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PLUMMER.
CYRUS PLUMMER, married Harriet Barker of Waterford. He was the son of Samuel Plummer, an early resident of Waterford. Children :
i Cyrus Moody, b. Aug. 7, 1828. ii Mellen Carter, b. March 2, 1830. iii Benjamin Murray, b. June 13, 1831.
LEANDER G. PLUMMER, son of Josiah Plummer of Waterford, married first Lucia Rowe and second Louisa Horr. Children :
i Josiah Nelson, b. Feb. 15, 1841. ii Lucinda R., b. Sept. 16, 1843.
JAMES N. POTE married Lovey . He lived on the river road near Edmund Beans' place. Only one birth is on record. There has been none of the name in town for many years. Child :
i James Munroe, b. Aug. 8, 1823.
PURRINGTON.
JOSIAH U. PURRINGTON, son of Daniel T. and Paulina S. Marri- ner, born in Brunswick, April 30, 1847, married Dec. 27, 1873, Francetta Adelia, daughter of Hon. Enoch W. Woodbury. He is the junior partner in the firm of which Mr. Woodbury is at the head. He is a good business man, now treasurer of the town. He is one of the deacons of the Congregational church. Children :
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i Alice E., b. Aug. 4, 1875.
ii Bertha A., b. April 12, 1877, d. March 12, 1879.
iii BurtonW ., b. July 27, 1880, d. Jan. 5, 1886.
iv Belle F., b. Nov. 15, 1882.
V Harry J , b. Aug. 25, 1885.
POWERS.
AMOS POWERS was living in Bethel, at the lower part of the town or in the lower settlement, at the time of the Indian raid in August, 1781. Mr. Powers was of Princeton, Mass., and not known to be related to the other families of this name, in town. He was born in February, 1732, and was about 48 years old when he came to Bethel. He bought interval lot No. 2, of Aaron Richardson of Newton, in 1779. His farm was a little below Bean's Corner on the Rumford Corner road. His wife was Polly Parmenter. He died Aug. 4, 1823. Children :
i Sybil, b. - , m. Dec. 7, 1783, Thaddeus Bartlett.
ii Arnold, b. 1768, m. 1st, Betsy Lane; 2d, Nabby Howe.
iii Ephraim, b. Aug. 11, 1781, m. Olive Kimball.
iv Bathsheba, b. - - -- , d. young.
V Anna, b. - , d. young.
vi Mannassah, b. July 25, 1787, moved to St. David, N. B.
ARNOLD POWERS, son of the preceding, occupied the homestead of his father for a large portion of his life and died there in 1849, aged 81 years. He married first Betsey Lane of New Glouces- ter, and second Nabby or Abigail, daughter of Phineas and Expe- rience (Wheeler) Howe of Bolton, Mass., who was born in 1778. Children :
By first marriage :
i Lavinia, b. Oct. 23, 1795, m. Kimball Bean.
ii
Eliphaz, b. Nov. 16, 1796, m. Huldah Andrews.
By second marriage :
iii Amos, b. Rumford, July 9, 1801, m. Hannah Hobbs of Norway.
iv Betsey, b. Bethel, Nov. 3, 1803, m. Edmund Segar.
v Oliver Pollard, b. Nov. 24, 1805, m. Susan M. Kimball.
vi Experience, b. June 16, 1808, m. Moses Staples.
vii Cyrus Hamlin, b. April 10, 1817, m. Sarah Dunlap of Brunswick.
viii Sarah Sawyer, b. Oct. 5, 1820, d. July 30, 1823.
ix Caroline C. M., b. Oct. 2, 1722, d. Aug. 10, 1823.
EPHRAIM POWERS, brother of the preceding, married Olive, daughter of Samuel Kimball. After his death, she married James Daniels. Child :
Clara B., b. - -, m. Joseph Peverly.
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GIDEON POWERS of Littleton, N. H., son of Captain Peter and Anna (Keyes, Powers, born July 28, 1731, married Ruth Hosmer who was born May 28, 1738. He moved to Temple, N. H., and several of his children came to Bethel. Children :
ì Gideon, b. Sept. 10, 1758, m. Ruth Packard, s. Wilton.
ii Paul, b. June 24, 1760, m. a Miss U. Heald, r. Temple.
iii Silas, b. Sept. 2, 1762, m. Submit Bartlett of Bethel.
iv Sarah, b. Aug. 13, 1764.
V Ruth, b. May 1, 1767.
vi Peter, b. May 28, 1769.
vii Lavinea, b. Aug. 3, 1771, m. Phineas Howard, s. Howard's Gore.
viii Jonathan, b. Aug. 3, 1773, d. young.
ix Abner, b. July 17, 1775.
x Jonathan, b. Aug. 3, 1777, m. Lucy Bartlett.
xi Lydia, b. Sept. 1784, m. Stephen Saunders, s. Bethel.
GIDEON POWERS JR , son of the preceding, married Ruth Packard of Greenland, N. H. He came to Bethel and settled in that part of Bethel now Hanover, on the land subsequently owned by Reuben B. Foster Esq. He afterwards moved to Wilton. Children :
i Gideon, b. March 2, 1784, m. Apphia, daughter of Abraham Russell of Bethel. He died in Augusta.
ii Ruth, b. Dec. 11, 1785, m. Elliot Powers.
iii Sarah, b. Oct. 9, 1787, mn. Joshua Roberts, s. Hanover.
iv Hosmer, b. May 27, 1789.
V Hannah, b. April 19, 1791.
vi Zerviah, b. July 17, 1793.
vii Polly, b. April 21, 1796.
viii Betsey, b. Oct. 12, 1799, d. May 28, 1841.
SILAS POWERS, brother of the preceding, came to Bethel about 1783, with his brother Gideon. Here he married Sept. 12, 1790, Submit, daughter of Enoch Bartlett of Bethel. He too, settled on part of what has since been known as the Foster farm in Hanover. Children :
i Paul, b. Jan. 28, 1791, m. Lydia Howard, moved to Brunswick.
ii Lois, b. Aug. 8, 1793, m. Ebenezer Bartlett, r. Bethel.
iii Artemas, b. May 26, 1797. He went South.
iv Lovina, b. July 29, 1802, m. Stephen Sprague. r. Dexter.
v Julia T., b. July 30, 1807, m. Silas Brockway, s. Sangerville.
JONATHAN POWERS, brother of the preceding, came to Bethel much later than his brothers. He settled on a lot near to them in
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what is now Hanover. He married Lucy, daughter of Enoch Bart- lett of Bethel. Children :
i Huldah, b. Aug. 9, 1802.
ii Peter, b. April 23, 1804, m. Sarah Stearns.
iii Ambrose, b. Feb. 7, 1806, m. Huldah G. Frost.
iv Orson, b. May 24, 1808, m. Sally E. Hibbard.
V Jonathan, b. March 20, 1809, m. Hannah H. Andrews.
vi Elias Bartlett, b. Dec. 15, 1811.
vii Anna Bartlett, b. Dec. 3, 1813, m. Thomas Stearns Jr.
viii Joseph Stillman, b. May 16, 1816.
ix Charles Stearns, b. June 14, 1818.
x Moses Bartlett, b. - ~, 1820.
xi Nathan Bartlett, b. Aug. 12, 1822, d. Sept. 3, 1823.
GIDEON POWERS, son of Gideon Powers Jr., married March 2, 1806, Apphia, daughter of Abraham Russell. He lived in Bethel, Wilton, Carthage and Augusta. For many years he was travelling agent for the Maine Farmer. He died at Augusta, Aug. 3, 1873, his wife having died April 24, 1858. Children :
i Ann C., b. Nov. 25, 1806, m. 1st, Jeremiah Gould of Carthage; 2d, Samuel Stone of Woburn, Mass.
ii Sarah S., b. Nov. 17, 1808, m. Austin Partridge, r. Paris.
iii Addison, b. Sept. 15, 1810, m. Hannah Kinney of Dixfield.
iv Ruth, b. March 11, 1812, m. Isaac Ellis of Carthage.
V Apphia, b. Oct. 11, 1815, m. Amasa Holman of Carthage.
vi Susan, b. Dec. 11, 1817, m. Isaac Ellis of Carthage.
vii Rachel, b. May 28, 1820, m. Daniel Bacheller, of Fayette.
viii Abraham R., b. April 1, 1822, m. Maria Dickey of Orono.
ix Lucy M., b. March 12, 1824, d. May 7, 1824.
x Hannah M., b. Oct. 25, 1826, d. Augusta, May 17, 1852.
xi Lois H., b. May 5, 1828, m. Henry Bond of Boston.
xii Eliza J., b. March 29, 1831, m. Fred H. Tibbetts of Augusta.
ORSON POWERS, son of Jonathan Powers, married Sally E. Hibbard, who was born June 15, 1817. He died Sept. 11, 1886. Children :
i Henry, b. May 17, 1839, d. July 21, 1846.
ii Coryden, b. Aug. 31, 1840.
iii Sarah D., b. Jan. 21, 1842, d. Feb. 18, 1883.
iv Julia E., b. Oct. 18, 1843.
V Lauriston, b. April 9, 1845.
vi Abner B., b. Oct. 9, 1847.
vii Leander, b. July 25, 1850, d. Nov. 24, 1874.
viii Rosilla, b. Sept. 28, 1852.
ix Charles H., b. Aug. 25, 1855, d. Jan. 3, 1883. x Alpha, b. Aug. 2, 1857.
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JONATHAN POWERS, son of Jonathan Powers, married May 19, 1833, Hannah H. Andrews. He died Oct. 21, 1862. Children :
i Augustus H., b. April 10, 1834. ii Galen H., b. Aug. 20, 1835, d. Oct. 30, 1838. iii Charles H., b. Oct. 6, 1837. iv Theresa C., b. July 1, 1840. v Edgar Il., b. April 4, 1843.
EDGAR M. POWERS, son of Jonathan Powers, married Feb. 4, 1867, Jennie D. Stearns who died Sept. 20, 1882 ; he married sec- ond, Dec. 11, 1883, Carrie T. Children :
i Linwood L., b. Nov. 27, 1867. ii Harvey E., b. May 13, 1880.
PETER POWERS, son of Jonathan Powers, married Sarah Stearns. He lived in the lower part of the town. Children :
i Lewis, b. Aug. 26, 1837. ii Angeline, b. April 1, 1839. ili Lucy, b. April 10, 1841.
RICHARDSON.
EDWARD RICHARDSON married Charlotte Ellis of Sutton, Mass. Children :
i Abel Ellis, b. June 23, 1813. ii Infant, b. Feb. 11, 1815, d. Feb. 11, 1817. iii Asa Furbush, b. May 1, 1818. iv Martha Maria, b. Oct. 4, 1819. v Silence Leland, b. Sept. 24, 1821.
EBENEZER RICHARDSON married first, Nancy, who died April 10, 1822, and second, Cynthia Twitchell. Children :
i Elbridge Jennison, b. Aug. 31, 1817. ii Thurston, b. Aug. 7, 1819. iii Ebenezer, b. Oct. 4, 1821. By second wife: iv Edward Lysander, b. April 18, 1828. v Cynthia L., b. Feb. 27, 1826, d. March 15, following. vi Adeline L., b. Feb. 27, 1826, d. March 30, 1826. vii Eli T., b. May 14, 1831. viii Moses, b. Sept. 3, 1832. ix Albert B., b. - -, 1838.
REYNOLDS.
EDWARD REYNOLDS Or RUNNELS, married Sally, daughter of Sol- omon and Patience (Sanborn) Annas, who died Feb. 26, 1825. Children :
i Ruth, b. Oct. 13, 1822, d. Aug. 24, 1823.
ROBINSON.
O'NEIL W. ROBINSON, born in Chatham, N. H., came to Bethel early in the twenties, purchased large tracts of real estate, built the house and store afterward known as the Robert Chapman stand and was in active business here for a number of years. He was an
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·energetic business man and very successful. He moved from Bethel to Portland and thence to Waterford. He served as senator in the State Legislature, and sheriff of the county from 1842 to 1850. He owned large tracts of timber land on the Androscoggin in the towns of Gorham, Berlin, Milan and Dummer. He married Betsey Straw. Children :
i O'Neil W. Jr., b. July 17, 1824, an attorney at law, d. unmarried.
ii Increase Sumner, b. April 14, 1826.
iii Mary Ann, b. Aug. 16, 1827.
iv Livingston G., b. March 11, 1829, m. Ellen Town, d. Bethel.
v William Cox, b. Nov. 29, 1830, d. Dec. 5, 1835.
vi Moses Mason, b. April 14, 1835, m. Susan Edwards Booth of Balston, Spa., N. Y. He graduated from Bowdoin in 1856, read law in Port- land, enlisted and served 3 years as Captain Co. G., Twelfth Maine Vols., was admitted to the bar and has an office at 54 Wall street, New York.
vii Agnes Frances, b. Oct. 20, 1840, d. Aug. 11, 1863.
viii Cyrene Straw, b. Feb. 5, 1842, m. Melville C. Kimball; r. Malden, Mass.
JAMES ROBINSON married Lucy -. , Children : i Lucy, b. Feb. 17, 1799. ii Charlotte, b. Feb. 24, 1801.
ROWE.
EPHRAIM ROWE came here from Standish and married Martha, daughter of Eleazer Twitchell. He was a farmer and owned a large tract of land formerly belonging to the Twitchells. Children :
i Lucinda, b. Bethel, Sept. 28, 1795.
ii Caleb, b. Aug. 17, 1797, m. Abigail Plummer.
iii Eleazer, b. July 21, 1799. m. Abigail Burbank of Gilead.
iv Patty or Martha, b. April 28, 1801, m. Isaac E. Cross.
v Mary, b. -, 1803.
vi Ephraim, b. March 15, 1805.
vii Asa, b. March 31, 1807.
viii Lucia, b. Oct. 7, 1809, d. Oct. 31, 1811.
ix Joanna. b. Dec. 22, 1813, m. Ira C. Kimball.
x Lucia, b. Sept. 31, 1816.
CALEB ROWE, son of Ephraim Rowe, married Abigail Plummer, who died July 20, 1891. He was born August 17, 1797, died Octo- ber 2, 1877. He was a farmer. Children :
i Francina, b. July 19, 1828.
ii Daughter, b. Aug. 23, 1826, d. Oct. 16, following.
iii Harriet Irene, b. Aug. 18, 1830, m. Walker H. Sheldon.
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iv Leander Plummer, b. Dec. 25, 1833, m. Maria A. Hayes of Water- ford.
v Almon Twitchell, b. April 6, 1836, m. Carrie M. Noyes.
vi Ceylon, b. April 1, 1838, m. May 12, 1864, Mary M. Grover, and has Herbert Ceylon, b. Oct. 26, 1877.
vii Octavia, b. May 29, 1840, d. Oct. 30, 1842.
viii Abra Ann, b. Oct. 10, 1842, d. Aug. 12, 1849.
ix Octavia, b. March 22, 1845, m. J. Dana Bartlett.
x Edwin C., 1 m. Ella, daughter of Alvan B. Godwin.
twins, b. April 11, 1848.
xi Edward C., ) d. March 11, 1866.
ELEAZER ROWE married in 1827, Abigail Burbank of Gilead. Children :
i Asbury S., b. Jan. 28, 1829, d. Dec. 29, following. ii Ephraim Or- mando, b. Aug. 4, 1830. iii Angie Lucia, b. Nov. 30, 1833. iv Asbury S., b. Jan. 28, 1838. v Dalmeda, b. April 10, 1841. vi Abigail, b. July 28, 1843.
EPHRAIM ROWE, JR., married Lovina Children :
i Roxanna, b. Sept. S, 1807. ii Lucinda, b. Feb. S, 1808. iii Isaiah, b .. Oct. 29, 1810. iv Mary, b. Aug. 14, 1812.
RIPLEY.
JOSEPH RIPLEY, son of Joshua Ripley formerly of Methuen, Mass., born in Rumford, April 14, 1793, married Betsey Barker, who was born Aug. 3, 1796, and died in Bethel, Nov. 6, 1863. He died July 19, 1859. Children :
i Hosea, b. Aug. 20, 1821, m. Julia Sturgis.
ii Lawson, b. Jan. 25, 1823, d. Oct. 12, 1828.
iii John Bartlett, b. Dec. 30, 1824, d. Oct. 6, 1828. -
iv Arvilla, b. Dec. 3, 1826, m. Albion Perry Blake of Bethel.
V Marcia S., b. March 18, 1829, m. Aaron J. Abbott, 1847.
vi John Bartlett, b. May 3, 1831, m. Dec. 11, 1856, Mary J. Wentworth of Vassalboro. He is a farmer in Pittston, Me.
vii Betsey M., b. April 23, 1833, m. Edwin R. Abbot 1853.
viii Joseph Lyman, b. Aug. 9, 1835, m. Lucinda Holt, 1861.
ix Nancy Diana, b. Dec. 8, 1838, d. Oct. 27, 1844.
HOSEA RIPLEY, son of the preceding, married Julia Sturgis. He moved to Walker's Mills and operated the water power previously owned by Jonathan C. Robertson. He sawed short lumber, threshed grain and did various other kinds of business. But he was better known as a singing master and band leader and instructor, in which
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he was very proficient. He died in 1887. When the census of 1870 was taken he had with him the following children :
i William, b. 1851; ii Walter, b. 1858; iii Clara, b. 1863.
ROBERTSON.
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, born in the north of Ireland, Feb. 8, 1703, married in 1829, Margaret Woodend who was born Oct. 20. 1705. They were of Scotch descent and of the Scotch-Irish immigration coming to this country and settling at Londonderry, N. H., then in Pembroke, where she died Feb. 19, 1785. He died March 7, 1790. They had eight children, the 6th of whom was Andrew, born Jan- uary 27, 1740, married in 1770, Mary Hall. They had eight chil- dren, the youngest of whom was Samuel, born July 21, 1784, came to Bethel and settled on the farm previously occupied by Oliver Fenno. on what was afterwards known as Robertson's Hill. He married first Sally, daughter of Jonathan Clark, born Bethel, April 13, 1787, d. January 16, 1811 ; second, Eliza Hunting of Rumford, born Nov. 17, 1792, died Aug. 9, 1825, and third, Esther York, born Bethel, Feb. 23, 1800, died June 13, 1874. He died July 7, 1847. Children :
i Jonathan Clark, b. April 4, 1809, m. Sally Saunders; d. May 31, 1850. . By second wife ;
ii Sylvester, b. Nov. 3, 1814, m. Angeline Russell who died July 30, 1874.
iii Samuel Barker, b. July 11, 1816.
iv Sarah C., b. June 20, 1818.
v George Hunting, b. March 18, 1820, m. Caroline Virgin.
By third wife :
vi Washington B., b. Sept. 20, 1826.
vii Elbridge G., b. Dec. 31, 1827.
viii Charles A., b. Aug. 24, 1829.
ix Eliza H., b. June 9, 1831.
x Moses H., b. Jan. 13, 1833, m. Sarah J. Stowell.
xi Ceylon C., b. July 7, 1837.
xii Solon, b. Nov, 27, 1838.
JONATHAN CLARK ROBERTSON, son of Samuel Robertson, married Sally Saunders of Hanover. He was a cabinet-maker at Walker's Mills and died May 31, 1850. Children :
i Althea Celestine, b. June 15, 1837, m. John E. Farewell.
ii Aurelius A., b. Aug. 27, 1839, killed at Gettysburg.
iii " Lydia S., b. Aug. 4, 1841, m. Benjamin Stevens.
iv Į Sarah Clark, b. Nov. 20, 1843.
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SYLVESTER ROBERTSON, son of Samuel Robertson, married Ange- line, daughter of Stephen A. Russell. Children :
i Gustavus Adolphus, b. Aug. 23, 1839, m. 1869, Lizzie S. Park.
ii Son, b. Jan. 18, 1842, d. aged 1 month.
iii Ann Maria, b. Feb. 18, 1843, r. Bethel, unmarried.
GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS ROBERTSON, son of Sylvester Robertson,. was educated at the town schools and at Gould's Academy. He then learned the trade of cabinet maker of his father and being naturally ingenious, he showed great aptitude for the work. At the same time he taught town schools during the winter, and gained a wide reputation as a disciplinarian. Late in the sixties, he was en- gaged to take charge of the Augusta Grammar school and continues in that position at the present time, having been in charge of it for- nearly a quarter of a century. He is emphatically a live teacher, keeping his school abreast and perhaps ahead of the times, and. while he is strict in discipline, he has always been popular with his. pupils. He married in 1869 Lizzie S. Park who had been one of his pupils when he taught the school at Searsport. They have a pleasant home in Augusta and a charming summer cottage on the shore of Cobbosseecontee Lake, where, during the vacation season,. Mr. Robertson spends his time in boating and other rural sports.
RUSSELL.
It is said that four brothers by the name of Russell came to. Bethel, but the only two bere at the time of the Indian raid were Benjamin4 and Abraham4. They were the sons of John3 Jr., and Hannah (Foster) Russell, grandsons of John and Sarah (Chan- dler) Russell and great grandsons of Robert1 Russell of Andover,. Mass., who married at Andover, July 6th, 1659, Mary Marshal. Benjamin Russell was born January 28, 1739 and married Oct. 7, 1762, Mary Favor. He was an early settler at Fryeburg, was chair- man of the selectmen and a leading citizen. He came to Bethel in 1779, was the first town clerk, a Justice of the Peace and a man of affairs generally. His records are models of neatness and clear- ness of expression. He sold his real estate in Fryeburg in Oct .. 1782, to Isaac Abbott. He died Nov. 23, 1802. Children :
i Theodore, b .- -, m. Abigail Abbot of Andover.
ii Benjamin, b. -, m. Mehitable Abbot of Andover.
iii John, b. -- , m. Susie Twitchell.
iv William, b. -, m. Mehitable Kilgore of Bethel.
v Mary, b. -, m. Nathaniel Segar.
SYLVESTER ROBERTSON,
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THEODORE RUSSELL, son of Benjamin Russell senior, married Abigail Abbot of Andover. He lived on the south side of the river between Bethel Hill and Middle Interval. He died June 4, 1821 ;. his first wife Abigail died in June, 1810, aged 39, and his second. wife Tabitha died March 13, 1855, aged 72. Children :
i Lydia, b. July 16, 1790, m. June 29, 1818, Dr. Timothy Carter.
ii Jonathan Abbot, b. June 12, 1793, m. Sarah Hale.
iii Benjamin, b. April 15, 1795, d. 3 days after.
iv Benjamin, b. June 11, 1796, m. Atholinda Cushman. For second wife he married Tabitha (Strickland) Twaddle.
V Abigail, b. July -, 1812.
vi Infant, b. July 1813, d. same month.
vii Zilpha A., b. March 28, 1814.
viii Theodore, b. June 2, 1816.
ix Martin Seward, b. March 31, 1819.
BENJAMIN RUSSELL JR. married Mehitable Abbot of Andover, Mass. He was one of the scouts that guarded the settlement after the Indian raid. He was a noted hunter and trapper. Children :
i Stephen Abbot, b. July 6, 1788, m. Eunice Mason.
ii Samuel, b. Feb. 14, 1790, m. Abigail Barker, r. Newry.
iii Willoughby, b. Dec. 22, 1791, m. Polly Bartlett.
iv Polly, b. Feb. 24, 1794, m. James Eames, r. Newry.
v Dorcas, b. April 8, 1796, m. Samuel Woodbridge, r. Andover.
vi John, b. June 22, 1798, d. July 28, 1820.
vii Luke Reilly, b. April 6, 1801, m. Abigail Kilgore.
viii Benjamin, b. Newry, January 11, 1803, m. Mahala Wright, s. Green- wood.
ix Abigail, b. Jan. 3, 1805, d. July 20, 1825.
X Mehitable, b. March 4, 1807, m. Ballard Hatch of China, Me.
xi Martha, b. Dec. 23, 1810, m. Alonzo Fifield of Riley Plantation.
xii Lydia, b. Aug. 31, 1812, m. Ira Kilgore, d. Augusta.
JOHN RUSSELL, brother of the preceding, married Susannah, daughter of Ezra Twitchell of Bethel who was born in Framing- ham, Mass., and died Sept. 2, 1856. John Russell, died July 1 1850. Children :
i Persis, b. May 13, 1799, m. 1st, Jeremiah Virgin ; 2d, Luke Reilly.
ii Ezra Twitchell, b. Aug. 19, 1803, m. Phebe Kimball, d. 1838.
iii John, b. June 17, 1807, m. Cynthia Twitchell.
iv Susannah, b. June 15, 1810, d. young.
v Elmira, b. Aug. 29, 1812, d. young.
vi Leander Gage, b. Oct 15, 1816, m. Sarah P. Wight.
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WILLIAM RUSSELL, son of Benjamin senior, married Mehitable, daughter of John Kilgore. He became insane in his old age. Chil- dren :
i Mehitable, b. Jan. 4, 1792, m. Sebra Dunham of Paris.
ii Cynthia, b. Dec. 20, 1793, m. William Bent of Paris.
iii Elsie. b. March 8, 1796, d. young.
iv William, b. March 12, 1798.
V Elsie, b. March 28, 1800, m. William Bartlett.
vi Samuel, b. March 9, 1802.
vii Henry, b. Feb. 15, 1804, r. Newburyport, Mass.
viii Mary, b. June 13, 1806.
ix Theodore, b. Aug. 1, 1808, removed early from town.
x Palmer, b. Aug. 1, 1813, removed early from town.
xi Sophia, b. Aug. 8, 1811, m. Rodney Cole, s. Sidney, Me.
JONATHAN ABBOT RUSSELL, son of Theodore, lived on the home- stead of his father. He was a noted school teacher. His wife was Sarah Hale of Waterford to whom he was married June 23, 1818. Most of this large and interesting family died of consump- tion and all within a few years. He died March 22, 1859, and his widow died January 5, 1864. Children :
i Casper Lavater, b. March 23, 1819, d. Aug. 6, 1823.
ii Solon Hale, b. Nov. 3, 1820, d. Aug. 1, 1823.
iii John Orrison, b. Oct. 10, 1822, d. Dec. 24, 1842.
iv Betsey Hale, b. Oct. 23, 1824, mn. Samuel S. Stanley, d. May 28,1866.
V Casper Lavater, b. Sept. 10, 1827, m. Nellie Richardson, and died July 1, 1868.
vi Solon Abbot, b. June 12, 1829, d. Dec. 24, 1856; he was a school teacher.
vii Sarah Hale, b. Aug. 18, 1831. She was a highly accomplished young lady, went to Kentucky as a teacher, married Joseph Odell, for- merly of Conway, N. H., and was fatally burned by the breaking of a lamp three years after her marriage, June 10, 1860.
viii Charlotte M. H., b. Feb. 20, 1834; she married E. H. Pickering and died Nov. 21, 1854, in Lewiston.
STEPHEN ABBOT RUSSELL, son of Benjamin Russell Jr., married Eunice, daughter of Moses Mason. He was a miller for many years at Walker's Mills and later at Bethel Hill. Children :
i Agnes Mason, b. Feb. 11, 1818, m. Levi Twitchell.
ii Angeline, b. Jan. 28, 1919, m. Sylvester Robertson.
iii John, b. July 11, 1820, d. Oct. 15, 1839.
iv Mary, b. Oct. 9, 1821, d. Oct. 3, 1822.
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v Maria, b. Oct. 9, 1821, m. Merchant H. Lufkin, r. Lowell; m. 2d, Nathaniel
vi Hannah, b. Aug. 14, 1823, m. William Benson, d. Newfield.
vii Mary b. Sept. 27, 1824, m. Dr. John E. Donnell, r. a widow in Bos- ton.
viii Thirza Ayer, b. July 14, 1826, m. John C. Moulton. r. Auburn.
ix Eunice, b. Oct. 28, 1827, m. Francis B. Caswell of Harrison.
x Moses Mason, b. March 5, 1829, m. Mary A. Stearns, both deceased.
xi Mehitable, b. Jan. 13, 1831, m. Ellery F. Goss, d. at Auburn, Dec. 20,1891.
xii Abigail, b. April 13, 1832, m. William Benson, r. Norway, d. 1891.
xiii Stephen Abbot, b. Dec. 8, 1833, m. Orphelia Keyes.
EZRA TWITCHELL RUSSELL, son of John Russell, married Phebe, daughter of Israel Kimball. He died in early manhood in 1839, and his widow, after many years of widowhood, married Winslow Heywood. He was a trader at Bethel Hill and a dealer in real es- tate. Children :
i Melissa M., b. Sept. 24, 1832, m. Charles Mason.
ii Susannah, b. Aug. 10, 1834.
JOHN RUSSELL JR., married Sept. 15, 1836, Cynthia, daughter of Ezra Twitchell. He lived below Bethel Hill, on the Middle Inter- val road. He was a brick mason and farmer. Children :
i Daniel W., b. Nov. 1, 1837, d. Nov. 4, 1858 in Bethel.
ii Ezra Twitchell, b. Aug. 3, 1842, m. Helen Augusta Shirley and died Nov. 13, 1888. He was a teacher and farmer, and long held a posi- tion in the New York custom house. They had :
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Nellie Shirley, b. Brookly, N. Y., Dec. 17, 1885.
LYMAN W. RUSSELL, furniture manufacturer and dealer and farmer, resides at Bethel. He is the son of Willoughby and Polly (Bartlett) Russell and was born in Newry where all his brothers and sisters were born, Oct. 1, 1826. With his brother Lawson E. Russell who was born Feb. 29, 1820, and married Rebecca Jane Weston, he established a furniture manufactory at Locke's Mills and then removed it to South Bethel, utilizing the building and power formerly occupied by James Walker for wool-carding and cloth-dressing. Lawson E. Russell went West and Lyman remains at South Bethel. He married January 1, 1855, Lucy Anna, daugh- ter of John and Lucy (Merrill) Edgerly of Buxton, Maine. They have no children.
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HISTORY OF BETHEL.
ABRAHAM4 RUSSELL, brother of Benjamin, was living in his house near Alder River bridge at the time of the Indian raid. He was born in Andover, Mass., in 1748, and died in Bethel, Dec. 9, 1839. He married at Fryeburg, Sarah, daughter of James Swan. His house was carried away during the great freshet of 1785, and he then built him a house near the base of Bethel Hill, on the Rum- ford road, where Daniel Grout afterwards lived. He did not move toward Middle Interval as stated elsewhere on the authority of Dr. True. Mr. Russell owned a large lot of valuable land on which a considerable portion of the village now stands. He was a good farmer and a valuable citizen. He sold his real estate in Fryeburg, laid out to the right of John Russell. in 1793, to Samuel Phillips, Jr. ; in 1783 he sold two lots to the same party, laid out to the right of Mark Stacy. Children :
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