This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Androscoggin County and its people.
This is a scanned copy on CD of the original book published in 1891.
History
of
Androscoggin County,
Maine
ILLUSTRATED
Georgia Drew Merrill. Editor
W.A. Fergusson & Co.
Boston, Mass.
1891
880 pages on 1 CD
An essential resource for Genealogists
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CONTENTS
Chapter I. – The County of Androscoggin.
Chapter II. - Geology.
Chapter III. - The Androscoggin River.
Chapter IV. - Aboriginal Tribes and History.
Chapter V. - Early Titles, Occupancy, Etc.
Chapter VI. - The Pejepscot Claim
Chapter VII. - Early Settlements.
Chapter VIII. - The Birds of Androscoggin County.
Chapter IX. - Mail Routes, Railroads, and Post Offices.
Chapter X. - Military Affairs.
Chapter XI. - Bates College.
Chapter XII. - Masonic and Odd Fellow Societies.
Chapter XIII. - The Press of Androscoggin
Chapter XIV. - National, State, and County Officers
Chapter XV. - The Courts and Bench and Bar.
CITIES AND TOWNS.-EASTERN DIVISION.
LEWISTON.-(By J. G. Elder).
Chapter XVI. - The Town.
Chapter XVII. - Ecclesiastical History.
Chapter XVIII. - Saw and Grist Mills.
Chapter XIX. - Railroads.
Chapter XX. - Physicians.
LISBON.—(By Asa P. Moore, Esq.).
Chapter XXI. - Early Boundaries
Chapter XXII. - Religious Societies
Chapter XXIII. - Lisbon Business Interests
WEBSTER.
Chapter XXIV. - Incorporation
Chapter XXV. - Sabattus.
WALES.—(By John C. Fogg, Esq.).
Chapter XXVI. - Organization.
GREENE.
Chapter XXVII. - Area.
Chapter XXVIII. - Settlers and Descendants.
Chapter XXIX. - Baptist Church.
LEEDS.
Chapter XXX. - Boundaries.
Chapter XXXI. - Excerpts from Town Records.
Chapter XXXII. - The First Baptist Church.
EAST LIVERMORE.—(By Cyrus Knapp, Esq.).
Chapter XXXIII. - Incorporation.
CITIES AND TOWNS-WESTERN DIVISION.
AUBURN.
Chapter XXXIV. - Auburn.
Chapter XXXV. - City of Auburn.
Chapter XXXVI. - Early Shoe Manufacturing.
Chapter XXXVII. - Auburn Bank.
Chapter XXXVIII. - Universalist Churches.
POLAND.
Chapter XLI. - Bakerstown.
Chapter XLII. - Incorporation.
Chapter XLIII. - Congregational Churches.
MINOT.
Chapter XLIV. - Incorporation.
Chapter XLV. - Town Records.
Chapter XLVI. - Mechanic Falls.
DURHAM.
Chapter XLVII. - Derivation of Name.
Chapter XLVIII. - Prominent Early and Other Settlers.
TURNER.
Chapter XLIX. - Boundaries.
Chapter L. - County Roads and Taverns.
Chapter LI. - Ecclesiastical.
LIVERMORE.
Chapter LII. - Situation.
Chapter LIII. - Excerpts from Town Records.
Appendix—Knights of Pythias.
ILLUSTRATIONS AND BIOGRAPHIES.
Lewiston City Hall
Hathorn Hall
Cobb Divinity School
Hedge Laboratory
Edward Little, Esq
Hon. Josiah Little
Hon. Edward T. Little
Hon. Nahum Morrill
Hon. W. W. Bolster
Hon. William P. Frye
Col. Franklin M. Drew
Hon. Albert R. Savage
The First City Hall of Lewiston
Hon. Alonzo Garcelon
Hon. Nelson Dingley, Jr.
Oren B. Cheney
Hon. J. L. H. Cobb
Cyrus I. Barker
Hon. William D. Pennell
Hon. Augustus Sprague
Gen. Aaron S. Daggett
Capt. Jabez Pratt
Hon. Leavitt Lothrop
Giddings Lane Isaac Boothby, Jr.
F. D. Millett
Isaiah B. Additon
Albion Ricker Millett
Residence of Charles L. Cushman
Court Street Factory of Ara Cushman Co.
Ara Cushman
Residence of Ara Cushman
William W. Stetson, Ph.D.
Albert M. Penley
Hon. Adna C. Denison
Josiah A. Bucknam
SOMETHING ABOUT SOME OF THE PEOPLE.
Hon. James Lowell
Col. John M. Frye
Maj. William R. Frye
Edward P. Tobie
Capt. Daniel Holland
John Read, Esq.
Hon. Jacob B, Ham
Prof. Thomas H. Rich,
Benj. E. Bates,
Arcliie Lee Talbot,
Hon. Jesse Davis
James Maxwell
Samuel Simmons
Rev. Moses H. Harris
Rev. Herbert Lee Stetson
Hon. Elijah Barrell
Alfred Pierce
The Howards
Rev. Samuel Boothby
Capt. Ezekiel Treat
Jacob H. Roak
Rev. James Drummond
Rev. A. S. Ladd
James Goff
Daniel Briggs
John Dingley
Nathan Haskell
Capt. Aaron Bird
Col. Nathaniel L. Ingersoll
David R. Loring
Col. Thomas Llttlefield
Andrevr Robinson Giddinge
Capt. John Penley
Hon. Josiah Dunn
Daniel W. True
The Rickers
Dr. Moses R. Pulsifer
Rev. Zenas Thompson
Luther Perkins
Capt. Daniel Bucknam
Samuel Verrill
Capt. William Ladd
Eliab Washburn
Capt. Jacob Dwinal
Gideon Bearce
Jacob Leavitt
Ichabod Bonney
Benjamin Conant,
Rev. Charles Turner
Col. William Turner
Rev. John Strickland
Rev. William E. French
Rev. Madison K. Mabry
Ezekiel Bradford
Major General Alden Blossom
David Hale
Hon. Eugene Hale
Hon. Job Prince
Hon. Rufus Prince
Solon Chase
Hon. Jesse Drew
Deacon Elijah Livermore
Lieut. Samuel Benjamin
Gen. David Learned
The Monroe Brothers
Hastings Strickland
Nathaniel Perley
The Washburns
Dr. Cyrus Hamlin
Dr. Benjamin Bradford
Hon. Timothy O. Howe
