Cumberland County, Maine - Frank S. Staley
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Biography
Frank S. Staley
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 594-595


Frank S. Staley, who has been a resident of Bridgton for a quarter of a century,
is a native of Yorkshire, England, having been born November 27, 1840, in the
parish of Brighouse, being a grandson of Francis Staley, a distinguished
military man. His parents, Andrew and Edna Staley, had the following children:
Benjamin; John; Frank S.; Ellen, wife of J. Harry Burgess; Andrew; and Betty,
wife of George Willis. The father, who was born in 1800, passed away on February
26, 1890, his wife having preceded him to the better land in 1871, at the age of
sixty-two years. He was a contractor of railroad and turnpike work, and carried
on a good business for many years.

Frank S. Staley attended school until about twelve years of age, when he was
bound out to learn the trade of wig-making and hair-working, remaining with his
employer two years. The following two years he shifted for himself, laboring in
different places and at various employments. Enlisting then in the Thirtyfourth
West York Rifle Company, he served two years as a private, being then advanced
to the rank of Corporal, in which he served another four years. He was then
promoted to the rank of Sergeant, and remained with the company until 1868, when
he came to this country, taking passage on the steamer "North American."
Locating at Lewiston, in this State, Mr. Staley was employed in machine shops
and cotton-mills for about two years, when he went to Westbrook, where he worked
for a short time in a mill. The next year he found employment in a barber's
shop, learning the trade, which he followed for a few months as a journeyman in
Bridgton, whither he came in 1871. Mr. Staley then commenced business on his own
account, opening a barber shop, which he has since conducted with satisfactory
financial results. In his political views he is identified with the Democratic
party; and, socially, he is an active member of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows.

Mr. Staley has been three times married. In 1864 he was wedded to Miss Maria
Tiffin, who died five years later, leaving one child - Lizzie, now the wife of
Owen B. Ingalls, of Bridgton. In 1871 he married Miss Delvina N. Bradeen, of
Limington, of this union three children being born - Andrew R., Frank G., and
Philip S. The mother of these children having passed away in July, 1893, Mr.
Staley was again married in October, 1894, Miss Susan E. Durgan, becoming his
wife.