Illustrated history of Kennebec County, Maine; 1625-1892, Part 122

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

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Lakeshore post office, on the pond road, was established April 10, 1891. Martha L. Bacon, the first postmistress, was succeeded in May, 1892, by Moses Z. Sawtelle.

The West Sidney post office, established December 16, 1831, with Anson Tilson postmaster, was discontinued April 23, 1835; reëstab- lished September, 1836, and Jesse L. Philbrick appointed postmaster. His successors have been: David Robinson, June 1838; Calvin M.Saw- yer, October, 1851; Thomas Cummings, January, 1852; Calvin M. Saw- yer, October, 1852; David Robinson, December, 1853; the office was discontinued December, 1856, and reestablished April, 1857, with David Robinson again in charge; discontinued June, 1861, reëstab- lished February, 1865, with Evander L. Davis as postmaster; Renah L. Woodward succeeded him in May, 1868; office again discontinued Oc- tober, 1869, reestablished January 5, 1872, with Jacob C. Gordon as postmaster. This office has had a singular experience, being discon- tinued four times for want of a proper person to run it. The receipts were too small for profit and the honor was too small for glory. West Sidney is one of the few ideal places where the office seeks the man.

TOWN OFFICIALS FOR ONE HUNDRED YEARS .- The selectmen of Sidney have been first elected in the years indicated, and the figures show the terms of service, when more than one: 1792, Flint Barton, 4, Moses Hastings, 2, Moses Sawtelle; 1793, Samuel Tiffany, 2, Levi Moore, Benjamin Dyer, 5; 1795, Ichabod Thomas, 5, Nathan Sawtelle,

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William Smiley; 1796, John Woodcock, 11, Samuel Dinsmore, 4, Tim- othy Reynolds; 1798, Obadiah Longley, 11, David Reynolds; 1799, Daniel Tiffany, 7, Silas Hoxie, 10; 1802, David Smiley; 1803, Jonas Saw- telle, 2; 1805, Ambrose Howard, 11, Isaac Hoxie, 2; 1809, Edmond Barton, 2; 1810, Elisha Barrows; 1811, Eliphalet Britt; 1812, Peres Hamlin, Thomas S. Farrington; 1813, Seneca Stanley; 1814, Asa Ab- bott, 2; 1816, Paul Bailey, 2; 1818, Stephen Springer, 2; 1821, Nathaniel Dyer; 1822, James Smiley, 4, Nathaniel Merrill. 3; 1825, Bethuel Perry, 7; 1826, Samuel Butterfield, 8; 1829, James Shaw, 6; 1831, Abial Abbott; 1832, Paul Hammond, Daniel Tiffany, jun., 5; 1833, Asa Smiley, 18, William Prescott, 3; 1836, Joseph Hitchins, 2; 1837, Gideon Wing, 13; 1839, Barnabas D. Howard, 2; 1842, George Longley, John Merrill, 14; 1845, Elijah Sawtelle; 1850, Charles W. Longley, 2; 1853, Greenlief Low; 1854, Bradford Sawtelle, 3; 1855, Hosea Blaisdell, Paul Wing, 6; 1856, Stephen Ward; 1857, James Sherman, 4, Jonas Butter- field, 10; 1858, T. D. Merrill, 2; 1859, Charles W. Coffin, 5; 1860, Silas L. Waite; 1861, Benjamin F. Folger, 3; 1862, Elbridge G. Morrison; 1864, William A. Shaw, 12; 1868, Alonzo Davies, 2; 1870, Charles C. Hamlen, 6; 1871, Lawriston Guild, 3, Greenleaf Barton, 2, Charles H. Lovejoy, 12; 1873, William A. Tanner, 2; 1876, Henry A. Baker, Jonas M. Hammond, 4; 1867, Loren B. Ward, 5; 1880, George T. Bowman, 2; 1882, D. R. Townsend, 2; 1883, Martin L. Reynolds, 5, A. T. Clark, 8; 1887, D. H. Goodhue, 2; 1889, Gorham K. Hastings; 1890, Fred E. Blake, 3; and in 1891, Charles H. Kelley, 2.

The successive town clerks have been: Ichabod Thomas, 1792; Thomas Smiley, 1794; Ebenezer Bacon, jun., 1796; Ichabod Thomas, 1798; William Goodhue, 1812; Ichabod Thomas, 1813; Daniel Tiffany, 1816; John Woodcock, 1817; Ambrose Howard, 1822; Samuel Butter- field, 1824; Abial Abbott, 1831; Samuel Butterfield, 1832; Nathaniel Sherman, 1837; John B. Clifford, 1839; Daniel S. Purinton, 1841; Asa S. Townsend, 1846; A. S. Hayward, 1853; E. F. Clark, 1857; E. P. Shaw, 1859; Reuel Field, 1864; J. C. Grant, 1865; J. S. Grant, 1866; T. J. Grant, 1872; J. H. Field, 1873; J. S. Grant, 1880, and Fred E. Blake since March, 1885.

David Smiley was the first town treasurer; John Woodcock was elected in 1793; Isaac Cowan in 1796; Ebenezer Bacon, 1798: Ichabod Thomas, 1799; Flint Barton, 1801; Ichabod Thomas, 1802; Benjamin Dyer, 1803; Ichabod Thomas, 1804; Benjamin Dyer, 1805; Daniel Tif- fany, 1812: Isaac Steadman, 1820; Daniel Tiffany, 1823; Samuel Butter- field, 1824; John Woodcock, 1826; Theodore Merrill, 1828; Elisha Clark, 1840; John Sawtelle, 1841; Paul Hammond, 1842; Elisha Clark, 1845; Paul Hammond, 1847; Frederick R. Sherman, 1857; Carlos Hammond, 1862; R. D. Smiley, 1864; Carlos Hammond, 1865; Charles E. Avery, 1869; W. A. Tanner, 1871; F. R. Sherman, 1874; Carlos Ham- mond, 1875; Howard B. Wyman, 1877; Carlos Hammond, 1880; J. F.

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Warren, 1881; Howard B. Wyman, 1883; Fred E. Blake, 1887; Carlos Hammond, 1889; Thomas S. Benson, since March, 1891.

SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS .- The Sidney Agricultural Fair was inaugurated by the Grangers in 1885. Two years later the gener- al public were invited to participate, which they have continued to do with great zeal from that time to this. Yearly fairs are held at the town house, whose specially strong points have been in fruit and in working cattle; seventy-five yoke of the latter, driven in one continu- ous line, were shown one year. George F. Bowman has been presi- dent and Martin L. Reynolds secretary since 1887.

Pleasant Hill Lodge, No. 266, I. O. G. T., was organized December 16, 1884. Theodore W: Longley was W. C. T .; Mary E. Longley, W. V. T., and Maud C. Young, secretary. Clinton H. Goodhue is the present W. C. T. and George W. Manter is secretary. This Lodge, with about thirty members, bought, repaired and now own their hall.

Juvenile Temple of Good Templars, known as Recruits, No. 13, was organized June 5, 1886, with twelve charter members, of whom Merton J. Jackson was C. T. and Susie M. Drummond was secretary. This society also meets in Good Templars' Hall, which is situated on Tiffany hill, near the Methodist church.

Rural Lodge, No. 53, F. & A. M., was instituted April 25, 1827. After a few years, during which time the master's chair was filled by Ezra Going, Willard Bailey, John F. Bailey and James Shaw, the charter was surrendered. On the petition of fourteen Masons, half of them members of the old Lodge, the charter was restored May 7, 1863. Since then William A. Shaw, Ezra D. Trask, George W. Reynolds, Charles T. Hamlen, Gorham K. Hastings, Simon C. Hastings and Na- than A. Benson have been masters of the Lodge. The Masonic hall at the Centre was built in 1887 and was dedicated in January follow- ing. It cost $900 and is a credit to the enterprise of Rural Lodge, which now numbers forty-eight members. The meetings under the first organization were held in the upper story of Howard & Sawyer's store, at Hasting's stream, on the river road.

Sidney Grange, No. 194, P. of H., was organized November 24, 1875, with twenty-five charter members. Charles T. Hamlen was the first master, and his successors have been: Gorham K. Hastings, A. H. Bailey, A. A. Benson, Ambrose Sawtelle, George Bowman, L. G. Tilley, B. F. Hussey and William Lovejoy. The Grange own their capacious hall, and with 160 members are in a healthy, growing con- dition.

The Joseph W. Lincoln Women's Relief Corps, auxiliary to the G. A. R., was organized July 29, 1890. Vileda A. Bean, Ellen S. Ben- son and sixteen other charter members chose Etta Herrin president; Annie Field, S.V.P .; Dora · Sawtelle, J.V.P., and Bemetta L. Benson, secretary. This organization, so creditable to the women of Sidney, is

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assiduously raising funds, which, with the labors of its twenty-four members, are freely given to the charitable objects of the G. A. R. Post.

Sidney Mutual Fire Insurance Company was organized in June, 1856. Paul Hammond, Alpheus Hayward and Paul T. Stevens were its most active founders. Each person gave a note for four per cent. on the amount for which they were insured and paid four per cent. of the note to meet current expenses. Losses by fire were paid by assessment on the notes. Strange as it may seem, there was no loss by fire for eighteen years. In 1873 Paul Wing had a $2,000 fire, and then the fires became so frequent that the members tired of meeting assessments and, after paying all losses, surrendered their charter in 1879.

PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

Frank Abbott, farmer, born in 1853, is a son of John B. and Alice (Webber) Abbott, grandson of John (1783-1871), and great grandson of Joseph Abbott (1743-1833), who came from Lincoln, Mass., to Sid- ney in 1804, and bought one thousand acres of land on the Pond road, near where George D. Swift now lives. Mr. Abbott married Olive S. W., daughter of Samuel Clark.

Dea. Paul Bailey, a native of Connecticut, came to Sidney, where he raised six children: Laura, Vesta, Betsey, Eliza, Willard and John Flavel. The last mentioned was born in 1800, married Aurilla Saw- telle and had four children, of whom two sons are now living: George H. and Adelbert H. The latter was in California from 1863 to 1867, since which time he has been a farmer. Since his father's death in 1880 he has owned and occupied the homestead.

Jonathan M. Ballard, born in Augusta in 1823, is a son of Ephraim and Augusta (Wall) Ballard, and grandson of Jonathan Ballard. In September, 1838, he entered the United States navy as an apprentice, and after four years became mate, and after 1847 he was a gunner. He was retired November 28, 1885. He has lived in Sidney since 1868. He married Margaretta Blight, of Brooklyn, N. Y., daughter of John Blight, U. S. N. Their children were: Ephraim, Elizabeth A., Hattie M., William Y., Harry (deceased) and John B.

Turner A. Barr, born in 1850, in Athens, Me., is a son of Luther and Abigail (Turner) Barr, and grandson of David Barr. He is a farmer on the farm which his father bought in 1858 of Enoch Swift, and where he lived until his death in 1885. Mr. Barr married Laura A., daughter of Rufus Swift. Their two children are Guy T. and Florence S.

Flint Barton, born in Sutton, Mass., in 1749, came to Sidney in 1773, where he died in 1833. His wife was Lydia Crosby, and their twelve sons were: Edmund, Crosby, Amos, Jonah, Otis, Persis, Al-

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fred, Rufus, Franklin, Anson, Dean and Stephen. Anson, born in 1799, married Rhoda Sisson, and of their thirteen children seven are now living. The fourth, Greenleaf, born in 1831, occupies the home- stead of his father and a part of the place originally settled by his grandfather, who was a miller, blacksmith and farmer.

James H. Bean, born in 1833, in Mt. Vernon, is a son of Neal Bean. He began at sixteen to learn the wagon maker's trade. and he now carries it on in connection with blacksmithing and farming in Sidney. He has been treasurer of Sidney Grange, P. of H., since its organiza- tion. He married Vileda A., daughter of Gerry Graves, and their children are: Emma (Mrs. J. S. Smiley), Flora M. and Blanche E.

Mark Beane, son of Joseph and Mary (Gowan) Beane, was born in 1834, at Sanford, Me., and came to Sidney in 1862, where he has been a farmer. He married Laura C., daughter of Joseph and Judith (Lewis) Smiley, and granddaughter of Alexander Smiley. They have one daughter, Jennie B., who married Benjamin F. Hussey. Mr. Hussey, a native of Vassalboro, is a farmer, and since his marriage has lived with Mr. Beane.

Thomas S. Benson, born in 1842, is a son of Elias T. and Azubah (Stevens) Benson, and grandson of Nathan Benson. He served in the late war thirty-four months in Company A, 20th Maine. He lived eight years in Augusta, and since 1876 he has been a farmer in Sid- ney. He has been deputy sheriff six years. He married Alice M., daughter of John B. and Alice (Webber) Abbott.

Albert H. Black, born in 1840, in McDonough, N. Y., is a son of John D. and grandson of Edmund Black, who went from Palermo, Me., to New York state in 1820. Mr. Black came to Sidney in 1863, where he has been a farmer. For the past sixteen years he has been engaged in manufacturing cider vinegar, and in 1891 made ten thou- sand gallons. He is largely engaged in apple culture and some sea- sons buys large quantities for the market, and also deals in other farm products. He married Anna N., daughter of Moses Dyer. Their children are: Cora A. (Mrs. Ernest A. Sibley), Gertrude M., Alberta F. and Leland A. H.

Fred E. Blake, son of William P. Blake, of Oakland, was born there March 12, 1851, came to Sidney in 1874, and is a farmer on the Dodivah Townsend homestead, later owned and occupied by Rev. W. A. P. Dillingham. He married May, daughter of Wyman Richard- son, and they have two sons: Cecil E. and Clyde G.

Thomas Bowman came from England with his father,: Thomas, settled in Massachussets, and later came to Sidney. His children were : Elias, Dennis, David, Thomas, Abial, Orrin, John, Daniel, Peggy and Deborah. From these eight sons descended the Bowman families of this part of the county. Dennis married Jennie Cottle and had eleven children. David G., their third son, born in 1814,

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married Caroline, daughter of Winthrop Hight, and they had four children : Jennie, Winthrop H., M. D., Scott (deceased), and Leslie E. The last named is a farmer in Sidney. He married Rose, daughter of John Reynolds, and they have two children : Blanche H. and Winthrop H. M.

Isaac Bowman, son of Dennis and Jennie (Cottle) Bowman, was born April 11, 1808, was a farmer, and owned and occupied the farm settled by his grandfather, Thomas Bowman, when he came to the town. It is on this farm that the family burying lot is. Since his death, May 16, 1890, his widow and eldest son have carried on the farm. He married Phebe, daughter of Benjamin and Alice (Adams) Richards. Of their eight children five are now living: Olive, Isaac N., Howard R., Henry Augustus and William E.

George F. Bowman, born in 1840, is one of two sons of Dennis and Sophronia (Richards) Bowman, and grandson of Dennis and Jennie (Cottle) Bowman. Mr. Bowman is a farmer, and in company with his brother, Frank, carries on an extensive nursery business. He married Jennie, daughter of David Bowman, and they have two sons: Fred R. (a physician) and Arthur W.

Henry Augustus Bowman, farmer, son of Isaac Bowman, was born in 1847, and married Albina S., daughter of George and Lydia (Wil- bur) Bowman, and granddaughter of Elias Bowman. Their children are: Maurice H., Alton, and two that died-Nora and Edna.

Nelson Bowman, son of David and Hannah (Cottle) Bowman, was born in 1820, and is a farmer on the homestead of his father. He married Julia, daughter of Thomas and Nancy (Cottle) Bowman. Their only son, Martin, is deceased.

James D. Bragg, born in 1821, is a son of John and Betsey (Smith) Bragg, and grandson of John and Molly (Brann) Bragg. Mr. Bragg is a farmer on the place formerly occupied by his father and grand- father. He has been postmaster at North Sidney since March, 1888. He married Mrs. Sarah A. Bragg, daughter of Thomas J. and Abigail T. (Remmick) Grant, and granddaughter of Joseph Grant. Their children are : Evan H. and Mary G.

Caleb S. Bragg, son of John and Betsey (Smith) Bragg, born in Sidney in 1824, went west when young, and has for many years been an active member of the firm of Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co., the most extensive publishers of school books in the world. This firm is now a member of the corporation of publishers known as The Am- erican Book Company, of which Mr. Bragg is president of the board of directors.

Silas W. Bragg, born in 1833, is the ninth son of Shubael and Thankful (Dinsmore) Bragg, and grandson of John Bragg, and is a farmer on the homestead of his father. His first marriage was with

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Sophronia Bowman, who died leaving four children : Ida, Edward, Westley and Alvah. His present wife was Belinda Thomas.

Charles H. Burgess, harness maker and farmer, born in 1861, is the only son of William M. and Abigail H. (Reynolds) Burgess. He has been postmaster at Eureka since October, 1889, succeeding Nathan W. Taylor, who had kept the office since it was first established. Mr. Burgess married Susie B., daughter of Daniel Houghton. Their children are : Minnie A., Edna M., William H. and Ina M.

James B. Clark, youngest of seven children of Thomas and Ruth (Cain) Clark, and grandson of Joseph Clark, was born in 1854, and owns a part of the farm originally settled by his great-grandfather, Thomas Clark. He married Hannah, daughter of Abijah Tufts. Their children are : A. Logan and Clyde.

Thomas Clark, a native of England, came to Sidney from New Hampshire, and was drowned while yet a young man. His eldest son, Joseph, married Sally Pillsbury, and their children were: Thomas, Joseph, Samuel, Jerome, William L., Sally, Almira, John and Samuel. William L., the only survivor of the family, born in 1818, married Lucinda, daughter of David Cain. She was born in 1823, and died leaving four children ; Josephine M. (Mrs. A. B. Elliott), Sewall A., George E. and William A. Sewall A. married Emma, daughter of David S. Whitehouse, and their children are : Amy M., Cecil W. and Lena C.

Charles S. Cowan, born in 1830, is a son of Alfred and Tryphena (Stewart) Cowan, and grandson of Isaac Cowan. He went to Iowa in 1856, and four years later to Colorado, where he was engaged in min- ing until 1866, when he returned to Maine and has since been a farmer. He married Climena, daughter of Robert and Mary Saw- telle) Wells.

Frank S. Cowan, farmer, born in 1851, is a son of Marcellus N. and Mary (Woodcock) Cowan, grandson of Isaac and great-grandson of Isaac Cowan. He married Clara A., daughter of Dean Swift, and their children are : Lillian F., F. Eugene, Ella C., Walter M., and two that died-Minnie M. and Katie S.

Manson W. Cowan, born in 1847, is a son of Marcellus N. and Mary (Woodcock) Cowan, and is a farmer on the two hundred acre home- stead of his father and grandfather. He married Delia E., daughter of Jonas M. Hammond, and their children are: Arthur H., Effie M., Willie W., Sadie E. and Amelia A.

Alphonso S. Davenport, born in 1837, is a son of Jonathan and Lydia (Dyer) Davenport, the former a descendant from Jonathan Dav- enport, who settled in Chelsea, Me., in 1762, being the fourth in lineal descent from Thomas Davenport, who came to Dorchester, Mass., about 1640. Alphonso S. has lived in Sidney and followed farming, with the exception of three years spent in Colorado. He married

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Harriet A. daughter of Samuel Cottle. She died in 1884. Their children were: Lemuel L., Gracie L., Arthur B., Orrin H. and Josie S. (deceased).

Jovan O. Drummond, born in 1836, is one of three sons of Alber and Harriet (Taylor) Drummond, grandson of Ruthiford and Re- becca (Davies) Drummond, and great-grandson of Rev. Ruthiford Drummond, who came to Phippsburgh, Me., from the North of Ire- land. Mr. Drummond is a farmer, and in 1868 bought the old Bacon farm, where he now lives. He married Climenia W., daughter of Avery Shorey. Their children are: Ada M. (Mrs. Herbert A. Young), Arthur T. and Albert M.

Augustus N. Dyer is the only surviving son of Moses and Nancy (Blackman) Dyer, grandson of Jonathan and Lydia (Bacon) Dyer, and great-grandson of Benjamin Dyer, who came to Sidney from Cape Elizabeth, and was the first of the name to settle in Sidney. Augus- tus N. is a farmer and, with his parents, occupies the homestead where his father was born in 1808. He has two sisters: Mary L. (Mrs. Swift) and Annie N. (Mrs. Albert H. Black).

Nathaniel Farnham, born in 1745, died May 10, 1844, and his wife, Betsey, were the parents of Moses Farnham (1792-1873), who married Martha Shaw, and in 1830 came to Sidney, where he was a farmer. Of his seven children three only are living: Emeline P., married Henry Bowman, who died in 1854, leaving one son, Henry C .; Horatio, born in 1832, married Georgiana, daughter of John R. Philbrick, and has one son, Horace G .; and Josephine, the youngest, married Josiah Soule, who was three years in the late war in Company A, 20th Maine, and is now a farmer. Nathaniel Farnham served in the revolutionary war seven years, and Moses Farnham served in the war of 1812.

THE FAUGHT FAMILY .- Philip Faught', who emigrated to this country from a point on the Rhine in Germany, landed in Boston in 1751. In 1756 he came to Dresden, Me., where a German colony was located. Frederick“, one of his sons, came to America with the family and settled on the Kennebec in Sidney, where he spent the remainder of his life.

Here, in 1786, his son Frederick3 was born. He, like his father, followed the vocation of a farmer. He settled on the " middle road," one mile south of Bacon's Corner, where he raised his family and spent the remainder of his life, which terminated in 1861. He mar- ried Susan, daughter of Marlborough Packard, of Union, Mass., and granddaughter of Nathan and Martha D. (Perkins) Packard. Nathan was a son of Solomon Packard, born 1689, and grandson of Zaccheus, whose father, Samuel Packard, came from England with his wife and settled in Hingham, Mass., in 1638.

The ten children of Frederick and Susan (Packard) Faught were: two that died in infancy, Marlboro P., Frederic, Luther R., Lemuel

RESIDENCE OF Mr. ALBERT FAUGHT, SIDNEY, ME.

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Porter, Albert, George N., Caroline P. and Frances Ann. Marlboro P., deceased, was a merchant in Augusta, Me. Frederick, deceased, was a farmer in his native town. He left an only son, Ray C. Luther R., at an early age, went to Atlanta, Ga., where he was a successful manufacturer for several years. The civil war swept away his for- tunes, and he removed with his family to Philadelphia, Pa., where he now resides. His business in the latter city has been the manufacture of car wheels. He has invented many useful devices, among them the "Fanght increase contraction chill," which is regarded by rail- road men to be one of the most important improvements to rolling stock made in many years, increasing the safety and strength and de- creasing the cost of car wheels. Luther R. has two sons: George Granville Faught, M. D., and Dr. L. Ashley, who is a prominent den- tist in Philadelphia, where he is a member of several dental and lit- erary societies, and is a well known contributor to literature on den- tistry. Lemuel Porter, deceased, was a straw goods manufacturer of Foxboro, Mass. Albert is a farmer and owns and occupies the home- stead in Sidney, shown in the accompanying illustration. He has two sons-Herman A. and Frank W .- and four daughters. The two daughters, unmarried, reside in Foxboro, Mass.

George N., the youngest son, left his native town before attaining his majority, to seek his fortune in the active business world. He learned the trade of a tailor in Boston, where he has since followed the business successfully. He is now located at No. 58 Winter street, as the senior partner of the tailoring firm of Faught & Hovey. Mr. Faught, by his untiring energy and unswerving integrity, has gained for himself an enviable reputation and competency in the city of his adoption. He now finds time each year to visit Europe, and is often accompanied by some member of the family as his invited guest. He has never quite forgotten his native town, and his interest in their success and development has often been shown in a substantial inanner.

Edward Allen Field, born in 1819, is a son of Obediah and Ruth (Allen) Field, and grandson of Zachariah Field. He is a farmer on the place bought of Turner Fish by his father, who died there in 1848, aged fifty-seven years. Mrs. Field is Judith P., daughter of David G. and granddaughter of Jethro Weeks. Their children were: David A., Charles A. and Ada W., who died.

Willard A. Field, born in 1837, is a son of George and Ann (Under- wood) Field, and grandson of Stephen Field, who came to Sidney from Falmouth, Me., in 1800. Mr. Field is a farmer on the homestead of his father. He married Ann M., daughter of Calvin and Caroline (Baker) Reynolds. Their children were: Bennie U. (deceased) and George W.

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Ozni G. Gardner came to Sidney from Cumberland, Me., in 1845, and with his mother settled on the west part of the Smiley farm, where he is a farmer. His mother, Hannah R., daughter of Ozni and Mariam (Hall) Harris, died in 1884, aged eighty years.

Calvin Graves, born in 1838, in Vienna, is a son of Gerry and Mary (Mooers) Graves, and grandson of Jacob Graves. He was in Califor- nia from 1860 until 1867, and in the fall of the latter year came to Sidney and bought the two hundred acre farm where he now lives. He married Maria, daughter of Timothy Mooers, and granddaughter of Nathaniel Mooers. Their children are: Eugene G., Charles A., Helen M., George M. and Grace A.

Henry Allen Hallett, a farmer of Sidney, born in 1836, is the youngest of seven children of Solomon and Joanna (Scudder) Hallett, and grandson of Solomon Hallett. He served nine months in the late war. He married Annie C., daughter of Nathan S. and Emeline W. (Crowell) Townsend, and granddaughter of Dodivah Townsend. She was born in 1834. Their three children are: Martha L., Ella M. and Percy D.

Charles C. Hamlen, born in 1823, died February 29, 1892, was a son of Thomas and Barbara (Burgess) Hamlen, and grandson of Cap- tain Benjamin Hamlen. Thomas Hamlen came to Sidney from Fal- mouth, Mass., and in 1838 settled on the farm where Charles C.'s family now reside. Charles C. married Judith A., daughter of Joseph, and granddaughter of Alexander Smiley. Their children were: Joseph H., Charles T., Abbie M. (Mrs. Munsey, deceased), George H., Elmer L. and Edith A. (deceased).

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Illustrated history of Kennebec County, Maine; 1625-1892, Part 122

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