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In 1930, Frank was a telegraph agent for the Maine Central Railroad in Readfield, Maine.

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Note N11592 Index

Ernest was a mechanic.

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Note N11600 Index

Robert enlisted in the U.S. Army on 3 April 1941 in New York City. He was a Staff Sergeant in the 13th Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division. He was killed in action on 1 September 1944 in France, and is buried in the Brittany American Cemetery, St. James, France.

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Note N11614 Index

Will attended Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire. While attending a "very strong" concert series, he was inspired to take up the guitar and sing folk songs. He went on to perform in a number of New York City nightclubs, and then went on tour with Columbia Artists. He wrote his own songs, including "Lemon Tree" and "Raspberries Strawberries." Theatre works of his include "A Kurt Weill Cabaret," and "Leonard Bernstein Theatre Songs." He collaborated on a series of Broadway musicals: "The Me Nobody Knows," "Over Here " (starring the Andrews Sisters), "Platinum" (with Alexis Smith), and "Taking My Turn" (with Margaret Whiting). In 2005, he put together a one-man show, "A Little Out of the Light." He recorded for Capitol Records, Coral Records and Elektra Records.

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Note N11615 Index

Joan was a high school English teacher in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, and Bridgton, Maine. She also taught at Bridgton Academy. Joan was also the Executive Secreatry to Angus Cameron, Editor of the Little, Brown Publishing Company in Boston.

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Note N11617 Index

George was an Assistant Manager at the A.H. Benoit clothing store in Portland, Maine. He and Grace had no children.

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Note N11621 Index

Walter was a machinist in Norway, Maine.

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Note N11624 Index

Ruth attended Farmington State Normal School, training to be a schoolteacher. She taught in New Gloucester and Poland, Maine. She was a founding member of the Seneca Club (a literary society), whose fund-raising led to the establishment of the South Paris Public Library. She was active in the South Paris Congregational Church, and was a long-time member and officer of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).

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Note N11625 Index

For several years, Ed was foreman on the Grand Trunk Railway main line and Norway branch. He also worked for many years at the Paris Manufacturing Company in South Paris, Maine. Though the company also produced furniture, it was the world-leader in the production of skis and sleds. Ed worked in the paint shop, decorating the products. He was a draftsman, also, having attended Cowles Art School in Boston. He did the drafting work on the plans for the former South Paris High School. He was active in the South Paris Congregational Church, serving as Church Clerk alomng with teaching Sunday School and serving as a Deacon.
Ed and Ruth's courtship lasted about 4 years (1897-1901). Whenever they were separated during those years, because of work or travel or school, they wrote numerous letters back and forth. Many of those letters have been preserved by their grandson, Stan Malcolm of Marlborough, Connecticut. The letters appear in a special series of newspaper articles in the 12 February - 11 March 2004 editions of the "Advertiser-Democrat" of Norway, Maine.

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Note N11629 Index

Albert was a retail meat peddler in Bangor, Maine, for a few years. By 1910, he was operating a farm there.

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Note N11630 Index

Charles worked as a sausagemaker in a Bangor grocery store.