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(II) Dr. Felix Barrett, third and youngest son of Joseph and Olive (Cabana) Barrett, was born in St. Louis, province of Quebec, Canada, August 9, 1860, and on the death of his father was left to the care of his mother when only five months old. At two years of age he was taken by his mother to Vermont, and the family settled at Island Pond. After
a residence of five years there they moved to Windsor, where they lived until Felix was sixteen years old, when they removed to West- brook, Maine. Dr. Barrett was educated in the public schools of Windsor and Westbrook, graduating from the high school at the latter place in 1881. He took his medical training
at the United States Medical College of New York, from which he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1883. He first practiced in Kennebunkport, Maine, where he remained till November, 1890, when he settled in West- brook. Soon afterward, feeling the need of a more comprehensive and thorough medical education, Dr. Barrett took a course in medi- cine at Bowdoin College, which he completed in 1893. Subsequently he took a post-graduate course in the University of New York, paying special attention to electro therapeutics. With his natural qualifications and thorough profes- sional training, he is finely equipped for his work and has a flourishing practice in a gen- eral way. He makes a specialty, however, of electro-therapeutics. He is a member of the Cumberland County Medical Association, the Maine Medical Association, the American Electro-Therapeutic Association, the American Medical Association, and is president of the Westbrook Medical Club. He is a Republican, is much interested in public affairs, and for several years has been a member of the West- brook board of education, but has no desire for political office. He is a Mason of high degree, being a member of Warren Philip Lodge, No. 186; Eagle Royal Arch Chapter, No. II; Council No. 15, Royal and Select Masters ; and Commandery, Knights Templar. Also of Presumpscot Valley Lodge No. 4, Knights of Pythias; Court City, No. 8441, Independent Order of Foresters; and Camp No. 10611, Modern Woodmen of America. Dr. Barrett and wife are active members of the Congregational church, the Sunday school, and the Christian Endeavor Society. Dr. Bar- rett married, at Westbrook, May 26, 1887, Cora Isabel Cloudman, who was born in South Windham, April, 1861, daughter of Francis A. and Lile (Bodge) Cloudman. They have two children : Flora, born August 7, 1888 ; and Frances, born March 9, 1890.
DUNTON Timothy Dunton, founder of the family in Westport, Maine, is thought to have been the immigrant. According to family tradition he was of Scotch ancestry. He was born about 1720. He was a Freewill Baptist in religion. Among his children was Timothy, mentioned below.
(II) Timothy (2), son of Timothy (I) Dunton, was born about 1750 in Westport, Maine, and came to Boothbay about 1795. He bought the farm at Back River where the late Miles Lewis lived, and other parcels of land afterward. He married (first) September 5,
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1776, Nancy Smith, died June 4, 1804. He married (second) Margaret Pinkham. Chil- dren, born at Boothbay: I. Jenny, 1777, died unmarried. 2. Nancy, 1779, settled at White, Maine; married Andrew Dustan. 3. Israel, 1783, settled at White. 4. Timothy Jr., 1786, mentioned below. 5. Lucy, 1790, settled at White; married Jonathan Robinson. 6. Sally, I792, settled at White. 7. Prudy, 1794, mar- ried Joshua Loring. 8. William, 1797, mar- ried Sally Knight; settled at Liberty. 9. Abi- gail. 1798, married Aaron Bradstreet; settled in Liberty. 10. Charlotte, September 22, 1805, married Alfred Matthews. II. Maria, mar- ried, November 22, 1817, Edmund Matthews. 12. Lucinda, married, March 30, 1819, Brad- ford Boynton.
(III) Timothy (3), son of Timothy (2) Dunton, was born in Boothbay in 1786 and died in 1857. He was educated in the com- mon schools and followed the occupation of farming. He removed from Boothbay to Lib- erty, Maine, when a young man and lived the remainder of his days at Liberty. He married Sophia Frances Southard, of Richmond, Maine. Children: I. John Southard, born March 7, 1817, mentioned below. 2. Frank- lin. died in Liberty. 3. Isaac, died at East Belfast. 4. Clarissa. 5. Mary. 6. Sarah Jane. 7. Eliza. 8. Sophia. By a second wife he had Hosea and Oscar, both soldiers in the civil war, one killed, one died from disease; and Amanda.
(IV) John Southard, son of Timothy (3) Dunton, was born in Liberty, Maine, March 7, 1817. He was brought up on his father's farm and educated in the public schools at Liberty. He removed to Union, Maine, where he followed farming during all his active life thereafter. He married Joanna (Curtis) Gay, daughter of Christopher Curtis and widow of Christopher Gay. Children : I. Ellen F., mar- ried O. A. Burkett, of Union; one son, Fred E. Burkett. 2. Lucy E., married Benjamin Burton; one living child, Lola M., lives in Rockland. 3. Guvanus H., now of Winter- port ; married Medora Fish ; children : Claude, lives in Mt. Vernon, New York; Josephine, married William Mason, of Massachusetts ; Effie, married Charles Littlefield, Providence, Rhode Island; Raymond, of Port Chester, New York; Earl, lives in Winterport. 4. Charles R., see forward. 5. Sophia J., mar- ried Orlando Welt, of Waldoboro, Maine; child, Rose M., married E. C. Davis, of Rock- land. 6. Loretta A., married Henry A. Hawes, of Union ; child, William.
(V) Charles Robinson, son of John South-
ard Dunton, was born in Union, Maine, Octo- ber 4, 1846. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and spent his boy- hood on the farm. Before he was sixteen he enlisted September 17, 1862, in Company B, Twenty-fourth Maine Regiment, and took part in all the engagements and arduous service of this regiment. After the civil war he went to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and fol- lowed the trade of cooper for several years. He returned to Union in 1872 and engaged in the express business on his own account. He built up an extensive and profitable business with express lines from Union to various adja- cent towns. He disposed of his business in 1889 and removed to Springfield, Massachu- setts, where he engaged in the insurance busi- ness for four years, and in 1806 removed to Bangor, where he has since been engaged in the insurance business. 'For the past twelve years he has been general agent of the North- western Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Milwaukee, for the seven Maine counties- Waldo, Knox, Hancock, Washington, Penob- scot, Aroostook and Piscataquis, and he has charge of a large number of agents in that ter- ritory. He has written a large amount of in- surance, probably more than any other man in eastern Maine during the past twenty years, and no man is better known in insurance circles and none more popular or highly re- spected than he. In politics Mr. Dunton is a Democrat. He has been a member of the board of aldermen for two years, representing ward six. He belongs to Cooper Post, No. 124, Grand Army of the Republic, of Union, Maine. Mr. Dunton is energetic, enterprising and active. He has a wide acquaintance and many steadfast friends attracted by his good qualities of mind and heart, his kindly manner and good nature.
He married, October 1, 1866, Mary E., born October 5, 1847, daughter of Joseph Irish, of Union, Maine. Children: I. Maude F., born March 20, 1868, died June 15, 1893; married Orville W. Miles, of Springfield, Massachu- setts ; one daughter, Gladys, who lives with her grandfather, Mr. Dunton. 2. Rita, born Au- gust 15, 1870, married Horace B. Clements, of Springfield. 3. Nellie, died at thirteen months. 4. Sophia M., born in Union, January 15, 1876, living at home.
Stephen Dudley Marsh, son of MARSH Stephen Dudley and Betsey Marsh, was born in Skowhegan, died aged eighty-nine years, and was a de- scendant of one of the early pioneers of Mas-
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sachusetts, of English descent. He lived at Greenville, Maine, was a farmer and lumber- man, and had charge of extensive lumber operations in that section. In politics he was a Democrat. He married (first) Abigail Bragg; (second) Hannah Brawn. Children of first wife: I. Rexaville, died in infancy. 2. Martin Van Buren, born March 24, 1836, mentioned below. Children of second wife: 3. Lydia Ann. 4. Stephen Dudley. 5. Will- iam. 6. Helen. 7. Mercy, deceased. 8. Franklin. 9. George. 10. Isa.
(II) Martin Van Buren, son of Stephen Dudley (2) and Abigail (Bragg) Marsh, was born in Cornville, Maine, March 24, 1836. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and Greenville, whither he moved when a boy with his parents. He worked at farming and lumbering and as engineer and captain of the lake boats in summer. He learned the trade of mason and worked at it for a period of forty years in Old Town, Bradley and Skowhegan, Maine. In politics, like his father, he is a Democrat. He was for several years school agent while living in the town of Bradley. He is a member of Star of the East Lodge of Free Masons, of Old Town, and of the Ancient Order of United Work- men. He is an active and prominent member of the Baptist church, and was one of the founders and builders of the church at Brad- ley, of which he was for some years the clerk. He married, September, 1860, Paulina C., born in Brighton, Maine, July 27, 1840, daughter of Thomas T. and (Bragden) Foss. Children: I. Alphonso F., born 1861, drug- gist at Sangerville, Maine ; married (first) An- nie B. Cummings; (second) Lavinia B. Sand- ers, of Sangerville; children of first wife : Everett C., Vera L. 2. Ralph Hemenway, born in Greenville, February 3, 1863, men- tioned below. 3. Martin Van Buren, born March, 1865, drowned at Bradley, Maine, aged four years. 4. Dr. Stanley N., born Au- gust 1, 1876, at Skowhegan, educated in the public schools of Bradley and University of Maine, graduating from the Baltimore Medi- cal School, 1903; now practicing medicine in West Enfield, Maine; married Bessie Butler, of Ripley, Maine; children: Gerald E. and Pauline. 5. Pauline, born 1878, died in in- fancy.
(III) Dr. Ralph Hemenway, son of Martin Van Buren Marsh, was born in Greenville, Maine, February 3, 1863. He attended the public schools of Bradley and entered the Uni- versity of Maine, from which he was grad- uated in 1888. He studied his profession in
the Bowdoin Medical School, receiving his de- gree of M. D. in 1893. He began the practice of medicine the same year at Lincoln, Maine, where he remained a year and a half. He then took a post-graduate course in the Post-Gradu- ate Medical School, of New York City. Since 1894 he has been practicing his profession with much success at Guilford, Maine. He is a member of the Piscataquis County Medical Association and of the Maine Medical Asso- ciation. In politics he is a Republican. He has been a member of the school committee of Guilford since 1896 and was town treasurer in 1897-98. He is a member of Mount Kineo Lodge of Free Masons, of Guilford; of Piscat- aquis Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Dover, Maine; of St. John Commandery, Knights Templar, of Bangor; of the Scottish Rite bodies of Masonry in Bangor and the Maine Consistory of Portland, thirty-second degree. He is a member of Good Cheer Lodge of Odd Fellows, of Guilford, joining in 1898; of the Modern Woodmen and of the New England Order of Protection. He has been one of the United States pension examiners of this dis- trict since 1898. In religion he is a Univer- salist, and in politics a Republican. He mar- ried, October 6, 1887, Myrtie A., born in Bradley, Maine, daughter of Reuben and Mary (Banks) Holbrook, of Freeport, Maine. Chil- dren : I. Helen Celia, born in Bradley, May 26, 1889, graduate of the Guilford high school, student at Colby College, class of 1912. 2. Alice Holbrook, born in Guilford, August 19, 1897.
RECORD It is a family tradition that two brothers of this name came from England; one settled in Massachusetts and was the progenitor of the Records, and the other went to the West In- dies, accumulated a large fortune and died un- married. The estate was settled by two sons of the Massachusetts Record, who went to the West Indies for that purpose. After set- tling up the affairs of their deceased uncle, they repaired to a hotel and remained over night. In the morning their bodies were found in bed, but the large sum of money they had collected had disappeared. This family is of Massachusetts quality, of good fighting stock, forty-six of the name serving in the revolu- tionary army. The name has been spelled Reckord, Reccord, Recoard, Reckerd and Rickord. John Record was in Weymouth, Massachusetts, in 1676. He served in King Philip's war on the Connecticut river and was named in a petition to the governor and coun-
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cil as a soldier to be recalled, there being need of him in home defences. He married Han- nah, daughter of Simeon and Hester Burr, and widow of John Hobart, and had John, Simon and Jonathan. In its migrations the family reached Maine in 1776, alighting at Kennebunkport, then Arundel. Daniel Record was a soldier from that town in -Captain Hitchcock's company, Colonel Sprout's regi- ment, from May 15, 1777, to May 15, 1780; also in Captain Merrill's company and Colonel Brewer's regiment.
(I) Thomas Record was born March 22, 1797, and died September 29, 1872. He lived in Canton, Oxford county, Maine, then called Phipp's Canada. He married Harriet, daugh- ter of Thomas and Betsy (Gurney) Record, who was his cousin. Children: John, Betsy, Alvin, Isaiah, Sarah Jane, Ruth, Matildah, Gustavas and Stillman.
(II) Alvin, second son of Thomas and Har- riet (Record) Record, was born in Canton, Maine, March 12, 1829. He attended the com- mon schools, and at the age of thirteen began learning the carpenter's trade. He followed his trade at the Moose Hill settlement in Liv- ermore for several years, then went to Massa- chusetts, and there conducted a large business as a building mover. Returning to Moose Hill, he farmed for a few years until he bought a half interest in a drug store at that place. In 1870 he founded the leather board business which became the Jay Paper Com- pany and this was in turn absorbed by the In- ternational Paper Company. Mr. Record was one of the most prominent men of the town, and while he had no desire to hold any politi- cal office, was a shrewd manager and the man he named was usually nominated and elected. He was a Baptist and a trustee of that church. He married, December 1, 1853, Agrandice, daughter of Levi Lyford. Three children: Helen, Edward and Judson A. Alvin Record died August 20, 1898.
(III) Judson A., second son of Alvin and Agrandice (Lyford) Record, was born in Liv- ermore Falls, July 19, 1863. He was educated in the local schools and Hebron Academy. School days over he associated himself with his father in the paper business. In 1897 he bought out an iron foundry, and this he de- veloped into a large plant, and in 1901 sold out to a corporation of which he is a large stockholder. This concern has a large in- dustry at Rumford Falls, Maine. The Liv- ermore foundry has a capacity of ten tons daily and employ about sixty men. Mr. Rec- ord is also a director in the W. A. Stewart
Company, a Republican and a Knights Tem- plar degree Mason, a member of the Baptist church, of which he is a trustee, and a bass in the male quartette connected with the church. He married, December 30, 1883, Maud L., daughter of Mathew and Jeannette (Bow- ker) Durand, who was born March 10, 1864. They have one child, Agrandice J., who at present is in Colby College.
WILLIAMS The Williams family of Eng- land and Wales is of great antiquity. The surname is derived from the ancient personal name, Will-
iam. Sir Robert Williams, ninth baronet of the house of Williams of Penrhyn, was a lineal descendant from Marchudes of Cyan, Lord of Abergelen, in Denbighshire, of one of the fif- teen tribes of North Wales that lived in the time of Roderick the Great, King of the Brit- ons, about A. D. 849.
The ancient Williams coat-of-arms of the Welsh family is: Sable, a lion rampant argent armed and langued gules. The crest is a moor cock. The seat of the family was at Flint, Wales, and in Lincolnshire. Oliver Cromwell, the Protector, was a Williams by right of descent, and was related to Richard Williams, who settled at Taunton, Massachu- setts, as shown by the following pedigree. Alden de Cromwell lived in the time of Will- iam the Conqueror, and from him descended ten Ralph de Cromwells in succession, the last of the name dying without issue. The seventh Ralph de Cromwell married, 1551, Amicia Berer, daughter of Robert Berer.
(I) Robert Cromwell was a Lancastrian, killed in the wars in 1461. From him the line to Oliver Cromwell and Richard Williams is definitely known.
(II) William, son of Robert Cromwell, left a daughter Margaret, who was the ancestor of both Cromwell and Williams.
(III) John Cromwell married Joan Smith.
(IV) Walter Cromwell married Gloosop.
(V) Katherine Cromwell, daughter of Wal- ter Cromwell, married Morgan Williams, fifth from Howell Williams, mentioned below.
(VI) Sir Richard Williams, son of Morgan and Katherine, was born about 1495; married Frances Murfyn. After reaching mature years, Sir Richard took the name of Cromwell under the patronage of his mother's brother, Thomas Cromwell. He lived at Glamorgan- shire, Wales.
(VII) Sir Henry Cromwell, alias Williams, son of Sir Richard, was called the Golden
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Knight of Hinchenbrook, Huntingdon; mar- ried Joan Warren.
(VIII) Robert Cromwell, alias Williams, was of Huntingdon, a brewer, and married Elizabeth Stewart. Their first child was Oliver, the Great Protector. Oliver Cromwell used the alias in his youth, and in some deeds his name is found Oliver Williams, alias Crom- well.
(I) Howell Williams, Lord of Ribour, was progenitor of the Williams family of Wales.
(II) Morgan Williams married Joan Bat- ten.
(III) Thomas of Lancashire, son of Mor- gan, died in London.
(IV) John Williams, son of Thomas, mar- ried Margaret Smith; died at Mortlake in 1502. Their son John, born 1495, mar- ried Joan Wykys, daughter of Henry Wykys, of Bolleys Park, Chertney, a sister of Elizabeth Wykys, who married Thomas Crom- well (brother of Katherine, mentioned above), secretary to Henry VIII, Lord Cromwell of Oakham, Earl of Essex.
(V) Richard Williams, born at Roehampton, 1687, settled at Monmouth and Dexter, and died 1559.
(VI) John Williams, son of Richard, was of Huntingdonshire, near Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucester ; died 1577.
(VII) William Williams, son of John Will- iams, was also of Huntingdon; married, No- vember 15, 1585, Jane Shepherd; married (second) December 4, 1603, Jane Woodward. His first child by the second marriage was Richard Williams, who settled in Taunton, Massachusetts.
(I) Richard Williams, son of William Will- iams, was born in England. He was a tanner by trade and settled first in Dorchester, Mas- sachusetts, in 1633, and is first of the Ameri- can family of Williams. His wife Frances and sister Elizabeth were members of the Dorchester church before 1639. He removed to Taunton, and sold land and privileges at Dorchester, October 20, 1646. He made his brother Samuel, of Essington, Gloucestershire, England, his attorney, October 21, 1646, to sell his share of a tucke mill at Sinwell, ad- joining Essington. He and his sister Eliza- beth, then both in New England, were legatees in the will of their sister Jane, of Wheten- hurste, Gloucestershire, dated May 30, 1650, proved June 3, 1655. He was a freeman at Plymouth, June 5, 1644; deacon and deputy to the general court from Taunton. He re- turned to Dorchester, and was a town officer there in 1658. He died July 13, 1683. Eliza-
beth was drowned October 13, 1688. He mar- ried Frances Dighton, sister of the first wife of Governor Thomas Dudley. His will was dated May 5, 1686, when he was aged eighty years; proved October, 1693, bequeathing to sons Samuel, Nathaniel, Joseph, Thomas and Benjamin; to daughters Elizabeth and Han- nah; wife Frances. The widow, being of great age, made will October 20, 1703; proved March 7, 1705-06, bequeathing to son Par- menter (son-in-law), to the widows of sons Nathaniel, Joseph and Benjamin; to son Thomas and daughter Elizabeth Bird, of Dorchester. Children: I. John, died young, 2. Samuel. 3. Joseph, had five sons and two daughters. 4. Nathaniel (q. v.). 5. Thomas. 6. Benjamin, mentioned below. 7. Elizabeth, born about 1647; married John Bird, of Dor- chester. 8. Hannah, married John Parmenter, of Boston.
(II) Benjamin, son of Richard Williams, was born in Taunton, about 1645. He mar- ried, March 18, 1690, Rebecca, daughter of Captain George Macy, of Taunton, immigrant, town officer ; will dated June 20, proved Sep- tember 5, 1693, bequeathing to wife Susanna Macy, daughters Elizabeth Hodges, Sarah Black, Mary Williams, Rebecca Williams and Deborah Macy. Children: I. Rebecca, born November 27, 1690. 2. Josiah, November 7, 1692. 3. Benjamin, July 3, 1695 ; mentioned below. 4. John, March 2, 1699.
(III) Benjamin (2), son of Benjamin (I) Williams, was born in Taunton, July 3, 1695. He married, December 22, 1720, Susanna, daughter of Major John and Sarah (Dean) Howard, of Bridgewater.
(IV) Rufus, only son of Benjamin (2) Williams, was born in Taunton, in 1723. He married, March II, 1745-46, Mercy, daughter of Jonathan and Mercy (Mason) Shaw, of Raynham. Children : I. Samuel, born at Taun- ton, March 20, 1746; died at Grafton, New Hampshire, July 7, 1824 ; removed to Grafton, and lived on Williams Hill ; married, January 25, 1770, Mary Case, of Rehoboth, daughter of William and Mary Case. 2. Zebedee ( ?) settled in Grafton, and was living there in 1790. 3. Oliver, mentioned below. Probably others.
(V) Oliver, son of Rufus Williams, was born at Taunton, about 1750. He married probably Mary -, who was living at Grafton in 1790, and had, according to the federal census of that year, one son under sixteen, one over sixteen, and six females in her family. Oliver was the first of the fam- ily at Grafton. He signed the petition for
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the incorporation of the town of Grafton, New Hampshire, in 1777, and again in 1778. Most of the first settlers were from Rehoboth, Taunton and vicinity. William Williams, per- haps a brother, was another early settler.
(VI) Oliver (2), son of Oliver (1) Will- iams, was born about 1775, and married, at Canaan, New Hampshire, October 24, 1799, Jemima Barney, of Grafton. They settled at Grafton. Children: I. Oliver, born December 3, 1805; died June 22, 1879, at Auburn, New Hampshire; his descendants live at Manches- ter, that state. 2. Huron. 3. Norman Smith, mentioned below. 4. Prudence. 5. Rosinda.
(VII) Norman Smith, son of Oliver (2) Williams, was born at Canaan, New Hamp- shire, in 1817, died in Monson, Maine, in 1874. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. He was a farmer. In 1840 he removed to Dexter, Maine, and later settled in Monson, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was a Republican in politics, and was for several years on the board of selectmen of Monson. He was a prominent member of the Congregational church, and held various offices in the church and society. He married, in May, 1844, Martha Ann Haynes, born in Canaan, New Hampshire, in 1825, and now living with her son, John Sumner Williams, at Guilford, Maine. She was the daughter of Josiah Porter and Sally (Atherton) Haynes. Josiah P. Haynes was born in Roxbury, Mas- sachusetts, removed to Canaan, New Hamp- shire, and later to Monson, Maine; his wife was a native of Vermont. Children : I. Charles, died in infancy. 2. Flora Jane, born 1850, died 1880; married Joseph H. Sheppard, of Dexter; one child, Bessie (Mrs. Charles Turner, of Guilford). 3. Fannie P., born February, 1853; married Charles W. Johnson, foundryman, of Worcester, Massachusetts ; one child, Charles Walter. 4. Frank B., born 1856, foundryman, living in Worcester. 5. Sarah L., born 1858, died 1888; married Her- bert Bennett; one child, Sarah Bennett. 6. John Sumner, mentioned below.
(VIII) John Sumner, son of Norman Smith Williams, was born in Monson, Maine, July 24, 1864. He was educated in the public schools of Monson, at Monson Academy, and at the University of Maine, where he was graduated in 1887. He studied his profession in the office of Henry Hudson Jr., Guilford, and in the law school of Boston University, and graduated in 1890. He was admitted to the bar in 1889, before he graduated. He taught school two years while pursuing his studies. In 1890 he began to practice law,
and soon took a prominent position among the lawyers of his section. In November, 1893, he was appointed by President Cleveland col- lector of internal revenue for the Maine dis- trict, and held office until 1899, being in office two years under President Mckinley's admin- istration. Since 1899 he has been practicing law at Guilford, Maine. He has been active in political life and a leader of the Democratic party. He was a member of the board of selectmen of Guilford for several years and has been town agent and superintendent of schools. In 1908 he was presidential elector from fourth congressional district. Mr. Will- iams is a member of Mount Kineo Lodge of Free Masons, of Guilford; of Piscataquis Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, Dover; and of St. John's Commandery, Knights Templar, of Bangor. He also belongs to Syracuse Lodge, Knights of Pythias, Guilford, the Modern Woodmen and the Universalist church. He married, September 25, 1897, Helen K. Mont- gomery, born July 14, 1870, daughter of Rev. Hugh Montgomery, the noted temperance lec- turer of Lowell, Massachusetts. Children: I. Hugh Montgomery, born September 10, 1898. 2. John H., September 26, 1899. 3. Roger, February 28, 1901. 4. Victor F., June 5, 1904. 5. Matthew, April 10, 1906. 6. Edwin, March 21, 1907.
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