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As a citizen, Dr. J. L. Fortier has always taken an active interest in all public and so- cial affairs, being thoroughly in sympathy with whatever advances the well-being of his fel- low citizens and his adoptive city. He took an active part in bringing to Waterville the
Ursuline nuns who for over twenty years have been an uplifting power to the French boys and girls of that city, and who have affor
them educational qualifications in the tongue of their fathers not possible in the public schools. Dr. Fortier is ardently patriotic for the land of his adoption, and advises all Can- adians entering the United States to become naturalized citizens. His devotion to charit- able and religious works is well known to all the Franco-American population in Maine. Many a young man and young woman owe their start in life to his generosity and his innate desire to help those possessing real merit and justified ambition. Dr. Fortier is a great admirer of the masters of French liter- ature, and he is a deep student of poetical and historical works, and he possesses a fairly pro- ficient pen, both in the French and the Eng- lish languages.
As has been heretofore stated, Dr. Fortier has received recognition of his splendid abili- ties as physician and surgeon and his integrity as a citizen. In the spring of 1908 he was elected alderman of his city, and in 1909 was re-elected by a largely increased majority. In September, 1908, he was further honored by a very decisive election as representative to the state legislature, and February 2, 1909, he was unanimously elected a trustee of the Waterville public library. In politics he is an Independent Democrat, always urging his party associates to honor inner worth rather than to foster allegiance through machine rule. In addition to an extensive and exacting med- ical practice, attention to large business in- terests and an unceasing devotion to church work, Dr. Fortier finds time to contribute regularly to the columns of Le Messager, a newspaper published in Lewiston, Maine, in the French language, and he chooses for his various articles those themes of most useful- ness to his numerous readers.
In his home life, the subject of this sketch is the same generous and kind-hearted gentle- man he is anywhere else. Dr. Fortier has been twice married, his first union being with Miss Leonille Martel, on October 21, 1886, resulting in a daughter, Leora C. Fortier. His second marriage, to Miss Marguerite Dunn, of Lewis- ton, Maine, took place January 11, 1904. The Fortier family reside in a spacious home at No. 86 Silver street, in the most fashionable quarter of Waterville, and the doors of the fine residence surrounded by beautiful grounds are always opened to give cheerful and cor- dial welcome to every one, friend or foe, good or indifferent.
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PARSONS The Parsons family is a very numerous one, and several of the name are numbered among the early Colonial settlers. The fol- lowing branch is probably of Massachusetts origin, but owing to the lack of early records it has not been possible to trace the ancestry prior to the revolutionary period.
(I) Kendall Parsons lived in New Hamp- shire, and was a revolutionary soldier. The old musket carried by him in the struggle for independence descended to his son John, who cherished it to the day of his death. Tradi- tion says that Kendall Parsons was an officer under Washington, but this is probably incor- rect. The name of "Kendal" Parsons ap- pears but twice in the New Hampshire Revo- lutionary Rolls. In August, 1779, he received "£6 travel money to Springfield, Massachu- setts." In a document dated February 21, 1780, at Exeter, New Hampshire, and directed to the selectmen of Jaffrey, that state, he is mentioned as one of three men who enlisted for one year under Colonel Enoch Hale, and as being entitled to a bounty of sixty pounds. Kendall Parsons does not appear on the list of revolutionary soldiers from Jaffrey, so it is probable that he came from some other town. The Massachusetts Rolls furnish no clue, because the only reference to Kendall Parsons refers to the payment of three months' service in 1783, and it is stated that the resi- dence of the recipient is unknown. The only Parsons whose service under Washington can be authenticated was Solomon Parsons, of Leicester, Massachusetts, who was frightfully wounded at the battle of Monmouth, New Jer- sey, June 28, 1778. Kendall Parsons married Eliza Bryant, and they had six children : Levi, Sarah, Polly, Betsey, John, whose sketch fol- lows, and Abigail. Levi Parsons was a prom- inent clergyman and revivalist in New Hamp- shire, but he must have been born in some other state, as he is not included in "Carter's Native Ministry of New Hampshire." An- other Rev. Levi Parsons, who died in Africa, where he went as a missionary, was a brother of the mother of Vice-President Levi P. Mor- ton, and the man from whom the latter took his name.
(II) John, younger son of Kendall and Eliza (Bryant) Parsons, was born in June, 1781, died at Easton, Maine, March 26, 1879. He spent the early part of his life at Cam- bridge, Massachusetts, but when a young man removed to Oxford county, Maine, where he married Polly Hanniford, who died at Fort Fairfield, Maine, September 15, 1855, aged
seventy-four years eight months and fifteen days. To John and Polly (Hanniford) Par- sons were born ten children: Eliza, Mary, Kendall, Sarah, Robert, Alanson, Harriet, John, Margaret, Levi, whose sketch follows.
(III) Levi, fifth and youngest son of John and Polly (Hanniford) Parsons, was born at Canton, Maine, December 25, 1823, died at Easton, Maine, March 1, 1890. He was given the name of his father's brother, the New Hampshire clergyman. When Levi Parsons was a small boy, his parents moved to San- gerville, Piscataquis county, where the lad grew to manhood. He attended the public schools at Sangerville and Foxcroft, complet- ing his education at Foxcroft Academy. He is remembered by some of his schoolmates as a young man of fine character and a leader in his classes. His education, which was liberal for the time and place, afterwards proved of great value to his children when they lived in a new neighborhood, remote from schools. Be- fore his marriage Mr. Parsons lived for a time at Fort Fairfield, but he afterwards re- turned to Sangerville, where his four eldest children were born. The family lived there until 1860, when they decided to establish a permanent home in the Aroostook valley. They found a desirable location on a new farm in what is now Easton, on the stage route from Fort Fairfield to Houlton. Mr. Par- sons was a first-class mechanic, and he worked in his carpenter shop when not engaged on the farm, thus giving his boys a trade which they used to good effect in starting in life. Always industrious, Mr. Parsons worked with his hands during the day, and taught his children during the long winter evenings. He made great sacrifices to keep them at school, count- ing the accumulation of property as nothing compared with giving them advantages. He was a devoutly religious man, and long before the new settlement could boast of a school- house, services were frequently held at his home on the Sabbath day. He was a good neighbor, kind husband and devoted father; and as a citizen his influence was always ex- erted for the upbuilding of the community. His health was hardly equal to his ambition, and his excessive industry undoubtedly short- ened his days, and he died at the compara- tively early age of sixty-six years. He was a Republican in politics, and a member of the Free Baptist church.
Levi Parsons married, June 7, 1848, Lydia Ellis, born at Weld, Maine, March 9, 1828, died at Cliftondale, Massachusetts, July 6, 1894, daughter of Freeman (2) and Eunice
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(Shedd) Ellis (see Ellis, VII) and a de- scendant of Governor Bradford and Dr. Fuller (see Fuller) of the Plymouth colony. She taught the first school ever held on what is called the "center road" at Fort Fairfield, and after her marriage devoted herself to the edu- cation of her children, who have reason to rise up and call her blessed. To her tender love, wise counsels and unwearying devotion they owe much of their success in life. To Levi and Lydia (Ellis) Parsons were born seven children: I. Levi, born at Sanger- ville, Maine, January 14, 1850, has been one of the most successful master builders and mechanics in New England, and has also been engaged in the wholesale and retail lum- ber business; is now residing in New York. On September II, 1870, he married (first) Lottie Parsons, of Easton, Maine, who died at Houlton, November 9, 1870, after a wedded life of less than two months. On May 22, 1874, Mr. Parsons married (second) Laura St. Clair, of Bath, Maine, now deceased. 2. Freeman Kendall, born at Sangerville, Maine, May 17, 1851, died at Easton, Maine, Septem- ber 10, 1864. 3. Willis Ellis, mentioned below. 4. John Wilbur, born at Sangerville, Maine, December 9, 1854, now lives at Cliftondale, Massachusetts; a man of sterling qualities and christian character. On June 15, 1892, he married Annie Burleigh, of Cliftondale, and they have three children: Willis Bur- leigh, born May 17, 1894; John Wilbur, De- cember 25, 1895; Alice Gertrude, March 19, 1900. 5. Clarence Vanderlyn, born at Sanger- ville, Maine, January 18, 1857, was educated for the ministry, completing his education at the Theological Seminary at Stanfordville-on- the-Hudson. He is a preacher of ability, still engaged in pastoral work in New York state. On February 28, 1883, at Lakeville, New York, he married Lula E. Northrop, a niece of the prominent Philadelphia divine and author. Their children are: Verna Agnes, born No- vember 17, 1885, now deceased; Leon Leslie, March 23, 1892; Elva Luella, January - 15, 1896; Henry Davenport, April 15, 1900, now deceased. 6. Lizzie Christina, born at Fort Fairfield, Maine, July 7, 1861, married, Jan- uary 2, 1879, Frank De Laite, at Easton, Maine. He died at Revere, Massachusetts, July 21, 1900. Their children are: Willis Ellis, born at Easton, November 6, 1880; Maud Angela, December 9, 1883. 7. Leslie Elmer, born at Easton, Maine, June 16, 1866, is now in business at Cliftondale, Massachu- setts. On July 3, 1894, he married Flora L. C. Crosby, of Cliftondale. They have had two
children : Elmer Evans, born November 24, 1896, died January 17, 1907 ; Phyllis Marjorie, born in June, 1907.
(IV) Willis Ellis, third son of Levi and Lydia (Ellis) Parsons, was born at Sanger- ville, Maine, May 16, 1853. He grew up on a farm at Easton, early developing a taste for work as well as play. His advancement at school was rapid, and he soon mastered all that was taught in the country districts. He sub- sequently attended the high school at Fort Fairfield, the academy at Houlton, now the Ricker Classical Institute, and the City Acad- emy at Burlington, Vermont, afterwards tak- ing a four years' university course in Eng- lish. Inheriting mechanical skill from his father, he learned the carpenter's trade at which he worked in the intervals of attending and teaching school. He won the reputation of being as good a workman as stood on the banks of the Kennebec, and at the age of eigh- teen he had charge of work in Boston and the neighboring towns. But Mr. Parsons had am- bition in other directions, and while still in charge of a crew of mechanics began reading Kent and Blackstone. He had already devel- oped oratorical powers, and his graduation ad- dress at Burlington Academy was considered remarkable. In September, 1878, Mr. Par- sons was admitted to the Piscataquis bar, and soon after formed a partnership with Hon. A. G. Lebroke, of Foxcroft, with whom he had been studying. This firm continued for sev- eral years or until Mr. Parsons was elected state attorney for the county of Piscataquis. He held this office from 1885 to 1890, in- clusive, receiving each re-nomination by accla- mation and running ahead of his ticket. He showed great ability as a criminal lawyer, and conducted the business of the state with a firm and steady hand. He was two terms member from Piscataquis of the Republican state committee. Mr. Parsons has been on the stump as a campaign orator in every cam- paign since 1880, and was early considered one of the most eloquent men in Maine. For years he has been one of the leading lawyers of the state. Was a member of Maine house of representatives in 1895, and Maine senate in 1897, receiving each nomination by accla- mation and polling the largest vote ever known in the county. He is a member of the Con- gregational church in Foxcroft, uniting by let- ter from the Methodist denomination in Houl- ton. He is a prominent Odd Fellow and Mason, and belongs to Saint John's Com- mandery, Knights Templar, at Bangor, and Kora Temple, Lewiston. He is also governor
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of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in Maine. His temperance principles are pro- nounced, and he has never drunk a glass of liquor in his life. On October 23, 1890, Willis Ellis Parsons married Agnes Gilman, youngest daughter of R. D. and Helen E. Gilman, of Foxcroft, who was born May 8, 1867. Mrs. Parsons is an attractive and accomplished woman, and their home is one of the pleasant- est in the state. They have a fine residence on Main street, Foxcroft, and a beautiful summer villa, "The Norwood," on the shores of pic- turesque Sebac lake. To them has been born one child, Willis Gilman Parsons, December 10, 1900, a bright lad of remarkable promise for the future.
FULLER The Fuller name is numerously represented among the early settlers of New England, and it has the honorable distinction of appearing twice on the "Mayflower" list. Both Edward and Samuel Fuller were passengers on this pioneer vessel.
(I) Dr. Samuel Fuller, the first surgeon and physician in Plymouth Colony, came to America in the "Mayflower," 1620. He died at Plymouth, some time during 1633, for his will is dated July 30, and was proven October 28 that year. In this document he mentions his two children, his cousin Samuel Fuller, also his dwelling-house in town, and his house and lands at Smelt river. Dr. Samuel Fuller was a Pilgrim in very truth, for he had been associated with Rev. John Robinson at Ley- den, Holland, and was a deacon in the original church there, becoming a deacon in the Ply- mouth church after his removal to this coun- try. Dr. Fuller was thrice married, but there appear to have been no children by the first two wives. Before his migration he married Elsie Glascock. in England, but nothing fur- ther is known about her. In 1613, while in Leyden, Holland, he married Agnes, daugh- ter of Alexander Carpenter, who lived but a short time; because in 1617 he married his third wife, Bridget Lee, of Leyden. Dr. Sam- uel and Mrs. Bridget (Lee) Fuller had one child born in Holland, who died shortly after removal to this country, and two others, Sam- uel (2) and Mercy, born at Plymouth. Dr. Fuller's wife for some reason did not come with her husband in the "Mayflower," but fol- lowed three years later in the ship "Ann," which sailed in 1823, bringing their eldest child with her. Mercy, only daughter of Dr. Samuel and Bridget (Lee) Fuller, was born in this country, and married Ralph James.
(II) Rev. Samuel (2), son of Dr. Samuel (I) and Bridget (Lee) Fuller, was born in the Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, in 1624, and died at Middleboro, Massachusetts, some time before October 1, 1695. He was a dea- con in the church at Plymouth, and was first minister of the church at Middleboro. He was not ordained there till December 26, 1694, shortly before his death; but he had preached to that people for about sixteen years previ- ously. He was considered a sincere godly man and a useful preacher, and his. death was greatly lamented. Nothing is known about his wife except that she is called Elizabeth in his will; and the Plympton town records make this statement: "The aged widow, Elizabeth Fuller, widow and relict of Rev. Samuel Fuller, formerly minister of Middleboro, de- ceased, at Plympton, Nov. IIthe, 1713." Ac- cording to the will, Rev. Samuel (2) Fuller had three sons and four daughters at the time of his decease. The sons were Samuel (3), whose sketch follows: John, and Isaac, who was under age in 1695. The daughters were Mercy, wife of Daniel Cole; Experience, wife of James Wood; Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Eaton ; and Hannah Fuller.
(III) Samuel (3), eldest son of Rev. Sam- uel (2) and Elizabeth -) Fuller, was born in 1759, probably at. Plymouth, Massa- chusetts, and was one of the first settlers of Plympton, where he died September 6, 1728, in the seventieth year of his age. About 1686 he married Mercy, daughter of Benjamin Eaton ; children: Nathaniel, born November 14, 1687; Samuel, August 30, 1689; William, February 14, 1691, died August 26, 1692; Seth, August 30, 1692; Benjamin, March 7, 1694; Ebenezer, March 24, 1695; Elizabeth, March 30, 1697; John, whose sketch follows; Jabez, June, 1701; Mercy, October 3, 1702; James, February 27, 1704.
(IV) Deacon John, seventh son of Samuel (3) and Mercy (Eaton) Fuller, was born De- cember 19, 1698, probably at Plympton, Mas- sachusetts, where his father lived, and where the son spent his life; but the date of his death is unknown. On February 7, 1722-23, he married Deborah Ring, according to the Plympton town records; children: Eleazer, born 1723; Issachar, whose sketch follows; John, 1727; Deborah, 1729, married Kim- ball Prince; Susanna, 1733, married Jacob Dingley ; Noah, 1734; Ezra, 1736; Consider, 1738 ; Eliazar, 1740; Hannah, 1743.
(V) Issachar, second son of Deacon John and Deborah (Ring) Fuller, was born in 1725, and lived either at Carver or Kingston, Massa-
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chusetts. He died in 1822, aged ninety-seven years three months twelve days. In 1748 he married Elizabeth Doty; children : Lydia, born 1749; Isaac, whose sketch follows; John, 1753; Deborah, 1756; Noah, 1758; Sylvia, 1760; Issachar, 1762; Elizabeth, 1764.
(VI) Isaac, eldest son of Issachar and Eliz- abeth (Doty) Fuller, was born January 14, 1751; but the date of his death is unknown. He was a revolutionary soldier, and took part in the battle of Bunker Hill. He enlisted April 30, 1775, and served nine months in Captain John Bridgham's company, Colonel Theophilus Cotton's regiment, General John Thomas's brigade, in the Massachusetts line. Without leaving the service he re-enlisted for one year as sergeant in Captain Samuel Bradford's company, Colonel John Bailey's regiment, General William Heath's brigade. His son, Isaac (2) Fuller, served in the war of 1812. In 1775 Isaac (I) Fuller married Lydia, daughter of Kimball Prince, of Kings- ton; children : Sarah, born November 7, 1778; Isaac, January 14, 1781; Lydia, men- tioned below ; and Samuel, December 1, 1784.
(VII) Lydia, second daughter of Isaac (I) and Lydia ( Prince) Fuller, was born January 9, 1783, probably at Carver, Massachusetts, and in 1800 married Freeman (2) Ellis of Hartford, Maine. Her descent was through John Ellis (1), Samuel (2), Joel (3), as given on other pages, and as below :
(IV) Joel (2), eldest child of Joel (I) and Elizabeth (Churchill) Ellis, was born in 1710, and died in 1783. He lived at Plympton, Massachusetts, and married Phebe born 1713, died in the eightieth year of her age. Five children are recorded: Joel, born December 22, 1738; Benjamin, February II, 1741; Freeman, whose sketch follows; Bar- zillai, June, 1752; Betty, July 18, 1754.
(V) Freeman, third son of Joel (2) and Phebe Ellis, was born July 18, 1745, probably at Plympton, Massachusetts, and died at Hart- ford, Maine, March 15, 1802, in his fifty-sev- enth year. In 1766 he married Sarah, daugh- ter of Gideon Bradford, Esquire, of Plymp- ton, and a direct descendant of Governor Bradford of the Plymouth Colony. She was born May 19, 1748, at Plympton, and died at Carthage, Maine, September 2, 1837, in her ninetieth year. She came of notable colonial ancestry. Her father, Gideon Bradford, was not only the great-great-grandson of the fa- mous governor, the line coming from Gov- ernor William, through Major William, Major John and Lieutenant Samuel to Gideon, but
her mother was Jane Paddock, daughter of Ichabod and Joanna (Faunce) Paddock of Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Mrs. Joanna (Faunce) Paddock was the daughter of Elder Thomas Faunce, the last ruling Elder of the church at Plymouth. (See Bradford, VII.) To Freeman and Sarah ( Bradford) Ellis were born six children : Joanna, July 9, 1767; Mercy, June 29, 1769, married Arvida Hay- ford, of Belfast, Maine; Benjamin, June 23, 1771; Jane, June 14, 1773, married a Reed; Sarah, June 25, 1775, married a Sampson ; and Freeman (2), whose sketch follows.
(VI) Freeman (2), son of Freeman (I) and Sarah (Bradford) Ellis, was born at Plympton, Massachusetts, October 29, 1779, and died at Fort Fairfield, Maine, January 13, 1866, in his eighty-seventh year. He married, in 1800, at Hebron, Maine, Lydia, daughter of Isaac and Lydia (Prince) Fuller, of Carver, Massachusetts, and a direct descendant of Dr. Samuel Fuller, the first physician in the Ply- mouth Colony. (See Fuller VI.) Lydia (Fuller) Ellis was born January 9, 1783, and died at Fort Fairfield, Maine, January 13, 1866, in her seventy-fourth year. Thirteen children were born to Freeman (2) and Lydia (Fuller) Ellis: Phebe, February 6, 1801; Freeman (3), whose sketch follows; Lydia, June 1, 1804; Isaac Fuller, October 5, 1806; Benjamin, August 3, 1808; Gideon Bradford, July 22, 1811; Mercy Hayford, February 14, 1813; Alyndia Fuller, July 21, 1815; Freder- ick, April 12, 1817; Sarah, June 24, 1819; Joanna, September 17, 1821 ; Caleb Holt, April 26, 1824; Christina Hayford, April 30, 1826.
(VII) Freeman (3), eldest son of Free- man (2) and Lydia (Fuller) Ellis, was born at Hartford, Maine, July 24, 1802, and died at Fort Fairfield, Maine, May 16, 1872, in his seventieth year. In January, 1825, he married Eunice Shedd, born at Readfield, Maine, Au- gust 3, 1804, died at Fort Fairfield, Maine, November 28, 1865, in her sixty-second year. Children: Caleb Holt, born November 18, 1825; Lydia, March 9, 1828; Eunice, January 2, 1830; John Freeman, December 12, 1831 ; Betsy, April 18, 1834; Charles Vanderline, November 2, 1835; Hiram Holt, October 28, 1840; Eunice Christina, August 10, 1846. Lydia Ellis, the eldest daughter, was born at Weld, Maine, March 9, 1828, and June 7, 1848, married Levi Parsons, at Fort Fairfield, Maine. (See Parsons III.) She was the mother of seven children, and died at Clifton- dale, Massachusetts, July 6, 1894, aged sixty- six years three months twenty-seven days.
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To one who looks down STURTEVANT the long vista of the ages as it is veiled by the light of history, there appears from gen- eration to generation a recurrence of the fam- ily characteristics that were strong in the fam- ily lines hundreds of years before. In the race of sturdy Sturtevants the same quiet energy, persistent perseverance, honest industry, self- reliance, regard for truth, belief in the ulti- mate triumph of right, and tendency to inde- pendent thinking, have prevailed in every gen- eration.
(I) Samuel Sturtevant, who was settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts, as early as Novem- ber, 1640, was no doubt a resident of Roches- ter, England, before becoming a member of Plymouth colony. He lived on what is called the "Cotton Farm," in Plymouth, where he died in October, 1669, at which time he is said to have been forty-five years old. The bap- tismal name of his wife was Ann. Children : I. Ann, married John Waterman. 2. John, died young. 3. Mary, married Ephraim Lit- tle. 4. Samuel, see forward. 5. Hannah. 6. John. 7. Lydia. 8. James. 9. Joseph.
(II) Samuel (2), fourth child of Samuel (1) and Ann Sturtevant, was born April 9, 1645. He lived in that part of Plymouth which was incorporated in the town of Plymp- ton, and afterward became part of the town of Halifax. He held several offices or places of trust in Plymouth, and was one of the first selectmen of Plympton, and deacon of its church. His first wife's given name was Mercy. She died July 3, 1714, in the sixtieth year of her age. Of this marriage there were nine children. He married (second) Mrs. Elizabeth Harrell. His death occurred April 21, 1736.
(III) Moses, third son of Samuel (2) and Mercy Sturtevant, was born in 1695. He mar- ried, in 1720, Elizabeth Howell; children : Abigail, born 1721; Joseph, 1724; Moses, 1725; Mercy, 1728; Consider ; Aaron.
(IV) Joseph, eldest son of Moses and Eliz- abeth (Howell) Sturtevant, was born in 1724. He resided in Wareham, Massachusetts, and during the revolution served as a private in Captain John Gibbs' company. He married Mary Gibbs; children: Heman, Lot, Joseph, Abisha, Jonathan and David.
(V) Lot, second son of Joseph and Mary (Gibbs) Sturtevant, was born July 25, 1759, in Wareham, Massachusetts, died June 4, 1848, aged eighty-eight years, at the home of his son, Reward Sturtevant, and was buried at Fairfield Centre. He enlisted in the revolu-
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