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James Madison, b. April 4, 1838, m. Angelia Tucker; Claudius Marcellus, b. Oct. 29, 1839, m. Lydia M. Humphrey ; Samuel Eugene, b. July 5, 1848, d. Dec. 9, 1861. -
FELTON.
JONATHAN WALES FELTON was b. in Barre, Mass., June 17, 1790, m. Lydia Nye of Oakham, Mass., b. March 9, 1790. Lived in Barre and Oakham, and settled in Paris previous to 1828. Children :
Isabella N., b. Barre, July 27, 1812, m. Jonathan Irish, s. Buckfield ; Stella Jane, b. Barre, June 28, 1815, m. John Willis of Paris; Charlotte S., b. Barre, July 7, 1820, m. Marcellus Smith ; Charles, b. Oakham, April 8, 1823, m. Louisa G., dau. of Eleazer Dunham, and settled on the Sebra Dunham farm ; Albert Quincy, b. Paris, March 7, 1828, m. Mrs. Mary Jane Libbey ; John D., b. Paris, April 13, 1832, (See Military Service.)
The father d. Dee. 25, 1866. The mother d. Aug. 18, 1867.
ALBERT Q. FELTON, son of the preceding, m. Mary Jane, widow of Frederic Libbey of Woodstock, and dau. of William Bent, and settled on the William Bent farm. Children :
George Fred, b. in Greenwood, March 6, 1865, m. Agnes Robbins of Wood- stock.
FICKETT.
SIMON FICKETT, son of Jonathan of Poland, and Betsey (Cox) Fickett of the same town, was b. July 6, 1799, and moved to Wood-
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stock with his father's family about 1815. Simon m. Ruth T., dau. of Stephen and Ruth (Tyler) Chase, Oct. 20, 1823, b. July 6, 1803. Settled in Woodstock, and afterward moved to West Paris. Child- ren :
Chester Dunbar, b. March 21, 1826, m. Eliza Ann Felt.
Charlotte Briggs, b. June 13. 1828, m. Levi T. Lurvey.
Betsey Gates, b. Dec. 9, 1829, m. Simeon B. Curtis.
Peter Chase, b. Nov. 9, 1834, in practice of law at West Paris; never married.
Mary Chase, b. Feb. 19, 1840, d. Nov. 25, 1847.
Julietta Frances, b. June 12, 1850, m. Hannibal Curtis, s. Woodstock. The father was drowned Oct. 1, 1856. (See Annals of 1856.)
FIELD.
JOHN FIELD was the first person of this name found in the records of the ancient town of Bridgewater. He came from Providence, R. I., in 1677. He had seven children : Richard of the second gener- ation, m. Susanna Waldo and had eleven children : Jabez of third generation, m. Mary, dau. of Ephraim Fobes, and had nine child- ren : Ephraim of the fourth generation, b. Oct. 19, 1755, m. Dec. 14, 1786, Ruby, dau. of Simeon Brett. He came to Paris in 1786, and settled on the farm purchased of Reuben Hubbard, now included in the farms of Jonathan Richards and Henry Fobes. He was a blacksmith. Children :
I Mehitable, b. 1787, m. David Bemis.
II Galen, b. Dec. 29, 1788, m. Polly Thayer.
III Ansel, b. 1790, m. Dolly Moore.
IV Charlotte, b. 1793, m. Osgood Holt, s. Levant.
V Jennie, b. 1794, unmarried.
VI Zibeon, b. Dec. 17, 1795, m. Lydia Howe.
VII Alvin, b. Oct. 9, 1800.
GALEN FIELD, son of the preceding, m. Polly, dau. of Asa Thayer, and settled in North Paris on the farm since occupied by S. W. Dunham. He was one of our old-time school masters, having taught eighteen winters. His name is found in the records of the town officers. Children :
I Jane Chapin, b. April 8, 1820, m. Bradford Keen, s. Sumner.
II William Harrison, b. Feb. 20, 1822, m. Calista Andrews.
III Laura Thayer, b. Jan. 15, 1824, m. George W. Young, s. West Paris.
IV Franklin Nelson, b. July 4, 1828, m. Sobrina Andrews.
V Charles Waldo, b. Sept. 24, 1831, m. Olive Keen.
VI Hiram T., b. April 23, 1834, m. Matilda A. Ripley.
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VII Mary T., b. June 21, 1840, m. C. W. Chase.
The father d. Oct. 30, 1864. The mother d. Nov. 20, 1874.
ZIBEON FIELD, brother of the preceding, m. Lydia, dau. of Jacob Howe, April 27, 1818. She was b. April 28, 1798. Children :
I 'Ansel Smith, b. April 13, 1819, m. Clarence Butterfield.
II Zibeon Chapman, b. Dec. 29, 1821, d. Oct. 4, 1823.
III Francis Blake, b. Dec. 16, 1823, m. Abby Bradbury.
IV Belinda, b. Oct. 6, 1828, m. - Hiscock, s. Farmington.
Perley Putnam, b. March 22, 1830, m. Lottie P. Corbett.
VI Zibeon Chapman, b. Dec. 25, 1831, m. Lydia A. Corbett.
VII Mason Greenwood, b. April 23, 1835, m. Helen Ripley.
VIII Caroline Elizabeth, b. May 23, 1837, m. Ethiel Welch.
IX Dana Augustus, b. Aug. 9, 1839, mn. Melissa A. Holbrook.
x Lydia Jane, b. Oct. 3, 1841, m. Leonard Briggs.
The mother d. and he m. 2d, former wife of Cyprian Whitman, and dau. of Seth Benson.
XI Loretta, b. Jan. 16, 1849, m. John G. Crawford.
XII Miranda, b. Dec. 29, 1850.
XIII Isabella, b. June 6, 1853, m. Algernon S. Andrews.
The mother d. and he m. 3d, Mrs. Polly Coburn, and dau. of Jacob Howe.
ANSEL FIELD, brother of the preceding, m. Dolly, dau. of Elisha Moore. He was a trader for many years at South Paris, and was a post master for some length of time. He died Feb. 16, 1868. She d. Feb. 8, 1878.
CHARLES WALDO FIELD, son of Galen, ante, m. Jan. 8, 1854, Olive F., dau. of Judah Keen of Sumner, carpenter and builder. Children :
Cora A., b. Sept. 28, 1854, m. s. Portland
Walter C , b. Oct. 31, 1856.
Arthur E., b. July 19, 1858, d. Feb. 23, 1859.
The mother d. Jan. 9, 1867, m. Eliza A., widow of Horace Keene, and dau. of Amasa Tucker.
Wilbur S., b. April 11, 1878.
HIRAM T. FIELD, son of Galen, m. Matilda A., dau. of Col. Orison Ripley. Children :
Estella A., b. Nov. 16, 1858, m. John Canwell; Edna I., b. Nov. 15, 1860, nı. John G. Chase; Fremont H., b. May 15, 1863; Frederic G., b. Nov. 10, 1865; Francis R., b. June 14, 1868 ; Sarah Matilda, b. Aug. 31, 1870; Lester Maxim, b. Feb. 14, 1875; Mary Alice, b. May 12, 1877.
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FLETCHER.
ISRAEL FLETCHER of Sumner, son of Moses of Dracut, Mass., and Susanna Hildreth, m. Mary Ann, dau. of Joseph and Beulah (Bisbee) Benson, May 25, 1845, and settled in Sumner. Children :
Roscoe, b. Feb. 22, 1845, d. 1855; death caused by falling on the ice. Eugene, b. Nov. 11, 1848, m. Francetta Tuell.
Anna Hildreth, b. June 26, 1863, m. Almon Churchill, s. Sumner.
EUGENE FLETCHER, son of Israel, m. Francetta, dau. of Benjamin Y. Tuell of Sumner, Aug. 3, 1870, b. July 27, 1850. Children :
William Roscoe, b. March 10, 1872; Benjamin Tuell, b. July 7, 1880, d. Oct. 1, 1880.
FOLLET.
LEWIS FOLLETT m. Susanna, dau. of Elisha and Abagail (Holmes) Morse, and became a resident of Paris previous to 1819. Susanna was a sister to the wife of Stephen Paine. Children :
Lewis Brow, b. Attleborough, Mass., Sept. 13, 1812, m. Ann P. Steel ; Susan Maria, b. Attleborough, Mass., May 21, 1814, m. Sylvanus Sturte- vant; Arvilla Fisher, b. Williamsburg, Mass., April 13, 1816; Calvin Morse, b. Paris, May 6, 1819, m. Jane Rounds ; Mary Holmes, b. Paris, Jan. 13, 1822; Charles Henry, b. Paris, July 9, 1824.
FOBES.
JOHN FOBES1 from Duxbury, was one of the original proprietors of Bridgewater, where he settled, and d. about- 1661. He m. Con- stance Mitchell. In a direct line from John above named, is found, Deacon Edward2, who m. Abagail Robinson ; Joshua3, who m. Aba- gail Dunbar ; Joshua4, who m. Esther Porter ; Dea. Daniel5, b. Feb. 12, 1742, m. 1769, Hannah, dau. of Miles Standish, a great grand- daughter of Capt. Miles Standish of the Pilgrims. She was born March 22, 1746. This family came to this town in company with the family of Lazarus Hathaway, and arrived here Nov. 2, 1802. Children :
Azariah, b. Oct. 28, 1770, m. Susan Leach, s. Bridgewater.
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Daniel, b. Dec. 19, 1773, m. Elsie Hathaway.
Sarah, b. Sept. 14, 1775, d. April 20, 1796.
3 Amasa, b. Sept. 21, 1777, m. Emma Eames.
4 Seth, b. June 19, 1770, m. Rachel Eames.
Hannah, b. June 21, 1782, m. Levi Macomber.
Luin, b. Sept. 8, 1784, enlisted from Westbrook, war of 1812, d. a prisoner.
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Beza, b. Aug. 11, 1786, d. Aug. 27, 1797. Mehitable, b. Dec. 18, 1789, m. Solomon Shaw.
5 Billings, b. Aug. 7, 1792, m. Harriet Stevens.
The father d. 1814. The mother d. Jan. 10, 1839, aged 92.
2 DANIEL FOBES, (son of Dea. Daniel 1) m. Elsie, dau. of Laza- rus Hathaway, and settled on the western portion of the homestead farm, now owned by Jonathan Richards. Children :
6 Darius, b. Dec. 2, 1808, m. Elizabeth Pottle of Norway. Laura, b. April 18, 1810, m. Silas Coburn, s. Patten. Sarah, b. Sept. 11, 1811, m. Henry Pike of Norway. Daniel, b. Dec. 25, 1814, went to Pa. and d. there. Anna Dudley, (adopted) b. April 14, 1827. Lovicy Hathaway Dudley.
The father d. June 20, 1848. The mother d. April 7, 1851.
3 AMASA FOBES, (son of Daniel 1) m. Emma Eames. . Children : Charles, b. Nov. 26, 1802; Horace, b. Feb. 18, 1804; Nancy, b. Aug. 10, 1806; Albert Gallatin, b. Jan. 16, 1809.
4 SETH FOBES, (son of Daniel 1) m. Rachel, dau. of Nathaniel and Katie (Rice) Eames of Framingham, Mass., and settled on the farm since the homestead of his son Elbridge. Children :
Almira, b. Oct. 9, 1804, m. Ziba Thayer.
Edwin, b. April 2, 1806, m. Julia Ann Boyden of Boston. Angeline, b. May 8, 1808, mn. Isaac Ballard, s. Holliston, Mass. Adaline, b. Nov. 6, 1810, m. Dana Heath, s. Boston.
7 Elbridge, b. July 5, 1812, m. Julia Prentiss.
Hannah, b. Dec. 12, 1814, m. Levi. F. Drake, s. Portland. Daniel, b. July 21, 1816, m. Lucretia Haywood, s. Boston. Catharine, b. Oct. 4, 1819, d. 1866.
Emily, b. Aug. 1823, m. Nathan Hathaway.
The father d. Jan. 27. 1867. The mother d. March 25, 1864.
5 CAPT. BILLINGS FOBES, (son of Daniel 1) m. June 17, 1830, Harriet, dau. of Dr. Cyprian Stevens, and settled on the . castern portion of the homestead farm. Children :
8 Henry, b. May 8, 1831, m. Frances P. Webster.
The mother d. May 18, 1831, m. 2d, Paulina, dau. of Stephen Robinson, May 5, 1834. The father d. March 3, 1866. The mother d. May 23, 1878.
6 DARIUS FOBES, (he spelled it Forbes) m. Elizabeth, dau. of Jonathan Pottle of Norway, March, 1835. She was b. April 19, 1809. (See Personal Mention.) Children :
9 Sarah Ellen, b. Norridgewock, Sept. 1, 1837, m. Eleazer B. Tolman. Augustus Darius, b. at Belfast, Feb. 16, 1841, m. Dec. 20, 1860, Louise
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M. Chase of Portland, and has Grace E., b. Dec. 19, 1861. Albert Eugene, b. Chelmsford, Mass., March 9, 1843, d. 1844.
The mother d. at Norway, March, 1876. The father d. at Nashville, Tenn., March 19, 1882.
7 ELBRIDGE FOBES, (son of Seth 4) m. Julia, dau. of Henry Prentiss. Children :
Lucelia Catharine, b. Sept. 20, 1840, m. Henry F. Morton.
George Edwin, b. Nov. 3, 1845, m. Eliza Chandler. He is a Universa- clergyman, and settled at Canton, N. Y.
Clara Adelia, b. July 17, 1847, m. A. E. Bessey, M. D., s. Sidney.
Henry Prentiss, b. July 4, 1849, m. Hattie Wood. He is also at Can- ton, N. Y., a Universalist preacher.
Mary Hart, b. July 4, 1849, m. Geo. B. Crockett.
Emma Julia, b. May 11, 1851, m. E. B. Taylor, s. Missouri.
The mother d. Feb. 3, 1851, m. 2d, Lucinda P., dau. of Robinson Parlin ; she d. 1854, m. 3d, Angeline, dau. of Dea. Joel B. Thayer.
Fannie Angeline, b. Aug. 17, 1858.
Arthur Elbridge, b. May 20, 1862.
8 HENRY FOBES, (son of Billings 5) m. Frances Phebe, dau. of Benjamin and Mary (Wait) Webster of Freeport, Nov. 4, 1857. She was b. Jan. 2, 1831. Children :
Harriet Stevens, b. May 25, 1859, m. Capt. A. W. Pratt of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Winfield Scott, b. June 17, 1861, d. Nov. 2, 1864.
Annie Belle, b. Sept. 20, 1863.
Eunice Webster, b. Dec. 20, 1865.
Lionell, (adopted son) b. July 4, 1872, d. Feb. 2, 1876.
9 SARAH ELLEN FOBES, (dau. of Darius 6) went to Washington in June, 1861, and entered the Hospitals to aid in the care of Maine soldiers, paying her own expenses. Here services were continued until Feb. 16, 1863, when her health having become impaired, she was compelled to withdraw. The State forwarded her a check of $100, accompanied with the note, "not as any compensation, but a slight acknowledgement of services." After the establishment of the State agency by Gov. Washburn, she joined that, having pre- viously worked alone. This was likewise a volunteer affair. April 8, 1864, she m. Eleazer B. Tolman of Washington. Children :
Eugene F., b. Milo, Oct. 28, 1865; Augustus B .. b. Milo, April 8, 1869; Leon B., b. Milo, Aug. 20, 1874, d. Aug. 18, 1876; Ethel M., b. Milo, May 20, 1877.
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FOSTER.
ABNER FOSTER. JR., m. Polly Hilton in 1790, and lived at one time in Paris. He was the son of Abner and Lydia (Nelson) Fos- ter, who came from Rowley, Mass., and were among the first set- tlers in Newry. We have not a record of the children of Abner Foster, but he had :
Henry and George, who settled in the town of Freeman; Thomas ; Abner ; Nancy, who married 1st, Lemuel Jackson, Jr., of Paris, and 2d, Thomas. Frost of Bethel; Hannah, who m. Seth Willis of Paris; Polly; Martha, who married Jacob Lebroke, and Eunice, who married a Brown and settled in Waterford.
ANDREW JACKSON FOSTER is the son of Joel, Jr., and Armena. (Whitman) Foster of Buckfield, March 11, 1850, m. Minnie C. Lowell. Children :
Mabel Armena, b. Feb. 2, 1878; Cassia May, b. Feb. 7, 1880.
FRENCH.
JOB FRENCH was a carpenter, and assisted in building many of the houses erected about 1800, and years following. He was dependent on charity for his support in his old age, which was largely furnished by his grandson, Rufus S. Stevens. His wife was a True of Poland or New Gloucester. Children :
Nancy, b. 1778, m. Simon S. Stevens, s. Paris.
Cyrene, went to live with her mother's relatives in Poland, and died there, unmarried. Nancy, after the decease of her mother, went to live in the family of Gen. Levi Hubbard.
Unele Job, as he was familiarly called, d. Sept. 19, 1858, aged 85 years, 8 months.
FROTHINGHAM.
BRADBURY and ELIZA FROTIIINGHAM were of Haverhill, Mass. Children :
John B., was a civil engineer during the war, and was on the staff of Gens. Kelley, Landers and Wool, and was commissioned Col. in the Regnlar
Army by President Lincoln for meritorious service. He died in New York.
William Augustus, b. Jan. 29, 1830 m. Lois Ann Merrill.
Eliza, m. Bradbury Whittier.
Mary Caroline, m. Thomas Folsom of Gilmanton, N. H.
George E., is a Professor in the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Ann Matilda.
WILLIAM A. FROTHINGHAM, son of the preceding, learned the blacksmith's trade in Gray, and after working in Massachusetts
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and New York, came to Paris in 1854, arriving here March 15. Purchased a half interest with John Farr, in the shop on the east side of the river. The following year, built the shop opposite the Savings Bank, and continued the business, including carriage-mak- ing, with William H. Newhall for about eighteen years. Newhall then retired from the firm, and the shop was sold to Jacob Dresser. He purchased the Smith shoe store in 1874, and has continued it as a shoe store to the present time ; is also partner in the shoe manu- factory, under the firm name of Wm. A. Frothingham & Co. Served on the board of Selectmen from 1870 to 1875. Representa- tive to Legislature of 1874, and County Commissioner by appoint- ment. from Jan. 1882, to Jan. 1883, m. Lois Ann, dau. of Moses Merrill of Paris. Children :
I Zana, b. in New York, 1853, d. in infancy.
II Katie Estelle, b. Paris, May 13, 1855, m. Wm. H. Hooper, s. Lynn, Mass.
III Louis Ann, b. July 26, 1857.
The mother d. Oct. 3, 1857, m. 2d, Ellen J., dau. of George W. Everett of Norway.
IV Willie Osgood, b. Nov. 13, 1863.
V George Wallace, b. March 6. 1866.
VI Nellie Maria, b. March 16, 1868, d. Oct. 22, 1871.
VII Ada Louisa. b. April 26, 1874, d. May 30, 1879.
FULLER.
NATHANIEL FULLER of Plympton, Mass., m. Lydia Holmes, and was among the first settlers of that part of Shepardsfield now Oxford. Children :
I. Caleb, b. Feb. 10, 1771, m. Hannah Perkins.
II. Nathaniel, b. Dec. 27, 1772.
III. Nabby, b. Feb. 3, 1775, m. Abner Rawson, s. Paris.
IV. Lydia, b. May 7, 1780, m. Bartholomew Cushman.
V. Sophia, b. Feb. 24, 1777, m. William Clark Whitney,* s. Oxford, afterwards in Norway.
VI. Lucy, b. May 12, 1783, m. Stephen Pratt, s. Paris.
VII. Ara Stuart or Ira, b, Sept. 24, 1786, m. Charlotte Merrill.
VIII. Pamelia, b. Jan. 4, 1797, m. 1st, Samuel Merrill, 2d, John Bessey.
*William Clark Whitney was a son of Joshua Whitney of Worcester, Mass., and he and his brother Daniel were among the early settlers of Paris. Wm. C., subsequently moved to Norway, and died there, aged over 90 years. He was at one time sheriff of the county, a man of marked ability in business affairs, and at the time of his deatlı, one of the wealthiest men in this county. Among his children was George P., a well known busi- ness man of Oxford; also the wife of William Goddard, late of Bethel, and of Stephen Cummings late of Norway.
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CALEB FULLER, son of Nathaniel, m. Hannah, dau. of Gideon Perkins of Plymouth. Mass .. and was an early settler on Stearns Hill, on the lot where Oliver Hubbard had fallen three or four acres of trees, and on which his son Nathaniel now lives. Children :
I Harvey, b. April 21, 1795, m. Tempe. Howard, s. Hartford (had
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II Lewis, b. Jan. 31, 1797, m. Betsey Dunham, s. W.
III Alden, b. March 4, 1799, m. Sally Cushman.
IV Amos, b. June, 1801, m. Miranda Perry.
V Nathaniel, b. Sept. 12, 1803, m. Elmira Pike.
VI Caleb, b. Nov. 12, 1805, m. Luda Monroe, minister, r. Augusta.
VII Charles, b. March 4, 1808, d. 1811.
VIII Druzilla, b. Jan. 31, 1810, m. Daniel Perkins, s. Woodstock.
IX Cornelius, d. in childhood.
x Andrew J., b. Sept. 15, 1822, m. Harriet Marston, is an M. D. in Bath. (See portrait.)
LEWIS FULLER, second son of the preceding, m. Nov. 25, 1820, Betsey Dunham, dau. of Asa and Lydia. Children :
I Elizabeth, b. Sept. 21, 1822, mn. Oliver L. Pratt.
II Lewis, Jr., b. Oct .. 22, 1825.
III George G., b. March 2, 1828, m. Lovina F. Chandler.
IV Caleb, b, Aug. 16, 1830, m. 1st Martha A. Curtis, dau. of Daniel ; 2d, Marietta, dau. of William Curtis of Paris.
V Cornelius P., b. Nov. 24, 1832.
VI Angeline R., b. April 1, 1834, m. 1st, Robert O. Hayes; 2d, Jacob Annas.
VII Mary P., b. March 22, 1837, m. James H. Barrows.
VIII Nathaniel, b. July 30, 1838, d. July 30, 1864.
IX Oliver L., b. April 2, 1842, m. Jeannette Foss of Paris.
AMOS FULLER, bro. of the preceding, m. Miranda Perry. Child- ren :
Ann Maria, b. in Paris; Benjamin Chandler, Fannie Whitney, Melville C., Vernal Baxter.
. The father d. April 15, 1846, aged 44 years.
ALDEN FULLER, bro. of the preceding, m. Sally, dau. of Caleb Cushman. Children :
Alden, Jr., b. Jan. 27, 1824, m. Sarah Ann Hart Walker; Albert C., b. June 7, 1828, m. Fannie A. Lee ; Sarah Jane, b. June 10, 1830; William Goodale, b. Feb. 10, 1833.
DEA. NATHANIEL FULLER, brother of the preceding, m. Elmira, dau. of Hezekiah and Ann Jeffers (Crafts) Pike of Paris, Dec. 18, 1835.
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AARON FULLER, son of Elisha and Esther Richards Fuller of Newton, Mass., b. Sept. 26, 1757, m. Hannah, dau. of Simeon Pond, b. Sept. 14, 1764. He lived in Standish previous to his set- tlement in this town. Settled on the lot now the Smith Dudley farm. His log house stood near the junction of the two roads. Children : Artemas, b. Oct. 16, 1784, m. Urania Shaw.
Joel, b. Feb. 25, 1789, m. Hannah Perry of Chesterville.
Polly, b. July 10, 1787, m. Josiah Dudley, s. Paris.
Aaron, Jr., b. April 13, 1791, m. Patty Norton of Livermore.
Freeman, b. Oct. 21, 1794, m. Hannah Wing.
Simeon D., b. Oct. 3, 1799, m. Mary Ann Rawson.
Daniel, b. Oct. 4, 1804, m. Olive Norton of Livermore. Elisha.
ISAIAH FULLER, of another family, was a carpenter and builder. He built the old meeting-house in 1803, and many of the houses erected about that time. He bought the lot and built the house afterwards sold to Dr. Benjamin Chandler. He removed from Paris and the family separated. It is understood some of the daughters reside in Portland, but no information has been gained of the rela- tionship of this family with the other branches. He died from injuries from a fall. Children :
Cushing, Susan, Mahala, Maria, Orpah, Isaiah, Jr., Isaac.
HECTOR FULLER, colored, came to Paris with Gilbert Shaw. He . m. Lucretia Collins of Leeds, also colored, and lived on several places in the town. He had a double hair lip, which gave him a wild. weird look. Children :
Sylvia, b. Jan. 19, 1807; Charlotte, b. Feb. 22, 1809; Minerva, b. March 14, 1811 ; Nathan, b. Nov. 2, 1817, went to Virginia, and was probably sold into slavery.
CONSIDER FULLER m. Elizabeth, dau. of Isaac Cummings, and lived a few years in Paris, then went to Woodstock, and subse- quently to Greenwood. He returned here, and died at West Paris, aged over 90 years. He was the son of Consider and Lydia (Bryant) Fuller of Plympton, Mass., and was born there May 31, 1780. He was a lineal descendant of Dr. Samuel Fuller, the Mayflower Pilgrim. His mother, on the death of her husband, came to the New Glouces- ter Shakers, and Consider lived with them until he became of age. His oldest child was born here :
Christiana, b. Jan. 2, 1802, m. Charles B. Brooks ; Chloe, b. Feb. 23, 1807, m. Rufus Farrar ; Lucy B., b. Jan. 20, 1813, m. Eli H. Cushman ; Consider C., b. Jan. 25, 1815, m. Sally O. Greely ; Betsey, b. August 19, 1820, m.
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Jonathan Fickett, Jr .; Abigail, m. Stephen Davis; Lovicy, m. Stephen Davis; Lydia Jane, m Joseph H. Briggs, son of Luther.
HERMAN A. FULLER, son of Caleb and Martha A. (Curtis) Fuller, m. Ida W., dau. of Levi Andrews. Children :
Ralph A., b. Sept. 19, 1881; Olive M., b. March 10, 1883.
GAGE.
MOSES GAGE, son of Moses and Joanna (Norton) Gage of Kittery, was b. in Wilton, N. H., Sept. 6, 1806, m. Huldah, dau. of Israel · and Mercy Freeman (Haskell) Swett, Jan. 27, 1832. She was b. March 12, 1805, settled in Paris, Dec. 19, 1834. Children :
I Mary Eliza, b. March 7, 1833, m. Thomas Briggs. s. Harrison.
II Moses Norton, b. Oct. 10, 1834, m. Evelina A. Belcher of Stough- ton, Mass.
III Joseph Sumner, b. July 23, 1836, was a colonel of a Missouri Regi- ment during the war, m. Emma Thompson, s. Joplin, Missouri.
IV Margarette Ann, b. Nov. 1, 1838, m. Dana D. Farnum of W. P.
V Lucinda Caroline, b. Nov. 7, 1840, mn. Hiram D. Marshall.
VI Huldah, b. Jan. 7, 1843, d. Jan. 21, 1843.
VII Benjamin F., b. May 27, 1844, d. in service, Oct. 12, 1862 at Fer- nandina, Fla.
VIII Georgia A., b. May 13, 1849.
A sister of Mrs. Gage m. Seth Carpenter as his 2d wife.
GARY.
HENRY GARY, son of Jeremiah and Roxanna (Andrews) Gary, was b. in Lovell, May 31, 1835, m. Sept. 30, 1850, Olive E., dau. of John Charles of Lovell, b, Jan. 18, 1830, settled in Lovell, moved to South Paris, Oct. 1876, and purchased the Dr. Rust stand. The name appears hereafter with a different spelling, viz. : Gerry. Children :
Alba M. Gerry, b. Aug. 15, 1852, m. Clara A. Noyes.
Lilla M Gerry, b. Nov. 21, 1854.
John C Gerry, b. April, 29, 1857, m. Mallie Pettingill, s. Fryeburg.
Nellie M Gerry, b. May 1, 1861, m. Mellen Eastman, s. Lovell. Francella Gerry, b. Feb. 12, 1863.
The mother d. Jan. 16, 1867.
ALBA M. GERRY, son of Henry Gary, m. Clara A., dau. of Cap- tain Amos Noyes, b. Nov. 26, 1851 ; is a druggist at South Paris. Children :
Harry Mellen, b. May 3, 1876; Olive Etta, b. Aug. 6, 1877.
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GATES.
ALFRED GATES was of Rutland, Worcester Co., Mass. He pur- chased lot 2, range 3, of Nathaniel Haskell, Oct. 31, 1795. It is now the homestead of John G. Swett. He was prominent in town affairs while he remained in Paris. He moved to Lincoln, where he had the misfortune to lose his house by fire, causing the death of two children, who perished in the flames. Children :
I Zadoc, b. Jan. 13, 1801.
II Sally, b. May 20, 1802, d. Sept. 15, 1805.
III Solon, b. April 27, 1804, m. Betsey, dau. of Stephen Chase.
IV Mary, b. Aug. 6, 1806, m. Thomas H., son of Stephen Chase.
V Galen, b. Nov. 18, 1808, m. Esther, dau. of 'Merrill Chase.
VI Homer, b. March 15, 1812.
VII Testa, b. May 21, 1814.
VIII Philomelia, b. Oct. 19, 1819.
The father d. in Carrol, Jan. 22, 1846.
GILES.
SOLOMON S. GILES, son of Solomon and Lovey (Chase) Giles, was b. in New Durham, N. H., Sept. 14, 1825, m. Eliza A., dau. of Uriah Ripley of Paris. Settled first on the Field's farm, near Snow's Falls, owned and occupied the Dea. Mann farm at one time, and the last years of his life, the Dr. Stevens farm, where he died Aug. 29, 1874. Children :
Sophronia C., b. April 12, 1854, d. Aug. 11, 1871; Lucinda B., b. Sept. 13, 1856, d. Sept. 7, 1877 ; Minuella Rose, b. Feb. 9, 1860; Edgar E., b. Aug. 25, 1862; Lizzie MI., b. Nov. 16, 1867.
DEXTER GILES of Sweden, Me., m. Mary Ellen, dau. of Cornelins Knight, Nov. 8, 1863, and settled at South Paris, where he died. Children :
Addie, b. Dec. 14, 1864; Walter K., b. Nov. 8, 1868, d. Aug. 25, 1869; Hermon K., b. Sept, 25, 1871, d. Oct. 17, 1876.
GOODENOW.
CAPT. RUFUS K. GOODENOW was b. in Henniker, N. H., April, 1790. (See Military Service and also Biographical Notice.) He m. Jane Bean of Brownfield, and settled at Paris in 1820. Children : John, b. in Saco, Feb. 1, 1817, m. Sarah P. Appleton and s. Baltimore. James Melville, b. in Saco, Aug. 28, 1818, d. Oct. 17, 1819.
Algernon Sidney, b. in Paris, April 22, 1822, went to South America, d. Dec. 24, 1857.
Frances Isabella, b. Paris, Sept. 8, 1823, m. William A. Rust, M. D. Sarah Jane, b. May 2, 1826, m 66 2d wife.
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