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* Parker's History of Farmington, p. 23.
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township. Mr. Craig erected a framed barn in 1789, and the house now occupied by Jairus L. Prescott in 1795 or 1796.
Mr. Craig was a man of great worth of character, and possessed the universal confidence of his townsmen. He was elected one of the selectmen in 1794, 1795, and 1803, and served the town as treasurer in 1818, 1819, 1820, and 1821. He d. Dec. 10, 1835. His wife, who was b. Apr. 29, 1763, d. Feb. 2, 1829. Ten children :-
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* John, b. Nov. 14, 1789.
II. Mary, b. Aug. 29, 1791 ; md., Nov. 15, 1810, Benj. M. Belcher, q. v. ; d. May 6, 1815.
III. Margaret, b. May 1, 1793; d. Dec. 2, 1813; unmd.
IV. Enoch, Jr., b. Sept. 8, 1795 ; md. Julia A. Cooper of Pittston ; settled in Freeman; d. May 8, 1874. She d. June 30, 1861. 8 chil.
v. * Moses, b. May 26, 1797.
VI. Abigail, b. Mar. 18, 1799; md., Apr. 14, 1819, Hebron Mayhew; d. Feb. 19, 1878. Several chil.
VII. Hannah, b. July 5, 1801 ; md., Nov. 9, 1820, Joseph D. Prescott, q. v .; d. Feb. 18, 1865.
VIII. * Joseph Starling, b. June 8, 1803.
IX. Dorothy Starling, b. May 27, 1806; md., Jan. 4, 1827, Robert W. Tobey ; d. July 24, 1874. chil.
4 x. * Jesse, b. Apr. 26, 1808.
JOHN CRAIG settled upon back-lot No. 8, east side, where he spent his life as an industrious farmer, highly respected for the integrity of his character. He md., Jan. 27, 1814, Drusilla, dau. of Daniel Stanley, who was b. in Attleboro, Mass., Jan. 17, 1788 ; she d. June 29, 1823, and he md. (2), Aug. 28, 1824 (pub.), her sister Charlotte, who was b. in Attleboro, June 15, 1792, and d. July 23, 1874. He d. Jan. 22, 1873. Seven children :-
I. John Stanley, b. May 10, 1815; md. in Ohio, in 1840, Sarah E. Tracy ; d. at Farmington, Ia., Jan. 17, 1864.
II. * Hiram Belcher, b. Mar. 16, 1817. III. Mary Margaret, b. July 4, 1820; md., Nov. 28, 1848, Josiah Cutler.
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IV. * Charles Stanley, b. July 6, 1825. v. * Samuel Gould, b. Dec. 16, 1827. VI. Charlotte Drusilla, b. Feb. 17, 1830. Unmd. VII. * Virgil Lafayette, b. Oct. 24, 1832.
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MOSES CRAIG settled upon a farm in the west part of the town, the same now owned by Chauncey C. Bangs, . where he made his home until near the close of his life. He md., Mar. 21, 1821, Lois Nelson, dau. of Ezra Thomas, q. v., who d. Jan. 14, 1864. He d. Nov. 12, 1877. Five children :-
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I. Mary Belcher, b. July 31, 1822 ; md., May 18, 1850, J. B. Dow ; d. Mar. 21, 1882. 3 chil.
II. Josiah Starling, b. Aug. 31, 1823; md., July 4, 1857, Lucy S. Smith ; md. (2), Nov. 20, 1871, Nellie Fuller. I child.
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III. Lois Nelson, b. Apr. 7, 1826 ; md., Sept. 20, 1854, Joseph Titcomb, q. v.
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IV. Moses, b. Aug. 28, 1830; md., Oct. 15, 1864, Lizzie Merrill ; md. (2), June, 1866, Mrs. Lizzie Simonds ; s. p.
v. Enoch Belcher, b. Sept. 3, 1833 ; d. Mar. 3, 1847.
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JOSEPH STARLING CRAIG settled upon the south part of the homestead farm, which has been his home for life, and where he now resides. Mr. Craig has taken a high rank in the community as an industrious and successful farmer. He md., Sept. 29, 1830, Dorcas Dunning Wheeler of Ches- terville, who was b. May 3, 1814. Nine children :-
I. Andelia, b. Jan. 6, 1832 ; d. June 18, 1850.
II. Almaron F., b. Apr. 25, 1834; md., Nov. 15, 1855 (pub.), Marietta L., dau. of Jeremiah Butler, Jr., q. v. He moved to Iowa, and now lives at Laurens in that State. Chil.
111. Elzoda, b. Oct. 23, 1836; md., Nov. 12, 1854, Charles M. Macomber of Wilton.
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IV. Eleanor Hamlin, b. Jan. 28, 1840; md., May 9, 1864, Geo. W. Cothren, q. v.
V. Joseph, b. Aug. 25, 1842. Is a lawyer in Iowa. Unmd.
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Mary Jane, b. Oct. 18, 1845. Unmd.
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VII. John Wheeler, b. Apr. 23, 1848 ; d. Jan. 17, 1866. Lynn, b. June 19, 1851 ; md., Mar. 8, 1879, Sarah Fellows. He carries on the homestead farm, which is one of the few farms in the town that has been in the same family for more than a century.
IX. Fred W., b. June 29, 1854; md., Sept. 29, 1880, A. Diantha Corliss.
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JESSE CRAIG lived for a time on the north part of the homestead farm, the same now owned by Jairus L. Pres- cott, but removed to Aroostook County in Jan., 1845, and made a home at Island Falls, where he now lives. He
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md., Aug. 13, 1837, Eliza A., dau. of Timothy Currier, q. v. She d. Sept. 18, 1884. Eleven children :-
I. Elizabeth Rogers, b. June 7, 1838; md., June 21, 1863, Joshua H. Pratt. Resides in Iowa.
II. Martha Ann, b. Sept. 9, 1839 ; d. May 3, 1842.
III. William Henry, b. Dec. 31, 1840 ; d. in Augusta, Jan. 22, 1862. Was a volunteer soldier in the Rebellion.
IV. Augustine, b. Oct. 14, 1842 ; d. in New Orleans, La., Sept. 15, 1862. Was a volunteer soldier in the Rebellion.
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v. Sarah Augusta, b. Oct. 9, 1844; d. Jan. 31, 1864. Mary, b. June 13, 1846 ; md., July 1, 1875, Ben- jamin H. Towle.
VII. Lydia Ballard, b. Feb. 3, 1848 ; d. Dec. 26, 1862. VIII. Philena, b. Dec. 24, 1850 ; d. Nov. 20, 1862.
IX. Alpheus, b. Feb. 10, 1853; md., Nov. 1, 1878, Hattie P. Moore.
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Thomas Parker, b. Mar. 3, 1855. Unmd.
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Timothy Currier, b. July 18, 1860. Is a student in Harvard College of the class of 1887.
HIRAM BELCHER CRAIG settled as a farmer near the homestead farm. Md., Jan. 26, 1848, Sophia W. Roberts ; she d. Mar. 31, 1849, and he md. (2), May 16, 1852, Mrs. Harriet W. Rundlett, who survives him. He d. June 29, 1867. Three children :-
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I. Sophia Allen, b. Mar. 25, 1849 ; md., Jan. 1, 1885, Charles Leonard Handscomb.
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II. Lewis Whittier, b. June 11, 1855; graduated at Wesleyan University in 1883, and is at present teaching at Tilton, N. H. Md., Nov. 27, 1883, Lizzie E. Stevens of Fayette.
III. Carrie Andelia, b. July 13, 1859.
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CHARLES S. CRAIG first lived in New Sharon, but finally succeeded to the homestead farm, where he d., July 8, 1877. He md., Nov. 5, 1850, Hannah A., dau. of George Gower, q. v. Four children :-
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I. Charles Albert, b. Jan. 14, 1852. Lives in Cali- fornia.
II. George Washington, b. Nov. 21, 1853. Lives in California.
III. John Melville, b. Jan. 12, 1859. Carries on the homestead.
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SAMUEL G. CRAIG first settled on a part of his father's farm, and afterwards purchased the Thomas Hiscock farm on the west side of the river. Here he still lives, one of the largest and most successful farmers in town. He md., July 16, 1853, Ellen K. B., dau. of Asa Abbot, q. v .; she d. July 14, 1861, and he md. (2), July 3, 1862, Susan J., dau. of Benj. Weathern, q. v. Two children :-
I. * Samuel Abbott, b. Jan. 26, 1855.
II. Lizzie Ellen, b. Nov. 12, 1856 ; md., Nov. 2, 1878, O. P. Whittier of New Sharon. 2 chil :
I. Arthur Craig Whittier, b. Mar. 6, 1881.
2. Helen Abbott Whittier, b. Nov. 24, 1882.
VIRGIL L. CRAIG fitted for college at the Farmington Academy and entered Bowdoin College, but was compelled by ill-health to relinquish his collegiate studies at the close of his sophomore year. He has since made farming his vocation, in which pursuit he has been very successful, although he has not allowed his taste for books to languish, having taught many schools and served several years on the Superintending School Committee. He md., Aug. 26, 1858, Carrie S. McIntyre, b. Aug. 12, 1836. Two chil- dren :-
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II. Eaward O' Brien, b. Dec. 15, 1873.
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SAMUEL ABBOTT CRAIG resides in New Sharon, where he cultivates a farm. He md., Jan. 26, 1880, Mary F. Atherton of Waterford. One child :- I. John Atherton, b. Jan. 31, 188 1.
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Croswell.
The family of Croswell is proud to trace its lineage from most honor- able ancestry. Andrew Croswell, the grandfather of Thomas Croswell, was a graduate of Harvard College in the class of 1728. He was ordained as a Congregational minister, and was first settled in Groton, Conn. In 1748 he came to Boston. At that time religious feeling and controversy ran high. George Whitefield was in the country, and his preaching was a rock of offense to the conservatives of the standing order. Croswell espoused the cause of Whitefield, and his friends were sufficient to organize a church for him, which they did in February, 1748. The services were held in the building of the French Protestant Church on School St., and the church was known as the School St. Church, one of the famous Revolutionary pulpits of Boston. The church, however, dissolved at Croswell's death, Apr. 12, 1785.
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Mr. Croswell is described as a stalwart Calvinist, a deadly foe to Arminianism and to new lights of every kind, always disputing with ministers and usually with those that came nearest to his way of think- ing. He published several occasional sermons. His son, Andrew Cros- well, Jr., was a goldsmith at Plymouth, Mass., and had his shop but a few steps from the spot made memorable by the landing of the Pilgrims. Here were born eleven children, among whom were Dr. Andrew Cros- well of Mercer, Dr. Samuel Croswell of Paris, Thomas Croswell, and Abigail, wife of Zachariah Soule, q. v. Mr. Croswell died in 1797. leaving a dependent family. His widow, Sarah Croswell, soon moved to Falmouth, her native place.
I THOMAS CROSWELL (vide page 298), the youngest of the eleven children of Andrew and Sarah Croswell, was b. in Plymouth, Mass., Apr. 8, 1791. He removed with his mother to Falmouth after his father's death, but when about fifteen years old came to Paris, where for a year or more he lived with his brother Samuel. Later he came to Mercer, where his brother Andrew was established as a physician, and there, after the close of the war of 1812, he began his career as a merchant. In 1816 he came to Farmington Falls, and there was in active business for nearly fifty years, probably a longer business career than any other man has had in the town. Mr. Croswell was fully identified with the interests of Farmington Falls, and did much to make it prosperous. He was thoroughly respected among his townsmen, and left an unblemished reputation. He d. Jan. 6, 1879. Mr. Croswell md., Oct. 14, 1821, Mary, dau. of James Gower, q. v., who survives him. Nine children :-
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I. Mary Gower, b. Jan. 26, 1823 ; md., 1851, John 'T. Gower, and resides in Los Angelos, Cal.
11. Sarah P., b. Aug. 19, 1824; d. Dec. 23, 1841.
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111. Thomas, b. Nov. 23, 1825.
IV. * Andrew C., b. Dec. 18, 1827.
V. Susan G., b. Oct. 6, 1829. She is in business at Farmington Falls.
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VI. James Henry Gower, b. May 28, 1831 ; md., July 7, 1860, Hannah Robbins. He is a successful business man in Minneapolis, Minn.
VII. Micah S., b. July 20, 1833 ; md., Sept., 1865, Mary E. Parsons ot Milwaukee, Wis. He is a Congregational clergyman, and has labored chiefly in Illinois and California.
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THOMAS CROSWELL, JR., entered his father's store when a lad, and has always identified himself with the business. He succeeded to the business in 1866, and has had a successful life. In 1872 and 1873 he represented the town in the legislature. He md., Oct. 22, 1861, Harriet J. Taylor, who was b. in Danvers, Mass., Sept. 10, 1830 ; s. p.
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ANDREW C. CROSWELL went west in early life, and was for a time in California and Minnesota. Returning to Farmington, he entered trade with his brother, and is at present in partnership with him. He md., in Monticello, Minn., Mar. 16, 1862, Lizzie C. Rich, who was b. July 26, 1834. Five children :-
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Currier.
Richard Currier was one of the earliest settlers of Salisbury, Mass. He was born about 1616. Among the children of Richard Currier and Ann his wife was Thomas, who was born in Salisbury in 1646 and married Mary Osgood. He was a respected citizen of Salisbury and Amesbury, and deacon of the church. The second child of Thomas and Mary Currier was Thomas, Jr., who was born in Amesbury in 1671, married Sarah Barnard, and continued to reside in Amesbury, where his seventh child, Thomas, 3d, was born in 1717. Thomas Currier, 3d, married Jemima Morrill, and resided in Amesbury. Their second son, Joseph, was born May 20, 1746, and married Elizabeth Tweed of York, Me., and removed to Deerfield, N. H., where his children were born. He removed to Mt. Vernon about 1792, where he died Jan. 28, 1817. Among his ten children were Samuel, born June 29, 1777, and Timothy, noticed below.
1 TIMOTHY CURRIER came from Mt. Vernon to this town about 1815. By trade he was a tailor and carried on a successful business until 1836. He erected and after- wards sold to Dr. Samuel G. Stanley the Dr. Perkins house situated in the northern part of the Center Village. Subsequently Mr. Currier became the owner of the Ezra Thomas farm on the west side of the river, and after sev- eral removals came back there to spend his last days. He was b. Apr. 6, 1789 ; md., Nov. 29, 1816, Eliza Ballard ; d. 1 Oct. 10, 1858. Mrs. Currier was b. June 8, 1790, and d. Oct. 30, 1884. Seven children :-
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I. Eliza Anna, b. Aug. 23, 1817 ; md., Aug. 13, 1837, Jesse Craig, q. v .; d. Sept. 18, 1884.
II. Hannah Ballard, b. Feb. 7, 1819; md. (pub.), Sept. 19, 1837, Nehemiah C. Alexander ; d. in Harpswell, Jan. 1, 1872.
III. Miriam Bean, b. Feb. 19, 1821 ; d. Jan. 23, 1853 ; unmd.
IV. Susan Church, b. Sept. 9, 1823 ; d. July 19, 1825.
V. Susan Church, b. Apr. 13, 1826 ; d. Dec. 31, 1832. VI. Sarah Soule, b. 1828 ; d. Nov. 7, 1842.
VII. Abraham Fuller Belcher, b. June 8, 1834; d. June 25, 1836.
ALVAN CURRIER, son of Samuel and nephew of preced- ing, was born in Mt. Vernon, July 20, 1806. He came to Farmington in April, 1829, and purchased the Isaac Thomas farm, soon becoming an extensive farmer. He was also a teacher in the public schools in this and other towns. His intelligence and business capacity soon ren- dered him conspicuous among his townsmen. For many years his business in the Probate Court has been very large, growing out of his offices as administrator, executor and guardian, for which positions his thorough knowledge of the principles and forms of Probate business has eminently fitted him. He has perhaps written more wills, settled more estates, and assisted more widows and orphans in securing their rights, than any other man in Franklin County, while for his services his charges have always been moderate. Capt. Currier commanded the West Company of militia, and served the town as selectman in 1844-45, 1850-51-52, 1860-61-62-63-64-65. He was elected trustee and treasurer of the school fund in 1859, a position he still holds. He represented the town in the legislature of 1853, and the county in the senate of 1855. Capt. Currier was appointed state valuation commissioner by Governor Chamberlain in 1869. He md., Nov. 27, 1827, Nancy Clough, b. in Fayette, June 26, 1807. Eight children :-
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I. Samuel Howard, b. in Mt. Vernon, Mar. 15, 1829; d. in California, Feb. 8, 1853.
II. Lydia Ann, b. Mar. 16, 1831 ; md., Dec., 1850, Allen F. Williams. Resides in Mt. Vernon. 2 chil.
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III. * David Elliott, b. Jan. 23, 1835.
IV. Susan Elizabeth, b. Feb. 8, 1837; md., Oct. 22, 1855, Thomas H. Hunter, q. v .; md. (2), June II, 1878, Elbridge Tufts Smith.
V. Alvan Tyler, b. Apr. 28, 1840; md., Mar. 20, 1881, Susan R. Rubottom. He owns a ranch of
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VI. Hannah Augusta, b. Jan. 31, 1842 ; md., June 15, 1871, George W. Wheeler, grandson of Ephraim G. Butler, q. v. 1 child :
I. George Currier Wheeler, b. Mar. 5, 1879.
VII. George Merritt, b. Apr. 28, 1844; unmd.
VIII. Mittie Francis, b. Jan. 15, 1850 ; md. July 1, 1877, Joseph Carleton Holman. He commenced the practice of law at Phillips, where he served as treasurer of the Phillips Savings Bank. Upon his elevation to the position of Clerk of Courts for Franklin County, he took up his residence at Farmington, and is now County Attorney and a successful lawyer at the Frank- lin Bar. 2 chil .:
I. Josie May Holman, b. Apr. 22, 1878.
2. Currier Carleton Holman, b. Dec. 4, 1883.
DAVID E. CURRIER began early in life to teach success- fully in the public schools, and has frequently been called to act as one of the S. S. Committee. He resides upon his farm near Fairbanks village. He md., June 30, 1864, Abbie A. Elliott, b. in Readfield, Sept. 25, 1840. Two children :-
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Cushman.
The Cushman family of America traces its ancestry to Robert Cush- man, a non-conforming English clergyman. He cast his fortune among the Pilgrim fathers, accompanied them to Holland, and with them left Delft Haven in the Speedwell. When she became unseaworthy, he returned with her to Southampton. The following year he again set sail for America, and arrived in the Fortune, Nov. 9, 1621. Mr. Cushman continued his profession in America, and was considered a learned and able preacher. Many of his sermons were famed on both sides of the Atlantic. He had one son, Thomas, born in England in 1606, who accompanied him to this country. He was an elder in the church, and married Mary Allerton, who became the last survivor of the Mayflower passengers. They were the parents of eight children. The family of Cushman which settled in Farmington is descended from Eleazar, the seventh child of Thomas and Mary Cushman, who was born in 1656. His son James settled at Dartmouth, and was the father of James Cush- man, who came as an old man to Farmington to die with his oldest child.
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JONATHAN CUSHMAN, the eldest child of James and Hannah (Negus) Cushman, was born in Dartmouth (now New Bedford), Mass., Oct. 26, 1754. He was well edu- cated in the English branches, and studied navigation. He began life as a sailor, and during the Revolution com- manded a brig, was captured and imprisoned on board the British prison-ship Jersey. Previous to this he had joined the Continental army, and aided in the fortification of Dorchester Heights. After the Revolution he continued to reside at New Bedford until he removed to Farmington in 1795. He purchased the farm on the west side of the river, now owned by J. S. Ellis, which had been previously settled by John Rice and there had a home for the remain- der of his life. Captain Cushman was a man of intelligence and wide information, and was respected for his good sense. He served the town as one of its selectmen in 1802. He d. Apr. 24, 1834. Captain Cushman was twice married : June 1, 1780, to Mary Spooner, who died Oct. 11, 1804; Jan. 10, 1805, to Widow Anna (Norton) Hervey, who died May 1, 1850, aged 78 years. Nine children :-
1. * Henry, b. in Dartmouth, Mass., Aug. 21, 1781.
II. Jonathan, b, in Dartmouth, Mar. 1, 1783; d. in Demerara, June, 1801 ; unmd.
III. Thomas, b. in Dartmouth, July 28, 1788 ; d. young.
IV. Mary, b. in Dartmouth, Dec. 23, 1790; ind., Jan.
18, 1810, Samuel Smith; d. Oct. 10, 1826. 7 chil.
V. James, b. in Dartmouth, July 19, 1792 ; md., Aug., 1818, Sarah Weathern; md. (2), Apr. 4, 1822, Nancy Barden. Settled in Phillips ; d. Apr. 7, 1873. 12 chil. by second marriage. Second marriage :
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VI. Sarah, b. Nov., 1805; md., Dec. 2, 1833, James Hunter ; d. Nov. 2, 1871. 3 chil.
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Benjamin Hervey, b. Mar. 22, 1807 ; settled upon the homestead, but in 1834 removed to Read- field and purchased the farm of his wife's father, Samuel Waugh. He soon, however, left Readfield and removed to Winthrop, where he engaged in trade. When the Androscoggin and Kennebec Railroad was built, he took large contracts for the building, and subse- quently took the contracts for constructing the road from Calais to Baring, and also a portion of the Androscoggin road. About 1856 he was appointed superintendent of the Portland and Kennebec R. R., which position he held for many years, with headquarters at Augusta.
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Upon retiring from this office, he was elected president of the Granite Bank of Augusta. Failing health compelled him to relinquish business, and in 1877 he moved to Farming- ton, where he d., Apr. 26, 1879. Mr. Cushman was an enterprising business man, and acquired a substantial fortune. In social circles he was much esteemed for his genial qualities. He md., June 19, 1832, Nancy Waugh of Read- field; s. p.
VIII. Hannah, b. Oct., 1809 ; md., Aug. 11, 1834 (pub.), William Streeter. 3 chil.
IX. Betsey, b. June 15, 1811; md., June 10, 1834, Jabez T. Gay, q. v .; d. Apr. 2, 1845.
HENRY CUSHMAN moved with his father to Farmington when a lad. Although he cultivated a farm, it was as a school-teacher and preacher that he was principally known. He taught school for fifty-six years, and was the first principal of the Maine Wesleyan Seminary at Kent's Hill. In this profession he was very successful. He was ordained in the Methodist Episcopal Church July 2, 1822. The last half of his life he resided in Avon, and d. while on a visit to his daughter at Portsmouth, N. H., in 1855. He md., Feb. 19, 1800, Phebe Collins. Thirteen chil - dren : -
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1. Jonathan, b. Apr. 22, 1801 ; md., Dec. 26, 1830, Abigail Hersey ; s. p.
II. Elizabeth Luce, b. in Strong, Oct. 12, 1802 ; md., Oct. 11, 1829, Stephen M. Pratt of Industry ; d. Apr. 4, 1840.
III. Thomas Jefferson, b. in Strong, June 7, 1804; md., Oct. 28, 1835, Phebe Luce ; d. May 20, 1864. 9 chil.
IV. Henry, b. in Strong, Jan. 8, 1806; md., Sept. 8, 1823, Mary Wardwell; d. July 4, 1844. 6 chil.
v. Mary, b. in Strong, July 1, 1808; md., Nov. 11, 1832, John Church ; d. 1884. 8 chil.
VI. Phebe Collins, b. in Strong, May 16, 1810; md., Sept. 8, 1838, Robert Littlefield of Penobscot. VII. Sally Nevins, b. in Strong, Dec. 30, 1811; md., Nov. 14, 1835, Adniram Cates. 3 chil.
VIII. Thankful Hatch, b. in Strong, Nov. 12, 1813. Unmd.
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IX. William Collins, b. July 23, 1816 ; md., Apr. 20, 1840, Sarah Rollins. 7 chil.
x. Rebecca Luce, b. 1817 ; md., June 8, 1849, Nathan French of Newburyport. 1 child.
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XII. Ruth Bangs, b. Dec. 30, 1821; md., Nov. 16, 1843, Rufus Libby ; d. Mar. 27, 1847. 2 chil.
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XIII. Charles Wesley, b. May 26, 1823; md., Oct. 19, 1845, Jane Hall of Uxbridge, Mass.
Cutler.
The ancestor of the Farmington family of Cutlers was James Cutler, whom we find at Watertown, Mass., as early as 1634. When he came to this country, or from what part of England he came, is unknown. Tra- dition says he married one of two sisters "who came to New England alone, without father, husband, brother, or lover, to escape the religious persecution of their family at home." He settled near Lexington, Mass., and died May 17, 1694, aged 88 years. His son James, the eldest of twelve children, was born Nov. 6, 1635, and married, June 15, 1665, Lydia Wright. He lived at Lexington, was a soldier in King Philip's War, and died July 31, 1685. Thomas Cutler, his son, the sixth of seven children, was born Dec. 15, 1677; married Sarah Allis and (2), Apr. 10, 1750, Lydia Symonds. He was a prominent citizen of Lexington. and served as selectman and constable. He died Dec. 23, 1759. David Cutler, the second child of Thomas and Sarah (Allis) Cutler, was born Aug. 26, 1705; married Mary Field, and died Dec. 5, 1760. Like his father, he was selectman and constable, and was, moreover, a man of considerable fortune. Joseph, his third child, was born on the Cutler farm in Lexington in a house still standing, May 3, 1733; married, May 6, 1755, Rebecca Hoar; (2), Sept. 20, 1759, Mary Reed. He removed from Lexington to Western, now Warren, Mass., about 1755. Joseph Cutler had ten children, four sons and six daughters, and among his sons were twins, Nathan and Reuben.
I NATHAN CUTLER was born in Western, Mass., May 29, 1775 (vide page 275). He md., Sept. 10, 1804, Hannah Moore, b. in Western, Sept. 27, 1784; d. Feb. 20, 1835. He md. (2), May, 1838, Mrs. Harriet (Estabrook) Weld of Brunswick, who d. Sept. 8, 1884, aged 83 years. His death occurred June 8, 186r. Nine children by first marriage :-
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I. Mary Reed, b. Mar. 13, 1806 ; md., Nov. 15, 1827, Robert Goodenow, q. v .; d. Feb. 18, 1873.
II. Nathan Moore, b. Aug. 2, 1808. Entered Bow- doin College, but owing to ill-health did not complete the course. He removed to Warren, Mass., and went into business with his uncle, John Moore, and subsequently accepted an appointment as debenture clerk in the Boston custom-house under the administration of Pres-
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ident Van Buren and the collectorship of George Bancroft. This position he held until his death, Oct. 30, 1849. He md., Sept. 12, 1836, Columbia Shearer, who d. Sept. 25, 1849. 3 dau.
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