Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-09-29

Il: Basiress, Farms, S.oek, Dsfiesl.
hls and Homes Of HGd6doa q
fhsy an To-day.


| Ths ex,Es.n pAfG Of tie Sawa Of Hod zdo'
has aIssys bean known u eissans u sn'
town ard vicinity - The Nv lille osssie
inert ~ people Of thAs name settled in tns
eoe.,oa Of tie scsa in the earliest days Oh
Il, history. M Jacab White came from
tK.-,ek, " b. xsoa. 1926, snd FIRST nnsdt
q clearing co the lot sf,srssrts known II
the Pstriex Ferry farm. He bulls ioi
asusc on shts let but sosa aSterwAfai
| baayht tso lots ssiIi fAr;hsr east lots NJ
8 and l., R2,Ni2) where be cleared up q
| age farm upon which he lived for many
| gaafa and was Z well-kaown q iz 20 OF TIE
sova. Mr.. White died some tan yesrs age
| and his s5n. Mr.. ru-ney White, now has
| he farm. Mr.. William White CANE fron
| porzias, N. B about the same time 1926
| and took the lot Immediately north Of ths
| one 1000 which Jacob White nrst self ed.
He cleared farm and lived on it until hi,
q sath some thirty years ago. Meme Of hi.
children are nos living in the town. fhs
farm 10 nov q part Of the Francis Bird
farm Mr.. LeSIs Stone ,me from kfs
xich, n. B, 10 1926 or 1927, and settled
| a po1 the lot where Jacob White first made
bis clearing. Mr.. Stone cleared up the
| f.rm and lived on IL until about lsit, wheo
ns DElVrl W Afsts
Lo~ n W owns this farm
Early Settlers of the Town.
Mr.. William Stone came st the same
time and settled on the next 20: south o.
Lewis Stone. He cleared this farm and
l.ysd Gu IL until his death some tseniy
Years ago, Mr.. Edward Henderson now
lives on the farm. Mr.. James Grant came
from New Brun,wick abo1s this time AID
. ,.tled on 4 lot al 9ining the boundary hoe
lie made good farm and lived on it until
his death about 1861. Mr.. Thomas Buck
lev nov owns tits farm. Many descend
snt. Of the White and Grant families for
merly lived in this portion OF the town, but
nearly all of the IN have row removed 70
other portions Of the county and else where.
Mr.. Joseph Furzs emigraIed from Devon
shire, England to Fredericton, N. B., when
4 Young man, and in 1880 came to Hodsdon
and settled on . lot I'D dining the boundary
line. He made farm upon which be lived
until his death 10 1875. His son. Mr.
George Furzs, WAS for many years resi-
dent Of this portion OF the town, his fsrG
al ainipg bis fathers, and was prominent
and resps cted citizen. He died IN IL /
Mr. Thomas ". Fufze, the younger 500,
now owns the homs farm. Mr.. Joseph Is.
Haven came to this part of the town in the
early years ard settled on the lot south OF
William Stone. Mr. Haven made hae farm
and vas for many years prominent cihzen
of Hodgdon. Some ten years sgo he sold
his farm TO Mr. John Moore and movsd 10
the George Furza farm where he lived three
years and then moved to Houlton where be
now resides. Mr.. Thomas Lloyd came to
HOd sdon about 1880 and settled on the lot
UPON which his son, Thomas Lloyd now
lives A man by the name Of Wotley,
who is said to be the dtst man to make an
opening in this portion of the town, had
male a small clearing on the lot and bull!
leg house. Mr.. Lloyd cleared M the farm
aud lived on it until his desih in 1870.
Mr.. John Bell came from New Bruins
WICK about 1880 and settled east OF West
ford Hill Mr.. Bell lived here until his
death in 1873, and many Of his descendants
are now living in Hodsdon and other por-
uons Of the county. Mr.. Francis Bird
came TO Hodgdon in 1881 aud settled on
lot in the east part Of the town adjoining
the Houton line. He afterwards oought
the William White lot, adjoining bis on the
south ard now has 6ne farm Of 200 acres
with us acres cleared ard has very Ace
stand Of farm buildings. Mr.. Bird is now
SIS years old and quite fee bic. He is the
dest living settler in this portion OF the
,wn M. John p. Ii coln went from Bath,
Me u, to Ofomocto, N. b., to work at his
trade IS ship carpenter. In 1886 he
anne to Hodgdon and settled on the lot on
which his son, Mr.. Leonard fdncoln, now
lives. Mr.. Lincoln was svell known Cit.
zen Of the town for many years ard was
one Of its most substantial and indepen
dent farmers. He died in
1882 Mr.. Benz. T. Lircoln
also came from Orom,cto, N. B IN 1887,
and took one half of the lot upon which his
orcther, John P Lincoln, had settled two
years before. Each OF the brothers after
wards bought an additional hundred acre.
near BY. Mr.. Benz. 7. Lircoin was 70,
many years member Of the board of Sc
ecjmep, and was = man of kindly and
disposition and had macy
''rong friends. He died in 1888 Mr.
John Lincoln, father of Jt IN P. and Benz
T., came to Hodgdou in $40 and took tue
lot next south Of the one occupied by is
,Jns, Here he
Cleared n Farm