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It was the custom in the "old days" for farmers to take the salable products of their farms to Portland or Hallowell and there exchange them for such necessities as the family would need during the winter months. Mr. Knox left his home at two o'clock in the morning, on one of these trips, and when on the "Merrill" hill, in Turner, he saw the north- ern horizon lighted by what was evidently a burning build- ing. The next night, upon his return, he found his build- ings burned flat and his family at a neighbor's. He had sons, Richard and Daniel, and a daughter who married Sewell Dunn of Dixfield. Marcellus and Melvin Knox of Livermore Falls, were his grandsons.
KIDDER, JESSE.
D. 1857, aged 85; m. Sarah Humphrey, b. 1771; d. 1874. They lived near the center of the town, on the John White farm. Rev. A. C. Herrick of Canton, attended her funeral,
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which was held in the Norlands Church. The writer, with A. C. Pray and H. W. Briggs, sang, and I well remember how Mr. Herrick leaned over the pulpit and gazing on the face of Mrs. Kidder, who lacked but a few days of being 103 years old, said, "It seems as though the angels from Heaven, had smoothed the wrinkles from off her brow."
KEITH, EBENEZER.
D. 1845, aged 73; m. Bethia Bryant, d. 1855, aged 78. He came from Bridgewater, Mass., previous to 1800, and first lived in a house on the easterly side of the road, mid- way between Chase's Corner and the house of R. S. Timber- lake. He soon settled and built himself a house on top of the hill, not far from the Amos Edes place, now owned by ·the Albert Sargent heirs. It was while living in the first mentioned house, that Mrs. Keith with a child in her arms, called on Mrs. Jonathan Morse, who lived on the Hamilton Martin or Adney Boothby farm. Mrs. Keith and Mrs. Morse, with a child in her arms also, were seated on or near a newly erected barn frame, which Mr. Morse had just com- pleted, when suddenly a whirlwind, accompanied by a thunder cloud, leveled the frame, killing the babe and break- ing the arm and leg of Mrs. Keith. Mrs. Martin Keith related these facts to the writer and said that she had seen the scars on leg and arm of the elder Mrs. Keith. Mrs. Morse was killed, but the babe, Anna L., was unhurt and m. Joseph Jackson. Children: (2d Gen.)
EBENEZER, JR., d. 1834, aged 35.
SOPHILLA, d. 1843, aged 42.
MARTIN.
WOODBURY, died infant. REBECCA.
POLLY, d. 1840, aged 21. .
KEITH, EBENEZER, JR. Of these: (2d Gen.)
D. 1334, agcd 35; m. Deborah Record, d. 1832, aged 33.
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CHARLES. (3d Gen.) M. Amanda Thomas. 2d, Mrs. Katherine Mitchell. He was a soldier of the Civil War and he had three children by first wife.
REBECCA (4th Gen.) Who married L. A. Woodsome.
SARAH, married Elisha Sampson and they have one son, William L.
LESTER, who married Ophelia Ames. Child by 2d wife (4th Gen.)
LILLIAN, married Lewis M. Larrabee and they have five children (5th Gen.) : Catherine S., Alwilla C., L. Winn, Frances and Stanley W.
KEITH, MARTIN. (2d Gen.)
M. Polly Bryant. 2d, Mary A. Edgecomb, b. 1816. He built the brick house on the southerly part of the old farm in 1846, while Charles lived on the hill. Child: 1st wife (3d Gen.) :
KEITH, HEZEKIAH.
B. 1837; d. 1901; m. Albina Bryant. They had one son, Marcus E., who married Ida M. Leavitt, b. 1868, and resides on the old Israel Paul farm on the east side of Bret- tun's Mills, or, as it was called in 1772, Ram's Head pond. They had one daughter, Ida M., who married E. H. Gibbs of Livermore.
Children by 2d wife: (3d Gen.) Marcus M. Lizzie M., d. 1863, aged 14.
KEITH, MARCUS M. Of these: (3d Gen.)
B. 1843; m. Lodusca E. Jones, b. 1844; d. 1897. 2d, Mrs. Amy Marshall. He lived in the brick house that his father built, until his death. His children by first wife were: (4th Gen.) Martin L., b. 1864. He maintains the only lapidary in Androscoggin County and his place of business is at 65 Court St., Auburn.
MEDIE M., b. 1869; m. Elias H. Johnson.
LINNIE E., b. 1878; m. R. G. Hammond and they have four children : Margie M., Reginald R., Netina E. and Earl.
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KEENE, JOHN.
Came from Taunton, Mass .; m. Jerusha Blake; d. 1831, aged 92. He hung out the first tavern sign in 1792, one-half mile north of Jacob Leavitt's house in Turner. His children were :· Keziah. John. Jerusha, who married Elijah Fisher. Elisha. Mary B., who married John Monroe. Grinfel. Mercy. Rebecca, who married Elisha Pratt. Edward. Priscilla.
KEENE, JOHN. Of these :
M. Priscilla Robinson and lived in Sumner. Their children were: Priscilla. John. Jacob. Josiah. Jerusha. Rebecca. Thomas.
KEENE, JOSIAH. Of these :
B. 1793; m. Deborah C. House and their children were : Benjamin. Libbeus. John. Gaius. Jane. Elias. Rebecca. Elizabeth. Deborah.
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Chair that Dea. Livermore Sat in at Church, and His Wife's Wedding Shoes
Elias was born in 1825 and married Elvira I. Hayford. 2d, Eliza S. Drake. 3d, Hattie E. Keene.
LIVERMORE, SAMUEL.
Was of the 4th generation of those in the U. S. and died in 1773. He m. in 1726 Hannah Brown, the mother of "Elijah," the principal subject of this sketch. In 1765 he m. 2d, Mrs. Hannah Harrington, who died in 1765. In 1767 he m., 3d, Mrs. Joanna Felton, who died in 1767; and in 1770 he m. Mrs. Thankful Cutting, who died in 1772.
LIVERMORE, ELIJAH.
Like Abou Ben Adhem's, this name should lead all the rest, but for alphabetical reasons, I place it here. He was b. in Waltham, Mass., Mar. 4, 1730; and died in Livermore, Aug. 5, 1808. He m. Dinah Harrington, who died 1759. 2d,
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Hannah Clark, b. in Newton, Mass., 1740; died in Liver- more, 1827.
He, in company with Elisha Harrington, was sent by the "Proprietors," as previously stated, on a tour of explora- tion to the Province of Maine in the fall of 1771. This was his first visit and the second was made in 1772, when with a party consisting of Ebenezer Waters, Ebenezer Learned, Richard Woodward, Thomas Fish and himself, he started from Waltham, Aug. 18th, and at Boston they embarked on the sloop "Fenix" and sailed, via Merrymeeting Bay, Ken- nebec river, Pownalboro and Gardiner, where they landed, and thence by spotted trees to Winthrop and across Andro- scoggin Lake, through Dead river and into and down the Androscoggin as far as Dailey's Mills, when the township was outlined and the "First Division" lotted. His third visit was made in the spring of 1773, and whether he came to Falmouth by land or water does not appear, we only know that he and his "hired hands,"with two pairs of oxen, a horse and other cattle were there the first of May and started for the new township, hauling a part of their goods and stores on a tote sled, but they evidently established a supply depot somewhere, for on the fourth day they returned and met a party consisting of Thomas Fish and his father-in-law, David Mixer, William Foster and Ebenezer Gleason, who left Oxford, Mass., April 26th, and arrived at Falmouth on the sloop "Sally," May the second. Joining forces, they ad- vanced toward the township, clearing roads and fording streams too wide to bridge, via New Gloucester, across Little Androscoggin river, through Auburn and Sylvester, camp- ing the 13th and 14th by "Twenty Mile" river, where they found the "trout large and plenty." On the 17th, Dea. Liv- ermore and "his hands," with Mixer, hurried forward to plant corn and potatoes on his pitch, leaving the rest of the party to come more slowly. Upon their arrival on the 26th, the Deacon killed a fat calf, which greatly cheered the tired
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men and "with other good 'Necessarys,' made them in as good condition as Ever."
Dea. Livermore remained here this summer and it is quite probable throughout the following winter, for Thomas Fish found him, well at his camp May 7, 1774." "The dark aspect of affairs" between New England and Old England caused Dea. Livermore and others to abandon the settlement here and it was not until 1779 when the outcome of the Rev- olutionary War was evident, that the Deacon with his family made a permanent home on the well-known spot where he had his camp, where he built his house and where he died.
They came in April, via Kennebec river and Winthrop where his family remained until he had built a small house and raised a crop of corn and potatoes on his pitch, when they joined him and with brave hearts commenced the battle with the wilderness. Elijah Livermore, sometimes referred to as Lieutenant, a title he gained in the Massachusetts militia, or more often as Deacon, a position to which he was elected in the Congregational Church of Waltham, was a man of good, strong sense, possessing the faculty of foresee- ing the outcome of any financial enterprise, and at one time owned 2,000 acres of land in town, acquiring nearly all of it by purchase at tax sales, and selling to the incoming settlers at a good profit. He was the first Representative from this township to the "Great and General Court," at Boston, and it has come down to us, that when the time came for his de- parture to occupy this position, he made the journey on horseback, wearing a cocked hat, shad-bellied waistcoat, ruffled shirt and knee-breeches. At the time of his death he owned 1,120 acres of land and left $10,000 in money.
He had a sister who married Mr. Phipps, the man who " owned a part of what is now the towns of Jay and Canton, called then Phipps' Canada. Deacon Livermore gave his influence to the Methodist denomination and was instru- mental in building the church at Livermore Center, giving the land on which it stands to be used for that purpose, other-
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wise to revert to his heirs. The house built by Dea. Livermore now owned by E. E. Putnam, was built about 1790, although the exact year cannot be ascertained. Zebedee Rose, Sr., who was a carpenter, worked on the house and an examina- tion of its construction will convince any one that it did not go up like our modern balloon frames. The foundation is massive and firm, while the building is double-silled and the walls planked. He built four barns and in later years when one of these was repaired, an eighty-foot hewn sill was replaced with two forty-foot ones.
In 1787, Dea. Livermore owned the lot at the extreme northeast corner of what is now East Livermore and this lot is the very pinnacle of Moose Hill, so called, from the fact that in this year, Dea. Livermore shot a moose there, the meat of which he kept in an out-door cellar on the edge of his "Intervale," during the winter; this is evidence that the present house was not built at that period. The first town- meeting was held at the house of Dea. Livermore in 1795, so it is conclusive that this historic house was built between the years 1787 and 1795. A
There is but one likeness of any of the family, and that, an oil painting of his daughter, Sarah, the grandmother of Mrs. W. S. Treat of Livermore Falls. He and his wife are buried at Hillman's Cemetery, in sight of those broad fields that he wrested from the wilderness and the home he made with his own hands. His monument is like his character, plain and modest; a simple slate stone.
Children: 1st wife, Abigail, b. 1758; m. Rev. Elisha Williams.
Children: 2d wife, William, b. 1763. Hannah, b. 1764; d. 1785. Isaac, b. 1768. Sarah, b. 1770; m. Robert Pierpont, Sr. Anna, b. 1775; m. Dr. Cyrus Hamlin. Samuel, b. 1778. Betsey, b. 1778; d. 1779; twin to Samuel.
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LIVERMORE, ABIGAIL.
Of these :
B. 1758; d. 1817; m. Rev. Elisha Williams, son of a Congregational minister of East Hartford, Conn., a grad- uate of Yale College and the first schoolmaster in town. He was here in 1790 and during his residence was prominent in town and church affairs and in 1798 became pastor of the Baptist Church at Brunswick. They had eleven children and he died in Cambridge, Mass., in 1845.
LIVERMORE, WILLIAM.
B 1763; d. 1832; m. Mrs. Sarah Taylor Jones. He was not a resident of this town, but spent his boyhood in Boston, traded at Canton Point and afterwards at Hallowell and died in Louisiana. He had several children, none of whom settled in town.
LIVERMORE, ISAAC.
B. 1768; m. Elizabeth Kinney, d. 1823, aged 48. He, like his brother William, spent his boyhood in Boston and then traded in Hallowell, moving to Livermore about 1795, where he built a two-story house and set out a row of chest- nut trees on Lot 26, next east of that where John Monroe settled and about 35 rods north of the David Bonny buildings that Isaac Hersey built, near "Cat Corner." Evidently, when he moved from Hallowell to Livermore, he brought with him many unsold goods, for he traded in a room, finished for that purpose, in the house that he built, from 1796 until 1805. This fact is proved from the books he kept, in which are many familiar names of men who are known to have lived in town, charged with receiving goods sold by him, at that time. The acknowledgment on many deeds and legal documents, still in existence, bear his signature as Jus- tice of the Peace. When Isaac Hersey bought his farm, in the room used as a store, he found the account book, to which I refer, and the book is now in the possession of the widow of Herbert L. Hersey of Livermore Falls. He was greatly
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troubled with asthma and in 1825 sold his farm and moved to St. Joseph, Mo., where he died.
His children, born in Livermore, were: Hannah, b. 1797; d. 1836 (Boston). Granville P., b. 1798 (St. Joseph, Mo.). Eliza, b. 1801 (Boston). Elijah, b. 1804 (Mo.). Horatio G., b. 1807 (San Francisco, Cal.). Abigail W., b. 1809 (Boston). Alma L., b. 1812; d. 1841. Julia S., b. 1820 (Mo.).
LIVERMORE, SAMUEL.
B. 1778; d. 1823; m. Lura Chase, b. 1784; d. 1870. He was the Deacon's youngest son and lived at home until his marriage, when his father built for him the house formerly owned and occupied by Lewis Leavitt and gave him the lot on which it stood. He was elected in 1813 to the Great and General Court and was considered to be a genial, comforta- ble, easy-going man, not very keen in a trade as was evi- denced by the gradual disappearance of his property. There used to be a road leading directly north from the Livermore place, to Richmond's Mills, and on this road were three houses, in one of which Samuel died. After his death this house was removed and is now a part of that in which Ernest R. Merrill resides.
Children: Betsey, d. 1822, aged 18. Emery, b. 1809; m. Elizabeth Douglass (St. Joseph, Mo.). Lura, b. 1815; m. Levi B. Young (E. Livermore).
Betsey, evidently at the time of her decease, was some- one's fiancée, for on her tombstone are these lines: "This memorial insignæ is erected by a disconsolate friend, Simeon Foss, in affectionate remembrance of Miss Betsey Liver- more, who departed this life July 23, 1822, aged 18 years, 9 months and 19 days, of a consumption the current of which she stem'd 20 weeks, then calmly laid down life for a happy immortality."
LIVERMORE, AMOS.
B. 1764; d. 1826; m. Hannah Sanderson, b. 1771. They moved to Livermore in 1796 and he built the house known
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as the Ryerson house, which was burned in 1824. His 2d wife was Eunice Luce and his 3d was Phebe Luce, who died in 1829, aged 61. She was a sister to the 2d wife. Children : Lucy, b. 1796. Thomas, b. 1798. Hannah, b. 1800. Eliza, b. 1803. Amos Henry, b. 1806; d. 1840. Grace S., b. 1809. Mary Anna Dana, b. 1811. Adaline M. Phebe, d. 1841, aged 34. Henry, d. 1840, aged 44. Accounts are so con- flicting as to his children, some giving 8, some 10 and some 11. We are sure of three only : Phebe, Henry and Eunice, who m. Richard Merrill, d. 1861, aged 67, and she d. 1883, aged 81.
LIVERMORE, NATHANIEL.
B. 1713; d. 1783; m. Martha White in 1751. He built the house on the place where Dea. Sanders lived, later owned by J. Harris Stevens, and now the property of Cyril W. Jack- son. Every nail and spike used in building this house, is hand made. Among his children were Tabitha, b. 1757; m. Lieut. Samuel Benjamin in 1782. Lydia, b. 1763; m. Ephraim Child in 1787. Amos, b. 1764; m. Hannah Sander- son in 1795. I have heard it stated that Amos and Nathaniel were distant cousins of Elijah Livermore.
LEARNED, DAVID, GEN.
D. 1811, aged 44; m. Mary Hurd, d. 1863, aged 97. He came from Oxford, Mass., in 1790, and settled on Lot 50, which included the farms of Israel Washburn and Otis Pray. He was the first trader in town and his store stood south of the Norlands Church, near the site of Otis Pray's buildings. In 1800 he sold goods to the amount of $500, and also built a sawmill at the outlet of Bartlett's Pond. He sold the south half of his lot to Bartholomew Woodbury of Sutton, Mass., which included the Pray farm, and the remainder to Dr. Cyrus Hamlin, which is the Israel Washburn homestead, and built, just over the line, on Lot 51, a new house, now known as the W. P. Washburn place or "Oxford House." When the County of Oxford was formed in 1805, Gen.
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Learned christened it in honor of his native town. He was the first Sheriff of the County and as such according to the old law, collected the County tax, and absconded. Returning home from New Orleans in 1844, he died on shipboard and was buried at sea. The ship's captain wrote a letter to Mrs. Learned, giving the circumstances of Learned's death and enclosed a lock of his hair and his gold band ring. The Masons, of Oriental Star Lodge, to which Learned belonged, assisted the widow Learned in many ways, and Capt. Otis Pray, a near neighbor, and also a member of the Lodge, preserved this letter, and it was at the home of Pray that I saw the lock of hair and ring and read the letter.
Children : Maria, m. Publius R. R. Pray (Miss.). Samuel. When last seen by any of his family was in Miss. He was a perpetual motion genius, and of a roving character. Eliza. She was unmarried and her brother, Charles D., bought her a home at North Livermore. She died in 1870, aged 65.
LEARNED, CHARLES D.
M. Mary Hamlin, b. 1805; d. 1841. He was a lawyer in Miss. and died at the age of 86. Children: Mary Maria Eliza, b. 1830; m. Ezekiel Bowles (N. H.). Laurinda Augusta Hamlin, b. 1832; m. Simeon H. Edson. Charles D. Sophronia. Vestie Ann. The last three children died in infancy at Isaac Hamlin's in Livermore.
LAURINDA, A. H.
M. Simeon H. Edson and they had four children. Emma Eliza, b. 1851; m. Jacob Hoch (R. I.). Clara C., b. 1853; m. Horatio Burgess, d. 1890, aged 73. 2d, George Tarr (Livermore Falls). 3d, Joseph H. Thing, b. 1844; d. 1916. Charles A., b. 1855; m. Lillie Johnson (Vt.). Julius H., b. 1857; m. Jeanette Sullivan (Vt.).
CLARA C., who m. Horatio Burgess, an architect, had two children. Millie A. Burgess, b. 1876, and George Bertram Burgess, b. 1878.
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LEAVITT, BRANCH.
Of Turner; m. Lucy Pratt and their children were: James Madison. Mercy M. Lewis and Rebecca B.
Of these : LEAVITT, JAMES MADISON.
Will be remembered as the founder of Leavitt Institute in the town of Turner, and his gift of $10,000 for that pur- pose is a monument to his interest in the cause of education. His home was in New York where, after having retired from active business, he lived until his death.
LEAVITT, LEWIS.
B. 1834; d. 1904; m. Persis W. Berry, d. 1860, aged 24. 2d, Betsey J. Bisbee, b. 1838; d. 1903. He moved to Liver- more in 1866 and was an extensive farmer and dealer in cattle. He lived at Hillman's Ferry on the farm formerly owned by Dea. Charles Barrell.
Children by 1st wife :
ABBY, b. 1859; m. Asa M. Gilman (Portland).
FRED A., b. 1860; m. Ada E. Barker; d. 1909.
2d, Annie
Louise Fitts, b. 1871.
He owns the old place, the buildings on which, and a large stock of cattle, were consumed by a fire caused by lightning in 1922. They were rebuilt and he and his wife make it their home in the summer time, sepnding the winters in California.
LEAVITT, ADONIRAM JUDSON. (2d wife's child)
B. 1877; m. Mary H. Wallace. They live in California.
LOVEWELL, JOSEPH.
B. 1729; d. 1801; of Western, Mass .; m. Hannah War- ren, b. 1741, d. 1782. 2d, Mrs. Ruth Child Walker, d. 1809. Among their ten children were: Isaac, b. 1762. Daniel, b. 1770. Elizabeth, b. 1774; m. Peter Goding, Jr. Hannah, b. 1776; m. Spencer Goding. Deliverance, b. 1782; m. William Cooper.
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Of these: (2d Gen.)
LOVEWELL, ISAAC.
B. 1762; d. 1835; m. Lucy Harrington, b. 1752; d. 1807. 2d, Mrs. Lucy Merrill, d. 1856, aged 84.
Children: 1st wife (3d Gen.) Justis, b. 1788; d. 1802. Vici, b. 1790; d. 1794. Isaac, b. 1793; d. 1803. Lucy, d. 1794. No children, 2d wife.
Mr. Lovewell came to Livermore from Western, Mass., about 1790, and settled on the farm now owned by C. G. Thompson, on Waters Hill. The old two-story house with long sheds and barns stood opposite and on the westerly side of the road from the present buildings. In those days it was reckoned as a great apple farm and supported a cider mill, in fact it was made to support anything that would bring to its owner a dollar. Mr. Lovewell was quite deaf and many amusing stories are told caused by this infirmity. His second wife was from the town of Poland and had one son, Samuel Merrill, d. 1872, aged 72; m. Ruth N. Fuller, b. 1800, d. 1845, who inherited the farm and whose children were: Lucy Ann, d. 1881, aged 54. Sarah J., m. Samuel Robin- son. Louisa, m. J. Brown (Mass.). Ruth M., m. A. Snell (Mass.). Dana P., m. Nellie Gammon (Mass.).
A sister of Samuel Merrill, Salome, married Loami Robinson, and another, Ann, married Mahew Chase.
LOVEWELL, DANIEL. (2d Gen.)
B. 1770; d. 1803; m. Nancy Jackson, b. 1774; d. 1861. She married in 1805, Stephen Webster of Mass. Daniel is buried in the Fuller yard on Waters Hill. He settled and built a house about half way from Bartlett's Corner to the outlet of Bartlett's Pond on the westerly side of the road.
Children : (3d Gen.) Amasa and Luther, twins, b. 1796. Harriett Webster, drowned in Bartlett's Pond, aged 6. Hannah J., b. 1803; d. 1885 in (Mass.).
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Of these : LOVEWELL, AMASA.
B. 1796; d. 1879; m. Ruth Lovewell, d. 1859, aged 61 (dau. of his cousin Samuel). He first lived on the farm for- merly owned by Will Soper, afterwards on the well-known Lovewell farm on the river road near North Turner Bridge.
Children: (4th Gen.) Nancy, b. 1821; d. 1899. George W., b. 1823; d. 1841. Abigail, b. 1826; m. Asa S. Goding. Ransom N., b. 1828. Asenath B., b. 1830; d. 1872.
Of these :
LOVEWELL, RANSOM.
B. 1828; d. 1894; m. Mary E. Smith, b. 1834; d. 1922. He lived and died on the old farm now occupied by his sons.
Children: (5th Gen.)
ANNIE RUTH, b. 1866; m. Asa F. Campbell, b. 1866 (Canton).
FLORA E. B. 1867; m. Albert S. Bryant, b. 1867 (Leeds). Children: Arthur A., b. 1894; Albion R., b. 1895. FRED H., b. 1869; m. Bertha Wright Hill, b. 1869. LIZZIE M., b. 1872; m. George Hanscome, b. 1872. WALTER S., b. 1875; m. Flora M. Lee; b. 1875.
LOVEWELL, WALTER S.
Of these : (5th Gen.)
M. Flora M. Lee. He is the most extensive farmer in the town of Livermore. He purchased the adjoining Knapp farm and has 45 head of cattle and three horses in the barn.
Children: (6th Gen.) Evelyn Fern, b. 1920. Ray- mond Scott, b. 1925. Phyllis Mar, a twin to Raymond Scott.
LOVEWELL, LUTHER. (3d Gen.)
B. 1796; d. 1864; m. Elmira Chenery, b. 1805; d. 1879. Child : (4th Gen.) Charles, b. 1825; d. 1903; m. Lydia Hewitt, b. 1827; d. 1895. Child: (5th Gen.) Ella M. Greely. DAVID, (4th Gen.) d. 1843, aged 15.
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JOHN, b. 1831; m. Sarah Reed, d. 1864. 2d, Mrs. Elizabeth Trask Gould, b. 1824.
Children: (5th Gen.) Charles B., b. 1857 (Leeds). Willie, d. Frank, b. 1860 (Mass.). George Evans, b. 1864 (Mass.).
(4th Gen.) Harriett, b. 1836; d. 1842. Daniel, b. 1823; d. 1880. Laura J., d. 1892, aged 46; m. L. D. Poland. Car- oline M., b. 1833; m. Manderville Campbell.
LYFORD, FRANCIS.
D. 1847, aged 81; m. - Judkins. 2d, Sarah Tuck, d. 1841, aged 71. He came from New Hampshire and bought of William Wing in 1813, the farm that J. H. Far- rington now owns. Mr. Farrington has remodeled the buildings and grounds so that today it is an attractive look- ing place.
Children : 1st wife (2d Gen.) Mehitable. Deborah, m. Eben Smith. Mary. Sarah.
Children: 2d wife (2d Gen.) Susan, m. Markwell Stevens. Moses, b. 1802, m. Sophronia Stevens. Hannah, d. 1887, aged 82; m. Hezekiah Haskell. 2d, Orin Haskell. Betsey, m. Calvin Wyman.
LYFORD, MOSES. Of these: (2d Gen.)
B. 1802; d. 1860; m. Sophronia Stevens, b. 1804; d. 1887. Children : (3d Gen.) Abigail S., d. 1898; m. G. A. Norcross, d. 1906. John T., b. 1830. Columbia D., d. 1887; m. A. J. Ryerson, d. 1906. Ellen F., m. L. M. Wing, b. 1828; d. 1909. Mosette S.
LEAVITT, JOSEPH, DEA.
A Revolutionary soldier, d. 1834, aged 84; m. Lydia Howland, d. 1820; aged 70. They settled on the farm now owned by Clifford R. Thompson estate and maintained sole. y as an orchard investment. Their children were: JOSEPH, JR., b. 1772; d. 1803; m. Lois Bowles (N. Y. ).
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