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Children: (3d Gen.) Peleg S., b. 1829; d. 1898; m. Nancy Morrison (Ill.). John A., b. 1833; m. Lodaska Bag-
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Perley Store, Brettun's Mills
ley. (Dakota.) Samuel F., b. 1837; d. 1912; m. Sarah D. Brettun, d. 1922. Eliza A., b. 1838; m. Carlos Herrick (Ill.). Of these : (3d Gen.) PERLEY, SAMUEL F.
M. Sarah D. Brettun, b. 1838; d. 1922. They resided at Brettun's Mills and he traded with his father in the old store and later in the store which is now the Parker Garage. His wife was a great worker in the Universalist Church and was respected by the community. They had one daughter, Eliz- abeth B., b. 1868, who keeps the old home with its valuable keepsakes, in pleasant and perfect order.
PERLEY, ULMER. (2d Gen.)
M. Louisa H. Merrill. He resided in South Livermore and his children were: (3d Gen.) Delia, m. F. W. Gould (Leeds). Austen M., d. 1843, aged 4. Augusta, m. A. H. Strickland, d. 1878, aged 40; 2d, Arthur C. Foss. Zipporah L., m. W. H. Francis (Leeds).
Of these: (3d Gen.) PERLEY, ZIPPORAH L.
B. 1835; d. 1903; m. W. H. Francis, b. 1836; d. 1903.
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Children: (4th Gen.) Samuel P., b. 1859; d. 1927; m. Lucy R. Foss (Leeds). Ulmer P., b. 1859; d. 1928 ; a twin to Samuel P. Augustus S., b. 1864, m. Ida M. Sarner. Millie B., b. 1880; m. Nathan D. Merrill. Louise H., b. 1874; m. John H. Knowlton, b. 1868.
Of these: (4th Gen.)
FRANCIS, SAMUEL P., m. Lucy R. Foss.
Children: (5th Gen.) John H. Daisy M. Blynn P. Henry. Fernando. Leland.
FRANCIS, AUGUSTUS S. (4th Gen.) M. Ida M. Sarner. Children : (5th Gen.) Frances. Percy. Leroy. Ulmer.
FRANCIS, MILLIE B. (4th Gen.)
M. Nathan D. Merrill. Child: (5th Gen.) Perley L.
FRANCIS, LOUISE H. (4th Gen.) M. John H. Knowlton. Children: (5th Gen.)
HARRY H., b. 1893; m. Marion Doe. He is the Supt. of the Burnham & Morrill corn canning factory at Livermore Falls.
CARRIE D., b. 1897 ; m. Edward L. Laughton. She died in 1919, leaving a daughter, Louise Olive Laughton.
FRANCIS, ULMER P. (4th Gen.)
M. Nellie A. Leadbetter. He succeeded to his grand- father's property at South Livermore, with whom he always lived. He is a successful farmer and a general favorite among his townsmen.
ROWELL, ELIPHALET.
D. 1803, aged 30; m. Abigail Smith, dau. of Elisha Smith. He and John Winter were killed in a "drive of trees" just east of the race track in East Livermore.
Children: (2d Gen.) Betsey, b. 1791. Miriam, b. 1792; m. Samuel Wyman (Dead River). Beulah, m. Noah Lawrence. Hannah. Abijah.
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Of these: (2d Gen.)
ROWELL, ABIJAH.
B. 1796; d. 1885; m. Sophia W. Leathe, b. 1792; d. 1888.
Children: (3d Gen.) Eleanor C., b. 1817; m. Orrin Luce, d. 1888, aged 75. Abigail B., b. 1819; m. Sumner Downing. Eliphalet, b. 1822; m. Ellen F. Smith. William W., b. 1825; d. 1855 (Cal.). John A., b. 1829; m. Lura L. Hersey. Edwin W., b. 1835; m. Arexzene Brackett.
Of these: (3d Gen.)
ROWELL, JOHN A.
B. 1829; d. 1897; m. Lura L. Hersey. He owned and managed a mill for making wooden shoe pegs at Livermore Falls and also at North Conway, N. H. Later he was in company with D. S. Thompson in a store that carried watches, clocks and jewelry, at Livermore Falls.
Children: (4th Gen.) Edmund P., b. 1855; d. 1860. Ernest H., b. 1863; d. 1894. Helena H., b. 1865; m. William W. Rowell, son of Eliphalet.
ROLLINS, ORISON, CAPT.
B. 1814; d. the last day of Dec., 1899; m. Sally W. Morse, b. 1813; d. 1897. He moved from Danville to the Col. Park or Pullen place in 1836. He was a school teacher of firm discipline and a prominent citizen of Livermore. His last residence was at the junction of the Strickland Ferry road with the old discontinued Bartlett's Corner road. The buildings were burned in 1908.
Children: Abby A., b. 1839. Lizzie S., b. 1853.
George Fred Rollins, a nephew, lived with Mr. Rollins, until he enlisted in the Civil War, and upon the death of Capt. Rollins, lived on the old farm until he removed to Auburn.
RYERSON, READING.
The son of Luke and Sarah C. Ryerson, lived while his residence was in Livermore, in the Cooper house, just below the Stuart Co. storehouse in Livermore Falls. He was b.
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1802 and d. 1864; m. Anna Whittemore, d. 1884. Children : (2d Gen.)
MARTHA, b. 1827; d. 1896; m. Albion Mayo.
They had three children ; one only, a boy, John, lived to maturity. He m. Dora Wyman and they also had three children. The father and the children died of diphtheria within a few hours of each other, in 1880.
ANDREW J., b. 1828.
JOHN, d. 1903, aged 68 ; m. Laura Gill; 2d, Eliza Pierce.
He lived on the farm now owned by Ernest Souther in East Livermore and his children by the first wife were: Jessie, d. infant; and Mary, who m. Dr. Banks of Michigan. Children by 2d wife: Ella, who m. Henry Currier; and Ernest, who resides in Oquossoc.
CAROLINE, d. 1891 ; unm.
HORACE, a soldier in the Civil War ; he died in the service. ARNOLD, m. a daughter of Charles Haskell.
ROSETTA, m. John Wyman.
EUNICE, m. Augustus C. Wing and their children were: Llewellyn. Horace. Caroline. Walter.
RUTILLUS; d. infant.
ELIZA, m. Boardman V. Crane.
Of these: (2d Gen.)
RYERSON, ANDREW J.
B. 1828; d. 1906 ; m. Columbia D. Lyford, d. 1897, aged 64. He lived at North Livermore and afterward purchased the old Amos Livermore farm of Ervin Gammon, where he lived until his death. He was Deacon of the Baptist church for thirty-seven years. Child: (3d Gen.) RYERSON, RUTILLUS A.
B. 1859; m. Bessie E. Chase, b. 1864; d. 1896. 2d, Mary E. Pollard, b. 1863. He, while he lived in Livermore, was active in school work and for seventeen years was either on the school board or supervisor. He represented Liver- more in the Legislature in 1895 and 1899. After his re-
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moval to Auburn he was on the Board of Assessors nine years, six of which he was chairman.
Children: (4th Gen.) 1st wife, Camilla C., b. 1884; m. Dimitre G. Demitroff, d. 1925; children, Helen C., b. 1902. Elva B., b. 1908. Carlton, b. 1892; d. 1899. Stanley M., b. 1896; m. Naomi E. Hickey. He graduated from Bates Col- lege and immediately made a study of architecture in which he was especially adapted. His office is in Boston and his home in Everett, Mass.
ROSE, ZEBEDEE, d. 1852, aged 85; m. Mrs. Hannah Stearns Bond, b. 1768; d. 1803. 2d, Anna House, d. 1861, aged 83.
He came from Dighton, Mass., to Livermore through the influence of Dea. Livermore, and helped him build this famous house, now owned by E. E. Putnam. He first lived on the James Chase place, but soon bought the farm and built the buildings where his son, Cyrus, lived, now owned by P. E. Dearborn at Gibbs Mills. Children by 1st wife (2d Gen.).
ZEBEDEE, JR., d. 1877, aged 77. GEORGE S., b. 1802.
Children by 2d wife :
CHARLES, d. 1877, aged 65.
Infant son, buried in Loney yard.
CYRUS, b. 1817.
CALEB, d. 1896; m. Catherine Near. (Hallowell.)
Of these: (2d Gen.)
ROSE, ZEBEDEE, JR., d. 1877, aged 77; m. Harriett G. Gibbs, d. 1853, aged 46; 2d, Mary Wilson.
Children, 1st wife (3d Gen.). Joseph P., b. 1828; drowned at sea in 1847. Frances Florette, b. 1832; m. Orlander Currier (Hallowell). Corilla, b. 1834; d. 1897 ; m. George Fairbanks (Hallowell). Martha G., b. 1835; m. George McClinch (Hallowell). Sarah Delana, b. 1837; d. 1891. Henry Bond, b. 1842; d. 1864, killed on the picket
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line, in the Wilderness, Va .; a private in the 32d Reg., Maine Vol.
ROSE, GEORGE S. (2d Gen.)
B. 1802; d. 1887; m. Mary Francis, b. 1804; d. 1886. He lived on the Richard Merritt farm, next east of John Monroe's. Children : (3d Gen.)
HANNAH B., b. 1830; m. Charles Young; 2d, Stephen Usher.
MARY E., b. 1835; d. 1867 ; m. Elbridge Bradshaw (Mass.). A soldier in the Civil War.
ANNIE M., b. 1838; m. Llewellyn Wing of Fayette. He was a soldier in the Civil War. They have one son, Arthur C., b. 1871.
GEORGE VOLNEY, b. 1840; d. 1881; m. Lizzie Doten. He was a soldier in the Civil War and they had one daughter, Mary L., b. 1866; d. 1889.
ROSE, CHARLES. (2d Gen.)
D. 1877, aged 65; m. Rosetta, a daughter of Rev. Jere- miah Stoddard, who died in 1875, aged 81. He was a Uni- versalist minister, who at one time preached at the Nor- lands and lived at Gibbs Mills.
ROSE, CYRUS. (2d Gen.)
B. 1817; m. Bethia House, b. 1817; d. 1900. He spent his life on the old farm and was a great lover of fine oxen. They had one son, FRANK L., d. 1889, aged 42; m. Emma J. Merrill, and their children are: (3d Gen.)
HARRY E., b. 1876, a soldier in the Cuban war.
LILLIAN C., b. 1878.
LOTTIE L., b. 1881.
EDWARD, b. 1884.
CHARLES C., b. 1885.
RICHMOND, SALMON. (1st Gen.)
Of Turner; m. Sylvia Merrill and their children were: (2d Gen.) Palmer, b. 1824; d. 1892; m. Roxanna Owens.
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Granville, m. Ellen Owens; 2d, Isabelle Jones. Henry, m. Clara Foss; 2d, Mrs. Frank Rose. Nathaniel, m. Nettic Haskell. Fred S., m. Emma Haskell. Nathan, m. Florence Foster. Lucy, m. Russell Merrill. Ziprah, m. Charles Foss. Susan, m. Selathiel Tilton. Huldah, m. Frank Lindsay.
Of these :
RICHMOND, PALMER; m. Roxanna Owen.
Children: (3d Gen.) Elva, b. 1848; d. 1898; m. W. H. Snow (Vt.). James E., b. 1850; m. Julia R. Pettengill. Sylvia, b. 1852; m. Herbert Foster (Yarmouth). William P., b. 1854; d. 1908; m. Ella Norton. Dana A., b. 1863; d. 1915 ; m. Etta Timberlake. Belle G., b. 1866; m. George F. Hinds.
Of these : (3d Gen.) RICHMOND, JAMES E., m. Julia R. Pettengill.
Children: (4th Gen.) Harry E., b. 1876; m. Carrie P. Smith (Auburn). Leslie A., b. 1879; m. Minnie W. Jones. Archie P., b. 1883; m. Rosie Hammond (Strickland) . Alta G., b. 1891; m. J. B. Adkins (Livermore Falls).
Of these: (4th Gen.)
RICHMOND, HARRY E., m. Carrie P. Smith. Children : (5th Gen.) Allen S., b. 1906. Madaline P., b. 1911,
RICHMOND, LESLIE A. (4th Gen.) M. Minnie W. Jones. Children : (5th Gen.) James Milton, b. 1905; m. Madaline H. Dudley. Ruth M., b. 1911.
RICHMOND, ARCHIE P. (4th Gen.) M. Rosie Hammond.
Children: (5th Gen.) Palmer H., b. 1905, and Ger- trude, b. 1920, d. 1920.
RICHMOND, ALTA G. (4th Gen.) M. John B. Adkins. Child: (5th Gen.) Lawrence R., b. 1912.
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RICHMOND, WILLIAM P. (3d Gen.)
M. Ella Norton.
Children : (4th Gen.) Elva, b. 1878; d. 1897. Sam- uel, b. 1876; m. Ona Dustin. Elsie. Effie. Owen, b. 1885. Guy A., b. 1897.
Of these : (4th Gen.)
RICHMOND, SAMUEL.
M. Ona Dustin.
Children : £ (5th Gen.) Elva. Elsie, m. Amos White. Catherine.
RICHMOND, DANA A. (3d Gen.)
M. Etta Timberlake. He will be remembered as living on the Abel Monroe farm until his death in 1915.
Children : (4th Gen.) Linna, m. Frank Davis (Tur- ner). Walter M .; m. Theo. Farrington. He is the present Supt. of the Norlands. Floyd M., b. 1900; d. 1927; m. Ethel Reynolds.
RICHMOND, FRED S. (2d Gen.) m. Emma Haskell.
Children: (3d Gen.) Ada, m. Foss. Maude, m. A. W. Nelke. Carl. Earl H. Clyde. Emile.
RICHMOND, EARL H., is the proprietor of a wood yard,
near Livermore Falls on the road to North Livermore.
The second generation of Richmonds were among the early settlers of Livermore, and Palmer, Henry and Fred S. were mill men and did a large business at what is known as Richmond's Mills. Previous to 1860, they manufactured matches of the old bunch type. Later they were engaged in making boxes, turned from seasoned white birch, but the saw mill part was never changed or discontinued except to install a circular in place of the famous up and down saw with its long walking beam connected with a wooden under- shot water-wheel. A fire destroyed this plant several years ago. Fred S. managed large mills for the manufacture of boxes at Livermore Falls and James E. became a skillful
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mechanic in the machine department of the I. P. Co. at Chis- holm, Me. His home is at Livermore Center.
RUSSELL, THEODORE S. (1st Gen.)
D. 1821; m. Mrs. Tabitha Strickland Kilgore (Bethel) . Child (2d Gen.)
. RUSSELL, THEODORE, b. 1816; d. 1882; m. Lucy G. Bragg, b. 1814; d. 1901.
He lived in several different places in town, but died on the farm now owned and occupied by his son, Theodore. He was a man of energy and good judgment. He, as a boy, and his widowed mother, were the last persons that lived in the old Monroe tavern at Bartlett's Corner.
Children: (3d Gen.) Amanda Ann, b. 1838; d. 1902. Malissa G., b, 1842; d. 1923. Alonzo P., b. 1844; d. 1920. He was a soldier in the Civil War and at the time of his death lived in Leeds. Alphonso F., b. 1848. Theodore, b. 1850.
Of these : (3d Gen.)
RUSSELL, ALPHONSO F.
M. Caroline A. Sanders, b. 1849; d. 1917. He began his married life on the old Brown farm, under the shadow of Bear Mountain. Afterward, he purchased the Isaac Hamlin farm, where he resided until he sold to J. E. Bowles, the present owner.
Children : (4th Gen.) Arlena F., b. 1871. Iva M., b. 1873. John S., b. 1875. Abbot A., b. 1877. Ethel W.,
b. 1879. Clara Lietta, b. 1881. Lucy B., b. 1882. Nina M., b. 1883. Ned M., b. 1886. A. F., Jr., b. 1888. Harold E., b. 1889; d. infant.
RUSSELL, THEODORE. (3d Gen.)
B. 1850; m. Edna A. Briggs, b. 1854. Children : (4th Gen.)
ROY E., b. 1878; m. Bertha M. Toby, d. 1921 (Mich.). He has two children: Edna E., b. 1911. Bernice E., b. 1914.
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ELLA B., b. 1881; m. Charles A. Magoon. (Washington, D. C.)
STEVENS, ELIJAH. ELDER.
D. 1848, aged 82; m. Wealthy Stevens of Dedham, Mass., who died 1858, aged 88. He worked a year for Dea. Livermore to pay for the lot on which he lived and died, known as the J. R. Oldham farm. He preached the Metho- dist doctrine in Jay for a year, but his religious convictions were looked upon with amazement, particularly when exhort- ing. At one time he held a prayer-meeting at his house and Dea. Thompson and Ebenezer Pitts, with their wives, at- tended. During the services the Elder in illustrating the awful power of the Lord, made use of these words :
"Thunder and lightning, Heavens and earthquakes," when Mr. Pitts, arising, said : "Well, well, Elder, you cut on great; wife, get your things, we'll go home." But Dea. Thompson, being more lenient, remained. Elder Stevens was on board a privateer in the Revolution and when he was an old man, Lewis M. Wing, then a boy, saw him sitting on the sill of his cider mill and under the sill were two flat stones that he got from the brook in front of his house and Stevens said, "I have got some gravestones, if I ever die to use them." These same stones, engraved by his own hand, except the final date, are erected at his grave and on them he chiseled, "A soldier of Washington."
Children: Clarissa, b. 1794; m. John Godwin (Rum- ford). Hannah, b. 1796; m. William Smith (Livermore). Nabby, died. Markwell, b. 1801. Wealthy, m. Peter Thompson (Rumford). Elijah, who went to sea and was hung as a pirate. Sarah, m. Pliny Basford (E. Livermore) . Lydia, m. Thomas Knox (Livermore). Lorinda, m. Stephen Fellows (Fayette). Oliver Perry, m. Mary A. Brewster (Livermore).
Of these :
STEVENS, MARKWELL, b. 1801; d. 1881; m. Susan Ly- ford, d. 1869, aged 69.
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He lived on the old place and his children were: Francis L., d. 1861, aged 31. He was married and left one child. Velzora, d. 1876, aged 45. Sarah T., d. 1885, aged 45; m. J. R. Oldham. Josephine, m. Ensign Goding.
STEVENS, OLIVER PERRY, d. 1871, aged 57; m. Mary A. Brewster, d. 1881, aged 64.
Children: L. Roy, d. 1841, aged 1. Leroy O., d. 1863, aged 20. He was a soldier in the Civil War and was killed in the battle of Gettysburg. Lamont O., m. Abbie W. Skelton (Dakota). DeWitt Clinton, d. 1855, aged 3. May, m. George Turner (Auburn).
SANDERS, JOHN.
B. 1784; d. 1832; m. Abigail Paul, b. 1788; d. 1861. He was born in New Sharon and worked for Dea. Livermore one season. In 1813 he purchased of Abel Monroe, the house at Bartlett's Corner, together with ten acres of land. He was a shoemaker by trade and his shop and barn stood directly opposite the house in the north-westerly angle of the cross roads.
Children : (2d Gen.) Adeline, b. 1811; d. 1832. Emerline, b. 1813; m. William M. Pool, b. 1814; d. 1891. Ruth, b. 1815; m. Cyrus Briggs (Poland) .. Abigail, m. William Delano (Guilford). Alvira, b. 1818; d. 1832. In- fant, died. 'John, b. 1823.
Of these: (2d Gen.)
SANDERS, JOHN.
B. 1823; d. 1907; m. Luretta Gibbs, b. 1829; d. 1892. He lived on the farm formerly owned by the Kilbreth Bros. until 1856, when he purchased the Elisha Coolidge farm, and by hard and energetic labor, he soon became master of one of the best farms in Livermore. He was a veteran of the Civil War, and the effects of that service prevented active work during the latter years of his life.
Children: (3d Gen.) Caroline A., b. 1849; m. A. F. Russell. John Dana, b. 1851; m. Mary Rice (Mich.). Gil-
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bert H., b. 1853; d. 1899; m. Addie C. Williams, b. 1881 (Carthage). Abby P., b. 1855; m. Lewis H. Reed (Mexico). Martha W., b. 1857; m. W. H. Coleman, d. 1893 (Mo.). Charlie C., b. 1866; d. 1867. Charles Pitt, b. 1867; d. 1915. Henry Arthur, b. 1868. He is Prof. of German in the Uni- versity of Mich.
Of these: (3d Gen.)
SANDERS, JOHN DANA.
B. 1851 ; m. Mary A. Rice. Children : (4th Gen.) Clara M., b. 1883. Loretta G., b. 1885.
SANDERS, GILBERT H.
B. 1853; d. 1899; m. Addie C. Williams. He owned a farm and died in the town of Carthage.
Children : (3d Gen.) John S., b. 1884. Gilbert H., Jr., b. 1887. Williams W., b. 1889. Mae Belle, b. 1891; d. 1897. Nell B., b. 1893.
SANDERS, ABBIE P.
Who married Lewis H. Reed, had four children: (3d Gen.) Mary L., b. 1881. Martha S., b. 1884. Carrie S., b. 1886. Elmer L., b. 1887.
SANDERS, CHARLES PITT.
B. 1867; d. 1915 ; m. Hattie B. Lebroke, d. 1887, aged 23. 2d, Carrie E. Dennen, b. 1871; d. 1893. 3d, Maud E. Adkins, b. 1878; d. 1915. He succeeded his father on the farm, im- proving and enlarging the rolling hillsides that Daniel Cool- idge cleared. Children: (3d Gen.) Child by 1st wife.
(4th Gen.) Sadie L., b. 1887.
Children : 2d wife, Guy Sherman, b. 1890; m. Mrs. Catherine Boothby, b. 1889. Jean Stanley, b. 1892; m. Annie Johnson, b. 1895.
Children : 3d wife, Arthur L., b. 1897; m. Marjorie L. Coventry, b. 1902. Marion R., b. 1899. Milford G., b. 1902. Ruth K., b. 1904. George M., b. 1907. Donald C., b. 1909. Dora L., b. 1911.
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Of these: (4th Gen.)
SANDERS, JEAN STANLEY, m. Annie Johnson.
Children : (5th Gen.) Lillian B., b. 1917. Charles P., b. 1920. Colman Livermore, b. 1924.
SANDERS, ARTHUR L., m. Marjorie L. Coventry. Children : £ (5th Gen.) Lucile C., b. 1923. William C., b. 1924. Richard L., b. 1928.
STEVENS, JEREMIAH.
D. 1834, aged 79, and his wife, Lydia, d. 1834, aged 69. He lived in Canton and among his children was Jeremiah, Jr., b. 1790 in Dracut, Mass .; d. in Minn. in 1864; m. Lydia Ellis, b. in N. S. 1791; d. 1869. They settled upon what is known as the Josiah Ladd place and their children were: John Har- ris, b. 1814. Lydia S., b. 1817; d. 1854; m. - Benson. Julia A., b. 1819; d. 1822 ; m. Jacob Taylor (Wells). Simeon E., b. 1821. Alanson C., b. 1823; m. Robbinson (Lisbon) . Gideon E., b. 1826; m. Sophronia Hayden (Cornville). Eliza R., b. 1828; m. Josiah Sawyer (Minn.). Jonathan S. E., b. 1830; d. 1890 (Minn.). Sarah A., b. 1833; m. Collins Richards (E. Livermore). Augustus Luce.
Of these: (2d Gen.)
STEVENS, JOHN HARRIS.
B. 1814; d. 1888; m. Mrs. Rhoda W. Castle Sylvester, b. 1812; d. 1883. They lived in the Dea. Sanders house at Gibbs Mills.
Children: (3d Gen.) Adelia F., b. 1842; d. 1900. William, a twin to Adelia, d. in infancy. Sarah Jane, b. 1844; d. 1869; m. Llewellyn C. Vining, a soldier in the Civil War. William H., b. 1844; d. 1911; m. Sarah M. Young and lived in the tavern house built by Deacon Charles Bar- rell at North Livermore. Henry L., b. 1848; d. 1870. Sewell A., b. 1850; d. 1924; m. Mary J. Hunt. John E., b. 1854; d. in infancy. Charles R., b. 1857; m. Laura Kenesson, d. 1899, and his children were: (4th Gen.) Henry L. Sarah J. John Ellery. Maud.
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SMITH, ELISHA.
Came from Martha's Vineyard in 1781 and settled upon and cleared the farm formerly owned by Thomas M. Wyman, which at that time included the farm now owned by C. L. Goding. Children :
BEULAH, b. 1769; m. John Winter, d. 1803, who lived on the Elijah Walker or Macomber place. After his death
his widow m. Billy Carver, the second settler in town. ABIGAIL, b. 1771; m. Eliphalet Rowell, who lived on the place now owned by C. L. Day.
SUSANNAH, b. 1775; m. Rev. Thomas Wyman.
HANNAH, b. 1777; m. Reuben Wing.
SMITH, JOHN.
D. 1880, aged 94; m. Mary Sanborn, d. 1868, aged 76. They came from Brentwood, N. H., in 1816, and bought the William Cooper farm, afterwards known as the Caleb Smith farm and tannery. Children :
SAMUEL S., b. 1821; d. 1845.
MARY, b. 1823; m. Charles Davis (Wilton) .
FLAVILLA A., b. 1826; m. Samuel Parker (Fayette).
SARAH T., b. 1830; m. Alpheus Whittemore (E. Liver- more).
CALEB, d. 1893, aged 75; m. Fanny W. Winslow, b. 1820. He enlarged and improved the farm and tannery and although meeting with heavy losses, amassed a comfortable fortune.
Of these : SMITH, CALEB, m. Fanny W. Winslow and their children were:
HORACE, b. 1850. Portland, Oregon.
SAMUEL, b. 1854; d. 1927; m. Myra Gill.
FRANKLIN B., b. 1854; d. 1922.
WALLACE, b. 1856; d. 1890.
CHARLES B., b. 1858; d. 1921.
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SAUNDERS, WILLIAM, DEA.
D. 1864, aged 84; m. Sally Safford, d. 1874, aged 89. He was born and learned the trade of a blacksmith in Eng- land, and as such, worked at his trade in a shop that stood on the west side of the road at Gibbs Mills, just north of the mill stream. In 1811 this shop was occupied by Stacy, who preceded him in the blacksmith trade. His adopted daughter, Rhoda Castle, m. Alonzo Sylvester, d. 1838, aged 27. He was a blacksmith also, and in company with Saunders, while nailing a shoe on to Charles Wyer's horse, during a thunder-shower, was instantly killed and Deacon Saunders prostrated by a bolt of lightning, while the horse was unharmed.
Children of Sylvester: Marcia, b. 1853; d. 1853 (Can- ton). Alonzo, b. 1838; m. Sarah Stanwood (Mass.).
SAWIN, DANIEL.
B. 1727, and his two sons, Samuel and Abijah, came from Watertown to Livermore in 1788.
SAWIN, SAMUEL. (2d Gen.).
B. 1762; m. Martha Mason. 2d, Sarah Webb of Port- land. He was a Revolutionary soldier and settled on the farm so long occupied by Josiah Adkins. In old age he returned to Mass., where he died.
Children: 1st wife (3d Gen.) The first four children died in infancy. Samuel, Jr., b. 1794. Sullivan. Sally, m. Laland Sawin (Mass.).
Children: 2d wife, Daniel. John, m. Abby Fuller. Martha. Nathaniel, m. Louisa Avery. These four lived in Cambridge, Mass. Mark (Duxbury). Susan, m. Nash (Brookline). Rebecca, died in infancy.
Of these : 1st wife (3d Gen.)
SAWIN, SAMUEL.
B. 1794; d. 1874; m. Olive Jackson of Carver, Mass., b. 1794; d. 1875. He lived at North Livermore and his children (4th Gen.) were: George W., b. 1819; d. 1820.
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Jackson M., d. 1849, aged 28. Abraham J., b. 1823; d. 1823. Lucinda J., b. 1824; d. 1912; m. George Dana Norton, b. 1820; d. 1865. Lysander W., b. 1828; m. Martha Adams (Caribou). Abraham J., b. 1831; m. Nancy Collins (Cal.) . George W., b. 1834; m. Ruth Nutter (Mass.). Charles C., b. 1844; m. Ellen Dwinal (Island Falls) .
SAWIN, ABIJAH J. (2d Gen.) 9,
M. Betsey Wescot.
Children: (3d Gen.) Albion K. P. (New Bedford) . Rosetta, b. 1823; d. 1900; m. --- Howland. Abijah, Jr., d. 1848, aged 19. Benjamin Frank, b. 1830; d. 1913, aged 82.
STONE, JESSE, COL.
B. 1765; d. 1857; m. Sally -, d. 1799, aged 31. 2d, Mrs. Polly Chase, d. 1828, aged 58.
Col. Stone built what was for many years known as Stone's Tavern at North Livermore. It was remodeled into a Methodist Church in 1871 and is now the fine home of J. G. Coolidge. The old tavern with its spacious outbuildings was the stopping place of the stage that ran from Farming- ton to Portland. It had a rather small hall with one corner enclosed for a wine room, and the Baptist Church members and other good people allowed their children to attend a ball once a year in this old-fashioned tavern.
The writer asked his mother what they had for music, and she replied, "Nigger Pete and his fiddle."
Children: 1st wife, Polly, m. Ephraim Pray (Liver. more Falls). Dwight (Mass.). John, m. Ann Orill Cool- idge; she married 2d, Sewell Cram of Wilton.
Children. 2d wife, William A. (Miss.). Matthew Merry, b. 1809; d. 1884; m. Martha Coolidge, b. 1811; d. 1832. 2d, Harriett N. Coolidge, b. 1816; d. 1897. Child by 1st wife, Henry C., b. 1832; d. 1855.
CAPT. MATTHEW MERRY STONE traded in a store that
stood where the storehouse of Stuart Co. now stands at
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Livermore Falls. He gained his title by being elected to that position in a cavalry company in old militia days.
SPENCER, SEWELL.
B. 1805; d. 1888; m. Sally Fisher, b. 1808, d. 1887. She was a daughter of Stephen Fisher and at the time of her marriage Mr. Fisher lived not far from the south-east cor- ner of the Muster Field at Brettun's Mills. Sewell Spencer was an old-time drummer and was always called "Uncle Jack." He lived during his active life on the farm now owned by Roy E. Pike, but died at Brettun's Mills. Children : (2d Gen.)
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