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SKILLINGS.
JOHN SKILLINGS was a Protestant Scotchman, and came to the north of Ireland, which is largely protestant, as a Presbyterian min- ister.
JOHN SKILLINGS, son of John, was b. in Totlinagee, Down County, Sept. 23, 1790, m. Eleanor Munn, of English extraction. The two families left Ireland, June 11, 1822, and arrived at Portland, Me., Aug. 10, 1822. Their destination was New York, but sickness induced them to land at Portland. Their broad dialect was but. poorly understood, but the masonic token of distress received imme- diate attention, and they were provided with every needed comfort. The Elder Skillings went on to New York and died there, at the advanced age of one hundred years. John and his family remained
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in Portland, where he died July 13, 1861. He was a muslin weaver by trade. Children :
Robert, b. Ireland, Feb. 25, 1812, m. Caroline Ryerson, s. South Paris.
James, b. Sept. 14, 1814, d. Aug. 19, 1822, nine days after their arrival.
Mary, b. Ireland, March 28, 1817.
Ellen Jane, b. Ireland, March 4, 1821.
Elizabeth Royal, b. Portland, Jan. 26, 1824.
Nancy R., b. April 11, 1826, killed by lightning in Port- land.
James Wyer, b. Portland, Feb. 28, 1829.
Caroline, b. Saccarappa, Aug. 5, 1835, d. June 24, 1861.
ROBERT SKILLINGS, son of John, m. Caroline Ryerson, dau. of Colonel William Ryerson. He learned the carriage maker's trade in Portland, and came to South Paris in 1833, and commenced work for James Longley, of whom he purchased the lot of three acres, and on which he built his house, his present residence. At that time, his house was the farthest west on that side of the street toward Norway. He has served as one of the selectmen, and has been one of our most industrious and respected citizens Loyal and true to the country of his adoption. Children :
Francis Henry, b. May 2, 1834, m. Ellen, dau. of David Dunn, Esq., Dec. 31, 1855 ; she was b. May 14, 1837, and had : Cora, b. May 13, 1859, m. George Briggs, s. South Paris ; Katie, b. Jan. 16, 1863.
Augusta Ellen, b. June 13, 1837, m. Samuel S. Lurvey, s. California. Sarah Parsons, b. Dec. 23, 1841, mn. Horace R. Clark, s. South Paris. Caroline Justina, b. July 9, 1846, m. Rodney N. Hall, s South Paris.
1 The mother d. May 12, 1862, mn. 2d, Mary J., widow of Ether Deering, and dau. of Leonard Pratt.
SMITH.
JAMES SMITH d. at Beverly, Mass., 1736. His widow died at New Gloucester, 1785, aged 85. They had Francis, Israel, Jonathan, Hannah and Josiah.
JOSIAH SMITH was b. at Beverly, Mass., April 18, 1736, m. Esther Pool of Gloucester, Mass., b. March 27, 1738. Children :
Rebecca, b. Oct. 13, 1763, m. Benjamin Hammond, s. Paris; Esther, b. Feb. 20, 1765 ; Josiah, Jr., b. July 8, 1767, m. Deborah Haskell, s. Paris; Joshua, b. June 9, 1770, m. - Woodman; Israel, b. Oct. 28, 1772; Daniel, b. Jan. 27, 1775, m. Susan Bennett; Betsey, b. Jan. 17, 1779, m. Jonathan Woodman, s. Norway ; Isaac, b. Dec. 27, 1782, mn. Bethalah Has- kell, s. South Paris.
The mother d. at New Gloucester. The father, in feeble health, came to Paris to live with his children, and d. here.
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DEACON JOSIAH SMITH son of Josiah, m. Deborah Haskell, and s. in Paris, 1791, on the farm now owned by his grand nephew, George F. Hammond. Children :
Josiah. b. in New Gloucester, Feb. 15, 1790; Nathaniel, b. in Paris, Nov. 30, 1792; Esther, b. March 27, 1794, m. Robert Hilborn; William, b. May 19, 1796; Isaac, b. June 23, 1799; Aretas, b. Dec. 6, 1801, m. Sally Perry ; Elliot, b. June 1, 1804, m. Hannah Cooper; Charles, b. Aug. 2, 1806 ; Debo- rah, b. Sept. 3, 1808.
The father d. in Lincoln, March 1, 1838. The mother d. in Lincoln, March 22, 1851.
ISAAC SMITH, brother of the preceding, m. Bethalah Haskell, a sister of Mrs. Stephen Robinson, and s. at South Paris. He built the one story house on which a story has been added, and is now the residence of Robert Smith. Children :
Louisa, Mary, Betsey, George and Sally.
This family moved to Lincoln.
TIMOTHY SMITH, son of Merodach, settled on lot known as the Sullivan Churchill farm. Children :
Antepas, m. Sally Hill; Timothy, Jr .. b. July 25, 1798, m. Alice French ; Martha, b. 1800, m. Sullivan Churchill; Sally, m. Rodney Titcomb ; Benja- min, d. unmarried ; Miranda, m. - - Phinney ; George, d. unmarried ; Simon ; Miriam, m. - Whitney.
The mother d. m., 2d, widow Patty House, dau. of Lazarus Hathaway. The father d. 1828.
TIMOTHY SMITH, son of Timothy, m. Alice, dau. of James French, March 23, 1824. Children :
Lafayette, b. Nov. 15, 1824, d. Feb. 7, 1835; Clara, b. Feb. 26, 1827, m. Edmund Ames, s. Norway ; Harriet, b. Aug. 29, 1829, m. Lewis B. Swett ; Benjamin, b. Dec. 21, 1831, m. Sarah Murphy, s. Boston; George, b. Feb. 6, 1834, m. Harriet N. Jordan; Louisa Jane, b. Feb. 9, 1837, d. Oct. 1, 1860 ; Charles A., b. April 11, 1839, m. Lydia Rush, s. Penn ; William Henry, b. Dec. 25, 1842, m. Anna Gladdell, s. Wyoming Territory.
NICHOLAS SMITH was the son of Nicholas and Susanna (Churchill) Smith of Plymouth, Mass., in 1787. He m. in 1808, Rebecca Sears of Plymouth, and came to Paris soon after. His parents and brother John came with him. Reference is made to Nicholas in the Mills of Paris. Children :
Susan, b. Nov. 18, 1809, m. Edward Kittredge, M. D., settled in Salem, Lynn and Boston, d. 1849.
Hannibal B , b. July 18, 1811, m. Mary R. Partridge.
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Thomas E., b. May 29, 1813, d. in 1830; was shot by drawing a gun toward him.
Maria Allen, b. Sept. 5, 1815, d. Aug. 29, 1818.
Frances Maria, b. April 7, 1820, m. Freeman F. Myrick, s. Lynn, Mass.
Nicholas, Jr., d. Sept. 1832, aged about 57. His widow d. in N. H., Jan. 1870, aged 84. She was living with her dau. Frances. John d. in Paris, Jan., 1861.
HANNIBAL B. SMITH, son of Nicholas, m. Mary R., dau. of Elias Partridge, Oct. 18, 1837, and settled in Peru in 1839, and became one of the most successful farmers of that town. He moved to Chesterfield, Mass., in 1850. His wife, Mary R., d. Jan., 1871. Children :
Electa, b. Feb. 14, 1839, m. Walter B. Rose of Amherst.
Thomas E., b. Dec. 27, 1854, m. in 1879, Alma Baker. He is in business with his father, under the firm name of H. B. Smith and Son.
ANDREW J. SMITH, son of John Smith of Poland, was b. Oct. 25, 1831, and m. Louisa S., dau. of Samuel Tubbs of Paris. Children :
Florence E., b. Oct. 31, 1860; Frank L., b. Aug. 14, 1865; Linnie Rose, b. Aug. 23, 1870.
SPRAGUE.
REV. IRA G. SPRAGUE, son of James O. and Emeline (McCabe) Sprague, was b. in Andes, N. Y., Dec 7, 1846. He was educated at Deleware Academy, N. Y., and Boston Theological Seminary, Mass. Joined conference 1868, and stationed at Washington M. E. Church, Boston, Mass. Transfered to Maine M. E. Conference 1870, since stationed at Andover, Upton, South Paris, North Au- burn, North Norway and Auburn. Married Hannah J., dau. of Samuel R., and Hannah (Mansur) Chapman of Andover, Me., and resides at South Paris.
STARBIRD.
JOHN STARBIRD was in Woodstock at the time that town was incor- porated. In 1825, his farm was set off to Paris. He was born Oct. 3, 1767, and his wife, Sally Tobey, Sept. 20, 1772. His children were :
Hannah, b. Nov. 6, 1796, m. Thayer Townsend ; Sally, b. Sept. 9, 1798; John, b. Aug. 11, 1800, m. Betsey Benson of Sumner; Jemima T., b. Feb. 3, 1802; Louisa, b. Sept. 9, 1803, m. Jacob Brown; Levi HI., b. Aug. 20, 1806; Richard T., b. March 31, 1808; Martha M., b. May 29, 1810; Stephen- R., b. May 16, 1812; Dorothy, b. Sept. 11, 1815, m. John M. Bowker.
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STEPHEN R. STARBIRD, son of John, m. Abagail, dau. of David and Cyrene (Pratt) Andrews. Children :
Lovina, b. Aug. 1, 1834; Jonathan A., b. Aug. 20, 1836, m. Diana Briggs ; Cyrene A., b. May 12, 1839; George L., b. March 6, 1841; Lorenda, b. Feb. 9, 1844, m. Levi T. Lurvey; Winfield S., b. March 11, 1847, m. Emma Roberts; Alice H., b. May 1, 1849; Frank L., b. Aug. 6, 1851, m. Cassie L. McKinnis; Laura A., b. Sept. 10, 1853; Ida May, b. April 8, 1856.
The mother d. March 30, 1859; m. 2d, Mrs. Ann Moran; she d., and he . m. 3d, Harriet, widow of Nathan Churchill.
JONATHAN A. STARBIRD, son of Stephen, m. Diana, dau. of Joseph Briggs, Sept. 4, 1858. Children :
Milroy L., b. June 18, 1863; d .; Cora, b. Sept. 6, 1865; Edna, b. March 31, 1868 ; Charles Lemont, b. Aug. 13, 1871.
WINFIELD S. STARBIRD, brother of the preceding, m. Emma, dau. of L. T. Roberts of Greenwood, b. May 23, 1846. Children :
Rose E., b. Oct. 5, 1872; Alfred A., b. July 15, 1875; Loring R., b. July 9, 1878.
FRANK L. STARBIRD, brother of the preceding, m. Cassie L. McKinnis of Nova Scotia, b. Aug. 22, 1855. Children :
Frank Leslie, b. June 1, 1880 : Harry Walter, b. Aug. 9, 1882; Lillie May, b. June 4, 1884, d. Nov. 4, 1884.
STAPLES.
DANIEL STAPLES was one of the five first settlers in Turner in 1772. He came to No. 4, now Paris, and bought, Nov. 17, 1784, of Lemuel Jackson, the northerly half of 15 and 16, in the 6th range. This became one of the best dairy farms in town, the owner often keeping twenty or more cows. In his later years, he became reduced to poverty. He m. 2d, Betsey Dore of Livermore. Child- ren :
Joseph, b. Aug. 3, 1816, m. Mercy Hammond and went west; Daniel, became a Methodist minister, s. West ; Julia A .; Nancy H.
The first wife, Mary, d. Feb., 1843.
JOSEPH STAPLES, son of Daniel, m. Mercy, dau. of Joseph Ham- mond, April 14, 1840, at Wilton, Me., and settled in Paris, and now resides in Wisconsin. He spent his minority in the family of Levi Berry, Jr., at Paris and Wilton. Children :
Roscoe .J., b. March 26, 1841, m. Sarah J. Davidson.
Julie E., b. Oct. 22, 1844, d. Aug. 11, 1845.
Julie M., b. May 2, 1847, m. M. W. Martin.
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Bradford M., b. Jan. 8, 1849, d. May 18, 1850.
George W. H., b. Jan. 8, 1849, m. Katie Wilson. Augustus B., b. Sept. 2, 1855.
Orlando H .. b. Sept. 21, 1857, d. Oct. 22, 1862.
Lincoln A., b. May 7, 1866, d. Feb. 7, 1868.
STEARNS.
STEARNS, Sterne, Sternes, Sterns and Starns, as here written, show the changes that have been made at different times in the spelling.
ISAAC STEARNS came to America in 1630, in the same ship, it is supposed, with Governor Winthrop, and settled in Watertown. He was admitted freeman, May 18, 1631. (See Bond's Genealogies of Watertown, from which the following is largely extracted.)
WILLIAM6, (Captain Samuel5, Samuel4, Lieut. Samuel3, Samuel2, Isaac1) of the sixth generation, m. Mary, dau. of Phineas Stearns, and came to Paris in 1791. Children :
Mary, b. Aug. 8, 1788, m. July 7, 1807, Jacob Daniels; William, b. Nov. 8, 1790, m. Joanna Porter; Phineas, b. Nov. 8, 1792, m. Sarah Durgin ; Abagail, b. May 28, 1795; Samuel, b. Oct. 26, 1797, m. Eliza Greenwood ; Thomas, b. Oct. 6, 1800; Marshall, b. Feb. 11, 1803, m. Mary Ann Chase ; Nancy, b. April 13, 1806, m. Samuel Doe; Thomas, b. Nov. 28, 1808, m. Eunice Cilley, s. in Cambridge, Mass.
The father d. Nov. 25, 1850, aged 86.
WILLIAM STEARNS, son of William, m. June 30, 1819, Joanna, dau. of Nehemiah Porter. She was b. Aug. 6, 1798. They settled on the farm now the homestead of his son S. P. Stearns. Children :
William Porter, b. Aug. 22, 1819, m. Ellen B. Hamlin.
Charles H., b. Oct. 28, 1820, m. Henrietta C. Cowdrey of Wakefield.
James, b. Aug. 9, 1823, m. A. Augusta Pond, s. Cambridge. George Francis, b. Sept. 20, 1825, m. Ellen Hutchinson of Hartford. Lucy A., b. April 12, 1828, m. Jacob Woodman of Dorchester. Sylvanus Porter, b. March 30, 1831, m. Isabella R. Partridge. Lydia Herrick, b. June 2, 1835, m. Smith Dudley.
Mary Susan, b. Feb. 11, 1839, m. James Howe, s. Medford. The father d. March 20, 1877.
PHINEAS STEARNS, brother of the preceding, m. Sarah Durgin of Farmington, N. H. Settled at North Paris and moved from his farm to Snow's Falls. Children :
Benjamin K., b. Dec. 15, 1825, m. Abbie Willis Crawford.
Alfred W., b. July 17, 1827, m. Mary E. Ackley of Milton Pl., r. Cam- bridge, Mass.
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Leri D., b. July 30, 1829, m. Louisa Jackson.
Thomas E., b. Nov. 25, 1831, m. Victoria C. Thayer. Sarah J., b. Dec. 31, 1833, d. March, 1861. Abagail K., b. Dec. 14, 1835, d. Sept. 13, 1837. Edwin B., b. March 8, 1835, m. Albina B. Hammond.
Marshall N., b. July 27, 1840, m. Elizabeth Young.
The father d. March 4, 1861. The mother d. Jan. 29, 1877.
MARSHALL STEARNS, brother of the preceding, m. Mary, dau. of Timothy Chase of Paris. Children :
Louisa, b. Aug. 21, 1829, m. Allen McLeod of Boston.
Lucy Chase, b. Nov. 15, 1831, m. Walter Park, s. Boston.
Mary Ellen, b. June 1, 1834, m. - Smith, s. Boston. Nancy, b. April 26, 1836.
Frances Anna, b. April 24, 1838.
Amanda Althea, m. Wm. M. Marks of Portland.
Emily Dudley, m. Greenleaf Moulton of Hampton, N. H.
Jennette Kittredge, m. Byron Pollard of Boston.
Eldron H., m. Emma Bird. Julia.
SYLVANUS PORTER STEARNS, son of William Stearns, m. Isabella R., dau. of Austin Partridge, and resides on the homestead farm. He has been one of our most successful farmers, and has served in offices of the town. Children :
Austin Partridge, b. Jan. 20, 1858; Frank Porter, b. Oct. 5, 1860; Henry Knox, b. Nov. 20, 1862; Willie Childs, b. May 10, 1865; Mary Isabelle, b. Sept. 14, 1868 ; Emily Robinson, b. Nov. 24, 1871, d. June 14, 1875; George, b. Nov. 5, 1877, d. Jan. 15, 1878; Sarah Joanna, b. Feb. 26, 1879.
EDWIN B. STEARNS, brother of the preceding, m. Albina E., dau. of Peleg B. Hammond. Children :
Lillian May, b. May 9, 1865 ; Addie Follett, b. June 22, 1872.
MARSHALL N. STEARNS, brother of the preceding, m. Elizabeth D., dau. of Charles and Abagail (Prince) Young, Feb., 1864, and settled in Cambridge, Mass. Children :
Sarah M., b. Nov. 4, 1868 ; Harry N., b. Oct. 5, 1874.
LEVI D. STEARNS, son of Phineas, m. Helen Louise, dau. of Jairus H. Jackson, Sept. 5, 1866. Children :
Lottie E., b. July 25, 1867; Annie Laura, b. April 19, 1869 ; Edith Louise, b. Aug. 4, 1871; Phineas Jackson, b. June 14, 1873.
THOMAS E. STEARNS, brother of the preceding, m. Caroline Victoria, dau. of America Thayer, May 1, 1860. Children :
John Prentiss, b. Nov. 28, 1861; Hattie Victoria, b. Sept. 9, 1867.
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The mother d. Feb. 13, 1869, m. 2d, Augusta M., widow of A. Hamilton Thayer, and dau. of Hon. Noah Prince of Buckfield, April 5, 1873.
STEPHENS.
CAPTAIN SAMUEL STEPHENS, b. Sept. 16, 1768, in Plymouth, Mass., m. Desire Harlow, and came early to Paris, and moved from here to Woodstock. He was the owner of the center lot, and while here was interested in the Smith Mill. Children, all but the oldest." born in Paris :
I Samuel, b. Plymouth, Jan. 6, 1789, m. Betsey Doten, s. Green- wood.
II Eleazer, b; Jan. 13, 1792, m. Nancy H. Stevens of Sumner.
III Desire, b. Jan. 3, 1798, m. Artemas Felt of Woodstock.
The mother d., m. 2d, Emma, dau. of William Swan.
IV Jesse, b. Dec. 12, 1802, m. Abagail Lurvey, s. Woodstock.
V Emma, b. Dec. 30, 1804, m. Richard T. Lurvey.
VI Benjamin, b. March 28, 1807, m. Julia M. Davis, s. Woodstock.
VII Orren, b. March 6, 1809, d. young.
VIII Jane, b. April 29, 1812, m. Joseph Davis, s. Woodstock.
IX Mary, b. April 19, 1815, d. unmarried.
ELEAZER STEPHENS, son of Captain Samuel, m. Nancy H. Stevens- of Sumner. Children :
Charles W., b. Jan. 31, 1817, m. Eveline, dau. of Edmund Dean of Paris, and had : Charles E., b. Feb. 22, 1844, m. Jane Bisbee; William Ezra, d. young ; William Otis, b. Aug. 12, 1850; Eva E., b. Jan. 10, 1855.
Nancy, m. Solomon Chase.
Sylvia, m. Hubbard Rowe.
Otis.
Eliza, m. Nelson Moody.
JESSE STEPHENS, half brother of the preceding, m. Abagail, dau. of Job Lurvey. Settled in Woodstock, and died there. The family afterward removed to South Paris village. Children :
Lounna; Lizzie, m. George D. Robertson; Danrille B., b. Nov. 5, 1841, m. Elizabeth Webber, s. in Lewiston; Abba, b. Sept. 6, 1844, d. July, 1866 ..
BENJAMIN STEPHENS, formerly lived on the farm a little north of Trap Corner, and died there, or in that vicinity. May 8, 1874. He was the son of Ezra Stephens, who was a brother of Zacheus, who. formerly kept a hotel on Paris Hill, as stated elsewhere, and also of Capt. Samuel Stephens above mentioned. Ezra Stephens died in Buckfield, his death occasioned by the kick of a horse, when his- son Benjamin was only twelve years old. The latter married. Aba-
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gail Sampson of Hartford, and resided and died in Paris as above stated. Children :
I Ezra, b. in Sumner, Dec. 7, 1831, m. Laura B., dau. of John and Anna (Butterfield) Andrews. He traded a long time at Trap Corner, then moved to Bryant's Pond, and is in business there. He is also known as a show man. He had: Cora E. J., b. Dec. 11, 1858, m. E. Colby Allen, and died in Minneapolis; John E., b March 1, 1859; Annie L., b. Nov. 27, 1860; Phebe W., b. Aug. 22, 1862; Lydia F., b. Feb. 24, 1864; Margelia M., b. Jan. 23, 1866; infant b. Aug. 27, 1868, died; George L., b. Jan. 26, 1870; Birdie M., b. Nov. 13, 1872; Mary S., b. Aug. 12, 1875.
II Sarah J., b. in Turner, Sept. 9, 1833, m. John Gerry and died in Norway.
III Adolphus M., b. May 18, 1835, d. young.
IV Lewis H., b. July 17, 1837. He served in the army, and died soon after his return.
v Lydia L. A., b. Dec. 10, 1840, d. young.
VI Margelia J., b. Aug. 22, 1843, d. young.
STEVENS.
DR. CYPRIAN STEVENS (see Paris Physicians) was b. 1769. He m. Sally, dau. of Elijah Robinson. She often accompanied her husband in his visits, on horseback, and after his decease, she con- tinued in practice. Children :
Almira, b. June 7, 1791, m. Daniel Stevens, M. D., s. China.
Harriet, b. Nov. 6, 1793, m. Billings Fobes of Paris.
Cyprian, b. March 26, 1795, m. Almira Thayer.
Sally Robinson, b. Feb. 5, 1797, m. Rufus Stowell.
Simon Spooner, b. July 6, 1799, m. Nancy French.
The father d. July 3, 1807, at the age of 38 years.
CYPRIAN STEVENS, son of the preceding, m. Almira, dau. of Alex- ander Thayer, July 5, 1823. Settled on the farm since owned by General Cushman. This family moved to Waukan, Iowa, in 1856. Mr. Stevens there died from the effects of the bite of a rattle-snake, Sept. 6, 1858. Children :
Angeline Spaulding, b. March 9, 1824, m. John Nevens Andrews, d. in Basle, Switzerland, Oct. 21, 1883.
Paulina Robinson, b. Nov. 12, 1825, m. John Heligass.
Frances Jennette, b. Feb. 28, 1828, d. Aug. 1829.
Harriet, b. Oct. 21, 1830, m. Uriah Smith.
Frances Jennette, b. March 19, 1834, m. John Farnsworth.
Oliver Spooner, b. May 9, 1836, m. Susan Smith.
Charles F., b. April 11, 1841, m. Esther Kilgore.
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SIMON SPOONER STEVENS, brother of the preceding, m. Nancy, dau. of Job French, and lived on the home farm. Children :
Rufus Stowell, b. Oct. 21, 1821, m. Sarah Morse.
Almira French, b. July 28, 1823, m. James Flanders, s. Boston.
Levi Hubbard, b. July 3, 1825, m. Sarah A. Bartlett of Bath, N. H.
Cyrene French, b. March 28, 1827, m. - McLaughlin.
Jane Robinson, b. April 19, 1829.
Sarah Stowell, b. July 29, 1831, m. M. L. Black.
Abagail True, b. Oct. 9, 1833, d. Feb. 2, 1882.
The mother d. Aug. 8, 1834, m. 2d, widow Mary P. Felton, dau. of Alex- ander Crawford, 1836.
Jarvis Carter, b. March 6, 1838, d. March 8, 1867.
Mary A., b. Jan. 31, 1841, d. May, 1877.
The father d. Feb. 12, 1842.
RUFUS STOWELL STEVENS, son of Simon S., (see Personal Notice) m. Sarah, dau. of Deacon Elisha Morse, April, 1874. Children : Julian A., d. May 29, 1858; Lillian May, b. July 12, 1861, m. Everett ; Elisha Morse, b. Jan. 5. 1864, entered college at Amherst, 1883.
THOMAS STEVENS, a brother of Dr. Cyprian, m. Sally, dau. of. Benjamin Stowell of Worcester, and settled on the lot now the home- stead of his grandson, George W. Children all but oldest b. Paris :
Daniel, b. Worcester, m. Almira, dau. of Dr. Cyprian, s. China, Me .; Sally, b. Sept. 24, 1784, mn. Jared M. Buck, s. Norway ; Benjamin, b. Oct. 1790, m. Mary Griggs of Glover, Vt .; John, studied medicine, s. China ; Thomas, Jr., m. Mahala Bartlett; Martha, mn. John Baker, s. Waterford; Eliza, b. Nov. 23, 1795, m. Deacon Martin Brett.
The father d. JJune 19, 1815.
BENJAMIN STEVENS, son of Thomas, m. Mary Griggs of Glover, Vt., and settled on the Smith farm in the west part of the town, then moved to Norway, and afterward returned and settled on the old homestead. Children :
George W., b. Nov. 4, 1817, m. Submit Shurtleff'; Lewis, b. May 27, 1819, d. Aug. 23, 1819; Hartwell, b. Sept. 10, 1820; Lucia Ann, b. March 28, 1822, m. Albion Buck, s. Norway ; Eluthera P., b. Jan. 23, 1824, d. Aug. 25, 1849.
The father d. May 15, 1861. The mother d. Sept. 9, 1848.
GEORGE W. STEVENS, son of Benjamin, m. Submit, dau. of Alvah Shurtleff, and r. on the homestead. Children :
George. F., b. Aug. 21, 1849, m. Eugenie Whitman, dau. of Jonathan Whitman, and had : Eugenie Annie, b. Nov. 25, 1876; Willie A., b. Feb. 19, 1878, d. April 19, 1879 ; Albert F., b. JJuly 8, 1881; Dora May. b. Nov. 3, 1882.
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Millard Alta, twins, b. June 29, 1856.
Martha Anna, m. William Willis, r. West Paris.
DEA. THOMAS STEVENS, son of Thomas, m. Mahala, dau. of Daniel Bartlett of Hebron. Children :
Francis Marion, b. Feb. 1832; Augustus Chase, b. Oct. 5, 1833; Louisa Woodman, b. Oct. 19, 1835 ; Daniel Bartlett, b. Jan. 24, 1837; Dana Board- man.
Deacon Thomas Stevens, d. Nov. 26, 1865.
JOHN STEVENS, son of Daniel, M. D., m. Sarah Buck, and resides. in the west part of the town. Children :
Lizzie, b. March 25, 1869, d. July 3, 1876.
STONE.
LUTHER STONE, son of Joel and Eunice (Holden) Stone of Water- ford, m. Hadassah Kimball of Waterford, and moved from Bethel to Paris in 1828. He died Feb. 22, 1839, aged 56; she survived him 33 years, dying Jan. 15, 1872, aged 87. Their child- ren are here named in the order of birth. The fourth (IV) and eleventh (XI), William and Sumner, died in infancy.
I Phebe, b. May 11, 1812, in. Thomas Perry., June 28, 1840, b. Nov. 3, 1812.
II Luther, b. June 10, 1813, m. Abigail Mann, June 24, 1838, b. April 29, 1814. Children : Luther Kimball, b. March 10, 1847, d. May 15, 1848 : Luther Kimball, b. Jan. 9, 1854. Second wife, Eliza- beth P. Ripley, b. Oct. 14, 1827, m. Aug. 31, 1879. The mother d. Aug. 13, 1878.
III Hadassah, b. May 19, 1814, m. James Monk, March 7, 1836, b. June 29, 1810.
IV William, b. - -, 1816.
Joel K., b. Feb. 25, 1818. m. Harriet A. Stone, Nov. 27, 1854, b. April 23, 1925. Children : Zilla M., b. Oct. 16, 1860, d. June 16, 1861; Annis H., b. June 1, 1863.
VI William H., b. July 18, 1819, m. Eliza B. Linfield, Sept. 28, 1845, b. Sept. 3, 1826. Children : Frank F., b. Dec. 24, 1847; William I., b. Jan. 3, 1855; Jennie E., b. Aug. 17, 1860.
VII Nathaniel K., b. Jan. 4, 1821, m. Celia A. Peterson, April 13, 1848, b. Dec. 31, 1832. Children : William K., b. Nov. 28, 1848; Isa- bella and Arabella, b. Sept. 29, 1850, the former d. Oct. 26, 1878 ; Henry L., b. April 16, 1852; Benjamin N., b. Dec. 19, 1853, d. June 2, 1855; Benjamin N., b. Oct. 28, 1856; Chloe H., b. Nov. 10, 1858; Emily M., b. April 27, 1860; George B., b. May 6. 1861; Leonard C., b. June 25, 1870.
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HISTORY OF PARIS.
VIII Zina E., b. March 30, 1823, in. Charlotte A. Shaw, Dec. 31, 1846, b. Aug. 26, 1825. (See Paris Printers.) This Stone family record was furnished us by him.
IX Selina, b. July 24, 1824, m. Salmon Hooper, July 5, 1846, b. Dec. 3, 1823.
x Mary W., b. Jan. 6, 1826, m. James H. Jackson, Feb. 5, 1844, b. Sept. 10, 1820. (See Jackson).
XI Sumner, b. - -, 1829.
ELISHA F. STONE, son of Joseph and Mary (Tongue) Stone of Harvard, Mass., was b. Oct. 22, 1824, m. Miriam M., dau. of Captain William and Sophia (Dale) Townsend of Limerick, Mass., b. Jan. 9, 1825. Came to South Paris in the spring of 1850. Has been Postmaster and in the Railway Mail Service. Children :
Mary F., b. April 26, 1849, m. Josiah Burnham, s. Portland.
Georgie W., b. Nov. 1, 1851, m. A. A. Andrews.
William T., b. Sept. 25, 1854, m. Helen Wormell of Bethel.
Eliza K., b. April 8, 1856, m. Fred C. Briggs.
Jessie A., b. Oct. 31, 1858, d. Oct. 1, 1876.
Harry B., b. Oct. 11, 1860.
STOWELL.
BENJAMIN STOWELL, son of John of Watertown, Mass., m. Oct. 23, 1755, Elizabeth Parker, dau. of Moses Parker of Framingham, and located on what is now Granite street. in Worcester. The resi- dence is now in the possession of his grandson, Benjamin F. Stowell. Children all b. in Worcester :
William, b. Aug. 8, 1756, m. Kate - -, s. Paris.
Daniel, Dec. 8, 1757, m. Lucretia Houghton, s. Paris.
Sarah, b. May 20, 1760, m. Thomas Stevens, s. Paris.
Elias, b. April 5, 1762, m. Polly Barnard, s. Paris.
Betsey, b. July 6, 1764, m. 1st, Reuben Hubbard, 2d, Elder James Hooper, s. Paris.
Paul, b. July 2, 1766, d. Nov., 1766.
Puul, b. Jan. 31, 1769, d. March, 1769.
Nathaniel, b. April 19, 1770.
Darid, b. April 14, 1773, d. Oct. 3, 1802.
Benjamin, b. March 6, 1776.
The mother d. March 26, 1821.
WILLIAM STOWELL, son of Benjamin, m. Kate - -. He settled on the lot on which he remained through life, and after his decease, Jan. 8, 1829, it became the homestead of his son Thomas N. He was interested in the mills, as will be seen by reference. Served as Selectman and Treasurer from 1797 to 1803. Children :
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