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Joseph H. Lovejoy m. Pub., Oet. 20, 1863, Ellen, b. Abington, Jan. 20, 1846, dau. of Lucius Keene, b. Summer and Abbie Rowe, b. Hebron. Wife d. Aug. 15, 1903. Children :- Lucius, b. Dec. 11. 1868, m. Addie E., dau. of Milo Morrill. They have son. Alton L. : J. Alton. b. Sept. 9, 1875, d. Ang. 19, 1885. Mr. Lovejoy and son are forehanded farmers on the old homestead. They do quite extensive fruit growing and stock raising with other lines of farm- ing. The head of this family has served on jury and would be prominent in town affairs, but for his choice of home life exclusive- ly. Geo. Hopkins Lovejoy, b. Aug. 15, 1837, m. May ?? , 1865, Sar- ah A. Hammon, widow of Elisha Benson Hammon. He d. in Peru on a visit. Sept. 10, 1812. Wife d. at North Monmouth. Buried at E. Livermore. Their children :- Mary Jennett, b. July 3. 1866. did not m., d. in Auburn; Frederick B., b. Apr. 5, 1868, d. Apr. 1. 1820: Edna, b. around 1840, m.
Azel Lovejoy was a brother of Hezekiah. He married Mercy Wing, sister to Stephen and Reuben Wing. Their sons were Jacob, b. 1827 and Azel, Jr. They were talented, born with ambition to fill a higher sphere than tillers of earth. There crops out the genius of progenitors, generations before. Jacob was bereft of his home by death and went to live with his aunt. Sarah R .. wife of X school. these sons were noted for scholarly attainments and oratori- cal proclivities early in their teens. Jacob Lovejoy, b. 1827, d. at Bangor, Feb. 27, 1863. He chose law for his profession. was in Daniel Hall.
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practice at Bangor several years. He read law for hard study and wrote poetry for recreation. He was another of Peru's talented young men who struggled against poverty and worked his way up unaided to eminence in profession. He became an able jurist in the few years of his profession. He m. Sept. 2, 1852, Sally W., b. Jan. 2, 1829, dau. of James Lunt. Wife d. May 5, 1866. Child Jacob, Jr., d. June 30, 1863, ae. 10 mos. Of three daughters, Myrth d., interred E. Peru, in family lot. Others were Mrs. Harriet Grieves, Peterboro, N. H. and Mrs. Cora Berry, Foxboro, Mass. All we can learn of Azel, Jr., he left town and became a Free Baptist minister.
The long line and numerous branches of this race of Lovejoys are descendants of the Lovejoys mentioned in Fayette and Wayne. We trace one branch of those of Peru and Franklin to one Jacob Lovejoy, who m. Mehitable Wing, a sister to Stephen Wing. Chil- dren :- Reuben, Ezekiel, Christopher. Gardner. Lydia. Charlotte. Reuben, the oldest son, m. Apr. 11, 1822, Martha Redin. Ezekiel m. 1st, Mar. 1. 1832, Lucretia or Lucinda Dorr, then spelled Door. Children :- Charles H., Jacob, Clarinda. Wife d. He m. 2nd, Jane Hopkins. Wife d. He m. 3d in 1842-3, Mary Elizabeth, dan. of Wheeler and Nancy Tracy. Child :- Orill E., b. Aug. 18. 1845. Ezekiel enlisted in the Mexican War 1845, the last known of him. His last wife d. April 15, 1850, ae. 25 yrs. Christopher F., m. Dec. 31, 1840, Betsey. dau. of Seth Burgess. Charles H. m. May 5, 1858, Deborah H., dau. of John Burgess. Children :- Ora Alluras. b. Feb. 11. 1859: Roscoe L .. b. Feb. 28, 1860 : Savilla Maria, b. Mar. 25, 1868.
Gardner Lovejoy b. around 1809, d. Mar. 23, 1899. m. 1st. Sally. b. around 1812. d. 1834, dau. of Samuel Burgess. by his first wife. Children :- Samuel, b. Oct. 3, 1828, d. Sept. 16. 1901, in. Sarah, dau. of Brackett Wyman of Temple : Mehitable, b. Mar. 15, 1830, m. Daniel F. Haines. Gardner Lovejoy m. 2nd. Laoma b. Aug. 23. 1816, d. July 11. 1862. dau. of Seth Burgess. Chil- dren :- Juliette, b. Dec. 8, 1843, m. Benj. Lord, Apr. 16. 1850; Ann : Louise T., b. Mar. 23, 1851. Gardner Lovejoy was mus- tered U. S. service Sept. 1861. Co. D. 12th Me., discharged for dis- ability 1863. Ilis wife having died pending service. he m. 3d. Aug. 15. 1864, Cordelia B., b. May 1835. d. July 31, 1900, dau. of Stephen L. Wing. He d. March 23, 1899, at his small eabin adjoining the Otis Wyman farm. Children of Samuel and Sarah (Wyman) Lovejoy :- Emma S. m. Henry Roscoe Burgess: Cora E., m. Oscar Frost; Rose, m. Chas. Leavitt; Nellie B., m. Charles
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N. Child; Melvin, m. Florence M. Frost, had son William. Wife d. He m. 2nd, Effie, dau. of Charles F. Haines, son of Edward W.
Levi Ludden
Considerable space is allotted to this family, among the first settlers of West Peru. Capt. Levi Ludden, b. 1777, d. at Dixfield around 1854, came from Turner, first on record of Peru, Mar. 2 and Apr. 6, 1818. He and wife P'hebe, and four children all except Timothy, were in town in 1821. Child, Wm. S., b. July 23, 1800, m. Apr. 22, 1822, Mary S. Berry of Buckfield. He d. on the Noah Hall place, Apr. 30, 1852. Their offspring were :- Re- member Saul, b. Aug. 18, 1823, m. Jan. 1, 1845, John D. Fernald ; Phebe S., b. July 31, 1828, m. Pub., Aug. 22. 1848, Angier J. Mitchell of Peru, moved to Dixfield; Lucy J., b. Nov. 4, 1830, d. Oct. 27, 1833 ; Lydia J., b. May 21, 1832, m. Sept. 23, 1854. Mr. Record; Florilla W., b. Dec. 8, 1834, m. Noah Hall. Sarah, the second child of Levi, was b. Feb. 2, 1805, m. Mar. 19, 1820. Silas Putnam from Sutton, Mass., probably a brother to Stephen Put- nam, the grist mill owner at West Peru. Remember S. Ludden, the fourth child of Levi, b. Aug. 21, 1809, m. Wm. Mitchell of Dix- field. Lydia, the fifth and last, m. Wm. Tucker. Children of Timothy and Bethiah (Fobes) Ludden were :- Levi, b. Mar. 21, 1833, left town when young: Delphan V., b. Sept. 16. 1835, m. Levi C. Hamblin, d. Feb. 12, 1881. Capt. Ludden's 1st wife died. he m. 2nd, widow Sheffield, the mother of Daniel Sheffield. He lived with her and died at Dixfield Vill. Timothy Ludden built the farm buildings and first settled on Daniel Fletcher farm, prob- ably about the time of his first marriage to Bethia Fobes, Apr. 10. 1831. He was then about 25 yrs. of age. He was the second son of Levi and Phebe Ludden.
Another branch of the Endden family now represented in Peru, descended from Jacob Ludden, a brother to Levi, who moved from Turner to Canton in 1817 and settled. His son John S., born in 1805, m. Ann Treat of Canton. They lived and died in Dixfield and had three children. One of them, John M., m. Elevene J. Car- ver, 1st wife. Their children are :- ( 'has. M .. Forest E. and Win. E., all lawyers, two in Boston, one in Lewiston. Mrs. John M. Ludden died. Mr. Ludden m. 2nd, Josephine S. Stowell, widow. They reside on the Levi Lunt farm. Mr. Ludden is an upright, highly respected citizen. Mrs. Ludden's children by Stowell are :- Herbert S., Porter and Helen J. The dau. m. Lovewell Oldham.
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Libby
Linus A., son of Geo. H. Libby, m. Apr. 14, 1911, Nellie MI. MeIntire, divorced, dau. of John A. Putnam, both of Peru.
Peter Morrill
Peter Morrill, b. in Falmouth, Mar. 4, 1800, d. May 4, 1875 in Sumner. He was the son of Enoch and Thankful (Wilson ) Mor- rill. Peter m. 1st, Sally Ford in Sumner and had two children, Wilson Morrill. b. Aug. 11, 1824, and went West around 1855. Thankful, b. Aug. 5, 1830 in Summer. This family moved to Pern in 1831 where wife d., Dec. 1832. Mr. Morrill followed the trade of carpenter, and was school teacher many years. He lived on the Adam Knight farm. He m. 2nd, Apr. 1, 1835, Priscilla, dau. of Wm. Walton, by 1st wife, Lucy. They had son, Wm. Horace, b. Sept. 11, 1837, d. 1903. They moved to Westbrook in 1844, where last wife died, ae. 71 yrs., in 1866. Mr. Morrill removed to Sum- ner soon after her death. Thankful Morrill m. Apr. 22, 1849, John Fessenden of Portland. b. Jan. 24. 1821, son of John and Bettry Crockett, the former b. in Lexington, Mass., and the latter b. in Cape Elizabeth. Children :- Francis H., b. and d. in Port- land. ae. about 114 years. ; John E .. b. 1851. d. 1864 at Mechanic Falls: Lizzie M., b. July 11, 1862; John W., b. July 2, 1868; Emily ( .. b. July 3, 1870, all living b. at Mechanic Falls, where parents still reside. Mr. Fessenden, by trade, is a mason. He is past 83 yrs. old, smart and spiy. Wife in her 29th year, still ac- tive at work. Both show old time vigor.
Win. Horace Morrill, b. in Peru, m. Apr. 16, 1868. Ellen Berry of Mechanic Falls. Wife d. at Westbrook, Apr. 18, 1896 and hus- band d. there seven years after. Children :- Carrie. b. Sumner. Oct. 16. 1869. d. Haverhill, Mass., 1828 : Millie. b. Sumner, Nov. 20, 1822. d. Hlaverhill, 1823. Wilson Morrill m. 1st. Oct. 1850. Mary E. Moody of Mechanic Falls. Their son, Melville W., was b. Mar. 1, 1852. Wife d. Oct. 1853. Mr. Morrill went West in 1854 or 1855. No knowledge of second marriage. He m. third wife in 1858. The son, Melville W., m. Oct. 22. 1881. Etta F. Hanson of Mechanic Falls. Children :- Herman M .. b. Dec. 12. 1883; Ralph II., b. July 19, 1886, both bookkeepers. Mother d. Apr. 10. 1890. Marriage of Fessenden children : -- Lizzie M. m. E. HI. Holbrook, farmer at Mechanic Falls; John W. m. Nellie G. Grant in Mechanic Falls. Occupation, painter and paper hanger. 'Two sons living ; Emily C. m. Frank A. Herrick in Mechanic Falls.
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He is paper finisher. One son. Melville Morrill m. 2nd, Mar. 27, 1910, Alice Tinkham of Mechanic Falls. Seven sons and two daughters of Wilson Morrill are m. and have generally large fan- ilies of children living in Nebraska and Wisconsin. Want of space forbids further mention. 1
Volentine Mathews
Another soldier who did service in 1812-14 war and who sleeps in Franklin Cemetery was Volentine Mathews, b. in 1790, in what is now Sumner. He went from there or from Paris to seat of war. Tradition says he was in service with John Tuft, who, it is known, was in the engagement at battle of Champlain, land forces, under McCoon. Mathews returned to Sumner and thence to Franklin in 1826, when his son Winthrop was three years old. Volentine Mathews m. Nancy Moore, a sister to John Moore, one of the first settlers in the vicinity of Worthly Pond and the father of Mr. Nahum Moore, conductor on P. & R. F. Ry. Winthrop Mathews, b. July 26, 1823, d. Sept. 19, 1895, m. Cordelia P. Weaver, pros- perous farmers in Franklin Plantation, now annex to Peru. This man was styled Franklin's lawyer. The trend of his mind partook of judicial type. He was high minded and possessed good judg- ment. Children :- Arabella, b. May 26, 1849, d. Dec. 4, 1853; Arabella L., b. 1855. d. 1859; Chas. W., b. 1857, d. 1861; Ells- worth, b. 1861, d. 1865 ; Chas. L., b. Oct. 8, 1859, m. Feb. 6, 1879, Rose, dan. of Chas. W. Child. She was b. Dec. 18, 1858, d. Apr. 25, 1898. He m. 2nd, Dec. 25, 1905, Eva A. Dorr, dau. of Cyrus Dorr. Chas. L. Mathews is a shrewd, industrious farmer on his father's old farm. Other sisters of his father's family are Georgi- anna, who m. Seth Abbott in Rumford; Eveline, m. Farnum El- liott, Rumford, d. 1905; Adelpha, m. Chas. Farnum. Residence, Rumford.
Morrill
Milo G. Morrill. b. in Canada, May 25, 1847, m. Elnora Jack- son. They are well to do farmers on the Mineral Spring Road : does a flourishing business dairying and butcher. Children :- Ernest Lee. b. Feb. 18. 1869 ; Manley Gibbs, b. Apr. 20, 1871; Alma E., b. Feb. 6, 1877, d. Aug. 4, 1894; Fred G., m. Lucy F., dau. of Nathan Harlow : Addie E., m. Lucius H. Lovejoy, have a son b. April 5, 1909. Lauriston R., farmer and butcher on home farm; Ernest L.,overseer cotton mill, Saco; Manley G., overseer cotton mill, Conn .; Fred G., overseer cotton mill, Norwich, Conn.
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Andrew Martin
The family of Andrew Martin, b. in France, 1789, d. in Peru, Jan. 9, 1863, and Maria (Bard) Martin, b. in Germany, 1791, d. in Peru, Oct. 15, 1885, came to town in late forties and with them two sons. Naveri, b. 1826 in France, and John, a few years younger. They located on High street and did some farming. He had a bas- ket fitted to his back like a pack peddler, in which he carried a bushel of corn to mill, and gathered potatoes and other crops on the farm. He evidently worked that way in his native land, had learned to do without a horse.
Xaveri m. Dec. 3, 1848. Sarah Jane, dau. of Eli Knox. He served in 10th and 29th Me. Regis., three years and four months in all, entering the service Oct. 4. 1861. Pvt., Co. H. He d. May 16, 1901 at his home, West Peru Vill. His wife is still living, a pensioner, at their home. Children :- Julia Ann, b. July 1. 1849, d. Dec. 29, 1850 ; John A., h. Jan. 5, 1852, not m., residence Rock- land, Mass .; Mary Ella, b. Jan. 17, 1856, m. Sumner N. Knox, residence West Peru Vill .; Chas. Albion. b. Apr. 2, 1858, m. 1881, Rose M. Jackson; Lydia J., b. July 3, 1860, d. 1880; Nancy, b. Dec. 2. 1866, m. Jan. 10. 1882, Maurice McIntire, Dixfield; Lucy D., b. Dec. 9, 1867, m. May 8, 1890, Everett F. Gould of Dixfield. Children of McIntire :- David Adelbert. Ina Alice, John Alfred, Maurice M. Children of Martin :- Charlena, b. 1881. d. 1907; Mildred M .; Charles Leston. Residence, Brockton, Mass. John Martin m. Pub., Feb. 8. 1856, Katherine, dau. of Samuel Ham- mon, of Peru. Soon after marriage they located in Winthrop. It is reported that he d. years ago.
Henry S. McIntire
Henry S. Melntire, b. Cumberland, June 16, 1824, son of Benj. McIntire and Maria Prince. d. in Peru Feb. 7, 1893, m. Mar. 16, 1850, Betsey, dau. of Samuel L. Bailey in Peru, b. Dec. 20, 1823. d. Mar. 26, 1904. Mr. MeIntire was a farmer located in the valley northwest of the old Grover farm on High street. IIe led an active life : was a servant to the people quite an amount in nurs- ing and caring for the sick. He responded promptly to call for volunteers in war of 1861, entering service, Co. G, Ist Me. Cav., Oct., 1861. He was quite prominent in town affairs. In 1880 he represented Peru in Legislature. Later he was a member of the Board. of Selectmen several terms. He made some mistakes as many of us have done. Writer associated with him much the last. years of his life, and believes he felt the need and had a desire for a
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higher life. The blood of Christ cleanseth from all sin if we accept of Him as our Saviour. Children :- Chas. W. Irving, b. Apr. 27, 1851. Farmer. Residence, Webster, Nebraska; Susan Ellen, b. Sept. 25, 1853, m. Apr. 22, 18:1, Stillman P. Hersey in Auburn or Turner; Wm. P. F., b. July 3, 1856, d. Sept. 27, 1858; Wm. P. F., b. Dec. 2, 1858. Keeps restaurant in Dakota. Stillman HI., b. Aug. 25, 1861, lives on home farm, unmarried. Hunter and trapper. Ulysses Grant, b. Mar. 16, 1864. Ambrose Everett Burn- side, b. Jan. 21, 1867.
David C. Melntire, the old singing school master, a brother of Henry S., is known in town. He had classes here in 1902-3. He m., in 1892, Lena E., dau. of Valmore Dunn. Their sister, Lucy McIntire, m. Benj. Lunt, lived in Falmouth. Their son, Daniel Inmt, the popular school teacher here several terms, m. Minne E. Dunn. a sister to Lena. Peru supplied the McIntire family pretty well with wives, and not all told yet. Pity they can't all stick. Whose fault is it? When fire water is on top, the wife and chil- dren come to grief. The insidious foe, the rumseller, in league with his satanic majesty. is stalking abroad seeking whom he may devour. It finds its victims usually on the male side of peaceful, happy homes. The lord of his home thinks he can drink fire water or he can let it alone. He glories in his independence, while he reckons with an invincible foe. The fine web of sophistry that lures him on is soon transformed to a craving appetite, with fetters that will not break, and our hero becomes a slave to passion, the happy home is broken up, wife and children must go. Oh! the misery and anguish that men inflict upon themselves and their fam- ilies, in opposition to their better judgment ere the depraved appe- tite is formed. Each home might become a paradise if in the hearts of its inmates Christ was formed their hope of glory.
Ulysses G. MeIntire in. Dec. 25, 1888, Nellie M., dau. of John A. Putnam. Children :- Leon E., b. Sept. 21, 1890: Blanche, b. Oct. 13. 1894: Hazel M., b. Aug. 29, 1896; Harold, b. Aug. 21, 1898; Ralph, b. Ang. 11, 1902; Henry S., b. Jan. 26, 1904. Wife granted a bill of divorce, 1909. She and Oscar, her unmarried brother, share a quiet, peaceful home at the Capt. Ford Stand, formerly Dickvale, now West Peru R. F. D. No. 1.
Ambrose Burnside McIntire m. Flora E., dau. of Elmer W. Knox. Children :- Charlotte B., Mary E., Bernice M., Verna E., Betsey E. This family have carried on the Town Farm several years, and Mr. McIntire has served on the Board of Selectmen and Assessors. They have a quiet, happy home.
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Miller
James W. Miller, b. Halifax, m. Olive V. Norton, b. New Haven. Children :- Mabel L., ae. 22, m. May 16, 1907; Earl E., son of E. M. Howard; Pearl L., m. Aug. 23, 1909, Leon W. Child; Glenroy M., Evelyn C. Mr. Miller is, a well-to-do farmer on the Samuel B. Knight farm and formerly the homestead of his father, Merrill Knight, the bear hunter, who reared four sons and two daughters in a log house on this farm, and all have passed beyond the vale.
Morrill
Family of James and Sylvia ( Rowe) Morrill. He d. 1870. Wife d. Jan. 8, 1909, ae. 93 years, 6 months, 19 days. Chil- dren :- Job R., m. Etta A., dan. of Thomas Wyman. Their son, James Calley, b. farmers, Franklin Annex. Abbie H., m. Chas. G. Irish ; he d. Oct., 1896, on Morrill Farm. Their dau., Jennie R., m. Nov. 30, 1907, Elbridge G. Child. Simeon, m. Naomi A. Cone; farmer and truckman, Diekvale. Wife d. June 29. 190S. Son, Chas. W., is express messenger, Bangor.
Lawson Marsh
The family of Lawson and Abigail Marsh lived on the farm of Wni. W. Gordon in 1840 to 1850. His wife was the dau. of Stephen Wing. Those remaining moved to Dixfield. Children :- Hiram, b. May 30, 1831; Wm. W., b. Nov. 6, 1832; Orlando, b. Oct. 26, 1835, went to California. m. around 1856, there when last known; Belzora, b. Dec. 19 1837, m. Nov. 24, 1859, John T. M. Leavitt in Dixfield; Martha Ann, b. Dec. 1, 1838. The above Leavitt died. Belzora m. (2nd) - Next Belzora d. and Martha m. the widowed husband of Belzora, name unknown to writer. Emily J., b. Oct. 19, 1843, m. Mont Babb in Mexico ; An- drew L., b. July 1, 1846 ; Lawson L., b. Dec.12, 1851.
Nathaniel Maybury
Nathaniel and Aurile (Stockbridge) Mabury were located on the river farm, subsequently the Wm. Bowers Walton farm. The territory is now occupied by a portion of the manufacturing and industrial section of Rd. Falls. Children :- Wm. J., b. Mar. 27, 1858. A second son, unknown. Mr. Maybury did some farming, some trucking and trafficking. He was a kind, obliging neighbor, social and genial. He removed, in the sixties or later, a few miles below North Turner toll bridge, on the west bank of the Andros- coggin, where he operated a ferry. He d. there.
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Ashby Moody
Ashby Moody and wife, Polly, dau. of Abial Lapham, came from Auburn in the forties and returned there in the sixties. His farm residence was on road from Ripley's mill to North Hartford, above the Packard, now Irving Dean farm Children : John C., m. June, 1861, Eliza Jane, dau. of Ebenezer Burgess. They had son, Edwin A., b. June, 1862. Wife d. 1865. Lydia M., m. Feb. 11, 1847, Lot Sampson in Hartford.
Leonard H. Maxim
Peru's only resident regular M. D. was Leonard H. Maxim, a native of Wayne, a student at Kent's Hill, and a graduate at Bow- doin Medical College. He began practice at West Peru Vill. in late fifties. He showed skill in surgery and was quite successful in materia medica. He m. Mar. 18, 1863, Laura E., dau. of Luther Jackson by his first wife. Their son, Charles C., b. Oct. 18, 1861, d. Aug. 2, 1863. Wife d. Feb. 6, 1863, Ae. 20 years, " months. The doctor was popular as a citizen. He served the town as super- visor of schools in connection with his profession. He moved to Hartford and m. (2nd) Pub. Aug. 22, 1864, Harriet B. Thompson (widow), carrying on wife's farm, and in practice the remainder of life.
David Morse
David Morse, b. June 7, 1805, m. at Otisfield, Me., Jan. 1, 1833, Sarah S. Morton, b. Mar. 28, 1813. Soon after their marriage they settled in Andover North Surplus, on a lot of wild land, and began to make them a home, making a clearing and erecting rude build- ings. They continued there about thirty-five years, and had twelve children. Three were soldiers in war of '61. Of these, Charles P. Morse was a Corp. in Co. A, 12th Regt., Me. Vols. He was taken prisoner at battle of Winchester, Sept. 19, 1864, was paroled, and arrived at Annapolis Hosp., and there granted a furlough to go to his home in Andover, where he arrived in November, 1864, sick with chronic diarrhoea and effects of confinement in rebel prison. His death followed in 18 days. The following are a part of the other children :- Frances L., b. May 3, 1843; Mathias M., b. Sept. 27, 1845 ; Jane M., b. Sept. 3, 1847; Ellen, b. Apr. 3, 1849; Louisa, b. July 5, 1851 : Lizzie A., b. June 2, 1853; Frank W., b. Dec. 4, 1855. They sold farm and removed to Franklin Planta- tion about 1868, and from there to Peru, to a small place adjoining
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the Ripley Knox farm, across the highway from Daniel Fletcher farm, in 1872. June 12, 1888, Mrs. Morse was granted a pension as dependent mother of Chas. P. She was then past ?5 years old. She d. in Peru, Jan. 13, 1895, Ae. 83 years, 10 months. Their son, Frank W., m. June 25, 1886, Laura A., widow of Edwin Austin and dau. of Cyrus and Dorcas Burgess. They were success- ors on the farm.
Mitchell
Peleg Mitchell, m. Caroline Bradford in Turner. They moved onto Robinson Turner farm adjoining Canton in spring of 1839. He bore the title of Capt. of State Militia. He enlisted Pvt., Co. D, 16th Me., Sept. 11, 1863, Ae. 44, d. in Hosp. at Washington, D. C., Dec. 19, 1863. Children :- Jenette L. b. in Buckfield, Mar. 10, 1823, m. Chas. F. Deshon ; Harriet, m. Samuel S. Hall in Ver- million, Laselle Co., Ill .; Wm., Jason, Silas.
Newton
Prominent among the early settlers around Dixfield Common were Newton families. On the side of the mountain range known as "Burnt Hill," overlooking the Androscoggin, there stood the farm buildings of Abraham Newton. Here he lived, reared chil- dren and continued through life. He m. Lorinda, dau. of Levi Newton, who drove a truck team of four oxen, hauling goods from Hallowell several years. Their son, Walter Scott, was the first representative of this race, who settled in Peru soon after his mar- riage, locating at the Centre, near the meeting house. The other son, Abraham, Jr., settled at Canton. Their home was broken up by the death of parent Abraham around 1843 or 1844. Widow remarried, Bartholomew Conant, Apr., 1844, and the homestead was abandoned not long after. Abraham. Sr., was a brother to Estes Newton. His son, Orrison R., moved to Peru after close of war. Records show he joined the Baptist church there Aug. 19, 1816. Abraham, Jr., married, was Must. Co. C, 16th Me., Aug. 14, 1862, from Canton, taken prisoner July 1, 1863. ret. to Co .; discharged by order May 22, 1865.
Orrison Ripley Newton was b. in Dixfield around 1839. He enlisted Nov. 15. 1861, ae. 22 years, single, in Co. D, 12th Regt .. Me. Vols., Pvt., and was honorably discharged. He m. in Dixfield, Sept. 26, 1865, Maria M., b. around 1841, widow of his brother, Geo. H. Newton. He d. in Peru, Nov. 30, 1879, at Centre, where he had worked a few years, a blacksmith giving general satisfac-
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tion. Mrs. Newton had no issue by her first husband. Chil- dren :- Henry O., b. July 21, 1866, was a promising youth, learned trade of barber, working on Paris Hill, where he d. in his teens, of consumption ; Elton S., b. Aug. 15, 1868; Lillian A., b. July 3, 1870, d. Mar. 13, 1879 ; Maurice A., b. Jan. 3, 1875. He is mar- ried ; residence, Paris Hill, where he does job work, making a good living. O. R. Newton contracted disease in army that culminated his career. His widow was pensioned, continuing till her mar- riage, July 24, 1880, to Geo. W. Garland in Paris. They had one dau., now living. Garland d. July 4, 1897; widow remarried, May 4, 1901, Alvan M. Ryerson, an old soldier. He d. May 16, 1902, and widow was pensioned for last husband, and still living, at last accounts, at her Garland home, Paris Hill.
Elton S. Newton, son of Orrison R. and Maria M., b. in Peru, Aug. 15, 1868, m. Velma L., b. Sept. 8, 1869, dau. of Marcellus S. and Sarah W. Atkins. Children :- Kate Louise, ae. 17 years, m. Apr. 23, 1909, Walter J. L. Seavery of Auburn, ae. 17 years, a shoemaker. Born to wife, Aug. 4. 1909, a son. Elton S. New- ton has been the leading blacksmith at West Peru about twenty years.
Walter Scott Newton, b. Sept. 8, 183%, m. in Peru, 1861. Ab- bie G., dau. of Winslow Walker. He enlisted, Aug. 14, 1862, in Co. C. 16th Me. Vols., was discharged for disability, Feb. 13, 1863. He d. at Peru Cent., Nov. 10, 1870. Widow remarried, Oct. 1, 1816, Samuel F. Robinson. She d. Oct. 16, 1880, at Peru Cent. Children :- Alfred Walter Newton, b. July 16, 1861 ; Fred Grant, b. May 5. 1864, m. Mar. 31, 1883, Matilda Corenna, dau. of A. K. Knight, had son, Roy. Wife left husband. got a bill of divorce. October, 1906 ; both remarried. Russell Andrew, b. Sept. ? 1, 1866, single, roving res. Winslow Perley, b. Sept. 29, 1868. Fannie Grace, b. Feb. 13, 1870. m. Nov. 10, 1889, Volentine C. Neal, in East Livermore. They are well-to-do farmers. No issue.
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