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Androscoggin County, Maine
History & Genealogy

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Source:
HISTORY
of
LEEDS,
ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY, MAINE
FROM ITS SETTLEMENT
JUNE 10, 1780
By
J. C. STINCHFIELD, ET ALS.
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PREFACE  
CHAPTER I. - STARTED 8/22/2023
 - Name
 - Location
 - Natural Features, etc.		 1
 - Petition and Act of Incorporation 6
CHAPTER II.  - NOT STARTED
 - The Aborigines		 9
CHAPTER III. - Early Settlers and Their Families 17
 - Stinchfield Family - NOT FINISHED
     - Eben Stinchfield - FINISHED		 17
 - Millett Family 41
 - Lane Family 50
 - Francis Family 55
 - Bishop Family 63
 - Lothrop Family 69
 - Gilbert Family 74
 - Jennings Family 79
 - Turner Family 84
 - Foss Family 89
 - Leadbetter Family 107
 - George Family 109
 - Sylvester Family 112
 - Fish Family 115
 - Cushman Family 117
 - Lindsey Family 124
 - Knapp Family 133
 - Foster Family 140
 - Brewster Family 147
 - Gould Family 150
 - Pettingill Family 153
 - Curtis Family 157
 - Otis Family 162
 - Caswell Family 166
 - Howe Family 168
 - Wing Family 169
 - Additon Family 172
 - Howard Family 175
 - Deane Family - FINISHED 8/23/2023 196
 - Mitchell Family 198
 - Herrick Family 199
 - Boothby Family 205
 - Ramsdell Family 218
 - Parcher Family 220
 - Bates Family 221
 - Merrill Family 222
 - Hanscom Family 224
 - Leadbetter, Horace 226
 - True Family 227
 - Gordon Family 229
 - Other Families 231
CHAPTER IV. - Heads of Families in the Early Part of the 19th Century - FINISHED 8/23/2023 244
CHAPTER V. - First Mills and Other Industries - NOT STARTED 248
CHAPTER VI. - A Condensed Review of the History of the Baptist
churches in Leeds from about A. D. 1800 to 1901   - NOT STARTED		 251
CHAPTER VII. - History of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Leeds - NOT STARTED 254
CHAPTER VIII. - Universalist Church - NOT STARTED 257
CHAPTER IX. - Churches - FINISHED 8/23/2023 261
CHAPTER X. - Schools of Leads 263
CHAPTER XI. - Professional Men 269
CHAPTER XII. - Excerpts from Town Records 271
CHAPTER XIII. - List of Leeds Town Officers 275
CHAPTER XIV. - Military Record of Leeds 285
CHAPTER XV. - Mail Routes - Post Offices - Postmasters 297
CHAPTER XVI. - Ladies' Aid Society 300
CHAPTER XVII. - Secret Societies 302
CHAPTER XVIII. - Androscoggin Railroad 306
CHAPTER XIX. - Gleanings 311
CHAPTER XX. - Marriage Intentions with Date of Certificate  (1801 - 1901) - FINISHED 8/24/2023 323
CHAPTER XXI. - Genealogy - PARTIALLY FINISHED 8/24/2023 (Added index to names) 362

ILLUSTRATIONS

  
The Indian Carry Frontispiece
John Clark Stinchfield+ Opposite page 17
Hon. Samuel B. Stanchfield " 37
Francis Davis Millett " 49
Rev. Thomas Davis Francis " 55
George T. Bishop " 67
Solomon Lothrop and Wife " 71
Hon. Davis Francis Lothrop and Mrs. D. F. Lothrop " 73
Col. W. L. Lothrop " 73
John Turner, M. D. " 87
Benjamin Turner " 88
Rev. Walter Foss " 100
G. W. Foss " 104
Laura M. Sylvester " 115
Stephen Knapp " 137
Charles Knapp " 138
Hannah L. Pollard " 139
Henry M. Brewster " 148
Elisha D. Gould " 151
W. E. Gould, M. D. " 152
Samuel Pettengill " 155
Isaiah B. Additon " 172
Fred L. Additon " 173
E. E. Additon " 174
Stillman L. Howard, Esq. " 177
Hon. Seth Howard " 180
Mrs. Seth Howard " 180
Major-General Oliver Otis Howard " 182
Rev. Rowland Bailey Howard " 187
Brevet Brigadier-General Charles H. Howard " 189
Elder Luther Loomis Howard 192
Otis Hill Monument " 195
Coat of Arms " 197
Major Israel Herrick " 203
Frank H. Herrick " 204
Lucy M. Herrick " 204
Rev. Samuel Boothby " 211
Hon. Thomas H. Boothby " 212
Mrs. Thomas H. Boothby " 212
Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen Boothby " 213
Hon. R. C. Boothby " 215
Daniel Parcher " 220
D. P. True " 228
Mrs. D. P. True " 228
Shore of Androscoggin Lake from Lewiston Club House " 229
Leeds Center Looking from the Lake " 248
Baptist and Universalist Churches, Chapel Hill, Leeds " 251
Androscoggin Lake from Meeting-House Hill " 252
School-House, West Leeds " 263
View Looking Toward Androscoggin Lake " 297

 

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