Illustrated history of Kennebec County, Maine; 1625-1892, Part 85

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


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Arington Douglas, born in 1836, is a son of Zebulon and Hannah C. (Johnson) Douglas, grandson of Francis and great-grandson of Zebu- lon Douglas. Mr. Douglas is a farmer. His only brother, Clement H., served in the late war and died at Andersonville. Mr. Douglas married Melvina, daughter of Warren and Mary (Nickerson) Smith. Their children are: Clement W. and Nellie (Mrs. G. A. Hamlin).


Edmund Dow, born in Bowdoin in 1826, is a son of Edmund and Nellie (Clark) Dow. Edmund Dow, sen., came from Concord, N. H., and practiced medicine for several years in Bowdoin and Litchfield, and died in Bowdoin in 1834. Mr. Dow is the youngest of eleven chil- dren, two of whom are now living. He came in 1875 to the farm where he now lives, which was the Doctor Waterman farm of ninety acres. He married Sarah, daughter of Joseph Tarr, and has two sons: Edmund F. and Frank G. Mr. Dow has kept the town farms of Litchfield, Richmond and Gardiner for one, five and eight years, re- spectively.


Loring F. Dunn, born in 1860, was one of fourteen children of Charles F. and Mary (Goodwin) Dunn, and grandson of William Dunn, who was a druggist and apothecary in Boston, and in 1799 received a commission from John Adams as surgeon in the U. S. Navy. This document is still preserved in the family. Charles F. was a graduate of Harvard, and after going to sea four years, came to Litchfield in 1841, where he was a farmer until his death in 1883. Loring F. has been a merchant at Litchfield since 1883.


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Hartley W. Glidden was born in 1811, in Somerville, Me. He was a farmer and speculator for several years in Cornville, Me., and in 1877 came to Litchfield and bought the Goodwin farm, near the mills at Purgatory, where he died in 1888. His first wife was Lydia Smith: his second, Lydia Ney, and his third wife, who survives him, was Helen M., daughter of Benjamin and Ruth (Ballard) Johnston, and grand- daughter of Benjamin Johnston, sen. They have four children: Edith M., Estelle F., Homer C. and Ruth H.


John Godfrey and his wife, Lydia (Simmons) Godfrey, came to this country from England in 1831. David, one of their sons, born in 1824, came from Nashua, N. H., to Litchfield, in 1875, where he has since been a farmer. His wife is Hepzibah, daughter of William Seaman. Their living children are: Eliza, May, Emma, William Rufus, George and Hepzibah. Nellie and Lottie J. are deceased. William Rufus is a farmer near his father; he married Hattie E., daughter of Simeon Higgins, and has one son, Harold E. George married Sarah E. Mur- ry and has three sons: Frank G., Elmo A. and Eddie.


William F. Haines, born in Ripley, Me., in 1844, is a son of Hiram and Eliza (Dill) Haines. He removed to West Gardiner in 1855, with his parents. In September, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, 9th Maine volunteers, serving until July, 1865. From that time until 1890 he lived in Gardiner, and excepting seven years, when he worked at paper making, he was engaged in teaming and trucking. He sold his business there in July, 1890, and bought the George A. Emmerson farm in Litchfield, where he now resides. He married Mary E., daughter of Henry and Mary F. (Stone) Meader, and granddaughter of Henry Meader. Their children are: Mary L., Eliza A., Cora E., Edward F., Almira A., Edwin A., Aura E. and Walter E.


Charles T. Hall, born in 1830, is a son of Luther and Eliza (Greeley) Hall, and grandson of Timothy and Abby (Springer) Hall. Timothy came to Litchfield when a young man and settled near where Charles T. now lives. Mr. Hall worked in the ship-yard at Bath, Me., for fif- teen years, then moved to Litchfield in May, 1867. From there he went to Massachusetts to work on the Old Colony railroad. In June, 1873, he bought the farm on which his father lived, and has since re- sided there. He married Rachel P., daughter of Samuel Coombs, of Brunswick, Me. Their children are: William L., Frank A., Henry T. and an adopted daughter, Mary E. Merrill. Frank A. died at Fox- borough, Mass., May 28, 1873, aged eighteen years.


Wilson M. Hatten, born in 1823 in Stafford, Conn., is a son of Wil- liam M. and Thankful (Mitchell) Hatten, and grandson of Benjamin Hatten. He came to Litchfield in 1854, where he is a farmer. In 1873 he bought the Potter farm, where he now lives. He served in the late war from February to September, 1865, in Company K, 14th


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Maine volunteers. His first wife, Achsah Holden, left one son at her death. His second wife was Marcia Crawford.


Henry Huntington, born in Monmouth in 1824, is a son of Timothy and Abigail (Hall) Huntington, and grandson of Benjamin and Judith (Collins) Huntington, whose father was among the first settlers of Litchfield. Mr. Huntington is a farmer. He spent twenty years in California prior to 1871. He married Mrs. Martha A. Davis, daughter of David and Eleanor (Marston) True, and granddaughter of Aaron True. Her first husband was John Davis, a son of John Davis. He died in 1872, leaving four children: William E., Fred W., J. Frank (de- ceased), and Nellie M.


Joseph E. Jack, born in Plymouth, Me., in 1844, is the only son of Joseph and Jane (Libby) Jack, grandson of Joseph and Mary (Gray) Jack, and great-grandson of Andrew Jack. He came to Litchfield in 1850, where he has been a carpenter and farmer. He served in the late war one year in Company F, 24th Maine volunteers. His first marriage was with Alice, daughter of Samuel Mitchell. His present wife was Fannie E. Sprague.


Isaac F. Lapham, son of John A. Lapham, was born in Bethel in 1833, and married Eliza R., daughter of Rev. David Ricker, of Wood- stock, Me. Their children are: Addie L. and Ernest M. Addie L. married E. T. Packard, son of Marlboro and Mary A. Packard, and they have three children. Ernest married Effie B., daughter of James True. Mr. Lapham came from Augusta to Litchfield in 1876, and in company with his son-in-law bought the Jacob Emmerson farm, where they carry on the farming, nursery and market gardening business. Ernest M., with Mr. Packard, now runs the farm.


Nathaniel B. Merchant, son of Captain Jabez and Juda (Bennett) Merchant, was born in 1823 at New Gloucester, Me., came to Gardiner in 1860, and five years later to Litchfield, where he is a farmer. He married Angie C. Stowell, who died in 1886, leaving no issue.


Eli Merriman, son of Robert and Clarisa (Douglas) Merriman, and grandson of Walter Merriman, was born in Bowdoin in 1834. He is a carpenter by trade. He served in Company F, 24th Maine volun- teers, from August, 1862, one year. In January, 1864, he went to New Hampshire, where he was engaged in the clothing business until August, 1866, when he came to Litchfield, where he has since been a merchant. He has been postmaster since April, 1873. He married Almeda, daughter of Daniel Gilman, and their children are: Viola, James D., Clara D. and Abbie.


Charles A. Metcalf, born in 1848, is the eldest of three children of Lorenzo and Mary J. (Weston) Metcalf, and a grandson of Martin and Eliza (Walker) Metcalf, who came from Berry, Mass., to Litch- field, where Martin died in 1868, aged 71 years. Mr. Metcalf has filled the offices of selectman, town clerk and justice; and May 4, 1889,


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was appointed postmaster at South Litchfield to succeed Moses True, who was the successor of Angustus Batchelder, the first incumbent of that office. Mr. Metcalf is a farmer on the land which John True cleared from the forest. He was married in 1885 to Lucy A., daugh- ter of Moses and Ann (Tucker) True, and granddaughter of John and Sally (West) True.


Walden Otis, born in Fairfield in 1827, is a son of Abram W. and Lydia (Hussey) Otis, and grandson of Hezekiah Otis. He came to Litchfield in 1871 from Lewiston, and bought the Rev. William O. Grant farm of one hundred acres, where he has since lived. He mar- ried Lucinda, daughter of John Rowe. She died in 1887, leaving one son, Albion P., who married Margaret E. Butler, and has one daugh- ter, Edith M.


Eliphalet Palmer, born in 1807 and died in 1879, was one of nine children of Marlbury and Martha (Smith) Palmer, who came from Scituate, Mass., to Litchfield in 1790. Mr. Palmer's wife was Lucy P., daughter of Thomas and Mary (Knowlton) Lord, and granddaughter of James Lord. Their children were: Emily F., Thomas M. (de- ceased), Frederick E., Granville H. and Lewis M., M. D., who was a graduate of Harvard in 1881. Granville H. was born in 1841, and is a farmer on the farm where Marlbury settled in 1790. He mar- ried Eliza, daughter of Erastus B. and Sarah H. (Goddard) Delano. Their children are: Lewis E. and Mary O.


Captain Ezekiel Drummond Percy, descended from the Earl of Northumberland, England, was born at Phippsburgh, Me., August 13, 1830. He went to sea when twelve years old, and became master of the ship Courant, in 1851-Cuba to Hamburg. During the war he was attached to Admiral Farragut's squadron, and was first lieutenant of the ship Huntsville, that took Daniel Sickle to Aspinwall. In 1868 Captain Percy went to Japan, where he was attached to the navy de- partment of that nation, as teacher of gunnery and navigation. He was in Japan thirteen years. In 1888 he bought the Union Hotel at Cundy's Harbor, Me., and changed the name to Cliff House, which he still keeps. He married, June 16, 1864, L. O., daughter of Doctor William Cochran. They have one child, S. Lettie.


A. Warren Plimpton®, born in 1825, is the eldest of four children of Elias7 and Nancy (Billings) Plimpton, whose ancestors were: Asa ", James5, John', John3, Sergeant John2, John Plimpton1. Mr. Plimpton has two brothers and one sister: Dr. Albert, of Gardiner, George and Maria. Mr. Plimpton is the senior member of the firm of E. Plimpton & Sons, which was established in 1820, when Elias Plimp- ton came to Litchfield from Walpole, Mass. He was first married to Harriet E., daughter of Daniel Fuller. She died, leaving one son, Warren O. His present wife was Abbie, daughter of Daniel Gilman. Warren O. Plimpton graduated from Bowdoin College in 1882, and


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from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, in 1888. He is now practicing medicine and lecturing in surgery in the University College of Medicine, New York city.


John Purinton, born in 1841 in Bowdoin, is a son of Abel and Mary (Raymond) Purinton, grandson of Abiezer, and great-grandson of Rev. Humphrey Purinton. He was educated in the schools of Bowdoin and at the Litchfield Academy. He taught school eight winters, was thirteen years in the mercantile trade in Richmond, and since 1876 has been a farmer in Litchfield, on a part of the Captain Robert Pat- ten farm. He served five years as a justice and four years as select- man, two of which hewas chairman of that board. He married Mary, daughter of John and Caroline Patten, and granddaughter of Captain Robert Patten. Their children are: Eugene E., John Elmer and Frank W. They lost one, Ernest H.


Asa P. Smith lives on the old homestead where his father, Zacha- riah B. Smith, who was born on the next farm north, lived and died. Thomas Smith, Asa's grandfather, came to Litchfield from Nova Scotia, whither his father, Thomas, son of John Smith, removed from Cape Cod. Asa P. Smith was married first, to Nancy Shorey, of Litch- field, in 1855. She died in 1866. Their only child, Lillian L., gradu- ated at Hallowell Classical Institute, and is now teaching in Bismarck, North Dakota. Mr. Smith's second marriage was in 1868, with Anna P. Sylvester, of Bowdoin. They have one child, Warren R. Smith, a graduate of Bowdoin College at the age of twenty, with the highest honors of his class; who is now pursuing a scientific course of study at Clark's University, Worcester, Mass.


DAVID THURSTON SMITH is in the fourth generation from one of several pioneers by the same name, for whom the area of the present town of Litchfield was first called Smithfield. His farm was settled by his great-grandfather, Thomas Smith, who was born in Chatham, Mass., and lived in Nova Scotia before coming to Maine. The earliest record we have of him in Smithfield is on a survey of six adjacent lots, made by John Merrill, "at the request of Benjamin Hinckley, Eliphalet Smith and others," on which Thomas Smith had lot No. 4. Here he brought his family in 1780, one of whom was his son, Thomas, then ten years old, whose son, David, was the father of David Thurston Smith. Both the Thomases were deacons in the church in their day, and were men of genuine qualities. The second Thomas was a man of genial nature, mnade friends of all, especially the children, was physically robust and active, was a great hunter, killed two bears, en- joyed relating his experiences, and in his later years was familiarly and affectionately known as " Uncle Tom."


David Smith was born in " Uncle Tom's Cabin " in 1805, grew up a farmer, and married, first, Susan Springer. Their children were: Daniel L., Alden B., Sophronia A., David Thurston and Benjamin F.


David J. Smith


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His second wife's name was Martha J. White, and their children were: Susan S., Bertha A., Mary E. and Thomas F. His third wife was Mrs. Sarah Owen, his fourth was Miss Elizabeth Smith, and his last and still surviving wife was Mrs. Mary Baker.


David Thurston Smith, the fourth child by his father's first mar- riage, was born in 1836, and grew up on the old homestead. At the age of fifteen he was converted, and united with the church six years later. When seventeen years old he joined the Watchman's Club, a temperance order, whose object was to procure the passage of prohib- itory laws, and signed the pledge which he has never broken. At the age of twenty-two he went to Massachusetts, where he worked mostly in or near Boston, part of the time in a store, and then as an officer in the House of Correction. In 1863 he was drafted and entered the army in Company K, 11th Maine, which fought under General Butler at the battle of Bermuda Hundred, where he received a gun shot in his right leg, from which he has never recovered. Mr. Smith re- ceived his discharge June 1, 1865, returned to Litchfield and resumed farming.


Just before going into the army he mar- ried Annie M. Kent, of Fa- yette, Me., who died in 1872. In 1877 he mar- ried his present wife, Ladora J. Malcolm, of Phippsburgh, Me. Mr. Smith was superin- tendent of the Sabbath school of the Congre- UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. gational church at Litchfield twelve consecutive years, and has long been a deacon in the same church. He is a charter member of the G. A. R. Post, and in politics has always acted with the republican party. The accompanying cut represents the old house built by the pioneer Thomas in 1782, in which all the Smiths named in this sketch have spent part of their lives. It is unoccupied, but its owner considers it a privilege and a pleasure to preserve the walls within which he was born, and to keep renewed the roof that covers a spot radiant with so many precious memories.


Three representatives of the Smiths of Litchfield became.eminent


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as ministers: Rev. Thomas Smith, who died in 1861, at Brewer. Me .; Rev. Benjamin Smith, who died while pastor of the Litchfield Congre- gational Church, and Rev. Charles B. Smith, now living in Malden, Mass.


George W. Smith is a son of Isaac Smith, whose father, Benjamin Smith, probably came from Cape Cod. Isaac Smith, who died in 1877, at the age of eighty-two, had twelve children, of whom the following are living: Jane, wife of David S. Springer; Mary, widow of David Smith; Almira, now Mrs. W. H. Smith; Lydia, now Mrs. L. S. Larra- bee; Hannah D. and George W. All of the persons named, except Benjamin Smith, were born in Litchfield. George W. was brought up on the old homestead as a farmer, but as a matter of preference became a wood worker and carver, in Lewiston, and has done some- thing in sculpture. He made some years ago a marble bust of Mo- zart, a plaster bnst of his father, Isaac Smith, that is the admiration of all who knew the original; a medallion of Rev. J. T. Hawes; and he carved in wood a strikingly correct bust of Charles Sumner, and one of Doctor Hill, of Lewiston. The clay of which his father's bust is modeled was taken from the clay bed that furnished the brick of which the house he owns in Litchfield was built.


Oramandel Smith, born December 2, 1842, in Aroostook county, Me., is a son of Daniel D. and Lucy (Williams) Smith, and grandson of John, whose father, Eliphalet Smith, was among the early settlers of Litchfield. Mr. Smith came to Litchfield in 1852, where he was educated in the common schools and Litchfield Academy, and at the Classical Institute of Waterville, leaving there at the age of twenty. He began teaching at the age of seventeen and continued twelve winters. He was eleven years supervisor or a member of the school committee. He represented his district in the legislature in 1870 and in June of that year received the appointment of Deputy U. S. Mar- shall to take the census in Litchfield. He was assistant clerk of the House in 1874 and 1875, and was promoted to clerk in 1876, which position he held until 1885, except 1879. In April, 1883, he was ap- pointed state insurance commissioner, which office he resigned in September of the following year. He was elected secretary of state in 1885, which position he filled with credit to himself for six years. In January, 1891, he was chosen a member of the governor's coun- cil. He was married in May, 1875, to Jennie R., daughter of William C. Smith.


DAVID S. SPRINGER .- The thorough New England quality of the stock from which David Smith Springer comes is seen by a single glance at his ancestry. His grandfather, David Springer, came from Cape Cod, Mass., to Bowdoinham, Me., and from thence settled in Litchfield. Thomas Springer, David's son, the father of David S. Springer, married Elizabeth, daughter of the second Thomas Smith,


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of Litchfield, whose ancestors were also natives of Cape Cod. The children of Thomas and Elizabeth Springer were: George W., David S. and Sophronia, who died young.


David S. was born December 3, 1822, in Litchfield, where he passed his boyhood days on his father's farm, treading the familiar old path, monotonous at times, but always invigorating and safe, as it alternates from the winter school, with the inevitable morning and evening chores, to the tiresome routine of the summer's farm work. After the district school came several terms at the Litchfield Academy, and then David S., in 1844, found a wife in the person of Jane M.,. daughter of Isaac Smith, whose father, Benjamin Smith, came to Litch- field in 1781, and was a brother of the first Thomas Smith, who was the grandfather of David S. Springer's mother. David and Jane have had one child, Isaac T.


Mr. Springer has not been permitted to pass the whole of his time or to devote the whole of his energies to agricultural pursuits, although farming has been his life-long avocation. He was chosen one of the selectmen of Litchfield in 1867 and was reelected each of ·the following two years. In 1871 he was again elected a selectmen, also in 1872, '73, '75 and '76. For a long term of years he held some one of the minor offices of the town. In 1882 he was elected town treasurer, in which office he is now serving his eleventh year. In 1879 he was elected to the legislature and belonged to the famous and never-to-be-forgotten "count out" session. In the course of his duties Mr. Springer served on the agricultural and the leave of ab- sence committees. Now, at the well rounded age of three score and ten, he is in the enjoyment of good health, the society of his excel- lent wife in a pleasant and happy home, and has the priceless con- sciousness of having passed an honorable and useful life.


Thomas Harvey Springer, born in 1808, was a son of James and Bet- sey (Collins) Springer and grandson of David Springer, who came from Bowdoinham and was one of the first settlers in Litchfield. Mr. Springer was a farmer and died in 1880. He married Sarah Hunting- ton, sister of Henry Huntington. She survives him. Of their eight children three are living: Luetta A., James P. and Emlem P., who, with his mother, occupies the farm of his father and grandfather.


Isaac Starbird, born in Bowdoin in 1799, was a son of Moses Star- bird, who was for many years a merchant at Bowdoin. Mr. Starbird came to Litchfield Corners in 1837 and bought the store of Lorenzo Dailey, who was the successor of William Robinson, Esq. He con- tinued in mercantile trade from November of that year until his death in 1883. His son, James W., who had been a partner in the business since 1867, has continued the business since that time in the same firm name-Isaac Starbird & Son. Isaac Starbird was postmaster from 1861 to 1873. He married Sarah, daughter of Moses Dennett. His


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children were: Charles D., deceased; Isaac W., M.D., who graduated at Bowdoin College, went into the late war as captain, was promoted to the rank of colonel, and is now practicing medicine in Boston; James Wilbur, Herbert M. and Margaret E. (Mrs. Samuel Woodard); and Eugene C., by second wife. James W. married Barbara E., daughter of Melvin P. and granddaughter of Esquire William Robin- son. They have one daughter, Angie S.


Herbert M. Starbird, son of Isaac and Sarah (Dennett) Starbird, was born October 2, 1847. He served in the late war in Company M, D. C. Cavalry, from March to September of 1864, when he was trans- ferred to Company D, 1st Maine Cavalry, serving until August, 1865, when he was discharged as sergeant. He married Annie F., only daughter of Melvin Harrison and Betsey M. (Adams) True, and grand- daughter of Daniel True, who married Sally (West), widow of John True. Mr. Starbird is a farmer and with his father-in-law owns and occupies the Batchelder tavern, which Mr. True bought in 1867, when he returned from Massachusetts, where he had lived since 1831.


Henry Taylor, who has for the last twenty years been identified with the schools of Litchfield and vicinity both as an officer and a teacher, is a native of Virginia and was two years in the Union army before coming to Maine. He was a pupil in the schools of Gardiner and Richmond prior to 1867 and a student at Yarmouth Academy prior to 1872, when he began teaching. His wife, Maryetta T., is a daughter of Samuel and Maryetta (Thompson) Goodwin. Their chil- dren are: Henry W., Carleton L., Amy I., and Walter G., deceased.


George Nelson Thurlow, born in 1834, is the eighth child of John and Sally (Flagg) Thurlow and a grandson of John Thurlow, who came from Berwick, Me., to Litchfield about 1804, and settled near where Mr. Thurlow now lives. His father was Stephen Thurlow. George N. is a farmer, as were his father and grandfather. He served the last two years of the civil war, first in Company F, 7th Maine Volunteers, and later in the 1st Maine Veterans. His wife, Emma W., is a daughter of James and Julia A. (Aldrich) Morse, and granddaugh- ter of James Morse. Their children are: George A. and Harry H.


Eben Toothaker was brought by his parents, Cornelius and Hannah (Gray) Toothaker, when less than six months old, to Litchfield, from Harpswell, Me., in 1817, he being the third of eleven children. When grown he learned the ship carpenter's trade and worked in Richmond and Bowdoinham. In 1844 he married Martha O. Williams, of Bow- doinham, by whom he had three boys and one girl, Mary, now the wife of John Hutchinson. His son, Fonzo J. Toothaker, married Mary Schroder, of Chicago. Eben Toothaker built in 1850, the house in which he has since lived. He has always been an active republican, and has been postmaster twenty-one years, keeping the office in his house at Litchfield Plains.


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Jesse T. True is a son of Woodman True, who died in 1867, and grandson of Aaron True, who came to Litchfield from Massachusetts. Woodman True married Lucy Tucker in 1831. They had two chil- dren-Jesse T. and Helen, who married Jabez Plummer. Jesse T. was born in Litchfield in 1832, and has always been a farmer. In 1860 he married Elizabeth Cushing, of Freeport, born in 1836. Their chil- dren are: Fannie W., now a school teacher at Litchfield Corners; Ed- ward M., who lives in Massachusetts, and Nathan C., at home.


Merrill True, born in 1832, is one of three children of Aaron and Mary (Merrill) True, grandson of Aaron and Martha (Woodman) True, and great-grandson of Thomas True, who lived and died in Salisbury, Mass., and had five sons and two daughters, who came to Litchfield. Mr. True is a farmer on the south half of the three hundred acre farm where his grandfather settled when he came to the town. He married M. Ellen, daughter of Horace Moore. Their children are: Stanley M. and Sally H.


Thomas True, son of Thomas and Parmelia (Parker) True, married Mariam Eaton. Their children were: Bradbury E., Almira, Emery P. and Albert C. The youngest of these was born in 1843. He served one year in the late war in Company E, 23d Maine volunteers. He has taught thirty-four terms of school, has been a member of the school committee several years, and two years school supervisor. He is a farmer, and occupies the farm of,'his father, with his elder brother and sister, Emery P. and Almira. He married M. Viola, daughter of Joel Card, of Bowdoinham, Me.




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