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Libbey, George E., Colton, was born in Benton, Me., February 20, 1836, a son of Aaron, a native of Socco, Me.,
and of the seventh generation from John Libbey who came from England. Aaron married Emily Woodsome, of Maine, by
whom he had seven children. He was a prominent man of affairs in the town and held many public offices. He died
September 25, 1866, and his wife died August 3, 1867. George E. Libbey started out in life for himself at the age
of nineteen and first learned the carpenter's trade, following tins for a number of years. In 1863 he went to California,
working at his trade and also in the manufacture of wagons, and in 1867 returned to Maine and engaged in farming
and lumbering until 1879, when he came to Colton as agent for F. Shaw & Bros., of Boston, who owned the St.
Lawrence Tannery and the St. Regis Tannery. Mr. Libbey has since lived here continuously. He is one of the stockholders
of the First National Bank at Canton, is a Democrat, and held several town offices in Maine. He married first Rosella
Humphrey, of Maine, by whom he had no children. She died in 1861, and he married second Mahala M. Mills, also a
native of Maine, and they have two children: George W., a student in medicine at the university of Burlington and
Rose M., a teacher in Minnesota, Mr. Libbey is a member of High Falls Lodge No. 428 F. & A. M., also of Potsdam
Chapter No, 39 and St. Lawrence Cornmandery No. 28. K. T. of Canton.
FROM:
Our County and it's people
A memorial record of St. Lawrence County, New York
Edited by: Gates Curtis
The Boston History Co., Publishers 1894
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