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I. Sophia Augusta, b. Nov. 4, 1800; md., Dec. 7, 1818, Charles Davis, q. v .; d. Mar. 31, 1858.
Il. William Henry, b. May 30, 1802 ; d. Sept. 15, 1804.
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III. William Henry, b. Dec. 19, 1804; md., Oct. 8, 1842, Hannah Rodbert; md. (2), Oct. 27, 1861, Mary Ann Phelps ; s. p. IV. * Frederic Vassal, b. Nov. 25, 1806.
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V. * Alexander Hamilton, b. July 19, 1808.
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VI. * John Church, b. June 30, 1810.
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VII. Marcia Marchant, b. July 7, 1813 ; md., Aug. 24, 1846, George R. Stanley, who d. Dec. 21, 1869, aged 50 years. 4 chil.
VIII. Zeruah Fletcher, b. Nov. 23, 1815 ; md., Apr. 28, 1842, Abel, son of Abel and Martha K. (White) Sampson of Temple; d. Apr. 12, 1878. 4 chil.
IX. Margaret Stoyell, b. Mar. 15, 1818; d. Mar. 12, 1831.
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x. David Church, b. Dec. 25, 1819; d. Oct. 21, 1837.
Second marriage :
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X1. Catherine Pond, b. Oct. 21, 1825; md., June 6, 1850, Leonard Keith (vide page 304), who d. Jan. 22, 1866. 3 chil. :
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I. Charles Leonard Keith, b. Mar. 21, 1851 ; md., Oct. 14, 1874, Eva Smith, b. Nov. 26, 1855. He resides in Princeton, Minn., and is Judge of Probate for Mille Lac County.
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2. Arthur Clarence Keith, b. Oct. 17, 1856.
3. Minnietta Keith, b. Dec. 14, 1858.
DANIEL STEWART was a cabinet-maker by trade, and lived at North Farmington. He md., Aug. 20, 1812, Mrs. Delight, widow of Jason D. Cony and dau. of John Church, q. v., who d. Oct. 23, 1834. He d. Oct., 1827. Six chil- dren : -
I. Arabella Delight, b. May 28, 1813; d. Sept., 1834.
II. Charles Ferdinand, b. Jan. 27, 1815; md., Sept. 23, 1841, Sarah Heald. He resided in Con- cord, N. H., and was respected for his integrity and sterling Christian virtues. He d. Oct. 14, 1879, leaving two daughters.
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III. Susan Johnson Cony, b. Mar. 25, 1817 ; md., June 2, 1842, Franklin Tinkham, son of Columbus and Lydia W. (Tinkham) Fairbanks of Win- throp, who was b. Oct. 21, 1818. She d. in Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 29, 1865. 6 chil.
IV. Daniel Adolphus, b. Feb. 25, 1819; d. Nov. 12, 1849.
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v. Mary Marchant, b. Jan. 16, 1822 ; d. young.
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V1. Daniel, b. Jan. 1, 1828; md., Jan. 17, 1855, Marena, dau. of John and Mary Pearce. Is by occupation a carpenter, and lives at Galena, Ill. 8 chil.
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II. Winthrop Henry, b. Mar. 20, 1831 ; md., Nov., 1851, L. Ellen Taylor ; d. Apr. 23, 1881. She d. in 1875. One son, Frederic, who d. June 12, 1872, aged 20 years.
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ITI. Margaret Pamela, b. May 8, 1833 ; md., June 2, 1853, Edwin N. Stevens (vide page 304); d. Mar. 8, 1865. 4 chil. :
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I. Arno Bittues Stevens, b. May 29, 1854; d. May 15, 1875.
2. Edwin Stewart Stevens, b. June 28, 1856.
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3. George Lincoln Stevens, b. May 5, 1859.
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4. Annie Margaret Stevens, b. July 18, 1862.
Mr. Stevens md. (2), Nov. 9, 1865, H. Adelia Walker, b. in Wilton, Aug. 22, 1843. He d. Dec. 25, 1884. I child :
I. Nathalie Adelia Stevens, b. Oct. 11, 1874. IV.
* Edwin Alphonso, b. May 17, 1836.
V. Helen Marion, b. Aug. 12, 1838; d. Dec. 27, 1856.
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FREDERIC V. STEWART early in life entered the store of Nathan Bachelder at Hallowell as clerk, and acquired a thorough knowledge of mercantile business. About 1827 he went into trade in the town of Windsor, where he remained until 1831. He next removed to Vienna, and thence to Farmington, and in 1834 became proprietor of extensive stage-lines, being for many years one of the largest mail-contractors in the State. He owned the line from Farmington to Augusta for a period of thirty-two years, which, under his supervision and management, became one of the best as well as one of the most lucra- tive in the State. Mr. Stewart was elected sheriff of Franklin County in 1859, holding this office for two terms. June 9, 1862, he was appointed assistant quartermaster of volunteers with the rank of captain, and at once repaired to headquarters at New Orleans. In the autumn of 1863 he returned to Farmington, where he still resides. He md. Pamela Smith, dau. of Winthrop Butler, q. v., who d. Feb. 4, 1849 ; he md. (2), Oct. 30, 1850, Isabella McDon- ald, dau. of Alexander Belcher, a prominent lawyer of Winthrop, and Drusilla McDonald, his wife. Eleven chil- dren : - -
I. Frederic Alexander, b. Apr. 24, 1829 ; md., Dec. 27, 1853, Georgiana, dau. of John O. and Sally (Turner) Craig of Readfield ; d. May 31, 1859.
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VI. Alonzo Palmer, b. May 2, 1840; d. May 3, 1840.
VII. Charles Llewellyn, b. June 12, 1841.
VIII. Emma Elizabeth, b. March 1, 1844; md., May 3, 1870, Edward Sands of Lewiston ; d. April 14, 1872. I child :
I. Helen Margaret Sands, b. May 18, 1871.
IX. Augustus Butler, b. Aug. 6, 1846; d. Sept. 9, 1848.
Second marriage :
x. Augustus Belcher, b. Dec. 2, 1852; d. Feb. 7, 1861.
XI Isabel Vassal, b. Dec. 27, 1854; md., June 18, 1878, John Caldwell Baird, a member of the firm of Redding, Baird and Co. of Boston, glass manufacturers. I child :-
I. Stewart Baird, b. Nov. 18, 1880.
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ALEXANDER H. STEWART has followed the trade of a cabinet-maker, house-joiner, and painter, at the Center Village, for many years. He is a man of studious mind, mechanical genius, and of much general information. He md., May 12, 1836, Hannah R., dau. of Rev. Thomas and Nancy Beede, b. in Wilton, N. H., July 23, 1812, and d. in Farmington, July 9, 1881. One child :-
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I. Samuel Barrett, b. June 9, 1839 ; graduated from Bowdoin College in 1857 ; for a year principal of the Academy at Francestown, N. H .; grad- uated from the Harvard Divinity School in 1862; ordained minister of the Unitarian Society, Nashua, N. H., in 1863 ; installed as minister of the Unitarian Society, Lynn, Mass., in 1865, of which society he still remains the pastor. He has published occasional sermons. He md., Dec. 17, 1863, Annie O. Bixby, b. in Surinam, S. A., Oct. 30, 1840. Their surviving children are : Edward B., Samuel B., Marion F., Ottolina.
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JOHN C. STEWART has always resided in Farmington, and devoted his energies principally to farming. He is an industrious, hard-working man, and has acquired a large estate by farming combined with some outside specula- tions. The celebration of his golden wedding and a reunion of his family took place March 29, 1882, and proved a joyous occasion ; an address was delivered by Rev. Albert W. Moore, and a poem by William S. Burke. He md., March 29, 1832, Abby Jones, dau. of James and Relepha (Roach) Ridgway, b. Sept. 1, 1811. Ten chil- dren :-
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II. Belcher Stoyell, b. Nov. 27, 1834 : enlisted in Co. B, 12th Reg. Me. Vols .; md., July 1, 1861, Malvina Hayford; d. Oct. 16, 1870.
III. Abby Ursula, b. Dec. 27, 1836; md., May 10, 1858. Fred Forrest. 2 chil. Md. (2), Aug. 12, 1879, William S. Burke. Now resides at Al- berquerque, N. M.
IV. David Church, b. March 16, 1839; enlisted from Waltham, Mass., in Co. I, 18th Reg. Mass. Vols. ; d. at New Bridge, Va., June 21, 1862.
V. * Theodore LeRoy, b. Aug. 15, 1841.
VI. Ella Rosabel, b. Sept. 4, 1843; md., Jan. 18, 1871, Edwin H. Dunbar. Resides at Alber- querque, N. M. 2 chil.
VII. Hannah Beede, b. Jan. 25, 1846; md., Jan. 28, 1873, Eugene N. Stevens of Leavenworth, Kansas, where they reside.
VIII. James Henry, b. Feb. 28, 1848 ; d. April 20, 1849.
IX. Augustus Butler, b. Aug. 18, 1850; d. Nov. 19, 186 1.
x. Adelaide Isabel, b. Jan. 18, 1853; md., Sept. 25, 1883, Charles F. Smith of Portland.
EDWIN ALPHONSO STEWART is a painter by trade, and has always been a resident of Farmington. He md., Dec. 24, 1865, Rosabell Roach, who d. May 22, 1883, aged 42 years. Five children :-
I. Augustus Belcher, b. Jan. 17, 1868.
II. Margaret Rosmary, b. Nov. 15, 1869.
Frederic Vassal, b. Oct. 29. 1871.
IV. Georgiana Craig, b. Jan. 29, 1874.
V. Fanny Townsley, b. July 17, 1876.
CHARLES L. STEWART, fifth son of Frederic V. Stewart, always resided in Farmington - at first in the Village, but afterwards upon the farm known as the Solomon Adams farm. He md., April to, 1866, Ella S. Talbot of Free- port, who was b. Aug. 29, 1842. He d. at Augusta, Feb. II, 1885. Five children :-
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I. Charles Enoch, b. June 28, 1867.
II. Stanwood Talbot, b. Aug. 14, 1869.
III. Emma Isabel, b. Mar. 31, 1874; d. Sept. 17. 1875-
IV. Ella Mae, 1 b. Oct. 18, 1877.
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JOHN ELBRIDGE STEWART, eldest son of John C. Stewart, was in the territory of Colorado at the time of the Indian outbreak in 1859. He enlisted in the military organiza- tion raised for the purpose of suppressing that ou!break, and served a long campaign of Indian warfare, seeing much hard service, and receiving an honorable discharge. He now resides on the homestead farm. He md., Oct. 7, 1868, Ellen Hanaford. Two children : -
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I. Edwin Fairbanks, b. July 22, 1869.
II. Isabel Lincoln, b. June 8, 1875.
THEODORE L. STEWART, fourth son of John C. Stewart, is an excellent house-joiner, and an inhabitant of the Center Village. He md., Nov. 3, 1864, Lydia Baldwin of Foxboro', Mass. Seven children : -
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I. John Baldwin, b. June 14, 1866 ; d. Oct. 3, 1879.
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II. Lottie, b. Sept. 30, 1868 ; d. Aug. 14, 1873.
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III. Maud Ida, b. Sept. 26, 1870.
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IV. Oliver Pettee, b. Mar. 22, 1875.
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v. LeRoy, b. Nov. 23, 1877.
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VI. Charlotte Baldwin, b. Dec. 14, 1879.
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VII. Carol, b. Nov. 20, 1883.
Stouell.
This name is believed to be the same as Stiles and Stile. If so, this family may have some connection with the Stiles family of Connecticut. Nothing has been found regarding the ancestry of the Farmington family.
I AARON STOYELL (vide page 280) was born in the State of Connecticut in 1767. He came to this town in the autumn of 1793, and that winter taught the district school at what is now West Farmington. The following year he settled at the Center Village as a physician, where the greater portion of his life was spent. He md., in 1795, Abigail Doty, dau. of Supply Belcher, q. v., who d. Jan. 18,
1830. Dr. Stoyell d. of cholera, at Huron, O., Aug. 16, 1834. Eight children : -
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I. Margaret Belcher, b. Feb. 26, 1796; md., Dec. 26, 1822, Dr. Joseph Caldwell; d. at Huron, O., Oct. 25, 1863. He was b. May 15, 1792 ; d. June 13, 1866. 5 chil.
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II. Abigail, b. Dec. 30, 1798; md., July 3, 1821, Rosamus K., grandson of Reuben Lowell, q. v .; d. March 3, 1829. 5 chil.
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III. Mary Ann, b. Feb. 22, 1800 ; md., July 1, 1823, Lemuel, son of Lemuel Perham, Jr., q. v. ; d. May 29, 1869. 1 child.
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1 IV. Aaron, b. Jan. 22, 1802 ; md., June 20, 1823, Elfrida Greenleaf ; d. Dec. 1, 1866. 8 chil.
V. George Washington, { b. Oct. 12, 1804.
VI. John Adams, John A. d. Feb. 18, 1879 ; unmd.
VII. * Hiram Belcher, b. Oct. 11, 1806.
VIII. Supply Belcher, b. 1809 ; d. March 19, 1827.
HIRAM B. STOYELL (vide page 300) was an active and accomplished merchant, beginning as a clerk in the store of R. K. Lowell in 1821, and afterwards going into part- nership with his brother, John A. Stoyell. His later years were devoted to farming, and he acquired a large estate as the result of a long and industrious business life. Mr. Stoyell was appointed postmaster under President Harrison, was town clerk in 1836-37, selectman in 1862- 63-64, and representative to the legislature in 1861-62. He md., Aug. 19, 1845, Mary, dau. of Leander Boardman, q. v .; d. April 1, 1882. Six children :-
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I. Abigail Doty, b. July 16, 1846 ; d. Feb. 20, 1849. John Adams, b. June 6, 1848 ; md., Jan. 9, 1873, Maud Howard. Resides in Bismark, Dak., as a lawyer, and is also district attorney. I dau. Leander Boardman, b. Oct. 22, 1850 ; md., Feb. 13, 1880, Nellie M. Ellis.
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Hiram Belcher, b. April 5, 1853.
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VI. Robert Lincoln, b. Sept. 13, 1860 ; d. Oct. 1, 1861.
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Thomas.
No facts have been attained concerning the early history of this family.
I EZRA THOMAS was born in New Bedford, Mass., Feb. IO, 1765. In 1798 he removed to Farmington and settled upon the farm now owned by Capt. Alvan Currier, where he lived many years. He md., Sept. 17, 1786, Elizabeth Benson, who d. Aug. 5, 1834, aged 67 years. He survived his wife but a few months, dying at the residence of his son-in-law, Judge Parker, April 12, 1835. Ten children :-
1. Judith, b. April 7, 1788; md., Jan. 22, 1807, Thomas Parker, q. v. ; d. June 22, 1855.
2 3 II. Betsey, b. Sept. 28, 1789 ; md. William Talcott, and (2), West Daggett ; d. in Anson, Dec. 24, 1878. 10 chil.
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III. Sally, b. Sept. 19, 1791 ; md., Jan. 1, 1811, Eben- ezer Tufts, q. v .; d. at Mainville, O., Jan. 8, 1866.
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IV. Ezra, b. Feb. 3, 1794 ; md., April 23, 1817 (pub.), Reliance Collier ; d. at New Vineyard, April 3, 1842.
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v. Jabez, b. Dec. 21, 1795 ; d. Sept. 20, 1797.
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VI. Lois Nelson, b. Sept. 28, 1797 ; md., March 21, 1821, Moses Craig, q. v .; d. Jan. 14, 1864.
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x. Mary, b. May 24, 1810; md., March 24, 1831, Rev. Ezra Winslow; d. in New Portland, Feb.
16, 1878. He d. July 27, 1884, aged 76 years.
Citcomb.
William Titcomb, the ancestor of the Titcombs in this country, emigrated from Newbury, Berkshire, England, in the good ship Hercules in 1634. He made a settlement at Quascacumquen, now Newbury, Mass. By occupation he was a farmer, and was made freeman in 1642. For several years he was selectman, and was also representative to the General Court in 1655. He married Joanna, daughter of Richard Bart- lett, and (2) Mrs. Elizabeth Stevens, and was the father of thirteen chil- dren, seven by first and six by second marriage. His sixth child, Penu- el, a prominent citizen of Newbury, married, Jan. 8, 1684, Lydia, daughter of John Poore of Newbury, and died Feb. 18, 1718. Joseph Titcomb, the youngest of Penuel's six children, was born July 27, 1700: married Sarah, daughter of John Batchelder of Reading, and died in 1722. The youngest of his two children was Stephen, who was born Dec. 27, 1721, and who removed to Kennebunk, Me., where he became a prominent citizen and an active member of the Congregational Church. He married Abigail Stone, and died May 23, 1815.
I STEPHEN TITCOMB, the third of the seven children of Stephen and Abigail (Stone) Titcomb, was born in Ken- nebunk, Oct. 3, 1752. He came to Topsham when a young man, and there married, in 1776, Elizabeth, daugh- ter of James and Hannah Henry. The same year he began his explorations in the valley of the Sandy River, as has been fully described in the body of this work. Be- tween the years 1776 and 1780, Mr. Titcomb came every season to the township, cut down the trees on the lot he had drawn in the mutual distribution of land between the explorers (No. 41, east side), cleared and prepared about six acres for corn and potatoes, and built him a log-house, the first on the river. In 1780, having raised good crops,
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he bushed out a rude sled-road to Winthrop with the assistance of the other pioneers, and returned to Topsham for the purpose of bringing his family to the township. He procured meal and flour and other provisions to last him until harvest-time the ensuing year; and about Dec. 20, 1780, he began his perilous journey of seventy miles with a yoke of oxen and sled heavily loaded. Accompa- nying him was his wife's brother, who drove a horse-sled laden with beds and furniture, and bearing Mrs. Titcomb and two children, the youngest being scarcely five weeks old. A boy was also employed to drive in the three cows. The journey was slow and wearisome, but at last they reached the last habitation on the route, a log-hut near where Readfield Corner now is, owned and occupied by Constant Norton. Here a violent snowstorm set in, com- pletely blocking the way, and here for four months Mrs. Titcomb was obliged to stay with the scantiest of accom- modations, in a small log-hut, with a family destitute of the necessities of life.
Mr. Titcomb went through the woods on snow-shoes several times with a hand-sled loaded with provisions and necessary utensils, and remained at Sandy River alone during a part of the winter and the sugar-season in the spring, making a store of syrup and sugar for his family. As soon as the snow had disappeared sufficiently to admit of passing, he returned to Readfield for his family. It was doubtless Mr. Titcomb's intention and ambition to be the first permanent settler in the valley, but the blockade prevented the execution of the plan. While on his way to Readfield he met Joseph Brown and Nathaniel Davis with their wives on hand-sleds coming in. No houses, how- ever, were prepared for the reception of these families, and they occupied hunters' camps until a log-house could be put up. A few days after Brown and Davis arrived, Mrs. Titcomb and the children on pack-horses, escorted by Samuel Titcomb, a brother, left their winter-quarters for their new home in the wilderness. The journey was made at the peril of their lives. They forded streams and swam their horses over the river, while they ferried themselves in a log-canoe, but, protected by a merciful Providence, all arrived safe.
Mr. Allen, the son-in-law of Mr. Titcomb, to whom the writer is indebted for many of the facts of this sketch, relates that "when they started on their journey, Mrs. Titcomb's father admonished her of the perils of the way, and with tears told her, 'The child will die before you get there. Carry a spade to dig a grave for the poor thing. Mrs. Titcomb replied that she had considered the matter, and was not only willing but anxious to go. 'I have put my trust in God, and though I walk through the valley of
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the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.' She was so rejoiced at her safe arrival and the pleasant appearance of everything that she could but adopt the language of the whole of the Twenty-third Psalm, which was her solace ever after; and she often said even in her old age that every word of it proved true in her case. She never suf- fered for food or clothing, or in any other way; lived to the age of ninety-two, and died at the house on the farm where she had lived." The little child lived also to attain the age of seventy-nine, and was the mother of a noble family.
The lot which Mr. Titcomb selected proved to be among the best on the river, and his family at once found a comfortable home. Both Mr. and Mrs. Titcomb had been accustomed to the comforts of life, and many of these comforts they brought with them, and, while sharing with the early settlers many of the privations incident to pioneer life, were soon in comfortable and even affluent circumstances. The first year especially was a year of hardship. While the family was detained at Readfield, the bears broke into the corn-crib and destroyed the corn. They were thus rendered short of provisions, and until green corn was fit for plucking, and new potatoes ready to be dug, the table-fare was scanty. Mr. Titcomb built his first framed barn in 1785, and built a commodious house in 1788 which is still standing, and the oldest house but one now in existence in the town. He was a man of industrious and frugal habits, of a mild and benevolent disposition, and thoroughly respected by his contempora- ries. In many respects Mr. Titcomb was a model farmer. His farm was always kept in good order, and he made his surroundings pleasant to the eye. He was eminently thrifty, and acquired not only a competency but a consid- erable fortune for the times in which he lived. His wife was in every way a helpmeet for him, and the labor of her hands and brain contributed in no small degree to his success. His large family was brought up to respect the virtues that made their parents honored, and few families have better maintained to the third and fourth generations the sturdy virtues of their ancestors.
In religious faith Mr. Titcomb was a Methodist, and the first religious service in the township was held in his log- house by the Rev. Mr. Emerson, who, at Mrs. Titcomb's request, came to baptize the first child born in this un- broken wilderness. In the building of the first meeting- house, in 1799, Mr. Titcomb was foremost, and with Mr. Jonathan Knowlton bore a large share of the labor and expense. He had the honor to represent the town in General Court in 1800, and served as selectman in 1815 and 1816.
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Mrs. Titcomb died Nov. 6, 1839, having passed the age of ninety, being born in Johnston, R. I., Aug. 19, 1749, O. S. The following year Mr. Titcomb sold his farm, removed to the village, and there lived with his two daughters, Lydia and Nancy, to the advanced age of nine- ty-five years, dying on Christmas-day, 1847. Eight chil- dren : -
1. * Joseph, b. in Topsham, Dec. 18, 1776.
II. Henry, b. in Topsham, Dec. 20, 1778. He first settled on the farm now owned by Virgil L. Craig, but soon removed to the village, although continuing to cultivate the soil. He built a potash-factory, and was also engaged in the manufacturing of lime, and by judicious invest- ment in real estate in and about the village amassed a comfortable fortune. He md., Mar. 8, 1813 (pub.), Ann Buckminster, dau. of Rev. Timothy and Sarah (Williams) Fuller, who d. Jan. 22, 1859. Mr. Titcomb d. Aug. 19, 1864; s. p.
III. Hannah, b. in Topsham, Nov. 15, 1780; md., Sept. 3, 1807, William, son of William Allen, q. v .; d. March 26, 1859.
1V. * Stephen, b. in Farmington, Nov. 14, 1782.
v. Lydia, b. May 26, 1785; d. March 31, 1881; unmd.
VI. Nancy, b. May 24, 1787 ; d. Feb. 28, 1857 ; unmd. VII. Betsey, b. April 25, 1789 ; md., May 13, 1806, Samuel Belcher, q. v. ; d. July 31, 1813. VIII. * John, b. Feb. 24, 1794.
JOSEPH TITCOMB (vide page 297) was educated at Hallowell Academy, and began life as a merchant. In 1820 he retired to the farm now occupied by his son John. Upon this farm he lived for the remainder of lite. Soon after the formation of the Congregational Church he connected himself with it, and was, during the rest of his life, one of its most constant supporters. Mr. Titcomb served the town as treasurer for seven years, from 1822 to 1828. He md., Dec. 13, 1808, Mehitable, dau. of Supply Belcher, q. v., a woman of great amiability and worth of character. She d. Feb. 16, 1838. He d. March 21, 1858. Six children :----
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II. * Henry Belcher, b. Aug. 6, 1811. JII. * John. b. July 2, 1813.
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V. Benjamin More, b. Oct. 16, 1818; d. Aug. 3, 1838.
I4 15 VI. * Hiram Belcher, b. Aug. 27, 1822. (5) STEPHEN TITCOMB, JR., was the first child born of English-speaking parents in the township. He settled on back-lot No. 22, on the east side of the river, which was his home for life. Mr. Titcomb was a man universally beloved for his many amiable qualities, and his early death (Sept. 27, 1830), was much regretted. He md., June 15, 1815, Nancy Haines of Readfield, who survived him and afterwards became the wife of William Cothren, q. v. Four children :-
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I. Augustus Haines, b. Sept. 2, 1816 ; graduated at Bowdoin College in 1839 ; d. March 22, 1842.
11. Charles, b. May 22, 1818 ; d. Aug. 20, 1818.
III. * Lewis Henry, b. May 3, 1821.
IV. Albert, b. March 15, 1823 ; served as a volunteer soldier in the War of the Rebellion in Com- pany B, 28th Reg. Me. Vols. ; unmd.
JOHN TITCOMB (vide page 299) was educated at Farm- ington Academy, and for some years was a private tutor in the family of Robert Hallowell Gardiner of Gardiner. Mr. Titcomb early embraced the doctrines of the Abolition party, which he maintained through evil and good report to the close of his life. He was also foremost in tempe- rance reform; was among the first to advocate total abstinence as a rule of life, and was prominent in all the temperance work of his day. He was chosen secretary of the first Agricultural Society in 1840, and did much to place this society upon a permanent basis. In religious belief Mr. Titcomb was a Congregationalist, and was an active member of that church for many years. He md., Feb. 19, 1827, Lydia, dau. of Benjamin and Phebe (Abbot) Abbot of Ten:ple. She was b. Feb. 19, 1805, and received a thorough education, being at one time preceptress of the Farmington Academy. Mr. Titeomb d. Oct. 1, 1861 ; his wife d. Dec. 26, 1883. Four children :-
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I. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 28, 1828 ; graduated at Mt. Holyoke Seminary in 1850 ; taught there for three years, and md., Sept. 21, 1853, Benjamin V. Abbott, q. v.
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II. Mary, b. Dec. 9, 1830 ; graduated at Mt. Holyoke Seminary in 1850; taught there many years, and was afterwards connected with the house of Harper and Bros. III. * John Abbott, b. Oct. 27, 1832. IV. Charles, b. Oct .22, 1835 ; graduated at Bowdoin
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