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Jennie's step-father, Howard Colson, operated a rooming house, The Page House at 77 Union Street in Bangor. Jennie was the bookkeeper there, until, before 1930, she became the manager. Harold Sedgeley, her second husband, had been a roomer there for several years.

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Edna was a schoolteacher.

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Paul served in the U.S. Army during World War I. He enlisted at New Bedford, Massachusetts, on 21 December 1917, as a Private. Paul was promoted to Corporal the very next month, January 1918. Then, in August 1918, he was promoted to Sergeant. He served in Headquarters Company of the 39th Infantry Regiment, 4th Army Division. European locations where he took part in the fighting were Vesle, Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel, and Meuse-Argonne. He was overseas from 10 May 1918 to 6 August 1919, and was honorably discharged 12 August 1919 (MAINE MILITARY MEN, 1917-1918. Ancestry.com (MyFamily.com, Inc., 2000) "Electronic.".

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Harold was a clerk for the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad in Bangor, Maine.

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Susan received a graduate diploma from Chautuaqua Literary and Scientific Circle (CLSC) on 20 Aug 1890.

Founded in 1878 as an outgrowth of the Chautauqua Institution, the CLSC was originally a 4-year course of required reading. One of its main aims was to "open the college world to persons unable to attend higher institutions of learning." Today, the CLSC is the oldest continuous book club in America, offering book selections with continuing education emphases.

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Jordan was a grocer in Casco, Maine. He and Susan had no children.

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Abial was a boot and shoe dealer in Casco, Maine, and Chelsea, Massachusetts.
He served two enlistments during the Civil War. First, on 4 October 1861, he enlisted as a Private in Co. K, 10th Maine Infantry Regiment. It was a two-year enlistment. The unit left Maine on 6 October, arriving in Baltimore on the 9th. On 4 November, they moved to Relay House, Maryland, where they guarded the main railroad (Baltimore & Ohio) lines until 24 May 1862. The next day, they were given their first combat assignment, the dangerous duty of rear-guard to the forces of Gen. Banks on their retreat to Williamsport, Maryland. The unit lost 90 men in the four days of that action. They were then assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Divison of Banks' Corps, and participated in several battles thereafter. Among the battles in which the 10th Maine fought were Manassas, Cedar Mountain, Antietam and Gettysburg. The men then returned to Maine.
In November 1863 (its two-year enlistment completed), the 10th Maine was organized into the 29th Maine Infantry. Abial enlisted as a Corporal in Co. K of the 29th on 13 November 1863. They left Portland on 2 February 1864, sailing to New Orleans on the steamship "De Molay." They participated in the Red River expedition, and rendered "brilliant service" at the battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, Louisiana. They were recognized for building a dam which saved the gunboats of the fleet, and, at one time, went without sleep and with little to eat for 60 hours, marching 56 miles and fighting two battles in that time. They left Louisiana in July 1864 and traveled to Virginia, participating in the battles of Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek. They spent the winter of 1864-65 in Stephenson's Depot, Virginia, then traveled to Washington to serve guard duty at Washington Arsenal, guarding the assassins of President Abraham Lincoln.
In June 1865, the 29th Maine was assigned to Georgetown, South Carolina, where they served until March 1866. During this time, Abial was Brigade Mail Agent and had charge of the Confederate Mail there. After a short time in Hilton Head, South Carolina, the men returned to Maine and were mustered out on 21 June 1866.

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Anna was a dressmaker.

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Philip was a manufacturer of sporting goods in Portland, Maine.