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Wife Clarrissa d. Mar. 14, 1848, ac. 51 yrs. the mother of ten .chil. in twenty years. Mr. Holmes' second wife was Nancy, dau. of James Lunt, m. Sept. 17, 1848. Children :- Nancy Helen, b. Sept. 29, 1849, d. Jan. 31, 1862 ; James L., b. Ang. 15, 1851. Af- ter graduating from the district school, he attended seminary at Kent's Hill. Was there in spring of 1870, m. Sept. 1876, Della Foot of Adrian, Mich. Child :- Sam'l E., b. 1822, d. May 1878; Orpheus. b. May 23, 1853, d. Jan. 18, 1862. Death in 186? due to diphtheria : Dorcas, b. June 19, 1856, d. July 27, 1856, stifled in bed. No crib.
Wife Nancy, d. Nov. 20, 1868. Samuel Holmes m. 3d, Re- becca Hall (widow) of Jonathan Hall. He sold his farm soon to Seth Babb for $?800 and bought the Lyman Eustis stand at Dix- field village, where he lived a quiet life till close. Feb. 25, 188 ?. He was a pensioner for 181? war. Mrs. Holmes survives him and is pensioned 1910. To show the decline of farm value. Holmes farm was sold 1901 for $1200, condition as good as at former sale. Samuel Holmies possessed energy, force and good judgment. He was honest, generous, upright : he squared his daily life by the golden rule. Ile was prominent in town affairs and Moderator in Town Meetings many years; prominent in the Methodist Church and all moral reforms.
Obituary
Mrs. Rebecca Hall Holmes died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. H. Nelke, at 765 Dudley street, Dorchester, Mass., on the eighth of March 1911, in her 82d year. Mrs. Rebecca, widow of Samuel Holmes of Dixfield and Peru, Maine. Deceased for some months has been slowly failing from the infirmities of age. She was one of six daughters of the late Amos Lindsey and Hannah Leavitt of Canton. The children were Lydia, Jane, Dwight, Re- becca, Emily, Isabel, Clarinda M. and Harriet C., of whom the last only survives.
The following lines to his mother were written by her son, . John Hall, on her 81st birthday :-
Dear mother,
'Tis almost sunset : Life's journey is nearly done, How wearisome seems the closing Of four-score years and one !
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O the long and toilsome journey. The ebbing tide of the years. Over mountains bathed in sunshine. Thru valleys bedewed with tears.
Dear mother, 'tis almost morning. The dawn of a brighter day: The ripened harvest is garnered. The reapers have gone away.
What joy to join the dear ones. Who wait on the other shore. Where Love is Life eternal And sorrow is nevermore.
Edward Hall in Duxbury
Duxbury was first called Duxborrow side and was a sort of summer resort for many of the pilgrims who were in need of more land. At first they returned to Plymouth winters for safety from the Indians and for church and other conveniences. Seven of the Mayflower pilgrims made it their permanent home and nine others who came in the Fortune. The town extended North to North River. W .. taking in Pembrook and the Bridgewaters. Marshfield was first separated. The General Conrt was in Plymouth where all matters were settled. The early pilgrims were mostly English. Their occupation was "getting a living any way they could." At a Court of Assistants held Oct. 2, 1637, ten acres of land was grant- ed to Edward Hall, lying in Duxbury near Marshfield. At court June 2, 1637-8, the last will and testament of John Cole was proved by John Maynard and Edward Hall.
"Edward Hall of Duxborrow is lycensed Feb. 4, 1638-9 to build upon his lot there if Mr. Collier, Mr. Partrich, Jonathan Brewster and William Bassett shall think meete and appoynt some other neighbors also to build by him for the good of the town." Nov. 30, 1640 Edward Hall is granted 25 acres of land at Manassa- cusset. June 1, 1647 Edward Hall and Job Browne were Super- visors of Highways. In 1646-7 Edward Hall comp'd Agt. Capt. Myles Standish and Jonathan Brewster etc. for what was due him for building the court. They satisfy and pay him according to their agreement. Constant Southworth sold land to Edward Hall afterwards bought by John Alden.
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Aug. 1643, Edward Hall was one of the home militia enrolled in Duxbury able to bear arms between the age of 16 and 60. In 1645 an expedition fitted out against the Narrohiggansets (Indians) and their confederates that contained six Duxbury men, who went first and among them Edward Hall. They were in service seven- teen days and received pay as follows: £4 5s from Plymouth colony and afterwards £6 15s from the town. Duxbury was in- corporated 1631. The word "colony" above refers to Mass. under hier first charter of colonial government, Plymouth being one of the colonies, and Wm. Bradford then Governor. Two of Edward's older children mentioned in Duxbury history (made known 1911) were John b. 1651, and a dau. named for her mother, Esther or Hester, b. Oct. 23, 1654. Winthrop's historian gives the name of wife Esther or Hester. Duxbury's historian gives Hester. Both fail to give maiden name. Later record gives Hester and chil .. John. b. 1651 ; dan. Hester, b. Oct. 23, 1654. Benj., the 4th child b. Aug. 7, 1668 about two years before parent Edward's death. Name of his 3d child is not revealed.
Hall Family
The ancester of the first Hall family in Dixfield and Peru, represented by Jeremiah, Jonathan and Jefferson in 1821, so far as known was Edward and wife Hester Hall of Duxbury, Mass. They were in this country as early as 1636. After living in sev- eral towns they settled 1655 in Rehoboth, Mass. He d. Nov. 27, 1670. His 4th child, Benjamin, b. Rehoboth Aug. 7, 1668, m. in Wrentham Jan. 9, 1691-2, Sarah Fisher, where he lived and d. Aug. 25, 1726, and wife d. Nov. 2, 1755. Their children :- Sarah, b. Feb. 20, 1696-7, d. before 1708-9; Jeremiah, b. May 23, 1697 : Dorothy, b. May 20, 1700. m. Sept. 14, 1720, Samuel Ellis: Ben- jamin. b. May 8, 1703, m. Nov. 15, 1727, Betty Blake : Preserved, b. Nov. 28, 1706. m. Sept. 10, 1729, Abigail Whitney in Wrentham : Sarah Hall, b. Mar. 15, 1708-9, m. Aug. 22, 1734, Peter Lyon of Walpole.
The children of Preserved and Abigail ( Whitney) Hall :- Abijah, b. July 18, 1730; Timothy, b. Apr. 29, 1732: Esther, b. Apr. 16, 1234 ; Jonathan, b. Feb. 7. 1735-6 ; Jeremiah, b. June 16, 1738, m. Oct. 16, 1760, Betty Blake in Wrentham ; Nathan. b. Sept. 4, 1740. He had a wife Elizabeth and dau. Mary, b. Mar. 12, 1773; Abijah. b. Oct. 21, 1774 and Betty. b. Feb. 21, 1776. He d. Oct. 26, 1775 in Winthrop, Me. Parent Preserved Hall d. Hallowell, Me .. 1780.
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Josiah Hall, b. May 16, 1743. His wife's given name was Amiable. Their children were Nathan, b. JJan. 22, 1765; Allen, b. Jan. 29, 1167, m. 1788, Maria Lyon; Abigail, b. Apr. 13. 1769, m. 1789, Church Brainard. The last child of Preserved Hall is Abigail, b. Nov. 8, 1745, m. Nathaniel Stanley in Winthrop. De- scending to the next generation the aforementioned Jeremiah and Betty (Blake) Ilall m. Oct. 16, 1760, had son, Liberty, b. Wren- tham Mar. 30, 1775, m, Readfield, Me. Pub. as per Readfield record Feb. 15, 1799, Lydia Foster of Monmouth, dau. of Daniel Foster. He d. June 15. 1816 and was buried in Dixfield. Wife d. a year or two previous, was carried to Readfield for interment. Preserved Hall was a land owner in Winthrop before 1774 though his residence, as shown by Probate of Will in 1780, was Hallowell. His sons, Nathan. Josiah and Jeremiah the father of Liberty were residents of Winthrop. Nathan had a house and lot in 1772. Josiah was prominent in town affairs and Town Clerk in 1226 and last town office 1481. He left town 1781-82. Jeremiah was an active, energetic man. could make and keep money. He was the first man to erect a dam and saw mill at North Monmouth. He bought a lot of land in Winthrop in 1778 and was received into the Congregational Church there the same year. The latest date of residence is 1783, when Assurity on Probate Bond.
Children of Liberty and Lydia ( Foster) Hall :- Thomas F., b. Feb. 13, 1800; Jeremiah, b. Sept. 13, 1801 ; Jonathan. b. Aug. 14, 1802: Erastus, b. March 25, 1804 : these four b. Readfield ; Liberty, Jr., b. June 2, 1805 ; Jefferson, b. Apr. 27, 1802 : Elbridge, b. June 2, 1811 : Elijah, b. Apr. 27, 1809; Robert L., h. Oct. 28. 1812, five b. Dixfield.
Following the death of the parents, several of the boys had homes with the farmers in Peru. Liberty lived with George Wal- ker a term of years, Jeremiah lived with Adam Knight and all grew up to be worthy, influential men. They were of stalwart frame and were active and progressive for that period with limited advantages. Three of them, Jeremiah, Jefferson and Robert in Peru were identified as prominent pillars in erecting and maintain- ing the Methodist Church there many years. Jeremiah established the first ferry below Dixfield village one half mile, in 1828-9. last known as Brown's Ferry.
Thomas F. Hall, the first son of Liberty and Lydia (Foster) Hall. b. Readfield Feb. 13, 1800. He settled in town of Enfield, Me .. m. and had sons who were laborers many years ago in Lewiston.
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Jeremiah Hall d. Glencoe, Minn., 1884, m. Sarah Knight, d. at Atlantic City, Mo., 1888, b. 1808, dau. of Samuel and Olive (Foss) Knight of Peru in 1825. Children :- Liberty 2nd, b. July 27, 1826; Flavil S., b. Aug. 26, 1831; Virgil, b. May 12, 1833; Virin- tha, b. May 6, 1835; Virtaline C., b. Oct. 9, 1837 ; Mary Angeline, b. Jan. 15, 1842 ; Sarah Adelaide, b. July 2, 1844 ; Elvira, b. Feb. 26, 1848. Of these children, Liberty m. 1st, Lenora, dan. of Joseph and Eliza (Walker) Ricker, Peru, Aug. 1849. No issue. Wife died Aug. 12, 1852, ae. 24 yrs. Married 2nd at Rochester, N. Y., Maria Cobb, June 6, 1854. Their children :- Clifford Flavil Hall, b. May 20, 1855, m. Mar. 1885, Jennie R. Dunn, dau. of Thomas Dunn of Moline, Ill. Wife d. Mar. 23, 1903, m. 2nd, Feb. 20, 1905, Agnes A. Legler, dau. of Henry Legler, Valley Falls, Kan. ; Chas. G., b. June 25, 1857, drowned July 3, 1867 ; Lillis Lenora, b. Apr. 2, 1861, d. Dec. 25, 1863 ; Harry H. Liberty, b. Oct. 2, 1864, is a printer the "Whitside Sentinel," Morrison, Ill. Weenona, their only dau. living m. June 1899, Phil S. Creager. IIe is telegraphic editor of Kansas City Journal.
Flavil S. Hall, son of Jeremiah, did not marry. When about twelve years old, he was tending a shingle machine and in the act of taking a shingle from the saw, his hand was caught on the saw and cut at the wrist nearly off. Dr. Geo. W. Turner dressed the wound and saved the hand. Virgil Hall, born Peru, May 12, 1833, son of Jeremiah, m. May 13, 1860, Mary E. Ellis, b. Brighton. N. Y., Jan. 6, 1837. Children :- Virtie Isadore. b. Apr. 20, 1869; Carrie S., b. July 15. 1822 : Fred B. V., b. Apr. 7, 1880. Virgil Hall died Glencoe, Minn., Feb. 6, 1887. Mary E. Ellis was the daughter of Ellis and Caroline Scudder and her mother was Dolly Dewey, aunt of George Dewey. Virtie Isadore m. July 3, 1889, June Lambert. Scotch by birth. They had four children :-. J. Leroy, b. Apr. 1891 ; Mary, b. Mar. 2, 1893 ; Elwin Gerald, b. 1896; Erma, b. Dec. 26, 1899. Carrie S. m. a brother of June Lambert, a carpenter and a cartoonist. They had four children, as follows :- Virgil, b. 1892 ; Clifford H .. b. 1895; Virtie M., b. 1897 ; Kenneth, b. 1906. The widow of Virgil m. 1891, James Phillips, Denver, Colorado. Contractor and builder. She d. at her son-in-law's, June Lambert, in Denver. Funeral Apr. 5, 1908. ae. past 60 yrs. Flavil S. was not strong and rugged after the injury. He died at Peru Sept. 24, 1851.
Elvira Hall m. Mar. 29, 1876 in Glencoe, Minn., Dr. Geo. W. Greaves of Spencer, Iowa. Children :-- Arthur Clayton, b. Apr. 8, 1877; Mildred A., b. Dec. 23, 1878; Geo. Raymond, b. Feb. 7,
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1881; Hubert and Helen, b. Dec. 8, 1882. They were adopted into the family of Wm. and Mary Greaves of Northfield, Minn., Dec. 1882, the mother Elvira Hall Greaves having died at date of their birth. ( Marriage.) Arthur C. Greaves, m. Apr. 26, 1904, Ethel Wyatt. Born to them Oct. 17, 1906. Kenneth Wyatt Greaves; Geo. Raymond m. Aug. 31, 1904, Jessie Dobney: Hubert Greaves m. 1905. Arthur C., Geo. R. and Mildred A. spent most of their childhood in Spencer, lowa, where they graduated from the high school. Arthur C. took a civil engineering course in the University at Madison, Wis., now practicing at Sturgeon Bay, Wis. Mildred A. and Geo. R. graduated from Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Ia. The former is in the Y. W. C. A. work in Detroit, Mich. Geo. R. is Supt. of Schools at Wykoff, Minnesota. Hubert and Helen re- ceived their literary degrees from Carlton College, Northfield, Minn. Hubert is in the Methodist ministery in the Minnesota conference. Helen is teaching, principal of schools at Elgin, Minnesota.
Harry H. Liberty is a newspaper man. The Whiteside Sen- tinel published in Morrison, Ill. Clifford Flavil is president of Implement Publishing Co., Kansas City, Mo. These sons are men of ability and high ideals.
Fred B. V. Hall, son of Virgil, mn. 1901, Bessie Eberman of Denver. Their children :- Eugene, b. Jan. 7, 1903; Fred. b. Mar. 1905. The parent, Fred, is employed at the Carbonate Paint Works. Denver, and lived when this was written just across the way from his mother, Mrs. Mary Hall Phillips, Denver.
Virgil Hall, son of Jeremiah, served his country in War of the Rebellion, in an independent Co. of Zouaves. He was in the battle of Bull Run when his term of service, three months, expired. He returned to Rochester, N. Y. where he drilled another Co. In 1862 he accepted a position in New York City as head manager of Dr. Bly's Manufactory, Artificial Limbs. In the fall of 1868 the families of Liberty and Virgil Hall moved from Rochester to Glen- coe, Minn. Liberty began farming. Virgil was appointed mail agent and carried the mail from Hastings, Minn. to the then ter- minus of the H. & D. R. R. Three years after in 1878 he was P. M. at Glencoe, which office he held ten years to a day. Daughter Vir- tie was his first assistant in the P. O. before her marriage, followed by Carrie who served till family moved to Denver, fall of 1889.
Jonathan Hall and Descendants
Jonathan, the 3d son of Liberty Hall. Sr., b. Aug. 14, 1802 in Readfield. m. Dec. 1. 1826. Polly Lunt, b. Apr. 22, 1807. dau. of
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Daniel and Rhody (Starbird) Lunt of Peru. It is said Mr. Hall was in poor health at the time of his marriage, so much so, that the Lunt family were not pleased to have their only daughter m. an in- valid, but their protests did not avail. Their only child, Jona- than, Jr. was b. Feb. 12, 1827. The father, Jonathan, died of lingering illness, probably consumption, when the son was about six months old. This was the only grandchild of Daniel and Rhody Lunt. Widow Polly Hall remarried John M. Deshon, a rich merchant at Canton, June 21, 1835. She took the boy Jona- than with her to live with Mr. Deshon and he was brought up a clerk in his store. Polly Deshon died of child birth, twins neither of whom lived, Mar. 13, 1836. Jonathan remained an assistant in the store several years. He m. Oct. 29, 1848, Rebecca, the dau. of Amos and Hannah (Leavitt) Lindsey of Canton, by occupation, "tanner." Not long after marriage Jonathan in company with his cousin, Liberty Hall, opened a store at Peru Center. Their goods in trade were furnished by J. M. Deshon. As neither of the firm had any capital, it was found when pay day came, their receipts would not balance the account, for goods sold. After awhile Liberty Hall withdrew from the firm agreeing to pay a certain sum as his portion of the debt due Deshon for goods. After earning the money he made good his promise. Jonathan continued store trade in con- nection with a trade he had learned, cobbler, a few months and closed store. He was a worthy, highly esteemed citizen in town, and raised a likely family of children. Great credit is due his wife. Jonathan was Town Clerk in Pern in 1854. His wife, Rebecca, was highly esteemed by all. Jonathan died Ang. 4, 1866, ae. 39 yrs., 6 mos. Children :- Dwight L., b. Nov. 23, 1849; John Frank- lin, b. Ang. 22, 1851; Manderville, b. Oct. 2, 1853; Susan. b. Dec. 30, 1856; Arthur D., b. Oct. 17, 1859; G. Fremont. d. Aug. 16, 1866, ae. 3 yrs. Inscription on headstone: "Went to join his father." Marriage of children :- Dwight Lindsey Hall, a farmer in Wilton, m. Aug. 8, 1870, Mary A., dan. of James M. and Martha (Waite) Carter of Peru. Children :- Lillian M., b. Mar. 1, 1872, d. Jan. 3, 1895, m. Sylvester Searls : Lindsey J., b. Dec. 28, 1875, m. Pearl Ireland. Oct. 20, 1898; Sadie Rebecca, b. May 20, 1871, m. Feb. 22, 1900, Cony P. Eaton. Lindsey and Earl are stone cut- ters, N. Jay quarry. They ride auto to quarry. Carl H .. b. Apr. 28, 1878, m. Aug. 14, 1900, Alice Mae Miller : Etta M., h. Dec. 7, 1879. m. Ezra W. Small of Peru Annex, son of Royal Small : Susie E., b. June 13, 1882, m. 1st. Dec. 8. 1903, Geo. Goodspeed in Wil- ton, m 2nd. Goodyea Amos: Amos Dwight, b. June 27. 1886, a
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barber in Wilton. Children of Carl H .:- Donald, b. Mar. 19, 1901; Louise, b. July 6, 1902. Children of Etta May Small :- Carl, b. May 5, 1898; Lawrence, b. Oct. 6, 1900; Evangeline, b. May 29, 1902.
John Franklin Hall m. June 24, 1880, Eliza Underwood North, b. June 4, 1850, dau. of Dr. Joseph H. North of Oakland and Eliza Hall Underwood of Fayette. No children. His residence is Atlantic City, N. J. Profession, mechanical treatment for the ills of man.
John F. Hall attended the high school at Dixfield in the fall of 1869, taught his first school at West Pern the winter following. went to Kent's Hill Seminary with his brother-in-law, James Holmes, in spring of 1870, thence to Westbrook Seminary where he graduated in June, 1813. He taught school in Turner, Mexico and Greene and was two years in Bowdoin College in the class of 1848 where was conferred on him the degree of A. M. He next taught three years in N. J .. two years as principal of Atlantic City high school. In 1879 he purchased the Atlantic Times newspaper and printing office : later added the Atlantic Democrat, forming the "Times-Democrat"; later he purchased the Star Gazette, con- solidating all into one weekly. In 1883 he started the daily Even- ing Union. He conducted these till 1902 when he sold out. He was made president of the Board of Education of his city three years. This young man had to rely wholly upon his own resources to pay his expenses of schooling. Great honor is due him for over- coming obstacles that seem to many insurmountable.
Manderville Hall m. Oct. 6, 1881, Marcia Varney, b. Winslow, mother was Mary B. Garland, b. Parsonsfield, Me. He followed the trade of upholsterer in Winthrop a term of years, a first class workman. Children :- Alfred V., b. Sept. 27, 1882, graduated at Leavitt Institute and is now in college; Marion G., b. Apr. 27, 1884, took a course at Leavitt School. She is now teaching at At- lantic City, N. J. : Alice P .. b. June 9, 1886 ; Mildred, b. June 18, 1888: Ruth, b. Dec. 16, 1890; John L., b. Mar. 17, 1893 ; Louise, b. Feb. 22, 1898. All these are being educated at the above school. This family have, till within two years, resided on the Dean Lunt farm in Peru. This and his brother Levi's farm, both comprising their father, Daniel Lunt's homestead, descended to the children of Jonathan Hall, Jr., the only son and heir of Polly Lunt and the only offspring of Daniel and Rhody Lunt. By arrangement be- tween the heirs Manderville became owner and occupant of both farms. His wife at one time served as supervisor of schools in
JOHN F. HALL, A. M., 1878, Atlantic City, N. J.
THE MI N' YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
AUTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS.
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Peru, and was employed as teacher several years up to their removal to Turner Center, where at this writing they have charge of the Leavitt School boarding house.
Susan Hall, dau. of Jonathan, Jr., m. Mar. 17, 1881, Siegmund H. Nelke. Children :- J. Bernardine, b. Mar. 17, 1882; Hudson H., b. Sept. 25, 1885 ; Rose E., b. Apr. 21, 1887 ; Hermon S., b. Mar. 29, 1889. Susan, at this writing. Feb. 1907. is a clerk in a fancy goods store, address 765 Dudley St., Dorchester, Mass., where her mother now resides. Later she d. there, Mar. 8. 1911 in he. 82nd year. ... good woman is called to her reward. See obituary of Mrs. Samuel Holmes. Arthur D., m. 1st. Anne Ricker. She d. He m. 2nd, Ella Robinson. Wife d. Dec. 1908. Child :- Bertha May. b. Aug. 17, 1881. This man is barber and undertaker at Winthrop Village, Me. His dau. and only child is married and lives nearby. He is indus- trious and prosperous. He is sexton of the town and has secured an appropriation of $200 to repair the old cemeteries and is having charge of the work in 1909.
Erastus Hall and Descendants
Erastus Hall, b. Mar. 24, 1804, Readfield, Me., d. Dixfield, Sept. 26, 1878. He came with his parents and older brothers to Dixfield when less than a year old. They settled on a hill farm opposite East Peru, overlooking the Androscoggin River and the valley below. This son with parents continued on this farm through life. Erastus m. Jan. 10, 1829, Sarah Richmond, b. Rum- ford, Nov. 24, 1804. the daughter of Israel and Sarah ( Bramhall) Richmond. Sarah Bramhall came from Plymouth, Mass. Israel Richmond was brother to Eliab Richmond of Severy Hill, Dixfield, an early settler. Sarah the wife of Erastus Hall, d. Jan. 30, 1890. Their children :- Christopher C., b. May 24, 1829, d. July 8, 1854; Elbridge G., b. Feb. 26, 1832, d. Nov. 9, 1895; Sarah J., b. Mar. 8, 1834, m. May 24, 1860, Orin Ross, Lynn, Mass. Child :- Mary, d. 1813 ; Nancy N., b. June 10, 1836, m. Aug. 3, 1861, Edward Hall, N. H. Child :- Lula, d. ae. 2 yrs ; Rosilla R., b. May 22, 1838, m. 1868, Edward Hall. His 2nd wife has five children :- Nancy May, Arthur, Stella, Bertha and Dora, all m. and have nice homes; John T., b. July 28, 1841, d. 1892, m. Lucy Kenney in Canton. Chil- dren born as follows :- Columbus L., b. Jan. 8, 1867 ; Roscoe B., b Oct. 22, 1869; S. Edith, b. Sept. 9. 1871; Herbert E., b. July 18, 1876; Bessie M., b. Feb. 6, 1877.
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Christopher C., the first child of Erastus and Sarah Hall in. May 24, 1852, Elizabeth Bass, Boston. She lives in Newburyport, Mass. Christopher C. d. July 8, 1854, ae. 25 yrs. Their dau. Christiana (., b. Dixfield, Ang. 12, 1854, lived on home farm with grandparents when grown up, and from her we obtain much his- torical data of the Hall family. She in. Apr. 15, 1872, Henry H. Ince of Industry, son of Daniel C. and Lucy Ann (Lake) Luce, Industry. They live on the old Jack Marble farm, near what was Brown's Ferry, Dixfield. Their children :- Chas. S., b. 1874, keeps a country store, East Peru, m. Dec. 18, 1895, Elda H., b. Jan. 1, 1875, dau. of Seth and Dolly (Peabody) Babb. Two children :- Fred Luce, b. May 29, 1902; John Merton, b. Apr. 7, 1905. George E., b. 1878, m. Ellis Delano, son of Adelbert in Canton : Josephene N., b. 1880. m. George Child, named by adoption, being the son of Cyrus Knight and Ellen Babb before marriage and dau. of Geo. Babb, Peru. George is a good business man. Crossing of blood improves original status on the male side. Leon W., b. 1885, un- married. Henry Clifford, b. 1888.
Obituary on monument to Christopher C. Hall :-
"A kind husband, son and brother, Dear to us, awhile was given : We've one less tie to bind us here, May we meet again in Heaven."
Leroy R. son of Erastus, b. June 21, 1845. m. June 3, 1871, Mary W., d. Apr. 18, 1908, dan. of Caleb and Sarah ( Bennett) De- lano. Children :- Alice N., b. Oct. 25, 1872, m. Mar. 17, 1899, Frank H. Fish of Dixfield; Harris N., b. 1876, d. June 14, 1888 ; Wm. C., h. Ang. 9, 1878, m. May 24, 1898, Annie E. Bradeen of Minot. She d. 1899, m. 2nd, Ella M. Whittemore of Canton, June 21, 1903, dau. of Edwin and Ida (Smith) Whittemore. Chil- dren :- Leroy E., b. Aug. 3. 1903, Mary T .. b. Apr. 9, 1904 : Gerald A., b. May 17. 1907. The 4th child of Leroy R., and Mary W. Hall was Sarah G .. b. Sept. 25, 1883, not married. Harris A .. b. Dee. 26, 1892; Mary L .. b. Apr. 25, 1894; Georgie E., b. Sept. 1895; Nathalene G., b. Sept. 28, 1904. Erastus R .. son of Erastus, b. Dec. 29, 1848, d. Sept. 23, 1875, Dixfield, m. Anna Thornton, F. Plantation. They had three children, Winnefred, b. May 21, 1871, d. ae. 5 yrs., Mar. 1, 1876 : Ella m. Fred Merriam, and Roscoe in Lynn, Mass., unmarried.
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The Richmond Ancestry
John Richmond, the progenitor of Eliab Richmond was b. in 1594 and came to America from Ashton Keynes. Wiltshire, Eng- land around 1635. He was one of the purchasers of Taunton, Mass. in 1637. He d. there 1664. Had four children. The first was John, b. about 1627 in England. He m. Abigail Rogers, dau. of John of Duxbury, Mass. They were blest with eleven children. Abigail the last, was b. Feb. 26, 1679 in Newport, R. I. Our lineal descendant in this generation was Lieut. Joseph. Lieut. Joseph Richmond and his son, Christopher, were in Canada expedition of 1761. The fifth child b. Dec. 8, 1663 in Taunton, m. Jan. 26, 1685, Mary Andrews of Taunton. They have a record of nine children. The seventh was Henry.
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