Excerpt from Early Settlers of Harrison, Maine: With an Historical Sketch of the Settlement, Progress and Present Condition of the Town This humble volume makes no pretensions to be a history of the town of Harrison from its settlement to the present time. It was not my purpose when compiling the genealogies of the pioneer families of the town, to give any account of the settlement and growth of the town other than was closely associated with the history of families; but many representatives of the families whose pedigrees I have made out, expressed a desire to see a sketch of the town history in the work when published. I must say that neither my time nor means would admit of an attempt to prepare a complete history of the town; and, besides, such a work- should begin with the early history of Bridgton and Otisfield, towns from which Harrison was made. I will here say that I have gathered a considerable amount of material which would properly come within the scope of the history of the towns before mentioned, and shall be glad to assist any competent person in preparing such a work. The material found in the genealogical department of this work has been gathered from a wide field. I have spent days in listening to the aged people, as they recounted events connected with the early settlement of the town, in which they enacted a part, or were witnesses of; and these I have noted down for permanent preservation. The records of the old families have been gathered from family registers, old bibles, wills, deeds, inventories, petitions, grave-stones and the town records. Much has been gathered from distant parts by correspondence. Great care and patience have been exercised to avoid mistakes in dates. Where discrepencies were known to exist, I have searched diligently for the "bottom facts." Those who have provided records must bear the responsibility of their correctness; I have copied such rerbatim. 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.