northport, Maine, October 23, 1874, married Marion E. Brown, of Belfast; child, Katherine Cushman Brown. 2. June Katherine, born at Lincoln- ville, June 1, 1877, graduate of New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachu- setts ; teacher of music; founder and secretary of the Brookline School of Music, a school of high repute. 3. Alice Ada, born in Belfast, February 13, 1880, teacher of calisthenics in Boston. 4. Maine, born at Belfast, October 30, 1883, educated in the public schools of Bel- fast, now traveling salesman for the Mitchell- Woodbury Company, Boston, dealers in china and crockery.
(For ancestry see John Hastings I.) (III) Robert, son of Dea- HASTINGS con Walter and Sarah (Means) Hastings, was born probably in Haverhill, Massachusetts, in 1653. He married, in 1676, Elizabeth Davis, daugh- ter of James and Elizabeth (Eaton) Davis. Children: I. Catherine, born November 7, 1677. 2. Elizabeth, January 3, 1679. 3. Rob- ert, March 1, 1681, married Elizabeth Bailey, sister of Edna Bailey, wife of his brother, John Hastings. 4. Ann, October 15, 1684. 5. George, April 24, 1688. 6. John, September 3, 1691. 7. Esther, January 19, 1693.
(IV) John, youngest son of Robert and Elizabeth (Davis) Hastings, was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, September 3, 1691. He married, May 2, 1717, Edna, daughter of Joseph Bailey, and granddaughter of Richard Bailey, of Rowley, who is said to have come from Yorkshire, England, some time from 1630 to 1638; he is represented then as a lad of some fifteen years, a very pious person, called on to pray for the safety of the ship during a storm encountered on the passage; the ship was the "Bevis," one hundred and fifty tons. Richard Bailey was one of a com- pany to inaugurate at Rowley the first cloth
mill in America; his death occurred between 1647 and 1650, aged thirty-three to thirty-five years perhaps, just in the young flush of mid- dle life. Richard Bailey left one son, Joseph, who was a leading man in state, church and army ; a selectman in Bradford and a deacon from the formation of the church there till his death ; he in turn left eight sons and daugh- ters, among whom were Elizabeth and Edna, who married Robert and John Hastings, re- spectively, as aforementioned. Children of John and Edna (Bailey) Hastings: 1. John, born January 23, 1718. 2. James, May 4, 1720. 3. Abigail, August 12, 1722. 4. Jonas, January 12, 1727.
(V) John, eldest son and child of John and Edna (Bailey) Hastings, was born in Haver- hill, Massachusetts, January 23, 1718. He married (first) Rebecca Bailey, and (second) Mary Amy. Children of first wife: I. John, born April II, 1744. 2. Richard, October 12, 1745. 3. Rebecca, 1746. 4. Jonas, November 9, 1747. 6. Timothy, April 12, 1750, died young. 7. Amos, February 3, 1757. Children of second wife: 8. Levi, June 6, 1762. 9. Evan, July 12, 1764, died unmarried. IO. Mollie, September 12, 1766, died young. II. Joshua, June 7, 1768. 12. Abigail, August 2, 1770. 13. Ann, March 3, 1772. 14. David, June 17, 1774.
(VI) General Amos, son of John and Re- becca (Bailey) Hastings, was born in Haver- hill, Massachusetts, February 3, 1757. He went to Bethel, Maine, in March, 1778, on snowshoes from Fryeburg with Benjamin Russel, his wife and daughter, but returned to Fryeburg and afterwards to Haverhill, Massa- chusetts, where he was married, September 10, 1778, to Elizabeth Wiley, of Fryeburg, Maine, born January 12, 1757, sister of Jeru- sha Wiley, wife of John Grover, and subse- quently returned to Bethel, Maine, and settled at Middle Intervale, where the first town meeting was held at his house. He was a man of influence among his fellow townsmen. He was a soldier of the revolution, was pres- ent at the battle of Lexington and helped to dig the intrenchments and build up the breast- works at Bunker Hill, where he also took part in that memorable engagement. He came out of the war with a captain's commission, and afterward was promoted colonel and later brigadier-general. Children of General Amos and Elizabeth (Wiley) Hastings: I. Jonas, married a Miss Baker from Baker's Hill, Newbury, New Hampshire ; settled in Grant- ham, New Hampshire. 2. Amos, married De- borah Howard and lived in Fryeburg. 3. Bet-
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sey, married Samuel Russel; moved to Michi- gan. 4. Lucinda, born April 24, 1785, died May 5, 1790. 5. Susanna, born May 31, 1788, married Joseph Gay, of Raymond; moved to Saratoga, New York. 6. Timothy, born Oc- tober 31, 1791, married Hannah Bean. 7. Lucinda, born April 17, 1794, married Thomas Fletcher. 8. John, born May 6, 1796. 9. Huldah, born April 17, 1798, married Na- thaniel Barker, of Newry.
(VII) John, son of General Amos and Elizabeth (Wiley) Hastings, was born in Bethel, Maine, May 6, 1796, died April 5, 1859. He was the well known village black- smith at Bethel Hill, and lived in that locality many years. "A model smithy was. John Hastings, who long carried on the business at Bethel Hill, and he was a fine specimen of muscular manhood. He died when by no means old, and that was the fate of most of his father's family. He left a number of sons who have made their mark and honored their native town." He married, May 25, 1820, Abigail Straw, of Newfield, Maine, who was born March 24, 1799, died in Bethel, Novem- ber 7, 1874. Children: I. Gideon Alphonzo, born February 18, 1821, married, October 3, 1847, Dolly Keyes Kimball. 2. David Rob- inson, August 26, 1823, married Mary J. El- lis, and lived in Fryeburg. 3. John Decatur, June II, 1825, married Emma B. Kimball. 4. Daniel Straw, August 13, 1828, died July 31, 1833. 5. Solon S., August 25, 1832, died June 2, 1833. 6. Moses Mason, December 2, 1834, married Louise Gould and lives in Bangor. 7. Agnes Straw, August 8, 1837, married Wil- liam O. Straw. 8. Daniel Straw, May 5, 1840.
(VIII) Daniel Straw, youngest son and child of John and Abigail (Straw) Hastings, was born in Bethel, Maine, May 5, 1840. By profession he is a civil engineer, a stock rancher by years of practical experience, and more recently a moderate farmer by way of employing leisure time. His early education was acquired in public schools in Bethel and afterward at Goulds Academy, and after leav- ing school he took up the study of practical civil engineering with the view of making that his business occupation. For six years he worked on the line of the Portland & Og- densburgh railroad, surveyed and established the line of that road through Crawford Notch in the White Mountains in New Hampshire. During its construction he was an engineer on the line of the Boston and Maine road from Berwick to Portland, and later on the narrow guage road from Bridgton Junction to Bridg-
ton. In 1880 Mr. Hastings, then known in engineering circles as one of the most capable and efficient men of his profession in the east, was employed by the Northern Pacific Rail- road Company to survey and establish a line of railroad from Superior to Ashland, then farther west into Montana, and it was he who surveyed that part of the road between the towns of Billings and Benton on the Northern Pacific route. In 1884, while en- gaged in his engineering and railroad con- struction enterprises in the west, Mr. Hast- ings became so deeply interested in ranching and stock raising that he purchased thirty-two hundred acres of land at Judith Basin in Mon- tana and devoted his attention to an entirely new field of activity, and one which had for him an especial attraction and turned out to be a perfectly satisfactory investment. On the ranch he kept eight thousand head of sheep, one hundred and fifty head of horses and one hundred head of cattle. In 1900 he sold off the stock and returned to his old home in Bethel, where he was born, and conducts a small farm, which was his father's, but his purpose is to return again to Montana and turn his fertile acres there into a wheat farm. During his many years of residence in other parts of the country, Mr. Hastings never has forgotten his "down east" home, and always has maintained some connection with its in- terests and associations : Bethel Lodge, F. and A. M., of which he has long been a member ; the Democratic party in whose ranks he has always claimed a place; and his relatives and a large circle of acquaintances, whom he es- teems and by whom he is highly regarded. He also has business interests in the town and now is president of the Bethel National Bank.
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