Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume IV, Part 47

Author: Little, George Thomas, 1857-1915, ed; Burrage, Henry Sweetser, 1837-1926; Stubbs, Albert Roscoe
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 896

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(V) James (2), third child and second son of George and Jane (Ames) Clarke, was born February II, 1811, and died in 1853. He was a ship builder, and resided at Damariscotta Mills. He married Maria Louisa Jones, born 1815, died 1880, of Newcastle, daughter of Samuel and Nancy (Dinsmore) Jones. Her grandfather, John Jones, born 1740, died 1822, was a son of Cornelius Jones, who settled in Newcastle about 1732, and whose wife, Abi- gail (Hawkes) Jones, to whom he was mar- ried April 22, 1729, at Lynn, Massachusetts, was a granddaughter of Captain John Floyd, the celebrated Indian fighter of Chelsea. Abi- gail Hawkes's father, John Hawkes, who mar- ried Abigail Floyd, was a grandson of Mary Allerton, a "Mayflower" passenger, as were also her father and mother, Isaac Allerton and wife. Children of James and Maria Louisa Clarke :

I. Captain Samuel Warren, born in New- castle, Maine, April 19, 1837. He was edu- cated at Lincoln Academy; Colby College, 1858-60; Union College, 1860-62. He made a most creditable military record in the civil war. He was captain of Company H, Twenty- first Maine Volunteers, 1862-63, and in the latter year commanded a volunteer storming party at Port Hudson, Mississippi; was cap- tain of Company E, Second Maine Cavalry, December, 1863-65. He was in the lumber business in Florida, 1866-69; in insurance business, Boston, 1869-71 ; teaching in Boston and vicinity, 1871-90; special representative of American Book Company, 1890-97. He was a man of great learning, speaking several languages with much fluency. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, and the Grand Army of the Republic. He died, un- married, at Newcastle, September II, 1904, of Bright's disease and hemorrhage.

2. Leander, born January 31, 1842, died June 26, 1907. He married Sarah Emily Per- kins, April 11, 1863. Children: i. Samuel Warren, born December 4, 1864, married, 1886, Angeletta Dunbar, have one child, Ella Angeletta, born 1888, married Edward Well- ington, 1908; ii. Theodore Leander, born May 6, 1869; married, December 24, 1889, Jessie Erskine; children: (a) Zoa Emily, born Oc- tober 26, 1890, student at Bates College; (b) Katherine May, born October 22, 1892; (c)

Theodore Leander Jr., born December II, 190 -; (d) Dorothy, born December 4, 1906; (e) Patience Blackstone, born November II, İ907.

3. Captain Theodore, born in Newcastle, May 31, 1843. He was educated at Lincoln Academy, and attended Colby College, 1862- 63. Like his elder brother, he served honor- ably in the civil war-as quartermaster-ser- geant, Company E, Second Maine Cavalry ; commissioned second lieutenant, Fourth U. S. Colored Cavalry ,and promoted to first lieu- tenant and captain in same. He was a teacher, 1866-67. He died in Newcastle, December, 1868.

4. James; see forward.

Four daughters of James and Maria Louisa (Jones) Clarke died at an early age: Aman- da (1834-49) ; Adelaide (1835-52) ; Charlotte ( 1845-48) ; Eunice (1845-48).

(VI) Hon. James Wilson Clarke, youngest son of James and Maria Louisa (Jones) Clarke, was born in Nobleboro, Lincoln coun- ty, Maine, May 18, 1848. He was educated at Lincoln Academy, and Bowdoin College, 1868-70. He was master of grammar schools in Milton, Massachusetts, 1870-77. He re- turned to Maine in 1879; was selectman and superintendent of schools at various times. In 1888 he was representative in the Maine state legislature, and state senator, 1881-82.

He married, in 1871, Laura E. Oliver, born March 13, 1856, daughter of James T. and Catherine Bornheimer Oliver, of Nobleboro. Her father, born October 28, 1827, was son of Samuel and Hannah Oliver, and grandson of Jonathan Oliver, one of the first settlers of the town of Nobleboro, and a soldier in the revolution. Catherine (born 1829, died April 5, 1907), wife of James T. Oliver, was a great-granddaughter of Godfrey Bornheimer, an officer in the revolutionary, French and Indian wars, who married, in 1750, Catherine Elizabeth Ludwig, daughter of Joseph and Catherine Kline, of Dietz, Germany. Children of Hon. James Wilson and Laura (Oliver) Clarke :

I. Adelaide B., born April 21, 1873; grad- uate of Lincoln Academy, class of 1892 ; mar- ried, 1897, H. I. Creamer; resides in West Somerville, Massachusetts.

2. Dr. Frank Wilson, born April 3, 1874; educated in public schools, and Lincoln Acad- emy, graduating in 1893; graduated from Bowdoin Medical School, 1905; had several years' hospital experience; is a practicing physician at Bristol ; married, 1899, Mattie V.

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Kay, of Waverly, Massachusetts; children : i. Eleanor Laura, born June 5, 1901; ii. Kath- erine Louise, August 12, 1904.

3. Hon. Walter Bradley; see forward.

4. Albert Warren, born November 25, 1877; graduated from Lincoln Academy 1896, and from Bowdoin College, with degree of A. B., 1900; prominent at college in musical, social and athletic circles; played on the Varsity baseball and football teams four years, and was captain of football team in 1899. He was instructor two years in a military academy in Ohio, and for two years at Polytechnic In- stitute of New York; since then has been in real estate business in Brooklyn, New York, and at present with firm of John R. Corbin & Co., of that city.

5. Mary Louise, born September 27, 1880; graduated from Lincoln Academy 1898, and from Emerson College 1908; resides at 106 Park street, Portland.

6. James Arthur, born at Damariscotta Mills, Maine, September 25, 1881 ; graduated from Lincoln Academy 1899, and from Bow- doin College with degree of A. B., 1905; member of college glee club, and prominent all-round athlete, being captain of baseball team in 1905. He was agent for the New York Life Insurance Company, 1905-06, and solicitor for Eastern Advertising Company, 1907-08. He married, August, 1908, Clarissa M., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Laughlin, of Portland. Residence, 135 Vaughan street, Portland.

7. Joseph L., born at Damariscotta Mills, September 15. 1883; was educated in public schools, Lincoln Academy, and Gray's Busi- ness College; is at present studying law, and resides at 106 Park street, Portland.

8. Harriet Marion, born September 25, 1886; educated in public schools and Lincoln Academy; is a student of music; resides at 106 Park street, Portland.

9. Willis Earle, born December 3, 1887; educated in, public schools, Lincoln Academy, and Portland high school; is a student at Tuft's Medical College.

IO. Harold Emerson, born May 7, 1890; at- tended public schools, Lincoln Academy, and is now completing a preparatory course for Bowdoin College at Portland high school.

(VII) Hon. Walter Bradley Clarke, third child and second son of Hon. James Wilson and Laura E. (Oliver) Clarke, was born in Nobleboro, Maine, April 4, 1876. He gradu- ated from Lincoln Academy in 1895, and from Bowdoin College, with the degree of A. B., in 1899. He studied for his profession at

Harvard Law School, from which he received the degree of LL. B. in 1903. He was a re- markable all-round athlete at college, playing fullback on the football team, and acting as captain in 1898; also on Varsity Nine and track team, and was state champion in pole vault, and college strong man. He was also prominent in musical and social circles. He was manager of the Eastern Maine Agency, New York Life Insurance Company, 1899- 1900, with office at Bangor. He was admitted to the Maine bar in 1903, and to the United States District Court in 1905. He began the active practice of law at Portland, in 1903, and is a member of the law firm of Clarke & Gardner, general practitioners, with offices at 120 Exchange street, Portland. Mr. Clarke has been exceptionally prominent and success- ful politically, and is one of the younger Re- publican leaders in the state. He was as- sistant secretary of the Maine Senate, 1899- 1903 ; a member of the House of Representa- tives, 1903-05; Executive Councillor, Third District, 1905-07; State Senator, 1907-09. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Knights of Pythias, Order of Elks, the Zeta Psi college fraternity, the Lincoln Club, Mun- joy Club, Portland Yacht Club, and Portland Power Boat Association. His recreations are music and general athletics. His residence is at 106 Park street, Portland.

The Clarke family home was originally at Damariscotta Mills. About a year ago Mrs. Clarke moved to Portland, and the family is now permanently located at 106 Park street, in that city.

(For preceding generations see Henry Rust I.)

(III) Nathaniel (2), son of Na- RUST thaniel (I) Rust, was born at Ips- wich, Massachusetts, March 16, 1667, and died at Chebacco (Essex), Septem- ber 9, 1711. At the age of seventeen he mar- ried, February 22, 1684, Joanna Kinsman, born April 25, 1665, died at Essex, January 28, 1733, daughter of Quartermaster Robert and Mary (Boreman) Kinsman. He was a soldier in the expedition to Canada in 1690. He taught the first free schools in Ipswich and Essex. His widow kept a tavern at Ips- wich. Children, born at Ipswich and Essex : I. Nathaniel, born about 1685, married Miri- am Andrews. 2. Henry, 1686, married Ann Waldron. 3. Robert, 1688, married Rachel Ingalls. 4. Joanna, 1690, married Jeremiah Thompson. 5. Moses, 1692. 6. Margaret, 1694, married George Stimpson. 7. Joseph, March 22, 1696, mentioned below. 8. Benja-

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min, May 4, 1698. 9. Dorothy, July 14, 1700, married Jeremiah Foster. IO. Mary, 1702, married Moses Foster. II. Peletiah, married Rebecca Gough.

(IV) Joseph, son of Nathaniel (2) Rust, was born March 22, 1696, at Chebacco, and died there February 3, 1734. He was an inn- keeper. His will was dated January 10, 1734- 35, and proved March 4 following. He mar- ried, January 16, 1723-24, Rachel Choate, born November 18, 1703, daughter of Governor Thomas and Mary (Carin) Choate. His wid- ow married, March, 1736-37, Isaac Martin, and she died March 15, 1785. Children, born at Chebacco (Essex) or Ipswich: I. Rachel, married Rev. Theophilus Pickering. 2. Sarah, born, 1724, married Benjamin Marshall. 3. Lucy, June 14, 1725, died unmarried. 4. Jo- seph, October 14, 1726, mentioned below. 5. Lucy, January 18, 1728, married Jeremiah An- drews. 6. Mary, November 15, 1729, married Jonathan Burnham. 7. Francis, May 23, 1731, married Sarah Giddings. 8. Robert, about 1733, married, October 21, 1762, Me- hitable Fish.

(V) Captain Joseph (2), son of Joseph (I) Rust, was born at Ipswich, October 14, 1726, died September 10, 1771. He married, March 9, 1748-49, Mrs. Mary Eveleth, and she married again November 26, 1772, Rev. Paul Park, of Preston, Connecticut. Captain Rust's will is dated July 15, 1771, and was proved September 23, 1771. He bequeathed to sons Francis and James, Jonathan, John, Parker. He owned land in Damariscotta, Maine, a pew in the old meeting house, half a pew in the new one. He mentions three negro slaves, Scipio, Flora and Rose. Chil- dren, born at Ipswich: I. Joseph, born 1749, mentioned below. 2. Francis, born December 28, 1752, married thrice. 3. Mary, born at Essex, December, 1753; married Jonathan Cogswell, who was soldier in the revolution. 4. James, born 1756, taken prisoner by Brit- ish while in the service in revolution. 5.

Henry, born about 1759, died intestate. 6. Jonathan, born December 21, 1761, married Mary Flint. 7. David, baptized September 29, 1765. 8. John, baptized November 8, 1766. 9. Parker, born 1768, married Eliza- beth Cogswell.

(VI) Captain Joseph (3), son of Captain Joseph (2) Rust, was born in Ipswich in 1749. He settled at Boothbay, Maine, and died at Wiscasset, Maine, October 24, 1844. He was a soldier in the revolution, a private in Cap- tain Benjamin Plummer's company, in 1776, defending the seacoast at St. George's. He

was also a sea captain for many years and sailed to the West Indies, January 23, 1768. He married Mary Reed. Children: I. John, born 1768, married Sarah Ulmer. 2. Joseph, married Jane Weeks. 3. Mary, married Ab- ner Plummer. 4. Sarah, married

Wiley; second Stetson. 5. Sally,

married first Wright; (second) Cap-

tain Decker. 6. James, lost at sea. .7. Martha, married October 6, 1811, William Maxwell. 8. William, mentioned below.

(VII) Hon. William, son of Captain Jo- seph (3) Rust, was born at Boothbay, Maine, June 4, 1796, died at Belfast, October 28, 1869. He was a prominent lawyer. He served in the war of 1812; was county com- missioner of Waldo county ; sheriff four years of the same county; alderman in 1853-54 of the city of Belfast. He married, first, Abbie Hall; second, Nancy Cunningham, who died April 30, 1833 ; third, September, 1833, Mary Worcester Farrar, born March 23, 1804. Children: I. Katherine, married Samuel Jen- kins (not given in genealogy-record from family). 2. William Maxwell, born Decem- ber 14, 1818, married Martha J. Weeks. 3. Martha R., born March 10, 1821, married William Johnson. 4. Joseph, born December 19, 1822, married Zipporah Patrick. 5. John D., born March 10, 1825, married Amelia Rust and Sarah M. Loring. 8. Mary E., (Betsey ?), born September 10, 1827, married 'Captain Weston Reed. 7. Albert S., born March 6, 1829, married Wealthy B. McClure. 8. Annie (named Nancy Annie), born April 27, 1833, married Samuel S. Johnson, Jones county, Iowa. 9. James Alonzo, born April 23, 1834, married Laura Abbie Waymouth. IO. Jane M., born December 25, 1835, mar- ried Captain Alonzo Shute. II. Oscar, born October 9, 1837, shipwrecked and lost. 12. Augusta, born August 8, 1839, married, March 6, 1872, John G. Graham. 13. Emma I., born March 26, 1850, married Silas D. Brown.

(VIII) Katherine, daughter of Hon. Will- iam Rust, married Samuel Jenkins, son of Jeremiah and Martha (Littlefield) Jenkins, of North Berwick and Corinth, Maine. Children of Jeremiah and Martha Jenkins: William, Jotham, Samuel, Harriet and Lydia Jenkins. The Jenkins family settled first in Kittery, then in Berwick. Children of Samuel and Kath- erine (Rust) Jenkins : Martha Jane, married Peacallis Manderville Clark (see Clark) ; Sarah A., Susan, Abigail, Harriet, Francena, Evelyn, William Hand and Samuel Wesley Jenkins.

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This is an old English name,

PRENTISS and has a variety of spelling, such as Prentiz, Prentys, Prentise, and the name in America is be- lieved to have been originally spelled Prentice. Some branches spell it Prentiss, and some Prentis. Captain Thomas Prentice, of New- ton, Massachusetts, wrote "tice," as did Hen- ry the Planter, of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Many of the younger American branches have changed the name from "tis" to "tiss" or "tice," or vice versa. The first of the name found recorded in America is Valentine Pren- tice, who came over from Nazig, Essex coun- ty, England, with the "Apostle Eliot," in 1631, with his wife Alice, and son, John Prentice, and settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts. It is supposed that Valentine of Roxbury, Robert of Roxbury, Henry of Cambridge and New- ton were in some way connected.

(I) Henry Prentice, "planter," of Cam- bridge, Massachusetts, was there before 1640, and was probably born in England. He was a member of the First Church of Cambridge, formed in 1636, whose members were taken and registered November, 1658, by Rev. Jon- athan Mitchell of that church. He owned lands in Sudbury, Massachusetts, as one of the original proprietors in the second and third di- visions of land there, in 1650. He was a free- man in Cambridge, May 22, 1653. He died according to the Cambridge town records, June 9, 1654. "Inventory of the estate of Henry Prentice, Sen., of Cambridge, 1663." Prized by Gilbert, his mark, Crack bone, and Gregory Stone October 16, 1663. His widow, Joan, and John Gibson "her now husband," administrators. The court ordered distribu- tion to the widow, twenty pounds, the re- mainder to the children, except to oldest son, double. In 1648 he and wife deeded these lands in Sudbury to John Goodnow. His first wife was Elizabeth, who died May 13, 1653. He married (second) Joan and their children were: Mary, Solomon, Abiah, Sam- uel, Sarah and Henry. They were all bap- tized in the First church at Cambridge.

(II) Solomon, eldest son of Henry and Joan Prentice, was born September 23, 1646, in Cambridge, and died July 24, 1719, at the same place. His first wife was Elizabeth, probably, who died in 1678. He married (sec- ond) Hepzibah Dunn, or Dunton, who died January 15, 1741, aged eighty-nine. "She had according to her gravestone in Cambridge one hundred and forty descendants, seventy-two being then alive." They were members of the Cambridge church. He left a large estate, of

real five hundred and fifty-one pounds, total nine hundred and nine pounds, sixteen shill- ings and two pence. Widow Hepzibah, and son Solomon, executors, August 20, 1719, in- ventory appraised August 13, 1719, by John Dixon, Samuel Kidder and Benjamin God- dard. "His son, Henry, to have the East half of the house his father lived and died in." Their children were : Solomon, Thomas, Mary, Stephen, Elizabeth and Nathaniel (twins) (Nathaniel died young), Nathaniel, Henry and Samuel.

(III) Deacon Henry, sixth son of Solomon and Hepzibah (Dunn or Dunton) Prentice, was born in 1693, in Cambridge, and died in Holliston, Massachusetts, October 18, 1778. He was a brickmaker. In the settlement of his father's estate he was allowed for four and one half years' services sixty pounds "in the new house." His share in his father's lands was ninety-two pounds, at "Westfield Gate." He was deacon at Rev. Dr. Nathaniel Apple- ton's Presbyterian church in Cambridge from November 24, 1741, to July 14, 1774, when he resigned. He was a tall and very grave look- ing man and on the Sabbath occupied the "deacons seat," directly in front of the min- ister. In cold weather, when he took off his hat in church, he put on a green tasselled cap, as the top of his head was bald. He owned the Fresh Pond property in Cambridge, after- wards bought by his grandsons, Henry and Appleton Prentice, noted Boston merchants. His house where he lived still remains, about forty rods from the Washington Elm, next to the parsonage of the new Shepard church. In 1877 the house was said to be two hundred years old and in good state of preservation, being built of oak, the walls filled in with brick, the beams showing half-way through the ceilings of the rooms. He removed from Cambridge in 1775, when our troops occupied the city, and died at the house of his son, the Rev. Joshua Prentice, in Holliston. In his will, dated January 20, 1776, proved January 5, 1779, after making bequests to all his children he adds "but as I am bound for various sums of money for my de- ceased son (Caleb), if my estate has to pay them they are to be deducted from the legacies to his children, Son Joshua, executor, if he is alive, if not then his son Henry. After debts are paid, son Joshua and his heirs to have all the rest, real and personal." He married (first) Elizabeth, daughter of William Rand, of Milk Row, Charlestown, Massachusetts, and she died March 13, 1748, aged fifty-two. He married (second) Elizabeth Hayley, of

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Boston, who died April 7, 1775, aged seventy- . vate life, and endeared his memory to a be- eight years. His children, all by first wife, were: Joshua, Nathaniel, Caleb, Elizabeth, Thomas (died young), Hepzibah, Thomas, Nathan and Sarah.

(IV) Caleb, third son of Deacon Henry and Elizabeth (Rand) Prentice, was born Febru- ary 21, 1721, baptized February 25, same year, and died November 19, 1772. He was first of this line to adopt the present form of the name. He resided in Cambridge, and owned land in Harvard Square, as per his deed of 1752, to the town of Cambridge, "ten perches of land, on which to build a court house, Southerly and Southeast on the highway and on every part on my own land." The deed and plan are on registry deeds, East Cam- bridge records. Drake's "Historic Fields and Mansions of Middlesex" says this court house stood about where the present Lyceum build- ing does, and was moved to the rear of that building and yet remains as a work shop. His will was dated January 14, 1770, and the inventory of his estate amounted to one thou- sand five hundred and forty-one pounds, four- teen shillings and eight pence, including "shoe- makers shop," and "potash works." He mar- ried (first) September 17, 1744, Lydia, daugh- ter of Deacon Samuel Whittemore, of Cam- bridge, and (second) December 20, 1768, Widow Rebecca Rockwell, of Milk Row, Som- erville, "Massachusetts, whose maiden name was Kent, and she survived him nearly thirty- five years. His children, all by first wife, were: Caleb (died young), Caleb, Elizabeth, Samuel (died young), Samuel, William, Henry (died young), Lydia and Henry.

(V) Rev. Caleb (2), second son of Caleb (I) and Lydia (Whittemore) Prentiss, was born November 14. 1746, baptized November 16, in Cambridge, and died in Reading (now Wakefield), February 7, 1803. He graduated from Harvard College in 1765. After gradu- ating he was several years librarian of the college library. He was ordained October 25, 1769, pastor of the First Church, in Reading, and remained there until his death from con- sumption, and was buried in the burying- ground adjoining the meeting house. The fol- lowing inscription is on the tombstone erected by the parish: "Sacred to the memory of Rev. Caleb Prentiss, late pastor of the First Church in this town, who passed into the world of Spirits February 7, 1803, in the 34th year of his ministry, and the fifty-seventh year of his age." Faith, piety and benevolence, with a kindred assemblage of christian graces and moral virtues, adorned his public and pri-

reaved family and a sorrowing flock. He married Pamela, daughter of Rev. John Mel- len, of Lancaster, Massachusetts, and grand- daughter of Rev. John Prentice, of Lancaster. She survived him, and married (second) Sep- tember 14, 1809, Colonel John Waldron, of Dover, New Hampshire, an officer in the revo- lutionary war, and state senator. She died July, 1823, "full of years, having exemplified in her life, the character of a Christian, her memory blessed." She was buried with the former wives of Colonel Waldron, under the elms near his house, in the corner of his or- chard. Children : Caleb, Thomas Mellen, Charles, Pamela, Henry, Sophia, Clarrissa, William, George (died young), Lydia, George Washington and Rebecca.

(VI) Henry, fourth son of Rev. Caleb and Pamela (Mellen) Prentiss, was born Decem- ber 10, 1779, in Reading, and died November 2, 1843, in Paris, Maine. He resided many years in Paris, and was a prominent Whig, a witty, sharp political writer. In 1822 and 1823 he was a state representative, was jus- tice of the peace, and held several minor of- fices. He married, February 13, 1804, Mary, daughter of Dr. John Hart, of Reading, where she was born February 13, 1779, and died, after being helpless with palsy two and one- half years, in Paris, Maine. Children: Mary (died young), Mary Hart, Henry Epaminon- das, Emily (died young), Lucinda, Pamela (died young), Emily, Julia, Sarah and Jane.

(VII) Hon. Henry Epaminondas, eldest son of Henry and Mary (Hart) Prentiss, was born February 12, 1809, at Paris, Maine, and died July 1, 1873, suddenly, of heart disease to which he had been subject. He was educated at West Point and graduated in 1831. He was retained there as assistant teacher of mathematics for two years after he graduated. Then he received a commission in the United States army, and was sent with troops to Fort Morgan, Alabama. He decided to study law and resigned in 1835. He read law with Kent and Cutting, in Bangor, Maine, and settled in Old Town, Maine. In 1836 he was a law partner with Israel Washburn (after- ward governor of Maine), in Orono. In 1839 he was captain of engineers to settle the north- eastern boundary in the so-called "Aroostook war." He returned to Bangor in 1839, and practiced law several years, afterward en- gaged in the lumber trade. He joined a tem- perance organization at the age of eighteen to which he strictly adhered. He was frugal and liberal, fond of books, and gave three

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public libraries to towns where he owned land, and one to his native town, and in his will a handsome donation to the principal library in Bangor, and his own library to his wife. Political life was not to his taste, though he liked voluntary honor. From 1857 to 1859 he represented the city in the legislature. In 1870-71 he was mayor of Bangor, in both cases chosen for his well-known temperance principles. He married, September 30, 1836, Abigail Adams, daughter of Captain Samuel and Polly (Freeland) Rawson, who was born February 5, 18II (see Rawson VI). Chil- dren : John Hart, Henry Mellen, Abbie Raw- son, Mary Freeland, Samuel Rawson.

(VIII) Samuel Rawson, third son of Hon. Henry Epaminondas and Abigail Adams (Rawson) Prentiss, was born August 26, 1849, in Bangor, Maine. He graduated from Har- vard College law school, and was partner of his brother Henry M. Prentiss in Bangor, and also in the timberlands and lumber business in Bangor, and in 1882 was in the timber land business in Oakland, California. He married, November 3, 1874, Maria Louise, daughter of Aaron H. Wing, of Bangor. They are still residents of Bangor, where Mr. Prentiss is still engaged in lumber business. Children : John Wing and Margaret Montgomery.

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Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume IV, Part 47

Author: Little, George Thomas, 1857-1915, ed; Burrage, Henry Sweetser, 1837-1926; Stubbs, Albert Roscoe Publication date: 1909 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 896

Author: Little, George Thomas, 1857-1915, ed; Burrage, Henry Sweetser, 1837-1926; Stubbs, Albert Roscoe
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 896