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(X) Rev. John (3), youngest son of Rev .. Caleb and Elizabeth (Cotton) Cushing, born April 10, 1709, in Salisbury, died January 25, 1772. He graduated from Harvard College in 1729, and was ordained minister December 29, 1736, and became the first minister of the Second Church of Boxford, Massachusetts. He was married April 8, 1734, to Elizabeth, daughter of John and Sarah (White) Martin, of Boston, who was born May 16, 1714, and died October 18, 1789, in Durham, Maine. One child blessed this union, namely: John. (XI) John (4), only child of Rev. John (3) and Elizabeth (Martin) Cushing, born May I, 1741, in Boxford, died December 26, 1812, aged seventy-two years, in Freeport, Maine. He was buried in the old churchyard, and the inscription on the tombstone reads, "To the memory of the Hon. John Cushing, Esq., who died December 26, 1812, aged 72, Help Lord for the godly man ceaseth, for the faithful fail from among the children of men." He graduated from Harvard College in 1761, receiving the degree of A. M. four years later. He responded to the Lexington alarm on April 19, 1775, being captain of a com- pany in Colonel Samuel Johnson's regiment, and was again in the service in 1776. He built a house, and settled in Salisbury, Massa- chusetts, whence he removed to Boxford at the death of his father. In 1780 he removed to North Yarmouth, Maine, thence to Royals- burgh, and finally settled in Freeport, Maine. He served in many official capacities with satisfaction to his constituency, filling the of- fices of selectman, town treasurer, justice of the peace, judge and a member of the coun- cil for many years, and was a representative to the general court of Massachusetts. He was elected deacon of the church in Freeport, April 24, 1793, and faithfully performed the duties in that office for twenty years. He was state senator from the Cumberland district, and an active member of the board of over- seers of Bowdoin College. He was married
December 1, 1763, to Dorothy, daughter of Colonel Bagley, of Amesbury. She was born February 13, 1745, and died in 1815. Their children were: Elizabeth, Dorothy, John, Jon- athan, Edward and Sarah (who died young, and on the same day).
(XII) Dorothy, second child of Hon. John (4) and Dorothy (Bagley) Cushing, was born May 2, 1769, in Salisbury, Massachu- setts, and died December 28, 1863, at Litch- field, Maine. She was married February 2, 1785, to Roger Merrill. (See Merrill, VI.)
CARLETON This surname is derived, ac- cording to some authorities, from the place name in England. Carleton is from the Saxon word coerl (husbandman) and town. The English family traces the pedigree to Baldwin de Carle- ton, of Carleton, near Penrith, Cumberland, in 1066. The coat-of-arms is: Argent a bend sable, three mascles of the field. The crest : out of a ducal coronet or, a unicorn's head sable, the horn twisted of the first and second. Motto: Non ad perniciem. The following is the pedigree :
(I) Baldwin de Carleton, of Carleton, near Penrith.
(II) Jeffrey de Carleton.
(III) Eduard de Carleton.
(IV) Henry de Carleton.
(V) Gilbert de Carleton, married Fitzwilliam.
(VI) William de Carleton, justice's coun- cillor of King Edward's son and lieutenant, while the father (Edward I) was absent in foreign wars; served on a commission to rec- oncile the king and barons ; was chancellor of the exchequer; intercessor with the king for the Earl of Norfolk and Hertford; married Helena, daughter of Geoffrey de Stanton.
(VII) Adam de Carleton, married Sarah, daughter of Adam de Newton.
(VIII) Adam de Carleton, married Sinella , supposed to be a Plantagenet.
(IX) John de Carleton, was conspicuous as commissioner with the chief men of Eng- land in making treaty with Flanders.
(X) Henry de Carleton, county Lincoln, 13th year Richard II; married Alicia
(XI) Sir Thomas de Carleton.
(XII) Sir Walter de Carleton, married Fieldman.
(XIII) Thomas Carleton, of Sutton, Lin- colnshire ; married Skerne.
(XIV) John Carleton, of Sutton and Wal- ton-upon-Thames; died 1450; married Anne Skepwith.
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(XV) John Carleton, married Alice Dan- ield.
(XVI) John Carleton, lived in 1500; mar- ried Joyce, daughter of John Walbeck and wife Margaret Culpepper, cousin of Queen Catherine, wife of Henry VIII.
(XVII) Edward Carleton, fifth son of John Carleton, settled in East Clanden, Surrey, 1571 ; is ancestor of the Carletons of London, Surrey, Arundel and America.
(XVIII) Erasmus, son of Edward Carle- ton, was a citizen and mercer of St. Bartholo- mew, London ; married Elizabeth
(XIX) Edward, son of Erasmus Carleton, born in England, 1605, is the immigrant an- cestor of the family in America. He settled on the plantation of Rev. Ezekiel Rogers, 1638-39, and became one of the founders of the town of Rowley, Massachusetts. Next to the minister, he was the largest owner of land there. He was given the title of "Mr.," re- served usually for ministers and people of high social or official station. He was admitted freeman May 18, 1642 ; was deputy to general court, 1644 to 1647; commissioner to hear small causes, 1648; returned to England 1650- 51, and died there about 1661. He married Eleanor Denton (Garth originally, of old Roman ancestry). He left some estate in New England, part of which came to his son John. Christopher Babbage and Jeremiah and Nehe- miah Jewett received letters of administration on behalf of the children of Hannah Carle- ton, his widow, November 29, 1678. Children : I. John, born 1630, see forward. 2. Edward, October 28, 1639. 3. Mary, June 2, 1642. 4. Elizabeth, March 26, 1644.
(XX) John, son of Edward Carleton, was born in England, 1630; married Hannah, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Mallinson) Jewett, born in England, June 15, 1640. Jo- seph Jewett was son of Edward Jewett, of Bradford, West Riding of York, baptized De- cember 31, 1609, married Mary Mallinson, Oc- tober 1, 1634. John Carleton was a leading man in the town of Haverhill, where he died January 22, 1668. Children, born in Haver- hill : 1. John, born 1658, married Hannah Os- good. 2. Joseph, March 21, 1662, see forward. 3. Edward, March 22, 1664. 4. Thomas, September 9, 1667, married Elizabeth
(XXI) Joseph, son of John Carleton, was born in Rowley, March 21, 1662. He settled in Newbury, and married Abigail, daughter of Christopher Osgood, the immigrant from England. Children, born in Newbury: Jo- seph, David, Jonathan, Moses, Jeremiah, Mary and Abigail.
(XXII).Jeremiah, son of Joseph Carleton, was born in Newburyport (Newbury), 1715. He married Eunice Taylor, born 1717. He resided at Newtown, New Hampshire, and Amesbury, Massachusetts, a town adjoining. He was a carpenter and millwright, and dealt in lumber. In 1750 he removed to Litchfield, New Hampshire, and in 1756 to Lyndebor- ough, settling on land now owned by E. C. Curtis, thirty rods northeast of the corner of land where the stone fire-dogs and old cellar may yet be seen. In the spring he returned to Litchfield, and in his absence the Indians killed his stock and burned his cabin. In 1760 he again went to Lyndeborough, hewed the timber, and built the house that is yet stand- ing on the farm. In 1761 he built a saw mill and other buildings thirty rods below the bridge on the road from Johnson's Corner to Wilton, and sawed the boards for his house and others, doing a good business. He planted eight acres of corn the first season. He was greatly annoyed at first by bears. He died in 1769, his wife surviving him twenty-five years. He was a very religious man, and he and his wife used to walk to Amherst to attend church, before the road was made, finding their way by the blazed trail. Children: I. Osgood, see forward. 2. Jeremiah, married Lois Hoyt; soldier in French and Indian war at sixteen ; lieutenant at Bunker Hill; resided on homestead. 3. Mary, married Reuben Batchelder. 4. Abigail, married Adam John- son, and (second) Ensign David Putnam, sol- dier in the revolution. 5. Timothy, killed by accident at raising of Wilton church. 6. David, killed at battle of Bunker Hill. 7. Ebenezer, soldier in the revolution; fought at Bunker Hill; settled in New Chester (now Hill) New Hampshire, and died there December 8, 1836.
(XXIII) Osgood, son of Jeremiah Carle- ton, born 1740, enlisted May 2, 1758, in Cap- tain Fay's company, Colonel Ebenezer Nich- ols's regiment, from Litchfield. He was in service in 1759, aged eighteen, stating his residence as Woburn, in regiment of Colonel Eleazer Tyng, in the invasion of Canada, un- der General Amherst. He was in Captain Jo- seph Newhall's company, Colonel Jacob Bay- ley's regiment, at Louisburg, January, 1760. While in the army in Nova Scotia his mathe- matical skill was recognized, and he was made part of the working force of navigators and artillerists of the king's army and navy, and served five years under Major-General John Henry Bastide, director and engineer of king's ordnance at Louisburg and Annapolis. He was surveyor in New Hampshire and Vermont
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after the war. He went to Boston with his company and fought in the battle of Bunker Hill, where his brother was slain. He was sergeant in Captain Woods's company, Colonel Paul Dudley Sargent's regiment. In 1776 he became quartermaster of the Sixteenth Conti- nental Infantry Regiment, then lieutenant, as- signed to the corps invalid. He bore dis- patches from Boston to Philadelphia, and money from the treasury of the Bay Province to the Continental congress, or to paymasters in the field. In 1794 the legislature required towns to prepare manuscript maps of their boundaries, and Carleton was placed in charge. He constructed maps of Massachusetts, the district of Maine; and his map of Boston, 1795, published in volume 10, of the Boston record commissioners' report, is famous. He constructed a map of a large grant on the Penobscot river, and a map of Massachusetts, issued before January 30, 1798. He was the leading surveyor and civil engineer of his day. He wrote "Practice of Arithmetic," published 1810, having a wide sale and large use. He was a charter member of the Society of the Cincinnati in Massachusetts. He settled in Boston in his later years, and conducted a school of mathematics, surveying and naviga- tion, that became famous. He published "The American Navigator," 1801; "South American Pilot," 1804; and for a series of years prepared the Thomas Almanacs. He certified to the correctness of "The American Pilot" of 1791. His commission as lieutenant in the revolutionary army has been preserved. His widow received a pension in her old age. He died May or June, 1816, on a visit to Lyndeborough. He married Lydia Johnson, of Haverhill. Children: I. Ebenezer, born March 12, 1780, see forward. 2. Osgood West, May 9, 1783. 3. John, February 18, 1785. 4. David, April 18, 1787.
(XXIV) Ebenezer, son of Osgood Carle- ton, born in New Hampshire, March 12, 1780, died May 13, 1853. He settled in Winthrop, Maine, and followed farming all his life. He married (first) Abigail Ireland, November, 1802. She died April 18, 1820. He married (second) February 7, 1821, Cynthia Arnold, who died April 1, 1851. Children: I. Eben- ezer Jr., born October 27, 1803, see forward. 2. Osgood, see forward. 3. Sophronia, April 23, 1807. 4. Polly, March 17, 1809, died June 30, 18II.
(XXV) Ebenezer Jr., eldest son of Eben- ezer Carleton, was born October 27, 1803, died January 17, 1888. He was educated in the common schools of the neighborhood, and
later in life engaged in farming at Hermon Pond, Maine. He was an Adventist in re- ligion, and an old line Whig in politics. He was a public-spirited citizen, active in ad- vancing the interests of the community, and was respected by all who knew him. He mar- ried, about 1830, at Cambridge, Maine, Eliza- beth, born in Newfield, New Hampshire, Au- gust 31, 1812, died December 12, 1880, daugh- ter of John W. and Love (Foy) Burbank, the latter of whom was born November 28, 1789, died October 22, 1870, daughter of Major- General James Foy, and the former of whom was born July 15, 1783, died November 24, 1861. He was a son of Hale B. and Eliza- beth (Corlis) Burbank, the former of whom was drowned while swimming his horse across the Androscoggin river, and the latter having been the widow of General John Moore Corlis. Children of John W. and Love (Foy) Bur- bank; I. David H., born January 16, 1808, died November 25, 1874. 2. John Corlis, Feb- ruary 22, 1809. 3. Mahala, February 24, 18II, died March 24, 1812. 4. Elizabeth, Au- gust 31, 1812, aforementioned as the wife of Ebenezer Carleton. 5. Samuel, November 4, 1814. 6. Ursula, August 16, 1816, afterwards mentioned as the wife of Osgood Carleton. 7. Thomas, April 14, 1819, died November I, 1861. 8. Joseph M., February 15, 1821, died September 19, 1826. 9. Arville, June 20, 1826, died September 6, 1826. 10. Alvah, April 23, 1827, died 1887. II. Joseph M. (2), February 26, 1831, died January 17, 1888. Alvah Burbank enlisted in 1861 in the First Maine Volunteers. His regiment was most all killed, only eight men left. They were put in the Eighth Maine Regiment, where he served until the end of the war. He was the tallest man in the army, being six feet and eight inches in height. Children of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Burbank) Carleton: I. John P., born April 19, 1832. 2. Samuel O., October 25, 1835. 3. Eben P., October 26, 1838, served as a soldier in the civil war. He en- listed in Company B, Thirty-first Maine Vol- unteers, and was discharged when the war was over. He carried dispatches and put in a stolen order at the battle of Spottsylvania, where they captured five thousand men on the 12th of May, 1864. The rebels had a corps of sharp sticks to keep them back, but they threw the sharp sticks over the breastworks onto the rebels as they lay in the ditch so they had to surrender. They gave up in five minutes and put up the white flag. The prisoners were taken to the higher officers by Sergeants Mitten, Toby, McCarty and Carleton. 4.
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Laura A., June 29, 1841. 5. Corlis A., June 8, 1843, died January 18, 1862. 6. Roxanna J., August 8, 1845, died January 7, 1864. 7. Helen L., November 14, 1847. 8. Theora A., October 7, 1850, died August 18, 1880. 9. Addie I., August 8, 1855, married, at Lowell, Massachusetts, (first) June 1, 1874, Frank A. Robinson, born in New Bedford, Massachu- setts, March 3, 1852, died September 25, 1884; one child, Vesta S. Robinson, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, April 23, 1875, died at Walla Walla, Washington, January 19, 1892. She married (second) at Colfax, Washington, Oc- tober 21, 1885, Martin Meuli, mentioned be- low ; children : Milton Martin, born at Union- town, August 19, 1887; Irvin Louis, born at Uniontown, December 28, 1894, died February 12, 1895.
Martin Meuli was born at Nufenen, Canton Braubunden, Switzerland, October 24, 1838; his father was a lawyer and- councilman in his native country. Martin Meuli landed in San Francisco, California, August, 1854, re- mained there about one year, sold newspapers on the street and fruit on the boats between San Francisco and Oakland; he went to a private night school to learn French. He left there in summer of 1855 for Toulumne coun- ty, Columbia, and worked there in a brewery part of the time. The remainder of the time he was mining up to 1857. In the spring he left there for Siskiyou county, Indian Creek, and worked there in a general merchandise store for about one year. In the early spring of 1861 he left in company with a party of prospectors for Northern Idaho, landed in what since has been created Shoshone county, Pierce City, Idaho, in June, 1861. He fol- lowed the mining work up to 1871, and was one of five who discovered Warrens Mines in spring of 1862. In July, 1871, he established an express line from Pierce City to Moose City, Idaho, a distance of one hundred miles. For five months of the year he had to go on snowshoes; not a public house the whole dis- tance, and had to camp out. In spring of 1873 Mr. Meuli and Peter Haurcade, long since deceased, started stock raising and running a meat market in Pierce City, Idaho. June 14, 1877, the Nez Perce Indian war broke out and in three months he lost all he had made in the fifteen years previous, and had very little left. He was one of the first volunteers, being sergeant under Colonel McConnell. He and his partner started again with a few head of cattle the Indians left them and continued up until 1884. In the month of May they dis- solved partnership and Mr. Meuli moved to
Lewiston, Idaho, in fall of 1885. After his marriage he went to Uniontown and bought a hotel and livery stable. In 1888 the railroad was completed into Uniontown. He started then the M. & M. stage line to Lewiston, Idaho, and made a contract with the railroad company to transfer their express, freight and passengers to Lewiston, until 1898, when the road was completed to Lewiston. He is a member of the Colton Lodge of Masons, Washington.
(XXV) Osgood, son of Ebenezer Carleton, born April 14, 1805, in Winthrop, Maine, died October II, 1888, in Augusta. He was a farmer in early life, and later learned the trade of carpenter and became a builder. He mar- ried, November 26, 1835, Ursula, born August 16, 1816, died January 21, 1899, daughter of John W. and Love (Foy) Burbank. Children : I. Charles H., born August 29, 1836, died De- cember 10, 1865. 2. Harriet M., August 23, 1838, married Samuel B. Chapin. 3. Helen L., March 26, 1840, died November 19, 1846. 4. Joseph F., 1841, died 1846. 5. Ursula B., 1845, died same year. 6. George H., 1846, died 1847. 7. Helen A., 1848, married Wil- son Parmalee; she died 1894. 8. Reuel Will- iams, see forward. 9. Edward Everett, see forward.
(XXVI) Reuel Williams, son of Osgood Carleton, was born in Augusta, Maine, May 17, 1853. He was educated in the public schools of Augusta, and then learned the trade of painter, working as a journeyman for sev- eral years in Augusta, Maine, and Chicago, Illinois. After his return from the west he established, in 1894, an electrotyping foundry in Augusta, and has continued with much suc- cess in this business to the present time. In politics he is a Republican. He is affiliated with Augusta Lodge, F. and A. M .; Cushnoc Chapter, R. A. M .; Alpha Council, R. S. M .; Trinity Commandery, K. T. He is a member of Augusta Lodge, I. O. O. F .; of the Macca- bees, and of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He is a member of the Univer- salist church. He married (first) July 22, 1876, Angie Walker, born October 13, 1851, died October 14, 1889. Married (second) September 12, 1894, Lottie M. Cornforth, born in West Waterville, May 21, 1871, daughter of Hiram and Melora (Smith) Cornforth. Her father was born in West Waterville, No- vember 2, 1834, son of Robert Cornforth, born in Readfield, 1805, and Mary A. (Hesketh) Cornforth; Mary A. was daughter of John and Mary (Ayers) Hesketh; Robert Corn- forth was son of Robert Cornforth, who came
Bence W Carleton
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from England before 1800, and settled at Readfield. Her mother was born in West Waterville, July II, 1835, daughter of Abra- ham Smith, born in Rowley, Massachusetts, December 17, 1783, and Charlotte (Marston) Smith, born in Barnstable, Massachusetts, March 22, 1790, daughter of Isaiah and Bet- sey (Lawrence) Marston, who came to Water- ville in May, 1800. Children of Reuel W. Carleton by first marriage : I. Alice Maudell, born October 4, 1877. 2. Queenie Ella May, October 21, 1879, died May 21, 1902. 3. Lilla Belle, October 19, 1881, married, July 17, 1907, Hiram A. Stebbins. Children by second marriage : 4. Raymond Williams, July 9, 1897, died April, 1898. 5. Ruth Willa, March 28, 1902. 6. Louis Henry, April 9, 1904. 7. Florence Louise, June 9, 1906.
(XXVI) Edward Everett, son of Osgood Carleton, was born in Augusta, Maine, July 9, 1855. He learned the trade of sign and fancy painting, working at his trade in Au- gusta. When nineteen years of age he left his native town and located in Portland, same state, where he engaged in the door, sash and blind business, continuing in same up to the present time (1909). He is a Republican in politics. He married (first) February 20, 1878, Minnie, born May 6, 1857, died October 15, 1883, daughter of Nathan D. Roberts, of Portland, Maine. Married (second) Gertrude E. Bussell, born in West Newfield, March 21, 1861. Children of first wife: I. Mabel Lou- ise, born June 22, 1880, married, August II, 1901, Edward L. Demmick. 2. Harold Rob- erts, January 8, 1883, married, April 19, 1905, Alice M. Dyer, of South Portland, Maine ; child, Earl Osgood, born January 26, 1908. Child by second wife: 3. Bernice Burbank, born December 21, 1889.
(For ancestry see preceding sketch.)
(XXII) Joseph, son of Jo- CARLETON seph Carleton, was born at Bradford, November 9, 1698, The family remained for several generations at Rowley, Bradford, Boxford and vicinity. His homestead is now known as the John Tappan place in Groveland, formerly Brad- ford. He married (first) October 30, 1729; (second) Mary Goodridge, of Newbury, Oc- tober 12, 1742. Children, born in Bradford : I. Micah, January 12, 1730-31, married Sarah Bailey (see Poor's Merrimac Valley families) ; son Jonathan, born July 19, 1760, settled at Vassalborough, Maine, and had a large family. 2. Sarah, February 14, 1732-33. 3. Amos, February 8, 1737-38, married Mary Edwards,
February 17, 1777. 4. Joseph, married, July 27, 1773, Mehitable Heald; he died at Brad- ford, April II, 1831, aged eighty-two. 5. David, married perhaps (second) November, 1787, Martha Currier. And others, doubtless.
(XXIII) David or Jonathan, son of Joseph Carleton, or a nephew, was born about 1750. He married and had children: I. John, born August 23, 1780, mentioned below. 2. Levi, father of James Henry Carleton, who gradu- ated from West Point and attained the rank of major-general of cavalry in the civil war; he was in charge of the troops that discovered the bones of those killed at Mountain Meadow massacre and he erected a cairn to mark the spot of burial. 3. Jacob. And other children.
(XXIV) John, son of David or Jonathan Carleton, was born in Frankfort, August 23, 1780, died May 13, 1860. He married Huldah Cole, born June 22, 1785, died February 4, 1859. He settled in Frankfort, Maine, near what is now known as Ellingwood Corner in Winterport. He was a farmer and cattle dro- ver and later in life kept the tavern at Carle- ton Corner, now Ellingwood Corner. At the so-called battle of Hampden he was wounded in the knee, causing permanent lameness, and he was afterward known as "Lame John" to the old settlers. This wound eventually caused his death. He was buried near the homestead at Carleton Corner, Winterport. This town was incorporated from Frankfort territory in 1860. Children: I. Washington A., captain of a volunteer company in the Aroostook war, stationed at Houton, Maine, with his brother Jonathan in the same company. 2. John C. L., now living at Winterport ; prominent Re- publican since the party was organized. 3. Susan, married William Young. 4. Hannah, married James Young. 5. Polly, married Young. 6. Rachel, married-
Verrill. 7. Nancy, married Cook. 8. Jonathan A., mentioned below. 9. A daugh- ter who married a Littlefield.
(XXV) Jonathan A., son of John Carleton, was born, at Frankfort, July 8, 1814, died March 29, 1864. He married, November 20, 1836, Eliza Willey, of Wolfborough, New Hampshire, born February 11, 1814, died Au- gust 21, 1886. He was in a volunteer com- pany commanded by his brother, Captain Washington A. Carleton, in the Aroostook war, stationed at Houton. He was a farmer and shipwright. Children, born at Winterport, then Frankfort: I. Huldah, November 28, 1837, died November 1, 1840. 2. John W., November 26, 1838, served in the civil war in the Third Maine Battery, which later became
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part of the Eighteenth Maine; living at Win- terport. 3. James W. W., May 26, 1840, died August 26, 1864, at Alexandria, Virginia, of typhoid fever contracted during the siege of Petersburg, Virginia; was honorably dis- charged from his first enlistment December 20, 1863, as corporal of Company M, First Regi- ment, Maine Artillery ; re-enlisted in the Third Maine Battery (later the Eighteenth). 4. Amos H., July 27, 1841, died May 9, 1863, at New Orleans, Louisiana, while serving in the civil war in Company D, Twenty-sixth Maine Regiment, from wounds received in the battle of Irish Bend, April 14, 1863. 5. Joseph S., November II, 1842, died September 30, 1844. 6. Huldah E., April 18, 1845, died about 1880 at Dexter, Maine; married, March 20, 1864, Stephen F. Wheeler, of Dexter. 7. Joseph H., July 14, 1847, mentioned below. 8, Susan E., March 27, 1849, died March 8, 1858. 9. Jon- athan L., February 21, 1857, a farmer, living at Winterport.
(XXVI) Joseph H., son of Jonathan A. Carleton, was born in Winterport, Maine, then Frankfort, July 14, 1847. He was brought up on the Carleton homestead and has always lived there. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. He is a well-to-do farmer and influential citizen. In politics he was a Republican. He served on the board of selectmen at Winterport in 1899-1900. He is a member of the Sunrise Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. He married, August 25, 1867, Mary E., born at Frankfort, April 4, 1850, daughter of Solomon, born September 5, 1806, died 1892, and Susan (Sullivan) Wheelden, born August 20, 1811, died 1888. Susan was daughter of David and Susanna (Rogers) Sullivan, a descendant of the Rogers family of Plymouth colony, and of "Mayflower" stock. Children, born at Winterport : I. Amos Franklin, May 15, 1868, mentioned below. 2. Louise S., December 4, 1872, married Patrick J. Cuddy, of Winterport; children: Herman E. and Norman J. Cuddy.
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