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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ...the copper regions of the West and the South. At one time he was engaged in mining in Pennsylvania. He subsequently engaged in lumbering in Quebec; but after his marriage he settled on the home farm in Bangor, and during the remainder of his active life was employed in mercantile pursuits. On October 26, 1858, he married Alice E. Parker, who was born June 30, 1834, and died March 4, 1901. They had a large family of children, twelve in number, namely: Daniel, the subject of this sketch; Francis Carr, born August 21, 1861, died November 29, 1902; Frederick, born August 8, 1863, -died October 10, 1863; Alfred Parker, born August 8, 1864, married January 17, 1893, Edith P. Potter, who was born February 23, 1872; William Boyd, born August 28, 1866; Andrew, born July 12, 1868, died February 12, 1903; Edwin Parker and Herbert Smith (twins), born May 16, 1870; Margaret Carr, born December 18, 1872, married Harold H. Hodge, of Bangor, June 17, 1902; Donald McRuer, born July 9, 1874; John Peters, born June 13, 1876; and Caroline Smith, born March 16, 1879. Daniel9 Webster was educated in the public schools of Bangor and at the University of Maine. When a young man, he entered the service of the Eastern Express Company, afterward absorbed by the American Express Company, and has since continued in this line of occupation. In 1902 he assumed the superintendency of the Maine, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia Division of the American Express Company, succeeding Mr. F. W. Carr, the former efficient superintendent, and is performing the duties connected with his position in an able and satisfactory manner. Politically, he is a Republican. On April 10, 1895, Mr. Webster married Anna M. Warner, of Northampton, Mass. They have no children. 7ARROLL WAITE ABBOTT, M.D., .
