The Republican journal., 1919-08-21

"oh' W Cne lower end of the
woodplle so as to be that much neare,
Gorham. Joseph, Jr., succeeded his faith
er on the farm and lived there until about
1878, when he moved to the farm now
owned by his son, j. D. Higgins. Josenb
died IN 1914 at the age of 90 years.
isaac Higgins, brother of Joseph Sr
came TO this town in 1898. He took up
land on the opposite side of the road
sharing his brothers. cabin while clear;n q
for and building his own cabin. Isaac
was genial man and upright in his deal
lngs. lie raised family of 10 children
Ills 1lrst wife was Esther Parker of Cor
ham, His second wife was Mrs. Ruth
kent. Mrs. Alkaline D. P. Moses of Cor
ham IS the only living member of Isasc's
once large family. Mrs Moses is almost
w years of age and her life has been such
that not only her own children but others
'arise up and called her blessed"
on the farm known as the j. r. Gross
farm may be seen the site of one of the
earliest settlers log cabins, marked by the
remnant of an orchard Prince Davis
came from the western part of the State
over a hundred years ago, built log
CABIN and cleared the forest from around
MIN Some years later Mr.. Davis bought
the land and built the house where the
| David Hasty family now live Mr.. Davis
mad large family Of children, his son
Lewis Davis, born Sept. 22nd, 1897, was
the 1lrst male child born in town. Mr.,
Davis some time IN the forties sold the
farm 10 Elijah Cole, who was succeeded
by his son, James Cole, who died there
some years ago.
Directly across the road from the Hasty
place is the Watson farm, taken I'D and
cleared by Thomas Watson.
p The farm now occupied by H. M. Small
was settled on by Elisha Morton. Years
later lssacher Small, father Of the present
owner, bought the place and erected the
present house.
The first clearing made on the we'll
known D. B. Flint farm was done by Ezra
Hanson He was one Of the first Friends
to come to this wilderness. He built
log house. The site can now be seen from
the road at remote part of the farm,
Later, Ephralm Jones bought the place and
built substantial buildings near the road.
This place is now owned by H. NJ Small
On the opposite side of the road is the
well known Robert Hanson farm, on
which Samuel Whitney began to clear
the forest, later he sold TO Abram Hall
and entered the ministry. Mark Hall,
son of Abram, built the present two
stored house. 1t is now owned by Charles
Wren.
| A short distance west from where the
old Quaker. westinghouse stood is the
house built by Ebenezer Crockett, still
west but adjoining this farm is land
cleared by John Whitney who was one
of the pioneer preachers, a Methodist by
trade. This place is also owned by Charles
Wren.
Robert Hanson, Senior, father of the
one above mentioned by the same name,
was one of the earliest to come here and
he settled on the farm now owned by
Geo. E. Files He built his log house on
or near the site of the present house. He
had family of IL children. His son
Timothy remained at the homestead for
many years, and built the two STORED
house now standing there, Robert, Sr's,
son John, manufactured the well known
/ Hanson plow and cultlvator.
| North from the old Quaker church on
| Files hill three brothers settled in that
vicinity, George Files, Samuel and JOS
| eph. George Files who located Oh the
! very top OF the hill, was the father of the
| late Solomon and Jonathan Files
The farm now occupied by James Gates
was taken up by Gideon Phlbrick at the
earliest period of settlement His son
Nathan remained on the farm until quite
aged. Nathan used to relate the fact that
on an afternoon in the fall of 1918 he re
membered as small boy of his father
requesting the family to come out of
doors. Sounds were coming on the soft
gentle breeze from the coast denoting
that something unusual was being enact
ed in the distance. Low, distinct, sue
cesslve rolls of thunder were heard, which
proved to be from the guns of the Ameri-
can and British vessels Enterprise and
Boxer in their memorable engagement.
On the hill west of James Gates stands
the large commodious home of Albert S.
| Higgins, settled on when wilderness by
Josiah Moulton, His son Eli succeeded his
father on the farm and built the present
two-storied house
John Gordon, grandfather of the late
Nelson Gordon, settled on what is known
as the Elisha Gordon place. The place is
!
Peter Harmon, another pioneer, located
on what is called TIE Nelson Harmon
farm. He was succeeded on the farm by
his son, John N. Harmon, father of AS
bury anC Peter Harmon of this town.
The farm S now owned by Pearl Hamlin.
South of the Peter Harmon farm on the
opposite side of the road, Daniel Gates,
grandfather of Knott and Fred Gates,
settled on the farm where Robert Gates
now lives. His brother, Thomas Gates,
settled where AdelbeTt Gilchrist lives,
formerly the Eli Phibrick farm.
X In the extreme west part of the town
near the Unity line is tine farm where
Joseph Rich settled, and is now occupied
| by his grandson, Fred Rich.
Job Blethen, born in 1854, with his
sons Joseph and Isaiah were pioneers too.
Joseph settled on the farm now owned
by Hezzie Ward. Isaiah settled where
Elijah Simpson now lives, and Mrs.
i Simpson is the granddaughter of Isaiah
Blethen.
Silas Whitcomb and Simeon Whitcomb
also pioneers, settled in the northwest
part of the town. Simeon settled on the
farm where O. j. Parsons now lives
Silas on the farm where Everett Ward
lives. Hezekiah Whitcomb born in 1905,
was the son Of Silas, and the father of
the late Rev. Simeon Whitcomb Heze-
kiah settled on the Reuben Rowe place,
his wife WAC Misc oil f,ofT;p e, ,ok>Io