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Mr. Morse married, at Cambridge, Massachu- setts, June 24, 1908, Elva May, daughter of Gil- bert A. A. and Mary E. Pevey, and they are the parents of Elva Wyman, born September 2, 1910.
ERWIN ALBERT MORSE, prominent in shipbuilding and steamship circles in the East, came to his present responsible place from ex-
ecutive position in a widely separated line, mana- ger of a western ranch. Since 1913 he has been identified with the steamship business and since 1915 with shipbuilding, his activities wide and im- portant.
Erwin Albert Morse is a son of Charles Wy man and Hattie Bishop (Hussey) Morse, grand- son of Benjamin Wyman Morse, of Bath, Maine. Mr. Morse was born on St. John's Place, Brook- lyn, New York, January 28, 1888, and was edu- cated in New England institutions, including the public schools of Bath, Maine, where he was graduated from the Morse High School, his fath- er's gift to the city, in the class of 1905. In 1905-06 he attended the Andover Preparatory School, then entered Yale University, whence he was graduated in 1910. In July following his graduation he went to California, and until 1913 was manager of a forty thousand acre ranch owned by the Miller & Lux Company. In the latter year he left the West, entering the steam- ship business in New York City. He became general superintendent of the Hudson Navigation Company, operating between New York City and Albany and Troy, and in 1915 assumed the direction of the Robert Palmer Shipbuilding & Marine Railway Company for the United States Steamship Company. In the same year he was elected president of the Groton Iron Works, which absorbed the Palmer plant, building a new ten million dollar steel shipbuilding yard at Groton, Connecticut. This office Mr. Morse suc- cessfully fills to the present time (1919), hav- ing directed its vast operations throughout the war period, which was so severe a test of the efficiency of the nation's shipyards. He is vice- president of the Hudson Navigation Company and serves the Virginia Shipbuilding Company as director.
From his school and college days Mr. Morse retains membership in the Phi Rho Society, of the Morse High School, of Bath, and the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, of Yale. His social affili- ations are with the Thames Club, of New Lon- don, Connecticut, the Yale Club, of New York, the Shenecossett Country Club, of Eastern Point, Connecticut, the Knickerbocker Country Club of Englewood, New Jersey, and the Kennebec Yacht Club, of Bath, Maine. He is a supporter of Republican principles of government, but in each campaign gave his aid and ballot to Presi- dent Wilson.
HARRY FRANKLIN MORSE-The Hudson Navigation Company, of which he is president, is the major interest of Harry F. Morse in the
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steamship business, while he is associated with his brothers in large shipbuilding affairs on the Atlantic seaboard. He is a son of Charles Wy- man and Hattie Bishop (Hussey) Morse, his father the noted steamship operator.
Harry Franklin Morse was born in Brooklyn, New York, December 15, 1890, and after attend- ance in the public schools of Bath, Maine, where he was graduated from the Morse High School, named in honor of his father, who donated it to the city, in the class of 1907, he matriculated at Princeton University. He was graduated from Princeton in the class of 1911, and in that year and the following was engaged as manufacturer's agent in Baltimore, Maryland. Following this period and until 1914 he dealt in securities in New York City, then became an executive of the Hudson Navigation Company, of which he is now president and director. There is probably no more popular avenue of water travel in the coun- try than this line, which has consulted so thor- oughly the comfort and convenience of its pat- rons, and its large affairs are ably administered by Mr. Morse. He is vice-president, treasurer, and director of the Groton Iron Works, and is a director of the Virginia Shipbuilding Corpora- tion. Mr. Morse is a communicant of the Uni- versalist church. His social organizations are the Princeton Club, of New York, the Railroad Club, of New York, the Greenwich Country Club, of Greenwich, Connecticut, the University Club, of Albany, New York, and the Albany Country Club, the Princeton Charter Club, the Union Club, of Troy, New York, the Thames Club, of New Lon- don, Connecticut, the Economic Club, of New York, and the Kennebec Yacht Club, of Bath, Maine. He has been a constant adherent to Re- publican principles, but in each candidacy of President Wilson has yielded him hearty sup- port.
Mr. Morse married, at St, Thomas' Church, New York City, Marion Wyckoff Vanderhoef, daughter of N. W. Vanderhoef, April 6, 1918.
EBEN SHAW KILBORN, one of the most successful business men of Bethel, Maine, where he now lives practically retired, is a member of a very old and distinguished family which for many years has been identified with the life of this State, its members having served with distinction in many different occupations and callings. The early rec- ords contain many spellings of the name, such as Kilbon, Kilburn, Kilbourn, and Kilbourne, as well as Kilborn. Several of these modifications have been preserved to the present time in other branches
of the family. The founder of the Kilborn family in this country was Thomas Kilbourn, of Cam- bridgeshire, England, where he was baptized, May 8 1578, at Wood Ditton. He was a warden of the church there in 1632. He and his wife, Frances, were the parents of a large family of children. They were probably preceded to America by their second son, George, who was baptized at Wood Ditton, February 12, 1612. George Kilbourn came to the New England colonies prior to 1638, and settled at Roxbury, and in 1640 was admitted as a freeman to the town of Rowley, where he was then residing. His parents followed him in 1638 and made their home with the rest of the family at Wethersfield, Connecticut. Thomas Kilbourn died there before 1639. George Kilbourn's wife was named Elizabeth, and it was through Samuel, one of the sons of their large family, that the branch of the family with which we are concerned is descended. The great- grandson was Captain John Kilborn of Revolution- ary fame. Captain Kilborn was born June 28, 1750, at Rowley, and he was only twenty years old when the Lexington Alarm was sounded and the pa- triots of Middlesex and Essex counties rushed to obey the summons. According to tradition, he was one of those who marched on Concord and Lex- ington on that historic occasion. He saw very much active service in the war that followed, and was a member of several military organizations during the course of the war. He was present at a num- ber of the more important engagements of the Revolution, including the storming of Stony Point on the Hudson. Captain Kilborn worked up from the ranks and received his rank as captain in 1780. At the close of his military career he moved to Bridgeton, Maine, and made his home there until his death, September 8, 1842. Captain Kilborn was the great-grandfather of Eben Shaw Kilborn of this sketch.
Eben Shaw Kilborn was born July 1, 1846, at Har- rison, Maine, a son of Enos W. and Rhoda (Shaw) Kilborn. His father also was a native of Harrison, and for many years was a farmer there. He was a Democrat, but never sought office of any kind in politics. His wife was born at Standish, Maine, and was a staunch Methodist. The childhood of Eben Shaw Kilborn was spent in his native Harri- son, and later at Gilead and Bethel, where he at- tended the public schools. He did not have the advantage of a college education, for his father died when he was six months old, and at the early age of eighteen years he began to earn his own livelihood. He filled positions on neighboring farms for six years. He went to work at that time in a saw mill, but before many years had elapsed he
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purchased a grist and grain mill in Bethel, which he operated for several years. He then built a saw mill and added that to his former business. Gradually increasing prosperity extended the in- terests of Mr. Kilborn, until he was regarded as one of the most substantial business men in Bethel. Aside from his private business, and his extensive real estate dealings prior to 1909, Mr. Kilborn was for some years president of the Bethel Water Com- pany, a trustee of the Bethel Savings Bank, a trus- tee of Gould's Academy, and the first president of the Bethel National Bank. Mr. Kilborn is a Republican, and for many years has been a leader in that party. He has held the principal offices in the government of the town, and was chief en- gineer of the Bethel Fire Department for a number of years. In 1899 he represented his district in the State Legislature. He is a prominent member of the Masonic order, and is affiliated with Bethel Lodge, No. 97, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, being master of that lodge for five years. He is a member of Oxford Chapter, No. 290, Royal Arch Masons, and Oxford Council, No. 14, Royal and Select Masters, of Norway, Maine. He was high priest of the chapter, besides filling most of the other offices. Mr. Kilborn is a member of the Port- land Club. He attends the Congregational church in Bethel.
At South Paris, Maine, February 10, 1904, Eben Shaw Kilborn married Joan Stearns, a native of Paris, and the daughter of S. Porter and Isabel (Partridge) Stearns. Both Mr. Stearns and his wife were born in Paris, Maine, and were descend- ents of the earliest settlers of the town. Mr. Stearns, who died in January, 1916, was one of the most successful farmers of Paris, and owner of extensive real estate in Paris and neighboring towns. He was a man of considerable prominence in the public affairs of his town, and for a time he served on the local board of selectmen. He was a staunch Republican, and one of the leading members of the Grange. He was a trustee of the South Paris Savings Bank, and for many years he attended the Universalist church. Mr. Stearns is survived by his wife, who now resides at Bethel.
ARCHIBALD MacNICHOL -Of ancient Scotch ancestry, tracing to the clans of Bruce and Campbell, Archibald MacNichol, son of John and grandson of John MacNichol, held closely to the traditions of his race, and in his life and deeds worthily upheld the honored name he bore. His wife, Delia Helen (Burrall) MacNichol, traces to four Mayflower passengers, Howland. Tilley. Chipman and Smith, through maternal lines, and
on the paternal side to the Burrall, Ord, and otlier families, several of her ancestors holding important rank and office during the Revolution. John MacNichol, grandfather of Archibald, was born near Edinburgh, Scotland. An ancestor organized the Black Watch, that famous High- land regiment, and John MacNichol, like many of his kin, served with that organization. He mar- ried and had children: John (2), Colin and Susan.
John (2) MacNichol was born in Scotland, and settled in New Brunswick, Canada. He married Janet Campbell MacDermott, a descendant of Sir Colin Campbell of the famed Campbell clan. They were the parents of three sons: Colin Camp- bell, who died in 1908; John (3), a physician; and Archibald, to whom this review is dedicated. These sons were of noble ancestry, the Bruce and Campbell clans being of Scotland's choicest blood. Colin C. MacNichol was a successful law- yer, and in politics a Democrat.
Archibald MacNichol was born in New Bruns- wick, Canada, died in Calais, Maine, December 9, 1875, aged fifty-five years. He was a man of edu- cation, learned in the law, and one of the strong men of the Washington county (Maine) bar. He continued in the practice of his profession for many years, and passed away deeply regretted. In politics he was a Democrat, in religious faith a Congregationalist. He married, in East Mach- ias, Maine, Delia Helen Burrall, daughter of Ovid and Rebecca (Turner) Burrall, her father a banker and extensive owner of valuable timber lands. Children of Archibald and Delia Helen (Burrall) MacNichol: Doctor George Pope, edu- cated in Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard Col- lege and Harvard Medical School, now an eminent physician and surgeon ; Elizabeth, married W. Forbes Conant; Frederick Pike, of further mention; Helen Burrall, died March 7, 1916; Church Gates, died in January, 1896.
FREDERICK PIKE MacNICHOL-Like his father, a man of genial nature and many excellent traits of character, Frederick P. MacNichol was well known and highly esteemed in the commu- nity in which his life was spent. He was born in Calais, Maine, but his home in his last years was on Union street, St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, just across the river from Calais. After a life of sucessful activity Mr. MacNichol re- tired from all business participation, and gave himself up to a life of contented ease. The twin cities, Calais, Maine, and St. Stephen, connected by several bridges crossing the St. Croix river, are both prosperous shipbuilding,
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lumbering, manufacturing and shipping centers, and all during his active years Mr. MacNichol was closely connected with the commercial life of both towns.
Frederick Pike MacNichol, second son of Archi- bald and Delia H. MacNichol, was born in Calais, Maine, in 1871, and died in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, December 16, 1918. He has always been a man of robust health, seldom ill, and on the Sunday preceding his death, which oc- occurred Monday afternoon, he attended serv- ices at his accustomed church. He was edu- cated at Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard Law School, and upon arriving at a suitable age embarked upon his profession, which only termin- ated with his retirement. He was a member of Sussex Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and in religious affiliations was connected with the Episcopal church of St. Stephen, New Bruns- wick. He was a man of strong character and marked abiltiy, distinguished for his manly, up- right life and general usefulness.
Mr. MacNichol married, in January, 1896, Mar- garet Todd, daughter of Henry F. and Mary Todd, of St. Stephen. They were the parents of threc daughters, Helen, Mary and Margaret, all of St. Stephen, and a son, Frank Todd. Mr. Mac- Nichol is also survived by his mother, Mrs. Delia H. MacNichol, of Boston, and a sister, Mrs. W. Forbes Conant, of Boston, Massachusetts. He is buried in Rural Cemetery.
JUSTIN E. GOVE is descended from the old Colonial Gove family which has been for many generations identified with the development of New Hampshire and Maine. The progenitor of the fam- ily was a John Gove, who came to this country from England in 1647, accompanied by his two sons, John and Edward, and it was from these two that the two branches of the family are descended, those of the name in the northern States of New Eng- land tracing their descent from Edward, and the Massachusetts branch from John.
Justin Edward Gove, at present the agent of the Passamaquoddy tribe of Indians in Maine. was horn in Perry, Maine, August 21, 1865. He went to the public schools of Perry, and later completed the course at the high school of Pembroke, Maine. He was only seventeen when he left school and en- tered upon the world of work, obtaining a position to teach in an ungraded school at Lubec, Maine. He taught in Lubec for a year and at Perry for two voors, and then went to Boston, where he obtained a position as a traveling salesman for Marr Brothers. Until 1802 be sold goods on the
road as a commercial traveler, and then received the appointment as a sub-agent for the Passama- quoddy tribe of Indians with headquarters at Perry, Maine. Here Mr. Gove has continued in business ever since, opening in 1906 a branch store at East- port, and 1907 one in Calais, and 1903 one in Lubec. When Mr. Gove was taken ill three years ago (1916), he was operating seven cash stores and employing a force of thirty-five men, and doing $250,000 worthi of business a year. Mr. Gove has continued as sub-agent, or agent, for the Passama- quoddy tribe of Indians since 1892, excepting two years when Frederic Plaisted, the Democratic gov- ernor, removed him, and also for two years when the Democratic governor, Mr. Curtis, removed him. But when the Republicans came into office again at the election of Governor Milliken, at the request of nearly all the members of the Passamaquoddy tribe, Governor Milliken reappointed him as agent for four years. Mr. Gove is also a member of the Legal Advisory Board of Washington county, and was chairman of the Liberty Loan Committee, bo- sides having held other offices. He has been clerk and treasurer of the town of Perry. He is a Re- publican in his political preferences.
He is a member of the Free and Accepted Ma- sons ; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks: the Improved Order of Red Men; the Independent Order of Foresters; the Independent Order of Odd Fellows ; the Order of the Eastern Star; the Quar- ter of a Century Traveling Men's Association ; and the Patrons of Husbandry.
Mr. Gove married, at Eastport, Maine, June 2. 1897, Annie Margaret Gray, daughter of George and Margaret Gray, of Robbinston, Maine. They are the parents of three children : Doris Christine, born March 7, 1898; Helen Louise, horn December 12. 1800; Frances Rolfe, born March 4, 190.1.
Mr. Gove's parents were Jacob Foster and Olivia Jane Gove, Jacob F. Gove having been a sea cap- tain until his health failed, after which he served as a selectman, collector of taxes, postmaster, and had a general store.
ERNEST ROLISTON WOODBURY-Head of the Thornton Academy since 1905, and identi- fied with educational work in New England dur- ing all of his active life, Professor Woodbury holds worthy place among the educators of the State of Maine. He is a native of Maine, a gradu- ate of her public schools and Bowdoin College, and with the exception of a five year period spen: in New Hampshire, his native State has been the scene of his professional labors. The fifteen years of his association with Thornton Academy have
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been busy and fruitful years, filled with much of improvement and benefit for the academy, which ranks among the leading preparatory schools of Maine.
Professor Woodbury is the second of his name to attain prominence in educational circles in his State, his father, Roliston Woodbury, having for a number of years been principal of the Cas- tine Normal School. Roliston Woodbury was a veteran of the Civil War, serving through that conflict as a member of the Fifth Maine Battery. He married Maria Billings.
Ernest Roliston Woodbury, son of Roliston and Maria (Billings) Woodbury, was born in Farmington, Maine, July 3, 1871. He obtained his education in the schools of his native State, being graduated from the Castine Normal School, at Castine, in 1889, and the Decring High School at Deering, in 1891. Entering Bowdoin College, he was graduated A.B. in 1895, subsequently, in 1909, receiving the Masters' degree from the same institution. Immediately upon graduation from college he began his life work along educationai lines, and from 1895 to 1900 was principal of Fryeburg Academy, at Fryeburg, Maine, a period of service followed by a like term of five years, from 1900 to 1905, as principal of the Kimball Union Academy, at Meriden, New Hempshire. In the latter year he became head of the Thorn- ton Academy, at Saco, and has since that time di- rected the work of that institution, which has grown and enlarged its quarters until it has as- sumed position among the best known college preparatory schools of Maine. Professor Wood- bury's work has been along broad, progressive lines, whose effectiveness is testified by the de- velopment and prosperity of the academy. He has kept constantly abreast of the best thought along educational lines, adopting such modern methods as apply to his particular problem and in- stitution, and has spent the summers from 1912 to 1915 in European travel, visiting the centers of art and education in the leading European coun- tries.
Professor Woodbury's work with boys and young men has given him a keen appreciation of the merit and value of the Boy Scout System, and he does everything within his power as president of the Saco Council of Boy Scouts to further its interests. He is a firm friend of chari- table and social service activities and serves as clerk of the York County Children's Aid So- ciety. He is an ex-president of the York County Teachers' Association, and a trustee of the Dyer Library Association. In political faith he is a
Republican, and his fraternal affiliations are with the Masonic order, his membership in Saco Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is past master; York Chapter, Royal Arch Ma- sons, of which he is past high priest; Maine Coun- cil, Royal and Select Masters, and Bradford Com- mandery, Knights Templar. His college frater- nity is the Eta Chapter of the Theta Delta Chi. Professor Woodbury is a deacon of the Congre- gational church.
Professor Woodbury married Fannie Louise, daughter of James L. and Addie (Dow) Gib- son, of North Conway, New Hampshire, and they are the parents of: Roliston Gibson, a graduate of Thornton Academy, class of 1917, a student of Bowdoin College, where he was a member of the naval unit during the great war; Wendell De Witt, a student of Thornton Academy; Darthea, a student of Thornton Academy.
CHARLES FREMONT ADAMS-A land- owner and resident of Easton, Maine, Mr. Adams has long been engaged in farming in that neigh- borhood, having in later years curtailed his opera- tions in that line to some extent. Mr. Adams is a grandson of Captain Solomon Adams, a farmer and sailor of Maine, born June 15, 1796, died February 12, 1856. Captain Adams married Sarah Butter- field, born March 16, 1798, died May 8, 1883, and they were parents of : Solomon, Jr., of whom further ; Jonas B., born in January, 1821, died Oc- tober 19, 1859: Sarah, born February 4, 1823, died September 6, 1905.
Solomon Adams, Jr., son of Captain Solomon and Sarah (Butterfield) Adams, was born at Anson, Maine, July 30, 1819, and died October 30, 1859. He was a farmer all his life, prospered in his calling, and married, in 1856, Harriet, daughter of Emmons and Lydia (Smith) Whitcomb, who was born in Norridgewock, Maine, June 25, 1831. Solomon and Harriet (Whitcomb) Adams were the parents of : Charles Fremont, of whom further, and Ella F., born July 24, 1859, married Martin Towle.
Charles Fremont Adams, son of Solomon, Jr., and Harriet (Whitcomb) Adams, was born at Pres- que Isle, Maine, February 22, 1857, and as a youth attended the public schools of Easton. Early in life he engaged in farming and has followed that occupation all his life, becoming owner of eleven hundred acres and subsequently disposing of a large part thereof until at the present time (1919) he has three hundred acres under profitable cultiva- tion. Mr. Adams is a well known member of the community in which he has spent his entire life, and is a member of the local Grange and the Farm-
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ers' Union. He is a Republican in politics, and with his wife a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Mr. Adams married, at Easton, Maine, Decem- ber 19, 1880, Frances H. Davis, born at Exeter, Maine, September 2, 1854, daughter of Thomas Granville and Eliza Ann (Hubbard) Davis, her father a farmer and prominent citizen of Easton, postmaster for ten years, first selectman, treasurer, and tax collector of the town. Mr. and Mrs. Adam; are the parents of eight children: 1. Clarence L .. born August 21, 1882; a graduate of high school: engages in farming; married Etta Lamoreau, and has one child. 2. Harry L., born December 8, 1883 : a farmer; married Gertrude Cass, and has three children. 3. Lura N., born May 11. 1886; a grad- uate of business college ; married James Foren, and has two children. 4. Nina F., born January 19, 1888; a graduate of high school; now a dressmaker. 5 Granville A., born February 15, 1800: a graduate of business college; served in France with the American Expeditionary Force; married Edith Myers. 6. Lorin G., born November 28, 1801: a graduate of high school; an electrician in calling : served in France with the American Expeditionary Force. 7. Charles H., born October 17, 1803: a graduate of high school; served in France with the American Expeditionary Force. 8. Glenn D .. horn May 23, 1898; a graduate of high school: now . a farmer.
RUE T. SNOW was born at Bridgewater, Maine, July 11, 1879, a son of Cyrus and Lydia (Elliott) Snow, both of them now deceased. The family is of old New England stock, the name being found almost from the time of the landing of the "Mayflower" Pilgrims.
Mr. Snow went to the common schools for a year, and then attended Ricker Classical Institute at Houlton, Maine. He then taught school for about six years, and afterwards worked in a mill. Seven years ago he established at Westfield his present mercantile business. In July, 1918, he of- fered himself to the service of the Young Men's Christian Association and having been accepted was sent to France, where he is at present. Mr. Snow is a Republican in his political views, and up to the time of his leaving for France he served as town clerk and on the school committee. He was member of the company raised in Houlton 10 serve in the Spanish War, and served in Cuha. He is a member of Aroostook Lodge, of Blaine, Free and Accepted Masons; of the Knights of the Mac- rabees, and of the Foresters, of Bridgewater, Maine. He is a charter member of the Grange. and at tends the Baptist church.
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