Cumberland County, Maine - Gregory Croston
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Biography
Gregory Croston
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 247


Gregory Croston, late an esteemed teemed citizen of Standish, Me., where his
widow, Mrs. Lucinda Paine Croston, still makes her home, was born in Ireland,
October 1, 1829, and was a son of William and Sarah (Hawkes) Croston. He came to
America when fifteen years of age, locating in Ellsworth, Me., and for many
years followed the sea. He sailed at first as a common sailor before the mast,
but afterward became master of a vessel, and made many long voyages, going to
nearly every quarter of the globe, becoming especially familiar with French and
Spanish ports, much of his trading being confined to the Mediterranean shores,
but likewise visiting the important harbor towns of Cuba and South America.

Mr. Croston was first married in 1857 to Anna Clark, of Ellsworth. They settled
in Portland, where two children, neither of whom is now living, were born, and
where his first wife, Mrs. Anna C. Croston, died in 1861. Four years later, on
April 18, 1865, he married Miss Lucinda Paine, a daughter of William Paine, who
was a lifelong resident of Standish.

Mr. Paine was born on January 12, 1796, and died November 8, 1881. For many
years he was engaged in the cooper's trade. He was one of the foremost
politicians of the town, being a prominent factor of the Republican party, very
active in town and county affairs, serving as County Commissioner from 1854
until 1857, and during and after the war as Town Clerk and Treasurer for two
years. For fifteen years thereafter he filled the office of Deputy Sheriff,
being likewise a member of the Board of Selectmen; and from 1866 until his
demise he was Postmaster at Standish. Religiously, he was a Unitarian. He
married Louisa, daughter of David Otis, of Limington. Of their four children two
are now living-Lucinda P. (Mrs. Croston); and Marcia A., wife of John D.
Higgins. Mrs. Paine, now eighty-nine years of age, lives with her daughter, Mrs.
Croston. She is a member of the Congregational Church of Standish.

After his second marriage Mr. Croston, who continued his sea voyages, removed to
Standish, where he purchased the residence now occupied by Mrs. Croston. Of this
union two children were born, but both have passed to the life immortal. Mr.
Croston died in 1886. In politics he was a stanch Republican. Religiously, he
attended and contributed toward the support of the Congregational church, of
which Mrs. Croston is a member. He was a Master Mason, belonging to the Standish
Lodge, and was also a member of the Marine Association of Portland.