History of Penobscot County, Maine; with illustrations and biographical sketches, Part 109

Author: Williams, Chase & Co., Cleveland (Ohio)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Cleveland, Williams, Chase & Co.
Number of Pages: 1100

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Mark Folsom is a son of Mark Folsom, who settled in Dixmont at an early day, and married Polly Staples, by whom he had eighteen children. Mark Folsom, jr., was born December 15, 1808. When he reached his major- ity he came to Newburg and settled on the place now owned by him. He served as Major in the early militia service of the State; was elected Representative in the Legislature in 1873, and has also held the offices of Col-

lector and Constable seven years. He married Sarah Morrill in IS31, and had a family of eight children- Hannah C., Sarah H., William Franklin, Mark M., Al- bion P., Charlotte A., Gorham A., Louisa F. Mrs. Fol- som died in October, 1872, and he married Abigail Tib- betts, of Newburg. Gorham A. Folsom was shot at Wel- don Railroad, and taken to Libby Prison, where he died. Mark M. Folsom. enlisted as private, was promoted to captain, and served three years. Since the war he has been made Major in the State militia.

M. C. Chapman is a son of William Chapman; of New- burg, who settled on the farm now occupied by Josiah Rigby. He married Eliza Morrill, of Newburg, by whom thirteen children were born-Augustus, Thomas, Alfred, Elizabeth, Charles, Henry, Hannah, Augustus P., Adolphus J., Martha, Milton, Horace, and Abbie, nine of whom are living. He was a captain of militia. . M. C. Chapman was born June 16, 1841, in Newburg, At the age of twenty he enlisted in the First Maine Cavalry, Company A, and served three years; was corporal and afterwards raised to sergeant; was taken prisoner at Banks's retreat. On his return he married Rosina New- comb, of Newburg, only child of David and Betsy New- comb. Two children were born by this marriage- Clarence C. and Henry M.

John Bartlett was born in Kittery, York county, Maine, and immigrated here at about twenty years of age. He died on the place now owned by Enoch Bartlett at about the age of forty. He married Hannah Perry, of Phipps- burg, by whom nine children were born, viz: Joseph, Lydia, Eveline, Rufus, John, Hannah, John, Fidelia, Franklin, and Nancy, five of whom are living.

Joseph Bartlett is the oldest son of John Bartlett. In January, 1843, he married Hannah Ricker, of Monroe, daughter of Reuben and Nancy Ricker. To Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett five children were born-Rufus, married Me- lissa Sweetser, of Newburg, now living at Hermon Cen- tre ; Martha A., married Lincoln Morrill, now living in Newburg; Charles I., married Clara E. Mailey, of New- burg, now living in Newburg; William; married Etta Goodrich, of Newburg, now living at home with his father; Friendly, born in Newburg August 9, 1861, died April 19, 1864.

Allen Newcomb is a son of Hezekiah Newcomb, who emigrated from Cape Cod and settled in Newburg. He was in the war of 1812 and at the battle of Hampden. He married Rachel Brown, of Cape Cod, daughter of David Brown, by whom eight children were born : Ben- jamin, Doane, Sally, Washburn, David, Stillman, Allen, Hezekiah. Allen Newcomb was born in Newburg August 6, 1816. He . married, at the age of twenty-six, Olive Mitchel, of Newburg, by whom two children were born- Augustus A., born in 1846, married Elizabeth Neally, of Newburg, and now living in Newburg; and Addie V., born in 1848, married William Dally, of Bangor, now deceased. Mrs. Newcomb died in 1860. Mr. New- comb married for his second wife, in 1866, Lizzie A. Cook, of Plymouth, daughter of. David W. Cook. Mrs. Lizzie Newcomb commenced teaching when but fourteen years of age, teaching thirty-three schools and following

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it closely for fifteen years. " She commanded the highest wages then paid for teaching. The result of this mar- riage has been two children-little girls, both of whom died in infancy.

Horace Bickford is a son of Captain Ichabod Bick- ford, who emigrated from Parsonfield in an early day. He was one of the earliest settlers of the town of New- burg, and settled on the place now owned by T. C. Mudgett; afterwards settling on the place now oc- cupied by his son Horace, where he died, at the age of seventy-five. He was a Captain of the militia of New- burg and was engaged in the War of 1812, and was at the battle of Hampden. Mr. Bickford did much towards making the town of Newburg what it is, being a hard- working man. He married Betsy Pearl, of Limerick, by whom nine children were born: Sally P., George. I .. , James T., Nancy B., John S., Caroline A., Horace P., Rufus, and Marcus L. Horace Bickford was born January 15, 1823, in the town of Newburg. He has been Representative to the Legislature; also one of the Selectmen, Town Agent, and Auditor for a number of years. He married January 18, 1848, Lydia A. Bussey, daughter of Otis I. and Eliza Bussey, of Newburg. By this marriage one child was born -- Leroy M., born November 9, 1848, now living in Boston, engaged in mercantile business with his uncle. He is a graduate of the English High School, of Boston.

James Morrison is the only son of James Morrison, Sr., who was born in Parsonfield, York county, Maine, and emigrated to the town of Newburg in 1806, settling on and clearing up the place now owned by his son. In the second year he built on his farm a house and then moved his family to this town. He and James Bickford cleared off fifty acres of land and planted it to corn, with two men hired by them harvesting the crop. Mr. Morrison was one of the first settlers on the middle road. He married Nancy Hilton, of Parsonfield, daughter of Dudley Hilton, by whom two children were born- Nancy and James. James Morrison, Sr., was a son of James Morrison, of Parsonfield, who served three years in the Revolutionary war, as a private. He was at Sara- toga, and helped capture Burgoyne. James Morrison is now living on the place settled by his father. He mar- ried Caroline Elizabeth Brown, of Newburg, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Brown. By this marriage six chil- dren were born: Nancy E., Daniel A., Henrietta, Em- ma, and Arthur. All of his children died of diphtheria in one year.

Eben Fall was born April 5, 1823, in Pittsfield. He is a son of Eben Fall, of Pittsfield, who emigrated to Penobscot county, and settled at Orono in 1831, where he died in 1876. He married Elizabeth Jacobs, of Wells, by whom nine children were born-Betsey, Han- nah, Phœbe, Lucy, James, Mary, Eben, Martha, and John, eight of whom are living. Eben Fall, Jr., son of Eben, Sr., settled in Newburg in 1857, on the place now occupied by him. He married Julia Ellen Curtis, of Newburg, daughter of Ebenezer Curtis, by whom three children were born-Anna A., living at Lawrence; Cora E., deceased; Oscar H., now living with his father.

C. A. Staples was born June 28, 1852; at Winterport, Waldo county, Maine. He is a son of James and Lucy Staples, of Winterport, a seafaring man, who married in 1817, and had five children-Abbie, Josiah, Charles A., Lizzie E., and Martha A. C. A. Staples received an academic course at Hampden Academy, and has been occupied in teaching, milling, and farming, having taught twenty-three schools. Mr. Staples was a successful teacher. Has been Superintending School Committee four years. Mr. Staples has been engaged in the mer- cantile business in the town of Newburg two years. He was married August 20, 1868, to Abbie E. Goodell, daughter of William and Sarah Goodell, of Hampden, by whom one child was born, Josiah J., born March 4, 1871.

Levi Mudgett emigrated from Gilmanton, New Hampshire, in 1799, and settled on the farm now occu- pied by Simon E. Mudgett, his son. Mr. Mudgett was one of the first settlers in the town of Newburg, clearing up most of the farm and building the house now on the place. He was in the War of 1812, at Castine; served in Captain Chamberlain's company six months. He married Martha Riker, of Monroe, by whom seven children were born, all of whom are living-Levi, born July 12, 1820, living with his brother Simon; Benjamin F., born July 11, 1822, now living in New York, has been in the custom house eight or ten years. He and Jackson took the contract for running the Government stores under President Grant four years; is a lawyer by profession, now in practice in the city of New York. Simon E., born July 29, 1824; Albert G., born Decem- ber 9, 1826; married Cordelia Perkins, of Hermon, now in Waterville, Kansas; has been Judge of Police Court six years; enlisted as private in the late war, and raised to Captain in the Eleventh Regiment, Company G, Maine Volunteers. He served four years; was taken prisoner three times; was in nearly all of the prisons; run- ning away at one time was captured by blood hounds, . would have escaped had it not been for a snow-fall, by which they were tracked and captured, traveling at night and fed by the negroes. Mary E., born April 6, 1829, married Zeba Ayer, of Freeport, Maine, now living at that place; Martha A., born November 25, 1832, married G. P. Leviatt, now living in Newburg; William P., born January 23, 1842, now living in Waterville, Kansas; was in the late war; was Lieutenant in the Eleventh Regi- ment; was taken sick, was discharged; was a graduate of Brunswick College, also a graduate of Brooklyn Law College. Simon E., third son of Levi Mudgett, was born in Newburg. He was in the mercantile business fifteen years, also deputy Sheriff in Hampden, Maine; he was also in the mercantile business seven years at Dubuque. Mr. Mudgett was yery successful in busi- ness in the early part of his life, starting in business without any assistance, and accumulating $10,000 before the age of thirty, but was not so successful in the West, losing heavily. He afterwards came back to the old homestead, and commenced at the bottom of the ladder again. By industry he has again accumulated an inde- pendence. He married Julia A. Whitney, daughter of

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Isaac Whitney, of Newburg, who died seven years after marriage. To them one child was born, Sarah J., born July 5, 1852, married Joseph J. Humphrey, of Bangor, now living with his father. Mr. Mudgett was married February 17, 1859, to Adaline Cole, daughter of Nathan and Abbie Cole, of Winterport, by whom six children were born, viz: Lizzie E., deceased; Edward E., now living in Minnesota; Charles F., born October 9, 1863, Walter G., born September 29, 1868, Flora G., born De- cember 22, 1873, Addie M., born March 13, 1876, live at home.

Jacob Dearborn settled in Newburg in 1786, on the place now occupied by his son, Isaac Dearborn, where he died at the age of eighty-four years. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and took part in the battle of Hamp- den, under General Blake. He married Hannah Whit- ney, daughter of Daniel Whitney, by whom he had thir- teen children: Lucinda, deceased; Joanna, married Lemuel Rich, of Exeter ; Warren L., married Eva Bras- ford and lives in Newburg ; Anna, now lives at home ; Isaac, born February 6, 1812, married Noma Brown, of Leeds, and resides on the old homestead in Newburg ; Nancy, married William Leonard and lives in Newburg ; Lydia, deceased ; Marguerite, married Chauncey Spauld- ing, of Frankfort; Cynthia, married James Luce, of Newburg ; Jacob, married Nancy Newcomb, and is dead ; John, married Sarah J. Chase and lives in Newburg ; Mary A., married Cyrus Chase, of Winterport ; Elias, is in the West.

Daniel Smith emigrated to this county in an early day with his father, Jeremiah Smith, and settled on the farm now owned by Widow Brown. He was one of the very first settlers of the town, having to go miles on horse- back to mill through the woods, no roads being laid out. He was in the War of 1812, at the battle of Hampden. His wife was a hard-working woman, spinning and weav- ing the clothes for her family. At the time of the battle of Hampden she had got her cloth finished ; had taken it to Hampden for finishing, when it was destroyed by the English. Daniel Smith was Representative 10 Port- land, one of the first Representatives of the county. While gone from home his wife and children carded, wove, and spun thirty yards of cloth. He was also Town Clerk for many years, has been Representative to Augus- ta several terms, and was First Selectman, filling all of the important town offices. He married Temperance Lewis, of Cape Cod, by whom ten children were born: Mary | A., Ruth, Joseph and Daniel (twins), Sally, Jeremiah, Elbridge, Sally (second), Asa, Mary Ann (second). Jo- seph Smith was born September 15, 1814, in Newburg. He helped build the Veazie mills and dams, working in mills twenty-four years. He went to Minnesota to build a mill for Cushing, and went to Canada East repairing his mills. He has held minor town offices. November 2, 1837, he married Mary Benson, daughter of Joseph and Mary Benson. She was born December 3, 1816. To them six children were born : Edwin, born February 27, 1840, married Lizzetta A. Young, of Winterport, and has one child ; Charles F., was engaged in the mills until the war broke out, when he enlisted, August 17, 1861, in

Company C, Seventh Maine Regiment, under Captain Gilmore, and was raised to sergeant. He served two years, was sick and discharged; was drafted afterward and served two years under Captain Parsons, Company B, Nineteenth Maine Regiment ; was in all of the en- gagements with his company ; was wounded at the battle of the Wilderness, losing a finger, disabling his hand badly. He was in twenty-nine battles, one of which was the seven days' battle of the Wilderness, at Gettysburg, Spottsylvania, etc. Since the war he has learned the machinist's trade. He has been for the past year on the farm with his father. Milton, born March 5, 1842 ; died May 1, 1862 ; was in the late war, a member of Com- pany K, Eighth Regiment of Maine Volunteers, under Captain I. Conant, and died of typhoid fever on Tybee Island, South Carolina ; was at the capture of Port Royal. Rosina, born October 16, 1844, died September 30, 1846 ; Joseph A., born March 21, 1848, married Emma D. Averill, of Fort Fairfield, and is now living at Dixmont ; Flora E., born June 15, 1856, married T. D. Clemens, of Winterport, now living at that place; Frank A., born August 5, 1859, died July 16, 1864.

Solomon Foster is the second son of David and Emily Foster. He has been in the mercantile business since he became of age. He is postmaster. He married Florilla H. Bickford, daughter of Isaac Bickford, of Newburg ; has one adopted child, Russell Morris Foster, born No- vember 20, 1878. Mr. Foster had the misfortune to lose one of his limbs.

David A. Foster emigrated from Montville, Maine, to the town of Newburg in an early day. He settled on the place now occupied by his son, clearing it up from its natural state. He was one of the old pioneers who suffered the privations that the early settlers were subject to. He was in the War of 1812 at the battle of Hamp- den. He married Emily Newcomb, daughter of Solo- mon Newcomb, of Newburg, by whom seven children were born-Charles, Sarah, Solomon, Hannah, Helen, Allen, and Emma, six of whom are living. Mr. Foster gave his children as good an education as could be had in those days.

Benjamin Porter was born in Oxford county, Den- mark, November 14, 1792, whence he emigrated to this country and settled in Hampden on the place now occupied by George. Neally. He was in the War of 1812; was Lieutenant and Captain; was at the battle of Hampden. He married Nancy Wiley, of Hampden, by whom three children were born-Mary, Julia A., and Abigail. The mother died in 1819, and Mr. Porter married for his second wife Polly Gillman March 20, 1820, by whom thirteen children were born-Benjamin, Jr., Ruth, Asa, Susan T., Andrew J., Sarah F., Lucinda M., Louisa G., Alphonzo, Matilda M., Melissa L., Horace B. Dudley G. was born in Hampden August 30, 1848, on the old homestead. He received a common school education, and at the age of seventeen enlisted in the navy under Admiral Porter; served ten and a half months; was at the bombardment of Fort Fisher. After coming home and staying two years he took a trip to California, and was engaged in mining nearly eight years.

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After coming home he settled on the place now owned by him. He married Dora Plummer, of Monroe, daugh- ter of Sulivan and Sybil Plummer, descendants of Gen- eral Putnam, of Revolutionary fame. By this marriage one child was born-Alma Ella, born September 5, 1879, now living at home.

John Piper, a son of Daniel Piper, was born in New- burg, and always lived in the town. He received a com- mon school education and lived with his father until twenty-one years of age. His occupation was carriage- making. He married Elizabeth Packard, daughter of Lebbeus and Ann Packard, of Dixmont, by whom one children was born-Elisha Frank, born May 13, 1848, and married Edith Snow, of Newburg. His wife is now deceased, leaving four children-Mary Emma, born Sep- tember 18, 1872; Walter, born October 17, 1874; John H., born October 20, 1876; Earl Chester, born Decem- ber 30, 1880. They are all living with their grandfather.

Elisha Piper is a son of Daniel and Annie Piper, of Parsonfield, York county, Maine, who settled in New- · burg in 1799 on the place now occupied by Widow Bart- lett, clearing and improving the place, which was a wild- erness when he bought it. He was in the War of 1812 at the battle of Hampden, under Captain Bickford. He married Annie Parsons, of Parsonfield, by whom thir- teen children were born-Thomas P., Daniel, Benjamin, Elisah, Hannah, Abigail, Enoch, Daniel, Simeon C., in- fant, Alpheus F., John N., and David M. Elisha Piper was born in Newburg September 1, 1806, and received a common school education in the schools of Newburg. He worked on his father's farm until he was twenty- one years of age, after which he followed farming and working in the mill at carding and cloth-dressing. In 1849 he settled on the place now occupied by him. In 1831 he married Rhoda H. Bickford, daughter of Ebe- nezer and Susan Bickford, of Newburg, one of the pioneer families, by whom five children were born- Elisah S., born December 21, 1835, married Eliza Smith, of Newburg, now living at Medford, Massachu- setts; Enoch F., born June 28, 1838, married Ardilla Clark, adopted daughter of Abner Whitcomb, now living at Dixmont; Eunice F., born December 21, 1838, died December 2, 1839; Rhoda A. and Susan E. (twins), born- January 10, 1849. Rhoda married William H. Hallis, of Troy, and now residing in Newburg. Susan married Samuel W. Bridgham, and resides in Newburg. Elisah S. and Enoch F. were in the late Rebellion. Enoch F. served three years, coming out without a scratch. Elisah S. enlisted for the full term, but was wounded and dis- charged after about one year's service, and is now on the police force at Medford, Massachusetts. Elisah was un-

der McClellan, and was in all the engagements the company was engaged in.

John B. Leviatt is a son of Gideon B. Leviatt, born May 10, 1793, in Parsonfield, Maine, and settling in Newburg in an early day, where he died October 5, 1857. He was in the War of 1812. He married, Octo- ber 11, 1821, Betsey B. Piper, by whom twe children were born : Gideon P. Leviatt, and Elizabeth B. After the death of his first wife he married, September 24, 1797, Sally Piper, sister of deceased, by whom twelve children were born, viz : Nancy, Sally A., Jessie J., Elisha F., Hannah, David P., William B., Judith, John B., Elisha F., Elma F. John B. Leviatt received a common school education. In early life he was occupied in lum- bering on the Penobscot River nearly thirteen years, after which he settled on the farm now occupied by him. He married Marietta Chase, daughter of Hamilton Chase, September 25, 1857, by whom eleven children were born, viz: Carroll W., born April 7, 1860, now living in Minnesota ; William A., born September 16, 1862, now away from home ; Inez A., born October 11, 1863, now living at home ; Jennie C., born September 6, 1865, married George A. Sewell, of Dixmont, now living at home; her husband is in Colorado mining. Mertie A., born March 29, 1868, now living at home ; John E., born April 8, 1869, died October 7, 1869; Fred B., born June 30, 1870, living at home ; John E., born June 6, 1873, living at home ; Susie E., born August 2, 1875, at home ; Floyd, born May 17, 1877, died September 24, 1877; Gideon B., born February 10, 1879, living at home.

Gideon P. Leviatt was born in Newport December 31, 1823. He is a son of Gideon B. and Betsey B. Leviatt. In early life he worked with his father until twenty-one years of age, on the farm, and afterwards learned the house-carpenter trade, working at the business about twenty years. Since that time he has been farming. He married Sally B. Thomas, daughter of James and Eliza Thomas, Newburg, by whom three children were born, viz: Rufus B., born October 25, 1851, is now in busi- ness in Boston ; Addie E., born August 21, 1852, mar- ried Dr. M. C. Donald, and is living in Kansas City; Clar- ence H., born June 21, 1858, married Mabel Mansell, and is now living in Newburg. Mr. Leviatt's first wife died in April, 1870, and he was again married to Martha A. Mudgett, daughter of Levi B. Mudgett, of Newburg, November 24, 1870, by whom four children have been born, viz: Benjamin M., born August 30, 1871, died June 23, 1873; Sarah A., born December 14, 1872, at home; George P., born January 10, 1874, at home ; Annie M., born May 19, 1875, at home.

NEWPORT.

DESCRIPTIVE NOTES.

Pushing straight westward now through the county, we stop at its confines, and are in another of the venerable towns, though not near so ancient as some others-New- port, which furnishes our next theme. It is fourteen and a half miles from Bangor, by the projection of its south boundary line to the northwest corner of that town ; is twelve miles from the north line of the county, across Dexter and Corinna, and a little more from the south line, across Dixmont and Dexter. It is bounded on the north by Corinna, on the east by Stetson, on the south by Ply- mouth and a moderate breadth of Etna, and on the west by Palmyra, Somerset county. Detroit, in the same county, at the southwest, does not quite corner upon Newport, by reason of a slight jog in the county iine on the north line of Plymouth. It is pretty nearly an even township of thirty-six square miles, but with some trifling divergence of its opposite pairs of lines from absolute parallelism. Its boundaries are unbroken by lakes or any large waters ; but great part of its surface-probably one-fifth, or seven to eight square miles (about 4,500 acres)-is covered by the splendid sheet called Newport Pond. This lies nearly from north and south, and mainly in the north, south, and west central portions of the town, the nearest part of the main body being one and one- fourth miles distant from the west line. The lake is four and one-eighth miles in greatest length by three in great- est breadth, from Durham Bridge, at the mouth of Stet- son.Stream, to the entrance of the large bay on the west, at whose outlet is Newport village. The pond has a shore line of about fifteen miles.

The water system of Newport centres upon this pond. From the northeast, and from its head in Stetson Pond, comes in the Stetson Stream, about two-thirds of the way down the east side. This stream is joined by a fair-sized affluent from the north heading in the edge of Corinna, and emptying close upon the Stetson line. A mile from its mouth it too receives a small tributary from the south- west. Less than a mile and a half above the mouth of the Stetson, at another small bay, another affluent of about three miles' length, from the northwest and north, disembogues its waters. About the same distance further up, and less than a mile from the extreme head of the lake, a much larger water enters, being the joint outlet of the two large ponds in the south central part of Corinna. At a very small bay forming the extremity of the pond, a petty stream, heading in two branches in Corinna, is re- ceived. A large inlet just north of the fine bay above Newport village takes in two small tributaries from the northwest, the northernmost of which has its source in the Little Pillsbury Pond, near the county line. Through

Newport village flows the most important water of all, that which accounts for the existence of the village at this particular point-the Sebasticook Stream, which en- ters from Somerset county, through the northwest angle of Plymouth, and makes a short course to the village. It is joined a little way out by the good-sized stream which is the outlet of Plymouth Pond. The junction of the two makes a powerful water, furnishing an admirable power as it drops down through the village to the pond. At the southern extremity of the lake, which is almost a pond, a small brook, rising in the edge of Plymouth, comes in from the south.

Newport, next to Dexter, is the most important village in the county west of Bangor. It has not only the natural advantages of the situation, but also those afforded her by the junction of the Maine Central and the Dexter & Newport Railroads. The former traverses the entire south part of the town, making stations here and at East Newport, two-thirds of a mile from the lowest point of the lake. The Dexter & Newport Branch, running north near the west shore of the pond, has about five miles of track in the town, and makes one or two small stations, but passes no post-office on its way out. At Newport Junction these roads have freight, passenger, engine, and store-houses, and all other necessary conveniences. The village has also the Town House, Union and Methodist Episcopal churches, a Masonic Hall, a large public school-house, a circulating library of some five hundred volumes, a considerable number of mills and factories, and a quite extensive business quarter for a country village.

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History of Penobscot County, Maine; with illustrations and biographical sketches, Part 109

Author: Williams, Chase & Co., Cleveland (Ohio) Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Cleveland, Williams, Chase & Co. Number of Pages: 1100

Author: Williams, Chase & Co., Cleveland (Ohio)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Cleveland, Williams, Chase & Co.
Number of Pages: 1100