9 FREDERICK HAINES
Frederick “Fred” Haines and his twin brother, Francis “Frank” Haines, were born in Hallowell, Maine, on October 24, 1844. At the age of two, their parents, J. Wingate and Mary Briggs Haines, moved the twins and the rest of their large family to northern Maine where Wingate had owned property for a few years. Their new environment had been total wilderness only a few years earlier, but recent settlers had begun to cut timber, clear fields, and build roads and homes. A large group of maple trees covered a ridge in their vicinity and families started referring to their growing settlement as Maple Grove. Maple Grove was part of Township D Range 1 West of the Line of State (WELS) which in 1858 would be incorporated as the Town of Fort Fairfield.
In his teen years, Fred worked on his father’s farm. That ended abruptly two days shy of his twentieth birthday, on October 22, 1864, when he enlisted in the Union Army to replace an older, married brother (probably John Wingate Haines) who had been drafted to serve during the Civil War. Fred was a private in Company G of the 17th Maine Infantry Regiment and served for 7 months.
After returning to civilian life, like his father and three older brothers before him, he became a farmer on land he purchased in Section 121. By 1870, he also owned six shingle machines, a lath machine and a clapboard machine, all water-powered, to convert timber into marketable products needed mostly locally. These machines were in operation seven months a year. He would sell this milling business within a few years and concentrate thereafter mostly on cultivating crops and raising livestock on his Evergreen Farm.
Fred married Ella Francette Hinckley (1847-1873) in Hampden, Maine, on January 26, 1869. She gave birth to two children, Flora Hinckley Haines (1870-1871) and Harold H. Haines (lived only 3 months in 1873). Sadly, Fred’s wife Ella and their two children were deceased by the end of 1873. Fred had to focus on the declining health of his family to such a degree that his farm operations and business suffered greatly. The Financial Panic of 1873 did not help. He declared bankruptcy at the end of that year.
He then picked himself up and returned to farming and in so doing a practical invention came to mind. He invented and applied for a patent on his “Aroostook Horse Hoe.” The horse-pulled cultivator not only dislodged weeds, it also distributed phosphate fertilizer perfectly under the control of the operator. He arranged for a company outside of Aroostook to manufacture his hoe and he marketed them to local farmers. He became a well-known and highly successful farmer.
A couple of years after the deaths of his first family, on May 2, 1875, Fred married Emma Thurlow (oftentimes also spelled “Thurlough”) (1854-1934) in Fort Fairfield. She gave birth to seven children, five of whom would have children of their own.
Fred and Emma lived in a large, highly decorative home on Forest Avenue. The top floor (attic) was large enough to hold large functions. In fact, Fort Fairfield Grange Number 262 held its early meetings in this room before its members built its own building 0.6 miles north of Fred and Emma’s home, across the road from the homestead of Fred’s twin brother, Frank.
One of the special events every year in the late summer was the agricultural fair in Presque Isle, an event that Fred’s father, Wingate, had founded and served as its first president. On September 2, 1908, Fred was returning to his home from the fair with Emma and some grandchildren on a horse-drawn wagon when a frisky horse caused a rein to become hooked and caused the wagon to be spun in circles. The wagon flipped over and Fred suffered a severe fracture of his hip. He died 11 days later of heart failure at age 63. At the time of his death, he had six surviving children. His son Guy L. Haines (1886-1903) had predeceased him as a result of appendicitis.
Fred and Emma’s surviving children:
Harold Frederick Haines (1876-1958) farmed on what is today called the Bryant Pond Road. This 1.5 mile road connected the Houlton Road and Forest Avenue and has had several names including Forest Avenue Crossroad, Maple Grove Road, and Maple Grove Siding Road. “Hallie,” as he was called by all who knew him, was a member of the Grange and a 49-year member of the Eastern Frontier Lodge. He married twice. His first wife was Evangeline Plummer (1872-1905) who happened to be his first cousin. Evangeline gave birth to four children but two died shortly after birth. Their two surviving sons were:
Warren Plummer Haines (1901-1999). He married Cecile Hamm (1902-1946) in 1926 but they had no children.
Frederick McKenzie Haines (1902-1993) had the nickname “Pete” to distinguish him from his grandfather. He married Geneva M. Bourgeois (1903-1991) and they had one child, Harold Frederick Haines, Sr. (1922-2007) who was called “Hallie II” or “Little Hallie.” Hallie II married twice and both women had the same family name of Kelley although they were not related to each other.
Hallie II’s first wife was Maxine Cora Kelley who was born in Washburn. They were married in 1942 and had a son, Richard Harold Haines. Richard married Sherry Lee Buxton and they live in Caribou.
Ethelyn Kelley married Hallie II late in 1946. They had four children.
Lynn Haines married Jerry Tweedie of Houlton. They have three children, Stacy, Kara, and Jeremy. Stacey is married to a Mr. Austin and they have two children, Zoe and Ryder.
Linda Jean Haines (1947-2013), Lynn’s twin sister, who married James Ledger.
Susan Haines married Terrence Gross. They had three children.
Jason Gross married Pamela Bishop and they have two children, Jordan and Brandon.
Kris Gross married Karen.
Erik Gross is married to Sue Lanpher.
Harold Frederick Haines, JR., married Tonia King and they have two children, Ryan and Kori.
Harold Frederick Haines and his second wife, Lula Johnston, had seven children, two of whom died in infancy. The seven were:
Rommy Leigh Haines, SR. (1910-1998). Rommy married Lois Kearney (1935-2005) and they had two sons.
Rommy Leigh Haines, JR. married Marie-Marth St. Pierre and they have two children, Ryan and Jasmine.
Ray R. Haines
George Arthur Haines (1911-1994). He married Adelaide Burke (1910-1994) and they had two children.
William B. Haines (1936-2000) married twice: Paulette Corey (1942-2022) and Opal Lee Kinkade (1927-2001). He and Paulette had one son, Peter Corey Haines (1961-1985).
Mary L. Haines (1936-2018) married Arthur L. Gray, SR. and they had two children, Arthur and Cynthia. In 1981, Mary married Wayne Wood.
Arthur and Crystal Gray had two children, Arthur and Breanne.
Cynthia married Glenn Taylor and lives on the west coast.
At the time of her death, Mary also had a grandchild by the name of Beth Paradis and two great grandchildren, Jenna and Avery Tompkins.
Gladys Lou Haines (1912-1993) married Lawson Evans of Bangor. They had five children.
Colby Lee Evans (1936-2010) married Janis Elaine Patterson and they had four children.
Susan Lee Evans married James Robert Hopkins and they had three children.
Jessica Hopkins married B.L. Lippert and they had two children, Case and Lincoln.
Jeremy Hopkins and his wife Mandy had one child, Hadley.
Troy Hopkins and his wife Jennifer had two children, Alexandra and Lena.
Karen Evans married Lloyd Beal and they have two children.
Ben Beal and his wife Jan have two children, Sophie and Joseph.
Katie Beal.
Colby Lee Evans II married Jeannette Giles.
Gary Evans’ wife is Sandy.
John Haines Evans married Belle Helena Lambert and they have one daughter, Jill Evans, who is married to a Mr. Harper.
Joyce E. Evans (1942-2005) married Owen William Butler and had four sons.
Steven A. Butler married twice, Carol M. Moody in 1987 and Leigh Osgood. Steven and Leigh had a daughter, Pauline Butler.
William Butler
Douglas Butler married Jeanne Kay Lanphere.
Paul Butler married Angela Lynn Tennett. Joyce at time of her death also had six more grandchildren but which father they belong to has not been identified by this writer: Alexandra, John, Mary, Brandon, Katherine and Thomas.
Barbara Evans married twice, Paul Carleton Gillis, Jr., and Ronald Cabell.
Lawson W. Evans married Helen L. Dion in 1966 and they had three children.
Lucy Haines died in infancy in 1914.
Ruby Evelyn Haines (1914-2001) married Winthrop S. Pike. They started the Hermon Meadows Golf Club in Hermon, Maine, in 1969. This par 72, 18-hole course claims today to be “Bangor’s golf course of choice.” Ruby and Winthrop had three children:
Beverly Pike (1940-2020) married Lawrence B. Clark and they had three children, Phillip, Andrew, and Carmen.
Roger Pike (1943-2008) and his wife Elaine had two children, Roger and Timothy. After her death in 1998, Roger married Jessi Wolf.
Carol Jane Pike married Peter Alden Bennett in 1971.
Geneva Maude Haines (1916-2000) married Henry George Champion (1894-1975).
Unnamed infant died in 1920.
Edna Haines (1878-1975) enjoyed a long life with much of it in California. Her descendants remembered her as a “very quiet person, very refined and very proud.” Her sister, Hazel, said she “was one of the sweetest persons I ever met. She was also a “strong spirited woman.” One winter evening, one of the boys from a neighboring family caught her fancy while skating on Bryant Pond. A few years later, that young man, Frederick Increase Richardson (1873-1965), married Edna. They began married life on a farm on the Bryant Pond Road near the corner of Forest Avenue. Fred had a passion for raising purebred beef cattle. In 1908, they moved 200 miles south to Kenduskeag, Maine, twelve miles from Bangor. About 1922, they moved to Hudson followed by a few more moves in the area. Eventually, following one of their sons, Edna and Fred travelled by bus to southern California where they lived the remainder of their lives. They had five children, four of whom would also live in California while one would remain in Maine.
Guy Harold Richardson (1903-1991) married Mavourite “Betty” Bailey and they had four children.
Carlene Richardson (1932-2022) married three times. Harold Todd (1923-2014) was the father of her first three children. Their marriage ended and she married Alvin Marenco in 1958 when her children’s ages ranged from 2 through 5. He adopted them and they took his family name. Carlene divorced Alvin and married Don Lewis in 1973 and they had her fourth child. Details of her four children follow.
Terrence Mark Marenco’s second wife, Anna Motina, was from Russia. He adopted her daughter Daria “Dascha” and together they had a son, Paul William Marenco, in Oregon.
Cheryl Ann “Cheri” Marenco married John Wilson and they had four children: Neil, Wade, John and Kayla.
Julie “Diane” Marenco had no children.
Chandra Lee Lewis married Matt Elam and they had two children, Mat and Kiana “Kiki” Elam.
Janice Faye Richardson (1935-2023) was born in Maine and married Wallace E. Fagerstedt who was born in Riverside, California. They had two children.
Joan married Lawson “Jim” Tuck and they had two children, Shaun and Stephen.
Brenda married Dennis Woodbury and they had two children, Dennis Jr. (“D.J.”) and Brandy. She married Tim Burns and they had two children, Cody and Bailey.
Lorraine Joyce Richardson (1938-2011) married Robert John and they had three children
Teresa married Kenneth Miller and they had one child, Marcie,
Tammy Lorraine married Wesley Long and they had two boys, Scott William and Benjamin Ross Long, and
Tawnya died in a bus accident at a young age.
Fred B. Richardson (1940-2013) married Aneita Sue Bramble and they had two children.
Deborah married Jeffrey Paul Coleman and they had three children, Josh, Katelyn, and Gage.
Stephen Guy Richardson married Shalee Carlisle and they had three children, Cayley, Sabrina, and Evan.
Viola Emma Richardson (1904-1996) was the only child of Edna and Fred who remained a resident of Maine throughout her life. She first married Lionel Bean Smith (1899-1924) and they had one child (Joyce). Lionel was a machinist for the Maine Central Railroad in Waterville. On Christmas Day, 2023, he started to feel ill. A few days later he unexpectedly died of pneumonia. Only three months later, Viola gave birth to their child, Joyce. The infant was not expected to survive, but Pearl Gladys Haines of Fort Fairfield attended her and made sure little Joyce survived. In the following years, Viola taught school a few years and then went to nursing school. Nine years after Lionel’s passing, she married Fred Townsend (1905-1968), a dairy farmer, and they had five children. In the late 1950s or early 1960s while she was working as a part-time store clerk in the Hudson/Glenburn area, she was shot in the back by a robber. She survived the incident but was a paraplegic, only having the use of her arms thereafter. Viola’s six children were:
Joyce E. Smith (1924-2013) married Galen Haskell Snow and they had three children: Marvin, Duane, and Brenda.
Phyllis Townsend (1935-2020) married Elwood Mason, who raised deer, and they had five children.
Dennis Elwood Mason married Judy Parsons and they have two children, Phillip and Jessica Lynn “Jessie” Mason.
Fred Almon Mason married Marie Benner and they had two children, Jennifer and Fred.
Kenneth Townsend Mason married Gayle Coghlan and they had two children, Nicole and Joseph.
Carl Henry Mason married Brenda Benner and they had two children, Stephanie and Paul.
Melissa Jane Mason married Ivan Allen Asay and they had one child, Sara Asay.
Darrell Townsend (1936-2021) married Ruth Tate (1938-2017) and they had 8 children, 13 grandchildren, and 28 great grandchildren at the time of her death. Facts about their children:
Darrell F. “Freddie” Townsend married Jody Dunham and they raised another Darrell F. Townsend but called him “Ricky.”
Bruce Townsend married Dianne Pullen and their children were Jennifer and Troy.
Daniel G. Townsend married Mary Davis and they had two children, Daniel and Courtney.
Gilbert Gene “Gillie” Townsend married Lori Hill and their son was named Gilbert.
Arnold “Buttons” or “Butts” Townsend
Debra Fay “Debbie” Townsend married Terry Day and their son is Lee Terry Day.
Carrie Lynn Townsend married Michael “Guy” Kennedy and had two sons with him, Michael Howard Kennedy and Robert P. Kennedy.
Julie Anne Townsend married David Foster and their child was named Amanda.
Donald Townsend (1939-2021) married Pamela Ann Welch.
Donna Townsend (1939-2018), Donald’s twin sister.
Glenda Townsend married Laurice Savage (1937-2006) and they had two children, Brian and Gayle.
Brian and wife Halley have a child, David Savage.
Gayle and her husband, Ernest Worster, have two children, Nicholas “Nicky” Worster and Joey Worster.
Gilbert Chamberlain Richardson (1907-1976) married and had three children with Susan A. Eddy (1909-1959). In 1965, he married a second wife, Ina Stauss.
Gilbert Eddy Richardson (1938-2010) married twice, first to Patricia Ann Blankenship (1935-2009) and they had four children. He later married a second wife whose first name was Sandra (“Sandy”). Gilbert and Sandy had one child, Genessee, born in 1978. Gilbert and Patricia’s children:
Bradley Scott and his wife Sheri adopted two children, Tristan and Christina.
Michael and his wife Christina had two children, Matthew and Aaron.
Patrick and wife Laura have three daughters, Anna, Emily and Katie.
Daniel and wife Debbie have three children but only one name is known by this writer- Noah.
Marjorie Ann Richardson (1940-2010) had two children with her first husband, Joe Lynn Fulps (1941-1982. In 1992, she married Daniel L Pierson.
Jeffrey Fulps and his wife Angie have three children of their own, Brandon, Andrew, and Noah Fulps. Angie also has a daughter, Ashley, from a prior relationship, Jeff’s stepdaughter.
Jerry Fulps and wife Tracey have three children, Joelle, Kaitlyn and Joshua.
Marilyn Sue Richardson (1940-2019) married Karl Edward Rebstock and they had two children.
Lori married John Frisino.
Michael married Shirley Casey and they had two children, Jazmin and Jason.
Rowena Pearl Richardson (1912-2009) was a wonderful storyteller. Starting in the fall of 1999, her granddaughter Jennifer Rand and daughter-in-law Carol Rand, began recording her talking about stories of her youth. These stories were transcribed and edited by Carol, and some other family stories were added, to make a wonderful family book entitled Growing Up in Maine which was completed in December, 2000. This is a wonderful example of how family history can be preserved and shared with other generations. Rowena married Willard Rand in 1934 in North Anson, Maine, and they had three children.
Dawn Rosalie Rand married John Ramm and they had two children.
Michael married Karen Brooks Gray and their children were Evan (married Kathryn Coghlan) and Alexander (married Ellice Rose Kendzior).
Kathleen Dawn Ramm married Stephen Stilwell Legg and they have two children.
Matthew Legg and partner Brie have one child, Landon.
Olivia Legg and her partner also have one child, Wesley.
Joanne Rowena Rand married Michael Butler. They had three children, Michael (born in Augsburg, Germany), Robert, and David.
Carl Linwood Rand was an early entrant to the world of computers. He married Carol Ellen Kukurk they have three children.
Jennifer who was instrumental in recording her grandmother Rowena’s stories.
Christy Michelle Rand and her first husband, Kory List Kyker, had three children, Miranda, Veronica, and Ella.
Patricia and her husband William Andrew “Andy” Seery have two boys: Luka and Quinn.
Glenwood Richardson (1917-1985) and his wife Ruth Elaine Rugg (1920-2019) had four children.
Carolyn L. Richardson and William Robert “Bob” Eckert had six children, Richard Robert Eckert (married Shannon Michelle Parson), Joy, Jacki, Jerri (married John Foote), Tami, and Michael.
Joy A. Richardson and husband Gregg Brough Hunter had five children, Tani, Todd, Tyler, Trevor, and Tomi.
Glenn Earl “Buzz” Richardson married Kathleen Reading and have four children: Brannon married Lisa Marie Van Keizerswaard, Lauren, Tavan married Jarom James Smith, and Jordan. Glenn’s second wife is Kathryn Bassett.
Victor Ray Richardson and wife Kayla Hobson had one child. He had two children by his second wife, Denise Parker.
Kalynn Richardson.
Natalie Richardson and her husband Tyson Messick have three children, Hayden, Ashton, and Collin.
Natura Richardson.
Ray Otis Haines (1881-1947) owned and operated a 250-acre farm on Forest Avenue as well as a smaller farm in Dickey. He had attended Shaw School of Business (now Husson University) in Bangor. He married Mattie Eloise Conant (1883-1975) and they raised three daughters.
Elouise (1910-1998) married Cecil Leroy Bird (1907-1982) and they had three children.
Ray Haines Bird (1931-1989) graduated from Fort Fairfield High School in 1949 and then studied at Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield, Maine, and Colorado State University. He met Julia A. Jackson while he was a student at MCI in Pittsfield and they married in 1951 and had three sons: Ray, Stephen and Jeff. The marriage ended and apparently custody of the children was granted to Julia who told Ray she would be changing their surnames. Ray’s obituary stated that his sons were living in Lebanon, Ohio, and that Ray also had six grandchildren. He later married Rita Mae Bouchard (1918-2008) and they had no children. Ray lived on Forest Avenue and worked on a variety of jobs, including raising honeybees and manufacturing canvas potato chutes.
Edward Lee “Ted” Bird (1935-1994) graduated from Fort Fairfield High School, Class of 1953, and graduated from Maine Central Institute in 1954. He farmed for many years in Fort Fairfield and was a member of the Eastern Frontier Lodge No. 112 AF & AM of Fort Fairfield. His first wife was Terrie Lee Deane (1935-2020) and they had three children. He later married Verna Alberta Tompkins (1928-2012). Ted’s children:
Dean E. Bird has two children, Zachary and Alex.
Kirk H. Bird has a daughter, Kristi.
Susan Bird married Steven Zanardi and they have two sons, Christopher and Keith.
Bernard (“Bunny” or simply “Bun”) Bird married Barbara Michaud (1937-2015) and they raised four children.
Robin Bird (1960-1972) was an active fifth grader who tragically died by drowning.
Rebecca Louise Bird (1966-2019) was a talented lady. Early in life, she was the Little Miss Potato Blossom Queen. In high school, she was a cheerleader and accomplished pianist. As an adult and parent, she was famous for her wit and charm. She married Alan Jeffrey Brown and they had a son Brycen Brown whose partner was Haley Smith. Rebecca’s second marriage with Dan Boucher lasted for 25 years and their son is Daniel Boucher.
Cynthia Bird married Paul Philbrick and they have three children: Bernie, Jonathan, and Chris.
Jane Bird married William Baird and they had two children: Stephanie Baird (married Jared True) and Jennifer Baird. She also had a son in an earlier relationship, Jarrad Clark.
Harriette Dolly Haines (1911-1974) married James Edward Burns (1912-1988) and they had four sons, James, Jr. (1938-1988), Richard (1939-2013), Stephen (1943-1978), and Peter (1950-1974). Richard was married to Lynda Lee Corcoran. Harriette was survived by five grandchildren.
Virginia Pearl Haines (1916-1984) married Murray D. Palmer (1905-1975) and they had three children.
David Palmer (1940-1990) married Mary Lee Curby and they had five children: David, Jr., Murry [sic], Michael, Diane (married Terry Sinclair), and Debbie (married Fred Parsons).
Sandy Palmer (1945-2004).
Martha Palmer married Gary Bell and they have two children: Tracy Lynn Bell and Lori Ann Bell. Lori married Dan Jacques.
Pearl Gladys Haines (1885-1968) trained at Eastern Maine General Hospital and worked as a practical nurse, sometimes living temporarily in the home of some of her patients for their comfort and safety. She was often called upon to help deliver babies of her relatives, too. She played the piano and her sister Hazel played the violin. They performed together at special events. Pearl was known for helping others learn to play the piano, too. They enjoyed playing duets with her. She was a member of the Maine State Grange, the Pomona Grange, and the Fort Fairfield Grange for 50 years. She was also a 4-H Club leader for many years. She was a member of the WCTU and was strongly opposed to use of alcohol except for medicinal purposes. During the last 25 years of her life, she lived in Presque Isle.
Guy Haines (1886-1903) died of appendicitis at age 16. His memory was kept alive in his family as several of his nephews were named after him.
Leigh Clair Haines (1892-1969) had an aunt who insisted that his parents spell his name “Leigh” rather than “Lee.” Flora Hinckley Haines, widow of long suffering Civil War veteran Daniel Haines, did not want to have a nephew with a name that would remind her of Confederate General Robert E. Lee whose army was responsible for the five years of agony Daniel suffered after the war. Leigh was only 16 years old when his father, Fred, died from an accident. His two older living brothers, Ray and Hallie, were married or within days of marrying and starting their own families on nearby farms. This left Leigh, at a relatively tender age, to rise from his role as farmhand to help his mother meet the challenge of managing the large farming operation and related businesses that Fred had created. Eventually, Leigh would own Fred’s farm and raise his own family there. Ten years after his father’s passing, within a few days of his 26th birthday, he married Leversa Hopkinson (1894-1978) and they would raise four children beyond infancy. Leigh was a forward thinking farmer, one of the first in Aroostook County to use a mechanical potato harvester.
Infant son born July 8, 1920, and died two days later.
Phillip L. Haines (1921-2003) attended local schools and after graduating from high school in 1940 he attended the University of Maine in Orono. He served in the US Army during World War II and returned to farm with his father and brother Don. Following that, he worked as a potato buyer for Interstate Foods of Fort Fairfield. He married Marjorie Hayden (1922-2000) and they had four children.
Peter Leigh Haines (1943-2014) was co-owner of HSK Manufacturing, a custom machine shop enterprise, in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania. He married Nancy Towle of Fort Fairfield and they had four children.
Michelle Haines and John Tschudy had a child, Daniel Haines.
Leigh Daniel Haines ( ? -2018) died of a medical crisis while at sea.
Elaine Haines has two children, Jarrett Haines and Bryan Haines. Jarrett has a son, Mason.
Molly Haines and Sean Martin have three children, Scott, Alex, and Julia Martin.
John Haines aimed to be a farmer, too, studying agriculture in high school and belonging to the school’s Future Farmers of America chapter which won state championships many years. When he graduated in 1966, though, local farmers were in severe financial distress and he joined his brother Peter in the machine shop business in Pennsylvania.
Joan Susan Haines (1949-2019) was a popular and fun classmate in high school and was a cheerleader at basketball games since 7th grade. She and Dennis Sullivan had a son, Michael Sullivan. Michael and Arania Patterson had a daughter, Lydia Patterson. Joan later married James A. Chesky.
Barbara Jean Haines married Wade Sylvan Monti and they had two children.
Kristel Monti’s first husband was Dana Drew and they had three children: Sydney, Madison, and Hunter. Kristel later married Jeff Van Horn.
Kallie Monti has a child, Alden Monti.
Marjorie “Marnie” A. Haines (1923-2018) graduated from Fort Fairfield High School in 1941 and later graduated from the Cambridge School of Business in Boston. She served as an effective and popular secretary at the Fort Fairfield High School, the town office in Fort Fairfield, and at the University of Maine in Presque Isle. She was very active in the United Parish Church. She was a passionate member of the Democratic Party and was on several party committees at the local, county and state levels. She also volunteered her time at the local elementary school. “Marnie” was very popular with her many nieces and nephews, too.
Shirley Edna Haines (1924-1980) was famous for her sunny personality and her talent on the accordion. She often entertained friends and family. She earned a BA in Liberal Arts and Nursing at the University of Maine in a five-year nursing course involving Eastern Maine General Hospital in Bangor. She worked as a nurse in Maine for a couple of years and then, in 1950, she was lured to Sacramento, California, to be a nursing instructor at what was then Sacramento Junior College. She met a US Air Force pilot stationed at nearby Mathers Air Force Base, Lt. Robert Durham Canfield, Jr., from Phoenix, Arizona, and they were married on May 12, 1951. They were married in Sacramento by Willard “Randy” Rand, the husband of Rowena Richardson Rand, Shirley’s first cousin. Sadly, only ten months later in Korea, Lt. Canfield’s plane took a direct hit from enemy fire and his plane was destroyed. His remains were never recovered and he is listed as missing in action. To make a terrifying situation even worse for Shirley, her husband’s parents managed to edge Shirley out of her dead husband’s military death benefits. In 1953, Shirley married Allan Sanders Hedin (1922-2002) and they had three children.
Phillis Leigh Hedin married Donald MacDonald and they have a daughter, Fiona.
Nancy Hedin married Evan Miller and they have two children, Leif and Hayley.
David Hedin married Thera Mulvania and they have two children, Allison Leigh and Conor.
Donald Ray Haines (1926-1991) graduated from high school in 1944 and served in the US Army during World War II and the occupation of Germany. He returned to the family farms along with his father and brother, later transitioning to other farming industry occupations. He married Marion “Molly” Walton (1930-1981)and they had three children.
Bonny Leigh Haines had a career in nursing in the Sacramento, California, area.
Susan Haines married Bruce Johnston of Fort Fairfield and they raised their family in Connecticut.
Robert Bruce Johnston and his wife Jennie have two children, Analiah and Isaac.
Keven Johnston and his wife Julie have two children, Venice Jade and Viviana.
Stephanie Johnston
Donald Ray Haines, Jr. (1954-2022) lived his entire life in Fort Fairfield, graduating from high school in 1972. He worked for area farmers for a number of years and also worked for Aroostook Starch, LLC and later Western Polymer in Fort Fairfield.
Hazel Julia Haines (1897-1990) was the last of Fred and Emma’s children. Fred was 52 years old and Emma was age 42 and they still had at least four older children living with them. Hazel attended “ninth” grade at her country school and then she had four years of high school, FFHS Class of 1916. She drove a horse-drawn carriage to high school. She and some of her classmates after graduation went on a cross country trip as far as Seattle. At age 24, Hazel married Howard Stanley Cushman (1896-1959) in Fort Fairfield. Howard was born in Corinth in Penobscot County and likely he was introduced to Hazel by her sister, Edna, and her nieces, Rowena and Viola Richardson, when she visited them in Penobscot County. Howard and Hazel farmed on Forest Avenue, near its southern end not far from the Easton town line. In November, 1922, Hazel’s first baby died at birth. In 1930, they had a farm laborer and a servant boarding at their home. By 1950, the family was living in Presque Isle. Their two adult sons, Wayne and Owen, were also working as farm hands at that time.
Wayne Warren Cushman (1924-2006) married Margaret Opal Smith and they had four children.
Helene Cushman married twice resulting in six children, one of them by adoption.
By Ralph Estabrook (1953- 2021), she had four children
Michael Estabrook and his wife, Jennifer Jones, have three children, Destinee, Michael Gage Estabrook, and Mathew Odell Estabrook. Matthew has a child, James Odell Estabrook.
Catherine Estabrook and her first husband, Christopher Morman, had two children, Alicia and Christie Morman. She later married Jeremy Potter.
Andrea Estabrook and Michael Lynch had three children.
Gabrielle Lynch has three children with Tyler Jenkins, Averitt, Abram, and Alden Lynch.
Izabella Lynch has three children: Kodie Stowe, Geneva Cummings, and Jazelyn Cummings.
Makayla Lynch has a daughter, Sylvie Baldwin.
Crystal Estabrook had two children with Jody Coperage, Blake and Dakota, and later married Matthew Lynch.
By Larry Otten, she had one child, Victoria Otten, and adopted another of his, Christine.
Victoria married Adam Ashcraft and she adopted two of his children, Silvia Travis and Alexander Ashcraft. Silvia has a child, Mable Dotson.
Christine and Chad O’Brien have three children, Harleigh, Bradley, and Kyleigh.
Wayne Warren Cushman, JR, married Sherri Durost and they had three children.
Garrett married Amanda Richards and they have three children: Carson, Ethan and Conner.
Deidre married Shane Clark and they have three children: Holden, Hayden, and Emma.
Dammie married Jake Lynds and they also have three children: Cain, Isabelle, and Annabelle.
Nola Cushman gave birth to Ryan Cushman. Ryan is married to Hollie Brewer and they have one child, Elizabeth Cushman. Nola is now married to Andrew Wayne Pendexter.
Nolan Cushman, Nola’s twin brother, married Karen Churchill and they had three children, Kara, Kayla, and Brandon. Kara married Caleb Grass and they had one child, Cade Grass.
Owen Haines Cushman (1927-2004) married Frances Skillins and they had three children.
Ann Maria Cushman lives in Presque Isle and has studied her family’s history since her teenage years. She worked in health care during her career.
Howard “Howie” Cushman has married three times. With his second wife, Michelle Clair, he had one child, Hale. Hale married Shea Brown and they have two children, Odin and Arlo. Howie’s current wife is Heidi LaPointe James.
Sherry Cushman and her first husband, Larry Lee Ireland, have two children. Her second husband, Paul Burton Lunn, is deceased. Her children:
Erik Lee Ireland married Ashley Metzger and they have two children, Elias and Eleanor Frances Ireland.
Dena Ireland married Scott Boucher and they have one daughter, Claire Boucher.
Wingate and Mary Briggs Haines would have been very proud of how their son, Fred Haines, continued the family tradition of progressive farming. Fred was a forward thinking farmer who found new ways to make his Evergreen Farm more productive, including for a period operating a lumber mill, raising cattle and potatoes and other crops, and even maintaining a large apple orchard, and inventing farm equipment. He loved the agricultural fair in Presque Isle and was a well-read and thoughtful man. Fred would be proud at how widespread and numerous his descendants are in 2024. His example of entrepreneurship, persistence, and resourcefulness has been followed by many of his progeny.
