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Eleazer A. Poland, b. Hartford. Feb. 7, 1822, d. Aug. 13, 1893, m. Dec. 1, 1844, Eunice A., dau. of Wm. French. Chil- dren :- Eleazer Clinton, b. Apr. 10, 1856, m. (1st) Dec. 1, 1880, Hattie Whittemore of Lewiston. Their children :- Rose G., m. Mr. Bean : Wendall C. is station agent; wife d. He m. (2nd) Delia O'Neil. Children :- Nellie B., ae. 17 m., Dec. 25, 1909, Joseph C. Record, ae. ? 7. of Buckfield: Annie M. Clinton's res., East Peru ;
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farmer; rents cottages at Worthly pond. Family own the Cyrus Wormell stand in Vill. Second child of Eleazer, Rose Gelanor, b. 1858, d. 1862. The last is Andrew Poland, plumber in Concord, Mass. Widow, Eunice A., d. June 2, 1911. Levi D. Poland, son of Moses, m. (1st) in Canton, Laura Lovewell. Children :- Al- mon, Bertha, Flora, Caroll, Daniel, Frank. Wife d .; Bertha d. Mr. Poland m. (2nd) in 1893, Susan S .. dan. of John Williams. Thad had dau., Bessie M. Occupation, farmer.
Packard Family
Among the early settlers in Massachusetts from England were Danforth and Simeon Packard, the progenitors of Ephraim Pack- ard, b. June 23, 1780, d. 18:2, who came from Greenwood in the twenties with wife, Lydia, b. Apr. 25, 1789, and a large family of children. He made clearing and erected the buildings on what is the Irving Dean Farm, south of Worthly pond. In 1855 or 1856 he sold to Marshall Child of Livermore and removed to Buckfield, thence returned to Greenwood. The wife of Geo. H. Conant, nee Grace Packard, is great-great-grandchild of the subject of this sketch. Children of the Packard family :- Lydia, b. Jan. 12, 1809, d. young; Almon, b. Sept. 27. 1810, d. in Massachusetts : Lucinda, b. Jan. 4, 1812, m. Erastus Holt, came to Peru from Weld ; Lydia, b. Nov. 3, 1814, m. Jacob Keene in North Turner, d. Aug. 26, 184%; their dau., Ellen R., m. in Hartford; Fidelia, b. Dec. 11, 1817, d. Feb. 12, 1818; Eliza, b. Jan. 14, 1818, m. Gifford Moses, d .; Asa Danforth, b. Peru, Feb. 19. 1820, m. Sarah S. McLangh- lin, b. Dixfield, 1824; Geo. Preston. b. Jan. 1, 1822. In army, d. in Iowa; Ephraim C., b. Dec. 13, 1824, d. Apr. 30, 1851 ; Jemima, b. Dec. 26, 1827, d. Detroit. Mich .: Stephen S., b. Aug. 23, 1831, m. sister to Greene Gammon, was in army, d. in Albany. Me .; Clarinda S., b. Apr. 27, 1833. m. Benj. Buck of Buckfield. He d. in army.
Asa Danforth, m. Aug. ? , 1844, Sarah S., dau. of Phineas Mc- Laughlin and Sally Smith, both of New Hampshire. This family lived on the Jedediah White place, now owned by H. E. Stillman, in the early sixties. Mr. Packard enlisted Co. F, 17th Regt. Me. Vols. His son, Moses, enlisted at Minot, served in Co. K, 5th Me. Vols. Children :- Moses F., b. Aug. 26, 1843; Albert D., b. Apr. 18, 1845; Edmund A., b. Jan. 16. 1848 : Hubbard C., b. Dec. 13, 1852; Sarah Emeline, b. Mar. 28, 1856. Asa Danforth en- tered his army service July 22, 1862, and d. by reason of same.
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His widow was pensioned till her marriage to Wm. W. White. After his death, Dec. 18, 1902, she filed application for restora- tion to pension rolls, Oct., 1902. Same allowed. Her home is with dau., Sarah, and son-in-law, Geo. T. Porter, Dixfield. Moses F., m. Nov. 28, 1863, Alma O. Mclaughlin. He was pensioned a term of years and d. at Dixfield Cent., Sept. 10, 1905, suddenly, of heart trouble. ITis widow, a cripple many years, was pensioned, living at Dixfield. Their children :- M. Albert, a lawyer at Wil- ton; and Edmond D., at old stand. He is married and makes a home for his mother. His dau., Grace, m. Geo. H. Conant in Peru. Widow, Sarah S. White, is quite smart to work, 86 years old, and enjoys life, 1910. Her son, Hubbard C., is married; res., Dover, Mass .; occupation, a mason.
Paul
William Paul was a blacksmith at West Peru Vill. in middle forties to middle fifties or later. He removed down the river to the Geo. Babb place. He built a small shop and worked at his trade there till last sickness and death. He was rated a good horseshoer. He m. Feb. 16, 1840, Clarinda, b. Sept. 18, 1805. dau. of Trueworthy Thurston. Children :- Olive Jane, b. Oct. 29, 1842. Dealbra Elvira Osca, b. June 19, 1815, m. Jan. 15, 1863. Henry T. Durgin in Mexico, a farmer. He d .; "widow" remar- ried, Apr. 3, 1865, Geo. A. Hutchins of Canton. William A. Paul, b. Aug. 31, 1848, m. Pub., June 5, 1869, Ellen F. Holman in Dixfield. Mr. Paul is farmer and lumberman; res., Dixfield, op- posite East Peru. He manufactures spool stock by steam power. Parent, William, d. Feb. 13, 1864. Widow Clarinda Paul m. Pub., Apr. 20, 1865, Joseph Bartlett. He d. around 1870; in- terred beside first wife in Jackson Yard. No marker. Widow (Paul) Bartlett d. around 1891; interred beside first husband, Dickvale.
Piper
Wm. Piper. b. Sept. 29, 1798, d. Aug. 19, 1886, in Peru, m. around 1824, Hannah Edwards, b. 1781, a native of Casco, d. Mar. 10, 1867. This family came from Otisfield to Peru in 1828 and lived the first winter in the house with James Lunt, next High St., at the Grover mansion. Subsequently he built the build- ings on the John Burgess farm and settled there. He was a man of much ability, honest and reliable. He shared the confidence
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and high esteem of his townsmen and was honored with various offices, including constable and collector of taxes. Children :- Daniel Wentworth, b. Otisfield, Mar. 18, 1825; Sophrona, b. Sept. 28. 1826, m. Daniel Oldham, Jr .; Nancy, b. in Peru, Dec. 3. 1829, m. (1st) Thomas Wyman, son of John C .. He d .; m. (?nd) Erastus Abbott; Timothy Merritt, b. Aug. 28, 1831, went to Illi- nois in early life, invested in real estate, amassed a good property, and d. single; will probated Oct., 1907. Daniel W. Piper was eighty-five years old the 25th of March, 1910, and for several years was the only surviving member of his father's family. His farm was the Seth Jackson Farm on Ridge Road, about half a mile from West Peru Vill. In the harvest of 1909 he dug and picked up 16 bushels of potatoes in one day, and the next day he dug and picked 18 bushels, his usual labor.
His longevity and unusual vigor at this time of life is due to a rigid temperate, abstemious life by him and his parents. He has preserved well what he inherited, a strong constitution. It would be well to emulate his example. He m. June 15. 1856, Adeliza Fogg of Woodstock. Children :-- Adeline A .. b. Mar. 30, 1859, d. Aug. 11, 1859; Elbridge G., b. June 29, 1860, d. Aug. 5, 1860; Ellsworth E., b. Aug. 16, 1861, m. Dec. 8. 1880, Mary E. Glover of Hartford. No issue. They followed farming in part. Residents in Peru awhile after the close of the year 1900. and moved to home farm of wife's parents at North Hartford. Ella May Piper, b. Oct. 2, 1867, m. James Lovejoy. Their chil- dren :- Harry L., b. July, 1884; Daniel W., b. 1887. This grand- son is living with Mr. Piper on the farm. Daniel W. Piper d. Jan. 31, 1911.
Harry L. Lovejoy, m. Nov. 19, 1907, Lula J. Wing, a school teacher of Anburn, Me. They settled on the former residence of Ellsworth E. Piper near Daniel W. Piper. Mrs. Ella M. Lovejoy d. July 14, 1888, leaving a dau. She was named for her mother, grew up, and m. Chas. Standish; res. was West Peru.
Ricker
Three brothers of the Ricker family were early settlers of Peru. Their native residence was in the vicinity of Durham or Gray, Me. Joseph Ricker bought a lot of land of Hezekiah Walker at Peru Cent .. Apr. 23, 1822, where he settled for life. He was less than 21 years old. Record shows that his brother, William Ricker, was elected to the office of Tything Man in 1828, and evidently he
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had established a home years before, as his third child was born soon after his elevation to office, and all recorded in town. He was School Agent in 1838. His farm was up back of Elbridge Gammon's farm and at foot of Gammon mountain, and the Gam- mon place, a short distance from the junction of the two roads leading from Ripley's Mill to North Hartford, via down Packard Hill, at the foot of which was located John Robbins; School agent, 1846.
Joshua Ricker lived on Levi Randall place at Worthly pond in early forties. He m. Dec. 2, 1838, Phoebe L., dau. of Samuel and Olive Knight of Peru. There is no record of any children. He did not reside in town long. Writer learns that Lenora Knight lived with her sister, Phoebe L. Ricker, in Minnesota prior to her return to Peru, about 1894, which shows that Joshua Rieker fol- lowed the trail of Elijah Hall out West. Their wives were sisters.
Family of William and Eliza Rieker. Wife d. Oet. 12, 1848. Children :- Eliza Ann, b. Mar. 24, 1824; Mary, b. June 8, 1826; Wm. Smith, b. June 5, 1828, d. Sept. 28, 1828; Martha, b. Mar. 23, 1834, d. Sept. 19, 1839; Ellen Cordelia, b. Jan. 18, 1836; Martha, b. Sept. 27, 1839; Wm. Henry, b. Aug. 11, 1842. No further knowledge. Quite likely family left town soon after death of wife.
Joseph Ricker, m. Sept. 4, 1825, Eliza S., dau. of Wm. and Sibyl (Staples) Walker. Husband d. Jan. 24, 1845, of typhoid fever, ae. 43 years. Wife d. Apr. 1, 1849, ae. 41 years. Chil- dren :-- Mary A., b. Nov. 7, 1826, d. Aug. 7, 1827 ; Rosannah, b. Feb. 11, 1828, m. Ezekiel Poland; Lenora, b. Apr. 7. 1829; Ar- delia, b. Nov. 13, 1831; Elnora K., b. Feb. 19, 1834. d. May 23, 1836 ; Chas. Henry, b. Nov. 3, 1837, d. Jan. 22, 1838 ; Eliza Ellen, b. Mar. 28, 1840; Joseph Wesley, b. Nov. 23. 1842. Mr. Ricker built and occupied the house and ell now owned by Wm. H. Bent. He was by occupation a blacksmith. He was a prominent pillar in founding the Methodist church here, whose house of worship was erected in 1838. This family were devoted Christians and greatly missed when called to higher life. The two youngest only are living, 1910.
Eliza Ellen, b. Peru, Mar. 28, 1840, dan. of Joseph and Eliza S. Rieker, m. Jan. 10, 1860, Phineas Ingalls Libby, b. in Gorham, Aug. 23, 1838, a farmer and shoemaker, the son of Samuel Libby, b. in Gorham, Oct. 5, 1799, and wife, Sally Libby. Children of Eliza Ellen Libby, dau., b. Jan. 17, 1864, d. Feb. 12, 1864; Lu-
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ella D., b. Apr. 14, 1865, m. Sept. 19, 1885, Josiah Paine Wescott of Gorham. He d. Sept. ? ), 1903, a farmer. Their dau., Grace E., b. 1894, d. in infancy ; Mabel Florence, b. Oct. 29, 1867, d. June 22, 1880; Nellie Adell, b. May 31, 1874, d. June 22, 1880; Allen Wesley, b. May 30, 1882, m. Oct. 15, 1902, Bessie A., dau. of Chas. and Ella Littlefield Chaplin, farmer. Children :- Maud Isabel, b. Jan. 24, 1905; Nina Louise, b. Oct. 2, 1908. All except- representatives of the Christian graces of this Ricker family.
At the age of 18 years, Joseph W. Ricker was mustered into U. S. service, Pvt., Co. C, Sth Regt., Me. Vols., war of 1861. Jo- seph Wesley Ricker, m. Betsey Briggs, b. in Auburn, Me., Oct. 26, 1844, the dau. of Hiram C. and Senura (Briggs) Briggs. Chil- dren :- Daniel Wesley, b. Auburn. May 2, 1868, m. Oct. 26, 1892. Edith 1., dau. of Isaac Osgood of North Auburn. Their son, Chas. William, was b. in Turner, Apr. 24, 1900. Chas. Elmer Ricker, b. in Auburn, July 31, 1870, d. in Turner, Dec. 15, 1875. Wm. Briggs Ricker, b. in Turner, July 14, 1874, m. June 21, 1898, Mildred G. Lowell, dau. of J. L. Lowell of Auburn. Their children are :- Wesley Lowell Ricker, b. in Auburn, May 29, 1902; Nina Grace, b. Riverside, Cal., May 12, 1904.
Mr. J. Wesley Ricker is nicely situated. His elegant mansion is located corner Park Ave. and East Sth St., Riverside, Cal. Writer has Pho. showing their team, Mr. and Mrs. Ricker in front and sister-in-law, Mrs. Briggs, in the rear. The cut shows their house on the right.
It is 8 feet to the hedge and a driveway between hedge and neigh- bor's house on left. At right is stable in rear, and a row of three orange trees between same, and their Park Ave, houses are set back 30 feet from sidewalk, which is 24 feet wide and street 51 feet. Much of this the cut fails to show. Mr. Ricker is a true type of his parents. He has great respect for the old church edifice. and still more for the old cemetery, where rests the dust of his ancestry. He contributes to its repair very liberally.
Ripley
Wm. King Ripley was a noted early settler at the outlet of Worthly pond, an enterprising business man. a great mechanical genius. He came as early as 1836 and remained through life, rearing a large family of children. His occupation was farmer, carpenter and millman. He erected a fine lumber mill of the pattern of his day, for long lumber, a shingle mill, also a set of
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granite mill stones for coarse grinding. This mill did a thriving business for a term of years and was a great help to the community, an emergency that gave elegant homes in place of log cabins. This man was an important factor in the councils of town affairs, hold- ing various important offices of trust. It is related how he enter- tained a caller one day while working at his bench. Having com- pleted a piece of work before him, he picked up a piece of board near and planed one side true and even, next he picked up a second board and planed that on one side, till it looked about right, then he put the planed sides of the two boards together, one on top of the other on the bench, and the moment the two sides came together there was a vacuum and the two became as one. The top board projecting over the bottom, served as a handle by which the top board was lifted, and the other followed as one.
Wm. King Ripley, the son of Uriah, was b. 1799 in Paris, Me. He m. (1st) Martha Parsons, b. Hartford, 1803, d. 1830. Chil- dren and their marriage :- James, m. (1st) Mariah Briggs of Auburn. Their son, Clinton B., went to Honolulu. Wife d. He m. (2nd) Susan Woodbury of Auburn. Their children were John, Mary, and a son, who d. two or three years old. Parent James d. Los Angeles, Cal. Alpheus, m. Elizabeth Walker of Boston. Their children are Fred, in Dakota, and Julia. He d. Denver, C'ol. Sarah K., m. July 4, 1843, John M. Deshon, d. May 20, 1890. Almira, m. Wm. Thorn, son of John Thorn of Hartford. He lived at Peru on the Nathan Harlow Farm in late forties and sold to Winfield Shackley. Children of Thorn are Sarah F., Ella, and Charles. Mr. Thorn is dead. Widow and children living West (1907). Wm. Ripley, b. 1826, d. 1830. Wm. H., Jr., b. June 24, 1830, d. Sept. 24. 1899, at Canton. He m. Cornelia K., dau. of Jonathan Ames of Canton. A son d. young. He was Sergt. Co. G, 1st Me. Cav., and rendered honorable ser- vice. He contracted army disability and was pensioned. In ap- pearance he was smart, active and free from intemperate habits down to the year 1899, though he suffered from stomach troubles and was in poor health a term of years. This and the death of his son. Frank, by his own hand, led him to say that when he got tired and sick of life he should do the same. He was impelled by a deranged mind to do the awful deed.
Wm. K. Ripley, Sr., m. (2nd), 1831, Polly Ellis, b. 1802, d. 1867. dau. of Perez Ellis, in Hartford. Their children :- Martha, b. 1831, d. 1833; Hannibal, b. around 1832. He was quite pro-
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ficient in the district school studies and in 1851 attended a term at South Paris Normal Institute, where he devoted much time to French. He was genial, of high ideals and good habits. On leav- ing home, he began business career in Boston, first as carpenter a term of years; was associated with the police force there a term of years : afterwards elected truant officer of Allston district, Boston, Mass. IIe had good success. He m. Mary E. Tylor in Boston ; their dau., Rena, d. aged about 12 years.
Henry W., b. around 1834, was a soldier, Co. E, 2nd Me. Cav. He had furlough home pending army sickness and d. on the way, at New Orleans. He was interred at East Peru. Government marker at grave. He m., prior to enlistment, Celestia C. Alden, dau. of Amasa. Their son, Scott Ellis, was b. in Livermore. He and mother live in Watertown, Mass.
Ellis Ripley, b. in Peru, Sept., 1836, was a traveling salesman for a shoe firm of Lynn, Mass., m. Sept. 21, 1865, Harriet E. Child, dan. of Marshall, d. in Lynn, Mass., Jan. 22, 1901. Chil- dren :- Mabel R., Arthur, Chas., d. when two years old. Widow and children reside Lynn, Mass., No. 15 North Franklin St.
Martha Jane, b. Aug. 17. 18441, m. Aug. 6, 1863, Homer Child. Martha J., the youngest child by second wife, is the only surviving member of her mother's family (1907). Wm. King Ripley, Sr., d. Dec. 9, 1883. He was familiarly known by the title of major, acquired under the state milita law when trainings and musters were in vogue. This family were consistent Christian people of Universalist belief, exemplary and upright in all their deportment.
Roberts
Seth Roberts and wife, Mariam, dau. of Benj. Fobes. were pioneer settlers in plantation days. They lived in a log house on the tract of land east of Daniel Fletcher Farm, on road leading to West Peru. The house stood on north side of road, on heights of land sloping cast, a very pretty and fertile swell of land, in the forties and down. Here they raised a large family of children. and here Mr. Roberts d. Apr. 30. 1845, ae. 57 years, and his wife followed. Oct. 17. 1858. This family were honest. of good habits and good deportment. generous, hospitable. and good neighbors. The family name has ceased in our midst, but a few of the descen- dants vet remain. Children :- Benj., b. May 9, 1815: James. b. Feb. 25. 1817 : Anna, b. Sept. 7. 1819. m. Mar. 14. 1841. Henry E. Young in Peru: Elizabeth Webb. b. Jan. 11, 1822, m. Chas. Knox : Jonathan, b. Oct. 12, 1824; William, b. Apr. 3, 1827; Bethiah. b.
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Feb. 14, 1829, m. Danville Knox; Adrian Greenleaf, b. Feb. 25, 1832; Nancy, b. July 3, 1834, d. Nov. 14, 1837; Mariam, b. May 1, 1837; Mariam M. Knox, b. Peru, d. Auburn, July 25, 1903; Seth Roberts, Jr., b. Feb. 21, 1840, d. in army, Co. E, Sth Me.
Benj. Roberts, m. (1st) Mercy Tuttle; wife d. July 26, 1848, ae. 33 years. Children :- Nancy Ellen, b. Mar. 18, 1838, m. Gilbert H. Bailey; Mary Elizabeth, b. Oct. 31, 1839; Rosanna, b. Sept. 1, 1842 : Angeline, b. May 4, 1844 ; Lois R., b. Oct. 26, 1845, d. May 30, 1880, m. Stephen W. Gammon; Roscoe W., b. Jan. 12, 1818, d. Feb. 15, 1849. Benj. Roberts m. (2nd) Sepi. 18, 18-19, Sarah W., dan. of Robert Barstow. Children :- Roscoe B., b. Dec. 21. 1850; Alice Melvina, b. Sept. 19, 1853. Mr. Roberts d. Sept. 23, 1860. Wife d. Dec. 23, 1893.
James Roberts, m. June 25, 1837, Mary A. M. Putnam. Children :- David S., b. Ang. 25, 1837; Nancy Maria, b. Oct. S, 1840; JJames Albert, b. Aug. 8, 1843; Ann Genette A., b. Sept. 8, 1846; Sarah Barstow, b. July 8, 1848. Wm. and wife, Mary Rob- erts, wife d. June 25, 1879, ae. 48 years. Children :- Nancy, d. ae. + years; Rosanna, d. a. 6 weeks; Mary Jane, m. July 29, 1882, Pliney B. Wing; Susie, m. Samuel B. Kittridge in Carthage. Wife d. Nov. 29, 1906. Husband d. Nov. 24, 1906. They left : children. Win. and dan .. Susie, lived at Peru Cent. a while after his wife died. Susie heired their house, the old Hall store, after her father died.
Adrian G. Roberts, m. Lydia HI., dau. of Samuel Bailey. Children :- Charlotte Ella, b. Mar. 4, 1852, d. Oct. 18, 1853; Gil- bert M., b. Nov. 20, 1854.
Third generation : Roscoe B. Roberts, m. Jan. 10. 1886. Eliz- abeth Hickoke of Vermont. No issue. Husband d. Mar. 1, 1901. He followed farming most of life on the old Amos Knight Farm. Mr. Roberts and wife were Christians, good neighbors, highly respected.
Henry Rowe
Henry Rowe, b. in Hebron, July .22, 1829, the son of Joseph Rowe and Eleanor Irish, came to Peru in 1848. He m. Pub., Sept. 14, 1851, Lucy B., dau. of Benj. Lovejoy. Mr. Rowe is yet active, ae. 81 years. 1910. His wife d. Oct. 11, 1898, ae. 65 vears. Children :- Mary E., b. Dec. 1, 1852, d. Nov. 1, 1870 ; Benj. L .. d. Aug. 21, 1899, ae. 43 years, 1 month : Henry O., b. 1854; Geo. L. Marriages: Benjamin L. Rowe m. Emma J., dan. of R. T. Allen, b. Farnsworth, N. H., and Jane Gammon, b. Can-
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ton, dau. of Robinson Gammon. Wife, Emma J., b. in Milton Plan., d. at West Peru, Aug. 28, 1903, ae. 49 years, 1 month. Children :- Henry O. and Walter. Henry O. m. Laura E. Carter of Waltham, Mass. They separated. Had child b. Feb. 20, 1892. The marriage of these sons' parents at Wedding Hollow is related by Rev. G. B. Hannaford, and taken from a clipping of Lewiston Journal, as follows :
Rev. G. B. Hannaford, the "Bishop of Oxford County," as his long service in the Methodist churches of Oxford county has en- titled him to be called, was in Portland during the recent sessions of the Maine Methodist Conference and told this story of a pecu- liar incident in his career :
"Wedding Hollow," said he, "is what the older residents call a little pitch in the road leading from Virginia to Rumford Cen- ter. I was going over this road when I met a couple of young people in a sleigh. 'Good evening, Mr. Hannaford,' said the young man. 'Are you traveling far?' 'Well, I was going to the Center to conduct a social meeting,' I answered. 'Did you want anything of me?' I asked. O, the young fellow explained that he and his friend had decided to be married, and they had decided to have me perform the ceremony. 'Well, we'll go right back to my house,' I answered, 'for although I have no housekeeper, my house is always ready for anything of that sort.' But the young man would not allow me to turn back. Neither would he go on to the church at the Center. 'Well, drive up to Mr. Knight's and we'll stop there,' I advised. But no, Mr. Knight had company at the house that evening, he said. 'Then to the next house,' I suggested, knowing them to be friends of the man. 'No, they have gone away,' he ex- plained. 'Well, what shall we do?' I asked, curious as to how they would arrange matters. 'Why, we thought-and he looked at the blushing young woman who snuggled up to him-'we thought may- be you'd marry us right here.' 'What, here in the road?' I asked, somewhat surprised, for I had never been asked to perform a mar- riage under just these circumstances before. 'Yes, if the knot would be tied just as tight,' replied my young friend. 'Exactly as secure,' I promised him. So I stepped out of my sleigh, and took off my hat. The couple sat before me snug and comfortable in the fur robes, and the young man also removed his hat, while the pretty girl by his side pulled off her mitten that the ring could be slipped on. I did not have the marriage service before me, but I had it in memory, and so I married them, with the stars as twink-
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ling witnesses, and the only wedding bells the chimes that the old. mare shook out as she shivered in the wintry air. In spite of the fact that the bride wore no wedding veil and carried no flowers, this couple lived long and happily together in married comfort, and are known to many people in this section of the state, they being the late Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Rowe of Peru, Maine."
Henry Office Rowe, m. Etta L. Carter. Their children :- Chas. H .; Mary E., m. Aug. 1, 1909, Geo. E. Goding, merchant, W. P .; Marion G. This family are devoted Christians, members of F. B. church. Occupation, farmers, on the Rev. Wm. Woodsum farm.
Henry Rowe, by occupation a farmer, was Must. into U. S. service Dec. 23, 1863, Co. I, 1st Me. H. Art., Pvt., dis. June 5, 1865, for gunshot wound. Mr. Rowe was prominent in town af- fairs several years. He was a member of the board of municipal officers, 1878, 1879 and 1880, and the last year a Rep. in Legis- lature. He was a man of temperate habits, good judgment, pros- perous and successful, a good neighbor, honest and reliable, he shared the confidence and esteem of fellow townsmen.
He has been in poor health several years. Since the death of his wife he has had the best of care by Geo. L. and wife, at their home, West Peru Vill. For the last ten years, or nearly, resort was had to hyperdermic treatment to sustain life. His end came Oct. 22, 1910. West Peru Grange, of which he was a member, conducted funeral service.
Sumner Robinson
In spring of 1839, Sumner Robinson and family came from Sumner and located on the Francis Lunt Farm, now Leroy Babb's. Mr. Robinson was prominent in town affairs, occupying leading offices repeatedly about thirteen years, until he removed to the State of Illinois. The family were active members of the Baptist church. His first wife before m. was Lydia F. Clark. Children :- Sumner, Jr., b. May 12, 1823; Sabrina, b. Dec. 16, 1825; Mary Clark, b. Mar. 7, 1832, m. Jonathan G. Haskell. Those above b. in Sumner; Adrian G., b. Peru, Apr. 12, 1839; Lydia Felch, b. July 23, 1843, m. David G. Stanford. First wife d. He m. (2nd) Louise, a sister to first wife. No issue. Sumner, Jr., m. Mar. 2, 1847, Cordelia, dau. of John Wormell. Children :- Clara H., b. June 23, 1848; Sabrina Alesta, b. Sept. 1, 1850, d. Mar. 22, 1852. This man about time of marriage began to study for the
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