History of York County, Maine With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers . ons from 1842 to 1860, duringwhich time they built the Laconia, York, and Pep-|)erell mills, and many of the finest brick structuresof Saco and Biddeford. From 1860 to 1878 thefirm of A. & B. Cutter were engaged as coal dealersin Saco and Biddeford, and were among the first inthat business here. Mr. Cutter has been an interested citizen in thelocal affairs of the city, and ranks among the sub-stantial business men of the place. For two termshe was alderman of the Fourth Ward of the ci
History of York County, Maine With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers . ons from 1842 to 1860, duringwhich time they built the Laconia, York, and Pep-|)erell mills, and many of the finest brick structuresof Saco and Biddeford. From 1860 to 1878 thefirm of A. & B. Cutter were engaged as coal dealersin Saco and Biddeford, and were among the first inthat business here. Mr. Cutter has been an interested citizen in thelocal affairs of the city, and ranks among the sub-stantial business men of the place. For two termshe was alderman of the Fourth Ward of the city,and represented Saco in the State Legislature in1853-54. He \vas formerly a Whig, but is now aRepublican. For some twenty-seven years he hasbeen a director in the Manufacturers Bank, now theSaco National, and for thirty years he has been atrustee in the Saco and Biddeford Savings Bank. Mr. Cutter, now in his eighty-first year of age, isactive in body and mind, and to a remarkable degreepossesses the vigor and health of middle age. Heis a Unitarian in Ijelief, and his wife is a memberof that Qj. Photo, by A. S. McKenney, e<^- r e6 Qy-i^rTz 0<-£^y David Fernald, son of Natlianiel aiul Sarah(Googin) Fernald, formerly of North Berwick, wasborn in Saco, Me., May 20, 1792. He liad threebrothers, Samuel, Nathaniel, and ^[ark, and onesister, Sarah. The father died at Saco, February,180G. Mr. Fernald learned the blacksmith trade in earlylife of his father, and successfully carried ou thatbusiness in Saco during most of his business life,and until about 1866, when his age, and also hisofficial duties, prevented him prosecuting the tradefurther. His uprightness in all his dealings with men, hismanly and Christian character, and his correct habitsmade him esteemed by all who knew him, and ledthe citizens of Saco to place confidence in him, anddesire his promotion to places of honor and trust. He was a director of the Mutual Fire InsuranceCompany from 1836 to 1865, and pr
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