Illustrated history of Kennebec County, Maine; 1625-1892, Part 111

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

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The tannery at West Mount Vernon, one of the most important industries in town, was established by Thomas U. French in 1881, who bought Moses Sanborn's carding mill and water privilege. The carding building he moved across the road, and in its place erected the large tannery buildings now in operation, at a cost of $14,000.

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His business is mostly confined to sheep skins, of which he tans 300 dozen per week, mostly for Boston parties. Doctor Wright, of Read- field, had for a time an interest in the business. Mr. French employs four men in his tannery and four in his shingle mill.

Noah Greeley built the first saw mill on the upper dam at West Mount Vernon. Mr. Hadley, the next proprietor, sold it to Moses Walton, Columbus Lane and Samuel French. Mr. Walton bought his partners out, and his son, John Walton, tore away the old mill and built the present one in 1857. He also built the red shop, in 1850, in which Sylvanus Fairbanks and Benjamin Dresser made hand rakes for one year, and were followed by Timothy Gray, who made pill boxes for twelve years. John Larrabee, a rake maker, and A. J. Smith, a box maker, were occupants till about 1885.

In 1888 Charles E. McInnis bought the property in company with John W. Leighton. The next year John W. McInnis bought Leigh- ton's interest, and McInnis Brothers now cut large quantities of lum- ber, besides making clapboards and packing cases. They employ five men.

John R. Taylor, son of Phineas, the pioneer, was a cooper by trade, and employed as many as ten men at a time to make fish barrels for the Portland market. He built a store at West Mount Vernon, and was the first trader there. After him were: David Morgan, - Goodwin, Henry Folsom, who quit in 1840, and Moses Sanborn. Or- lando Brown is the present trader on that site. Nathaniel Larrabee started a store on the other side of the stream, where Fred Hall is now in trade, and was followed by Abram Smith, Lyman F. Norris and S. K. Scofield.

At East Mount Vernon, familiarly known as Wing's Mill, on the outlet of Long pond, a surveyor by the name of Jones, built a log dam and a saw mill, at an early date. This so excited the owners of the Chandler saw mill in Belgrade that they came and wreaked their spite by fixing one end of a heavy lever under the log dam, and then felling a convenient tree across the other end. The scheme worked well, and Mr. Jones had to repair his dam and wait for another pond of water.

The mill privilege next passed into the hands of Greenleaf and Silas B. Wing, who built another saw mill and a grist mill, which they operated for years and allowed to run down about 1840. The Wings also built a large carding and cloth dressing mill that did a prosperous business. Near by David Austin made axes that were in great demand among choppers.

The settlement at Dunn's Corner collected around the grist mill built by Dr. Samuel Quimby, owned afterward by Benjamin Dudley, and still in possession of his heirs. The mill continues to do some grinding. At the foot of the bog Doctor Quimby built a saw mill that

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ran till about 1850, and between that and the grist mill, he had a shin- gle mill that did work for thirty years.

West of this Nathaniel Currier owned and carried on a tannery, that was discontinued about 1849. Near the tannery stood the card- ing and cloth dressing mill, built and operated by Amos King. Peter Dunn came in 1820 and kept the first tavern at the Corner, and Har- vey Porter, who followed him, was the last. Jefferson Norton was the first trader, and the builder and operator of an ashery. Mr. Porter was also his successor in each of these occupations, and the last, mov- ing to Readfield Depot in 1852.

Some time in the early settlement at Locke's Corner, Emerson Stain built a saw mill on the stream below the road, that had flourished and was smitten with age before 1820, but was run a few years after. In 1824 Samuel Locke built a tannery just above the road, with a bark mill, in which he made leather thirty-one years, and then his son, John, succeeded him for thirty years more, till a fire in 1883 destroyed the works. The Corner took its name from Samuel Locke's father, who came from New Hampshire. Just north of the old tannery John H. Stain makes large quantities of barrel hoops for the seaboard markets.

In 1850 Samuel and Edwin Kendall built the saw mill which they still operate, near Dunn's Corner. Near it they lost a shingle mill by fire in 1865. Once a reality, but now a misty memory, stood Atkin's grist mill on the same dam.

CIVIL LISTS .- By the reports of the town officers for the year end- ing February 22, 1891, it appears that it cost $611.23 to support the poor, $698 for highways, and $1,631.34 for the support of schools. The number of children who draw public money is 181. The free book law has been in operation four years, costing the town so far a little less than $500. The schools are all supplied, and the change is popular with the best informed citizens.

The Selectmen, with the year of first election and the number of years of service of each have been: 1795, Nathaniel Dudley, 5, John Dudley, 10, Benjamin Philbrick, 3; 1796, Paul Blake, 5; 1797, Robert Blake, John Bean, 2, Nathaniel Gilman; 1798, John Hovey, 15; 1799, Nathan Thomas, 2; 1803, Samuel Thing, 10; 1808, John R. Robinson; 1810, Elijah Morse, 3; 1811, Nathaniel Gilman, jun., 2; 1812, Nathaniel D. Robinson; 1814, Isaac Porter, 7; 1815; Daniel Thing, 4; 1816, David McGaffey, 9; 1817, John Stevens, 9; 1818, James Robinson, 5; 1821, Stephen Gilman, 2, Daniel Marston, 9; 1824, John Blake, 12; 1825, Caleb Dudley, 3; 1826, Samuel Davis, 6; 1831, Franklin Blunt, 2; 1832, Edward French, 4; 1833, Peabody H. Rice, 3; 1835, John Gilbraith, Peter Dunn, 2; 1838, James Chapman, 3, Albert G. Gilman, 6; 1839, Calvin Porter, 6; 1842, George McGaffey, 2, David French, jun., 4: 1844, Elisha C. Carson, 3; 1845, Aaron S. Tyford, 13; 1848, Stephen S.

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Robinson, 3; 1850, Gilbert Taggart, 6, John Philbrick, 8; 1852, Samuel W. Taylor, 2: 1853, Elijah Clough, 3; 1854, John Walton, 3; 1855, Daniel H. Thing, 16; 1857, Washington Blake, 3; 1860. Albion Stevens, 3; 1861, Alonzo Brown, 3; 1863, Isaac Tucker, 5; 1866, Simeon Leigh- ton, 3; 1869, James R. Marston, 2, James C. Howland, 4; 1871, J. A. Robinson, 13; 1872, John Jacobs, 3; 1873, Alfred Weston, 3; 1875, John B. Wright, 9; 1876, John R. Yeaton, 3; 1878, Rufus F. Fletcher, 2; 1879, Charles H. McGaffey, 3; 1880, Benjamin S. Philbrick, J. M. Robinson; 1884, O. A. Weston, 3; 1885, E. V. Carr, 5; 1886, C. E. Dunn, 3; 1890, Hiram Gilman, 3; and in 1892, W. T. Morrill.

The first Town Clerk was Nathaniel Dudley, and his successors, with dates of election and years of service, have been: 1797, Samuel Thing, 23; 1807, John Hovey, 5; 1825, Nathan Robinson, 6; 1831, Up- ham T. Cram, 3; 1834, Samuel Davis, 3; 1837, John Stevens, 5; 1842, Abner Small, 2; 1844, Stephen S. Robinson, 3; 1847, W. H. Hartwell; 1848, A. S. Lyford, 11; 1855, M. S. Mayhew, 7; 1859, Calvin Hopkins, 2; 1861, George McGaffey; 1869, A. P. Cram, 11; 1879, Silas Burbank; 1880, M. S. Philbrick; 1882, H. L. Butler, 10; and in 1892, J. W. Allen.

The Treasurers have been: 1795, Nathaniel Philbrick, jun., 8; 1803, Samuel Winslow, 2; 1805, Nathan Thomas, 3: 1808, Nicholas D. Rob- inson, 10; 1812, Daniel Thing, 20; 1813, Samuel Quimby; 1816, John R. Robinson; 1822, William N. Giles, 2; 1842, Stephen S. Robinson; 1843, John Stephens, 4; 1847, H. S. Bean, 3; 1849, Stephen Ladd, 5; 1855, E. C. Carson, 4; 1859, Alfred Weston, 4; 1863, Albert Stover, 3; 1866, Francis Lyford, 5; 1871, M. S. Mayhew, 8; 1879, James F. Blunt; 1880, Joseph Blake, 3; 1882, A. H. Wilson; 1884, B. S. Philbrick, 2; 1886, W. E. Carson; and in 1887 E. M. Tracy, the present incumbent.

PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

Amzie and Curtis E. Butler are the sons of John and Mary (Soper) Butler, and the grandsons of John Butler, all of Mount Vernon. The latter, whose English ancestors, Winslow by name, settled in Kittery. Me., received the name of Butler by adoption, and was a Freewill Baptist minister. His son, John, married Deborah Carr and had chil- dren: Alvin, Sylvia M., Amzie, born October 25, 1845, and Curtis E., born June 20, 1848. Amzie Butler married Henrietta Bishop January 3, 1870. Curtis E. Butler married Annie L. Philbrick May 1, 1877. Their children have been: Edith M., Alice E., Carroll C., Mildred A. and Warren A. The Butler brothers are farmers and manufacturers of lumber.

Edwin V. Carr, born in Vienna in 1849, is the youngest of twelve children of Stephen and Betsey, and grandson of James Carr. He married a daughter of James Dutton, of Mount Vernon, and their children are: Lillian L., Archie B. and Lucy M. He learned the car- riage trade in Amesbury, Mass., came to Mount Vernon and started a

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shop, and now makes about 150 buggies each year. He was chosen selectman in 1887 and has since filled that office.

Elisha C. Carson, born in 1807, is one of seven children of James and Mary (Greeley) Carson. He married Lucy Cram, who died in 1882. Their children were: Elizabeth, who died in 1860; John P., George A., who died in 1864; Ella F.(Mrs. Maurice Philbrick), and Horace E., who married Ellen B. Robinson, and has one son, Hermon.

Albion P. Cram was born in Mount Vernon in 1838. His father, Upham T. Cram, came to Mount Vernon in 1823 and was in the mer- cantile business here until 1850. He then removed to Readfield, Me., and was in trade there about ten years, and resided there until his death in 1880. His wife, who was Nancy D. Smith, of Winthrop, died in 1871. Albion P. Cram started in trade in Mount Vernon in 1860, where he has since carried on a general store. He married Susan M. Fletcher, who died in 1864 and left two children: Melville F. and Nel- lie A. He afterward married Lora V. Walker, by whom he has five children: B. Ralph, Charles M., Archer P., Margaret E. and Lora B. Mr. Cram has always been a republican, was town clerk for ten years and auditor two years.

Albert Creasy, born in 1826 on the farm where he now lives, is a son of Caleb and Dorcas (Brown) Creasy, and grandson of Caleb Creasy, who came from New Hampshire. Caleb, jun., had four sons: Benjamin B., John G., Charles H. and Albert, who married Alma Spaulding. Their children were: Emily (Mrs. Lewis Gordon), Lizzie M. and Florence. Mrs. Creasy died October 5, 1891. Mr. Creasy lives on the old farm, where his father died in 1864.

Peter Dunn, son of Christopher Dunn, came to Mount Vernon in 1800 and had six sons: Joshua, Eldridge G., Peter, Richard, Albion K. P. and William P., who married Debora, daughter of Albert G. Foster. They had five children: William F., Clarence E., Ernest E., Peter G. and Mary L. Since his father's death in 1877 Clarence E. has run the farm, and in 1887, '88 and '89 was selectman. He lives on the farm where Peter Dunn settled in 1800.

Melzar W. Fish, born in Massachusetts in 1861, is a son of Eben and Ruth Fish, who had two children: Amy, who died in 1886, and Melzar W., who in 1884 married Edna, daughter of Edwin and Mary (Marston) Stevens, and came to the farm where he now lives. His father died in 1862, and in 1875 his mother married Alfred Weston and came to Mount Vernon.

Peter Folsom, born in Mount Vernon in 1810, was the son of Peter S. and Mary (Lane) Folsom, and grandson of Peter Folsom, who came to Mount Vernon from New Hampshire, settled on what is called Folsom hill, and had six sons. Peter S. had four sons: John N., Sam- uel L., Heury H. and Peter, who married Eunice Dorman. She died in 1865, leaving four children: Sarah (Mrs. Charles Clough), Philura

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J. (Mrs. Oliver Chesley), Ferdinand and Myra. Mr. Folsom married for his second wife Mrs. Julia A. Brown-Phillips. He is a farmer and has lived on his present farm for fifty three years.

Thomas U. French, born in 1839, is a son of Benjamin F. and Mary (Upton) French, and grandson of Samuel French. Prior to his com- ing to Mount Vernon, in 1880, he lived on the farm with his father in Chesterville, where he dealt in real estate and horses and was selectman for three years. In 1881 he built the tannery at West Mount Vernon, having for a partner Doctor Warren A. Wright, and in 1889 he took full charge of the business, employing about eight men. He also owns a farm and other real estate.

Albert G. Gilman, son of Joseph Gilman, born 1806 and died 1871, in Mount Vernon, was educated at Kents Hill and was a school teacher. He served as school committee for several years and held the office of selectman a number of terms. By his wife, Rachel C., he had six children: W. F., E. A., Mary F., Annie M., Hiram and Marcelle J. Hiram was born in 1851 and married Carrie H., daugh- ter of William F. Eldred, of Belgrade, Me. He is a carriage maker and house and sign painter by trade. He was appointed deputy sheriff in 1888, was chairman of the board of selectmen in 1892, and established a post office at South Mount Vernon in 1892.

Charles C. Gilman, born in 1833, is one of the nine children of Bela and Catherine (Wheelock) Gilman. His grandfather, Taylor Gilman, came from Gilmanton, N. H., in 1772, settling in Mount Ver- non, where his children, six boys and six girls, were born. Of these Bela Gilman, born in 1795, was the youngest. Charles C. married Lydia A. Dudley. Their children are Ellen F. and Rose J. Mr. Gil- man was formerly a machinist and blacksmith. He is now manufac- turing reclining chairs and weavers' supplies. He was appointed trial justice in 1881 and re-appointed in 1888.

Jesse Gilman, born in 1816, is a son of Moses and grandson of Samuel Gilman, who came from New Hampshire to Mount Vernon about 1765. Jesse married Sarah Beede, of Vienna, and their children are Lafayette and Florence. Mr. Gilman was a farmer in Vienna until 1883, when he bought and moved to the farm in Mount Vernon where he now lives.

Roswell Gordon, born in Mount Vernon in 1835, is a son of Ithial and Sallie (Smith) Gordon, grandson of Samuel, and great-grandson of Daniel, whose father, Jonathan, came from England and settled in Mount Vernon in 1780. Ithial Gordon had eight sons: Elisha, John, Henry, Albert, Edwin, Moses, Roswell and Granville. He died in 1878, aged eighty-two. Roswell has been a farmer and wool dealer.

Rozendall H. Jacobs, born in Mount Vernon in 1854, is a son of Lewis and Ann (Creasey) Jacobs, and grandson of Jesse E. Jacobs, who came from New Hampshire to Mount Vernon. His sons were:

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John, Jesse, Edward and Lewis, who died in 1860, leaving two children: Jennie E. and Rozendall H., who married Alice C., daughter of Rufus M. Manser. Their children are: Merton R. and Caro E. Mr. Jacobs is a carpenter and carriage maker. He ran a carriage and repair shop in Clinton for two years, and in 1884 he bought the farm where he now lives.

Roswell S. Kent, born in 1828, is a son of Nathaniel and Polly (Hunt) Kent, and grandson of Captain Warren Kent. His brothers and sisters are: William H., of California; Eliza, who died in 1841; Mary A. (Mrs. Daniel H. Thing); Warren, born October 20, 1825, died August 3, 1827; and Emily (Mrs. Lyman R. Mace). He married Teresa A., daughter of Captain John Blake, and their children were: Harry H .. who died in California in 1882; Millie, died in 1864; Ellis, died in 1861; Lizzie C., Minnie L. and Clarence R. Mr. Kent came to the farm where he now lives in 1866. He kept the West Mount Vernon post office for three years. Captain Warren Kent was born December 20, 1764, and died May 28, 1834. His wife, Bethiah Turner, was born August 20, 1768, and died September 1, 1829. They were married December 19, 1786. Captain Kent and his brother were the first set- tlers on Kents Hill.

Abner O. Lane, born in Readfield in 1829, is a son of John and Sally (Haskell) Lane, and grandson of Samuel Lane, of Chester, N. H., who came to Readfield in 1797, and had four sons-John, Stephen, Samuel and Manley-and one daughter, Polly. John's children were: George, Hannah, John, Abner O., Mary, William and Sarah. Abner O. married Helena E., daughter of Thomas Sherburne. She died November 20, 1887, leaving one daughter, Georgia E. Mr. Lane is a stone mason by trade, and devotes part of his time to farming.

William H. Leighton, born in 1836, is a son of Joseph and Polly (McGaffey) Leighton, grandson of Joseph, and great-grandson of Smithson Leighton, who came from England. He married for his first wife Jane M. Trask, who died in 1876. His second wife was Mary A. McGaffey, who died in 1891. He was for several years engaged in building and repairing bridges on the New York Central railroad prior to 1873, when he came and settled in Mount Vernon on the farm where his father lived from 1850 until his death in 1875.

Charles H. McGaffey, born in Mount Vernon in 1832, is a son of John B. (1808-1839) and Mary (Dolloff) McGaffey, and grandson of James McGaffey, who came to Mount Vernon from New Hampshire with his two brothers, David and George. John B. had two children: Sarah (Mrs. John R. Manchester, of Augusta), and Charles H. The latter married Lizzie D. Knowlton, and their children are John B. and Lora M. Charles H. lives on the old homestead, where his father settled when he married and lived until his death in 1839. He was one

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of the selectmen of the town for two years prior to 1888, and is now a farmer.

Charles E. McInnis, born 1854, is the son of John McInnis, who came from Prince Edward's Island to Kents Hill school, where he met Harriet Davenport, of Winthrop, and married her in 1850. He be- came a Methodist minister. Their two children were: John W. and Charles E., who in 1877 married Amanda M. Norris, and lives on the farm where his grandfather, Rufus Davenport, who married Anna Stevens, settled in 1822. Their five children are all dead but Polly and Solon. Ebenezer Davenport, the pioneer, came from Dorchester, Mass., to Hallowell, and two years later to Winthrop, where his son, Elijah, the father of Rufus, was born in 1773.

Benjamin F. Mitchell, born in York county, Me., in 1824, is a son of James and Olive (Day) Mitchell, and grandson of John Mitchell. Benjamin F. married Isabelle Q., daughter of Benjamin and Charlotte Folsam, of Vienna. Their children are: Oliver M., Benjamin F., Horace E., Oscar R., Josephine A., Georgia E., Archie L. and Gillie (twins), and Francis A., who died in 1872. Mr. Mitchell lived in Bos- ton, Mass., for five years, where he was night watchman. He then moved to Rome, Me., and fourteen years later to Belgrade, where he lived for seventeen years, coming to Mount Vernon to the farm where he now lives in 1884.

William T. Morrill, born in Vienna in 1850, is a son of Saunders and Abigail (Johnson) Morrill, and grandson of Daniel Morrill, who came from New Hampshire to Vienna. Their sons were: Saunders, William H., Dexter and Oliver. Saunders Morrill had five children: J. Augustus, who died in the army; Charles E., Levi L., who was drowned in Mount Vernon pond; Fannie E. and William T., who after traveling for some fifteen years for a drug company, returned to Vienna in 1888, and in 1889 sold his farm and moved to Mount Vernon, where he made sleighs for one winter, and in 1891 built a store and started in trade. He married in 1891, E. Elizabeth Cummings, of Con- necticut.

Lemuel Porter, born in 1835, is a son of Nathan and Harriet (Gove) Porter, and grandson of Captain Isaac Porter, who came from Massa- chusetts in 1805, and settled in Mount Vernon a little west of where Lemuel Porter now lives, where he died in 1827. Lemuel Porter mar- ried Lydia, daughter of Dea. Henry Dudley, and they have one daughter, Della H. He was in the war in Company C, 24th Maine. He came to the farm where he now lives in 1871. He has a sword that bears the date 1311, left him by his grandfather.

James A. Robinson, born in 1826, is a son of James and Betsey (Scribner) Robinson, and grandson of Edward Robinson, of New Hampshire. His father came to Mount Vernon in 1800, and settled

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on the farm where he died in 1860, and where James A. now lives. He had three sons: Stephen S., Edward G. and James A., who married Elvira, daughter of Jeremy Dunn. They had five children: Ellen B. (Mrs. Horace Carson), Edward A., Lavina H., Emma E. and Florence A. Mr. Robinson was selectman sixteen years, and in 1875-6 he rep- resented his district in the legislature.

Jesse Robinson is a son of James (1805-1887) and Lucinda (Robin- son) Robinson. James Robinson came to Mount Vernon in early life. His children were: Jesse, Felicia and Ephraim. Jesse lives on the old homestead with his maiden sister, he being a bachelor. He has been prominently connected with the Baptist church for many years. He is a great grandson of David Robinson, who was one of the first set- tlers in Brentwood, N. H., and a grandson of Jesse Robinson.

J. Augustus Rundlette was born in 1836 in Mount Vernon, and when twenty-one he went to Kansas. Returning to Mount Vernon in 1860, he began harness making at home, and after carrying it on in connec- tion with farming until 1882, he bought the shop and fixtures of A. H. Wilson at Mount Vernon village, and has since carried a stock of general horse goods. His first wife was Sarah M. Anson, who died in 1885. He married for his second wife, Abbie P., widow of Leroy D. Hopkins, who had one son, Fred S.

John H. Stain is a son of John and a grandson of Emerson Stain, whose father, John Stain, was one of the early settlers. He came from Germany and later returned to that country. On his return to America he brought with him his mother, brother and sister. They settled first in Readfield and later in Mount Vernon.

DANIEL H. THING was born in Mount Vernon, July 14, 1822. His grandfather, John Thing, was a revolutionary soldier, and died at Washington's winter quarters, at Morristown, N. J., while still serving in the army. Major Daniel Thing, father of Daniel H., was born at Brentwood, N. H., June 10, 1772. In 1793 he came to Maine in a sail- ing vessel, occupying two weeks in reaching his destination. He first located at Readfield, where he hired out on a farm for six months for $50. At the end of that time he removed to Mount Vernon, where he worked as a shoemaker for one winter, and then removed to New Portland, Me., at which place he found employment in a saw mill for one year. He subsequently returned to Mount Vernon, conveying his family in an ox team over the snow, and established himself near the center of the town on a portion of the present Dolloff farm, passing the remainder of his life in tilling the soil.

Major Thing was a man of great force of character, and exerted a wide influence in the town of Mount Vernon. He filled all of the town offices, served in the legislature in 1843 as an old line whig, and was a deacon in the Baptist church for many years. He was actively connected, as early as 1814, with the state militia, and attained the

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rank of major. He passed away November 20, 1851, leaving a good estate to his children.

Major Daniel Thing married April 17, 1797, Mary Whittier (born April 16, 1782), a daughter of Captain William Whittier, one of the early settlers of Mount Vernon, and who built the first saw mill at the village. Mary (Whittier) Thing died April 6, 1814. Two children were born to the union, both of whom died young and unmarried. The second wife of Major Daniel Thing was Parthenia B. Foster, born in Winthrop, Me., May 18, 1792, and married to Major Thing at New Sharon, January 22, 1815. She was a daughter of Richard Foster and Clarissa (Harlow) Barton, his wife, the latter of a Windsor family, who came from Oxford, Mass., at an early day. Samuel Foster, father of Richard, served as a soldier in the revolutionary war. The children of Daniel Thing and his second wife, Parthenia, were: Mary W., born August 29, 1816, married John Neal, of Vienna, leaving three children at her death; Hannah, who died in infancy; Hannah D., born January 23, 1820, married Charles Kent, of Kents Hill, leaving two children at her death; Daniel H., the subject of this sketch; George R., born May 27, 1824; Augustus H., born October 2, 1826; Winchel C., born May 16, 1829. The last three sons died unmarried.

Daniel H. Thing-who had enjoyed only such educational advant- ages as the district school of the town afforded-went in the fall of 1842 to Bangor, Me., and engaged in the lumber business, returning to Mount Vernon in 1845 to take charge of his father's farm. About 1872 he was compelled to perform the same duty for his wife's parents in Windsor, Mr. and Mrs. Kent having also become so advanced in years as to require the cooperation and assistance of their daughter and her husband in their farming operations. In 1886 Daniel H. Thing purchased. near the center of the town, the Bartlett place, which he has greatly improved, and where he now resides.

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Illustrated history of Kennebec County, Maine; 1625-1892, Part 111

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