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" Nutt, Esbon, from George Roseland, he from heirs of Freeman Farwell, he from Thomas Cornforth, he from Oliver Farwell, who manufactured the revolving horse rake, he also built the house. Thomas Corn- forth traded at the corner; the store was sold to B. R. Stevens and moved to his place.
Parkhurst, Ira P., from heirs of George Crosby, -
Crosby from David Vickery, he from Adelbert Chand- ler, he from his father, W. R. Chandler, he from Joel Vickery.
Parsons, Robie, from heirs of Elisha Mosher, he from Robert Douglass. The first house was moved from near the old Stevens sawmill below the Hussey bridge by Elisha Mosher for John Larrabee, later burned. The place has been occupied by several dif- ferent families, Rendalls, Blethens and Haneys.
Pendleton, Seth and mother, from John Stewart, he from the late Joseph Farwell. I fail to find any one that knows who built the house that Seth lives in. The one that his mother lives in was built by Watts Jones, and has been owned by several different people.
Perley, Roscoe J., from his father, John Perley, he from his father, John Perley, he from Charles Bick- more.
Phillips, Stillman, from Alexander Worth, he from Elisha Mosher.
Pillsbury, George Byron, had his lot from his fath- er; Byron built the buildings.
Pillsbury, James O., from heirs of G. A. Hunt, he from his father, Ephraim Hunt, who settled it.
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Pillsbury, Ralph, from Scott Reynolds. Pillsbury rebuilt and improved the buildings.
Pomeroy, Albert F., from L. H. Mosher, he from Josiah West. The house was built by Abner Pendle- ton. This place at one time was owned by E. E. Hall. The first house was burned while Hall owned it.
Purrington, H. M., from Addison Weed.
Pushor, George P., from his father, George Pushor, he from Martin Stevens, he from Charles Vose, he from A. H. Clark, he from N. G. Webster, he from his father, Daniel Webster, he from the proprietors.
Pushor, Leo, from Fred Murch, he from Fred Nich- ols, he from a Mr. Rockwell.
Pushor, Norris W., from Osro Knight, he from Amos Webb, he from Jerry Harding, he from Hiram Harding, he from Josiah Harding, he from his father, Thomas Harding.
Rackliff, Amander, from his father, Capt. Amander Rackliff, he from his father, Dominicus Rackliff.
Rand, Edwin, from John Vickery, he from Nelson Vickery, he from his father, David Vickery, Jr., he from his father, David Vickery, who came from Stand- ish, Me. Mr. Rand also owns the Samuel Kelly farm opposite L. P. Foster's. Mr. Samuel Kelly built a large set of farm buildings, which were burned sev- eral years ago. Edwin Rand purchased the place from John McGray, he from Byron Morse, he from James Fowler, Jr., he from Benj. F. Kelly, he from his father, Samuel Kelly.
Reynolds, Eugene L., purchased from the town the old schoolhouse and lot and built the buildings.
Reynolds, E. T., from E. S. Stevens, he from S. T. Rackliff, he from John Vickery, he from Eugene Hunt, he from John L. Seavy, who built the original house;
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stable by E. T. Reynolds. Race course by E. S. Stevens.
Reynolds, George, from his father, Wm. H. Rey- nolds, he from Ansel Perkins. Wm. H. built the house.
Reynolds, George Dana, from Archie Tozier, he from Eben C. Dodge, he from his father, Mial Dodge, he from Hiram Whitehouse. The first house was built by Augustus Carter.
Reynolds, P. W., built his cottage, lot from J. L. Ames.
Reynolds, Shirley, built his house, had the lot from E. E. York, he from J. R. Taber.
Reynolds, W. L., from Isaac Howard, he from An- sel Davis, he from Horace Bacon. Buildings built by Isaac Howard.
Rice, H. B., from heirs of Rufus Whitmore, they from George Hancock, he from Jesse Whitmore, he from his father, Daniel Whitmore. Mr. Rice remod- eled the house, built the ell and stable.
Rines, Lester, from heirs of G. B. Pillsbury, house built by Ezra Roberts.
Rines, Roscoe, from heirs of J. H. Lancaster, he from Mott Reynolds, he from H. A. Bacon, he from Wesley Reynolds, he from Otis Hamlin, he from Nel- son Rackliff, he from Otis Hamlin, he from Horace Bacon, who built the house, he from George Bacon.
Rollins, D. V., built his house in 1908; the lot from Jacob L. Ames.
Rollins, S. P., land from E. E. York, he from J. R. Taber, he from William Taber, he from Wm. Stone, he from heirs of Rufus Burnham, M. D.
Ryan, Roscoe, his wife and her mother, Mrs. Mar- tha Haggaty, from N. C, Knight, he from Henry Ba-
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con, he from L. J. Whitten, he from Richard Whitten, he from Samuel Whitten, he from George O. Fowler. The buildings have been remodeled by Mr. Ryan. They also own the Abram Clifford place adjoining on the east.
Sawyer, Asa, from Bartlett & Chase, they from C. B. Wellington, he from M. L. Pendleton. The house was built by Ira Trafton, and moved to its present location. Mr. Sawyer built the stable, the lot from the Fogg farm. -
Small, Mrs. Daniel, from her husband, Daniel Small, he from his father, David Small, he from his father, Alonzo Small, he from his father, David Small.
Soule, E. M., from Moses Stevens, he from C. E. Stevens, he from Isaiah Tuttle, who built the house, land from Mrs. W. G. Fuller, she from John G. Hunt, he from J. R. Taber, he from his father, William Taber, he from Wm. Stone, he from heirs of R. Burn- ham, M. D. Dr. Soule had his store lot from E. T. Whitehouse, he from J. R. Taber, he from Star in the West Lodge, No. 85, they from Charles Collar, he from John Shirley and Thomas Blethen. Others have owned it at different times; at one time Josiah Twit- chell had a shoe shop there.
Stevens, Mrs. Charles, from Melzer Stevens, he from Samuel Kelly, he from Mrs. Lizzie Craig, she from J. R. Taber, he from Judge Thomas Haskell of Portland, he from Grover Carter's estate, Carter from Daniel Dummer, he from Adam W. Myrick, he from Mrs. Martha Chandler, widow of Thomas Chandler. Mrs. Chandler conducted it as a temperance hotel. Dummer ran it as a hotel while the railroad was build- ing; James La Bree, manager. James Craig, M. D., built the house and stable. This house was kept as a hotel before the Central House was built.
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Stevens, Clare, from Berton Stevens, he from R. J. Perley, he from heirs of Benj. Perley.
Stevens, Guy, lives on the place that was formerly owned by George Randlette. For particulars, the reader is referred to letter of Hannibal Lampson, near the close of this book.
Stevens, G. A., from Daniel Starkey, he from Zo- léme Washburn, he from Chenery Broad. Mr. Stev- ens also owns what was the Samuel Hall place at Moulton's Mills. This at one time was owned by E. F. Thompson.' 'Stevens also owns the John White place and a piece of land opposite J. A. Bacon's. J. F. Parkhurst's brickyard was on this lot.
Stevens, Mrs. Jane, from Osborn Whitney, he from a Mr. McClure of Hallowell, he from heirs of Ansel Perkins, who built the buildings, land from Hale Park- hurst. Mrs. Stevens also owns a farm at Farwell's Corner. She had it from a Mr. Woodman, he from J. L. Merrick, he from Isaac and J. M. Coffin, they from Thatcher Friend, he from E. F. Thompson for $1050.00, he from Samuel M. Howard.
Stevens, Joseph F., from his father, Joseph Stev- ens, he from his father, B. R. Stevens, he from James Rich.' -
Stevens, Lynn, from Melzer Stevens, who built the house, 'land from G. B. Pillsbury.
Stevens, Mrs. Melzer, from her mother, Mrs. D. P. Clark, who built the house, lot from F. A. Bartlett.
Stevens, Melzer and Benjamin, the "Prairie" land 1 - cleared by E. S. Stevens, who built the large barn. This tract of land was purchased by Alexander Booth- by and Jesse Whitmore, at one time for 121/2 cents per acre.
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Stevens, Moses Haxter, from his father, Otis F. Stevens, he from Charles Segar. Mr. Stevens also owns a house in Unity Village on the Waterville road, land purchased from J. R. Taber.
Stevens, William Taber, from his father, Otis F. Stevens, he from Daniel McManus, he from John Per- ley, Mr. Stevens' house in the village, from Charles E. Stevens, he from Mrs. Lizzie Trafton, she from N. C. Knight, he from J. T. Main, M. D. The house was built by John Chase, who employed W. N. Woodsum to take charge of making Morocco shoes in it.
Stewart, Eugene L., from heirs of Nelson Rackliff. The house was built by Adam W. Myrick, has been occupied by Washington and A. R. Myrick, also by Mr. Reynolds, E. R. Parkman, Simon Prescott and Martha Whitney.
Stone, R. E., from heirs of E. R. Parkman, Park- 4
man from Isaac Childs, he from Jacob Chase, who built the house, land purchased from Silas Bither.
Stroples, Mrs. Charles, from Sarah Thompson, she from Luther Mitchell, who built the building in 1880, land purchased from Jefferson Bartlett.
Taber, James R., from his father, William Taber, he from William Stone, he from heirs of Rufus Burn- ham, M. D. Burnham built the main house in 1827 and had the first stove in town. Wm. Taber built the northerly part and stable in 1863; J. R. Taber, the south addition. J. R. Taber also owns the A. W. My- rick and Henry Kelly lots.
Taber, Nellie M. and Vivian H., heired the double house on the Waterville road from their mother, Ellen M. Taber, she from heirs of her father, Eli Moulton, he from Coffin Mitchell, he from Samuel G. Otis, who built it. They also own the store built in 1880, which
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they heired from their mother's estate, she from heirs of Eli Moulton, he from J. R. Taber, he from G. E. Linkfield, he from Henry Kelly, who built the first store. The lot from Otis Dunbar, he from Dr. Burn- ham.
Taylor, Mrs. Charles, from her husband, Charles Taylor, he from Samuel Whitten, who built the house upon land purchased from E. D. Williams, he from Jesse Whitmore, who heired it from his father, Daniel Whitmore. Mrs. Taylor also heired the house now occupied by W. A. Gerrish. Mr. Taylor had it from Mrs. Althea Coombs, she from Daniel Starkey, he from Otis Starky, who built it.
Taylor, George M., from F. A. Whitten, he from N. W. Vickery, he from James B. Vickery, who built the house in 1858. The present barn, with house addi- tions, was built by Mr. Taylor.
Thompson, George and Eben, from James H. Ames, he from his father, Paul Ames, he from Nelson Rack- liff, he from Nathaniel Fernald. Part of the old buildings were moved from near the railroad bridge and remodeled and the barn enlarged. Mr. Ames cleared a large part of the farm.
Thompson, J. Arthur, from his father, John M. Thompson, he from his father, Col. Seth Thompson, he from John Melvin, who settled it. Mr. Melvin was 92 years old at his death; Seth Thompson, 87; his wife 82, at the time of their deaths.
Thompson, Lewis, land from Joseph Chase, house from Samuel G. Stevens. Martha Stevens used to live there, and in the other small house a Mr. Dyer. These houses have all been built over and enlarged by Mr. Thompson.
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Tozier, Archie, from W. H. Rolfe, he from Austin Thomas, M. D., he from T. J. Whitehouse, he from Jonathan Stone, he from W. R. Chandler, he, from Heman Fowler, he from Hiram. Whitehouse, who built it and the A. R. Myrick store.
Tozier, Frank, from Joseph P. Libby, he from Mrs. W. G. Fuller, she from Mrs. H. C. Chandler, she from Lucretia Moulton, who built the present. store. She had the lot from the heirs of Green Carter, Carter from J. R. Taber, he from Mrs. Daniel Dummer, she from James G. Patterson, he from E. /D. Williams, who built the first store, lot. from Rufus Burnham, M. D.
Trask, Alfred, from Jerry, Connor, he from his father, Jerry Connor, he from Gardiner Jackson, he from a Mr, Fisher, he from Edmund Murch, he from Hezekiah Williams, he from Isaac Mitchell.
Truworthy, H. L., M. D., from heirs of J. E. Cook, M. D., Cook from W. H. Rolfe, who built the house, land from heirs of Nelson Rackliff, he from widow of 3 2; . 3 Samuel Weed, he from Hiram Whitehouse, who built the first house, which was burned while Rackliff
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Ulmer, John, from his father, John Ulmer, he from John Kelley.
Van Deets, Jackson C., from his father, John A. Van Deets, he from'heirs of Phoebe Washburn, she from Mrs. Hadley, she from L. B. Fogg, he from Nel- son Rackliff. This place has been owned by Isade Adams, Thomas Chandler and Allen. Taber. .. At one time Adams traded there, as also did Taber,
.Varney, George W., from his father, Jedediah J. 1 Varney, he from James Gilkey, he from Benj. Bart- lett, who built the house. .
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Vickery, James , B., Jr., from his father, James B. Vickery, he from his father, Eli Vickery, who built the buildings ; he had the land from Benj. Bartlett ..
Walton, Thomas, from D. F. Walton, he from Hor- ace Graves, he from S. P. Larrabee, he from Charles Flye, he from Daniel C. Hodge, he from J. L. Merrick, he, from Joseph Knowlton, he from A. H. Clark, he from E. S. Stevens, he from his father, Benj. R. Stev- ens, he from his father, Joseph Stevens, ...
... Walton, William, from Wesley Woods, he from his father, Benj. J. Woods, he from his father, Joseph Woods.
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Waning, Charles, from Joseph P. Libby, he, from David Vickery, he from Nelson Vickery, he from Elli- son Libby, he from Elisha Libby, he from George Whitney, he from Elisha Bither.
Waning, Harry, from heirs of Wm. McGray, Mc- Gray from his father, William McGray, he from the . proprietors.
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Waning, John, from Henry Foster, he from D. V. Rollins, he' from Henry Winters, he from heirs of 1.01 1. 1 Richard Murch, he from the proprietors. j -
Ward, Ruel S., from, F. R. Cornforth, he from Har- rison Chase, he from Hezekiah Chase, ,, i ; ..
Webb, George, from his grandfather, Samuel Webb, 1 he from Albert Rackliff, he from E. S. Stevens, he from Nelson Vickery, he from S. T. Rackliff, he from John Vickery, he from Joseph Vickery, he from Enoch Frost. S. T. Rackliff built the house.| || | 1: [ .. Webb, LaForest, from his father, John Webb, he from " Simon Prescott, .he from Augustus " Fogg, he from Mrs. William Webb, she from Mrs. Chick, "she' from George Woods, he from Hoyt Hunt, he from his father, Archelaus Hunt. .
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Webster, Charles M., from Joseph Kelly, he from Wm. Whitten, he from Watts Jones. It has been owned by Gorham Hamilton, Joel Kelly and Isaac Stevens, who built it.
Weed, P. A., from heirs of Fred Hall, Hall from 1 : heirs of G. B. Blanchard, Blanchard from T. B. Hus- sey, he from Lemuel B. Rackliff, he from his father, Clement Rackliff. This place includes the Robert Blanchard place.
Wellington, Charles B., from John Hodgdon, he from E. L. Woods, he from I. C. Libby Co., they from J. S. Bither. The buildings were improved by Mr. Wellington.
Whitaker, G. F., from G. L. Whitten, who built the buildings, lot from J. R. Taber.
Whitaker, R. C., from Fred Connor, he from his mother, Almira Connor, she from heirs of Joseph Wig- gins, Wiggins from Hannah, widow of Hall Scribner, Scribner from Otis Dunbar, who built it.
Whitehouse, E. T., from Albert Bump, he from Peter Whitney, he from Albert R. McManus, he from James Libby, he from A. W. Myrick, he from Sarah Chase, she from Nathan Call, he from Daniel Spring, who built the first house; he also owns the house where he lives on Main street, which he built; lot from J. R. Taber. ..
Whitehouse, F. A., from heirs of his father, T. J. Whitehouse, Thomas J. from Whitehouse & Hunt, they from Daniel Dummer, he from Fred Burrill, he from John L. Seavey, he from Elijah Winslow, who built the first house, which was burned in 1878, and rebuilt by T. J. Whitehouse.
Whitney, Clair M., M. D., from Archie Tozier, he from W. G. Grinnell of Searsport, he from Bartlett P.
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Whitney, M. D., he from Austin Thomas, M. D., he from Taber & Moulton, they from Mrs. G. E. Link- field, she from Henry Kelly, he from Otis Dunbar, who built it; lot from Dr. Burnham.
Whitney, Harry, from John M. Hamilton, he from Isaiah Tuttle, who built the house; the lot from J. R. Taber.
Whitney, Mrs. Marcellus, from her husband, he from J. W. Harmon, he from his father, Josiah Har- mon, he from Robie Frye of Montville.
Whitten, F. A., from his father, Oliver J. Whitten, he from T. B. & W. H. Cook, they from heirs of Jo- seph Chase, Chase from his father, Judge Hezekiah Chase, who built the brick house in 1826. The first framed barn in town was built on this place, in the '60's, was burned. The brick for the house was made by Levi Bacon.
Whitten, George L., the lot from H. B. Rice; Whit- ten built the house.
Winslow, W. F., built the house; lot from F. H. Dutton.
Woods, E. L., from J. L. Ames, he from Joseph Mason, he from J. S. Bither.
Woods, John, lot and building from J. R. Taber, 1913.
Woods, Wesley F., from heirs of John Pillsbury, Pillsbury from his father, G. B. Pillsbury, he from A. H. Clark, he from heirs of S. S. Collar. The house was moved by Enoch Savage from the E. D. Chase place.
Worth, George W., from his father, Alexander Worth, he from Elisha Mosher, who built the build- ings. Alexander Worth had a place from Ralph Wig- gins, Wiggins from Osha Clark. This place was con-
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veyed to Charles Denaco by George W. Worth, Denaco to Walter Besse,. Jr ..
York, E. E., from Joseph Clifford, he from Isaiah Tuttle, who built the house in 1899. York repaired the house and built the ell and barn; the lot from J. R. Tabert
York, Mrs. Milford, from Mrs. Merrill, she from heirs of Gardiner Webb, he from Joshua Adams. Sprague Adams built the house for his mother: --
in the south part of the town, I have been bothered to some extent in getting a record of the real estate. in' 1908'I' received the following letter from H. H. Lamson, son of Hon. James D. Lamson, of Freedom :
FREEDOM, FEBRUARY 7, 1908. Hon. James R. Taber, Unity.
Dear Sir :- Something over eighty years ago, Jo- seph Larrabee bought of Ruel Williams of Augusta, Me., a proprietor, a lot of land situated in South Unity and extending to the Freedom line, containing 300 acres, more or less. Sandy Stream flows through a part of this land, on which one-quarter mile from Freedom Village is situated an excellent water priv- ilege. Larrabee and John Sears of Knox built a stone dam on this privilege, which is standing today in good condition, and erected a large sawmill, which they ran successfully for several years. Samuel Hadley then bought part of this privilege, and erected a carding mill and house nearby, in which he lived. Larrabee built a set of buildings on the land, which' he" after- wards sold to Hiram Bryant, together with fifty acres of land. This property remained in the Hiram Bry- ant family until the spring of 1908! | It is now owned by Addison' Weed of Unity. Larrabee then built an- other set of buildings near the Bryant place, in which
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he lived until his death, sometime in the latter part of 1840. In the meantime he had sold various parcels of land, on which those who bought erected some sort of buildings. Lincoln Hussey erected a two-story house, a barn and workshop within a few rods of the Freedom line. This house" was afterwards burned, and Enos Briggs of Freedom was burned in it. George Randlett, a former resident of Montville, a gentleman of marked business ability, bought of Lar- rabee, Sears & Hadley the mills and privileges, to- gether with the Hadley house, to which he moved his family. He also bought about 150 acres of land ad- joining. He afterward bought of Albert Monroe the place that Larrabee occupied at his death, Monroe having bought it of Larrabee's widow. Randlett kept on buying until he owned narly all of the original Larrabee purchase, with the exception of the Bryant farm, and about fifteen acres known as the Cunning- ham lot. Mr. Randlett built a two-story store near his house. The lower story was devoted to groceries, and the upper was conducted by Mr. Randlett's wife, a most estimable lady of great business ability, who was very ably assisted by her daughter, who is now Mrs. Sophia Mosher of Unity, a lady who seemed to inherit the very best qualities of mind and heart of both of her excellent parents. These ladies carried on an exten- sive millinerv, fancy goods and dressmaking business. Mr. Randlett erected a large tannerv, in which he made both sole and upper leather; he also manufac- tured boots and shoes for the trade. It was a sad blow when Mrs. Randlett died at the early age of forty-four years. Mr. Randlett never recovered from this affliction, and at the age of fifty-seven he passed away, sincerely mourned by the community. The property then came into the hands of George Thean
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Randlett, who in 1872 sold it to James D. Lamson of Freedom, who, hale and hearty at the age of 93, still owns it, or at least what time has left of it, the tan- nery, sawmill and store having been burned some years ago. Mr. Taber, that is all that I am able to tell you, and I send it with pleasure.
Very respectfully yours,
H. H. LAMSON.
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