FOURTH GENERATION. Col. Charles Benjamin Merrill, A.M., LL. D., b. in Portland, April 14, 1827, third child of Dr. John and Mary (Boyd) Merrill, and great-grandson of Dr. Robert Southgate, m. Sept. 24, 1856, Miss Abba Isabella Little, dau. of Hon. Josiah S. Little, a lawyer and politician of Portland. He graduated from Bowdoin College, class of 1847, and from Harvard law school in 1849, then he located in Portland as a lawyer. He was in politics a radical Democrat, but enlisted in the Union army and served in the 17th Maine Regiment as Lt. Colonel. After the war he resumed his practice of law in his native city, engaging also in manufactory, his family residing in the town of Gorham, this state, from which place he removed to the Boyd residence on Spring street, Portland. He was a member of the city government, a school committeewarden of St. man, also Luke's church. He was a man of fine physique, neat in dress, social and benevolent. He d. April 5, 1891, she, same year. The representatives of the Grand Army of the Republic place each year the miniature flag at his grave in the Dr. John Merrill enclosure at Everhis green cemetery. Nothing upon cemetery monument indicates his rank in the army. Children: 1-Josiah Little, b. Feb. 6, 1859, d. August 24, 1859. 2-Mary Southgate, b. April 8, 1861, d. August 29, 1861. 3-Isabella Little, b. April 5, 1862, d. May 25, 1894. 4-Charles Putnam, b. Sept. 18, 1864, He graduated from the Portland High school, spent two years at Yale College, leaving to engage in business in New York. Now resides in Portland. 5-John Fuller Appleton, b. Febru ary 10, 1866. He graduated at Andover in 1885; at Yale in 1889; studied law in the office of Hon. Wm. L. Putnam, Portland, two years, spent a year at the Harvard Law school and was admitted to the Cumberland County bar in 1892; is now a lawyer in Portland. He was a member of the City Council in 1896, and an Alderman in 1898-99. He is now a member of the school committee from Ward four. 6-Daniel Chamberlain, b. January 11, 1868, d. April 20, 1868. 7-Alec Boyd, b. Feb. 19, 1869, d. June 22, 1869. 8-Richard King, b. June 21, 1871, d. July 28, 1872. JOHN C. MERRILL. John Cummings Merrill, M. D., b. in Portland Nov. 3, 1831, son of Dr. John and Mary Southgate (Boyd) Merrill and bro. to the preceding, graduated at Bowdoin College, class of 1851, studied medicine and received his diploma in 1854 at College of Physicians and Surgeons, of New York. He located in Lewiston, this state, but soon went to St. Paul, then to Natchez, Miss., where he was at the outbreak of the Rebellion. He joined the Southern army, participating in the battles of Shiloh, Fort Donaldson, Champion Hill, and the seige of Vicksburg, returning to his native city at the close of hostilities. Oct. 18, 1886, he was united in marriage with Miss Clara Brooks. He d. Aug. 8, 1900, and was interred in the burial lot of his father at Evergreen cemetery. Children: 1-Mary Boyd (Merrill), b. June SAMUEL S. BOYD. Samuel Stillman Boyd, Esq., b. May 6, 1838, second child of Robert Southgate Boyd and wife, Margaret Ann (Hall) Boyd, grandson of Joseph C. and Isabella (Southgate) Boyd and great grandson of Dr. Robert Southgate, graduated from Bowdoin College, class of 1860, read law in the office of Judge Shepley of Portland and settled in St. Louis, Mo. He m. Oct. 5, 1863, Miss Harriet E. Churchill of Portland. He was a lawyer and died in St. Louis, March 5, 1883. The widow removed to Portland, where she resides. Children of Samuel S. and Harriet E. (Churchill) Boyd, born in St. Louis, Mo.: 1-Louie, b. May 12, 1865-resides 2-Margaret, b. Feb. 13, 1868-re- 12, 1874, is with the Boston Elevated Railroad company. 5-Alice Churchill, b. Sept. 9, 1875 -resides in Portland. 6-Robert Southgate, b. May 6, 1877 -a clerk in Boston, Mass. ROBERT SOUTHGATE, ESQ. 1-Robert Southgate, Esq., b. at Woodstock, Vt., Aug 7, 1834, son of Rev. Robert and Mary Frances (Swan) Southgate, grandson of Horatio Southgate, Esq., and wife, Nabby (McLellan) and great grandson of Dr. Robert Southgate, fitted for college at Andover Academy, and graduated B. A. from Dartmouth in 1855. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in Vermont, and then entered the service of the Windsor County Fire Insurance Company in 1862 and remained till 1884, when he removed to the West and engaged in real estate business, residing at Detroit, Mich. Returning, he was Notary Public and Register of Probate in Windsor County, Vt. He served a short time in the war of the States. He m. Dec. 13, 1865, Caroline Louisa Anderson, dau. of Dexter and Sophia Foster Anderson, who survives him— residing at Morrison, Ill., she an elder sister to Elizabeth Virginia Anderson, wife of his brother, Rev. Charles McLellan Southgate. Children: a-Benjamin Marsh Southgate, b. Woodstock, Vt., Aug. 20, 1866; graduated B. A. at Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1890, and B. D. Chicago, Ill., Theological Seminary, 1896, and is now a Congregationalist clergyman at Pana, Ill. He was principal 1890-91 of Princeville academy, Princeville, and then, in 1892, superintendent city schools at Sterling, Kansas. He m. Aug. 13, 1895, at South Lake, Linden, Mich., Josephine Olive Trethewey, dau. of James and Augusta Trethewey. They have Olive Trethewey, b. at Evanston, Ill., May 21, 1896; Paul Trethewey, b. at Evanstown, Ill., Sept. 2, 1897; and Dorothy Trethewey b. at Pana, Ill., Dec. 31, 1900. b-Helen Anderson Southgate, b. at Woodstock, Vt., Dec. 23, 1869, graduated from the Michigan Normal School at Ypsilanti June 24, 1896. c-Mary Frances Southgate, b. at Woodstock, Vt., March 5, 1874, graduated from same school as above, June 27, 1894. d-A child b. Sept. 12, 1877, d. Sept. 14, unnamed. 3-Frances Swan Southgate, b. at Wethersfield, Conn., May 14, 1843, dau. of Rev. Robert and Mary Frances (Swan) Southgate and sis. to the preceding. (No. 1) m. June 1, 1870, Edward Dana, b. Woodstock, Vt., July 26, 1820, son of Charles and Mary Swan Dana. He was a wholesale hardware merchant and d. Aug. 11, 1883. The widow resides at Brookline, Mass. Children: a-Robert Southgate (Dana), b. Woodstock, Vt., Nov. 20, 1871, m. June 19, 1895, Adeline, dau. of Horace Godfrey, Hampton Falls, N. H. b-Mary Cotton (Dana), b. Woodstock, Vt., Nov. 20, 1882. c-Edward Swan (Dana), b. Brookline, Mass., Nov. 22, 1883. 4-Rev. Charles McLellan Southgate, b. Monroe, Mich., Nov. 18, 1845, bro. to preceding (No. 3) graduated from Yale College, 1866; from Andover Theological Seminary, a Congregational clergyman, and settled at St. Johnsbury, Mass., 1870; Dedham, 1875; Worcester, Mass., 1884; Auburndale, Mass., where he is now. He m. at Woodstock, Vt., Nov. 30, 1870, Elizabeth Virginia, b. Woodstock, Aug. 11, 1847, dau. of Dexter and Sophia (Foster) Anderson, a sister to the wife of his bro., Rev. Robert Southgate. (No. 1, in the preceding.) Children: a-Hugh McLellan Southgate, b. St. Johnsbury, Mass., Sept. 3, 1871, m. Dec. 12, 1900, Alice Austin McLaren. He is manager of the British Westinghouse Electric Company, Manchester, England. b-Isabel Anderson Southgate, b. Dedham, Mass., August 22, 1881. c-Stuart Leicester Southgate, b. Worcester, Mass., April 26, 1889. The wife of Frederick C. Southgate, Esq., was a daughter of Hon. Warren C. French, a lawyer, born in Randolph, Vt., July 8, 1819, and son of Gen. John French. He married Sept. 19, 1849, Sarah A., dau. of Hon. William Steele, and his wife had six children. Mr. French settled first at Sharon, but in 1857 removed to Woodstock. He died but recently, and his obtituary represents him as one who learned Latin without the aid of a tutor, and the law with but little assistance-a man with broad views, keeping in touch with a success untainted by the practice of injustice. HARRIET A. SOUTHGATE. Harriet Augusta Southgate (Graham,) b. in Constantinople, Turkey, Oct. 19, 1842, second chilt of Rt. Rev. Horatio and Elizabeth S. (Browne) Southgate, Jr., and great-granddaughter of Dr. Robert Southgate, engaged as a hospital nurse in the Union army, war of the rebellion, where she met Neil Ferguson Graham, M. D., who was acting as surgeon. They were married in the month of April, 1865. Dr. Graham by birth is a ScotchCanadian, who received his medical education in Cleveland, Ohio. He was, first connected with the Ohio 12th Regiment of volunteers, then served as a hospital surgeon at Harper's Fer ry, Va. After the marriage event they went to the states of Ohio and Minnesota, but returned to Virginia and settled at West End. He is in practice in Washington, D. C.; a Professor in Surgery in Howard University and a member of the Examinaing Board for pension applicants. Children: 1-Elizabeth Browne, b. March 2, 1867, m. June 20, 1899, Olaf Sangstad. 2-Mary Du Bois, b. May 18, 1871, m. Sept. 8, 1900, Silas Henry Kingsley. 3-Neil Duncan, b. Sept. 22, 1874. 4-Clara Octavia, b. April 2, 1878. 5-Harriet Ferguson, b. June 27, 1880. 6-Horatio Southgate, b. Oct. 30, 1882, d. Sept. 5, 1883. Descendants of WALTER BOWNE, Jr., (Only son of Walter Bowne, Sen.) 1-Eliza Southgate Bowne, b. Aug. 21, 1827 granddaughter of Walter and Eliza (Southgate) Bowne, Sen. and great granddaughter of Dr. Robert Southgate, m. April 9, 1851, Spencer Henry Smith, b. in New York city, March 24, 1827, son of Isaac and Jane (Beadle) Smith. He was a manufacturer of umbrellas, later President of the Flushing branch of the Long Island railroad; then he became a New York Wall street broker, but now retired from active business. His wife d. at San Gabriel, California, May 6, 1892, but her remains were interred in the Flushing cemetery. Two children: Caroline Bowne and Frances. -Caroline Bowne (Smith), b. b. Washington (Carpenter), b. August 23, 1882. (c)-Florence (Carpenter), b. Nov. 2, 1883. (d)-Charles Whitney (Carpenter) Jr., b. Dec. 23, 1884. (e)-Adele (Carpenter), b. May 4, 1886. (f)-Beatrice (Carpenter), b. July 15, 1887. (g)-Jessie (Carpenter), b. Dec. 18, 1888, d. Jan. 10, 1891. (h)-Arthur (Carpenter), b. Dec. 16, 1891, d. Sept. 7, 1892. 2-Simon Rapalye Bowne, b. Oct. 18, 1828, brother to the preceding, m. Emma Smith, a sister to Spencer Henry Smith. They resided at "The Clifford," where he was a "gentleman farmer." From the history of Flushing we take the following: "The second Fair was holden in Flushing Sept. 22, 1858. The invited guests, in a carriage, to which was attached fifty-six oxen, accompanied by a brass band, was drawn through the principal streets and fully seven thousand persons witnessed the scene. Simon R. Bowne exhibited twenty of his fine horses." Children: 1-Emma (Bowne) b. January 17, 1853, m. Sept. 21, 1876, Charles Francis Beebe. Reside Portland Heights, Oregon, and is Pres. or the "Chas. F. Beebe Shipping & Commission Co.," also Brig.-General Commander of the Oregan Nat. Guards. Children: (a) Walter Bowne (Beebe) b. Sept. 25, 1877. (b) Gerald Edwin (Beebe) b. Feb. 8, 1882. (c.) Kenneth (Beebe) b. Nov. 16, 1883. 2-Walter (Bowne) b. Aug. 25, 1854, m. Oct. 27, 1880, Ida Sutton; res. New York city. 3-Spencer Frederic (Bowne) b. Sept. 28, 1855, m. Lizzie McAdams, d. Nov. 15, 1883. 4-Edward Randolph (Bowne) b. June 29, 1857, m. Emily Embury; res. in New York city. 5-Helen (Bowne) b. Oct. 6, 1858, m. April 19, 1881, Allen M. Suttona bro. to Ida; res. Berkeley, California. 6-James Bruce (Bowne) b. April 27, 1860, m. Agnes Burchard. 7-Clarence Southgate (Bowne) b. June 21, 1861, d. unm., Flushing, Oct. 21, 1889. 8-Alice (Bowne) b. Dec. 14, 1862, m. W. H. Hix, 1 child, d. m. 2nd Dr. Pope; m. 3d. Sutton, bro. to Ida, also to Allen M. Sutton; res. Paris, France. 9-William (Bowne) b. Nov. 30, 1865, m. Millie Garfield, a niece of President Garfield; res. New York city. 4-Helen Bowne, b. April 21, 1832, a sister to the preceding, m. Sylvanus Smith Ricker, 1857; she d. Feb. 3, 1889; he d. some years later. Both interred in Woodlawn cemetery. 5-Frederic Bowne, b. Aug. 15, 1834, a brother to the preceding, m. 1861, Adelaide Huntington, widow, with a dau. four years of age, Adelaide, a dau. of William Stebbins. They resided in Flushing, where he was "gentleman farmer." He d. June 20, 1877. Children: (a)-Lillie a (Bowne) b. Nov. 15, 1861, d. March 31, 1876. (b)-Frederic (Bowne) b. Dec. 10, 1862, m. Alice Holbrook; res. Flushing. (c)-Clifford (Bowne) b. Feb. 26, 1864, d. April 11, 1868. 7-Caroline Bowne, b. Aug. 7, 1838, a sister to the preceding; res. Buckingham Hotel, New York city, unmarried. 8-Mary Ann Bowne, b. Aug. 17, 1841, a sister to the preceding, m. 1871, James T. Murray. He d. March 14, 1894, and was interred at Woodlawn cemetery. No children. The widow resides at the Buckingham Hotel, New York city. 9 and last-Robert Southgate Bowne, b. Sept. 18, 1842, brother to the preceding, m. Jessie Draper, dau. of William B. Draper. He was a merchant, and d. Sept. 20, 1896, at his summer home-"Clifford by the Sea," East Hampton, Long Island, N. Y. The widow resides in Flushing. Children: (a)-Elizabeth H. (Bowne,) (c)-Walter (Bowne,) 2d, b. Southgate (Bowne) b. Feb. 3, 1872, m. J. C. Crosby. Descendants of MARY (BOWNE) LAWRENCE, 1-Caroline Bowne Lawrence b. Sept. 17, 1827, at Flushing, Long Island, N. Y., dau. of Hon. John W. and Mary (Bowne) Lawrence, granddaughter of Walter and Eliza (Southgate) Bowne, Sen., and great granddaughter of Dr. Robert Southgate, m. Oct 14, 1847, Hon. Henry Bedinger, who was a son of Maj. Daniel Bedinger, b. Sept. 16, 1812, in the family home called "Bedford," situated near Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co., West Virginia which Henry's father built. Daniel, the father, was but fourteen years of age when the war of the Revolution commenced, but he took an active part from the beginning to the ending, serving in Gen. Daniel Morgan's Division. His son, Henry, studied law and practised at Harper's Ferry and other places in Virginia. He was an able man and n eloquent speaker. He was elected to the low |