Illustrated history of Kennebec County, Maine; 1625-1892, Part 123

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

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CARLOS HAMMOND .- The subject of this sketch was born in Sidney March 17, 1825. His father, Paul Hammond, was a native of Barn- stable county, Mass., where his father, also named Paul, was one of the early seafaring men. The family is of English origin, and emi- grated to this country at an early period. Paul Hammond1 married Anna Davis and had a number of children. Of these Paul Ham- monde removed from Barnstable county in early manhood and pur- chased a farm in the western portion of Sidney. Several other mem- bers of the family also located in Maine, another one settled at Hud- son, N. Y., still another in Canada East, while others of the family re- mained in Barnstable county and " followed the sea."

Paul Hammond, the father of Carlos, passed the whole of a long and useful life on the old farm in West Sidney, now occupied by his son, Jonas M. Hammond. Here he engaged in cultivating about two hundred acres of land and sustained a reputation in the town as a man of high character, great earnestness of purpose and of the utmost in- tegrity. He filled all the town offices of Sidney and in 1856 repre- sented his district in the state legislature. He also served as a jus- tice of the peace. In religious matters he affiliated with the Calvinist

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Baptist church. He married, on January 6, 1813, Catharine, daughter of Jonas and Susanna (Dagget) Mason, who came from Massachusetts at an early day. The fruits of this union were: Abner D., born De- cember 6, 1815, died October 6, 1816; Isaac A., born August 12, 1816, residing in Sidney; Abner, born February 25, 1819, residing in Bel- grade; Susanna A. (Mrs. Enos Cummings), born March 25, 1821, died October 14, 1847; Lydia F. (Mrs. Jotham Sawtelle), born February 7, 1823, died March 23, 1847; Carlos, the subject of this sketch: Jonas M., born April 13, 1827, residing on the old homestead in Sidney, and who filled the office of selectman in Sidney for several years; Betsey M., born August 6, 1829, married Abner Piper, resides at Canton, Il1., and has three sons living. Paul Hammond, the father of this large family of children, was born January 6, 1788, and died October 22, 1867. His wife, Catharine, was born August 3, 1788, and died October 3, 1867.

Carlos Hammond, together with his father, Paul, and brother, Isaac, filled the office of treasurer and collector of the town of Sidney for about forty years.

Carlos Hammond resided on the paternal farm, attending the dis- trict school of his neighborhood through his earlier years, which were attended only by the ordinary experiences of a farmer's boy-hard work on the farm, with such morsels of knowledge as he was able to secure at the district school. After coming of age, while he continued to reside with his parents, he branched out for himself, working on the neighboring farms during the busy season, engaging in grafting trees and in any form of legitimate speculation that presented itself.

On February 11, 1866, he married Laura A., daughter of Ithiel and Lydia (Clark) Gordon. Ithiel Gordon was born in the town of Readfield, but passed the greater portion of his life in New Sharon, where he engaged in farming, and reared a family of eight children, most of whom still reside in that locality. He was one of the most highly esteemed and useful citizens of New Sharon. After his mar- riage Carlos Hammond bought the old Bacon farm at what was long known as Bacon's Corner, now Centre Sidney, and in the fall of 1866 erected a store at that place, where he has since engaged continuously in the mercantile business. In connection with this he has continued to cultivate his farm of about one hundred acres.

Mr. Hammond is known and recognized in Sidney as one of the most substantial and successful of her citizens. Early imbued with the principles of the democratic party, he has from early manhood identified himself with its local councils and has been a recognized leader in his town. Never seeking for political office, he has never- theless occupied the responsible position of town treasurer and col- lector, filling the office with ability and integrity. He commands the respect and esteem of the citizens of Sidney, and in his declining

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years is enjoying, with his wife and children, the garnered fruits of an industrious life.

The children of Carlos and Laura A. Hammond were: William Arthur, born May 31, 1867; Laura Alice, born May 21, 1869, died Oc- tober 7, 1887; and Howard Carlos, born March 4, 1879. The two sons reside with their parents on the home place.

Jonas M. Hammond, born in 1827, is a son of Paul and Catherine (Mason) Hammond, and grandson of Captain Paul Hammond, who came to Sidney from Massachusetts and settled the farm where Jonas M. now lives. The latter married Esther E. Wheeler, who died leav- ing four children: Susan A. (Mrs. Rufus Beane), Isaac A., Delia E. (Mrs. Manson W. Cowan) and Jonas M., jun.

Matthew Hastings was a son of Moses and Elizabeth (Marsh) Hastings. His maternal grandfather was John Marsh, who settled in Sidney in 1763, where he died in 1802, aged eighty-five years. Mat- thew Hastings was a resident of Calais, Me .. and was collector of cus- toms, representative and state senator from there. His first wife was Rebecca Gillmor. Three of their four children are now living: Gor- ham K., Edgar P. and Anna M. His second wife was Ann Cutter. Their children now living are: Simon C., Frank P., George O., Jennie C. and Mary D. Simon C. married Ellen Faught, and is a farmer. Gorham K. is also a farmer, occupying the homestead of his great- grandfather Marsh. His first wife was Lucinda Park, who died leav- ing three daughters: Carrie A., Sadie P. and Grace B. His present wife is Lydia A., sister of his first wife.

Stephen R. Herrin, son of Samuel and Mahala (Rines) Herrin, was born in Augusta in 1841. He was one year in the war as attendant to Doctor Colby, and in December, 1863, he enlisted in the 2d Maine Cavalry, Company L, and served until December, 1865. He is now a mechanic and farmer, and has lived on the Chase homestead in Sid- ney since 1869. He married Etta Watts. Their children are: George F., Horace E., Annie M. and Jennie M.

Atwood F. Jones, born at Mercer, Me., in 1822, is a son of Na- thaniel and grandson of Thomas Jones. He came to Sidney in 1849, and was a farmer and teacher until 1872; since that time he has been dealer in nursery stock. He married S. Augusta, daughter of Moses Sawtelle. She died leaving four children: Leslie M., Laforest A., Isabelle S. (Mrs. Almond Young) and Lucine A., who keeps house for her father.

Charles Kelley, born in 1807, and died in 1880, was a son of John Wing and Content (Hoxie) Kelley, who came to Kennebec county in 1800, at which time their family consisted of four children, to whom were added six more after settling here. He married Judith, daughter of Captain Peter Paddack, who came to Sidney from Nantucket, Mass., in 1826. Their children are: Mary P., Alexander P., Charles H., Avis

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S., William L., Sophia C. and Eunice B. Mrs. Kelley now lives with her daughter, Avis S. (Mrs. Gustavus Sawtelle).

Charles H. Kelley, one of seven children of Charles Kelley, was born in 1834, and is a farmer on the homestead of his father and of his maternal grandfather, Captain Peter Paddack. He married Har- riet R., daughter of David Dutton. She died leaving four children: Mary L. (Mrs. Arthur H. Smiley), Frank L., Eugenia F. and Bessie M.

REV. HENRY SEWALL LORING, A. M .- The subject of this sketch was born in a log cabin near the banks of the Piscataquis, in the town of Guilford, Me., February 19, 1819. He was the eighth of the nine children, and the fourth of the five sons of Bezaleel and Lydia (Has- kell) Loring, and the great-grandson of Rev. Nicholas Loring, second pastor of the first Congregational church of North Yarmouth, Me. From the latter and his brother, Thomas, generally descended all of those who bear the name of Loring in Maine, and perhaps nearly all in New England.

Our subject was reared on the humble homestead of his father with the usual vicissitudes of farm life. His father, a native of North Yarmouth, Me., moved to Guilford-then called by its plantation name, Lowtown, after one of its earliest settlers, Elder Low-in the year 1814, his being the eighteenth family among the new settlers. For several years the seasons were cold, the crops stinted, and it was a hard struggle to support so large and growing family as that of Bezaleel Loring. The year 1816 was remarkable for its snow storms in June, no roads existed, and the nearest mill, fifteen miles distant, could only be reached by a line of spotted trees.

Young Loring's mother was a native of New Gloucester, Me., the daughter of John Haskell, who emigrated from Old Gloucester, Mass., at an early day, the family being of Puritan origin. Mrs. Loring was one of a family of fourteen children. She and her husband early em- braced and made public confession of the Christian faith. She was possessed of considerable personal beauty and great dignity, of strong constitution, and full of all charitableness. She lived to an advanced age, herself and her twin brother outliving all the rest of their family, and dying within a brief period of each other, at the age of ninety- one years.

Amid such surroundings, and born of such parents, young Loring derived his first experiences in life. His early school advantages were meager and the lamp by which his evening lessons were prepared was the pine knots in the large open fireplace of the old home. Having laid a suitable foundation, he at the age of nineteen was placed in charge of a school, comprising sixty pupils, within five miles of his birthplace. About this time his father died, and soon after young Loring, animated and encouraged by the example of an elder brother, who was himself preparing for the Gospel ministry, turned his atten-

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tion in the same direction, and having completed his education at Foxcroft Academy and Bangor Classical School, entered Bowdoin Col- lege, and was subsequently graduated in the class of 1843. This class comprised among its forty-eight members a large number of men, who, in later years, achieved prominence in religious and literary cir- cles, and was greatly benefitted by the influence, learning and instruc- tion of the eminent president of the college, Dr. Leonard Woods.

After his graduation Mr. Loring engaged in teaching school at Brownville, Corinna and Shapleigh, Maine, serving either as super- visor of schools, or as one of the school committee in almost every town in which he was located, and being appointed trustee of the Monson Academy, Maine.

In 1843 he entered Bangor Theological Seminary, completing his course in 1846. On leaving the seminary, after acting as supply in another place for a few months, he was called to the church in Am- herst and Aurora, Me., continuing nine and one-half years, severing his relation of his own volition, but with great reluctance. After supplying the churches in Durham and Lisbon Falls, Monmouth Centre and Monson, in all of which places he had interesting fields of labor, he was recalled to Amherst and Aurora, remaining this time seven years, and completing at that place a ministry of sixteen years, being more than double the length of time that any other minister has acted as pastor, either before or since, at those places. He was next called to Phippsburgh, Me., where he enjoyed in the home of sea captains and their kind families a pleasant and successful pas- torate of five years, of which he still has many very tender recollec- tions.

Mr. Loring subsequently took up his residence at Winthrop, Me., and afterward moved to Centre Sidney, Me., where he now resides with his only daughter, the wife of Doctor Driscoll, a practicing physi- cian of that place. He still devotes much of his time to pastoral and Sabbath-school work and enjoys, in his declining years, the realiza- tion of the fact that he has during his long life done all that he could for the development and advancement of mankind, as opportunity has been afforded him. His life has been characterized by great sin- gleness of purpose, earnest persistency, untiring effort, and a humble reliance on the Divine blessing.

Charles H. Lovejoy, farmer, born in 1833, is the eldest son of Na- hum and Pheba D. (Miller) Lovejoy, grandson of Frank and Betsey Lovejoy, and great-grandson of Abial Lovejoy, who was born in 1731, in England, married Abigail Brown of Massachussets, and in 1778 came to Sidney, where he died in 1810. His father, Hezekiah, was a son of Christopher and grandson of John Lovejoy. Mr. Lovejoy has held the office of selectman twelve years, and has been messenger in the state senate since 1878. He married Olive C. Knowles, and has

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three children : Lizzie R. (Mrs. Lindley H. Wyman), Etta E. and Susie E.

Sewall S. C. Lovejoy, born in 1820, was a son of William and Sophia (Thatcher) Lovejoy, grandson of Nathaniel and great-grandson of Abial Lovejoy. He was in the late war in Company A, 7th Maine, from January, 1864, until its close, although his field service closed at the Battle of the Wilderness, where he was wounded. He was a far- mer in Sidney until his death in 1888. He married Pamela, a daugh- ter of John and Pheba (Burden) Page, and granddaughter of Reuben Page. Their three children-Clarence F .. Ella P. and Julia E .- are all deceased. Clarence F. left one daughter, Ada P.

Ernest G. Lyon, farmer, born in 1865, is a son of Tabor Lyon. His mother is Aurelia C., daugter of William Burden.

William P. Marble, born in 1854, is a son of Barnard and Sabra S. (Baker) Marble, and grandson of Barnard Marble, who was a ship- builder at East Greenwich, R. I., and from there came to Sidney, where he was a farmer. William P. was adopted by his uncle, Cap- tain James Sherman, and lived with him until the latter's death in 1890. He was a partner with Captain Sherman in the mercantile busi- ness until 1882, when he succeeded to the business which he now car- ries on. He married Georgia, daughter of Royal Wentworth.

Charles E. Merrill', born in 1831, is a son of John®, grandson of Cutting®: his ancestral line was through Edmund', John3, Daniela and Nathaniel Merrill', who came from Salisbury, England, to Newbury, Mass., in 1633. In 1807 Cutting® came from Falmouth, Mass., to Sidney and bought of Flint Barton the farm where he spent the remainder of hislife. John Merrill6 held the offices of county commissioner, represen- tative, selectman sixteen years, and postmaster at North Sidney. His wife was Pamela Baker, and of their five children three are now living: John H., Charles E. and William. The oldest and youngest are residents of Des Moines, Iowa, and Charles E. owns and occupies the homestead of his grandfather.

Elbridge G. Morrison, born in 1812, is a son of Joseph and Abbie (Wallace) Morrison, and grandson of William Morrison. In 1844 Mr. Morrison came to Sidney, where he is a farmer on the place origin- ally settled by Jonas Sawtelle. He married Amanda, daughter of Asa C. Sawtelle. She died, leaving two sons: Frank G. and Albert S.

Charles A. Nash, born in 1843, is a son of Solomon, grandson of Joseph, and great-grandson of Peter Nash, who came to Sidney from Abington, Mass., in 1810, and died here in 1824, aged eighty-four. He was a revolutionary soldier, and he bought of Eli Foster the farm where J. Emery Nash now lives. Charles A. Nash is a mechanic, though he is now at home caring for his aged parents. He has one brother, George B., and one sister, Olive Nash.

J. Emery Nash, born in 1849, is a son of Joseph, grandson of Joseph,

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and great-grandson of Peter Nash. His mother is Catherine, daugh- ter of John, and granddaughter of Keene Robinson, who came to Sid- ney from Massachusetts, and settled on the farm where the Friends' meeting house now stands. Mr. Nash is of the fourth generation of his family to own the home farm, which he has occupied with his mother since his father's death in 1866. He has one sister, Lucy N.

Gilbert B. Reynolds, born in 1832, is a son of Calvin (1799-1888), and grandson of Nathaniel Reynolds. His mother was Caroline, daughter of Captain Shubael Baker, who came to Sidney from Cape Cod; Mass. Mr. Reynolds is a farmer on the Lucas Ballard farm, where he has lived since 1860. He first married Rosalina, daughter of Lucas Ballard. His second wife was Rose, daughter of Stephen Bickford.

Mulford B. Reynolds, born in 1843, is a son of Calvin and Caroline (Baker) Reynolds, and is a farmer on his father's homestead. He served in the civil war from August, 1862, to July, 1865, in Company C, 1st Maine Cavalry, and spent about six months in Andersonville prison. He married Ella F., daughter of Henry M. and Annie (Ken- ney) Leighton, and their children are: Alonzo C., Caroline M., Irene M. and E. Mary S.

Stilman S. Reynolds, born in 1818, is a son of Timothy and Sylvina (Thayer) Reynolds, and grandson of Timothy Reynolds, who, with his brothers, Nathaniel, Thomas and David, came from Brockton, Mass. Thomas settled in Winslow and the others in Sidney. Stilman S. Rey- nolds is a farmer and mechanic, has worked on the river twenty years and carried the mail eight years from Sidney to Riverside. He mar- ried Mary, daughter of Israel Folsom, born in Industry, Me. Their daughter, Alice V., is now Mrs. Fred. W. Costelo.

Oliver C. Robbins, born in 1817, a son of Clark and Feare (Ham- mond) Robbins, was a butcher, farmer and lumberman. Since his death, in 1891, his youngest son and widow have carried on the farm. He married Mary W., daughter of George Weeks, and their children were: George C., S. Bertha, Laura C. and Edwin E.

Bradford Sawtelle, the only survivor of eleven children of John and Thankful (Robbins) Sawtelle, was born in 1811, and is a farmer on a part of his father's homestead. He married Mary A. Snell, who died, leaving two children: Madison P. and Mary (deceased). His present wife is Mary A., daughter of Henry Crawford. Their children are: Gustavus, John H., Sarah E. (Mrs. W. A. Tanner), Dora M. (Mrs. E.G. Stores) and Cinnie.

De Merritt L. Sawtelle, born in 1837, is one of ten children of Asa C. and Elizabeth B. (Abbott) Sawtelle, and grandson of Nathan Saw- telle. Mr. Sawtelle is a farmer on the homestead of his father and grandfather, and devotes considerable attention to breeding and

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training horses. He married Ellen A., daughter of Franklin Wood- cock, and they have one daughter, Addie E.

Luther Sawtelle, one of a numerous family reared by John Saw- telle, who came to Sidney from Groton, Mass., was born in 1800 and died in 1872. In 1824 he purchased the farm now known as Pleasant Plain Farm. The next year he married Vesta, daughter of Ambrose Howard, of Winslow. They reared seven children, three of whom are now living : Ambrose, Mary H., widow of the late Daniel H. Church, of Augusta, and George B., a physician in Malden, Mass. The second son, Cyrus H., who died at the age of thirty-four, left three children, now living. Ambrose, who owns the homestead, married Mrs. Angelia M. Woodbury, daughter of Reuben Burgess. She left two sons: George H. Woodbury, a dentist at Leominster, Mass., and Ralph Howard Sawtelle. Ambrose Sawtelle married, for his second wife, Phebe W., daughter of Paul Wing. She has one son, Donald W., and one daughter, Cora Ethel Sawtelle.

George S. Shaw, farmer, born in Lincoln, Me., in 1860, is a son of H. M. and Cordelia (Smith) Shaw, and grandson of Harrison Shaw. He married Rose Emma, daughter of James L. Farnum, and they have one daughter, Helen B.

Paul T. Stevens, born at Topsham, Me., in 1800, is the eldest of twelve children of Caleb and Sarah (Thomas) Stevens, and grandson of Bartholamew, whose grandfather was Alexander Stevens. Mr. Stevens came to Sidney in 1829, and eight years later succeeded Major Abram Brackett as owner of the farm where he has since lived. His first wife was Maria H., daughter of Major Abram Brackett, and of their four children only one is living-Caleb Alton. His present wife is Mary, daughter of John Richardson, of Belgrade. They have had three children: Julia A., deceased; Seriah, a physician, and Arthur D., a farmer with his father.

Charles L. Swift, farmer, son of Rufus and Nancy B. (Nash) Swift, was born in 1854. In 1889 he bought the Abram Heath farm, where he has since lived. He married Mabel Bickford.

George D. Swift, born in 1848, is a son of Dean and Catherine (Hanson) Swift. Mr. Swift, in 1876, bought the 165 acre farm near where his father lived. He married Clara A., daughter of Lewis and Olive R. (Smith) Sawtelle, and granddaughter of Elijah Sawtelle. They have two sons: Willis E. and Lewis D.

John H. Swift, born in 1852, is one of seven children of Dean and Catherine (Hanson) Swift, and grandson of Elnathan and Mary (Lord) Swift. He is a farmer on the two hundred acre farm where his father lived from 1850 until his death. He married Annie, daughter of Albert Gray, and their children are: Hattie B., Merton H. and Ernest B.

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Rufus Swift, born in 1816, is a son of Elnathan and Mary (Lord) Swift, and grandson of Enoch, who came from Massachusetts to Wayne in 1795, and later to Winthrop. Elnathan, his son, resided there until 1831, when he came to Sidney and bought the farm of one hundred acres where Rufus now lives. The latter married Rosetta T. Dyer, who died leaving one son, Norris R. His second wife, Nancy B. Nash, left three children: Lizzie E. (deceased), Laura (Mrs. Turner A. Barr) and Charles L. His present wife was Clara E. Jones, and their chil- dren are: Ina M. (Mrs. Bertelle L. Taylor), Maud N., Eddie L. and Etta B.

William A. Tanner, son of Gardiner W. and Betsey (Marble) Tan- ner, was born in Moosup, Conn., in 1842. He came to Sidney in 1849, where he lived with his uncle and aunt, Captain and Mrs. James Sher- man. He was several years in a store with Captain Sherman, and since 1870 he has been a farmer on the farm settled by Abial Lovejoy in 1778. He married Sarah E., daughter of Bradford Sawtelle, and their children are: Clarence Lincoln, Edwin B. and Storer.

Bertelle L. Taylor, born in 1867, is the younger of two sons of Nathan W. and Emma (Turner) Taylor, grandson of Nathan and Me- linda (Blaisdell) Taylor, and great grandson of Samuel, whose father, John Taylor, came to Vassalboro from Massachusetts. Bertelle L. occupies, with his grandparents, their homestead, and is a farmer. He married Ina M., daughter of Rufus Swift, and they have one daughter, Emma C.

Orlando A. Tolman, born in 1824, is a son of Thomas (1780-1875) and Olive (Steadman) Tolman, and grandson of Samuel Tolman, who came from Massachusetts to Augusta in 1762. Thomas Tolman bought a farm in Sidney in 1807. Orlando A. went to North Vassalboro in 1845, where he was several years engaged in manufacturing, after which he came to Sidney, where he is engaged in farming. He mar- ried Maria, daughter of Phineas Shorey. Their children are: Willie O., Lenora M. and Alton M.

Daniel R. Townsend, born in 1832, is the youngest of six children of Daniel and Mary (Bradbury) Townsend and grandson of Dodivah Townsend. Mr. Townsend is a farmer on the 150 acre farm where his father died in 1833, aged fifty-one years. He married Climenia, daughter of Asa Webber. She died leaving one daughter, Climenia.

James F. Warren, son of Ethel and Jeremine (Pool) Warren, was born in 1836 at Buckfield, Me. His father came to Sidney in 1838, and in 1842 bought the farm where James F. now lives. The latter mar- ried Lydia A., a daughter of Jonathan Davenport.

George H. Weeks, born in 1838, is one of four children of George (1795-1872) and grandson of Joshua Weeks. His mother was Keziah Baker. Mr. Weeks is a farmer on the place where his father settled .

when he came to Sidney from Dartmouth, Mass., in May, 1824. Mrs.

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Weeks was Ellen B., daughter of Albert Drummond. They have one son, Eugene C.

Jethro Weeks came from Plymouth, Mass., to Sidney in 1788 or 1789. He married Penalope Gorham, of Norway, Me., and their chil- dren were: Rebecca, Abigail, Eliza, Polly, Lydia, Freelove, Penalope, Charles and David G. The latter married Lydia Smith, of Sidney. Their children were: Levi A., Judith, Electa, Lucinda, Jethro and Henry. Levi A., the eldest, was born in 1819, married Mary Irene, daughter of Nathaniel Tibbetts, of Belgrade. Their children are: Gustavus, Gorham, Lizzie and Delwin L. Delwin L., with his sister and parents, occupies the farm settled by Jethro more than a century ago.

George F. Wixson, born in 1841, in Sidney, is a son of James and Lydia (Rollins) Wixson, and grandson of Shubael Wixson. His father was born in 1813 and his mother in 1816. They had ten children. George F. entered the federal army December 2, 1861, serving until July 28, 1864, in 5th Maine Battery, Light Artillery. Since the war he has been a farmer. He married Lucy A., daughter of Stephen S. Morse. Their children are: Frank A. and Mabel G.

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Illustrated history of Kennebec County, Maine; 1625-1892, Part 123

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