THE NOYES FAMILY.

The Noyes family in town to-day are descendants of Capt. Edward Noyes of Portland, Me.

Capt. Edward Noyes had four children, Edward, Jr., James, Harriet, and Mary Ann. Of these,

Edward, Jr., immigrated to this section, married and had ten children, Rufus, (deceased), Philemon, Lydia, (deceased), Orelia, Joseph, John, James, Mary, Edward, (deceased), and Louisa, (deceased).

Joseph A. Noyes, son of Edward, Jr., married Sylvina Faunce, and had eleven children, Lillian, Josephene, Mary, George, Eva, Jessie, Tracy, Cecil, Maurice, Arthur and Leon. Of these,

Lillian, married Eugene S. Hammond of Peru, and has children.

Josephene, married Rev. John E. Berry of Sumner, and died having no children.

Mary, an estimable young lady, died unmarried. George, married Abbie Davenport of Sumner, and settled on a farm in town. He has one child, Arthur.

Eva, married Fletcher Parlin, has one child and resides in Paris.

Jessie, married Albert Ames of Hartford. She has one child,

Tracy, married W. E. Bowker, a prominent and successful farmer who has been one of the selectmen in Sumner for several years. They have one child.

Cecil, married Lincoln Davenport of Sumner, and died without children.

Maurice, resides at South Paris, where he is employed.

Arthur, died in infancy.

Leon, the youngest child, is yet at school and resides at home.

Joseph A. Noyes enlisted in the 8th Maine Regiment, August 24, 1861, and served four years, five months and eight days, which was, as near as the

writer can learn, the longest time served by any man who enlisted from this town during the civil While in the service he was present and did

war.

He was

his part in twenty-seven different battles. a good soldier and has a splendid war record. He has served as Commander of Barrows Post, G. A. R, of this town, of which organization he is a promi nent member. At the present time he is chairman of the Republican town committee. Mr. Noyes is a generous-hearted, temperate, industrious and hardworking farmer, and owns a good farm in this town, on which he resides.

THE GOWELL FAMILY.

The Gowell family were original settlers of Bowdoin, Me., and are said to be of Scotch descent. Charles Gowell, who immigrated to Sumner, from Bowdoin, some time in 1813, and settled on land near the present Labrador Pond, being the first Gowell to settle in Sumner.

Like all of the earliest settlers he commenced by building a log cabin and making a clearing. He afterwards built a framed house on land at southcast corner of Labrador Pond. The house is yet standing and at the present time occupied by George Foster.

The Gowells were industrious and prosperous farmers, equal to any of their time, and were well represented in the war of 1812 and 1861, several of their number being killed in the latter.

CHARLES GOWELL, first, was born June 16,

1760, and died July 14, 1835. He married Anna- born Mar. 31, 1758, and died Nov. 14, 1829. They had eight children, Jerusha, born July 11, 1783; Joseph and Jenne, born July 19, 1786; Joanna, born August 4, 1788; Rebecca, born August 11, 1790. The sixth child was a son, born Dec. 26, 1792, and died the 27th of the same month. Anna, born June 26, 1794 and died Feb. 28, 1796; William, born Jan. 9, 1797.

JOSEPH, son of Charles, first, married Hannah · Bessey Whiteman, born April 14, 1797, and had nine children, Anna, Charles, Susan Devine, Robert Whiteman, Mary Ann, Joan Bonney, William, James Whiteman and Sally Hall. Of these

Anna, born Dec. 16, 1816, married Allen

G. Abbott of Sumner, and settled on a farm in the center of the town. They had seven children.

Charles, born Sept. 9, 1818, married Emeline McAlister, and had five children, Charles A., Leroy A., Robert A., Emeline and Henry H. After the death of his first wife, he married Elizabeth St. Clair, and had two children, George St. Clair, whó died at the age of three years, and George Weston, who at present resides at Lynn, Mass. He enlisted in the 9th Me. Regiment U. S. Volunteers June 23, 1863, and gave his life in his country's cause. Of the children by his first wife, Emeline McAlister,

Charles A., born June 21, 1843, married Martha E. Bowker, and had five children, Ellen Emeline, who married and had two children; Lizzie Eudora, who also married and had one child; and three boys who died in infancy.

Robert A., born Aug. 9, 1847, married Lucy Ann Staples of Hartford, Me., and had one child, a son, who lived to be sixteen months old. After the death of his first wife he married Mary J. Littlefield of Melrose, Mass. They have one child, Fred Addison, born Feb. 12, 1887.

Leroy A., the third son, enlisted in the 32d Maine Regiment U. S. Volunteers, and was killed in battle at Spottsylvania Court House, June 3, 1864.

Emeline, was born Feb, 11, 1851. When but three years old her mother died, leaving several small children, which were all put out with different families, and she, at the age of four, was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Gurney of South Weymouth, Mass. She married Noah Franklin Vining of South Weymouth, who enlisted, in Jan., 1864, in Co. E. 4th Mass. Cavalry, and was in the Petersburg Campaign; was also present at the surrender of Lee and evacuation of Richmond. At the present time Mr. Vining holds the responsible position of Cashier in the Banking House of Fogg Brothers, 48 Congress St., Boston, Mass., a position he has successfully held for years. He