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Title: History and genealogy of the Bicknell family and some collateral lines, of Normandy, Great Britain and America. Comprising some ancestors and many descendants of Zachary Bicknell from Barrington, Somersetshire, England, 1635 ..
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Bicknell, Thomas Williams, 1834-1925
Subjects: Bicknell family Bicknell family (Zachary Bicknell, 1590-1636)
Publisher: Providence, R.I. The editor
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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oston, Mass.1108—4. George B.; b. April 2, 1846, in Boston, Mass.1109—5. Charles A.; b. May 21, 1849, in Boston, Mass.1110—6. Florence E.; b. April 6, 1853, in Sidney, Me. Elizabeth (Eustis) Bicknell died April —, 1859. Brownell M. Bicknell8 m.3 Elvira Reynolds; born in Sidney,Me., Oct. 8, 1816. Brownell M. Bicknell8 was a bricklayer and resided, in 1881,in Minneapolis, Minn. James Austin8 (638), (Noah, Luke, Nathaniel, John, John, John,Zachary), son of Noah and Nancy (Brown) Bicknell; b. inAbington, Mass., Nov. 3, 1813; m.1 Octavia Sampson. Resi-dence, Augusta, Me. Child.iiii—1. Henry Sampson; b. Feb. 7, 1851, in Augusta, Me.Octavia (Sampson) Bicknell died . James Austin Bicknell8 m.,2 about 1856, Clara SmithPeterson, daughter of Allen Peterson, of Lewiston, Me. Children.1112—2. James Edward; b. about 1857; d. in the far West.1113—3. Frank Alfred; b. Feb. 17, 1866, at Augusta, Me.; god-father, James G. Blaine.James Austin Bicknell died at Brockton, Mass., Jan. 27, 1881.
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Alfred Bicknell.In Paul Revere Chair, Boston, Mass., 1895. Eighth Generation 237 Henry Sampson Bicknell writes as follows concerning hisfather: Our father, James Austin Bicknell, was born at Abing-ton, Mass., Nov. 3, 1813; died at Brockton, Mass., Jan. 27, 1881;son of Noah Bicknell and Nancy (Brown). The family migratedto Maine, where Noah engaged in the masons trade. James soonentered the retail merchant business, and later on was publisherof The Gospel Banner, a Universalist weekly. He afterwardserved in both branches of the State government, and while inthe Senate he was the direct means of saving the seat of gov-ernment to Augusta, Me., by marshaling enough absent membersduring an attempt to vote on removing the capital to Portland,Me. He was appointed Postmaster of Augusta in 1861 by Abra-ham Lincoln, and held that position nine years. He was an inti-mate friend and co-worker with James G. Blaine in the early daysof the Republican party, and furnished the capital whereby Mr.Blain

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