Oxford Democrat., 1866-06-01
A Short History Of the Town Of P.r,,.

year i77l % Capt. Joshua Fau~r Of Wa
tertown. Mass. and his company. Tor their
services IN the oid Frcnch var. when thew
wrre under the King OF Ensland. The
trst trees thst were felied IN town ue-. cu.
by Mr. John Daniels. ~bo Is vet alive.
The io' on ~hich tie clearing ~as FIRST con-
rnenccd. - tie same on which the Meeting
house. Court house and other public baiid-
Ings nov stand. ard includes almost al The
village on PARIS Ili'l and wss sold Al that
trne for an iron kettle. Corn Wa f-st
raised m Paris in the year 1850 by I.ase
Jackson and Lemuel Jackson. Jr. soon
alter :his time o,d Mr.. Lemuei Jackson
oaase % Paris an! brought 18th him about
fourteen hundred dollars and rrcaily heIpea
ihe settlement ofthe town Wuh hin came
h's son Lew and his son-ia-lau. Dca. Joha
Willis.
shall now give let % those whom I
consider the frsi inhabitants of this Town.
John Daniels ani iis sou John. Asa Bar.
rows. Ahner shaw. Thomas stevens. Ben
jimin Hammond. josiah Sali,h. Jo.eph
Hammond. Nicholas Ches,ey. John Bcsse
and his son John. Asa Dean. Joseph Per-
~. A Perry. Uriah Ripley. seth Morse.
James Morse. Isaac Bolster ard bis son
lsaac. jonathan Hal. Abijah Hall. Iona-
than Saurtieii and his son jonathan. Peter
Darrell. Reuben Hubbard. Lew Hubbard.
Wa. >foscI. Daniel Stowcu. Elias Stou-u.
Ei1ah Robinson. stephen Robinson. Joel
Robinson. John Robinson. Daaiel Stanl-.
seth Carpenter. Ei.as Partridge. Ebcn Mel.
son. Ahn~r Raason. Etcuezcr Raus1n.
Caleb Cashman. Aaroa FlUer, simeon
fond. jonathan Bemis. William Sfearas.
Abt'tl Warren. Sylvanus Robbins. H,rna-
las Faancr. John Ta-U. David Andrrus.
Ei~ard Andrews. Absczer Andreus. John
Gray. Eimanl Dean. Nathan Nelson. Sol.
omon Jordan. Merodock Smith. Timothv
smith. JosrTh Swit. Caleb swift. Willi,-,
4. Whitney lmaic a beginning wuL tie
hrst settlers but soon after removed -
Holmes. - T. Broke. josiah Ri.ro.
JaHus shaw. samael hin-. George Km-.
solomon Bryant. Eieazcr Cole. - swan.
jacob Is'cieli. Jc--e Breg,. Naibaa
Page. Asa R0bbiason. Silas Maaim.
Tie 6ls: sbit- male child bora m Pari.
WAs Jo.cPh Daniels. The wife Of Dca.
John Willis was tae first woman who came
60 PARIS. aud she D. set alive.
ais toWn va % 6rst called Nambsr
Foar. ls vas Incorporated ~ tLe name Of
Paris in 1898.
Ihe irst lhssician thar came o. tlss toua
va' Dr. Barnett. bat BE- did net siav long.
br. CFpr,an stevens Eas the f-.t Dorfar
who settled boz Paris. lie Died in I,06.
Dr Brooks hsed in thistoun several wears.
also Dr. Cros~cu. Dr. Dean and Dr Ham
mond. Do. Csrus Ilamlin aftcr~arI. set
lied here. tho died in l~2s aud Dr. B-r-
itnia Chandler ~ho died in April isz7
The nov practising. physiciaus are Assph
krirdee and JOB Iiolmes
To f-.t minister settled iu Pari. vas
James Hooper wlo vas oriai4el in 1875.
John Wilis vas ordained A. an EnnrrEst
in 1872. aid joseph Walker iu ts2I. El.
drr Wihlm has been ordained since. A
ron fal'er. Jr. vas also a minister bat VA.
not ordaia-d in Paris.
Daniel >tpsel uns tie fr.t person COM
rai-.ionel a. a Justice in towu.
Tie meeting house on Paris Hiu was
buiit in lsI3. The Co1nfv of Oxford uas
iormer'ya a part oi CauterlarI and York.
ani vss orcan.zed into distinct Coaot, in
i~N5. The frs; Jadges of the Common
Peas urre simon FRYE. Same.I Paris Of
llehron. ani Lather Cary Of Tsrrr-.
.- tr.t Jerk oi thc Courts. Ctrus Hsn-
DO vio served i1 tiat ofee many wears.
iita'lnain Chandler va Clerk one vear.
lloans Clara sucoeedel C,ras lliri,u snd
uas slcreedel %, E1fls X. Gooienou. Gle
present Clerk Tie sereni t.rch ofIalr-
cs ucre Ber'aa.ia Green of f.-rFirk. Jalah
Dana oi Frlclarr ani William WiI-.rv
ct fa-fari Ihe Courfs of O. 1rirr8n rlrs.
ire pow lril hv Ezekiel Whfuan. Ttr
Gre .ee oi Probate vas Rev. M- Fr.-
senl-n. llc soon died anil JrI1h Dana
sas arr. .'ei to fhat on r when Name
becim- ~af.. Or. Brr1rn ChanIirr
uaf appointed i.l-r of Probate arI .1
c1uur.ai urf.i be- death. Sfrrten Fnsrt
asfacn apro.a,ei trl 'i.lcorlnar. Js...e
oi Probate IT, 'rl.s.rr rersoas and ,a
e. a'.oEir- -r..fr late been Register. of
Probate. w Samuel iifalIev sfd Tiu.
o.lt o.c.ol oi fryrtcr- Eeurl Wasllan
of Llterrare. Thoma. Webster OF Five
burg. ani Ih3mas CHRIS of Paris. che pres.
ere Register. T.. H.rrrr r.-..ns f...