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(IV) Joseph, third child of William (3) and Sarah (Langlee) Hersey, was born in Hingham, November 9, 1697. His wife's name was Sarah. Their sons were: Joseph (died young), Joseph, James and Jonathan.
(V) James, third son and child of Joseph and Sarah Hersey, moved to Maine and set- tled in New Gloucester, where he spent the greater part of his life. He had six sons : James, Noah, Amos, Reuben, Simeon, and Levi, whose sketch follows.
(VI) Levi, youngest son of James Hersey, was born in New Gloucester, Maine, and set- tled on Harris Hill, in that town where he made agriculture his lifelong occupation. His wife's family name was Tobey. They had four sons: Samuel, Stillman, Simeon and Levi, the subject of the next paragraph.
(VII) Rev. Levi (2), son of Levi (1) Her- sey, was born in New Gloucester, in 1803, and died in Buckfield, March 12, 1885, aged eigh- ty-two years. After residing some years on the old homestead, he removed to Auburn, where he was a merchant as early as 1835. He also resided in Lewiston. In 1836, during the great religious revival of that period, he ex- perienced religion, and united with the Free Will Baptist Church, and entered upon the work of the ministry which he carried on till about the close of his life, preaching in Harps- well sixteen years, also in Phippsburg, Bath, and Richmond and Buckfield, and residing in each of those towns during his pastorate there.
Mr. Hersey was a man of strict integrity, strong emotions, and deeply interested in the salvation of souls. His labors were unremit- ting and successful, and many owed their con- version to his noble example and efficient teaching. He married first, Sarah Hooper Pierce, born in Westbrook, October 13, 1808, and died in Auburn, Maine, May 12, 1843.
He married, second, March 18, 1844, Mary Jane Scott Hersey, who was born in Minot, December 16, 1815, and died July 1, 1894. She was the daughter of Amos and Mary (Freeman) Hersey. Her father Amos re- moved from Hingham, Massachusetts, to Minot, Maine, and settled on Hersey Hill. He was the son of Amos, who was the son of (V) James, of this sketch. The children of Rev. Levi (2) Hersey by his first wife, Sarah Pierce, were: George R., Augustus M., Levi E., and Charles H. By his second wife, Mary Jane Hersey, he had one child, Oscar H., who is mentioned at length below: I. George R. was born in 1827, and died in 1891. He mar- ried Louisa P. Rich, of Harpswell, by whom he had one child, Ella, born 1856. 2. Au- gustus M., born 1829, died in July, 1870. He wedded Lucy F. Leach, of Bath, by whom he had one child, Bertha. 3. Levi E., 1831, died in 1862. He married Ellen McIntyre, of Phippsburg. They had two children: Clar- ence E. and a daughter. 4. Charles H., 1842, married Carrie Kimball, of Bethel, Maine, and now resides in Keene, New Hampshire.
(VIII) Oscar Henry Hersey, only child of Rev. Levi (2) and Mary Jane (Hersey) Her- sey, was born in Freeport, April 9, 1852. He attended the common schools, and subsequently received instruction in Bath high school and Litchfield Academy. He left school in 1871, and during the following years taught in Harpswell, Richmond, Hebron and Buckfield, twenty-one terms of public school and eigh- teen terms of singing school. Perhaps he would have made teaching his life work had his health remained good; but being compelled by ill health to seek some other vocation, he entered upon the study of law in the office of Hon. George D. Bisbie, in 1875, where he read until March, 1877, when he was admitted to the bar of Oxford county, and began a prac- tice there which covered a period of twenty- two years. He removed to Portland in Feb- ruary, 1899, and from that time till Novem- ber, 1905, he was associated in practice with Judge Enoch Foster, the firm name being Fos- ter & Hersey. Since the last mentioned date he has practiced alone. While a resident of Oxford county he was school supervisor sev-
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eral years, county attorney from 1886 to 1891, representative to the legislature in 1891, rep- resenting the classed town of Paris, Buckfield and Woodstock, and state senator from 1893 to 1895. After his removal to Portland he was elected alderman from Ward Nine. Up to this time he had been a Republican and did yeoman service in the interests of his party ; but declining a renomination for a sec- ond term in 1903: Mr. Hersey has always acted in accordance with the dictates of his conscience, and his record as a public officer has ever been that of faithful and efficient servant of the people. In Masonry he is a member of Evening Star Lodge, No. 147, of Buckfield; Mt. Vernon Royal Arch Chapter, No. I; and Portland Commandery, Knights Templar, No. 2, of Portland; also of Nezin- scot Lodge, No. 104, I. O. O. F., of Buck- field. Oscar H. Hersey and Ida Anna Berry, of Buckfield, were married at Buckfield, Maine, August 3, 1879. She was born in Au- burn, August 19, 1858, daughter of Charles H. and Cynthia (Harris) Berry, of Auburn. Three children have been born of this union : Augustus M., October 30, 1880; Carrie B., April 16, 1883 ; and Avilla M., May 20, 1891.
(For first generation see preceding sketch.)
HERSEY (II) John, fifth child of Wil- liam and Elizabeth Hersey, was baptized in Hingham, August 9, 1640, died August 7, 1726. He was a tailor. He was a constable in 1701, and resided on South street, West Hingham. He married at Dedham, May, 1669, Sarah born 1649-50, died January 17, 1732, aged eighty-
two. Their children, all born in Hingham, were: I. Sarah, March 13, 1669-70. 2. Ju- dith, September 28, 1672, died December 24, 1672. 3. Nehemiah, December 13, 1673, died February 8, 1674. 4. Abigail, February 2, 1674-75. 5. Maria, January 12, 1677-78. 6. Jael, June 1, 1680, died October 20, 1681. 7. Daniel, see forward. 8. Peter, August 20, 1687. 9. Hannah, November 6, 1689. IO. Betsey, baptized September 18, 1692, died Jan- uary, 1693. 11. Jeremiah, June 18, 1697.
(III) Daniel, second son and seventh child of John and Sarah Hersey, was born April 23, 1682, died May 20, 1766. He was a cooper. Constable in 1726, and resided on Hersey street in the house built by him in 1730, which is still in good condition. He married, December 28, 1710, Mary May, born in Hingham, September 3, 1687, died January 10, 1760, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Langlee) May or Mayes. Their children, all born in Hingham, were: I.
Mary, October 14, 1711, married, December 28, 1732, Theophilus Wilder. 2. Jonathan, February 2, 1713-14, married, November 19, 1741, Sarah, daughter of David and Eliza- beth (Ripley) Whiton; died October 2, 1760. 3. Sarah, April 19, 1718, married (first) No- vember 13, 1745, Zaccheus Blossom; (second) Isaac Sprague, widower. 4. Isaiah, see for- ward. 5. Susanna, December 6, 1730, married Benjamin Stowell.
(IV) Isaiah, second son and fourth child of Daniel and Mary (May) Hersey, was born January 29, 1720-21, died March 20, 1803. He was a cooper. Constable in 1768-70, and re- sided on Hersey street. He married, Decem- ber 14, 1743, Margaret, born in Hingham, February 22, 1721-22, died November 16, 1809, daughter of Matthew and Sarah (Fearing) Sprague. Their children, all born in Hing- ham, were: I. Isaiah, see forward. 2. Israel, twin of Isaiah, born October 24, 1744, died October 3, 1823; married, January 29, 1767, Priscilla, born August 20, 1741, died May 4, 1814, daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Stodder) Sprague. 3. Margaret, November 25, 1746, married, January 30, 1766, Abijah Hersey. 4. Mary, January 18, 1750-51, died February 14, of the same year. 5. Zadock, January 16, 1752- 53; married, July 30, 1775, Abigail, born June 29, 1754, daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah (Hersey) Lewis; died at Pembroke, Maine, January 13, 1850. 6. Mary, October 9, 1755; married, December 31, 1772, Jeremiah Hersey Jr. 7. Reuben, August 10, 1757; married (first) November II, 1779, Mary, born June 7, 1758, died December 2, 1822, daughter of Dr. Daniel and Mary (Lane) French, of Wey ; (second) February 18, 1824, Celia, born Sep- tember 25, 1769, died March 13, 1829, daugh- ter of Welcome and Sarah (Gill) Lincoln ; he died November 28, 1845.
(V) Isaiah (2), eldest child of Isaiah (I) and Margaret (Sprague) Hersey, was born October 24, 1744, and died at Passamaquoddy, Maine, February 14, 1830, aged eighty-six. He was constable in 1782 and 1785, and re- moved with his family to Passamaquoddy in 1787. He married, October 30, 1766, Rebecca, born in Hingham, August 18, 1745, died in Passamaquoddy, January 12, 1831, daughter of Isaac and Leah (Stodder) Sprague. Their children, all born in Hingham, were: I. Re- becca, July 30, 1767, died May 26, 1772. 2. Perez, see forward. 3. Caleb, October 20, 1770, died March 30, 1771. 4. Caleb, see for- ward. 5. Rebecca, January 8, 1774, married Abraham Bridges. 6. Joanna, March 4, 1776, married, July 17, 1794, Isaac Hobart. 7.
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Adna, June 23, 1778, died August 4, 1851, married Sarah Leighton, who died May 5, 1848, aged seventy-four years, and resided at Passamaquoddy. 8. Leah, April 2, 1781 ; mar- ried Samuel Leighton. 9. Isaiah, August 5, 1783, died November 7, 1867, married Lydia Gardner, who died December 19, 1862, aged eighty-one years, three months. 10. Thirza, July 16, 1786, married Charles Stoddard.
(VI) Perez, eldest son and second child of Isaiah (2) and Rebecca (Sprague) Hersey, was born September 25, 1768, in Hingham, Massachusetts, and died in Pembroke, Maine, October 26, 1820. He came with his father to Maine in 1787, and resided and died in Passa- maquoddy. He married Catherine Benner.
(VII) John Henry, son of Perez and Cath- erine (Benner) Hersey, was born May 28, 1810, in Pembroke, Maine, where he resided. He was married November 25, 1833, to Con- stance Young Mayo, who was born November 3, 1806, at South West Harbor, Maine, daugh- ter of Isaac P. and Rosanna (Young) Mayo. Isaac P. Mayo was born May 17, 1774, a son of Joshua and Lydia (Pepper) Mayo, and went with his parents to South West Harbor, where they landed July 3, 1778. He was mar- ried in December, 1804, to Rosanna Young, daughter of Ezra and Constance Young. Their marriage took place at the home of the bride's father, at Bar Harbor, and the bride's father performed the ceremony, he being at that time the only justice of the peace on the Island, and resided at Duckbrook. John Henry Her- sey's children were: Joanne Mayo, Margaret Steel, Rebecca Almeda, Susan Livermore and John Edwin. The mother died February 23, 1856, and Mr. Hersey married, September 9, 1856, Margaret Beeman, of New Brunswick. Her children were: Ida Emeline and Emily Jane. The latter died before four years old, and the former became the wife of Thomas Abraham.
(VIII) Susan Livermore, fourth daughter of John Henry and Constance Young ( Mayo) Hersey, was born September 9, 1843, in Pem- broke, and became the wife of Heman Nicker- son Hersey, of Pembroke.
(VI) Caleb, third son and fourth child of Isaiah and Rebecca (Sprague) Hersey, was born March 1, 1772, in Pembroke, and died March 8, 1865, in the same town, where he resided through life. He was married to Lydia Dunbar, who died November 13, 1858, aged eighty-eight years. They had a son and daughter, Caleb and Lydia. The latter was born in August, 1800, and married Jared Her- sey. She died April 7, 1869.
(VII) Caleb (2), only son of Caleb (I) and Lydia (Dunbar) Hersey, was born March 13, 1799, in Pembroke, and died March 27, 1866, in that town, where he passed his life. He was married there December 21, 1823, to Eliz- abeth de Forest, who died May 4, 1855, at the age of forty-eight years. Following is a brief account of their children: I. Eliza Ann, born May 15, 1825, married Benjamin B. Hersey, and died March II, 1865. 2. Caleb Washing- ton, born July 4, 1827, resided in Pembroke ; married Mary Eliza, daughter of Samuel Her- sey. 3. Sarah Lydia, born July 8, 1830, died at the age of twenty-six years, unmarried. 4. Henry Jackson, born December 12, 1833, dieď at the age of twenty years. 5. Heman Nicker- son, mentioned at length below. 6. Charles Emerson, twin of Heman N., born February 12, 1836, died at the exact age of sixty years ; he married Rebecca Almeda, daughter of John Henry Hersey. 7. Darius de Forest, born Jan- uary 23, 1841, now resides in Oshkosh, Wis- consin; he married (first) Sarah McCurdy, and (second) Mary Jackson.
(VIII) Heman Nickerson, third son of Caleb (2) and Elizabeth (de Forest) Hersey, was born February 12, 1836, in Pembroke, and died June 13, 1892. He was educated in the rural schools of Pembroke, and in early life was a teamster in the employ of the Pembroke Iron Works. Subsequently he was for several years employed as a puddler by the same com- pany. In 1873 he removed with his family to South Boston, where he and his brother, Charles Emerson, learned the Seamens-Martin process of manufacturing steel. They were among the first to become acquainted with this process and were employed by the Norway Iron Company for several years thereafter. During a part of this time Heman N. was one of its superintendents. He was sent out by the company to start the operation of steel fur- naces, the first at St. Albans, Vermont, in July, 1878, subsequently at Worcester, Massachu- setts, and Chester, Pennsylvania. Several months were spent in each place. In 1887, owing to ill health, he was compelled to give up his work, and return with his family to the old homestead in Pembroke, where he spent the last four years of his life. He was a sup- porter of Republican principles, a member of the Baptist church at South Boston and of several fraternal organizations. He affiliated with the Crescent Lodge, F. and A. M., and Crescent Chapter, R. A. M., both of Pem- broke; also with Bethesda Lodge, I. O. O. F., and Unity Lodge, A. O. U. W., both of South Boston. He was married July 25, 1859, to
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Susan Livermore, daughter of John Henry Hersey, of Pembroke. His twin brother mar- ried her sister, as hereinbefore related. She was born September 9, 1843, in Pembroke, and survived him more than fifteen years, dy- ing in Sanford, Maine, December II, 1907. They had a son and daughter, Will Osmar and Eva Lillian. The latter graduated from the schools of Freeport, Maine, took a special two years' course at Boston University and the Gorham Normal school, and is now teach- ing in Dunstable, Massachusetts.
(IX) Will Osmar, only son of Heman Nick- erson and Susan Livermore (Hersey) Hersey, was born January 9, 1867, in Pembroke, and was about six years of age when his parents removed to South Boston. He attended the public schools there, the Denysville Academy and the Academy at St. Albans, Vermont. He took a year's course at the Boston English high school, was prepared for college in the Boston Latin school, and was graduated from Bowdoin College in the class of 1892. While preparing for and pursuing his college course, he engaged in teaching in the common schools of Maine. For three years he was principal of the high school at Bridgton, Maine, and six years in Freeport, same state. In 1902, he was called to Sanford, Maine, as principal of the high school and has ever since been en- gaged in that position. He has been elected union superintendent of schools for the Fair- field-Oakland district, his duties to begin July I, 1908. He holds the first teacher's life- cer- tificate of the first grade, issued in the state of Maine. Professor Hersey takes an active in- terest in the progress of his nation and gives his political support to the Republican party. He is actively identified with the Masonic or- der, being a past master of Freeport Lodge, No. 23, A. F. and A. M., and is now affiliated with Preble Lodge, No. 143, of Sanford. He is past high priest of White Rose Chapter, No. 54, R. A. M., of Sanford, and is a member of Mount Vernon Council, No. 2, R. and S. M., of Brunswick. He is also a member of Clover Chapter, No. 138, O. E. S., of Sanford, and of Cumberland Lodge, No. 30, and Ruhamah Rebekah Lodge, No. 53, I. O. O. F., the for- mer of Bridgton and the latter of Springvale, Maine. He is a member of the Theta Delta Chi, Greek letter fraternity, Eta Chapter, Brunswick, Maine. He is a past patron of the Eastern Star Chapter, and past grand worthy patriarch of the Sons of Temperance of Maine. He was married June 10, 1902, at Everett, Massachusetts, to Lila Pendleton Harden, born
March 30, 1872, in Angora, Pennsylvania. She is a graduate of Colby College, in the class of 1895. They have one child, Carl Kenneth, born October 27, 1904, in Sanford. Rev. Cushman Eben Harden, the father of Mrs. Hersey, was a Baptist clergyman, who filled pastorates at Bristol, Pennsylvania, Harring- ton, Sedgwick, Hebron and Jefferson, Maine, and has also been state missionary. He was a corporal in Company C of the First Heavy Maine Artillery and received a wound in the service. He died at Appleton, Maine, Novem- ber 15, 1897. He married Abbie Susan Whita- ker.
(For preceding generations see William Hersey I.) (III) John, second son of Wil-
HERSEY liam (2) and Rebecca (Chub- bock) Hersey, was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, August 9, 1640, and died there August 7, 1669. He was a tailor, and a constable in 1701. The name of his wife was Sarah, who died January 17, 1731. Chil- dren : Sarah, Judith, Nehemiah, Abigail, Mar- cia, Jael, Daniel, Peter, Hannah, Betsey and Jeremiah.
(IV) Daniel, second son of John and Sarah Hersey, was born in Hingham April 23, 1682, and there died January 10, 1760. Daniel was a cooper, made a constable in 1766, and re- sided on Hersey street in a house he built which is now standing. He married Mary, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Langley) May; children : Mary, Jonathan, Sarah, Isaiah and Susanna.
(V) Jonathan, eldest son of Daniel and Mary (May) Hersey, was born at Hingham, February 2, 1713, and died there October 2, 1760. He learned the cooper's trade with his father. He married Sarah, daughter of David and Elizabeth (Ripley) Whiton ; she was born at the aforesaid place, August 20, 1720, and died January 28, 1794. Children : Jonathan, Deidama, deceased; Sarah, Lydia, Juliette, Deidama, Daniel, David, Peter and Ezekiel.
(VI) Jonathan (2), eldest child of Jona- than (1) and Sarah (Whiton) Hersey, was born in Hingham, October 28, 1742, and died in Roxbury, Massachusetts, at a very advanced age. Following in the footsteps of his paternal ancestor and of several generations of the Her- seys he was a cooper. He served in the revo- lution. He married Margaret Tower, Septem- ber 6, 1776, but she lived only till June 13, 1777. Married (second) Mary, daughter of John Berry; she was born in Hingham, May 19, 1754, and died in Roxbury, November,
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1832. Children: Lydia, Jonathan, Margaret, Mary, and Henry Johnson, who removed to New York state.
Here is an unfortunate break in the con- tinuity of succession, but the Hersey family herein treated have grounds for believing they sprang from the old patriarch William, and Elijah, to whom we come now, was born on Long Island, New York, March 24, 1790, and died at Linneus, Maine, in 1875. He emi- grated from his island home to St. John, New Brunswick, in 1810, residing there and at St. John until in 1832 he became one of the pio- neers of Aroostook county, settling in Lin- neus, then an embryo town. He farmed for a living and burnt charcoal. He married Annie Bell, of Buxton, in 1817; she was born April II, 1794, and died at Linneus, about 1887. Children : John B., Samuel B., Mary A., Catherine M., Eliza S., William G. and Sarah G.
Samuel B., son of Elijah and Annie ( Bell) Hersey, was born June 14, 1821, at St. John, New Brunswick, and was brought to Aroos- took county by his father when a child. He belonged to Maine's most numerous army of workers, the cultivators of her fertile soil, which is at once the source of its greatest in- come, the nursery of its great men and the foundation of its happy homes. He married Elizabeth, daughter of William White. Chil- dren: Alpheus C., deceased; Mary, Ira G., Annie E. and Samuel M.
Ira G., son of Samuel B. and Elizabeth (White) Hersey, was born in Hodgdon, Aroostook county, March 31, 1858. His early nurture was secured in the village school of his native town, with a classical course at Houlton Academy. Choosing the law as a profession he read with Lyman S. Strickland, of Houlton, one of the then leaders of the Aroostook bar. Young Hersey was admitted to practice at the September term, 1880, pass- ing a highly creditable examination, both to himself and his proficient preceptor. The same year he engaged in active practice in the county seat and has ever maintained a good standing in the profession and in the com- munity. Mr. Hersey is much sought after by those who have recourse to the courts to re- dress their wrongs. He is thorough in prep- aration, and in conducting a case in court he brings out all there is in it of both law and fact and is never surprised or discomfited by the unexpected tactics of the other side, but is ready with counter moves. He at one time co- operated in political matters with the Prohibi- tion party and was honored with the nomina-
tion for governor. He made a splendid run, but of course in Republican Maine nothing else than a Republican landslide is expected, and with the exception of the Garcelon regime the state has been ruled by Republican governors for a long period. Mr. Hersey, though still a Prohibitionist in principle, believes the best practical good is to be obtained in working through one of the great parties and to that end he allied himself with the party of Blaine, Reed and Manley. Since joining that party he has been elected as city attorney of Houl- ton. In this position he has brought to the discharge of the duties a public conscience and an unalterable disposition to uphold the laws. Mr. Hersey is one of the clean men in politics and stands for civic righteousness ; he is the present representative-elect from Houl- ton to the Maine legislature. The fraternities to which he belongs are subordinate lodge In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows, the Canton of Houlton, the Aroostook Encampment, No. 41. He is at present grand master of the Grand Lodge. He is connected with Monu- ment Lodge, No. 96, Ancient Free and Ac- cepted Masons; Aroostook Chapter, No. 20; with St. Aldemar Commandery, at present eminent commander ; with Aroostook Council, No. 16, of Presque Isle ; with the Maine Con- sistory of Portland; with Kora Temple, Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine, of Lew- iston. He is also a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He married Annie, daughter of William Dillen.
(See preceding Hersey sketches.)
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HERSEY Herseys moved to Maine is not known. Dr. James Hersey 2), son of Dr. James Hersey (I), died at Kittery, Maine, in 1758; but as he was only twenty at the time and unmarried, he could not have been the ancestor of the Her- seys at Paris and Oxford, that state. In the latter town lived Dr. A. L. Hersey (there have always been many physicians in the fam- ily ), the father of Miss Heloise E. Hersey, the noted teacher and lecturer of Boston.
(I) James Hersey, born December 12, 1758, lived at Paris, Maine, and on October 11, 1781, married Althea Pool, of Minot, Maine, who was born September 13, 1761. Children: I. Simeon, born July 8, 1782, married Lois War- ren. 2. James, mentioned below. 3. Samuel, May 14, 1785, married Eunice Bradbury. 4. Althea, December 29, 1787, died the first day of the next August. 5. Althea, May 14, 1789, married John Bradbury. 6. Anna, July 3,
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1791, married Meshach Keen. 7. Susanna, March 30, 1793, married John Thayer and lived at Buckfield. 8. Ruth, January 13, 1795, married Benjamin Hammond, and lived at Lincoln. 9. Olive, December 15, 1796, married Stephen Cobb. 10. Maria, November 28, 1798, married Ezra Cobb. II. Ira, January 25, 1802, married Omittee Fletcher. 12. Sophronia, September 3, 1803, married Hiram Heald.
(II) James (2), second son of James (I) and Althea (Pool) Hersey, was born Novem- ber II, 1783. He lived at Sumner, Maine, and married Olive Freeman, daughter of Samuel Freeman, an officer in the revolution. Among their children was Samuel Freeman, whose sketch follows.
(III) Hon. Samuel Freeman, son of James (2) and Olive (Freeman) Hersey, was born at Sumner, Oxford county, Maine, April 12, 1812,. and died at Bangor, February 3, 1875. He was educated in the local schools of his native town, at Hebron Academy, and at a school in Buckfield, Maine. When sixteen years of age, he began teaching school during winters. He was very studious, and his views of life were powerfully influenced by reading Pope's Essay on Man, his favorite study. At the age of twenty, he left home and came to Bangor, where he began working as clerk in a store. In 1833, being only twenty-two at the time, and having saved a little capital, he formed a partnership with his cousin, W. R. Hersey, at Lincoln, Maine, and began business for himself. The panic of 1837 swept away about all the profits of the firm, but he bought out his partner and paid all debts. In 1838 Mr. Hersey formed a partnership with Jesse Fogg, keeping a store at Milford, Maine, and another at Bangor. From general merchan- dise they drifted into the lumber business, which they prosecuted successfully. Mr. Her- sey lived at Milford until 1842, when he moved to Upper Stillwater, where he hired all the mills, moving in the spring of 1844 to Old- town, and in the fall of the same year to Ban- gor. In 1850 the partnership of Fogg & Her- sey was dissolved, and the latter formed a con- nection with Thomas L. May and Robert Davis (2), under the name of May, Davis & Company. This firm existed with some changes till September, 1863, when Mr. Her- sey closed his active business in Bangor. Dur- ing this time he had been very prosperous, and had invested largely in timber lands, which later brought him a great fortune. He made investments in Iowa, Minnesota and other places, which also proved profitable.
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