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Ebenezer Holman, brother of Poter and son of Col. Jonathan, m. Sarah Knapp. Their son, Silas L., m. Ellen M. Carlton of Gardiner. Their children :- Frances E., Albert S., Ida M., George C., Eloise, Darwin B., Arthur C., Mattie. Silas L. followed farm- ing, located a term of years on Valley Road in Dixfield and later down the river opposite East Peru. He was an honest, upright, in- dustrious man, of good habits. They raised a likely family of children. Peru is proud to adopt one of the sons as a leading citi- zen. Albert S. Holman, b. Mar. 25, 1853, m. 1877, Lona W., dau. of Leonard Hines and Annie Keene, both of Turner. Children :- Gracia B., b. Aug. 5 1878, m. John S. Russell of Livermore : Fred C., b. May 2, 1880; Guy F., b. Oct. 19, 1881; Carl S., b. May 16. 1883: Florence M., b. Aug. 16, 1885, m. Oct. 18, 1808, Harold Hodge of Portland; Edith M., b. Dec. 21, 1889 : Carroll L., b. Aug. 24, 1891. Mr. Holman owns the hill farm overlooking East Peru Vill. where Jefferson Hall also Robert, his brother, lived and died. Mr. Holman has been chairman of the Board of Selectmen a term of years. Under his guidance there have been great improvements in roads, bridges and school houses at close of 1910, about town.
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Paul Hammon, Jr.
Paul Hammon, Jr., b. Mass. Mar. 12, 1761, d. Oet. 26, 1851, m. Eliza, b. Wayne, dau. of Hezekiah Lovejoy, b. Apr. 14, 1798, d. Dec. 16, 1882. Children :- Aziel Lovejoy Hammon, b. Sept. 9, 1816, m. Emily M. Brown, dau. of Nathan Brown, Oct. 19, 1836; Sarah Frost Hammon, b. Dec. 13 1818, m. Calvin Hopkins, Mar. 15, 1840. Hannah Frost Hammon, b. Aug. 26, 1808. Oliver Chandler, b. Sept. 20, 1821, d. 1863, m. Angelia M. Washburn, b. 1833, d. 1884; Esther Lufkin, b. June 28, 1823, d. Apr. 16, 1846; Rollins Lovejoy, b. Sept. 21. 1825, d. Feb. 24, 1904; Orin Lake, b. Jan. 5, 1828, d. Jan. 18, 1889; Mary Ann, b. Jan. 16, 1830, d. Jan. 18, 1848; Charles Bean, b. Jan. 28, 1832, m. Angeline Washburn, Aug. 31, 1855; Josiah Lake, b. May 12, 1834, d. Nov. 16, 1855; Benj. Lovejoy, b. Dec. 5, 1836, d. Nov. 1, 1854; Squire Bishop, b. Apr. 18, 1839, m. Patience T. Hammon, the divorced wife of Rol- lins Hammon ; Joseph Trafton, b. Aug. 26, 1843, d. Apr. 26, 1902, .unmarried. Paul Hammon, Sr., m. Feb. 13, 1823, Mary Cobb of Readfield. He died Sept. 10, 1838.
Family of Aziel L. and Emily M. Hammon, dau. of Nathan Brown, m. Oct. 19, 1836. Wife d. Sept. 2, 1851. Children :- Melvin Benson Hammon, b. Apr. 8, 1837, d. May 3, 1860, m. Pub., Melissa A. Tuttle of Strafford; James Harvey, b. Oct. 14, 1840, d. Nov. 15, 1864, in Colorado; Nathan Brown, b. Sept. 17, 1842, d. Dee. 7, 1860; Wm. Wallace, b. Aug. 12, 1844, d. Nov. 22, 1860; Orin Emerson, b. July 20, 1849, d. Nov. 27, 1860. Aziel L., m. 2nd, Pub. Feb. 16, 1852, Sarah Maxim of Wayne. He d. Feb. 8, 1862. Child :- Sarah M., b. Dec. 26, 1859, d. Dec. 4, 1860.
Oliver C'handler, son of Paul, Sr., m. Pub., Angelia M. Wash- burn of Rumford, Aug. 30, 1855. He was b. 1821, d. 1863. Wife b. 1833, d. 1884. Children :- Josialı L., b. 1859, d. 1889; Her- 'bert, b., n. m. Employed a term of years on farm with widow Hannah Bishop, 1910. Bradford Hammon, while helping take down a building in Mexico, a portion of it fell causing his death, Nov. 9, 1889.
Orin L. Hammon, m. Sept. 28, 1851, Lydia E., dau. of Josiah Lake. Child :- Mary Ann, b. Jan. 22, 1854, d. of consumption, Mar. 22, 1885. Wife d. Mar. 29, 1857. He m. 2nd, Oct. 30, 1857, Isabelle B., dau. of Win. Babb. Children :- Alfred C., b. Sept. 14, 1859 ; Aurie E., b. Feb. 23, 1863, m. Alba Atkins; Wallace, m. Elva Bishop, son Carroll d. Oct. 20, 1907, ae. 19 yrs. ; Emma E., b. d. Sept. 24, 1861, ae. ? mos .. 14 days ; Florice E., b. d., ae. 33 yrs.,
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Mar. 6, 1911 in Portland, m. Benj. A. Swasey. Their son, Lyman K.
Rollins L. Hammon, Pvt. Co. I, 1st Regt., H. A., Me. Vols., m. 2nd, Mar. 4, 1869, Roxanna C., dan. of Thomas Lord, divorced. Husband d. Feb. 24, 1904. Child :- Lester, b. July 3, 1870. Al- fred C. Hammon, m. May 12, 1883, Lottie B., dau. of Lorenzo D. Delano. Children, ages 1907 :- Stanley J., 21 yrs .; Lalia M., 12 yrs .; Stewart N., 10 yrs. Rollins L. Hammon, m. 1st Jan. 1, 1862, Patience T., dau. of Squire Bishop. Children :- Chas. H., b. Nov. 26, 1852; Josiah E., b. July 23, 1854, d. Sept. 21, 1862; Ellen, b. Feb. 19, 1861, d. young. Wife Patience T. divorced and m. 2nd, Squire Bishop Hammon, a brother to her 1st husband.
Hammon
Samuel Hammon, brother to Paul, Jr., m. Sept. 20, 1819, Lydia Lovejoy, daughter of Jacob, brother of Gardner Lovejoy. Hus- band d. Nov. 17, 1851, ae. 56 yrs. Wife d. Apr. 1889, ae. 89 yrs., 3 mos. Children :- Elisha Benson, b. Jan. 24, 1820; Maria Hammon, b. Aug. 15, 1823, m. Sept. 11, 1815 to Jesse Cushman ; Samuel, Jr., b. Sept. 11, 1825, d. Nov. 28, 1884; Gilman Thurs- ton, b. Dec. 17, 1829 ; Appollos, b .; Katherine, b. Jan. 27, 1832, m. Pub., Feb. S, 1856, John F. Martin, brother of Xaveri; Ed- ward, b. Jan. 17, 1834, m. June 5, 1861, Sarah A. Hammon of E. Livermore. Child :- Ida M., d. Sept. 27, 1863, ae. 1 yr., " mos., 15 days. Lydia Augusta, b. Nov. 1, 1835, m. John Andrews; Appolos Hammon, b. Nov. 2. 1837; Christopher Lovejoy Ham- mon, b. Apr. 23, 1840. Elisha Benson Hammon and wife Sarah Ann had son, Joseph Benson, b. Apr. 7, 1845, killed at battle of Coal Harbor, ae. 19 yrs, in Co. F, 9th Me., and dau., Henrietta E., b. Feb. 28, 1842.
Sylvanus and Betsey Hammon. Children :- Deborah Ham- mon, b. May 7, 1810; Hannah Hammon, b. May 4, 1813 ; Betsey Hammon, b. Jan. 3, 1816; Charity Hammon, b. Feb. 28, 1820; Charles Frost Hammon, b. 1826. All here 1821. Samuel Hammon, Jr. m. June 30, 1845, Anna Cushman. He d. Nov. 28, 1884, ae. 59 yrs., ? mos., 17 days. She d. Dec. 6, 1883, ae. 58 yrs., 1 mo., 3 days, also four infants died. Children :- Ann Louise Hammon, b. May 11, 1847, d. Mar. 10, 1850; Samuel Eugene Hammon, b. Jan. 8, 1850; George Turner Hammon, b. Feb. 29. 1852: Wm. Gustine Ham- mon, b. May 13, 1854; Dodavah S. Hammon, b. July 2, 1857, d. Sept. 19, 1901. He m. Del Wyman, dau. of Hod Wyman. Their dau. Ethel A., b. Sept. 20, 1884, d. Dec. 16, 1889. Alma B., dau.
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of Samuel, Jr., m. June 17, 1887, Roscoe S. Tracy, mail carrier, West Peru, R. F. D. No. 1.
John Ingalls
History would be incomplete without mention of quaint John Ingalls and family. He nı. Pub., Rebecca Davis, both of Peru, Aug. 22, 1830. Their residence was on High street, though he was in town but a small part of the time. He was employed as steward on board the U. S. revenue cutter nearly thirty years. He probably would have served longer but for the war of 1861. Records show they had five children. Adelaide m. June 29, 1858, Francis C. Hawkes in Minot. Patience Ingalls, b. Jan. 20, 1837, m. Cush- man L. Hawkes. Residence, Gloucester, Me. John Franklin, b. June 3, 1811. Employed in New York, when a young man, as clerk in a retail store. Later he set up in trade for himself and acquired a good property. He has now been in trade a term of years in Boston, Mass. Judith J., b. Apr. 14, 1844. Greene W., b. Dec. 20, 1845. He began young a clerk in a New York rubber and shoe store. He showed great aptitude in this line and soon became a member of the firm. They dealt in bankrupt sale goods damaged by fire. It is related he visited a lump sale, took a casual inspection, and without even an inventory, purchased the lot. His partner came near losing his breath when he was notified to send check for ten thousand dollars to cancel the purchase. His reply, "For heaven's sake go slow !" reveals his astonishment. The goods were retailed for a thousand dollars above cost. This illustrates his ability as a snap shot buyer. He m. Residence in Boston. Retired. Mr. Ingalls, Sr. was very small in stature. He seemed dissatisfied with his size and strove to overcome appearance by wearing No. 10 thick boots and a tall stove pipe hat. Coming down to the offspring we find the opposite extreme both physical and intellectual in business pursuits, particularly of the male members. He was b. around Oct. 30, 1798, and d. at Mechanic Falls, Mar. 30, 1872. He was 63 years old when the war had fairly begun. Age alone excused him from war service, or further ser- vice on revenue cutter. His wife, Rebecca, b. 1804, d. at Mechanic Falls, their home, Aug. 24, 1885.
Orin Irish
Another family of this name. Orin Irish lived on the Capt. Peleg Mitchell farm around the late forties. His son, Cephus W., b. 1829, m. Sept. 25, 1853, Lovina D., dau. of John Conant in
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Roxbury. His residence in latter years was on the Eleazer A. Po- land farm, now the James Irish place at Worthly Pond. He d. there Aug. 16, 1896. Wife b. Nov. 19, 1833, d. May, 14, 1876. Children :- James E., b. Sept. 26, 1854, m. Vesta E. Weeks. Their children :- Lovinia D., Benj. S., Cephas E. This man has been a farmer and cream gatherer a term of years. Walter E. Irish, b. June 5, 1857, d. Sept. 3, 1897; Lorenzo E., b. m. May 20, 1896, Mary H., dau. of Frank Kidder. Farmers on the James Lunt farm at East Peru; nicely situated, enterprising and progressive. Their children :- Frank E., b. June 11, 1897 ; Leslie H., b. Nov. 25, 1898; Wilber C., b. Nov. 17, 1902. Mr. Irish is a prominent man in town affairs and Moderator of town meetings several years, also Master of Rockemeka Grange.
Freeman Irish
Freeman Irish, b. Buckfield 1806, d. Sept. 11, 1883, mn. around 1828, Almeda Rowe, b. Hebron. He first located in Sumner where three children, at least, were born. His occupation, a farmer. They were professors of religion, F. B. Church, and he was fa- miliarly called Deacon Irish, over forty years in Peru. The title was used much oftener than his given name. Children :- Eleanor, b. Jan. 14, 1829, m. Hiram Oldham; Samuel F., b. 1835, d. Sept. 24, 1839; Samuel F., b. Nov. 26, 1838 in Sumner; Charles G., b. June 12, 1841; twins, Lorenzo and Alonzo, b. Nov. 11, 1843, the latter d. Apr. 27, 1865, single; Rolland C., b. Oct. 20, 1845; Al- meda, b. Sept. 7, 1818, m. Benj. C. Foster; Carroll, b. June 6, 1850, d. Dec. 13, 1862 ; Benj. R., b.
Samuel F. Irish enlisted a Pvt., Co. H, 10th Me., Oct. 1, 1861, discharged a Corp., May 4, 1863. He m. May 24, 1868, Betsey J., dau. of Thomas A. Goding. Their final and permanent location as farmers was on the Ira Wormell farm at East Peru Vill. Mr. Irish was unable to do much severe manual labor by reason of army disability "chills and fever" which rendered him more in- valid each year, till his death, Dec. 26, 1891. His army service of 1 yr., 7 mos., evidently shortened his life twenty years. He was a good soldier and one of four members of his father's family in the war of 1861. Their mother, Almeda, d. Apr. 16, 1884, ae. 76 yrs., 26 days. Children :- Alice J., b. Nov. 20, 1871, m. Horace Clark ; Ethel T., m. Arthur L. Harlow; Emerson A., m. Dec. 20, 1909, Alice M. Kilbreth, dau. of Frank Kilbreth of Livermore. They live with his mother and are successors on the home farm at East
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Peru, enterprising, prosperous farmers. Charles Greenwood Irish m. Abbie K. Morrill, sister to Job R. Morrill. They resided on the farm with Mr. Morrill on the hill range south of Dickvale Vill. Mr. Irish d. there Oct. 14, 1896, leaving a dau., Jennie R., who m, Nov. 30, 1907, Elbridge G. Child.
Benjamin R. Irish m. Mary Jane Field, dau. of Benj. Fletcher, soldier of 1812 war. Their children :- Martha M., b. July 3, 1866 ; Fletcher B., b. Dec. 1, 1868 ; Ansley A., b. Aug. 7 1870. Mrs. Irish died several years ago in Mass. where Mr. Irish resided last accounts. He was a Pvt., Co. HI, 10th Me. with his brother. The twins, Lorenzo and Alonzo, were both Prts in Co. A, 9th Maine. Alonzo d. of disease, Apr. 27, 1864, Lorenzo aged 25 years, m. Oct. 17, 1868, Evaline, aged 23 yrs., dau. of Nathaniel and Co- lumbia Knight. Residence, Red Bluff, Cal. Rolland C., m. Feb. 16, 1869, Julia I. Bishop. Their babe died. Mr. Irish d. Sept. 1892. Wife d. 1896.
Nathaniel Jackson
Nathaniel Jackson first appears on Town Record July 6, 1835, a member of a committee to solicit extension of Buckfield Branch R. R. It is a tradition of his descendants that he was of French- Irish descent. As mentioned on another page he was successor of Henry Wragg on the Merrill Knight senior farm. He was an in- dustrious, hard working farmer. We are unable to learn about his wife after so many years. The heads of this family and the young- est children removed to Belfast in early 1840, he having sold his farm to Nathan Walker of Peru. Children :- Seth W. Jackson, b. Aug. 8, 1811; Lucy, b. around 1816; Luther, b: 1820; Sally M .; Eunice; Silva. Marriages :- Seth W. m. June 16, 1833, Elnora, b. Jan. 31, 1816, dau. of Rev. Wm. Woodsum. Mr. Jackson and wife were farmers on the Daniel W. Piper farm. They raised a likely family of ten children, all girls. Fannie, b. June 13, 1835, m. Lorenzo D. Delano; Sarah Melissa, b. Apr. 2, 1838, m. Wm. P. Brackett, Jr. She was a successful school teacher before mar- rage. Pamclia, b. Feb. 20, 1841, d. Mar. 26, 1842 : Esther W., b. Aug. 25, 1843, d. July 9, 1859 ; Elnora, b. Nov. 7, 1846, m. Milo Morrill; Olive A., b. June 13, 1849, m. Jeremiah Brackett; Ara- vesta, b. Jan. 23, 1852, m. Revilla Knight; Alma (twin,) b. Jan. 23, 1852, m. Romanzo Burgess; Ida May, b. June 23, 1855, m. Dex- ter Lord; Rose Marion, b. Nov. 8, 1860, m. Charles Martin. Mr. Jackson enlisted in army service, Co. C, 19th Regt., Me. Vols.,
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when over fifty years old. Had sickness in service, and while on furlough home he died, Oct. 1, 1864. His widow survived, draw- ing a pension many years. She d. June 30, 1905.
Luther b. around 1820. When a young man he was a noted wrestler and boxer. He was the most agile, springy, muscular and powerful athlete that ever lived in Peru. He would stand on one foot and kick the ceiling over his head eight feet high. Lying flat on his chest with arms and legs extended right and left, he would spring, raising his entire length from the floor and strike his hands and feet together three times before his return to floor. And yet he failed to profit much from his endowment. His sur- plus of energy and nerve power seemed to avail but little in army service. He sickened and died from common army complaints while his much weaker comrades at enlistment lived to return. To what shall we attribute his failure? Luther Jackson m. 1st, Mary H. Wife d. Jan. 14, 1855, ae. 34 yrs. Their children :- Willis, when last known was living in Mass. ; Lauraette Jackson, born June 12, 1842, m. Dr. L. H. Maxim, a practicing physician at West Peru in the late fifties and early sixties. Wife d. in less than a year or there about, after marriage. Phebe Ellen or Ellen P., b. July 11, 1844, m. Pub., Feb. 27, 1862, Geo. A. Maxim of Wayne. Mary E., b. Nov. 21, 1846. Andrew, b. May 3, 1849. Was a soldier, d. at Togus. Luther H., b. Aug. 23, 1851. Went to Canada. Probably the above Willis was the next and last child. Mr. Jackson m. 2nd, Apr. 8, 1856, Julia M., dau. of Wm. P. Brackett. Their children were, Helen M., b. Dec. 18, 1856, d. Apr. 16, 1864; Hattie M., b. Apr. 8, 1858; Chas. M., b. Nov. 19, 1862, d. about a year and a half old. Luther Jackson was in Co. I, 29th Me. under Gen. Banks during Red River campaign. He was very feeble from chronic diarrhoea when put on boat for New Orleans, where he was to have final discharge. He d. on the pas- sage, May 15, 1864 and was consigned to the "Father of Waters," his burial. His widow remarried Pub., Dec. 16, 1865, Edmund C. Bowker, ex-soldier, of Sumner.
Jenne Family
Joseph H. Jenne b. Aug. 15, 1782 m. June 10, 1804, Joanna Gibbs, b. Jan. 20 1780, d. May 8, 1816. Their children :- Seth, b. March 31, 1805; Joseph H. Jr., b. Sept. 6, 1806 ; Emeline A., b. Mar. 20, 1809, d. Oct. 1810; Isaac, b. Oct. 26, 1810 ; John E., b. May 16, 1812. Mr. Jenne's 2nd wife was Betsey Tupper be-
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fore marriage. This family were residents of Fairhaven, Mass. in 1819 when Mr. Jenne and his sons, except Jolin E. the youngest, came to Peru and settled near West Vill., now the Barlow Austin place. His wife Betsey and son John E. remained in Mass. In 1822 Mr. Jenne returned to Mass. for the son, then 10 years old, and wife Betsey continued there with relatives and died there. They came to Hallowell on sailing vessel and from there walked to West Peru. After the death of wife Betsey Mr. Jenne m. about 1826, Zerviah Bonney. They continued here till about 1853, when they removed to Roxbury, Me. where wife d. near the close of the year 1863 and he d. Jan. 21, 1864. The ancestors of this family in New England were John and Sarah Jenne, who came from England to Plymouth, Mass. in 1621. Mr. Jenne was a man of high ideals and a deep thinker, a zealous advocate against the use of spiritous liquors and he participated in all moral reforms. Both he and his son John E. were instrumental in shaping town affairs during their career.
Town Meeting Apr. 16, 1821, Art. ? , James H. Withington, Robinson Turner, Sr. and Joseph H. Jenne were chosen a com- mittee to settle accounts. The Selectmen in 1822 were Joseph H. Jenne, Josiah Curtis and Nathan Walker. In 1825 Joseph H. Jenne, John Ellis and Moses Lufkin were the S. School Com. Mr. Jenne filled other important offices as the years rolled on. He be- came an agricultural writer of some note and contributed a series of articles to the Maine Farmer when Ezekiel Holmes was editor. Mr. Holmes judging him to be a model farmer, desired to make his acquaintance, and being up at Dixfield Vill. he rode over to West Peru with Mr. Benj. Lovejoy who was going past Mr. Jenne's resi- dence on his way home. Passing through the village a little way on, Mr. Lovejoy pointed out the house and barn of Mr. Jenne. Mr. Holmes took a sweeping glance of the premises and asked Mr. Lovejoy to stop there, and let him get out, saying he "guessed he would not call, he would go back to Dixfield" and back he went. Perhaps the conclusion was that Mr. Jenne did his best farming on paper. In that line he was able. He was then over 60 years old and breaking down physically. The dilapidated condition of buildings as Mr. Holmes saw them was due to poverty. And though Mr. Jenne lost the confidence and respect of his intending visitor, it is to his credit that he limited the style and finish of buildings to his ready means, and did not seek to make a splendid show with some other man's money. Son Seth showed an aptitude for study, and was a man of promise. He served as school teacher
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son.
and was reputed a good scholar. March meeting, 1827, voted and chose Seth Jenne, John Ellis and Moses Lufkin, S. S. Com. Mr. Jenne was also a member of School Com. in 1828. He next fitted for the ministry. He entered service and preached at one time in the Eastern part of Maine where he married and had one Writer is informed by a near relative that domestic troubles arose between Mr. Jenne and his wife which led to estrangement and the breaking up of the family, the severing of ties so dear to him. Alas! the strain was too great for the mental equipment of Mr. Jenne. Derangement followed. Record shows that Apr. 3, 1837 Mr. Jenne was disposed of as one of the town's poor. But his labor was sufficient generally to support him to near close of life. It is not known that his wife or son ever came to Peru. We are unable to learn more of them. Mr. Jenne d. on Town Farm, Mar. 15, 1907.
Joseph H. Jenne, Jr., was a clergyman of M. E. Church and a member of the Maine Conference. He preached at one time at Bangor. He removed to Wisconsin about 1852. When last heard from he was preaching as a member of the Wisconsin Conference of the M. E. . Church, in the city of Janesville. Isaac m. Lucretia Mitchell May 8, 1839. They settled in Roxbury, Me. Both are dead. Several of their children d. young. Their dau., Calista, m. a Mr. McInnis. She d. several years ago leaving children. The children of Isaac yet living in Roxbury are Albert, Herbert and Betsey, and Henry who resides at Southi Paris. John E. Jenne suffered from dyspepsia many years, directly after coming to Maine. He went to live with a Mr. Elliott in Rumford and at the age of fifteen joined the Methodist Church there, and continued a member through life. His name first appears on town record in 1843 when elected to the office of Town Clerk, continuing till 1850. He m. Jan. 1, 1850, Phebe Knight, b. Sept. 28, 1815 in Rumford, the dau. of Daniel Knight and Betsey Wheeler and she the dau. of Jeremiah and Keziah Wheeler of Concord, N. H. Their dau., Laura Frances Jenne, was b. Mar. 26, 1854. Since writing the foregoing we learn that John E. returned from Rumford to West Peru about. 1832. He soon after went to Lexington, Mass. and two years later to Winthrop, Me., where he learned the trade of carpenter and furniture maker, working two years for a Mr. Mor- rill. He returned and set up business in the same lines at West Peru in 1837. Later he added the manufacture of doors, sash, blinds and afterwards, coffins and caskets. Also did house paint- ing. Mr. Jenne made use of water power at hand. He in com-
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pany with Demus Bishop built in the early fifties, a sawmill, long lumber, a shingle and clapboard mill, he occupying the second story with the manufacture of his lines of goods. Mr. Josiah Hall found the mill occupied as stated when he came to Peru in 1855, and Noah Hall recollects Mr. Bishop and Mr. Jenne were running their mill when he first came to West Peru in the fall of 1853. Mr. Jenne was a useful man in many lines. Hle taught school in Levi Ludden's barn before a school house was built at West Peru. In early manhood he frequently attended funerals where the ser- vices of a clergyman could not be secured, or the people were too poor to pay for the service, often walking miles in snow and mud and inclement weather to serve the people, without pay. He was steward and class leader also Supt. of Sabbath School at West Peru over 35 years, and leader of the choir much of the time. He was a quite constant attendant and a supporter of church 'service at the center of the town a score and a half years. He was J. P. many years. He d. at West Peru June 14, 1813. His wife d. while living with their dau. in Hartford, June 7, 1897. Laura F., their only child, attended schools of Peru and Dixfield, also the Seminary at Kent's Hill. Did not graduate. She began teach- ing district schools early and became very popular. Between 1869 and 1900, she taught 82 schools, covering every district from East Sumner to Rd. Falls. She served as supervisor of schools in Hartford four years. Laura F. Jenne m. 1st, Dec. 22, 1876, Axel W. Fogg, b. Hartford, May 15. 1851, son of Nathaniel and Mary Fogg. No issue. They lived at W. Peru till Nov. 1882 and re- moved to Hartford. Mr. Fogg d. there Dec. 9, 1895. Mrs. Fogg remarried James Irish, widowed, Dec. ? , 1897 at Hartford Center. Both are still living there, 1911.
Charles Johnson
Family of Charles K. and Lydia K. Johnson. Farmers. Hus- band d. Jan. 25, 1868, ac. 73 yrs. Wife d. June 25, 1866. ae. 65 yrs. Children :- Isaac, went to Mechanicsville, Iowa. Occupa- tion, farmer and ice dealer. Geo. K. m. Dec. 16, 1860, Mary Eliza Niles. He enlisted Co. C, 23d Me., Sept. 10, 1862, and was dis- charged July 15, 1863. He is a pensioner for disability con- tracted in the service. Residence, Canton. Edward m. a Lothrop of Jay. He d. at Dickvale, 1882. Joseph C. m. Sept. 14, 1862, Susan Chenery, a sister of David L. Chenery of Dickvale. Cynthia Johnson m. Ebenezer K. Hopkins. Joseph C. d., grave at Pern.
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This family came from Andover, Mass., 1816, where Isaac and Cynthia were born. They are not related to A. M. Johnson at Worthly Pond. Mr. Johnson's residence was on High street in Knox neighborhood.
Enoch Jaques
Enoch and wife, Lucy Jaques. This was the only clergyman called in a corporate capacity by Peru to minister to the people. It was voted in Town Meeting soon after incorporation to call a clergyman to settle on the ministerial lands or lot required by law to be set apart for that purpose. Town voted to give Rev. Jaques one half of said lot and the use of the rest for his services so long as he should continue. In 1823 he was chosen chairman of Se- lectmen. A committee was chosen to settle with him and his claim on the ministerial land. He left town probably 1824.
Albert M. Johnson
Albert M. Johnson on the west shore of Worthly Pond is one of Peru's ever busy house carpenters and progressive farmers. His farm is the old Sylvanus Poland homestead. He has made great improvements here the last fifteen years and still had time to help build several structures at Rd. Falls. He m. Mary G. Goode- now. Children :- Grace L., m. around 1899, Geo. Hutehins, b. Monmouth, formerly station agent, East Peru: Fred Johnson is barber at Lewiston : Edith M. : William : Lillian, age ??. m. Pub., Feb. 8. 1905, Willard F. Hatch, age 20, son of John Hatch, Kingston : Guy E.
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