Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-12-08

BERRY

any persons who settled ~ lie bel sine,
1910 eNcep, &c complete q family wheg
pott cot 3, came before and part after
JHst date Dut peitars The fist settler il
q uyisdyo,hooj. although the settlement
MAS ,u.,de mauN j ear, sitter some portion:
~ the town were seUled, may be entitled
Co be- m,n.iouc6 d. connection with IN,
carly settlers.
IL Is we'll known that the interval p0l
,!Ous oi Bethel bordering on Tie Andres
coggin river. were seiucd much earlier
than weielhe upland por,iousi ,ad much
earlier Ihau tbe extreme eastern and
southeastern PORTIONS oil ,he town border.
ius GA Milton Plantation formerly called
Number e, and Woodstock, iuImerb
known as Number 3. Few settlements
were made east Ut the valley. which ex
tgnds lrom Greenwood line near Locke S
Nils TO Tie Audru,C9scia 'iyeral Bean
Corner. cxcep, the settlements on the
rivet pivr To 1S2o.
Lcy, Bcr1 Nas the tirst settler on the
ridge @, aud EslJh Ct Locke's Muus,
since kuovuss Bind HIM." though The
Bul, lor which IL Was uam,d have all
GoVu away. Thomas Gu>,, james Ban.
tea and Eli Foster commenced a settle
mcut between Loohe'e Mil, and The Am.
ur0scogsiu valley alou, ih., time, though
uo convenient road had ,hrD been buni
sctN cen those TWO points.
Levi Berry and hi, son Levi Jr., went
up from PHis and tel. an openin;; aud put
up log nous, abort jhe year 1870 The
old cellar ct the house nee ~ 10y the
iermrr may Sc, te seen cu ,be hillside. ..
iu.e southeast oil lie Bind Hi school
house. WHcu o,Ler sous. William aud
Load. became of age, b \ >ott ell Oh
aul near bY, - lhIl there were four
Berry families living near each ether.
They did not remain here n ANY lems.
bgt 500 moved back TO pni, and were
succeeded ou ,Lcit .,rn> by John. Stmi
'Ed Lyman bnd '''m Norway.
Tie a,r,suy OF Lew B,uy is a.
fellows; lie "a> '"c son "' I'' " III.
and Joanna lp.orc) Berry. i,m,rly Of
Falmouth, ,Ut who were among 'hr ct'!
settles o. Ho,ete.d; I"c ".ier '-e son
ai D.'rse md N'a1 (>"csnp) Htuy
e, t'.n"U,"' Dc "e So" o' MJ':
Gl-. bcuN oi Falmouth, ioimegF OF
kUuv. WHO married J. Ea,c.h fi.S,
aaj va, ,.c proprietor %. LUly's ,uip.
yId. which wes formerly situated ou
b.,, Cove; le beng ,Ae ,on OF George
tDd p>Atciascc tHa,ll NNIy oi XII
i,.yt ae OBJ. ,'' DO. Jo-eID"'d >usaruaH
b ... a.. A...... .u.IJ.y,iP.t-mou,b.
1..i ,sl1 aa- .-e $50 O.. William Berry
a.l N.- 'a.- W.. came aum Eng and
ot.. -,,t.,J b. PORTSMOUTH in 1857 after
oAie, moved .u Nr"buiy ana died there
l..' .s 30 1901, aud BIZ widow married
Nathaniel Drake.
Lsy. berry was to!k il Falmouth
Ap'a =. lss5, bat bis parents moved 10
'-r p.1ut'iion oI Breakdown (now BUGS
He."l "Hcn Is was "a small child. IL
"a- u1ti.ed in 10 ~ 10 Louisiana, daugn
'e' 10 solomon bryant ~Ao was IN early
sr't'' b" FAfis' Tie wus among Tue ear,
''''.e'- 81 No00''ooN' "''"s GA i0' MIN
o'' '''''" 3" '"e so"'H .'" % 'Ae own
as cary ~ 1oV' "heA mere Were uC'
more Than zen ia'A'Hes ~ Town.
!ie moVea ~ Bethel ia 4SzVO " q, and,
as We have already stated. be returned 10
f'''N. IL l"1'y moved 10 Sm''n"'
Afoos'o'A Co. "hese he died IN 1904
l"i.@ren
I.ti il born june i. lspi. married
fo.s Il n1'o'u G.! Fa'i>. lived msI aile'
h's marriage 10 Bethel. then IN Paris.
ai,er'ards ga Wilton and ia 1889 moved
10 smyrna when that part OF The State
'a' mostly wilderness. cleared up
'a'se !aF'H 0i SV0 " 4oO acres reared -
ID" se i'I4''y' most o' Nhom EN- reside
IA 'A"' County and died ~ 1873 Ao"t.sa'
born Aprii y lS'5' married 10 john Lap
"SH' vas Vie mother oil 10 eh''dten' died
q 10 , 80 Los; William bonn APn ..
1910. married Sally Lo'J'\ OF Norway.
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