Excerpt from Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Vol. 1 The inspiration underlying the present work is a fervent appreciation of the truth so well expressed by Sir \valter Scott. That there is no heroic poem in the world but is at the bottom the life of a man. And with this goes a kindred truth, that to know a man, and rightly measure his char acter. And weigh his achievements, we must know whence he came, from what forbears he sprang. Truly as heroic poems have been written in human lives in the paths of peace as in the scarred roads of war. Such examples. In whatever line of endeavor, are of much worth as an incentive to those who come afterward. And as such were never so needful to be writ ten of as in the present day, when pessimism. Forgetful of the splendid lessons of the past, withholds its effort in the present, and views the future only with alarm. Every community with such ample history as Maine, should see that it be worthily supplemented by Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of its. Leading families and prominent citizens. Such a work is valuable in its his toric utility as a memorial of the development and progress of the com munity from its very founding, and in the personal interest which attaches to the record made by the individual. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.