The Republican journal., 1903-12-10

membership has dwindled away. A
Methodist church was organized at the
village and is still in fiourishing con-
ditiOn
The second Baptist church in Sears
mont was organized in 1888 with twelve
members at the old brick schoolhouse
in North Searsmont. T. Bailey was
chosen deacon. The same year four
were added by baptism and fourteen by
letter. In 1913 this church had "a men,
bers. A Methodist church was also
organized at this schoolhouse. The
two churches had great deal of
trouble and both persisted together.
The writer would here state that
Montville and Liberty were settled
much earlier than Searsmont by sew
eral families named Davis, and was
therefore called Davistown. In 1900 the
township of Davistown was surveyed
by William Davis, which included the
northern half of Liberty, the southern
half of Montville and part of north
and west Searsmont. The first settlers
of Searsmont lived in that part of Da-
yistown which is now in SearsmOnt.
By the survey of 1903 and 1907 they
were, to their sorrow, shut out of Da-
viStOWn.
Humphrey Hook married Dorothy
Hill of Gambia, n. H., about 1893. In
1898 they, with their two little sons,
Samuel and Ansel, made the journey
by horseback from Gambia to Sears
mont. Mr.. Hook was elected on the
board of selectmen of the Plantation
of Davistown in 1902. In 1916 he, in
company with many Others, moved his
family of wife and nine children to
Ohio by horse team, requiring about
thirty-one days to make the journey.
About 1920 the father and the two eld-
est sons, Samuel and Ansel, returned
to visit the dear old home. The two
sons chose to remain in the good old
State of Maine. They both married
and settled near the home of their
childhood.
The children of Humphrey and Dor
othv Hook were Samuel, born in Can
dia, n. H., 1884 Ansel was born in
Gambia, n. H., Sept. 90, 1875; Sally,
Hannah, Polly, Lydia, Gage, Harry and
John were born in Searsmont.
Ansel Hook, sor of Humphrey and
Dorothy Hook, married Harriet Spring
of Montville. August 2, 1921. Their
children were: Charles s., born Feb.
20, 1928: John, born Dec. 10, 1924; Gage,
born Feb. %, 1928; Caroline, born April
%, 1880: Woodbury., born Jan. 5, 1888;
Lydia, born Nov 4, 1884; Selden, born
Dec. 2, 1886; Benjamin, born March 6,
1910; Mary E., born Sept. TO- 1912. The
genealogy of Harriet Spring. Hook,
wife of Anse, is as follows: Thaddeus
Spring was born in 1885, died in Mont
vile March 81, 1919. His wife, Lydia
Spring, was born in 1747, died in Mont
vile Nov. IA, 1910. They settled in the
town of Weston, Mass, moved to Bel
fast about 1885, and to Montville in
$685. Their children were:
Marshall Spring, born in Weston,
Mass, January 26, 1916.
Deborah Spring, born in Weston,
Mass, married Thomas kimball.
Samuel Spring, born in Weston,
Mass, died in Belfast, Feb. II, 1888.
MARSHALL SPRINGS FAMILY.
Marshall Spring, son of Thaddeus and
Lydia Spring. born in Weston, Mass,
Jan. 26, 1916, died Jan. II, 1858. He
married his wife Eunice in Weston,
Mass. She was born July ~, 17117, and
died Feb. 16, 1872. They moved from
Weston, Mass, to Belfast in 1901, and
to Montville in 1908. Their children
were:
Caroline Spring, born in Weston,
March 3, 1913. married Hazen Aver.
They had nine children.
Eunice Spring, born in Weston Feb.
6, 1900, died young.
Harriet Spring, born in Belfast Oct.
., 1902, married in Montville Aug. 2,
1921, to Ansel Hook Of Searsmont.
They had nine children.
he, i,,p olfoo4 o.
1905, married Clarissa Cunningham.
They had five children.
Marshall Spring, Jr., born i'll Belfast
Oct ), 1907. died March :, 1908.
Charles Spring, born in Montville
Nov. 3, 1910, married Amanda Shep-
herd. They had three children.
Arthur Spring, born in Montville
Sept. u. 1872, married Mary Norris.
They had three children.
JONATHAN BAGLEY's FAMILY.
Jonathan Bagley of Chester, n. H.,
married Betsey Hall of Gambia, n. II.
They came to Searsmont in 1898 Their
children were:
Lydia Bagley, born in Chester, n. II.
Henry Bagley, born in Chester, n.
H., July 49, 1897, married Eliza Moore.
Hall Bagley, also Hiram, Huse, John
and Betsey, born in Searsmont.
JOHN MORROW's FAMILY.
John Morrow was born in Windham,
n. H., August 1, 1910. He was married
in Searsmont May 2, 1903, to Miss
Sally Hill of Gambia, n. H., who was
born Oct. 2, 1892 Mr.. Morrow was a
young man working in Belfast when
he made the acquaintance OF Miss Hill,
who was visiting her sister, Dorothy
Hook. He died Feb. IL, 1858. Sally
Morrow was converted and united with
the church of Christ. In 1925 she
united with the First Free Will Baptist
in Montville. In 1928 she followed her
pastor, Elder Moses Mcfarland, into
the Universalist belief and finally be-
came a Spiritualist. She died Dec. I.
1872, at the age of ninety years and two
months, Their children were:
John Morrow, Jr., born May 3, 1904,
died May 9, 1905.
Jack Morrow, born April 10, 1906,
died May 7, 1911.
Thomas Morrow, born April IA, 1903,
married Sarah Leonard, died Feb. p,
1899.
Mary Morrow, born Sept. 20, 1910,
married Simeon Pierce, died Mar. %,
1895.
Alexander Morrow, born April 10,
1913, died Jan. I, 1851.
Sally H. Morrow, born Jan. 10, 1916,
married John Barker, died Nov. "a,
1888