Saco Valley settlements and families. Historical, biographical, genealogical, traditional, and legendary, Part 76

Author: Ridlon, Gideon Tibbetts, 1841- [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Portland, Me., The author
Number of Pages: 1424

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Walter Edgecomb, brother of Ezra, was married, resided at Beaver Dam, Ohio, and deceased leaving issue, a son, Alba Edgecomb, now married and liv- ing at Beaver Dam; widow still living.

Marquis Edgecomb, brother of Ezra, resides at Beaver Dam, Ohio, and is said to be a man of means.

The following persons are connected: Mr. and Mrs. Madison Edgecomb, Beaver Dam, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Allen Phillips, Beaver Dam, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Thayer, Lima, Allen county, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. John P. Bailey, Ottawa, Putnam county, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Hoyle, Toledo, Ohio; Rev. J. D. Olmsted, Los Angeles, Cal. ; Robert Edgecomb, Monmouth, Crawford county, Kansas; Marcellia Delany, Evansville, Ind. ; Ezra and Rufus Edgecomb, Boscobel, Grant county, Wis., and Mrs. Anna Paugh, Delphos, Ohio.

Elliot Family.

This family is evidently descended from the Norman-French. Monsieur Aliot was a distinguished soldier who came with William the Conqueror to England, and branches of the family, not all spelling the surname alike, however, were early planted in England and on the Scottish border. Elliotston, in Renfrewshire, and the river Eliot, or Elot, were named for this family. Some have even changed the name to Elliotston, of whom the dis- tinguished English physician, DR. JOHN ELLIOTSTON, was one. The family in Devonshire and Cornwall, England, have generally spelled the name Eliot, while those in Scotland use the double letters. From the English branch came JOHN ELIOT, the missionary, born in 1604, who labored among the American Indians and translated the Scriptures into the Indian language. This was the first Bible printed in America and was three years passing through the press. One copy has been sold for $1, 130. ROBERT ELLIOT was an early settler on Newcastle island in Portsmouth harbor, and owned lands in Scarborough and Cape Elizabeth. He made his will in 1718, devising his estate to his four sons-in-law, one of whom was Col. George Vaughan, and thus Elliot Vaughan settled on the Elliot farm at Dunstan, where descendants lived. The estate of Robert Elliot, in York county, Me., in 1724, inventoried at £89 : 11 : 3. There were Elliots early settled in the town of Scarborough, but I do not know their origin. From the will of Robert it would appear that he had no heirs who bore the name.

Daniel Elliott,* of Limington, married Lydia Johnson there, Nov. 9. 1787, and removed to Parsonsfield. He cleared a farm near Mudgett's pond, and the foundation of his house and the decaying orchard remain. His children and descendants, so far as known, were as follows:

I. REBECCA, b. Mar. 16, 1790, in Limington, and m. Joshua Elliot, of Lim- erick, Dec. 21, 1814.

2. MARY, b. Apr. 30, 1792 ; m. David Smith, Dec. 30, 1818.

3. LYDIA, b. Oct. 12, 1794; m. William Johnson, Jan. 14. 1819.

4. DOROTHY, b. Mar. 3, 1798; m. Oliver Parker, Oct. 7, 1824.

5. BETSEY, b. Apr. 11, IS00; m. Levi Foss, Sept. 1, 1825.

6. JOHN, b. May 30, 1803; m. in Tamworth, N. H.

7. DANIEL, b. say 1805 ; m. Mary A. Morton, of Gorham, Dec. 5, 1830, and settled in Parsonsfield, where he and his wife were buried. He had four children who reached maturity: Lydia, m. John Mudgett, of Parsonsfield ; Macie, m. Eliab Day ; Jane, m. John Collomy ; Daniel, m. Mary Boothby, of Limington, and resides on the homestead, with issue.

8. JANE, m. John Remick, Oct. 30, 1831.

9. JOSHUA, b. in IS11 ; m. Mary Hobbs, of Ossipee, N. H., and settled in Tamworth, N. H., where his children were born. He returned to Par- sonsfield, and died, at the age of 74, on the farm now owned by his son

* There is a tradition that a brother of Daniel Elliott, ist, was killed by the Indians, and was discovered to his friends by his dog who had watched beside his body.

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James; there he and wife, who predeceased him, were buried. His children were as follows : James, m. Melissa Chamberlain, and lived in Parsonsfield; Ann, m. George Chesley, of Effingham, N. H .; George and John were drowned by falling from a bridge when children, and Joshua, m. Elizabeth Harriman, and resides at Kezar Falls, Me., where he is engaged in milling and mechanics ; has several children.

IO. JAMES, of whom no particulars.

Emery Family.

This family is of Norman extraction, and was planted in England, in 1066, by Gilbert D'Amory, of Tours, in Normandy, who was a follower of the Conqueror. Two brothers, John and Anthony, from the town of Romsey, about eight miles north from Southampton, embarked, in 1635, for America and landed in Boston that year. JOHN EMERY settled in Newbury and resided at Oldtown Lower Green, a locality since known as "Emery's field." His descendants are almost as numerous as the sands on the seashore. ANTHONY EMERY sat down in Kittery and left, in this " New World," a generous instal- ment of Emery human nature that has mightily increased unto the present day. From this stock came the Emerys of Berwick, Biddeford, and Buxton; a race of honorable people, who have acted a noble part in the population and advancement of the municipalities where they flourished. Among them many leading spirits have come to the front to serve their fellow-men in various posi- tions of trust, and with integrity and faithfulness performed their duties.

James Emery was a native of Kittery, Me. He was a soldier at the block-house on Saco river as early as 1748, but is said to have first settled in Biddeford. He married Mercy Bean, daughter of Capt. Jonathan, who com- manded at the block-house, Aug. 24, 1751. He purchased two lots of land of his father-in-law in Narragansett, No. I, in 1757 and 1759, being an inhabitant there at the latter date. These were sold to James Gray, of Pepperellborough, in 1765, when a dwelling-house and barn were standing on them. He was a great hunter and killed the moose for the feast at the ordination of Rev. Paul Coffin. When rising seventy, he would travel on foot, to hear the gospel preached, several miles. About 1816 he and his son Joshua moved across the Saco to Hollis, some two miles above Bar Mills, and there he died in 1821. His wife died in Nov., 1813. Children born in Buxton were named as follows :

I. MERCY, b. Mar. 20, 1751.

2. DANIEL, b. Nov. 30, 1752; was a soldier of the Revolution in the Ticon- deroga expedition. He took up a parcel of land near Gorham line, in Buxton, where his great-grandson has recently resided. He and wife were members of Paul Coffin's church, and it is said their children stood in as much awe of the old dominie as if he had been St. Paul.

3. ELIZABETH, b. Jan., 1755.

4. BENJAMIN, b. Oct., 1761.

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5. JAMES, b. 1763.

6. CHARLES, b. June 9, 1766.

7. JERUSHA, b. Jan. 7, 1768.

S. JOSHUA, b. Sept. 7, 1771 ; m. two sisters named Burnham, and settled on the homestead, near Gorham line, in Buxton, but about 1816 moved upon an intervale farm in Hollis, where he built a fine, large, two-storied house. He was colonel of the old militia, and the sword carried by him, a very fine blade, was sold to Col. Nicholas Ridlon. who kept it with scrupulous care until recently, when it was bought back by the sons of Col. Emery, who wished to preserve it in the family as an heir- loom. Of his children, Emily became the wife of Magnus Ridlon, the blacksmith, who lived at Kezar Falls, in Parsonsfield. She was a woman of many virtues, beloved by all who knew her, and reared three sons and three daughters, one of the sons being the late Emery S. Ridlon, Esq., of Portland. Priscilla. another daughter, m. Ephraim Goodhue, and d. young, leaving a son and two daughters. The other daughter was Julia. By his second wife, who was Sarah Burnham, Col. Emery had Joshua, who has been a policeman in Salem, Mass., where he resides with fam- ily; Frank, of Gorham, unmarried, and Thomas, of Walliston, Mass., whose wife was Fanny Tappin, of Saco. Col. Emery's first wife was Betsey Burnham.

Thomas Emery, of this same connection, was born, about 1712, in Kit- tery; married Susanna, dau. of Dea. Ebenezer Hill, in 1730, and that year built a house in Biddeford, near Church Point, where his son afterwards lived. This Thomas purchased several tracts of land in Narragansett, No. 1, and descendants settled there. In his will, made May 9, 1781, he mentions but three sons, JAMES, EBENEZER, and THOMAS; the others were probably dead. His children, so far as known, named as follows:

I. JAMES, b. Nov. 22, 1738; inherited land in Biddeford. He was known as "Deacon Emery," and had a son James who m. Catherine Freethy and settled in Buxton; he, too, was a deacon; his children were Samuel, Alexander, Jonas, Hannah, Thomas F., and James S. This Dea. James was b. Mar. 31, 1772 ; d. in 1840.

2. JONAH, of whom no data.

3. JOSHUA, bapt. Feb. 19, 1743-4.

4. EBENEZER, bapt. June 15, 1746. He received land from his father, in Biddeford, which had been improved by husbandry, at the time of his father's will in 1781; then he received the homestead with a share in a mill on Saco falls and all the mechanical tools. Of his descendants I am not advised.

5. LOIS, bapt. May 14, 1749.

6. THOMAS, bapt. Mar. 15, 1752; m. Hannah Harmon, sister of Maj. Thomas Harmon, Nov. 27, 1773. and settled in Buxton in 1774. He was a tailor by trade; filled many town offices and went, representative, to the state legislature. Wife was b. Apr. 26, 1754; d. Jan. 17, 1844. He d. Oct. 31, 1827. His children were named as follows:

I. SUSANNA, b. Nov. 29, 1774 ; d. a child.

II. NATHANIEL, b. Feb. 23, 1776.

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III. THOMAS, b. Jan. 26, 1779.

IV. HANNAH, b. July 7, 1781 ; d. July, 1783.

V. SUSANNA, b. Jan. 22, 1784.

VI. SALLY, b. May 19, 1786.

VII. JOHN, b. Nov. 17, 1788.

VIII. JOSEPH, b. Apr. 5, 1791.

IX. ISAAC, b. Mar. 31, 1793.

x. PETER, b. Feb. 24, 1796.

XI. MARK, b. Feb. 24, 1796; d. Dec. 23, 1813.

XII. DORCAS, b. June 5, 1799; d. June 10, 1799.

7. NATHANIEL, bapt. July 20, 1755.

8. SUSANNA, bapt. Mar. 12, 1759.

Thomas Emery, son of Thomas, of Buxton, was b. there Jan. 26, 1779; m. Mary Woodman, b. Oct. 4, 1779, and reared a family of six sons and four daughters. He was a farmer and lumberman, and rafted his lumber down Saco river for shipment. He served as selectman and county sheriff. He d. Oct. 20, 1856; his widow d. June 27, 1858. Their issue as follows :

I. RUFUS.

2. MRS. RICHARD STEELE.

3. MRS. JOHN BRADBURY.

4 . JAMES W.

5. HORACE, blacksmith at Buxton Centre.

6. THOMAS J.

7. ALEXANDER J., deceased.

8. MARK P.

9. MRS. JOSEPH STEELE.

IO. MRS. JOSEPH DUNNELL.

Mark P. Emery, born Feb. 17, 1817, spent nearly all the years of his minority on the homestead, meanwhile bracing his constitution by robust farm work and training his mind in the town schools and at Gorham Academy. With the self-reliance characteristic of his family, he turned his face toward Portland. at the age of twenty, and launched his business adventures by an experience in clerking for four years for a grocery and lumber firm. He was admitted a partner with J. B. Brown and Jedediah Jewett in 1845, and after three years, from 1848 to 1852, he was engaged in the manufacture and ship- ment of shooks and in importing West India goods. After an interval of rest Mr. Emery resumed business, which continued to expand until 1876, when he retired to his rural seat in Buxton. But he was of too active a tempera- ment to remain quiet, and has latterly been engaged in real estate speculation. He has ever been a man of vigorous public spirit, who kept a clear eye on all matters of polity. He has been a director of the First National Bank of Portland and trustee of the Maine Savings Bank; also a director of the Maine Steamboat Company; was alderman two years. He m. Jan. 1, 1846, Mary S. Smith, dau. of Ezra Smith, of Hanover, Me.

The old Emery homestead, situated about one mile from the Buxton Centre railway station; is one of the most beautiful in the county. The stately man-

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sion and spacious farm buildings are approached by a broad avenue shaded by grand old trees. The seat is on a moderate elevation surrounded by broad, well-laid-out fields and pasture lands, and from a distance has the appearance of the old seats owned by the landed gentry in Old England. This has been the restful, quiet retreat of Mr. Emery when away from the marts of trade, and he has manifested much pride in keeping the place in excellent order.

The Emery families living in "Egypt," near the bank of the Saco river, in Buxton, were a worthy people. Their rich intervales produced abundant harvests of golden Indian corn when the crops on other farms were cut off by hard frosts, and down into Egypt did the inhabitants of the surrounding neighborhoods go, as went the sons of Jacob of old, to buy corn. Nor did the Emerys refuse to sell; nor did they take advantage of the necessity of those who had need, but imparted to each and all, while the supply lasted, at a moderate price, a share of the precious bread-stuff. Thus did the locality acquire the name of Egypt, which is, properly interpreted, the corn land. These two families, headed by THOMAS and JONAS, brothers, were excellent in their characters, and the sons, who went forth from the retired homesteads to make their way in the world, were an honor to the family name.

'ssenden Family.

John Fessenden came from Kent, in England, and settled at Canterbury in 1636. He settled at Cambridge, Mass., and was made freeman in 1641. His wife's name was Jane; both were members of the church. He died, with- out issue, Dec. 21, 1666. His kinsman,

Nicholas Fessenden, came over with a sister, Hannah, in 1674, to inherit his estate. This Nicholas became ancestor of all in America. His son of the same name graduated at Harvard in 1701, and died in 1719, aged 38 years. The sister, before-mentioned, married a brother of Chief Justice Samuel Sewall. From the earliest settlement of the family in New England, they have been a cultured and respectable people. Fifteen persons of this name had graduated from our colleges in 1828, four of them ministers. The first Nicholas had thirteen children who grew up.

William Fessenden, son of Nicholas, born in 1693; m. Martha Wythe, in 1716, and was ancestor of the families in Maine. These had eleven children, of whom one was,

William Fessenden, who graduated at Harvard in 1737. He m. Mary Palmer, Mar. 31, 1740, and had six children, the eldest being,

Rev. William Fessenden, b. in 1746 ; graduated at Harvard in 1768, and settled in Fryeburg, Me., as the first minister of the First Congregational church, where he was ordained Oct. 11, 1775. He was a man of great useful- ness, who possessed a combination of excellent endowments adapted to the success of pastoral labors. Souther said of him : " Dignified in bearing, gen- erous in spirit, hospitable to a fault, fearless and uncompromising in mainte-

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nance of the right, yet eminently courteous and forbearing, he has left to his descendants that 'good name rather to be chosen than much riches.'"' He died May 5, 1805. Mr. Fessenden was twice married; first, m. Sarah Reed, who died the first year; second, Sarah Clement. Children and descendants, far as known, as will follow :

I. SARAH, b. Apr. 1, 1776.

2. WILLIAM, b. Apr. 3, 1778; d. Feb. 14, 1801.

3. CALEB P., b. Dec. 6, 1780; d. Apr. 19, 1800.

4. EBENEZER, b. July 18, 1782; was a justice of the peace in Fryeburg many years. He d. Apr. 12, 1841. His wife, Rebecca, died June 10, 1851. Children:

I. ANNA P., b. Aug. 28, 1811.

II. ELIZABETH C., b. July 24, 1813.

111. ENOCH P., b. Sept. 26, 1815 ; d. Apr. 26, 1819.

IV. CALER, b. Feb. 1, 1818.

v. HULDAH P., b. Feb. 1, 1820.

V1. ENOCH P., born June 26, 1822. He fitted for college at Fryeburg Academy and entered the junior class at Bowdoin. He ranked high, being first in his class as a German scholar and in mathematics. He graduated with honor in 1844; taught in a seminary in Indiana, but afterwards studied medicine and for many years practised in Bucks- port, Me. He d. at Augusta, Feb. 23, 1883. He was a poet of merit and wrote verses when only nine years of age. We subjoin a selec- tion of his verses.

THE SONG OF SLEEP.

Sleep, sleep, sleep,

Sleep, sleep, sleep, O how sweet in shades of woe,

O how sweet when day is o'er! Floating from the quiet shore Then to feel the tidal flow

'Neath the dreamy sky of June

Of the softest wavy light

To the water's dying tune, Gently, slowly lift the night

Sinking with the sinking moon, Sleep, sleep, sleep. Sleep, sleep, sleep,

O how sweet at height of bliss

Sleep, sleep, sleep, O how sweet on mother's breast There so soft to lie at rest,

There to feel the dewy kiss.

There to smoothly glide away

Gazing in those quiet eyes

Till their lights in shadows lie;

Down a softening moon-light ray Into misty, ghostly day, Sleep, sleep, sleep.

Murmuring till the murmurs die, Sleep, sleep, sleep. -Poets of Muine. VII. WILLIAM, b. June 18, 1824.

VIII. CHARLES, b. Sept. 10, 1826.

IX. EDWARD E., b. Mar. 2, 1829.

5. GEN. SAMUEL, b. July 16, 1784, and used to study by the firelight in the woods when his father was making maple sugar. He was a gradu- ate of Harvard College; read law with Judge Dana at Fryeburg ; was admitted to the bar in 1809, and began practice in Gloucester. He removed to Porland in 1822. He had been in practice at Windham for a short time previously; was representative to the General Court in Mass., 1814-19 ; senator in 1818. After fifty years of successful prac- tice, Gen. Fessenden retired to private life. He was a ripe scholar, eminent lawyer, and distinguished statesman. He married Deborah Chandler, of New Gloucester, in 1813, and by her had a numerous

Resting on the weary sight, Sleep, sleep, sleep.

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family. Four sons were educated for lawyers, three for the medical profession, and one for the ministry. Three were in Congress in 1864, namely, Samuel C., graduate of Bowdoin and Congregational minister; William P .; Thomas A. D., graduate of Bowdoin and eminent lawyer of Androscoggin bar. Of the other children, Phillip was lost at sea ; Oliver G. graduated at Dartmouth and practiced law in Portland ; Hewitt C. graduated at Dartmouth and practiced medicine at Eastport, Me. ; Daniel IV. graduated at Dartmouth, lawyer in Portland, sixteenth clerk of Supreme Court of Maine ; Charles S. D., graduate of Bowdoin, surgeon U. S. Marine Hospital Corps ; Joseph P'., graduate of Bowdoin, physician, at one time mayor of Lewiston, now living at Salem, Mass.

1. HON. WILLIAM PITT FESSENDEN, eldest son of Gen. Samuel, was b. Oct. 16, 1806, at Boscawen, N. H. ; m., in 1832, Ellen, youngest dau. of James Deering, the distinguished Portland merchant. She died in 1856. He entered college before he was seventeen; became an eminent lawyer and statesman ; was elected to Congress in 1840, after which he served four terms in the legislature of Maine; was long a distinguished member of the United States Senate, and at one time secretary of state ; resided in Portland. His children were James D., William H., Francis, Samuel, and a daughter who died in infancy. The sons were all good soldiers during the Rebellion. Samuel was mortally wounded in the battle of Groveton, Aug. 31, 1862, and Gen. Francis lost a limb in the service.

II. ELLEN FESSENDEN, only dau. of Gen. Samuel, was born in Portland, Me., Apr. 21, 1823. In June, 1862, she was m. to Dr. John Dunlap Lincoln, of Brunswick, where she has since resided. She has been a contributor to several papers, and her verses, from which we select a sample, show her style.

TODAY.

The sunshine lingers in the room, I see it through the window stream; Kissing the pillow where he lay His head in many a boyish dream. But O the change since yesterday,- The young, strong step that I so miss, The weary miles now stretching on Between us and my last fond kiss.

And mine had been a different plan,- A dream of sheltered nooks and bowers;

Of toil and pleasure, hand in hand, Of home and friends and merry hours.

But he had longed to try the world, Its hopes, its promises, its cares, To tempt Dame Fortune's fickle smile, And win her to him unawares.

And so with spirit bold and brave, Ile pressed my hand in mute " good-by,"

And turned aside, lest I should see The tears that glistened in his eye.

And my poor heart was aching sore. He might have heard each throb of pain,

My questioning heart, that yearned to know If I should meet my boy again.

O life is hard! The common lot And parting wring the anguished heart. But O how differently we'd choose. Yet see our fondest hopes depart !

We take the burden we would fain Lay down, and fold our weary hands,

Praying our loss may be his gain, Trusting to Him who understands.

-Poets of Maine.

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6. MARY P., b. July 3, 1786; d. Apr., 1823.

7. ELIZABETH C., b. May 21, 1788 ; d. June 14, 1805.

8. THOMAS, b. Feb. 13, 1790 ; was an eminent lawyer in New York, who, like Samuel, studied at night by the camp fire in the sugar woods when a lad at Fryeburg.

9. JOSEPH P., b. Oct. 24, 1792.

Ebenezer Fessenden, who was, I suppose, a brother of Rev. William, lived in Fryeburg, and by wife Sarah had a large family born in that town. Mrs. Sarah d. Nov. 10, 1816; he d. Mar. 15, 1819. Issue as follows:

I. STEPHEN P., b. Dec. 5, 1779; m. Nancy -, and d. Mar. 15, 1819 ; had issue in Fryeburg, seven children, named as follows:

I. JAMES, b. Mar. 13, 1808; d. Apr. 26, 1808.

II. ANNETTE, b. Mar. 22, 1809.

III. MEHITABLE, b. Apr. 22, 1810.

IV. JAMES, b. Feb. 9, 1812 ; m. Sarah F. Mansfield, who, b. Sept. 23, 1816, had Charles D., b. Sept. 14, 1836, and Stephen H., b. Dec. 15, 1838.

V. CALEB.

VI. JANE, b. Mar. 15, 1817.

VII. SARAH O., b. May 23, 1819.

2. SARAH, b. Sept. 12, 1781.

3. WILLIAM, b. Dec. 31, 1782; m. Mary -, and had issue, born in Frye- burg, named as follows:

I. EBENEZER, b. Oct. 1, 1810.

II. SARAH, b. July 22, 1812.

III. REBECCA C., b. July 21, 1814.

IV. WILLIAM, b. Oct. 20, 1816.

V. ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 27, 1818.

VI. STEPHEN.

VII. MARTHA.

4. MEHITABLE, b. Oct. 26, 1784.

5. POLLY, b. May 8, 1786.

6. ELIZABETH, b. Apr. 16, 1788; d. Nov. 25, 1810.

7. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 27, 1789; m. Elizabeth B. Smith, July 19, 1814; she was b. Jan. 27, 1795, and d. Dec. 22, 1822; he d. Aug. 1, 1827. Seven children, of whom hereafter.

8. JONATHAN, M. D., b. Apr. 28, 1791; m. Betsey Fitch, Dec. 3, 1821, and located at South Bridgton, where he had a good professional busi- ness until 1839, when, in consequence of poor health, he retired from regular practice; he d. July 15, 1860. Of his children further on.

9. RUTH, b. Nov. 10, 1792; d. Nov. 10, 1816. CHILDREN OF JOSEPH AND ELIZABETH:

I. MARY P., b. Sept. 14, 1815 ; d. April, 1886.

2. ELIZABETH S., b. May 19, 1817; d. July 9, 1852.

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3. STEPHEN P., b. June 19, 1819; d. July 4, 1819.

4. MARTHA W., b. July 1, 1820; d. May 2, 1894.

5. SARAH P., b. Feb. 11, 1822 ; d. Dec. 27, 1842.

6. ABIAH S., b. Nov. 9, 1823 ; d. Aug. 15, 1825.

7. ABIAH S., b. Nov. 9, 1825; m. William F. Fessenden.

CHILDREN OF JONATHAN AND BETSEY :

I. WILLIAM F., b. Feb. 15, 1823 ; m. Abiah S. Fessenden, his cousin, Oct. 16, 1852 ; settled in Bridgton, where he d. Nov. 17, 1887. Children :

I. ANNA L., b. June 26, 1853; m. - Sibley.

NELLIE P., b. Mar. 1, 1856; d. Sept. 15, 1886.

II1. MARY, b. June 3, 1859; d. June 13, 1891.

IV. HENRY G., b. June 21, 1861.

v. LULA P., b. Mar. 20, 1863.

VI. ALICE B., b. June 7, 1869.

2. SARAH E., b. Aug. 17, 1824; m. Uriah Senter, Feb. 26, 1862.

HENRY G., b. June 21, 1826 ; d. Sept. 25, 1828.

4. EDWIN F., b. Mar. 18, 1828; m. Laura B. Ingalls, Dec. 25, 1856, and had issue, as follows :

I. FRANK P., b. June 10, 1858; m. Ida F. March, June 22, 1876, and had Lothrop E., b. July 23, 1879; Addie L., b. Aug. 6, 1881; d. Sept. 20, 1882.

II. ADDIE M., b. Aug. 17, 1860; d. Sept. 21, 1865.

II1. MYRA L., b. Aug. 15, 1862; d. Sept. 16, 1865.

IV. CLARA J., b. Jan. 22, 1870 ; d. Dec. 17, 1871.

v. FRED L., b. Sept. 7, 1873.

5. CHARLES H., b. Jan. 25, 1830; was m. at Versailles, Ind., July 20, 1871, and is now living at Vernon Centre, Blue Earth county, Minn. He emigrated from Maine to Wisconsin in 1857 ; from there he moved to Minnesota, then a territory. He left the harvest field at the Indian outbreak and entered the army; enlisted at Fort Snelling, Aug. 19, 1862; was mustered out Aug. 24, 1865 ; farmer. Children :

I. GUY D., b. Feb. 17, 1874, at Milan, Ripley county, Ind.

II. WALTER L., b. Oct. 15, 1879, at Comet, Faribault county, Minn.

6. MARY M., b. Mar. 9, 1832.

7. THOMAS S., b. Apr. 29, 1834; m. Viola Powers, Feb. 28, 1864, in Bridg- ton, while on a furlough as a soldier. He had emigrated to Wisconsin in June, 1858. Nov. 5, 1861, he enlisted in the 3d Wisconsin Light Artillery ; was wounded in the battle of Chickamauga, Tenn., Sept. 19, 1863, and after two years' service was discharged to re-enlist as a veteran for the three years more, with a forty days' furlough, which was spent on a visit to his old home in Maine. He settled in Ripon, Wis., and worked as carriage builder and carpenter until 1872, when he took up 160 acres of land in Spring Valley, I). T., and commenced farming. His residence is now in South Dakota. Children :

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Saco Valley settlements and families. Historical, biographical, genealogical, traditional, and legendary, Part 76

Author: Ridlon, Gideon Tibbetts, 1841- [from old catalog] Publication date: 1895 Publisher: Portland, Me., The author Number of Pages: 1424

Author: Ridlon, Gideon Tibbetts, 1841- [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Portland, Me., The author
Number of Pages: 1424