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Mary Edwards |
| Father: | Mother: | |||
| Simeon Edwards |
Eunice Gammon | |||
| Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: | |
| 8/25/1803 | Otisfield ME | Otisfield ME |
Married:
| Name: | Marriage Date: | Marriage Location: | Father: | Mother: |
| Joseph Greenfield Gerrish | Otisfield ME | James Gerrish | Anna _____ | |
| Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: | |
| 11/22/1827 | ||||
| Name: | Marriage Date: | Marriage Location: | Father: | Mother: |
| Daniel Whitham | Otisfield ME | Ichabod Witham | Jane Scribner | |
| Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: | |
| 1801 | 1/4/1855 | Otisfield ME |
Child(ren):
| Name: | Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: |
| Greenfield M Gerrish | 11/20/1823 | Otisfield ME | 2/15/1827 | Otisfield ME |
| Joseph Greenfield Gerrish | 11/2/1827 | Otisfield ME | 3/13/1906 | |
| Samuel Whitham | 7/10/1832 | Otisfield ME | 5/9/1908 | Naples ME |
| Eliza Ann Whitham | 7/18/1834 | Otisfield ME | 10/16/1847 | Otisfield ME |
| Hulda Whitham | 2/18/1836 | Otisfield ME | Otisfield ME | |
| David Whitham | 4/23/1840 | Otisfield ME | Otisfield ME |
Comments:
Gerrish family located: Otisfield ME
Occupation: Farmer
Whitham family located: Otisfield ME
Occupation: Farmer
Other Info:
| Census: |
1840 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
1 female under 5
1 male, 1 female 5-10
1 male, 1 female 30-40
1850 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Daniel Whittum 47 Farmer 600
Mary E 47
Samuel 19
Huldah 13
David 10
1860 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Mary Whittum 56 Widow
Samuel 27 Farmer 900 380
David 19
Huldah Smith 28 Widow & Mistress
Algernon “ 4
Charles “ 2
Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Joseph Gerrish 32 Farmer 1500 770
Mary A 35 250 Alton NH
Mary J 8 Otisfield
Joseph E 2/12 Otisfield
1870 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Whittum Samuel 38 Farmer 1000 150 ME
_____ Ann M 21 Keeping House ME
_____ Mary F 4 At Home ME
_____ Daniel F 2 At Home ME
_____ William E 9/12 At Home ME
1870 theTown of Otisfield
Gerrish Joseph 42 Farmer 2800 1175 ME
_____ Mary A 44 Keeping House NH
_____ Josephine M 18 At Home ME
_____ Joseph E 10 At Home ME
_____ Elisabeth 8 At Home ME
Kean Ervine 24 Farm Laborer ME
Mc???? Jonathan 79 Farm Laborer NH
_____ Lorena J 5 At Home ME
1880 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Gerrish Joseph G 52 Farmer ME ME ME
_____ Mary A 54 Wife Keeping house NH NH NH
_____ Josephine M 28 Daughter without occupation ME ME NH
_____ Eddie J 20 Son At home ME ME NH
_____ Lizzie N 15 Daughter At home ME ME NH
McNeal Amasa 61 Brother in law Farm Laborer NH NH NH
Noble Silas N 48 Servant Farm Laborer ME ME ME
Scribner Henry L 25 Servant Farm Laborer ME ME ME
| Military: |
Name: Samuel Whittum ,
Residence:Otisfield, Maine
Enlistment Date: 29 Sep 1862
Side Served:Union
State Served:Maine
Service Record:Enlisted as a Private on 29 September 1862 at the age of 28. Enlisted in Company C, 25th Infantry Regiment Maine on 29 Sep 1862. Mustered Out Company C, 25th Infantry Regiment Maine on 10 Jul 1863 at Portland, ME.
Source: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine. (MERoster) Published in 1861-1866 by Stevens & Sayward
| Online: |
For more information about Joseph Gerrish's ancestry and decendants, start here.
For more information about Daniel Witham's ancestry, see this section of Descendants of John and Mary Scriven Through Their Son, John Scribner; or this section of Scribners
| Published History/Genealogy: |
Joseph Gerrish 6/16/1802-11/22/1827 m. 1/10/1822 Mary,
dau of Smeon and Eunice (Gammon) Edwards, was thrown from a horse on
his way home from Portland and died in a few hours. His widow married
Daniel Witham 10/3/1830. Ch:
Grinfill M. 11/20/1823-2/15/1827
Joseph Grinfill 11/10/1827-3/13/19
Joseph Grinfill Gerrish m. Mrs. Mary Adeline (Merrill) McNeil in Lawrence, Mass. She died Apr. 10, 1896. He lived south of Goulds Corner on the east side of the road where Joseph Green previously lived. Bought 12/1/1866 for $2,000 lot 80. In his younger days he was a watchman in a factory in Lawrence and saved his money and came back to Otisfield and bought the farm where he lived and died. He was a man of his word and did as he agreed. He remodeled his house and added a second story to it. He used to have a cider mill and ground apples with a horse hitched to a sweep.
Daniel Witham son of Ichabod Witham and Hannah Scribner
4/26/1801-1/4/1855 m 10/3/1830 Mrs. Mary Edwards Gerrish dau of Simeon
and Eunice (Gammon) Edwards. One day Daniel got his neighbor, Borden
Jillson to help him butcher a hog. As it was a cold day they had some
liquor to help them keep warm. They had a few drinks and then dtuck the
hog. While waiting for the hog to die they had a few more drinks and
went to the barn and thought they would lay down on the hay until the
hog was ready to dress. They went to sleep and slept all day. Meanwhile
the hog laid there just as it was stuck. About night, Daniels son Sam,
who was a little boy, came into the barn; his father roused up and
said, "Sam, you go and tell your mother to cook some of thet ere
yaslet."
Samuel 7/10/1832-5/9/1908;9/29/1862 co C 25th ME Inf.
Eliza Ann 7/18/1834-10/12/1847
Hulda 2/25/1837-6/21/1911 m Nath. Smith 3/11/1855; Lyman Smith 12/8/1860
David 4/23/1840-//1884, was insane and kept in a cage on the townfarm.
Nathaniel Smith son of Henry Smith and Lois Morse (dau
of Nathan Morse and Abigail Smith) 1832-3/3/1860 m 3/11/1855 Hulda dau
of Daniel and Mary (Edwards) Gerrish Witham
Source: History of Otisfield by William Samuel Spurr; Reprinted by
theTown of Otisfield, 2nd edition