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103 i Child, b. June 8, 1820, d. July 2, following.
104 ii Leonard O., b. May 19, 1821, d. Aug. 15, 1823.
105 iii Abigail, b. June 14, 1823.
106 iv Leonard O., b. Aug. 23, 1825.
107 V Almira E., b. July 10, 1827.
108 vi Thirza Mason, b. Nov. 23, 1829, d. of diphtheria Feb. 14, 1861.
109 vii Mehitable Austin, b. Dec. 23, 1831, d. of diphtheria.
110 viii Peter O., b. Feb. 23, 1836, d. of diphtheria March 1, 1861.
111 ix Catherine Ardelia,
112 x Catherline Ardelia, ) Twins, b. March 3, 1839.
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LEONARD GROVER, son of Eli Grover, married first Tabitha Green of Waterford, and second Lydia Gould. He was deacon of the Congregational church, a man highly respected, a thrifty farmer and an exemplary citizen. He died Feb. 25, 1884, and his first wife died March 2, 1864. Children :
113 i Sarah Sylvia, b. July 20, 1828, m. Feb. 12, 1850, Deacon Samuel Kilbourne.
114 ii Leonard Ansel, b. March 10, 1830, m. Mary Barnes ; d. May 21, 1866.
115 iii Tabitha Jane, b. Feb. 17, 1832, d. Sept. 25, 1865.
116 iv William Warren, b. June 12, 1834, d. Aug. 31, 1837.
117 V Newton, b. June 12, 1836, m. Nov. 23, 1864, Emeline Walker.
118 vi Mary Malvina, b. Nov. 6, 1839, m. Ceylon Rowe.
119 vii William Ladd, b. Aug. 13, 1841, m. Ist. Mehitable R. Gammon ; 2d, Sarah Kilbourne.
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HEZEKIAH GROVER, son of Eli Grover, married Betsey Bartlett. He died in Mason Oct. 6, 1831, and his widow married Artemas Mason and died Dec. 2, 1846. Children :
119% i Amos Abbott, b. July 2, 1829, m. May 6, 1855, Cordelia, daugh- ter of Daniel Watson of Norway. He is a farmer and resides at Norway. Children :
1 Daniel W., b. Dec. 24, 1856, d. July 25, 1862.
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2 Frances A., b. Oct. 26, 1859, d. Oct. 17, 1880.
3 Fred O., b. Nov. 14, 1863.
4 Florence C., b. Sept. 19, 1866.
11934 ii Mehitable Jane, b. Sept. 23, 1831, m. Elbridge G. Wheeler.
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ANDREW GROVER, son of Eli Grover, married Rachel E. Mason. He died March 20, 1863, and his widow died Oct. 10, 1880. Mr. Grover was a farmer and always lived at West Bethel. Children :
120 i Frederick O., b. Nov. 14, 1831, d. June 18, 1852.
121 ii Nahum Wesley, b. Feb. 13, 1835, m. Fannie E. Osgood.
122 iii Harlan Page, b. Dec. 15, 1836, d. Dec. 24, 1861.
123 iv Edward P., b. Aug. 17, 1839, m. Augusta W. Wight.
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ALMON GROVER, son of Eli Grover, married May 13, 1839, Olive Wheeler who was born in Bethel Nov. 3, 1818. He lived in Newry, Albany and Bethel and died in Bethel Feb. 14, 1882. Children :
124 i Almeda E., b. Dec. 6, 1840, d. May 5, 1857.
125 ii Leonard G., b. June 29, 1842, m. June 29, 1866, Lydia D. Wheeler.
126 iii Gabrilla O., b. Sept. 11, 1844, d. April 18, 1859.
127 iv Arvilla D., b. July 21, 1847, d. March 6, 1859.
128 v Samuel O., b. Oct. 28, 1849, m. Oct. 28, 1870, 1st, Emma Wheeler, 2d, Sarah Wheeler.
129 vi George A., b. Dec. 5, 1851, m. May 1, 1881, Anna R., daughter of Seth Wight ; he is a farmer at West Bethel.
130 vii Augustus L., b. Feb. 28, 1853.
131 viii Eugene C., b. June 20, 1856, went West and married there.
132 ix Albert B., b. Oct. 5, 1857, m. Jan. 3, 1889, Edith, daughter of Clifford Wheeler.
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ELIJAH GROVER, JR. was a store keeper, farmer and cattle dealer and was also interested in lumbering. He was a man of energy and enterprise and accumulated a large fortune for those days. He moved to Solon, on Kennebec river and engaged in lumbering there, but lost heavily in the land speculation collapse of 1835. He then moved to Machias and carried on lumbering there. Here he lost his wife by fever and four of his daughters, and then moved to Skowhegan where he remarried and where he and his sons carried on business and trade. He then went to the Pacific coast where his sons operated grain ranches near Stockton, Cal. He removed to
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Oakland, Cal., where he died. He married Hadassah, daughter of Daniel Bean, and was subsequently twice married. Children on Bethel record :
133 i Charles B., b. Aug. 18, 1812.
134 ii Esther B., b. June 21, 1816.
135 iii Harriet A., b. March 25, 1818, d. of fever at Machias.
136 iv James Lyman, b. Jan. 5, 1820, d. Santa Cruz, Cal.
137 V Susanna, b. Nov. 25, 1821, m. Dr. Blunt, d. at Machias.
138 vi Sylvia, b. May 23, 1824, d. at Machias.
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Mary Elvira, b. Jan. 1, 1826, d. at Machias.
140 viii Elijah Whitney, b. June 13, 1828, r. Santa Cruz, Cal. After leaving Bethel they had Freeland, Hilliard, Lucinda and Lafayette. All of these last four except Lafayette, who died young, reside at Santa Cruz, California.
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NATHAN GROVER, son of Elijah Grover, was a thrifty farmer and operated a large farm on the road from West Bethel to Albany. He was a man of marked ability in business affairs, and of the strict- est integrity. He served several years on the board of selectmen, and one term in the State Legislature. He was also well versed in public affairs both State and national, and interested himself in all the great movements of his day. He was industrious, prudent and thrifty, and charity with him was something more than a theory, for besides his own family, he cared for and reared to man and womanhood, in his own house, eight orphan children. For many years his house was a tavern, and the favorite resort of travellers from the upper Coos when on their way to and from Portland market. Through a long life he was one of the most active and influential men in his part of the town. He married Lucinda, daugh- ter of Daniel Barker of Waterford, a most excellent woman, a veritable mother in Israel. Children :
141 i Oscar Dunreath, b. May 10, 1828.
142 ii Daniel Barker, b. March 15, 1831, m. 1st, Martha M. Eames and 2d, Theresa Stowe.
143 iii Nathan Sumner, b. Aug. 19, 1833, d. Oct. 2, 1836.
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GEORGE W. GROVER, son of Elijah Grover, married Dolly, daugh- ter of Daniel Bean. He was a stalwart farmer on the "Flat" at West Bethel, redeemed a large area from a primeval forest and made of it a splendid and productive farm. He commenced with thirty-five
NATHAN GROVER AND WIFE.
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acres, and having cleared them, he bought more, until he had acquired two hundred acres. When he was married there was no road through the flat and he and his newly made wife walked across lots carrying in a basket all their cloth furnishings including bed- ding. At the age of 80 years, he had a cancer cut from his upper lip, the incision extending from the mouth to the nose and remov- ing a portion five-eights of an inch wide. During the operation he sat firmly in his chair. and never winced, though not under the in- fluence of any pain-killer. His wife died April 16, 1864, and he at an advanced age, Dec. 7, 1888. Children :
144 i Melissa G., b. Feb. 16, 1826, m. Elbridge G. Wheeler, [d. March 31, 1851.
145 ii Amanda, b. Feb. 5, 1828, ni. Ira F. Lowell, d. April 9, 1879.
146 iii Horace, b. March 22, 1830, d. May 9, following.
147 iv George Lewis, b. March 17, 1831, d. Oct. 13, 1854.
148 V Arabella, b. Feb. 8, 1833, m. Josiah A. Torrey.
149 vi Dolly Ann, b. Aug. 3, 1836. m. Neal Donovan.
150 vii Son, b. Feb. 14, 1835, d. March 4, following.
151 viii Climena Abigail, b. April 28, 1839, m. Oliver Howard.
152 ix Albert Wellington, b. March 21, 1841, m. Olive S. Willis.
153 x Mary Ann Paine, b. Sept. 4, 1842, d. Aug. 23, 1845.
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JEREMIAH GROVER, son of Elijah Grover, married Sophronia Blake of Portland. He moved to Hamlin, Kansas, and died there in 1871. Children :
154 i Almon F., b. Oct. 30, 1826. 155 ii Alonzo J., b. Aug. 26, 1828 (see page 262). 156 iii Samuel B., b. July 19, 1830. 157 iv Jeremiah, Orison, b. June 9, 1832, d. July 9, 1833. 158 v Almira L., b. Jan. 17, 1834. 159 vi Nathan Sumner, b. June 19, 1840. 160 vii Moses Mason, b. June 19, 1840. 161 viii Eli Arthur, b. Sept. 30, 1842.
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ELI GROVER JR., son of Eli Grover, married Mehitable, daugh- ter of Robbins Brown of Bethel. He was a resident of Norway and by occupation a barber. He died Sept. 22, 1854, and his widow married John Temple who was killed in Bethel by a falling tree. His widow now resides in Brockton, Mass. Children :
i Luman Webster, b. April 21, 1839, r. Boston.
ii Robbins Brown, b. July 24, 1841, m. Oct. 24, 1867, Mary F., daughter of James Mears of Stoughton, Mass. He is a large shoe manu -- facturer in Brockton. No issue.
iii Eliza Malvina, b. May 20, 1843, m. Charles C. Barker.
iv Charles W. S., b. Oct. 4, 1847, r. Brockton.
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WILLIAM LADD GROVER, son of Deacon Leonard Grover, farmer, resided some years in this town wheere his children were born, then moved to Harrison. He married, November 29, 1865, Mehitable Rich, daughter of Andrew Gammon, of Gilead, and second, Sarah, daughter of Thomas Kilburne of Waterford. Children :
162 i Leonard Andrew, b. April 7, 1867. 163 ii Henry Albert, b. Aug. 15, 1872. 164 iii Robert Merton, b. Jan. 7, 1877, d. April 8, 1838.
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EDWARD P. GROVER, son of Andrew Grover, is proprietor of Maple Lane farm which is also a summer boarding house. He mar- ried Nov. 25, 1862, Augusta W., daughter of Seth Wight of West Bethel. Children :
165 M. Lillelle b. March 7, 1864, m. Nov. 4, 1886, Geo. C. Chapman.
166 ii Bertha Mary, b. Dec. 25, 1867.
167 iii Dana Andrew, b. May 7, 1872.
168 iv Lucian Wight, b. March 14, 1878, d. March 7, 1879.
169 v Adrian Loring, b. April 25, 1884.
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OSCAR DUNREATH GROVER, son of Nathan Grover, fitted for col- lege at Gould's Academy, and graduated from Delaware College at Newark, Delaware. He studied law and was admitted to the bar but never practiced. Ile taught Paris Hill Academy and spent some years in teaching, more or less. He finally went West and re- mained there many years. He was a fine scholar, excelling espec- ially in mathematics and in English literature. In his school days he sometimes indulged in writing poetry, and his compositions showed marked ability. He was a very popular teacher. He now lives at the homestead at West Bethel, and is engaged in farming.
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DANIEL BARKER GROVER, son of Nathan Grover, lived for many years on the Grover homestead at West Bethel, then moved to Red- lands, San Bernardino county, California. He was well educated at Gould's Academy and became an intelligent farmer. He married May 9, 1860, Martha Matilda, daughter of Nathan Eames of Bethel. She died and he married second, Oct. 21, 1880, Theresa, daughter of Melvin Stowe of Newry. Children :
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170 i Mary Lucinda, b. April 13, 1861, m. Aug. 24, 1881, George A. Clieney.
171 ii Nathan Eames, b. May 25, 1864, d. in infancy.
172 iii Sumner Abbot, b. April 24, 1865.
173 iv Nathan Clifford, b. Jan. 31, 1868. He fitted for college at Gould's Academy, graduated from the Maine State College and is assistant engineer in that institution.
174 V Arthur Curtis, b. Aug. 21, 1870; student State College.
175 vi Oscar Llewellyn, b. Aug. 28, 1874; student State College.
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ALBERT WELLINGTON GROVER, son of George W. Grover, is a farmer and occupies the old homestead at West Bethel. He mar- ried, Dec. 1, 1864, Olive Swift, daughter of Ball B. and Joanna (Roberts) Willis, who was born at Hanover, June 26, 1843. Chil- dren :
180 i Grace Edna, b. Nov. 21, 1867. 181 ii Edith Olive, b. June 25, 1869. 182 iii Archie Lewis, b. May 24, 1876.
JAMES GROVER married Martha Bell of Albany. Children :
i Albert Augustine, b. April 20, 1842. ii Daughter, b. Nov. 21, 1843.
HAINES.
FRED QUINBY HAINES, son of Albert F. and Lucretia (Bartlett) Haines, born Dec. 17. 1851, in Hopkinton, Mass, married January 8, 1873, Abbie, daughter of George and Lucinda (Cole) Dolly of Rumford, born January 17, 1852. He occupies part of the Bartlett homestead in the Foster neighbood. Children :
i Maud L., b. April 11, 1874.
ii George L., b. Feb. 29, 1876.
iii Eugene F., b. Aug. 24, 1880.
iv Lillian A., b. Feb. 26, 1886.
v Katie B., b. Nov. 19, 1889.
HALL.
NATHAN HALL married Dolly, daughter of Richard Estes. He lived on the Daniel Estes farm on Kimball Hill. His first wife was Maribe Gossom. Children :
i Wm. A., b. Nov. 12, 1828.
ii Mary B., b. Sept. 12, 1830.
iii Henry B., b. Jan. 18, 1833.
iv Betsey Estes, b. Nov. 10, 1835, m. Stephen D. Knight.
v Francis O., b. Aug. 20, 1843.
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HAMMONS.
DAVID HAMMONS, son of Edmund and Betsey (Hill) Hammons,. born in Parsonfield, May 12, 1808, married Sept. 25, 1839, Martha, daughter of John and Abigail (Wilson) O'Brien of Cornish. He came to Bethel and engaged in the practice of the law and died here Nov. 7, 1888, (see lawyers). Children :
i Weston, b. Feb. 7, 1841, m. Salina Byron.
ii Wilson, b. Aug. 27, 1842, m. 1st, Ada Kelley ; 2d, Emma Knight and died soon after.
iii Everett, b. Jan. 10, 1850, m. Lena F., daughter [of Oren Foster of Newry.
HARDING.
THOMAS HARDING (spelled also Harden) came to Bethel from Danville. . By wife Deborah he had the following Children :
i Elijah G., b. Dec. 9, 1812, m. Betsey S. Bell.
ii Cyrus M., b. Feb. 19, 1815, m. 1841, Sarah M. Lyon.
iii William T., b. Dec. 3, 1818.
iv Louisa, b. Feb. 4, 1821.
v Matilda B., b. Nov. 29, 1823.
vi Abigail, b. March 25, 1826.
vii Lucy Elvira, b. Feb. 28, 1829.
ELIJAH HARDING married Betsey S. Bell of Albany who was born Sept. 27, 1810. He was born in Danville, and died Sept. 28, 1867 .. His wife died May 1, 1866. Children :
i Hannah Eliza, b. Sept. 26, 1836.
ii Frances A., b. Dec. 25, 1837.
iii Mary Ellen, b. Jan. 11, 1840.
iv Geo. W., b. July 9, 1841.
v Orlando Evander, b. March 11, 1843.
vi Cuvier Grover, b. Sept. 24, 1844, d. June 22, 1862.
vii Abbie M., b. Dec. 25, 1846, d. Dec. 4, 1864.
viii Lizzie D., b. April 26, 1847.
ix Victoria B., b. Jan. 21, 1852.
X Ella L., b. Dec. 20, 1853.
CYRUS HARDING married Sarah M. Lyon and lived in Bethel. Children :
i Thomas Ensworth, b. June 20, 1843.
ii Ellen Frances, b. March 16, 1842, d. Aug. 19, following.
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GEORGE W. HARDEN, son of Elijah Harden, laborer at West Bethel, married Dec. 5, 1867, Hulda, daughter of Samuel Brown of Albany. Children :
i . L. Winnifred, b. Sept. 21, 1868, d. May 16, 1874.
ii Eva E., b. Jan. 1, 1870.
iii Bessie L., b. Feb. 5, 1872.
iv Byron W., b. Nov. 8, 1873.
HARDY.
REV. DANIEL W. HARDY, son of Levi and Eliza A. (Drury) Hardy of Wilton, Me., married - Lydia, daughter of Prescott and Mary (Lowe) Follansbee of Waterville. Children :
i Warren Follansbee, b. Bluehill, Dec. 14, 1878.
ii Edgar Drury, b. Bluehill, April 3, 1880.
HARRIS.
JOHN HARRIS, the well-known clothier merchant and business man of Bethel Hill, married Esther Proctor. He was born in Gor- ham, Oct. 15, 1792. He came here from Westbrook about 1823. He was captain of the militia, a large real estate owner, and an act- ive and successful business man. He died May 16, 1875, and his wife died Jan. 26, 1877. Children :
i Frederick Proctor, b. May 28, 1817, d. Aug. 19, 1827.
ii Harriet Maria, b. March 15, 1821.
iii William Henry, b. April 9, 1823, d. Aug. 15, 1827.
iv Rebecca, b. March 31, 1826, d. Aug. 19, 1827.
v Rebecca, b. April 27, 1828, d. April 16, 1833.
vi Mary Ann, b. Jan. 12, 1829, m. 1st, William A. Whitcomb; 2d, Wil- liam Frost 3d of Norway, dead.
vii Charles H., b. Sept. 28, 1835, m. March 6, 1862, Hannah A., daughter of Elisha Bartlett of Newry. He has been in trade in Newry and at Bethel. Now resides at the Harris place in Bethel. They have : 1 John, b. June 19, 1870.
2 Hattie M., b. Dec. 31, 1873.
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ISAAC HARRIS married Phebe and has on Bethel records the fol- lowing children :
i Mary, b. Feb. 17, 1810.
ii Amos, b. July 17, 1812.
iii Lucy, b. March 27, 1814.
iv Celia, b. Dec. 16, 1816.
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HASELTON.
REV. SAMUEL HASELTON (or Hasaltine) married first Alice B. Bod- well of Methuen, Mass., and second, Mary Tasker of Bartlett, N. H. He died Dec. 31, 1867, and his wife Alice, born June 3, 1782, died Aug. 22, 1828. Children :
i Judith, b. March 14, 1806.
ii Samuel, b. Aug. 27, 1808.
iii Alice B., b. Nov. 19, 1810.
iv Chester, b. April 25, 1815.
v Lydia, b. Jan. 14, 1818.
vi John, b. Jan. 8, 1812.
vii James L., b., March 19, 1824.
viii Ann E., b. Aug. 11, 1828.
HASTINGS.
GENERAL AMOS HASTINGS,4 an early settler in Bethel, married Sept. 10, 1778, at Fryeburg, Elizabeth Wiley who was a sister of the wife of John Grover. He was the son of John3 and Rebecca (Kelley) Hastings, grandson of John2 and Ednah (Braley) Has- tings and great grandson of Robert,1 and Elizabeth (Davis) Hast- ings, and was born in Haverhill, Mass., Feb. 3, 1757. He was prominent in early Bethel affairs, a frequent town officer, and a leading citizen generally. Children :
i Sally, b. - -, m. Samuel Kilgore of Newry.
ii Amos, b. - -, m. Deborah Howard ; r. Fryeburg.
iii Lucinda, b. April 24, 1785, d. May 5, 1790.
iv Susanna, b. May 31, 1788, m. Joses Gay of Raymond.
V Timothy, b. Oct. 31, 1790, m. Hannah Bean, d. Bethel, 1844.
vi Lucinda, b. April 7, 1794, m. Thomas Fletcher.
vii John, b. May 6, 1796, m. Abigail Straw.
viii Huldalı, b. April 17, 1798, m. Nathaniel Barker of Newry.
JOHN HASTINGS married Abigail Straw. He was the well known village blacksmith for many years at Bethel Hill. He died April 5, 1859. Children :
i Gideon Alphonzo, b. Feb. 18, 1821, m. Oct. 3, 1847, Dolly Keyes Kimball.
ii David Robinson, b. Aug. 26, 1823, m. Mary J. Ellis, r. Fryeburg.
iii John Decatur, b. June 11, 1825, m. Emma Kimball.
iv Daniel Straw, b. Aug. 12, 1828, d. July 31, 1833.
v Solon S., b. Aug. 25, 1832, d. June 2, 1833.
vi Moses Mason, b. Dec. 2, 1834, m. Louisa Gould, r. Bangor.
vii Agnes Straw, b. Aug. 8, 1837, m. William O. Straw.
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viii Daniel Straw, b. May 5, 1841, m. 1868, Eugenia L. D. Roberts. He is a civil engineer; owns the old homestead at Bethel Hill, but runs a sheep ranch in the West.
TIMOTHY HASTINGS married Hannah, daughter of Josiah Bean. He lived on the north side of the river below Mayville and died March 11, 1844. Mr. Hastings* was one of the leading men in town. Children :
i Mary, b. Dec. 5, 1810, m. Oct. 16, 1832 Leander Jewett.
ii Timothy, b. Oct. 1, 1814, m. Nov. 28, 1838, Sarah A. Stowe ; d. Aug. 21, 1880.
iii Cyrene, b. April 12, 1818, m. July 1, 1838, Orange C. Frost, d. Jan. 26, 1860.
iv O'Neil, b. July 17, 1822, m. April 4, 1845, Mary Ann Small.
V Sarah Jane Straw, b. June 25, 1828, m. Ist Albert Small : 2d, Hon. Charles W. Walton.
vi St. John, b. March 12, 1832, m. Elizabeth W. Atherton.
TIMOTHY HASTINGS JR., son of Captain Timothy Hastings, mar- ried Sarah A. Stowe. Children :
i Timothy, b. June 13, 1839, d. Sept. 12, following.
ii Mary M., b. July 3, 1840.
iii William D., b. April 25, 1842.
*At the death of Mr. Hastings, the following notice was published and copied into many of the leading papers of the State :
In Bethel, 11th inst. Captain Timothy Hastings, aged 53 years. How often are we called in the providence of God, to mourn the loss of friends eminently qualified to pro- mote the happiness of those with whom they are associated. Such was Captain Hast- ings. In all the relations of life, in all his intercourse with his fellow men, he secured the confidence and esteem of those who knew him. He was the affectionate husband, the kind and tender father and the obliging neighber and friend. The social circle was renderéd cheerful and happy by his presence. As a private citizen, he was esteemed and respected by all; the kindness of his disposition brought around many friends; his sound and discriminating judgment brought many to him for advice and council. The poor were never suffered to go away empty, and to the ministers of the Gospel his house was always open. His sick room was visited by hundreds of his townsmen, all anxious to express their sympathy with him in his distress; and it was truly affecting to witness the emotions of their grief as they took their leave of him.
As a public man he possessed in a high degree the confidence of his fellow citizens, having been many years an officer in the town, and four years its Representative in the Legislature. His last sickness was protracted and distressing, but he bore his sufferings with great patience and truly Christian fortitude; not a complaining word escaping his lips. He was calm and tranquil to the last; he was enabled to contemplate death as a welcome messenger; and relying as he did for acceptance with God on the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ, we trust his end is peace .- "Blessed is that servant whom his Lord when he cometh shall find so doing."-His funeral was attended at his late residence, by a very large concourse of people, whose presence, and the lines of grief so distinctly marked on their countenances, bore unequivocal testimony to the high estimation în which he was universally held.
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ST. JOHN HASTINGS, son of Timothy Hastings, is a farmer and lives on the homestead near the mouth of Sunday river. He mar- ried May 15, 1815, Elizabeth Wyman, daughter of Josiah and Betsey (Carter) Atherton of Waterford. Children :
i Fannie Carter, b. Jan. 6, 1855.
ii Maria Atherton, b. Dec. 24, 1857.
iii Sarah Sewall, b. Dec. 10, 1859.
iv Major William, b. Aug. 25, 1861.
v Henry Harmon, b. March 25, 1865, graduated from Bowdoin College class of 1890.
vi Charles, b. Nov. 6, 1867, graduated from Bowdoin College, class of 1891.
vii Cora Walton, b. Jan. 29, 1872, is at Kent's Hill to graduate in 1894. viii Carrie Jewett, b. April 1, 1875.
GIDEON A. HASTINGS, son of John Hastings, married Dolly, daughter of Moses F. Kimball of Rumford. Children ;
i Moses Alphonzo, b. Dec. 31, 1848, m. Jan. 12, 1884, Annie F. Poor.
ii William Walter, b. Feb. 15, 1851.
iii Frank Wallace, b. Sept. 25, 1852, d. July 2, 1872.
iv Florence Grabella, b. May 11, 1854, d. Aug. 13, following.
V David Robinson, b. Jan. 24, 1857, m. 1st, May 19, 1878, Josephine A. Sanderson ; 2d, Nov. 10, 1886, Ella J. Coffin.
vi O'Neil W. R .. b. March 28, 1859.
vii Herbert Bryant, b. June 25, 1861.
viii Tom Foskett, b. Jan. 14, 1871.
JOHN DECATUR HASTINGS, son of John Hastings, a farmer at East Bethel, married May 3, 1849, Emma Bean, daughter of Asa Kim- ball. He resides on the Asa Kimball homestead at East Bethel and is a farmer. He has held the office of selectman. Children :
i Abbie Frances, b. Feb. 11, 1850.
ii John Prentice, b. Dec. 28, 1852.
iii Mary Emma, b. Dec. 27, 1855, m. William C. Howe.
iv Agnes Louise, b. July 13, 1859, m. Fred B. Howe.
v George Kimball, b. June 28, 1863.
JONAS HASTINGS married Apphia Baker of Fosterfield ( ?) in Sept. 1802. Child :
i Benjamin Baker, b. Dec. 1, 1804.
HEYWOOD.
WINSLOW HEYWOOD, born in Durham, Me., June 3d, 1793, mar- ried May 13, 1821, Sally Converse who was born in Durham March 28, 1803, and died in Weld, Me., March 11, 1851. For second
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wife, Mr. Heywood married Mrs. Phebe, widow of Ezra T. Russell, and moved to Bethel Hill. He was a farmer, and is remembered as a man of character and standing in the community, an upright and highly respected citizen. He died Oct. 29, 1877, and his second wife died several years later. Children :
i Lucy Ann, b. May 18, 1822, d. Feb. 20, 1851.
ii Erastus Winslow, b. January 16, 1825.
iii Joseph Converse, b. July 31, 1827, m. Mrs. Julia K. McAllister. He graduated at Harvard, studied law, and now resides in Rome, Italy.
iv Mary Elizabeth, b. Jan. 20, 1830, d. Feb. 26, following.
v William Edward, b. Nov. 23, 1831, d. March 10, 1864.
vi John Zimri, b. Nov. 10, 1834, d. Aug. 10, 1851.
vii Charles Augustus, b. May 9, 1837, d. Feb. 3, 1856.
viii Sarah Louisa, b. Dec. 9, 1839, m. 1870, Robert M. Reynolds, who has since taken his wife's name of Heywood.
ix Anonyma, b. Dec. 18, 1841, d. same month.
x Mary Lovejoy, b. May 8, 1845, m. Merritt Caldwell Fernald, formerly principal of Gould's Academy, and for several years President of the Maine State College at Orono.
HILLS.
AMOS HILLS, born in West Newbury, Mass., Sept. 13, 1768, came quite early to this town and lived on the farm now the San- born place, near the Bethel steam mill. He was also a carpenter and built the first meeting house in town. He was Major of the militia and prominent in town affairs. He married, April 25, 1793, Mary Chase who was born at West Newbury, Mass., April 25, 1771 and died in Bethel. March 4, 1831. He died in Shelburne, N. H .. Sept. 27, 1834. He moved from Bethel to Newry a few years be- fore his death .* Children :
i Harriet, b. March 17, 1794, m. Nathan F. Twitchell, d. Oct. 3, 1824.
ii Caroline, b. June 20, 1797, d. Dec. 8, 1819.
iii Rufus, b. Feb. 26, 1799, d. April 6, 1823.
*A notice of the death of Mr. Hills, published in the Christian Mirror said of him : "He was a man of much decision. As a magistrate, a citizen and a parent, this valuable trait of character was often brought into exercise. He was not rash nor hasty ; and seldom did he commit himself or his course, by deciding without deliberation. But generosity was the prominent trait in his character. Few men have thought less of show or riches, or gratification than he did, or enjoyed a greater luxury in proportion to their means, in relieving the wants of their fellowman. Had it been in his power he would have driven poverty and want from society; he would not only have relieved the distressed, but would also have made all around him prosperous and happy. He was a valuable citizen, a kind and obliging neighbor, and in his friendship, warm and enduring. His views of religion were evangelical; he sustained its institutions with cheerfulness, and died in a hope of a blessed immortality."
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