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Note N14374 Index
Robert enlisted in the Maine National Guard on 20 April 1914 at Augusta. He was promoted to Sergeant on 1 August 1916. The unit was transferred to Federal Service in April 1917. However, citing dependent realtives, he was discharged on 15 April 1917.
He worked at the W.H. Gannett Publishing Company (publisher of the Kennebec Journal newspaper) in Augusta, Maine.
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Note N14377 Index
Frank was a teamster for a lumber company in Augusta, Maine.
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Note N14406 Index
Harry was a pharmacist at the J.E. Good drug store in Bar Harbor, Maine. In 1910, he and Beatrice were living in Everett, Massachusetts, where he was working as a chemist. They returned to Maine and, by 1930, he was the proprietor of a drug store in Bar Harbor.
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Note N14419 Index
Henry was a retail merchant. He operated a store in Thetford, Vermont, for many years. For a few years around 1920, they lived in St. Cloud, Florida, where he had a store. Living with them in 1920 was a niece, Frances Gordon, daughter of Frances' brother, Charles. Henry and Frances had no children.
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Note N14434 Index
Herbert worked as a Tax Examiner for the State of Minnesota, living in his home state into the 1930's. He was also a genealogist. His most notable work was his genealogy of the Varney family, which he compiled over ten years while living in Stratham and Exeter, New Hampshire. Howver, for the last 4-5 years of his life, he was totally blind.
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Note N14438 Index
Andrew was a carpenter contractor in Portland, Maine.
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Note N14440 Index
Clifford was a railroad engineer in Portland, Maine. He served in the Army during World War I, from 24 July 1917 to 30 December 1918. He was overseas 25 September - 22 December 1918.
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Note N14445 Index
Jefferson worked as a carpenter in Laconia, New Hampshire. Mary was his second wife. His first wife, Ella, was from Vermont and died after 1880 in Pembroke, New Hampshire. He and Mary had no children.
Jefferson served in the Civil War as a Private in Co. C, 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery Regiment. He enlisted at Chester, Vermont, on 21 November 1863, and was mustered out on 25 August 1865.
The 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment was Vermont's largest of the war, with 2,320 men. It was originally organized as an Infantry Regiment in the summer of 1862, but was changed to Heavy Artillery by order of the War Department in 1863.
During 1863, the unit was employed in constructing and manning forts around Washington, DC. Its camps were well-built wooden structures, with a fine hospital. Each day, visitors from the city would arrive at the fort. It has been written that "no more pleasant or cheerful experiences were ever the lot of soldiers in actual war than those enjoyed by this regiment during the whole of the year 1863 and the first three months of 1864."
The unit saw its first combat when they took part in the campaign against Spotsylvania, Virginia, 15 - 18 May 1864. After that, they fought at Cold Harbor and Petersburg, Virginia, Fort Stevens, Maryland, Charlestown, West Virginia, and several other engagements until their final battle back at Petersburg in March and April, 1865.
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Note N14448 Index
Arthur and Nellie divorced 21 May 1906.
Arthur was a Teacher in the Tilton, New Hampshire, schools in 1887. Beginning in 1894, living in Lisbon, New Hampshire, he worked as a piano back and bridge maker until 1908. In that year, he moved out to Babcock, Manitoba, Canada, to work as Superintendent of a cement factory until 1923. Back in Lisbon in 1924, he resumed his trade of piano maker until 1930. For many years, 1925-1935, he devoted his time to the preparation of a Gordon Family History, some of the records of which are at the Gordoash Library in New Hampton, New Hampshire.