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4. Irison B., fourth son of Reuel, born Oct. 10, 1839; entered the Federal Army, Co. I, 23d Regiment, Maine Volun- teers, Sept. 29, 1862; d. in Maryland at Lock 21, on the Poto- mac, near Geogetown, D. C., March 21, 1863, of small pox.
6. Jeannette, fourth daughter of William, b. in Leeds Jan. 31, 1795 ; m. Ebenezer Hammond, of East Livermore, Dec. 29, 1814; d. Jan. 14, 1883. They had issue three sons and two or more daughters.
7. Isaac, third son of William, born in Leeds April 10, 1797; m. Hannah Norris in 1819, and moved to East Livermore about 1832. His occupation was farming and blacksmithing, in which trade he was a skilled workman. He died Sept. 15, 1872. Of his nine children, six were born in Leeds, but during childhood moved with their parents to other towns.
At this date, his only surviving son, Sewall, is a resident of Wayne and for many years has held positions of public trust in his native town and county.
8. Ruth, fifth daughter of William, b. May 18, 1799; m. George Gordon, of Wayne, Nov. 2, 1819; d. Dec. 9, 1862.
SAMUEL PETTENGILL.
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9. William, Jr., fourth son of William, b. Dec. 10, 1801; m. Eunice Day May, 1827. He died April II, 1881. She died Sept. 3, 1896. To them were born eleven children, five of whom lived to maturity, viz. :
Ruth, b. Feb. 26, 1828; m. Lewis Churchill, of Leeds; died. April 13, 1890;
Samuel W. was b. March I, 1842. At twenty years of age he enlisted in Co. E, 16th Regiment Maine Volunteers, Aug. 14, 1862. He endured the rigors of the autumn campaign of that year, and participated in the battle of Fredericksburg on that fatal 13th of December, 1862. Although he went through the battle unscathed, by various causes, among which was the exer- tion of rescuing a wounded comrade from capture by the ene- my, he sustained injuries from which he never fully recovered. From this time on to the expiration of his term of enlistment, he was obliged to serve in the Veteran Reserve Corps, from which he received his discharge in 1865. He continued in fail- ing health for several years, dying of pulmonary disease June II, 1868;
On Oct. 23, 1845, there were born to William and Eunice Pettengill twin daughters,-Lucetta and Lydia. Lydia m. Wil- liam E. Elder, of Lewiston, in 1864; Lucetta m. William H. Erskine, of Wayne, in 1865; died Oct. 15, 1884;
William R., second son of William, Jr., b. Oct. 19, 1847 ; mar- ried Fannie P. Libby Aug. 22, 1868. To them were born eleven children, viz. : Grace Vernon, b. June 30, 1869; m. John Plaisted, of Chicago March 10, 1900;
Samuel Henry, b. Aug. 31, 1870; a locomotive engineer on Maine Central Railroad ; m. Jessie Robinson, of Bartlett, N. H., Dec. 25, 1899 ;
Emma Gertrude, b. April 18, 1871; m. Sanford Adams, Station Agent at Poland Spring, Portland & Rumford Falls Rail- road, Sept. 15, 1893 ;
William Tillotson, b. Oct. 6, 1873; at present a student in Theological Institute at Saratoga Springs, N. Y .;
Clara Eunice, b. July 23, 1875 ; d. Dec. 3, 1877 ;
Ruth Eugenia, b. Dec. 23, 1876; in her Senior year at Bates College ;
Clara May, b. March 24 ,1879; employed in publishing house at Waterville, Me .;
James Garfield, b. Dec. 6, 1880; in business in Lewiston ;
Fannie Lovisa, b. July 3, 1882 ;
Sarah Ruby, b. Feb. 23, 1884;
Fred Russell, b. Sept. 23, 1886.
IO. Mary, sixth daughter of William, Sen., b. Jan. 20, 1805; m. Orlando Blake, of Monmouth ; d. Jan. 6, 1895. II. Araminta, seventh daughter of William, b. Nov. 22,
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1807; m. Joshua Elder, of Lewiston, Feb. 24, 1850; d. May 5, 1888.
Obadiah, younger brother of William, Sen., b. in Brockton, Feb. 9, 1761 ; m. Eleanor Cobb (sister of Lydia, wife of William, Sen.), March 8, 1792. He died March 29, 1845. Their children were :
I. Arcadius, b. in Brockton, Mass., Jan. 19, 1793; m. Polly H. Tribou Dec. 19, 1814; d. Oct. 31, 1883. To Arcadius and Polly were born Ann P., Dec. 9, 1815; m. Alpheus Tribou April 17, 1842; d. Feb. 27, 1899; Joel, b. March 20, 1817; d. Oct. 8, 1883 ; William H., b. June 21, 1819; m. Nov. 27, 1845; d. June II, 1882; Arcadius, Jr., b. Dec. II, 1822; m. first, Ann Merrill, Oct. 1, 1843; d. June 7, 1898. Contracted later marriages with Jane Norris, Mrs. Theresa Morse and Mrs. Florenda Moore.
2. Obadiah, Jr., second son of Obadiah, b. in Brockton, Sept. 26, 1795: d. Feb. 12, 1880.
3. John, third son of Obadiah, b. Oct. 29, 1798; m. Maria Arno July 2, 1843; d. Dec. 7, 1858. These were a line of remarkable mechanics, especially as workers of wood. Of John, it was said, "he could even grow wood together." His children were Benjamin, b. May 17, 1844; m. Evelyn H. Outhouse, of Wrentham, Mass., March 7, 1900; and Maria, b. May 31, 1845; d. June 13, 1845.
The mechanical abilities of the father seem to have been transmitted to the son, as, from his early boyhood, Benjamin has been actively occupied in mechanical arts. For quite a number of years he has been extensively engaged in the construction and re-construction of carriages at his factory in Wayne.
Phebe, eldest daughter of Obadiah, b. Aug. 20, 1801; d. 4. Oct. 31, 1896.
5. Phillips, fourth son of Obadiah, b. June 21, 1804; m. Joanna Harris, June 2, 1844; d. May 14, 1884. To them were born Eleanor C., May 16, 1845 ; m. Francis E. Herve of Greene, Me., Jan. 1, 1868; d. Aug. 31, 1896; J. Elizabeth, b. April 22, 1847; m. Wallace W. Mower, of Greene, March 23, 1875.
6. Irena, second daughter of Obadiah, b. Feb. 9, 1806; m. James Clark ; d. Aug. 20, 1866.
7. Jason, fifth son of Obadiah, b. Feb. 23, 1808; m. Lucetta Gordon April 9, 1845; d. April 4, 1862. She d. May 13, 1901. They had five children, George B,. b. Jan. 27, 1846; d. May 4, 1869; Melintha G., b. Dec. 28, 1847; m. Asa G. Gordon Jan. I, 1885 ; Lois A., b. March 3, 1849; m. Rocellus C. Norris, May I, 1876; Matilda F., b. Aug. 16, 1850; m. Marcellus F. Cushman, Aug. 30, 1868; Wilbert H., b. Sept. 2, 1856; d. Aug. 24, 1874.
8. Sarah C., third daughter of Obadiah, b. July 22, 1814; d. April 4, 1892.
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CURTIS FAMILY.
The Curtis family County of Kent Arms, Arg. a ches sa between three Bull heads cabossed gun crest ; a Unicorn pass or between four trees ppr .- Curtis, Cortis, etc., are ancient English families ; settled in the counties of Kent and Sussex.
Stephen Curtis was a resident of Apledore, Kent, in 1450, and several of his descendants were mayors. Tenterden, a town from which some of the first settlers of Scituate came. The earlier descendants of those people are taken from an original record of their pedigree in possession of the family under the hand and seal of office of Sir William Segar, Garter King of Arms ; transcribed by John Philpot, Blanch Lion, and entitled this descent of the Ancient familee Curtises in the County of Kent ; faithfully collected out of the office of Arms; the public records of the Kingdom ; private evidence of the families and other memo- rable monuments of antiquities, in which pedigree, and also in several old MSS. in the Harleian Musiam, the Arms of the fam- ily are given as annexed without reference to any particular grant, but as borne by them in virtue of ancient usage. William Curtis came to New England, in the Lion, in 1632; was a resi- dent of Boston that same year, and later of Roxbury, where his descendants still reside. He was the ancestor of George T. and Berry R., Esquires, of Boston.
Richard, William and John Curtis were residents of Scituate in 1643; and Thomas in 1649, who was of York, Me., and who returned there. John left no issue of whom there is record. Thomas left issue, a few of his descendants still living in Scituate and elsewhere, and more of the descendants of Richard, and those of William are numerous in that town, Hanover and other towns in Massachusetts. Those of William, among whom are the Cur- tises of Leeds, are here given. Of his wife, or the dates of their births or deaths we have no record, but he was a farmer and his farm was on the North River. He was a member of the second church. His children were : Joseph, b. in May, 1664; Benjamin, b. in January, 1667; William, Jr., b. in January, 1669.
William, Jr., whose wife's name does not appear on our data, was the father of three children, viz .: Mary, who m. Joseph Ben- son, of Hull, March 17, 1727; Rachael, who m. Nehemiah White, April 25, 1737, and William third who was b. about 1696, and m. Margaret Pratt, Jan. 20, 1718. His residence was on Curtis Street, Hanover, where he d. March 4, 1737. His children were born: Abel, Nov. 24, 1719; Joel, Aug. 14, 1721; William fourth Aug. 27, 1724; who m. Martha Mane Nov. 13, 1747; d. June II, 1759, leaving children, one of whom, William fifth, b. Dec. 4, 1752 ; married Deborah Curtis, Jan. 5, 1775. In 1786, he was a member of the Board of Selectmen. He continued
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his residence in Hanover and there d. Jan. 26, 1793. He had issue eight children who came to Maine, viz. : Ebenezer, William, Abner, Josiah, Libbeus, Lincoln, Charity and Deborah.
Ebenezer, b. in Hanover, Mass., in 1775; m. first, Cynthia Stetson, by whom he had Roa, b. 1805; Jeremiah, b. 1806; Mary, b. 1808; Cynthia, b. 1810. His second wife was Esther Ran- dall, by whom he had three children, Hannah, b. 1816; William B., b. 1818; Betsey, b. 1821. He d. Aug. 22, 1868. Roa, his eldest daughter, m. Seth Dunbar, of Hingham, Mass .; Jeremiah, his eldest son, m. Christina Berry and settled in Leeds, in whichi town his uncles, William and Abner, had settled A. D. 1800. Jer- emiah's children were Mary H., b. July 31, 1832; Ebenezer, b. April 21, 1836; Amanda T., b. Oct. 3, 1842; Amy A., b. Nov. I, 1844. Jeremiah d. Aug. II, 1880; Christina, his wife, d. Jan. 5, 1848. Of these children of Jeremiah, Mary H. m. Abner Curtis, Jr., and lived in Leeds; Ebenezer m. Cordelia Briggs; resides in Leeds; no issue. He was a soldier in the Civil War, in which service he continued until its close-a term of three or more years ; Amanda T. m. Levi Owen ; issue one child ; and Amy A. is omitted in the data. Mary, the second daughter and third child of Ebenezer, m. Benj. Monroe, of Hanover, Mass .; Cynthia, his next child, m. William Whiting, of Hanover; Hannah, the next in the list of Ebenezer's children, m. John Damon of Scituate, Mass .; William B., whose numerical position was sixth in the list, married Augusta Sumner, of Leeds, where he spent his life. They had issue William H. and Henry; both of whom reside in Leeds, and neither of whom are m .; Betsey, the youngest child, m., as per data, John Damon, of Massachusetts.
William, second child of Williani and Deborah Curtis, settled in Leeds in the year 1800. He located in that part of the Planta- tion now called Curtis Corner. His old home is still standing on the Brewster farm. He m. Olive Stubbs, to whom was b. twelve children, nine of whom grew to man and womanhood, namely : Charles, Joseph R., Washington, George, Mary, Sophia, Olive, Ann and Harriet.
Of Charles, no data; Joseph R. was a sea captain of expe- rience and note. He m. Louisa Sumner; reared a family and d. in a foreign port; Washington and George, no data; Mary m. Amos Berry and lived in Leeds ; Sophia, m. Caleb Sumner, whose residence was Leeds ; Olive and Ann, no data; Harriet, m. Rev. W. H. Foster, a son of Timothy, whose residence was Leeds. Most of these children of William Curtis had large families, of whom some receive mention in another place in this work.
Abner, third child of William and Deborah Curtis, was b. in Hanover, Mass., March 4, 1782. He came to Leeds in 1800; settled at what is now called Curtis Corner, near the house of his
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brother, William. He m. Lydia, a daughter of William Turner, of Leeds, by whom he had twelve children, namely :
Joanna, b. Feb. 20, 1804;
William, b. April 6, 1806;
Louisa, b. May 29, 1808;
Almon, b. Jan. 2, 1810;
James, b. April 6, 1813 ;
Obed, b. Oct. 15, 1815 ;
Gracia, b. Feb. 3, 1817 ;
Ansel, b. Feb. 20, 1819;
Lydia J., b. May 10, 1821 ;
Adeline, b. July 7, 1823 ;
Abner, b. Dec. 28, 1825 ;
Oren, b. Feb. 3, 1827.
Abner Curtis, Sen., d. Dec. 13, 1867.
Lydia, wife of Abner, Sen., d. March 6, 1872.
Of their children, Louisa, James and Obed d. in infancy.
Abner, Jr., d. Feb. II, 1876, in Leeds ; and Oren J. in Califor- nia, date
Joanna, eldest daughter of Abner, Sen., m. Martin Bates, of Leeds, by whom she had twelve children, namely: James, Orlando, Silas, Charles H., John O., Roswell, Francis, Helen, Adeline, Mary and Joanna, and another who died in infancy.
William, second child of Abner, Sen., m. Lucretia Smith; issue two children, Lydia F. and William H. Lydia F. married Mr. Anthony and had three children; and William H. married Eliza A. Bryant, of Turner, and has two sons, Edward B. and Walter P., both of whom are m. and the former has one child.
Almon, fourth child of Abner and Lydia (Turner) Curtis, m. Charlotte Mitchell, of Vienna, Me., Jan. 1, 1834. To them were born five children, viz .:
Sarah A., March 10, 1835 ;
Reuben D., Nov. 22, 1840;
William D., May 10, 1842;
Ervin H., Aug. 17, 1846;
Ledru R., Aug. 19, 1850.
Two of these children d. in infancy, Reuben D. and Ledru R .; Ervin H. d. April 12, 1861 ; aged 16 years.
Sarah A., the only daughter of Almon, m. Alfred Beals, of Greene, Aug. 15, 1859. They resided at North Leeds, and were charter members of Leeds Grange, of which he was treasurer sev- eral years. They had one son, Horace P., who m. and lives in Lowell, Mass., and in turn has a son, E. Alfred. Mr. and Mrs. Beals later removed to Lewiston, where he died March 6, 1900, and in which city Mrs. Beals now resides.
William D., is not accounted in the data of this family.
Almon Curtis, the father of these children, was twice commis-
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sioned, by the Governors of Maine, Captain of Leeds Rifle Co., and received his discharge from the same. His wife d. Dec. 14, 1894 ; aged 84 years, 9 months; he d. July 13, 1897; aged 87 years, six months.
Gracia, seventh child of Abner and Lydia (Turner) Curtis, m. A. G. Day, of Leeds, Sept. 6, 1835. They had issue eight children, viz. :
William S., b. April 6, 1837; d. July 4, 1837;
Almon C., b. July 3, 1838;
Lydia J., b. July 21, 1840;
Henry F., b. March 29, 1843; d -;
Charles A., b. Feb. 22, 1846;
Hester A., b. March 20, 1848; d. March 9, 1852;
Wallace O., b. Jan. 13, 1852; d -; Clara A., b. Oct. II, 1854.
Mr. A. G. Day d. May 18, 1880.
There being no separate account of the Day family obtained for this work, we here include such data as we have of the children of Gracia Curtis and her husband, A. G. Day.
Almon Curtis Day, b. in Leeds, July 18, 1838; m. Clara Brad- ford, of Turner, July 5, 1862. They settled in Buckfield and continued their residence there until 1885, when they removed to Turner, where they now reside. They have four children, viz .: Elsie A., b. April 15, 1864 ; m. Robert Haskell, of Auburn, Jan. I, 1889; have two children, Weston B., b. Feb. 27, 1893; and Ada Louise, b. Dec. 11, 1897; Nellie A., b. Nov. 22, 1865; m. Walter Lawrence, of Sumner, April 21, 1894; have one son, Almon D., b. May 8, 1896; Wallace E., b. March 4, 1867; m. Winifred G. Francis, of Livermore, Jan. 1, 1900, and Clara Addie, b. July 26, 1871 ; who m. a music teacher whose name is not given. Mr. Day, Sen., was a farmer and for twenty years was engaged in the sale of nursery stock. Mr. Almon Curtis Day was a member of the municipal and school boards in both Buckfield and Turner, and represented his district in the House of Representatives of Maine.
Lydia J. Day m. Martin K. Bumpus, of Hebron, Me., Sept. 15, 1859, and had issue : Raleigh M., b. May 1, 1861 ;
Hester A., b. May 19, 1866;
Nora B., b. Dec. 31, 1871.
Martin K., the husband and father, d. Aug. 10, 1900.
Raleigh M., m. Mabel L. Perham, of Bryant's Pond, Feb. 19, 1890; had issue Clare, Harold and A. Francis. Raleigh M. is a farmer and resides on the old homestead in Turner.
Hester A., m. Fred B. Marston, of Farmington, N. H., Dec. 21, 1894. She was a successful teacher in the schools of Maine and New Hampshire.
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Nora B., m. H. I. Mason, of Sumner, April 9, 1889. She is a music teacher and artist. Her husband is superintendent of the butter factory in Augusta, Me.
Clara A., m. Daniel Cary, Nov. 5, 1878. They have one son, Ralph, b. Sept. 19, 1881.
Ansel, eighth child of Abner and Lydia (Turner) Curtis, m. Minerva White, by whom he had six children, namely :
Willard M., Clementine, Millard, Florentine, Irven and Estella. He removed from Leeds to Waltham, Iowa, in 1868, and later to Iroquois, South Dakota. His son, Willard M., d. July, 1900. His daughter, Florentine, is m. and lives in Califor- nia. The others are single.
Lydia J., ninth child of Abner and Lydia (Turner) Curtis, m. Nathaniel Harris, of Greene, Aug. 18, 1855; had one child, Minnie A., b. Nov. 7, 1857. Mrs. Harris m. second, Samuel Blake, of Monmouth, Sept. 18, 1868; no issue. Her daughter, Minnie A., m. James B. Packard, of Monmouth, Sept. 12, 1880. They have issue Winfield Forest, b. Aug. 27, 1881 ; Harold Win- wood, b. Jan. 15, 1886; Florence Grace, b. Dec. 21, 1889; and James Roy, b. Aug. 26, 1892.
Adeline, tenth child of Abner and Lydia, m. James D. Gilbert, of Sumner. They had issue Emma F., Ann C. and Roswell C.
Abner, Jr., eleventh child of Abner and Lydia, m. Mary H. Curtis, of Leeds, in June, 1851. To them were born in Leeds, three children, to wit: Flora E., Albina L. and Oren E. Flora E. m. Lewis L. Lindsey of Leeds, Jan. 8, 1873. They have issue :
Arthur L., b. July 15, 1874;
Bertha M., b. Nov. 31, 1875;
Alice B., b. June 3, 1880 ;
Annie L., b. April 10, 1885;
Harry C., b. Nov. 6, 1892.
L. Albina, second child of Abner and Mary Curtis is a maiden lady.
Oren E., their youngest child, in. Mina Pettingill and lives on the old homestead farm of his parents and grandparents. He is one of the successful farmers of Leeds. Their children are: Ada C., b. May 5, 1885 ;
Walter, b. Jan. 2, 1887 ;
Archie, b. Dec. 25, 1894.
Oren J., twelfth child of Abner and Lydia (Turner) Curtis, m. Sarah Bosworth, of Abington, Mass., in 1853. To them was b. a daughter, Marion, Oct. 27, 1854. She m. Henry H. Farr, April 6, 1873. They have a daughter, Bertha Estella, b. July 26, 1874. She m. Arthur S. Green in 1897. Their resi- dence is in Milton, Mass. Mr. Farr d. in Littleton, N. H., sev- eral years ago, in which place his widow now resides.
In 1854 Oren J. went to California, and in the winter of 1855, 11
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lost his life in a snow and land-slide while mining in Butte County, in that state.
Josiah, fourth child of William and Deborah Curtis, came from Hanover, Mass., to Leeds, in 1800, and settled near Curtis Corner. He m. Hannah Billington. They had four children, viz. : Deborah, Adeline, Chesman and Laura.
Deborah and Adeline never married. Chesman m. Prudence Goch. They had three children, Letitia, Sarah and Abbie.
Laura m. John P. Hodsdon who resides in Wayne.
Lebbeus and Lincoln, fifth and sixth children of William and Deborah, moved to Searsport, Me., with their families. Several of their children were sailors and became masters of vessels.
Charity, seventh child of William and Deborah Curtis, m. Sylvanus Hammond, of Wayne, and lived in that town. They had several children.
Deborah, the youngest child of William and Deborah, m. Robert Curtis, of Greene ; no issue.
OTIS FAMILY.
In Massachusetts the name of Otis is a common one, and many of its representatives are among the families of prominence. When such names as James and Harrison Gray Otis are men- tioned to people of Boston, a spirit of pride is at once awakened and a golden chord attaches to their memory. In Leeds, the name first appears in the year 1792, in the personage of Oliver, who was born in Scituate, Mass., Nov. 8, 1768. He was a relative of the said James and Harrison G., but in what degree our data is wanting. At the age of twenty-three, hearing of the cheap and rich farming lands in the District of Maine, and especially in the Androscoggin valley, hither he came and purchased with money he had saved from mackerel fishing, a section of land in Turner. He made his temporary home in the family of Doctor Childs, who had a very extensive practice. On horseback he frequently rode through the neighboring settlements of Greene, Leeds, Livermore, etc., collecting bills for the doctor. On one occasion, he came to the house of Rogers Stinchfield on the south bank of Dead River. Betsey, the eldest child of Rogers was then a young lady of eighteen. She was born in New Gloucester, April 14, 1774. As young Otis rode up to the door, she glanced through the window and there sat the handsomest young man she had ever seen. (Her notion!) That picture, for an instant at the window, and the hospitable reception and entertainment of the young collector on that trip, and subsequently on soliciting trips, resulted in a "proposal" and "acceptance," and on Oct. II, 1792, they were married. Some time before their marriage,
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young Otis disposed of his land in Turner, and made his stay in Lewiston. On the 26th day of June, 1792, Adams Royal con- veyed Lot No. 64 in Littleborough, to Oliver Otis, of Lewiston. On this lot a log house had been built and a clearing made. The house stood westerly and near the present residence of A. J. Lane. When they were married he said to his wife: "If we have good luck, in six years we will be able to have a frame house." They moved into the log house and proceeded with the clearing, fencing, orcharding and stocking of the farm.
In less than six years, in 1797, although there were several open-mouthed young Otises to feed, they moved into their new house, which is the same now occupied by Mr. Lane and is nearly opposite the school-house which has since been erected on the same site where the former school building stood. They had issue :
Fannie, b. May II, 1793;
Ensign, b. April 11, 1795 ;
Sarah B., b. April 28, 1797 ;
Lydia P., b. June 24, 1799; John, b. Aug. 3, 1801 ;
Oliver, b. July 26, 1803 ;
Eliza, b. Dec. 10, 1804;
Ann F., b. Sept. 8, 1806;
Oliver, b. Sept. 29, 1809;
Harrison G., b. March 13, 1812;
Amos, b. Sept. 19, 1813;
Martha J., b. Sept. 30, 1821.
Three of the children died young, Oliver April 24, 1807; Oliver May 6, and Harrison G. May 7, 1814. Of those remaining,
I. Fannie, married first, James Leadbetter, July 3, 1814; second, Jonathan Bartlett in January, 1826. By her first husband she had two children, one of whom died young. The other, Laura Ann, married a Mr. Wingate of Houlton, Me. By her second husband she had two sons and a daughter, James, Jonathan and Mary. The former resides in California and the others in Montville, Me.
2. Ensign, married first, Martha Davis, of Montville, Me., Jan. 14, 1822. She died August 18, 1858, leaving one son, John, whose residence is Auburn, Me. He has three children, or more. One son, Oliver, is a noted editor, and resides in Bel- fast, Me.
His second wife was Laura Howard, by whom he had one son, Ensign, who died young. The dates of the deaths of Ensign and his widow are not known to writer. He was an earnest promoter of the Androscoggin Railroad and several
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years on the board of directors. To his efforts and those of Giddings Lane is largely due the establishing of that enter- prise.
3. Sarah B., the third child of Oliver Otis, married Ephraim Woodman, of Wilton, Me., July 19, 1812. He was born in Buxton, Me., April 25, 1787. They had issue :
Olive B., born in Wilton, Me., Nov. 27, 1814; married Samuel L. Hazard, of Boston, Feb. 9, 1840; Oliver Otis, born in Wilton Oct. 7, 1816; married Carrie Thomas, of Raymond, Miss. He was the first mayor of Vicksburg. He subse- quently removed to New Orleans, and died in Virginia Aug. 30, 1869, on his way north for his health; was brought to Massachusetts and buried at Mt. Auburn ; left no issue; Ivey F., fourth child, married Frances Strickland, of Livermore, in 1842, and died on a plantation in Mississippi, April 25, 1872 ; leaving one daughter ; Ephraim W., the youngest child of Sarah B. (Otis) Woodman, married in Wilton, in June, 1847, Elizabeth Fenderson. She died in 1852; no issue. Hc then went to California, returning in 1859; in 1860, married Sarah Hiscock of Wilton. He was in the Civil War and received his commission as Captain of Co. A, 8th Maine Infantry Regiment, Sept. 7, 1861 ; promoted to Major Octo- ber 8; further promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel of that regi- ment Dec. 23 ; to Col. of the 28th Regiment Nov. 3, 1862 ; mus- tered out Aug. 31, 1863. Dec. 18, 1863, he was commissioned Colonel of the 2d Maine Cavalry, its only Colonel ; mustered out Dec. 6, 1865. He died in Vernon, Madison County, Miss., March 17, 1869, leaving a widow and three sons; the youngest, two months old and the eldest seven years. The widow died. No date.
4. Lydia P., married Addison Martin, her second cousin, July IO, 1826. She was killed instantly by lightning July 5, 1842. She left four children. Addison Martin, Jr., born in Guil- ford Nov. 9, 1826; married Louisa Brooks of Portland, in 1855 ; reside in San Francisco, Cal. ; issue two children, Oliver and Lydia.
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