Illustrated history of Kennebec County, Maine; 1625-1892, Part 10

Author: Kingsbury, Henry D; Deyo, Simeon L., ed
Publication date: 1892
Publisher: New York, Blake
Number of Pages: 1790

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By reason of these inducements and the advantages which were held out to settlers the valley was gradually covered with colonists. In 1762 the lots were rapidly taken, especially around Fort Western at Cushnoc, and by 1766 nearly all the lots were granted.

Settlements and grants in other sections of the patent continued as the country's resources attracted settlers until nearly all the Ken- nebec lands had been reduced to individual ownership, when it was decided by the owners to close out their scattered possessions. Ac- cordingly the heirs and successors of the original purchasers met in Boston in January, 1816, and sold at auction all their remaining rights. Thomas L. Winthrop was the purchaser and became the owner of the unsold rangeways, gores and islands throughout the Kennebec pur- chase. His title deeds appear of record in Somerset County Registry, Vol. III, p. 164, and in Kennebec County Registry, Vol. III, p. 64.

It is interesting to trace the intricate historical chain of title which began in 1620 and has extended unbroken to this generationin, to the hands of those who to-day hold the parent title from which countless branches have been derived. Judge James Bridge and Hon. Reuel Williams, both of Augusta, purchased each, one-fourth interest from Thomas L. Winthrop, who subsequently sold his remaining half to Hon. Joseph H. Williams. At the death of Judge Bridge in 1834, his interest passed to his daughter, Mrs. Daniel Williams, and at the death of Reuel Williams in 1862, his fourth interest descended to his heirs.

It would not seem necessary in a chapter of this character to recite the historical facts of the charter of the province of Maine, granted by Charles I, April 3, 1639, to Sir Ferdinando Gorges, nor the charter granted by Charles II to the Duke of York in 1664, which was re- newed ten years later. But perhaps reference should be made to the charter granted by William and Mary, by which the name of the province of Massachusetts Bay was given to the consolidated colonies of Massachusetts Bay and New Plymouth, the province of Maine and the territory of Nova Scotia. It was this province of Massachusetts Bay which sent its delegates to continental congress, which adopted the declaration of independence July 4, 1776, which of course termi- nated the political sovereignty and authority of England in the United States. The separation of Maine from her parent Massachusetts was effected through the consent of the Massachusetts general court by act of June 19, 1819, and the act of congress admitting Maine into the Union passed May 3, 1820.

CHAPTER IV.

CIVIL HISTORY AND INSTITUTIONS.

"The County Erected .- County Buildings .- State House .- State and National Officers .- State Senators .- State Representatives .- Sheriffs .- Registers .- Treasurers .- Hospital for Insane .- Educational Institutions .- State Library. -Arsenal .- Soldiers' Home.

T HE territory now included in Kennebec county comprises nearly all of the original Kennebeck patent, and like it preserves in a name an allusion to the Kennebec Indians, who first inhabited the valley. It was within the widely extended boundaries of the old county of York, which Massachusetts erected in 1658, and became a part of Lincoln county in 1760. This territory which, until the close of the revolutionary war, remained largely undeveloped, began then to furnish evidences of the remarkable resources which have since placed it among the leading counties of New England. In 1787, Lin- coln county, whose shire-town was at Dresden, established at Augusta some public buildings and made it a co-ordinate shire-town.

The demands of a rapidly increasing population soon led to a di- vision of the great county of Lincoln, and on the 20th of February, 1799, Kennebec county was incorporated as the sixth county in the district of Maine. It then, embracing nearly six times its present area, included the whole of Somerset county, which was taken from it in 1809; four of the towns on the east were made a part of Waldo county in 1827; five were included in Franklin county in 1838, and four were set off to Androscoggin county in 1854; so that the Kenne- bec county of to-day, to whose local history we turn our present atten- tion, consists of twenty-five towns, four cities and a plantation.

For three years following the establishment of Augusta as a co- ordinate shire-town, the sessions were held at Fort Western. The first court house was built by subscription. It was erected on Market Square, opposite the site of the old Journal office. The frame was raised September 21, 1790, but as sufficient funds for its completion could not be secured, the subscribers decided to partition off only one room. In this room the January term of court convened, and notwith- standing the absence of laths and plastering, it was reported that they were considerably well accommodated. Augusta, which had not been separated from its parent town, Hallowell, took from this date the

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appellation Hallowell Court House, by which the locality was known for many years after its incorporation under the name it now bears.

In June, 1801, the county commenced the erection, on the site of the present jail, of a second court house, which was completed and occu- pied by a court March 16, 1802. It was a commodious structure, and was occupied as a court house thirty years. The third court house was commenced in the spring of 1829, upon its present site, which had been purchased of Nathaniel Hamlen. Robert C. Vose was the contractor. The building was occupied first by the supreme court in June, 1830, at which time Judge Mellen, who presided, called the building a very supe- rior one. This build- ing was enlarged in 1851. The illustration shows it as again en- larged in 1891.

The first jail was

erected in 1793, on the corner of State and Winthrop streets, opposite the present court house. Its walls were constructed of hewn timber and were not remarkably secure. Through these walls, which were two stories high, small openings were cut to admit light and air to the cells. Just at sundown Hennebre Country & on the 16th day of March, 1808, a fire was discovered in the upper story. It spread rapidly over the dry timbers and soon the entire structure and the adjoining keeper's house were utterly destroyed. The jailor, Pitt Dilling- ham, was prepared for such a catastrophe, and under a strong guard, escorted the prisoners to the house of Lot Hamlin, where they were again secured without the loss of a man. General John Chan- dler, who was then high sheriff, immediately erected a temporary place of confinement near the east end of the court house. Proceed- ings were immediately instituted for the erection of a stone building on the old lot, and so expeditiously was the work carried forward that

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in the following December it was approved and accepted, although not then completed, and the sheriff was instructed to use it as a jail on account of its greater security. The brick building which was subse- quently erected as a keeper's house is still standing. In April an ad- ditional tax was laid upon the county for its completion. It was much in advance of the prison accommodations of that day and was consid- ered a very expensive and secure structure. It was two stories high, the walls being constructed of large blocks of rough hammered stone fastened together with iron dowels. On May 21, 1857, it was voted "to proceed at once in the preliminary measures necessary to the erection " of a building better fitted for the keeping of prisoners, the old jail built in 1808 being wholly unfit for the purpose. The build- ing was finished in January, 1859, and opened for public inspection on February 1st.

STATE CAPITOL .- In 1821 a committee composed of members from both branches of the legislature, which was then convened at the Portland court house, appointed to select a place for the next session of that body, re- commended Hallowell as the most central point of popula- tion and repre- sentation, Al- though assured that suitable ac- commodations for the several state depart- ments would be provided free of expense to the common wealth, a resolve favoring the removal to that point failed to pass either house. After an acrimonious de- bate, which was renewed at each session for several years, between Portland's politicians and the best economists of the state, Weston's hill, at Augusta, was, by the advice of a committee of three, of which John Chandler, of Monmouth, was a member, selected for the site of the new capitol. The lot was conveyed to the state June 6, 1827; in the autumn of this year shade trees were set about the grounds and the work of laying the foundation begun; on the Fourth of July, 1829, the corner-stone was laid with imposing ceremonies conducted by the Masonic fraternity, in the presence of the president, vice-president and chief justice of the United States.

The building, which was designed by Charles Bulfinch, the archi- tect of the national capitol, was erected at an expense of $138,991.34,

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of which $11,466.75 was furnished by the city of Augusta. As ac- cepted, in 1832, the capitol consisted of a central building eighty-four feet in length by fifty-six in width, faced with a high arcade resting on massive Doric columns. Flanking this are two wings, each thirty- three feet long, making an aggregate length of 150 feet. The total height, including the cupola, is 114 feet. In 1832, and again in 1860, the interior was slightly remodeled to accommodate the increasing demands of some of the departments. An addition has recently been made to the main building, which increases the floor space by about one-third. This annex contains, in addition to apartments for the better accommodation of officials, the spacious and well arranged room in which are the valuable collections of books and pamphlets which compose the State Library.

STATE AND NATIONAL OFFICERS .- Since the formation of the state the county has furnished nine governors: Jona G. Hunton of Read- field, in 1830; Dr. John Hubbard of Hallowell, in 1850; Anson P. Mor- rill, Readfield, 1855; Joseph H. Williams, Augusta, 1857; Lot M. Mor- rill, Augusta, 1858; Samuel Cony, Augusta, 1864; Selden Connor, Augusta, 1876; Joseph R. Bodwell, Hallowell. 1887; and Edwin C. Burleigh of Augusta, now completing his second term.

The present governor is Hon. Edwin C. Burleigh, of Augusta, now completing the last year of his second term. He is a native of Aroos- took county, Me., but his ancestor eight generations back (in 1648) was Giles Burleigh, of Ipswich, Mass., where the first two or three generations of the family in America resided. James? and Josiah3 were natives of Massachusetts, but Thomas' was born in Sandwich, N. H., where the family name is still preserved in the name of " Bur- leigh Hill." There Benjamin.ª a farmer and merchant, lived and died, and there his son, Moses, was born in 1781.

This Moses Burleigh, the governor's grandfather, came to Maine before 1812 and resided until 1830 in Palermo, where he filled various civil offices and as a militia officer in 1812-'16 gained by promotion to lieutenant colonel, the title by which he was generally known. He was elected to the Massachusetts legislature; was delegate in 1816 to the convention framing a constitution for the proposed state of Maine, and in 1830 he removed with his family to Linneus, Aroostook county, where he died in 1860. His eldest surviving child, born while they resided in Palermo, is Hon. Parker P. Burleigh, the governor's father. Like six generations of his New England progenitors he follows the peaceful and honorable calling of the farmer, and in the new garden county of Maine has found agriculture both pleasant and profitable. He has always been a leading citizen of Linneus, has served repeatedly in each branch of the legislature, and was for a long time state land agent. He was educated as a surveyor, and, as

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chairman in 1869 of the Maine commission on the settlement of the public land, contributed largely to the rapid development of Aroos- took county.

Such, briefly, are the antecedents of Maine's present executive. He was born at the family farm house, November 27. 1843, and after the common schools of Linneus had laid the foundation, he received an academical education in the academy at Houlton. While yet a boy he found employment in teaching school and in surveying land. In this latter occupation he gained a knowledge of the nature and value of the public lands of Maine, such as not many men possessed, and which at a later period of his life recommended him to the governor of Maine as a proper person to fill the responsible position of state land agent.

He enlisted during the civil war but, not being in sound health at that time, was rejected by the examining surgeon. For two win- ters during the war he was clerk in the adjutant general's office. He was a farmer and land surveyor until 1870, when he entered the state land office as a clerk, and in 1872 he moved to Bangor. He was state land agent in 1876, '77 and "78, and was assistant clerk of the house of representatives for same years. In 1880 he resigned his position as assistant clerk to accept a position in the office of the treasurer of state. He removed to Augusta with his family during that time, where he has since resided. In 1885 he was elected treasurer of the state and reelected in 1887. In 1888 he was elected governor of the state, receiving a plurality of 18,048. In 1890 he was reëlected governor, receiving the increased plurality of 18,883.

Thus has Governor Burleigh been recognized by the sovereign people of his native state, who have seen fit to honor him with their confidence and esteem. In no other decade since the republic was founded have the private life and domestic relations of public men been so keenly scrutinized by their constituents as now; and probably in no section more than in Puritan New England, and certainly in no state more than in the Pine Tree state do clean hands and a pure life count for more to one who aspires to political preferment.

In the person of Governor Burleigh we have, too, the almost per- fect New England type. How much of his great popularity is due to his splendid physique and how much to his genial and courteous bear- ing would puzzle his best friend to say. Born to the inheritance of those who toil, his sympathies are ever with the humble, and in his extensive intercourse with his constituents his democratic ideas and his kindly bearing have given him a home in their hearts more enviable than office-more honorable than place.

The U. S. Senators from Kennebec county since the state was or- ganized have been: John Chandler, of Monmouth, 1820, reëlected 1823; Peleg Sprague, Hallowell, 1829; Reuel Williams, Augusta, 1837, re-

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elected 1839; Wyman B. S. Moor, Waterville, 1848; George Evans, Gardiner, 1841; James W. Bradbury, Augusta, 1847; Lot M. Morrill, Augusta, 1861, and in 1863, 1869 and 1871; James G. Blaine, Augusta, 1876 and 1877.

The Representatives in Congress have been: Joshna Cushman, Winslow, in 1823; Peleg Sprague, Hallowell, 1825, reelected in 1827; George Evans, Gardiner, 1829, reëlected for six successive terms; Gen- eral Alfred Marshall, China, 1841; Luther Severance, Augusta, 1843, reëlected 1845; John Otis, Hallowell, 1849; Samuel P. Benson, Win- throp, 1853, reelected 1855; Anson P. Morrill, Readfield, 1861; James G. Blaine, Augusta, 1863, reëlected for the six succeeding terms.

The Secretaries of the State from the county have been: Amos Nichols, Augusta, 1822; Asaph R. Nichols, Augusta, 1835; Samuel P. Benson, Winthrop, 1838; Asaph R. Nichols, Augusta, 1839; Philip C. Johnson, Augusta, 1840; Samuel P. Benson, Winthrop, 1841; Philip C. Johnson, Augusta, 1842; William B. Hartwell, Augusta, 1845; John G. Sawyer, Augusta, 1850; Alden Jackson, Augusta, 1854, also in 1857; S. J. Chadbourne, Augusta, 1880; Joseph O. Smith, Augusta, 1881; Ora- mandel Smith, Litchfield, 1885.

The State Treasurers from the county have been: Asa Redington, jun., Augusta, 1835; Daniel Williams, Augusta, Com., 1835; and as treas- urer in 1840; Samuel Cony, Augusta, 1850; J. A. Sanborn, Readfield, Com., 1855; William Caldwell, Augusta, 1869; and Charles A. White, Gardiner, 1879.

Two Attorneys General of Maine have been chosen from the county: W. B. S. Moor of Waterville, in 1844; and Orville D. Baker of Augusta, in 1885.

Kennebec has furnished three cabinet officers: James G. Blaine, secretary of state under Garfield and Harrison; Lot M. Morrill, secre- tary of the treasury, and Henry Dearborn, secretary of war. Mell- ville W. Fuller, a native of Augusta, has been appointed associate jus- tice of the supreme court, and James G. Blaine was speaker of the house of representatives during the sessions of the 41st, 42d and 43d Congress.

Under the first apportionment, Kennebec county was entitled to three senators in the Maine legislature. The apportionment of 1871 reduced the number to two. Those elected from what is now Kenne- bec county, with residence and years of service have been: Augusta, Joshua Gage, 1820, '21; Reuel Williams, 1826, '27, '28; William Em- mons, 1834, '35; Luther Severance, 1836, '37; Richard H. Vose, 1840, '41; Joseph Baker, 1847; Lot M. Morrill, 1856; Joseph H. Williams, 1857; James A. Bicknell, 1860; John L. Stevens, 1868, '69; J. Man- chester Haynes, 1878, '79; George E. Weeks, 1883, '85; and Herbert M. Heath, in 1887, '89. Albion, Joel Wellington, 1824; Asher Hinds, 1830, '31; Enoch Farnham, 1834, '35; Thomas Burrill, 1856. Belgrade,

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Jacob Main, 1843; George E. Minot, 1870, '71. Benton, Crosby Hinds, 1865, '66. China, Timothy F. Hanscom, 1842; Alfred Fletcher, 1858, '59; Ambrose H. Abbott, 1873, '74. Fayette, Albert G. French, 1875, '76. Gardiner, Joshua Lord, 1825; Sanford Kingsbury, 1829, '30; Mer- rill Clough, 1842; Edward Swan, 1844, '45; Isaac N. Tucker, 1853, '54; Nathaniel Graves, 1857; John Berry, jun., 1858, '59; Noah Woods, 1862, '63; Joshua Gray, 1870, '71; Albert M. Spear, 1891. Hallowell, Thomas Bond, 1822, '23; John T. P. Dumont, 1838, '39, '48, '49; John Otis, 1842; John Hubbard, 1843; Joseph A. Sanborn, 1864, '65; George W. Per- kins, 1866, '67. Litchfield, John Neal, 1850, '51, '52; Josiah True, 1864, '65; John Woodbury, 1876, '77. Monmouth, John Chandler, 1820, '21 (resigned to take a seat in congress); Abraham Morrill, 1822, '23; Jo- seph Chandler, 1824; Ebenezer Freeman, 1850, '51, '52: William B. Snell, 1868, '69. Mt. Vernon, Elijah Morse, 1830, '31: Calvin Hopkins, 1860, '61; Moses S. Mayhew, 1879. Pittston, Eliakim Scammon, 1832, '33. Readfield, Jonathan G. Hunton, 1832, '33; Oliver Bean, 1848, '49; Henry P. Torsey, 1854, '55; Emery O. Bean, 1856; George A. Russell, 1887. Sidney, Asa Smiley, 1844, '45: Joseph T. Woodward, 1867, '68. Vassalboro, Joseph Southwick, 1825, '26, '27; Elijah Robinson, 1836, '37; Oliver Prescott, 1848, '49; Warren Percival, 1861, '62; Thomas S. Lang, 1869, '70. Waterville, Timothy Boutelle, 1820, '21, '32, '33, '38, '39; Isaac Redington, 1846, '47; Edwin Noyes, 1850; Stephen Stark, 1853, '54; Josiah H. Drummond, 1860; Dennis L. Millikin, 1863, '64; Reuben Foster, 1871, '72; Edmund F. Webb, 1874, '75; F. E. Heath, 1883, '84; William T. Haines, 1889, '91. Wayne, Thomas B. Read, 1866, '67; Jo- seph S. Berry, 1880, '81. West Waterville, Greenlief T. Stevens, 1877, '78. Winslow, Joseph Eaton, 1840, '41, '53, '55; David Garland, 1851, '52; Colby C. Cornish, 1880, '81. Winthrop, Samuel P. Benson, 1836, '37; David Stanley, 1843; Ezekiel Holmes, 1844, '45: Charles A. Wing, 1858, '59; Peleg F. Pike, 1862, '63; John May, 1872, '73.

The names of Thomas W. Herrick, 1857, William Ayer, 1843, Daniel Hutchinson, 1831, and Josiah Chapman, 1829, appear as mem- bers of the senate from Kennebec county; but their respective resi- dences are not shown by the records in the state archives from which the foregoing was transcribed.

Of the Presidents of the State Senate six have been residents of what is now Kennebec county: Richard H. Vose, Augusta, in 1841; Lot M. Morrill, Augusta, 1856; Joseph H. Williams, Augusta, 1857; Reuben Foster, Waterville, 1872; Edmund F. Webb, Waterville, 1875; and J. Manchester Haynes of Augusta, 1879.

The county as it existed when Maine became a state was allotted twenty-one seats in the state's house of representatives. Belgrade, Dear- born and Rome made one district; Fayette and Vienna were joined with Chesterville as a district; Mt. Vernon was classed with New Sharon, Winslow with Clinton, Pittston with Windsor, and Harlem with

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China. These six districts, and each of the other towns, elected one representative each year, except Wayne, which elected for four of the ten years.

The apportionment of 1831 gave the county twenty-four members for the next decade. Augusta and Hallowell each elected two, Winslow, Wayne and Windsor were each to elect for five of the ten years, as was Albion with the unincorporated territory north of it. Dearborn was joined with Belgrade, Vienna and Rome with Chesterville, and Mt. Vernon with Fayette, making three districts which elected each one member. The other towns had each one representative each year.

The 1841 apportionment gave Kennebec county twenty-two repre- sentatives. Albion, Albion Gore and Winslow were joined to make one district; also Clinton and Clinton Gore; Belgrade, Dearborn and Rome; Mt. Vernon and Vienna; Wayne and Fayette. These five districts each chose one member every year; Windsor was represented six years of the ten; Augusta, Hallowell and Gardiner each had two representa- tives annually and the other towns each one.

For the decade from 1851 the county elected sixteen members. Vassalboro with Rome; Albion, Benton, Clinton with the Gores; Hal- lowell with Manchester, and West Gardiner with Farmingdale made up four districts. Augusta chose two annually, and the others one, except the smaller towns, which elected for part of the years accord- ing to their population.

The apportionment of 1861 gave Kennebec thirteen members. Six districts were made: China, Albion and Clinton Gore with Unity Plantation; Vassalboro with Windsor; Readfield with Mt. Vernon and Vienna; Pittston with West Gardiner and Farmingdale; Benton, Clinton and Winslow; Sidney, Rome and Belgrade. This classifica- tion was slightly modified in 1871 by joining Winthrop with Wayne and Fayette; Hallowell with Chelsea, and Manchester to Litchfield and Monmouth-the county still having thirteen representatives.

The several towns have been represented as follows: Albion, Joel Wellington, 1820, '21,, '28, '31, '33; Josiah Crosby, 1823, '24; John Winslow, 1826, '27; Enoch Farnham, 1833; James Stratton, 1835; Ben- jamin Webb, 1837; Codding Blake, 1839; Thomas Burrill, 1839, '41; Amasa Taylor, 1841, '42; Scotland Chalmers, 1844; Simeon Skillin, 1846; David Hanscom, 1848, '50; Artemas, Libby, 1853; John T. Main, 1855; William H. Palmer, 1858; N. E. Murray, 1860; Otis M. Sturte- vant, 1861; H. T. Baker, 1863; Robert Crosby, 1866; Ezra Pray, 1868, '70: Mark Rollins, jun., 1873; Elias C. Fowler, 1876; Ora O. Crosby, 1878; George H. Wilson, 1880; George B. Pray, 1887-8. Augusta, Robert C. Vose, 1820, '21; Reuel Williams, 1822, '23, '24, '25, '29, '32, '48; Robert Howard, 1826; John Davis, 1827; Henry W. Fuller, 1828; Luther Severance, 1830, '40, '41, '43, '47; Daniel Williams, 1831; Elihu

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Robinson, 1832; William Emmons, 1833; George W. Morton, 1833, '34, '38, '39, '51, '52, '53; Richard H. Vose, 1834, '35, '38, '39; John Potter, 1835, '36; Loring Cushing, 1836; Robert A. Cony, 1837, '42; Alfred Redington, 1837; Benjamin Swan, 1840, '41; John Arnold, jun., 1842; Richard F. Perkins, 1844, '45; Charles Keen, 1846; James W. North, 1849, '53, '74, '75; George W. Stanley, 1850; Lot M. Morrill, 1854; James A. Thompson, 1854; Edward Fenno, 1855; Samuel Titcomb, 1855, '67, '68, '72, '73; Benjamin A. G. Fuller, 1856; Daniel C. Stan- wood, 1856; William T. Johnson, 1857, '58, '59, '71; James A. Bicknell, 1857, '58; James G. Blaine, 1859. '60, '61, '62; Josiah P. Wyman, 1860, '61, '80, '81, '82; Vassal D. Pinkham, 1862; Joshua S. Turner, 1863, '64; Samuel Cony, 1863; Joseph H. Williams, 1864, '65, '66, '74; John L. Stevens, 1865, '66, '67; George E. Brickett, 1868, '69; Alanson B. Far- well, 1869, '70; Joseph Baker, 1870; John W. Chase, 1871; J. Prescott Wyman, 1872; George E. Weeks, 1873, '78, '79, '80; Gardiner C. Vose, 1875; George S. Ballard, 1876, '77; J. Manchester Haynes, 1876, '77, '83, '84; Peleg O. Vickery, 1878, '79; Anson P. Morrill, 1881-2; Herbert M. Heath, 1883-4, '85-6; Ira H. Randall, 1885-6, '87-8; Joseph H. Manley, 1887-8, '89-90; John F. Hill, 1889-90, '91-2; Treby Johnson, 1891-2. Belgrade. Samuel Taylor, 1822; John Chan- dler, 1824; John Pitts, 1825, '27, '28, '32; John Rockwood, 1829; Anson P. Morrill, 1834; Richard Mills, 1835; George Smith, 1837; David Blake, 1838; Ephraim Tibbetts, jun., 1839; Jacob Main, 1840, '51, '52; Thomas Eldred, 1841; Moses Page, 1842; Reuben H. Yeaton, 1843; Samuel Frost, 1845; Joseph Taylor, 1847, '53; Levi Guptill, 1849; Ste- phen Smith, 1855: George Smith, 1857; Warren W. Springer, 1859; Thomas Rollins, 1861; Thomas Eldred, 1863; John S. Minot, 1866; Albert Caswell, 1868; Chaslew W. Stewart, 1871; C. Marshall Weston, 1873; David Golder (unseated), 1876; Henry F. D. Wyman (contested), 1876; Albert E. Faught, 1878; William F. Eldred, 1881-2; Hermon H. Adams, 1889-90. Benton, Orrin Brown, 1844; Daniel H. Brown, 1846; Japheth Winn, 1848; Stewart Hunt, 1854; Daniel H. Brown, 1856; Clark Piper, 1859; Albert C. Hinds, 1864; Asher H. Barton, 1867, '70; Madison Crowell, 1874; Simeon Skillin, 1876; Asher H. Learned, 1877; Bryant Roundy, 1880; Sprague Holt, 1885-6; Frank W. Gifford, 1891-2. Chelsea, Franklin B. Davis, 1853; Alonzo Tenney, 1857; Henry D. Doe, 1862; Josiah F. Morrill, 1867; George Brown, 1867; N. R. Winslow, 1873; Benjamin Tenney, 1876; William W. Hankerson, 1879; William T. Searles, 1885-6; Mark L. Rollins, 1891-2. Clinton, Herbert Moors, 1820, '21, '23; William Eames, 1822; William Spear- ing, jun., 1825; Samuel Hudson, 1826; Josiah Hayden, 1827; William Ames, 1828, '30; David Hunter, 1833; James Lamb, 1834, '35; Charles Brown, 1836; Shubael Dixon, 1837; Matthias Weeks, 1838, '39, '40, '42; James Hunter, 1841; Joseph P. Brown, 1843; Richard Wells, 1845, '57; Francis Low, 1847; Samuel Haines, 1849; Samuel Weymouth, 1851,

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Illustrated history of Kennebec County, Maine; 1625-1892, Part 10

Author: Kingsbury, Henry D; Deyo, Simeon L., ed Publication date: 1892 Publisher: New York, Blake Number of Pages: 1790

Author: Kingsbury, Henry D; Deyo, Simeon L., ed
Publication date: 1892
Publisher: New York, Blake
Number of Pages: 1790