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While master of the North Phillips School in Salem, he received a visit from Thomas Sherwin, who having thoroughly examined his school and made a careful estimate of his attainments, tendered him a place in the English High School of Boston, then ranking only second to West Point in the thoroughness of its instruction and disci- pline. Here Mr. Cumston passed through the grades of usher, sub- master and master to the head mastership, thus becoming the succes- sor of his friend, Mr. Sherwin, who died in 1869. In 1874, after twenty- six years of service in this one school, he withdrew to private life, to the great regret of its friends and with the highest encomiums from its committee, the chairman of which was the celebrated Dr. Samuel K. Lothrop.
Mr. Cumston became noted in Boston for his great skill in teaching mathematics and French, although he was, besides, a fine scholar and an excellent instructor in other branches. During his head-master- ship, his administrative ability was displayed in a most signal manner in managing a school which was continually increasing in the num- bers of its pupils and instructors, but which was separated into sev- eral parts, located in buildings at wide distances from one another. It was his success in this respect that saved the school, in its identity and substantial organization, from the attacks of many influential
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persons, who favored a new institution of learning which should take the place both of it and the Boston Latin School. Both schools still exist, now as formerly under one roof, in a building which is one of the most elegant specimens of school architecture in the United States; a result which has proved a great consolation to the many hundreds of well educated Bostonians who have come under the discipline and in- struction of the one or the other school.
Since his retirement Mr. Cumston has spent much of his time at his home in Monmouth, where he enjoys a scholarly and a well earned leisure. It was from his own Alma Mater, Bowdoin, in 1870, that he received his LL.D.
PHINEAS BLAKE AND HIS POSTERITY .- Phineas Blake, a near rela- tive of General Henry Dearborn, mentioned at page 772 as having re- moved from Epping, N. H., settled in 1786 at East Monmouth, where he reared a large family. In 1795 his son, Phineas Blake, jun., erected the barn shown in the accompanying illustration, on the farm where his great-grandson, Fred K. Blake, now resides.
Phineas Blake, jun., married, October, 1799, Betsey Kimball, by whom he had four sons-John K., Epaphras Kibby, Henry M. and Charles P., and three daughters-Amelia W., Almira D. and Betsey. Of the latter, the youngest died in infancy; Amelia married Rev. Stillman Norris, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Annual Con- ference of Iowa, and Almira, Charles S. Norris, one of the town's most influential citizens. Of the sons, John chose the vocation of a farmer; Henry M. entered the ministry and became one of the foremost of Maine's Methodist preachers. He was invariably appointed to city charges, the last of which was Portland, where he suddenly died, Jan- uary 16, 1865. Charles P. was connected with several manufacturing enterprises in Monmouth and Bangor, the most important of which was the mocassin boot and shoe industry, which he founded in the former town.
Epaphras Kibby, the second son, to whom this article attaches pre- eminent consideration because he selected for a home the farm which has been held by so many successive generations of the family, was born April 4, 1804. At an early age he was secured by the Wayne and West Waterville Edge Tool Companies as a general agent. In this capacity he traveled extensively in the New England states and Canada. After serving the company about forty years as the nominal agent, but recognized executive of the corporation, of which Hon. R. B. Dunn was the strategist, he retired to his farm at East Monmouth, where he died in 1884, after a life of useful and prolonged activity. Mr. Blake was a man of great energy and force of character and a zealous Christian. He married Clarissa True, of Litchfield, by whom he had two sons: Washington W. and Henry M.
The former, born December 31, 1831, was educated at Monmouth
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Academy and Kents Hill. He was a man of marked business ability and a very ingenious mechanic, and at an early age he engaged in the manufacture of oilcloth at East Monmouth. He married, December 28, 1859, Kate Sanderson, daughter of Rev. Aaron Sanderson, a promi- nent member of the Maine General Conference. The same year he purchased a half interest in a general store at Monmouth Center, and engaged in trade under the firm name of Norris & Blake. He was subsequently engaged in trade at Kents Hill, where he held the office of postmaster. In 1865, on account of failing health, he went to Florida, where he died February 7, 1866. His daughter, Hattie W., born February 16, 1864, married Dr. F. I. Given, a successful practi- tioner of Hillsborough, N. M.
Dr. Henry M., the second son, a sketch of whose career may be found in Chapter XV, married, in 1863, Frances C. Pierce, grand- daughter of Hon. Nehemiah Pierce, a prominent character in Maine's early history. They have two children, Fred Kibby and Bertha. The latter was born May 25, 1879. The former, born October 17, 1868, married, December 20, 1890, Mabel C. Pierce, a fellow-graduate of Maine Wesleyan Seminary, class of '90, and daughter of Captain H. O. Pierce, of Monmouth. They have one child, Kenneth, born Oc- tober 12, 1891, who represents the fifth generation that has resided on the home place.
George M. Clough, born in Monmouth in 1837, is the youngest son of Asa and Mary (Griffin) Clough. He was educated at the common school and Monmouth Academy. At the age of seventeen he left his father's farm and went to sea; after a whaling voyage of two and a half years he returned to settle on the old homestead, his present home, which his grandfather, Benjamin Clough, one of the first set- tlers, cleared from the wilderness. At the age of twenty-five Mr. Clough married Elizabeth Mary E. Goding, of Acton, Me. Their chil- dren were: Emery Augustus, Richard Griffin, Georgie Ella, Mary Elizabeth, Ruby Lenora and Grace Isabelle.
James Roscoe Day, D. D., the eminent Methodist divine, is a native and summer resident of Monmouth, where he was born October, 1845. He was educated at Kents Hill and Bowdoin College, and belonged to the Maine Methodist Conference from 1871 to 1879. He was sub- sequently pastor at Nashua N. H .; at Grace church, Boston; St. Paul's M. E. church, New York; Newburg, N. Y., and is now pastor of the Calvary M. E. church, in New York city.
Lorettus Sutton Metcalf was born in Monmouth October 17, 1837. He early became a contributor to periodicals, and at one time was editor and proprietor of five newspapers near Boston. In 1876 he became con- nected with The North American Review, and from 1880 to 1885 he per- formed the editorial duties of that publication. In 1886, he issued the first number of The Forum, which he founded and several years edited.
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Levi Day, born in Litchfield in 1823, is a son of Levi and Rebecca (Spear) Day, and grandson of Josiah Day, who came from England. Levi married, in 1853, Susan A., daughter of William and Mary (Hall) Randall, who died in 1877. Their children were: Elba C., Lizzie E., Cora C. and William E., who is the only survivor. Mr. Day was a merchant at South Monmouth for twenty-five years, and retired in 1877.
Stilman W. Donnell, born in Monmouth in 1855, is a son of Isaiah and Sophia Donnell, grandson of Benjamin, and great-grandson of Nathaniel Donnell. He lives on the old home farm, where he does a large business at manufacturing vinegar. He married in 1878, Nellie L., daughter of Chase and Cordelia Blake, and they have one son, Wilbur R.
Benjamin S. Ellis, son of Benjamin Ellis, born in South Carver, Mass., May 10, 1809, was a descendant of John Ellis, who emigrated from Wales in 1632, and settled in Sandwich, Mass. In 1836 Benjamin S. Ellis married Mary Ann, daughter of Captain Peter Storms, of Antwerp, Belgium, who came to this country in 1802. Mr. Ellis moved to Monmouth in May, 1837, where he died in September, 1887, leaving his widow and two children, Benjamin and Mary D., at the homestead, and Charles C. at Sterling, Neb.
Horace C. Frost, born in 1842, was educated in the district schools and academy of Monmouth. He served in the late war from April, 1861, until February, 1862, in Company K, 7th Maine, as corporal. He reënlisted September 10, 1864, in the navy, and served until June, 1865. He married Eva A., daughter of Ferdinand Champion, born in West Brookfield, Mass. They have two children-Charles A. and Nina E. He was for fifteen years foreman of the moccasin factory here, retiring in 1888, and was elected selectman in 1890, which office he now holds.
Robert L. Gilman, born in Monmouth in 1817, was a son of Robert and Hannah (Lyon) Gilman, and grandson of Daniel Gilman, who came from New Hampshire and settled in Monmouth, on the farm now owned by Daniel O. Pierce. Robert L. married in 1844, Lucy M., daughter of Joseph and Nancy (Hilburn) Haskell. They had three children: George B., who died in 1887; Emma L. (Mrs. William H. Flagg), who died in 1882; and Cora L., now Mrs. W. R. Brown, of Monmouth.
William H. Gilman, born in Monmouth in 1843, is a son of Alvah and Elizabeth B. (Kelley) Gilman, and grandson of John Gilman, who came from New Hampshire. William H. married Cora A., daughter of James H. and Elizabeth A. (Little) Cunningham, and they have three children: James A., Ethel E. and Frank H. Mr. Gilman lives on the old Kelley homestead, where he has been a farmer since 1873.
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Jeremiah Gordon, born in 1827 in Wayne, is a son of Jonathan and Sarah (Pettingill) Gordon, grandson of Josiah and Elizabeth (Smith) Gordon, and great-grandson of Ithiel and Mary (Glidden) Gordon, whose father, Daniel, was a son of Thomas and grandson of Alex- ander Gordon, who came from Scotland in 1652 and died at Exeter, N. H., in 1697. Mr. Gordon was a farmer in Wayne until 1861, when he bought a tannery property at North Monmouth, where he was a tanner, butcher and farmer for a time, after which he was in the mer- cantile trade at North Monmouth and also at the Center, and in 1876 he bought the grist mill property where he has since been. He mar- ried Lovissa, daughter of Ebenezer and Janette (Pettingill) Ham- mond, and granddaughter of Sylvanus and Charity (Benson) Ham- mond. Their children are: J. Russell (deceased), Alna A., married Hattie T. Hammond, of East Winthrop, September 19, 1885; and Nel- lie E., who married George H. Hammond, of East Livermore, Febru- ary 9, 1886, and has one son, Wesley T., born April 9, 1889.
Urialı Gray, born in 1813 in Litchfield, is a son of Alexander Gray, who was born in Lisbon in 1782, came to Litchfield in 1810 and died in 1852. He had four sons, Uriah being the only one now living. He married Thankful B., daughter of Captain Harding Lombard, of Truro, Mass., and had seven children: Rebecca J. (Mrs. Asa Fisher), Elmira (Mrs. Samuel W. Huntington), whose husband died in 1876, and who now lives with her father; Martha J. (Mrs. Charles F. Clark), Alexander, and three who died of diphtheria in 1863. Mr. Gray ran a grist mill in Sabattus for several years and since then has been a farmer. He came to Monmouth, where he now lives, in 1871.
Warren Hathaway was a son of Braddock Hathaway, who came from Massachusetts and settled in Wilton, Franklin county, about 1805. He married there and all of his children were born there. "He afterward moved to Hallowell and bought a farm in what is now the town of Manchester, where he lived until March, 1839, when he moved to the place in Monmonth where his grandsons, William and Warren H. Hathaway, now live. Warren Hathaway married Nancy, daugh- ter of Michael Tappan, of West Gardiner. Their children are: Wil- liam, Louise (Mrs. Edwin Richardson), Benjamin T. and Warren H., who was married in 1877, to Flora, daughter of Josiah and Ann M. (Howe) Hammond. They have two children-Gertie E. and Ar- thur F.
George S. Hutchinson, born in 1833, is a son of Thomas Hutchin- son, who came from England to Kennebec county, Me., and had two sons, George S. being the only survivor. He married in 1858, Lucilla A., one of the eleven children of George and Lucretia (Towle) Folsom, and granddaughter of Daniel Folsom, who came from Epping, N. H., to Monmouth and settled on the farm where Mr. Hutchinson now lives. They have had four children: Nellie S. and Blanche L. are
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living; Nellie and Willie died young. Mr. Hutchinson is a tanner by trade, but now follows farming.
Henry C. Jacobs, born in 1849 in Winthrop, is a son of Robert and Nancy (Frost) Jacobs, and grandson of Thomas Jacobs, who came from England. Henry is one of seven children: Albert, Sarah, Ro- sanna, Henry C., Elijah C., Carrie B. and Anna L. Robert Jacobs died in 1872 on the old homestead where Henry now lives. Elijah C. lives with him. Henry married in 1872, Susie, daughter of Thomas Cowan. He is a tanner by trade and works in the moccasin factory at Mon- mouth.
Jesse Jeffery, born in 1842, at Kennebunkport, Me., is a son of Wil- liam and Abigail (Tarbox) Jeffery and grandson of Eleazer Jeffery. He enlisted in June, 1861, in Company B, 5th Maine, lost his right arm at Spottsylvania Court House in May, 1864, and was discharged from ser- vice in July of the same year. He afterward graduated from the com- mercial college of Concord, N. H. He read law in Dixfield, Me., from 1870 until 1872, when he was admitted to the bar, and practiced law at Turner, Me., until 1878, when he came to North Monmouth. In July, 1889, he was appointed special pension examiner, which position he now holds. He married Lizzie, daughter of John M. Babb, of Mexico, Oxford county, Me. Their children are: George W., Cora D. (de- ceased July 22, 1890), Purlie E., W. Percy and Ada L.
Otis H. Jewell, born in 1844, is a son of Nelson S. and Dorcas (Ham) Jewell, and grandson of Abraham Jewell, whose forefathers came from England. Otis H. married in 1867, Delia S., adopted daughter of William H. Hall, of Monmouth, and has one child, Lelia E. He was a contractor and builder in Cambridge, Mass., for five years, was for ten years master mechanic in the street car shops at Cambridge, Mass .. and since 1885 has carried on a carriage and general blacksmith shop at South Monmouth, in connection with the management of his farm.
Samuel H. Jones, born in Monmouth in 1836, is a son of John and Lydia (Perkins) Jones and a grandson of Benjamin Jones, who came from England about 1795. Samuel is one of eight sons of John, the only ones now living being: John P., who lives in California; Benja- min F. and Samuel H., who live at East Monmouth. Samuel H. mar- ried Helen M., daughter of John and Betsey (Russ) Moody. He has been postmaster and merchant at East Monmouth since 1874, and also manages his farm.
Joseph R. King, born April 9, 1826, is the youngest son of Samuel and Matilda (Rice) King and grandson of Samuel King. He worked with his father in the tape and webbing mill at North Monmouth un- til October, 1850, when he bought the business of his father and con- tinued it until 1880. Since that time the factory has only been run a
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small part of the time. Mr. King still owns the plant. He married Emeline T., daughter of Nathaniel Dexter. Their children are: Al- bertus R., Mary C. (died in infancy), Eva A. and Imogene C. (Mrs. E. M. Stanton).
Rufus A. King, born in 1838, is a grandson of Samnel King, who came from Massachusetts, and a son of Benjamin and Olive King, who had ten children, the only living sons being Benjamin F. and Rufus A., who married Mary A., daughter of Nathan Houghton. She died in 1865, leaving three children: Ida O., Edward C. and Lottie M. He married for his second wife, Viletta Sawyer, who died in 1891, leaving three children: Blanche S. (Mrs. Charles Macomber), William R. and Annette. Mr. King was a shoe manufacturer for twenty years. He came to Monmouth in 1885, where he has since been a farmer.
Howard Lindsay, son of Rosco G. and Eliza (Berry) Lindsay, and grandson of Howard and Caroline Lindsay, of Leeds, was born in 1835. He married in 1880, Alice A. Crockett, in Monmouth, where he has since lived. He is superintendent of the axe factory at North Mon- mouth, where he learned his trade several years ago. His father was in the late war and died in 1864 while in service.
George O. Longfellow, son of John and Hannah A. (Fellows) Long- fellow, was born June 17, 1855, in Hallowell. His grandfather, Sam- uel Longfellow, with his wife, Betsey, came to Hallowell, probably from Rowley, Mass. In 1882 Mr. Longfellow married Nellie P., daugh- ter of Moses B. and Priscilla (Bartlett) Gilman, and their children are John G. and Anna B. Mr. Longfellow is now a farmer in Monmouth.
David Marston, born in 1839, is a son of Rufus and Sarah (Pres- cott) Marston, and grandson of Jonathan Marston, who came from Deerfield, N. H., to Monmouth and settled on the farm and built the house where David now lives. The latter is one of seven children, two of whom are living. He married Hannah, daughter of William and Dolly (Hoyt) Gilman, and has two children: Inez A. and Mabel L.
Charles F. Merrill, born in Monmouth in 1858, is a son of Joseph and Dorcas B. (Brown) Merrill, and grandson of William Merrill, of Durham, Me. Charles F. married Hattie E., daughter of Robert E. Day, and they have two children: Nellie F. and Harry F. Mr. Mer- rill is a farmer and owns the farm where his father settled when he married, and lived until he died in 1864. His mother is now living with him.
David T. Moody, born in 1833, is a son of Rufus and Lucy (Rich- ardson) Moody, grandson of David and Joanna (Fairbanks) Moody, and great-grandson of Gilman Moody. He was for twelve years engaged in brick making, and was for three years prior to January, 1889, post- master at North Monmouth, Me. He married Lizzie, daughter of Thomas Owen, of Leeds, and they have children-Charles F. and Fred E.
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James H. Norris, born November 24, 1850, is a son of Charles S. and Almira D. (Blake) Norris, and grandson of James F., born in 1772, who was captain in the war of 1812. He had six sons-Henry, Hiram, Hannibal, Charles, James R. and Benjamin W .- and two daughters-Mary A. C. and Amelia F., who is the only one of this large family now living. Charles S. died in 1872, after having filled a prominent place in the town and county. He was in the legislature in 1854-5. He had two sons: Charles P., who died in 1865, and James H .. who in 1875 married M. Louisa, daughter of John C. and Mary (Small) Fogg. They have three children: Almira L., Burton H. and Mary E. James H. was a member of the legislature in 1881-2, and is now a farmer. He had one sister, Almira A., born April 10, 1843, died September 29, 1853.
Josiah L. Orcutt, born March 7, 1830, in Monmouth, Me., is a son of Josiah Orcutt, who, in 1806, came from North Bridgewater, Mas- sachusetts, to Monmouth. His first wife, Naomia Chessman, died in 1819, leaving one child, Naomia C., who married J. P. Hopkins, of Peru, Me., and died in 1890, aged seventy-one years. In 1820 he mar- ried Eunice Webb, by whom he had two children: Josiah L. and Eliz- abeth, who married A. D. King, of Winthrop, and died in 1856. Josiah L. is a mechanic, but has devoted twenty-five winters to the teaching of vocal music. He has been for twenty-five years superintendent of the Methodist Sunday school at North Monmouth, thirty years chor- ister, and forty years a member of that choir. He has been justice of the peace and trial justice thirty-three years, and four years selectman, the last three acting as chairman. He represented his district in the legislature in 1891. His marriage was with Isabell M., daughter of Charles Foss. Their only daughter, Ella F. (Mrs. L. C. Berry), died in 1882, leaving three children.
James B. Packard, born in 1859, is a son of Stephen and Louisa B. Packard, and grandson of Stephen Packard. He began teaching school when but eighteen years of age, and at intervals since then he has written articles for the papers and magazines. While a student he took many prizes as a declaimer and public speaker. In 1880 he mar- ried Minnie A., daughter of Nathaniel and Lydia (Curtis) Harris. They now have three children: Winfield F., Harold L. and Florence G. Mr. Packard came from Paris, Me., to Monmouth in 1873, and has lived on the farm where he now resides for eleven years.
George B. Pierce, born in Monmouth in 1834, is a son of Daniel and Caroline (Shorey) Pierce, and grandson of Nehemiah Pierce, who came to Monmouth in 1808 and died in 1850. George B. married, in 1860, Mary A., daughter of John and Hepzibah Kingsbury, and had three children: John C., Payson E. and Merton W. Mr. Pierce has been a school teacher, and for three years prior to 1891 was steward at
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Kents Hill. He now lives in Monmouth and devotes a part of his time to farming.
Henry O. Pieree, born in 1830, is a son of Oliver W. Pierce, and grandson of Nehemiah Pieree, who, in 1808, came from Lebanon, Connecticut, to Monmonth, where he died in 1850. Oliver remained on the old homestead until his death, in 1871. Henry O. was for many years a school teacher, and has since 1881 been secretary of the Mon- mouth Academy. He was for several years on the board of selectmen, and in 1871-2 represented his district in the legislature. He was eap- tain in the late war, in Company H, 49th Wisconsin. He married Martha E. Storm, and they have six children: John O., Harry R., Hattie M., Carrie C., Mabel S. and Helen L.
Sanford K. Plummer, born in Monmouth in 1836, is a son of Jabez and Abigail (Powers) Plummer. He married, in 1868, Sarah A., daughter of Thomas and Marietta McFadden, and has two children: Ida C. and Z. Mildred. Jabez Plummer was one of the six sons of John Plummer, who came to Litchfield in early life. Sanford came to the farm where he now lives in 1884.
Jabez M. Plummer, born in 1841, is a son of Jabez and Abigail (Powers) Plummer, and grandson of John Plummer, who came from New Hampshire in early life and settled on Pease hill, in Monmouth. He is one of eight children, the only survivors being: Sanford K., Jabez M., Warren W. and John L. He married in 1874, Helen, daughter of Woodman True, of Litchfield. She died in April, 1885. Their only child, Frank M., died in 1878. Mr. Plummer is a farmer and has always lived at the old homestead where he was born.
Benjamin M. Preseott, born in Monmouth in 1834, is a son of Charles H. and Naney (Kimball) Prescott, and grandson of Sewall Preseott, who came to Monmouth from New Hampshire in 1767, and in 1788 took up the farm where Benjamin M. now lives. The latter married in 1859, Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin E. and Elizabeth (Russell) Cleveland. They have three children: Luey A. (Mrs. B. H. Kimball), Charles W. and Leslie C.
Jesse P. Richardson, born in Monmouth in 1822, died March 17, 1892, was a son of Thomas and Mary Richardson, who canie from Standish, Me., to Monmouth in 1806, and settled on the farm where Jesse P. lived. Thomas was a son of David Richardson. Jesse married Sarah F., daughter of Amasa and Mehitable (Jaeobs) King, and had four children: Novella F., Ella M., Millard F. and Wilfred A. Millard F. married in 1875, Emma L., daughter of Francis and Har- riet Perley, and has one child, Stella L. He now lives on the old homestead.
Melvin M. Richardson was born in Monmouth in 1847, and is a son of Benjamin and Clara (Manning) Richardson, and grandson of Jona- than Richardson, who came from Standish, Me., to Monmouth in 1812.
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He married Osca M., daughter of Edwin C. Simpson. They have two children-Eva J. and Frank B. Mr. Richardson was collector of taxes in 1878-9, and is a farmer.
Samuel Robinson, born in 1825, is the eldest of eleven children of John and Polly (Smith) Robinson, and grandson of Harvey and Sally Robinson. John Robinson came to Monmouth from New Hampshire in 1805. Samuel Robinson was engaged in various branches of man- ufacture at North Monmouth from 1846 until 1887, and since then has been farming. In 1864 he bought the Elder Prescott place, which was a part of the General Chandler farm. His first wife was Almira, daughter of Richard Spear, of West Gardiner. His present wife was Mrs. Clorinda Wing, daughter of William and Lydia (Jones) Linds- cott. She had five children by her marriage with John H. Wing: Willis A., Arthur, Helen M., Lillian and Wesley M.
Albert A. Sawyer, born in 1853, is a son of Harlow H. and Mar- garet A. (Atwood) Sawyer, who had seven children; Alton, Augusta (Mrs. Frank S. Rideout), Albert A., Mary A. (Mrs. J. Hinckley), Ida M. (who died in 1878), Ruth A. and John Watson. Albert A. has been school teacher and farmer, having taught school for six winters. Ruth A. lives with him.
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