Bio of Waldo Pettengill
As found in REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF MAINE
A Collection of Biographical Sketches.
Prepaired under the direction of Henry Chase
Portland, ME.
The Lakeside Press, Publisher
1893

Mr. PETTENGILL was born at Livermore Falls, Maine, December 1, 1844. He lived for ten years in East Livermore; then moved to Wilton, in Franklin County, where he resided eleven years; then moved to Rumford, Oxford County, where he has since resided. He was married June 1, 1870 to Sarah Elizabeth Briggs, of Poland, Maine. Mr. Pettengill is actively engaged in the development of Rumford Falls and is agent for the Rumford Falls Power Company. He was educated at the common schools and at Farmington Academy and Edward Little Institute at Auburn. His public services have been as follows: Served six years as School Committee; two years as Town Treasurer; eleven years as Selectman, nine years as chairman of the Board; sIx years as County Commissioner, and two years as Senator from Oxford County. Mr. Pettengill is now a member of the Executive Council, being Councilor from the First Councilor District, which is composed of the counties of Oxford and York.