Cumberland County, Maine – Martin L. Keyes
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Biography
Martin L. Keyes
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 72

Marin L. Keyes, an esteemed resident of Gorham, Me., was born in Lempster,
Sullivan County, N.H., February 19, 1850. His grandfather, Mezelda Keyes, was a
native of Acworth in the same county and State, his birth taking place in the
year 1770.  He was engaged in farming throughout his long and active life. He
was a Democrat in politics; and in religion both he and his wife, whose maiden
name was Sarah Foster, were members of the Congregational church. Their son,
Orison, father of Martin L. Keyes, was born April 2, 1819, in Acworth, N.H.,
where in early life he learned the trade of a wheelwright. He subsequently
practiced his trade in Lempster, and was also engaged there in the manufacture
of carriages, sleighs, tubs, buckets, etc. He died in Lempster in 1877.

Like his father, he was a steadfast adherent of the Democratic party. He married
Lucina A., daughter of Robert McClure, of Acworth, and their household circle
was enlarged by the birth of nine children, five of whom are now living, as
follows : Anson L., who now resides in Faribault, Minn., married Hattie Lufkin,
of Great Falls, N.H., and has one child, Lulu M. ; Nettie E., now a resident of
Holyoke, Mass., became the wife of William Brooks, of Acworth ; Martin L., whose
name appears at the head of this sketch; Frank E., a resident of New York City,
married Alice J. Dana, of Acworth, and they have two children – Forest and Maud;
Belle S., wife of E. H. Allen, of Holyoke, Mass., has one child, Donna B. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Orison Keyes were members of the Congregational church of Acworth.

Martin L. Keyes was educated in the public schools of Lempster, N.H., and was
subsequently engaged for fifteen years in that town in the manufacture of
carriages and sleighs; in addition to this he manufactured lumber and house
furnishings, conducted a mercantile business, and, with his brother, F. E.
Keyes, operated a grist-mill and carried on a substantial trade in grain and
flour. In 1885 he came to Cumberland County, accepting the superintendency of
the mills owned by the Indurated Fibre Company of North Gorham. This company has
been reorganized and its name changed several times since then; but Mr. Keyes
retained his office, being superintendent of the works, which are now
incorporated under the name of the "United Indurated Fibre Company of New
Jersey." The mills in Gorham were shut down in 1894, the business being removed
to Lockport, N.Y.; but when running at full time they gave employment to one
hundred and fifty men.

Mr. Keyes has been twice married. His first wife, to whom he was married October
4, 1876, was Isadore P. Stowell, daughter of Albert Stowell, of Unity, N.H. She
died February 28, 1886, having been the mother of one child - Mabel L., born May
9, 1880.

On December 12, 1887, Mr. Keyes was united to his present wife, whose maiden
name was Jennie Crossman, she being a daughter of Sullivan Crossman, of Lowell,
Mass. In politics Mr. Keyes is a Democrat. Socially, he is a Mason, belonging to
Mount Vernon Lodge, No. 15, A. F. & A. M., of Newport, N.H., and to Presumpscot
Tribe of Red Men, No. 21, of North Gorham. Both he and his wife attend the
Congregational church.