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Chapman, Curtis (65), d. 1948. He died on his farm in Porter. He was the son of Hanson and Emerline Stacy Chapman. Surviving are his wife, Pauline Miller Chapman; a daughter, Mrs. Gladys Mc- Graw of Glen, N. H .; three sons, Oliver, Frederick and Curtis; two brothers, Everett and John; a sister, Mrs. Nellie Warren, and nine grandchildren.
Chapman, Elmer E. (77), d. Dec. 1938. Mr. Chapman was born in Porter; the son of James W. and Abbie Ridlon Chapman. He was married to Charlotte Lord in 1884. Mr. Chapman had been for many years a dealer and shipper of cattle to the Brighton Market. He was for some time associated with his father in business; taking charge upon the death of his father, and following his retirement in 1926, had been engaged in buying and shipping poultry. Mr. Chap- man was a member of the Knights of Pythias. and the Red Men. Besides his wife - see below, he left a foster-daughter, Mrs. Ruth Bradshaw; a niece and several nephews.
Chapman, James Edgar (68), d. 1931. Mr. Chapman was born in the home where he died; the son of William and Jane Ridlon Chap-
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man. Except for a few years spent in Boston, he had always lived here. He had been in the harness business for about forty-five years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Jeanie Stuart Chapman, and a daughter, Mrs. Enola Stuart Kavanaugh (d. 1951) of Wilmington, Del.
Chapman, Charlotte Lord (76), d. May 1943. Mrs. Chapman was born in Porter, May 8, 1866; the daughter of Albert and Lydia Bick- ford Lord. She was a charter member of the Ladies Magazine Read- ing Club and of the Kezar Falls Library Association. Mrs. Chapman had been a member of the Riverside Methodist Church of Kezar Falls since 1903, and for many years sang in the choir.
Chapman, Jessie M. (73), d. 1939. She was the daughter of Edmund P. and Zelma Philbrook Sawyer. She was born in Eaton, N. H., and died at her home in Porter. The only surviving relative is her husband, Oliver S. Chapman.
Chapman, Moses Jordan (60), d. 1937. Mr. Chapman was by trade a harness maker. He was the son of Hanson and Emeline Chapman; married in 1905 to Nellie Dinsmore of Boston, Mass. They resided on a farm here for several years, then went to Fryeburg, Me., where he conducted a harness shop. Later, they were in charge of the Porter Town Farm for two years, then returned to their Kezar Falls home. Surviving are four brothers, John A., Everett H. of San- ford, Curtis F., and Oliver S .; three sisters, Mrs. Laura Tucker, Mrs. Nellie Warren and Mrs. Apphia M. Ridlon.
Chase, Sarah Campbell (62), d. Aug. 29, 1956. Mrs. Chase was born in Tyrone, Ireland, June 23, 1894, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, and received her education there. She came to the United States when about 14 years old and lived with a sister in Baltimore, Md. She was married to Arnold Chase in 1918; came to North Parsonsfield in 1922; moved to Porter Village in 1936, ap- pointed postmaster of the Porter Village office on June 21, 1946.
Mrs. Chase was a member of St. Matthews Catholic Church in Limerick; Porter Grange No. 569; West-Day Unit American Legion Auxiliary, Kezar Falls; Kezar Falls Extension Group, and a weekly bridge club.
Besides her husband, she is survived by three sons, Joseph Mc- Manus, Fairlee Hills, Pa .; Walter and David Chase, both of Porter
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Village; three daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Nuzzo, Miami, Fla .; Mrs. Clara Detorrie, Philadelphia, Pa .; Mrs. Katherine Roussey, Bronson, Michigan; 18 grandchildren and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Funeral services were held at St. Matthews Church, Limerick. In- terment was in Riverside Cemetery, Kezar Falls.
Chellis, (née Eva Garner) Mrs. Wm. M. (65), d. 1938. Mrs. Chellis was born in Lewiston, Me., the daughter of Allen and Mary Jordan Garner. She came to Kezar Falls with her parents at the age of eight. She was active in church and club work. Surviving: her husband, William M. Chellis (d. 1948); a son, Allen M .; a daughter, Margaret L .; two sisters, Mrs. Alice G. Merrifield (d. 1946) and Mrs. Florence G. Norton; a brother, William A. Garner (d. 1954), and several nephews and nieces.
Chellis, Dr. Edwin Ruthven (74), d. 1925. Dr. Chellis was for more than 50 years a practicing physician in Kezar Falls. He was born in the town of Newfield, and was a graduate of the Philadel- phia Medical School. Dr. Chellis filled many town offices. Dr. Chellis built "Hotel Manowondo," now known as "Hotel Malvern," in about the year, 1887. C. E. Hubbard was its first proprietor. He also built the Movie Hall which was originally named Meonian Hall. In 1919, he was Representative to the Legislature from the town of Hiram. He was a member of the Parsonsfield Lodge of Masons. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. (née Jennie V. Wadsworth) Chellis; three nephews, William of Kezar Falls, Dr. E. O. Chellis of Reading, Vt., and Allic of Biddeford.
Churchill, Mrs. Ida B. (82), d. 1952. Mrs. Churchill was born in the town of Parsonsfield; the daughter of George Frank Chapman and Mary Hussey Chapman. She married Charles Clarence Chur- chill who died in 1905. Her early life was spent in Parsonsfield, but she moved to Kezar Falls in 1922 and has lived there for the past thirty years. Mrs. Churchill died at the home of her son, Mr. L. Randolph Churchill.
Cousins, Ebenezer (90), d. 1910. Mr. Cousins was born in Porter, Jan. 11, 1820, the son of Enoch (b. Cornish, March 24, 1788; d. May 4, 1879) and Ruth Cousins (1790-1861). He married Jimima Weeks, daughter of Josiah Weeks of Porter, on Dec. 29, 1842. His wife
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died on Aug. 7, 1883. They had 12 children - eight survived at the time of his death.
"Uncle Edwin," as Ebenezer was familiarly called, was an honest man, a good neighbor and townsman, whose word was regarded sacred. He was long a consistant communicant of the M. E. Church. He lived on the parental homestead near Spectacle Pond as a farmer - he also worked as a wheelwright, blacksmith and carpen- ter. His father, Enoch, in his early life "followed the sea" for 14 years, then settled in Porter about 1819. He never outlived the in- fluence of his early sea-faring life, and when an old man - he lived to be 93, was fond of "spinning sailor yarns."
Cross, Mrs. Gertrude Sullivan (68), d. Jan. 15, 1948. Mrs. Cross was born in Glasgow, N. S., and had been a resident of Kezar Falls for many years. Surviving are her husband, Perley A. Cross; a son, Clyde, and a daughter, Mrs. Minerva Cross King of Riverside, R. I., and three grandchildren.
Cole, Mrs. Hannah Stanley (83), d. 1935. The widow of Clinton Cole, a veteran of the Civil War, who died about 1925; a native of Brownfield. Mrs. Cole was born in Porter. She died at the home of her son, Hollis Cole, who lives on Eaton Road, Conway, N. H.
Cross, Harriet Colcord (67), d. 1951. Mrs. Cross was born at Beverly, Mass., the daughter of Edward Colcord and Carrie Hinkley Colcord, both natives of Parsonsfield. She was employed as librarian in Newark, N. J., for several years, and later worked at the Charles Noyes & Company, N. Y. Following her retirement, she came to Kezar Falls where she married, in 1949, Mr. Perley A. Cross.
Crowther, Mrs. Estella (79), d. 1939. Mrs. Crowther was born in Porter; the daughter of Albion K. P. and Lydia Gould Fox. She was the widow of Joseph Crowther. She died at Chelsea, Mass.
Cutting, Harry Eugene (83), d. 1950. Mr. Cutting was born in Manchester, N. H., and operated a grocery store in Freedom, N. H. He also worked as a painter and paperhanger. He lived in Kezar Falls for thirty-two years; a member of the Masonic Lodge and at- tending the Riverside Methodist Church. Mr. Cutting was known as a musician. He married Gertrude Parsons of Effingham, N. H., in 1893. She died in Kezar Falls in 1944. Surviving are three sons,
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Keith, Chauncy and Russell, also seven grandchildren.
Cutting, Russell H. (55), d. 1955. Mr. Cutting was born at Free- dom, N. H., the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cutting. He attended the schools there and in 1920 moved to Kezar Falls with his family where he has resided since that time. Mr. Cutting was a painter by trade and for many years was employed by the Kezar Falls Woolen Co. Besides his wife, Frances Sawyer Cutting, he is sur- vived by one daughter, Mrs. Barbara Libby of Limington, and one son, Russell Cutting, Jr., who is employed at General Electric Co., Limerick; two brothers, Chauncey and Keith, both of Kezar Falls and several nephews and one niece.
Cutting, Sherman U. (80), d. 1946. Mr. Cutting was born at Weld, Me., the son of William and Sarah Pulsifer Cutting. He was a graduate of the University of New Hampshire and had been a lumber surveyor in both Maine and New Hampshire for several years. He served on the board of selectmen of the town of Porter for ten years, and was a member of the Improved Order of Red Men Lodge of Ossipee, N. H. He was a resident of Kezar Falls for twenty-five years. He died at the home of his daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Nielson of Cape Elizabeth. Sur- viving are one son, Arnold; five daughters, Mrs. Doris Nielson of Cape Elizabeth, Mrs. Lona Day of Porter, Mrs. Louise Meloon and Mrs. Bertha Day of Kezar Falls; Nineteen grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren.
Davis, Mrs. Jennie B. (63), d. 1948. Mrs. Davis was born at Red Beach, Maine, the daughter of William and Georgianna Bouvard. She taught school at Red Beach as a young woman, and was later employed in Portland. She married Arthur Davis in 1910. Sur- viving are, her husband, two sons, Harry and Gordon Davis of Kezar Falls; three daughters, Dorothy of Kezar Falls, Beulah of Portland and Mrs. Harry Bartch of South Portland; two sisters, Mrs. Maud Martin of South Portland and Mrs. Anna Chisholm of Red Beach; one brother, Bernard Bouvard of South Brewer; five grand- children and several nieces and nephews.
Day, Seth I. (82), d. 1942. Mr. Day was born in Cornish, the son of Alvah and Sophronia (Eastman) Day. He was twice mar-
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ried - his first wife was Eunice M. Bradeen of Cornish. The couple later moved to Porterfield in the town of Porter where six children were born; four sons and two daughters. Following the death of his wife in 1907, Mr. Day later married Mary E. Bickford and moved to Porter Center on the Old Meeting House Road where he lived for thirty-three years, and where he died. Mr. Day served as select- man for the town of Porter for many years, and had also been a road commissioner. Surviving are four sons, Willis, Perley, Harold and Leslie Day; one daughter, Mrs. Earle Chamberlain of Brownfield; thirteen grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, also several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Seth I. Day died in 1941.
Devereux, Dr. Frank G. (76), d. 1935. Dr. Devereux was born in Boston, Mass., the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Devereux. The Devereuxs moved to Maine to live for a few years, and Frank G. at- tended the Westbrook Seminary, and later studied medicine with Dr. Moses E. Swett of Parsonsfield; following which he attended lecture courses at Bowdoin Medical School and at the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons. He graduated from the latter institution in 1880. After spending several months in Bellevue Hospital and the Chambers Street Hospital in New York City, he went to Kezar Falls where he began his practice. Dr. Devereux had been a practicing Physician at Kezar Falls for more than fifty years, and prominent in the business and industrial life of the community.
Dr. Devereux was president of the Kezar Falls Woolen Company, of the Kezar Falls Water Company and of the Cornish and Kezar Falls Light and Power Company. He was also vice president of the Kezar Falls National Bank. Dr. Devereux was a member of Masonic bodies, including Greenleaf Lodge of Cornish and Korah Temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine.
Devereux, Mrs. Evelyn S. (83), d. 1951. Mrs. Devereux was the widow of Dr. Devereux. She was born in Porter, the daughter of William and Ruth Taylor Ridlon. She taught music in Kezar Falls for several years. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Bertha Garner, wife of William A. Garner of Kezar Falls; a niece, Miss Ruth Garner and two nephews, Allen F. and John W. Garner.
Doe, Mrs. Bertha M. (66), d. 1951. Mrs. Doe was born in Por-
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ter, the daughter of Annie Stacy and Robert Fulton Wormwood. She was one of the first teachers at Porter High School when it was established. Miss Wormwood married Herbert S. Doe of Parsons- field in 1904. He died in 1920. Mrs. Doe resumed teaching in the grade schools of Porter following the death of her husband; this work she continued for some time, and later was employed by the Kezar Falls Woolen Company where she remained for twenty-five years as manager of the remnant and cloth room. Surviving are one sister, Mrs. Florence Wormwood Garland, R. N .; two daughters, Mrs. Muriel Thurneysen of Denver, Colorado, and Mrs. Esther Spen- cer, wife of Judge Spencer of Kennebunkport; one son, Dr. George E. Doe of Kezar Falls, and six grandchildren.
Durgin, Alfred E. (65), d. 1949. Mr. Durgin was born in Porter, the son of Joseph and Mary Durgin, both natives of Porter. He lived in Boston, Mass., for more than thirty years. He died at the home of his cousin, Mrs. Ludo Chapman. Surviving are his cousin, Mrs. Chapman; three brothers, Joe, May Durgin of Steep Falls, Aus- tin Durgin of Hollis and Lucian Durgin of Kezar Falls; a sister, Mrs. Mildred S. Jones of Wolfboro, N. H.
Durgin, Mrs. Alice S. (84), d. 1954. Mrs. Durgin was the daugh- ter of Newton T. and Harriett Kimball Sandborn. She and her hus- band, William Durgin (d. 1934), lived on a farm in Porterfield. They moved to Kezar Falls in 1909. Mrs. Durgin died at the home of her niece, Mrs. George Day of Porter.
Durgin, John (85), d. 1947. Mr. Durgin was born in Porter, the son of Daniel Durgin and Mary Ridlon Durgin. His wife, Myrtle E. Durgin died in 1941. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Owen Stacey, with whom he lived, and three grandchildren, Owen Stacey, Jr., Lil- lian and Mary Stacey.
NOTE: The first Durgin Family Reunion at Kezar Falls was held on one Sunday in 1936, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wal- lace Durgin. Twenty-six members of the Durgin Family were present, coming from Kezar Falls, Bridgton, Wolf- boro, N. H., and Newton, Mass.
Eastman, Ezra (97), d. 1948. Mr. Eastman was the oldest resident of Porter at the time of his death. He was the son of Edmund and
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Sarah Eastman; born in Porter, and had lived there all his life. Sur- viving are six children: Mrs. Cora Leavitt, Clayton, Arthur, Elmer - of Kezar Falls, Forest Eastman of Fryeburg, and Charles Eastman of Somerville, Mass.
Eastman, Rodney (17), d. 1954. His death was due to an auto- mobile accident in Gorham. He was born in Porter, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Eastman. Until recently, he had made his home with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Eastman of Porter.
Edgecomb, Frank M. (72), d. 1941. Mr. Edgecomb was born on the old Edgecomb place, the son of Andrew and Sarah Jane Martin Edgecomb. He had been employed from young manhood until his retirement a few years ago by W. T. Norton in the grocery and hardware business. He had also been a selectman and tax collector; a member of the Red Men for more than forty years. Mr. Edgecomb was a talented violinist, taught many years and was leader of the town orchestra. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Dora Pugsley Edge- comb; a brother, Eugene W. Edgecomb; a sister, Gertrude E. Edgecomb of Rochester, N. H .; and several nieces and nephews.
Estes, Harry J. (70), d. 1953. He was born in Limington, and died at his home in Kezar Falls. Mr. Estes lived in Kezar Falls for more than 40 years. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Evelyn Garland Estes; one daughter, Mrs. Elnora Illsley; a brother, Percy Estes of Baldwin; a sister, Mrs. Nora Norton of Portland; four grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Elliott, Elwood E. (65), d. 1936. Mr. Elliott was a native of Par- sonsfield, the son of Joshua and Lizzie Harriman Elliott, and it was at the age of nine that he began doing odd jobs about the Kezar Falls mill. He was for 17 years boss weaver and then assumed the duties of superintendent, which position he held for 18 years. He was a member of Ossipee Lodge Knights of Pythias; Costello Tribe of Red Men and Drummond Lodge of Masons. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Eliza Demerritt Elliott, two sons, George H. of Kezar Falls and Herbert E. of Bar Harbor; a daughter, Mrs. Maxine Fuller of Colebrook, N. H .; a brother, C. D. Elliott; a sister, Mary F. Pike, and three grandchildren.
Fox, Miss Abra E. (84), d. 1945. Miss Fox was the daughter of
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George and Hannah Gould Fox, and was born on the homestead farm in Porter. She was an honorary and charter member of the Ladies' Magazine Reading Club, and a member of Neola Council No. 14, Daughters of Pocahontas and attended the Riverside Meth- odist Church. Miss Fox died at the home of Miss Edith L. Gillmor of South Hiram, with whom she had made her home since the New Year (1945) - four and a half months before her passing.
NOTE: The "Abra Fox Farm" was the scene of the 40th Stanley- Gould Reunion. This home, which has sheltered three generations of the Fox Family, stands near the location of the original home of the ancestor, Bartholomew Gould (1774-1855). After his marriage to Mary Goodwin of Wells in 1798, they settled on this farm and raised a family of nine children. Their oldest child, Abigail, married Calvin Fox in 1822 - she was the grandmother of Miss Abra E. Fox.
Fox, Albion K. P. (101), d. May 28, 1956. Mr. Fox, last charter member of Ossipee Lodge No. 40, K. of P. and one of the oldest Knights of Pythias in the United States, died in a Malden, Mass., nursing home.
He was born in Saco, Nov. 6, 1854, the son of Albion and Lydia Gould Fox, who were life-long residents of Kezar Falls. He was married to the late Martha Alley of Parsonsfield in 1884. Mr. Fox moved to Massachusetts in 1908, but was a frequent visitor here un- til he became ill in 1952.
Mr. Fox is survived by a son, Dr. Merwin K. Fox of Malden; a daughter, Miss Norma E. Fox, Boston; and two nieces, the Misses Mary and Florence Crowther of Boston. Funeral services were held in the Sprague Funeral Home, Malden. Interment was in Forest- dale Cemetery, Malden.
Fox, Mrs. Clara (65), d. 1936. Mrs. Fox was born in Porter, the daughter of Jeremiah and Abigail Sargent Pugsley. Surviving are her husband, Bertrand G. Fox; two daughters, Miss Vena Fox of Lyons, N. J., and Mrs. Percy Garland of Conway Center, N. H .; two sons, Theodore Fox of Passaic, N. J., and Robert Fox of Northamp- ton, Mass .; one brother, Charles H. Pugsley; three sisters, Mrs. Charles Rounds of Passaic, N. J., Mrs. Frank M. Edgecomb and Mrs. Delia Champion of Kezar Falls.
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Fox, Francis Albert (59), d. 1916. Mr. Fox was born in Porter, the son of George W. Fox. His great-grandfather, John Fox, came from Gilmanton, N. H., in 1801. Francis A. began attending school at the age of eight; later studied at the New Hampton Literary In- stitute for two years. He first taught nineteen terms of school then entered the law offices of Mattocks, Coombs and Neal of Portland. He was admitted to the Oxford County Bar in 1889, and this same year was elected to the Maine Legislature. Mr. Fox was elected twice - 1899 and 1904, as superintendent of schools of the town of Porter. His law office was located on the second floor of the Frank Holmes building near the bridge on the Porter side of the Ossipee River. Mr. Fox married Gertrude Watson in 1914.
Fox, Mrs. Gertrude (69), d. 1937. Mrs. Fox, the widow of Fran- cis A. Fox, was born in Cornish, the daughter of Charles F. and Jo- sephine Pugsley Watson. She died at the home of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Elsie Watson. Mrs. Fox is survived by a sister, Mrs. Maude Stacy; six nephews and five nieces.
Fox, Lillian Brooks (27), d. 1918. She was born in Porter, the oldest daughter of Frank H. and Nellie Ridlon Brooks; married to Mr. Curtis Fox in 1911. Surviving were her husband, one sister, Mrs. Mildred Stanley, and her mother and father.
French, Mrs. Emma Stanley (82), d. 1941. Mrs. French was born in Porter, the daughter of John Stanley and Martha J. Fox Stanley. She died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Percy Stanley of Kezar Falls.
French, Mrs. Francena (93), d. 1950. Mrs. French was born at Saco, the daughter of Ezra James and Susan Towle. She was the widow of John S. French. Surviving are two sons, George W. French of Bloomfield, N. J., and Parsonsfield; William R. French (d. 1953) of North Lovell; a daughter, Mrs. Mabel Bragdon of Port- land; two brothers, Everett Towle of Parsonsfield (d. 1952), and Fred Towle (d. 1956) of Kezar Falls.
French, Mrs. Nellie G. Ridlon (82), d. 1949. Mrs. French was a native of Kezar Falls, the daughter of Magnus and Emily Emery Ridlon. She was the widow of Frederick M. French of Cambridge, Mass. She and her husband lived at Cambridge for 38 years, then
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returned to live on the family homestead here until the death of Mr. French. Mrs. French later went to live in Bangor, Me., for some time, then returned to Cambridge where she remained until her death.
French, Mrs. Nettie Holmes (87), d. Sept. 27, 1950. Mrs. French was born in Porter; the daughter of John and Martha J. Stanley. She had been engaged in business in Kezar Falls for over 50 years. For the past 40 years she had operated a dry goods store and filling sta- tion with her son, Frank E. Holmes.
Mrs. French was a member of the Advent Christian Church.
French, Jacob M. (85), d. 1941. Mr. French was a retired farmer. He was born in Porter, the son of Samuel and Mary Hurd French. His wife died a few weeks after his death. He was a member of Os- sipee Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Kezar Falls, and also a member of the Freewill Baptist Church in Porter. Surviving, besides his widow, are four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
French, William R. (73), d. 1953. Mr. French was born in the town of Porter, on Aug. 7, 1879, the son of John S. and Francena Towle French. He attended several common schools in Parsonsfield, and the Parsonsfield Seminary in 1895-97. Mr. French travelled ex- tensively during the period 1902-1912, working at diverse occupa- tions - on ranches, in mines and mills. He was employed as a guide, caretaker and instructor in woodcraft at Brown's Camps on Kezar Lake at Lovell for several years. He was well known as a naturalist. In 1926, Mr. French built and operated overnight cabins at "Indian Glen" on the Ossipee Trail (Route 25), about a mile and a half above Porter Village. He became a warden in the Maine In- land Fish and Game Department in 1927, retiring in 1945 at the age of 66. Surviving are a brother, George W. French of Bloomfield, N. J. and Parsonsfield; a sister, Mrs. Mabel Bragdon of Portland; a nephew, Donald French, and a niece, Mrs. Barbara S. Zahn, both of Bloomfield, N. J. Mr. French died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Hussey, Federal Road, Kezar Falls. Services were held at the Stanley Funeral Home with Rev. Henry O. Megert of the Riverside Methodist Church officiating. Interment was in the Riverside Ceme- tery. Bearers were Verne M. Black, Murry Gilpatrick, Allen Sawyer,
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Sr. and Perley A. Cross.
Garland, Mrs. Elias (70), d. 1934. Mrs. Garland was born in Por- ter, the daughter of Freeman and Mary Lord Stacy. She leaves, be- sides her husband, Elias R. Garland (d. 1940), a son, Raymond G. Garland of Porter; two brothers, Sherman Stacy of Boston and Wil- . liam Stacy of Kezar Falls; a sister, Mrs. Bernice Stacy Goodwin of Kezar Falls.
Garland, Elias R. (78), d. 1940. Mr. Garland died at the home of his son, Raymond G. Garland. He was the son of William Henry and Eliza Jane Rice Garland and was born in Freedom, N. H. Sur- viving are one son, Raymond G. Garland, and one brother, Roscoe Garland.
Garner, Allen (83), d. 1925. Mr. Garner was born in England, coming to these United States at the age of twelve with his widowed mother and two sisters. He came to Kezar Falls from Lewiston, where he had acquired his knowledge of the textile trade, in 1881 as an agent of the Kezar Falls Woolen Company. Mr. Garner was in- terested in everything that pertained to the civic welfare of the com- munity. One of his many contributions was toward building the public library. At the time of his death, which took place on March 25, 1925, he was president of the Kezar Falls National Bank and of the Cornish and Kezar Falls Light and Power Company; treasurer of the Kezar Falls Woolen Company, and president of the Kezar Falls Water Company. Mr. Garner was a member of the Masons, Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias, and had served as a trustee of the Riverside Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. (née Mary D. Jordan) Garner (d. 1934); a son, William A. (d. 1954), and three daughters, Mrs. Alice Merrifield (d. 1946), Mrs. Eva Chellis (d. 1938), and Mrs. Florence Norton.
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