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Mr. Gay died upon the farm upon which he settled, Apr. 16, 1852. He md., Nov. 21, 1799, Rachel, dau. of Jacob Eaton, q. v. She survived him until Nov. 13, 1857. Eight children : -
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I. Mary Smith, b. Nov. 6, 1800; md., Feb. 28, 1822, Joseph Dyar of Phillips ; d. Feb. 6, 1884. 8 chil.
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II. Sophronia, b. Apr. 1, 1803 ; d. Oct. 28, 1816.
III. Jacob Eaton, b. June 1, 1805 ; d. Aug. 1, 1825.
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IV. Rachel Reed, b. Dec. 14, 1807; md., June JI, 1834, Isaac Downing; d. Apr. 28, 1847.
V. * Jabez Talbot, b. Apr. 9, 1810.
VI. Martha Fairbanks, b. Dec. 3, 1815 ; d. Sept. 14, 1828.
VII. John Wesley, b. July 17, 1818 ; d. Sept. 2, 1828.
VIII. Sophronia Augusta, b. Aug. 3, 1820; md., Apr. 30, 1845, Freeman Gay, q. v.
EDWARD JONES GAY settled at the Fairbanks village, where he followed the trade of wheelwright and carpenter. He md., June, 1836, Sally Keyes, who survives him ; d. July 15, 1881. Four children : -
I. Charles, b. Aug. 4, 1837 ; md., Sept. 15, 1871, Emma Palmer. Is a successful shoe-manu- facturer at Auburn. 2 chil.
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II. George, b. Nov. 2, 1839; md., Aug. 22, 1863, Araminta Marr.
11I. Mary, b. July 14, 1846; md., Oct. 31, 1877, Fred S. Smith. I child.
IV. Albert, b. Jan. 29, 1854; md., Sept. 20, 1881, Cassie Mclaughlin.
WILLIAM SPOONER GAY settled in the north part of the town on river-lot No. 3, east side, and there spent his life as a farmer. Mr. Gay was a man of great purity of life, modest and unostentatious in his bearing towards his fellows, and was respected and loved by all who knew him. He served the town as selectman in 1851 and 1852. Mr. Gay was three times married : May 4, 1830, to Aure- lia, dau. of Dr. Thomas Flint, q. v., who d. Jan. 7, 1855 ; md. (2), Sept. 8, 1856 (pub.), to Eliza Jewett, who d. June 8, 1868; md. (3), Nov. 12, 1869, to M. Amanda Smith, who survives him. He d. Apr. 8, 1872. Six children by first marriage : -
I. Marhon Graves, b. Apr. 4, 1831 ; md., Apr. 4, 1854, Columbus Gray of Wilton ; s. p.
II. * IVilliam Flint, b. Sept. 4, 1832.
III. Sarah Aurelia, b. Aug. 17, 1837; d. Oct. 21, 1858, unmd.
IV. Hannah Ann, b. Feb. 27, 1840; md., May II, 1864, Horatio B. Shoales, and resides at East Hampton, Mass.
v. Hannibal Hamlin, b. Mar. 24, 1842 ; d. Apr. 20, 1865, unmd.
VI. John Sturgis, b. Oct. 15, 1843; md., Apr. 30, 1872, Leone, dau. ot John T. and Betsey (Wendell) Luce. Resides on the homestead farm ; s. p.
HIRAM GAY was an extensive farmer upon the old homestead. He md., Jan. 31, 1856, Sophia Tolman of Industry ; d. Mar. 30, 1885. Three children : -
I. Frank, b. Jan. 28, 1857 ; d. Jan. 31, 1878, unmd.
1I. Hiram Elisha, b. Oct. 7, 1861.
III. Charles Tolman, b. May 31, 1863.
JABEZ TALBOT GAY is chiefly remembered as a preacher of the Methodist order. Soon after the foundation of the Protestant Methodist Church in town, he united with it, and was ordained as a traveling minister. He was con- spicuous in the revival which the year 1843 witnessed under the auspices of that church, and was a preacher of no mean power. He was possessed of certain eccentrici-
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ties, but was most sincerely devoted to his work, and his Christian character was above reproach. He md., June 10, 1834, Betsey, dau. of Jonathan Cushman, q. v. He d. Feb. 8, 1845. Two children : -
I. * Jabez Talbot, Jr., b. Feb. 19, 1837. II. Sophronia Augusta, b. Oct., 1842; md. Henry E. Tyler, who d. Jan. 12, 1868, aged 30 years. Resides in New Gloucester.
WILLIAM FLINT GAY was in trade at Farmington for a number of years in the grocery and provision business, but went to Albany, Georgia, where he has held various public positions. He md., Oct. 13, 1861, Marcia Soule, dau. of Thomas Hunter, 2d, q. v .; md. (2), Oct. 25, 1874, Lucy, dau. of Philip M. Garcelon. Two children by first marriage : -
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I. Sarah Aurelia, b. Sept. 12, 1862.
II. Marcia Hunter, b. Jan. 14, 1865 ; d. Aug. 18, 1865.
JABEZ TALBOT GAY, JR., is in trade at Farmington as a merchant in the boot-and-shoe business. He md., May 23, 1874, Nettie R., dau. of Benjamin B. and Rhoda (Stone) Mace, b. Aug. 3, 1848. Two children : -
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II. Mildred Stewart, b. Feb. 10, 1880.
Goodenow.
Thomas Goodenow, one of the proprietors of Sudbury, Mass., came from England in 1638, when thirty years of age. He afterwards removed to Marlborough, and was one of the selectmen of that town. His seventh child, Samuel, was born Feb. 28, 1646. The third child of Samuel Goodenow was Samuel, Jr., who was born Nov. 30, 1675. David, the eldest child of Samuel, Jr., was born Feb. 26, 1704, and was the father of Daniel, who was born Jan. 1, 1725. John Goodenow, son of Daniel, was born Dec. 1, 1751, and married, Sept. 12, 1784, Rebecca Tyler. They were the parents of John, Rufus K., Daniel, William, Robert, Sally, and Valeria, wife of Daniel P. Stone of Malden, whose benefactions to religious and educational institutions have been widely distributed.
I ROBERT GOODENOW (vide page 278), seventh child and fifth son of John and Rebecca (Tyler) Goodenow, was born in Henniker, N. H., Apr. 19, 1800, and at the age of thirty-two settled in Farmington, where the remainder of his life was spent. He md., Nov. 15, 1827, Mary Reed, dau. of Nathan Cutler, q. v. Five children : -
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I. John Cutler, b. Aug. 2, 1829 ; d. Sept. 24, 1829.
I1. * Nathan Cutler, b. Jan. 2, 1831.
III. Ellen Valeria, b. Sept. 24, 1837 ; md., Dec. 23, 1863, Ambrose P. Kelsey, now Professor in Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y. 3 chil.
IV. Mary Cutler, b. Apr. 3, 1840; d. Aug., 1841.
V. Clara Anna, b. Feb. 20, 1843.
NATHAN C. GOODENOW attended Farmington Academy, and fitted for college under the tuition of A. H. Abbott. After remaining in Bowdoin College through more than half the course, he became a law-student in his father's office, and was admitted to the bar in Sept., 1852, com- mencing the practice of law at Phillips. In 1854 he went to Chicago, and entered the office of J. Y. Scammon. Upon the breaking out of the war in 1861, he entered the army as 2d lieutenant, Battery A, 2d Illinois Artillery, and some months after was transferred to McClearned Guards, with rank of captain. This organization was sub- sequently consolidated with other unorganized cavalry companies, and became the 16th Illinois Cavalry, with which he served to the close of the war, reaching by suc- cessive steps the lieut .- colonelcy of the regiment. He md., Oct. 6, 1856, Mary Augusta, dau. of Capt. Levi M. Williams; she d. in St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 5, 1861. He md. (2), June 18, 1874, Lucy Garaphelia, dau. of Gen. Hannibal Belcher, q. v. Six children : -
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II. Elbridge Cutler, b. Feb. 9, 1859. He is a civil engineer by profession.
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1V. Valeria Stone, b. Mar. 31, 1878. V. Robert, b. July 5, 1879.
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VI. Margaret Belcher, b. July 6, 1881.
Gould.
The earliest known ancestor of the Farmington family of Gould is Samuel, who is believed to have emigrated from England and settled at Ipswich, Mass., where he was a resident in the seventeenth century. He had, according to family tradition, three sons, Joseph, Samuel, and John. Samuel, Jr., was also the father of three sons, Joseph, Samuel, and Mark. Samuel, 3d, had nine children, Elizabeth, Samuel, Jesse, Noah, Silas, William, Isaac, Daniel, and Hannah, three of whom settled in Farming- ton.
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COL. SILAS GOULD, of Dunstable, Mass., was a Revolu- tionary soldier, enlisting in the Continental army at the age of fifteen, and participating in the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. He continued in active service both by land and sea until near the close of the war, when he received an honorable discharge. Col. Gould with his family came to the valley of the Sandy River in May, 1786, taking up the northern portion of back-lot No. 7, west side-John B. Peterson's farm. Here he lived-the first settler on a back-lot on the west side of the river - until the spring of 1796, when he purchased a right in Tyngtown, now Wilton, and removed thither.
Col. Gould was b. Mar. 11, 1760 ; d. July 5, 1842. His wife, Thankful Ditson, was b. in Dunstable, Mass., Nov. 26, 1760; d. Mar. 10, 1834. Thirteen children : -
1. * John, b. Dec. 31, 1779.
II. Silas, b. Nov. 28, 1781 ; md. Eunice Sawyer : d. Dec. 14, 1861. She was b. June 17, 1787 ; d. July 30, 1851. 1I chil.
III. Elizabeth, b. in Nottingham, N. H., June 7, 1784; md., Apr. 1, 1802, Josiah, son of Lemuel Per- ham, q. v .; d. June 19, 1861.
IV. Benjamin, b. July 8, 1786; md., March, 1810, Hannah Powers; d. Oct. 7, 1861. She d. July 27, 1875. Chil.
V. Thankful, b. Feb. 21, 1789 ; md. Hosmer Powers; d. June 1, 1855. He d. Feb. 21, 1881, in the ninety-second year of his age.
Joseph, b. May 13, 1791 ; d. Mar. 11, 1810.
VI. VII. Josiah, b. May 22, 1793; d. at White Plains, N. Y., in 1821.
VIII. Sally, b. Oct. 14, 1795; md. Jeremiah Fletcher, Jr., of Wilton; d. June 14, 1840. He d. in 1862.
IX. Hannah, b. in Wilton, June 17, 1798; d. June 13, 1816.
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x. Rhoda, b. in Wilton, Feb. 27, 1801 ; d. Aug. 7, 1803.
XI. Jerusha Marble, b. Mar. 31, 1803; md. Capt. Josiah Bakon ; d. Oct. 29, 1864. He d. Jan. 24, 1877.
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XII. Rhoda, b. in Wilton, Mar. 25, 1806; nid. Jesse Huse ; d. Nov. 24, 1845.
XIII. Agnes Gordon, b. May 26, 1809; md. Robert Welch ; d. May 28, 1874. I child.
GEN. WILLIAM GOULD, a younger brother of Col. Gould, was born at Dunstable, Mass., Feb. 26, 1762, and came to
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the township in company with his brother Jesse in 1782. He settled on river-lot No. 11, west side, a part of the same now owned by Samuel Sewall, and very soon set out an apple-orchard of twelve acres, being among the first in town to raise apples for market. Upon the organization of the militia he was appointed adjutant, and afterwards commanded the brigade. In 1812, when the militia was called out and ordered to rendezvous at Bath, Gen. Gould, with the drafted men from his brigade, promptly responded to the call. In 1810 he served as selectman, and in 1822 was elected representative to the legislature. A custom had prevailed in town from its incorporation, for the repre- sentative-elect to place a barrel of New England rum upon the Common, and invite friend and foe to partake. This custom Gen. Gould with Roman firmness refused to sanc- tion, and a large portion of the electors, feeling aggrieved at this action on the part of the General, reassembled in the townhouse and held an indignation-meeting, charging him with unparalleled meanness. Not long after this, the treasurer of the town received a note from Gen. Gould, saying that he had ascertained the cost of a barrel of New England rum to be twelve dollars, and that he enclosed that amount to be used for the benefit of common-schools. He md., in 1785, Elizabeth Coburn, b. Nov. 24, 1766 ; d. Aug. 26, 1831. He d. Sept. 29, 1831. Eight children : - I. Betsey, b. Dec. 9, 1785 ; md., March, 1806, David Dwinell.
II. Abi, b. Nov. 7, 1787 ; mnd., Feb. 28, 1805, Jeffrey Brackett Brown. 3 chil.
III. Mary, b. Aug. 15, 1789 ; d. Mar. 1, 1793.
IV. Hannah, b. Apr., 1793 ; d. young.
V. William, b. Jan. 3, 1796; md., Sept. 8, 1819, Betsey H. Whitney.
VI. Manley,
d. Oct. 20, 1798. VIII. Louisa, d. Aug. 8, 1798.
JESSE GOULD, brother of Silas and William, settled on river-lot No. 9, west side, and resided there until 1837, when he sold his farm, and with his wife and son James removed to the State of Ohio. Since then little is known of their history. He md., probably in 1790, Mary Star- ling, sister of Moses Starling, Esq. Eight children : -
I. Mary, b. Feb. 5, 1792 ; d. Sept. 25, 1812.
11. Jesse, b. Mar. 10, 1794 ; d. Sept. 25, 1804.
III. Rachel, b. Jan. 11, 1796 ; d. Apr. 16, 1799.
IV. James, b. Jan. 24, 1798; md., Dec. 3, 1818, Nancy Billings.
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VI. Rachel Starling, b. Apr. 23, 1802 ; d. Sept. 20, 1804.
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VII. Cyrena Starling, b. Apr. 19, 1804; md., Mar., 1824, Joseph, son of Samuel Eames, q. v. VIII. Cordelia, md., July, 1832, Augustus Dwinell, and removed to Mainville, Ohio.
CAPT. JOHN GOULD, eldest son of Col. Gould, was born in Dunstable, now Tyngsborough, Mass., and came to the township at the time of his father's removal hither. He first settled in Wilton as a farmer, where he continued to reside until 1818, when he again became a resident of Farmington.
Capt. Gould was prominent in military affairs, and was for many years a deputy sheriff, before the organization of Franklin County. He was a distinguished teacher of vocal music, in which he took a lively interest.
He md., Mar. 28, 1805, Alice Taylor, dau. of John F. Woods, q. v. She d. Oct. 25, 1859, having survived her husband, who d. Sept. 21, 1849. Ten children : -
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11. Cyrus Marble, b. Jan. 6, 1808 ; d. Feb. 20, 1808.
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III. Lucinda Morrill, b. Sept. 5, 1809 ; md., June 16, 1831, Cyrus G. Morrill, q. v .; d. Sept. 19, 1860. 2 chil.
IV. Mark, b. Dec. 2, 1811 ; md., July 5, 1847, Electa M. Radley. Resides in Worcester, Mass. 3 chil.
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V. Jotham Sewall, b. Mar. 31, 1814; md., Oct. II, 1846, Lucy Jane Safford. He was Register of Deeds for Franklin County fourteen years ; and has been a resident of Farmington sixteen years. 2 chil., d. young.
VI. David, b. May 13, 1816 ; md., July 1, 1841, Maria Fairchild ; d. May 17, 1883. 2 chil.
VII. Sumner, b. July 2, 1818; md., Sept., 1848, Sarah Flynt ; d. July 3, 1865. 2 chil.
VIII. Alice Ann, b. Feb. 4, 1821 ; md., Aug. 25, 1844, Horace D. Gage ; d. Aug. 2, 1872.
IX. Mary Amanda, b. Apr. 15, 1824; md. Llewellyn Bixby ; d. Aug. 2, 1872. 2 chil.
x. Thankful Ditson, b. Aug. 15, 1826; md., Nov. 11, 1846, James S. Greenwood. Resides in La Crosse, Wis. 2 chil.
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Gomer.
The Gower family of Farmington, so far as known, is not connected with any other family of the name in America.
1 ROBERT GOWER, a younger son of Robert and Margaret (Hereson) Gower, was born near Norwich, Norfolk Co., England, Oct. 9, 1723, and first came to this country as an English soldier, having served under Gardiner, a famous general in Queen Anne's war.
Upon leaving the army he engaged in the boot-and-shoe business in Boston, and there his first wife, Margaret Alexander, died, leaving two children. After her death Mr. Gower came to Topsham, and again md., Jan., 1771, Mary Henry, sister of the wife of Stephen Titcomb. Al- though a man of fifty-three years, he was one of the pioneers who explored the township with a view to settle- ment in 1776; and, in the mutual distribution of the land, received river-lot No. 43, east side. Here he erected a log-house - the house in which the first school taught by a male teacher was opened by Lemuel Perham, Jr. In 1782 such improvements had been made that he deemed it proper to bring his family, and in that year he made a permanent settlement.
Mr. Gower was prominent among the early settlers, and his is the first name appended to the petition for incorpo- ration. He d. Aug. 29, 1806. His wife, who was b. in Johnston, R. I., Jan. 22, 1745, survived him until Jan. 13, 1836. Twelve children : -
I. Edward. Md. and settled near Gardiner. 2 dau. II. * William, b. 1764. Second marriage :
III. * James, b. in Topsham, Jan. 2, 1772.
IV. Margaret, b. in Topsham, Aug. 14, 1773 ; md., Dec. 5, 1793, Elijah Norton, q. v .; d. Apr. 2, 1853.
v. Hannah, b. in Topsham, Feb. 27, 1775 ; md., Jan. 29, 1793, Henry Norton of New Vineyard.
VI. Mary, b. in Topsham, May 1, 1777.
VII. Sarah, b. in Topsham, Mar. 25, 1779 ; md., May 26, 1803, Robert Coffren, and settled in Vi- enna.
* John, b. in Topsham, Mar. 16, 1781.
VIII. IX. Samuel, b. Aug. 16, 1783 ; d. in Canaan.
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XI. Rebecca, b. Mar. 17, 1788; md., Nov. 12, 1812,
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Elnathan Pope ; d. Jan. 9, 1861. He d. Apr. 7, 1861, aged 80. XII. * George, b. Apr. 9, 1789.
13 (3) WILLIAM GOWER came to the plantation, probably, in 1784, and settled on the farm on the west side of the river now (1885) owned by Luther Gordon and others. Subse- quently selling this farm to James Merrill, he moved to river-lot No. 47, east side, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was deputy sheriff for some years, and was at one time in trade at the Falls village as a partner of Col. Daniel Beale. He md., June 1, 1784, Margaret Alexander, his cousin. Two children : -
1. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 13. 1785 ; md., Mar. 22, 1806 (pub.), Asa Brown; d. Feb. 3, 1845.
II. Margaret, b. July 15, 1787; md., Dec. 11, 1806, Samuel Livermore Jones.
JAMES GOWER first settled upon a part of the home- stead, but removed to Industry about the year 1812, and subsequently to Abbot. He md., Sept. 2, 1800 (pub.), Susannah, dau. of Cornelius Norton, q. v. Twelve chil- dren :
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I. Mary, b. Sept. 13, 1801 ; md., Oct. 14, 1821, Thomas Croswell, q. v.
II. Robert, b. Jan. 25, 1803 ; md., Jan. 1, 1825, Rosa- mond, dau. of Alexander Greenwood. He moved to Iowa, and engaged in business. He was a member of the convention which framed the Constitution of Iowa. He d. about 1872. 7 chil.
III. John Holmes, b. Nov. 13, 1804. Went to sea, and never returned.
IV. James Henry, b. Oct. 22, 1806; md., 1831, Borre- dell, dau. of Alexander Greenwood. Removed to Iowa in 1838, where he became a prominent citizen. He was a large dealer in real estate, was a member of the Constitutional conven- tion of Iowa, and a trustee of the State Uni- versity. He d. Nov. 13, 1879. 9 chil.
V. Cordelia, b. June 28, 1808; md., 1834, Hollis Greenwood. Lives in Michigan. 6 chil.
VI. Cornelius, b. Dec. 15, 1811 ; md. Abigail Hawes. Lives in Chippewa Falls, Wis. 4 chil.
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23 VIII. Eben, b. in Industry, Apr. 24, 1814. He settled in Greenville, S. C., and there married, but now lives in Gainesville, Georgia. He is a machinist by trade. 6 chil.
IX. Susan, b. in Industry, Mar. 2, 1819 ; md., about 1840, Willard Hammond. Lives in Tipton, Iowa. 7 chil.
x. Davis, b. in Industry, Sept. 30, 1820; md. Susan Hawes. Lives in Winthrop. 4 chil.
XI, Thomas, b. in Abbot, Apr., 1822 ; is a carriage- maker at Greenville, S. C .; has been three times married. 8 chil.
XII. Samuel, b. and d. in infancy.
JOHN GOWER settled upon a farm in Industry in 1802. He was a licensed minister in the Methodist Church, and was an acceptable preacher. He served the town as selectman for many years, and also was elected representa- tive to the legislature in 1822. Mr. Gower ind., May 13, 1807, Susannah Bailey, widow of Nathan Ames, who was b. in Bradford, Mass., April 28, 1774, and d. Feb. 7, 1844. He d. Aug. 29, 1843. Four children, b. in Industry :-
I. John, b. Feb. 1, 1808 ; md., April 8, 1834, Dorothy Weeks, of New Sharon, b. March 16, 1811. Lives in the West.
II. * George, b. March 25, 1810.
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Mary, b. Feb. 8, 1812 ; md., April 2, 1839, Rev.
D. B. Randall of the Methodist Church; d. Jan. 4, 1859.
IV. William, b. Jan. 26, 1814; md., June 20, 1842, Hester Ann Chandler of Winthrop; d. Nov. 29, 1876. 5 chil.
GEORGE GOWER settled on the homestead farm, which he sold, and moved to New Sharon, where he spent the remainder of his active life. He d. in Farmington, May 5, 1860. He md., April 5, 1816, Love, dau. of William Allen, q. v. Five children :-
I. * Harrison Bartlett, b. 1817.
11. John Truman, b. 1820; md., 1851, Mary, dau. of Thomas Croswell, q. v .; d. at Los Angelos, Cal., in 1880.
I1I. Hannah Allen, b. Jan. 2, 1824 ; md., Nov. 5, 1850, Charles S. Craig, q. v.
IV. George Dana, b. 1826; md. in Connecticut, and was a prominent lumber dealer in New Haven ; d. in Chicago, May 19, 1885. V. Merritt, b. 1833 ; md in Connecticut.
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GEORGE GOWER, 2D, is the most extensive farmer in Farmington, and one of the most extensive in Franklin County. He first settled in that part of Industry after- wards set off to New Sharon, and later removed to Mercer. He came to Farmington in 1868, and purchased the Daniel Beale farm, upon which he lives. He has had the honor of serving the towns of Industry, New Sharon, Mercer, and Farmington, as selectman, having in all a service of twenty-five years. He represented Mercer in the legisla- ture, and has served three years as county commissioner. Mr. Gower md., June 21, 1835, Martha Jane Merrill of Industry, who d. June 30, 1837 ; he md. (2), April 2, 1839, Tamesin Weeks, widow of Allen H. Brainerd, who d. June 11, 1883 ; he md. (3), June 7, 1885, Sarah Bixby, widow of Peter W. Manter. Three children :-
I. Truman Allen, b. in Industry, April 21, 1837 ; was a member of Company E, 17th Regiment Illinois Cavalry ; md., June 10, 1859, Carrie N. Wilbur of Sunbury, Ill. ; d. at Alton, Ill., July 14, 1864, leaving a widow and two chil- dren.
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III. * John Fessenden, b. Sept. 8, 1848.
HARRISON BARTLETT GOWER graduated from Brown University in 1846, and was ordained to the Baptist ministry in Buxton in 1848. He preached for some years in Farmington, and afterwards at Sedgwick. For a time he was an editor in the publication society of the Baptists in Philadelphia. Mr. Gower md., August, 1848, Maria Susan Dix of Providence, R. I. He d. in Farmington, August 24, 1859. His widow afterwards married Hon. W. G. Sargent of Sargentville. Three children :-
I. George Lewis, b. in New Sharon, 1849 ; graduated at Brown University in 1871 ; studied law, and was admitted to the Rhode Island bar. He has served several years as clerk of the Rhode Island House of Representatives.
11. Frederick Allen, b. in Sedgwick, July, 1851 ; fitted for college at Little Blue, and entered Brown University in 1869, but left in 187 1 and adopted journalism as a profession. He afterwards became associated with Prof. A. Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, and invented an improved instrument known as the Gower telephone, which has been adopted by the
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French government and is widely used in Europe and India. He is president of the Bell-Gower Telephone Company of London. He resides in Paris, France. Mr. Gower md., Jan. 22, 1883, Lillian, dau. of Edwin Norton, q. v.
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IV. Olive Underwood, b. May 31, 1879.
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The Graves family originated in Gascony, in southern France, and settled at Graveslines upon the English Channel. Crossing to England, they had a home at Gravesend. In the sixteenth century Thomas Graves was created Baron of Gravesend. He left nine children and a grandson, also Thomas Graves, who came to Boston under a contract with the New England company of London, in 1630, as land-surveyor, military engineer, and mineralogist. He laid out the town of Charles- town, and built bridges, fortifications, dams, and mills. From this Thomas Graves was descended William Graves, born at Brentwood, N. H., June 19, 1704, and married to Margaret Lowe, who was born Sept. 17, 1715. Her death occurred May 11, 1772, and her husband sur- vived her until Apr. 19, 1777. Joseph Graves, son of William, was born in Brentwood, N. H., May 20, 1742. He married, Mar. 5, 1766, Lydia Taylor, and removed to Deerfield, N. H., Mar. 13, 1766. They had four daughters and three sons. His wife died Sept. 27, 1785, and he married, April 20, 1786, Lydia Williams, born Feb. 23, 1746. They were the parents of two children. His death occurred April 12, 1791.
1 JONATHAN GRAVES, son of Joseph and Lydia (Taylor) Graves, came to Farmington in the latter part of the last century, and commenced working at his trade - that of a house-joiner. In 1804 he went to New Brunswick for the purpose of obtaining work, and no tidings were ever received from him. Those best acquainted with the cir- cumstances of his disappearance have always believed there were evidences of foul play. He was b. Apr. 17, 1778, and md., Aug. 5, 1799, Esther, dau. of Jonas Butter- field, q. v., who d. Nov. 28, 1853. Two children : -
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