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BENJAMIN, DAVID.
B. 1794; d. 1883; m. Catherine Stanwood, b. 1800; d. 1882. He lived on the farm that his father purchased in 1798, on the east side of the river in plain sight of that beau- tiful crossing known as Benjamin's Ferry.
Children: Joseph Stanwood, b. 1822; Minneapolis, Minn. Harriett Morison, b. 1823; d. 1897; m. Wm. Cutter, Bangor. Caroline Emmons, b. 1826; d. 1833. Catherine Stanwood, b. 1828; d. 1856; m. O. P. Pillsbury, Wis. David Marcellus, b. 1834; d. 1892; m. Annie L. Fitts, Wis.
BENJAMIN, CHARLES.
B. 1795; d. 1834; m. Lucy Chase, b. 1802; d. 1845. He was a cabinet maker and lived on the Intervale.
Children: Bettie Livermore, b. 1824; d. 1898. She m. John M. Benjamin of Winthrop, Me.
BROWN, REUBEN.
M. Eli Hathaway's daughter. They lived near the Goding cemetery in the north part of the town and their children were Larned, Samuel, Orinda, Reuben, Frank, Amanda, Dana, Melvin, Emma, Randolph, Charles. Larned died and all the rest moved to Presque Isle.
BOWLES, LUKE C. (1st Gen.)
D. 1882, aged 78; m. Rebecca P. Ellis, d. 1879, aged 72. He was one of the six men who lived on Chandler's Gore in 1834. He lived on the George Bennett farm, later moving to the Ira Fuller farm on the North Livermore road.
Children: (2d Gen.) Elizabeth, m. Dexter Curtis (Mass.). Sarah, m. Charles Hunt (Mass.). Esther, d. 1837, aged 24. Fred, d. 1901, aged 67; m. Clarinda T. Hill- man, b. 1830; d. 1881. 2d, Mrs. L. A. Prince. James P., b. 1845; d. 1918; m. Sarah N. Allen, b. 1832; d. 1913.
BOWLES, JAMES P. Of these (2d Gen.)
M. Sarah N. Allen. Children: (3d Gen.) Esther A., b. 1874. John E., b. 1879. Lillian M., b. 1884.
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BOWLES, ESTHER A. Of these (3d Gen.)
M. Bernal C. Phillips, b. 1872; d. 1915. 2d marriage, William H. Morris, b. 1863. The death of Bernal C. Phillips, caused by the explosion of gasoline, was a shock to the com- munity. He was proprietor of a laundry at Livermore Falls, and his children are: (4th Gen.) Eldred, b. 1896; m. Dorothy Tracy (Mass.). Burton J., b. 1898; m. Dorothy Burbank (Saco). They have one child, Hester L., b. 1925. Bernal L., b. 1915.
BOWLES, JOHN E. (3d Gen.)
M. Sophie N. Ayer, b. 1889. He resides on the old Isaac Hamlin farm, that was for many years owned by A. F. Russell, and his children are: (4th Gen.) James Lowell, b. 1907. Hilda N., b. 1911. Emerson F., b. 1916. Margaret W., b. 1920. Eleanor L., b. 1924. Philip C., b. 1926.
BOWLES, LILLIAN MAUD. (3d Gen.)
M. Chesman N. Turner, b. 1876. He is the proprietor of a general store and is Postmaster at Brettun's Mills.
Children: (4th Gen.) Otto C., b. 1903; m. Eedorah Frost (Waterville). They have one son, Otto C., b. 1926. Oscar, b. 1906. Sarah E., b. 1907; n. Reginald R. Ham- mond, b. 1902 (Livermore Falls) .
BRETTUN, WILLIAM H.
B. in Raynham, Mass., in 1773; d. 1837; cams to Liver- more in 1804 and settled on what we call the Bradford Boothby farm, but died in Bangor. He married Anna Sarah Leonard, d. 1847, aged 69.
Children: William H., b. 1799. Robert, d. 1808, aged 5. Nancy, d. 1817, aged 19. Emily, d. 1818, aged 1. Ruth, d. 1818, aged 17. Loranus L., b. 1806; d. 1881. Clarinda, d. 1889; m. Hastings Strickland. Hannah, b. 1811; d. 1837; m. James T. Leavitt (Skowhegan). Amanda, b. 1814; d. 1847.
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BRETTUN, WILLIAM H., JR. Of these (2d Gen.)
B. 1799; d. 1864; m. Elizabeth Ann Williams, b. 1805; d. 1832. 2d, Mrs. Deborah Williams Washburn, b. 1795; d. 1879. He lived in the Brettun house, at Brettun's Mills, a name that will always cling to it as long as it endures.
Children, 1st wife: (3d Gen.) Frances W., b. 1825; m. R. S. Morison (Bangor). Emily A., b. 1827; m. Joel A. Whitmore (Minn.). Susan S., b. 1829; d. 1893; m. Lysander Strickland (Bangor). Artemas L., b. 1831. Infant, d.
Children, 2d wife: (3d Gen.) Elizabeth A., b. 1835; d. 1868; m. E. M. Morrell (Kan.). Sarah D., b. 1838, m. Samuel F. Perley.
Mrs. W. H. Brettun, 2d, by her first marriage to Davis Washburn (a cousin of Israel), who died in 1832, aged 40, had two sons who grew to manhood. George W. C. Wash- burn of Boston, and Nehemiah, d. 1873, of Washington, D. C.
BOND, HENRY.
B. 1762; d. 1796 ; m. Hannah Stearnes, b. 1768; d. 1803. He was the son of Col. William Bond, a Revolutionary pa- triot, and Henry at the age of 14, accompanied his father in the expedition to Canada. In 1790 he moved to Livermore, where he purchased the farm known as the James Chase place and one-half of the first saw and grist mills erected in Livermore. He was the second schoolmaster (winter of 1794) and the school-house in which he taught, stood where Mrs. Royal's house now stands and the old people said the lot. line run right through the chimney.
Children: Henry, Dr., b. 1790; a graduate of Dart- mouth College. He settled in Concord, N. H., and in 1819 removed to Philadelphia, where he died unmarried. He was the author of Bond's Genealogies of early settlers of Water- town, Mass. Hannah, b. 1794; d. 1827; m. William Dewey (Phil.).
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BRYANT, JONATHAN.
B. 1779; m. Anna, dau. of David and Mary Church Morse, b. 1777; d. 1813. 2d, Phebe Briggs, and lived where David Bryant lived and died. Children, first wife (2d Gen.) MARY CHURCH, b. 1800; d. 1864; m. George Turner (Turner).
ALLINA, b. 1804; d. 1823, unm.
JONATHAN C., b. 1805; d. 1809.
ANNA, b. 1808; d. 1870; m. Reuben E. Fuller.
JONATHAN C., b. 1810; d. 1885.
ELBRIDGE G., b. 1813; d. 1898.
Second wife's children :
DAVID. M. Molancy Timberlake. Children : (3d Gen). Menzious, d. 1855, aged 9. Drowned in Brettun's Mills Pond. Greely, d. 1874. David Orestus, m. Julia Smith (Buckfield). Children: Lemuel D. Etta, m. W. H. Pul- sifer (Turner). Minnie, m. George Bean. Sadie, m. Fred Douglass. Mantie E., m. Richard E. Verrill.
Of these: Richard E. Verrill, b. 1862; m. Mantie E. Bryant, b. 1877, and resides in Cumberland, Me., and their children are: Mary E., b. 1895; m. Dwight Lyford. Grace J., b. 1896; m. H. L. Libby. Chester R., b. 1898; m. Veatrice Berry. C. Evelyn, b. 1907.
HANNAH, d. 1900. M. Elijah Doe (Turner).
NANCY, m. Emerson Rose (Greene).
BRYANT, JONATHAN C. (2d Gen.)
B. 1810; d. 1885; m. Olive A. Campbell; d. 1841, aged 24. 2d, Mary Hayes, dau. of Elder Robert Hayes, d. 1871, aged 51. 3d, Lovina Norcross: He lived at South Liver- more on the farm now owned by A. C. Hiscock.
Children: (3d Gen.) 1st wife, Oren C., b. 1837. Orinda, b. 1840; d. 1841. Children: 2d wife, Costella M., b. 1845 ; d. 1895 ; m. E. H. Hinkley. Lizzie, b. 1852 ; m. George Waite.
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BRYANT, ORIN C. Of these :
B. 1837; m. Alice B. Ramsdell, b. 1836. For many years he lived on the farm now owned by Elias Johnson at Dailey's Mills, but now resides at Livermore Falls.
Child : (4th Gen.) Hattie M., b. 1860; m. Edwin Edgecomb.
BOARDMAN, SYLVANUS, REV.
B. 1757; d. 1843; m. Phebe Dana, b. 1767; d. 1858. He was a native of Martha's Vineyard and came to Livermore in 1789. In his youth he studied medicine but became a farmer and minister and was one of four partners, the others being Rev. Samuel Hillman, Ransom and James Norton, who agreed to come here, take up lots and for one year share equally the profits and losses of the enterprise. He chose the lot next west of Ransom Norton's and built his camp on a pleasant knoll by the Tan House brook just north of the road as now traveled. Returning one day from his work, he found his cabin in ashes, but persevering, he finally built the Boardman house, now owned by Miss H. V. Ross. In 1802 he became pastor of the First Baptist Church at North Livermore and in 1810 moved to Yarmouth and from there to New Sharon, where he died. He had eight children, four of whom died and the graves of two can still be seen in the lane on the westerly side of the road opposite to the house.
The children who can be traced were: Sally Phipps, b. 1795; d. 1815. Holmes O., who has descendants in New Hampshire. George Dana, Rev., b. 1801; a missionary to Burmah, where he died in 1831, leaving one son, Rev. George Dana Boardman, of Phila., Penn. Frances G., b. 1808; m. Joseph Bullen, New Sharon. In 1893, when the Baptist Church at North Livermore celebrated its 100th anniver- sary, Rev. George Dana Boardman of Philadelphia, who was the principal speaker on this occasion, visited the old house,
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built by his grandfather, and in this room in which his father was born, offered a simple and touching prayer.
BRADFORD, BENJAMIN, DR.
B. 1784; d. 1864. He was a son of Chandler Bradford of Turner, and in 1809 m. Martha Bisbee, b. 1788; d. 1863. He came to Livermore in 1809 and purchased of Dr. Benj. Prescott his practice and residence, known in later days as the Blacker house, and afterwards bought the Kincaid farm where he spent the remainder of his days. He was the second postmaster in town and treasurer for forty-six con- secutive years. In 1841 he was a member of Gov. Kent's Council.
Children : Flora C., b. 1810; m. Richard Merritt Cool- idge, Hallowell. Osca, b. 1811; m. John Warren Bigelow, Livermore. Celia, b. 1812; m. Elisha Coolidge. Benj. R., b. 1814; d. infant. Caroline S., b. 1815; m. Joel Howard Bigelow. Benj. R., b. 1817; d. 1818. Benj. F., b. 1819; d. 1844. Henry B., b. 1821; m. Lydia J. Norton. Martha B., b. 1822; m. Joseph H. Locke, Hallowell. Roxanna K., b. 1824; d. 1856; unm. Albina E., b. 1827; d. 1845; unm. Sarah F., b. 1830; d. 1847; unm. Algernon S., b. 1832; m. Mentoria Coolidge, Minn.
BRADFORD, HENRY B. Of these :
B. 1821; m. Lydia J. Norton, b. 1824; d. 1911 and lived on the old farm one-half mile east of the Norlands on Lot 37. He was treasurer of his native town twenty years.
Children : (3d Gen.) Benj. Franklin, b. 1849; m. Augusta A. Hinkley, Wayne. Pliny F., b. 1852; m. Cynthia M. Becklar, Minn. Charles H., b. 1855; d. 1876. Rush B., b. 1857; m. Flora A. Gibbs. Anna E., a twin to Rush, b. 1857 ; m. Wallace D. Wadsworth and lives in Hiram. Clara M., b. 1861; d. 1890; m. Owen W. Larrabee, Greene.
BRADFORD, RUSH B. Of these :
B. 1857 ; m. Flora A. Gibbs, b. 1857. He lived for many years on the old place, but finally moved to North Liver-
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more, where be built a fine set of buildings near the Baptist Church in 1916. He, like his grandfather, and father, has been treasurer of his native town forty-five years.
Children : (4th Gen.) Charles H., b. 1884; m. Maud J. Gibbs. He is assistant treasurer of the Livermore Falls Trust & Banking Co. Maud M., b. 1887; m. Neil E. Stevens. Their home is in Virginia and he is employed by the U. S. in the Bureau of Plant Industry, and their children are: Russell B., a twin to Carl M., b. 1916. Mary C., b. 1924.
BRADFORD, BENJ. FRANKLIN, b. 1849.
M. Augusta A. Hinkley; was a druggist on Lisbon Street, Lewiston, Me., for several years, but bought the Andrew Bigelow farm in Wayne, where he lived until his death.
His children were: Nina. Frank, who was drowned. Joseph. Robert. Harry. Philip. John.
BRADFORD, PLINY F.
B. 1852; m. Cynthia M. Becklar; lived until his death in Minn.
His children were : Lilla. Harry. Fannie. Eva. Albert. Frank.
BRIGGS, DANIEL.
D. 1881, aged 85; m. Tabitha Jones, d. 1888, aged 89. His ancestors were of English descent and came to this country in the ship Fortune in 1621. He owned the farm on Butter Hill, formerly owned by Major Joseph Mills, a half- brother of Lieut. Samuel Benjamin, and now owned by D. K. Briggs.
Children: (2d Gen.) John H., b. 1821; d. 1842; l. Phebe Jones. Soranus, b. 1823. William H., Auburn. . Hiram W., b. 1828; d. 1892. Harriett L., m. Augustus Lit- tlefield; 2d, Henry Merrill. Frances E., b. 1818; d. 1902; m. John Turner. Julia J., b. 1819; d. 1894; m. Wm. W. Hobbs.
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BRIGGS, SORANUS. Of these:
B. 1823; d. 1902; m. Mary A. Hobbs, b. 1821; d. 1886. He lived on a part of the original farm, where his son, Clar- ence S., now resides.
Children: (3d Gen.) Sarah L., b. 1847; m. Ansel Briggs, Auburn. Adell F., b. 1849; d. 1852. Edna A., b. 1854 ; m. Theodore Russell. Daniel Roswell, b. 1856. Clar- ence S., b. 1859.
BRIGGS, D. R. Of these:
B. 1856; m. Mary Ellen Wagg, b. 1857; d. 1922. He lived on the original farm and was probably the most ex- tensive farmer in town. He now resides in Auburn and is Chairman of the Assessors.
BRIGGS, CLARENCE S.
B. 1859; m. Rozella A. Williams, b. 1858.
Children: (4th Gen.) Eva C., b. 1888; m. F. C. Drake, Livermore. Ernest D., b. 1890; U. S. Marine, sta- tioned at Tientsin, China. Alice M., b. 1891; m. Clifton C. Mitchell, Poland, Me. Raleigh E., b. 1893; d. 1918. Olin L., b. 1895; m. Gladys Smith, Freeport, N. Y. Wesley R., b. 1896; d. 1918.
BRIGGS, HIRAM W. (2d Gen.)
B. 1828; d. 1892; m. Bethia W. Pray, b. 1831; d. 1896. He in his prime was one of the most noted school teachers in the town of Livermore, having taught 76 terms, and for many years was on the School Board. He resided on the original farm until he moved to Minneapolis, Minn., and became Superintendent of the Orphans Home in that city.
Children: (3d Gen.) Julia, m. Randall (Minn.). Otis Pray (Minn.).
BOOTHBY, SAMUEL, REV.
B. 1808; d. 1884; m. Sarah Leadbetter, d. 1887. He lived for several years on the farm now owned by W. H. Bickford. He was a man of religious tendencies and an
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advocate of temperance. He became a Baptist minister and in the latter part of his life was engaged in State mission- ary work. During his residence in Livermore, in 1835, he was a candidate for Capt. of the Militia, and as all such were expected to treat the voters on liquor, he found himself placed in an embarrassing position on account of his well- known temperance principles, but he so far modified them on this occasion as to stand treat on wine, and in those days, his defeat was a foregone conclusion.
Children: (2d Gen.) Susan, b. 1832; d. 1858; m. Orison Lane (Leeds). Stephen, Lieut. Col. 1st Me. Cav., b. 1833; d. of wounds received at Point Lookout, in 1864. Viora G., b. 1838; m. Orison Lane (Leeds). Elias, b. 1835; d. 1840. Roswell C., b. 1840; d. 1922. Emma L., b. 1842; m. Willard Lothrop (Leeds). Sarah H., b. 1851; m. Fred E. Stanford (New York). Marietta, b. 1853; d. 1872.
BOOTHBY, ROSWELL C. Of these:
B. 1840 ; m. Julia A. Coffin ; d. 1868, aged 26. 2d, Clara A. Atwood, b. 1841. He was a prominent citizen and for several years was Judge of the Municipal Court at Liver- more Falls.
Children: 1st wife, Eugene H., b. 1863; m. Ida K. Simons (Washington). Vesta J., b. 1865 ; d. 1887.
Children: 2d wife, Samuel D., b. 1874; d. 1894. Heloise H., b. 1883; m. E. T. Cushman. They reside in Needham, Mass.
BOOTHBY, ICHABOD.
B. 1789; d. 1868; m. Charlotte Knight, d. 1848, aged 52.
He came to Livermore from Scarborough and was a stage driver from Saco to Brunswick. In 1810 he was a non-resident landowner in town; but during his residence here he lived about 50 rods westerly from the house of A. J. Ryerson, and the primroses can be seen still growing around the abandoned cellar of his house. At the time of his death
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he lived in South Livermore and manufactured scythe- snaths.
Children : (2d Gen.) Levi T., m. Sophia Brett ; 2d, Lottie Millett, and resides in Waterville. Charles H. Prudence, d. 1855, aged 30. David S. Eleazer, d. 1844, aged 11.
BOOTHBY, CHARLES H. Of these :
D. 1889, aged 67; m. Betsey W. Hiscock, d. 1894, aged 61. He lived on the farm now occupied by his son, Ernest R., and manufactured scythe-snaths, as did his father, Ichabod. This family is gifted with considerable poetical ability. Children : (3d Gen.)
FRANK H.
B. 1852; m. Carrie Young and lives in South Liver- more.
CHARLES H.
B. 1854; d. 1928; m. Lottie G. Millett. He became a lawyer and is a member of the Androscoggin Bar and resides in Boston, Mass. They have one son, Albion Millett.
FRED D., b. 1856; d. 1864.
CORA P., b. 1859; m. Welcome F. Fuller (Livermore).
ANNA C., b. 1861; d. 1898; m. H. M. Pratt, d. 1886.
ERNEST R., b. 1863; m. Grace Young, b. 1873; d. 1922. He lives on the old homestead.
GEORGE L., b. 1866; m. Margaret L. Moore (Montana) .
LILLIAN M., b. 1869; m. Everett L. Moore, b. 1873 (Liver- more).
IDA BELL, d. infant.
ORA W., b. 1876; m. Ella M. Sougatt. They have one son, Everett W., b. 1902.
ARTHUR H., b. 1879; m. Jennie G. Kingsley.
BOOTHBY, CORA P. Of these: (3d Gen.)
B. 1859; m. W. F. Fuller. For several years he was postmaster at Brettun's Mills, and in connection conducted a
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general store. He removed to North Livermore, having pur- chased the Reuel Washburn homestead, but after a few years residence here, he soid and returned to Brettun's Mills, where he lived at the time of his death.
Children : (4th Gen.) Edna Mae. Ralph E. Elva A., m. C. F. Tripp.
BOOTHBY, ERNEST R. (3d Gen.)
B. 1863; m. Grace Young, b. 1873; d. 1922. Children: (4th Gen.) Earl B., b. 1898. Arthur L., b. 1900; m. Bertha Cook. Virgil B., b. 1903. Anna A., b. 1906. Florence M., b. 1909; d. 1923.
BOOTHBY, ARTHUR HAROLD. (3d Gen.)
M. Jennie G. Kingsley. Children : (4th Gen.) Clay- ton R., b. 1903; m. Ruth F. Crooker. Ruth M., b. 1904; m. H. M. Parsons. Paul E., b. 1913.
BOOTHBY, DAVID S.
Son of Ichabod; m. Mandana A. Campbell; 2d, Mrs. Rossie Wing Hall. He lived for many years in Livermore and became famous in the manufacture of cutting and edge tools. He removed from this town to Wilton.
Children : (3d Gen.) Herchal W., b. 1861; m. Grace E. Morse, b. 1863, and resides at Mechanic Falls. Luella A., b. 1863, also resides at Mechanic Falls.
BOOTHBY, SAMUEL.
Of Turner, died in Athens, Me., and his children were: Louisa T., b. 1809; d. 1876. Nathaniel, m. Martha Knight (Athens). Bradford, b. 1813. Catherine, m. Joseph Beals, d. 1869, aged 65. Sophia, m. Phineas Foss. Roxanna, m. Daniel Torsey ; 2d, Arnold. Samuel, b. 1820. Clara A., m. Daniel Wheeler (Mass.). Adney, d. infant. Sarah M., d. infant. Rodolphus, m. Ellen Wentworth.
BOOTHBY, BRADFORD. Of these: (2d Gen.)
B. 1813; d. 1888; m. Rebecca Leeman, b. 1820. He moved from Athens to Livermore in 1865 and bought the
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original Nathaniel Perley farm, now owned by his son, Adney D., and lived there at the time of his death.
Children: (3d Gen.) Albion H., b. 1841, Oregon. Adney D., b. 1842. Lauretta F., b. 1845; d. 1878. Edwin L., b. 1847; d. 1926. Clara E., b. 1853; m. Leander Howard. BOOTHBY, ADNEY D. Of these :
B. 1842; m. Lydia Ellen Martin, b. 1845. He lives on the original Jonathan Morse farm and the same later owned by his wife's father, Hamilton Martin. He is an extensive farmer and in 1899 built what is probably the best barn in Livermore. He was a soldier of the Civil War.
Children: (4th Gen.) Edith M., b. 1873; m. Samuel R. Griffin, b. 1903. Robert H., b. 1878; m. C. Belle Buzzell, b. 1879.
BOOTHBY, ROBERT H. (4th Gen.)
M. Clara Belle Buzzell. Children: (5th Gen.) Clin- ton R., b. 1900; m. Anna Laura Jack. Leslie E., b. 1903, m. Thelma L. Coolidge, b. 1904. Lawrence B., b. 1908. Adney Hamilton, b. 1914.
BOOTHBY, CLINTON R. Of these :
M. Anna Laura Jack. They reside in Springfield, Mass., and have one child, Dorothy Ruth, b. 1925.
BOOTHBY, LESLIE E. (5th Gen.)
M. Thelma L. Coolidge. He, like his father, is engaged in agriculture and lives at home, on the old Jonathan Morse farm. He has purchased the Keith farm adjoining the one owned by his father and his children are: (6th Gen.) Louise Thelma, b. 1925, and Edith, b. 1927. BOOTHBY, EDWIN L.
B. 1847; m. Mary H. Thompson, b. 1839. He is a car- penter by trade and lives at North Livermore.
BOOTHBY, SAMUEL F. (2d Gen.)
B. 1820; d. 1883; m. Fanny Foss, b. 1820; d. 1898. He lived in several different places in South Livermore, but died
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in Florida and is buried on the "Island" at North Turner Bridge.
Children: (3d Gen.) Orson, b. 1845; d. 1884. Julia, m. Thomas Owen. Gustavus F., b. 1851; d. 1875.
BARTLETT, ASA.
Came to Livermore in 1800 and settled on the farm now owned by C. W. Fuller and for many years operated Gen. Learned's sawmill at the outlet of Newfound, or as it is now called, Bartlett's Pond. His house stood a few rods north of the present one, near the north line of the lot. He moved to Harmony where he died in 1839. His wife, Hannah Fuller, died in 1861, and their children were: Betsey, m. Alfred Swift (Wayne). Ozias, m. Persis Turner, d. 1823, aged 22 (Harmony). Martha, m. Dexter (Harmony). Nathan. Cyrus. Sirena, m. Lewis Turner.
BARTLETT, NATHAN. Of these: (2d Gen.)
D. 1881, aged 82; m. Mary Lowell; d. 1843. 2d, Maria Pratt, d. 1920. He was a blacksmith and his shop stood at Sanders, or as it in later years was called, Bartlett's Cor- ner, and his house that was originally a primitive store, stood just north of the shop and at the corner of the cross roads. He was a man of quaint and curious character, ingenious and thorough at his trade. In the last years of his lite he was unfortunate and died in indigent circumstances.
Children: (3d Gen.) Mary Jane, b. 1829; m. Jacob F. Haskell. Martha A., b. 1831; m. William Mace (Win- throp). Nathan Greengrove, b. 1834. He was in the Civil War and died in Saulsbury Prison. John Henry, b. 1839; m. Georgiana Bird (Linneus).
Children: 2d wife, Anna, m. John Ryan, Col. Jennie, m. Pressy, Mass. Nathan, d. 1926. Daniel.
BECKLER, PHILIP C.
B. 1796; d. 1870; m. Fanny Otis, b. 1803; d. 1840. 2d, Betsey L. Norris, b. 1808. He lived in several different places in town and also in East Livermore.
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Children: 1st wife, (2d Gen.) Amos O. Charles M. Cynthia O. Albion P. Daniel W. George W. Olive O. Frank M.
Children: 2d wife, Elizabeth H. William. John W. Sarah A. Mary E.
BECKLER, AMOS O. Of these: (2d Gen.)
B. 1823; d. 1889; m. Betsey H. Austin, b. 1824; d. 1902. He lived on several different farms in town and at one time he resided in Boston, but in 1857 bought the original Josiah Wyer farm one-half mile south from Livermore Center. Children : (3d Gen.) Mary E., b. 1845; d. 1907; m. J. H. Thing. They had two children : Ethel A., m. E. E. Put- nam; and Harry R., who m. Grace Will. Martha L., b. 1847; d. 1926; m. Orren T. Walker (Cal.). Cynthia M., b. 1850; d. -; m. Pliny F. Bradford (Minn.). Susie F., b. 1852; d. 1903; m. J. P. Hinds. Elbridge H., b. 1854; d. 1908; m. Almira P. Rodgers (Chicago). Warren B., Dr., b. 1857; m. Carrie E. Pollard (Auburn). Seth Hayden, b. 1859; m. Nellie M. True, b. 1862; d. 1919. Amos F., b. 1862; d. 1864. Albert O., b. 1864; d. 1866.
BECKLER, SETH HAYDEN. (3d Gen.)
M. Nellie M. True; d. 1919. Child: (4th Gen.) Earl H., b. 1890; m. Beatrice B. Partridge, b. 1891.
Children : (5th Gen.) Earl H., b. 1914; d. 1914. Miriam B., b. 1915; d. 1916. Eleanor H., b. 1916. Verna E., b. 1917. Theresa M., b. 1918. Nellie T., b. 1920. Frank H., b. 1921. Charles O., b. 1924. Edward M., b. 1926. Mortimer P., b. 1928.
BECKLER, B. WARREN, DR.
M. Caroline E. Pollard, b. 1860. They reside in Au- burn and their children are: Martha C., b. 1886. Marian, b. 1890. Warren B., Jr., b. 1895; m. Bernice Bailey and they have one child, Helen M., b. 1926.
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S. H. BECKLER & SON, Earl, are noted breeders of Hol- stein cattle and their farm includes the old Josiah Wyer and Isaac Livermore farm and a part of the John Monroe farm.
BEMIS, JACOB.
D. 1858, aged 80; m. Lydia Howard; d. 1876, aged 94. He came from Sutton, Mass., and Rev. Paul Coffin, in his "Memoirs," states that in 1800 Mr. Bemis raised 200 bushels of rye and 500 bushels of corn. His son, Ausma, d. 1910, aged 82, married Eliza H. Wyer, who died in 1926, aged 90. Their children, Lill S., Flora L. and Charles W., live on the same homestead with modern buildings. The daughter, Lill S., for many years was a successful teacher in the schools of Livermore.
CARVER, WIDOW.
With seven children, came from Duxbury, Mass., in 1779, and was the second family to settle in Livermore, the children, nearly grown up, making their first "pitch" on the Hunton farm in East Livermore, at what was then the head of boat navigation on the Androscoggin. After remaining here a few weeks, they removed and again made a "pitch," on the farm now owned by John M. Hinds in Livermore. William, the oldest son, selected this "Improvement," and the foundation and doorrock of the log house that he built can still be seen, unmoved and just as he placed them with his own hand in 1779, about thirty rods westerly, and within the limits of the road as now traveled, from the house of J. M. Hinds. While he was building this house, he lived between two immense boulders, about thirty rods to the south, that made a natural and convenient camping place. On this lot, No. 33, the family lived until 1785, when, (See Dea. Peletiah Gibbs.)
The Carver family consisted of the mother, then a widow, but whose two husbands must have borne the name
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of Carver, for the oldest son, William, was half-brother to the other children, James, Amos, Nathan and three girls, one of whom married Cutting Clark; one died and the other untraced ..
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