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DR. DEAN.
A young unmarried man came to settle in Paris, as a physician, about the time of Dr. Stevens's decease, by the name of Dr. Dean. Even his specific name is not remembered by the oldest inhabitants. He practiced his profession but a brief period in this town. The data for his biography are wholly wanting.
DR. BENAIAII HANSON.
Dr. Hanson was a son of Ichabod and Abigail (Hayes) Hanson, born in Windham, Me., Oct. 18, 1781. He attended Fryeburg Academy ; studied medicine with Dr. Converse of Durham; was commissioned Lieutenant in the 33d U. S. Infantry in 1812, but never entered active service. He married Abigail Woodman of Buxton, and moved to Paris in 1810 or 1811, where his first child was born in 1811. His second child was born in Hollis, Me., 1813, his third at Waybridge, Vt., 1818, and his fourth at Fowlerville, N. Y., 1829. He died in York, Medina, Co., Ohio, in 1858. In 1821, Dr. Hanson was a Preceptor of an Academy in Stroudsbury, Penn., and in 1822, he was in New York city. He remained in Paris but
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a short time, but perhaps as long as he ever did anywhere. He was a moving planet.
DR. ASAPH KITTREDGE.
Dr. Kittredge's father was of Scotch descent, and first settled in Tewksbury, Mass., and soon after moved to North Brookfield. He married Miss Fletcher, and practiced medicine and surgery many years. He had a family of nine children, four of whom were physi- cians and surgeons, the subject of this sketch being one of them. Dr. Asaph Kittredge was born at Brookfield in 1793, and studied medicine under his father's tuition, and completed his course of study in Boston in 1812. Soon after, he was assistant surgeon on board a privateer, where he found his first experience as a surgeon. In 1815, he rode from Boston to Paris on horseback, where he stopped, in order to ascertain whether he had better remain or retrace his steps and go to Ohio. While waiting, as tradition records it, "his mind in a quandary, he was called to attend an old lady in Paris in a severe illness. She recovered under his treatment, and told him his mission for good was to remain in Paris ; and that decided his mind." He remained on Paris Hill a short time, then moved to North Paris, where he bought a farm and continued the practice of his profession till the fall of 1836. He then moved to Paris Hill and continued in active and successful practice till 1866, in all about fifty years. He was twice married, marrying first Miss Eliza Stowell of Paris, and second Miss Janette Young of North Yarmouth. Two children were the result of each marriage. A son of each is now living ; Charles F., in New Haven, Conn., and George, in St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Kittredge was ill and suffered much from spinal disease some two years before his- decease. His wife having died, he moved to New Haven in 1867, where he continued to sink, and died Feb. 6, 1868, aged 75 years. He was a large, well proportioned man physically, weighing some 300 pounds, strong, vigorous and resolute. His practice of fifty years, in storm and sunshine, in heat and cold and night and day, proved him to be a man of great endurance. He was a man of good common sense, of sound judgment, of social and cheerful disposition, abstemious habits, an able and useful physician and surgeon. A near and dear friend of his says: "He was a practical man, held clear and pro- nounced opinions on most subjects, a great smoker, was in his most amiable mood after a good dinner and a pipe smoke, and enjoyed life as well as most people of his temperament."
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DR. JOB HOLMES.
Dr. Holmes was a native of Oxford, formerly Hebron, the son of James Holmes and Jerusha (Rawson) Holmes. He was one of nine children, all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. He chose the profession of medicine, attended lectures at the Maine Medi- cal School, where he graduated in 1825-6. He commenced the practice of his profession in Paris, in 1826, where he continued till 1834, when he removed to Calais. While in Paris, he served as town clerk. At Calais he was an active practitioner of medicine and surgery, till 1864, when he died suddenly from heart disease, in the midst of his usefulness, honored and lamented by the whole com- munity. He married Miss Vesta Hamlin, daughter of Dr. Hamlin, in 1833, and had a family of five children. Dr. Holmes was of medium height, with a physical system finely knit, of great physical endur- ance, of unconquerable resolution, good habits, agreeable address and manners. He honored his profession and practiced it with great zeal, success and ability.
DR. JAMES MADISON BUCK.
In the year 1833-4, Dr. Buck settled as a physician on Paris Hill, the successor of Dr. Holmes. He was a native of Sumner, and the son of Moses Buck, a successful farmer. He studied medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. Tewksbury of Oxford, and was a graduate of Maine Medical School. He practiced his profession only about three years, and came to his death by hemorrhage of the lungs, in Nov: 1836. He was never married. Dr. Buck was of medium height, fragile constitution, possessed a kind heart and quiet manners. He knew what excellence was, in his profession ; and in a quiet, unostentatious manner, sought to be useful to his patients rather than brilliant. He had a great taste for music, and was exquisitely sensitive to its harmony and correct performance. A discord was a wound. With Judge Emery, a man of similar taste, he could enjoy all the charms and consolation, which for many hours, sweet sounds could afford.
THOMAS HUNTINGTON BROWN.
Dr. Brown was born in Minot, in Cumberland county, Me., now Androscoggin county, on the 27th day of August, 1813. His father was Thomas Brown of Newbury, Mass., who married Mary Rawson Bridgham in 1811, and resided in Minot. Dr. Brown obtained his
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education at the district school in Oxford, at the Buckfield and Read- field Academies, and also under the private instruction of the late Judge Joseph G. Cole. He commenced the study of medicine in 1833, under the preceptorship of Dr. Levi Rawson of Grafton, Mass. He attended his first course of lectures at Brunswick, then a course at Pittsfield, Mass., and graduated at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, March, 1837. He commenced the practice of medicine in Paris, May 15, 1837, and continued till his death in 1880, over 43 years. He was a member of the Maine Medical Asso- ciation, of which he was at one time President. He was surgeon of the 1st Regiment 1st Division of Maine Militia for seven years, and received an honorable discharge. He was Examining Surgeon for the Pension Department, some eleven years ; and Judge of Probate dur- ing five years. He was political editor of the Oxford Democrat, from 1853 to 1856, and again from 1874 to 1876. He was an able writer. He had been twice married, marrying first Miss Maria M. King, daughter of the late Samuel King of Paris, Nov. 12, 1838, who had three children, all of whom died in infancy, the wife dying also in November, 1846. His second marriage was in December, 1847, to Miss Juliette Hammond, daughter of the late Moses Ham- mond of Paris, by whom he had three children, all of whom are living at the present time. Dr. Brown was an excellent physician, and no practitioner in Paris ever enjoyed the confidence of her citizens in a greater degree. Both in the science and art of his profession in all its branches, he was far above the average Doctor of Medicine.
DR. LEANDER S. TRIPP. .
Dr. Tripp, now the Rev. Leander S. Tripp of Surry, Me., was born in Hebron in 1805, and is the son of Rev. John Tripp of Hebron. He graduated at Waterville, Me., in 1829, and as Doctor of Medicine at the Maine Medical School in 1834. He settled first in Eden, Me., where he remained six months, then removed to Parkman in 1835, then to East Dixfield the same winter. He came to North Paris in 1837, and remained one year ; and in 1838 settled in North Norway, remaining there two years. He evidently did not find the practice of medicine congenial, and after trying various fields, betook himself to a profession more in accordance with his talents and wishes.
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DR. GILMAN ROWE.
Dr. Rowe came to Woodstock in 1838, where he commenced the practice of medicine. He moved to North Paris in 1839, and prac- ticed his profession till May, 1841, the time of his decease, aged 26 years. His native place was Campton, Grafton Co., N. H., but he came here from Canada. He married Cynthia Buck, daughter of Moses Buck of Sumner, while at North Paris. He was an active, energetic practitioner, and sickness was very prevalent during the years he resided in Woodstock and Paris. His widow became the wife of America Bisbee.
DR. ALMON TWITCHELL.
Dr. Twitchell practiced his profession in North Paris for a period of about three years, from 1841 to 1844. He was a native of Bethel, Me., where he was born Sept. 14, 1811. Joseph Twitchell, Esq., his great grandfather, was one of the prominent and original proprietors of Bethel, his grandfather was Capt. Eleazer Twitchell, the first settler in the village of Bethel Hill, and his father was Joseph Twitchell, the first child born in that village. . There are abundant facts and dates for a biography of Dr. Twitchell, only a brief allusion to which is appropriate on the present occasion. He was married in 1843 to Miss Phebe M. Buxton, daughter of Capt. Jeremiah Buxton of North Yarmouth, and had five children. On leaving Paris, he removed to Bethel, where he continued the prac- tice of his profession until his decease in Oct. 1859, aged 48 years. He graduated as Doctor of Medicine at the Medical School, Bruns- wick, in 1840. Dr. Twitchell did not seek politics or office ; but office sought him, and he twice represented the people of Oxford county as Senator in 1856-7. He was esteemed for his candor, sobriety and conscientiousness. His early death is attributed to overwork, to hardship and exposure. As a cotemporary, it is only justice to say : he was simple and refined in his intercourse, careful and candid in his judgments, and prudent and discriminating in the discharge of every duty. His excellent wife survived him until Dec. 25, 1883. Dr. Geo. M. Twitchell, late of Fairfield, is his only sur- viving son, and Alice G., the Matron of the Maine Insane Hospital, his oldest daughter.
DR. WM. APPLETON RUST.
Dr. Rust is a native of Gorham, Me., where he was born June 22, 1823, and prepared for college at Gorham Academy. He grad-
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uated as M. D. at the University of the City of New York, in 1846. He was Principal of Effingham Academy and Biddeford High School, and came to South Paris and commenced the practice of his profes- sion in April. 1847. In Oct., 1848, he married Frances, eldest daughter of Hon. Rufus K. Goodenow. She died Oct. 18, 1849, and June 5th, 1851, he married her sister Sarah, who now survives. During his residence here, he was one of the School Committee for many years, a Trustee of the State Reform School, and an active practitioner of his profession. He was appointed by the Secretary of the U. S. Treasury, Inspector of Internal Revenue for the State in 1864, and removed to Portland in March, 1865, being succeeded by Dr. D. B. Sawyer-having been in this town about 18 years. He resigned his office in 1866, and entered the firm of Rust Broth- ers & Bird, wholesale druggists, of Boston, Mass., where he now resides. . Since his residence in Boston he has been a Member of the School Board, Trustee of the City Hospital, Mercantile Library Association. and Penny Savings Bank ; also a Director of the Metropolitan Railroad, Collateral Loan Company, and Blackstone National Bank. Dr. Rust was a successful and highly respected physician while in Paris, and his Parisian experience must have laid the foundation for that larger prosperity and trustworthiness which has followed him in the Metropolis of New England.
DR. CHARLES RUSSELL.
Dr. Russell was a son of James and Dolly Russell, then of North Waterford, afterwards of Bethel, Me., where he was born July 19, 1820. He received his education from the district school of his native town, at Gould's Academy, Bethel, North Bridgton Academy, and entered Bowdoin College Sept. 20, 1844, and soon after com- menced the study of medicine and graduated March, 1848, at the Maryland University, Baltimore, Md. He commenced his profes . sional practice in Conway, New Hampshire, remaining there two years. He removed to West Paris in September, 1850, where he continued in the active practice of his profession about 15 years- till Feb., 1865, and then moved to Fayette, Me., where he now re- sides. He married Asenath H. Willis of Hanover, and has had eleven children : one is a graduate of the Wesleyan University, and two others are teachers in Connecticut. Dr. Russell was a useful and prudent physician, practical and sound in his views, and gave good satisfaction in his field of practice while in Paris.
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DR. EDWIN GREEN.
Dr. Green, born in 1817, was a native of Paris and the son of Nathaniel W. Green of Leicester, Mass., and Polly W., daughter of Dea. John Willis of Paris. The Doctor graduated at the Maine Medical School in 1841. He then commenced the practice of his profession in Albany, where he remained but a short time. He then moved to Milan, N. H., and remained about three years ; thence he moved to Woodstock, where he practiced about five years. He then moved to Sumner, bought a farm and carried it on, practicing his profession in a limited degree till 1865. He then sold his farm and moved to North Paris, where he continued in active practice eleven years. In 1876 he moved from North Paris to Milan, N. H., again, where he remained till 1878. He then moved to Athol, Mass., where he is at the present time. The Doctor married Permelia Ken- dall of Shelburn, N. H., and has four children.
DR. D. B. SAWYER.
Dr. Sawyer is a native of Durham, Me. He received his educa- tion mostly at Foxcroft Academy. He graduated at the Maine Medical School, Brunswick, and commenced the practice of his profession in Minot. He moved to South Paris in 1865 and left in 1875-having practiced in town ten years. He subsequently went to Portland, and soon after to Lewiston, Me., where he now resides. He was the successor of Dr. Rust, and during the ten years of his practice in Paris he gave good satisfaction. He was a member of the Methodist Church, and was universally esteemed for his morality and integrity in his business and in his professional intercourse.
DR. SEWELL HENRY WEBBER.
Dr. Webber was the son of Henry R. and Nancy ( Whitehead) Webber, and was born in Oxford, April 21, 1840. He studied medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. W. A. Rust, at South Paris, attended medical lectures at Pittsfield, Mass., and at New York City, and graduated at the Maine Medical School, August, 1865. He commenced practice at West Paris in 1865, and in 1867 moved to South Paris, where he continued till 1873, at which time he died of heart disease, aged 33 years. He was interred with Masonic honors. Dr. Webber was a careful physician, and had many ardent friends. He married Miss Nettie W. Stowell of South Paris, but had no children.
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DR. OCTAVUS K. YATES.
Dr. Yates was the son of James and Emma (Cole) Yates, and was born in Greenwood, Me., Sept. 25, 1833. He obtained his education at the district schools of his native town, and at Bethel Academy. He studied medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. S. H. Tewkesbury and graduated at the Maine Medical School in 1870 and commenced the practice of his profession the same year at West Paris, where he now remains. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Artemas and Desire (Stephens) Felt of Greenwood. He has been very successful in practice.
DR. ISAAC ROUNDS.
Dr. Isaac Rounds is a native of Danville-the son of Nathaniel and Susan (Libby) Rounds. He graduated at the Maine Medical School in May, 1873. He commenced practice of medicine in Lew- iston, where he did not remain long, but the same year moved to South Paris, where he still remains in the active practice of his pro- fession. The patriotism of Dr. Rounds was placed beyond all doubt. In the late war he felt the call for him personally to go to the defense of his country. His patriotism and bravery were tested on the field of battle-the marks of which he will always carry while life re- mains.
DRS. NORRIS AND PALMER.
Dr. Norris-a young physician-unmarried, came to Paris Hill about 1867 ; the precise time or how long he remained is not known. He did not stop long, but removed to Peru. Dr. Palmer-another young physician-came to Paris Hill in 1869; but left in a short time. It is impossible to state why he left or where he went. No data for the biography of either of these physicians are at hand.
DR. BUCK.
Dr. Buck was a native of Buckfield, born Aug. 17, 1841. He studied medicine in Washington, D. C., where he graduated during the war. He came to Norway in 1867, where he remained one year. He then moved to West Paris for the same length of time. He then moved to Kansas, where he is now in the active practice of his profession.
DR. FRANCIS H. PACKARD.
Dr. Francis Henry Packard is the son of Stephen Packard, Jr., and was born in Woodstock July 23d, 1848. His mother was
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Louisa B., daughter of Joseph Penley of this town. His grand- father, Stephen Packard, born in Buckfield, was among the early settlers of Woodstock. Francis H. was brought up on the farm, attended the common schools of Woodstock and Paris, at Paris Hill and Gould's Academies, attended medical lectures at Brunswick, Hanover, N. H., and in New York City, graduated at the Maine Medical School in 1878 and commenced practice at West Paris in the winter of 1879-80. He married, in August, 1878, Mary Agnes Young. He has been quite successful in practice, although obliged to compete withi older physicians.
GEORGE BURRILL RAWSON.
Dr. Geo. Burrill Rawson, son of Abner, studied the medical pro- fession and graduated at the Maine Medical School. In 1838 he married Eunice Fitch, daughter of Alanson Mellen, Esq., and set- tled in practice in New Portland. He died in 1857.
"The profession of medicine in Paris has illustrated the common fate of all classes. Some have entered upon the stage of service and remained only a few months or years, while others have kept in harness, toiling up the steep ascent of life, during a half or a quarter of a century. Some, after learning the hardships and responsibili- ties of surgery, have abandoned the practice and sought more profit- able or more congenial employment in other business or professions. Some have been the beneficiaries of popular favor and been elected as State Representatives or County Officers-in this respect vieing, with the farmers, mechanics and traders, the professions of law and theology, in their love of fame and their care of the State. Others still have labored steadily, resolutely and perseveringly, in the prac- tice of their profession, among the rich and the poor, in storm and sunshine, in heat and cold-ambitious only to honor their calling, fulfil a sacred mission and benefit their fellow-men. But, notwith- standing the versatility of tastes and the direction of the talents of the physicians of this town, it will be conceded on all hands, and everywhere, that the members of the profession in Paris, almost without exception, have been worthy, reliable men, upright and honorable in every relation of life. The inhabitants of Paris can, therefore, look back over the past century with pride and satisfac- tion as they read the names, the lives and services of those who have passed away, while a grateful posterity will embalm their menlı-
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ory and preserve its fragrance for future generations. Let us hope that those now living may, at the close of the next century, gain as fair a record and as just an appreciation."
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
PARIS LAWYERS.
This town, being the shire town of the county, has had many able members of the legal profession. Two of them became governors of the State, several were sent to Congress and many others have held high and responsible positions in county and State, and under the general government. The chapter on this subject contains many facts from the paper prepared and read by Alvah Black, Esq., at the Centennial Celebration of the settlement of the town.
ZACHARIAH SOULE.
He was familiarly known as "Zach. Soule," and was the first law- yer in town. He was a man of fine promise and brilliant wit. He came here from the town of Halifax, Plymouth county, Mass., and was a graduate of Brown University, in the class of 1799. While in Paris he served as town clerk. In 1806 he went to Farmington, but in 1812 returned to Massachusetts, where he ended a brief legal career in the poor-house. He also served a term in the Charleston Penitentiary. Strong drink was his ruin.
NATHANIEL HOWE.
The second lawyer here was Nathaniel Howe. He was the son of Otis and Lucy (Goodale) Howe of Henniker, N. H., formerly of Marlboro', Mass., and a cousin of Hon. Timothy O. Howe, late Post-" master General. He came here in 1808 and soon after married Polly, daughter of Thomas Follansbee Chase, who then lived on the Goodenow place, since occupied by Wallace H. Cummings. He was a good lawyer and faithful to his clients. This rendered him very unpopular with a class whose neglect to pay their debts fre- quently gave occasion for the law to lay its heavy hand upon them, and by this class he was commonly called "Gouge Howe." Some of his enemies, getting merry over their potations, one day put for- ward one of their number, Benaiah Dow, to give the lawyer a whip-
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ping, which he proceeded to do in a most brutal manner. But several of them were obliged to go to Portland and stand trial for conspiracy, so that their drunken frolic cost them very dear. Mr. Howe left Paris in 1810 or 1811, and went to Bridgton. One of his daughters, now deceased, was the wife of Rev. Jacob Chapman of Exeter, N. H. ; of his other children, only a son now survives, who resides in Waterford.
ALBION KEITH PARRIS.
The next lawyer was Albion K. Parris, who became the second Governor of Maine. He was the only child of Judge Samuel Parris of Hebron, whose father was Benjamin Parris, and whose mother was Millicent, daughter of Josiah and Ruth (Manly) Keith of Eas- ton. The mother of Governor Parris was Sarah Pratt of Middle- borough. He was born in Hebron, January 19, 1788, graduated with distinction at Dartmouth in 1806, and was admitted to the bar at Paris, in September, 1809. He soon after settled in practice here, and married Sarah, a daughter of Rev. Levi Whitman of Wellfleet, and sister of the late Levi Whitman, Esq., of Norway. He lived in the south part of the building now Horace Cummings' Hotel as it then was, the north part being occupied by Dr. Benj. Chandler. Soon after he came here, he built the office now owned and occupied by Samuel R. Carter, Esq., between the hotels of Messrs. Cummings and Hubbard, which he occupied while he re- mained here. Gov. Parris was a man of commanding and dignified appearance and popular manners. Able and learned in the law, he soon gained the confidence of the people, a high position in public life and a large practice in the courts, which he held till he left Paris, called to move in a higher sphere at Portland late in 1817, or early in 1818. While here he was appointed County Attorney, elected a member of the Legislature, Senator from Oxford and Somerset counties and Representative to Congress. While serving his second term, he was appointed Judge of the United States District Court. He was a member of the convention that framed our State Consti- tution, elected Governor of the State in 1821 and re-elected four times. In 1828 he was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Maine, and in 1836, by Mr. Van Buren, Second Comp- troller of the Treasury of the United States, which office he held for thirteen years, and then returned to Portland where, as his last pub- lic office, he served as Mayor in 1852. He died in 1857, aged 69
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years. His wife survived him many years, and died recently in Washington.
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ENOCH LINCOLN.
Enoch Lincoln, our third lawyer, was the son of Levi Lincoln of Worcester, where he was born Dec. 28, 1788. He entered the Sophomore class of Harvard College in 1806 and left it during his senior year without graduating. He received the degree of Master of Arts from Bowdoin College in 1821. He pursued his professional studies in the office of his brother, Levi Lincoln, Jr., and was admitted to practice at Salem in 1811. The year following he re- turned to Worcester, and in the spring of 1813 he settled in Frye- burg. While there he published a poem entitled "The Village," descriptive of the charming scenery on Saco river in the vicinity of his adopted town. In 1815 Hon. Wm. P. Preble, District Attorney for Maine, appointed Mr. Lincoln his deputy. In 1819 he was elected to Congress and moved to Paris. He was continued in Con- gress, residing in Paris during the recess, until 1826, when he was elected the third Governor of Maine. He was re-elected twice, and, in 1829, declined a re-election, intending to retire from public life at the close of that term. In the autumn of that year he was present, by invitation, at the opening of the Cony Female Academy in Au- gusta, where he delivered the occasional address. He was suffering from severe indisposition while obliged to perform these duties. At the house of a friend he grew worse and finally expired Oct. 11, 1829, at the age of 41. His death was mourned throughout the State and Country. His remains repose in a tomb erected on the State domain in front of the Capitol in Augusta, and a plain granite shaft marks the last resting-place of the scholar, poet and states- man. He was a scholarly man of varied attainments, a ready writer, and his composition was marked by purity and felicity of expression. His contributions to the press, which were quite numer- ous, were characterized by elegance of style and energy of thought. He began a work on the History and Resources of Maine, which he intended to make exhaustive of these subjects, but it was incom- plete at the time of his death and was never published. While in Paris he occupied the office built by his predecessor, both in the practice of law here and in the gubernatorial chair. His memory is still revered here by our older citizens who had the pleasure of his acquaintance and friendship. He was never married. His
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