Cumberland County, Maine – Samuel H. Jose
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Biography
Samuel H. Jose
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 122-123

Samuel H. Jose, a prominent builder and contractor of Portland, Me., has been a
resident of this city since 1851, and during the, time has been actively
associated with its business interests. He was born December 16, 1832, at
Hollis, now Dayton, this State, his parents being William, Jr., and Eunice
(Huff) Jose. Mr. Jose's paternal grandfather, William Jose, Sr., was one of
three brothers that came to Maine at an early date. He located in Saco, York
County, where he cleared and improved a farm, and likewise, having learned the
carpenter's trade, built many of the earlier houses of that place.

William Jose, Jr., was born in 1798 in Saco. During his early manhood he there
worked at the trades of a carpenter and wheelwright; but soon after his marriage
to Miss Huff, who was also born and reared in Saco, he removed to Hollis, where
he carried on general farming for some years. Subsequently returning to the
place of his nativity, he settled on the old homestead of his father-in-law,
Joseph Huff, living there until his death, which occurred in 1868. His wife, who
survived him till August, 1894, reached the venerable age of ninety-five years,
her birth having occurred in June, 1799. Both were consistent members of the
Free-will Baptist church. They had a family of five children, namely: Sarah, who
married Samuel Harmon, of Buxton, Me.; William, who died at the age of forty-two
years ; Samuel H.; Martha E., wife of Lucius Thayer, of Mechanic Falls, this
State; and Mrs. Fanny E. Bussell, wife of George Buzzell, of Connecticut.

Samuel H. Jose received his education in the common schools of Saco, after which
he served an apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade with Francis Low, of that
town. In the fall of 1850 Mr. Jose was engaged at his trade in Portland for a
few weeks, being so much pleased with the city that he settled here permanently
the following spring. For two years thereafter he worked as a journeyman, then,
with characteristic enterprise, started in business for himself, being at first
his own architect, as well as builder. Many of the most important public
buildings and private residences of the city have been constructed under his
immediate supervision, among which may be mentioned the Jose Building, now
Danforth Block, William E. Gould's residence, and Kotczhman Hall. During the
forty-two years in which Mr. Jose has been engaged in contracting and building
he has paid out a large sum of money in wages, thus giving support to many
families, having at times as many as forty men in his employ. He is an able
financier, making wise investments of his money, dealing somewhat in city real
estate, and is at the present time the owner of seven houses which he has
erected. He has a very comfortable dwelling at 24 Bramhall Street, having built
it in 1867, before very many people had recognized the desirability of this
section of the city as a residential place.

Mr. Jose has been three times married. His first wife, Mary C. Goud, daughter of
the Rev. Robert Goud, died, leaving four children, namely: Samuel H., Jr., who
died when seventeen years old; Edward C., of Boston, Mass.; Charles F. and
George C., both with their father. His second wife, Clara Sawyer, lived but a
short time after their marriage, dying without issue. Mr. Jose was subsequently
united in marriage with Mrs. Maria M. (Millett) Andrews, a daughter of Joel
Millett, a farmer. She is a woman of many estimable qualities, and an active
worker in the Freewill Baptist church, of which both herself and husband are
conscientious members. In politics Mr. Jose is a steadfast Republican.