WILLIAM WARDWELL

BIRTH: 10 Jul 1798 in Otisfield, Cumberland County, Maine
DEATH: 28 Oct 1875 in Oxford, Oxford County, Maine
BURIAL: Pine Grove Cemetery, Oxford, Oxford County, Maine
FATHER: Samuel WARDWELL Sr. - Birth: 7 Nov 1766 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts.
MOTHER: Hannah CUMMINGS - Birth: Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts

MARRIAGE: Abigail LOVERING on 29 Nov. 1821

CHILDREN:

1. David Kilborn WARDWELL - Birth 18 Nov 1822 in Maine
Death: 15 Aug 1908 in Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona
Married: Sarah Briggs, Susan Briggs Cook, & Isabella Victoria Cole.
Two Children: Sarah & Franklin (with Sarah)
Two Children: Susan & Howell (with Susan)
He was a painter in Boston. -
1st Sgt. Company E Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry in Mexican War enrolled 14 October 1846
Mustered in 05 January 1847 at Boston. Mustered out 25 July 1848 at Boston. -
Enlisted as a Captain in Civil War on 19 April 1861 at the age of 36 Commission in Company F,
5th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 01 May 1861 and Mustered out on 31 July 1861 in Boston, MA -
Promoted to Full Captain on 02 September 1861 (As of Co. B 22nd MA Inf) Commission in
Company B, 22nd Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 02 September 1861 -
Promoted to Full Lieutenant Colonel on 19 August 1862 (As of 38th MA Inf) -
Commission: in Company S, 38th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 19 August 1862 and
Mustered out on 23 August 1862 -
Received a disability discharge on 24 January 1863.

2. Elisha Streeter WARDWELL - Birth: 8 May 1825 in Maine
Death: 14 Nov 1900 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Married: 21 May 1853 - Amanda Melinda Knight
Eight children: Frank, Romandell, Edward, James, Amy, William, Abbie, & Edith

3. Samuel Cummings WARDWELL - Birth: 22 May 1827 in Maine
Death: 9 May 1920 in Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Married: 30 Jun 1851 - Mary Ann Bonney
Four Children: Lewis, Emma, Ida, & Samuel

4. William Farrington WARDWELL - Birth: 9 Apr 1829 in Maine
Death: 22 Nov 1905
Married: 09 Aug 1854 - Sarah P. Hodgdon
Five Children: William, Leander, Dora, Lenora, & Carrie

5. Martha Shaw WARDWELL - Birth: 27 Feb 1831 in Maine
Marriage: Sylvanus Boardman FRANCIS on 16 Mar. 1847 in Oxford, Oxford County, Maine
Child: Charles Young FRANCIS - Birth: 12 Nov 1850 in Turner, Androscoggin County, Maine

6. James Madison WARDWELL - Birth 16 Jun 1833 in Maine
Married: Nancy
Six Childen: Park, Cora, Elsie, Thomas, William & A. Grace

7. Dominicus Jordan WARDWELL - Birth: 4 Sep 1837 in Oxford, Oxford County, Maine
Death: 27 Jan 1936 in Perham, Aroostook County, Maine
Married: 18 Dec 1860 = Jane Chadbourne Wight
Six Children: Alice, George, Walter, Robert, Leroy, & Grover

8. Cyrus Trafton WARDWELL - Birth: 15 Nov 1840 in Otisfield, Cumberland County, Maine
First Married: 1 Oct 1864 - Sarah Hannah Rowe
Second Married: 1928 - Ada Harlow

9. Baby Girl WARDWELL - Birth: 12 May 1846 - Death: 15 May 1846

OCCUPATION: William was a Boarding House Keeper in 1860, Farmer in 1870, Brickmaker

William first lived at the foot of Greeley Hill on the south side of the road near the brook. John Greeley had lived there before him. He had a brickyard there. He then moved down near Thompson pond where he built a log house north of where the brickhouse now stands. He had a brickyard near Morses Cove. His son Cyrus was born in the log house.

He moved his family to Stoneham, Massachusetts in 1850. He ran a hotel in Stoneham Square. He and his family lived here until the beginning of the Civil War.

Several of his sons then went to war. His son David was Captain of a Stoneham company. After the boys left, he sold out and returned to his farm in Oxford, where he died suddenly of heart trouble.

SOURCES: 1. Early Settlers of Otisfield, Maine

2.History of Otisfield, Cumberland, Maine from the original grant to the close of the year 1944, Oxford, Me, William Samuel Spurr, 1953

3. CENSUS 1850 & 1860: Living in Stoneham with wife Abigail and many of his children. Occupation: Boarding House Keeper, Farmer, & Bricklayer.

4. CENSUS 1870: .Living in Oxford with real estate valued at $3000 and personal estate value of $400.

5. Rootsweb.com file "Samuel Wardwell of Andover" - by Neil Ungerleider

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