Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-06-29
Early Bethel Families.
AMOS Powers.

lies in Bethel at the tune oil the Indian
rail in l7sl. The five in the lower
settlement were Samuel Ingalls,, Jesse
n ,s,ou. John York, Amos Powers and
ssa.,,. which probably included that oil
L,hoo,h,, ~ Thaddeus Bartlett ana
,ho hov A,rop B.rr.n. in The upper
,.tl,emen, were the families oil hiea"e'
Twi,chell. Benjamin Russell. Abraham
Russell, Lieut.. Jonathan CLARK anu
lanes Swan. have already given
sketches OF eight of these families tue
present sketch being the u. Samuc'
ingalls,, who settled on the SImuei Dean
farm did not remain Tn town long ana
know nothing OF h lamlly. nave
understood that his wife was daughter
of Asa Kimball, Senior. David Marshall
who married Lucy, daughter OF Moses
Mason of Dublin was in Bethel where he
had lust arrived. when the Indians At
tackled the town, and he and his wiie
made their way through the woods TO
the settlement OF Paris Hill and from
thence to Sbeppardstown (ie0ron) ana
remained lherer They were The parents
OF David, Jr. and Nathan Marshall, who
,,;ved and died in Paris, the latter being
the bu!haI OF n. l.. Marshall well
known and awe business man 10 the
moth part oil Paris.
In 1879. Aaron Richardson oil Newteh
sold TO Amos Powers, interval lot no =
on the south side oil the Androscoggln
river in Sudbury, Canada. Mr. Powers was
then Of Princeton in the county OF Wor
cester and State OF Massachusetts. lie
moved into Bethel the following year
The farm which he purchased is situated
below Beams Corner, and after his death
was occupied by his son Arnold Powers.
1t is now owned by Reuel w. Needham.
Mr.. Powers was born in Feb. 1892, the
same month and year that Gen. Washing.
ton was uUyn. lie was, therefore, about
4S years of age when he came to Bethel.
lie married Molly PArmenter, and they
raised up a family OF six children, three
sons aud three daughters. The sons
were .4rnoM Ephraim and Nam.
nasal and the daughters SiJbeH,
BatiShcja and AiHd.
ArHod Powers married fist Betsey
Lane OF New Gloucester and had LAWN.
ia and Eliphas. His first wife died and
he married Nabby Howe OF Bolton Mass.
The children by this marriage were
Amos BetSey, Oliver 7. Experience,
Cyrus H., Sarah and Katie. Eliphas
married IIuldah Andrews. Lavinia mar
ried ki.nball Bean. Betsey married
Edmund Segar. Oliver + married Susan
NJ. Kimoa!l. Amos married Hannah
Hobbs OF Norway, Experience married
Moses Staples. Cyrus IL married Sarah
Dunlap of Brunswic..::. and afterwards
went South.
Ephraim Powers married Olive,
daughter OF Samuel kimball. They had
but ono child. Clara D.. who married
Joseph Poverty Of Bethel. Ephraim Pow
ers died and his wildly became the sec.
ond wife OF james DIni,ls-
.NdnnaSSnh Power went to 81. David,
n. b. where he married and raj ed up q
large family; most Of the children now
reside in Massachusetts
8athshcba and AnHa Powers daughters
of Amos. Senior, died unmarried.
SijJcH Powers. married in 1882,
Thaddeus Bartlett. one OF the BARTLETT
brothers who were among the first sc L
tiers in Bethel Tuadheus came with 1T.
Segar when be made his third visit 10
Sudbury. Canada in the spring of 1850.
(See Bartlett F. uilO. They had
twelve children, rs folio 5:
1t. Fanny Is. born April !, 1881. mar
ried Geo. W. Wheeler ol Huleton, ~ II.
Charlotte born July 5. 1856. married
Jonas Willis OF Bethel. 81 SiG5cH, born
Dec. 9, l7SS. died April % 1895 4th
CiariSsa. born Feb. ), 1891. married
Syivanus Jackson OF PA:is; she died
Sept. 10. 1910. before leaving home. 9th.
BdihSh'LI. born married Sylyanus
Jack son and lived aud died at Bi,coe's
FAILS III Paris oh A6fgui. torn Aug
>. 1875. married A>A kmhall of Bethel.
9TH. BlH. born De- - 1917, m uried
Marina b Bartlett. dsusI.e { Pre- ssrine
and was Tor many years y farmer and
hotel keeper al Bean, Conner. S!h Polly
L. born Feb D. III uri ii G-o. son oil
Peter kimbiIl OF Biidston; they lived
in Bethel several yeas auL then moved
to Massachusetts. 9.h IhtddeUS T. born
April s. 1902 married Sophronia Blake
Of Sandwich. \ II H. is YET hale and
hearly, and resides Ia Waltham. Mass
10Th EpLrdi@s Is. born July %. 1904 |
married first Mary 4 llumphry o! d +.
chester Mass. second Julia A Richards
Of Rumford Ne; third Katie E. Marble
IF Haverhill. Mass fourth Abbie NJ.
1overing OF Lowell he is still living with
lis fourth wife and has been totally blind
or six years. lllh Eieanor d. born ia.
y %. 1905 married amos c. Bean Of
Bethel. 18th Sibbel. b born May ., 1906
married YIN. T. Frost now OF B ,slon.
rhaddeus r.. E9hraim G. and MIS- Frost
re The only Survivors oI this large fam.