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The father d. Nov. 6, 1826. The widow moved to Paris in 1826, and'. afterward m. Elijah Burbank. He d. in Vermont .. She d. in Paris, April 25, 1874, aged 94 years.
NATHAN M. MARBLE, son of Nathan, m. Mary Ann, dau. of Gen. Clark of Turner. He settled on Paris Hill, and was the well known. hotel keeper for many years. Children :
Mary, m. Obediah Kimball, and settled in Boston, and d. Sept. 15, 1884 ..
JARVIS CARTER MARBLE, brother of the preceding, m. Mary, dau .. of Russell Hubbard, Oct. 26, 1842. (See Personal Notice. ) Child- ren :
Mary Hubbard, b. Feb. 10, 1844, m. Augustus S. Thayer, M. D. (See. Thayer.)
Elmor Halsey, b. Nov. 9, 1846, m. Ella M. Smith.
Lizzie Hubbard, b, March 23, 1849, m. Orlando S. Thayer.
Fannie Freeland, b. Feb. 3, 1854, m. John Pierce.
ELMOR HALSEY MARBLE, son of Jarvis C., m. Ella M. Smith .. Children :
Fred Jarvis, b. July 11, 1871.
Alice Chadbourne, b. June 16, 1863.
Married 2d, Ida E., dau. of A. A. Mann, M. D., of Skowhegan. Jarvis Carter, b. Oct. 13, 1883, d. in infancy.
The mother d. Aug. 17, 1884, aged 28 years.
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MARSHALL.
DAVID MARSHALL came from Dublin, N. H., to Fryeburg, and from there to Bethel. He m. Lucy Mason. At the time of the Indian raid into Bethel, Aug. 3, 1781, he, with his wife and two children started for New Gloucester through the woods. They stopped a short time at Jackson's camp on Paris Hill. (See Mrs. Marshall's account on page 66.) Children :
David, Jr., b. Bethel, Feb. 1, 1779, m. Sarah Goss.
Asahel, b. March 9, 1781.
Luly, b. Hebron, May 8, 1783, d. unmarried.
Walter, b. Hebron, Aug. 17, 1785, m. Thirza Gurney. He was a Baptist minister.
John, b. Hebron, Nov. 15, 1787, m. Sally Gurney, s. Marshall's Pond.
Moses, b. July 25, 1789, m. Ruth Whittemore.
Aaron, b. Jan. 19, 1792, m. Bethina Bumpus.
Nathan, b. Hebron, Jan. 16, 1795, m. Zilpha Dunham.
Miriam, b. 66 April, 1798, m. Joseph Irish.
The mother d. Aug. 25, 1824. The father d. Nov. 20, 1828.
DAVID MARSHALL, son of David, m. Sarah, dau. of Dr. Ebenezer H. Goss of Paris, and settled on High Street. Children :
Ebenezer Harnden Goss, b. July 9, 1812, m. Rebecca Jane Penley ; Abagail Goss, m. Jabez Buck.
NATHAN MARSHALL, brother of the preceding, m. Zilpha, dau. of Eleazer Dunham, Feb. 1, 1819, and settled in Paris in 1820. His place was on High Street. Children :
Joseph Irish, b. Feb. 22, 1821, d. March 13, 1833.
Nathan Linneus, b. Jan. 16, 1823, m. Mary Irish.
Samuel Deering, b. April 18, 1825, m. Esther Ann Penley.
Eleazer Dunham, b. Jan. 25, 1827, m. Eliza Jane Edwards.
Mary Hannah, b. April 9, 1831, m. George Berry, 2d.
Hiram Deering, b. May 12, 1837, m. Caroline Gage. Killed by falling from a train at Portsmouth, N. H., March, 1873.
The mother d. May 23, 1871.
EBENEZER HARNDEN GOSS MARSHALL, son of David, Jr., m. Rebecca Jane, dau. of Joseph Penley, Jan. 29, 1839. Children :
Sarah Jane, b. Nov. 20, 1840, m. Azariah Cole.
Mary Ellen, b. Aug. 28, 1841, m. John F. Briggs.
Charles Walker, b. March 30, 1845, d. March 27, 1865.
The mother d. Feb. 2, 1848, m. 2d, Nancy Cummings, dau. of Daniel and "Nancy (Bird) Cummings.
David. Washington, b. March 30, 1851, m. Kate McKelips.
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Herbert Augustus, b. Jan. 19, 1853, m. Anna E. Merrill, s. Norway.
Eben Harnden, b. April 23, 1856.
Clarence Wesley, b. July 16, 1859.
Nathan, b. March 12, 1866.
Alice Gertrude, b. Jan. 9, 1870.
The father d. Dec. 29, 1879.
NATHAN LINNEUS MARSHALL, son of Nathan, m. Mary, dau. of Joseph and Miriam (Marshall) Irish, April 17, 1844. Settled in Woodstock as a blacksmith, but returned to Paris about 1850. Children :
Mary Ellen, b. Sept. 7, 1846, m. George Henry Briggs.
George Freeman, b. Oct. 3, 1852, m. Frances Lane.
SAMUEL DEERING MARSHALL, brother of the preceding, m. Esther Ann, dau. of Joseph Penley. He resided many years at West Paris, and is now on the old homestead on High street. Children :
Zilpha Ann, b. Oct. 16, 1846, m. F. J. Plummer of Sweden.
Charles S., b. July 23, 1849, m. Lilla J., dau. of Benjamin F. Jackson of Paris, and had : Winnie B., b. Dec. 6, 1873 ; Annie L., b. Feb. 4, 1879 .; Eva Marion, b. March 16, 1881.
Lizzie E., b. Sept. 3, 1861.
Nellie F., b. June 6, 1872.
ELEAZER D. MARSHALL, brother of the preceding, m. Eliza Jane Edwards of Otisfield.
The father was killed at West Paris, by falling under the train, April 12, 1872, leaving a family. (See Annals.)
GEORGE FREEMAN MARSHALL, son of Nathan Linneus, m. Mary Frances, dau. of John Lane of Sumner. Children :
Ina Estellu, b. Dec. 14, 1872, d. Nov. 13, 1876, occasioned by swallowing a piece of reed ; Della Clara, b. March 22, 1875; Mary Ellen, b. March 14, 1877; JJohn Line, b. July 13, 1879; Lennie Freeman, b. June 17, 1882.
MARTIN.
JOHN H. MARTIN, son of Deacon Henry and Sarah (Flanders ) Martin, was born in Rumford, March 10, 1826, mn. Miranda Eliza- beth King, dau. of Augustus King, and settled in Rumford. Moved to South Paris Village in 1872. Children :
Augustus King. b. Rumford, Jan. 15, 1854, m. Ada F. Chapman ; Charles Henry, b. Rumford, Jan. 12, 1859, m. Sept. 22, 1881, Belle Jennie Hoven- don, of Haverhill ; Fred Kendall, b. Rumford, Dec. 29, 1883; Hattie Louisa, b. Aug. 27, 1872.
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MASON.
PHILIP MASON of Leeds, b. 1787, m. March 26, 1826, Betsey, dau. of Asa Coburn of Sumner. Settled in Paris in 1825. Child- ren :
I Rispah, b. Sept. 25, 1811, m. - Bowker, s. Turner.
II Bradley V., b. April 27, 1813, d. young.
III Philip, b. July 10, 1816, m. Mary Ann Keen.
IV Naphtali, b. Dec. 16, 1817, m. Arvilla Waterman of Buckfield.
V Betsey, b. Aug. 3, 1821, m. Martin Harris, s. Turner.
VI Rebecca, b. April 15, 1823, m. Martin Harris, s. Turner.
VII Daniel Macomber, b. March 10, 1826, m. Nancy - -.
The mother d. March 27, 1826, and he m. 2d, Lucy, dau. of Asa Coburn.
VIII John Sidney, b. April 23, 1827.
IX Lucy Ann, b. Dec. 8, 1828, m. Elijah Turner.
x Adoniran J., b. Aug. 26, 1831, m. - Heath.
XI Bradley V., b. Feb. 24, 1835, d. Dec. 19, 1861.
XII Melville H., b. Aug. 25, 1838, m. Roscoe Buck.
XIII Emily C., b. July 30, 1842, m. Luther Turner. The father d. Feb. 7, 1856.
PHILIP MASON, son of Philip, m. Mary A., dau. of Zadock Keen of Sumner, May 4. 1841. She was b. Dec. 28, 1822. Children :
Ludelphus W., b. April 19, 1843, m. Flora E. Valentine. *
Emery W., b. Oct. 15, 1850, m. Marcia Maxwell.
NAPHTALI MASON, brother of the preceding, m. Arvilla, dau. of James Waterman of Buckfield. Jan. 18, 1840, and settled in Buck- field. Prominent in town affairs in that town and in Paris since his removal to South Paris. Children :
Appleton F., b. Aug. 3, 1846, m. Adalaide Monk. s. Buckfield.
Oriza A., b. Jan. 9, 1845, m. Nehemiah C. Morton.
Nancy M., b. Jan. 27, 1852.
The mother d. and he m. 2d, Mary, widow of W. W. Bowker, and dau. of Isaac and Lovina (Caldwell) Cummings, June 19, 1870.
JOHN SIDNEY MASON, half brother of the preceding, had the fol- lowing children :
Olice Mabel, b. Oct. 1, 1851, m. America Mayhew; William S., b. May 28, 1853; Mary E., b. May 20, 1859, m. William N. Daniels: Bradley C., b. Sept. 12, 1862: Emily D., b. Aug. 20, 1864; George C., b. May 8. 1867; Elmer, b. April 12, 1869; Charles A., b. Dec. 19, 1872.
EMERY W. MASON, son of Philip, m. Marcia E. Maxwell. Child- ren :
Philip Sherwood, b. Nov. 1, 1871; Anna May, b. Feb. 27, 1873: Flora Eca, b. Oct. 12, 1876; Carl, b. Feb. 16. 1880.
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DANIEL M. MASON, son of Philip, m. Feb. 1852, Nancy A. Buck of Buckfield. Children :
George C., b. June 27, 1854; Jennie, b. June 17, 1859; Nina, b. Dec. 26, 1863; Ida E., b. Sept. 20, 1872.
MATTHEWS.
ASA, SAMUEL and WINTHROP, sons of Valentine and Sarah (Coburn) Matthews, quite early became settlers of this town. Their ancestors probably came from North Yarmouth to Sumner.
ASA MATTHEWS, b. in Sumner, Jan. 1, 1799, m. Susan V., dau. of Deacon Isaac Mann, and was long a resident of this town. He d. May, 1868.
SAMUEL MATHEWS, brother of the preceding, was born Feb. 19, 1806, m. Patience, dau. of Ephraim and Joanna (Willis) Rowe, and settled in Paris. Children :
Samuel, b. May I1. 1827, m. Melissa Noyes; Mary, m. Joel Crooker of Norway; Eliza, m. John Crooker of Norway; Maria, b. July, 1836, m. Augustine Pottle, s. Norway ; Susan ; Charles G., b. June 6, 1840, enlisted in Co. G, 10th Maine, d. Nov. 12, 1862, at Berlin, Md. ; Hiram, d. of sun stroke at Norway, Aug. 3, 1864.
The father d. Aug. 31, 1864. The mother d. May, 1871.
WINTHROP MATTHEWS, b. in Sumner, June 18, 1808, m. Mary, dau. of John and Hannah (Thombs) Barbour, July 10, 1831. She was b. May 3, 1812. John Barbour was a mariner and was lost at sea, leaving a wife and two daughters, Mary and Nancy. Mary married as above stated, and Nancy in. Gilman Daniels. The widow in. Asa Dean. Children :
Lewis Barbour, b Oct. 8, 1832, m. Adaline Ford, s. Mazeppa, Minn. Asa Dean, b. Sept. 23, 1834, m. Nettie Burton, s. Barton's Landing, Vt.
Winthrop Augustus, b. March 29, 1837, m. Mirnette Woodbury, s. Ma- zeppa, Minn.
Mary Ann, b. May 6, 1840, m. Ansel Swift, s. Waterville.
Louisa Davis, b. Sept. 30, 1842, d. May 12, 1843.
Ellen Columbia, b. Sept. 12, 1844, d. Aug. 10, 1853.
Charlotte Eliza, b. March 23, 1847, m. F. S. Thayer; 2d, Edwin M. Thayer.
Adaline Quincy, b. April 6, 1852, m. William J. Wheeler.
Winthrop Matthews d. Oct. 23, 1884.
SAMUEL MATTHEWS, son of Samuel, m. Hannah Melissa, dau. of John Noyes of Greenwood. Children :
Hattie M., b. Dec. 28, 1856, m. Charles L. Long; Edgar E., b. March
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26, 1859, d. Jan. 1865; Charles, b. Feb. 22, 1862; Colly, b. July 22, 1864, d. May 31, 1876; Freddy Green, b. Aug. 2, 1866, d. May 14, 1876; Frank, b. June 28, 1869; Addie, b. Oct. 5, 1871; Minnie, b. Sept. 13, 1874, d. May 27, 1876; Lena May, b. Sept. 8, 1877.
MAXIM.
SAMUEL MAXIM1 of Rochester, Mass., is the first of the name of which we have obtained any record. His will was proved in 1763. The inventory of his estate of 257£ 15s, 8d, bears date May 27, 1729. His wife's name was Hannah. Children :
Jacob2, Thaddeus2, Dinah2, Samuel?, Edmund2, Adonijah2, John2, Free- love.2
SAMUEL MAXIM2, son of Samuel and Hannah, died in 1762, and left a wife Elizabeth and children: Samuel3, Ezra3, Elizabeth3, Caleb3, and NATHAN3, who m. Martha Chubbuck of Wareham. Children, all b. in Wareham, Mass., and of the fourth generation from Samuel1 :
Lydia, m. William Churchill, s. Wayne.
Phebe, unmarried, d. in Wareham.
Silas, b. Dec. 24, 1766, m. Hannah Waterman, s. Paris.
Ephraim, m. Jemima Curtis, s. in Wayne.
Samuel, b. 1769, m. Saviah Rider, s. in Paris.
Jacob, m. Sarah Washburn, s. in Wayne.
Nathan, m. Sally Jordan, s. in Buckfield. They had : Emma, b. 1815, m. Josiah Weeks; Dorcas, who married Samuel Bailey and went West ; Nathan, Jr., and perhaps other children: The father died and the widow m. 2d, a man named Davy ; he died, and she married third, Abijah Lapham as his third wife, and had Abijah. Jr., who died young. Abijah Lapham died in 1848, and she married 4th, Samuel Bryant of Woodstock. She died about the year 1853, from the effects of a burn, her clothes becoming ignited while she was at work by an open fire. .
Martha, m. Dr. Wing, s. in Wayne.
Clara, m. Melatiah Raymond.
Freelove, m. David Howe.
Benjamin, m. Eunice Raymond, s. in Wayne.
SAMUEL MAXIM, son of Nathan, m. Saviah Rider of Middleboro,' Mass., and settled on the farm now owned by George W. Maxim. The family removed to Wayne. Children :
Clara, m. Frank Knight, s. in Wayne; Patience, m. Jason Caswell; Eliza, b. March 20, 1802, m. Asa, son of Asa Upton of Norway, and resides in Wayne; Samuel, b. May 13, 1804, m. Caroline Bryant and s. in Sanger- ville; Lucy, b. 1810, m. Jesse Bishop and resides in Wayne; Isaac, m.
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Harriet Stevens and s. in Wayne; Hiram, a son of Isaac, has become noted through the electric light which bears his name.
Samuel Maxim d. in Wayne, Aug. 14, 1827, aged 58.
SILAS MAXIM, son of Nathan, came to Paris in 1788, and pur- chased the lot of David Sanger (taking a bond for a deed), where he remained through life. This is one of the few homesteads that have remained in the possession of the family. He m. Hannah, dau. of Ichabod and Hannah (Rogers) Waterman of Kingston, Mass., Sept. 3, 1795. Their names appear first on the record of publishments after the organization of the town. Children :
Silas, b. July 1, 1796, m. Hannah Packard, s. Paris.
Zenas, b. Sept. 18, 1798, m. Sybil Brett, s. Paris.
Hanzel, b. Feb. 18, 1800, d. 1801.
George Waterman, b. Dec. 15, 1801, m. Lois Bailey, s. Bangor. Levi, b. July 31, 1805, m. Eliza Bucknam, s. Hebron.
Hannah, b. March 13, 1809, m. Col. Orison Ripley, s. Paris.
Ephraim, b. April 10, 1810, m. Lucy Bearce, s. Paris.
Elizabeth, b. July 26, 1812, m. Isaac Harlow, s. Paris.
Benjamin, b. Nov. 30, 1814, m. Susan Harlow, s. Buckfield.
The father d. May 21, 1858, aged nearly 92 years. The mother d. Feb. 1849.
CAPTAIN SILAS MAXIM, son of Silas, m. Feb. 20, 1826, Hannah, dau. of Ichabod and Rachel (Cole) Packard of Hebron. She was b. April 3, 1794. He settled on the Benjamin Chesley farm, where he remained through life. Children :
Silas Packard, b. Feb. 21, 1827, m. Augusta M. Prentiss.
Hannah Elizabeth, b. Oct. 6, 1831, m. John W. Allen.
Rachel, b. Sept. 2, 1835, d. Oct. 19, 1835.
Caroline Frances, b. Feb. 11, 1837, m. Rev. Henry Austin, s. Pleasanton, Mich.
The father d. Feb. 8, 1872; the mother d. April 26, 1876.
ZENAS MAXIM, brother of the preceding, m. Sybil, dau. of Luther Brett, and settled on the farm, previously occupied by Samuel Maxim. Children :
Lucretia, b. JJune 20, 1825, m. David Sugden.
Mary S., b. May 21, 1827, m. Henry Town ; 2d, Edwin Gleason of South- bridge, Mass.
Zenas, b. Feb. 16, 1830, m. Sarah Jane Waldron, s. Fon-du-
Twins lac. George W.,
(b. Feb. 16, 1830, resides on the homestead.
Catharine Crocker, b. Aug. 7, 1838, resides on the homestead.
Luther Howard, b. March 16, 1844, m. Abbic R., dau. of James Merrill, resides in Summer, and has : Melvena, Fannie, Son.
Zenas Maxim d. Feb. 7, 1883.
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CAPTAIN GEORGE WATERMAN MAXIM, brother of the preceding, m. Lois, dau. of Josiah Bailey of Buckfield, March 4, 1829. She was b. in Windham, March 30, 1804. He was a carpenter and builder, and s. in Bangor: He was in command of the company at Madawaska, at the time of the "Aroostook war." Children :
George Freeman, b. Nov. 9, 1830, drowned while bathing, Aug. 5, 1849.
He had taken high rank in his studies, and was about to enter college. Lois Elizabeth, b. April 9, 1832, m. Josiah F. Robinson of Bangor. Lucy Bailey, b. Dec. 29, 1837, d. Jan. 5, 1837.
Martha Orinda, b. Nov. 4, 1839, d. Oct. 4, 1841.
Emma Frances, b. Aug. 11, 1842, m. Jason W. Smith, s. Minneapolis.
Flora Lucy, b. Dec. 27, 1847.
The father d. July 18, 1869. The mother d. Nov. 12, 1865.
LEVI MAXIM, brother of the preceding, m. Eliza Bucknam of Hebron, and settled there. Children :
Eliza Ellen, b. Aug. 22, 1835, r. on the homestead.
Leri Addison, b. Sept. 13, 1837, m. Abbie Merrill of Hebron, and had : Percy E., b. Jan. 24, 1868 ; Herbert L., b. Nov. 27, 1868.
Myr 1. Annette, b. May 25; 1843, m. John Lane Davenport of Mendon, Mass. Children : Ernest M., b. May 1, 1882.
Roxanna Adelaide, b. Jan. 29, 1848, r. on the homestead.
The father d. April 7, 1832.
EPHRAIM MAXIM, brother of the preceding, m. Lucy, dau. of Gideon Bearce of Hebron, April 30, 1838. She was b. May 4, 1818. He settled on the homestead. Children .:
Ephraim Julian, b. Aug. 30, 1839, d. in Boston, Feb. 19, 1864.
Edwin, b. May 13, 1843, d. Dec. 7, 1843.
Florian Bearce, b. Oct. 9, 1847, m. Mary E., dau. of Joseph R. Morse, and had : Gertrude, b. Sept. 22, 1873, d. July 10, 1879; Florence May, b. July 15, 1875; Bessie Leanette, b. Feb. 27, 1879; Mildred Evelyn, b. July 13, 1884.
Adrian Truman, b. Aug. 6, 1854, m. Ida Mabel Bumpus, and resides on the homestead. Children : Horace Warren, b. April 17, 1879; Robert F., b. Dec. 26, 1882.
CAPTAIN BENJAMIN MAXIM, brother of the preceding, m. Susan, dau. of Nathaniel Harlow, and settled in Buckfield. Children :
I Maria Louisa, b. March, 1840, m. James E. Hooper.
II Henry Harrison, b. March 28, 1841, m. Alice, dau. of Col. Orison Ripley, and had Bertel W.
III Olban A., b. Oct. 14, 1842, m. Amanda M., dau. of Austin Par- tridge, and resides on Paris Hill. Children : Maynard, b. Jan. 4, 1875; Helen, b. June 30, 1877.
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.IV William Wallace, b. Sept. 19, 1844, m. Henrietta, dau. of A. T. Cummings of Woodstock, and had: Howard F., b. Oct. 23, 1868.
V Frank, b. Jan. 4, 1847, m. Flora A., dau. of Winslow and Sophro- nia (Farrar) Evans. She was b. March 25, 1852, and had : Mertie Belle, b. Dec. 21, 1876; Harry.
VI Amanda, b. Nov. 3, 1848, m. Bernard E. Vining, s. Buckfield.
VII Rose, b. Aug. 30, 1850.
VIII Daniel Webster, b. Feb. 13, 1853.
IX Martha, ) b. April 16, 1857, teacher of music in Boston.
X Mary, b. April 16, 1857.
SILAS P. MAXIM, son of Captain Silas, m. Augusta M., dau. of Caleb and Almira (Wheeler, Prentiss, Sept. 13, 1855. She was b. in Foxcroft, March 3, 1834. He settled on the homestead, and removed to South Paris village. Children :
Walter Prentiss, b. March 13, 1857, m. Amy Louisa Stowell; Laura Augusta, b. April 27, 1859; Myron W., b. April 22, 1862; Florence Almira, b. May 15, 1864; Silas Sanger, b. Oct. 6, 1872.
NATHAN MAXIM is the fourth in name and generation from Nathan of Wareham. He is the son of Nathan and Arvilla (Turner) Maxim of Buckfield, b. 1838, m. Nov. 4, 1863, Frances M., dau. of Harvey and Sophia (Gammon) Dunham of Hebron. She was b. Dec. 24, 1847. He settled in Paris in the Mountain district in 1870. Children :
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Nellie V., b. Oct. 10, 1864, m. Freeland Harlow; Jennie L., b. Sept. 9, 1866; Verna M., b. Dec. 2, 1868; Ernest H., b. Sept. 21, 1871 ; Alton C., b. Dec. 17. 1873 ; Effie M., b. May 2, 1878; Lira F, b. May 26, 1880.
MAYHEW.
AMERICA F. MAYHEW, son of Alexander, m. Mabel, dau. of John S. Mason of Paris. Children :
Leslie, b. Dec. 10, 1870.
· MELLEN.
ALANSON MELLEN was the son of Thomas, Jr. and Eunice (Fitch) Mellen, and grandson of Thomas Mellen, all of Hopkinton, Mass. He was employed for a few years as clerk for Seth and Luke Bemis, who did a milling business and had a store near Snow's Falls. He married Mary, dau. of Josiah Bisco. On one occasion, when returning from Hopkinton to Paris, he brought the sprout of an elm tree, which he set out near Snow's Falls, and which is still standing,
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and of a different variety from the other elms in the vicinity. He served as town clerk, and was the popular Register of Deeds for Oxford county for more than thirty consecutive years. He was also a public spirited and valuable citizen of Paris. He died Dec. 9, 1851, and his wife died March 12, 1826. Children :
Leonard, b. Jan. 20, 1813, d. June 17, 1843.
Jonas Biscoe, b. Dec. 7, 1814, d. June 25, 1824.
Eunice Fitch, b. Oct. 17, 1816, m. Geo. Rawson, M. D .; in. 2d, Elias Chase and settled in Portland.
Mary Mason, b. Nov. 10, 1818.
Charles Thomas, b. Nov. 20, 1820, m. Lucretia Jackson.
George Lovell, b. Jan. 28, 1823, m. Nancy N. Wing of Wayne.
CHARLES THOMAS MELLEN, son of Major Alanson, m. Lucretia, dau. of Joseph Jackson. Children :
Charles J., b. Feb. 20, 1857. He was a young man of much promise, was principal of Shapleigh academy. He was drowned Dec. 17, 1881. Mary Isabelle, b. Feb. 20, 1860.
GEORGE LOVELL MELLEN, whose name was accidentally omitted from our account of Paris Newspaper Men, served his time in the. Oxford Democrat office, afterward went to Boston and was part owner and publisher of the Boston Weekly Museum. He subse- quently returned to Paris, and became part owner in the Oxford Democrat establishment, which he conducted until 1853, when he sold out. He was route agent on the route between Portland and Bangor, subsequently ticket and freight agent for the Portland and Rochester Railroad, and afterwards conducted the De Witt House at Lewiston, in connection with G. G. Waterhouse. On the death of the latter, Mr. Mellen returned to the old homestead in Paris where he yet resides. He married in 1852, Nancy N., dau. of James Wing, Esq., of Wayne.
MERRILL.
WILLIAM MERRILL was b. in Falmouth, Dec. 20, 1776, m. Nancy, dan. of James Robinson of Scarborough. She was b. Sept. 15, 1783. They. with a family of eight children came to Paris, March 16, 1816, and settled on the farm still retained in the family: Children :
Mary, b. Sept. 1804, now living on the homestead.
Jane, b. Oct. 1805, m. Nathaniel Lufkin, s. North Yarmouth.
Elizabeth, b. Sept. 1806, m. John Smith, s. Orrington.
Nancy, b. April, 1808, m. John Foster, s. Bangor.
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James, b. Nov. 1810, m. Eliza Dunham.
Louisa, b. June, 1812, m. George Holmes, s. Butkfield.
John R., b. April. 1814, m. Mary Sanborn, s. Paris Hill. William, b. Jan. 1816.
Benjamin, b. Sept. 1819, d. 1867.
Martha, b. July, 1821, m. Amos Doe, s. Norway.
Abagail, b. April, 1824, d. Dec. 1824.
Silas, b. 1825, d. Aug. 10, 1848.
SILAS MERRILL, half brother of the preceding, was b. in Free- port, Oct. 4, 1784, m. Sally Green, Oct. 28, 1807. She was b. Oct. 8, 1785. Children :
I Joseph Green, b. May 26, 1809.
The mother d. Married 2d, Elizabeth Loring, b. Nov. 14, 1784, m. 1811.
II Sarah Ames, b. Aug. 10, 1812, d. 1830.
III Elizabeth, b. Aug. 15, 1817, s. in Bangor.
IV John Edes, b. March 2, 1819, m. Sarah Glidden.
V Edmund Davis, b. Oct. 5, 1821, d. Jan. 21, 1827.
VI Susan Jane, m. Guilford Lowe, s. Bangor.
The mother d. May 27, 1823, m. 3d, Sarah, dau. of John Carsley, widow of Wni. Buck.
VII Arvilla Record, b. June 25, 1824, m. Tristram Hersey.
VIII Abagail, b. April 27, 1826, d. Jan. 24, 1829.
IX Freeman Carsley, b. March 15, 1828, m. Sarah Augusta Brett.
X Daniel Carsley, b. June 7, 1830, m. Harriet A. Newman.
XI Louisa B., b. Dec. 14, 1832.
JAMES MERRILL., son of William, m. Eliza, dan. of Samuel Dun- ham of Woodstock, in 1852. She was b. 1827. He settled on the homestead farm, and was a successful farmer. Children :
Loren B., b. Feb. 14, 1853.
Lyman S., b. Aug. 5, 1854, m. Mary W. Timberlake of Livermore.
Abby L., b. Nov. 18, 1856, m. Luther H. Maxim.
Charles H., b. Oct. 1, 1860, m. Rosie Sturtevant.
George W., b. m. Annie L. Pulsifer of Sumner.
JOHN R. MERRILL, brother of the preceding, was a carriage maker by trade. He m. Mary, dau. of Stephen Sanborn, b. in Greenwood, March 8, 1818. He settled on Paris Hill and remained there through life. Children :
Frederic William, b. Feb. 14, 1846 ; Anna Elizabeth, b. Oct. 26, 1848. The father d. Dec. 27, 1860. The mother d. Aug. 16, 1874.
JOHN EDES MERRILL, son of Silas, m. Sarah Glidden of Wolf- borough, N. H., May 3, 1846. She died in Boston, Mass., Oct. 10,
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1848, m. 2d, Mary Jane, dau. of Jacob Brown of Hartford, April 18, 1850. Settled in Paris, 1861. Children :
George E., b. Newton, N. H., Sept. 28, 1852, m. Letty Pool of Prince Edward Island.
The mother d. March 22, 1868, m. 3d, Kate, dau. of Theodore Stone of Waterford, and widow of Albion K. P. Dunham of South Paris.
FREEMAN CARSLEY MERRILL, son of Silas and Sarah (Carsley) Merrill, m. Sarah Augusta, dau. of Seneca Brett, Dec. 21, 1852, and settled at South Paris. Children :
Loring Brett, b. Jan. 17, 1855, d. Jan. 22, 1855.
The mother d. Jan. 26, 1855, m. 2d, Mary D., dau. of Samuel Philip Anderson of Otisfield, Nov. 10, 1863. She was b. Jan. 29, 1833.
Annie Louise, b. Sept. 7, 1864, d. June 7, 1882.
Mary Alice, b. Aug. 17, 1867.
The mother d. March 19, 1878, m. 3d, Matilda J., dau. of Josiah T. and Cynthia (Cobb) Stetson, Aug. 11, 1879.
DANIEL CARSLEY MERRILL, brother of the preceding, m. Harriet A., dau of and Lois ( Sturtevant ) Newman, Feb. 26, 1853. Children :
Edgar A., b. May 12, 1854; William F., b. Dec. 19, 1855, d. Sept. 26, 1856 ; Arthur H., b. July 11, 1860; Freeman A., b. Aug. 7, 1864, d. May 2, 1867 ; Hattie L., b. May 9, 1868, d. May 9, 1868.
MOODY.
BENAIAH MOODY, son of Josiah and his second wife Mehitable (Huston) Moody, was b. in Falmouth, Aug. 28, 1796. He m. Thankful, dau. of Jesse Briggs of Paris. Josiah Moody, father of Benaiah, was the son of Houchin Moody of Portland, lived in Port- land, Danville, Paris, and moved to Woodstock and died there. His first wife was Humility Proctor. This family descended from the Newbury family of this name. Children :
Jane, b. Hamlin's Grant, Dec. 22, 1822, m. Asa F. Bartlett, r. Bethel.
Polly, b. Paris, Nov. 28, 1824, m. Seth Morse, r. North Paris.
Emeline, b. Paris, Dec. 21, 1827, d. Jan. 2, 1858.
Jesse, b. Dec. 21, 1827, d. Feb. 22, 1828.
Oleria Ann, b. Paris, July 13, 1828, m. Joseph Penley.
Lyman Benaiah, b. Paris, Jan. 9, 1830, enlisted in U. S. Army, d. Jan. 17, 1853.
Nelson B., b. Paris, May 7, 1832, m. Eliza R. Stephens.
The father d. Oct. 31, 1853. The mother d. July 31, 1878.
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MOORE.
ELISHA MOORE was b. in Southboro, Mass., and m. Elizabeth, a sister of Captain Seth Morse of South Paris. He settled in Paris near the Gen. Bolster farm, and late in life moved to South Paris village. Children :
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