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Sylvester Frost. m. Pub. Jan. 20. 1867, Mary, h. Dec. 3, 1842. d. Feb. 12, 1906, dan. of Harrison Burgess. Children :- Elias B., b. Oct. 29, 1869, m. July 26. 1889, Druzilla Whitney (widow) in Weld. Me .: Florence M., d. Aug. 16, 1900, ae. 29 yrs. 3 mos., m. Dec. 24. 1890. Melvin, son of Samuel Lovejoy. They had son, William Lovejoy. Melvin m. 2nd. Effie Haines, dau. of Chas. Haines, son of Edward W. Haines. Melvin Lovejoy was a sec- tion hand several years on the P. & R. F. Ry., thence worked in spool mill at Dixfield. Mr. Frost owns the brick house built ten or twelve years after the incorporation of our town, by Daniel Shef- field. at West Peru.
Almon J. Farrar
AAlmon J. Farrar. b. Woodstock, m. Henrietta, dau. of Cyrus Bishop of Leeds. Wife d. Dec. 11, 1908. Children :- Iloward H., b. 1868. m. Apr. 3. 1892, Hattie E., dan. of Virgil Fuller of Rum- ford. Residence on home farm fronting old Dick. It was here Adam Knight trapped eleven bears one fall; Jennie Farrar, m. Elias II. Lovejoy, Jr. Residence. Diekvale: Elmer. m. Smith Silver. Residence, Rd. Cont., Vernon : Llewellyn. m. - - in Dixfield. Their dau. b. Jan. 10, 1909: Una, m. 1st. Deforest Delano (divorced). m. 2nd, Dec. 19. 1903, Willis W., son of Co- lumbus Tainter in Dixfield : Stella N. m. Maurice W., son of Ro- manzo Burgoss. Wife d. May 18, 1901. Husband m. 2nd, May 3, 1908. Edith Althea Davis of North Anson. Other children :- Manly, Celia, Ned. Mr. Farrar is an industrious, hard working man. He was here as early as 1888. Mrs. Farrar was highly es- teemed. They reared a likely family.
George W. Gordon
Geo. W. Gordon. b. Livermore, the son of Rouel P., b. Wayne. and Hannah Frost, m. Sept. 23, 1861, Esther J., dav. of Granville F. Child of Franklin. He was a member of Co. (. 23d Me. Vols. He d. July it, 1900. ac. 59 yrs. 5 mos. He served his en-
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listment and received an honorable discharge. His widow is pen- sioned. Child :- Grafton B., m. Apr. 7, 1894, Flora A. Wyman, dan. of John (. Jr. Their children are Leslie L., b. Ang. 10, 1896 ; Jennie H., b. Jume 17, 1898: Mary, b. Feb. 3, 1902; Geo. G., h. Aug. 15, 1904. Gertrude U. Gordon (sister to Grafton) m. El- mer Flagg of East Dixfield. Residence, Canton Point. Jennie Gordon, b. around 1862, d. Jan. 10, 1885; Effie M., m. Thomas A. Wyman.
Above Renel P., died Nov. 28, 1858. His epitaph reads : "I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness."
Goding
Thomas A. Goding, b. in Livermore, m. Sarah Jane. b. Hart- ford, dau. of Benj. Thomas and Dorcas Russell. They were suc- ressors on the Nathan Walker farm, on the 2nd tier of lots next to ('anton line in 1840. They continued here through life. He died July 29, 1826, ae. 63 yrs. 21g mos. Wife d. Dec. 18, 1894. ae. 81 yrs. 4 mos. 20 dys. Mr. Goding served as one of the leading officials of the town many years. He won the confidence and respect of all. Children :- Dorcas Thomas, b. July 6, 1842, d. Aug. 18, 1864, not married : Dana W., b. Mar. 22, 1844. m., Eltene E., b. Rumford, dau. of Wm. B. and Irena Virgin in Peru. He lived, and died suddenly of heart failure, on home farm Jan. 15. 1906. His sister, Betsey Jane, b. Apr. 22, 1849, m. May 24, 1868, Samuel F. Irish. All the members of the Goding family are of high standing, industrious and prosperous, honest and reliable. Children of Dana W. were :- Mabel F., school teacher, living with mother in Canton : Elva E., b. June 16, 1878, d. July 16, 1892; Theron A .. b. Mar. 1885, d. Feb. 26. 1896. Dana W. Goding serv- ed on the Board of Selectmen in 1885 and till close of 1890 and in 1894. He was Master of Rockameka Grange 1901. He was treasurer of East Oxford Agricultural Society several years, up to his death.
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James W. Gowell, b. Sumner, Apr. 21, 1832. d. Dec. 25, 1908. Pern. He was a brother to Robert Gowell of Co. D. 12th Me. Regt. in Civil War, who died and was buried on board ship at sea in 1861. Marker in Bishop cemetery near grave of his son, whose mother was Eliza M. Gowell. James W. was a house carpenter, a good workman and followed his trade many years. Residence, West Peru village. He served the town many years as Selectman
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and Assessor. an able and useful citizen. He m. Ist. a Massachu- setts lady and parted. She subsequently mi. George K. Jolinson of Peru. Residence, Gilbertville, and he ni. also Dec. 16, 1860, Mary E. Niles. He m. 2nd, Roxanna C., b. Franklin Plan., Oct. 22, 1842, dau. of Thomas Lord. Their son, Elmer was born Dec. 2, 1857. He went to sea when about 18 years of age. That was the last known of him. The mother had just passed her 15th birthday at date of birth of son. There is a moral here that the twentieth century will do well to heed. This mother soon found it a stren- uous life to follow briskly child raising at so early a period in life and the only way out was to jump the fold. She left bed and board in a few years. Mr. Gowell m. 3d, July 1. 1866. Orill E .. b. Aug. 18, 1844, dau. of Ezekiel and Mary E. Lovejoy. Child :- Susie Florence, b. June 14, 1868. m. Apr. 26, 1885, Eliphalet P. Haines, son of Samuel P., had dan., Geneva D., b. Apr. 18, 1886. Divorced from Haines around 1892, in. 2nd, Winn Brackett of Auburn. Di- vorced, m. 3d, Charles S. Morse of N. II. Divorced. Affinities are found at last, m. 4th, Ezra B. Staples, son of John Staples of Carthage. All of former husbands have remarried except E. P. Haines, who makes a home for his mother at W. Peru. Mr. Gowell's son, Chas. R. by Orill, b. Jan. 3. 1811, d. Jan. 1, 1889. James W. Gowell was the son of Joseph Gowell, b. Top-ham and Hannah Whitman, b. Middlebury, Mass.
Josiah Gerrish
The successor of James Fletcher on the Orville Knight place was Josiah Gerrish and family from Falmouth. His first mar- riage to Eunice Leighton was perhaps around 1824. First child on record, Martha Ann, was b. Nov. 21, 1824. 'Lorana. b. Dec. 15, 1830; Caroline, b. 1833, d. Dec. 28, 1865; Ephraim M., b. 1835. m. Sept. 30, 1866, Annett E., dan. of Elmore Knight; Ephraim M., d. Aug. 10, 1879. Their dau., Ada E., b. Apr. 17, 1811. The mother, Eunice Gerrish, d. Oct. 8, 1843. Married 2nd. Sept. 10, 1852, Hannah Mabury. No issue. Mr. Gerrish d. July 6, 1867, ae. 73 yrs. This was an upright, industrions family, commend- able in all their deportment.
John Gilcrease
Records show a soldier of 1812 war. John Gilcrease, his wife Mary and sons, David A., b. Aug. 22, 1818; Hiram, b. Mar. 15, 1820. all in town in 1821. It is known that wife Mary died. date
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is wanting and soldier remarried Achsah Smith, a sister to Henry and Judith, the 2nd wife of Maj. Brackett. They lived on the Francis Waite farm till the death of Mr. Gilcrease. No record of death. U. S. marker at his grave in cemetery near by. Widow continued there, and was pensioned. She d. Mar. 28, 1880. The sons were in Dixfield when last known.
Grover Family
The Grover family were early pioneers in township No. 1. They were here prior to incorporation of the District to Planta- tion No. 1, in 1812. We regret we have not their origin or an- cestry. Jediah and Elizabeth Grover were the heads of the fam- ily, who settled on the Elmer W. Knox farm on High street. It is believed by Mr. D. W. Piper, who knew the family well that this couple died there, though their only son Edsel m. May 1821, Mary Walker and after the birth of their son, Peter S., removed to Car- thage where wife d. Sept. 3, 1842. She was the dau. of Wm. Walker, Sr. Edsel Grover was honored with all the leading of- fices from 1812 to 1824 when he dropped out. He had two sisters, Betsey and Ruth. No further knowledge of them.
Gibbs
Elbridge P. Gibbs, b. Livermore, Mar. 16, 1826, the son of Frank and Phebe Eddes, b. Chesterville, m. around 1852. Esther R., b. July 4, 1826, d. July 3, 1895, dau. of John R. Welds, late of Dixfield. Mr. Gibbs served as Pvt., ('o. 1, 23d Me. in Civil War: contracted disability and was pensioned. He died Jan. 28, 1900. This couple were of high intellectual endowments. They came upon the stage in season to join the crusade against intoxi- cating liquors and against slavery which they championed by voice and acts. Mrs. Gibbs delivered several essays in public from her own pen before they came to Peru. Mr. Gibbs was of pleasing address and penetration as a public speaker. His felicitous style usually won the applause of the audience. They were kind and generous to the poor, and held in high esteem by neighbors. They were residents of Peru 25 yrs. They first lo- cated on the Merrill Knight, Jr. farm, now the home of Jas. W. Miller, there about 4 yrs. In 1879 he bought the old Merrill Knight (senior) farm occupied by James Barrows. He contin- ued here till around 1897. The last two or three years of his life he lived in the family of Albion K. Trask at Worthly Pond. He
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came of Christian parents. They and several of the sons were Baptists and members of the church at N. Livermore. Children : -Frank E., b. Feb. 19, 1853, attended town schools and read law with John P. Swasey at Canton. He m. 1880, Ida Knight, dau. of Samuel Knight of Hartford and had three children, Guy, b. Hartford, Sept. 28, 1882, graduated Hebron 1901, residence Rd. Falls: Mand Josephine, b. Peru, Dec. 22, 1881. m. Aug. 30, 1907. Charles H. Bradford of Livermore. This couple were graduates of Hebron Academy 1902, wife having first graduated from Edward Little High School in 1897. Mr. Bradford is in Savings Bank, Livermore Falls; Frankie I., b. Canton, Dec. 7, 1886, graduated Hebron Academy 1903, m. Dec. 24, 1907, Harry, son of John Doe. Livermore, a school teacher at Hingham, Mass., their residence.
Frank E. Gibbs was just commencing to practice law at Can- ton, or at most, was young in his profession, when he was stricken down with fever and died Sept. 21, 1881, at his father's in Peru.
This is a smart, talented and enterprising family. Peru is proud of their achievements and nobility. Mrs. Gibbs was b. in Waterford, 1861. She is a Christian much admired, address Hing- ham, Mass.
Helen M. Gibbs d. July 8, 1871, ae. 5 yrs. 6 mos. The last child of Elbridge P. Gibbs, who grew up, was Statira. She m. Wayland, son of Enoch Weld of Dixfield. They first located in Illinois, thence to Clarion, Iowa. Children :- Carl, Lalia, Timo- thy. Occupation. farmer. Susie H. Gibbs, b. Dec. 10, 1854, m. Nov. 29, 1874, Joel Anstin, son of Luther Austin of Peru. They settled at Allegheny City, Pa., where wife d. Dec. 18, 1881. ae. 27 yrs., also their youngest child d. there Jan. 3, 1882. Grave of wife is at East Peru. Their children :- Esther G., b. Feb. 25. 1880. d. in R. L., July 8, 1901. Grave. E. Peru : Ernest Austin m. and lives in Minnesota. Wills
Gillespie Family
W'm. Gillespie, b. Aug. 23, 1835. When 18 years old en- listed in the English army and served ? yrs. in the war against the Indian mutineers. He m. Elizabeth McKee. b. in Scotland. Children :- Andy: Mary Jane, m. Mr. Merchant in Lensville, Mass. : Janette, m. Mr. Herrick in Gloucester, Mass. : Robert : Wm. B .: Margaret. m. MePhee. Residence on the Gillespie homestead farm : Lizzie, m. Mr. Welch in Rumford. Mr. Gillespie and family emigrated first to Mass. He and sons were employed on quarry at Rockport a few years. He purchased the Alden Burgess home
Morrill Ledge. E. M, Gammon's farm, formerly the Stephen Gammon place, Seth Brackett first known here 1825.
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farm in the fall of 1893 and took possession. He d. May 10, 1906. Wife yet living on farm. They are honest, reliable, industrious people.
See marriage of Robert in Elmore Knight family, also m. of Wm. in A. A. Babb's family. The latter's residence is the Otis Gammon stand.
Gammon Family
Three brothers came from England in Colonial days. One of them settled at Bridgton or Harrison of whom Robinson Gam- mon was a descendant. One of them settled at Gorhanı, Me. One of his descendants was Nathaniel, who m. Polly Lowell. They had a family of eight children, four boys and four girls, seven lived to grow up. They lived in Buckfield where their son Stephen was born, June 17, 190. The other brother remained at Falmouth. From him descended Samuel Gammon of Port- land.
Stephen Gammon's sister m. Benj. Fobes of Peru, his first wife. His sister Margaret m. Warren Besse of Paris. Their son, Warren H. Besse, when grown up changed his name to Vinton. He became a lawyer and a prominent man at Gray Corner. IIe was at one time President of the Senate. He de- livered an anti-slavery lecture at the Methodist Meeting House in the days of the "Abolition Party" and brought with him a young colored gentleman, who gave a short history of his life. He showed culture. Mr. Vinton befriended Ardelia Ricker in school teaching in Gray before her marriage. A sister of Rob- inson Gammon mn. a Skillings. Their dau. Eliza Jane, m. Stephen Gammon, his 2nd wife, and dau. Charlotte, m. James Sullivan Decoster, a resident of Peru several years. He lived on the (old man) Wm. Gillespie farm.
In the war of 1812-14, Province of Maine was required to furnish a quota of men with orders to muster at Portland. Stephen Gammon was at work that year at Paris. Hearing of the call he hastened home, to find that Capt. Chase with his Co. had gone. Though not required. he decided he would go. He took his father's gun and horse and rode to Wilson's Tavern in Gray and met there a Mr. Whittemore of Paris, who wanted to hire a substitute, and hired him at $14 per month. Mr. Gam- mon was enrolled in his place and went to Portland. There lie found the call was for a limited number, and the quota filled, leaving him and many others to return to their homes. His
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service, however, 14 days, was sufficient to give him a pension. Stephen Gammon, in company with Seth Roberts, came to Peru in the winter of 1819. He worked for Goin Knight logging that winter and on his farm the next seasons, the year that Knight built his house. This was about 20 rods from the first school house, and here Mr. Gammon taught several terms of school. Mary, Samuel and Eliza, the three youngest children of Wm. Walker, Sr., attended the first term, also two pupils from James Lunt's and several from Francis Waite's. Timothy Ludden was one of the S. S. Com. his 2nd term of school in Dist. No. 7 after Gammon's marriage and two of his children attended.
Stephen Gammon m. July 28, 1825, Sarah, dau. of Amos Knight of Peru. A separate race of Knight family in town. There were four races of the early Knight settlers who lived and d. here. Children :- Cyntha, b. Mar. 9, 1826, m. Douglass Stewart, who d. at Boston, Feb. 1906; Otis, b. May 8, 1828, m. July 26, 1856, Mary, dau. of Joshua and Polly Knox. She was b. Feb. 22, 1835, d. Apr. 23, 1872; Lucy, b. Jan. 24, 1830, m. Hale. Their son, Leon Hale, M. D., is at Chebeague Island, Portland, Me .; Adrian, b. Aug. 8, 1831, m. Jan. 1, 1859, Sybil P. dau. of Sum- ner R. Newell. They had son Leslie, who d. in Cal. Adrian d. Oct. 11, 1859 of fever. Son and mother went to California and she remarried there; James Monroe, b. Apr. 26, 1834; Stephen Warren, b. June 6, 1841; Saralı Ellen, b. Mar. 1, 1844, m. Wm. L. Knight; Luella Frances, b. Oct. 8, 1849, d. Apr. 11, 1866, ae. 17 yrs. The mother was b. Feb. 6, 1807, d. Jan. 9, 1852. Stephen Gammon had by 2nd wife son, Geo. Thomas, b. Dec. 31, 1853, d. of accidental gun shot wound, Oct. 10, 1871, pulling gun by bar- rel over stone wall.
The children of Cyntha Stewart are two daughters and a son, who is an engineer on railroad, Boston, Mass. Children of Otis and Mary Gammon are Elroy M., b. Mar. 23, 1857, m. June 13, 1886; Cora T., b. Nov. 12, 1867, dau. of Hollis and Emily M. Turner; Eva Estelle, b. Apr. 16, 1864. Children of Elroy Gam- mon :- Mary Emily, b. May 28, 1890, d. Dec. 23, 1894; Louise Es- telle, b. Aug. 13, 1893; Hollis Stuart. b. June 19, 1895. James M. Gammon m. Dec. 21, 1861, Betsey M., dau. of Chas. York of Peru. She was b. Nov. 12, 1843, d. Feb. 20, 1887. Their chil- dren :- Oscar M., b. Oct. 1, 1862: Ida, b. Aug. 5, 1864, m. May 27, 1883, Frank E. Goodnow, Waltham, Mass. Their dau. Ethel d. young. Chas. S. Gammon, b. May 2, 1869; Leona E., h. Nov. 7, 1877, m. Nov. 7, 1898, Waltham, Mass., Willard Warren. She
Fred Names in Group No. 1. From left D. W. Knight, Russel Newton, Stephen W. Gammon, Sarah Hall. Correna Knight, Eva Gammon,
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Stephen Gammon's house, his portrait with group of family, No. 2, and neighbors the day he was 98 years old. The eighth person from the right is his wife Eliza. He died one year and about a month after this event.
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HOLLIS STUART GAMMON
LOUISE E. GAMMON. Now wife of Wm. T. Wood --- 1910.
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d. Dec. 31, 1899. Their dau., Carrie Leona, was b. Dec. 2, 1899. Oscar M. m. Mar. 11, 1888. Augusta Saks, have son Theodore. Has New York agency, Erecting Steel Lockers. Chas. S., m. July 2, 1897, Carrie Newell. No issue. Stephen War- ren Gammon m. 1st, Nov. 18, 1865, Lois R., dau. of Benj. and Mercy (Tuttle) Roberts of Peru. Children :- Warren Edge- come, b. Dec. 22, 1868 ; George L., b. Oct. 14, 1872. Their mother d. May 30, 1880, ae. 34 yrs., 7 mos. His 2nd wife was Lizzie Faunce, m. 1881, d. in 1882 at Harrison, Me. No issue by either. His 3d wife was Hattie Mills of Harrison, Me. He survived all three. The last one d. of quick consumption at Peru, Sept. 13, 1890.
Stephen W. Gammon was Fife Maj. of the 17th Regt. Me. Inf. and Leader of the Regtl. Band, always at post of duty, serving full period of enlistment. His brother, James M., was a member of the band. Stephen W. was a fine musician, both on cornet and violin. He was a smart, energetic, capable man, highly esteem- ed by all. Army service and exposure shortened his life. He was stricken in the prime of life, less than fifty years old. He had carried on a coat shop at Peru Centre, a portion of two years prior to his wife's sickness, employing several hands. He did much of the sewing himself, running the machine by foot power. The rate he dispatched business indicated his life and vigor would continue many years. He looked a picture of good health. No one realized that an insidious foe, a congestive liver was controlling the issues of life. This organ had been going bad too long to adjust itself. The evidence came at decease, when the body turn- ed in color to saffron. James M. Gammon m. 2nd, Sept. 6, 1908, Edna A. Harris (divorced ) b. Mar. 9. 1861 in Shelburne, N. H., dau. of Lyman Greene and Lovina Philbrook. They own a cot- tage at Mechanic Falls. Nicely situated.
The family of Elbridge and Esther Gammon were residents of Peru in the forties and at the beginning of the war. They lived beyond the Asa Bonney place, going from Ripley's Mill by the Harlow farm on South side of big ravine, on road to North Hartford. He was a brother to Orison and Greene Gammon in Canton. Children :- Roscoe, b. Mar. 7, 1843; Wm. Thomas, b. Feb. 1851. Perhaps both were born in Peru. Roscoe enlisted in Co. F. 9th Regt., Me. Vol. Inf. in fall of 1861. He returned home and m. Dec. 18, 1865, Clarinda Reynolds. March meeting, 1845, the name Elbridge Gammon appears on record. His place
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is a part of Warren Ward estate of Canton. The buildings are taken down. Both sons and families went West.
Robinson Gammon was a descendant of one of three brothers who came from England in Colonial days. See life of Stephen Gammon. Robinson Gammon, b. Buckfield 1794. m. 1825. Sarah, b. Raymond, Me., Feb. 12, 1794, dan. of Eleazer Parsons. They lived after marriage fifteen years on Bradford farm in Canton where their six children were born, to wit: Daniel, Ann, Cyrus b. around 1831. Sarah Jane b. around 1833, Phebe Ellen b. Aug. 21, 1838, d. 1855, single, Isaac d. young. Mr. Gammon and fam- ily removed to Peru on the Maj. Wm. Brackett farm, next follow- ing Brackett's evacuation in the fall of 1845. They continued there seven years, living in the old Brackett house that set near the sand knoll, East side of road. He built a new barn on same side of road opposite the house now standing which involved him in debt. Mr. Gammon was one of the home militia called to Portland to fill Maine's quota in the war of 1812-14, whereby he got in at least the requisite 14 days service and was a pensioner the last few years of his life. He removed around 1852 to Rox- bury on Swift River. It was here pending the freshet in Oct. 1869 that the heads of the family, Mrs. Gammon at least, had thrilling experience. This was the greatest rise of water on this river ever known to the present generation. Many families were forced to abandon their dwellings ere the close of that eventful dav. Mr. and Mrs. Gammon had been tardy to abandon the house till the shades of night came on. Mr. Gammon led the way, expecting perhaps his wife would soon follow, but she thought she must strip the cow before leaving and set the milk on the top pantry shelf in the house, and when she left the house to follow her husband, the way was cut off by flood of water in the highway which she must cross to reach higher ground. Evidently it was growing dark and she became somewhat confused, losing the way. While wandering and wading in the swift rising tide, she chanced to reach a cherry tree about twelve feet high on the op- posite side of the road from the house and several rods away. Mrs. Gammon found refuge here. She was able to draw herself up by the branches and secure a foothold with hands firmly grasp- ed around a branch to hold position. The water rose higher and covered her person entire to her chin, at high tide. She could not raise herself any higher in the tree, and hung there, her life in the balance at the mercy of the flood. She had given up all hope of escape from a grave of water before it began to recede. Just
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then it would seem a guardian angel said to the turbulent waters, "Thus far thou shalt go and no further." The waters subsided. She was discovered some time during the night with hands elasp- ing the tree and muscles very rigid. It required some effort of her rescuers to release her clasp on the tree. The stable and cow were carried off and all the bridges on the river. Mrs. Gammon lived over 16 years after that event. She d. Mar. 19, 1886, ae. 92 yrs. 1 mo. ? dys. at her danghter's, Mrs. Ann Conant, wife of Joseph Conant, on the Porter farm in Roxbury, Me. Mr. Gam- mon d. in Oct. 1881. They were professors of religion. Mr. Gammon was accustomed to take part in social meetings. Daniel Gammon m. 1st Jan. 29, 1849, Susan French. They occupied a tenement in Orville Robinson's old house a while. Wife left Daniel after a few years. No issue. He m. 2nd, Clara York, b. Biddeford. They lived in the late eighties and early nineties on the Hill farm, now owned by Chas. Howard and wife. It was where Adam Knight first settled. Daniel Gammon d. in Canton, May 1904. Wife d. there with dau., Mrs. Dexter Small. Apr. 1908. No issue by Gammon. Ann married three times in Rox- bury. 1st, Rev. Weeks, and had by him one child. They parted. Ann (Gammon) Weeks next m. Wm. Porter, the father of Fred Porter of Rumford, sheriff of Oxford County a term of years. Two of Ann's children by Porter reside in Dixfield. George Porter on a part of the Leonard Norcross farm, and Clinton Porter on the Holman farm. formerly owned by George Porter, up near the Center. Mr. Porter d. in 1874. His widow m. 3d, Joseph Co- nant, Co. D, 12th Maine. She d. next in 1890. No issue. He d. May 23, 1901 in Peru. S. Jane Gammon m. Feb. 21, 1853, Reuben T. Allen, b. Farnsworth, N. H. Residence, Milton Plan., Me. Carriage manufacturer. Their dau., Emma J., b. 1855, d. Aug. 28. 1904, m. Benj. L. Rowe, b. 1856, d. Ang. 21, 1899. Their children :- Henry O., m. in Waltham, Laura E. Carter; Walter Rowe, single.
Cyrus Gammon, d. Feb. 16, 1899, ae. 68, m. Nov. 17. 1854, Mary, dau. of John Conant. Widow with two sons living on home farm in Canton. Cyrus Gammon enlisted Aug. 18. 1862 in Co. K, 17th Regt. Me. Inf. Vols. He enlisted from town of Mexico. He failed to observe President Lincoln's proclamation to return to his Command and thereby he and his widow were barred from pension. Mary Gammon d. June 30, 1910. She was the mother of twelve boys, eight living. Birney and Joseph on home farm; John, residence in town; Chas. and George in South Braintree;
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Will in Lewiston ; Roswell at No. Livermore and Fred of Auburn. Mrs. Gammon was a worthy member of Canton Grange.
Griffith
Rufus N. Griffith and wife Hannah, and children came from Livermore around 1882. He bought Peru Town Farm, formerly owned by Sumner Robinson at East Peru. Mr. Griffith was a good farmer and a good citizen. He d. here or in village, Feb. 13, 1889, ae. 68 yrs. 5 mos. His widow and only dan. lived a few years at their stand in village: sold to Sullivan Ireland, removed to Auburn, thence to Portland where dau., M. Lonise, began trade of milliner. Her mother deceased about 1909. Daughter there June 1910, unmarried. Children Chas. M. Griffith b. around 1854, m. Idella Glines of Canton. They have dau. Liverna. Residence recently on farm in Poland. Albert B. Griffith, b. Oct. 18, 1857, m. Aug. 25, 1884, Ida R., dan. of Chas. F. Deshon. This man is sharp and shrewd with an aptitude for traffic. He has been con- nected of late with a stable in Auburn, where he has some real estate. He wants to return to farm. Their children :- Emily, b. 1886 ; Rufus, b. Aug. 1891; Pearl, b. May 1897. Rufus m. 1909, Lydia M. Hague of Pittsfield, Me.
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