Cumberland County, Maine - Freeman H. Pike
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Biography
Freeman H. Pike
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 671-672


Freeman H. Pike conducts a general mercantile business at Bolster's Mills in the
town of Otisfield, Me. He was born in this village on December 20, 1846, son of
Joseph S. and Hominy B. (Jackson) Pike. Mr. Pike's father was a native of
Cornish, Me. He learned the trade of a shoemaker, an occupation which he
followed through life in connection with farming. He was an industrious man and
a useful citizen. He died in April, 1873. His wife, Hominy B. Jackson, who was
born in Naples, Me., died August 29, 1877. They had six children, as follows:
William H., who enlisted in September, 1861, as a private in Company G, Tenth
Regiment Infantry, Maine Volunteers, and died in Lynchburg, Va., in July, 1862,
while a prisoner of war; I. R. Pike, who died at the age of eighteen; George J.,
who died at the age of twenty-one; Freeman H., the subject of this sketch; Maria
H., who died at the age of sixteen years; and Laura M., who married Irving
Keene, a prosperous farmer of Otisfield, and has two children, named Irene and
Fluta.

Freeman H. Pike was educated in the common schools of his native town and at the
Bridgton Academy. He taught school for eight years, or until 1871, when he
became Assistant Superintendent of the Reform School in Jamesburg, N.J., where
he remained for a. time. On his return to Maine he secured a position as clerk
in a store in Norway, Oxford County, later accepting a more lucrative situation
as book-keeper and clerk for a Portland firm. After retiring from that position,
he engaged in farming at Bolster's Mills for some two or three years; and for
the succeeding four years he manufactured clothing for a Boston firm. He bought
eighty acres of land, which he cultivated with good results, and in 1891 he
purchased his present store in Harrison, where be has since conducted a general
mercantile business with ability and success, his energy and enterprise having
been rewarded with the liberal patronage of the public. He carries a large and
varied stock of general merchandise, such as is usually kept in a first-class
country store.

On July 6, 1876, Mr. Pike was married to Oledia Bennett. She was born in Naples,
Me., November 16, 1840, daughter of Colonel Joseph and Lydia B. (Wolcott)
Bennett, the former of whom was for many years an officer of the State militia.
He went to California in 1849, and died there in 1858. His wife died in Naples
in 1885. Mr. and Mrs. Pike have one son, Joseph Bennett, who was born May 24,
1877, and is now attending Hebron Academy.

Although Mr. Pike's business is located upon the Harrison side of the river, he
still continues to reside in the town of Otisfield. Mr. and Mrs. Pike are
members of the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics be is a Republican, and
supports that party with activity. He is a member of Cumberland Lodge, No. 30,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Bridgton; Crooked River Lodge, No. 32; and
of the Grange at Bolster's Mills.