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Samuel 3
Nathaniel 3
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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:

1830 Durham (Cumberland) ME
Mary Gerrish
1 male 5-10
1 female 10-15
1 male 20-30
1 female 40-50

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

1860 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 the Town 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
McKean 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

1900 Naples Town (Cumberland) ME
Whitam Samuel    Jan 1867    M 10    ME    ME    ME    Farmer
_____ Ada G    July 1866    M 10    0    0    ME    ME    ME
_____ Samuel    Father    Dec 1831    Wd    ME    ME    ME    Farm laborer

1900 Otisfield town (Cumberland) ME
Gerrish Joseph    Nov 1827    Wd    ME    ME    ME    Farmer
_____ Eddie    Son    Apr 1860    S    ME    ME    ME    Servant

1870 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Smith Lyman    38    Farm Laborer    __    100    ME
_____ Hulda    32    Keeping House    ME
_____ Sumner    6    at home    ME
_____ Frank    2    at home    ME
_____ Charles    12    at home    ME

1880 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Smith Lyman    48    Farm Laborer    ME    ME    ME
_____ Huldah    42    Keeping house    ME    ME    ME
_____ Charles    22    step son    Farm Laborer    ME    ME    ME
_____ Frank    13    Son    going to school    ME    ME    ME
_____ Mary E    8    Daughter    ME    ME    ME
_____ Ada    6    Daughter    ME    ME    ME

1880 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Smith Sumner    16    Servant    Farm Laborer    ME    ME    ME
living in the household of Dominicus Edwards

1880 Otisfield (Cumberland) Me
Whitham David    40    Insane    ME    ME    ME
living in the household of Daniel M Cook

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 and his son, read this biography.

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 Simeon 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 stuck 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 the Town of Otisfield, 2nd edition

Samuel Witham is listed as a retired veteran in the 1906 Census, living in Naples.