Cumberland County, Maine - Charles E. Hodgkins
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Biography
Charles E. Hodgkins
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 273



Charles E. Hodgkins, whose portrait is herewith shown, has been connected with
the Portland Steamship Company since 1881, and is now chief engineer of the
steamer "Portland." He was born in what is now Lowell, Me., December 9, 1831,
son of Ebenezer and Mary (Webb) Hodgkins.

Ebenezer Hodgkins was born in Temple, Me., in 1800. He was engaged in
agricultural pursuits during the greater part of his life, and resided in
different parts of Cumberland County till a short time prior to his death, when
he moved to Lenoxville, Canada. There he died, May 17, 1875. His wife was a
daughter of John and Sarah Webb, of. Westbrook, and was born in 1801. John Webb
was a farmer by occupation, one of the early settlers of Westbrook. Mrs. Mary W.
Hodgkins died in 1837, at the age of thirtysix years and seven months.

Charles E. was the eighth of ten children, and was but six years of age when he
was left motherless. He received a common-school education, in the intervals
between the school sessions working about the farm. In 1852 he went to Portland,
and hired himself out as a deck hand for the summer, on the steamer "Admiral"
or, the St. John route; and in the fall of the same year he went to New York
City, and took up what proved to be his life vocation, engaging first as a
fireman on local steamships. He was fireman of the "Caledonia" on her first trip
from New York to Portland, a position of honor, as she was the first steamer to
run between those cities; and he was chief engineer of the "Carlotta" and the
"Chase," which plied between Halifax and Portland, being on the former vessel
when she took fire. In April, 1881, he be came connected with the Portland
Steamship Company as chief engineer of the "Fore: City," and has since taken
charge of various boats for the company, including the well-known "John Brooks,"
the "Tremont," and the "Portland." Mr. Hodgkins is one of the oldest engineers
on the line, and holds the full confidence of his employers. The heavy weight of
responsibility which falls on the engineer of a great steamship, who has the
lives of the passengers in his hands, has bee ably borne by him for many years;
and he has never been found derelict in his duty.

Mr. Hodgkins and Miss Laura A. Verrill of Westbrook, were married on May 4,
1856. They have two children, a daughter and a son - Mary L. and Henry E. The
former is the wife of William B. Bragdon, of Cumberland Mills, Me. Henry E.
Hodgkins is a machinist of Westbrook, and has resided at Cumberland Mills since
1872. He married Miss Olive Gustin, of South Gorham.

In politics Mr. Hodgkins is a Republican He is a member of Saccarappa Lodge, No.
11, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Cummings Encampment, No. 16; Naomi, D. R.,
No. 1; Temple Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Westbrook; Presumpscot Valley Lodge, Knights
of Pythias; S. D. Warner Council No. 4, Society of American Mechanics; and
Daughters of Liberty. He is a man of ability with a fund of useful knowledge,
and quiet and unassuming in his manner.