History of York County, Maine With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers . ur mills within the town,—Capt. John Smiths,John Knights, John Bridges, and Lieut. Issachar Dams,on Moody Pond Brook. The town was surveyed in 1784-85 by James Warren,who completed the plan now in the archives of York County,at Alfred, in October, 1785. There were at this time somelog-roads leading from the nearest and most convenientbodies of timber to the water-courses, down which logscould be floated to the nearest mills, and two principalroads running up the west side of Massabesi
History of York County, Maine With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers . ur mills within the town,—Capt. John Smiths,John Knights, John Bridges, and Lieut. Issachar Dams,on Moody Pond Brook. The town was surveyed in 1784-85 by James Warren,who completed the plan now in the archives of York County,at Alfred, in October, 1785. There were at this time somelog-roads leading from the nearest and most convenientbodies of timber to the water-courses, down which logscould be floated to the nearest mills, and two principalroads running up the west side of Massabesic (Shaker)Pond to the Old Corner, and thence to WaterboroughCentre, and up the west side of Ossipee Pond to LittleOssipee ford, near the present Ossipee Mills. Anotherbranch ran from the Old Corner northwest, and, of Middle Branch and Northwest (Poverty) Ponds,led by the outlet of that pond to within a mile of LittleOssipee River, and thence northwest to Dams Mills, nowNewfield village. The plantation was known by the name of Massabesicuntil its incorporation as a town. In 1780, Samuel Dam,. A^(d^u^ Charles W. Smith was born in tlie town ofWaterborougli, York Co., Me., Aug. 8, 1838, thesixth child of Jacob and Betsey E. (Andrews) his father and mother were natives of Water-borough. They iiad ten children ; three died in in-fancy, seven are living. His father was a carpenterand joiner by trade, and also owned and worked afarm in Waterborough. He died April 11, 18( mother is still living at the homestead with herson, John F. Smith. Charles W. Smith remained at home during hisminority, receiving his education in the commonschool of his native town. At the age of twenty-one he was employed by the month on the farm ofIsaiah H. Ricker, of Waterborough. In the fall ofthe same year he invested his earnings in a one-fourthinterest in a small saw-mill near WaterboroughCorner. At the end of another year he had becomethe owner of a three-fourths interest i
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