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"For moth-holed hose, by English dames Knit for Colonial trade, In boxes big to his hands came, And good as new were made."
It is not known whether he landed at Boston or Portsmouth, New Hampshire; but wher- ever his first port, he soon sought the country.
"He loved the woods, their whispering leaves, Their solitude, their air ;
He loved the carpets Nature weaves, Sun-tinted everywhere.
The birds for him had sweeter tune Than violin or fife,
Their love notes vibrant with the rune Of reproductive life.
The arching sky alive with stars On moonless nights and cold,
The northern lights' dissolving bars Athwart the heavens rolled."
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All these attracted the young adventurer, and determined him to become a tiller of the soil.
"In Kingston, a New Hampshire town, In parish second then,
Young Eli came to settle down And take his place with men.
" 'Twas here his savings acres bought, Untilled and rough and new,
"Twas here he stones and brambles fought, And here he forests slew.
"The eighteen farms, three towns record, And left unto his heirs, Came to his hands as just rewards Of brain and brawn and prayers."
He became a man of considerable local dis- tinction, and was yclept doctor for his skill in treating sick horses and cattle, and wizard for his power in subduing the vicious ones.
"He had o'er these hypnotic power, A Rarey in his day,
The wildest would before him cower And own his magic sway."
It is to this man that all the Beedes in the country can trace their ancestry, and he seems to have been endowed with the qualities which would make him a fit progenitor for a power- ful race.
(I) Little is known about Eli Beede save what is given in the introduction. He came from the Isle of Jersey about the year 1700, and settled in Kingston, New Hampshire, where he married Mehitable Sleeper, the first white female child born in that town. Seven children, four sons and three daughters, were born to this couple. Daniel, one of the sons, moved to Sandwich, New Hampshire, where he became a highly respected citizen, was ap- pointed judge and reared a numerous family, twelve in all. Many of his descendants moved to Maine. One grandson, Nathan, was the an- cestor of the Beedes, who live at Phillips in that state, and another grandson, Daniel (3). became the founder of the family at Industry. Rev. Thomas Beede, of Wilton, New Hamp- shire, was probably another grandson. He was graduated from Harvard in 1798 in the same class with Channing, Story and other men of note, and became one of the influential men of his place and time.
(II) Hezekiah, one of the four sons of Eli and Mehitable (Sleeper) Beede, married Hep- zibah Smith and lived at Kingston, New Hampshire.
(III) Phineas, son of Hezekiah and Hepzi- bah (Smith) Beede, was born at Kingston, New Hampshire, September 24, 1749, and married a Miss Batchelder, of that same town. Among their children was Phineas (2).
(IV) Phineas (2), son of Phineas (I) (Batchelder) Beede, was born at Fremont, New Hampshire, December 6, 1773, and mar-
ried Miriam Taylor. Among their children whose births are recorded were: Horatio, De- cember 18, 1797; Sally, December 5, 1799; Polly, May 22, 1805; Phineas, whose sketch follows; and William Taylor, March 2, 181I. All of these were born at Fremont, New Hampshire.
(V) Phineas (3), son of Phineas (2) and Miriam (Taylor) Beede, was born at Fre- mont, New Hampshire, August 18, 1809, and died 1887, at Fremont, New Hampshire. About 1831 he married Hannah Lock Puring- ton, daughter of Elijah and Nancy Puring- ton, of Effingham, New Hampshire. They had four children: Joshua W., whose sketch fol- lows; Mary Ann, February 21, 1835, married John Bell, son of Governor Samuel Bell, of Chester, New Hampshire; Phineas, February 23, 1842, now living on the old homestead at Fremont; Sylvia H., August 27, 1849.
(VI) Dr. Joshua William, eldest son of Phineas (3) and Hannah Lock (Purington) Beede, was born on the farm of his grand- father Beede, at Poplin, now Fremont, New Hampshire, April 29, 1832. His mother was a most worthy christian woman of Quaker de- scent, to whose influence her children are in- debted for the best of early training. Dr. Beede's early life was one of toil; but he set his heart on obtaining an education, and at the age of fourteen began his preparation for college at Kingston Academy in his native state. He paid his own way from the start, and in course of time entered the famous Phil- lips Academy at Exeter, New Hampshire, where he remained till ready for the sopho- more class at Harvard. He had earned money by canvassing, and had received some help from the academy, so he found himself at this stage with a debt of only eighty dollars. Af- ter teaching one term he entered the sopho- more class of Dartmouth College in the spring of 1855, but was obliged to resume teaching for a year and a half in order to secure needed funds. In the spring of 1857 he again en- tered Dartmouth, and was graduated the next year, owing but a small debt. Upon leaving college in 1858 he became principal of. Mount Pleasant high school at Nashua, where he re- mained three years, or until he began his med- ical course. This he did under his brother-in- law, Dr. John Bell, at New York City, and Dr. Joseph M. Nye, of Lynn, Massachusetts. He also attended one course of lectures at Harvard and two at Bellevue Hospital Medi- cal College at New York City, where he was graduated in 1864. During twenty-two months of his medical studies, he was an assistant
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physician at Blackwell's Island Lunatic Asy- lum. In 1864 Dr. Beede began the practice of medicine at. Auburn, Maine, where he contin- ues to the present time. For some years he had a half ownership in a drug store, which he maintained in connection with his practice. He has been on the staff of the Central Maine General Hospital at Lewiston since its foun- dation in 1892. For two years he was presi- dent of the Androscoggin County Medical Association. Dr. Fred L. Dixon, a fellow practitioner, says of him: "He possesses a fund of anecdote and a power of impersona- tion which gives him a ready welcome at every social function. Professionally his standing is among the best. None of the great changes that have occurred during the last forty years have found him unprepared. He is regarded as an expert in the diagnosis of many surgical diseases." Beside being a busy medical prac- titioner, Dr. Beede has taken part in many matters pertaining to the welfare of the town. He served on the school board of Auburn for eight years, was trustee of the public library for ten years, city physician for several years, one of the board of health for nine years, sec- retary of the Auburn Home for Aged Women more than twenty-two years, and a trustee of the Mechanics' Savings Bank for ten years. He has been a trustee of the Academy at Hebron, Maine, since about 1891, and of Colby College since 1893. The latter institution con- ferred the degree of Master of Arts upon Dr. Beede in 1893. His publications have con- sisted of papers read before the Androscoggin Medical Association, newspaper articles secu- lar and religious, and lectures on medical sub- jects for the nurses at the hospital and one for the general public. The poetical tribute to his ancestor, Eli Beede, was written after he was seventy years of age; since then he has read similar effusions before various public bodies, which were well received. Dr. Beede is a Republican in politics, and has been a member of the city council. His pastor, Rev. F. M. Preble, pays this tribute: "Taking him all in all, Dr. Beede is easily among the fore- most Baptist laymen in the state of Maine; a splendid type of Christian gentleman. In the business management of his church, in Sun- day-school work, where he has been almost continuously a teacher or the superintendent, in mission work at home and abroad, he has always been at the front, doing. with his might whatever his hands found to do."
On May 6, 1864, Dr. Joshua William Beede married Abby Maria Reed, daughter of El- bridge G. and Nancy (Phelps) Reed, of
Nashua, New Hampshire. They have one child, Helen Reed, born October 6, 1869, who was graduated from Colby College in 1893, and during the years 1899 and 1900 attended the Bible Normal College at Springfield, Mas- sachusetts. After graduating from Colby she taught one year at the Good Will Farm, Hinckley, Maine, and two years in the Ed- ward Little high school in Auburn. On June 14, 1900, she was married to William P. Bren- eman, then of Dayton, Ohio, but now holding a responsible position as secretary and treas- urer of a corporation at Auburn, Maine. Mrs. Breneman has always been a leader in what- ever circle she may have moved, on account of her social qualities, christian character and in- tellectual attainments. They have three chil- dren : LeRoy Beede, Lucy King and Marian Elizabeth.
FELLOWS The early records of New England give honorable asso- ciation to this name. The first record now attainable locates its origin in Not- tinghamshire, England. Three brothers and one sister came thence about 1635 and located in different portions of New England. Wil- liam, the eldest, settled at Ipswich, Massachu- setts. Richard, the second, settled in Hart- ford, Connecticut. Elizabeth, the fourth, set- tled in Boston, her married name being Moriche. The youngest, Grace, married an Allane and lived in Lincolnshire, England.
(I) Samuel Fellows, the third in the above family of brothers and sisters, was born in England about 1619, and settled at Salisbury, Massachusetts, in 1639. His wife, whose christian name was Ann (surname unknown), died there December 5, 1684. He died De- cember 5, 1729. Record of two of their chil- dren is found, namely : Samuel and Hannah.
(II) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (1) and Ann Fellows, was born in 1646 in Salisbury, and made his home in that town, where he subscribed to the oath of allegiance and fidel- ity in 1677. His name appears among the list of freemen in that town in 1690. He died about the beginning of the year 1730, admin- istration of his estate being granted to his son Thomas on March 2, 1730. He was married June 2, 1681, in Salisbury, to Abigail, daugh- ter of Thomas and Eleanor Barnard, pioneers of Salisbury. She was born January 20, 1657, in that town, and was admitted to the Salis- bury church November II, 1705. Children : Samuel, Thomas, Joseph, Ann, Ebenezer, Hannah and Eleanor.
(III) Samuel (3), eldest child of Samuel
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(2) and Abigail (Barnard) Fellows, was born August 2, 1683, in Salisbury, and settled in Kingston, New Hampshire, where he died October 12, 1715. He was a member of the Salisbury Foot Company in 1702, and was baptized there as an adult, August 26, 1705, at the same time with all his brothers and sis- ters. He probably settled very soon thereafter in Kingston, as he does not appear again in the Salisbury records. He married Sarah Webster, November 14, 1710; she was the daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Godfrey) Webster. Children: Samuel, June 15, 1712, and Joseph.
(IV) Joseph, son of Samuel. (3) and Sarah (Webster) Fellows, was born February 27, 1714, in Kingston, and probably passed all his life in that town. He appears in the records as "Ensign" and in a record made January 21, 1771, he is called captain. He was married (first) January 1, 1737, to Elizabeth Young, who was born October 25, 1717, died October 17, 1756. He was married (second) March 8, 1757, in Kingston, to Mrs. Sarah Green, a widow.
(V) Samuel (4), son of Joseph and Eliza- beth (Young) Fellows, was born August 14, 1738, in Kingston, and died there September 15, 1778. His intention of marriage was pub- lished April 11, 1761, and the wedding oc- curred in South Hampton, New Hampshire, May 13th of the same year, the bride being Molly Ring, the ceremony performed by Rev. William Parsons. This was recorded the next day in the South Hampton records. Molly Ring was a descendant of the famous Rev. Stephen Bachiller, of Hampden.
(VI) Jonathan, son of Samuel (4) and Mary (Ring) Fellows, was born October 18, 1764, and resided in Piermont, New Hamp- shire. While residing in New Hampshire he served as a revolutionary soldier, and removed to St. Lawrence county, New York, in 1799. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, serving at the battle of Sacketts Harbor. His wife was Eleanor Weeks.
(VII) Joseph (2), son of Jonathan and Eleanor (Weeks) Fellows, was born August 23, 1799, in New Hampshire, probably Pier- mont, and was an infant when his parents re- moved to New York. He was a powder-boy at the battle of Sacketts Harbor, assisting his father. In 1848 he settled at Bristol, Wiscon- sin. About 1826-27 he married Mary Ann Marks.
(VIII) George, son of Joseph (2) and Mary Ann (Marks) Fellows, was born May 21, 1830, at De Peyster, St. Lawrence county,
New York, and died January 31, 1888, in Waukesha, Wisconsin. At the age of twenty years he purchased land at Bristol, Wiscon- sin, on which it was his purpose to establish an academy. He purposed to pursue a college course at Meadville, Pennsylvania, to prepare himself for teaching, but coming in contact with the presiding elder of the Methodist Episcopal church, he was persuaded to defer his college course and enter the ministry, which he did in 1850. This was in the days of pioneering in Wisconsin, and he was a circuit rider in the days when it was more or less dangerous to go through the woods for many miles from one settlement to another. For four years he rode horseback, his only home being his saddle bags, preaching at Wauwatosa, Kenosha, and other places in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. After his marriage he was settled pastor in Oconomowoc, Beaver Dam and Kenosha. He then "located" and went to Evanston, Illi- nois, to take a course in the Garrett Biblical Institute, now the theological department of Northwestern University. He was there as a student from 1859 to 1862, when he was grad- uated. During his residence in Evanston he was pastor of churches in Chicago. After his graduation he was appointed pastor of Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, Milwaukee, Wis- consin. His subsequent pastorates in Wiscon- sin were Madison, the capital of the state, from 1864 to 1866; Oconomowoc, Waukesha, Menasha, Fond du Lac, Ripon, Sun Prairie and Oshkosh. He was presiding elder of the Waupaca district, living in Waupaca from 1874 to 1878. This was a missionary district and he had to travel on foot, or with horses, as far as Lake Superior. In 1882 he resigned his pastorate and took up seriously the study of medicine, which he had studied as a hobby for many years. He attended the Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago, and obtained the degree of M. D. in 1885. He then practiced medicine in Waukesha, Wisconsin, until his death in 1888. In 1863 he was appointed chap- lain of the Forty-first Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers, and was ordered with his regi- ment to the front. A brother minister, an in- timate friend, was about the same time drafted into the service. As the position of a drafted man was very undesirable, Mr. Fellows volun- tarily resigned his commission and allowed his friend to be appointed chaplain in the Forty- first Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment. Being eager for active service, he did not think at that time of the future value of being con- nected with a regular military organization.
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He immediately offered himself to the United States Christian Mission, and went south with the regiment then going to the front. He was engaged, of course, in the same kind of work that he would have been engaged in as a regular chaplain of the regiment. He was given leave from his pastorate in Milwaukee during his service with the army, after which he returned and remained until the autumn of 1864, at the Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church. He was married August 15, 1856, in Mequon, Wisconsin, to Emmeline Electa Gur- nee, who was born September 15, 1832, at Sempronius, New York, and died in Novem- ber, 1899, in Chicago, Illinois. She was a descendant of a French family who settled in New York, probably at the time of the Hugue- not persecutions. The name was first spelled Garnier.
(IX) George Emory, son of George and Emmeline E. (Gurnee) Fellows, was born June 9, 1858, in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and attended the public and private schools in the various towns and cities where his father was pastor, principally in Milwaukee, Madison and Oconomowoc. At the age of thirteen years, he entered the preparatory department of Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin, and was subsequently a student in the Acad- emy of Northwestern University at Evanston, Illinois, until the winter of 1875. In that year he entered Lawrence University as a fresh- man and took a four year classical course, and was graduated in 1879 with the degree of A. B. Lawrence University conferred upon Dr. Fellows the degree of L. H. D. Bow- doin conferred LL. D. He immediately en- gaged as principal of the Eau Claire Wesleyan Seminary, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and contin- ued in that position one year. He was ap- pointed supply pastor of the Methodist Epis- copal church at Randolph, Wisconsin, and re- mained from April to October, 1881. The next year he occupied a similar position at Shopiere, Wisconsin, and was at Waukesha, same state, thereafter until September, 1883. For two years he was vice-principal of the Ryan high school at Appleton, Wisconsin, and for nearly four years succeeding was pro- fessor of mathematics in the New Orleans Central high school. He resigned in 1888 and went to Europe to study for the degree of doc- tor of philosophy. He was a student at the Uni- versity at Munich and Berne and for briefer periods at Edinburgh and Paris. In 1890 he received the degree of doctor of philosophy at Berne, in history and anthropology and philosophy. In 1899 and again in 1900 Dr.
Fellows visited Europe and pursued special lines of investigation and research at these in- stitutions. In the school year 1890-91 he was a member of the high school faculty at Au- rora, Illinois, and the succeeding four years was professor of European history at the In- diana University, Bloomington, Indiana. The years 1895 to 1902 he was assistant professor of history in the University of Chicago. In December, 1901, he was elected president of the University of Maine at Orono and entered upon the duties of that position the following year, and has so continued to the present time. Dr. Fellows has written much, especially upon history, and published in 1895 an "Outline Study of the Sixteenth Century." In 1902 he published a work upon "Recent European His- tory," besides his annual reports as president of the University of Maine, which are valuable contributions to current educational literature. He is the editor of many articles which have appeared in various reviews and magazines. He is a member of the University Club of Bos- ton, and since 1903 has been president of the Twentieth Century Club of Bangor. He is a member of the New Orleans Academy of Sci- ences ; of the National Educational Institution ; the American Historical Association and of the Sons of the American Revolution, having. been president of the last named society in 1907-08. Since 1903 he has been secretary and treasurer of the National Association of State Universities, and is frequently called upon for addresses and lectures on public oc- casions and at educational gatherings in vari- ous parts of the United States. His lectures are historical and scientific and deal with the nineteenth century.
He was married October 25, 1881, at Ran- dolph, Wisconsin, to Lucia Idelle, daughter of Hobart Henry and Margaret Eliza Ann (Burgess) Russell. Hobart H. Russell was a manufacturer and business man, for many years engaged in the production and sale of agricultural implements. He was descended of Puritan stock, one of his ancestors, John Holland, being of the original company of the "Mayflower." Another was Sir John Leverett, second governor of Massachusetts. Margaret E. A. Burgess was a descendant of Stephen Davis, one of the founders of Newark, New Jersey, and of Thomas Harris, a compatriot of Roger Williams. Mrs. Fellows attended Merrill Institute Preparatory School in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and later was graduated. from Indiana University. She studied art and music in Munich, Paris and Edinburgh and is a member of the Daughters of the Revolution,
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Mayflower Society, Descendants of Colonial Governors and the Woman's Club of Chicago, and of literary clubs in Chicago, New Orleans, Bangor and Orono. Children: 1. Gladys Ethel, born October 10, 1883, in Appleton, Wisconsin, attended the public schools in Au- rora, Illinois, Bloomington, Indiana and the Chicago University School, Chicago, Illinois. She was subsequently a student in Mrs. Star- rett's school for girls in Chicago, and spent over two years at the convent of St. Honore d'Eylau, in Paris, and graduated from Wel- lesley College in 1907 with the degree of A. B. At present she is an instructor in the department of romance languages at the Uni- versity of Maine. 2. Dorothy Russell Bur- gess was born December 29, 1891, in Bloom- ington, Indiana, and after attending Mrs. Starrett's Academy and the University School in Chicago was a student at the same convent with her sister in Paris. She died August 18, 1907. 3. Donald Ross Hotchkiss was born July 1, 1893, in Bloomington, and attended the French school for boys in Paris from 1898 to 1900. He is now a student of the Orono high school.
TOWLE From one couple of this name comes a large progeny of Towles in southeastern New Hampshire and Maine, who are people of good standing. The early Towles were patriotic, and many of them fought for liberty in the revolution. The early generations were strong and hardy and noted for longevity. Vitality and vigor char- acterize their descendants.
(I) Philip Towle, seaman, is supposed to have come from the northern part of Eng- land. April 15, 1664, he bought a dwelling and outhouses and a house lot containing seven and one-half acres, and about seventy acres of outlying lands and some shares in common lands in Hampton. Part or all of this land is still owned by his descendants. He married, at the age of forty-one years, No- vember 19, 1657, Isabella, daughter of Fran- cis and Isabella (Bland) Austin, of Colches- ter, England, and Hampton, New Hampshire, and granddaughter of John and Joanna Bland, of Edgartown, England. She was born about 1633, and was the eldest of three daughters. She was once the victim of persecution for witchcraft. She and Rachel Fuller were ac- cused in the summer of 1680. Rachel con- fessed and accused Isabella. Both were com- mitted to prison, where they remained until the sitting of the Hampton court, September 7, when the case was heard, and later released
on bail of fioo each, and discharged the next year. Isabella was then the mother of eight children, from two years old upward. Philip and family lived in what is now the heart of the village of Hampton. Five of their sons- Joseph, Philip, Benjamin, Francis and Caleb -served in King William's war, 1689-1698. Children : Philip, Caleb (died young), Joshua, Mary, Joseph, Benjamin, Francis, John and ยท Caleb.
(II) Sergeant Joseph, fourth son and fifth child of Philip and Isabella (Austin) Towle, born May 4, 1669, died September 2, 1757, probably lived a little north of the village of Hampton. He served in King William's war, and was selectman in 1723-29-33. He married (first) December 14, 1692, Mehitabel, born February 28, 1673, daughter of John and Sarah (Colcord) Hobbs; and (second) March 4, 1731, Sarah, daughter of Morris Hobbs. Children, all by first wife, were: John, Jo- seph, James, Mary, Jonathan, Mehitabel and Amos.
(III) John, eldest child of Sergeant Joseph and Mehitabel (Hobbs) Towle; was born at Hampton, New Hampshire, June 26, 1694, and died there December 5, 1786. On November 15, 1721, he married Lydia, daughter of Chris- topher and Abigail (Tilton) Page, who was born at Hampton, August 3, 1698, and died there May 22, 1772. Children: I. John (2), whose sketch follows. 2. Abigail, born April, 1725, married (first) Samuel (2) Fogg, (sec- ond) Samuel Robie. 3. Eliphalet, September 4, 1728. 4. Mehitable, April 1, 1732, died un- married, June II, 1822. 5. Lemuel, July 26, 1737, married Mary Shaw.
(IV) John (2), eldest child of John (1) and Lydia (Page) Towle, was born at Hamp- ton, New Hampshire, May 23, 1723, but the date of his death is unknown. He lived at Epping, New Hampshire, and on January 10, 1744, married his mother's cousin, Mary Page, youngest child of Stephen and Mary (Raw- lings) Page, who was born at Hampton, No- vember 26, 1712. Two children are recorded : Simeon, whose sketch follows; and John, bap- tized in 1748.
(V) Simeon, elder son of John (2) and Mary (Page) Towle, was born at Hampton, New Hampshire, August 18, 1745. He mar- ried - Farrar, and among their children: was Major Josiah, whose sketch follows.
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