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     CEMETERIES - General Ezekiel Pattee, who died in 1813 at the age of eighty-two, gave the burying ground on the river road, in which his body now lies.  Near by, also, appear the tombstones of Colonel Josiah Hayden, who died in 1818, eighty-one years old, and Manuel Smith, who died in 1821, eighty years old - both prominent men of their times.  In the Getchell grave yard lie the bodies of David Smiley, John Tailor and wife, and other early settlers.  Benjamin Runnels and some other contemporaries were buried on his farm, now owned by Dr. H. H. Campbell.  A similar burial place is to be seen on the

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Brown farm, where some members of the Hale, Newell and other old families were buried.
     One half acre of land bought by the town of David Guptill in 1854, adjoining a piece consecrated to that use by the McClintock family, in which were the graves of Abigail robinson and her mother, constitute the McClintock burying ground.  The Drummond burial ground on the river road was given to the family about 1840, by John Drummond.  Lots are now sold to any one for burial purposes. The Crosby grave yard was accepted and fenced by the town in 1881.  On the William Stratton farm , the Stratton family have a private burial ground; and on the river road is the Tufton Simpson ground.
     The cemetery in the village of Winslow, on the north bank of the Sebasticook, is probably the oldest in town.  A committee was appointed by the town in 1772 to apply to Dr. Sylvester Gardiner for land for a burying ground on the Fort farm.  Doctor Gardiner undoubtedly gave the land now in use, when visited by that committee.  In this yard, beneath a slab of dark slate stone, one side smoothed for lettering, and the other side just as it was split from the quarry, lies the body of an eccentric citizen, who composed the following epitaph with strict injunctions that it should be inscribed on his tombstone just as written.  It has been widely copied by the newspapers:
     "Here lies the body of Richard Thomas, An inglishman by birth, A whig of 76, By occupation a Cooper, Now food for worms, Like an old rumpuncheon marked numbered and shooked, He will be raised again and finished by his creator.  He died Sept 28, 1824, aged 75, America my adopted country, My best advice to you is this take care of your liberties."

PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

     John L. Abbott (1819-1882) was a farmer and carriage maker.  He was the son of Tilley and Sarah (Libby) Abbott.  His wife, who survives him, was Sarah M., daughter of Jonathan, and granddaughter of John Ewer, who came to Vassalboro from Cape Cod.  The children of Mr. and Mrs. Abbott were:  Adelaide L. (Mrs. Orrin G. Brown), Jonathan E., Almira P. (Mrs. Purley York) and two who died - Alpheus E. and Selima P.   Jonathan Ewer was twice married: First to Anna P. Snow, and second to Emma A. Bragg.

     Marshall Abbott

     William B. Barton

     Alden Bassett

     James H. Chaffee

     Thurston C. Chamberlain

     Albert G. Clifford

     COLBY C. CORNISH

[See Portrait of C. C. Cornish]

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the store of his uncle, Josiah C. Combs, in Bowdoinham.  Up to the age of sixteen he had lived at home on his father's farm, where he learned to do very hard work and a good deal of it.

     James Cornish

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     Hanes L. Crosby

     Stephen Crosby

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[Portrait of D. F. Gupstill]

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[Drawing of Farm Residence, Alert Hodges, Winslow, Me.]

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[Portrait of Barnum Hodges]

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     Elbridge G. Taylor ( 1808-1888) was a son of Amos, and grandson of John Taylor, who came from Massachusetts to Vassalboro.  Mr. TBaylor married Mary Ann Hayden, and of their ten children, eight lived to maturity: John M., Lura C., Daniel H. , Zenno E., George C. , Jefferson , Fred P. and Frank C. John M., born in 1831 , was educated in the schools of Vassalboro and Oak Grove Seminary, and has been a farmer and teacher.  He came to Winslow from Vassalboro a few years ago, and is now supervisor of schools.

     James P. Taylor, born in 1833, is the eldest child of Calvin and Harriet ( Priest) Taylor, and grandson of Abraham Taylor, who, with his brother, Abner, came to Vassalboro from Cape Cod , Mass. , where he had been a fisherman.  Mr. Taylor spent several years in Minnesota, and in 1866 settled on the farm where he now lives.  He married Helen, daughter of William E. Drummond, and they have two daughters: Sarah May and Ina S.

     B. F. TOWNE. - Esquire Ephraim Towne, born at Oxford , Mass . , in 1754, came to Maine with an older brother, Sherabiah Towne.  The former settled in Hallowell, and the latter in Winslow, where he died in 1784.  After the death of Sherabiah, Ephraim came to Winslow, where he was a farmer until his death in 1837.  He was a justice of the peace and deputy sheriff for many years.  His first wife was Lucy Ballard, by whom he had ten children.  His second was Eunice Stackpole, who bore him four children, three of whom died young.  Ephraim, one of the children of this second marriage, was born in 1804 on the homestead .  He, like his worthy sire, followed the vocation of a farmer, and owned and occupied the homestead where he died in 1884.  His wife, Sarah P. Flagg, bore him eight children: George S. (deceased, Eliza A. (Mrs. Albion Richardson) , Henry (deceased), Albert (deceased) , Harriet (Mrs. Silas A. Plummer) , Edwin, now a merchant of Waterville; Benjamin Franklin and Elmira (Mrs. Samuel L. Gibson) , now deceased.  Benjamin F., the seventh child and youngest son , was born May 29, 1846.  He spent his boyhood and youth on the farm, attending the schools of his native town.  On attaining his majority, he turned his attention to the carpenter's trade, and followed that vocation until 1876.  Since that time he has been a farmer on the homestead, which has been in the family more than a century.  The present set of substantial and attractive farm buildings shown on the opposite page have all been erected by Mr. Towne.  Since 1887 he has supplied a milk route in Waterville, and in that connection keeps a twenty-five cow dairy.  He has taken time from his active and successful farm operations to serve his town three terms as treasurer and collector, and two as selectman.  He was married Dec. 7, 1876, to Lottie D., daughter of Percival L. Wheeler.  Their children are: Charles F., Alice E., Della M. and Marion Wheeler Towne.

[Drawing of Residence of M. B. F. Towne, Winslow, ME]

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     Erastus Warren, born in 1818, is the only surviving son of Andrew and Catherine (Richards) Warren.  He was engaged in running long boats from Benton Falls to Bath, from 1837 until the railroad was built.  He was collecting logs on the river for some time, and since that has been getting out timber, moulding ship floors, and building boats.  His first wife, Mary Miller, died, leaving three daughters: Hattie (Mrs. A. E. Ellis), and two that died - Mary and Clara.  His second wife was Helen Savage, and his present wife is Laura J. Morrell.

     William P. Warren, born in 1850, son of Samuel and Avis (Reynolds) Warren, and grandson of Andrew and Catherine ( Richards) Warren, is a farmer on the Stephen Abbott farm, which he bought in 1873.  He married Augusta, daughter of Henry Dinsmore, of China. They have one son, Ruy W.

     Charles E. Warren, born in Winslow in 1853, is the youngest son of Samuel and Avis ( Reynolds) Warren, and grandson of Andrew and Catherine (Richards) Warren.  Mr. Warren is a farmer on the farm which has been the family homestead since 1855.  He has represented his district one term in the legislature, and has been several times elected selectman.  His wife is Flora F., daughter of Freeman W. Getchell, of Winslow.  Their only child is Etta B.

     Charles L. Withee, born in 1856, is a son of Lauriston and Vesta (Reynolds) Withee, and grandson of Samuel Withee.  Mr. Withee is a farmer, and for several years carried on a retail meat business.  Since 1890 has been in the wholesale meat business. He married Fannie, daughter of Isaac Spencer, and their children are: Blanche, Arthur and Amy.