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HISTORY OF BETHEL.
ASA KIMBALL, son of Asa Jr., married Abigail Bartlett. He was. a farmer, a man of influence in town, served much in town office. and was elected representative to the Legislature. Children :
i George W., b. Feb. 5, 1817, d. Nov. 16, following.
ii Abigail, b. June 3, 1822, d. Aug. 29, 1823.
iii Moses F., b. Sept. 29, 1824, m. July 27, 1864, Dolly K. Bean.
iv Emma Bean, b. March 20, 1828, m. John Decatur Hastings.
ISRAEL KIMBALL JR., married July 9, 1822, Sarah, daughter of Benjamin Webber of Sweden, born March 9, 1799. He was a good farmer and lived at Middle Interval. He died, and his widow died June 2, 1881. Children :
i Sarah Webber, b. May 22, 1824, m. Hiram H. Holt.
ii Israel Granville, b. April 24, 1826, m. Dec. 8, 1850, Lavinia H. Dus- ton.
iii Benjamin Webber, b. March 13, 1829, m. Susan L. Currier.
iv Mary Elizabeth, b. May 12, 1831, m. David Abbot Gorham.
v Infant, b. June 11, 1833, d. July 3, 1833.
vi Hepsibah Eames, b. July 27, 1834, m. Nov. 3, 1865, Wm. W. Mason.
vii Susannah Nevers, b. Nov. 1, 1837, r. Bethel, unmarried.
viii Harriet Hazen, b. June 7, 1840, m. March 22, 1880, Clarence B. San- born who died and she r. a widow at Bethel.
JEDEDIAH TAPLEY KIMBALL, son of Israel Kimball, married Mary Ann, daughter of Rev. Daniel Mason. He lives near Middle In- tervale on the Daniel Mason place. He has represented the town in the Legislature and is a much respected citizen. Children :
i Tapley Webster, b. Aug. 28, 1837, d. July 1, 1855.
ii Jacob Hazen, b. Sept. 16, 1840, d. Sept. 12, 1865.
iii Daniel Mason, b. Dec. 31, 1842, m. Oct. 9, 1873, Ellen, daughter of Stephen and Louisa (Penley) Packard of Woodstock. She is still a teacher of public schools; no issue, but have adopted Lula B. Kimball, b. Errol, N. H., April 12, 1881.
iv Calvin Newton, b. March 13, 1846.
v John Lincoln, b. Sept. 5, 1848, m. Oct. 9, 1876, Laura Sterling.
vi Rebecca Jones, b. Feb. 15, 1851, m. July 6, 1872, Clark Caswell.
vii Mary Elizabeth, b. June 21, 1853.
IRA C. KIMBALL, son of Israel Kimball, married first Joanna Rowe of Bethel who died July 7, 1847, and second, Salome B. Chapman. He was a well-known merchant and successful business man at Bethel. Children :
i Melville Crocker, b. Nov. 16, 1840, m. Cyrene Robinson.
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Emily Joanna, b. Jan. 19, 1843, m. Samuel D. Philbrook.
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iii Calvin Israel, b. May 14, 1845, m. Jennie Starbird of Portland.
iv Martha, b. April 15, 1847, d. July 7 following.
By second marriage :
v Anna Flora, b. Jan. 2, 1850, d. Sept. 9, 1887.
vi Carrie E., b. Oct. 25, 1854, m. Dec. 4, 1877, Charles H. Hersey,
vii Jessie Francis, b. Jan. 15, 1858, m. Jan. 29, 1880, John M. Ostrander.
viii Minnie, b. July 27, 1860, d. Jan. 13, 1861.
JACOB T. KIMBALL, son of Jacob Kimball, married Feb. 16, 1841 Phila, daughter of William Andrews. He lived on Kimball Hill in the lower parish. Children :
i Octavia F., b. Nov. 30, 1841, d. Dec. 26, 1864.
ii Gustavus M., b. Dec. 6, 1842, m. Sarah Bragg.
iii Nancy A., b. Sept. 28, 1844, m. James Mayconnell.
iv Mary E., b. July 31, 1845, d. Dec. 24, 1861.
V Francis E., b. July 9, 1846, d. Sept. 17 following.
vi William A., b. July 3, 1847, m. Mary Macomber.
vii Emma M., b. July 1, 1851, m. Leforest Bragg.
viii Charles H., b. Jan. 4, 1857, m. Oct. 10, 1883, Annie C., daughter of John and Dolly Chase of Paris. They live on Kimball Hill; no issue.
MOSES STONE KIMBALL, son of Jacob Kimball, married Dec. 10, 1844, Catherine, daughter of Captain Amos Young of Greenwood, afterward of Bethel. He occupies the farm once owned by his grandfather, Asa Kimball. He is a man of intelligence, a good and progressive farmer. In more recent years, on account of failing health, he has let out his farm, and with his wife spends a portion of his time with his children who have married and settled in Massa- chusetts. Mr. Kimball has long been deacon of the Baptist church. Children :
i Annie S., b. Sept. 1, 1846, m. Orlando B. Crane.
ii Jedediah A., b. June 27, 1848, m. Addie J. Hammond.
iii Sarah F., b. Oct. 9, 1852, m. Alva M. Butler.
iv Flora A., b. March 4, 1855, m. Charles H. Felker.
CHARLES MELLEN KIMBALL, son of Peter Kimball, married first in 1865, Loretta S., daughter of Jonathan A. Bartlett of Rumford who died in 1867 ; he married second, July 3d, 1873, Mary E., daughter of Elias S. Bartlett of Bethel. Mr. Kimball cultivates the paternal acres, is a thrifty farmer and a good man of business. He has served several terms on the board of selectmen, and also was a representative to the Legislature. Children :
i Irving, b. May 9, 1875. ii Lillian Retta, b. Nov. 18, 1876. iii Rose Rawson, b. May 15, 1880. iv Hester May, b. Oct. 3, 1884.
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MOSES F. KIMBALL, son of Asa Kimball, married Dolly K., daughter of Joshua Bean. Children :
i Charles C., b. July 27, 1856. ii Arabella, b. July 16, 1859. iii Ellen F .. b. Sept. 21, 1863.
ISRAEL G. KIMBALL, son of Israel Kimball Jr., married Dec 8, 1850, Lavinia H., daughter of John Y. Duston. He lives at Mid- dle Interval on the old Kimball homestead. He is an active busi- ness man. He was agent to fill the town's quotas during the war, has been many years a selectman, collector of taxes etc., and also represented the town in the Legislature. Children :
i Charles Grenville, b. Oct. 1, 1851.
ii Alice Maud, b. Nov. 15, 1853, m. Augustus E. Philbrook, r. Shelburne, N. H.
iii Mary Josephine, b. Oct. 7, 1857, m. Frank G. Blake, r. Colorado.
iv Benjamin Webber, b. June 12, 1861, r. Minneapolis, Minn.
v Mabel Annette, b. July 13, 1868.
BENJAMIN WEBBER KIMBALL, son of Israel Kimball, Jr., married Nov. 1875, Mrs. Susie L. Currier. He graduated in medicine from the Maine Medical School, also in Pharmacy in Philadelphia and pursued a special course on diseases of the ear and eye which specialties he is now practicing in Minneapolis, Minn. Children :
i Webber Lyons, b. Sept. 5, 1876, d. Aug. 1877. ii Marion, b. Sept. 12, 1877. iii Gertrude, b. June - 1879. iv Florence, b. June 8, 1880.
JOHN KIMBALL, from Pembroke, N. H., married Lucia, daughter of Eli Twitchell. He lived on the hill opposite Gould's Academy. Children :
i Delenda Twitchell, b. Aug. 23, 1814, m. Elbridge Chapman.
ii John Eli Leland, b. July 30, 1818.
iii Lucia Helen, b. Jan. 20, 1826, d. July 30 following.
iv Thomas Brainard, b. July 18, 1831, d. Sept. 21, following.
GEORGE KIMBALL, son of Peter Kimball of Bridgton, married Polly, daughter of Thaddeus Bartlett. He lived on the Thaddeus Bartlett place at Bean's Corner, and later in life moved to Mas- sachusetts. Children :
i Fanny W., b. July 3, 1823. ii Augustus D., b. May 16, 1827, d. July 14, 1833. iii Ephraim Bartlett, b. Dec. 29, 1832, m. Semantha W. Frost. iv Mary Jane, b. Feb. 5, 1830, d. July 9, 1833. v Augustus D., b. Sept. 8, 1835. vi Alphonzo B., b. Feb. 7, 1841.
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KNIGIIT.
ASA P. KNIGHT, son of Joshua and Elizabeth (Gage) Knight, born at Benton, N. H., Aug. 13, 1827, came to Bethel where he lived several years and was a boot and shoe-maker. He married Dec. 28, 1850, Nancy, daughter of Nathan F. Twitchell. He claims Bethel as his legal residence though he has been clerk in the post office department in Washington for 26 years. His wife died in 1891, and her remains were brought to Bethel for interment. Children :
i Walter Myron, b, May 31, 1852, d. March 5, 1865.
ii Lizzie Gage, b. June 23, 1857, m. Aug. 1. 1877, Milton I. Brittain.
LANE.
ELIPHALET LANE, from North Yarmouth, came to Bethel quite early and settled in the east part of the town. He had several sons and daughters but none of their births are recorded with Bethel records. Among his sons was Sylvanus who married Submit, daughter of Asa Foster of Newry and reared a large family.
JOTHAM S. LANE married in 1830, Susan, daughter of Jonas Willis and died early. Children :
i Jonas Willis, b. July 24, 1831, m. Avice Crockett, r. Gorham, N. H.
ii Mary Adams, b. Feb. 14, 1833.
JAMES S. LANE, born in Buxton, Me., July 30, 1832, son of James and Sarah (Flanders) Lane, came to Bethel and bought out the stage line to the lakes which he still operates. He married June 3, 1859, Martha M., daughter of Hon. William Frye. Children : i Lizzie E., b. Oldtown, Oct. 12, 1859, m. June 3, 1878, [Caleb Wight: d. March 24, 1881.
ii Harry A., b. Bethel, May 2, 1873.
LAPHAM.
ABIJAH LAPHAM, the first of the name in this town, was born in Scituate, Mass., Aug. 15, 1769. He came to Maine in 1793, and settled in Buckfield, then to Bethel where he died March 1, 1847. He was a farmer and shoe-maker, and deacon of the Baptist church. He married in 1790, Sarah, daughter of Nathan Hartwell of Bridgewater; second in 1802, Abigail, daughter of John and Abigail (Irish) Buck of Buckfield and third, Sarah, widow of
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Nathan Maxim, whose maiden name was Jordan. He was a de- scendant of Thomas Lapham who came from Tenterden, Kent, Co., England, in 1634, and three years after married Mary, eldest daughter of Nathaniel Tilden, ruling elder of Lothrop's church at Scituate. Thomas Lapham died in 1648, and his widow is supposed to have married William Bassett. The wife of Elder Tilden was. Lydia Bourne whose father early settled at Marshfield. The descent from Thomas to Abijah is as follows : Thomas1 and Mary Tilden ; Thomas' and Mary -; Joseph3 and Abigail Sherman ; Joseph4 aud Abigail Joyce ; John5 and Bathsheba Eames whose only son who reared a family was Abijah6. Abijah Lapham came to Bethel in 1822, and settled on the road from Paris to Rumford, on a lot once owned by Elijah Bond and later by Porter Kimball. Here his second wife died in 1823. He subsequently lived in Wood- stock and Greenwood, and then with his son James Lapham in Bethel, where he died. Children :
By the first marriage :
i Betsey, b. Pembroke, Mass., July 17, 1792, d. unmarried in Buck- field.
ii Sylvia, b. Buckfield, Dec. 8, 1794, m. John Mayhew of Buckfield.
iii John, b. Feb. 28, 1797, d. April 28, 1800.
iv Nathan, b. June 17, 1799, d. Sept. 21, 1801.
V Abijah, b. March 7, 1801, d. an infant.
Children of the second marriage, all born in Buckfield :
vi John, b. May 6, 1803, m. 1st, Louvisa Berry, Dec. 2, 1824; 2d, Re- becca Phinney, Aug. 18, 1873.
vii Thomas, b. May 6, 1803. m. Sophronia Crooker, 1824.
viii Sally, b. Nov. 13, 1804, m. Charles Crooker, 1825.
ix Cinderilla, b. Aug. 8, 1806, m. 1st, Solomon Cummings; 2d, Joseph Cummings.
x Phebe. b. March 31, 1809, never married.
xi James, b. Feb. 8, 1811, m. Sally Moody.
Children by the third marriage :
xii Abijah b. Bethel, Sept. 9, 1826, d. Oct. 25, 1830.
JOHN LAPHAM, son of the preceding. lived in the east part of Bethel many years. He moved to Woodstock and then to Weld where he died April 7, 1883. He married first, Dec. 2, 1824, Louvisa Berry who died Jan. 30, 1868, and second Aug. 18, 1873, Rebecca Phinney of Weld. He was deacon of the Baptist church in Woodstock. Children :
i Lusannah Abigail, b. Bethel, Feb. 4, 1826, m. Feb. 22, 1852, Jonas W. Bartlett, b. Bethel, June 15, 1819; she d. Feb. 2, 1869.
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ii James Madison, b. Bethel, May 19, 1827, m. April 19, 1883, Nancy P. (Francis) Cummings, b. Carthage, July 26, 1847.
iii William Berry, b. Greenwood, August 21, 1828, m. Nov. 27, 1866, Cynthia Ann Perham, b. Woodstock, June 27, 1839.
iv Betsey Jane, b. Bethel, Sept. 12, 1830, m. Sept. 4, 1852, Alonzo B. Swan, b. Paris, July 26, 1832.
v Isaac Freeman, b. Bethel, March 31, 1833, m. Aug. 31, 1854, Eliza Ricker, b. Woodstock, June 14, 1837.
vi Aurelia Berry, b. Bethel, December 17, 1835.
vii Eli Foster, b. Greenwood, May 1, 1840, d. April 9, 1842.
viii John Bird, b. Bethel March 1, 1842, drowned Sept. 20, 1844.
ix John Edward, b. Bethel, March 1, 1846, m. Feb. 24, 1868, Martha C. Tenney, b.'Methuen, Mass., Feb. 16, 1851.
x Francis Wayland, b. Greenwood, May 28, 1849, m. Oct. 31, 1872, Jennie Dean, b. Solon, July 4, 1854.
xi Martha Amanda, b. Woodstock, May 15, 1852, m. March 24, 1878, Dennis Swan, b. Woodstock, April 10, 1851.
"THOMAS LAPHAM, twin brother of the preceding, lived in Buck- 'field and Hebron until about the year 1843, when he returned to Bethel. He married Sophronia, daughter of Charles and Betsey (Packard) Crooker. He died in Errol, N. H., in 1882. Children :
i Bethiah, b. Jan. 13, 1825, d. Aug. 24, 1847.
ii Eliza, b. April 14, 1827, d. young.
iii Daniel Crooker, b. May 5, 1829, m. Ist Jane C. Lapham. He m. a 2nd wife, r. Richmond, Me.
iv Irene Crooker, b. May 1, 1831, m. John Needham.
v Eliza, b. July 23, 1833, m. Chester Crooker, dead.
vi Mary, b. Aug. 2, 1835, m. John A. Buck.
vii Richmond Mayhew, b. Oct. 17, 1837. Was a private in Co. I, 5th Me. Vols. Was wounded and taken prisoner at Spottsylvania Court House, May 1864, and probably died in the prison hospital at Rich- mond Va.
viii Joseph Crooker, b. Dec. 27, 1839, m. and lives in Lewiston.
ix George F., b. Feb. 27, 1841, m. and r. in Bethel.
x Abijah, b. July 17, 1843. He was a private in the 32nd Me. Vols., and was accidentally shot by a comrade at the North Anna river, Va., in June, 1864.
JAMES LAPHAM, brother of the preceding, was long a resident of Bethel. His farm was on the road between the Androscoggin river and Locke's Mills and here he died. He married Sally, daughter of Josiah and Mehitable (Houston) Moody of Hamlin's Gore, former- ly of Portland. Children :
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i James Otis, b. Sept. 25, 1831, resided in W. Medway, Mass., and died there ;* m. Mary Turner.
ii Abijah, b. March 25, 1833, d. Nov. 10, 1834.
iii Hezekiah Moody, b. March 3, 1834, m. Harriet Chase, r. Paris.
iv Amos Eames, b. Aug. 8, 1836. He was a wagoner in the 5th Me ..
Regt., and died from injuries received in line of duty, Sept. 5, 1862 .. v Charles, b. April 20, 1838, m. Katie Haynes, r. Greenwood.
vi Joseph Jordan, b. Jan. 20, 1840, m. Sarah Cates.
vii Harriet Kimball, b. Feb. 3, 1842, m. 1st, Marriner Davis; 2d, Charles Barker. She resides on the homestead of her father.
viii Dorcas Matilda, b. Dec. 8, 1843, m. Marquis F. Richardson, r. Paris ..
ix Thomas Roberts, b. Sept, 30, 1845, d. Dec. 19, 1865.
x William Franklin, b. Aug. 18, 1850, d. Dec. 7, 1869.
xi Levi N., b. June 21, 1853, m. Jennie Swan, 1873, r. Greenwood ..
LEAVITT.
JOSEPH LEAVITT married Lois Children :
i Jonathan, b. March 15, 1805. ii Elijah, b. March 5, 1807. iii Abigail, b. Jan. 16, 1810, m. John E. Swan. iv Samuel, b. June 16, 1811. v Sally, b. Aug. 12, 1815.
JONATHAN LEAVITT married Lucy For second wife he married Dolly Bennett of Gilead and settled in that town. Chil- dren :
i Jonathan, b. March 15, 1805. ii Elijah, b. March 19, 1807. iii Sally, b. Aug. 12, 1813.
LINNELL.
ISRAEL LINNELL married Desire York. He moved to the Megal- loway region. Children :
i Jonas, b. Sept. 9, 1812. ii Anna York, b. Oct. 6, 1814.
LITTLEHALE.
CAPTAIN ISAAC LITTLEHALE, a house carpenter, born Dec. 12, 1802, son of Isaac and Betsey (Ripley) Littlehale of Newry, mar- ried Mary Russell, daughter of Frederick Ballard. He was long a
*The local paper at Medway thus spoke of him: "It gives great sorrow to record the death of Mr. James O. Lapham. He was one of those genial, honest, laborious pub- lic-spirited, generous-hearted men, whose life gave a rare emphasis to the elements of Christian manhood. He was a reliable man; his dealings with his fellowmen could be measured with the golden rule. He entered heartily into the obscured happiness of others, therefore envy had little or no power to mar in return, his own enjoyment. All persons feel that society has sustained a great loss. His kindness to the poor will in- tensify his memory in grateful hearts. He has left a legacy to his wife and children in the honorable life he lived. He was buried with Masonic honors by the Charles River Lodge."
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resident of Bethel, his house being on Church street ; he died on the homeward passage from California June 4, 1862. Children :
i Sarah A., b. Nov. 4, 1832, m. William Fuller, r. Cleveland, Ohio.
ii Daughter, b. Oct. 29, 1833, d. same day.
iii Son, b. Oct. 28, 1834, d. same day.
iv Mary Elizabeth, b. Aug. 30, 1835, m. Francis, son of Jonathan Far- rington of Lovell. He was a lawyer and died at sea on the return trip from England, Jan. 17, 1857.
v Isaac Moore, b. Nov. 18, 1838, m. Emma Fields; he was a soldier in the 7th Maine and killed in the battle of the Wilderness, May 3, 1864.
vi Hannah, b. Feb. 2, 1841, m. William Andrews; r. Lewiston.
vii Alma, b. Aug. 10, 1846, m. Edward Wills ; d. Gorham, N. H., 1873.
viii Eudora, b. June 7, 1851, m. 1st, Alfred Eugene Twitchell who died Sept. 11, 1887, and 2d, in 1891, Augustus J. Knight of Rumford.
ISAAC B. LITTLEHALE, son of Abraham and Lucy (Barker) Lit- tlehale of Newry, married Lydia, daughter of Reuben Bartlett. He lived on the Case farm, on the Locke's Mills road. Children :
i Orange C., b. Dec. 11, 1834, m. Cyrene S. (Ayer) Twitchell.
ii Diana, b. Jan. 23, 1837, m. Rufus Skillings.
iii Christina, b. Jan. 23, 1837, m. John M. Swift.
JACOB LITTLEHALE married Lois Stearns. He moved to North Newry and died there. Children :
i David Blood, b. Jan. 4, 1823. ii William Holt, b. Oct. 5, 1824. iii Dorcas G., b. Dec. 19, 1825. iv Sarah A., b. June 18, 1827.
LOCKE.
SAMUEL BARRON LOCKE, ancestor of families of this name was the son of James and - Locke, and was born in --. He married Hannah, daughter of William Russell of Fryeburg. He was a mill-wright and built the first mills at Locke's Mills in Green- wood. Children :
i Hannnah, b. Thetford, Vt., Feb. 20, 1790, d. Jan. 29, 1791.
ii John, b. Leominster, N. H., Feb. 29, 1792, (M. D., and Prof.) d. in Cincinnati, Ohio.
iii Luther, b. Newport, N. H., Feb. 22, 1794, d. in Bethel, m. Marilla Kenyon.
iv Hannah, b. Fryeburg, July 8, 1795, m. William Swan, d. Paris.
V Clarissa, b. Bethel, June 7, 1797, m. David Black Jr.
vi Clementine, b. June 12, 1799, m. Origen Stone of Dixfield.
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vii Samuel Barron Jr.,* b. Sept. 28, 1801, m. Lucetta Edgerly, d. West Paris.
viii James, b. July 11, 1803, m. Marcia Stowe; d. in Bethel.
ix Charles Russell, b. May 4, 1806, m. Susan Hill, d. in Bethel.
x Mary, b. Jan. 14, 1808, m. Moses Swan, d. California.
JAMES LOCKE, son of Samuel Barron Locke, married Marcia Stowe of Newry. He lived on the north half of the Locke home- stead, on the Sunday river road and was an upright and exemplary man. He possessed strength of mind and character, traits peculiar to the Locke family. Children :
i Mary Anne, b. Jan. 31, 1828, m. Ist, Horace Chapman ; 2d, Edward Goddard ; d. in Bethel.
ii Jabez Bradley, b. March 28, 1831, m. Mary A. Eames, r. Zumbrota, Minn. He went there early and has been a prominent citizen there many years.
iii Abigail Stone, b. April 8, 1836, m. Charles F. Penley, went West.
iv Hannah Russell, b. March 25, 1840, m. David I. Black.
v James Bradford, b. Feb. 8, 1844.
CHARLES RUSSELL LOCKE, son of Samuel B. Locke, was a farmer and lived at Maple Grove, the old Locke homestead: He married Oct. 7, 1832, Susan Hill who was born at Saco, May 15, 1809. He died January 2, 1882. Children :
i Phila Delia, b. Sept. 21, 1833. She spent much of her life in Bloom- ington and Chicago, Illinois, but returned and lives on the old place where she and her sister Mary Ellen keep a summer boarding house.
ii Charles William Russell, b. Jan. 25, 1835. He served in the 12th Iowa regiment during the war, married Kate E. Smyth and settled in St. James, Nebraska, where he is Postmaster, and Justice of the Peace. No issue.
iii Henry Clay, b. July 7, 1837. He served in the Massachusetts Inde- pendent engineering corps, after the war settled in Nebrasks, and was murdered in his camp Oct. 18, 1870. His murderer was over- taken and lynched.
iv Susan Emery, b. Nov. 24, 1840, m. John Henry Douglass.
V Samuel Barron, b. Nov. 24, 1840, d. Feb. 1842.
vi Mary Ellen, b. Sept. 15, 1843, r. Bethel.
vii Elizabeth Morris, b. March 19, 1848, m. May 2, 1885, Charles F. Sar- gent, r. Lewiston.
*He was a natural mechanic and a man of great business enterprise. He became pro- prietor of Locke's Mills which he rebuilt and enlarged. He also built mills in Bethel, Waterford, Lovell, Fryeburg and at West Paris.
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LOWELL.
JOHN P. LOWELL, farmer, born in Harrison, Aug. 7, 1802, mar- ried in 1824, Eliza Brackett of Westbrook, who was born Dec. 2, 1800, and died Nov. 22, 1861 ; he died June 30, 1874. Children :
i Ira Fish, b. June 19, 1824.
ii Abby G., b. July 4, 1826, d. July 5, 1874.
iii Charles W., b. Aug. 22, 1832.
iv Martha A., b. 1834, d. Aug. 20, 1848.
V Grinfill B., b. Sept. 8, 1836, m. Mary C. Mason.
vi Elihu B., b. Aug. 1839, m. Maria Curtis.
vii Henry H., b. April 4, 1841, m. Emma Davis.
GRINFILL B. LOWELL, son of John P. Lowell, farmer, married May 9, 1858, Mary C., daughter of John B. Mason. Children :
i Ira W., b. Feb. 1, 1859.
ii Fred A., b. Aug. 27, 1860, d. March 19, 1870.
iii Eliza E., b. Oct. 12, 1866, m. John F. Cobb.
iv Hazen B., b. May 9, 1878.
LOVEJOY.
WILLIAM F. LOVEJOY, son of Dr. Enoch Lovejoy who was born in Andover, Mass., Sept. 10, 1783, and of Martha Tillson, his wife, who was born in Rockland in 1792, was born in Rockland, Oct. 16, 1825, and married Feb. 4, 1853, Martha A., daughter of Henry and Sarah Hilt of Warren. Mr. Lovejoy kept the old Bethel House before it was burned. He was then in the hotel business at Win- throp, Gray and elsewhere, then returned and took the new Bethel House of which he and his son are now proprietors. He is a model hotel-keeper and under his management the Bethel House is one of the best country hotels in the State. Children :
i Ferren H. b. Warren, July 19, 1857.
ii William E., b. Bethel, Dec. 24, 1859, d. Oct. 20, 1869.
iii Coe C., b. Bethel, Feb. 21, 1862, m. Dec. 25, 1887, Emma Roberts ; d. April 25, 1888.
iv Verdie M., b. Winthrop, May 28, 1874, d. May 14, 1880.
MARBLE.
NATHAN MARBLE from Sutton, Mass .. was once a resident in this town. He married Mehitable, daughter of Dr. James Freeland of Sutton. He was a saddler and harness maker. He died Nov. 6, 1826, and his widow married Elijah Burbank. His first wife was a sister of Mrs. Dr. Timothy Carter. Children :
THE BETHEL HOUSE.
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i James Putnam, b. Sutton, Nov. 25, 1800, d. Nov. 26, 1825.
ii Stephen Mellen, b. Dec. 25, 1802, m. Allora Bonney of Turner.
iii Palmer Merrill, b. Nov. 12, 1805, d. Dec. 11, 1807.
iv Nathan Merrill, b. March 8, 1808, m. Mary Ann Clark.
v Mehitable Mellen, b. May 9, 1810, m. Judge Joseph G. Cole of Paris.
vi Freeland, b. Nov. 14, 1812, m. Eliza Clark.
vii Elizabeth Burbank, b. July 24, 1815, m. Hiram Hubbard.
viii Franklin, b. Brunswick, Oct. 27, 1818, m. Maria L. Cole.
ix Jarvis Carter, b. May 22, 1821, m. Mary Hubbard.
x Nancy Jenette, b. Aug. 22, 1824, mn. Hiram Hubbard.
xi James Rawson, b. May 8, 1827, killed by explosion of powder mill.
MASON.
The large and respectable family of Mason of this town, are de- scendants of Captain Hugh Mason who with wife Esther, settled in Watertown in 1634. Moses Mason, a great grandson of Captain Hugh, married Lydia, daughter of Jesse and Mary Knap of Bos- ton and settled in Dublin, N. H. Children :
i Martha, b. May 28, 1751, m. Eleazer Twitchell.
ii Lucy, b. May 20, 1753, m. David Marshall.
iii Lydia, b. Feb. 10, 1755, m. John Morrison of Peterborough, N. H.
iv Moses, b. April 26, 1757, m. Eunice Ayer.
v Mary, b. March 22, 1760, m. Nathaniel Greenwood.
vi Hannah, b. May 4, 1762, m. 1st, James Mills ; 2d, Elijah Grover.
vii Betsey, b. July 18, 1764, m. Benjamin Clark.
viii Walter, b. Oct. 10, 1766, m. Esther Barker of Waterford.
ix John, b. May 8, 1769, m Bethiah Houghton.
x Thirza, b. April 10, 1772, d. aged three and one-half years.
MOSES MASON JR., was a soldier in the war for Independence and came to Bethel in 1799. In 1780, he married Eunice, daughter of William Ayers of Dublin, N. H. He occupied the place opposite Bethel Hill, afterwards owned and occupied by his son Aaron, and now by his grandson. Moses A. Mason. He died Oct. 31, 1831, and his widow died Feb. 4, 1846. Children :
i Thirza, b. July 3, 1781, m. Dr. James Ayer, s. Newfield.
ii Susan, b. June 4, 1783, m. Richard Dunnels of Newfield.
iii Moses Jr , b. March 31, 1785, d. young.
iv Aaron, b. April 5, 1787, m. Ruby Bartlett.
V Moses, b. June 2, 1789, m. Agnes Straw ; no children.
vi Lydia, b. July 21, 1791, m. Eleazer Twitchell Jr.
vii Eunice, b. Sept. 12, 1793, m. Stephen A. Russell.
viii Hannah, b. July 23, 1795, m. Capt. John Pease of Parsonfield.
ix Charles, b. Feb. 17, 1798, m. Eunice Hale of Waterford.
x Ayers, b. Dec. 31, 1800, m. Mrs. Eunice (Hale) Mason.
xi Lovisa, b. June 29, 1803, m. Dr. Baker Webster of Sandown, N. H.
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HISTORY OF BETHEL.
WALTER MASON, brother of Moses, married Esther Barker of Waterford. He lived in Bethel and died June 30, 1840. Children :
i Esther, b. June 6, 1794, m. Eli Grover.
ii Thirza, b. May 27, 1796, d. young.
iii Elmira, b. June 12, 1798, m. Peter Grover.
iv Rachel, b. July 20, 1803, d. July 14, 1806.
V Walter, b. Aug. 31, 1804, m. Charlotte Kimball.
. vi Rachel, b. Aug. 3, 1806, m. Andrew Grover.
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