History of York County, Maine With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers . forthe main body of the people. Ship-building, after severalyears, began to be profitable to the owners, and was prose-cuted with fair success until the great Rebellion. Severalof the inhabitants rose to independence from it. But theRebellion put an end to it, and it has ever since not beenworth pursuit. During this last war, without any serious embarrassment,the town supplied its several quotas of soldiers as demanded,paying in the whole over S-46,000. One hundred and forty-seven wer
History of York County, Maine With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers . forthe main body of the people. Ship-building, after severalyears, began to be profitable to the owners, and was prose-cuted with fair success until the great Rebellion. Severalof the inhabitants rose to independence from it. But theRebellion put an end to it, and it has ever since not beenworth pursuit. During this last war, without any serious embarrassment,the town supplied its several quotas of soldiers as demanded,paying in the whole over S-46,000. One hundred and forty-seven were enlisted from among the townsmen, and went intothe service. Thirty died in it; a few died from diseasecontracted while in the service after their return home. IXCORPOKATION OF THE the admission of Maine into the Union, in 1820, amovement was first made to separate Kennebunk fromWells. The village had become sufficiently extensive tomake it a material and important part of the town. Thepeople there began to feel their rising importance, andthence to demand an increase of their privileges. It was. Photo, bj- E. SETH E. BRYANT. The subject of this sketch was born in the town of Eochester,Plymouth Co., Mass., March 14, 1826, from whence his parentsremoved to Kennebunk in 1831. His grandfather, Daniel Bryant, was a soldier of the Revo-lution, born and died in Saco, Me. William M. Brvant, hisfather, served for a time in the war of 1812. Having by hardwork acquired a fair education in the common school.^, with afew terms at the Saco Academy, he engaged in teaching at anearly age. He also became a minister of the gosperin theChristian connection, preaching as an evangelist in manvplaces in Maine, New Hampshire, and Masfachusett;^. and afew years as a settled pastor. He took an active part in publicaffairs, and was for many years an officer of the town of Kenne-bunk, serving as treasurer, school committee-man, selectman,and representative to the Legislature. He di
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