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Lovell Shattuck of Solon, Maine

1/2/2021

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Below is the family record of my 5th Great-Grandparents, LOVELL and SARAH (WYMAN) SHATTUCK, found in the Solon, Somerset, Maine Vital Records on pg 49 [from microfilm, digitized on Family Search].
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​Lovell was born in Pepperell, MA on 13 Jan 1807. He and Sarah Wyman married in Solon on 16 March 1826. He is found in the Solon, Maine censuses, 1830-1870.
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(left) From a map of Somerset County in 1860, the homes of Lovell Shattuck and Joseph Brown (and wife Lucy, Lovell's daughter). According to the 1860 Agriculture Schedule, he had 10 acres of improved land, and 3 unimproved, with a $500. value. A decade earlier, he had 40/30.

Having lost a court case, he sold this land in South Solon and moved to the village. He had a 10 square rod lot on the west side of the country road to Bingham, next to E. Coolidge. He sold this on 30 Apr 1880 [Somerset Cty Deeds, v. 168, pg 91], and is not found on the 1880 census two months later.
Had he died in that two month time frame, he should have been listed in the 1880 Mortality Schedule. I am guessing that he had moved in with relatives after selling off his property, but he has yet to be found. No burial place has been found for him either. Wife Sarah, who died on 6 Sep 1877, has a stone in Solon Village Cemetery, but no other family members are beside her (son Alanson does have a plot a short distance away). 

During the Civil War, Lovell signed up with sons Alphonso and Josiah in Dec. 1861 (son William would do so 3 months later), into what would become Co. I of the 14th Maine Infantry. "Lovel" claimed to be age 44, though he was actually a decade older. He was home sick at the time he was supposed to gather for the medical exams, so never joined. Josiah, who was only 16 at the time, said he was 18, but was rejected. Alphonso was accepted, but died 8 months later from sickness in New Orleans. Below is the enlistment sheet (click on image to enlarge):
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13 children were born (in Solon) to Lovell and Sarah (Wyman) Shattuck.
i. Henry Shattuck, b. 24 Jan 1827; d. 10 Apr 1912 in Brockton, MA [MA vr]. Marr. in Lawrence, MA, 5 Apr 1852, Abby Smith [MA vr]. Marr. 2nd, Adaline G. Williams, his brother's widowed wife. She died 12 Mar 1911, Brockton [MA vr]. Both she and Henry were sent to Solon for burial. 
ii. Lucy Shattuck, b. 3 Nov 1829; d. 23 Mar 1897 in Skowhegan, ME. Married Joseph Brown, 10 Nov 1845.
iii. Alanson Shattuck (twin), b. 10 Mar 1831; d. 20 Aug 1864. Marr 5 Sep 1858 to Adaline G. Williams. His gravestone in Solon Vill Cem says "A.L. Shattuck", died AE 35. Dau Myrtie, 4/13/63-5/31/71, is there as well.
iv. Alonzo Shattuck (twin), b. 10 Mar 1831; d. 7 Aug 1834
v. James Shattuck, b. 3 Feb 1833; d. 3 Feb 1913, Somerville, MA [MA vr]. Marr Margaret Morrison.
vi. Emma T. Shattuck, b. 19 Apr 1835; d. 25 Dec 1900, Skowhegan, ME. Marr Robinson.
vii. Alonzo L. Shattuck, b. 21 Jan 1837; d. 5 Oct 1911, Pittsfield [ME vr]  .Marr 1st Martha Locke; 2nd, Ellen D. Burrell, 1872 [ME vr]; 3rd, Lida J. Parks, 1892 Pittsfield [ME vr]
viii. Alice Shattuck, b. 21 Feb 1839; died bef 1880. Marr. Rufus A. Pomeroy, 5 Dec 1869
ix. William F. Shattuck, b. 8 Mar 1841; d. 14 Jan 1892, Somerville, MA [MA vr]. Marr. Adelaide P. Williams
x. Alphonso Shattuck, b. 23 Aug 1843; d. 16 Aug 1862 in New Orleans, LA. He was serving with the 14th Maine Infantry at the time of his death. He is buried in the Chalmette National Cemetery.
xi. Josiah Shattuck, b. 23 Oct 1845
xii. Sarah J. Shattuck, b. 8 Nov 1847; d. 20 Jul 1900, Norridgewock [ME vr]  . Marr 13 Nov 1878, William E. Perkins.
xiii. Adelaide Frances Shattuck , b. 16 Nov 1849; d. 8 Apr 1922, Warren, ME. Marr 26 Apr 1868 in Solon (at home of her parents), Marcellous Tibbetts [Solon VR, no page #]; 2nd to Roswell Baker, 1907. 
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In the back of the Solon Village Cemetery and down an embankment stands the stone of Sarah Shattuck, the wife of Lovel. The base in the foreground may be hers, and perhaps her broken stone had been reset where it was found further back. 

- photos from my visit to her grave on 17 June 2019
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James Shattuck, of Pepperell, MA and Solon, Maine

1/23/2018

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JAMES SHATTUCK, my 6th Great-Grandfather, was born in Pepperell, Massachusetts on 6 June 1763, the son of James Sr and Phebe (Tucker) Shattuck. He died on 14 Aug 1830, aged 66 yrs, 2 mos, and is buried in the Jewett Cemetery in Madison, Maine.

He was first married to Sybil Tarbell, on 7 Sept 1784 in Pepperell, MA. She died on 27 Jun 1804, and he remarried her sister Amy on 1 Dec 1804. They were the daughters of David and Bathsheba (Woods) Tarbell. I believe "Emma", the name of his wife buried beside him, is probably an alternate spelling for Amy, his second wife.

Some time following the 1810 Pepperell, Mass census, he left for Maine, and settled in the town of Solon.
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Though I currently don't have his earliest land deed in my notes to establish an exact time of arrival in town, on 7 July 1818 [Somerset County Deed, v.9 p.30], he did sell 125 acres in Solon for $500. to a Joseph Tarble of Norridgewock, "where I now live and bought of Joseph Heald". One of the properties Mr Heald had purchased in 1804 [Kennebec Deeds, v.3 p.165] was lot #39, which was the same land that James' son Lovell Shattuck lived on years later. [NOTE: There are quit claim deeds involving his widow and others, so I will edit this entry after I gather more data from the Registry of Deeds.]
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1883 Map of Solon, Maine, showing lot #39, the smaller black box marking the spot where son Lovell lived in the 1850's

Map on right shows the location of the Jewett Cemetery in Madison, Maine, where James and Amy/Emma Shattuck is buried.
GPS co-ords are :44.890414, -69.792478
Google map (above) shows where highlighted lot from map on left is located in Solon on current map.
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Hannah B Steward, aka Alberta Ann Rowell

1/21/2018

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My 2nd Great-Grandmother was born HANNAH B STEWARD, the daughter of Thomas and Catharine (Young) Steward, on 19 Feb 1872 [adoption papers; age at death calculates to a birth of 2/27] in Skowhegan or Solon, Maine. She was the sixth of seven children born to Thomas and Kate, and the family was living in Athens, Maine when their mother died on 13 July 1875. Unable to care for all of his children, Thomas gave Hannah up for adoption. Luther and Lovisa Rowell of Solon petitioned the Somerset County court on 23 Oct 1875, with Thomas Steward signing over his rights. ​Hannah's name was subsequently changed to ALBERTA ANN ROWELL (she was listed as Annie A on the 1880 census).
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Somerset County Probate, file B-393
She was married on 2 Sept 1890 in Solon to Charles Frank Leavitt, and they had five children: Fred, Irving, Forrest, Gladys, and Alberta A.

Still in the hospital after giving birth on the 9th, Alberta died from puerperal fever on 13 Sept 1901 in Skowhegan, aged 29 years, 6 mos, 17 das (her newborn daughter would also pass away, 5 days later). She was buried in the South Solon Cemetery and, for many years, had only a wooden cross as a grave marker. In recent years, members of my family purchased a stone for her (and now we have a third birth date for Hannah/Alberta!). 
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The 1880 census for Solon, Maine (pg 20) shows the former Hannah Steward, now Alberta A (or Annie A) Rowell, with adoptive parents.
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An image from the 1900 census for Norridgewock, Somerset, Maine (pg 9A), showing the family of Charles and Alberta Leavitt (the children number is wrong, as they had another son, Irving, who died young).
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Sadly, similar to what happened to Hannah/Alberta, the widowed Charles Leavitt couldn't care for his family, and left young daughter Gladys in the care of others, including her grandfather, Joseph Leavitt of Solon. In 1907, she would be adopted by Amos and Katie Clarke, and took their surname. 

​See also:
Thomas Steward and Family

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Joseph Gray of Athens, Solon, and Brighton, Maine

9/13/2016

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JOSEPH GRAY is said to be my 5th Great-Grandfather, the father of Elmira (aka Elmyra, Almyra) Gray, who was married to Joseph Leavitt. This information was passed down to me many decades ago, and I am still looking for the original sources of this. That Elmira was a Gray is shown in records of her children, and at least one says that she was born in Athens, Maine (circa 1813-1817, by her age on census records). Joseph does live with her by 1870, so he could very well be her father, but I would like to be certain of this.
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I first find Joseph Gray in the census records of ​1830, living in Athens, Somerset, Maine: "Joseph Gray: 1 male 5-10; 1 M 40-50; 1 female 10-15; 1 F 40-50". Elmira could be the female, born ca 1815-1820. There is also a male, born ca 1820-25, that is in the household, but I know nothing about him.

​In 1836, he purchased a 40 acre lot of land in Solon from Elisha Coolidge, the "north half of lot 18 in the north half of town" [Somerset County Deed 37-210]. Joseph was "of Athens" at that time, a yeoman. He purchased another 10 acres of this same lot from a Timothy Eaton [I did not see this in registry], the deed saying "same where I now live", so it seems that piece had the homestead built on it. 

​Joseph was seen in Solon for the 1840 census, with only himself (aged 50-60) and a female (aged 50-60, likely his wife Abigail, seen years later on a land deed).


In August of 1847, Joseph (with Abigail relinquishing dower) sold the 50 acres of lot 18 for $250. to Rebecca Berry of Brighton, a married woman [Som. Deed 61-509]. She, in turn, for the same dollar value, sold to Joseph the "south east corner of lot 5, second range" in Brighton, 20 acres [Som Deed 65-9].  
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Lot 18 in Solon, Maine (1883 map)
​In the 1850 census, he was in Brighton, Maine, with Abigail, as well as a pauper child, Granville Grant, living with them.
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1850 Brighton, Somerset, Maine census
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The Gray properties in Brighton (outlined on 1883 map)
Shown here on the two maps are the locations where Joseph Gray had property in Brighton, ca 1847-1868. Below is an 1860 map of the town with "J Gray" highlighted.
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Current topo map of Brighton, showing where the 3 properties were located.
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The 1860 census of Brighton, Maine is very light and hard to read, and not worth posting a clipping here. Joseph (household 65/109) was listed at age 73, a farmer, born NH., while Abigail was age 75, born Maine. Estate value was $350/150. The Agricultural Schedule for 1860 shows Joseph in Brighton, with 40 acres of improved land and 130 acres of unimproved, with a $350. value (as seen on census).

The Somerset County Deeds show that Joseph mortgaged his 20 acre Brighton property in 1862 and again in 1863. In 1864, he sold to William Corson of Brighton this property, as well as another piece of land (the north-west 1/4 of lot 5 in third range) containing 50 acres [Som Deed 105-518]. I did not find the deed where Joseph had previously obtained the latter property. Following this sale, he moved back to Athens, Maine. His wife may have died around this time, as she didn't sign any of these deeds. In 1868, he sold 100 acres of land in Brighton to Elias H Hammond, which was the eastern half of lot in the third range [Som Deed 121-48]. Again, I did not find reference to when Joseph had acquired this land but he had all 170 acres by the time of the 1860 Agriculture Schedule.

​Whether it happened just after his 1864 property sale, or perhaps soon after that, he moved in with (his daughter?) Elmira and her husband Joseph Leavitt. 
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1870 Athens, Somerset, Maine
Joseph Gray was not found in the 1880 census, so I suspect that he had died prior to that. No burial place, or a record of his death, has been found as of yet.
UPDATE DEC 2016
As I was finishing up this blog entry, I continued searching for more information on Joseph. I began looking into a Thomas M Gray who had lived in Athens, and died there in 1904. His parents were listed as Joseph of Wakefield, NH and Betsey Plaisted. His death record said he was born in Newfield, ME. Using these parents in a search, I also found a Sarah Tibbetts, who had died in Madison, ME in 1894. Her death record listed her as born in York, Maine, the same for father Joseph, and said Betsey was born in Kittery (nothing matched that of Thomas, except for parents names). 

In the 1820 census for Newfield, Maine, I see a Joseph Gray there, aged 26-44. With him were 3 females under 10, a female aged 16-25, and a female aged 26-44. Thomas M hadn't been born yet, but Elmira and Sarah could be two of the females. Newfield also borders Wakefield, NH, where Joseph was apparently from, according to Thomas' death record.

​Then I found this, a War of 1812 pension index card:
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There was Joseph Gray, with his 1871 residence listed as Athens, Maine, and also listed was his 1811 marriage to Betsey Plaisted in Wolfeboro, NH. His pension file [on Fold3.com] only mentions the wife Betsey, with nothing said about a remarriage to an Abagail. Being 84 when he filed this in 1871, it matches a ca 1787 birth year, as the census ages show, not to mention him being the only Joseph Gray in Athens at that time. 

Within the pension file is a paper showing a Joseph Gray receiving a bounty land, but this does NOT belong to my Joseph. There was another person of this name who served in the War of 1812 AND served in the 33rd US Infantry, but he was from Sedgwick, Maine and was about 7 years younger (the ME Archives index also shows they were two different men). The ME Archives does list Joseph's birthplace as Swansey(sic), NH. A search through Swanzey vital records and history book did not find anyone with the Gray name.

The pension file does not list a death date for Joseph, and does not list any family members, other than wife Betsey, and it also doesn't list a death date for her either. So, I still have no source for Joseph being Elmira's father, so I continue my search.
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The Family of Joseph Brown of Solon and Athens, Maine

10/12/2014

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JOSEPH BROWN of Cornville and LUCY A SHATTUCK (aka SHATTOCK) of Solon filed intents to marry on 10 Nov 1845, with certificate to marry issued on 25 Nov '45.

The family lived in Solon, Maine during the 1850 and 1860 censuses, and had removed to Athens, Maine by 1870. He was a farmer. Joseph died in Skowhegan on 20 Nov 1894, according to his Maine death record, though stone says Oct 21st. His age on stone shown as "AE 76 yrs", putting his birth year at circa 1818. His age in the censuses would seem to indicate an 1820-21 birth year. Wife Lucy died in Skowhegan on 23 Mar 1897 [ME death rec], her stone shows 22 March. Her age at death, "AE 66 yrs", is also off, as she was born in 1829, according to Solon VR. They are both buried in the South Solon Village Cemetery.

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(At left) Is the death notice for Joseph Brown, as reported in the Lewiston Evening Journal, issue dated 24 Nov 1894. 
(At right) Is death notice for Lucy M(sic) Brown, from the Lewiston Evening Journal, 03/27/1897. Her age on this record is 69 yrs, which differs from her stone by a few years.
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Known children of Joseph and Lucy (Shattuck) Brown:
i. LUCY ANN BROWN, b. ca 1847; Married JOSEPH LEAVITT. Had son Charles F Leavitt, b. 1870

ii. ABBY "Abba" M BROWN, b. ca 1849 in Skowhegan [marr rec] or 9 Jan 1850 in Solon [death rec]; died 16 Nov 1904 in New Ipswich, NH [NH death rec], and buried in Centre Cem, New Ipswich. Married in Boston, MA on 24 Dec 1871 to DAVID EDWARD JOY. He was born in Braintree, MA.  Living in Cambridge, MA in 1900 census, they moved to New Ipswich two years later.They had an adopted son, Walter E Joy.

iii. JOSEPH DELMONT BROWN, b. 28 Jan 1850 [grave; death rec says 1849] in Solon; d. 11 Feb 1918 in Dexter, ME. Buried in Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Dexter.

iv. JOHN D BROWN, b. 23 Jan 1854 Solon [VR Solon, pg 274; called 3rd child; marr rec also list birth as Solon]; Married 1st  (unknown). Marr 2nd, 25 June 1905 in Parkman, ME, to HATTIE (DEVOLL) ROBERTS. She was born in Athens, ME. Marr 3rd, on 25 Dec 1911 in Skowhegan, Maine, to ANNIE A PUSHAW. Both listed as divorced.

v. EMMA D BROWN, b. ca 1855

vi. CHARLES N BROWN, b. ca 1857 (age 3 in 1860); not with family in 1870 census

vii. GEORGIA ANNA (GEORGIANNA) BROWN, b. 1858-1859 (age 1 in 1860, 12 in 1870) in Solon [Marr rec]; Married in Somerville, MA on 20 Aug 1873 [MA vr] to JAMES OLSON, son of Olaf and Sigren Olson. He was b. Sweden. Whereabouts after marriage date unknown.

viii. INFANT BROWN, b. about March 1861; died 1 Oct 1862, aged 19 mos [Lewiston Daily Journal, 10/14/62]

ix. WILLIAM N BROWN, b. ca 1863. With parents, 1880 census, age 18.

x. LILLA MAY BROWN, b. ca 1865. Perhaps the same who married AMOS AVERY (1862-1940) in Norridgewock on 28 June 1884. His wife died in 1938 (need to look up this death record to verify this is correct person)

xi. FRED BEALS BROWN, b. 26 Nov 1869 Athens, Maine; d. after 1930. Married CLARA E EAMES. She was born ca Apr 1874 [1900 census], the dau of Joseph Eames.
   1. Charles Howard Brown, b. 4 May 1891 in Cornville [WWI Draft Card]. Marr Lizzie Leona Noyes, 6/11/1917 in Solon. Liv Cornville, 1917.
   2. Clifford P Brown, b. 6 July 1893 in Cornville; died there 16 Jan 1894, from overdose of morphine [ME death rec].
   3. Perley Peter Brown, b. 8 Feb 1895 [ME birth rec; 14 Feb 1895 on WWI Draft Card] in Cornville, ME. Marr 12/30/1919 in Madison to Ina E Wilbur. Liv Moscow, ME, 1930 and Bingham, 1940.
   4. Joseph A Brown, b. 24 May 1897 in Cornville
   5. Eva S Brown, b. Apr 1899
   6. Leon W Brown, b. 2 Dec 1901 in Cornville [ME birth rec]
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