My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
NameElizabeth “Lizzie” Greenleaf Davis 
Birth Date5 Mar 1877
Birth PlaceMilton Plt., Oxford Co., ME
Death Date24 Oct 1943 Age: 66
Death PlaceSumner, Oxford Co., ME
Burial PlaceWest Sumner Cem., West Sumner, Oxford Co., ME
FatherHenry D Davis (1838-1912)
MotherMariah Maria P Greenleaf (1843-1887)
Misc. Notes
From a letter from Verna Redding Cole postmarked Aug 28, 1973 in Maine Families, Bk 3:
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Greenleaf Davis was born in Milton Plantation, March 5, 1877, the youngest of four children born to Henry D. and Mariah Greenleaf Davis. “Lizzie” was always an obedient child in the home and at school. Her childhood came to an early end when her mother died, when she was 12 years old. She became the ‘homemaker’ until her father re-married when she was 16. As so often happens when a step-mother takes over, with children of her own, the situation was unpleasant. So, she left home to work as a domestic. Her talents were many. She played the auto-harp and from her father’s teaching (he was a violinist) she mastered the ‘parlor-organ’ and became a good musician, although she never had a professional lesson.
She loved poetry and story telling by which she gave to her children a vision of the lives of great men and women which gave them the desire to obtain an education above the common school in an isolated community. While visiting her sister in Woodstock, below ‘Granite Ledge,’ she became acquainted with a young man who later became her husband.
George Ervin Redding was born in Dixfield, Feb. 2, 1873, the son of Oliver Canwell and Isabella Holman Redding. At the age of 12 his parents moved to the part of Sumner called Farrar’s Mills. Later the name was changed to Redding because Isabella Redding was the first Postmistress.
George often walked over Granite Ledge to visit Lizzie, a distance of six miles. They were married on New years Day 1896, driving by horse and buggy to Peru where they were married by Eld. Lewis Putnam. That year the ground had been frozen, and had snow, but it had melted and the ground had thawed, making the mud in some places almost hub deep.
George, with his brother, were in the lumber business and purchased the water powered mill from the Warren Bros. George and Will did business under the name of Redding Brothers. He was active in town affairs, holding at different times the offices of tax-collector, Road Commissioner, and Selectman from Third to First.
The home established by George and Lizzie Redding was always open to their friends and neighbors for help in time of need and for community sings. One of the highlights of the home that their children still cherish is the memory of the hymn sings around the organ and later the piano, each Sabbath. The influence of their Christian home still lives. Elizabeth Redding passed away in 1943 and George passed away in 1963. They are buried in the Pleasant Pond cemetery in West Sumner.”
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Greenleaf Davis was born in Milton Plantation, March 5, 1877, the youngest of four children born to Henry D. and Mariah Greenleaf Davis. “Lizzie” was always an obedient child in the home and at school. Her childhood came to an early end when her mother died, when she was 12 years old. She became the ‘homemaker’ until her father re-married when she was 16. As so often happens when a step-mother takes over, with children of her own, the situation was unpleasant. So, she left home to work as a domestic. Her talents were many. She played the auto-harp and from her father’s teaching (he was a violinist) she mastered the ‘parlor-organ’ and became a good musician, although she never had a professional lesson.
She loved poetry and story telling by which she gave to her children a vision of the lives of great men and women which gave them the desire to obtain an education above the common school in an isolated community. While visiting her sister in Woodstock, below ‘Granite Ledge,’ she became acquainted with a young man who later became her husband.
George Ervin Redding was born in Dixfield, Feb. 2, 1873, the son of Oliver Canwell and Isabella Holman Redding. At the age of 12 his parents moved to the part of Sumner called Farrar’s Mills. Later the name was changed to Redding because Isabella Redding was the first Postmistress.
George often walked over Granite Ledge to visit Lizzie, a distance of six miles. They were married on New years Day 1896, driving by horse and buggy to Peru where they were married by Eld. Lewis Putnam. That year the ground had been frozen, and had snow, but it had melted and the ground had thawed, making the mud in some places almost hub deep.
George, with his brother, were in the lumber business and purchased the water powered mill from the Warren Bros. George and Will did business under the name of Redding Brothers. He was active in town affairs, holding at different times the offices of tax-collector, Road Commissioner, and Selectman from Third to First.
The home established by George and Lizzie Redding was always open to their friends and neighbors for help in time of need and for community sings. One of the highlights of the home that their children still cherish is the memory of the hymn sings around the organ and later the piano, each Sabbath. The influence of their Christian home still lives. Elizabeth Redding passed away in 1943 and George passed away in 1963. They are buried in the Pleasant Pond cemetery in West Sumner.”
Spouses
Birth Date2 Feb 1873
Birth PlaceDixfield, Oxford Co., ME
Death Date11 Apr 1963 Age: 90
Death PlaceSumner, Oxford Co., ME
Burial PlaceWest Sumner Cem., West Sumner, Oxford Co., ME
Occupationmillman and tax collector
FatherOliver Canwell Redding (1837-1884)
MotherIsabel(la) Southerland Holman (1842-1906)
Misc. Notes
From a letter from Verna Redding Cole postmarked Aug 28, 1973 in Maine Families, Bk 3:
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Greenleaf Davis was born in Milton Plantation, March 5, 1877, the youngest of four chidlren born to Henry D. and Mariah Greenleaf Davis. “Lizzie” was always an obedient child in the home and at school. her childhood came to an early end when her mother died, when she was 12 years old. She became the ‘homemaker’ until her father re-married when she was 16. As so often happens when a step-mother takes over, with children of her own, the situation was unpleasant. So, she left home to work as a domestic. Her talents were many. She played the auto-harp and from her father’s teaching (he was a violinist) she mastered the ‘parlor-organ’ and became a good musician, although she never had a professional lesson.
She loved poetry and story telling by which she gave to her children a vision of the lives of great men and women which gave them the desire to obtain an education above the common school in an isolated community. While visiting her sister in Woodstock, below ‘Granite Ledge,’ she became acquainted with a young man who later became her husband.
George Ervin Redding was born in Dixfield, Feb. 2, 1873, the son of Oliver Canwell and Isabella Holman Redding. At the age of 12 his parents moved to the part of Sumner called Farrar’s Mills. Later the name was changed to Redding because Isabella Redding was the first Postmistress.
George often walked over Granite Ledge to visit Lizzie, a distance of six miles. They were married on New years Day 1896, driving by horse and buggy to Peru where they were married by Eld. Lewis Putnam. That year the ground had been frozen, and had snow, but it had melted and the ground had thawed, making the mud in some places almost hub deep.
George, with his brother, were in the lumber business and purchased the water powered mill from the Warren Bros. George and Will did business under the name of Redding Brothers. He was active in town affairs, holding at different times the offices of tax-collector, Road Commissioner, and Selectman from Third to First.
The home established by George and Lizzie Redding was always open to their friends and neighbors for help in time of need and for community sings. One of the highlights of the home that their children still cherish is the memory of the hymn sings around the organ and later the piano, each Sabbath. The influence of their Christian home still lives. Elizabeth Redding passed away in 1943 and George passed away in 1963. They are buried in the Pleasant Pond cemetery in West Sumner.”
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Greenleaf Davis was born in Milton Plantation, March 5, 1877, the youngest of four chidlren born to Henry D. and Mariah Greenleaf Davis. “Lizzie” was always an obedient child in the home and at school. her childhood came to an early end when her mother died, when she was 12 years old. She became the ‘homemaker’ until her father re-married when she was 16. As so often happens when a step-mother takes over, with children of her own, the situation was unpleasant. So, she left home to work as a domestic. Her talents were many. She played the auto-harp and from her father’s teaching (he was a violinist) she mastered the ‘parlor-organ’ and became a good musician, although she never had a professional lesson.
She loved poetry and story telling by which she gave to her children a vision of the lives of great men and women which gave them the desire to obtain an education above the common school in an isolated community. While visiting her sister in Woodstock, below ‘Granite Ledge,’ she became acquainted with a young man who later became her husband.
George Ervin Redding was born in Dixfield, Feb. 2, 1873, the son of Oliver Canwell and Isabella Holman Redding. At the age of 12 his parents moved to the part of Sumner called Farrar’s Mills. Later the name was changed to Redding because Isabella Redding was the first Postmistress.
George often walked over Granite Ledge to visit Lizzie, a distance of six miles. They were married on New years Day 1896, driving by horse and buggy to Peru where they were married by Eld. Lewis Putnam. That year the ground had been frozen, and had snow, but it had melted and the ground had thawed, making the mud in some places almost hub deep.
George, with his brother, were in the lumber business and purchased the water powered mill from the Warren Bros. George and Will did business under the name of Redding Brothers. He was active in town affairs, holding at different times the offices of tax-collector, Road Commissioner, and Selectman from Third to First.
The home established by George and Lizzie Redding was always open to their friends and neighbors for help in time of need and for community sings. One of the highlights of the home that their children still cherish is the memory of the hymn sings around the organ and later the piano, each Sabbath. The influence of their Christian home still lives. Elizabeth Redding passed away in 1943 and George passed away in 1963. They are buried in the Pleasant Pond cemetery in West Sumner.”
Marr Date1 Jan 1896
Marr PlaceSumner, Oxford Co., ME