Cumberland County, Maine - Lewis W. Moulton
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Biography
Lewis W. Moulton
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 333-334


Lewis W. Moulton, a progressive agriculturist of Standish, Cumberland County,
residing at Sebago Lake, was born in this town, February 28, 1852. He is a son
of the late Ebenezer Moulton, and is the direct descendant of an early settler
of New England, being eight generations removed from the emigrant ancestor, John
Moulton, who was a native of England, born in 1599.

Coming to America in the seventeenth century, John Moulton located in Hampton,
N. H., being one of those to whom the grant of the town was made in 1638. He was
one of the foremost men of the new settlement, and was chosen its first Deputy,
or Representative, in 1639, to the General Court in Boston. He died between
January 23, 1649, and October 1, 1650, leaving a widow, Anne, who died April 12,
1668, aged sixty-nine years. They were the parents of seven children, Henry, the
succeeding ancestor, being the first-born.

Henry Moulton was married November 20, 1651, to Sobriety Hilton, a daughter of
Edward Hilton, of Dover; and, of the six children born to them, Josiah, the next
in line of descent, was the third in order. He was born April 26, 1662, and was
twice married. His first wife died leaving one child. His second wife, Elizabeth
Worthington, bore him eight children, Worthington, progenitor of Lewis, being
the youngest son. He also was twice married. His first wife, with whom he was
united on October 9, 1735, was Abigail, daughter of Corporal Jonathan Moulton.
She bore him two children. After her death he married March 8, 1739, Abigail,
daughter of Peter Garland; and their only child, Peter Moulton, was baptized
June 14, 1742.

Peter Moulton married Joanna Shaw; and of the ten children born of their union
Simon, grandfather of Lewis, was the eldest. Simon Moulton, born April 15, 1766,
first married Abigail Plaisted, who was born November 4, 1768, and by whom he
had nine children. Of his union with Elizabeth Walker there were no children.

Ebenezer Moulton, a native of Standish, son of Simon and Abigail P. Moulton, was
born June 21, 1803. His principal occupation through life was farming, although
he was a mechanical genius, and in early life worked at carpentering and
masonry, and also wrought somewhat at the cooper's trade. In 1850 he was engaged
in mercantile business at Sebago Lake, continuing until 1855, when his store was
burned. For several years thereafter he carried on the lumber business at the
same place in company with Josiah Moulton, Henry M. Chadbourne, and T. M.
Bradbury. The last years of his life he spent on his farm in the place of his
nativity, dying here, September 27, 1885. He was one of the leading men of the
town, serving as Selectman many years and representing his fellow-citizens in
the State legislature, being elected on the Democratic ticket, which he
uniformly supported. He married Elizabeth D., daughter of Benjamin Blake, of
Limington, Me.; and their family circle consisted of five children, the
following being a brief mention of the four elder: Elizabeth, born January 27,
1832, has been twice married, her first husband having been Justis Cannell, and
her second Daniel Ward, of Standish; John P., born December 11, 1833, married
Sarah Ward, and died in 1886, leaving two children: Addie and Gilbert; Simon,
born April 27, 1837, married Frankie J. Lewis, and had three children; Lydia,
born September 24, 1847, is the wife of George W. Ward, of Sioux Falls, S. Dak.,
and has three children.

Lewis W., the youngest child of Ebenezer and Elizabeth D. Moulton, finished his
education at the Westbrook Seminary, and afterward was engaged for eight or ten
years in teaching during the fail and winter terms in the schools of Gorham and
Standish. He was employed for a year as a clerk for Jordan, Marsh & Co. in
Boston. Returning then to Standish, Mr. Moulton was appointed in 1884 a railway
mail clerk, running from Bangor to Boston, being afterward promoted to the
office of chief clerk of the railway mail service, with headquarters at
Portland. A year later he went to Dakota, where he remained a year as book
keeper for G. W. Ward, a contractor and builder, in 18go returning to the
parental homestead, which he has since successfully managed.

Mr. Moulton is an active member of the. Democratic party, and has been
prominently identified with the management of local affairs. In 1877 he was
elected a member of the School Board, on which he served three years. In 1883
and 1884 he was Constable and Collector; and in 1891 he was elected a member of
the Board of Selectmen, an office which he has since held, having been Chairman
of the Board in 1894. He is liberal in his religious views, and, socially, is a
member of Crescent Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Steep Falls, Me., and also of
the Knights of Honor of Standish and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Mr. Moulton has been twice married. The maiden name of his first wife was Edith
E. Bangs. She died May 1, 1889, after a brief wedded life. Mr. Moulton and Miss
Georgia A. Boothby, a daughter of Samuel Boothby, of Limington, Me., were united
in marriage on March 26, 1892. Their only child, George Willard Moulton, born
August 21, 1894, spent but a few months on earth, passing away January 12, 1895.