Falls to Gilbertville, Canton. He was a director until 1889, superintendent four years and vice president several years. In politics he has been a republican from the birth of that party, casting his first vote for president for John C. Freemont; has served in various town offices, and two terms in the State senate, 1871, 1872. In 1880 he was chosen presidential elector, and with the other six electors cast the vote of Maine for James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur. In 1891, he was elected by the State Legislature a member of the Board of State Assessors for a term of six years, and in 1897 was unanimously nominated and elected for a second time. In religious faith, a Universalist ever since youth, firm and strong in the belief of the Universal Fatherhood of God and brotherhood of mankind. He has served as W. Master of the Oriental Star Lodge, F. & A. Masons, No. 28, Livermore, Me, also of Whitney Lodge of Canton, and as High Priest of Androscoggin R. A. Chapter of Canton. Was chosen a member of the Board of Trustees of Hebron Academy, Hebron, Me., in 1882. Amanda M. F. (Phinney) Hayford, wife of Otis Hayford, Jr., dau. of Leonard C. Phinney of Turner, Me., and Ruth A. Briggs of Poland, Me. She is of the fourth generation in lineal descent from Col. Edmund Phinney of revolutionary fame who commanded the first regiment of infantry raised in Maine for that war, viz.: the 31st Foot Massachusetts Bay Forces, and commissioned colonel, Jan., 1775, colonel of Massachusetts regiment infantry, July to Dec., 1775, and of the 18th Continental regiment infantry, Jan. 1 to Dec., 1776. He held many high and responsible positions. John Phinney, father of Col. Edmund, and his family, were the first settlers of Gorham, Me., and Edmund, at the age of fourteen, felled the first tree for a settlement in that town. They lived there two years prior to any other white people. Col. Edmund Phinney was of the fifth generation in lineal descent from the Mayflower, thus making A. M. F. (Phinney) Hayford the ninth, to wit: Thomas Rogers came over in the Mayflower, died in Plymouth in the winter of 1620-1, and was buried on Burial Hill. Joseph Rogers1, son of Thomas, also came over in the Mayflower with his father. John Finney, an early settler in Plymouth, who came from England with his brother, Robert, and mother. He m. 1st, Christina, ab. 1637, and had John2, 1638; m. 2d, Abigail Coggin, 1650, widow of Henry; m. 3d, Elizabeth Bailey. (See Davis' "Landmarks of Plymouth.") John Phinney, b. 1638, son of Constable John', the emigrant to Plymouth, m. Mary Rogers, dau. of Joseph1. He was called "Narraganset John," and was in the swamp fight. Dea. John Phinney, b. 1665, m. Sarah Lombard (b. Dec. 1666), May 30, 1689, Barnstable, Mass., dau. of Thomas Lombard, b. in England, 1587, and Elizabeth Dorby; emigrated to New England on ship "Mary and John," 1630. Col. Edmund Capt. John Phinney1 m. Martha Coleman. Phinney5 m. Elizabeth Meserve, sister of Gen. Meserve of Louisburg fame. Edmund Phinney6 m. Sarah Hamlin. John Phinney" m. Nancy Gammon of Turner, Me. Leonard Phinney8 m. Ruth A. Briggs of Poland. F. Phinney9 m, Otis Hayford, Jr., of Canton, Me. Amanda M. She was also a descendant on her mother's side from the revolutionary soldier, Job Allen of Pownal, Me., being of the fourth generation in lineal descent, to wit: Job Allen1 m. Patience Marston. Thomas Briggs m. Sarah Allen2, dau. of Job Allen1. Ruth A. Briggs, dau. of Thomas Briggs3, m. Leonard C. Phinney. A. M. F. (Phinney1) Hayford, dau. of Leonard C. and Ruth A. Phinneys. Job Allen, b. 1763, enlisted Feb. 20, 1781, at New Gloucester, Me., in Capt. Sylvanus Smith's company, Col. Rufus Putnam's regiment (5th), Patterson's brigade, Mass. line, for three years. After about two years service he was transferred to Capt. Joshua B- -'s Co., Col. Vose's reg't, 1st Mass. line; discharged Dec. 24, 1783, at West Point, N. Y, by Major Gen. Knox. He was at Peekskill, Varplank's Point and West Point, N. Y., at Philadelphia and battle of King's Bridge, N. Y. He moved to Pownal, Me., in 1792, where he lived until 1852, then moved to Poland, Me., where he died in 1860, aged 97. Otis Hayford visited him while he was living at Poland, having with them their oldest son, H. F. Hayford, at which time there were present five generations of this family. Mr. and Mrs. HERBERT FREEMONT HAYFORD', son of Otis Hayford, Jr., b. Sept. 2, 1856, m. June 18, 1879, Nellie M. McLaughlin, b. Dixfield, Me. They have three children: Percy Grant Hayford, b. July 13, 1880, at Canton, Me. Jessamine Amanda Hayford, b. Aug. 22, 1883, at Canton, Me. Josephine Alma Hayford, b. Jan. 23, 1885, at Canton, Me. Herbert F. Hayford' attended school at Hebron Academy, Me., and later graduated at Poughkeepsie Mercantile College, Poughkeepsie, New York. Served as freight conductor on the R. F. & B. R. R., later entered the station at Canton as station agent, which position he filled to the full acceptance of the company for ten years, winning the friendship and good opinion of all with whom he held business relations. His health becoming somewhat impaired, he removed to Bryan, Ohio, where he engaged in trade one year, then moved with his family to Arkansas City, Kas., and was employed as superintendent of a large patent chair manufactory one year, then went into trade, operating for about four years two stores, a grocery and a china ware He returned to Maine in 1895, and for the past five years has resided at Mechanic Falls, employed as station agent for the P, & R. F. R. R. Co. He has the confidence and esteem of all who know him. store. WILDER OTIS HAYFORD', son of Otis Hayford, Jr., b. Canton, Me., Oct. 2, 1860, m. May 15, 1886, Rose A. Bean of Farmington, Me., b. Sept. 15, 1863. They have four children: Rose Mildred Hayford, b. Oct. 3, 1888, at Canton, Me. Wilder O. Hayford' supplemented his home school education as a student at Hebron Academy, Hebron, Me. Upon leaving the parental home at Canton, he was first employed by the Portland & Rochester R. R. Co., at their office in Portland, Me. Later, he entered the office of the Dennison Paper Co. at Mechanic Falls, Me., and was transferred to their office at their pulp mill at Gilbertville, Canton, where he remained until this mill was burned to the ground in 1897, having held the position of accountant and paymaster for the Dennison Co. and their successors, the Poland Paper Co., about fifteen years. He has always borne the character of a careful, diligent and trustworthy man. He owns, and until quite recently has occupied for many years the old homestead of his grandfather, Otis Hayford, Sr. It is most pleasantly situated, and though built in 1832 has always been kept in thorough repair, making it one of the most |