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VI Aurelia, b. December 17, 1834, unmarried.
VII Eli F., b. May 24, 1840, d. August 4, 1841.
VIII John B., b. April 27, 1842, drowned September 20, 1844.
IX John E., b. March 1, 1846, m. Martha Tenney, of Grafton, Me., and has Carrie, b. January 15, 1869, and Arthur P., b. April 11, 1871.
X Frank W., b. May 29, 1849, m. Jennie H. Deane, of West Gardiner.
XI Martha A., b. May 15, 1851, m. Dennis Swan.
The only other of Abijah Lapham's sons who ever lived in Woodstock, was James. He lived on the Gore for a year or two, and then moved to Greenwood and Bethel. He has, since the death of his first wife, married Lucy Churchill, widow of Levi, and daughter of Gideon Swan, and moved to her place in the south part of Woodstock. Children : James O., b. Septem- ber 25, 1831, m. Mary Turner, and died some years since at West Medway, Mass., leaving children ; Abijah, b. March 25, 1833, d. young; Hezekiah M., b. March 3, 1834, m. Harriet Chase ; Amos E., b. August 8, 1836. He was a wagoner in the 5th Maine Regiment, and died from injuries received in the line
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of duty ; Charles, b. April 20, 1838, m. Katie Haynes ; Joseph J., b. January 20, 1840, m. a Cates, of Berlin, N. H .; Harriet K., b. February 3, 1842, m. first, Marriner Davis, second, Charles Barker ; Dorcas M., b. December 8, 1843, m. Marquis F. Rich- ardson ; Thomas R., b. September 30, 1845, d. December 19, 1865; William, b. August 18, 1850, d. young ; Levi N., b. June 21, 1853, m. Jennie Swan, 1873.
LEONARD.
SOLOMON LEONARD, son of Micah, of Middleborough, Mass., and Theodora Dean, his wife, was born there September 5, 1793. He learned his trade, that of an iron founder, of Caleb Lapham, of Pembroke, and came to Maine in 1821. His wife was Esther French, of Norway. In 1828, he came to Woodstock and put up a foundry at Pinhook. At that time Rowse Bisbee was the only resident there. His peddlers, carrying andirons, sadirons, pots, kettles, the products of his foundry, traveled all over the county, and the name of Solomon Leonard was known in every household. He made good, honest ware. He afterwards moved to Waterford and carried on the business there, but losing his wife in 1865, he returned to Woodstock. He put up a small furnace near Bryant's Pond, where he made a few small castings to pass away the time. He was a great reader and an original thinker, and much given to theological discussion. He early embraced the views of Miller, the Adventist, and warmly cher- ished those views ever after. His children were: Theodore, b. July 21, 1822, died February 20, 1823; Marcia, b. December 12, 1823, m. Joseph Whitman, Jr., of Woodstock; she died very suddenly at Bryant's Pond in 1880; George, b. August 7, 1827, died young ; George F., b. in Woodstock, May 4, 1832; Mary J., b. July 9, 1837 ; she married a Cole and lived in Waterford.
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LIBBY.
ELIJAH LIBBY, son of Joel and Mehitable (Nash), b. August 20, 1794, was here in 1823, and lived near Pinhook. He was by trade a carpenter. He married Lydia, daughter of Isaac Howe, of Greenwood, and subsequently moved to that town. He had a large family, but none of their births are recorded here.
DAVID N. LIBBY, son of the preceding, b. November 15, 1825, appears to have been a voter here in 1852, though he did not remain here long. He married a daughter of Joseph Moody. He died previous to 1856, and is buried in the cemetery at the Pond.
DANVILLE J. LIBBY, brother of the preceding, b. September 6, 1826, learned the carpenter's trade of Elijah Swan, of Paris. He married Esther C. Bowker, daughter of Edmund, and his name first appears on our records in 1853. He first occupied part of the Bowker homestead and afterwards bought the Joseph Whitman farm, where he still resides. He worked some years at his trade, and some of the best buildings at Bryant's Pond were erected by him. Latterly, he has given his attention solely to farming, in which he has been very successful. He has two surviving children, a son, Herbert J., b. April 3, 1856, who is unmarried and resides with him, and a daughter, Mary L., b. April 12, 1860, who is married and resides in Abbott, Me. Mr. Libby is one of our most substantial farmers and citizens. Mrs. Libby died July 28, 1882.
ALEXANDER LIBBY, born in Buxton, October 21, 1795, was taxed here in 1849. He lived at the lower part of the town, and kept the hotel there. He died here March 1, 1851. His wife was Nancy Loring, of Gorham, and he had several sons and daughters here. They were not much identified with this town.
HIRAM L. LIBBY, son of Elliot, of Gorham, born November 27, 1834, a carriage smith, came here from Portland and was
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in the carriage business with Joseph Whitman. His wife was Margaret A. Kimball, of Waterford, and he had one daughter, Minnie. He returned to Portland, and came thence to Norway.
LOTHROP.
EDWARD LOTHROP lived for a few years on lot number 59 in the west part, the same afterwards owned by Stephen Packard. He married Rebecca, daughter of Jacob Whitman, of Buckfield, and came here from that town. He was born January 16, 1790, and his wife March 31, 1791. He returned to Buckfield after a few years' residence here. His children recorded on our records are, Jane, b. December 9, 1810, and Edward W., b, October 20, 1813.
LUNT.
JOHN LUNT, born in Scarborough, came to the east part of the town from Windham in 1813. Wm. Cotton, Jr., married Tryphenia Lunt, his daughter ; John Lunt, Jr., married Irene Dunham in 1835; Alex. E. Lunt married Francis A. Thurlow, of Poland, in 1858; Sally Lunt married David Hasey in 1823; Rhoda Lunt married Edward Noyes, of Paris, in 1828. Hannah Lunt married Samuel W. Jackson in 1840 ; Clara L. Lunt married Wm. B. Hasey in 1861. .
The wife of John Lunt, Senior, was Lydia Rand, of Scar- borough, sister of Lazarus Rand, named elsewhere.
LURVEY.
JOB LURVEY, son of David, of Gloucester, Mass., and Lydia (Holland) his wife, losing his mother when he was an infant, and his father being soon after lost at sea, was taken in charge
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by his uncle-in-law, Daniel Jackson, who joined the Shakers at New Gloucester. Job grew up with them until he became of age, when he left them, married Betsey Tobey, of New Glou- cester, daughter of Richard and Dolly (Haskell), and came to Paris ; in 1820, he moved to Woodstock, and became a citizen of this town. He moved first to lot No. 5 and then to No. 9. His eleven children were born in Paris or New Gloucester.
I Lydia, b. January 22, 1799, m. Eliphalet Davis.
I1 Richard T., b. August 10, 1800, m. first, Eliza Davis ; second, Emma Stephens.
III Matilda, m. Seth Curtis, 2d.
IV Elvecy, m. John Butterfield.
V Job H.
VI Thomas T., m. first, Olive Tuell ; second, Mary H. Curts, of Rumford.
VII Abigail, m. Jesse H. Stephens.
VIII Levi T., m. Charlotte Fickett; lived in Paris.
IX David, m. Jane F. Bemis.
x Benj. C., m. Emily Bicknell.
XI Samuel F.
Job Lurvey died February 5, 1851, aged 83 years. Up to his last sickness he had never known a sick day, and when over eighty years of age he could perform as much labor as he ever could.
RICHARD TOBEY LURVEY, son of the preceding, was a much respected citizen and much in town office. He also represented Woodstock in the Legislature. He spent his later years in Paris. His children were: Delania, b. October 28, 1829; Samuel S., b. December 12, 1832; Emma A., b. September 26, 1835 ; Richard L., b. January 30, 1838.
THOMAS T. LURVEY, brother of the preceding, has always lived in the south part of this town. He has been very lame for many years, the result of an injury received in early man- hood. His children, Elvecy, m. Bradford B. Dennen, and Thomas T., Jr., m. Matilda Curtis.
BENJAMIN CHANDLER LURVEY, brother of the preceding, who married Emily Bicknell, daughter of John, lived in Woodstock
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and died here. His last place was west of the Methodist meet- ing house, at the lower part of the town. He had children, but none appear on our records.
MARSHALL.
NATHAN L. MARSHALL, son of Nathan, of Paris, whose wife was a daughter of Eleazer and Jane (Bryant) Dunham, also of Paris, was for several years a blacksmith at South Woodstock. His wife was Mary Irish, and his one child recorded here, is Mary Ellen, b. September 7, 1846. Mr. Marshall moved from here into Paris.
MERRILL.
SAMUEL MERRILL, JR., was a voter here in 1842. He was the son of Samuel Merrill, of Milton Plantation, his mother a Godwin. He married Mary A. Dunham, formerly Mary A. Swan, daughter of Foxwell, and lived in Milton Plantation.
JOHN B. MERRILL came here from Parsonsfield in 1858, and was in trade at the Pond with Joseph Pray. He married in 1859, Sarah Caldwell, of Greenwood, and moved to the Bailey farm on the Gore. He removed from the State several years ago.
JOHN MERRILL was a voter here in 1821, and a town officer, but he left no other record.
MOODY.
JOSIAH MOODY, born in Portland, son of Houchin, married first, Humility Proctor, and second, Mehitable Houston. He
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lived many years in Danville and subsequently moved to the Gore. His place was part of the Bailey homestead. His children were : Sophia, married James Jordan, of Lewiston ; Jeremiah, married Hannah Peterson, of Brunswick; Hezekiah, married Hannah Estes, of Bethel; Benaiah, married Thankful Briggs, of Paris; Rebecca, married Isaac Estes, of Bethel; Josiah, married first, Lucy Faunce, of Paris, and second, widow Rebecca Martin, of Rumford; Mary B., married first, Joseph Jordan, and second, Enoch Penley, of Danville; Betsey, married Rufus Farrar, of Woodstock, and Sally, married James Lapham, of Bethel.
JOSIAH MOODY, JR., was the only one of the sons who re- mained on the Gore. He had by his first wife Ansel, who married Mary Estes, daughter of Stephen, Laura A., married Alvah Judkins, Milla and Lucy, who died unmarried. Towards the close of his life, Josiah moved into Bethel and died there.
ASHBY MOODY, son of William, of Danville, whose wife was Polly Lapham, came here in 1853, and lived at the Pond. He was a carpenter, and was tax collector several years. He moved from here to Auburn. He had one son, John, who married a Hicks, and lives in Auburn, and a daughter, who married Lot Sampson, of Hartford.
JOSEPH MOODY, brother of the preceding, also a carpenter, came here about the same time as his brother and lived at the Pond: He had a large family, but none of them remained in town.
LEVI MOODY, from Rumford, who married Wm. Ackley's daughter, was here in 1859, but soon went back to Rumford.
NUTE.
SAMUEL NUTE, son of Joel and Rebecca (Wentworth) Nute, born in New Hampshire in November, 1792, married first, 1816,
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Betsey Fickett, daughter of Jonathan, of Poland, and came to Woodstock about the year 1820. His children were : Harriet, b. April 30, 1818, m. Charles Davis, of this town ; Orsamus, b. April 14, 1820; Phebe W., b. May 9, 1822, m. Asa Smith, of Poland, in 1841 ; she died in 1875 and he in 1871. Mary Jane, b. October, 1824, m. Eleazer C. Billings, of Woodstock.
Samuel Nute married for second wife, in 1827, Polly Davis, daughter of Aaron. He died January 2, 1855, and his second wife in 1873.
ORSAMUS NUTE, son of the preceding, married first, Emma Stevens, born April 13, 1822, daughter of Joseph, of Norway, April 13, 1843, and had Samuel A., b. March 24, 1844, d. June 17, 1864; Mary E., b. July 22, 1845, m. September 9, 1875, Willie T. Emery, of Sanford ; Ellen M., b. March 29, 1849, m. Geo. Leavitt, of Boston; Ruth A., b. October 25, 1852, d. December 14, 1880 ; Emma F., b. April 27, 1856, d. December 6, 1857.
Mrs. Nute, the mother, died July 2, 1860, and Mr. Nute married for second wife, July 2, 1861, Lovina D. Davis, b. October 1, 1835, daughter of Joseph, of Woodstock, who had Henry O., b. March 14, 1862; Joseph Edson, b. September 3, 1863; Edith R., b. April 8, 1865 ; Ernest, b. September 5, 1867, d. May 4, 1868; Frankie E., b. January 29, 1869, d. January 5, 1870 ; Mabel Lovina, b. March 26, 1871. Lovina, second wife, died December 27, 1880.
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STRPHEN PACKARD came here from Buckfield in 1815. He bought lot No. 59, west part, of Joseph Cole, and lived there until his death. His father was Daniel, of Bridgewater, Mass., a soldier in the war for independence, came to Buckfield, and late in life to Woodstock, and died here ; his mother, Betsey Connery, of Bridgewater. Stephen Packard was born January
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21, 1788, and in 1813 he married Eleanor M. Robinson, of Monmouth, who survived him and married Stephen Estes. Children :
I Henry H., b. November 28, 1813, m. Abigail Cole. He was a school teacher and often a school officer in town. He died in middle life, and his wife survived and re-married.
Il Joseph H., b. April 1, 1815, d. young.
III Stephen, Jr., b. April 1, 1815, m. Louisa Penley, daughter of Joseph, of Paris. He resides in Paris, and is the father of Dr. Packard, of West Paris.
IV Eleanor, b. April 18, 1820, m. Lorenzo Davis, son of Aaron; she died soon after.
v John R., b. March 24, 1822, d. young.
VI Frederick R., b. December 17, 1823, d. young.
VII Sarah H., b. September 25, 1825, m. Aaron Ricker.
VIII Martha, b. June 2, 1827, m. Zebulon R. Wright, of Lewiston.
IX Joseph H., b. April 11, 1831, d. young.
X Abbie B., b. November 25, 1833, d. young.
XI John R., b. November 17, 1834, d. young.
XII Frederick R., b. November 17, 1834 ; he went to Australia and never returned.
Most of this large family died of consumption.
ELIJAH and JOHN PACKARD, brothers of Stephen, came into Woodstock and felled trees and cleared land, on the place now occupied by Elijah Day, but they never moved here. John was killed in the war of 1812. Three of Daniel Packard's daughters came to Woodstock, namely: Betsey, the wife of Charles Crooker, Abigail, wife of Caleb Besse, and Nancy, wife of Stephen Estes.
PEARSON.
WM. O. PEARSON, son of Wm. Pearson and Susan Walker, of Yarmouth and Buckfield, grandson. of Jonathan, of Portland and Yarmouth, born in Buckfield September 24, 1815, married in 1839, Wealthy (Benson) Dudley, widow of Moses (see Dudley family), and in 1842, moved from Paris to the Gore,
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to the farm previously occupied by Sylvanus Bartlett. His wife died March 3, 1859. Their only child was William H., born December 23, 1840. For second wife, Mr. Pearson married Clementine (Jacobs) Moore. He still resides on the Bartlett farm, and has made a success of farming.
WM. H. PEARSON, ante, was a soldier in the 10th Maine Regiment in the late war. He lives with his father, and married, November 3, 1867, Mary Ella Moore, daughter of his step- mother.
PERHAM.
LEMUEL PERHAM, born in Upton, Mass., December 29, 1760, son of Lemuel and Mary Butterfield, grandson of Benjamin and Esther, and the fifth in descent from John, of Chelmsford, Mass., who married Sarah Shepley in 1664, was early at Paris, occupy- ing the " Centre " lot on Paris Hill. His wife was Betsey Gurney, of Bridgewater. He subsequently moved to " High Street " in Paris, and in 1813 to Woodstock, where one or more of his sons had preceded him. Jotham Perham came into town in 1808, . and began on a farm in what has since been known as the " Perham Neighborhood." When his father came here he settled on adjoining land. Lemuel Perham was an only son, but his father had several daughters, who married and settled in Ver- mont, where their descendants now live. The children of Lemuel Perham, born in Upton and Paris, were: Patty, b. April 6, 1781, m. Ebenezer Tuell, of Paris; Jotham, b. March 22, 1784, m. Lucy Felt; Betty G., b. August 28, 1797, d. June 7, 1798; Lemuel, b. November 10, 1788, m. Sally T. Chase ; Lovicy, b. February 20, 1794, m. Cyprian Cole, of Greenwood ; Joel, b. March 31, 1797, m. Sophronia Bisbee ; Azel, b. July 4, 1805, m. Elvira Bowker.
JOTHAM PERHAM, son of the preceding, as already stated, came into town in 1808 and spent many years here, and was a valuable citizen. He was much in town office, and was Captain
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of a militia company that went to Portland during the 1812 war. His children were :
I Elvira b. July 6, 1812, m. Alfred Chase; they had no children.
II Joshua, b. June 9, 1814, m. Polly Whitman, daughter of Joseph. He cultivated Woodstock land many years, and was one of our most industrious citizens. He finally sold out and moved to Wakefield, Mass., where his wife died and he married again. He had children: Mary J., married first, Nehemiah Davis, second, Winfield S. Ripley, and lives in Wakefield ; Andrew J., married Ann King, and lives in Wakefield; Amanda M., un- married; Jerome, killed by the cars at Wakefield, and Jessie, who married and lives in Wakefield.
III Columbus, b. May 16, 1816, m. first, Clementine Nutting, daughter of James; second, Catherine Kimball, daughter of Seth, and third, widow Mary A. Washburn, of Paris. He lived in the east part of the town and died there.
IV Delphina, b. March 20, 1818, m. Harrison Whitman, who died, leav- ing her with three small children, whom she brought up and educated. Geo. W., b. February 14, 1839, m. Eliza Davis, daughter of Joseph, and lives in Paris ; Angelia, m. Rufus Farrar, Jr., lives in Grafton, and Harrison S. (See Personal Mention.)
v Lucy A., b. June 13, 1821, m. first, Chauncy C. Whitman, and second, a Lombard, of Paris, and resides there.
VI Sylvania, b. May 7, 1825, unmarried, a dressmaker and dealer in millinery and fancy goods, at Bryant's Pond.
VII Lovicy, b. October 4, 1826, died young.
VIII Martha E., b. June 29, 1830, m. Stephen C. Davis, son of Benjamin. They have always lived in town; have had several children; their daughter, Corinna, a very promising scholar, died while a student at Bates College.
IX Amanda M., b. December 1, 1832, died young.
LEMUEL PERHAM, JR., brother of the preceding, married Sally Chase, daughter of Merrill, and went to Wapello, Iowa, many years ago where he died June 23, 1865, and where his descendants now are. He was a Lieutenant in the company that went to Port- land, in 1814. His children were: Sarah T., b. October 27, 1815, m. Andrew Grimes ; Joel, b. April 15, 1817; Lemuel Ross, b. March 19, 1819, m. Mary Nichols ; Lovicy C., b. May 12, 1823, m. Alexander Moore ; Amanda M., b. March 16, 1826, m. J. Harvey ; Nancy, b. April 15, 1828, d. February 29, 1838 ;
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Almira, b. May 12, 1832, d. May 16, 1834; Sarah, b. July 30, 1834, d. July 20, 1836 ; John, b. April 15, 1830, d. April 15, 1837.
For second wife, Lemuel Perham married in 1843, Clarissa B. Perkins, of Clyde, Michigan, and had William and Laura.
JOEL PERHAM, brother of the preceding, born in Paris, came to Woodstock with his father when he was fifteen years of age. When he became of age he was married and lived at first in the Perham neighborhood, then built a house below the Stephen Packard place, where he lived a few years, and next moved to Perham neighborhood, to the farm he bought of Rowse Bisbee, and on which John Nason made the first opening. He after- wards moved to the south part of the town, to the farm previously owned by John Bicknell. In 1856, he sold his farm and moved to Bryant's Pond. He was a good farmer and very successful in sheep husbandry. At one time he was keeping six hundred sheep and wintered them. Near the close of his life, he went to live with his son Kilbon and died there. His wife died in 1865 and he in 1876. His children were :
I Sidney, born March 27, 1819, m. Almena J., daughter of Lazarus Hathaway, of Paris, and his children are: Aurestus S., m. Delia Haskell, of New Gloucester, lives in Washington, D. C .; Fannie L., Georgie S., Herbert M., died young, and Willie L.
II Betsey Gurney, b. March 13, 1821, m. Merrill J. Rowe. (See Rowe).
III Kilbon, b. August 8, 1822, m. Sarah J. Bryant, daughter of Christopher, and had Edwin R., m. Anna Irish, lives in Somerville, Mass .; Clara, m. Henry Rollins, lives west; Sarah B., died young; Mabel L. and Quinby.
IV Joel, b. May 10, 1826. He was brought up on the farm, attended the town schools and at Hebron Academy, taught school winters, was in trade at Bryant's Pond several years; was a member of the Enrolling Board, for the 2d Maine District, during the war; was subsequently government inspector ; has dealt largely in real estate in Boston and Washington, D. C .; now resides in Boston; un- married.
v Viana, b. April 10, 1832, m. Joseph Churchill, son of William, of Paris. He died in August, 1881. They had one son, Walter A.
VI Cynthia A., b. June 27, 1839, m. Wm. B. Lapham ; resides in Augusta.
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AZEL PERHAM, brother of the last, has always lived in Wood- stock. His wife was Elvira Bowker, daughter of James, of Paris. His children, all born in Woodstock, were: Laura B., b. March 31, 1831, d. June 19, 1838 ; Lovicy, b. February 4, 1831, m. Adelbert Hicks, son of Isaac, of Greenwood, and went west ; Kingman G., b. January 13, 1832, m., and has lived in Naples and other places; Jeanette L., b. June 23, 1836, m. Amos S. Bryant, son of Samuel, Jr., of Greenwood; Alonzo, b. August 31, 1839, d. April 13, 1845; James L., b. October 3, 1842, never was married ; he died from the effects of exposure while in the army ; Charles H., b. September 3, 1850, married and resides with his parents.
PERKINS.
CORNELIUS PERKINS, of Carver, Mass., born December 25, 1775, married Mercy Barrows, of Middleboro, born January 5, 1775, and was among the early settlers of Paris. In 1803, he came to Woodstock and settled on lot number six, of Smith's survey, in the east part of Woodstock, the grant to Gorham Academy. His father was Gideon, whose wife was Desire Dunham, and his grandfather Joshua, all of Carver. He was a useful citizen, and in town office for thirty or more years. He was the delegate from Woodstock to the convention which framed the Constitution of Maine. After the death of his wife he went to Paris and died there. His children, the three older born in Paris and the others in Woodstock, were :
I Luther, b. December 10, 1797, m. Sally Durell. He was a Baptist clergyman and had several settlements. He died in Weld, where he had married a second wife, named Brown. His children were Ephraim, Samuel, Joshua, Albert, Lois and Austin.
II Cornelius, b. November 4, 1799, d. young.
III Gideon, b. November 22, 1801, m. Polly Dunham. He was a Free Baptist minister ; he had a family, and among his sons were John W. and Joseph, well known merchants in Lewiston.
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IV Seth, b. September 2, 1803, m. Laodicea Dudley, daughter of David, and moved to Penobscot County.
v Mercy, b. August 8, 1805, m. Isaac Davis.
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VI Desire, b. December 28, 1807, m. Harvey Berry, son of William, of Paris.
VII Daniel, b. April 23, 1810, m. Drusilla Fuller, daughter of Caleb, of Paris. He has always lived in town.
VIII Cyrus, b. January 14, 1812, m. Harriet Dunham ; he died at Paris, 1880.
IX Charles, b. January 24, 1814, m. Amazina Cushman, daughter of John, of Bethel. He went west.
x Cornelius, b. July 19, 1879, d. 1833.
PERRY.
JOB PERRY, of Norway, died in Belfast in October, 1830. His wife, Eleanor Allen, of Hartford, survived him and came to this town with her family, and died here April 3, 1871. Their children were: Bartle, b. in Paris Feb. 2, 1819, was a voter here in 1843; Judith T., b. September 15, 1820, m. Oliver Robbins ; Nathaniel H., b. June 3, 1822, died quite young in Belfast; Job T., b. in Belfast June 15, 1825, m. Catherine A. Bigelow, of Framingham, Mass .; Franklin W., b. May 14, 1829, m. Miranda Buck, of Norway; Francis W., b. May 14, 1829, m. Miriam Barrows, of Norway; Nathan H., b. Septem- ber 30, 1830, m. Estella Robbins.
The two brothers, Bartle and Nathan H., long operated the saw mill in Sigotch, purchasing the property of Josiah J. Knight ; Bartle married first, in 1866, Lucretia Barker, of Rum- ford, second, in 1875, Mrs. Sophronia Carter, of Rumford, and third, in 1877, Mrs. Mary A. Silver, of Rumford; he resides in Rumford. Nathan H. married as stated above, and resides at West Paris. He is much interested in mineralogy, and has a large collection found in and around Woodstock ; he has also supplied other collectors with the rare minerals of this region. He is now devoting his time mainly to this pursuit.
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PRAY.
JOSEPH PRAY came here from Parsonsfield in 1858, and traded in the Crockett stand, since burned, at the Pond. He was an elderly man and a bachelor; his sister kept his house. He was Postmaster from 1859 to 1861; he was a kind hearted, genial man, and highly respected, but not successful in business here. He was partially blind, and often the victim of petty peculations and frauds ; he died here in 1866.
PUTNAM.
PRENTISS M. PUTNAM, son of Jesse, of Rumford, his wife Esther Howe, daughter of Joel, of Hanover, came here in 1858, and worked in the store for Jonathan Jewell. He afterwards returned to the homestead of his father at East Rumford, and died there. He had two children, Marcella, who married and resides in Milan, N. H., and one son.
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