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ard, born March 25, 1872, is a graduate of Bates College, class of 1896. He married (second) 1878, Alida, daughter of Dennis Mulloy, of Berwick, Maine, and had chil- dren: I. Ethel A., born June 3, 1882, was graduated from Limington Academy ; married Professor Case. 2. Dana Stephen, born Octo- ber 14, 1884.
(IX) Herbert Harmon, M. D., first son and 'child of Stephen L. and Jennie (Harmon) Purinton, was born in Saco, Maine, April 22, 1865. His early education was obtained in the public schools of Saco and Limington and at the Limington Academy. Later he matricu- lated at Bowdoin College, from which he was graduated with the class of 1891, and was also graduated from the Portland Medical School. He was entirely dependent upon his own ex- ertions in obtaining the necessary instruction to fit him for his professional career, the only assistance offered him being the gift of two books and forty dollars. In consequence of this need he accepted any and all kinds of work that opportunity presented, spending his spare time in canvassing, clerking in stores and several other occupations. After being graduated, he commenced the active practice of his profession in Maine (Greene), but at the end of two years of arduous work was compelled by illness to abandon his practice for a time. He removed to Lewiston, Maine, in 1893, where he has built up a large and lucrative practice. He is a member of the chief staff of surgeons of the Sisters' Hospital, which is a non-sectarian institution, and probably treats more patients than any other in the state. The first town or city office which Dr. Purinton was called upon to fill was that of superintendent of schools, while he was in Greene. He was appointed city physician soon after settling in Lewiston, and filled the office two years. In 1902 he was elected a member of the common council, and the fol- lowing year was elected alderman. One year later he was made president of the board of aldermen, and in 1905 was nominated by the Republicans for mayor of the city. Though polling the largest Republican vote for a num- ber of years, Dr. Purinton was defeated, as the city is strongly Democratic. He is a mem- ber of the following organizations: American Medical Association ; ex-president of the O. A. Horr Medical Association; president of the Androscoggin County Medical Associa- tion; Maine Medical Association. He is a thirty-second degree Mason and affiliated with the following fraternal orders: Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Pilgrim Fathers, Gol-
den Cross and Improved Order of Red Men. Dr. Purinton married, March 24, 1888, Cora L., born May 15, 1864, daughter of Hasty and Eunice (Strout) Brackett, granddaughter of Freeman Strout, and a descendant of the same line as Hon. Thomas Brackett Reed. They have one child : Stephen Robert, born October 1, 1892.
PURINTON Robert Purinton, a brother of George Purinton, above named, was a landholder of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, from 1640 to 1647. He was a member of the church there in 1640; was a freeman in 1672. He mar- ried Amy Davis, and two sons of his are re- corded, namely John and Robert.
(II) John, elder son of Robert and Amy (Davis) Purinton, was born about 1635, and resided in Exeter, New Hampshire, whence he removed to Salisbury, Massachusetts.
(III) Deacon Hezekiah, presumably a son of John Purinton, and grandson of Robert Purin- ton, was born about 1674, and was a soldier from Salisbury at Wells in 1696. He subse- quently lived for a time at Dover, and re- moved from there about the close of the seven- teenth century to Cape Cod and settled at Tru- ro, Massachusetts, about 1704, dying there Jan- uary 8, 1717, aged forty-two years. He re- ceived a grant of land May 15, 1705, was made a freeman in 1707, and was evidently one of the leading men of the town, as his name appears frequently upon the records. He was a farmer and fisherman by occupa- tion, and was one of the first owners of cattle in that section, and filled various town offices. He was a deacon of the church, a selectman and member of the committee chosen to select a minister and provide entertainment at his ordination, for which purpose ten pounds were expended in the entertainment of elders, mes- sengers and scholars who were present on that occasion. The minister ordained at that time was Elder Avery, and neither he nor the other elders were "Teetotalers," as spirits were included in the list of expenses. Deacon Pur- inton was honored in the community and Deacon Elkinah Paine writes in his diary: "I was pained to hear of the death of Deacon Hezekiah Purington this morning. A good and upright man has gone." The children of Deacon Purinton were: Nathaniel, Joshua, Hezekiah, James, Humphrey, see forward; Abial, who married Brigadier General Sam- uel Thompson, of revolutionary fame, who captured Colonel Menott, who afterward burned Falmouth.
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(IV) Humphrey, son of Deacon Hezekiah Purinton, was born about 1700 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, or vicinity. He removed to Truro, Massachusetts, with family, but re- turned to the eastward when a man and set- tled on the Bath side of New Meadows river, Maine. His children were born in Truro: I. Hezekiah, baptized at Truro, July 16, 1727. 2. Humphrey, baptized at Truro, September 7, 1729, mentioned below. 3. David, baptized October 31, 1731. 4. Mary, baptized June 16, 1734. 5. Nathaniel, baptized July II, 1736. 6. Abiel, baptized July 23, 1738, married Sam- uel Thompson. 7. Joshua, baptized May 4, 1740, resided in Bath. 8. James, baptized June 13, 1742, born April 3, 1742.
(V) Humphrey (2), son of Humphrey (I) Purinton, was born in Truro, Massachusetts, baptized there in infancy September 7, 1729, removed to Bath, Maine, in his youth and settled there. Among his children was Hum- phrey, mentioned below.
(VI) Rev. Humphrey (3), son of Hum- phrey (2) Purinton, was born in Georgetown, August, 1759, and died in Bowdoinham, Jan- uary 25, 1832. His military record is an ex- ceedingly honorable one. He enlisted from Harpswell, July 1, 1775, in J. Curtis' company, serving one month and eleven days, probably on home guard duty. Re-enlisted soon after, as his name appears on the pay rolls of Cap- tain James Curtis' company, James Gargill's regiment, and is recorded as enlisting August 9, 1775, and the pay roll record is February 14, 1776. He enlisted as a private, October 4, 1777, in Captain Benjamin Lament's com- pany, Colonel John Allen's regiment, and was discharged December 31, 1777. He was also a private in Captain Samuel Johnson's company, Colonel Wiggleworth's regiment. Colonel Wiggleworth was a Newburyport, Massachu- setts, man, and led his regiment through his state to reinforce the Continental army sta- tioned at Fort Edwards. The army had suf- fered severly from smallpox, and every town in Cumberland and York counties was or- dered to furnish its quota to form a force to reinforce the army, and Humphrey Purinton was one of those who volunteered from Harps- well. It appears that he was discharged from Albany, New York, as the revolutionary pay rolls show that he was allowed pay for travel from Albany to his home at Casco Bay. He . was a Baptist and the "First Baptist Church accused Elder Humphreys Purington of being a Universalist because he believed in the Atonement." His ideas were too liberal for the Baptist denomination, and he is said to
have mounted his horse and ridden to Edge- comb to hear the new Free Will doctrine, be- came a convert and one of the first Free Will Baptist ministers, and by far the larger part of his descendants have been connected with that denomination. He was an active leader in his day, and was chairman of the first board of selectmen ever elected in Bowdoin, this being in April, 1788. He married Thankful Snow.
(VII) Abiezer, son of Rev. Humphrey (3) and Thankful (Snow) Purinton, was born in Bowdoin, Maine, about 1780. He married, about 1798, Eunice Thompson. Children : Abner, Abiezer, Humphrey, Abel, Elisha, Amos, Cornelius, Daniel, Josiah, Betsey, Fan- ny, Esther and Eunice. Abiezer Purinton cleared a farm from the wilderness, and in connection with farming was a shoemaker.
(VIII) Amos, son of Abiezer and Eunice (Thompson) Purinton, was born in 1813, in Bowdoin, Maine, died in 1897. While his opportunities for acquiring an education were no better than those of other boys of his day, he, however, improved his time and at seven- teen years of age was qualified to teach school, which line of work he followed in connection with farming for a number of years. He lived all his life on the farm where he was born. He served as selectman of the town, was jus- tice of the peace for many years, and per- formed much legal work for his neighbors. He was a Universalist in religion, and in poli- tics was first an old line Whig and later a Republican. He married, 1841, Martha J., born in Winslow, Maine, 1822, daughter of Elisha and Charity (Eaton) Patterson. Chil- dren : I. Amos Edwin, mentioned below. 2. Margaret R., born June, 1844, married L. C. Allen. 3. W. Scott, 1848, married Ada -; lives in Augusta, Maine. 4. Horace, 1850, married Clara Preble. 5. Martha Emma, 1852, married James Milard. 6. Charity Ella, 1854, married F. S. Adams. 7. Elisha Emery, 1856, married Hattie Rheads. 8. Nancy, 1861, married G. L. Combes.
(IX) Amos Edwin, son of Amos and Mar- tha J. (Patterson) Purinton, was born in Bowdoin, Maine, May 3, 1842. He was edu- cated in the public schools, and when a young man taught school in the vicinity of his native town. He engaged in business as a meat and provision dealer in the town of Richmond, Maine. In 1887 he removed to Waterville and embarked in the manufacture of brick, con- tracting and building, a member of the Horace Purinton Company, a business he has con- tinued with uniform success to the present
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time. He is one of the substantial men of the city. While in Richmond he was first select- man several years, and has been alderman of Waterville. In politics he is a Republican. He is a prominent member of the Free Baptist church of Waterville, and was a prime mover in establishing this society there. He mar- ried, December 1, 1866, Sarah M., born Feb- ruary 22, 1845, daughter of Fairfield Moore. Children: I. Herbert R., born October 15, 1867, married Cary I. Knowlton; children : Arthur L., Edwin Moore, Carl and Francis. 2. Charles Edwin, mentioned below. 3. Fran- cis B., April 20, 1872, married Annie Bates ; one child, Willard. 4. Helen B., February 2, 1875, married Earnest Decker, of Portland; one child, Katherine. 5. Sarah, died at age of three. 6. Solon W., February 5, 1883.
(X) Charles Edwin, second son of Amos Edward and Sarah M. (Moore) Purinton, was born January 19, 1870, in Bowdoin, Maine. He was educated in the common schools of that town, and then learned the contracting business under his father's instruction. After four years he went to Colby College and took a three year special course. He entered part- nership with his brother, Francis B. Purinton, under the firm name of Purinton Brothers, dealers in coal and wood in Augusta. The business is incorporated, Charles Edwin being president and Francis B. treasurer of the com- pany. Mr. Purinton is a Republican in poli- tics, and has been a member of the common council of Augusta from ward 7 for two years, a member of the board of aldermen four years, and acted as mayor for a time. He is a mem- ber of Augusta Lodge, No. 141, Free and Ac- cepted Masons ; Cushnoc Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Alpha Council, Royal and Select Masters; Trinity Commandery, Knights Tem- plar, of Augusta; Kora Temple, Mystic Shrine; charter member and treasurer of the lodge of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; member of Knights of Pythias; Asylum Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He married, November 4, 1894, Carrie L., born in North Appleton, Maine, October 24, 1873, daughter of Arthur L. Ripley. Chil- dren : I. Frances L., born August 18, 1895. 2. Lawrence G., April 17, 1897. 3. Lucille M., January 4, 1902. 4. Irene A., March 1, 1903. 5. Richmond M., November 9, 1905.
(VII) Jonathan, son of Rev. Humphrey (3) and Thankful (Snow) Purinton, was born in Bowdoin in 1819, and died in Fairfield in 1874. He was educated in the schools of his native town, admitted to the bar, and early commenced the practice of law in the town of
Fairfield, a practice he continued until within ten years of his death. He was at one time sheriff of, Sagadahoc county, served with Petersburg with the Christian Commission, and was a Whig and a Republican. He was a charter member of Bowdoin Lodge, An- cient Free and Accepted Masons. He mar- ried (first) Hannah Allen, who was born and died in Bowdoin, and they had children: Col- umbus A., Cornelia A. and Hannah. He mar- ried (second) Hannah G. Bradbury, who was born in Buxton and died in Fairfield, and their children were: Henry O., Frank B., see for- ward; Horace K.
(VIII) Frank Boody, second son and child of Jonathan and Hannah G. (Bradbury) Pur- inton, was born in Fairfield, October 19, 1847. He was educated in the common schools of Fairfield and in the Gray Commercial School at Portland. He found employment with the Fairfield Broom Company, working on the river, and remained with them for a period of twelve years, when he entered the employ of S. A. Nye, also in river work, with whom he continued until 1891, when he became asso- ciated with Mr. Nye in the lumber business, establishing in 1902 a factory for the manu- facture of folding chairs and tables, known as the S. A. Nye Company. In addition to his connection with this concern, Mr. Purinton is a treasurer of the Canaan Power Company. He has always been a staunch supporter of the principles of the Republican party, was appointed postmaster in 1898, and reappointed in 1902 and 1907. He was also for two terms chairman of the board of assessors. Mr. Pur- inton is identified with the following organiza- tions : Member of Siloam Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; Mount Lebanon Coun- cil, of Oakland; Drummond Chapter of Oak- land; St. Omer Commandery, Knights Tem- plar, of Waterville ; Noble of Kora Temple at Lewiston ; member of Fairfield Lodge I. O. O. F., and Encampment, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Waterville; Improved Order of Foresters, of Fairfield. He married, June 2, 1896, Edna Clark, of Bristol, daughter of Edwin K. and Fanny (Hodgkins) Hall. They have no children.
The Prince family is among the PRINCE few who have a pedigree trans- mitted to them from the earliest emigrants and that, too, from the accurate manuscript history of the Rev. Thomas Prince, pastor of the "Old South" Church in Bos- ton for nearly forty years in the early part of the eighteenth century. While on a visit
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in England, the relatives of Rev. Thomas Prince presented him with the family coat-of- arms, which was granted by Queen Elizabeth, and is as follows: Arms: Gules, a saltire, or, surmounted of a cross, engrailed ermine. Crest : Out of a ducal coronet, or, a cubit arm, habited gules, cuffed ermine, holding in the hand, proper, three pine-apples of the first, stalked and leaved, vert. From reliable rec- ords we learn that in the reigns of Queen Elizabeth and King James I, the Rev. John Prince, Bachelor of Arts, of Oxford, was rec- tor of the parish of East Shefford, Berkshire county, and was a rigid churchman all his life. He married, 1609, Elizabeth, daughter of Wal- ter and Ann Toldervy, and granddaughter of the Rev. Dr. John Tolderbury, of the Uni- versity of Oxford, the family name being spelled variously. Of their four sons and seven daughters, all became Dissenters. The eldest son, John, is mentioned below ; Francis, the second son, became a merchant in London, England.
(I) John, eldest son of Rev. John and Eliza- beth (Tolderbury) Prince, was born in Eng- land, in 1610, and died in Hull, Massachu- setts, August 16, 1676. He was educated in Oxford, but on account of his dissenting prin- ciples received no degree, and to escape the persecutions of Archbishop Laud, like many others, he emigrated to America in 1633, and located first at Watertown, Massachusetts. After spending a short time at Hingham, Mas- sachusetts, where he received a grant of land in the Broad Cove meadows; was made free- man in 1635, he finally settled at Lighthouse Island, Hull, Massachusetts, about 1638, be- came prominent in the affairs of the com- munity, and was for nearly thirty years ruling elder, and died there greatly respected. His will, which was dated May 9, 1676, mentions all of his children with the exception of Ben- jamin. Elder John married (first) in Water- town, May, 1637, Alice Honor, who died about 1668; he married (second) Ann Barstow, widow of William Barstow, of Scituate, Mas- sachusetts, whose daughter, Martha Barstow, married Samuel, fourth son of Elder John and Alice (Honor) Prince, so that a part of her direct descendants also bore the name of Prince. The children of Elder John Prince were: I. John, married Rebecca (probably Vickerow, daughter of George and Rebecca (Phippeny) Vickerow, who lived next neigh- bor to Elder Prince; she was a cousin to Job's wife. 2. Elizabeth, married Josiah Loring. 3. Joseph, married Joanna Morton, and died in Quebec. 4. Martha, married Christopher
Wheaton. 5. Job, shipmaster, married Re- becca Phippeny, and was lost at sea. 6. Sam- uel, who married his stepsister, Martha Bar- stow. 7. Benjamin, died in Jamaica, West In- dies, prior to the death of his father. 8. Isaac, married Mary, daughter of John and Mary (Brewster) Turner. 9. Thomas, see below.
(II) Thomas, seventh son and youngest child of Elder John Prince, was born at Hull, Massachusetts, July 8, 1658, and died at Bar- badoes, West Indies, 1704. He settled at Sci- tuate, Massachusetts, and married, December 23, 1685, Ruth, daughter of John and Mary (Brewster) Turner, and twin sister of Mary, the wife of his brother Isaac. She was born in 1663, and after the death of Thomas Prince, married Israel Sylvester, of Duxbury. Her father, John Turner, came from England to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1628, with his parents, Humphrey and Lydia Turner, and there married Mary, daughter of Jonathan and Lucretia Brewster, and granddaughter of Elder William Brewster, born in Holland dur- ing the sojourn of the Pilgrims in that coun- try. The children of Thomas and Ruth (Tur- ner) Prince were: I. Thomas, born July 10, 1686. 2. James, born in 1687, married De- borah Robinson. 3. Ruth, born in 1689. 4. Benjamin, see forward. 5. Job, born in 1695, married Abigail Kimball; became the ances- tor of a number of families of Boston, and has many descendants throughout New Eng- land.
(III) Benjamin, third son and fourth child of Thomas and Ruth (Turner) Prince, was born at Hull, Massachusetts, February 28, 1693-94, and died December 5, 1737. For a few years after his marriage he resided in Duxbury, Massachusetts, after which in 1727 he removed to North Yarmouth, Maine, with his wife and five children. This was the third and permanent settlement of North Yarmouth, and in the division of land he was appor- tioned Lot Number One on the Foreside (now called Prince's Point), including Basket Island. November 18, 1730, with eight others, he founded a Congregational church, which was the first ecclesiastical organization of the town, and the tenth in Maine. He was promi- nent in public affairs, an enterprising and use- ful citizen, was elected collector of the town, October 14, 1734, and was sent as one of a committee of three with the town clerk, March 22, 1736, to Bridgewater, to interview Rev. Mr. Keith with reference to his accepting a call to the new church. The town allowed him fifteen pounds for his traveling expenses. He was married, April 17, 1717, to Abiel, born
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in 1697, died September 15, 1744, daughter of John and Patience (Morton) Nelson, of Duxbury, and they had children: I. Benja- min, born April 14, 1718, in Duxbury, died in 1758, in the expedition for the capture of Louisburg. He married (first) Rebecca Fisher, (second) Hannah Harris. 2. Paul, see forward. 3. Sylvanus, born in Duxbury, Sep- tember 17, 1722, died September 18, 1790. He lived at Foreside, North Yarmouth, and mar- ried Elizabeth Johnson. 4. Sarah, born in Duxbury, April 8, 1725, died in 1738. 5. John, born May 20, 1727, died young. 6. Ruth, born January 20, 1730, at North Yarmouth; mar- ried John Robins and settled in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. 7. Lydia, born in 1732, died young. 8. Lydia, born April II, 1735, in North Yarmouth; married Captain John Washburn, of Plymouth. 9. John, born April 24, 1737; embarked in the expedition for the capture of Louisburg, died July 26, 1758, and was buried in the Bay of Fundy.
(IV) Paul, second son and child of Ben- jamin and Abiel (Nelson) Prince, was born at Duxbury, May 14, 1720 (O. S.). He re- moved to North Yarmouth with his parents. At the time of his marriage, as it was deemed essential in those days to be within reach of a place of refuge, he and his young wife re- sided for a few years in the "Loring Block House," with their brother-in-law, Solomon Loring, and there their eldest children were born. Soon after 1745 they chose for a per- manent home a spot near the Scales garrison, and on it built a one-storied house. It is said that this never had a room finished off, al- though the parents were wealthy enough to give each son one hundred acres of land and each daughter fifty acres. Some of this land is still in the possession of the heirs of those to whom it was originally given. The house stood on the site of the dwelling now occu- pied by Captain Reuel Drinkwater. In Au- gust, 1762, Paul Prince, Yeoman, sold his inheritance, the farm numbered as Lot Number One, or Prince's Point, to John Drinkwater. The original deed is now in the possession of John B. Drinkwater. Mr. Prince was an able and energetic man and sustained his share in public and private trusts. When the difficul- ties arose between England and the colonies which led to the revolutionary war, he warmly espoused the cause of his country. He mar- ried, in North Yarmouth, September 8, 1743, Hannah, daughter of David and Rachel (Lew- is) Cushing, of Hingham, Massachusetts, and had children :. I. Sarah, married Eliphalet Greely. 2. Cushing, married Hannah Blan-
chard. 3. Rachel, married (first) Salathiel Sweetser, (second) Nathaniel Weeks. 4. Hannah, married Thomas, son of Joseph Prince, the "Blind Preacher," and fifth in descent from Elder John Prince. 5. Ruth, married Onesiphorus Fisher. 6. David, see forward. 7. Elsie ( Alice), married William Sweetser. 8. Paul, married Sarah Southworth. 9. Pyam, a sea captain, who married (first) Martha Leach Drinkwater, (second) Susan Huff, widow of Captain Malcolm. 10. Ammi, who entered the army one year before the close of the revolutionary war, served in the disas- trous "Bagaduce Expedition," and married Desire Sylvester.
(V) David, second son and sixth child of Paul and Hannah (Cushing) Prince, was born May 7, 1753, and died February 3, 1849. He was a farmer, resided for some years at North Yarmouth, later at Cumberland, Maine. Four- teen of his descendants served in the Union army during the war of rebellion. He mar- ried, November 20, 1777, Elizabeth, daughter of Nathan and Amy (Wyman) Oakes; she was born June 5, 1754, died February 19, 1828, and they went to housekeeping Decem- ber 30, 1777. Their children were: I. Zenas, born January 21, 1779; married Rachel Noyes. 2. Edward, born August 2, 1780, died Novem- ber 4, 1789. 3. David, born March 10, 1782; married Sophia Blanchard. 4. Lucretia, born January 26, 1784; married Elias Banks. 5. Paul, see forward. 6. William, born May 7, 1787; married Rebecca Gurney. 7. Corne- lius, born December 27, 1787, died unmarried, November 10, 1810. 8. Elizabeth, born May 30, 1789; married Charles Kent. 9. David Brainerd, born November 22, 1790; was prin- cipal of the Classical Institute of York, Penn- sylvania.
(VI) Paul, fourth son and fifth child of David and Elizabeth (Oakes) Prince, was born August 30, 1785, and died August 13, 1868. He married (first), Abigail, born De- cember 23, 1787, died November 8, 1819, daughter of William Reed, and had children : I. Paul, born November 8, 1809; married Charlotte Mitchell. 2. Cornelius, born July 22, 1812, died unmarried. 3. Sophia Smith, born September 18, 1813; married Daniel Cof- fin. 4. Newell Anderson, born October 4, 1815; married Mrs. Mary R. (Fisher) Burn- ham. 5. William Reed, born August II, 1817; these brothers, Newell Anderson and William Reed, both graduated from Bowdoin College in 1840, and from Bangor Theological Semi- nary in 1844; William died one year after graduation ; Newell was a Congregational min-
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ister for forty-three years; he was the in- ventor of the fountain pen. 6. Abigail Reed, born September 29, 1819. He married (sec- ond) Sarah, born November 24, 1796, died March 18, 1826, daughter of Asa and Jane (Merrill) Greely. He married (third) Vienna, born June 17, 1802, died December 6, 1838, daughter of Thomas and Anna Myrick, and had children: I. Abigail Greely, born Feb- ruary 20, 1829; married John Prince Stevens. 2. Lucretia Jane, born April 4, 1831. He married (fourth) Abigail Jeffords, born in Warren, Maine, April 27, 1808, died in New Gloucester, Maine, May 8, 1871, daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah (Morrill) Wells, and had children : I. Howard Lyman, see forward. 2. Frederick Cornelius, born June 15, 1842; was quartermaster-sergeant, Second Maine Cavalry, 1863-65; commissioned second lieu- tenant, but not mustered. 3. Mary Wells, born April 1, 1844. 4. Wilmer, born June 8, 1849.
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