Cumberland County, Maine - Hiram Varney
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Biography
Hiram Varney
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 49-50

Hiram Varney, for many years closely associated with the agricultural interests
of Windham, Me., was a lifelong resident of the town, his birth occurring in
1807, and his death in 1859. He was of pioneer stock, his grandparents, Timothy
and Johanna Varney, having removed from the town of Kittery, where they were
farmers, to Windham, coming here in the early days of its settlement. Both were
Quakers in religious belief, and both lived to a good old age. They reared seven
children, of whom Samuel, father of Hiram, was the sixth. Samuel Varney was born
in 1768 in Kittery, now in Maine, but at that time included in Massachusetts,
and came from there to Windham with his parents. He was a farmer, following that
occupation throughout his life. In religion he was a Quaker, like his parents.
He was married in September, 1803, to Tamson Kennard, a native of Kittery; and
they became the parents of five children, none of whom are now living.

Hiram Varney was reared to the independent occupation of his immediate
ancestors, and became a prosperous agriculturist. He was an esteemed and
respected citizen, and conscientiously adhered to the religious belief of the
Quakers, in which he was reared.

He married Susan, daughter of Wyer and Amy (Morton) Green, her father being a
soldier in the War of 1812; and she survived him many years, dying, at the age
of sixty-eight, in 1873. Their household circle was gradually increased by the
birth of twelve children, five of whom are living, the following being recorded
of them: George O. Varney, born in 1825, married Lucinda Young, of Greenville,
Me., and they have four children --Susan L., Mary A., Abby, and Grace; Harriet,
born in May, 1836, is the wife of Orrin Watkins, of Casco, Me., and has four
children --Edgar M., Emma L., Ernest L., and Susan M.; Charlotte A., born June
23, 1840, is the wife of Joseph L. Tukey, of Windham; Lydia A, born July 30,
1844, is the wife of Cornelius N. Morrell, of Windham, a sketch of whose life
may be found elsewhere in this work; and Julia E., born in March, 1848, is the
wife of Stephen Knight, of Windham.