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1. John A., born June 24, 1827 ; d. May 6, 1893.
2. Lucy E., born --- 1833; d. Sept. 11, 1861; m. Dr. Dwight.
Thaeher S., son of Peter S. and Susannah (Bodge) Ander- son, married Lucinda Flint. Settled in Stetson, Me., and died there. Had no children.
Abraham, son of Peter S. and Susannah (Bodge) Anderson, married, first, Eunice Sanborn ; second, Lucy Sawyer. He lived several years at Westbrook. Moved to the town of Buxton, Me., where he died. Had four children; by first wife: Martha M. and Frank A. By second wife, he had Lucy Jane and George A.
Edward F., son of Peter and Susannah (Bodge) Anderson, married, first, Mchitable Cole; second, a widow Babbage. He was a farmer and lived on his father's farm. He died Apr. 28, 1904. His first wife died Apr. 23, 1883, aged 47 years. They had two children :
1. Willard E., m. Mrs. Minnie Leighton.
2. Susan M.
Augustus B., son of Peter and Susannah (Bodge) Anderson, married Ellen Moulton. He was, for several years, engaged in a cotton factory at Biddeford, Me. Moved to Old Orchard, where he was in business for several years, and died there, Dec.
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26, 1901. His second wife was Matilda Heath. Children, all by first wife : Flora M., Carrie J., and Luella.
John Farwell, son of Hon. John and Ann (Jameson) Ander- son, born July 22, 1823, married Marcia Winter. He was a civil engineer. Lived for several years on the homestead, at Wind- ham. He died in Portland, Dee. 25, 1887. Had children as follows :
1. Annie H., married C. W. Lord.
2. Marcia W., married 1st F. J. Edmands ; 2d E. J. Spring.
3. Isabel, died an infant.
4. Frances P., married C. T. Davis.
Samuel Jameson, son of Hon. John and Ann (Jameson) Anderson, married Jane Dow of Portland. Graduated at Bow- doin College in 1844; was a lawyer. He died in Portland, Nov. 18, 1905. His children :
1. John.
2. Jennie.
3. Susie.
Edward, son of Hon. John and Ann (Jameson) Anderson, married Frances A. Perley. He was a physician; graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1852; praetieed his profession in Portland, where he died Sept. 5, 1861. His wife died in 1870, and their remains are deposited in the family vault. Had no children.
John Duguid, son of Dr. Abraham and Anna (Waterman) Anderson, married Anna Thayer of Gray. She is not living. He graduated from Bowdoin College in the class of 1859, is a lawyer. During the Rebellion he served in the Union Army; was Lieutenant of the First Wisconsin Battery from 1861 to 1862; Orderly Sergeant in Thirty-Second Maine; and Lieuten- ant in the Third Maryland Infantry; and Provost Marshal of the Third Brigade, First Division Ninth Army Corps, from 1864 to 1865; U. S. Pension Agent in Maine from 1886 to 1890; and Treasurer of Soldiers' Home at Togus, Me., from 1890 to 1896. He now (1898) resides in Gray. Six children, as fol- lows :
1. Marcia Winter, born Jan. 5, 1870; married, Aug. 9, 1892, J. II. Pinkham.
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2. John Wendell, born Dec. 25, 1871.
3. Annie Thayer, born Jan. 8, 1874, married Ralph Lewis.
4. Bion Bradbury, born May 9, 1876 ; married Grace Bailey.
5. Abraham Warren, born Jan. 11, 1878.
6. Bessie Waterman, born Apr. 24, 1879.
Wendell Abraham, son of Dr. Abraham, and Anna ( Water- man) Anderson, married, March 9, 1864, at Portland, Me., Susie M., daughter of John Small. She was born in Gray, Me., in 1840. Wendell A. Anderson entered Bowdoin College in 1861, but left during his sophomore year. He was a Medical Cadet, in the U. S. Army in 1861. Graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, N. Y., in 1863. Was Surgeon of the Third Maryland Regiment from Apr., 1863 to 1865. Re- moved to La Crosse, Wisconsin, in 1866. President of the Board of Education from 1873 to 1877. United States Examin- ing Surgeon for Pensions. City Physician of La Crosse. Mem- ber of the Wisconsin State Medical Society. Chairman of the Democratie Central Committee from 1875 to 1876 and again from 1881 to 1885. He was nominated for Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin by the Democratic party in 1881, but declined the proffered honor. Was United States Consul General at Mon- treal, from 1885 to 1889; and again, from 1893 to 1897, when he resigned. He resides (1898) at La Crosse. Has children as follows :
1. John Wendell, born at La Crosse, Wis., Sept. 25, 1867. Entered Cornell University in 1885. Graduated in the Law Department of the University of Michigan, in 1890. He prae- tices his profession at Detroit, Mich. Married there June 19, 1895, Gustava Doeltz.
2. Greely Spring, born at La Crosse, Jan. 2, 1873. Edu- cated in the public schools of his native plaec. Is now (1898) in the insurance business. Married at La Crosse, Nov. - , 1893, Alice Carey Douglass.
3. Spencer Elwell, born at La Crosse, June 13, 1879. He is now (1898) in the High School of La Crosse.
Dr. and Mrs. Anderson have lost three children, all of whom died in infaney.
GOV. ANDREW'S BIRTH PLACE-
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ANDREW
John Andrew, with his wife, Elizabeth, and several children, came from Salem, Mass., and settled on the River Road, at South Windham, where he resided until his death. He died Aug. 8, 1791, aged 47 years. His son Abraham, died here Apr. 19, 1795, aged 9 years, and they are both buried in the Brown Cem- etery, near Little Falls Village. On June 14, 1817, he entered his intention of marriage with Miss Nancy G. Peirce of Bridg- ton, and, at about this time, purchased the residence of Dr. James Paine, where he lived until after the death of his wife, which occurred Mar. 7, 1832. Shortly afterwards he removed to Boxford, Mass., where he died in 1849, aged 67 years. He and his wife Nancy, had four children, all born in Windham. They were as follows:
1. John Albion, born May 31, 1818.
2. Isaac Watson, born Aug. 11, 1819; died in Andover, Mass., Mar. 1, 1895.
3. Sarah Elizabeth, born Sept. 6, 1822; died in Winchester, Mass., June 30, 1897 ; unmarried.
4. Nancy Alfreda.
John Albion Andrew graduated at Bowdoin College in 1837, after which he read law and practiced his profession in Boston. Ile was Governor of Massachusetts from 1861 to 1865. and was known as the "War Governor." He died in Boston, Oct. 30, 1867.
ANTHOINE
Nicholas Anthoine, first of the name to settle in Windham, was born Oct. 12, 1761. Where he came from. we have not been able to ascertain, but we have sometimes thought, that the name was of French origin ; possibly he may have been a descendant of the Huguenots. He settled in the easterly part of the town and was one of the famous school-masters "of ye olden times." Of him it was said that he knew enough to build a ship and navigate it across the Atlantic Ocean. IIe marrie 1, Feb. 15, 1787, Anne Pattangall of Windham. She was born Apr. 3, 1764. and died Dec. 24, 1849. IIe died Dec. 30, 1834, and their
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remains are interred in the Knight Cemetery, in School District No. 6. They had nine children, all born in Windham:
1. John, born Apr. 9, 1788; died Sept. 5, 1791.
2. Daniel, born Feb. 19, 1790; died Sept. 3, 1791.
3. Amos, born Apr. 20, 1792; entered his intention of mar- riage with Lucy Hall of Windham, Apr. 18, 1818.
4. John, born May 9, 1794; married Mary A. Gilman, born 1815, died Nov. 12, 1869. He died Feb. 2, 1860.
5. Daniel, born May 22, 1796.
6. Nicholas, born July 11, 1798.
7. Anna, born June 29, 1800.
S. Rachel, born Mar. 23, 1803.
9. Patience, born Apr. 30, 1805.
Some of the descendants of Nicholas and Anne Anthoine still reside in Windham.
AUSTIN
One of the Revolutionary Soldiers, who settled in Windham after the war, was Jonah Austin. He enlisted at Falmouth July 11, 1775, in Capt. Samuel Knight's Co. and served six months and six days. IIe enlisted again Jan. 20, 1777, in Capt. Benjamin Walcott's Co., Col. Thomas Marshall's Regt., and served until Dee. 31, 1779; and again served from Jan. 1, 1780, until the 30th of the same month. The Falmouth records say that Jonah Austin married, Feb. 9, 1779, Hannah Merrill, but the indications are that he was away in the army at that time. He married his second wife. Sarah Fairbanks. Jan. 29, 1784. She belonged in Cape Elizabeth, and survived him. He was in Windham before 1794, as he bought seven acres of land in lot No. 68, second division of hundred-acre lots, Aug. 16th of that year, and was "of Windham" at the time. In 1800, he bought fifty acres of Lot 43, which was near his first purchase. He lived near what is known as the "Ireland District;" and, on this farm, he died Sept. 27, 1833; aged about 80 years. On his old farm can now be seen from the road a little cluster of graves, and his is no doubt one of them; but no stone perpetuates the memory of the old soldier. Jonah Austin and his wife Hannah (Merrill) Austin had three children :
1. Jonah, probably died young.
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2. Stephen.
3. Elsie, married Simeon Estes.
By his second wife he had :
4. William.
5. Jonah.
6. Sarah, died Sept. 12, 1819, aged 30 years.
7. Hannah, married Richard Lamb.
8. Charlotte, married Abiczer Gray.
9. Alice, married Elijah Estes.
Jonah. Jr., son of Jonah and Sarah Austin, married Esther Morrill, about 1813. Children :
1. Stephen, born Dee. 1, 1814.
2. Jonah, born Mar. 18, 1819.
3. Sarah, married John Haines.
William, son of Jonah and Sarah Austin, married Eliza King of Scarborough, Me., in 1829, (intention entered on Windham records, Dee. 13, 1828) ; settled on the paternal aeres; lived and died there. IIad five children :
1. William K., resides Greenwood, Me.
2. Stephen, resides in California.
3. Eugene, deceased.
4. Charles.
5. Leander, died Mar. 23, 1855, aged 18 years.
Stephen, son of Jonah and Esther (Morrill) Austin, married Hannah Gray. Had three children :
1. William M., deceased.
2. Willard Gray, deceased.
3. Addie, lives with her mother in Portland.
Jonah, son of Jonah and Esther (Morrill) Austin, married Menerva Ann Libby. Had children :
1. Esther, died 1870, aged 20 years.
2. Randall W., lives on his father's farm.
3. Greenleaf.
4. Melvin, lives in New Hampshire.
5. Bertdell, lives in Portland.
Stephen, son of William and Eliza (King) Austin, married Lovisa, daughter of Ephraim Cobb of Windham.
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BACHELDER
Liba Bachelder was a native of Eaton, N. II., and was born in 1791. He came to Windham, when a young man, and mar- ried Rebecca, daughter of Hezekiah and Sally Smith, in 1833, (intention entered on Windham records, Aug. 23d of that year.) He was a farmer and stone cutter. Lived near the Second Adventist Chapel at South Windham, and died there Oct. 28, 1870. His wife, Rebecca, died at the same place May 18, 1893. Children :
1. Sarah E., born 1833; died July 23, 1899 ; unmar- ried.
2. William A., born - 1835; died Nov. 2, 1907, in Portland. His wife, Mary (MeLucas), died at the same place, Nov. 4, 1907.
3. Hiram F., born 1839; died Nov. 12, 1896, in Windham.
4. Cynthia J., born 1842; died May 1, 1868.
5. Frederick, born - 1842; died Sept. 28, 1846, in Wind- ham.
6. Sophronia, born 1845; died Oct. 30, 1859; un- married, in Windham.
7. Mary Ann. married Martin W. Best and lives in Port- land, Me.
BAKER
The first of the name in Windham, so far as we can learn, was Josiah Baker. Where he came from, we have never been able to learn ; neither do we know at what time he located here; but, according to the town records, he married, in November, 1783, (day of the month not recorded) Elizabeth Legrow, and the residence of both is given as of Windham. He settled on a farm a short distance south of the little village that still bears the name of "Baker's Corner." He and his wife, Elizabeth, had four sons and three daughters. We are unable to give the dates of the births of these children, but their names were as follows: Ichabod, Elias, Benjamin, and William.
Ichabod, son of Josiah, entered his intention of marriage with Sally Stuart of Windham, on Mar. 16, 1811. He was a
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farmer and merehant. Lived and died at Baker's Corner. Had two children, as follows:
1. Isaiah H., married Lydia Legrow, and had one child, Seward, who lives in Portland.
2. Seward M., did not marry, was, at one time, sheriff of Cumberland County. These gentlemen were farmers and mer- chants, and both are now deceased.
Benjamin, son of Josiah Baker, entered his intention of mar- riage with Mary Allen Feb. 29. 1812. He was a farmer and lived near the Corner. Children :
1. Hannah, married Benjamin M. Baker.
2. Abigail, married Gilbert Small of Gray.
3. Elizabeth, married Emery Allen of Gray.
4. Josiah, died young.
Elias, son of Josiah and Elizabeth Baker, married Margaret Morrill, July 14, 1817. He was a farmer and lived about half a mile south of Baker's Corner, on the Gray Road. He was quite a prominent man in town and was a Brig. General of the State Militia. Children :
1. David P., was a lawyer, married Emily Allen of Gray ; lived at North Windham, where he died May 20, 1860, aged 38 years; no children.
2. Benjamin M., married Hannah Allen. She was his cousin. IIe lived on the Dutton Hill Road near the Gray line and died there, Aug. 12, 1899, aged 81 years, 11 months. He left several children :
3. Hannah, married Edmund B. Pride, lived at North Windham.
4. Elizabeth, married Loren Baker.
William, son of Josiah and Elizabeth (Legrow) Baker, entered his intention of marriage with Eliza Armstrong of Readfield, Sept. 30, 1825. He was a farmer and lived on the Gray Road near his brother, Elias. He had eight children, all of whom died of consumption.
The daughters of Josiah and Elizabeth (Legrow) Baker married as follows :
Polly, married William Lamb, (intention entered June 12, 1808.)
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Abigail, married Reuben Alen, (intention entered Mar. 16, 1811.)
Susan, married Jacob Ward, (intention entered Jan. 11, 1823.)
BARTON
Ebenezer Barton, first of the name in Windham, belonged to the family of that name in Falmouth (now Portland). On Dec. 21, 1773, he married Dorothy, daughter of Jaeob and Dorothy (Pettingall) Elliott of Windham, and lived near "Clay Cove," on Falmouth Neck. He served from July 14 to Dec. 31, 1775, in Capt. Joseph Noyes' Co., at Falmouth. At the burning of the town in 1775, his house was destroyed, and he and his wife, with their oldest child, walked from Falmouth to her father's house in Windham, Mr. Barton carrying on his back a feather-bed, which was probably nearly all which they saved of their household goods. He enlisted, Dec. 20, 1776, for three years, in Capt. Richard Mayberry's Co. in Col. Ebene- zer Franeis' Regt., afterwards commanded by Col. Benjamin Tupper. He was in the battles of Hubbardton, Stillwater, and Saratoga; being present at the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne. He spent the winter at Valley Forge, and was a Corporal at the Battle of Monmouth. He was accidentally killed by a fall- ing tree in Windham, Apr. 15, 1785, aged about 35 years. His widow, Dorothy, died in the old house on the Goold farm, near Windham Centre, Feb. 12, 1842, aged 87 years. When Nathan Goold, in 1802, purchased the Barton farm, he leased the widow one-quarter of an acre of land during her life-time. On this her friends put the old house, which sheltered her and her daughter Dorothy during their lives. At the end of ninety years, her grand-daughter returned the original lease to the grand-son of Nathan Goold. No rent was ever required of them during that time, and then the old house was taken down. They are both buried in the cemetery of Hon. William Goold. C'liil- dren of Ebenezer and Dorothy (Elliott) Barton were :
1. Jacob, who was the child carried to Windham in 1775. He married Hannah Staples; lived in Poland, Me .; had six children.
2. Joseph, died at sea, unmarried.
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3. Sarah, married Benjamin Waterhouse, Apr. 28, 1800.
4. Ann, died young.
5. Dorothy Jones, who died Nov. 16, 1860, aged 73 years 6 months. She, with Betsey Cook for a companion, lived many years in the old house near Windham Centre. The Bartons of Casco and Raymond are descendants of Ebenezer and Dorothy.
BANGS
Benjamin Bangs probably came from Gorham, where he married Elizabeth Rand, (intention entered on the Gorham Records, Dee. 21, 1793) ; and had twin sons, John and Benjamin, born there July 26, 1794. He moved to Windham, where, ac- cording to the town records, they had four children, viz. :
1. Stephen, born Oct. 24, 1799.
2. Robert, born Apr. 16, 1802.
3. Watson, born Dee. S. 1804.
4. Lowena, born Feb. 22, 1806.
We do not know what beeame of this family, as nothing more appears on the Gorham or Windham records concerning them, save that they had a daughter Harriet, who died in Wind- ham, Dee. 1, 1799.
BACON
John Bacon, son of Thomas and Sally (Burton) Bacon, was born in Gorham, June 26, 1806. He married, in 1829, Eunice Pennel, intention of marriage recorded Feb. 28, 1829. He was by trade a blacksmith, but settled on a farm on the River Road at South Windham. He and his wife died in the winter of 1892, within a few hours of each other, and were both buried the same day, in the Smith Cemetery at South Windham. They had children as follows, all born in Windham :
1. Sarah F., born - 1831, married Ichabod Leighton, of Falmouth, and died several years ago.
2. Mary J., born - 1833; married Stephen A. Cordwell of Cumberland Mills; died in 1856.
3. John A., born in 1834, died in 1843.
4. William, born about 1836; married Leighton; is now (1911) living at Sebago Lake.
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5. Eunice M., born about 1838, married Edwin Ayer, of Cumberland Mills.
6. George T., born about 1840; was a Union soldier; wounded and had his leg amputated.
7. Albert, born - 1844, died - - 1847.
8. John W.
William, brother of John Bacon, was born in Gorham, Mar. 1, 1811 ; married, Oct. 12, 1834, Jane W. Marston of North Yar- mouth. He settled at Little Falls village ; was a blacksmith and afterwards a merchant. He died Dee. 23, 1892. She died in 1890. They had no ehildren.
BAILEY
Levi Bailey was born in Windham in June, 1804, married Mary, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Cobb) Sawyer of West- brook, intention entered June 26, 1835. He was a farmer and settled near the Second Advent chapel at South Windham, where he died July 25, 1884. His wife died Jan. 19, 1864, aged 52 years. They are both buried in the Knight Cemetery. They had two children :
1. Mary A., born - 1836; married Joseph Knight of Limington ; and died Sept. 29, 1869, aged 33 years, 6 months.
2. Levi, Jr., born Feb. 28, 1838, married Elizabeth Whitney, daughter of Obadiah and his second wife Louisa (Hawkes) Whitney of Windham.
BODGE
The ancestor of all bearing the above name in Windham and vicinity was John Bodge, who, according to the best authority now obtainable, was born in Dover, N. H., about the year 1714. A full aecount of his life is given in Chapter II.
He and his wife, Rebecca (Chute) Bodge, had seven children :
1. Mary, born Dee. 19, 1744.
2. John, born Dec. 12, 1747; d. unmarried.
3. Sarah, born June 17, 1750.
4. Thomas, born June 1, 1752.
5. Abigail, born Feb. 8, 1754.
6. Benjamin, born Jan. 6, 1756.
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7. Rebecca, born - 1760, married, Dec. 25, 1783, William Mayberry, 3d.
Thomas, son of John and Rebecca (Chute) Bodge, married (according to the Portland records), Nov. 24, 1775, Abigail Thrasher, of that place. It is supposed that he located in some town in the eastern part of the State. Of his descendants, if there were any, we are not informed. In fact, he seems to cut entirely loose from his relatives here and, so far as I can learn, the record of his marriage is all that is known in regard to him.
Benjamin, son of John and Rebecca (Chute) Bodge, married, Jan. 1, 1778, Susannah, daughter of Zerubbabel and Hannah (Cobb) Hunnewell. She died Sept. 9, 1787; and, on Jan. 29, 1789, he married Elizabeth Gammon of Gorham. He was a farmer and lived in Windham, about half a mile cast of the River Road, in what was afterwards called "the Bodge Neigh- borhood." Mr. Bodge was somewhat inclined to military life, and, in the ranks of the State Militia, was commissioned as a major, and ever afterwards bore that title. He died at his home in Windham, Aug. 21, 1831, aged 75 years. His wife, Elizabeth, survived him, but the date of her death I have not learned. By his wife, Susannah, he had five children :
1. Euniec, born Mar. 10, 1778, m. Ezekiel Robinson.
2. Rebecca, born Aug. 9, 1779, m. Daniel Robinson.
3. Thomas, born Mar. 12, 1781.
4. Sarah, born Apr. 17, 1783, m. John Mayberry.
5. Zerubbabel, born Mar. 12, 1785, died young.
Children by wife Elizabeth :
1. Susannah, bapt. Oct. 17, 1790.
2. Olive, born - 1792; d. May 22, 1876 ; unmarried.
3. John, born 1794.
4. Betsey, , died unmarried.
5. William, born Feb. 17, 1801.
6. Mary.
Mary, daughter of John and Rebecca (( hute) Bodge, mar- ried William Stinchfield. Of him I know nothing. They settled in New Gloucester, and died there. I have been told that they left issue.
Sarah, daughter of John and Rebecca (Chute) Bodge, mar-
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ried, Dec. 8, 1774, John Worster. On the town records he is styled "Resident of Windham." I have no knowledge of where he came from, or where he went to after his marriage. No per- son of that name has lived in Windham within the memory of any one now living.
Abigail, daughter of John and Rebecca (Chute) Bodge, mar- ried, Mar. 24, 1774, Nathaniel Jordan. He was then of Wind- ham, but later settled in Raymond. He was a farmer in that town, and he and his wife died there at a good old age and left descendants.
Thomas, son of Benjamin and his first wife, Susannah ( Hun- newell) Bodge, married, Sept. 24, 1803, Betsey, daughter of William and Jane (Miller) Mayberry of Windham. He died Aug. 6, 1856. She died Nov. 7, 1860, aged 84 years. From the time of his marriage until his death he owned and lived on a farm in the "Bodge Neighborhood." He was a man of singular purity of character, a true and consistent Christian. Calm and quiet in his demeanor, warm-hearted and generous in his im- pulses, he endeared himself to all with whom he associated; and when, on that pleasant autumn day, he was called to his reward, the entire community mourned the good man dead. He and his wife had ten children as follows:
1. Jane, born Jan. 8, 1804; married Alexander Pride of Westbrook; died July 12, 1833.
2. Josiah, born Mar. 29, 1805.
3. Susannah H., born May 16, 1806 ; married Jan. 18, 1829, Thomas Smith; and died Jan. 5, 1898.
4. Eliza A., born Sept. 13, 1807 ; married, Sept. 16, 1830, Daniel W. Dole; died Mar. 18. 1832.
5. Andrew, born Jan. 20, 1810.
6. Thomas, Jr., born July 11, 1812.
7. John A., born Mar. 31, 1814.
8. Charity A., born Sept. 17, 1816; married Stephen W. Freeman ; died Apr. 21, 1842.
9. William, born Mar. 5, 1820; and died Oct. 21, 1843; un- married.
10. Eunice, born Mar. 5, 1820 (twin with William). She married, first, Joseph Hawkes, (intention entered June 4, 1836) . He died Jan. 19, 1844, and she married for her second husband William F. Sawyer. She died in Westbrook, Nov. 28, 1898.
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John, son of Benjamin, and his second wife Elizabeth (Gam- mon) Bodge, married, in 1827, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Millions of Windham. Their intention of marriage was entered on the town records, Feb. 3, 1827. He died Sept. 1, 1873. She died May 25, 1876. They settled on a farm near Little Falls and died there. They are interred in the Brown Cemetery near their home. Had five children as follows:
1. Mary E., born - 1828.
2. John J., born Jan. 8, 1831.
3. Eunice R., born - 1833; d. - 1886; unmarried.
4. Louisa,
lives in Portland ; is now (1904) unmarried.
5. Albert, born July - 1838.
William, son of Benjamin and his second wife, Elizabeth (Gammon) Bodge, married, Sept. 17, 1826, Mary W., daughter of Robert and Sabra (Kendrick) Walker. He lived many years on his father's farm in Windham; but, about 1853, purchased a farm in Turner, Me., to which place he moved. There he died May 24, 1867. His wife, Mary, died in the same place, May 18, 1896. Had eight children :
1. Elizabeth Ann, born Mar. 22, 1827.
2. Mary, born July 27, 1830, died Feb. 27, 1831.
3. Sarah Olive, born Feb. 10, 1832.
4. Benjamin Atwood, born Oct. 20, 1835.)
5. Mary Jane, born Oct. 20, 1835.
6. Samuel Walker, born Mar. 26, 1838, d. Feb. 6, 1839.
7. Abigail Cloudman, born Sept. 22, 1841.
8. Margaret Ellen, born Aug. 16, 1845.
Susannah, daughter of Benjamin and his second wife, Eliza- beth (Gammon) Bodge, married in 1810 (intention entered Aug. 12, of that year), Peter S., son of Abraham and Lucy (Smith) Anderson, of Windham. He died in 1867, aged 77, on the farm on which he settled near the old Congregational meeting house, at South Windham. She died at Westbrook several years later. Their remains were deposited in the Smith family tomb at South Windham.
Mary, daughter of Benjamin and his second wife, Elizabeth (Gammon) Bodge, married James Merrill of Gray. Their inten- tion of marriage was entered on the Windham records, Oct. 18,
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1834. He was a woolen manufacturer and settled in Norway, Me., where he and his wife both died several years ago. They had three children (possibly more), as follows :
1. James.
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