Memoranda to Lucian Boneparte Grout's DIARY 1888 with Sketches on some of the Characters in his diary of 1888 Writted by Lucian Boneparte Grout of Golden Ridge, Maine Contributed by Joyce Hall and her son, Douglas A. Hall and David C. Young itigapa@aol.com Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Written by Lucian Boneparte Grout of Golden Ridge, Maine This was copied from David C. Young's Personal copy of Lucian Grout's Diary. Copy Number: 12 Lucian's 1888 Diary (Section entitled Memoranda): Jan 17 1888 Geo Hamilton Dr (probably debt recorded) to L.B. Grout fo (or to) 1/2 day 3 work 50 2 Days 150 To Balance Wintering Oxon 2000. 2 Sheep 300 May, 1888 Recd payment in full. (Lucian did not use decimal points). Jan 6, 1888: R.E. Perry Dr to one cow 100 Apr 3d J. G. Dolly 1 cow 100 (this is crossed out and marked paid). 19 (April 19th?) A.J. Morrison 1 cow 100. May 19 Hamilton Richmond 1 cow 100 (crossed with X). 30 Fred Dennett I cow paid 100 (crossed out). Charles Small June 1 Cow 100 18 (may refer to June 18 above). 24 Ebin Reed 1 cow 100. July 2 Richmond Hamilton 1 cow 100 (crossed out and marked Paid) 3(3rd of July?) L. F. Rand 1 cow paid 100 (crossed out). 7(7th?) Fred Dennett 1 cow 100 (Paid and crossed with X). July 8 True D. Sleeper Dr To one Cow 100 (crossed out) 11 Charles Knowles 100 (paid). 17 True D. Sleeper 1 cow loo (paid). 21 Richmond Hamilton 1 cow paid 50 cents 100 (crossed out). 22 Whitman Hurlbert To One Cow 100 (crossed out). 24 J. G. Dolley 1 cow 100 (crossed out). Aug 6 J. G. Dolley 1 cow 100 (crossed out). 8 Marstin(?) Fenilson 1 cow paid 100 (Paid across it and crossed out). 17 L.F. Rand 1 cow paid paid 100 (X out). 20 J.G. Dolley 1 cow 100(paid and crosed out over it). 25 True D. Sleeper 1 cow 100 (X) Oct. 26 A. J. Morrison 1 cow 100. May 9 L.B. Grout 7(l?) cow 100 30 1 cow 100 (crossed out and marked Paid). Dec. 10 L.F. Rand Dr 1 cow 100 Jan 2 Richmond paid (this was apparently Jan 2, 1889) 1889 Hamilton Dr 1 cow 100. John 0. Bean Dr to one cow $100. Jan 8, 1889 John 0. Bean dr to 1 cow $100 Jan 31 1889 L.F. Rand dr to cow $100 March 2 1889 E.R. Perry Dr to one cow 100. 18 L.F. Rand Dr to one cow 100 Aps (or more likely Apr 8 17 Joel Thornton to cow 100 (Paid written across it). 25 True D. Sleeper Dr to a cow $100. 26 Albion Bryant Dr to one cow 100. May 15 Geo Hamilton Dr to one cow 100. Amount of potatos 178 Oats 486 Buck Wheat 238 (2 could be something else). Guy Webber Dinner 1 meal supper and breckfast. May 19 L.B. Grout 1 cow 100. 21 Albinus Perry Dr to one cow 100 (ditto?) A. J. Morrison Dr to 1 cow 100 June (2 or 8) L.B. Grout 1 cow 100 June 6, 1889 Fred Dennett dr to 1 cow 100 Thomas Irish Dr to 1 cow 100. 15 Ed Perry Dr to one cow 100 18 Thomas Irish Dr to 1 cow 100 24 R. H. Hamilton Dr to 1 cow 100. 25 J. Roberts Dr to 1 cow 100 26 Thomas Ingls? Dr 1 cow 100. July 6 A. J. Morrs on Dr. to 1 cow 100 True D. Sleeper Dr to 1 cow 100 11 True D. Sleeper Dr to 1 cow 100 21 ditto to 1 cow 100 24 R.H. Hamilton 100 (crossed) 24 F.T. TANT (? written over?) 100 (crossed) J. G. Dolley 1 cow 100 25 John 0 Bean Dr to 1 cow 100. Whitman C. Hurlbert Dr to cow 100. R.H. Hamilton Dr to 1 cow 100 (crossed out) Fred Dennett Dr. to one cow 100 (Most of this page appears related to 1889, the year after this diary). (The next section of this diary is Cash Account for 1888): Jan 1 The Dolly Note $3825 3 Paid for the Harrow $2200 8 Paid Bryant Perkins 500. 15 Paid Geo W. Webbe(r) 40.00 (alas a decimal point as suspected that all the above need). 1 Dorr Rants (porr runts?) 200 Jan 5 Erland Rand paid for a hundred bush(el) oats $4500 13 Rand Paid for oats 2300. (February has not cash account records, but dates and Bible verses written down then crossed out and one word probably reflecting a key concept of the verse, as follows): June 1 Timonthy first Cahpter 2 verse merrily (marriage?) June 16 Psalms 95th 1 verse Rock June 23 Psalms 11L? Ch 4 verse misery? June 30 Titus 1 Chapter 4 verse peace July 7th? Psalms 25 ch 9(6?) verse meek July 14 Psalms 36 ch 7 verse Trust July 21 EJherians 2 ch 8 one grase August 4 John 5 ch 32 verse wr???iss(witness?). August ? John 15 ch 10 verse ? August 11 Geverel of John 4 chap 16 verse Love August 18 John 17 Chapter 4 verse worke August 25 Psalm 51 Ch 12 verse Joye Sept 1 Soule Pslam 56 ch 18 vers. (All but a few have been crossed over with pencil). March account: Cutting Hay on the Corckett place Aug 4th 1889 Grout and Fred 9(the 9th?) 5 1/2 (days?) Sleeper 9th 3 days 11 (th??) 2 (days?) April account goes back to Bible passages: Cynthia Provorbs 10 ch 28 ves Life (with x) Probino 118 ch 1 verse Matthew 5 chap 1 verse Psalms 16 ch 1 verse Galations 6 chapt 18 verse May Account: Beef bought of Will Jackman 28 pounds and 7 cents, which he multiples to make 196. (two little words look like) for pair June 17 45 pounds at 6 cents per Bit and he multiples to get 270. June 24 21 pounds at 7 cents Jes? and he multiples to get 147. July lst 9 3/4 pounds 5 cents Jes Pound?? and he gets 48 July 8th 118 July 15th 120 July 29 12 3/4 Beef (and by 7 gives 84 and he added 5 for 89) In August he added and multiplied under the date he had written in under the May preprinted section. June Account is blank except for Th. There are several pages torn from this section from June to November (estimated 8 pages). Half of November exists: the 23 of Jan I worked 6 hours myself and oxen. Jan 28 worked 3 hours myself and oxen same day Fred and I in the afternoon. Jan 30 worked 6 hours Feb. 6(changed to ) 7 4 hours self and horse. Two blank pages followed by Memoranda section: Tanzy for the colic in horses and for physic. There is addresses section in the back: Lucian B. Grout 96 Sour Dehunck L. Morgan Dr to five gals vinegar 125 7 1/2 bbs (lbs.) pork 75 Lucian B. Groutt , 96 , Sour Dehunck (is repeated from the above with 96 as street address). L.F. Rand Dr to 3 cows 300 Cedar 150 Pasture 120 (and totaled to ) 570 Comrade Hang (or Hany), Hodgdon (followed by Cr of Me or Mr.) Major Collins (or Colbing), Houlton, Maine. S. Adams Milltown Maine (Willtown?) S S. Adams, Milton, Maine C.E. Scoffield, Hodgdon Wm?(Fng?) Colbrins, East Filorinceiwa? L. B. Grout Gordon Wilson, Winn, 1 chicin Lucian B. Grout 1 clok(clak) (clock?) $600 bot of Cramer. Inside cover is a mass of numbers, e. g. computations. Thus ends the diary of Lucian B. Grout of Golden Ridge, Maine, for the year 1888. Lucian apparently used the book for some 1889 computations and tracking of debts. This little red pocket journal has pre-printed pages for the days. It has a pencil holder inside its cover. It has some pre-printed tables, e.g. Weight per bushel of grain, etc. by state. Maine has 48 pounds for a bushel of buckwheat and barley, 30 for oats, 60 for potatoes, 60 for wheat. Interest tables Rate of Income on Stocks Postage rates, letters were about 2 cents but 1 cent was possible for second class and postal cards. Standard time Population: Maine had 648,936 population for the Census of 1880. (Portland had 33,810). Presidents: In this year, we were working.on the 22nd President, Grover Cleveland, who was finishing up his first term in 1888. Vote for President--1884: It had been a very close election with James G. Blaine just barely losing the popular vote 4,851,981 to Grover Cleveland's 4,874, 986. But the electoral votes gave Cleveland 219 to Blaine's 182. Maine went for its native son, Blaine with 72,209 votes and only 52,140 to Cleveland. Butler got 3,953 and St. John got 2,160. The six electoral votes from Maine went to Blaine. New Weather Signals Interest Laws: Maine had no penalty for usuary and a 6% legal limit, but no limit on special rates. And other charts for tides, moons, value of foreign currency and eclipses(there were 5 in 1888). Although Lucian reveals little of himself in his diary, it does serve as a glimpse of the man. The reader should picture the setting and read between the lines. On the last page of the journal, where a mass of numbers and computations exist mixed in are the words "May I go to". one might picture Lucian setting at the kitchen table computing and possibly talking about going somewhere deep in thought. A wife or a child does not interupt him but adds these words to his figures. Each entry needs a picture developed in the reader's mind to gain a little more out of the diary. CHARACTERS IN THE 1888 DIARY A diary writer does not always clarify the characters mentioned and Lucian was no exception. This alpha listing attempts to clarify some of those characters: ALEXANDER Write? Wright? of Caribou, Me. There are several Wright families in Caribou in this era, but could find no Alexanders. AMBROSE Sarah Ambrose, born November 15, 1867, to James and Mary Ambrose had marriage intentions to Herbert A. Sleeper on October 14, 1889. BEAN There were Beans in Sherman, but no John 0. Bean. BERT Usually Lucian appears to be talking about Herbert or Bert Sleeper. 61 BIGELOW Dr. Bigelow was a Patten physician who later went to Island Falls in 1893. BLODGETT Elias Blodgett, born 1803 in Camden, Me., married Lodema (or Lodemia) Leavitt, who was born in Royalton, Vermont (which might suggest that she was the daughter of Nehemiah Leavitt, who came from Royalton to Sherman). They had a child named Preston Llewelyn Blodgett, born September 27, 1856, in Carthage, Me. Preston married (1) Etta Evelyn Grout, who was born February 24, 1864, in Colebrook, N.H. to Lucian and Altanta (Emerton) Grout. Etta Grout Blodgett died on June 6, 1892. Preston married (2) to Sarah Lucilva Irish, the daughter of Thomas A. and Sarah F. (Daggett) Irish. Etta and Preston had three children: Jennie L., born September 18, 1884, who was to later marry Edward W. Rand, the son of Lysander and Mary Arthena (Young, Sleeper) Rand; Kattie E., born March, 1886; and George W., born January 1, 1890. The younger children of Etta and Preston were born in the Willimatic and Blanchard area of Maine. This reinforces our theory that Ada was visiting her half sister in 1888 in that area. In 1900, Preston lived with his three children with Katy Grout and her children Fred, Cynthia and Carrie. He apparently married Sarah Irish after this time. BROWN Frank cannot be found in Sherman unless he was James F., the son of James, who would have been about 44 at this time. BRYANT Albion Bryant was born in Enfield, married Lois Stubbs, who was born in 1861 in Lincoln to Henry S. and Hulda (Nute) Stubbs. They had Mary, born 1862; Charles, born August 14, 1865, who was to marry Myra Morrison, the daughter of Alonzo and Abbie Morrison; Laforst, born 1867 (who may have been Laforest and called Forest); Viola, born 1870; Greenleaf, born about 1867; and Jeannetta, born 1870. (Greenleaf and Forrest and Viola and Jeannetta may have been the same children confused in two different sources of information). There was a Nettie A. Bryant, who married September 4, 1889, to William A. Sawyer in Sherman Mills. Zetter appears to be a nickname, possibly Jeanetta? Albion would have been about 48 and Lois about 46 in 1888 with Charles about 23. BUMPAS Rev. I.C. or Isaac Bumpas came to Sherman in October, 1881 and remained there until 1902. He was previously a minister in the Buckfield, Me. area where he lost his first wife. CALDWELL Leonard M. Caldwell born in 1839 served in the Civil War and on September 27, 1863, married Flora A. Sleeper. He was a merchant in 1870. Levi Caldwell, born September 26, 1826, in Lincoln, married 1851 to Temperance. Levi was the 1880 Census taker for Sherman and Benedicta. By 1910, Levi was widowed at age 83 with a 44 year old housekeeper, Sofia Townsend. John Caldwell, married Mary and had Willie born May 16, 1872. The above three men were brothers the sons of Wesley Caldwell, born about 1799 and Margaret, born about 1804. Wesley came from Paris, Me. to Sherman via Lincoln in 1841, one of the earliest settlers. Frank Caldwell may have been Francis, another son of Wesley's, born about 1837, who married October 20, 1875, to Flavilla E. Sleeper. COBURN Silas Coburn, age an his wife, Laura, age 70 lived in Crystal in 1880, apparently next door to a son, Christopher, age 32 and his wife, Nancy, aye 22. We believe Silas or Sile lived on a corner in Crystal about half way between Golden Ridge and Patten. Nettie Cobern was probably a Coburn. Cox Daniel Cox came to the Sherman area in 1858 from Oxford County. He married Abby Rand, a sister to Lysander. They had: Willard Cox, born about 1863, who was about 25 in 1888 and was eventually to marry an Ida. Burt Cox, born about 1865 would have been about 23 in 1888. Daniel D. Cox, born June 5, 1826 in Woodstock, married Abby M. Rand, born Danville on May 16, 1833 and they had: Franklin, b. 1857; Willard W., b. 1863; Abby, born 1865; Albert, b. 1870 and George, b. 1873. Two sources of information confuse whether Albert and Burt were one in the same. All these children were cousins to Lysander Rand's children. CRAIG Alpheus Craig was seven years old in 1860 living with Jesse and Elizabeth Craig in Island Falls. We suspect this was Alf. By 1880, Alpheus was 27, a farmer in Island Falls with a 22 year old wife, Hattie. See Island Falls History by Nina Caldwell Sawyer. CRANDALL There was an Edward Crandall, who married Phebe Michaud on October 7, 1883, when both were of Stacyville. CUSHMAN Cyrus S. Cushman, born August 13, 1839, in Sherman to Alfred and Lerene Cushman, married Mary in 1861 and had issue. DENNETT Leland Dennett, born 1830 in Wellington, married Clara, born 1851 and had a son, Fred, born June, 1858, in Bangor. Leland had a carriage shop and later a grocery in Sherman. Leland married on September 28, 1884, to Caroline R. Chamberlain, the widow of Charles. They were married 25 years by 1910 and had at least one child, Fanny, born about 1890. In 1880, Leland was a farmer, age 49, with Clara, age 45 and three children: Fred, Flora and Percy. DOBLE Phinas Doble, born March 29, 1812 in Sumner, married in 1834 to Lucinda, who was born September 25, 1814 in Woodstock. They had at least 5 children. They may have lived with Tom Irish in 1870. DOLLY/DOLLEY Joseph Dolley came from Norway, Me., spent some time in the 1830's and 1840's in Lincoln then came to Golden Ridge. He sold out his Golden Ridge place in 1856, but later returned with his sons, Joseph H. and Gilman. Lucian's J's and G's are hard to distinquish. We cannot find a Jim, but perhaps Gilman went by Gilm or Gim. There was a John Buzzell Dolley, born in Norway, Me. on July 14, 1811, a brother or son of the above Joseph. He married October 28, 1841, to Cynthia Morrison Goodwin. She was born in Blanchard on June 18, 1824. They had a farm on the Lee Road. Tnere was a John G. Dolly, born August 9, 1842, probably the son of the above John, who married Mary E., born October 27, 1849 and they had: Flora in 1868; Mary in 1870; Leon in 1873; Bessie in 1874; and William in 1878. Flora and Bessie appear to have been Grout visitors. There may have been another Flo, Flora, Florence born September 23, 1869, or may be the above. DREW Samuel Drew was an early Dyer Brook settler, born in Barrington, N.H. This may have been the same Samuel who came from Limerick to New Limerick to Smyrna prior to arriving at Dyer Brook. His wife, Betsey, was born in Unity, Me. and their son was Asa B. Drew. Asa Drew came from Charleston, Me. to Island Falls after the Civil War. He married Rebecca Cushman when he was twenty-three and they had Ernest and Ida among others. Rebecca was the daughter of Alfred and Lerene Cushman and a sister to Cyrus Cushman. Ida Drew married Frederick A. Stubbs and died when she was 28 years old. In 1908, Asa Drew had a record potato yield in Island Falls of 205 barrels per acre. In 1888, it is presumed the Asa Drew family looked something like: Asa, age 48, farmer; Rebecca, age 41; Ernest, age 21; Samuel, age 17; Dike, age 15; Rena, age 13; Ida, age 11 and Asa C., age 8. DUNBAR George Dunbar married Florence Morgan in 1883. He may have later married a Melissa, if he is the same George Dunbar, born about 1849. Dunbar's at the time appears to be some type of store. DURGAN George Durgan age 45 lived with Maria, age 42 and their four children in Sherman in 1880. Maybe he had a nickname of Ruben? EMERY Benjamin Emery was the son of Daniel of Lincoln and Adaline. Ben was the youngest man from Sherman to go to war when he enlisted at age 16 in 1863. He was living with John Hilton in 1870. It is unclear who L. Emery was. Other Emery's in town were Albina, Edwin, Wesley, Charles, Ambrose and John. EMERSON George Delemont Emerson of Island Falls married August 14, 1888, to Myra H. Morrison of Sherman. He probably went by Del. In 1880 in Island Falls, there lived Martin Emerson, age 41, a farmer with a wife, Bell, age 43 and their children: George (probably Del), age 16. Ralph, age 12. Harold, age B. FEELY James A. FENILSON/FELLASON/FENSELSON The hard to read 1880 Census of Stacyville had a John Finenagen?, age 46, with a wife, Catharine, 37 and children: William, 14; John, 10; and Mary, 5. Also in the home was John's mother-in-law, Catherine Hayes. FISH or FISK No leads. 69 GARDNER/GARDINER This might be a first name for Garner Roberts, the husband of Addie and father of Joseph and Nelson. Ira Gardiner, born 1842, lost his right arm in Virginia as an officer in the Civil War He later became deputy sheriff and justice of the peace in Patten. Ira B. Garner of Patten married Helen Darling on February 25, 1864. He was a merchant in Patten in 1880 when both he and his wife were 37 years old with children. Eli King Gardner married February 24, 1883 to Miss Loggy? Landrey? GILCHEST There was a William who served in the Civil War as well as Joseph and George in the area. In 1880, William Gilchest, age 43 a farmer, lived with his wife, Mary A., age 37 and his son, Lee age 13. This household looked the same in 1910 when William was 73; Mary was 67 and they had been married for 44 years. Lee was there at age 42. John Scudder, age 27, was a boarder in 1880 with this family. Also in the home was Samuel, age 76, the father of William Gilchest. Lee was about 21 years old in 1888. GILMAN Amontte or Amanath Gilman was born December 29, 1854, in Sanbornton, N.H. and was living with Joseph Young in 1870. GLIDDEN Dal? Several Glidden families lived in Sherman including David (formerly of Jefferson), Daniel and Emery. GOULD Samuel Gould (sometimes Goold) was the son of Albion of Corinth and Mary of Palermo and was born May 3, 1839 in Portland, married in 1865 when he was twenty-six and living in Linneus to Betsey Morrison, age twenty-six. This was Betsey's second marriage as Betsey Scudder Morrison Gould was the daughter of John and Lois Scudder. Samuel and Betsey raised her children by her first marriage: Delia and Granville. They then had: George, b. 1867, Sandy?, b. 1872; James, b. 1876; and Asa, b. 1878. Another source indicates Samuel was born May 3, 1838, in Houlton and that Betsey was born January 3, 1838 in Chester. George Gould, the son of Samuel and Betsey was to marry Inez Estella Rand when he was 29 and she was 28 on June 3, 1914, by Rev. Parker in Sherman. GROUT Lucian Boneparte Grout, the author of this diary was born March 15, 1841, in Wethersfield, Vermont, to Asa and Cyn Cynthia (Spencer) Grout. His grandfather was also Asa and referred to as "Indian Asa" as he had been captured by the Indians as a youth and lived with them for several years. He never sat in a chair, but sat cross legged on the floor and thus earned his nickname. His father was Hilkiah. They descended from John, the first Grout in America. Lucian married Altanta S. Emerson as a young man in Columbia, N.H., near Colebrook where his parents had moved. They had two children: Warren, who died at age 17 days on January 23, 1863, and Etta, born February 24, 1864, in Colebrook, N.H. Lucian's first wife, Altanta, died soon after Etta's birth. Lucian then married Katy B. Reed, who was born October 20, 1844, to Robert and Rachel (Stewart) Reed. They were wed February 13, 1865, just three days before Lucian was mustered into the Union Army, on February, 16, 1865, in Lebanon, N.H. Lucian broke a right leg in -the war that may never have healed correctly. He may have walked with a limp with a shortened leg front the break. He also had malaria in the war. He may have been discharged from the New Hampshire Volunteers on December 19, 1865, but there is some indication he also served in the l2th Maine Infantry where he was discharged February 1, 1866. The 1890 Census of Civil War persons (Dr their widows lists him as Groite. Lucian rejoined Kate in Columbia or Colebrook after the war. It is presumed he learned to work in a starch factory in that area. -He and Kate were to have and to lose three children: Jennie C., died March 8, 1870, at age 4 years, 7 months and 5 days. Everett D., died February 6, 1870, at -age 14 months. Elwin L., died March 12, 1870, age 2 years, 11 months and 21 days. 1870 was not a good year for Lucian and Katy. Lucian and Kate were to have some children that survived. Ada M., born May 31, 1870, in Colebrook, N.H. Ada married Earland Rand and told her family of her trip from Colebrook to Sherman by oxen when she was a child. Fred E., born February, 1872. He was eventually to wed in about 1904 to Olive Irish -a- rid to have two children: Almon and Lucille. Kate, born April 14, 1874, in Colebrook. She was later to marry Lester L. Rand, a cousin to Earland Rand and to have several sons before her death in 1927. Cynthia J., born April, 1877 in New Hampshire. She never married and died in 1914. Carrie E., born August, 1882, in Maine. She was to later marry Lafayette Lovett, called Lafe, and they had a son, Dean. It is not clear where the Grout family relocated from Colebrook to Sherman. Ada thought she was age 4 when she made the trip which would suggest 1874. Some have suggested 1876 was the year. Comparing census birthplace data for the last two Grout children suggest they were in New Hampshire in 1877 and in Maine by 1882. They appear in the 1880 Sherman census so it is believed they came to Maine between 1877 and 1880. Lucian began receiving a pension for his Civil War disabilties in 1876. Starch factory work appears to have been seasonal and he may have decided to follow the starch factory to Maine estimating that with his pension, his farming, his trading and some starch factory work; they could survive. Etta, his oldest daughter, was married in 1888 to Preston Blodgett. They were probably living in the Blanchard, Maine, area at the time and had Ada and later Fred as guests for some period of time. Lucian turns 47 in this year, although he will say it is 48 after he has noted his birthblace at the beginning. His wife, Kate will turn 44; Ada will turn Fred will turn 16; Katie will turn 14; Cynthia will turn 11 and Carrie will turn 6. HAGGETTS This was an Island Falls family. HAMILTON In 1860, there were three Hamilton families in Patten headed by Albion, Silas and George. Ruben Hamilton was at age 16 in 1870 living with George W. Durgan. It is believed he was the son of Albion. Richmond Hamilton was a Civil War veteran who married Margaret Buzzell in October, 1866. In 1880 Richmond was I 47, living in Sherman with Margaret, age 50 and their children: Alvah, 19, Leanna, 17 and Odbor, 8. Albion C. Hamilton was born about 1821 and his wife Mary Ann was born 1825. HAMMOND John lived in Patten in 1880 with his wife, Janette, 55 and two adolescent daughters. HARVEY Samuel Harvey was age 46 in Mount Chase with a 37 year old wife, Elen or Elin in 1880 and their children: Odell, 16; Alma, 8; Zinas, 6; Lizzie, 3; and Emeline 5/12. Aslo in the home was Lucinda, 72, mother to Sam. HERMAN Herman is probably Herman Sleeper. HIGGINS Charles Higgins was a 31 year old farmer in 1880 in Island Falls with Isabel and three children. Hatsel or Hanson Higgins was the son of Salein or Sabin Higgins of Sherman. - 74- HURLBERT Lime is probably Lyman. Whitma is probably Whitman. Whitman Hurlbert was a 34 year old boarder in 1880 in the Isaac Smith home in Township 6, Range 7. Hugh? INGHAM Joe? IRISH Thomas A. Irish, born about 1845, would have been about 43 at this time. His wife, Sarah F. Daggett was born about 1849. They wed December 26, 1867. Tom was apparently the son of William, who came to the area after the Civil War from the Rumford, Me. area. In 1880, Thomas Irish, age 36, was living with Sarah, age 31, and they had: Mary, age 10; William, age 8; Cyrus, age 6; George, age 1 and Thomas, 2/12. William age 74 and Lucilvia, age 67, lived next door. IRVING Perhaps this was Irving Roberts, about age ten, the son of Joseph and Mary Roberts of Crystal, Me. JACKMAN Will was probably William H., born April 30, 1855, in Sherman to Charles and Charlotte. They were from New Hampshire prior to coming to Aroostook. JOEL Believed to be Mr. Joel Thornton. JUD - Possibly Jackman Roberts, the son of Joseph and Mary Roberts. KNOWLES Henry Knowles of Moro and later Patten was married to Julia (Kaylor) They had a son Charles, born about 1865. Henry T. Knowles came from Corrina to Moro in 1843 and settled some 16 miles from Patten on the mail route to Ashland, Me. Charles Knowles, at age 33, was to marry Arletta Weeks, age 24, in 1898. There was a Nellie Knowles, born about 1868, who later married Frederick Stubbs. LEAVITT William B. Leavitt, born August 15, 1869, was the son of William S. and Annie E. Leavitt of Sherman. LEWIS There was a Daniel and Flora Lewis, who had a daughter, Rose, born January 24, 1878, in Sherman. MAY Levi May Jr., born about 1B60 to Levi, born 1833 and Carline, b. 1844 was of Island Falls. Levi Sr. came from Lowell, Mass. to the head of Mattawamkeag Lake. He was a farmer who died in 1885. Levi Jr. did a large business in the sale of horses, carriages, wagons and sleighs. He frequently spent the night with the Grouts in 1886 and a little less frequently in 1888. MESERVE William Merserve was 63 in the 1880 Census of Sherman with Celinda, 52; Charles W., 20 and Frank?, age 11. MORGAN A large Sherman family. H.L.? There was a Henry, but believed to be Henry S. There was a Horace, but believed to be Horace M., the son of Jesse J., who would have been about 31 in 1888. Henry L, born about 1843 was married for more than 46 years to Julia, born about 1848. Link? H. Link? MERRIMAN Demaris. There was an 1865 Sherman marriage between Albian Merriman and Martha Ball. Martha was the daughter of Theo and Demasi Ball. Albion was 26 when he wed and a joiner in Island Falls. They may have named a child after her mother. MORRISON Joseph Morrison, born New Limerick and Maryann, born Danbury, N.H. were early settlers of Golden Ridge in 1849. They were the parents of Alzono Joseph Morrison. Alonzo, born January 28, 1842 in Smyrna, married Abigail Washburn, born January 12, 1842 in St. Martins, N.B. and they had: Mira H., born April 23, 1866. Alice M., born.August 22, 1868. Erdine, born December 6, 1871. Jennie, born September 7, 1876. Erminna, born March 11, 1879. Alonzo served in the Civil War. Granville Morrison was born December, 1859, to Nathan and Betsey (Scudder) Morrison. Granville is also reported as having been born January, 1860. His father died and he was raised by Samuel Gould, who his mother married after being widowed. PARKER Alonzo J. Parker, born 1860, in Shitticock (in New York?) and married Novill S., born 1839. They had a son, George, born February, 1862. Alonzo was a teamster in 1870. He married secondly to Sarah, born about 1840, who was a teacher. Novilla Parker in 1910 was a housekeeper in the John G. Dolley household. Parker could be the first name of Parker Young. James Parker lived in Patten in 1880 with Abbie, his 33 year old wife and two children. He was 43. PERCY PERKINS Elbridge R. Perkins married Levina or Lovisa Young, the daughter of Joseph L. Young on June 3, 1866. In 1880 in Sherman, Elbridge was 44; Lovisa was 31 and they had two children: Joseph 9 and Charles 2. PERRY Moses Perry was an 1849 Golden Ridge settler. Ed Perry, born about 1849 was living with John G. Dolley in 1870 with a wife, born 1852, named Lizzie. Byron Perry, born July, 1852, married Catherine, born May, 1861 and had a family. Albinus Perry of Island Falls married Delia Morrison of Sherman on July 12, 1879. By 1910, he was married to Florence, ten years younger than his 52 years. She may have been the widow of George Dunbar. PRICE Wilber? RAND William Rand, born 1801 in Paris, Me. was the son of Lazarus Rand. William was the father of Lysander Rand, born 1835 in Minot. They lived in Durham, Maine, prior to going to Aroostook. Lysander was in the Civil War. Abbie a sister to Lysander married Daniel Cox. Weston Rand, born September 19, 1848, married in 1866 was a brother to Lysander. Lysander married the 18 year old widow of Oscar Sleeper. Mary Arthena Young, the daughter of Moses C. and Mary (Tibbetts) Young, married young to Oscar Sleeper who died in Virginia of fever in the Civil War. In 1888, the Lysander Rand household was near the Grout home and its composition was probably: Lysander, age 53 Mary or Arthena, age 41 Mellie, age 22 Erland, age 20, who will marry Lucian's daughter, Ada in 1889. Ola, age 17 Mary, age 14 Mabel, age 12 Albra, age 10. Erland and Ada will someday have among others Everett, who will have among others Joyce who will have among others Douglas, who will contribute to the development of this product that you are reading. REED Benjamin Reed was a teamster in 1870 in Sherman, born about 1823. Edwin Reed and family in 1880 lived in Township 3, Range 4. Reed Plantation got its name from Harvey Reed of Bangor who came to the area. ROBERTS Gardner Roberts of Gorham married Adaline or Adelina in 1844. She was born September, 1823 in Windham. They had a family including Joseph, born February 28, 1848. Joseph was about age 40 in 1888. In 1880, Joseph Robberts was 32 in Crystal, a farmer with Mary A. and two children: Jackson and Irving. Helen or Hellen Sleeper married Nelson Roberts on February 3, 1875. Nelson was a brother to Joseph. ROBINSON Elmer C. Robinson, born about 1858 was the son of Spaulding and Ruth Robinson. Spaulding was early settler and town official of Sherman. RODGERS Luther was either of Patten or Island Falls, the son of Dr. Rogers, who married December 7, 1869, to Mary E. Barker. Luther lost a brother in the Civil War and for his own service attained the rank of lieutenant. ROGERS A lumber camp? Luther? ROWE Charles Rowe in 1880 in Sherman was 27 living with his mother Catherine, age 68. Did he eventually marry Eleanor Heurlbert? Orrin Rowe was the son of John A. and Johan S. Rowe who lived in Crystal in 1880. SAWYER William A. Sawyer married in 1889 to Nettie Bryant. SCRIBNER William H. Scribner was 38 in 1880 living in Patten with George and Sarah Burleigh as a servant. SLEEPER Daniel and Jonathan Sleeper were early Golden Ridge settlers in 1850. In 1880, in Sherman, Mahala Sleeper, age 59, headed a family of Emma, 26; True D., 24; Herman, 19; and Herbert, age 15. Hiram G. Sleeper served in the Civil War from August 28, 1862 until June 4, 1865. He married in 1866 to Mary Caldwell. He was a merchant in 1870 in Sherman with Mary, 23, and a son, Henry, age 1. He was born September 2, 1840. It is believed Henry was H. Beecher. Hiram was a widower in 1910. Herman Sleeper was born July 30, 1861 and his brother, Herbert, was born March 24, 1865. They were the sons of Daniel, born abut 1818 and Mahala, born about 1821. Herbert married Sarah Ambrose and Herman married Maud Whitehouse. Herman was 46 and Maud was 35 when they married. True was an Island Falls potato grower. Mary Arthena Young married Oscar Sleeper and he died in the war and she then married Lysander Rand. SMITH Isaac Smith was in Township 6, Range 7 in 1880 and Whitman Hurlbert was a boarder with him. THORNTON Joel Thornton was a 35 year old farm laborer in the 1880 census of Crystal living with 18 year old Alice. TOWNSEND Edwin Townsend was 74 in 1910, a retail merchant who had married four times. Martha his wife was 59 and married twice. TRUE Probably True Sleeper. WARREN Ebenezer Warren, born about 1825 in New Brunswick, living in Sherman in 1850 at age 25 in the Spaulding Robinson home. D. Warren was a 46 year old farmer in 1880 in Island Falls with wife, Sarah, age 36 and son Edmund, age 12. WEBBER Guy S. Webber, born October 19, 1873 in Sherman, was the son of Roscoe and Mary A. Webber. Roscoe was the son of George and Susan. George was an early Golden Ridge settler in 1860. Guy apparently lived with his widowed mother, Mary. YOUNG Malorum or Maloran Young ran a saw mill. Its orgins may have been the sawmill build by Henry S. Stubbs. Malorum C. Young was born about 1828. He married Arabine Perrin, born about 1838, in Sherman on March 27, 1863. In 1880, they were 52 and 42 and living in Island Falls with their son, Perl, age 15. Parker D. Young, married June 7, 1862, to Ellen T. Sleeper. They were together in 1910 having been married 48 years. They lived in Crystal for a time in 1880 where he was 40 and a farmer with Rose, 14; John, 12; William, 9 and George 6. Benjamin Young, married 1893 to Etta P. Huntley. Perl or Pearl T). Young of Sherman, married Nellie M. Perry of Island Falls on September 22, 1889. He operated a saw or clapboard mill or both. He was the son of Malorum Young. ADDENDUM In the 1890 Census remains for Sherman, Lucian B. is listed as Groite and a Civil War veteran who was in a Maine Regiment. Lucian died in 1894 at age 53 or 54. There is conflicting evidence as to whether he was born in 1840 or 1841. He was buried in Sherman, but after his wife, Katy, moved to Auburn. Maine, she had his remains relocated there. In Auburn, on a tombstone: Lucien B. Grout 1840-1894 Katy R. His wife 1835-1929 Cynthia J. daughter 1877-1914 Near-by are: Carrie E. 1881-1906, the wife of Lafayette Lovett. Kate B. 1875-1931, the wife of Lester L. Rand.