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1826-Thomas Brown, Ebenezer Nutter, Cushman Bassett, selectmen; Benjamin P. Winchester, town clerk; Philip Morse, treasurer ; David Jones, constable; Abram Seaver, Paul M. Fisher, Thomas Brown, superintending school committee.
1827-Thomas Brown, Joseph Turner, David Steward, selectmen; Benjamin P. Winchester, town clerk; John Hubbard, treasurer; David Jones, constable; Thomas Brown, Joseph Turner, Abram Seaver, superintending school committee.
1828-Benjamin P. Winchester, Thomas Brown, Abraham Bean, selectmen; Benjamin P. Winchester, town clerk; Philip Morse, treasurer; David Jones, con- stable; Thomas Brown, Paul M. Fisher, Thomas Davis, superintending school committee.
1829-Abraham Bean, John Hubbard, Benjamin P. Winchester, selectmen; Benjamin P. Winchester, town clerk; Philip Morse, treasurer; Colonel Jason Labree, Paul M. Fisher, constables; Paul M. Fisher, Thomas Brown, John Hubbard, superintending school committee. :
1830-Thomas Brown, Paul M. Fisher, Abram Seaver, selectmen; Benjamin P. Winchester, town clerk; John Hubbard, treasurer ; Simon Young, constable; Paul M. Fisher, Thomas Brown, John Hubbard, superintending school committee.
1831-Paul M. Fisher, James Labree, John Briggs, selectmen ; Paul M. Fisher, town clerk; John Hubbard, treasurer; Peter Hynds, constable ; John "Hubbard,
Luther Harmon, Joseph Prescott, superintending school committee.
1832-Paul M. Fisher, Joseph Prescott, Cushman Bassett, selectmen ; Paul M. Fisher, town clerk ; Philip Morse, treasurer ; Ebenezer Boyden, constable ; Joseph Prescott, Paul M. Fisher, John Hubbard, superintending school committee.
1833-Paul M. Fisher, Joseph Prescott, Cushman Bassett, selectmen ; Paul M. Fisher, town clerk ; Philip Morse, treasurer ; Simon Young, constable ; Joseph Prescott, Thomas Brown, John Hubbard, superintending school committee.
1834- Henry T. Knowles, Simon Young, Thomas Brown, selectmen ; Paul M. Fisher, town clerk ; Philip Morse, treasurer ; Simon Young, constable ; Paul M. Fisher, Thomas Brown, John Hubbard, superintending school committee.
1835-Henry T. Knowles, Thomas Brown, John Johnson, 2d, selectmen ; John Johnson, 2d, town clerk ; Philip Morse, treasurer ; Simon Young, constable ; John Hubbard, Harrison G. O. Weston, Ebenezer Boyden, superintending school committee.
1836-Thomas Brown, Henry T. Knowles, John Johnson, 2d, selectmen ; Ebenezer Horne, town clerk; John Lord, treasurer ; Jacob J. Demerit, Peter Hinds, Ebenezer Horne, constables ; Ebenezer Boyden, Joseph Prescott, John Hubbard, superintending school com- mittee.
1837-Thomas Brown, Henry T. Knowles, John Johnson, 2d, selectmen ; Robert Moor, town clerk ; John Lord, treasurer ; Isaac Allen, constable ; Lemuel Smith, Joseph Prescott, Robert Moor, superintending school committee.
1838-Thomas Brown, John Hubbard, Silas Knowles, selectmen ; Robert Moor, town clerk ; John Johnson, 2d, treasurer ; Jacob S. Elliott, Ephraim Currier, Isaac Allen, constables; Paul M. Fisher, Ezra C. Kilgore, Robert Moor, superintending school committee.
1839-Henry T. Knowles, John Lord, David Jones, selectmen ; Robert Moor, town clerk ; John Johnson, 2d, treasurer ; Ebenezer Horne, constable; Lemuel Smith, Joseph Prescott, Paul M. Fisher, superintending school committee.
1840-Thomas Brown, Jacob S. Elliott, Luther Har- mon, selectmen ; Benjamin P. Winchester, town clerk ; John Johnson, 2d, treasurer ; Ephraim Currier, Enoch Bunker, constables ; Robert Moor, David Steward, Paul M. Fisher, superintending school committee.
1841-Jacob S. Elliott, David Steward, S. T. Rackliff, selectmen ; Benjamin P. Winchester, town clerk ; Paul M. Fisher, treasurer ; Campbell Bachelder, constable ; David Steward, Robert Moor, Harrison G. O. Weston, superintending school committee.
1842-Paul M. Fisher, James Hawes, Harrison G. O. Weston, selectmen; Benjamin P. Winchester, town clerk; Paul M. Fisher, treasurer; Robert Knowles, Campbell Bachelder, Isaac Allen, Gorham Southard, constables; David Steward, Albert Moor, Harrison G. O. Weston, superintending school committee.
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1843-Paul M. Fisher, James Hawes, Harrison G. O. Weston, selectmen ; Benjamin P. Winchester, town clerk; John Hubbard, treasurer; Robert Knowles, Campbell Bachelder, Isaac Allen, Gorham Southard, constables; Thomas Moulton, Rev. David Foss, Robert Moor, su- perintending school committee.
1844-Paul M. Fisher, Campbell Bachelder, Enoch Bunker, Jr., selectmen; Benjamin P. Winchester, town clerk; David Steward, treasurer; Winkworth S. Allen, constable; Robert Knowles, Joseph Prescott, Robert Moor, superintending school committee.
1845-Horace Wentworth, Abner Seaver, Jacob S. Elliott, selectmen; Benjamin P. Winchester, town clerk; Robert Moor, treasurer ; Winkworth S. Allen, Samuel Miles, constables; David Steward, Robert Knowles, Paul M. Fisher, superintending school committee.
1846-Horace Wentworth, Abner Seaver, David Jones, selectmen ; Robert Knowles, town clerk; Robert Moor, treasurer ; Samuel Miles, constable ; Robert Moor, Robert Knowles, Paul M. Fisher, superintending school committee.
1847-Horace Wentworth, David Jones, John Hutch- inson, selectmen ; Horace Wentworth, town clerk; Robert Moor, treasurer ; Samuel Miles, constable; Stephen C. Elliott, Harrison G. O. Weston, Paul M. Fisher, superin- tending school committee.
1848-David Jones, Abner Seaver, Hiram Hurd, Jr., selectmen; Horace Wentworth, town clerk; Robert Moor, treasurer ; Samuel Miles, constable; John S. Pratt, Paul M. Fisher, Harrison G. O. Weston, superin- tending school committee.
1849-David Jones, Horace Wentworth, Hiram Hurd, Jr., selectmen; Horace Wentworth, town clerk; Thomas Brown, treasurer; Samuel Miles, constable; Paul M. Fisher, Eben D. Roberts, James Elliott, superintending school committee.
1850-Horace Wentworth, Enoch Bunker, Robert Knowles, selectmen; Horace Wentworth, town clerk; Thomas Brown, treasurer; David Jones, Azro Mills, con- stables; Nathan D. Brooks, Paul M. Fisher, Nathan Joy Robinson, superintending school committee.
1851-Horace Wentworth, Enoch Bunker, David Jones, selectmen; Horace Wentworth, town clerk ; Thomas Brown, treasurer; James P. Copeland, Paul M. Fisher, Oliver Brooks, Benjamin Burrill, James Hawes, Alfred Daniels, constables; Nathan J. Robinson, Paul M. Fisher, Joseph Prescott, superintending school com- mittee.
1852-Horace Wentworth, Enoch Bunker, Jacob S. Elliott, selectmen; Nathan J. Robinson, town clerk ; Thomas Brown, treasurer; Oliver Brooks, Benjamin Burrill, constables; Weston P. Nutter, Joseph Prescott, Elliott Walker, superintending school committee.
1853-David Jones, Simeon Adams, Stephen Phinney, selectmen; Nathan J. Robinson, town clerk; Paul M. Fisher, treasurer; Edward H. Osborne, Joel Young, con- stables; Joseph Prescott, Elliott Walker, Volney Sprague, superintending school committee.
1854-David Jones, Simeon Adams, Stephen Phinney, selectmen; Paul M. Fisher, town clerk; James Hawes,
treasurer; James Hawes, Joel Young, Charles Church, constables; Horatio Southard, Volney Sprague, Elam P. Burrill, superintending school committee.
1855-James Hawes, Simeon Adams, David Steward, selectmen; Nathan J. Robinson, town clerk; James Hawes; treasurer; Joel Young, constable; Volney Sprague, Elam P. Burrill, David Steward, superintend- ing school committee.
1856-David Jones, Stephen Phinney, Eben D. Roberts, selectmen; Silas S. Morse, town clerk; Paul M. Fisher, treasurer; Thomas R. Gardner, constable; Elam P. Burrill, David Steward, Robert Knowles, superintend- ing school committee.
1857-Campbell Bachelder, Enoch Bunker, Robert Knowles, selectmen; Francis A. Fisher, town clerk; Paul M. Fisher, treasurer ; Thomas R. Gardner, constable; Elam P. Burrill, school supervisor.
1858-Joseph Cook, Robert Knowles, Elam P. Bur- ril, selectmen ; Jacob Bemis, town clerk; Seth Morse, treasurer; Thomas R. Gardner, constable; Robert. Knowles, school supervisor.
1859-Joseph Cook, Robert Knowles, Elam P. Bur ril, selectmen; James Hutchins, town clerk; Isaiah Lin- coln, treasurer; Sanford Stevens, constable; G. W. Martin, Joel Pease, Robert Knowles, superintending school com- mittee.
1860-Winkworth S. Allen, Samuel Copp, Eben D. Roberts, selectmen; Francis A. Fisher, town clerk; Paul M. Fisher, treasurer; Thomas R. Gardner, constable; Joel Pease, Robert Knowles, Samuel W. Mathews, su- perintending school committee.
1861-Winkworth S. Allen, Samuel Copp, J. R. Mower, selectmen; Francis A. Fisher, town clerk; Paul M. Fisher, treasurer; Thomas R. Gardner, constable; Samuel W. Mathews, Francis A. Fisher, Joel Pease, superintending school committee.
1862-J. C. Chandler, Samuel Copp, Winkworth S. Allen, selectmen; Mark F. Hamilton, town clerk; Elam P. Burrill, treasurer; Eben D. Roberts, constable; George H. Day, school supervisor.
1863-Winkworth S. Allen, Elam P. Burrill, Robert Knowles, selectmen; Mark F. Hamilton, town clerk; Campbell Bachelder, treasurer; Mark F. Hamilton, con- stable; George H. Day, Robert Knowles, Elam P. Bur -. rill, superintending school committee.
1864-Robert Knowles, Charles H. Morse, Emery. Southard, selectmen; Gipson C. Patten, town clerk; Silas S. Morse, treasurer; Silas S. Morse, constable ; Robert Knowles, Elam P. Burrill, Gipson C. Patten, superin- tending school committee.
1865-Robert Knowles, Charles H. Morse, Emery Southard, selectmen; Seth Morse, town clerk, Silas S. Morse, treasurer; Silas S. Morse, constable; J. H. Saw- yer, D. Calvin Lyford, M. Palmer, superintending school committee.
1866-Robert Knowles, Charles H. Morse, Charles Labree, selectmen; Seth Morse, town clerk; Daniel W. Osgood, treasurer; Oliver Brooks, constable; D. Calvin Lyford, M. Palmer, John D. Young, superintending school committee.
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1867-Robert Knowles, Charles H. Morse, Wink- worth S. Allen, selectmen; Seth Morse, town clerk ; E. P. Burrill, treasurer; Oliver Brooks, constable; J. H. Sawyer, E. W. Truworthy, superintending school com- mittee.
1868-Winkworth S. Allen, Elam P. Burrill, Colum- bus C. Knowles, selectmen; Seth Morse, town clerk; Elam P. Burrill, treasurer; Thomas R. Gardner, Emery Southard, constables; E. W. Truworthy, David Steward superintending school committee.
1869-Winkworth S. Allen, William W. Nutter, Emery Southard, selectmen ; Seth Morse, town clerk; William W. Nutter, treasurer; David Steward, Gustavus B. Frost, constables; David Steward, E. W. Truworthy, superin- tending school committee.
1870-Robert Knowles, Charles H. Morse, Emery Southard, selectmen; Seth Morse, town clerk; William W. Nutter, treasurer ; Oliver Brooks, constable; A. H. Richardson, M. D., supervisor of schools.
1871-Winkworth S. Allen, Jonathan S. Burrill, Co- lumbus C. Knowles, selectmen; Seth Morse, town clerk; Alden R. Ireland, treasurer; Thomas R. Gardner, con- stable; A. H. Richardson, M. D., George W. Nutter, Mrs. Sarah A. Atkins, superintending school committee. (May 4, 1871, Mrs. Lillias A. Leavitt was appointed to fill vacancy of Mrs. Sarah A. Atkins, October 23d William W. Nutter was appointed in place of George W. Nutter, resigned).
1872-Robert Knowles, Winkworth S. Allen, Isaiah H. Crowell, selectmen ; Seth Morse, town clerk ; Oliver Brooks, treasurer ; A. H. Richardson, I. W. Tibbitts, Charles E. Young, superintending school committee.
1873-Winkworth S. Allen, Isaiah H. Crowell, Asa F. Crowell, selectmen; Seth Morse, town clerk; Alden R. Ireland, treasurer; Warren J. Hall, constable ; J. Parker Curtis, A. H. Richardson, William W. Nutter, superin- tending school committee.
1874-Charles H. Morse, Winkworth S. Allen, Isaiah H. Crowell, selectmen ; Fred E. Sprague, town clerk ; Alden R. Ireland, treasurer; Alden R. Ireland, Emery Southard, Isaiah H. Crowell, David Palmer, Henry Atkins, constables ; A. H. Richardson, William W. Nutter, J. Parker Curtis, superintending school committee.
1875-Charles H. Morse, Winkworth S. Allen, Isaiah H. Crowell, selectmen ; Fred E. Sprague, town clerk ; Alden R. Ireland, treasurer ; Thomas R. Gardner, Asa L. Grant, A. Judson Richardson, Samuel Fowles, Henry Atkins, Isaiah H. Crowell, constables ; J. Parker Curtis, supervisor of schools.
1876-Charles H. Morse, A. Judson Richardson, Isaiah H. Crowell, selectmen ; Jonathan S. Burrill, town clerk; Alden R. Ireland, treasurer ; Clement C. Libby, constable ; J. Parker Curtis, supervisor of schools.
1877-Charles H. Morse, Winkworth S. Allen, A. Judson Richardson, selectmen; Jonathan S. Burrill, town clerk; Alden R. Ireland, treasurer; Clement C. Libby, constable; George W. Nutter, William I. Wood, J. Parker Curtis, superintending school committee.
1878-Charles H. Morse, Winkworth S. Allen, Ed- ward G. Higgins, selectmen ; Frank E. Knowles, town
clerk; Alden R. Ireland, treasurer; Clement C. Libby, constable ; William I. Wood, J. Parker Curtis, Charles S. Philbrick, superintending school committee.
1879-Charles H. Morse, Winkworth S. Allen, Ed- ward G. Higgins, selectmen ; Frank E. Knowles, town clerk; A. Judson Richardson, treasurer ; Clement C. Libby, constable ; J. Parker Curtis, Charles S. Philbrick, Wyman B. Piper, superintending school committee.
1880-Robert Knowles, Edward G. Higgins, A. Jud- son Richardson, selectmen; Frank E. Knowles, town clerk ; Samuel Copp, treasurer ; Samuel Copp, constable; Charles S. Philbrick, Wyman B. Piper, Fred J. Whiting, superintending school committee.
1881-Edward G. Higgins, Jonathan S. Burrill, N. Reed Packard, selectmen ; Frank E. Knowles, town clerk; Samuel Copp, treasurer ; Samuel Copp, constable; Wyman B. Piper, Fred J. Whiting, Albert R. Day, super- intending school committee.
No State Senators have been elected from Corinna, and only one important county officer-Campbell Bach- elder, County Commissioner.
The following named have been the Representatives in the lower branch of the Legislature: William Elder, Abram Bean, Luther Harmon, John Briggs, Henry T. Knowles, John Lord, Luke Mills, Frank G. Robinson, Campbell Bachelder, John Hutchinson, Nathan J. Rob- inson, Horace Wentworth, Enoch Bunker, Jr., Elam P. Burrill, W. W. Nutter, Mark F. Hamilton, Stephen Lin- coln, George W. Nutter.
Thomas R. Gardner, Isaiah H. Crowell, and Asa L. Grant, Deputy Sheriffs.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES.
July 27, 1753, in Roxbury, Massachusetts, was born John Warren, brother of the hero of Bunker Hill. He manifested a great degree of intelligence while still quite young, for when only twenty years of age he began the practice of medicine in Salem, Massachusetts, having graduated at Harvard College two years previously. He, like his brother, was an earnest patriot, and threw his whole energy into the American cause. He participated in the battle of Lexington, with the regiment from Salem. He became very useful, however, not in wounding the well, but in healing the hurt and sick. For two years he followed the American army, and had charge of the hos- pitals in and around Boston. He was the founder and first professor of the medical department in connection with Harvard University. When thirty years old he de- livered a series of Fourth of July orations in Boston. He introduced many innovations in the practice of sur- gery, and wrote several articles for publication. He pur- chased the townships of Corinna and Palmyra, now in this State, and appointed one Shepherd as his agent. Dr. Warren never visited his purchase, but left its adminis- tration to Shepherd, who lived in Bloomfield (later Skowhegan), Maine. He died April 4, 1815; and Henry, his son, came to Maine and built a house on Warren Hill, in Palmyra. He gave the names Corinna and Pal- myra to the towns out of respect for his two sisters. Henry was never married. He practiced law in Penob- scot and Somerset counties. It was thought that he
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loved the young wife of a Mr. Vance. Although he was well educated as a lawyer, the son of a wealthy father, and was given the two townships, yet he died in strait- ened circumstances, at the house of the widow Vance, in New York.
The town has furnished no men specially prominent in the history of the State except D. D. Stewart, Esq., of St. Albans, one of Maine's ablest lawyers. Prominent in the history of the town are the Rev. Benjamin P. Win- chester, John Hubbard, Esq., the Rev. David Stewart, Winkworth S. Allen, Robert Knowles, Charles Morse, and others, who were true to their trust as American citizens.
Rev. Benjamin P. Winchester was born in Jay, county of Oxford (now Franklin county), Maine, January 18, 1793, and died November 27, 1865. Before he was three years old his father died, and he was adopted by Captain Benjamin Palmer, of Fayette. He received a common school education, and came to Corinna in 1816. After clearing a piece of land that he had purchased of Henry Warren, he built himself a frame house, and in the fall returned to Fayette to marry Miss Eliza Knowles. He brought his young wife to the home that he had made, and there they dwelt together, rearing a family of eight children. Elder Winchester joined the Free-will Baptist Church organized by Rev. John Palmer, and re- mained in that connection until the other Baptist Church was organized by Rev. Isaac Case, in September, 1822. From 1828 until his death, with the exception of two years, he was pastor of that church. His pastorate ex- tended over a space of thirty-seven years, and was a bright spot in the history of the Corinna Baptist Church. Before schools had been regularly established by the township, he taught several winters for the benefit of the boys and girls in his vicinity. He was an earnest patriot, and labored hard for the Union cause, sending two sons to the South, one of whom, Oren, died in Raleigh, North Carolina. An earnest temperance man, he was one of the pioneer workers of the State. After the incorpo- ration of the township he held many important town offices, serving eight years as Selectman, fourteen years as Town Clerk, and one year as Treasurer.
John Hubbard, Esq., was another of the men who came from Fayette to Corinna at the same time with B. P. Winchester. Like Elder Winchester, he took a prom- inent part in town affairs. He was also Justice of the Peace for Somerset county. He raised an honorable and respected family.
The Rev. David Stewart came to Corinna in 1822. He was the first temperance lecturer in this region, and not only preached but practiced temperance. He was one of the first who gave a series of anti-slavery lectures here, and spoke on the stump with the Hon. Hannibal Hamlin. He raised a family of good citizens, two of whom have become somewhat prominent- Dinsmore D. Stew- art, of St. Albans, Maine, and Levi Stewart, of Illinois. He has held several important town offices. He is op- posed to the use of tobacco in all its forms, and is now a hale old gentleman of eighty-four summers.
Winkworth S. Allen has held many offices in the gift
of the town, has been a prominent Mason, a man of temperance in theory and practice, and has been fore- most in every good word and work.
Robert Knowles was the son of Henry T. Knowles, a Revolutionary pensioner. It is reported that Henry Knowles was shot through the body by a British bullet, and that a silk handkerchief was drawn through the bullet-wound to cleanse it from foreign substances. Robert, his son, was one of the first Masonic Masters in the town, and has held the office of Superintending School Committeeman, Selectman, etc. He also served as the first station agent after the construction of the railroad.
Charles H. Morse, although comparatively a young man when he died, had made for himself a place in the hearts of his fellow townsmen. Being deprived of his father when quite young, he was obliged to work his way in the world and make for himself a place. He was elected Selectman for several years, although a member of the weaker political party, which shows that he was considered a trusty man, even by political opponents.
Professor W. B. Piper, the popular Principal of Corin- na Academy, was born in Monroe, Maine, December 14, 1855. He is a grandson of Daniel Piper, who came to this county from New Hampshire in 1799, and settled in Newburg. Daniel Piper was born March 4, 1776, and was one of the early settlers of Newburg. He was in the battle of Hampden, being an Ensign under Captain Bickford. His wife was Annie F. Parsons, born April 8, 1783, and died in October, 1865. She was a native of Parsonsfield, Maine. Their family consisted of eleven children, nine sons and two daughters, viz: Thomas Piper, deceased; Benjamin, who now lives in Dixmont; Elisha, living in Newburg; Hannah (Mrs. Bachelder), of Dixmont; Abigail, deceased; Enoch and Daniel, twins, the former of whom died in Newburg, Daniel now living in Parsonsfield; Simeon A., now living in Elizabeth City, New Jersey; Alpheus S., now of Corinna; John U. P., of Newburg; and David, who died at Fortress Monroe, Virginia. Mr. Piper was for many years one of the live men of his town, holding all of the prom- inent town offices at different times. He was a Free Baptist in religious belief; afterwards Christian. He died August 10, 1842. Alpheus F. Piper (father of W. B. Piper) was born in Newburg, Maine, October 28, 1820. He married Catharine S. Perkins in 1843, by whom he had one child; both mother and child died when the child was quite young. Mr. Piper married for his second wife Susan H. Smith, and moved to Monroe, Maine, in 1834. Here he followed the business of mill- wright and farmer. Mr. Piper died February 28, 1881. By this marriage there were five children: David, now living in Chelsea, Massachusetts; Wyman B .; Lizzie M. (Mrs. Patterson), of Swanville, Maine; Kingsbury B. and Lurilla M., both living in Swanville. Mr. Piper is now living in Corinna with his son W. B. Wyman B. Piper, the second son, after attending the common school until thirteen years of age, went to Dixmont and New- burg and attended the high school in each of those towns. When fifteen years of age he began to teach.
EUREKA MILLS,
C. H. GREENWOOD, PROP'R,
CORINNA, ME.
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In his first school there were thirty-three scholars, among them his wife, Annie C. Russell. Mr. Piper, feeling the need of a more thorough preparation for teaching, as well as a desire to obtain a better education, entered the Maine Central Institute, at Pittsfield, and was graduated in 1876, and afterwards entered Bates College, in Lew- iston. In the spring of 1878 he moved to Corinna, hav- ing been elected Principal of Corinna Academy. Here he has since resided. At the time Professor Piper be- came Principal of this Academy the total attendance was nineteen, which has increased under his management to one hundred and thirty the present year (1881). He has had a large experience as teacher in the common schools, and has held the office of Superintending School Committeeman of Corinna for three years. Professor Piper is an active worker in the temperance cause and a prominent officer in the Good Templars Lodge. In
1880 he was Captain of the Corinna Light Infantry. He married Annie C. Russell, of Etna, February 25, 1877. She was born August 20, 1855. They have one daughter, Maud L., born June 7, 1878. The excellent. history of Corinna in this work was prepared by Profes- sor Piper.
Daniel Campbell was born in the town of Bowding ham, Kennebec county, Maine, in 1797; there he lived until about twenty years of age, when he moved to Wel- lington, Somerset county, then to Kingsbury, Piscataquis county, where he died May 5, 1845. His wife was Ruth Huff, who was born in Bowdingham in 1804. Her death occurred March 19, 1881. Their ninth child, Isaiah, was born in Kingsbury, January 17, 1839, and married Philinda Decker January 20, 1857. They have five chil- dren-Clarence, Arthur W., Ruth A., Ivory A., and Ro- land V., all of whom reside at home. Mis. Campbell was the daughter of Amos and Dollie (Goodwin) Decker. Both Mr. and Mrs. Campbell are members of the Free- will Baptist church. The other children of Daniel Campbell were: Aaron, Asa, William, Alpheus, Levi, Rufus, Daniel, John M., Charles and Mary Ann.
E. G. Nichols is the son of James Nichols, of Durham, who died in 1863. James Nichols had twelve chil- dren, all of whom are now deceased except four. Their names were: Nathan, James, Samuel, Martha, Alfred, Susan, Hannah, E. G. (the subject of this sketch), Ben- jamin, Alice, Almerin, and one that died in infancy. E. G. Nichols was born November 9, 1818, in the town of Durham. He married Eula Hodgkins, who was born May 12, 1826; she was the daughter of Joseph Hodgkins, of Minot. They settled first in the town of Abbott, but afterwards moved to Dexter, where they lived two years, and then moved on the place where they now live in Corinna. They have six children now living, and have lost two. The names of the living are James N., born December 13, 1844; Harriet A., born Decem- ber 20, 1847; Clara, June 31, 1848; Melville S., March 22, 1850; Franklin P., November 5, 1853; Elbridge G., March 12, 1855; Willard A., March 5, 1857; Lizzie L., October 13, 1860. Mr. Nichols has a fine farm of 121 acres. He never aspired to public life but preferred the quiet of home and family.
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