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Biography
Samuel T. Dole
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 509-510


Samuel T. Dole, an excellent representative of the native-born citizens of
Windham, Cumberland County, Me., first opened his eyes to the light January 17,
1831, being a son of Major Daniel W. Dole. He comes of pure English stock, the
emigrant ancestor having been one Richard Dole.

Said Richard was baptized on his father's estate, Ringworthy, near Bristol,
England, December 31, 1622. In 1639 he left his native land, coming to America,
shortly afterward settling himself as a trader near Parker River, in Newbury,
Mass., being thereafter known as Merchant Dole. His first wife, Hannah Rolfe,
whom he married May 3, 1647, bore him ten children; namely, John, Richard, Anna,
Benjamin, Joseph, William, Henry, Hannah, Apphia, and Abner. On March 4, 1679,
he married Mrs. Hannah Brocklebank, widow of Captain Samuel Brocklebank; but of
this union no children were born. Neither were there any children by his third
marriage, which was with Patience Walker, of Haverhill, Mass. There is no record
of the death of Merchant Dole or of his last two wives; but the inventory of his
estate was taken July 26, 1705, and his will approved four days later, so that it
is probable he died in his eighty-third year.

The next in line of descent was William Dole, who was born in Newbury, Mass.,
April 10, 1660, and married Mary Brocklebank, of Rowley, Mass. They reared nine
children; namely, William, Hannah, Mary, Richard, Jane, Patience, Apphia,
Samuel, and Benjamin- Samuel, the eighth child, being the great-great-
grandfather of Samuel T. He was born June 1, 1699, at Newbury, Mass., and there
married Elizabeth Knight, who bore him ten children, as follows: Elizabeth,
Samuel, Moses, Mary, Apphia, Oliver, Richard, Sarah, Eunice, and Hannah.

Richard Dole, seventh child of Samuel and Elizabeth, was born February 3, 1736,
and died in 1825, almost ninety years of age. He was a joiner and chair-maker by
trade, and in 1760 removed from Newbury, the place of his nativity, to Portland,
Me., then included within the limits of Massachusetts. On May 15, 1767, he bought
land in Windham, being the first of his name to locate here. He was a Deacon in
the church and a man of prominence. He and his wife, Martha Merrill, of Newbury,
were the parents of six children, namely: Ruth and Betty, born in Newbury;
Samuel, born in Portland; Nabby Merrill, Polly, and Martha, born in Windham.
Deacon Dole was among the leading citizens of Windham, where he held town office
for twenty-one years, being a Deacon in the Congregational church for about the
same length of time. He fought in the Revolutionary War, enlisting for three
years in the company raised by Captain Benjamin Wolcott, belonging to the
regiment of Colonel Thomas Marshall at West Point, but being discharged at the
close of the war after a service of two years, eleven months, and twenty-six
days. He then returned to Windham, but spent his closing days in Hebron.

Samuel Dole, grandfather of Samuel T., was born in Portland, as above mentioned,
in 1765, but was reared and lived in Windham, where, when a young man, he
married Mehitabel, daughter of Ephraim Winship. Of their eleven children -
Richard, Catherine, Sally, Apphia, Nancy, Oliver, Enoch, Polly, Mattie, Daniel
W., and Sally F.- six grew to adult life.

Daniel W. Dole was born November 29, 1807, in Windham, and during his early
manhood was engaged in teaching in various towns in this county, being a most
successful and popular educator. He was a man of scholarly attainments, and was
also versed in military tactics, taking a deep interest in the old State
militia, of which he was an officer, rising to the rank of Major, a position
which he honorably filled. His death occurred July 4, 1876, in the town of
Phillips, his remains being brought to Windham for interment.

On September 16, 1830, Major Daniel W. Dole married Eliza A., daughter of Thomas
and Betsey (Maybury) Bodge. She died March 19, 1832, leaving two childrenSamuel
T. and Richard. Richard Dole, born March 18, 1832, was accidentally killed, in
1864, on the Boston & Maine Railway, near Boston, Mass. He married Rosilla
Chute, of Otisfield, Me., and they had three children Jennie, born in August,
1856, died October 11, 1863; Freddie, born March 18, 1858, lived but ten days ;
and Sarah, born August 25, 1860, married F. H. Freeman, of Gorham, in 1880, and
has two children - Bertha R., born January 30, 1886, and Harland Dole Freeman,
born November 4, 1890. On December 31, 1835, Major Dole married Mary W.,
daughter of Daniel Hasty, of Standish. Five children were the fruit of this
union; namely, Oliver, Eliza, Daniel H., Florence A., and Susan M. Oliver, born
October 19, 1837, was united in marriage April 19, 1865, with Elizabeth C.
Chaplin, of Gorham, who has borne him four children, a brief record of whom is
as follows: Lucinda H., born June 22, 1866, is the wife of Henry J. Hanscom, of
Standish; George H., born September 25, 1869, married Elizabeth Sands Sawyer, of
Buxton, April 20, 1890, and has one child - Alfred L., born December 21, 1891 ;
Mary L. was born November 5, 1871 ; and Edward L. was born August 7, 1873.
Daniel H. Dole, M.D., born June 12, 1843, was married December 26, 1874, to
Margaret Bryant, of Raymond, Me., by whom he has two children - Florence M.,
born January 14, 1876; and Richard B., born May 8, 1880.

Samuel T. Dole acquired a good education in the public schools of Windham in his
boyhood, and by reading, and study has since continually added to his stock of
knowledge, especially of the natural sciences and of historical facts and dates,
on which he is considered an authority. In his youth he learned the shoemaker's
trade, serving an apprenticeship of three years with Oliver Robinson. This
occupation he has followed the larger part of his life, continuing his residence
in his native town. He is a great lover of books, and has without doubt one of
the largest and finest private collections in the town, his library containing
many rare and valuable volumes.

Mr. Dole was married May 1, 1853, to Phoebe Cobb Larry, daughter of Joseph C.
and Mary (Purinton) Larry. Mrs. Dole is a lady of refinement and culture,
possessing marked literary ability. For the past thirty years poems from her
gifted pen have appeared in the Portland Transcript and many other periodicals;
and she is the present editor-inchief of the Narragansett Sun, a weekly paper
published in Portland. She also possesses artistic talent, and has produced
landscapes which have received special mention. Mrs. Dole is represented in
Griffith's "Poets of Maine " and Moulton's "A Woman of the Century." Mr. and
Mrs. Dole have had two children -William B. and George H. William B. Dole, born
April 23, 1854, died January 4, 1887. He married Mary E. Brown, of Gorham, May
15, 1874; and their only child, Frederick H., born July 15, 1875, is at present
Senior at Bowdoin College. George H. Dole, born May 1, 1856, died September 2,
1864. Religiously, Mr. Dole is a member of the First Parish Congregational
Church of Gorham.