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     Nathaniel Danforth, son of Philip Danford and Mary Tibbetts, was born on 9 May 1791 at Frankfort, Maine.^1,2

     Nathaniel died on 15 November 1870 at age 79.²

     Nellie Jane Danforth, daughter of Philip Augustus Danforth and Mary Elizabeth Leathers, was born on 28 March 1863 at Bradford, Penobscot, Maine.²

     Nellie and John Amial Hall filed a marriage intention on 28 January 1883 at Bradford, Penobscot, Maine, Henry T. Williams, Town Clerk.³

     Nellie, at age 19, daughter of Philip Augustus Danforth and Mary Elizabeth Leathers, married John Amial Hall at age 20, son of John F. Hall and Elizabeth Wentworth, on 15 February 1883 at Bradford, Penobscot, Maine, by Thomas R. Kingsbury, Justice of the Peace.^4,3,5

     Nellie, at age 23, of Charleston, daughter of Philip Augustus Danforth and Mary Elizabeth Leathers, married Henry Sherman Smith at age 27, of Bradford, son of Henry B. Smith and Mary Ann Lowell, on 20 November 1886 at East Cornith, Penobscot, Maine, by Rev. Josiah Bean.^6,7,8,9,10

     Nellie and Henry purchased for Four Hundred dollars parcel of land in said Charleston near Rollins Mill so called bounded as follows: Northerly by land of George Plummer, easterly by the county road leading from East Corinth village to Charleston corner southerly by land now occupied by C. W. Rollins and westerly by land of Cyrus Brooks and Emery Lawry, containing sixty acres more or less. Also a certain other parcel of land situated in said Charleston and on the east side of said county road near said Mill and with buildings thereon being part of the homestead of late Edward Rollins and bounded southerly by road from said Mill to Bradford containing one and one half acres more or less. Said two parcels being all the same premises conveyed to me by Ambrose Bagley by his deed dated June 16 1886 recorded in Penobscot Registry of Deeds Vol 566 page 265 to which reference is made for more particular description. Also a certain other parcel of land situated in said Charleston and bounded as follows: On the south by the road leading to Bradford by what was Bagley's Mill to second described parcel and by second described parcel on the west by parcel last named, and the said county road on the north by land of Charles E. Paine and on the east by the road leading by theWotow Mill and what was the Bagley Mill to Charleston Corner and land formerly owned by Samuel Young containing thirty acres more or less, and being on the same premises conveyed to my by Frank Turner by his deed dated June 30 1887 and recorded in the Penobscot Registry of Deeds Vol 573 page 427 to which reference is made. Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, dated December 28 1891. on 16 November 1891 at Charleston, Penobscot, Maine.¹¹

     Nellie Jane Danforth and Henry Sherman Smith purchased for Three Hundred dollars situated in said Charleston, bounded and described as follows, to wit: My home farm bounded on the North by land of Charles Paine and George Plummer, West by land of Cyrus Brooks and land of Emery Larry(?) and the stage road from Charleston Village to Bangor, on the East by land of David Peavey and the road leading from the East Ridge, so called, to Charleston and also by the above named stage road, and south by land of C. W. Rollins and by the road leading from the above named stage road to Bradford containing one hundred acres more or less, and being same premises conveyed to me in two parcels, one from Frank Turner and the other from C. W. Rollins. on 6 April 1892 at Charleston, Penobscot, Maine.¹²

     Nellie Jane Danforth and Henry Sherman Smith purchased for fifty-five dollars 10 acres of land more or less, bounded as follows: on the West by the County road leading from E. Cornith Village to Charleston, North by land of I B Walton, East by land recently of H B Smith, and South by a town road leading Easterly from said County road and being same premises conveyed to Abel Gould by deed from Adeline Yeaton dated June 25, A. D. 1897 and recorded in Penobscot County Registry of Deeds in book 677 page 157 and by Charles F Kenney conveyed to this grantor by his deed dated July 16 1898 said deed to be recorded. on 21 July 1898 at Charleston, Penobscot, Maine.¹³

     Nellie died on 24 January 1923 at Maine at age 59.^14,15

     Philip Augustus Danforth, son of Philip Danforth Jr and Rhoda Smith, was born on 5 September 1838 at Rockland, Maine.^1,2

     Philip Augustus Danforth began military service in September 1861 at Bradford, Penobscot, Maine, Philip enlisted into Company G, 11th Maine Inf.³

     Philip, at age 23, son of Philip Danforth Jr and Rhoda Smith, married Mary Elizabeth Leathers at age 17, daughter of Moses Leathers and Sarah Adeline Horn, on 22 October 1861 at Bradford, Penobscot, Maine, by C. L. Cary.⁴

     Philip Augustus Danforth ended military service, 17 July 1862, at Bradford, Penobscot, Maine. Philip served with the 11th Maine Regiment Company K under General Harris Merrill Plaisted. His medals and G.A.R insignia pin were donated to the Bradford (Maine) Historical Society. On this date, Philip was discharged. He incurred a disability of 'sight in left eye destroyed and left side paralyzed.³'

     Philip Augustus Danforth and Mary Elizabeth Leathers purchased for fifty dollars 10 acres from the Southwest corner of lot numbered one hundred and ninty-seven survey to commence at the Southwest corner of said Lot 197, and run East forty rods on the South line of said Lot 197. Thense forty rods Northerly parallel with the West lineof said Lot 197. Thence, Westerly forty rods so as to intersect the West line of said Lot 197. forty rods from the first mentioned bound thense forty rods Southerly on the West line of said Lot No. 197 to the first mentioned bounds containing ten acres and the same this day to said Danforth. Registry of Deeds, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine on 3 October 1868, at Bradford, Penobscot, Maine.⁵

     On 23 November 1879, Philip sent a letter to Mary. He tells Lizzie how good it is to hear from her. Philip also provides Lizzie some guidance, even though he is far away.⁶

     Philip was assessed 1883 farm taxes as follows: owning 20 acres, real estate valued at $175.00, he had two cows value $30.00; 1 3 year old cow valued at $8.00 each; one horse at $60.00; ninteen sheep valued at $50.00; and one swine at $4.00. His total value of personal real estate was $152.00. The total of both was $325.00 and the sum of his tax was $8.17 in 1883.⁷

     Philip Augustus Danforth purchased for one hundred dollars, a certain lot or parcel of land situated in Bradford aforesaid and described as follows, to wit. the Easterly twenty-five acres of lot numbered one hundred and eighty-five (185) as laid down on a plan of said town of Bradford made by Andrew Strongs survey dated August 28th 1822. Bangor, Penobscot, Maine on 22 June 1897 at Bradford, Penobscot, Maine.⁸

     Philip died on 5 November 1915 at Bradford, Penobscot, Maine, at age 77. Philip died from 'Diabetes Mellitus'.⁹ He was buried at Williams Cemetery, Bradford, Penobscot, Maine.¹⁰

     Philip Danforth Jr, son of Philip Danford and Mary Tibbetts, was born on 10 April 1793 at Frankfort, Maine.^2,3

     Philip, at age 30, son of Philip Danford and Mary Tibbetts, married Rhoda Smith at age 18, daughter of James Smith and Elizabeth Cressy, on 29 June 1823 at Freedom, Maine, by Daniel Ricker.¹

     Philip died on 26 July 1860 at age 67.⁴ and was buried at Miller Cemetery, Burkettville, Knox, Maine.⁵

     Philip Leroy Danforth, son of Philip Augustus Danforth and Mary Elizabeth Leathers, was born on 28 May 1869 at Bradford, Penobscot, Maine.^2,3

     Philip, at age 30, son of Philip Augustus Danforth and Mary Elizabeth Leathers, married Bertha R. Braley, daughter of C Braley and Hattie Fogg, on 25 June 1899 at LaGrange, Maine.^4,5

     Philip died on 14 February 1924 at Bradford, Penobscot, Maine, at age 54. His death was suicide from a gun shot puncturing his eye and entering his brain.^6,7 Philip was buried at Williams Cemetery, Bradford, Penobscot, Maine.⁸