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The other officers elected at this first meeting of the Society were: Mr. Carl Stanley, Vice President; Mrs. Edith Smith, Secretary; Mr. Orion Stanley, Treasurer.
And why did the dream become a reality? Why, simply because it had a worthy objective. Article II of the Society's By-laws reads as follows: "The object of this organization shall be to furnish an opportunity for united thought and action in collecting, preserving and publishing whatever may be related to the early and late history of the towns of Parsonsfield and Porter and to preserve such articles or relics of the early settlers of the country and such records of colonial and later wars and such other objects and records as may be of in- terest to the Society."
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DONATIONS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTORS
The Society has repeatedly stressed the necessity of having antiques of historic importance properly preserved, and the response to this appeal has been most gratifying as substantiated by the following memorabilia. All the donations are preserved - many on display - at the home of the Society on Main Street, Kezar Falls, Maine.
GIFTS:
Old Parsonsfield Account Book (1816)
Porter Militia Roll (1829)
Two Bibles, more than a century old
History of Parsonsfield (1888)
History of Porter (1879)
Two antique plates
DONORS: Florence W. Garland
Mrs. Levi Cook
Miss Edith L. Gillmor
Florence G. Norton
Raymond Staples Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Bragdon, West Falmouth
Many priceless town records dating from 1807; of the greatest importance to the historian
Interesting scrap-book clippings
Civil War cane and books
Organ for Porter Old Meeting House
Parsonsfield Seminary Graduation Program (1894) Poster of Thanksgiving Ball (1889)
Old Painting by Carrie Newbegin - over 100 years old
Early Portland Transcripts "1837 Award of Merit to Mary Gould -" grandmother of the donor Old letters and photographs 2 Porter Old Meeting House signs - painted by the donor
Frank E. Holmes Mrs. Emma Wadsworth Miss G. Ethel Peck, Saco, Me. Mrs. Flora Nason
Mrs. Flora Nason Mrs. Flora Nason
Mrs. Coote Elliot Frank Jock
Mrs. Bernice Goodwin Mrs. Bernice Goodwin
Miss Margaret Strout
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DONATIONS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTORS
Collection of photographs Mrs. Lilla Bickford
Natural colored hemp table-cloth Mrs. Della Allen, Dover, N. H. Early Account Books Dr. William Teg
Teaching certificates (1885) - to Miss Nellie Ridlon (Mrs. Nellie Brooks) Mrs. Vernon Stanley
"Scenic Gems of Maine" (1897); other books and photographs Bavil Kennison
Methodist Almanac (1873) and antique parasol Mrs. Edith Smith Bennett Staples
Picture of Elder Loring Staples
Town Register of Fryeburg, Lovell, Sweden, Stow and Chatham (1907) Preston Stanley
Old albums and photographs Delbert Mason
Porter Old Meeting House Pulpit Dr. William Teg
Col. John Moulton's Papers (1811-1853) Dr. William Teg
Hon. Thomas Moulton's Papers (1859-1874) Dr. William Teg
Warren Libby's Diary (1855-1919) Dr. William Teg
Meshach and Stephen Libby's Depositions
Dr. William Teg
Record book of the Pillsbury School, from the 1830's to the 1860's Minnie Trueworthy
Many photos, restored from old faded ones
George W. French
Moulton Family History
Mrs. Raymond Garland
Books and Maps
Dr. William Teg
Old pictures and mittens
Adelia Ridlon
Early newspapers
Frank Jock
Town Crier's Bell
May Pierce
Old Account Books
Frank Holmes
Powder-horn and hand-hewn spoon
Mrs. John Spring
Large number of books
Henry Parsons
York County and Maine Maps
Early Town Reports
Adis Stearns Pauline Chapman
Family Register and early papers
Rev. Curtis L. Stanley
Flaxwheel, comb and bootjack
Bertha Ridlon
Old Time Stories and Travels
Minnie Trueworthy
Old schoolbooks and newspapers
John Chapman
Album and early photographs
Allen Chellis
Early newspapers
Flora Nason
Old maps
Doris Locke
Ancient "Blue Laws" Book
Mrs. Fred Morgan
First Edition of Ossipee Valley Weekly
Elizabeth Stanley
Old-fashioned clothing
Isabelle Emery
Burnham Family Deeds
Florence L. Morrill
Maine Militia (1827)
Ruth Sanborn
Early papers and almanacs
Clarence Lord
Diary of Revolutionary Soldier
Fannie Y. Spring
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Oxford County Atlas Deborah Parks
School picture
Addie Weeks McEwen
Very old picture of Parsonsfield Seminary Curtis Sweat
Porter Check List (1886) Samuel Blazo
Early School Books Curtis Fox
Gideon T. Ridlon's "Saco Valley Settlements"
Mr. and Mrs. John Garner
Collection of Ossipee Valley Weekly papers (1910-1915-1916) Mr. and Mrs. Perley Stacey
Early Parsonsfield Town Reports
Mr. and Mrs. Perley Stacey
Prized picture of Ezra James Towle and John French playing checkers - grandfather and father, respectively, of George French, who made the photograph Mr. and Mrs. Perley Stacey Mr. and Mrs. Perley Stacey
Elisha Wadleigh's "Snake Cane"
Knife made of a whale's tooth by Christopher Sawyer; grandfather of Mrs. Stacey
Mr. and Mrs. Perley Stacey
Linen towel, beautifully embroidered, which be- longed to Mrs. Stacey's grandmother
Mr. and Mrs. Perley Stacey
Loring Staples Ward's Chair - this child's chair was presented to him on his 2nd birthday. He was the son of Elder Cyrus Kimball Ward - who frequently preached at the Porter Old Meeting House in the early days - and Joanna Mrs. Susan Leonard,
(Spencer) Ward of Baldwin
Book of Civil War Pictures
Cumberland Mills, Maine Frank Holmes
Forty printed copies of the poem, "The Old Stone Fence of Maine,' by Isabel McArthur
Perley Lord
Adjutant General's Report (1866)
Charley Sawyer
First Register of Malvern Hotel
Mrs. Lida Hubbard
U.S. Flag with 47 Stars and pictures
Photographs of local people
Large framed picture of Elder Wm. Cotton and wife
English Grammar (1833); old books and docu- ments
Mrs. Minnie Trueworthy
Picture of Porter Village School (c. 1883)
Mrs. Dana Tuttle
Painting of Parsonsfield Seminary (1853)
Mrs. Edna Churchill
History of "The Dark Day"
Rev. H. O. Megert
First Record Book of Kezar Falls Burial Ground Society
Miss Amanda Fox
Court Records (1821-1863)
Miss Amanda Fox
Two large scrap-books
Miss Amanda Fox
Large album of local people
Miss Amanda Fox
Rinardo Giovanella
Wm. Bushby, Southern Pines, N. C.
Rev. Harry Cotton
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A piece of wood off the hub of a British cannon used at Yorktown, Va., in 1781
Beautiful doll (c. 1884)
Old cartridge case, bayonet, etc.
A trunk filled with various articles
Numerous Parsonsfield Seminary Graduation Pro- grams and photographs
Frank Pendexter's toy squirrel
Large album and Shadow Box, etc.
Souvenir Parsonsfield Centennial "Poets of Maine"
School Record Book (1834) and Old Church picture
Dolman (c. 1854)
Tool Catalogues
Daguerreotypes and a large album
Maine Register (1887) and dress form
District of Maine Statistics (1816)
Whale oil lamp
Individual pewter teapot
Gavel for the President; first K.F. gas light lamp Album of tintypes and clock from original bank .. 1st Juror's Box of Porter
Two autograph albums (c. 1854)
Oxford County Register (1873)
Constitution of Maine (1835)
Parsonsfield Town Reports
Over $1200 worth of picture plates sold by Sewell McDaniel. This is an outstanding contribution to the P. P. H. Society
Parsonsfield Seminary Year Books
Farmers' Almanac (1872)
Exposition of Bible. Pub. London, 1710.
Early newspapers
Pictures
Three Antique plates. Grandmother's shawl
Mrs. Amy Hussey Mrs. Amy Hussey and Mrs. Gertrude Stacey
Former Mayor M. Pillsbury of Saco. Mrs. Isabelle Emery
Mrs. Kate Barker Thurston Mrs. Lyla Wentworth, E. Baldwin Clifton and Ruth Horne, Fairfield, Me. Ellsworth Burbank Mr. and Mrs. Loring Spring
Mrs. Elizabeth Mains Mrs. Curtis L. Stanley
Ernest Edwards
Mrs. Lida Hubbard
Mr. and Mrs. Dana Tuttle
Charles Sawyer
Ralph Tucker Mrs. Raymond Garland
Eugene C. Quint
Mrs. Arthur E. Wiggin Frank Holmes Charles Fox Mrs. Alta Mason Albert Hanson Mrs. Mildred Banks
Sewell McDaniel
Mrs. Marie Norton Mrs. Florence G. Norton
Mrs. Evelyn Estes Rev. H. O. Megert and Albert Hanson Marie Norton, Luella Lord, Helen Merrifield, Mildred Stanley, Bernice Goodwin, Lula Wentworth Mrs. Della Allen, Dover, N. H.
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Oxyoke, a watch, odd dishes
Two old fans (originally in the possession of
Aunt Sally Pillsbury of Parsonsfield)
Photographs; framed pictures of Mrs. Batchelder's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Batchelder of Porter and Mr. and Mrs. William Kezar of Par- sonsfield; also a baby dress worn by her grand- father Kezar
Mrs. Lawrence Hall, Newcastle, Me. Mrs. Margaret Batchelder Dyer, Standish, Me.
Mrs. Margaret Batchelder Dyer, Standish, Me.
Dress form (now used by the Society to display old-fashioned gowns). A box of fancy, old-fash- ioned calling-cards; a plank key to the old Porter Village Post Office; an enlarged framed picture of Lieut. Lucian Stacy of Porter Mrs. Raymond Garland Several pieces of the wedding dishes which be- longed to Mr. Tucker's great grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Abram Chapman, who were married in 1827; a blanket, the material for which was raised on the farm and made entirely by Mrs. Chapman Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tucker Mrs. Flora Nason
Grandmother Storer's shawl
A framed copy of the New York Herald of 1865,
announcing the assassination of President Lincoln
Photographs. The Gould-Stanley Association rec- ord books of 50 years
Parsonsfield Town Reports (complete set)
Old-fashioned clothing
Clock - 1806
Grandmother's Wedding dress and ring - 1856 .. Maurice Durgin Wedding dishes, Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Cousins - 1813
Knitted bed spread
Chair of Gen. Peleg Wadsworth and pictures
Knight's Pythias 3d Degree Team picture Jeremiah Pugsley family picture
100 year old nut cracker
Autographed picture President Dwight D. Eisen- hower; Picture Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower; Autographed picture Senator Margaret Chase Smith
Mrs. Flora Nason
Mrs. Flora Nason
Mr. R. Ven Smith Miss Lura Colcord, Cornish, Me. Ludo Chapman
Miss Enna Fowler Mrs. Evelyn Day
Mrs. Winifred Malloy
Leon Gilpatrick
Mrs. Delia Champion Arthur Sawyer
Procured through efforts of
Margaret Strout
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DONATIONS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTORS
History of York and Kittery
Mrs. Fred C. Morgan, Saco, Me.
Kezar Falls Post Office Record
Sewell MacDaniel
Old-time nut cracker
Sewell MacDaniel
Blazo Day Books, dating from 1807
Samuel Blazo
Three hand-made school books
Samuel Blazo
Eight lists of Porter voters
Samuel Blazo
100 copies of Oxford Democrat (1860-1880)
Old-fashioned desk
George French Allen Garner
Letter (1808) written by Elder Benj. Randall Doll (1870)
Arlene Hasty
Grandmother's wedding dishes
Miss Margaret Strout Miss Margaret Strout
Bible, Town Register, album
Iva Cutting
Vacuum cleaner (1910 model)
30 coffee cups
Whitman Day Bruce Nason Edna Churchill
Manikin and Picture Woolen Mill, Kezar Falls Coffee-grinder, pitcher, baby bonnet (c. 1856)
Antique silk shawl from China
Book-case
Old gowns and clothing
Table and display show-case Three tables for recreation hall
Pictures, photographs, books, papers
Amy Hussey Eugene C. Quint Isabelle Emery Ina Emery
Anonymous
Mrs. Florence Leavitt, Rin- nardo Giovanella, Warren Mason, Lula Wentworth, Charles Sawyer, Perley Cross, Cathie Quint, Owen Griffith, Iva Cutting, Lu- ella Lord, Mildred Stanley, Preston Stanley, Joseph Ridlon, Bernice Goodwin, Mrs. Burgess.
Old rosewood piano (made in Portland, Me.); large black walnut book-case. Both came from Henry W. Longfellow's birthplace in Portland Maine
Surgical instruments, and a pair of saddlebags used by Dr. James Bradbury of Parsonsfield (Mrs. Hall's grandfather) over 100 years ago ...
Mrs. Bhima Sturtevant, Old Orchard Beach, President of the International Long- fellow Association.
Mrs. Lawrence Hall, Newcastle, Me.
Silverware
.. Madeline Wakefield
Evelyn Watkins
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Antique plate and Scrap Book
Mrs. Elsie Mains
Early newspapers
Mrs. Evie Hunt
Apron - 1880
Mrs. May Hadlock
Album
Mrs. Mildred Stacy
Picture Longfellow and 12 coffee cups
Mr. and Mrs. Perley Cross
Any gifts omitted was unintentional.
Through the timely efforts of the Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society, several highly important historic landmarks have been pre- served for futurity. The Parsonsfield-Porter Covered Bridge has been repaired; the Porter Old Meeting House renovated; the Town Pound restored.
Respecting this Town Pound, let's consult the Porter Town Rec- ords: "Town Meeting Monday 4th of April, 1825. Voted to build a Pound near the Meetinghouse as conveniently can be. Manner of building said Pound submitted to the Selectmen .. . Which is as follows viz .: to be two rods square with rocks six feet high; begin- ning with rocks four feet thick at the bottom and to taper off to two feet thin and a railing of timber on the top two feet high. The rock work to be faced on both sides and to be made stout and strong and to be two rods inside also to furnish a proper door and lock and key. Voted said Pound go at auction to be built and struck off to Benja- min French at $24.00." Henry Tibbets, Jr., was made Pound Keeper.
Incidentally, a pound was already in use elsewhere as early as or earlier than 1807 - this statement is verified by the fact that at the Town Meeting held on March 20, 1807 (Article 17), James Coffin was voted pound-keeper. A pound-keeper without a pound would be unthinkable, hence the Society has to ferret out its whereabouts!
There is probably much material of historic value still hidden in garrets that, if it were only made available, would enlighten us on many an abstruse point concerning persons, places and events. It is indeed gratifying to know that the public is growing more and more conscious of scientific research - of accounts deemed worthy of preservation by their authors found recorded in old family Bibles, Parish Registers, School Registers, School Agent's Census Returns, wills, deeds and other documents.
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DONATIONS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTORS
In the annual edition of "Reflections," you'll find recorded, not only all the doings of the Society, but other literary productions of merit contributed by men and women from all walks of life. Well may the talented and charming editors of "Reflections" be proud of this herald of intelligent tidings!
The beautiful home of the Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society, situated on Main Street, Kezar Falls, town of Porter, was acquired in 1955. This spacious building was built in the latter part of the past century by Preston J. Stanley (1853-1902).
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PRIVATE AND COMMUNAL BURIAL GROUNDS
(Consult the 1875 map of the town of Porter)
1. Porter Village Cemetery.
2. Riverside Cemetery, Kezar Falls.
3. Porterfield Cemetery.
4. Libby Burying-Ground. About 300 feet to the west of road be- tween Geo. W. Ridlon and W. S. and F. C. Mason.
5. Moulton Cemetery. On the western slope of Libby Hill (also known as "Bald Face" and "Mason Mountain"), a few hundred feet to the south of M. S. Moulton.
6. Towle Burying-Ground. On Mr. Clarence Turner's farm.
7. Wormwood Burying-Ground. Below S. Durgin; near the Brownfield Road (No. 160).
8. Tripp Burying-Ground. On Porterfield Road - on the T. Tripp place.
9. Brownfield Road Burying-Ground. On knoll, to the left at entrance to "Camp Hiawatha."
10. French-Gilman Cemetery. Near road, to the south of the Gil- man place.
11. Sargent Burial-Ground. On Linville Sargent Farm; at head of Bickford Pond.
12. French Cemetery. Beside the first county road, opposite the Sidney Libby Place.
13. Libby-Mason Burial-Ground. Near road, below the T. C. Libby Place.
14. Isolated Grave on Libby Hill. To the south of T. C. Libby - now the Saunders' "Cape Solitude."
15. Isolated Grave near the "Gilman Place." About 400 feet from
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road, in the woods.
16. Emery Burying-Ground. On Colcord Pond Road; to the south of Mrs. Raffy's home.
17. Sargent-Rounds Burying-Ground. At Porterfield; on southern slope of Pine Hill.
18. Roberts Burial-Ground. On Mr. Giovanella's estate; near Mr. Littlefield's home.
19. Day Burial-Ground. In the deep woods, on the hillside to the east of Mr. Rinardo Giovanella's residence.
20. Pearl Burial-Ground. On road to "Cook Neighborhood;" south slope of Moulton Ridge.
21. Libby Cemetery. On the Wallace Durgin farm; near road to the "Cook Neighborhood."
22. Kennard Hill Burial-Ground. On right close to road.
23. French Burial-Ground. On the Aldo French farm; about 300 feet below house, in woods.
24. "Walker Place" Burial-Ground. In "Lord Neighborhood," on knoll just beyond the "Walker Place."
25. Floid Burial-Ground. In "Cook Neighborhood," near site of school house.
26. Libby-Fox Burial-Ground. On Oliver Chapman farm; in pas- ture just above house.
27. Hubbard Burial-Ground. On knoll above Hubbard Brook, near road, south of Bickford Pond.
Porter Village Cemetery
Alley, Ansel E., d. 5/7/1921; age 71-6-20.
, Addie S., 1st wife of Ansel E. d. 1/15/188; age 35-8-18. , Nellie J., 2nd wife of Ansel E. d. 1/25/1912; age 52-3-2. , Eugene W., son of Ansel E. & Nellie J. b. 5/2/1890, d. 6/14/1916.
Barry, Dexter B., d. 9/3/1859; age 43-3-20.
, Julia A., wife of Dexter B. d. 12/11/1876; age 59-10 m. Bickford, Arlene Blanch, b. 5/30/1946, d. 6/22/1946. , Isaac, d. 2/28/1889; age 67-9-22. Flag. , Mary J., wife of Isaac, d. 4/12/1904; age 73-6-15.
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, Alonzo, son of Isaac & Mary J. d. 9/15/1862; age 8-3-12.
, Edgar, b. 10/3/1851; d. 4/29/1907.
, Arvilla, dau. of Isaac & Mary J. d. 10/19/1863; 1-10-11.
, Clara, infant dau. of Isaac & Mary J. d. 12/12/1863.
, Claude E. b. 7/4/1877; d. 11/23/1924.
, Mary E., wife of Edgar, b. 10/3/1851: d. 4/29/1907.
, Lilla M., b. 2/28/1870; d. 3/4/1956.
Billings, Jackson T., son of Samuel & Mercy. d. 3/2/1839; age 8-5-17. Blake, Albion H., b. 5/24/1827; d. 3/3/1911.
, Mary E., b. 7/1/1838; d. 3/11/1892.
, Eugene C., son of A. H. & M. E. d. 7/27/1860.
, Arthur E. d. 9/24/1881; age 11-1 m. Blazo, Ebenezer, d. 4/30/1892; age 90-4-25.
Lovinia, wife of Ebenezer, d. 4/30/1829; age 21-1-2.
, Elizabeth G., wife of Ebenezer, d. 1/3/1854; age 47-6-21.
, Susan, wife of Ebenezer, d. 11/20/1865; age 50-1-1.
, David A., son of Ebenezer & Lovinia, d. 3/25/1834; age 6-10-11.
Ezra G., d. 9/9/1863; age 29-9-13. Flag. , , Amos, b. 10/23/1839; d. 2/4/1903.
Ada Wiggin, wife of Amos, b. 4/23/1854; d. 5/26/1936. , Boody, J. Frank, 1856-19
Mary Ellen Gilman, wife of J. Frank, 1842-1920.
Bowden, Matilda, b. 2/12/1834; d. 4/7/1920.
Boynton, Josephine Jenkins, b. 10/13/1862; d. 11/13/1911.
Brooks, A. A., d. 7/3/1872; age 28.
, Betsy A., d. 3/13/1889; age 62. , Asahel, d. 6/22/1868; age 68. , Betsy, wife of Asahel, d. 5/5/1877; age 72. Timothy H., d. 10/30/1883; age 54. ,
Chapman, Sylvanus B., d. 6/22/1893; age 73-4-12. , Mercy T., d. 9/21/1885; age 60-7-1. , Theodore G., b. 1/6/1878; d. 8/16/1940.
, Bertha M. Wescott, wife of Theodore G. b. 6/12/1879.
Chick, Ellen, wife of Thomas Chick, d. 5/3/1837; age 23. , Stillman J., b. 5/14/1856.
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Colcord, Jesse, d. 11/25/1881; age 48-10-5.
, Emma, wife of Jesse (formerly wife of James Towle). Cole, Capt. Henry, d. 4/6/1840; age 75-7-29. Flag. Henry C., d. 5/3/1841; age 31-3-2.
Thomas J., son of H. C. & Emily A. Cole, d. 4/11/1840; , age 1-10 m. Mabel H., 1864-1931. , Sarah E. (Mother), 1839-1924. , Laurel M. (Brother), 1863-1891. ,
Cook, Jonathan, d. 11/16/1877; age 72-5-29.
, Rose Ann, dau. of J. & Mary A. Cook, d. 7/26/1854; age 17-1 m.
, Mary J., dau. of J. & Mary A. d. 8/9/1854; age 6-7 m. , Joseph B., b. 12/8/1819; d. 8/17/1873. Flag. Cook, James, b. 11/18/1846; d. 4/2/1882.
, Eva A., b. 10/2/1853; d. 7/18/1911. , David W., b. 2/5/1845; d. 4/29/1860. Flag.
, Joseph B., b. 1/7/1854; d. 4/12/1874.
George M., b. 2/4/1857; d. 5/1/1875. ,
Angie, b. 5/5/1860; d. 7/8/1863. , Clara Towle, b. 2/22/1877; d. 5/2/1941.
Cross, Charlie E., b. 7/9/1868; d. 9/22/1929.
, Jennie McFadden, wife of Charles E. b. 9/12/1869; d. 4/30/1947.
, Frank S., 1881-1921.
, Moses, 1843-1911. Flag. , Rebecca, wife of Moses, 1845 -.
Cummings, Lucy A. Day, wife of John Cummings, 1840-1913.
Cutting, "Infant," dau. of Keith & Susie Cutting, b. 11/22/1932; d. 11/28/1932.
Danforth, Ezra, b. 8/9/1871; d. 5/28/1945.
Lilian, 9/14/1883. ,
Day, Margie E. Ridlon, wife of Leslie Day, b. 2/28/1890; d. 7/1/1920. , Mary M., wife of Freeman Day, 1860-1922.
Douglass, Melvin, b. 3/28/1861; d. 12/18/1927.
The Pound in 1917, over 100 years old at the time.
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The Corn Shop in 1924.
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, Josephine F., b. 6/11/1853; d. 9/18/1927. , Joseph, b. 4/30/1859; d. 1/16/1910.
, Laura E. Towle, wife of Joseph Douglass, d. 8/27/1900; age 42-11-29.
Durgin, Wallace N., 1879-1946.
, Lawrence J. "Bud", b. 3/13/1911; d. 9/17/1946.
Eastman, Ezra E., 1851-1948.
Edgerly, Charles O., 1839-1910. Maria J., wife of Charles O. 1844-1924. , Charles O. 1863-1863.
, Frances (infant), 1863. , Charles D., 1866-1868.
, Lucy E., 1868-1905.
, George W., 1871-1881. , Jennie F., 1871-1920.
Foss, Newhall A., b. 10/12/1844; d. 7/11/1888. Fox, Abra, _1816-1892.
Calvin C., 1850 -.
, Emma N. French, wife of C. C. Fox, 1853-1882.
, Rosalinda P. Pugsley, wife of C. C. Fox, 1844-1923.
, David M., d. 3/10/1888; age 72. Flag. , , Mary Ann, wife of David M. Fox, d. 10/2/1889; age 74. Samuel, b. 11/12/1806; d. 5/16/1878. ,
Nancy, wife of Samuel Fox, b. 4/4/1808; d. 2/9/1881. , Matilda, b. 1/11/1852; d. 8/17/1861. , Willie, b. 8/12/1855; d. 4/29/1861. , William (Stanley), 1861-1939. ,
French, Samuel, B., b. 11/17/1814; d. 4/30/1904.
,Mary, wife of Samuel French, b. 4/23/1828; d. 8/29/1912.
,Olive C. Linscott, b. 2/27/1870; d. 9/17/1906.
, Aldo, b. 1/24/1860; d. 1/22/1943.
, Jacob H., b. 2/17/1856; d. 1/23/1941.
, Emma Stanley, wife of Jacob H. French, b. 10/24/1858; d. 2/10/1941.
, Isaac L., b. 9/1/1829; d. 12/4/1893.
Anna P., wife of Isaac L. French, b. 9/23/1833; d. 2/23/1858. ,
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, Infant, son of Isaac L. & Anna P. French, d. 2/3/1858.
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Ernest B., son of Isaac L. & Anna P. French, d. 6/27/1868; age 2-2 m.
, Ida A., dau. of Isaac L. & Abbie French, d. 4/6/1873; age 9-10-17.
Rowena F. Kenerson, wife of Monroe French, d. 2/8/1933; age 84-8-20.
, Archie E., son of E. & M. French, d. 8/30/1894; age 1-18 days.
, Bertha A., dau. of E. & H. French, d. 10/12/1877; age 8 mos.
, "Baby," son of E. & M. French, d. 2/14/1891; age 3 days.
, Nancy T., 1818-1871.
, James French, Jr., 1822-1892.
, Curtis W., d. Sept. 1880; age 3 mos.
, Gertrude M., 1886-1888.
, Lillian, d. May, 1888; age 2 mos.
, Sydney C., 1872-1902.
, James M., 1847-1928.
, Syrena F., 1848-1925.
, Charles, 1857-1938.
, Forrest, b. 2/7/1898; d. 11/1/1918.
, Lydia S., wife of John P. French, d. 6/3/1893; age 75-6-20.
, John P., d. 3/2/1891; age 79-4-2.
, Warren, b. 8/25/1831; d. 1/20/1912.
Isabell M., wife of Warren French, b. 5/18/1832; d. 5/6/1913. ,
, Addie M. B., b. 4/22/1870; d. 3/12/1873.
, George H., b. 4/12/1862; d. 5/31/1875.
Wm. French, Jr., 1801-1885.
, Betsy, wife of Wm. French, Jr., 1800-1858.
, Judith, wife of Wm. French, Jr., 1818-1875.
, William, d. 7/22/1869; age 92-9-7.
, Keziah, wife of Wm. French, d. 9/18/1855; age 89-5-20.
, John M., son of Wm. & Keziah French, d. 3/11/1813; 5-9-20.
, Isaac, d. 6/25/1828 or 1826; age 25-1-11.
, Major James, d. 11/2/1888; age 90-11-8.
, Sally, wife of Maj. James French, d. 4/18/1876; age 76-7-6.
Abbie C., wife of Maj. James French, d. 8/8/1888; age 67-2-27.
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PRIVATE AND COMMUNAL BURIAL GROUNDS
, Eunice S., dau. of James & Sally French, d. 6/14/1841; age 14-8 mos.
Mamie, 1885-1886. ,
Moses B., 1823-1904.
, Charlotte, wife of Moses B. French, 1823-1864.
, Annie M., wife of W. D. French, 1842-1890.
Garland, Elias R., b. 8/14/1861; d. 4/28/1940.
, Nellie M. Stacy, wife of Elias R. Garland, b. 3/16/1865; d. 1/25/1934.
, Ralph M., son of Elias R. & Nellie M. Garland, d. 10/9/ 1888; age 3-16 days.
, Alida R., dau. of E. R. & N. M. Garland, d. 7/30/1889; age 1-6-29.
, James, 1811-1895.
Sarah T., wife of James Garland, 1809-1895.
David T., son of James Garland, d. 1/16/1881; age 31.
, David A., d. 9/25/1843; age 7 mos.
, Samuel T., d. 7/19/1882; age 33-9-29.
Gentleman, John, d. 1/26/1856; age 54-9-1.
, Almira, d. 7/18/1864; age 59-5-22.
, Wm. F., b. 4/17/1827; d. 1/19/1886.
, Dianna A., wife of Wm. F. Gentleman, b. 10/17/1829; d. 8/31/1878.
Ernest L., b. 3/22/1859; d. 2/19/1862 (son of Wm. F. & ,
D. A. Gentleman).
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Olin, b. 11/27/1857; d. 2/7/1858. (son of Wm. F. & D. A. Gentleman.)
, Capt. Joseph O., b. 6/25/1837; d. 6/14/1904. Flag.
, Lydia A., wife of Capt. J. O. Gentleman, b. 12/3/1847; d. 1/13/1884.
, Bertrand, son of J. O. & L. A. Gentleman, b. 7/16/1872; d. 10/17/1880.
Gibbs, Abner K., 1838-1903.
, Sarah A., wife of A. K. Gibbs, 1834-1905.
, Isaac L., son of A. K. & S. A. Gibbs, 1864-1903.
, Edward, b. 5/17/1871; d. 1/14/1916.
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HISTORY OF PORTER
, Mabel B. Estes, wife of E. Gibbs, b. 7/13/1875; d. 3/18/1916.
, Elsie B., dau. of E. Gibbs, b. 2/28/1902; d. 4/23/1917. , Mabel B., (no record).
Goodwin, Harry, 1887 -.
, Vesta M., wife of Harry Goodwin, 1896-1914.
Gould, Julia, wife of Elias Gould & dau. of Major J. & S. French, d. 3/9/1847; age 26.
, Charles B., son of Elias & Julia Gould, d. 6/9/1849; age 6. Guptill, Timothy, d. 11/25/1845; age 36-11 mos.
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