COL WILLIAM PEPPERRELL was a native of Ravistock Parish, Plymouth, in Devonshire, England, where he was born in 1646.  His speech indicated that he was of Welsh origin.  Nothing definite has been published concerning his ancestry.  When a boy he was apprenticed to the captain of a fishing-schooner employed off the coast of New England and the banks of Newfoundland.  His parents died early leaving two or three sisters to be helped.  One of these married a Phillips, and her sons settled in Saco and Kittery.  Another probably married Hon. Robert Eliot.
     William Pepperrell first began business in the fisheries at the Isles of Shoals.  After a few years he married Margery, daughter of John Bray of Kittery, and in 1682 settled at the Point, where he built a house on a small lot given him by his father-in-law.  Here he prospered in business and is said to have become the wealthiest man in New England.  This did not then imply the possession of a large fortune.  A man worth one hundred thousand dollars was then a very rich man.  He built many fishing and trading vessels and sent them to the Banks, to the West Indies and to Europe.  He became a leader in the affairs of the colony.  He was justice of the peace thirty-five years and from 1715 till his death he served as judge of the court of common pleas.  He had command of the fort near his place of residence with rank of captain and in the militia rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.  He was one of the founders of the Congregational Church at Kittery Point and remembered it in his will.

COL. WILLIAM PEPPERRELL

     For some account of his family see Genealogical Notes.  He died 15 Feb. 1734, and was buried in the middle of an orchard near his house.  Here a marble structure was erected to his memory by his son, William, about the year 1736.¹  It was purchased in London at the cost of thirty-four pounds, eleven shillings and four pence, and was repaired over thirty years ago by the descendant, Miss Harriet Hirst Sparhawk.
     Margery (Bray) Pepperrell died about seven years later than her husband.  She was mentioned in the Boston Post Boy, under date of 30 April 1741, as follows:  "She was, though the whole

PEPPERRELL TOMB

course of her life, very exemplary for unaffected piety and amiable virtues, ,especially her charity, her courteous affability, her prudence, meekness, patience, and her unweariedness in well-doing.  She was not only a loving and discreet wife and tender parent, but a sincere friend to all her acquaintance."
     The house built by Col. William Pepperrell in 1682 must have surpassed in grandeur any residence in the province.  Its spacious hall and staircase are still admired and imitated by recent architects.  The house was originally built with about its present dimensions.  Sir William added fifteen feet to each end of it, and these additions were taken away by a subsequent owner, so that the present external appearance of the Pepperrell Mansion, saving the curb roof, is about as it was in the days of the elder Pepperrell.  The rooms are spacious and the outlook over the harbor is a commanding and delightful one.  The cellar and foundations seem never to have been well built.  It is reported that some have it in mind to purchase this house and use it as a public historical museum.  Its associations demand this, and the people of Maine should see to it that this historical landmark be well cared for and devoted to patriotic and educational purposes.
     The description of the Pepperrell mansion given by Mr. Pelatiah Fernald in 1849, is sufficiently minute and accurate.  "It was

MARGERY (BRAY) PEPPERRELL

a square house about forty-five feet long and of the width that it now is and had two chimneys, with a sharp roof.  Col. Pepperrell carried on the fishing business.  At his decease his son, Sir William Pepperrell, took possession of the estate.  He made additions of about fifteen feet on both ends of the house and altered the roof to the present form and revised it throughout and built the wharf and four stores and built the tomb and extended his land from ten partition wall between Capt. John Underwood, now Joanna Mitchell, and now the Thomas Hoyt, from this line westward up to the lane leading down to Capt. Robert Follet, now J. Lawrence.  On the north of the Mansion House was the Great Orchard, so called, in the middle of which he built the tomb.  After the war commenced Sir William Pepperrell's estate was called Tory property, and many thought  that they might destroy it at pleasure.  In the year 1774 my father moved.

THE PEPPERRELL MANSION.

into the Mansion House, so called, to take care of it, Col. Sparhawk, having previously built a house for Lady Pepperrell, so called, widow of Sir William.  Said house is owned by Capt. Joseph Cutts, where she lived the remainder of her days and died there.  At the end of the Revolutionary War all Sir William's estate was considered confiscated or Tory property, because it belonged by will to William P. Sparhawk, who had fled his country and joined our enemies.  Therefore our government had orders to sell at public auction all the land and buildings formerly belonging to Sir William Pepperrell as Tory property.  Beginning with the Mansion House about the year 1790, as well as I can remember, Capt. Samuel Smallcorn bought the Mansion House and the two lots, one on which stands and the other owned now by Capt. Daniel Frisbee, together with the wharf.  In the same or next year Thomas D. Cutts bought the said Mansion House of Capt. Smallcorn and commenced a tavern and carried on fishing and built the store the Capt. Daniel Frisbee now occupies.  Major Cutts set out all those elm trees

SIR WILLIAM PEPPERRELL

around the premises.  He flourished for some time, but there was a leak under the house, and in a few years it leaked out and by mortgage became Richard Cutts' property.  He carried on fishery and foreign trade for many years, abut trusting too much to other people's honesty, he fell in the rear and sold the house and lands to Elder J. Meader and Capt. Jesse Frisbee.  Capt. Frisbee in a few years was lost at sea.  Elder Meader sold the old Mansion House to Charles G.Bellamy, Esq., and Mr. Thomas Hoyt in the year 1848.  They divided the land and took off the bend or room from each end of hte house and left it in the same from on the ground that Col. William Pepperrell built it.  It is now (1849) owned by Charles G. Bellamy, Esq., who has made a very large repair, and it is likely it may stand another century, excepting fire, as it has stood though all the past."
    Sir William Pepperrell was born 27 June 1696.  He had only meager education that could be obtained in the public schools of his time.  He was taught to do business, to survey land, to sail a ship, to act as clerk, to manage men.  By trading in fish, lumber and West India goods, by extensive ship-building, and by the purchase and sale of large tracts of land he became very wealthy.  At one time he owned the greater part of Saco and Scarborough.  Saco was first called Pepperrellborough in his honor  He was a justice of the peace at the age of twenty-one and captain of a company of cavalry.  At the age of thirty he held the rank of colonel and was in command of all the militia of Maine.  About the same time he was appointed one of the Governor's council and held that office thirty-two years, eighteen of which he was president of the board.  The people of Kittery elected him as their representative in 1726-7.  The office of chief justice he held from 1730 till his death.  This obliged him to give some study to law, though he had been from youth familiar with court procedures, having been clerk of court.  Like his father he was the owner of slaves.  a boat's crew of them used to row him across the harbor.  He seems to have been the banker of Kittery and a large region about, and many a mortgage in his favor is recorded in the York Deeds.
     He was appointed in 1745 to command the expedition against Louisburg, and contributed out of his private fortune five thousand pounds toward the expenses of that campaign.  All know the result.  What had been regarded as an impregnable fortress surrencered after a brief siege.  In this expedition Pepperrell was accompanied by many of his townsmen as soldiers, and fifty men under Captain Moses Butler went from Berwick.  For his success at Louisburg he was knighted and received in London with many attentions.  In 1745 he was commissioned Lieutenant-General in the royal army.
     He united with the church at Kittery in 1734 and was prominent in its business affairs.  George Whitefield was entertained at his house and consulted with reference to the Louisburg expedition
 

LADY MARY (HIRST) PEPPERRELL

through Pepperrell did not follow his advice.  The honors received at home and abroad did not separate him from the companionship and sympathies of his townsmen.  The remainder of his life was comparatively uneventful, and he died 6 July 1759.

LADY PEPPERRELL'S HOUSE

He was buried in the vault beneath the Pepperrell tomb, and the pall that covered his bier is still preserved by the church at Kittery Point and draped the pulpit at the funeral services held in honor of President McKinley.
     He married Mary Hirst of Boston, in1723.  After his death or about 1765, she caused a house to be built near the church,

 
HALL OF LADY PEPPERRELL'S HOUSE

PARLOR OF LADY PEPPERRELL  HOUSE

where she resided till her dath, 25 Nov. 1789.  The house is now occupied by J. Chester Cutts.  Its appearance without and within is about as it was in the days of Lady Pepperrell.  The accompanying pictures tell more than words can.  The hall and parlor have the same furniture as in the old days.  The nicely laid wooden floors and the curiously carved post at the foot of the stairs evidence the fine workmanship of the builders.
     Most of the property of Sir William Pepperrell was willed to his grandson, William Pepperrell Sparhawk, on condition that he should drop his surname on arriving at the age of twenty-one.  This he did and became the second Sir William Pepperrell.  The estates bequeathed by the first Sir William  were confiscated in 1778, since their owner was a Tory.  The large fortune accumulated by Sir William and his father was soon dissipated, and some of his descendants came to indolent price in their lineage and seek to perpetuate the memories of the great men who honored their town and their country by noble and patriotic services.
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     ^1. So it is recorded in Parsons' Life of Sir William Pepperrell, but the elder Pepperrell's daughter, Joanna Jackson, was "decently Interr'd in her Father's new Tomb"  24 Feb. 1725-6.  See Old Eliot,  Vol. IV, p. 46.
 

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    ¹. See his commission, Old Eliot.  Vol. II, p. 137.
    ². Coll. of Me. Hist. Society, Vol. V, p. 434.
    ³. For other particulars of his life see article by Miss Elizabeth M. Bartlett in Old Eliot, Vo. I, pp. 85-101.

     Capt. William Whipple of Ipswich, born 28 Jan. 1695-6, married, 14 May 1722, Mary, daughter of Robert Cutt 2nd.  He settled in Kittery, living in the old Cutt-Whipple garrison house, which is still in use.  His children were recorded as follows:  Maryb. 13 Jan. 1728, m. Hon. Robert Traill 1 Sept. 1748, d. 3 Oct. 1791; William b. 14 June 1730; Hannah b. 15 Feb. 1734-5, m. Dr. Joshua Brackett of Portsmouth 14 Apr. 1760, and d. 24 Apr. 1825; Robert Cutt, b. 6 Apr. 1736 and d. 4 May 1761; Joseph b. 14 Feb. 1737-8.  Capt. William Whipple died 7 Aug. 1751 and was buried in the cemetery at Kittery Point.  His wife died 28 Feb. 1783, and was buried by her son in the North Cemetery, Portsmouth.
     Gen. William Whipple, son of the one just mentioned, was fifth in descent from Matthew Whipple of Ipswich.  His opportunities of education were only those of the common schools of his time.  At the age of twenty-one he had command of a vessel and brought negro slaves into this country.  When twenty-nine years of age he settled in Portsmouth, N. H., and engaged in mercantile life.  Here he married his cousin, Catherine Moffat.  He had two slaves said to have been sons of an African Prince.  The fight for freedom in the Revolution led one of his slaves to ask and receive his liberty.
     He was chosen Representative to Congress, 23 Jan. 1776, and served also for the three following years.  This gave him the opportunity to sign the Declaration of Independence.  In 1777 he was appointed Brigadier General of the New Hampshire troops, and he took part in the battles of Stillwater and Saratoga.

GENERAL WILLIAM WHIPPLE

In 1782 he was made Judge of the Superior Court.  All these offices were filled with honor to himself and good services to his country.  He died 28 Nov. 1783, aged fifty-four years. leaving no children. ¹

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    ¹. For fuller sketch of his life see article by Moses A. Safford, Esq., in the Proceedings of the Me. Hist. Society, Vol. VI. pp. 337-357.
 

     The man was one of the most influential characters in the history of Kittery.  Among his papers is found a record of some events in his early life, written by himself.  He was born 28 Aug. 1786, son of William and Mary (Adams) Dennett.  He says, "In early boyhood I hated the school until about nine years old, when my fancy changed and I liked the school and began to stand at the head of my class.  Our school privileges were very limited.  I attended to nothing at school but reading, spelling and writing until I was thirteen years old; but I progressed in the old arithmetic at home under the instruction of my father and brother to the rule of three.  At thirteen years I commenced the arithmetic at school and during winter term I mastered about one-half of Merrill's Arithmetic.  In the spring of 1800 at a short term of six weeks of Grammar School, I progressed in English Grammar so that I could parse simple sentences.  In September a term of Grammar School commenced and I attended to the study of Latin, and during the winter I advanced into Virgil and Cicero.  In the spring of father said that I must help him on the farm.  In the winter of 1802-2 there was no Grammar School, and I mastered the last half of the arithmetic.  In the winter of 1820-3 I studied Latin at home and recited my lessons once a week with Rev. William Briggs.  Oct. 25, 1803, my father died and the care of the farm devolved on me, and I was thus deprived of school privileges.  During the winter of 1803-4 I devoted every spare hour by day and very long evenings to the study of Greek, and in December, 1804, I received a certificate of qualification for teaching the Grammar School from three ministers who were college graduates.  Jan. 1, 1805, at the age of eighteen, I commenced teaching the Grammar School in Kittery, and excepting two or three yeas (when otherwise employed) I continued to do so several months each year until I was sixty years old, when my hearing failed and I declined the service.
     "In 1807, my mind being religiously impressed, I was baptized and joined the church, of which act I never repented."
     Mr. Dennett was much interested in local history and left some valuable papers that have been utilized in the preparation of this book.  He was honored as a leader in his town, serving as selectman for seventeen years.  He was deputy to the General Court, 1814-19, and was a member of the first legislature of Maine.  He was State senator several times, justice of the peace, and captain and major in the militia.  He died 30 April 1883, in the ninety-seventh year of his age.  See genealogy of the Dennett family, chiefly compiled by him.
 

GEORGE MELVILLE FROST, M.D.

Son of Joshua and Catherine Shapleigh (Paul) Frost, was born Apr. 27, 1843.  He received an academic education at South Berwick Academy, and afterwards was admitted to Bowdoin Medical School.  There he received his degree in 1869.  He settled at once in Peabody, Mass., and began practice that steadily increased in extent and success.
     An epidemic of small pox broke out soon after his arrival and he came into prominence, both as a physician and a member of the Board of Health.  He was a man of strong individuality and clung tenaciously to his opinions until he was convinced they were wrong.  This was especially true in respect to the method of treating diseases.
     He was a close student of professional literature and spent much time in London hospitals in 1876.
     His general ability as a physician won for him the confidence of constantly growing practice.  He was the oldest physician in town, both in years and time of residence, a period of twenty-nine years.  His untiring devotion to his duties, continued after he knew of his own mortal illness, endeared him to large numbers.  And many tributes were paid to his worth both at the public funeral and subsequently by his associates in the Massachusetts Medical Society.  Dr. Frost married 9 Oct. 1873, at Beverly, Mass., Asenath Marshall, daughter of Paul F. and Anna (Lefavour) Ober, who survives him without children.
 

     Dr. John Samuel Hill Fogg, son of William and Betsey (Hill) Fogg, was born in Eliot, May 21, 1826.  He was fitted for college at Eliot Academy, then under the charge of Israel Kimball.  After graduation he studied medicine with Dr. Theodore H. Jewett, of South Berwick, attended lectures in the medical departments of Bowdoin, and Harvard, and received the degree of M. D. from Harvard in 1850.  He settled in South Boston the same year.  He served many years on the Boston School Board, and was representative to the Massachusetts Legislature in 1855.  He was a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society; of the New England Historic Genealogical Society; of the Virginia Historical Society; and a corresponding member of the Maine Historical Society.   
     Twenty-one years before his death, which occurred Oct. 16, 1893?, Dr. Fogg was stricken with paraplegic paralysis, confining him closely to his room and making him a constant sufferer.  A taste for genealogical and historic research, and a youthful interest for collecting autographs, occasionally gratified in _____ age,

JOHN SAMUEL HILL FOGG, M. D.

afforded employment and solace in these years of ____, and from this slight beginning a collection of autographs was formed in the systematic manner with reference to historical? data, the value of which at the time of his death was estimated at twenty five thousand dollars.  His will provided that this collection should become the property of the Maine Historical Society, and provided also for the establishment of a free public library in his native years.
     "His unfailing brightness of mind, and patience under the most excruciating suffering, together with the work that he has accomplished, make his case one of the most marvellous in the annals of invalidism."
     Dr. Fogg married first, July 11, 1850, Sarah Frances Gordon, of Exeter, N. H., who died Mar. 21, 1871; and second Mary Griselda Clinch, youngest daughter of Rev. Joseph H. Clinch, D. D., of South Boston, who survives him.
 

     John Fremont Hill, M. D., Governor of Maine, born in Eliot, Oct. 29, 1855, was the son of William and Miriam (Leighton) Hill.  His ancestors on both sides have been distinguished men in their day, and the public spirit and interest in the affairs of state which characterize the subject of this sketch seems to be hereditary.  Dr. Hill's father, William Hill of Eliot, was in the sixth generation of direct descent from John Hill of Dover, who was born in England in 1624/
     Governor Hill's mother was Miriam Leighton, eldest daughter of Andrew Pepperrell Leighton of Eliot, who several times represented his district in the State Legislature, and was State senator for a number of years.  Sarah Catherine Odiorne, grandmother of Governor Hill, was a descendant of Capt. John Mason, the original grantee of the Providence of New Hampshire.
     He was educated in the public schools, South Berwick (Maine) Academy, and the Putnam School in Newburyport, Massachusetts; studied medicine and graduated at the Maine Medical School, Brunswick, completing his studies in his profession at the Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, New York.  After leaving college, Dr. Hill practiced medicine for about a year in Boothbay Harbor, but very soon decided to devote his attention to a business career.
     In 1879, he came to Augusta and went into business with Hon. P. O. Vickery, and soon after became his partner, under the firm name of Vickery & Hill.  This firm, now a corporation - The Vickery & Hill Publishing Company - is one of the largest publishing houses in the business, with branch offices in Boston, New York and Chicago.  Within a short time a substantial fire-proof building, with the former establishment, in order to accommodate the constantly increasing business of the Company.
     Governor Hill has taken an active part in the politics of his native State, having always been identified with the Republican party.  In 1889 he was elected Representative from Augusta to the Maine Legislature, and served on the Committees of Banks and Banking, and of Railroads, Telegraphs and Expresses.  In 1891 he was again elected Representative, and served as Chairman of the House Committee on Railroads.  In August, 1892, he was nominated by acclamation as senator from Kennebec County, and sat in the Legislatures of 1893 and 1895 in that capacity, being Chairman of the important Railroad Committee both terms.  He was a Presidential elector in 1896, and a member of Governor Powers' Council during the years 1899 and 1900.
     At the September election of 1900, Dr. Hill was elected Governor of Maine, by one of the largest majorities ever given in the history of the State.  He was inaugurated in January, 1901, delivering an able and business-like address to the Legislature.  The manner in which he is administering the duties of his office proves that the State is extremely fortunate in the choice of its Chief Executive.
     Governor Hill has been interested in electric railroad development in Maine for some time, being a leading promoter of hte Augusta, Hallowell & Gardiner Electric Railroad, which within the past year has extended its line to Togus, the location of hte Eastern Branch of the National Home for Disabled Soldiers, and it is proposed to still further extend it to connect with the Rockland, Thomaston & Camden Street Railway, in which Governor Hill is likewise interested.
     In addition to these roads, he is identified with a large electric railway and lighting property in Indiana, as well as with the Quincy Gas and Electric Company, the Decatur Gas and Electric Company, and the Peoria Gas and Electric Company, all located in Illinois.  A syndicate, of which Dr. Hill is a prominent member, has within a few months purchased a controlling interest in the Somerset Steam Railway, operating in Somerset County, Me.  He also is a stockholder in various companies, including the Rockland-Rockport Lime Company, of Rockland, Me., and is a leading owner in the Augusta Real Estate Association, in which

GOVERNOR JOHN FREMONT HILL

the titles of several hotels, valuable business blocks and numerous dwelling-houses are vested.
     A business man of large interests, he is naturally prominently associated with the banks of the capital city, being President of the Augusta National Bank; trustee of the Kennebec Savings Bank; and trustee of the Augusta Trust Company.
     In religious views, Governor Hill is a Universalist, being a member and generous supporter of that society.  He belong to several social clubs, among them being the Abnaki Club of Augusta, Me.; the St. Louis Club, and the St. Louis Country Club, St. Louis, Mo.  He is a Mason, a member of Augusta Lodge and Cushnoc Chapter, Trinity Commandery and Kora Temple Shrine.  He also belongs to the Society of Colonial Wars, is Vice-President of the Pepperrell Society, composed of descendants of the famous family by that name; is a member of the Society of Mayflower Descendants and the Maine Historical Society.
     May 19, 1880, Dr. Hill was married to Lizzie G. Vickery, daughter of his partner, Hon. P. O. Vickery; their only child, Percy, was born March 16, 1881.  He is now a student at Princeton, of the Class of 1905.  Mr. Hill died Apr. 10, 1893.  The Doctor was again married in St. Louis, Apr. 25, 1897, to Mrs. Laura Liggett, widow of Hiram S. Liggett and daughter of Hon. Norman Colman, who was Secretary of Agriculture in the first cabinet of President Cleveland.
     At present, Governor Hill and family reside in the Blaine Mansion, on State Street, in Augusta, which was for many years the home of the illustrious statesman., Hon. James G. Blaine.  The Governor and wife are royal entertainers and have given many receptions and social events in this house, which have been characterized by their elegant appointments.  On the same street, a short distance from the Blaine house, upon a lot recently purchased at great expense and occupying nearly a square in the center of the residential portion of the city, Governor Hill is having erected for his occupancy a handsome and commodious residence, of St. Louis brick, with trimmings of Maine granite.
     Governor Hill has always been deeply interested in the history of his native town and the genealogy of its old families.  It is largely due to his encouragement and financial assistance that this book ahs been written and published.
 

     It is a pleasure to the writer to present the face of Moses A. Safford Esq., and to say a few words about the man who has contributed so much assistance to the production of his history of his native town.  He was born 28 Sept. 1833, son of Edward

MOSES A. SAFFORD, ESQ.

D. and Mary R. (Lewis) Safford and grandson of Rev. Moses Safford, founder of pastor of the First Christian Church in Kittery.
     He received his education in the public schools of Kittery and at the Institute located at New Hampton, N. H.  After finishing his course of study there he read law with Stillman B. Allen of Kittery and was admitted to the bar in 1861.  On the breaking out of the Civil War he laid aside the work of his profession for a while in order to answer the call of the government for men and, 27 Nov. 1861, entered the United States naval service.  Receiving his discharge in 1865, he returned to the practice of law.
     He was Registrar of Probate from 1877 to 1885 and has filled many offices of public trust, having served his town as selectman, town agent and superintendent of schools.  As chairman of the Building Committee of the Rice Public Library he devoted four yeas in the effort to obtain a building worthy of the donor of the fund and suited to the needs of the people.  This work he justly regards as one of the most important and useful services that he has rendered to his fellow-citizens.
     Mr. Safford has always shown a deep interest in local and colonial history and has contributed several important articles to the Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society, of which he is a member.  In the historical traditions of Kittery and vicinity he is an authority, and my walks and talks with him have been delightful and instructive.
     Mr. Safford is a member of Naval Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and commander of Edward G. Parker Post of the Grand Army of the Republic.  As a gentleman of culture and a friend to every good cause he is all the time exercising a quiet influence to uplift his community in education and good morals.  For his family see genealogical notes.
 

     Horace Mitchell was born in Kittery, 3 Mar. 1857, son of Reubena nd Hannah (Sayward) Mitchell.  His ancestors were among the first settlers of the town, and the family name is widely known throughout New England.  He received his education in the public schools of Kittery and in New Hampton Literary Institute and Business College.  He then engaged in teaching and taught thirty-four terms, thirty-three of them being in Kittery and one in York.  Having served as clerk in the Marshall House at York, and in the Wentworth at Newcastle, his attention was turned to the hotel business.  For five summers he conducted the Pocahontas on Gerrish Island, and in 1890 he erected the Champernowne at Warehouse Point.  See page 58.

HON. HORACE MITCHELL

     Mr. Mitchell has always been a Republican in politics and an able leader of the party in his district.  He represented Kittery in the House in 1891, and Kittery and Eliot in 1893.  He was nominated for State senator by acclamation in 1895 and was elected, serving two years.  In 1896 the Governor of Maine appointed him a commissioner to examine the State Treasurer's accounts and in 1897 he served as chairman of the same commission.  He was Postmaster at the Point during President Harrison's administration and has held the same office since 1897.  He has been president of the school board two yeas and superintendent of schools in 1898-9.  In Masonry he has always been interested, being a member of Naval Lodge, Kittery, of Unity Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, South Berwick, and of Bradford Commandery of Biddeford.  At present he is Grand Senior Deacon of the Grand Lodge of Maine, Past Master of the Naval Lodge, Past Grand of Riverside Lodge.  He is Past Patriarch of Dirigo Encampment, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Past Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias; and the first Grand Commander and Grand Keeper of the Records of the Golden Cross of the State of Maine.  All these offices do not prevent him from doing a great amount of business and taking an active interest in all that pertains to the welfare of his native town.  He purchased and succeeded to the business of Frank E. Rowell, attorney, in 1901.  For family see genealogy of the Mitchells on another page.