Maine; a history, Volume IV, Part 58

Author: Hatch, Louis Clinton, 1872-1931, ed; Maine Historical Society. cn; American Historical Society. cn
Publication date: 1919
Publisher: New York, The American historical society
Number of Pages: 756


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Robert Earl Randall was united in inarriage on June 6, 1906, at Freeport, with Della J. Sonle, a native of this place and a daughter of Fred S. Soule, an old and highly respected resident here.


DANIEL BURLEIGH SMITH-From the age of eighteen years Mr. Smith has been a pur- veyor to the public of some kind of needed serv- ice. He began this service as an express mes- senger, continued as an employee of the Eastern Steamship Corporation, then in 1888 began serv- ing the Portland public as proprietor of Cape Cottage Hotel, and since 1896 as manager of Riverton Park, an amusement center, six miles from Portland. This park, operated by the Cum- berland County Light and Power Company, has such a wealth of natural beauty, stream, forest, rock and dell, that there remained but little for the landscape gardener to do, but that little has been well done, and the plants, shrubs, flowers and lawns form an additional charm to the eye. Casino, Rustic Theatre, canoe course, fishing pond and dancing floors furnish amusement for those whom the rural beauty of the park does not satisfy. In the perfection of the detail which goes to create and maintain a successful summer resort, River- ton Park is phenomenal, and its popularity is a distinct tribute to Mr. Smith as a caterer to the public taste in wholesome amusement. During the summer months Riverton Park is thronged with visitors from an early hour until the close of the open air theatre. In the fall the autumn foliage of the fascinating trees that border the river is an additional attraction, and so popular is the resort that all through the winter the Ca- sino is kept open. Nothing less than perfec- tion of management can explain the continued popularity of Riverton and to its manager all praise is due.


Daniel Burleigh Smith was born December 3, 1849, in Exeter, New Hampshire, son of Dan- iel Smith, born in Exeter, July, 1815, died there in 1905, a nonogenarian. Daniel B. Smith attended public schools until eighteen years of age, then entered the express business, running between Exeter and Boston, continuing as express mes- senger for twelve years. The next nine years were spent in Bangor, Maine, in the service of the Eastern Steamship Corporation, operating a


line of steamers between Bangor and Boston. The close of his service there in 1888 saw him a man approaching forty and as yet he had ac- cumulated little more than a vast fund of ex- perience. In 1888 he first located in Portland, a city which has since been his home. For eight years he was manager and proprietor of the Cape Cottage Hotel, but in 1896 he became resident manager of Riverton Park and to that enterprise he has since given himself exclusively. He is a member of the Masonic Order, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Improved Order of Red Men, and the Be- nevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In poli- tics he is a Republican.


Mr. Smith married, at Standish, Maine, No- vember 7, 1877, Elizabeth S. Norton. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are the parents of a daughter and a son: I. Amy S., born December 19, 1878, mar- ried Earl S. Edgerton, of Ansonia, Connecticut, formerly a judge of the Probate Court. 2 Paul Huss, born in Bangor, October 23, 1887, in the freight office employ of the Grand Trunk Rail- road Company, married Caroline Jordan, of Westbrook, Maine, daughter of Mayor Rufus K. Jordan, and has a son, Paul Jordan, born Octo- ber 23, 1916.


WARREN WILSON COLE-There is doubt- less much to be said in favor of Carlyle's belief that the man of true talent and ability can find expression for himself in almost any direction, and that the fact of his doing so in one or an- other, of his performing his achievements in this or that medium is largely a question of circum- stances, such, for instance, as what may have at first claimed his attention and interest in the impressionable period of youth, so that whether he be a poet or politician, a scientist or soldier, is of comparatively little significance so that the genius lies behind. This is undoubtedly the case with Warren Wilson Cole, treasurer of the E. T. Burrows Company, prominent manufacturers of window and door screens, billiard and pool tables, etc., of Portland, Maine, and also treas- urer of the Portland Billiard Ball Company.


His father, Richard Cole, was born in Cornish, Maine, and when but a young man engaged in the shoe business in Portland and continued in this line for the remainder of his career. He was at one time the president of the Maine Chari- table Mechanics' Association. Richard Cole was united in marriage with Susan Carr, who was a native of Portland, where her family had lived for a long period, and she was directly descended


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from the famous Preble family of which Briga- dier-General Preble was a member.


Warren Wilson Cole was born in Portland, September 22, 1852, a son of Richard and Susan (Carr) Cole. He attended the local schools of the region for his preliminary education, and was graduated from the Portland High School in 1870. He soon connected himself with the above named corporation, of which he is the treas- urer and director. He has been connected with this establishment for thirty-five years, during which time he has faithfully served his con- stituents and is held in high admiration by them, and in fact all the members of the establishment. Since the incorporation of the Portland Billiard Ball Company, Mr. Cole was chosen the treas- urer, which position he holds to the present day (1917). This concern is actively engaged in the manufacture of billiard balls, etc. Mr. Cole does not confine his activities to his business in- terests only, but whatever time he can spare he devotes to the interest of his fellow-men. He is a member of the Old Portland Cadets, and through his mother is a descendant of Briga- dier-General Jedediah Preble, a prominent Revo- lutionary general. Mr. Cole is a member of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and a very prominent man in the Masonic Or- der, having held the rank of past master and taken his thirty-second degree in Free Masonry. He is also a past master of the Independent Or- der of Odd Fellows, a member of the Portland Club of Automobiling. In his religious belief Mr. Cole is a Methodist and attends the Chestnut Street Church in Portland. He is the past su- perintendent of the Sunday school, in which he is very much interested to the present day.


On September 22, 1875, in Portland, Maine, Warren Wilson Cole was united in marriage with Mary E. Josselyn, like himself a native of Maine, born at Phillips. She is a daughter of William Harrison and Mary (Marston) Josselyn, old and highly respected residents of Maine, and both now deceased. Mr. Josselyn had been at one time State Senator for Maine.


Mr. Cole is a conspicuous figure in the life of Portland, taking part in almost every important movement therein, especially those connected with the welfare of the people. He is in cvery respect an ideal citizen, a member of the old school of culture and refinement and a domestic man in general.


WILLIAM STEWART DAVIDSON, one of the leading spirits in every good work and im- provement in the vicinity of Fort Fairfield, Maine,


comes of the virile Scotch stock which, accord- ing to statistics, has furnished so large a pro- portion of the men of ability in the country. He was born in New Brunswick, Canada, August 22, 1870, the son of Isaac and Sarah (Jewett) David- son, his father having been a carpenter and builder. He was educated in the public schools of New Brunswick, and as a youth came to Maine, and at first secured employment in the New Brunswick Railroad service, and was for four years a telegrapher and station agent at Fort Fairfield. He was still but a youth when he went to work for Mr. Cary in his hardware store, doing the work of a junior clerk for about four years, and then securing the better position of traveling salesman for the Emery-Waterhouse Company, of Portland, Maine, working in this capacity for about four years. He then returned to Fort Fairfield to associate himself with the L. K. Cary Company, hardware, plumbing and heating. After a time he sold his interest in this concern and accepted a position as traveling salesman for N. H. Bragg & Sons, a hardware firm of Bangor, and remained with them for four- teen years. Upon the death of Mr. Luther K. Cary, and the consequent reorganization of the business. Mr. Davidson returned to Fort Fair- field and renewed his association with the busi- ness, becoming after its incorporation treasurer and manager, which offices he holds up to the present time.


Mr. Davidson has shown his energy and public spirt in more than one way, and the community is greatly indebted to him for generous help and service in behalf of every movement for civic betterment. Among these was the Fort Fair- field Hotel Association, organized in 1917, of which Mr. Davidson is the president, the associa- tion having provided the town with one of the finest hotels in all that section of the State. He has been a very active member of the Masonic order, having been a leader among other things in the organizing of the Masonic Club of Fort Fairfield. In Masonry he has been a member of Eastern Frontier Lodge since 1893, and was worshipful master for three years; is a member of Garfield Royal Arch Chapter, Aroostook Coun- cil, Royal and Select Masters, being thrice illus- trions master for two years; also a member of St. Aldemar Commandery, Knights Templar, and of Kora Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He has been president of the Fort Fairfield Board of Trade. He holds membership also in the Tarratine Club, of Bangor, Maine, and attends the Congregational church.


Mr. Davidson married (first) at Fort Fairfield,


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Jessie B. Cary, daughter of Luther K. Cary; and (second) Anna I. Gilliss. Mr. Davidson has one daughter, Doris C. Davidson.


CHARLES DANA BARROWS-The Barrows family, which has made Maine its home for many years, is descended in the paternal line from an old Italian family, the name having been spelled Barros originally and become Anglocized during the long period of residence in this country. Charles Dana Barrows, who has been for many years identified with the railroad interests of Maine, is not himself a native of that State. His father, Charles Dana Barrows, was, however, born there in the town of Fryeburg, as was also his mother, in the city of Portland. Charles Dana Barrows, Sr., married Marion Merrill, and they were the parents of four children, all of whom are living, as follows: Malcolm D., of Boston, who is there engaged as a school teacher; Charles Dana, Jr., of whom further; Alice Pren- tiss, who became the wife of Tinckom Fernandez, of New York City; and Samuel K., who now re- sides at Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania, where he is engaged in the paper business.


Born November 12, 1871, at Lowell, Massachu- setts, Charles Dana Barrows, second child of Charles Dana, Sr., and Marion (Merrill) Bar- rows, passed only the first six years of his life in his native place. He was six years old when his parents removed to San Francisco, California, and it was in that western State that he received his education, or the elementary portion thereof. He attended the Belmont Academy at Palo Alto, from which he graduated in 1889. Mr. Barrows then returned and entered Dartmouth College, from which he was graduated with the class of 1894. Upon completing his studies at the last named institution, Mr. Barrows secured a posi- tion with the Maine Central Railroad in the of- fices of that company at Portland, and thus began the long association with that company, which is still unterminated today. For a time he worked in the accounting department in a clerical ca- pacity, and was then transferred to the office of the general manager and given the position of purchasing agent in 1902. This highly re- sponsible position he continues to fill at the pres- ent time (1917), discharging its duties with the utmost efficiency and to the great satisfaction and benefit of the company which employs him. But Mr. Barrows does not confine his activities to the business world, but is on the contrary exceedingly active in well nigh every aspect of the community's life. He is especially conspicu-


ous in the social and club circles of the city, and is a member of the Cumberland and Country clubs. Mr. Barrows is devotedly fond of out- door life of every kind and especially of such sport as golf, tennis and hunting. In these he finds his recreation and indulges in them to as great an extent as his period of leisure will permit.


Charles Dana Barrows was united in marriage, April 2, 1910, with Mrs. Henry St. John Smith.


It is a pleasure to investigate the career of a successful self-made man. Peculiar honor at- taches to that individual who, beginning the great struggle of life alone and unaided, gradually over- comes environment, removes one by one the ob- stacles in the pathway to success and by the master strokes of his own force and vitality suc- ceeds in forging his way to the front and win- ning for himself a position of esteem and influ- ence among his fellow-men. Such is the record of Charles Dana Barrows, one of the most sub- stantial and representative citizens of Portland, Maine. He takes a prominent part in the later day growth of the community, and is one of its wisest counsellors and hardest workers. He is a progressive man in the broadest sense of the word, and gives his earnest support to any movement that promises to benefit his community in any manner. His is a life of honor and trust, and no higher eulogy can be passed upon him than to state the simple truth-that his name is never coupled with anything disreputable, and that there never is a shadow of a stain upon his reputation for integrity and unswerving honesty. He is a consistent man in all that he ever under- tales, and his career in all the relations of life is utterly without pretense. He is held in the highest esteem by all who know him, and Port- land can boast of no better man or more enter- prising citizen.


DANIEL WENTWORTH-This is an old New England name dating back to early days, and very prominent in Maine and New Hamp- shire history. Arnold Wentworth, a farmer, was a native of Lisbon, Maine, born July 6, 1801, died in Portland, Maine, November 10, 1853. He married, May 5, 1833, Hannah Larrabee, born in Danville, April 22, 1799, died December 8, 1893. They were the parents of five children, includ- ing a son, Daniel, now, too, deecased, but a man of high intelligence and able business quality, who, as mill man and merchant, won success and high reputation.


Daniel Wentworth was born in Greene, Maine,


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June 8, 1842, died in Lewiston, Maine, Septem- ber 13, 1908. He was edneated in the public schools of Greene, and spent his years of minor- ity at the home farm, his father's assistant. Later he located in Lewiston, Maine, where for six years he was an employee of the Bates Mill. He went to the Cowan Woolen Mill as overseer, remaining there for five years. This brought him to a point where he decided in favor of a mercantile life, and he established in business for himself as a tobacconist and dealer in period- ieals. He continued that business in a store on Chestnut street, Lewiston, for three years, then sold out to good advantage, reopening on Lis- bon street, remaining there one year, then in 1891 built a new store on Main street, which later he sold, finally establishing on Ash street, opposite the post-office. He there continued in business until ill health caused his retirement. He was an excellent business man, widely trav- eled, a Republican in polities, but without the least desire for publie office. He was a mem- ber of the Knights of the Golden Eagle, and an attendant of the Universalist church.


Mr. Wentworth married, March 26, 1878, Lil- lian Johnson, who survives him, residing at No. IO Arch avenue, Lewiston. Mrs. Wentworth is a daughter of Nathan S. Johnson, born in Indus- try, Maine, April 14, 1825, died June 30, 1874. He married, in Industry, July 26, 1846, Mary Catherine Butler, born September 23, 1828, in New Vineyard, now residing with her daughter, Mrs. Wentworth, in Lewiston, a nonagenarian, blessed with a wonderful memory and quite good health, considering her years. Nathan S. John- son was a farmer of Industry, a Democrat in poli- tics, holding several local offices, and an ardent advocate of temperance, belonging to that one time very strong order, Sons of Temperance. In religious faith he was a Congregationalist. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were the parents of six chil- dren. three of whom are now living. Mr. and Mrs. Wentworth had no children.


ELMER ELLSWORTH WENTWORTH-In 1889 Mr. Wentworth located in Springvale, a town of York county, Maine, thirty-six miles from Portland, and there and in Portland is well established in business, conducting both garage and livery. He is a son of Simon and Frances J. (Cook) Wentworth, his mother a widow, now residing upon the homestead farm at North Rochester, New Hampshire, aged eighty-two years. Simon Wentworth died aged eighty-four, his father, Beard Wentworth, living to the great


age of ninety-six. Simon and Frances J. Went- worth were the parents of three sons, Elmer Ellsworth, of whom further; Walter, deceased; Frederick, of Arlington, Massachusetts.


Elmer Ellsworth Wentworth was born in North Rochester, New Hampshire, April 23, 1861, and there attended publie schools until eighteen years of age. He then became elerk in a hardware store in the town, continuing in that position until 1889. He then located in Springvale, Maine, there purchasing a livery business which he now conduets as a sales stable in connection with a wood and coal yard and an automobile business. He also owns an automobile business located at No. 651 Congress street, Portland, and has the Overland agency for cars and the Garford agency for heavy trueks. In Springvale he handles in addition to the Overland and Garford a line of Ford cars. Mr. Wentworth makes Springvale his home, and has for many years been active in the publie and business life of the town. He has served as seleetman, was for ten years a mem- ber of the town committee, has served on the highway committee, is an ex-president of the Board of Trade, ex-president of the Fish and Ganie Club, and is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is an enthusiastic sportsman, particularly fond of hunting small game.


Mr. Wentworth married in Springvale, August 15, 1900, Harriet Belle Lord, born there, daugh- ter of Alva and Harriet Belle Lord, both de- ceased. Mr. and Mrs. Wentworth are the par- ents of a daughter, Marion Frances, born March 24, 1905, in Springvale.


GEORGE PEARL MARTIN-This, as every citizen of Auburn and many far beyond its limits are fully aware, is the name of the president of the Oscar Holway Company, one of the largest receivers and shippers of flour, feed and Western grain, etc., in New England, and an organiza- tion which requires no one to speak in its be- half. Mr. Martin is also prominent in the finan- cial world as the president of the National Shoe and Leather Bank of Auburn.


(I) Robert Martin, grandfather of George Pearl Martin, was a farmer, preacher and lawyer. He and his wife were the parents of four ehildren, all of whom are now deceased: Caroline, Han- nah, Henry H., and Ezekiel, mentioned below. The family home appears to have been in the Pine Tree State.


(II) Ezekiel Martin, son of Robert Martin, was born in 1820, in. Turner, Maine, and was a


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minister of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married Cordelia Delano, born in 1818, a de- scendant in the seventh generation of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins, of Mayflower celebrity. Mr. and Mrs. Martin were the parents of two chil- dren: Frank Wilson, and George Pearl, men- tioned below. Mr. Martin died February 3, 1889, at Lewiston, and his widow survived him many years, passing away in 1906, in Portland.


(III) George Pearl Martin, son of Ezekiel and Cordelia (Delano) Martin, was born March 15, 1854, at Stoughton, Massachusetts, and soon after his birth his parents returned to Maine, living first at Winthrop, and later at various cities in Maine, including Augusta and Portland. George Pearl Martin began his business career at the age of seventeen as a bookkeeper in Augusta, Maine. In 1877, Mr. Martin came to Auburn, which has ever since been his home and the center of all his interests. For many years he has been connected with one business house, for a long period holding the position of manager, and in 1881 being admitted to the firm of Oscar Holway & Company-indisputable evidence of his talent and fidelity. In 1900, when the Oscar Holway Company was incorporated, Mr. Martin was made treasurer, and in 1910 he succeeded to the of- fice of president. As a financier, Mr. Martin early showed undoubted ability. For twenty- eight years he occupied a seat on the board of directors of the National Shoe & Leather Bank of Auburn, and in 1903 he received the tribute of election to the presidency of the institution. Since the age of nineteen he has been an ac- tive member of the Methodist Episcopal church, devoting a large share of his time and means to the interests of local and State work, and reeciv- ing as a reward for his fidelity and zealousness many honors from the church of his choice.


Mr. Martin married, October 7, 1875, in Au- gusta, Maine, Mary Augusta Gould, born at Hal- lowell, Maine, daughter of Albert Percival and Rebecca (Lombard) Gould, the former a hard- ware merchant of Augusta, where he died. His wife also is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Martin were the parents of one child, George Scott Martin, who was born in 1877, and died in infancy. Mrs. Martin is a true home-maker and her husband is strongly domestic in taste and feeling.


The career of George Pearl Martin furnishes an illustration of the results to be obtained from quiet, persistent effort in business, and zealous, unobtrusive devotion to the advancement of the best interests of the community. Young men starting in life may draw many useful lessons


from the perusal of such a record and the con- templation of such an example.


ARCHIE DUMONT MOWER, one of the successful and energetic real estate men of Au- burn, Maine, and a man who has made his per- sonality felt in his chosen field, is a member of an old Maine family, which has made its resi- dence in the "Pine Tree State" for a number of generations and the members of which have be- come closely identified with the life of the vari- ous communities in which they have dwelt. His grandfather on the paternal side of the house was Albion P. Mower, who resided at Greene, Maine, and was a soldier in the Civil War. He was a merchant at Greene, Maine, and was very prominent in the affairs of that community. He married a Miss Larrabee, by whom he had three children, all of whom are now living, namely, Augustus Albion, who is mentioned below; Erlon J., who resides at Auburn, Maine, where he is engaged as a shoemaker; and Eva, who be- came the wife of Alberto E. Jordan, of Bruns- wick, Maine. Augustus Albion Mower, father of Archie Dumont Mower, was born at Greene, Maine, but later removed to Auburn, Maine, where he at present resides. He married Jennie Glidden, a native of Newry, Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Mower were the parents of one child, Archie Dumont Mower.


Born July 9, 1869, at Auburn, Maine, Archie Dumont Mower has made this city his home. As a boy he attended the grammar schools from which he was graduated when fourteen years of age, and immediately entered the employ of the Franklin Company, one of the largest real estate companies of the city, and thus began an asso- ciation which has continued ever since. The Franklin Company is situated at No. 112 Park street, Auburn, and conducts a successful busi- ness. Mr. Mower devotes his entire time to this business and is now exceedingly well known in real estate circles. Mr. Mower is a member of the Order of the Knights of the Golden Eagle. In his religious belief he is a Baptist. He is an enthusiast of out-door sports in general, fishing, hunting, etc., in which pastimes he always spends such vacations as he permits himself from his business. These holidays he takes in the autumn and at once goes to some place in the wilder- ness where he may gratify his taste in this di- rection to the full.


Archie Dumont Mower was united in marriage, June 22, 1898, at Auburn, Maine, with Estella Maria Packard, of Auburn, where she was born


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June 21, 1871, a daughter of John M. and Maria (Swan) Packard. Mr. Packard before his death, which occurred May 19, 1915, at the age of sixty- nine years, was associated with the T. A. Hus- ton Cracker & Confectionery Company of Au- burn, being a partner of Mr. Huston.


CLARENCE AUGUSTINE POWERS-A na- tive of Fort Fairfield, Maine, all of Mr. Powers' life has been spent in that place, where he has taken a leading interest in all public matters and is known as a representative business man and citizen. He has been chosen by his fellows to represent them in the State Legislature, and is now (1919) serving a two-year term as a member of the Governor's Council.




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