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justice during the civil war. He was a Re- publican, and an active and useful citizen. He had no particular religious preferences. Chil- dren: I. Asa H. 2. George C., mentioned below. 3. Dexter Lyman, mentioned below. 4. Joshua (twin of Dexter Lyman). 5. Har- riet. 6. Francis. 7. Samuel.
(IV) George Carpenter, son of George Hemenway Foster, was born at Rome, Maine, August 3, 1829; married at Lowell, Decem- ber 2, 1856, Mary Dorothy Greenleaf (see Greenleaf family), born in Augusta, Maine, January 15, 1834. He was educated in the public schools, and when a young man learned the trade of wood-worker and pattern maker. He followed this trade and carpentering until 1859 in Lowell. He then returned to the homestead and devoted the rest of his life to farming at Belgrade, Maine. He was a Re- publican in politics. Children : I. Frank Chester, born October 31, 1857; mentioned below. 2. Elenora, born March 31, 1860, died young. 3. Fred Elmore, born October 24, 1863, died young. 4. Edgar Leslie, born Jan- uary 28, 1870.
(V) Frank Chester, son of George Carpen- ter Foster, was born at Lowell, Massachu- setts, October 31, 1857. He was educated in the public schools and at the Western State Normal School at Farmington, Maine, where he was graduated January 17, 1879. He learned the machinist's trade and followed it several years. He succeeded to the old home- stead at Belgrade and has followed farming there since the death of his father. In poli- tics he is a Republican, and he is a member of the board of health and school committee of the town of Belgrade. He is a member of the local lodge of Odd Fellows, and Belgrade Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. He married, at Oakland, Maine, October 31, 1888, Susan Emma Lord, born at Belgrade, March 21, 1861, daughter of William E. and Abbie L. (Cottle) Lord, whose children were Mary E., Susan E., John F., Laura E., William E., Sarah F., Alice M., Dr. Frederick C. Chil- dren of Frank Chester and Susan Emma Fos- ter: I. Ethel Chestina, born December 8, 1891. 2. Vernon Lord, born February 14, 1893. 3. Hildred Dorothy, born February 12, 1895.
(IV) Dexter Lyman, son of George Hem- enway Foster, was born in Belgrade. He died in Oakland, Maine, September 4, 1904. He was educated in the public schools, and spent his boyhood on his father's farm in Belgrade. He went to Ohio with his parents when he was a lad, and resided there until
1850, when he and his brother Josiah joined the gold-seekers and went to California. From Sacramento, California, they started for the mines. He found it profitable to engage in the livery and packing business, and followed it for twelve years. After he returned to Bel- grade he drove a stage in Somerset county until the railroad was built. He began as brakeman, and in a few years rose to the posi- tion of conductor in the passenger service and continued in that position for twenty-seven years. He was well known and popular among the railroad men of the state. In politics he was a Republican. He was a member of Northern Star Lodge of Free Masons of North Anson, Maine; of Table Rock Lodge of Odd Fellows, of North Anson, and of the O. R. C. of the same town. He belonged to the Universalist church. He married Barbara Phillips, born at Norridgewock, Maine, Chil- dren: 1. Grace. 2. George Hemingway, mentioned below. 3. Samuel J.
(V) George Hemingway, son of Dexter Lyman Foster, was born in North Anson, Maine, September 29, 1875. He was educated in the common schools of his native town, and at Anson Academy. He was appointed sta- tion agent of the Somerset County railroad at North Anson, held this place two years, and then served two years as brakeman and fire- man on the road. He was then appointed clerk and despatcher in the office of the super- intendent of the Somerset railroad. He was promoted to the office of general passenger and freight agent, and when the railroad was sold in 1907 to the Maine Central railroad, he was appointed assistant general passenger and freight agent of the system, and in June, 1907, was made chief train despatcher. In the fol- lowing August he was appointed assistant su- perintendent, and in September superintendent of the Somerset railroad for the Maine Cen- tral railroad. Mr. Foster has been connected with this railroad for a period of nineteen years, and is known as an active, energetic, enterprising and efficient railroader in every position he has held. Mr. Foster is a Re- publican in politics. He is a member of Mes- solonskee Lodge of Free Masons; of Mount Lebanon Council, Royal and Select Masters ; of Drummond Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; , and of St. Omer Commandery, Knights Tem- plar, of Waterville.
It is believed that the GREENLEAF Greenleaf family was of Huguenot origin, the name being a translation of the French
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Feuillevert. The name is rarely found in Eng- land, except at Ipswich, county Suffolk. It is thought that the family fled from France with other Huguenots, and settled in England.
(I) Edmund Greenleaf, immigrant ancestor, was baptized January 2, 1674, at the parish of St. Mary's la Tour, in Ipswich, county Suf- folk, England. He was the son of John and Margaret Greenleaf, and among the family relics still preserved is the cane brought to this country by Edmund Greenleaf, bearing the initials J. G. on a silver band near the handle. He settled in Newbury, Massachusetts, and lived near the old town bridge, where he kept a tavern for many years. He was by trade a silk dyer. He was admitted a freeman March 13, 1639, and licensed to keep a tavern May 22 same year. He served in the militia, and November II, 1647, requested his discharge from the service. He removed to Boston about 1650, and there his wife died, and he married again, not very happily, as his will shows. His will, written, it is supposed, by his own hand, was dated December 22, 1668, and proved February 12, 1671. His second wife is not mentioned, and a note is attached ex- plaining the omission at length. He bequeaths to his son Stephen, to his daughter Browne, widow, and to his daughter Coffin; to grand- children Elizabeth Hilton and Enoch Green- leaf; to Enoch's oldest son James; to cousin Thomas Moon, mariner ; sons Stephen Green- leaf and Tristram Coffin, executors; refers also to William, Ignatius and James Hill, his wife's sons, and to bequests to them from their aunt. He married (first) Sarah Dole; (sec- ond) a daughter of Ignatius Jurdaine, of Ex- eter, England, widow (first) of - Wil- son, and (second) of William Hill, of Fair- field, Connecticut. He died March 24, 1671, in Boston. Children: I. Enoch, baptized De- cember 1, 1613; died 1617. 2. Samuel, died 1627. 3. Enoch, born about 1617; married Mary 4. Sarah, baptized March 26, 1620; married William Hilton, of Newbury ; died 1655. 5. Elizabeth, baptized January 16, 1622; married, 1642, Giles Badger; married (second) February 16, 1648-49, Richard Browne; died April 26, 1661. 6. Nathaniel, baptized June 27, 1624; buried July 24, 1634. 7. Judith, born September 2, 1625; baptized September 29, 1626; married (first) Henry Somerby ; (second) March 2, 1653, Tristram Coffin Jr .; died December 15, 1705. 8. Ste- phen, baptized August 10, 1628; mentioned be- low. 9. Daniel, baptized August 14, 1631 ; died December 16, 1712 ; married Hannah Veazie.
(II) Stephen, son of Edmund Greenleaf,
was baptized August 10, 1628, at St. Mary's, and died December 1, 1690. He married (first) November 13, 1651, Elizabeth Coffin, who died November 19, 1678, daughter of Tristram and Dionis (Stevens) Coffin, of Newbury. He married (second) March 31, 1679, Mrs. Esther Weare Swett, daughter of Nathaniel Weare and widow of Benjamin Swett, of Hampton, New Hampshire. She died January 16, 1718, aged eighty-nine years. Children, all by first wife: I. Stephen, born August 15, 1652; mentioned below. 2. Sarah, born October 29, 1655; married June 7, 1677, Richard Dole; died September 1, 1718. 3. Daniel, born February 17, 1657-58, at Boston ; died December 5, 1659. 4. Elizabeth, born April 5, 1660, at Newbury ; married Septem- ber 24, 1677, Colonel Thomas Noyes; died September 3, 1674. 5. John, born June 21, 1662; married (first) October 12, 1685, Eliza- beth Hills; (second) May 13, 1716, Lydia (Frost) Pierce, widow; died 1734. 6, Sam- tel, born October 30, 1666; married Sarah Kent. 7. Tristram, born February II, 1667- 68; married November 12, 1689, Margaret Piper ; died September 13, 1740. 8. Edmund, born May 10, 1670; married July 2, 1691, Abigail Somerby. 9. Mary, born December 6, 1671 ; married, 1696, Joshua Moody. 10. Judith, born October 23, 1673; died Novem- ber 19, 1678.
(III) Captain Stephen (2), son of Stephen (I) Greenleaf, was born August 15, 1652, in Newbury, and died there October 13, 1743. He was a prominent man, famed for his service in the Indian wars, and was known as the "Great Indian fighter." He was wounded in the bat- tle of Hatfield, August 25, 1675, and com- manded a company in the battle with the French and Indians at Wells, Maine, in 1690. He was in King Philip's war also. May 18, 1695, he filed a petition for relief, and pre- sented a bill for the services of a physician in caring for a wound received while moving a family who had been taken from Newbury by the Indians. In 1696 he was granted land to build a wharf. He married (first) October 23, 1676, Elizabeth Gerrish, born September 10, 1654, died August 5, 1712, daughter of William and Joanna (Goodale-Oliver) Ger- rish, of Newbury; (second) in 1713, Mrs. Hannah Jordan, of Kittery, Maine, who died September 30, 1743. Children, all by first wife: I. Elizabeth, born January 12, 1678-79 ; married November 7, 1695, Henry Clarke. 2. Daniel, born February 10, 1679-80; mentioned below. 3. Stephen, born August 31, 1682; died October 15, 1688. 4. William, born April
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1, 1684; died April 15, 1684. 5. Joseph, born April 12, 1686; married November 18, 1707, Thomasine Mayo. 6: Sarah, born July 19, 1688 ; married, March 30, 1710, Richard Kent. 7. Stephen, born October 21, 1690; married, October 7, 1712, Mary Mackres; died 1771. 8. John, born August 29, 1693 ; married, 1714, Abigail Moody. 9. Benjamin, born December 14, 1695. 10. Moses, born February 24, 1697- 98.
(IV) Rev. Daniel, son of Stephen (2) Greenleaf, was born in Newbury, February 10, 1679-80, and baptized February 22,. 1679- 80. He graduated at Harvard College in 1699, and for about six years practiced medi- cine in Cambridge. About 1706 he began to preach, and in 1708 was ordained pastor of the church at Yarmouth, succeeding Rev. John Cotton. He remained there nearly twenty years, and in 1727 removed to Boston, whither his wife and twelve children had preceded him. The last two years of his life he was confined to his bed as the result of a fall. He died August 26, 1763. He married, Novem- ber 18, 1701, Elizabeth Gookin, born Novem- ber II, 1681, died November, 1762, daughter of Samuel and Mary Gookin, and grand- daughter of Major General Daniel Gookin. Children : I. Daniel, born November 7, 1702; mentioned below. 2. Hon. Stephen, born Oc- tober 4, 1704; married August 5, 1731, Mary
Gould; died January 26, 1795; sheriff. 3. Mary, born August 29, 1706; married (first) March 16, 1725, James Blinn; (second) Au- gust 7, 1735, Josiah Thatcher; died April 2, 1774. 4. Elizabeth, born August 24, 1708; married (first) June 24, 1729, David Bacon ; (second) Joseph Scott; (third) Rev. Joseph Parsons; (fourth) Rev. Jedediah Jewett ; died May 15, 1778. 5. Sarah, born April 16, 1710; died unmarried, March 28, 1776. 6. Samuel, born May 9, 1712; died unmarried, 1748. 7. Jane, born May 24, 1714; married March I, 1732-33, Hezekiah Usher; died December 10, 1764. 8. Hannah, born October 3, 1716; mar- ried John Richards; died January 3, 1799. 9. Dr. John, born November 8, 1717; married (first) December 8, 1743, Priscilla Brown; (second) May 1, 1759, Ruth Walker; (third) July 15, 1764, Ann Wroe; died August 27, 1778. 10. Mercy, born November 29, 1719; married, March 10, 1735, John Scollay; died October 7, 1793. II. Gookin, born Septem- ber 18, 1721; died December 13, 1721. 12. Susanna, born November 12, 1722; married John Coburn; died February 26, 1782. 13. Hon. William, born January 10, 1725; married June 3, 1747, Mary Brown ; died July 21, 1803.
(V) Dr. Daniel (2), son of Rev. Daniel (I) Greenleaf, was born in Cambridge, November 7, 1702, and died July 18, 1795. He was for a number of years a practicing physician in Hingham, and removed to Bolton in 1732. He married (first) July 18, 1726, Mrs. Silence (Nichols) Marsh, born July 4, 1702, died May 13, 1762, daughter of Israel and Mary (Sum- ner) Nichols, of Hingham, and widow of David Marsh; (second) (intentions dated Oc- tober 22, 1762), November 18, 1762, Dorothy, widow of Josiah Richardson. Children, all by first wife, born in Hingham: I. David Cof- fin, born January 29, 1728 ; died September 30, 1728. 2. Elizabeth, born October 30, 1729; married, January, 1750, Peter Joslyn. 3. Dr. Daniel, born September 2, 1732 ; married May, 1763, Anna Burrell; died January 18, 1777. 4. Israel, born in Bolton, March 29, 1734; mentioned below. 5. Stephen, born October 15, 1735, in Boston; married, January II, 1758, Eunice Fairbanks ; died June 8, 1802. 6. David, born July 13, 1737, in Bolton ; married, June 2, 1763, Mary Johnson. 7. General Wil- liam, born August 23, 1738; married Decem- ber 19, 1763, Sally Quincy ; died January 13, 1793. 8. Calvin, born March 31, 1740; mar- ried, November 17, 1762, Rebecca Whitcomb ; died August, 1812. 9. Mary, born July 3, 1742; married, January 8, 1760, Rev. Joseph Wheeler; died August 28, 1783. 10. John, born June 13, 1744; died August 2, 1744.
(VI) Israel, son of Dr. Daniel (2) Green- leaf, was born in Bolton, March 29, 1734, and baptized March 31 following. He was a far- mer, and resided in Bolton. About 1791 he removed to New Marlborough, thence to Whitestown, New York, and about 1800, to Brookfield, New York, now the town of Co- lumbus, Chenango county. He lived here the rest of his life and died March 4, 1824, aged ninety years. He was an active business man, and acquired a large property. He owned sev- eral farms in and near Bolton, and was a suc- cessful land speculator in New York state. He bought a large tract of land where the city of Utica is now built, which he sold at a hand- some profit, and then purchased largely where the town of Rome was built, making another large sum. He next bought at Chenango. In person he was about six feet tall, very slim and upright; he had rather small, keen blue eyes, was prematurely bald, and wore a skull cap. In later life he was a devoted Methodist. He was active to the end of his life, and when eighty-four years old would mount a spirited horse as easily as a boy of sixteen. He de- lighted in riding, and always had a riding
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horse. He married (first) November 28, 1754, Prudence Whitcomb, of Bolton, who died September 15, 1784; (second) March IO, 1785, Ursula Woods, born February 24, 1763; died June 22, 1844. Children, all by first wife: I. Daniel, born May 6, 1756; died July 22, 1774. 2. Betsey, born March 16, 1758; married, 1770, Daniel Lewis. 3. John, born March 26, 1760; married (first) Rebecca Lewis; (second) 1792, Anna Millington ; died 1827. 4. David, born March 9, 1763 ; married (first) May 24, 1795, Phebe Jones; (second) Parmela Love; died October 13, 1819. 5. Israel, born January 25 or 29, 1765; married April, 1785, Sally Hoadly ; died June 1, 1847. 6. Levi, born February 19, 1767; mentioned below. 7. Sarah, born April 20, 1769; died December 2, 1800, unmarried. 8. Tilly, born March 25, 1770; married (first) December 31, 1795, Mary Spofford; (second) May 8, 1828, Elizabeth Wickwire, widow; died August 24, 1850. 9. Rebecca, born August 10, 1771 ; died young. 10. Silas, born September 30, 1772; died young. II. Oliver, born October 18, 1773; died young. 12. Oliver, born March 31, 1775; died young. 13. Joshua, born August 12, 1776; married, September 8, 1799, Dency Hollister ; died October 1, 1860. 14. Prudence, born February 19, 1778; married (first) Sep- tember 3, 1799, Alvin Lamb; (second) March 30, 1814, Sampson Spaulding; died October 6, 1851.
(VII) Levi, son of Israel Greenleaf, was born February 19, 1767, and died in 1850. He resided first in Bolton, and in 1787 removed with a colony from Dunstable, New Hamp- shire, and took up land in Maine. His lot, numbered 67, was in that part of the town of Industry, set off to New Sharon in 1852, and now known as the Daniel Collins farm. He was the first settler in the new town of Indus- try. He resided here until his death, with the exception of about two years, when he lived in New Portland. He was deacon of the church in New Sharon, and was selectman of Indus- try in 1804. He was about medium height, rather spare, and -a little stooping, light com- plexion. He had great strength and was in his younger days an expert wrestler. He served in the war of 1812. He married (first) April 1, 1787 (intention dated February 10, 1787) at Lancaster, Mary (Polly), daughter of Simon and Elizabeth Willard ; she was born December 4, 1762, and died August, 1811. He married (second) April 16, 1812, Mrs. Mar- garet (Smith) Daggett, widow of Elijah Dag- gett, of Industry. Children, all by first wife : I. Amy, born August 12, 1789; married Sep-
tember 4, 1806, Samuel C. Leeman ; died June, 18II. 2. Israel, born May 14, 1792; married, October 8, 1815, Sophia L. Trumbull. 3. Mary, born June 24, 1794; married (first) March, 1814, George Boynton; (second) 1829, John Mckay; died April 28, 1875. 4. Levi, born May II, 1797; married, December 18, 1817, Sarah Daggett; died 1882. 5. John, born Sep- tember 21, 1799; mentioned below. 6. Joshua, born January 15, 1802; married February 22, 1821, Betsey Marsh ; died January 5, 1880. 7. Sarah, died unmarried.
(VIII) John, son of Levi Greenleaf, was born September 21, 1799, and died March 12, 1882, in Hancock, New Hampshire. He was a carpenter and builder and lived a part of his life in Lowell, Massachusetts. He mar- ried, September 24, 1828, Clymene Philbrick, who died June 6, 1879, daughter of Caleb and Dorothy A. (Gordon) Philbrick, of Mount Vernon, Maine. Children : I. Mary Dorothy, born in Augusta, Maine, January 15, 1834; married at Lowell, Massachusetts, December 2, 1856, George Carpenter Foster (see Fos- ter ).
FOX The name Fox has been connected with New England history since the arrival of John Fox, who came over in 1635. Thomas Fox was of Concord in 1638, and the same or another Thomas Fox was of Cambridge in 1644. About fifty enlistments in the revolutionary war are credited to the Fox family. The descendants of Thomas of Cam- bridge have been noted for their love of learn- ing, several early members having graduated from Harvard College.
(I) John Fox, born at Boston, Lincolnshire, England, 1517, died April, 1587. He was or- dained deacon in St. Paul's Cathedral, Lon- don, June 24, 1550, and was granted arms. He gained distinction as the author of the Book of Martyrs, published, first, in London in 1563. He married, February 3, 1547, Agnes Randall, who died April 22, 1605. Their chil- dren were: A daughter, Samuel, Rafe and Mary (twins), and Simeon.
(II) Samuel, second child and eldest son of John and Agnes (Randall) Fox, was born De- cember 31, 1560, at Norwich, and died Janu- ary, 1630. He inherited his father's penchant for writing, and is remembered as a diarist. He married, April 15, 1589, Ann Leveson, who was buried May 18, 1630. They had : A child, Thomas, John and Robert.
(III) Thomas, supposed to be the son of Samuel and Ann (Leveson) Fox, was born in 1608. There is no record of his place of birth
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or of the date of his coming to America. He is believed to have been of Concord, Massa- chusetts, whence he went before 1649 to Cam- bridge. He was a freeman perhaps in 1644, and selectman 1658, and often thereafter. Bond says : "Thomas Fox married (first) Rebecca
-; she died May II, 1647, and he mar- ried (second), December 13, 1647, Hannah Brooks. As the birth of no child of hers is recorded after 1650, she probably died soon, and before her supposed father, Captain Brooks. He married (third) Ellen, widow of Percival Green, of Cambridge, where he set- tled and was a member of the church as early as 1658, and was that year selectman .. She died in Cambridge, May 27, 1682, aged eighty- two years; ten months before his marriage to Widow E. Chadwick." He died in Cambridge, April 25, 1693, aged eighty-six. Savage and others state that he had no son but Jabez, born of the first wife, whose sketch follows.
(IV) Jabez, son of Thomas and Rebecca Fox, was born at Concord, 1647, and gradu- ated from Harvard College in 1665. He was made a freeman in 1677, and ordained Septem- ber 5, 1679, at Woburn, colleague with Rev. Thomas Carter. He died of smallpox, Feb- ruary 28, 1703, aged fifty-six. He married Judith Reyner, daughter of Rev. John, the second. She married (second) Colonel Jona- than Tyng, and died June 5, 1756, in her ninety-ninth year. Their children were: John, Thomas (died young), Thomas, Jabez and Judith.
(V) Rev. John (2), eldest child of Jabez (I) and Judith (Reyner) Fox, was born at Woburn, May 10, 1678. He graduated from Harvard College 1698, and succeeded his father as pastor of the First Church of Woburn, being ordained October 4, 1703. He was blind the last fifteen years of his life; he died December 12. 1756, aged seventy-eight. He married Mary Tyng, daughter of Captain Edward and Elizabeth (Clark) Tyng, and granddaughter of Lieutenant Thaddeus Clark, who was killed at Fort Loyal, Falmouth, now Portland. Their children were: John, Jabez, Mary, Edward, Thomas, Judith and Jonathan.
(VI) Jabez (2), second son and child of Rev. John (2) and Mary (Tyng) Fox, was born at Woburn, Massachusetts, May 25, 1705, and died April 7, 1755. He followed the ex- ample of his worthy ancestors and took the course at Harvard College, from which he graduated in 1727. He prepared for the christian ministry, but was obliged on account of ill health to abandon his purpose to preach. He removed to Falmouth (now Portland),
Maine, as early as 1743. He was representa- tive to the general court five or six years, member of the governor's council 1752-54, three years, and was the first collector of the port of Portland. He married (first), 1743, Ann Bradbury, who died childless August 5, 1746, daughter of Wymond and Mariah (Cot- ton) Bradbury, of York; (second) Ann, daughter of Michael and Joanna Hodge, and widow of Phineas Jones. She was born in Newbury, Massachusetts, October 16, 1713, and died June 9, 1758. Their children were: Betsey, John, William and Mary.
(VII) John (3), second child and elder of the two sons of Jabez (2) and Ann (Hodge) (Jones) Fox, was born September 5, 1749, in Falmouth, where he died March 16, 1795. "He was a respectable merchant, wealthy and char- itable." He was one of the owners of the privateers, "Fox," "Speedwell," and others; was selectman of Falmouth 1786-87-88-89-90- 91 ; representative to the general court, 1787- 88-90-92, and member of the convention which adopted the federal constitution for which he voted. His mortal remains are entombed in the Eastern cemetery. He married his cousin, Sarah Fox, daughter of Daniel Fox. She was born in Chester, Maryland, 1760, and died in Falmouth, August 29, 1826. Their children were: Mary, Daniel, Charles, John, Sally, Caroline, George and Rebecca.
(VIII) Daniel, second child and eldest son of John (3) and Sarah (Fox) Fox, was born September 15, 1780, in Portland, where he died April 11, 1861. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Major Archelaus and Elizabeth (Browne) Lewis, August 23, 1815. She was born in Ammoncongin, now Westbrook, Au- gust 6, 1792, and died in Portland, November I, 1866. They had: Daniel, Elizabeth Lewis, Archelaus Lewis, Harriet Lewis, William Os- borne and Augustus.
(IX) William Osborne, fifth child and third son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Lewis) Fox, was born in Portland, September 12, 1825, and died in Portland, June 4, 1899. He received his primary education in the schools of Port- land, and entered Bowdoin College in the class of 1848. He adopted the profession of civil engineer, and after leaving Bowdoin engaged in the practice of his profession in the west, aiding in the survey of the first railroad into the city of Chicago, and in the survey of other railroads from Chicago to St. Louis. He was also for some time employed in a survey made on the Isthmus of Panama for a, canal which was at that time proposed by a New York syn- dicate. He served in the First Maine Regi-
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ment during the civil war, and was for some time in the custom house when Governor Washburn was collector of the port. He was for many years a prominent and highly re- spected citizen. He was a member of Bos- worth Post, Grand Army of the Republic. He was, prominent in Masonic circles in Maine ; he became a member of Portland Lodge, No. I, Free and Accepted Masons, in August, 1850, and for thirty-eight years was treasurer of this lodge, holding that position at the time of his death. He was a member of Greenleaf Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Royal and Se- lect Masters ; Blanquefort Commandery, Knights Templar; and Maine Consistory, Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret, in which he attained the thirty-second degree. He was also for some years grand treasurer of the Maine Grand Lodge, and held many other offices in the Masonic order. He married, in Portland, June 12, 1862, Mary G., born in Portland, August 18, 1834, died there, March 25, 1895, daughter of Caleb and Jane (Churchill) Carter.
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