Cumberland County, Maine - Charles B. Kneeland
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Biography
Charles B. Kneeland
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 151


Charles B. Kneeland, a well-known resident of Bridgton, Cumberland County, Me.,
was born in August, 1846, in the neighboring town of Harrison, being the
youngest son of Simeon and Hannah (Richardson) Kneeland, and one of a family of
seven sons and three daughters.

Mr. Kneeland was reared on a farm, where he became familiar with the care of
stock; and, having a genuine Yankee shrewdness and fondness for trade, he began
life for himself at the age of fifteen as a dealer in horses. He subsequently
removed to Waterford, in Oxford County, where he remained four years, being a
portion of the time in the dry-goods business, going thence to Connecticut,
where for about a year he had charge of one of the departments of the Reform
School. Returning to the place of his nativity, Mr. Kneeland remained there but
a short time before going to Worcester, where he was engaged as a horse trainer
for a year. He then engaged in the same profitable business for ten consecutive
years in Bridgton, buying horses, which he shipped to the Boston market, and at
length established a livery stable, which he has since managed in connection
with his other occupations, having purchased his present stand in 1881. Besides
buying and selling horses he has made a thorough study of the care of the
animals, in which he has a large practice, and has won a reputation as a skilful
veterinary surgeon. He has also invested in real estate in this vicinity, being
the possessor of twenty-eight acres of land, on which there is a valuable
mineral spring.

Mr. Kneeland was married in 1871 to Miss Sarah E. Griswold, who has borne him
three children; namely, Lillie, Florence, and Amy. Lillie is the wife of Byron
Harnden, of this town. In politics Mr. Kneeland is a zealous advocate of the
principles of the Republican party.