The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-12-08
For the REPORTER.
Early Settlers In Canaan. No. 3:S

among the quite early settlers. There
are no date- known. He LIVED on the
back road not far from George Bigeiow :.
lie married Susan. daughter of Dra.
William steward. They had four >ons
aud one daughter. Joseph >taid on the
old place, James bought tlfc unclc erlh
Wvtnan farm. lived and died there; he
WA, - deacon in the Baptist church.
Timothy and Elijah il i said lived in
Fairfield. All were farmers. They We're
strong active men. a little above the
medium height.
Before the numbering htl-ine,, was
we'll developed on the kcnnebcc. Young
men went to the British Provinces. and
after two or three wears uf Work in the
pine woods and driving the rivers. would
conn home with ~ heavy load Of Span-
i-h dollars a. they could carry in their
kliap>ack>. Til money Na- obtained
from the Spanish West lndic- in return
for lumber shipped there. Once in
a while "A man would be lucky enough Ia
get an English gold piece. which WAS
carefully wrapped in soft paper To pre-
vent abrasion.
Some if not all of the tlcVeland' went
down East aud were successful II a.
to give them a good start in life. The
one daughter in the lamIiy. Dolly. lived
to Il somcW hat advanced life unmarried
she was Il large strong woman. without
any sickness, but dropped dead a. she
was walking across the room.
George Poolcr, a man of French de
scent who came from Vermont. married
deacon Stewards eldest daughter. Abi-
gail This was among the first marriages
in town H. her fourth child WAS born in
1854. II i said that She was only about
sixteen wears Older than Der oldest son
.Ioho. lie married Eunice. daughter oil
Joseph Weston , He lived good
many wears ON what WAS called Pooler'
hill. directly east of HASKELL, corner.
Then he moved onto The plan-. on the
road leading from Canaan village Ia the
river. He was ~kiful IN repairing
watches. They had ten children. al
equal number of each sex.
Joseph pouler Also lived on tlr I'oolcl
hill. His ile was Brtscv Head of Nor
ridgrv ock. They had thirteen girl in
succession unr pair If twins and the
fourteenth child WAS n boy. have no
dates but ! think these two lived To old
age.
H,rorg" Puolcr was born III l1Si after
his father had gone AWAY Ia return no
more. III Maftn II w Ne Harfltft' NHlllEt.
daughter of Samuel Weston. He lived
Il few years ON The back road. the next
place south of the Elijah WYman farm.
He then moved to the we'll known place
on The river road where hi, purchase
from Geo. Mc' lclAnand the one hundred
acres which his wife inherited from her
father made II very good farm. In 1911
when the militia were called 1T To keep
the British from getting po,-c~-ion of
the mouth of the river, he Wa an Ensign,
and besides his sword. ~a> armed with Il
kind of short spear called II ~pontoon.
He was afterwards Captain. They had
four son, and five daughters. lIedied in
1866 aged 81, She died in 1872 aged 81,
The sister Mary Pooler Wa> by birth
between John and Joseph. She MAJ riod
Daniel 1crrin' } and had ten children,
only two of them girls. She lived I" an
old age. the exact age moi known to me.
Her mother lived with her, and being
strong and healthy WAS very efficient
help in the large family. She died nj
eighty-srvcn.
Daniel llcrrin 4 came 10 Canaanqrite
early, but only know that he w;ls there
when the old meeting house wa, raised
i'll lISS,a- it was one of his sons that had
the wrc>t ling match with Philip Powers,
in which Philips arm was broken. He
came from some place near the mouth of
the river, but was of Irish descent, prob
ably born in Ireland. He lived on the riS-
iuu ground below the mouth bf the Me-