History of Livermore, (Androscoggin County) Maine United States of America

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George Dana Boardman, missionary, was born at Livermore, Me., Feb. 8, 1801; son of the Rev. Sylvanus and Phebe Boardman. He was prepared for college at the North Yarmouth, Me., academy, and was a member of the first class that was formed at Waterville college, where he was graduated in 1822. He then studied at Andover theological seminary, and was ordained to the Baptist ministry at North Yarmouth, Me., Feb. 16, 1825. He married Sarah Hall, July 4, 1825 sailed for Calcutta the same month, accompanied by his wife, they soon mastered the Burman language and planted the first Baptist mission in Burmah. In 1827 they removed to Amherst, Burmah, thence to Maulmain, and in 1828 to Tavoy, where his labors were very fruitful. He won the co?peration of some of the natives, and made many converts among the Burmese andthe Karens. After his death his widow became the wife of Adoniram Judson, the missionary. (See King's "Memoir of George Dana Boardman," 1875). He died near Tavoy, Burmah, Feb 11, 1831.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Edgar Moncena Smith, educator, was born at Livermore, Maine, Aug. 4, 1845; son of Charles and Mary (Walker) Smith. He was graduated from Wesleyan university, Conn., A.B., 1871, A.M., 1874: preached in Bristol, R.I., 1871?72; joined the Providence conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, 1872, and was stationed at Bristol, R.I. He tutored in mathematics at Wesleyan university, 1872?74; and was married, Dec. 23, 1874, to Marguerite Maria, daughter of Henry and Irene (Nichols) Hauschild. He was pastor of Trinity church, Providence, R.I., 1874?76, and of the First Church, Newport, 1877?79; traveled in Europe in 1880, and was stationed at West Eaton, N.Y., in 1881?82. He was president of the Wesleyan seminary and Female college, Kent Hill, Maine, 1882?93; principal of Montpelier seminary, Vt., 1893?98, and in 1898 was elected president of Illinois Wesleyan university. He was a member of the General Missionary committee of the Methodist Episcopal church, and was appointed a member of the University Senate of the Methodist Episcopal church in 1900. He received the degree D.D. from Wesleyan university, in 1885.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Timothy Otis Howe, statesman, was born in Livermore, Maine, Feb. 24, 1816. He attended the common school, was brought up on a farm, and was graduated at Readfield academy. He became a lawyer in 1839, practised in Read field, Maine, and was a state representative in 1845. He removed to Green Bay, Wis., in the latter part of 1840, and in 1848 he was the unsuccessful Whig candidate for representative in the 14th congress. He was judge of the 4th circuit, and ex officio of the supreme court, 1851-53, and for a time served as chief justice of the state. He was an active campaign speaker for Fr?mont and Dayton in 1856. In the judicial contest to determine the election of governor of Wisconsin that year, Mr. Howe appeared for Coles Bashford, and defeated his contestant, William A. Barstow. He was U.S. senator for three terms, 1861-79. In the senate he served on the committees on finance, commerce, pensions and claims, and as chairman of the committees on appropriations and Revolutionary claims. He advocated emancipation, Negro-suffrage in the District of Columbia, and territorial jurisdiction over the seceded states. He was a delegate to the Loyalists' convention of 1866 at Philadelphia; voted for the impeachment of President Johnson; supported the silver bill of 1878, and opposed the anti-Chinese bill. He declined a seat on the U.S. supreme bench offered him by President Grant. He was a delegate to the international monetary conference in Paris in 1881, and in December of that year was appointed by President Arthur post-master-general in his cabinet. He died in Racine, Wis., March 25, 1883.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Edwin Bradbury Haskell, journalist, was born in Livermore, Maine, Aug. 24, 1837; son of Moses Greenleaf and Rosella (Haines) Haskell. His ancestors were English stock, the Haskells having settled in Gloucester, Mass., in 1646, and his maternal ancestor, Samuel Haines, in Portsmouth, N.H., about the same time. His two grandfathers emigrated to the district of Maine soon after the Revolutionary war, one from Massachusetts and the other from New Hampshire. Edwin B. Haskell was prepared for college at Kent's Hill academy, but at the age of seventeen entered the office of the Portland Advertiser as an apprentice. In 1855 he went to New Orleans, working there and at Baton Rouge as typesetter two years. In 1856 he was employed by the Saturday Evening Gazette and in 1857 he became a compositor and reporter on the Boston Journal and in 1860 accepted a position on the Boston Herald as court and financial reporter, being promoted in 1861 to the position of leading editorial writer. In 1865 he and four of his associates, employees on the paper, bought a third interest of the Herald and completed the purchase in 1869. Mr. Haskell was editor-in-chief of that journal from 1865 until 1887, when he retired from active journalism, though retaining a large interest in the newspaper reorganized as the Boston Herald company. During his editorship the Herald became one of the most prosperous newspapers in the country. In 1872 he purchased "Vista Hill," a country estate in Auburndale, a part of Newton, Mass. He declined the nomination for representative in congress when it was equivalent to an election. He was elected president of the Newton free library in 1875 and was appointed a member of the Metropolitan park commission in 1896. He was elected a member of the American academy of political and social science.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor