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Of his children, Charles, m. in 1819, Elizabeth W., a daughter of Isaac and Martha (Stinchfield) Freeman, b. in Leeds, Aug. 20, 1801. They settled in Turner, but later, in 1826, removed to Leeds, where they spent the remainder of their lives. He was a sickly man several years prior to his death, which occurred, in Leeds, July 7, 1846. His wife was a woman of executive ability, and to her efforts and labor in her motherly care of the children were they indebted for many of the privileges they enjoyed. Their children were:
Louise Elizabeth, b. in Turner, Aug. 17, 1820; d. July 22, 1892;
Allen Freeman, b. in Turner, Jan. 5, 1822; d. Oct. 1, 1841 ;
John Young, b. in Turner Oct. 19, 1823; d. Nov. 1, 1898;
Olive Whitman, b. in Turner, May 22, 1825 ; d. Dec. 24, 1856 ;
George Bates and Sylvanus Cobb, twins, b. in Leeds, Oct. 30, 1826; living.
Isaac Joseph, b. in Leeds, Oct. 12, 1830.
Of these children,
John Young Merrill, m. Oct. 28, 1855, Nancy S. Manwell, who was b. in Wayne, Jan. 22, 1827. They settled in Leeds where their remaining years were spent. Mr. Merrill was an exceedingly active and industrious man, which marked his entire life; even during his failing health a short time prior to his death, he could not be persuaded to give up work. He was an honest, conscientious man who commanded the confidence and esteem of his townsmen. When the "Prohibitory Laws" were first enacted, he was repeatedly elected Constable of Leeds, and many were the precepts he served and quantities the liquors he spilled. He regarded his oath of office sacred and binding, and never swerved from duty for the sake of friendship, nor accepted hush-money. His wife d. June 19, 1860. They had but two children, viz. :
Freeman, b. Sept. 4, 1857; d. Oct. 26, 1857;
Edwin K., b. Nov. 20, 1859. With the exception of a few years spent in Massachusetts, Edwin K. has lived in Leeds and
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devoted his time to farming and mill work, owning and operating a saw-mill on the stream near his home. From his father he inherits qualities of industry and drives his work before him, being a busy and enterprising man.
Dec. 24, 1881, he m. Carrie W. Thomas, b. in Hanover, Mass., Feb. 12, 1861. They have issue :
Carl S., b. June 4, 1883 ;
Belva L., b. Sept. 25, 1884;
Percy W., b. April 5, 1886;
Lester M., b. April 18, 1894.
Sylvanus Cobb Merrill, for many years, was a resident of Leeds and lived near his brother, John Y. Oct. 14, 1855, he m. Rosina Manwell, a sister to his brother's wife. She was born in Wayne, March 4, 1834; d. in Leeds, Oct. 15, 1865. Their children were:
Louisa Elizabeth, b. Jan. 27, 1857; d. Aug. 15, 1882; Zelinda Ann., b. June 10, 1862;
Burt, b. April 2, 1864; nì. Clara Richardson Cary, Nov. 26, 1884, who was b. in Turner, June 17, 1869. They reside in Auburn, Me., and have had two children : Cora Evelyn, b. Dec. 9, 1885 ; and John Maurice, b. Nov. 26, 1884; d. May 22, 1897.
Sylvanus C., m. second, Eliza Adelaide Rose, of Leeds, June 21, 1873. Their children are:
Rosina, b. March 22, 1874;
Freeman, b. Nov. 27, 1875;
Irving, b. June 22, 1879;
Nellie, b. April 26, 1884.
Their residence is North Abington, Mass.
Zelinda Ann, a daughter of Sylvanus C., m. Feb. 18, 1883, Arthur W. Studley, b. in Hanover, Mass., July 14, 1861. Their children are: Arthur Irving, b. Aug. 15, 1884; Ethel Louise, b. Dec. 2, 1888. Their residence is Hanover, Mass.
Isaac Joseph, m. May 18, 1864, Lydia White, b. in Hanover, Dec. 26, 1812. No issue. Residence, Hanover, Mass.
HANSCOM FAMILY.
Matthias Hanscom was born in Scarborough, Me., in the year 1812. When a small child his parents moved from that town to Monmouth, and settled in that portion of it now included in the limits of Wales. In 1837, he purchased land near Keen's Corner, in Leeds, and a few years later erected a set of buildings thereon, where he continued his residence until his decease. About the year 1839, he married Florence Keen. He was a carpenter by trade, and followed that occupation during the major part of
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his life ; being able to work until a few years preceding his death, which occurred Feb. 14, 1887, aged 75 years. His wife's death was in 1872. They had one child, Mellen J., born in November, 1853. He, too, was a farmer and carpenter, and has always lived on the home place. It is enough to say of his skill, that he was the master-workman, made all the marks by which the other workmen cut the material in the construction of the finest structure in Maine-"Cumston Hall," built in 1899. He received the commendation of the great young artist and architect, Harry Cochrane, to whose fame this structure has added another bright luminary. In Leeds and neighboring towns, many buildings are now standing which are in evidence of his handiwork. He has recently completed the Baptist Church, in Greene. Nov. 27, 1877, he married Rosa V., of Poland, a daughter of Aranda and Diana T. (Wing) Gilbert, born in Leeds, in February, 1855; in which town her parents were also born, the father in February, 1818, and the mother in August, 1818. She graduated from the "Lewiston High School" in 1874; after which time, previous to her marriage, she was a teacher in the schools of Poland, and later, taught nine terms of district school at Keen's Corner, Leeds. Her religious faith is Universalism, and to her efforts in establishing meetings of that denomination at Keen's Corner each summer, and the building of "The Union Chapel" in which they are held, are the people in that place indebted. Nor are these her only acquirements ; her example and beneficence have been felt in many ways, all tending toward a higher and brighter order of manhood.
Mr. and Mrs. Hanscom had issue six children, three sons and three daughters, namely :
I. Arthur S., b. in August, 1880; graduated from "Edward Little High School," a carpenter and associated with his father in business;
II. Selden L., b. in November, 1881 ; a graduate of Edward Little High School," a student in architecture in the office of Calvin Stevens, in Portland ;
III. Henry B., b. in April, 1884; a student at Westbrook Seminary ;
IV. Florence L., b. in December, 1888, and
V. Eva M., b. in January, 1893, are with their parents and attend the schools in Leeds;
VI. Ora L., b. in October, 1895; d. in March, 1896.
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HORACE LEADBETTER AND FAMILY.
Horace Leadbetter, the youngest son of Samuel and Betsey (Parcher) Leadbetter, and a grandson of Increase Leadbetter, who settled in Leeds in 1785, was born in Leeds, Nov. 28, 1813. He married Eliza Shaw, of Augusta, Me., and settled on the west side of Dead River about one-half mile from its mouth. Their children were: Wallace R., Charles H., Valencia, Lorenzo, Arthur and Jesse. The two daughters died in their youth and were buried at North Leeds, as were their paternal grand and great-grandparents. Wallace R. was educated in the common and high schools of Leeds and at Monmouth Academy. He was a teacher in the schools of his native and neighboring towns, and occupied a place on the school board of Leeds. He married Trene Nichols, of East Monmouth, and settled in Stockton, California, where he has been a successful teacher, school supervisor and held many positions of responsibility and trust. He has a beautiful home in town, and eight miles out, a large ranch. To them has been born two daughters and a son. The latter died in Colo- rado; and the daughters, Flora and Anita, are both successful teachers in Stockton.
Charles H., the second son of Horace, married Annie Cum- mings, of Macon, Ga. Their residence is in the state of Wash- ington, where he is engaged in the publication of books. They have five children.
Lorenzo, the third son, married Hattie, a daughter of Rev. W. H. Foster, a native of Leeds, now residing at Livermore Falls. For a time, after their marriage, they remained in this town, on the old Foster farm, but subsequently removed to Cali- fornia where he has been connected in the ranching business. They have no children.
Arthur, the youngest son of Horace, died in Stockton when a young man. His death was a great blow to his aged parents who had left their old home in Leeds, to make one with him on the Pacific coast. From a paper printed in 1886, we quote : "Mrs. Eliza D., wife of Mr. Horace Leadbetter, formerly of Leeds, died in Stockton, California, at the residence of her son, Hon. W. R. Leadbetter, Jan. 6, 1886, aged 70 years. She was in the yard, when she fell, and died soon after being carried into the house. She had been in failing health since the death of her son Arthur, which occurred a few months ago." June 12, 1891, Horace Leadbetter died in Stockton, at the residence of his eldest son, Hon. W. R. Leadbetter, aged 77 years.
Mr. Leadbetter was long a resident of Leeds, and although much attached to his California home, he had a great love for his native State, to which he and his wife made frequent visits and were heartily welcomed by their many friends.
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TRUE FAMILY.
Few have been the people in Leeds who bore the name True; yet, in neighboring towns the name is a common one. He from whom the True families in Maine trace their line of ancestry was Henry1, who came to this country early in the sixteenth cen- tury. The generations in a direct line to the parent who came to Maine are Henry1, Henry2, Jabez3, Jabez4. The last named lived in Salisbury, Mass., where he married and where part of his children were born. (His father was b. in Salisbury, Feb. 19, 1683.) He removed to New Gloucester, District of Maine, about 1756, and settled near Gloucester Lower Corner. His son, Ben- jamin, was born in Salisbury, Mass., Jan. 10, 1742. He came to Maine with the family, and at North Yarmouth, Me., Dec. 15, 1762, married Rhoda, a daughter of Deacon Daniel Merrill. Sarah, a daughter, and sister of Benjamin, was b. in Salisbury in 1744. She married in New Gloucester, - - Paul, and at the age of 21 years was a widow and the mother of a son, Marsh- field Paul. Dec. 17, 1768, she m. Thomas Stinchfield in New Gloucester, who was b. in Gloucester, Mass., Dec. 29, 1747. To them were b. in that town, Thomas, Sarah, James, Martha, Sam- uel, John. June 10, 1780, Thomas Stinchfield removed to what is now Leeds, and Sarah, his wife, was the first white woman known to have made a foot-print on the soil of Leeds. Dec. II, of that year, a daughter, Rebecca, was born who was the first white child b. in Leeds. Sarah d. Nov. 18, 1791, and rests on the farm to which she came eleven years before. In May, 1780, among whom were Deacon Daniel Merrill and Deacon Benjamin True, as he was then called, moved from New Gloucester, and settled in Sylvester township (Turner). Turner was incorpor- ated the forty-seventh town July 7, 1786. The first meeting was held March 6, 1787, in which Deacon Benjamin True was elected to the offices of clerk and selectman, in which positions he officiated for a term of years. In 1789, in company with others, he procured land in Auburn, made improvements thereon and later sold to parties in New Gloucester and removed to Liver- more, where he died in 1814. "Deacon Benjamin True was a man of genuine ostentatious piety, gentleness and humility. His candor and liberality upon all subjects of religious controversy, softened the asperities and commanded the respect of all who came within the influence of his example."
The children of Deacon Benjamin and Rhoda (Merrill) True were :
I. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 10, 1764; m. in Turner, Oct. 1I, 1790, Nathaniel Daily, who was b. in Easton, Mass., Feb. 3, 1765. They settled in Wayne, Me. Nine children;
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2. Mary, b. 1773 ; m. Feb. 19, 1794, Major Joseph Mills ; moved to Livermore about 1783; later to Farmersville, N. Y., and d. in Hudson, N. Y., in 1860. Seven children ;
3. Sarah (birth not given), m. Capt. Samuel Pompilly, of Tur- ner, Oct. 18, 1792, and resided in that town. She d. in Wayne, Me. (date not given). Eleven children ;
4. Giles, b. 1776; m. first, April 18, 1802, Xoa, a daughter of Doctor Daniel Childs, of Turner. He m. second, in New York, Betsey -, who d. Nov. 26, 1852. His resi- dence was Villenora, N. Y. Nine children ;
5. Martha, b. 1777; m. Simeon, a son of Wait Bradford, of Turner. He was b. 1770; was a carpenter ; his residence, Farmersville, N. Y. She d. in Wayne, Me., May 21, 1831. Seven children ;
6. Jabez, b. 1778; m. 1807, Eliza Shepherdson Allen, of Leeds, Me. He was of the U. S. Marine; d. March 27, 1813. Four children ;
7. Benjamin, Jr., b. in Livermore, Me., Jan. 13, 1784; m. July 31, 1806, Abigail Staples, who was b. in Turner, Me., Dec. 3, 1785 ; d. in Leeds, Me., Feb. 4, 1843. He d. in Leeds, Feb. 19, 1849. Three children ;
8. Rhoda, b. June 6, 1788; m. 1805; Alpheus, a son of Obed Wing, and settled in Wayne, Me .; d. in Turner, Feb. 23,- 1817. Five children ;
9. Jane, b. Dec. 22, 1792 ; m. 1813, Obed, a son of Obed Wing, of Wayne, where she spent her remaining years on the Wing homestead in that town ; dying May 15, 1863. Five children.
Benjamin True, Jr., whose numerical place in the list of children of Deacon Benjamin is seven, came to West Leeds in 1824 and purchased the water-power, or a part of it, and erected a carding mill thereon, which, in company with his son, they operated thirty years. His residence was on the westerly side of the main street of the little village of West Leeds, where he and his wife both died.
Their children were a son and two daughters, viz .:
Samuel Parsons, b. March 17, 1807; Lavania, b. March 30, 1808; Elethea, b. Feb. 17, 1813.
Samuel Parsons True as a boy, had only a common school education, which he obtained with very limited opportunities ; but later, entered school anew and fitted himself for teaching, in which capacity each winter, he was engaged twenty or more years. His official service on the school board of Leeds was continuous nine years. Other public positions were held and their duties discharged by him. He was a neat, busy farmer, and when his time was not occupied in the school room or mill, he was delving from early morn. In 1855, he disposed'
D. P. TRUE.
MRS. D. P. TRUE.
SHORE OF ANDROSCOGGIN LAKE, FROM LEWISTON CLUB-HOUSE.
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of his property in West Leeds and purchased the Capt. Samuel Stinchfield farm where he spent the remainder of his life. Nov. 21, 1841, he m. Ruth, a daughter of Major Jolin Carver, of Leeds. To them was b. a son, Davis P., in West Leeds, May 12, 1845. The wife and mother d. March 7, 1852. June 29, 1853, he m. Susanna W., a daughter of Ebenezer and Mary (Woodbury) Stinchfield, who were both b. in Danville, Me., and came to Leeds in 1809. They had no issue. Mr. True d. Jan. 8, 1865, and his widow Jan. 23, 1878. Their place of burial is in Wayne, on the road from Leeds Center to Beech Hill.
Davis P., the only child of S. P. and Ruth (Carver) True is also said to be the only male member to represent and perpetuate the name in the descendants of Deacon Benjamin True, his great- grandfather. June 10, 1874, he m. Bessie R., a daughter of Seth Stinchfield. She was b. in Danforth, Me., March 1, 1845. They have no issue, and with the death of Mr. True the name may become extinct. They reside on the home place where he has given much time and attention to fruit culture. To this farm he has added the James Stinchfield place-a very desirable location for summer cottages, several of which he has erected and more have been built by other parties.
Lavinia, the eldest daughter of Benjamin, Jr., m. David H. Millett, of Turner. She d. June 21, 1843. They had no issue.
Elethea, the other daughter of Benjamin True, Jr., m. in December, 1835, Davis F. Millett, of Leeds. She d. Jan. 25, 1841. They had issue a son who d. when less than two years old.
GORDON FAMILY.
Alexander Gorden was born in Scotland and was a royalist soldier at the battle of Worcester, England, Sept. 3, 1651. He came to Boston in 1652, and died in Exeter, N. H., in 1697. His wife, Mary Lyssom, was born in Marblehead, Mass. Their son Thomas, born 1678; died 1761, married Elizabeth Harriman, born 1675; died 1720. Their son Daniel born 1704; died 1786. His wife, Susanna, was born in 1706; died 1786. Their son Ithiel died in 1828, and his wife, Mary Glidden, died in 1819. Their son Josiah, born 1755 ; died 1841, married Elizabeth Smith, who was born in 1765; died in 1840.
Their son Jonathan was born in Deerfield, N. H., Feb. 20, 1786, and died in Wayne, Jan. 18, 1876. In 1808 he married Sarah Pettingill, of Leeds, who was born in Bridgewater, Mass., May 8, 1790; died in Gorham, Me., Dec. 22, 1881. Their children :
William Crosby, born in Chesterville, May 26, 1810, came to Wayne with his parents in 1823, and Jan. 1, 1837, he married
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Diana Smith and settled in Leeds, where he died Sept. 27, 1884. They had three children, James C., born Oct. 30, 1840; married Sarah E. Swift, July 5, 1893. He lived in Leeds until June I, 1897, when he moved to Wayne where he now resides.
Asa G., born Aug. 4, 1843 ; married Melintha G. Pettingill, of East Livermore, formerly of Leeds. He died Oct. 19, 1886.
Mary Ella, born July 6, 1852; married Chandler F. Cobb, of Leeds, Jan. 1, 1875. They now reside in Vassalboro.
Charles Smith Gorden, born in Chesterville, July 21, 1812; came to Wayne with his parents in 1823; married Florinda Churchill, settled in Leeds, where he died July 8, 1883. They had three children : Phebe Jane, born July 2, 1845 ; married Heze- kiah S. Gardner, of Leeds, Jan. 1, 1868. They now reside in Massachusetts.
Charles Wallace, born Jan. 15, 1849; married Annie Burrill, of Milford, Mass., Jan. 1, 1885; reside in Leeds, where he was born.
Lydia Ann, born Nov. 11, 1850; married Herbert L. Millett, of Leeds, in 1871, where they now reside.
Greenwood C. Gorden, born in Chesterville, Feb. 7, 1815; came to Wayne in 1823; married Hannah Stinchfield, of Leeds, in 1840; settled in East Livermore, where he lived some years, then moved to Wayne, and in 1852 moved to Leeds, where they now reside, at the good old age of 86 years. They had four children, Hezekiah S., born in East Leeds, Dec. 21, 1842; John Allen, born in Wayne, June 12, 1846; married Adelia C. Hartt, of New Brunswick, in 1890; now resides with his father, in Leeds.
Henry G., born in Wayne, April 19, 1848; married Carrie Peaslee, of New Hampshire, Jan. 1, 1885; reside in Wayne. Hannah Viola, born in Wayne, October, 1851; married Rev. William R. Millett, in May, 1871. He died in 1875. She died in February, 1896.
Joseph Pettingill Gordon, born Oct. 20, 1819; died March 27, 1876;
Jonathan Glidden Gordon, born June 22, 1822; died Jan. IO, 1901;
Oliver Cobb Gordon, born Feb. 21, 1825;
Jeremiah Gordon, born Aug. 18, 1827 ;
Sarah Ann Gordon, born Feb. 7, 1830;
Mary Jane Gordon, born Sept. 22, 1822; died Feb. 21, 1868.
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OTHER FAMILIES.
It is a matter of regret that many of the early families have failed to furnish data and thus far received no special mention. Want of interest or other causes, possibly, reflections on some members of the committee whose duty it was to furnish the data for this work is the only legitimate reason that can be assigned. None within the knowledge of the writer have failed of an invi- tation to contribute family matter. Incomplete as must appear the partial list of families of whom the writer has only a meager, oral knowledge or tradition follow; better so than omitted !
FISH FAMILY.
In the order of settlement of Littleborough by families, second to those of Thomas and Rogers Stinchfield was that of Jirah Fish. From New Gloucester he came in the fall of 1780. His log house was built on the southern bank of Dead River very near-a few rods southeasterlv of where the mill of C. H. White & Son now stands. He had a family of several children when he came to the Plantation, and one more born therein. Seth. his son, was the second white male child born in what is now Leeds. Later he built a frame house on the east side of what is now a highway-on the hill a little distant and northerlv from the cemetery which has ever borne the name of Fish-bury- ing-ground. Several of his sons were carpenters, and many of the early buildings in Leeds were built by them. Most of them married, settled in town and reared families, some of whose descendants remain here still. Two of them settled on the west- erly side of the hill that was early designated Fish Hill.
Hirah, the youngest son, remained on the homestead where he was living about fifty years ago, and is remembered as a slaughterer of hogs. This brings to mind an incident which occurred in the very early boyhood of the writer. About 1847, to procure the services of Mr. Fish to slaughter the winter store of meats, permitted to accompany his father on this errand, it was necessary to cross Dead River. This was accomplished by passing over a float-bridge composed of logs and poles and between which the water gushed up and wet the horse as he stepped on them. Farther on, very nearly where the buildings of George Burnham are now situated, we came to a barn with large doorways on either side and minus floors. Directly through this the road ran and through it went we also. A gentleman from Farmington, who, about that time, had occasion to pass that way, on arriving at Lothrop's Corner a little farther on, where he visited a shop which had black, board, window-blinds and other-
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wise peculiarly painted, after imbibing freely therein of Mr. Graffam's noted ardent with porwigles ( Polliwogs) from the little pond just back of it, spoke thus: "I have just seen the three great wonders of the world !- a bridge under water,-a road through a barn and a grogery in a pall-house."
BURNHAM FAMILY.
Among the early settlers was Abner Burnham. Little has been learned of his ancestry or nationality. He had two or more sons, Daniel and John. They were hardy and prolific, and many are their descendants. Azel and Abner Burnham, Jr., may have been sons of Abner, Sen., but, be that as it may, they con- tributed liberally to the numerous family who have since resided in Leeds and other Maine towns. In the late Civil War the Burnham family was represented as fully, perhaps, as any in the town. They first settled in that part of the Plantation called Pine Plains, and there many of them have continued their resi- dence since. Of names and dates we are ignorant, and incom- plete as this sketch is, here it is left for want of data.
FROST FAMILY.
Early in the century, among the names of heads of families occur those of Oliver P. and Joseph Frost. They lived in the west part of the town inany years where they reared fami- lies. Few, if any of the name, are now remaining. Very early Oliver P. had a blacksmith shop at West Leeds, which was the second one located in the town.
GRANT FAMILY.
Effort has been made to obtain a detailed account of this fam- ily who is now well represented in the town. No other legiti- mate reason can be assigned for its absence, than indifference or want of interest. Benjamin was the first to bear the name in Leeds, where he spent most of his years and reared a family of children. He was a soldier in the War of 1812; was a hardy, robust, industrious farmer. We have no knowledge of the place of his nativity nor the time of coming to Leeds. His place of settlement and residence was on the west side of Fish Bogg. where the buildings of his son, Amos, were recently burned. Among his children were Benjamin, Stephen, Sarah, Josiah, Mar- tha, Perry, Amos and, perhaps, others. Benjamin m. a Miss
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Phillps ; settled on the Phillips place, easterly from North Tur- ner Bridge; no issue ;
Stephen m. Columbia, a daughter of Seth and Abigail (Car- ver) Fish; settled near his father, where he has since erected a new set of buildings and now resides. They had issue three children, Joshua, Flora and Charles. Mr. Grant m. later, a Mrs. Smith whose maiden name was Fish-a niece of his first wife. They have no issue. Mr. Grant has been an industrious farmer. He was also a stone mason, and in former years worked much of his unemployed time on the farm at that busi- ness. Josiah m. Rebecca Rose and settled on the opposite side of the road from his present residence. They have one child, Her- bert, who married Addie Smith, a daughter of the present Mrs. Stephen Grant. They have two children, Fred and Myrtle. They, in turn, are married and have issue. Sarah m. a Mr. Ludden. Martha m. Charles Peare and lived at West Leeds. They had two daughters. Perry m. Caroline, a daughter of John Dyer Millett. They had issue. Later his wife died, and he again married and resides at West Leeds, where he has several years been in trade, in the meantime holding the office of post- master until a recent date.
Amos m. - Libby (?) and lived on the homestead of his father. The care of his parents fell to his lot, which service was kindly and faithfully rendered. His mother lived nearly a cen- tury of years, and for a long time prior to her death was a blind and helpless invalid. A few years since, the buildings were consumed by fire. Sickness and other misfortunes have been of frequent occurrence ; yet, Mr. Grant and his family have endured them with patience and fortitude.
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